My Daming New Empire

Facing the Tagalogs in the south-central, Xu Chai Lao actively participated in the ethnic and territorial conflicts between them and the most populous Visayans, actively mediating disputes between them.

The islands in southern Luzon are almost all the territory of the Sulu Kingdom, ruled by three kings.They once offended Zheng He's fleet, and after knowing the power of the Ming Empire, they all surrendered at the feet of the Ming Empire, willing to become the vassals of the Ming Empire.

For this reason, they also recognized Xu Chailao's dominant position in Luzon, and regarded Xu Chailao as a bridge between them and Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, although Xu Chai Lao can control a small population in Luzon, his dominance in Luzon is currently very stable.

Zhu Zhanji looked at the information about Lu Song in his hand, and sighed after a long time. "I originally wanted to kill chickens and scare monkeys in the Nanyang area, but now I can't find the target."

Jin Kuo, Zhao Yongliang, Xue Lu and others sitting under him were all sweating profusely.Based on these words alone, they found that this great-grandson was no less interested in fighting than that His Majesty.

If Zhu Zhanji could guess their thoughts, he would definitely not agree with them.Because Zhu Di simply likes fighting, but he wants to gain more benefits through fighting.

Today, Daming's control over Nanyang is still too loose, and there is a lack of restraint.

Xue Lu said with a smile: "It's not easy to fight. Your Highness only needs to find an excuse to punish them."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "It's not worth it. The things you robbed through wars have not been earned as much through trade. Why do you need to fight?"

Although the Philippines is rich in gold and copper mines, most of them have not been discovered yet.In the hands of the local natives, the gold is quite scattered, and robbing can only grab some apparent wealth, and it will worsen the relationship between the two parties.

But through trade, they can willingly take out all the gold and exchange it for the fine cloth, silk, and tools they want.

Huang Yuan interrupted the train of thought of the two war lunatics and asked: "Your Highness, we will arrive at Beiming Street tomorrow. The former army has already arrived here and is preparing to welcome Your Highness. Sun Shaojian has already made a plan on how to get these natives We should also think about the plan to lure Daming onto this ship."

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Xu Chai has done a good job, we just need to increase our support for him."

Although Xu Chailao, as a wealthy man, taught the local natives the advanced technology of agriculture, fishery, industry and commerce, and developed industries such as shipbuilding, textiles, pottery, and tea planting, his power was limited. Even if he had these technologies, they were only elementary processing techniques.

This is in the interests of Ming Dynasty, because this kind of rudimentary technology is just the means to pull these natives onto the boat of Ming Dynasty.

Only when the local natives learn how to enjoy it, can they know that the silk of the Ming Dynasty is more comfortable than the homespun cloth, that the tea of ​​the Ming Dynasty is more fragrant than the tea of ​​Luzon, and that the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty is more exquisite than the crudely made pottery.

What Zhu Zhanji has to do is to increase control over technology output, some advanced technologies cannot be taught to them, and then increase support to Xu Chai Lao and strengthen his own armed forces.

Therefore, he asked Sun Lin and the others to make a plan based on the actual situation in Luzon, trying to tie the natives of Luzon Island into a link of interest, so that they would be willing to be used by Ming Dynasty and become the cornerstone of the development of Ming Dynasty.

This is much more cost-effective than Da Ming's labor force to start a war.

Today the world is full of people with few lands and rough roads. Even if a war is launched, they will hide in the mountains and it will be difficult to find them.

The occupation of the world by Western countries is full of violence and cruelty. In fact, this is mainly caused by their small number.

In the process of conquering the Americas, their numbers could not control the local situation at all. For safety, they could only kill and kill.

But Daming has a much larger number of people, so there is absolutely no need to use such extreme methods.Moreover, although the Eastern Confucian culture will wear down people's temper, it has great advantages in unifying thoughts and sublimating education.

Therefore, the right way is to combine kindness and strength.

Of course, this is not to say that there is no need to use violence, at least in front of the peoples of Nanyang who have already recognized the supremacy of Ming Dynasty, there is no need to use violence.

As for those ethnic groups and tribes that do not submit to the rule of Ming Dynasty, they will naturally be eliminated physically.

In the evening, Daming's fleet had already arrived at the Lingayen Bay of later generations, but because of the huge fleet, most of the ships could not approach the coast, and had to spread out, stretching for tens of miles.

It was getting late and it was impossible to dock, so Zhu Zhanji's flagship did not dock, and waited for tomorrow's dawn before docking.

However, a messenger ship picked up Xu Chailao and a group of native tribal leaders who were greeted on the shore, and arrived at Zhu Zhanji's flagship.

Among them, Xu Chai, who is 50 years old this year, is the most excited.

Xu Chai Lao's ancestral home was in Shenhu Town, Jinjiang, Quanzhou. His father took advantage of the situation when Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed the big food merchants and accumulated a lot of wealth.

But then Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the sea ban, and the Xu family, who had already tasted the sweetness, was reluctant to give up the Nanyang trade, so they led a fleet led by Xu Chailao to continue to develop sea trade based on Luzon.

The third year of Yongle was a turning point for the Xu family. Because of his reputation in Luzon, he was appointed as the governor of Luzon by Zheng He.

Although this position is not recognized in Daming's officialdom, at least it has an official status.

With this identity, he can return to Fujian without any scruples and bring more people and technology from Fujian.

In addition to not being able to trade directly, he has countless conveniences compared to others, and has developed rapidly because of this.

In today's Luzon, he has become the overlord of one party.From Daming Street (Manila) to Beiming Street (Lingayen) is the largest plain area on Luzon Island, where the land is fertile, the water flows freely, and there are countless fertile fields.

He taught the local natives to grow rice, and the fertile fields he developed can already produce inexhaustible grain.

All the natives of Luzon began to trade with him and buy all kinds of goods from him.He has no shortage of money, he just wants to be recognized by Da Ming before he dies.Even if he is only awarded a ninth-rank sesame official, it is better than the current governor in name only.

He has no face to mention this so-called governor. Compared with the real governor, his governor is more like a joke.

At the end of last year, he got the news that His Royal Highness Taisun will go to the West in person and will stay in Luzon for a while.

Don't mention how excited he was when he got the news.This is not the eunuch Zheng He, but the real son and grandson of the dragon.

As a small businessman, he was able to personally receive the sons and grandsons of the dragon. This is the smoke from his Xu family's ancestral grave.

For this reason, he refurbished his house on Daming Street and waited for the arrival of His Highness, but unexpectedly, his first stop in Luzon turned out to be Beiming Street where not many people lived.

This is just a stronghold he set up to serve the sea-going fleet and observe pirates.

He didn't know why His Highness stayed here temporarily, but he must obey His Highness's wishes, so he quickly brought the tribal leaders here to greet him.

Those natives would only be terrified when they saw a warship that was bigger than the city wall, because they couldn't understand how such a huge warship could be made.

But Xu Chai Lao only had excitement and pride in his heart, because he is a man of Ming Dynasty!

A group of people waited for the flagship. Seeing such mighty soldiers, their calves couldn't help but tremble. If it wasn't for someone leading the way, they wouldn't dare to walk on this flag-studded ship.

Passing through the masts with sails down, they finally saw Zhu Zhanji standing on the deck which was ten meters high.

Before the waiter could remind him, Xu Chai had already recognized Zhu Zhanji in the dragon robe. He knelt down and shouted loudly: "Quanzhou Xu Chai, pay homage to His Royal Highness!"

The others were stunned for a moment, and then they all knelt down in panic, knocking their heads heavily on the deck.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji was still very happy.Although Xu Chai is from Luzon, his performance shows that he still considers himself a Ming.

Zhu Zhanji looked back and whispered to Li Liang, and Li Liang also shouted at the top of his voice: "Call Luzon Governor Xu Chai to meet you, and the others will wait in the reception room."

(I was going to add an update at the beginning of the month, but I caught a cold and became dizzy. I will update 20 words first, and if it gets better, I will do another update. This month’s update promises to be no less than [-] words)

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Chapter 8 Control means to untie the knot (revision)

Following behind the servant, Xu Chailao stepped onto the third deck lightly and heavily. As soon as he stood firm, he saw a tall figure approaching.

Without even seeing anyone clearly, he knelt down again and shouted in a trembling voice: "Quanzhou Xu Chai, pay homage to His Royal Highness."