"Which force is besieging Lavag?" Suddenly, the oldest Nanyang merchant spoke and broke the peace.

"Abdler, of course, is the damn Han armed forces." Jagli said indignantly.

"But are they pirates?" Abdler suddenly asked a question.

"Pirates plunder our ships and plunder our wealth, so we fear that we would be plundered and even sacrifice our lives in Lavague, so we helped the Spanish defend the city of Lavague."

Abdler's words resonated with the Nanyang merchants, and they nodded one after another.

"But now it is not the pirates who besieged Rawag City, but an exiled government army." Abdler looked around and confirmed that there were no idle people waiting.

"We all know very well that the Han armed man outside the city was a group of exiles, they had organized and had army."

"So what do they want, do they plunder wealth?" Abdler shook his head.

"What they really want is the city and the population."

"To put it bluntly, these Han armed forces are competing for land with the Spanish."

Jagli seemed to understand what Abdler meant.

"You mean to let us support the Han people." Jagli said coldly.

"We are not allied with the Spaniards, we are not Spaniards, we do business in Luzon, trade in Lavague, they collect taxes and provide protection for us, and now they cannot guarantee the safety of our merchants, so why should we support them now?"

"We are just doing business in Lavague. As for who is the ruler of Lavague or Luzon, is it important to us merchants, if they don't affect our earnings of gold."

Seeing that the Nanyang merchants present were moved, Abdler continued

"Abdler, you are right. We are not Spanish, so there is no need to safeguard the interests of the Spanish Empire." Jagley agreed very much.

"You also know what happened in Keweigan. The Han armed forces destroyed the chamber of commerce and embezzled the wealth of the wealthy merchants in Weigan." A Nanyang businessman opposed.

"We violated the interests of the Spaniards and were hanged six captains. The Viegan merchants violated the interests of the Ming people and naturally had to pay a price." Abdler did not cleanse the Ming army's behavior of extermination of the Viegan Chamber of Commerce.

"In fact, these Han armed forces are not difficult to communicate. Do you still remember Mutafi?"

"You mean the mercenary leader." Jagley had some impression of this person.

"I remember this person. I heard that he provided protection to the Weigan Chamber of Commerce, but in the end he helped the Han people seize the wealth of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce and became one of the richest people in Weigan." The middle-aged Nanyang merchant nodded, not seemingly disgusted with Mutafi's behavior.

"A very outstanding captain, the Southern Asians and Han people in Weigan get along well, and this is worthy of our imitation." Abdler said with a smile.

Jagley frowned, and the merchants present clearly supported Abdler's suggestion.

"Everyone, the Spaniards have been entrenched in Luzon for hundreds of years, and they cannot be overthrown by an exiled army. Don't forget that they can continuously dispatch troops from Europe and the Americas. The Han army can take down Lavague and even occupy northern Luzon, but in the end they will definitely be wiped out by the Spaniards because of the exhaustion of the troops."

Jagley looked at the Nanyang people present coldly, and our ending was torn to pieces by the angry Spaniards.

The Nanyang merchants present seemed to be poured into cold water and suddenly became depressed.

Jagli's words are not without reason. The Spanish were defeated by the Ming people in Luzon, but behind it was the Spanish Empire.

Even if the Ming army took down the entire Luzon, occupied Manila, and drove the Spanish into the sea.

Spain can still mobilize troops from all over the world to continue the war.

The Ming army in Luzon was just an exiled army. They ran to Luzon and snatched thousands of Han immigrants before they developed.

Behind him was the Qing Dynasty, who treated him like a thief, and wanted to wipe it out.

The merchants were very smart, especially those who could establish a foothold in large places like Lavagvigan. They knew the disadvantages of the Ming army, even more clearly than some generals in the Ming army.

This is also the reason why the local merchants would rather work with Manila than cooperate with the Ming army after the Ming army occupied Weigan and other places. They all knew that the Ming army could not win.

As for the Chinese businessmen who were willing to support the Ming army, it was mainly because they had no choice. The moment the Ming army landed in Luzon, they were already regarded as bandits by the Spanish.

Even if they give all their wealth to the Manila authorities, they will not be able to survive.

The previous massacres of the Han people have long proved everything.

Liu Yu in the Ming army camp outside Lawag City understood the current situation of the Ming army better than the Nanyang merchants.

The Sihai Commercial Bank had just transported a thousand stones of grain to the Ming army from Weigan.

Now the Ming army's food supply and logistics supply are basically maintained by the Sihai Commercial Bank.

Since the Ming army was not well-off, most of the supplies were on credit.

Although the Sihai Chamber of Commerce had complaints, there was no way out. Now they have tied up to the Ming army's chariot, and they have no way to survive even if the Ming army is defeated.

Of course, in order to repay the outstanding contributions of Sihai Commercial Bank, Liu Yu also reduced the commercial tax from 20% to 10%.

However, during this war period, the waterway was basically cut off, and the Sihai Commercial Bank also lost two main trading points of Lavagmanila. As for Batavia, which is further south, merchants dared not even think about it.

Not only is it because the sea is long and there are many pirates, but more because what happened in Luzon has already spread to Batavia.

The Dutch in Batavia were frightened by the Ming army that the Ming army would continue to move south and explicitly prohibited ships other than Manila from entering Batavia.

Even the Chinese who lived in Batavia for a long time were affected.

Although the Dutch in Batavia did not raise their butcher knives to the Chinese, looting and slaughtering occurred from time to time, and many Chinese businessmen who were afraid of implicating them fled.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not long ago, Vigan also took in three Chinese ships that fled from Batavia.

"Sir, the trade between Vigan and Manila and Rawag is basically cut off, and maritime trade is almost extinct. I'm afraid it won't last long."

In the camp, Su Langqing was sad and told Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was also helpless. In order to maintain the expenses of Huben Town, Fubo Town, and Xiaoyong Town, he had racked his brains and pieced together.

Now there are more than 600 people in the Navy Town, which is not counting the thousands of pirates who are dependent on surrender.

The soldiers, gunners, civilians, and craftsmen combined with four or five thousand people, and the food alone was enough to give Liu Yu a headache.

It was also a pity that Su Langqing brought thousands of stones of grain from Weigan in time through sea transportation, which solved the urgent problem, but this could only last for about ten days.

Although the summer harvest has passed, tribes in various Luzon should have surplus reserved grain, and they can purchase grain from tribes in various places at a low price.

However, from the employment of civilians from all over the country to transport grain to Weigan, and from Weigan to Lavague, the daily consumption of food and drink is astonishing.

The daily expenses made Su Langqing bleeding, and most importantly, the money was still made by the Sihai Commercial Bank.

With these four or five thousand people, let alone the four or five thousand businessmen, even the entire Weigan couldn't stand it.

The Ming army's overt levies and exploitation have made Weigan and the natives of tribes everywhere very dissatisfied.

Some tribes privately withheld the grain tax they should pay, and even openly attacked officials who collected grain.

Liu Yu also knew about these things, but he had no better way.

On the one hand, the Ming army contempt and contempt for Shengfan, and the lack of civil officials in the Ming army could not take into account the areas outside Weigan City.
Chapter completed!