Just as the war in Qiongdao was in full swing.

Luzon,

Liu Yu personally led 500 Hu Ben Central Army to Mingcheng.

Seeing the city gates passing by, carriages and slaves entering and leaving, Liu Yu was also filled with emotion.

"When we first came to Luzon, our Ming army was stationed in this city."

"I didn't expect that after a few years, the original small seaside town has become a huge city with endless merchants." After entering the city, Liu Yu sighed to his uncle.

"It's a pity that the borders are unstable. Indigenous people often attack, and subordinates also rebel from time to time." Liu Quan sighed.

"Now, He Lu is the general of Mingcheng, so let's leave these things to He Lu." Liu Yu said.

Liu Yu was also thoughtful about appointing the Lu as the general of Mingcheng.

At the beginning, in order to resist the attack of the Spanish, the Ming army built Mingcheng into a border town.

Responsible for resisting the attacks of the Spaniards and their affiliated forces.

Later, after his fortune surrendered to the Ming army, Liu Yu also intended to cultivate his fortune.

With the support of Liu Yu, Talu also took the big and small fan clubs in the northern part of the Central Plains for himself in just a few years.

In other words, the Ming court's sphere of influence had reached the northern part of the central plain, while the southern part was ruled by Banggui's Bolu.

But the problem is that the border of the Ming army is still only in the area of ​​Mingcheng.

The reason why he was granted the Lu as the general of Mingcheng was to integrate Mingcheng and the foreign society under the Lu.

It made Mingcheng leap from its original border town to a big city that spans the north of the central plain.

The fertile fields in the northern part of the Central Plains were also included in the Ming court.

It greatly expanded the sphere of influence of the Ming court, and also allowed the Ming court to obtain more arable land.

The vast land security south of Mingcheng was all left to the foreign soldiers of the Lu family.

Talu controlled the military power of Mingcheng, but the land, money and food were still in the hands of the Ming court officials in Mingcheng.

Of course, Liu Yu also placed an army of more than 300 people in Mingcheng.

Talu's foreign troops were placed outside the Mingcheng city, and the city defense was under the responsibility of the Ming army.

And these three hundred Ming troops were also under the command of other people on the surface.

"Now, there are more than a thousand Han people in Mingcheng, thousands of people, and hundreds of merchants and craftsmen. I am really unwilling to let me abandon this city." Liu Quan stood on the city wall and looked at the bustling crowds on the streets below the city, sighing without hesitation.

"Uncle, it was also the Ming court that asked you to go north to serve as the general of Dongning. After all, Dongning has just been established and the situation is still unstable. You still have to rely on the elite soldiers and generals under your uncle and his uncle." Liu Yu explained.

Just half a month ago, the Ming court established three counties in Luzon.

That is, Beiting, Dongning and Nanpu counties.

Liu Yu established Beiting County in the northwest of Luzon where Lavag and Vigan are located, meaning to look north to the homeland and to the north as the court.

After the merger of Mingcheng and Tagalu's large and small fan clubs, the Ming court's sphere of influence expanded to the northern part of the central plain, and Nanpu County was also established here.

Dongning County is a county established by the Ming Dynasty in the Kagayan River Valley.

The fertile land of Luzon Island is indeed a thousand miles away, but the plains are mainly in the Central Plains and the Kagayan Valley.

At the beginning, the Weigan and Lavag occupied by the Ming court were just small towns in northwestern Luzon.

After several years of development of the Ming court and the assistance of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, it became a coastal trading city.

But the problem is that in western Luzon there are mountainous mountains, and the Ming court could only rely on the mountain terraces of the Rock people, and the real plain arable land was only a small part of the coast.

It is far from meeting the current expenses of the Ming court.

Therefore, after being blocked by the Tagalogs and the Spaniards' forces to the south, the Ming court began to turn its attention to the Cagayan Valley in the east.

Therefore, when there is a Talu in the south to resist the Spaniards and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce overseas to continuously provide silver, there will naturally be more troops, manpower and financial resources to develop the eastern Luzon region.

After crossing the central mountain range of Luzon, the Ming court finally arrived in the Cagayan Valley.

After working with local Irok people, the Ming court began to intentionally develop these valley plains.

Shanhai, one of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, also made efforts at this moment, opening a series of plank roads and stations along the mountains and plains.

If there is a sea in the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, which is unknown in the Ming court, but is the most loyal, then there is nothing more than the mountains and seas.

Unlike the other three seas that go through maritime trade, the mountains and seas go through land trade, and therefore it is most closely related to the Ming court.

When the Ming court entered the Kagayan Valley eastward, people from the mountains and seas worked hard like a military horse.

He made great contributions to the Ming court's conquest of the Kagayan Valley.

Therefore, after the establishment of Dongning County, Liu Yu deliberately exempted Shanhai from commercial taxes for three years in Dongning County.

Now that Nanpu County is unstable and the Spaniards in the south are ready to move, Dongning County has undoubtedly become the most important county town in the Ming court.

But because the number of Han people on the island was too small, the Ming court was unable to send a large number of Han people to Dongning County for reclamation. Therefore, when Dongning County was basically dominated by Yiluo people, Liu Yu urgently needed a veteran with high prestige to guard the city.

After thinking about it, he had to transfer Liu Quan from Mingcheng to Dongning County.

"The last general is naturally willing to take charge of Dongning for the Ming court." Liu Quandao.

Looking at Liu Quan, Liu Yu nodded. He knew that his uncle was just now in his prime, and it was a great time to show his ambitions.

Now that the Ming court sent troops to attack Qiongzhou, and when he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, he could only hide in the rear of Luzon, which inevitably made the general feel a little depressed.

"Master Xiao led his army to attack Qiongzhou. Can you capture Qiongzhou?" Liu Quan asked.

"According to the investigation ship, our army has taken down Yazhou County and Gratitude County, and annihilated hundreds of Qing troops."

"I guess Lord Xiao has led the navy to annihilate the Qiongzhou navy at this time, right?" Liu Yu murmured to himself.

"Yes, after taking Qiongzhou, our Ming army can take advantage of the victory to go north and take Guangdong and Guangxi to attack Fujian and Zhejiang directly." Liu Quan's face was filled with excitement, and he wished he could step on his own to fight against the Qing Dynasty with a knife.

"Uncle, what I mean is that after the Ming army captured Qiongzhou, the entire army defended Qiongdao to the death. The navy went north and south to Guangdong and Guangxi to migrate the Han people's population to enrich Luzon Island." Liu Yu suddenly said to Liu Quandao.

Liu Quan suddenly shook his body and looked at the nephew in front of him with some disbelief.

"Why?" He gritted his teeth and spit out two words.

"Our army went to Dongpu last year to early spring, and has consumed 100,000 taels of silver."

"This year our army went north to Qiongzhou, and has consumed more than 100,000 taels of military silver. If we want to take down the entire Qiong Island and defend, we still need to invest at least 200,000 taels of silver." Liu Yu took a deep breath and continued.

"In other words, if we conquer Qiongzhou, our Ming court had already consumed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

When Liu Yu said this, he couldn't help but sigh. You know, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce gave the Ming court a year's tax revenue of only 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver.
Chapter completed!