In mid-August, in addition to a small number of ships, Donghai Town also salvaged Dutch shipwrecks in Subic Bay, most of the people arrived in Manila.

At this time, the cost of building an artillery was very high. To expand the South China Sea, Donghai Town needed a powerful navy and also to build fortresses and fortresses to control the colony in various colony areas.

This required Donghai Town to cast a large number of artillery, so it was necessary to salvage shipwrecks and artillery from Subic Bay and Dayuan Bay.

With this batch of artillery, it is enough for Donghai Town to expand in Nanyang, which can save a large amount of naval army expenses and prevent the naval army from squeezing the military expenditure of the mainland division.

After Zhao Ming landed on the shore, he sent a prisoner into Fort Manila, and ordered the Spanish to surrender unconditionally, but were rejected by the Spanish Governor Manlik. Donghai Town had no choice but to prepare for a strong attack.

While the warships were salvaging shipwrecks and artillery, Manila had gathered more than 10,000 soldiers from Donghai Town, as well as more than 20,000 overseas Chinese and indigenous people. They began to dig trenches under the Manila castle, sweating profusely, and sit in preparations before siege.

Before Donghai Town, Zhao Ming ordered Donghai Town soldiers to conduct several months of attack on the castle drill with Chikan Castle as the target. He had already developed a set strategy for how to break through Manila Fort.

That is, he digs a trench directly, advances to the foot of the fortress, and then sets up a mortar cannon that can fire flowering bullets and shoots the fortress. The rest is to rely on soldiers to attack fiercely and seize the fortress with its superior strength.

At this time, the military and civilians dug trenches under the fortress, and Zhao Ming summoned the overseas Chinese leaders in Manila to discuss the development of Luzon Island and the resettlement of the Han people on the island.

Outside the Central Army's tent, soldiers in Donghai Town, wearing cloth armor and disc helmets, stood with guns.

In the military tent, more than 20 old men, some young and strong men, knelt down and saluted, and Zhao Ming sat upright on the commander's position.

Zhao Ming looked at everyone. Luzon was rich in resources and even if he didn't work much, he would not starve to death. The Han people were famous for being hard-working and motivated. As long as they were used to the local climate in Luzon, they should live a good life. But judging from everyone's complexion, they knew that they were oppressed by Spanish people and were not very good.

"We'll pay homage to the Duke!"

Zhao Ming waved his hand and smiled, "No need to be polite, please sit down, fellow villagers."

Everyone thanked him quickly, feeling quite frightened. Most of their ancestral homes were residents of the southeast coast. Although they lived in Luzon for a long time, they still regarded themselves as people from the Ming Dynasty.

When they were in their hometown, they could not even see the county magistrate. Now a Duke sits in front of them and gives them a seat. Everyone is moved, but they are also a little scared.

China has been an official position for all generations, which makes the people naturally afraid of being an official. When they see a county magistrate, they will kneel down and speak, so how dare they sit in front of the Duke?

Seeing that they did not move, Zhao Ming shook his head and smiled again and said, "Everyone should sit down! Do you want this vassal to hold you down?"

Dozens of people sat down with some anxiety.

"Listen to the accent, everyone should be the people in Fujian!" Zhao Ming did not go directly to the topic, but instead used the dialect of southern Fujian to talk about family matters to ease the people's nervousness and fear.

After hearing Zhao Ming say a few words, the tension finally eased a little. Someone boldly replied: "Report to the Duke, most of us are from Fujian. Our hometown has many mountains and few land and cannot support many people, so we came to Luzon to make a living. The grass-roots people have been here for more than twenty years."

Zhao Ming asked: "How have you lived in Luzon for the past twenty years?"

When the old man heard the words, he couldn't help but cry: "It's so miserable! After Caomin arrived in Luzon, he defected to the elders of the tribe and cultivated land in Luzon. He could only live. Later, the Western barbarians killed the elders of the tribe and occupied the fields. Caomin could only work for them, and the harvest was taken away by them. However, the land of Luzon was fertile, and Caomin suffered some hardships and quietly reclaimed several acres of land. The family lived just a little bit, but the hateful Western barbarians massacred us and robbed the money and grain we had accumulated. Caomin's son was also killed by them~"

The old man's words evoked everyone's tragic memories, and many people wiped their tears.

Zhao Mingcai was silent for a moment and comforted him: "This vassal breaks through Manila City to avenge you and others, but after avenge, can you and others think about your future life?"

The tent was quiet. After wiped his tears, the old man said gratefully: "Caomin and others thanked the Duke for his decision, but after that, Caomin and others wanted to return to their hometown."

Zhao Ming frowned and said, "Why is this?"

The old man said: "Caomin and others wandered to sea. They originally wanted to live better than their hometown, but when they arrived in Luzon, they suffered decades of sin. Now, they thought that they might as well stay in their hometown."

Zhao Ming glanced at everyone and probably many people had this idea. The Chinese said that falling leaves return to their roots. After going to sea, these people were extremely in love with their hometown. Life in Luzon was not better than their hometown. They were bullied by the Spanish and massacred, but they were better off staying in their hometown.

"I hope you can stay!" Zhao Ming said in a deep voice.

The people below heard the words and discussed it. Zhao Ming continued: "I know that you are here because you are missing your hometown, and you are oppressed and insecure and insecure. Now our town leads the soldiers of Donghai Town here to drive away the Spaniards. In the future, Luzon will set up counties and counties, which is also China. Our vassal will ensure your safety and will not oppress and slaughter you when there are Western barbarians. Our vassal hopes that you can stay and develop Luzon for our vassal."

Zhao Ming waved his hand and said, "Mr. Dong, tell them about the policies of the vassal states!"

Dong Zhining, who was standing beside him, immediately said, "Dear fellow villagers, the land of Luzon is fertile and rich in resources. Everyone knows this. You are discouraged by Luzon, mainly because your labor income has been taken away by the Spanish, and you have no benefits. The land on Luzon is vast and sparsely populated, with endless developments. The vassal state promised that it would provide you with farm tools and oxen to reclaim the land. The land here is in the area designated by the vassal state, no matter how much it is cultivated, as long as it has been cultivated for three consecutive years, the vassal state will issue a land deed and belong to you. Moreover, the vassal state will not collect any taxes in the first three years, and only 10% of the taxes will be collected later."

At this time, Dong Zhining was promoting Donghai Town's colonization policy to everyone, but Guo Zhong suddenly picked up the tent and walked to Zhao Ming quickly, whispering.

Zhao Ming was shocked when he heard the word, and was shocked inside, but his face was still calm.

"Everyone, if you have any questions, you can ask Mr. Dong first. There are still some things to be dealt with in this vassal, so I will lose my companion first!" Zhao Ming stood up and suddenly waved his hand to interrupt Dong Zhining, and after that, he hurriedly left the account.

When he arrived outside the tent, Zhao Ming's face sank, "What's going on?"

Guo Zhong said in a deep voice: "I don't know the humble position, and the messenger only said that Nanjing has changed!"

Zhao Ming immediately said, "Where is the messenger?"

Guo Zhong said: "It's still in Beigang!"
Chapter completed!