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Chapter 90 Remuneration for Five Hundred Tons of Gold

"You said you want us to destroy the indigenous people for you?" Li Ji was immediately interested when he heard the proposal of Conde's secretary. "You think about the United States. Our Ming army can be dispatched, but there must be rewards! I wonder what rewards you Spanish can pay?"

The secretary scolded Ming Jun for being too shameless. He actually wanted to charge at this time, so he said, "We can't give you anything now, please help us!"

"I'm sorry, we are not saviors. If you don't give us some benefits, then don't think we will send troops." After so long, Li Ji learned to negotiate with others, and his temper was no longer as impatient as before.

"This..." The secretary was so anxious that he didn't know what to say.

"Last time I heard Governor Kongde say that we still have 500 tons of gold..." the envoy said at this time.

Although the messenger muttered in Spanish, the translator next to Li Ji immediately told Li Ji.

"Five hundred tons of gold? OK? Just five hundred tons of gold! As long as you hand over this gold to us, we will send troops immediately!"

"You!" The secretary glared at the envoy fiercely, but at this time he remembered that Governor Kongde had told him that no matter what conditions were, and when he thought of the current critical situation, he had to say: "Okay, 500 tons of gold is only 500 tons of gold. We can hand it over to you, but please send troops quickly!"

"Yes, but we have to take you off first, and then we have to see the gold with our own eyes before we can take action." Li Ji said again.

"Okay, okay! Just ask you to send troops as soon as possible!" The secretary had no choice but to agree to Li Ji's request.

Tieniu immediately ordered the First Division to equipment the Spanish army. These people wanted to resist at first, but when they saw their city defense commander Rubio personally came out and ordered them to surrender, they handed over the weapons in their hands to the Ming army.

Then these people, including Rubio, were transferred to the transport ship to take care of them. If they wanted to riot, the Xia class warship next to them would sink the transport ship and let them all go to the sea to feed the fish.

Under the leadership of the secretary, the First Division and the Second Division, who were waiting on the shore, came to Manila City. At this time, fires had already been lit in many places in the city, and many houses were beaten and smashed and robbed by the indigenous people.

However, Li Ji asked the secretary to take them to meet Governor Kong De as soon as possible. Only when he saw the shadows of gold with his own eyes could he order help rescue the Spaniards.

When they arrived at the Governor's Mansion, some ignorant natives had surrounded the place. Because there was a military police force of about 500 people in the Governor's Mansion, they were unable to rush into the Governor's Mansion to start a massacre. However, the number of these military policemen was too small, and it was impossible to destroy these indigenous people.

Seeing this, Tie Niu immediately ordered the shooting and killing of these natives. He did not want these annoying guys to destroy the plan of 500 tons of gold. If it fails, Zhu Haitao is a guy with strict rules and will definitely punish him severely.

"Bang!Bang!Bang!"

These ignorant natives wanted to attack the Ming army with kitchen knives at first, but they were soon educated by the rifles in the hands of the Ming army. They were soon beaten by the dense rain of bullets, and the remaining people fled in a hurry.

"Hurry up and take us to meet your governor! If it's too late, all the Spaniards will be killed by the indigenous people!" Li Jishou said to the secretary slowly.

The secretary's heart was bleeding. He rushed into the Governor's Mansion without saying a word, while Li Ji and others followed slowly behind.

The secretary flew to Governor Conde's office. Now Conde is walking in the office, sweating soaked his clothes.

"Governor General! Good news! I have persuaded the Ming army and they promised to help us quell the rebellion!" The secretary shouted loudly without any time.

"What did you say? The Ming army is coming to help us quell the rebellion?" Governor Konger stared at the secretary in a daze, and then said, "What are the conditions you promised them? What about Colonel Rubio and the others?"

"They want the five hundred tons of gold that we have stored. Colonel Rubio and the remaining Spanish troops have surrendered. They have been transferred to the Ming army's transport ship and have now been sent to the prisoner-of-war camp on Mindanao. These Chinese people demand that they can only send troops after seeing the gold!" The secretary said carefully.

"They... they actually surrendered? These yellow-skinned monkeys actually want our gold?" Hearing the secretary's news, Governor Kong De felt another lightning strike him.

"We have no other way, Governor! Now they have arrived outside the Governor's Office. If you disagree, our people will be killed by the indigenous people!" The secretary also spoke loudly at this time. If he did not seek the consent of Governor Conde, the Chinese army outside would definitely kill them all! By then, not only would they not be able to save more than 100,000 Spanish people, but they would also lose gold in vain.

"Okay! Go and call their commander over, and I'll take them to the storage room." Kong De touched the sweat on his forehead and said helplessly. He had no choice now. Whether it was these Chinese or natives, they had a problem.

"Don't call! I'm here." Li Ji pushed open the door and walked into the magnificent office decorated by Governor Kongde.

Although the conversation between Governor Conde and the secretary was spoken in Spanish, the translator with a sharp ear beside Li Ji had already told him the original number of conversations between the two.

"Governor General, this is the commander-in-chief of the Ming army's operation and the chief of staff of the Ming Kingdom, General Li Ji." The secretary quickly introduced.

"Chief of General Staff? Oh, hello, General Li." Governor Kong De was stunned at first, and then shook hands with Li Ji.

It turned out that there was no General Staff Department in Europe at this time, and it was not established in Prussia in history until 1817.

"Hello Governor, I want to ask you, where is our reward?" Li Ji asked bluntly.

"Oh... please come with me." Kong De felt a little scared when he saw a handsome saber tied to Li Ji's waist. There were five soldiers carrying rifles behind him.

It turned out that the place where the gold was stored was underground, and behind the wall behind the seat of Conde, there was a passage leading there. Conde pressed the button on the table, and the wall rotated and displayed the passage in front of everyone.

Li Ji led the guards and followed Kong De and his secretary into the tunnel. The passage was still very bright because there were oil lamps illuminating on the walls of the passage.

Soon, they arrived at the place where gold was stored. This storage room was about a radius of dozens of meters, and it was fine to store thousands of tons of gold.

The gold bars placed inside are now shining with golden light and are displayed in front of everyone. The number should be similar to the number of secretaries.

"This is the 500 tons of gold stored in the Governor's Office recently. I think I should be able to pay what you want, right?" Kong De asked cautiously.
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