The weather in Luzon in September was hot, and the crowded city of Macheng made the new Ming officials feel chest tightness.

After the storm subsided, merchants and travelers from the Ming Dynasty arrived at the port one after another. Dozens of lucky ships of different sizes stopped into Manila Bay. Lifu, who spoke with a Fujian-Guangzhou accent, greeted the port garrison, and passed the pass through the defenses with ease and transported the goods to the market south of the royal city.

The captains of merchants may change, but sailors have always been recruiting from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangxi, especially after the Guangdong Governor of the Ming Dynasty ordered the number of people who were banned from maritime affairs. Most of these sailors recruited coastal fishermen from Fujian.

Since the government army moved south, merchants followed closely behind and recruited a group of fishermen and sailors as boatmen. The maritime merchants made a fortune and paid more to boatmen than the junior high school. This year, sailors who had been to Luzon once or twice came back, most of them brought clan youths into the industry.

Some people simply saw that the Ming army won steadily in Luzon and even garrisoned the islands last year, so they simply did not go back and started their own business overseas.

Shi Xiaolou, a Quan Shang Shang, was lending money in Luzon. The Macheng government had the business of auctioning houses. All the land obtained through war had long been sold. A large number of fishermen and boatmen took this opportunity to turn over and become merchants in Luzon landlords, restaurants and markets.

"Brother Wen, this generation is also an official army. How can you accompany merchants and others? You look like a military officer?"

The talented men sent by the imperial court to the Nanyang Military Mansion also arrived. They had more than a dozen people, each with servants. The Guangdong Metropolitan Commander sent more than a hundred flag troops to escort along the way, and three great blessing ships flew across the sea to Luzon.

The leader was named Zhang Yuan-Guan, who was a fellow villager of Xu Wei. When Xu Wei killed his wife and was imprisoned, he rescued him in every way. At the same time, he was also the top scholar in the fifth year of Longqing. Those who followed him took measures, and Liu Tai and others were all in the same year. In the fifth year of Longqing, there were less than 400 Jinshi, and 17 were sent to Luzon alone, which was taken seriously by the court.

Xu Wei walked Zhang Yuanqi's arm towards the yamen. Hearing this, he followed his eyes and saw that the merchants with silk and satin at the port were carrying bird guns and short swords, and he smiled and said, "That's not an official army, but the war has not stopped, so the merchants are just defending themselves."

Zhang Yuanqi looked back and looked at each other in the same year. Some people didn't care about it, and naturally there were people who were very moved by the collapse of rituals and music. However, due to the first time, they did not speak.

Merchants cannot wear silk and satin, and guards can't carry firearms. These laws are broken in Luzon.

"The war has not stopped just now? Where is there a war? It is clear and peaceful time." Zhang Yuanqi raised his finger and gestured, saying, "When boarding the ship at Weigang, the merchants in the same industry said that Guangdong will send 130,000 cotton pieces to Luzon this year, which is better than the taxes of the government last year. Why are there any wars in the world with cotton? "

The tax that Zhang Yuanqi mentioned refers to the physical tax on cotton cloth, but it is just the color discount collected by the court from the weaver.

"The Luzon war has been completed long ago. The government troops are fighting in the east, Guam in the east." Xu Wei raised his hand to Dongxu and said mysteriously: "Go to the sea for five thousand miles."

"But to be honest, cotton can indeed fight."

Xu Wei didn't say it clearly, and pulled Zhang Yuanwei to walk and introduced: "The 130,000 pieces of cotton bricks in Luzon cannot be eaten. There are Ming merchants here who resold them to Sulu, silt and Java. One piece of cloth was sold in the Ming Dynasty for three cents of silver, and in Luzon, two taels of clay can be used for Sulu, and the price can be increased."

"In this way, 130,000 pieces of cotton are gone, and the government will buy more than 100,000 taels of cotton after two rounds. This year, Guangdong produces more cotton than last year, and next year will be more than this year. The land price here is low. People who buy land must use 30% of the land to grow cotton and 20% of the land to grow sweet potatoes. The rest can only be planted by themselves. Most of these things must be transported back to the country."

"Money and food are the foundation of the country."

Zhang Yuanqi burst into laughter and said, "Wouldn't the people be angry when buying land but they have to listen to the government's assignment to farm?"

"Most local people are unwilling to buy land to farm. They are more willing to be tenants for Ming people, saving worries and labor. As for the people who cross the sea, they will not be angry. Where can I get a hundred or even a thousand acres of land in the middle of the country? What's more, people come to collect things set by the government every year, and according to the market price, it's too late to be happy."

These Jinshi were all talented people. After hearing Xu Wei's introduction, they still didn't understand it. Luzon was too confused in their eyes. There was never such a place. The Ming Dynasty officials were in charge of the land of Luzon, merchants and people walked with their knives, and there were even those who carried bird guns and muskets on their shoulders.

Not to mention, the soldiers here are obviously the barbarians, but the Ming flag army was the merchants and officials wearing silk and satin clothes as if they had never seen them.

Liu Tai, a Jinshi, was previously the head of the Ministry of Justice. This time, he was unhappy to be transferred to the Nanyang Military Office. At this time, he could no longer help but assert: "This place cannot be saved, and it will be chaos if it takes a long time!"

"There is a law to pay for the life of murder, to be sentenced to injuring someone, to pay the food and pay taxes."

Xu Wei saw that some of the Jinshi were dissatisfied with the current situation of Luzon, but he would not comfort him. He smiled and said, "So the imperial court sent you here. The gift that Chen Shuai should give you first is to formulate the layout, and the literary and famous martial arts are important. This layout should be recorded in history."

"What's the layout?"

"The General Law of All Nations, in accordance with the intention of Chen Shuai, set up a law that governs the barbarians and the people going to sea in overseas countries. It also stipulates the obligations of trading countries, allied countries, tribute countries, vassal states, and vassal states. The purpose of this set of laws and regulations is to facilitate the Ming Dynasty. I hope you will put the cart before the horse."

Xu Wei said and emphasized: "To protect the Ming Dynasty's overseas property, trade, people and after conquests, of course, we must also seek welfare for the countries."

The Jinshi listened to Xu Wei's retelling Chen Mu's original words and looked at each other. They didn't understand very well. The most critical question was asked by Zhang Yuangui, and he said, "The court is overseas, and there are still money and property?"

The Ming people are used to their own food and never compete for others. They have always been from others overseas. The laws of ancestors are not working outsiders?

"In the southwest of Minduluo Island, the island does not belong to Luzon. In the letter of state delivered to the court by the King of Luzon last year, the seven islands including Minduluo, Chen Lai and other seventeen islands were included in the Ming Dynasty. Four gold mines, seventeen coal mines, and more than 7,000 people have opened on the island. There will be more and more land."

"There are more than a thousand households immigrants in Xinming, and the land is even larger, but it is not that good; the Nanyang Military Palace resets the three guards on Kuwu Island, and Guam fights the Western Yi Navy. From Malacca to Japan, there is a Mongolian Wala in the north of the Ming Dynasty, but overseas in the south, and it has been fully subdued to the king!"

"Chen Shuai said that today, the Western barbarians and the Ottomans will attack each other. My Ming Dynasty should not be in a corner. We should keep a low profile and wait for an opportunity to take the initiative. It is much easier to make achievements overseas than in the middle school. You will be able to learn all your talents at this point."

Xu Wei said, standing outside the Nanyang Yamen in Macheng, turning to look at the Jinshi suddenly with a little pity in his eyes. He reached out and said, "Sir, Mr. Hai has been waiting in the hall for a long time, please."

Zhang Yuanqi was so shocked by Xu Wei's eyes that he had not yet come back to his senses from Xu Wei's previous words, and frowned and asked, "Hai Gong?"

Xu Wei nodded, looked at the several Jinshi who had reacted and changed color, and finally couldn't hold back the smile on his face. He gave a positive answer to their speculation, nodded and said, "Yes, Hai Gangfeng."
Chapter completed!