New Ming Empire mixed in America

"We are not the former Ming Dynasty, we are the Xin Ming Empire!"

Li Mingqi corrected the young man's statement, and then asked: "How are you going to have a conflict with those Dutch people at sea?"

Li Mingqi had a good sense of this young man, so he casually asked his doubts.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for them to conflict with the Dutch.

You must know that there were conflicts between Chinese merchant ships and foreign merchant ships during this period. Unless all the insiders were silenced, once this incident was spread, we would be waiting for the revenge of the foreigners.

Although these countries in Europe each have their own evils, they can be said to be united in dealing with other races.

For example, the last expedition fleet led by Daiying included warships from other European countries, and even Nassan, who was very difficult to deal with, sent warships.

"You don't know, my father was forced to death by those Dutch!"

When he mentioned his father, sadness appeared on the young man's face and he said:

"My father signed an agreement with a trading company to purchase steam engines and other spare parts. If the machine is not delivered by the delivery time, it will be a breach of contract and he will be required to pay ten times the purchase price."

"But who knew that news came back a few days ago that our goods were impounded in St. Jones, so my father brought us here to negotiate about the goods."

"But all this is a conspiracy between the Dutch and the Spaniards here. They have no intention of handing over the goods to us."

The young man wiped the tears from his face when he said this, with endless hatred in his voice.

"We brought four shiploads of camphor and tea to sell, intending to use the profits to bribe the Spanish. But... the goods we brought were seized and we were told that they were prohibited from selling."

"In the end, the Dutch intercepted and transported our goods ahead of time. We were desperate and had no choice but to fight hard!"

The young man did not say what happened to his father, but Li Mingqi could imagine his fate.

Either he was captured and killed by the Spanish authorities on random charges, or he died in battle at sea.

After listening to the young man's story, Li Mingqi didn't have much reaction.

The Foreign Chamber of Commerce has been established in Ryukyu for so many years. The young man's father should understand the other party's business style.

But in the end, the contract was signed with the Dutch. What does this mean? Aren’t you just overwhelmed by the huge profits?

So I don’t blame anyone, I only blame myself for being too greedy.

At this time, the roar of naval guns on the sea had gradually stopped. Li Mingqi took the young man and his servant Uncle Wen to the deck to watch the fate of the Dutch merchant ship.

At this time, there was no intact Dutch merchant ship visible on the sea, and only some damaged merchant ships remained on the sea.

At this time, only the bow of the last Dutch merchant ship to be sunk was left leaning on the sea, and the entire hull had sunk below the sea surface.

The young man and the servant named Uncle Wen were both shocked and gasped for air. The Dutch merchant ships struggled with them for three days before they relied on a sneak attack to sink one of them with a salvo.

But in just a short period of time, all the remaining merchant ships of the Dutch had been sent to the bottom of the sea.

"I'm afraid Spanish warships can't sink all merchant ships so quickly..."

Uncle Wen couldn't help but sigh, and then he glanced at the sea and finally breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that his merchant ship was not in trouble.

At this time, the two merchant ships flying the Liu flag had merged together, and the white flags had been raised. The sailors gathered on the deck to show that they meant no harm.

"How many days away from the port of St. Jones?"

Li Mingqi asked the young man casually, wanting to confirm his next plan.

"If our merchant ship moves at full speed, it won't take a day to arrive. Do you want to..."

Before the young man could answer Uncle Wen's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to answer Li Mingqi's question.

"Of course, we are going to see what qualifications the Spaniards have to seize your goods. It just so happens that our supplies have also bottomed out."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, he asked people to send them back to his merchant ship.

Looking at the fleet that had set sail again, Uncle Wen quickly ordered his merchant ships to follow them.

At this time, the young uncle Liu had already arrived on their boat in a small boat.

"What is the origin of this fleet? I see that those Dutch merchant ships have no ability to fight back under their salvo of thousands of artillery attacks."

Hearing the question from the young uncle Sixth, the old servant Uncle Wen replied: "They claim to be the Xinming Empire, and they don't seem to have any ill intentions towards us. Maybe we can avenge our old master this time!"

The head of the old family that Uncle Wen mentioned was the young man's father, who was killed by the Spanish in the port of St. Jones.

The speed of the fleet was so fast that the Liu family's merchant ships could hardly keep up. If they had not abandoned most of their supplies, they might have been left far behind at this time.

The next day, the Pacific Fleet appeared outside the port of St. Jones.

Looking at the town connected to the port, Li Mingqi directly ordered the bombardment to start without any hesitation.

There was already a commotion in the Port of St. Jones when the Pacific Fleet appeared. Some merchant ships staying in the port directly raised their sails and prepared to leave first.

After the fleet opened fire, the port became even more chaotic. Countless Spanish immigrants ran towards the suburbs with their belongings.

The target of the Pacific Fleet was the city behind the port, so Cheng Yuanliang led several warships and sailed directly into the port arrogantly and started shelling.

As for the small fort at the port, Cheng Yuanliang didn't pay attention to them at all.

The solid bullets from several small-caliber coastal defense guns hit the hull of the ironclad ship, and had no effect except knocking off a few pieces of paint.

The ironclad ship razed the fort to the ground in just two rounds of shelling.

This was not a big port originally, it was just a place to dock for passing merchant ships, so it was not large in scale.

After several rounds of shelling, almost all the buildings in the city were destroyed.

The warehouses in the port area were deliberately left alone, so the first target of the National Defense Force after landing was there.

In addition to the maritime traders in this small port city, most of the others are Spanish immigrants.

However, there are also a small number of indigenous people looking for work in the port. During the shelling just now, these indigenous people were hiding in the port and were not affected.

But after the National Defense Forces landed, these natives didn't know why they were crazy, and they actually helped the Spaniards to resist.

Ding Yi, the commander of the 303rd Regiment of the National Defense Forces who set off with the ship, directly issued an order to annihilate these guys who were seeking death.

For a while, the "click-click" sound of the transfer-tube machine gun in the port area was non-stop, and soon, all those who dared to resist near the warehouse were shot dead.

When the Liu family's merchant ship arrived here, they saw that construction of the foundation for Jingguan had already begun in the port area.

Li Mingqi has no mercy for the Spaniards here.

Between 1603 and 1662, the Spanish and local indigenous people massacred the Chinese four times.

In 1603, more than 23,000 Chinese were killed.

In 1609, tens of thousands more people were killed. In total, more than 50,000 Chinese died in the massacre near Manila alone.

In 1639 and 1662, two more large-scale massacres were carried out against the Chinese.

As many as hundreds of thousands of people were killed before and after!

It can be said that every Spanish family here has had Chinese blood on their hands.

So how could Li Mingqi not hate them, how could he let them go?

The main settlement place for the Chinese who were killed at that time was Luzon Island, where Manila is located. There were not many other scattered islands, so Li Mingqi directly bypassed Mindanao Island and went straight to Manila.

The port of St. Jones is already very close to Manila, which is why Li Mingqi placed the first target of revenge here.

"Your Majesty has an order, no one shall be left alive!"

Just when Ding Yi was commanding the 303rd Regiment to clear the port area and prepare to attack other areas, the latest order sounded on the walkie-talkie.

Regarding the history of Luzon, the National Defense Forces had already begun to study it during the voyage. When they arrived here, everyone in the fleet had studied it at least three times.

After hearing Li Mingqi's order, no one in the 303rd regiment hesitated.

Blood debts need to be repaid with blood!

Back then, the blood of the Chinese stained this land red. Now it is time to pay tribute with the blood of the murderer.