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    The port of Manila is filled with ships flying rectangular red flags, and the castles and fortresses of Manila are now owned by the Ming army.  The most special thing is that there is a huge devil's head painted on the sails of all the battleships, hundreds of ships without exception.  After the naval battle, Deng Ming found that the devil's head was more effective than the searchlight he had imagined to illuminate the human eye, so while resting, Deng Ming painted more faces on the sails.

    In the subsequent battles, Deng Ming carried out continuous night attacks, and each time the effect was very good.  The fleeing Spaniards had spread the news that the Ming army had formed an alliance with the devil. Whenever the defenders of the fortress saw the devil suddenly appearing from the dark night, they would flee without their armor.  A few brave Spanish soldiers also experimented with many new weapons under the command of the priest, such as holy water cannonballs and cross formations, but none of them had any effect.

    With the Ming army's successive victories, Deng Ming eventually developed to the point where he painted grimaces on the sails of every ship.  Although the Ming army continued to attack at night, they no longer sneaked to the enemy's fortress to land. Instead, they turned on the lights and attacked head-on, shining on the faces of hundreds of ships.

    After the Ming army landed near Manila, a large number of Spanish soldiers deserted.  The Governor of Manila first prayed for three days and three nights, and then scattered tens of thousands of emergency crosses in the Manila Harbor, and also painted holy icons on eye-catching heights.  The governor's residence was also occupied by various psychics and divine enlighteners for a while.  In the past, most of these people would have been regarded as wizards and witches and burned to death. However, the governor and officers who were ill and sought medical treatment seriously discussed with them the plan to exorcise ghosts. Even the priests, who had always been at odds with these wizards, at this time  I also put aside my prejudices and stopped expressing my objections.

    Last night the Ming army launched an attack.  The Ming fleet set up searchlights to cover the infantry attack.  When it was discovered that the huge magic circle still could not prevent the demon with its teeth and claws from approaching the Manila port, the governor used his final trump card and ordered a choir of five hundred boys and girls to sing hymns loudly to the Ming fleet.  When this failed, and the devil's ship did not sink to the bottom of the sea or be driven away, the morale of the Spanish defenders completely collapsed, and they abandoned the outer fortress and fled back to the city.  Subsequently, the governor surrendered to Deng Ming and handed over the Manila Fortress on the condition that their souls were free.

    "Governor, please look, this is our luminous equipment. Their working principle is" After occupying Manila, Deng Ming immediately invited senior Spanish officials and generals to visit the Ming army's searchlights and let them try to operate them themselves.  .  As for the ferocious devils on the sails, Deng Ming also let the captives take a close look at these lifeless portraits.  Immediately afterwards, Deng Ming ordered the troops to help every curious Spanish prisoner to visit these equipment. The Ming army should help them understand what electricity was without reservation.

    "Why did the Prime Minister tell them?" Feng Xifan was very surprised and didn't understand why Deng Ming wanted to reveal the secret to the Spaniards.

    "Because after the war is over, we will still have to do business with the Spaniards." Deng Ming said with a smile: "If the Spaniards really think that we have formed an alliance with the devil, it will affect the trade between us. Since we have captured Manila  , then our war with the Spanish is about to end."

    "But what about the Dutch?" Feng Xifan remembered that Deng Ming said that the Ming army's purpose for this expedition was Batavia, not simply to Manila.

    "Yes, so we have to release the Spanish prisoners later. Even if this trick doesn't work, we already have a fleet that is not inferior to Batavia." Deng Ming planned to recruit some instructors and instructors from the Spanish  Sailors, help the Ming army improve the level of naval warfare as soon as possible.  With the help of these Spanish people, coupled with the Ming army's searchlights and new artillery shells, Batavia is not out of reach.

    Feng Xifan thought for a while and then said to Deng Ming: "I will not follow the Prime Minister to Batavia. I plan to return to Taiwan to resume my life."

    "Oh, so fast?" Deng Ming was a little surprised, because in the battle with the Spaniards, firearms never played a major role, and they basically relied on grimaces to clear the way. I'm afraid this will not play a big role in Feng Xifan's plan to reform the military system.  ; But even if he fights the Dutch later, Deng Ming will probably continue to use this trick.  Spanish mercenaries and new artillery shells are the last resort. Unless the Dutch are not fooled at all, he will use these.  Deng Ming guessed that Feng Xifan might have thought that he would not be able to gain much experience in firearm warfare if he continued to follow him, so he planned to return home.

    "Yes, Beizhi has benefited a lot from going to sea with the Prime Minister." Feng Xifan said seriously: "Beizhi finally understood that before, Beizhi had completely gone astray."

    "What evil path?" Deng Ming was a little confused.

    "Didn't I tell the Prime Minister that I planned to establish a firearm-based army?"Do you still want to persuade King Yanping to buy a Thai-Span warship?  "

    "Is this an evil path?" Deng Ming was shocked.  When Feng Xifan talked about his reform ideals, Deng Ming could see the confidence and longing in the other person's eyes. He also admired Feng Xifan's vision and Deng Ming, so he planned to help him. Now the Taiwan military is a friendly force, and it will be in the future.  It is part of the Chinese army.

    "The general has decided to go back and study the art of war. The art of war is the right way." Feng Xifan said seriously, with a look of perseverance on his face, as if he was more determined to reform now than he was at the beginning.

    "The Art of War?" Deng Ming had a vague premonition - he might have destroyed Feng Xifan's original ambition with his own hands.

    "Yes, the former king was able to defeat the Hongyi's large ships and muskets and conquer their fortress with his lucky ships; the prime minister was able to defeat the Hongyi's large ships and conquer their fortress with his grimace. Neither the former king nor the prime minister relied on weapons to win.  It's about the art of war! Your Majesty and General Liu are right. The humble position is indeed inferior to military affairs. Because of the lack of experience, they thought weapons were the most important. This time with the Prime Minister on the expedition, the humble position finally understood that weapons are not the most important thing.  What is important, what is important, is the person who uses the weapon. So when I return this time, I will no longer be so lofty as to suggest reforms to the king, but will be down-to-earth in studying the art of war."

    After saying this, Feng Xifan ignored his armor and bowed deeply to Deng Ming. He straightened his back and then bowed deeply, as follows: "The Prime Minister's words and deeds, I can't thank you enough for my humiliation."

    Deng Ming looked at Feng Xifan silently, confirming that the other party had just abandoned the "weapons only theory". From then on, Taiwan lost a military reformer and gained a master of military art.

    Not thinking about how to get Feng Xifan back on the old path, Deng Ming changed the topic and took the officers to inspect the warehouse in Manila.

    The gold stored in the Manila Fortress naturally became the spoils of war for the Ming army.  Deng Ming walked into the warehouse of the Governor's Palace in Manila. The warehouse was filled with pockets containing gold coins.  Deng Ming asked the soldiers to pull out a bag, opened it and fell to the ground. The bright golden gold piled up a hill on the ground, reflecting the faces of the people around him in gold.

    Although the people who followed Deng Ming on patrol were all people who had seen the world, many people's breathing became heavy when they saw so many gold coins rolling on the ground and a whole room full of gold.

    "There must be hundreds of thousands or millions of taels of gold, right?" Zhou Kaihuang said excitedly.

    Deng Ming nodded slightly.  Both the Spanish and the Portuguese obtained huge wealth from South America. Portugal only obtained more than three hundred tons of gold, while Spain's income can be described as countless.  What was placed in front of Deng Ming was just dozens of tons of reserves from the Governor's Palace in Manila.

    Deng Ming grabbed a handful of gold coins from the ground and stared at them seriously for a while.  Manila has stored Spain's savings for many years, and the Philippines itself is also one of the world's top gold and copper mining countries.  After taking control of Manila, China will no longer worry about gold, silver, copper and other metals for a long time in the future.  Not to mention that after taking Batavia, the spices, porcelain and silk that Europe needed had to be exchanged for precious metals, or to provide rubber, saltpeter and other goods that China needed.

    By only relying on the seizure from the Governor's Palace in Manila, Deng Ming could still get at least 500,000 taels of gold in addition to dividends to the Allies and bonuses to the army.  Deng Ming tilted his palm slightly, letting the gold coins in his hand fall one by one from between his fingers and fall back to the gold mountain on the ground.  Without looking back, he asked Zhou Kaihuang behind him: "Do you know what this gold means?"

    "It means that the prime minister can throw away gold coins when he returns to the capital." Zhou Kaihuang said with a smile.

    "With this money, girls in Hubei can live to adulthood even if they are born into poor families. This means that people there will no longer need to sign a deed of prostitution, like their fellow scholars in Sichuan, and will never be raped.  People can buy and sell at will." With this money, Deng Ming could redeem land and people from more Kuidong generals, end the tenancy relationship on these sites, and pay the poor a subsidy to support his daughter.

    Throwing back the last gold coin in his hand, Deng Ming turned around and walked out of the warehouse.

    The local overseas Chinese representatives have been found by the Ming army.  In addition to the overseas Chinese in Manila, there were also overseas Chinese representatives from various other ports and cities.  After they were found by the colonization group, Deng Ming invited them to Manila together.  Most of these overseas Chinese are from Fujian or Guangdong, and a small number are from Zhejiang, most of them from Ningbo.

    In the past, the war was still in progress. Deng Ming knew that most overseas Chinese still had doubts. He did not know whether the Ming army would leave after a short stay and let this land fall into the hands of Westerners again, so Deng Ming did not go through it at that time.  Talk about post-war construction earlier.  Now that the Spanish governor has surrendered to the Ming army, it is obvious that the Ming army won the final victory.It is easy to see that Deng Ming felt that it was time to explain to these Chinese representatives how he planned to rule this land¡ª¡ª

    Author¡¯s note: Seeing that many readers have questioned whether the technology in this book can be implemented in our real world, another reader asked today Well, the author admits that I have never considered this issue.

    The author feels that the sail electromagnetic gun battleship is an interesting setting and will bring many interesting phenomena to the war in the novel world.  The early appearance of some technologies in the book may bring about many interesting changes. As for how to implement these technologies, does it take time to consider?  Wouldn't someone travel to a parallel world and be misled by the technical details of the author's book?  Just like the searchlight and devil head tactics, the author focuses on the fun of the battle process and results, so I arrange for the appearance of these equipment; no one really thinks that the author is seriously studying what methods should be used to capture the territory after time travel.  No one thinks so in Manila in the seventeenth century, right?

    All technologies and equipment may or may not appear under the physical laws of the real world, but the author did not ponder these.  The technology in the book is the same as the characters' thoughts, actions, and language. It is what the plot requires it to be.  Originally, the author also conceived some plots such as a cold weapon battle scene where walkie-talkies were used to communicate, and plots such as using a camera to secretly take pictures of the opponent's secret weapon design drawings - electroplated helmets.  In fact, I think these baggage are quite interesting.  As for the process of technology realization, just imagine that the physical laws of that parallel universe are different. As for how the differences can achieve this technical effect, the author does not know.  However, since many readers cannot accept it, I will leave these plot points for the next book.

    As for the personal relationship issue mentioned by the "bloody" netizen, I have not read the book you mentioned. If there are different opinions, I am very happy, which means that my work has received attention; but I firmly believe that this is not the case, because all the novel world  They are all fictional, and the technology trees all serve the plot.  Whether it is easy or difficult, whether it is the same as our world or different, it is all to advance the plot of the novel. Are there any novel authors who don¡¯t understand this principle?
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