366 The vine of life
At the Port of Manila in Lusong, the Spain flag fluttered everywhere.
A Spain man wearing a black hat with feathers on it, metal armor, leather boots, and a flintlock on his waist was standing on a high platform piled with boxes by the port. He was looking at the dense crowd around him triumphantly.
Behind this man was a team of Spain Musketeers in armor and holding rifles.
A short man with a weird Hua pronunciation and two moustaches as short as a mouse was reading a piece of paper aloud in front of that Spain with a flattering smile.
Xuanji sends an order to the chieftain of the fulangji Kingdom. The Lusong tribe knows that your Lusong tribe has killed more than 10000 people of the Christian Church and the spring merchants for no reason. Lusong is a deserted island with evil dragons and snakes. You have sold goods to the people of the sea state, connecting with other countries and trading with foreigners. For more than ten years, the conference has been held. The people of the winter state have taught them farming skills and governed their cities, so it is the bi ‘an region. How dare you kill 10000 people? ”
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“The culprit of the overseas battle is unknown. Among the four China citizens, merchants were the most despicable. How could he use the commoners to cause an Army revolution? The merchants also abandoned their homes to travel the sea and did not return in the winter. Father, brother, and relatives were all disdainful, so there was no pity in abandoning them.”
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These people were surrounded by Chinese living in City Manila and sea merchants at the port.
As soon as Xia Pingan opened his eyes, he found himself in the crowd. The first thing he saw was the Spain flag fluttering on the port.
The atmosphere here was a little depressing.
Xia Pingan looked at the Chinese people around him. All of them had grief and indignation on their faces, and many of the young people were clenching their fists tightly.
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Listening to the short man read the contents of the paper in a strange tone, Xia Pingan was stunned. Four words immediately appeared in his mind: ” Yu Lusong. this was the reply of the Emperor of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty to the Spanish in 1605 after the Spain colonists massacred the Chinese in Manila in 1603.
In fact, after the Spain slaughtered tens of thousands of Chinese in Manila, the Spaniards were also frightened and afraid of the Ming Army’s revenge. They even sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to ” apologize “, hoping to get the Ming Dynasty’s understanding.
But in the end, the Spain did not receive the Ming army. Instead, they received the Wanli Emperor’s decree on Yu Lusong.
–‘Overseas battle, unknown culprit. Among the four China citizens, merchants were the most despicable. It was this sentence in “Yu Lu Song” that buried the root of the tragic fate of the Chinese in Southeast Asia, which continued for hundreds of years.
From then on, all the southeast Asian invaders and natives knew one thing-nothing would happen if they killed the Chinese!
For China, this was a great tragedy. The whole of Da Ming, until now, still regarded the Spain who invaded Lusong as the Franz, and they didn’t even know who killed tens of thousands of Chinese in Manila.
The so-called Franz was also the first to be mistaken for the Portugal.
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Finally, the short man finished reading the contents on the paper. The Spain man on his side waved his hand. With a humble smile, the short man said something in Japanese as he bowed and left.
“This is the letter that your Great Ming country’s Wanli Emperor wrote to our Governor. The letter is in the hands of our Governor. You’ve heard the contents of the letter. This is not a fake Kasaya.”
The Spain man also knew Chinese, but his accent was strange. He proudly waved the piece of paper in his hand and said loudly, ” from now on, Lu Song belongs to Spain. Your Emperor has abandoned you and will not avenge you. He will not send an Army here. You are just the lowly people of Ming. Let the past be the past. You don’t need to think about it anymore. Ming’s Army will not come. You can do business honestly. That is the best thing for you.
At this point, a cruel smile appeared on the Spain man’s face. He waved his hand, and a group of Spanish soldiers appeared on the dock with more than 30 tied up Chinese.
These Chinese were all covered in wounds, and had been tortured to the point where they were barely human.
“We want you to do business that we allow you to do, not something that we forbid you from doing. Sweet potatoes are something that we have forbidden you from bringing to Great Ming. If we discover you, you will be sentenced to death!” The Spain man pointed at the Chinese who had been brought out and said, ” these are the people who tried to bring the sweet potatoes from Lu Song to Great Ming. Today, I’ll let you know the fate of these people. I hope you don’t learn from them.
As the Spain man’s face turned cold, he waved his hand, and the Chinese were brought to the beach by the Spanish Musketeers. They lined up, and the Spanish Musketeers stood in a row, raising their Musketeers from a few meters away.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The guns were fired and the smoke of gunpowder rose. All the Chinese people lined up on the beach were shot dead.
It wasn’t enough to just fire. After firing, the Spain Musketeers also checked if those who were shot were still alive. If they didn’t die, they would stab them.
The smell of blood and gunpowder mixed together, and it made many of the people present recall the Spain massacre two years ago, and their faces turned pale.
After the execution, the Spain man waved his hand, indicating that everyone could leave.
Today’s gathering was to scare the Spain in City M and make them completely give up on the Ming Empire.
Most of the Chinese had left, and only a few short Japan followed the Spain obediently, leaving the Xuanji with them.
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“Bah, those lowly slaves!” A man next to Xia Pingan spat at the Japan’s back and said, ” boss, these Japanese are the worst. Two years ago, they were the ones who led the way and killed many people in Manila with these red-haired Japanese.
“Let’s go back to the warehouse first.”
Xia Pingan said.
The warehouse was the place where Chen Zhenlong and the other sea merchants came to City Manila.
The maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Lu Song was very developed. The porcelain and silk imported from the Ming Dynasty were the favorite products of the Spain colonists, while the spices, copper, iron, tin, fur, rare coral, and some other Western Products from the Lu Song Dynasty were also popular in the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Zhenlong was a sea merchant who traveled between Fujian and Lusong.
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The sea merchants and sailors in the warehouse had all experienced the scene on the dock just now, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.
tens of thousands of people of Da Ming were slaughtered by these red-headed ghosts in Manila, but Da Ming didn’t do anything. They even called us lowly commoners and said that we shouldn’t use lowly commoners to start an Army revolution. Da Ming is going to die, hehe. an old sea merchant drank wine and complained in the warehouse. He shook his head bitterly, ” when Grandpa san bao went to the West, Da Ming was so mighty. Now, we are being bullied by those red-headed ghosts in Lu Song.
we’ve traveled thousands of miles to sea to trade. Every time we return, the port officials are like wolves and tigers, exploiting us and paying taxes. However, we’re still lowly commoners! Someone sighed. the Emperor views his subjects as grass, while his subjects view him as a foe!
The Emperor of Yongli’s decree on the lunsong decree had indeed chilled the hearts of all the Ming and lunsong merchants.
I heard that the flan Empire is a small country in Europe, just like the province of our Ming. I didn’t expect it to be so ...
&Nbsp; ” everyone, although sweet potatoes are good, it’s best if you don’t pick them up. That’ll be a matter of losing your heads! The owner of the warehouse walked out and said to the crowd with a bitter smile, ” those red-headed ghosts are very strict with their inspections. All the goods on the ships that leave the port are carefully checked. If they find even the slightest bit of sweet potato, they will be beheaded.
I’m not bringing it, I’m not bringing it. So what if I bring the sweet potato back? we’re not peasants. Even if we bring it back, the Imperial court won’t think much of us. We might even lose our heads for it. It’s not worth it! The sea merchants all shook their heads.
When the warehouse owner saw Xia Pingan, he recalled the last two times Chen Zhenlong had asked him about the sweet potatoes. He quickly reminded him, ” Zhenlong, you have to remind your crew and sailors. If anyone brings the sweet potatoes onto the ship, it will be bad. Everyone on the ship will be in trouble.
alright, thank you for the reminder. I understand, hehe, ” Xia Pingan said without changing his expression. He shook his head regretfully and said, ” since I can’t bring the sweet potatoes back, I can only eat more here. I want to eat more fried sweet potatoes today. Shopkeeper Wang, please ask the kitchen to prepare the hehe.
no problem, no problem. In Manila, sweet potatoes are everywhere. You can eat as many as you want!
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“What a pity. That sweet potato is drought resistant and easy to grow. It can be eaten raw or ripe. There are six benefits and eight benefits, and merit is equivalent to five grains. I have to bring this back to Great Ming. If Great Ming runs into a famine in the future, this sweet potato can save many people!” Xia Pingan shook his head in pity. it’s just that this thing is indeed not something for us lowly people to worry about!
&Nbsp; if he wanted to take the sweet potatoes from Manila, he would need not only courage and courage, but also wisdom.
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Before dinner, Xia ping ‘an left the warehouse for a while and returned in less than half an hour. When he returned, he had a meter-long sweet potato vine on him.
After eating dinner in the warehouse, Xia Pingan returned to his cargo ship. He took the opportunity to inspect the cargo ship and twisted the sweet potato vine into the ship. The cable was soaked in water, but it didn’t look abnormal on the surface.
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Two days later, a group of Spain boarded Chen Zhenlong’s Fu ‘an merchant ship. They carefully inspected all the goods, every corner, and everyone on the ship. After confirming that there were no sweet potatoes or any other prohibited items, they allowed Xia Pingan’s ship to leave.
It was not until the ship had completely left the Port of Manila that an old sailor on the ship came to Xia Pingan in fear. boss, why are you doing this? ” he asked.
Xia ping ‘an smiled, ” I’m just a fallen scholar. I abandoned Confucianism and went into business. I can’t interfere with the matters of the country, and it’s useless to talk about them. However, I know that the people can’t live without food. I’ve studied for half my life. I don’t know anything else, but I know that the sweet potato vine contains the words of the sage and the righteousness of Confucianism. I will do what I should do, even if I have to lose my head!
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&Nbsp; Xia ping ‘an brought the sweet potato vines back to Fujian and successfully planted them in his hometown. The next year, Fujian experienced a great drought. The grass was barren and there was no harvest. Starving people were everywhere. The sweet potato happened to be there and saved countless lives.
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“I ordered it to quickly find a place to nurture it, and it was completed in four months. He then ordered all the places to plant it according to the law. The fruit was abundant, the drought and hunger were greatly relieved, and the scholars and people were happy. Before the first and second years of famine, all the other valleys had suffered. Only potatoes are unique, and 70 – 80% of the villagers live by potatoes.”
–“First sweet potato Pavilion”
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After the third realm Pearl was successfully fused, Xia ping ‘an left the secret room and saw elder Jing.
the entrance to the secret realm of the Yan Shen insect world has arrived at Yan Yan, ” elder Jing said to Xia Pingan.
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