"Mr. Mario, congratulations on making the right choice. Don't worry about the little money. You protected us and the other Han Chinese today. The rewards you will receive in the future will far exceed your efforts today.

, even far beyond your imagination!”

Seeing the aching look on Mario's face as he sent a group of Spanish soldiers away, Wu Liuqi, who was sitting carelessly on the sofa, couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

Just now, he had paid a hundred gold coins to drive away the group of Spanish soldiers who were searching for Han Chinese.

"Haha, forget about giving back or anything, I just don't want to be buried with these stupid guys!"

Hearing Wu Liuqi's praise, Mario couldn't help but shook his head helplessly with a wry smile.

Speaking of which, as a "China expert" who has been traveling between Ming Dynasty and Luzon for a long time, after De Vera ordered the massacre of the Han people in Luzon, out of the sixth sense worry in his heart, Mario not only hid Wu Liuqi and Hu

The two people from Sihai and three local Han Chinese in Luzon were also hid by him in his home.

"Haha, you're right! If you had made another choice just now, even if I can't kill you today, it won't be long before you, like those informers, become a burial object for others!"

"And I can tell you with certainty that just the few of you in Luzon, haha, are far from enough to atone for your sins!"

Finally, looking out the window at the missionaries and Spanish sergeants parading around on the street carrying so-called icons and singing so-called hymns, Wu Liuqi couldn't help but sneer again.

No better than the Han people from Luzon who had never returned to the Ming Dynasty, and no better than ordinary businessmen like Hu Sihai, as a member of a hundred households in Jinyiwei, he had a deeper understanding of the attitude of Wang Bing, the champion, towards hostile foreigners.

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"Not just Luzon? Then..."

Mario, who originally thought that after the Ming army came, De Vera and others would at best pay a corresponding price, after seeing Wu Liuqi's murderous sneer, he couldn't help but shudder!

"Hmph, there are more than 30,000 people. Do you think you can repay me with the lives of more than 30,000 Han people with the lives of thousands of people?"

Although it is impossible to guess how severe Wang Bing's revenge will be after learning about this incident, it is obvious that with Wang Bing's temperament, the lives of thousands of Spaniards in Luzon will definitely not be destroyed.

The wrath of the champion!

"A few thousand is not enough, so why don't you..."

After hearing the reason given by Wu Liuqi, Mario couldn't help but be shocked.

There is no way, the Spaniards in the Far East are only people like Luzon. If these are not enough to pay for their lives, then they will only have the mainland!

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. How to deal with it specifically, haha, that is the matter of the champion. Let's talk about the most important thing at the moment..."

Looking at the shocked Mario, Wu Liuqi chuckled, then waved his hand and stopped discussing the matter, and instead talked about asking Mario to help send him back to China.

"Go back to the Ming Dynasty? Wu, the Governor has an order. All ships are not allowed to leave the port at this time. There is nothing I can do!"

When he heard that Wu Liuqi asked him to find a way to send him back to China, Mario suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

It turned out that, firstly, in order to collect as many ships as possible to fight the incoming Ming army, and secondly, in order to prevent the Han people in Luzon from escaping, De Vera issued an order that no ships could leave Luzon.

"Haha, they say that being an official thousands of miles away is just for money. I don't believe that you came all the way from Europe to our Ming Nanyang. Is it just for your ideals? Give me money, and I don't believe that your bullshit governor will follow

I can’t get by with the money! Don’t worry, I will pay you back double the amount you use when the time comes…”

Although this was Mario's home, Wu Liuqi was more like the owner at this moment, and directly gave Mario a way to make money.

"I said Brother Ma, why are you so honest? Wouldn't you tell your governor that your goods are purchased for your king? If you add some money then, how can this matter be solved...

"

Regarding Wu Liuqi's method of "money clears the way", Wu Liuqi's "employee" Hu Sihai also came up with a method for Mario to pull off the tiger's skin and pull the banner.

"Okay, I'll go talk to the Governor right now!"

After listening to Wu Liuqi and Hu Dahai's ideas, Mario could only spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and turned around to leave.

…

"Dear Governor, now those physiological men have been cleared away, and there are only two medium-sized merchant ships in total. Even if they participate in the war, they will not have much effect on the overall situation. Please, Lord Governor..."

At the Governor's Palace in Manila, looking at de Vera who looked relaxed because he had just received a reply from the Portuguese and Dutch agreeing to organize a coalition, Mario quickly took the opportunity to ask de Vera to let his merchant ship return to Spain.

"Mr. Mario, you also know that the Ming army is about to attack. At this time, the more ships we have, the more strength we have..."

Seeing that Mario actually wanted to leave at this time, De Vera couldn't help but frown.

You must know that the Spaniards' power in Luzon is not enough. If this opening is opened, other businessmen will follow suit, and then...

"Dear Governor, I also know that Luzon is in urgent need of warships. However, most of the goods purchased from the Ming Kingdom this time are specially purchased for Your Majesty. I would like to ask for your convenience..."

Seeing de Vera's businesslike appearance, Mario had no choice but to use the idea given by Hu Dahai and use the tiger skin as a banner to move out King Felipe II of Spain.

At the same time, following Wu Liuqi's method of 'money clears the way', he placed a heavy money bag on De Vera's desk without leaving a trace.

"Well, since the goods are purchased for His Majesty, there really is no need to delay. But there is indeed a shortage of ships in Luzon right now. Let's do this. You keep one of the two merchant ships and use the other to transport goods to Your Majesty..."

I don’t know if it’s because of Mario moving Felipe II out, or because of the bag of money, or both. In short, de Vera, who looked businesslike just now, now

A compromise was adopted and one of Mario's two merchant ships was released.

…

In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, with the personal order of Governor de Vera, one of Mario's merchant ships sailed out of Manila port smoothly.

Then, after sailing southwest for half a day, he turned the ship's bow and sailed towards the Ming Dynasty due north with full sail.

"Old Ma, throw all the cargo on the ship into the sea and speed up. Don't worry, no matter how much cargo you have lost, the Marquis will replenish it for you when the time comes!"

Shortly after turning the ship around, Wu Liuqi, who still felt that the boat was sailing too slowly, found Mario and asked him to discard the cargo on the ship to reduce the weight.

"Brother Ma, there is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty, 'If you don't let go of your children, you won't catch the wolf'! What you paid for today is a ship of goods, and you might be able to harvest a fleet of ships in the future, haha!"

Looking at Mario's expression, which was so painful that his heart was bleeding, Hu Sihai couldn't help but laugh with a teasing look on his face.

In this way, after a group of crew members threw all the porcelain, mercury mirrors, silk and other goods on the ship into the sea, the Manila galleon, which only carried a message, quickly sailed towards the Ming Dynasty!

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