On the entire land of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, whether it was a sergeant or a businessman, the Spaniards had all been captured, and all their property had been confiscated. There were no official enemies of Ming on the land.
Zheng Zhilong arranged for the soldiers of the Marine Corps to be stationed in Manila, the largest castle. In addition, there were several gold mines and iron mines. The forces were relatively concentrated. The Marine Corps was under the unified command of Zheng Xing.
In the sea, all Spanish ships have been wiped out, either sunk or captured by the South China Sea Fleet. However, there are fleets from other countries in the South China Sea, especially the Netherlands and Portugal, who are already enemies of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong is most worried about the sea.
He handed the ship to the deputy commander Zhang Zhu. Before leaving, Zheng Zhilong repeatedly urged Zhang Zhu that the fleet should not be too scattered. In case of encounters with Dutch and Portuguese ships, they can give full play to their numerical advantages. The other is the ship. To dock, rely on the protection of shore artillery to guard against a sneak attack by the Xiyi ship.
"Commander, what if the indigenous people don't obey the orders?" When Zheng Xing sent Zheng Zhilong onto the ship, he saw no one on the left and right, and hurriedly asked Zheng Zhilong for advice. It was the first time he commanded so many troops and had to garrison such a vast land. Excited, but also a little worried.
"Indigenous?" Zheng Zhilong made a decapitating gesture, and said angrily: "Is the flintlock in your hand a child's toy? If anyone dares to resist, then kill it. There are less than 10,000 Spaniards. You can rule the entire Southern Ryukyu Islands. You have more than 30,000 soldiers and the assistance of the Han people. The fleet will support you. Are you afraid that the indigenous people will not be cured?"
"Commander, the indigenous people are different from Xiyi after all." Zheng Xing seemed not to get rid of it.
Zheng Zhilong saw that Zheng Xing had not grasped his own essence, so he had to bluntly confess: “If you do not conquer other people’s land, you cannot rule for a long time without killing and relying on gentleness alone. You must use both grace and power. There are only 200,000 Han people on the island, and the indigenous people. At two million, the prestige of the Han cannot be established without killing."
Zheng Xing nodded slightly, "Commander, I see, both grace and power."
Zheng Zhilong continued: "Not only do we oppose the killing of our natives, but also the natives who are passively confronted and guilty. They must also be lured to slaughter in other places. Now the natives have no national concept and don’t know the information from other places. They are just a pile of scattered sand. Take them with you. If you go to a field to kill, as long as you pay attention to eliminate the traces, no one will know. Try to reduce the indigenous population to less than one million."
"Commander, I think I understand." Zheng Xing's face turned pale, but for the sake of Daming, he quickly recovered his pirate qualities.
"It's good to know, but pay attention to concealment, that is, to block information from Han soldiers as much as possible."
"Yes, Commander." Zheng Xing stood straight and saluted Zheng Zhilong.
Arranged for defense on the Southern Ryukyu Islands, Zheng Zhilong was ready to return to China. He ordered the soldiers to move all the gold and silver seized to the ship, and then prepare fresh water and food for the whole journey. He took the "South China Sea" and went to meet the Soviet Union in person. King Lu is also Habab Mara.
From Manila to Jolo Island, when the wind was downwind, it was less than a day's voyage. In the evening, Zheng Zhilong's small fleet arrived at Jolo Island and docked in the northern part of the island.
Seeing Zheng Zhilong personally came to pick him up, Habamara was very happy. He held a banquet in the palace to meet Zheng Zhilong. This banquet should be his farewell banquet as Sulu Sudan.
Early the next morning, Yehabamala took his princess, prince, and high officials in the court on Zheng Zhilong’s ship. The guards carried more than a dozen boxes of luggage and boarded the transport ship. It looked like this Su Dan did not plan to come back, at least not in a short time.
When Zheng Zhilong returned to Manila, the sky was completely dark, and the fleet spent the night in Manila that night.
At dawn, Zheng Zhilong boarded the flagship "Nanhai". Li Tong, Yehabamala and his princess also boarded the "Nanhai", accompanied by Zheng Zhilong. Thousands of Spanish prisoners lived on the transport ship, ten ships. Guangzhou Shipbuilding, ten blessing ships and twenty Cangshan ships, plus more than fifty transport ships, should be a large fleet. In Nanyang, except for Daming, it is difficult for any country to organize this kind at will. The size of the fleet.
The fleet sailed southwest along the coastline, and after turning around the southernmost tip of Luzon, it turned to the northwest, heading against the current.
On this day, Zheng Zhilong was chatting with Yehabamala and Li Tong on the deck. He suddenly found a harbor. The east, west, and north sides of the harbor were all surrounded by high mountains, and only the south led to the sea.
He wondered: "Where is this? When the fleet went south, why didn't you find this harbor?"
"Commander, this is called Subic Bay. The Spaniards have anchored ships here before." Li Tong had heard Han people say, "When the ship went south, only high mountains could be seen from the north, which might have been overlooked. The humble harbor."
"Subic Bay?" Zheng Zhilong suddenly realized, "Since the Spaniards are stopping here, the water in the bay must be quite deep, so I asked two Cangshan boats to go in to see the water depth and terrain, and then quickly catch up with the fleet."
"Yes." The soldier agreed, and went off the deck to send orders.
"The commander is planning to build a military port in Subic Bay?" Li Tong saw that Zheng Zhilong cared about Subic so much, so he naturally thought about the military port.
Many of Zheng Zhilong’s ideas came from Li Tong, so he did not intend to hide it from him, "Well, since the South China Sea Fleet is permanently stationed in Nanyang, it can’t do without a good military port." Zheng Zhilong’s fancy is the environment of Subic Bay, which is surrounded on three sides. The mountain has only one side leading to the sea, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the water depth in the harbor is suitable, it is the most ideal military port.
Li Tong blinked, "Commander, if you want to control the Southern Ryukyu Islands, the navy alone is probably not enough? Will the court send an army to Southern Ryukyu?"
"The imperial court will send an army sooner or later." Zheng Zhilong regrets that many transport ships are still in Manila and did not come back with him. If the imperial court wants to send an army to Southern Ryukyu, transportation will be troublesome, but it is already far away from Manila. It is too late to go back.
When the fleet arrived in Passalen, two Cangshan ships inspecting the harbor in Subic chased up. They reported the situation of the harbor to Zheng Zhilong: Subic Bay was about 30 miles long, more than 15 miles wide, and the water was as deep as Baizhang, it can berth about 300 ships, and can sail directly into the South China Sea to the south. It is a rare and excellent military port.
"It really is a good natural harbor." Zheng Zhilong was in a good mood and felt that time was passing fast. Before he knew it, the fleet had already passed the officers and came to Xiamen.
"Haha, it's only three days' voyage from Passalen to Xiamen, and it's still headwind. It seems that Luzon is really not far from Daming."
Habamara has long turned his gaze to the distant land, "Commander Zheng, is this coming to Daming?"
"Yes, Sudan, but Daming is very big. This is Xiamen. It's far away from our capital. It's not ten days and half a month. I'm afraid I won't be able to reach the capital." Zheng Zhilong is going to take the sea route, but also Habama. La took the princes and concubines, they could not ride horses on land, they were slower.
"Ten days and half a month? Daming is so big?" Yehabamala searched the coastline ahead, but the coastline was blurred and there was no end in sight.
"That is, if Sudan goes ashore, he will know the vastness of Da Ming."
The fleet was anchored in Xiamen. Because it was the end of the year, Zheng Zhilong gave most of the soldiers a holiday, and he took Li Tong, Yehabama La Junchen, Tabola and others on board the "Nanhai" Canton Ship to the north, which is almost Daming. In the inland sea, he only took five lucky ships with him, and thousands of Spanish prisoners stayed in the military camp in Xiamen temporarily.
When the South China Sea Fleet made contributions in Nanyang, the North Sea Fleet was not idle either. They followed Zhu Youjian's instructions and kept moving in the north.