Chapter 1040 1131 Powerless

Chapter 1040 1131 Powerless

"This is impossible. The Philippine Islands are a gift to Felipe, the crown prince of the Kingdom of Spain.

There was no kingdom here before. We came here like this. The Philippine Islands are ownerless."

In the center of the city of Daimao, in the city lord's mansion where Lin Feng met, a friendly negotiation was originally going to become tense after the Ming army expressed its intention to station troops in Daimao City and Pengasilan Bay for a long time.

"I don't know Felipe or the Philippines. I only know that this is the land of the King of Luzon who was canonized by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty more than a hundred years ago.

This is Luzon."

Yu Dayou pointed to the land under his feet and said word by word.

"Sir, do you understand the rule of first come first served?

We came first, and this should be ours."

Before Commander Savella could answer, Lieutenant Miguel, who acted as an interpreter, had already responded impatiently.

"Do you know why this place is called Luzon?"

Yu Dayou asked slowly.

In the surprised eyes of Savera and Miguel, Yu Dayou explained: "As early as three hundred years ago, we Han people had already lived here again. At that time, it was still the previous dynasty, called the Great Song Dynasty.

After that, the Mongols went south to destroy the Song Dynasty. The Song people who were unwilling to be enslaved by the Mongols chose to move away from home, so they came here. Luzon Luzon actually means the Song people's residence."

Speaking of this, Yu Dayou couldn't help but look at Savera, Miguel, and other Spanish military attachés with contempt, and continued: "The reason why I chose Lu instead of other characters is that Lu and Lu are not only homophones, but Lu is also the original character for spine, which is the shape of two spines connected.

Choosing the name Luzon also represents the character of the Song people and the spirit of not bending."

Yu Dayou's series of homophones, not to mention Miguel, most of the other Ming Dynasty generals were actually confused.

However, these difficult problems are not unsolvable. In fact, there are translators who are proficient in Portuguese in Yu Dayou's army.

Although there are differences between Spanish and Portuguese grammar, the difference is small and can be discussed.

In fact, there is no problem for Spaniards and Portuguese to communicate normally, and there will be no language barriers.

Although there are many European countries, in fact, these countries are only relatively independent. Tracing back to their roots, they were formed after the great empire that once spanned Europe, Asia and Africa split.

For a long time, there was no emperor in Europe, only a large number of kings.

There are only a handful of people who are called emperors in European history.

And tracing back to the roots, we will find that in fact, regardless of the ethnic divisions of Germans, Celts, and Slavs in European countries, their ancestors are actually a group of people called Indo-Europeans.

A long time ago, a group of fierce nomads lived in the grasslands around the Black Sea today. They spoke the most primitive Indo-European language, so they were called Indo-European peoples.

Because the Black Sea is in the north, the global climate later became colder, and the already cold Black Sea region became even colder. The very strong Indo-Europeans could not stand the cold, so they migrated south with their entire tribe.

The Indo-Europeans mainly migrated in two directions. Some of them migrated to the southeast and settled in today's Iran, India and other regions, forming the main population in these regions; another part expanded to the southwest, and these Indo-Europeans formed the main population in Europe later.

The Indo-Europeans who expanded to the southeast arrived in the Persian Gulf and India successively. The Indo-Europeans who lived in the Persian Gulf became the ancestors of the later Persians. Their language evolved into Iranian. After development, the Persians established the first great empire spanning Asia, Europe and Africa.

Those Indo-Europeans who continued to expand southward to India formed the later high-caste Aryans. After development, the Aryans replaced the Indian natives and became the ruling class of India. Their language evolved into Hindi.

The Indo-Europeans who expanded to the southwest first occupied the western coast of the Mediterranean. Because the area is half-moon shaped, it is called the Crescent.

The Crescent was settled by ethnic groups more than 5,000 years ago. These ethnic groups created a splendid civilization. The Hanging Gardens we are familiar with were built by the ancient Babylonian Kingdom at that time.

However, the Crescent is the intersection of the East and the West, with great commercial and strategic value. It has been a battleground for all countries since ancient times.

Suddenly one day, the Indo-European people launched an attack on the civilized countries in the Crescent, and they conquered these nations effortlessly.

Fortunately, the Indo-Europeans won, otherwise there might not be the various ethnic languages ​​in Europe today, and even history might be rewritten, because China might still be the world's number one power at that time.

Although the Indo-Europeans' conquest of the Crescent destroyed the original civilization here, they also brought their own civilization.

Originally, these Indo-Europeans only had language but no writing. They were nomadic peoples, good at riding horses, and invented various powerful combat weapons, so they were very good at fighting.

This is a bit like the Huns in ancient northern my country, who had no culture but fought fiercely.

When these Indo-Europeans conquered the advanced civilization in the Crescent, they found that the people here could actually write, and although they could speak, they had no writing, so they could not write.

For the first time, they realized that spoken words could be written, which made the Indo-Europeans feel embarrassed. So they captured a few slaves who were proficient in writing to learn Indo-European, and then asked these slaves to design characters for them. In this way, these Indo-Europeans had their own characters.

The Indo-Europeans were very happy. They were eager to use the newly created characters to describe their activities. In particular, the military leaders were accompanied by a group of warriors with beautiful handwriting to record how they won the battle and how they treated other nations well.

A lot of Western history was preserved because of this.

Later, these Indo-Europeans got tired of staying in the Crescent and wanted to conquer the outside world. Because they were originally nomadic people and were warlike by nature, they did not like to produce daily necessities, but liked to rob things everywhere. It was easier to get wealth by robbing than by working.

There was also a small number of Indo-Europeans who did not want to migrate and chose to stay in the Crescent to eat and drink, write and paint when they had nothing to do, and live a stable life.

Those Indo-Europeans who left used the two-wheeled chariots they invented to fight westward, and successively conquered various regions of today's Europe, all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. There was nowhere else to go, so they chose to settle down.

The Indo-Europeans first conquered Greece, and some of them stayed and created the splendid ancient Greek civilization. Their language also developed into the later ancient Greek language.

Another group of Indo-Europeans continued to cross the sea and invade Italy. These people were divided into two groups. One group settled in the northeast of the Roman Empire and gradually developed to other parts of Europe, and finally developed into the three major barbarians, namely the Celts, Germans and Slavs. Their languages ​​evolved into Celtic, Germans and Slavs respectively.

The other group settled in central Italy. Their descendants created the Roman Empire that dominated the Mediterranean, and their language developed into Latin.

In the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire began to decline, and the Celts, Germans and Slavs in the northeast began to be restless again.

They first looted the Western Roman Empire, burned many great buildings and books, and then migrated in different directions.

The Celts migrated to Western Europe until today's islands such as Scotland and Ireland. These places successively formed the Scottish-speaking race and the Irish-speaking race, all of which were derived from the Celts.

The Germanic people expanded to Central and Northern Europe, and their languages ​​were combined with local indigenous languages ​​to form national languages ​​such as English, German, Dutch, and Swedish.

The Slavic people expanded to Eastern Europe and migrated to today's Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, and other places. Their languages ​​evolved into Russian, Czech, Polish, and other languages.

As for the southern European region, Rome actually conquered these regions as early as the heyday of the Roman Empire, and correspondingly spread civilization to these regions. French, Spanish, and Portuguese areas were formed in these regions, and these languages ​​were all derived from Latin.

As for why Rome did not expand northward, it was because it could not beat the local indigenous people, and the climate in the north became very cold. The Romans preferred the Mediterranean climate, so they stopped the expedition.

This is the evolution process of the languages ​​of Western countries. It may be a bit long-winded. To sum it up simply, the Indo-Europeans began to migrate outward because the weather became cold.

They split during the conquest and integrated into different regions.

The Indo-European language combined with the local indigenous language formed the languages ​​of the current European countries.

However, because the main body of the language is the conqueror, that is, Indo-European language is the backbone, so the languages ​​of European countries have a certain degree of mutual communication.

So now, some English teachers still say that as long as you learn a European language, it is actually very simple to learn their language, which is also the reason.

The translator beside Yu Dayou is proficient in Portuguese, so he can still make it clear to the Spaniards what Yu Dayou wants to express.

As for how these people came, they were naturally recruited by Yu Dayou from Haojing. Many of the people he sent have not yet reached the point of being proficient in Portuguese, and they have their own tasks.

"I heard that in the temple of the locals outside Manila, there is still a golden seal of Xu Chailao, the governor of Luzon, conferred by my Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the governor was sent was because I saw the wilderness of Luzon and my emperor couldn't bear it."

Finally, Yu Dayou said again.

The Governor of Luzon was appointed by the imperial decree when Zheng He visited the Philippine Islands during his voyage to the West in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. The Filipino overseas Chinese leader Xu Chailao was appointed as the Governor of Luzon, who was in charge of military, political, financial and cultural power until the 22nd year of Yongle, and served for 20 years.

During this period, Xu Chailao spared no effort to spread the excellent Chinese culture and advanced production technology, and vigorously developed shipbuilding, textiles, pottery and agricultural technology, etc., making outstanding contributions to the social stability, economic development, and cultural and artistic prosperity of Luzon.

The Spanish naturally knew what Yu Dayou said, and in fact they noticed this when they investigated the Philippine Islands in the early days.

This is also the reason why the Spanish took 30 or 40 years to annex the Philippines, because they never understood the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Philippines.

It was not until the merchants came to the Ming Dynasty to trade that they found out that the Ming Dynasty only regarded the Philippines as a vassal state, and they were not interested in such a vassal state, so they took action to occupy it.

You know, they initially only established a base on a desolate island south of the Philippine Islands, because they were worried about causing a violent reaction on the island.

"I need to go back and explain this to the Governor-General, and I have to report to the King of Spain before I can give you an answer."

Savera suppressed his dissatisfaction and could only say this on this occasion.

It's not that he doesn't want to go to war, but they will definitely not get any good results after the war.

Whether it is the naval power or the army power of Spain in the Philippines, it is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.

They have more powerful troops, but unfortunately these troops are still far away in the East, on the American continent.

He needs to report what happened here to the Governor of Mexico, and even wait for the permission of His Majesty the King to gather troops from America to come here before it is possible to go to war with the Ming Dynasty.

And the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away in the north, and they also have a very powerful army.

In fact, Savella thought about it and understood that the kingdom could not withdraw troops from America for the Philippines, which is more important.

If the Ming Dynasty was not a powerful country, there might be a chance.

The meeting originally intended to distribute the fruits of victory ended in displeasure. The Spanish army could not enter the city of Tortoiseshell, but they had no intention of leaving. They just readjusted their forces and withdrew the troops in the east of the city to the southern military camp.

Keeping a certain distance from the Ming army is also to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

As for the several warships surrounded in the bay, Yu Dayou had no intention of stopping them.

The South China Sea Navy is here, occupying an absolute advantage, and there is no need to worry about the trouble caused by these warships.

The reason why they had to surround them at the beginning was to pressure the Spaniards not to use force at the beginning.

Avoiding war is naturally the best result.

After the Spaniards figure out the strength of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon, they will naturally make the right choice.

The goods of the Ming Dynasty still need the Spaniards to transport and sell to Europe. The Portuguese are still a little short of that.

Especially the silver that the Ming Dynasty urgently needs. At this time, most of the silver mines are concentrated in the hands of the Spaniards, so they spend a lot of money to buy things.

If the relationship with the Spaniards is stiff, it will be difficult to do business again.

When Savella returned to the barracks, he immediately wrote down the content of the conversation with the commander of the Ming Dynasty today and sent someone to send it to Governor Vesalius who was still in Manila.

He is the highest authority in the Philippines, and the decision can only be made by him, but he also expressed his opinions tactfully.

They need reinforcements to drive the Ming people out of the Philippine Islands.

As for the follow-up, Savella transferred the navy back to Manila City. There was no point in staying here.

Although the Ming Dynasty's warships looked backward, they were numerous.

Moreover, those warships were not full-time, but armed merchant ships. They still had to continue to trade in East Asia.

Temporary requisition was OK, but long-term use was not OK. The government had to compensate the merchants.

As for the army, it could only stay in Daimao City temporarily.

Later, they had to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty on how to draw the boundary. The army staying here could also put appropriate pressure on them.

Even, Savella wanted to divide the Philippine Island with the north of the military camp as the boundary.