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Chapter 244 The Way of Advance and Retreat

"I didn't expect that Chief Executive Mao, you, was so busy, would have taken the time to visit Luzon, a remote area in your busy schedule. You should be the Chief Executive in Luzon!"

Chen Yujie took a short look and saw Mao Geng and Lu Yi seeing three people on the top of the city. The three time travelers stayed alone to speak. Chen Yujie really didn't expect Chen Yujie to come to Luzon. As for the Chief Executive's statement, it was just a casual statement.

Mao Geng shook his head and sighed:

"I really don't want to come, but the Duke of the State insisted on dragging me over to join in the fun. Isn't there any way! As you said, being a small chief executive in a small place in Kaohsiung, the big official in Sesame is so busy that I am very busy. If I want me to lead a place like Luzon, I don't have the ability! Besides, can the emperor be assured to hand over such a piece of land to me?" Mao Geng said this. In fact, even if the Song Dynasty court asked him to be the top leader of Luzon, he wouldn't want to start a business in Kaohsiung, so he couldn't come here and start from scratch.

"I want to say that it is nothing great to be the Chief Executive of Luzon. In history, the Spanish were only a few hundred soldiers in Manila. The governor appointed by Spain was still well-known!" Xiao Lu thought that we didn't have the opportunity to be the Chief Executive of Luzon. In this high mountain and far away emperor, we will naturally be prosperous. Unfortunately, firstly, the old emperor of the Song Dynasty may not be able to trust himself as an outsider. Secondly, he finally got into the errand of the Lin'an court, and he could not get both fish and bear's paws. This is how life is, we must learn to give up.

"Oh! No matter who comes to Luzon to take charge, whether it is the governor, the chief executive, or the secretary, or the chairman, there is no share of our time travelers."

"That's right, we don't need to worry about this matter. We were originally going to relax, but as soon as we were involved in politics, it was like a team set by the Politburo Standing Committee."

A gust of wind blew over, bringing coolness, and the weather was getting colder, but the winter in Luzon was not cold, but this kind of weather made people more adaptable. Chen Yujie carried a bunch of bananas and remembered to serve guests at this time:

"Come on, have a banana, I specially selected the best banana."

Seeing that he stopped doing it, Lu Yi shouted:

"Old Chen, are you treating guests like this? The bananas in Luzon are piled up, and they are all ruined. You are so embarrassed! Old Chen, I didn't say you, you got such a big medal, and you didn't invite us to a big meal or something. You dare to use this banana to block our mouths, and there was no door!"

Bananas are everywhere in Luzon, and bananas are still harvested in this season. This reminds people of the Philippines in later generations. China always makes money by making Filipino bananas and often claims to restrict the import of Filipino bananas. The Philippines has been ripped off for a while. Bananas and Filipino maids are the Philippines' flagship export products. The Filipino maids are better. If they cannot export bananas, they will be rotten.

Mao Geng also said:

"Old Chen, Xiao Lu is saying it well. I am really sorry for the shiny medal when I treat this banana on the street."

Chen Yujie peeled a banana, ate it, and frowned. If you eat too much of this banana, you will feel nauseous. Chen Yujie then sighed:

"It's no point in bullying these uncivilized indigenous people. It's completely unfair to win. I'm ashamed to talk about the word "credit."

Chen Yujie immediately broke the news:

"Vishana is known as a country, but it is actually just a tribal alliance. According to my opinion, it is probably not as good as the Western Zhou Dynasty. There are also a large group of bull-like princes in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The king of Visana is so cowardly. Don't read the newspaper that there were 10,000 or 20,000 people guarding the city, hehe, that's a fool. After capturing Visana, I realized that there were only more than 6,000 families in the castle. The tribes did go to some soldiers, but the young and strong people in the castle were less than 8,000. As for the good construction of the castle, it was thanks to the planning of Shen Shi. Haha, the barbarian soldiers also knew how to bluff, but their combat power was really bad. Without the trick of throwing bombs in the air, the castle could not be defended for a day. What's the beginning of such a battle!"

Unexpectedly, the political ecology of Luzon Island was even more backward than expected. Mao Geng thought to himself that in this era, the politics of the Song Dynasty was quite mature. Compared with the political dwarfs of the surrounding songs, the Song Dynasty could indeed be called a giant.

Look at the situation here in Bolilu, it is only limited to Vishyana.

No wonder Zhao Yan felt superiority naturally after seeing the current situation here. Compared with this backward country, there is no doubt that the Song Dynasty represents advanced productivity and advanced culture.

Looking at Zhao Han's gaze of stern rebuke, Mao Geng had no intention of stealing the limelight of the Duke. In short, he was low-key and low-key. While accompanying the inspection, Mao Geng adhered to a principle, which was to try to speak less and express less. As the saying goes, it is better to be silent than to say a thousand words.

Being low-key does not mean not thinking about things. When I arrived at Bolilu, Mao Geng thought about it. This "Bolilu" seemed to be Manila in later generations! Sometimes translation kills people. Beijing will be "PEIKING" in foreigners, and Hong Kong will be "HONGKONG", which is not tuning at all! Perhaps the natives who pronounce it as "Bolilu" transliterated by the Song people, and transliterated by the Spanish people became "Manila" foreign pronunciation, but then translated into Manila.

However, it doesn't matter what the name was in the past and history. Anyway, now, this huge island has been officially named Luzon Island, while Bolilu was named "Malunan" by Zhao Yan. It can be imagined that this is Chen Yujie's masterpiece. The origin of this name with the same pronunciation as "Manila" is derived from "Limma Luzon South" - the general's flag was successful and he immediately raised his whip, so he was so proud! It seems that it is really cool to give such a name.

The Manila name is too unhappy. It is called Malunan, which is very Chinese. I guess Zhao Han also likes the creativity of "Lima Luzon South", so after thinking for a moment, he made a decision to directly decide the name "Malunan".

Speaking of Malunan, there are many Chinese people. The first Chinese who came to Luzon Island should have escaped from troubled times during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In three or four hundred years, there were more than ten thousand Chinese people who came to Luzon to make a living. Compared with the natives, Chinese were naturally much more wise in farming and business, so Chinese here controlled most of the wealth, just like later generations, Chinese in the Philippines controlled 70% of the wealth.

Lin Yuanjia, a businessman who had been to the SAR last time, has now transformed into a celebrity of the Song Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers. After Lin Yuanjia's connection, a group of local Chinese doing business have united around the Song Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers. Most of these people are visitors from their ancestral homes in Fujian and Guangdong. With these people as grassroots managers who manage local Chinese and indigenous peoples, the current situation in Malunan seems calm.

Feeling that Luzon's political ecology was primitive and backward, productivity was equally primitive and backward, this situation naturally could not be said to be people's livelihood, so Zhao Jian sighed:

"I didn't expect Luzon to be so primitive. It's better for the Chinese who moved here. Those indigenous people have a hard time making a living and are simply living in dire straits. My Song Dynasty is based on benevolence and righteousness, so we should save the poor people from the water and fire."

Zhao Yan set the tone in this meeting, so it was not a temporary idea. However, the farming level here is so pitiful. He still has no food and clothing when guarding the fertile soil. The natives were full and hungry and lived a miserable life, which aroused Zhao Yan's compassion, which was true.

Guo Ni has been in a state of extreme excitement for a while. This expedition, Guo Ni made a lot of money, but Guo Ni was not satisfied with this. The resistance of the natives was too weak, and Guo Ni felt that he had no place to use his strength. Considering that Zhao Han was at an ambitious age, Guo Ni felt that he should strike while the iron was hot, and said:

"Our army easily captured Luzon without any effort. Unfortunately, the bandits of Shen Shi escaped again, but they did not achieve their full achievements. I also heard that this bandit fled to Mindanao in the south. In the view of the last general, it would be better to pursue the victory and send troops to Mindanao, capture the thief to the case, and at the same time spread benevolence and righteousness, give him kindness, and save the people from the hangover."

Mao Geng was stunned when he heard this, he was stunned. Damn! He was so arrogant. Guo Ni was such a crazy guy. Luzon Island is big enough. At least it takes several years to digest it. Step by step is the king. To conquer Mindanao, you have to gain a foothold in Luzon Island. Zhao Han should not listen to his instigation.

Let’s talk about Mindanao. Mindanao was in power in later generations. The island was dominated by a group of Islamists, and they set up a liberating front. They rebelled and kidnapped all the things. Anyway, they would only destroy and not build. Independence for 40 years, Mindanao was poor and deserted. It is said that Mindanao is full of dense tropical rainforests, which is most suitable for guerrilla warfare. When the Philippines was an American colony, Americans were very troubled by the guerrilla warfare in Mindanao. It would be better not to go to that kind of place.

Mao Geng himself did not want to object, but Lu Yi jumped out in time and said:

"General Guo is certainly a commendable spirit in his pursuit, but I heard that Mindanao is densely populated with volcanoes, mostly barren land, and it is useless to take it. Moreover, Luzon is vast and it is necessary to build Luzon from a long time. It is impossible to make it overnight. Instead of taking Mindanao, it is better to calm down and build Luzon first. After Luzon construction begins to take shape, it is not too late to take Mindanao."

Mao Geng said this well, doing things is the same as being a human being, you must be aware of the current affairs, know how to advance and retreat, and know when to advance and when to retreat.

Ye Shi is a polite person and said now:

"If we want to manage Luzon well, it will cost a lot. I am afraid that the court may not be optimistic. I am willing to not rush to expand further."

Mao Geng thought to himself that Ye Shi said it well, if he was not in charge of the family, he would not know that the firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive, so he would not be able to deal with the entire Luzon construction.

But unexpectedly, Chen Yujie actually stood up and said:

"It's good that Mindanao volcanoes are densely packed, but since there are volcanoes, sulfur is abundant, and the land around the volcano must be fertile. Just take this place down and think that the world's granary is the granary. As for sending troops to pay and managing money, this is certainly true. But we can learn from the experience of the Kaohsiung Special Zone and make a fuss on the land."
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