The Rise of the European Emperor

In addition to copper and nickel mines, there are also many gold mines in the Philippines. Of course, there are no big gold mines, but there are many small gold mines. After all, the Philippine Islands are mountainous and located in the circum-Pacific seismic zone, and the distribution of gold mines is rare.

Generally speaking, many gold deposits are formed by volcanoes and earthquakes, as well as ancient orogenic movements (such as the extrusion of continental plates), accompanied by the upwelling of magma and the convergence.

Therefore, there are many gold and silver mines in the Pacific Rim Seismic Zone. For example, the gold and silver producing areas in Peru and Mexico, as well as the gold producing areas in California, the gold and silver producing areas in Japan, the Keelung gold mine in Taiwan Island... etc., are all located in the Pacific Ocean seismic zone, and most of them are squeezed by the continental plate Formed mountain ranges, and volcanic eruptions...

Obviously, the Philippines fits this condition very well-it is located not only at the junction of the circum-Pacific seismic belt and the plate, but also has many mountains, which is a good place for gold mines.

Even Luzon, a small barbarian country, was gradually formed because the locally produced sands attracted Chinese maritime trade. And the farce during the Jiajing period was because Zhang Ni probably heard that Jiyi Mountain in Luzon Island had once produced gold, so he tricked Emperor Jiajing to take the risk of organizing a fleet to dig for gold.

However, Jiyi Mountain may have once produced gold, but it has already been scoured by the locals, so naturally no gold was found. Then, it became a farce, and it also caused Luzon to mistakenly think that Ming was going to invade Luzon, so it massacred most of the Chinese because they were afraid that the Chinese living in the country would be their internal counterparts.

Of course, during this period of time, the Luzon Kingdom should not have taken shape yet. Because this country only went to pay tribute during the Jiajing period. Obviously, at that time, the Luzon Kingdom was officially established. At this moment, it should still be in the state of a tribal alliance, similar to the Dadu Kingdom on Taiwan Island.

Moreover, before the massacre of the Chinese in Luzon, they first used deception to confiscate all the irons in the Chinese home, leaving the local Chinese unarmed before sending troops to massacre.

It can be seen that the strength of the Luzon barbarians over there is not very good. Otherwise, it would not be necessary to defraud more than 30,000 Chinese of ironware first because of fear of resistance.

Marin estimated that their strength should be able to touch thousands of barbarians. However, the weapons and equipment must be crude. After all, it has just been formed into a country, and its strength is definitely not very good.

You know, before the Yongle Dynasty, the local people were still in the barbaric era. And Zheng He ordered Xu Chailao to be the governor of Luzon. In fact, Xu Chailao led the Han people to teach the local people to farm and produce. Then came the Luzon Kingdom. Otherwise, here is just a group of real barbarians.

Even if there is a rudimentary state now, its military power will not be very strong. Marin only needs to recruit thousands of indigenous fighters on Taiwan Island, equip them with high-protection weapons and armor such as rattan armor and rattan plates, and then conduct battle formation and discipline training, and he will definitely be able to beat those Philippine indigenous troops.

Moreover, with the aboriginal fighters of Taiwan Island, there is no need to be afraid of those Filipino natives fleeing into the mountains. Because these Taiwan aborigines are masters of hunting and fighting in the mountains and forests, and they can walk like flying in the mountains and forests.

In this way, following the Sauron warrior who can help conquer the jungles of the North American continent, Marin now also has the aboriginal warriors on Taiwan Island who can help conquer the tropical rainforest area...

And using the aboriginal fighters on Taiwan Island can kill two birds with one stone. Because, if these aboriginal fighters stay in their hometown, it will also be a security risk for the Kong Tai organization to develop the local area. After all, if they made trouble and resisted, Kong Tai would also be a little difficult to parry. After all, these people are familiar with the local area, and they are powerful in jungle warfare, which will bring a lot of trouble to Kong Tai.

If Kong Tai hired them to conquer the Philippines, it would not only help Dongfan to expand its territory, but also eliminate the local safety hazards on Taiwan Island. After all, those local aboriginal fighters who could fight have gone overseas to fight and sit in town. In this way, the Tainan Plain that Marin coveted was naturally vacant. At that time, Marin can recruit Hu Jian on the other side and landless Hakkas from Guangdong and other places to develop Tainan.

With the farming level of the Han people, the Tainan Plain will soon be turned into a land of fish and rice and an important granary.

On the other side of the Philippines, there are now estimated to be 10,000 to 20,000 Chinese immigrants. After all, there were more than 30,000 Chinese here in 1551, and now in 1516, there must be at least 10,000 people here, and there may be more than 20,000 people.

At that time, after occupying there, the colonial army can completely distribute the local fertile land to those Chinese immigrants. Then, by taxing them, the local area can be well developed and utilized.

According to the level of 50 mu of paddy fields per household, 10,000 Han people count as 2,000 households, and 100,000 mu of rice can be reclaimed and planted. If it is calculated based on the yield of 300 catties per mu, Champa rice can be cropped three times a year in the Philippines, and the annual output of 900 to 1,000 catties per mu is not a problem...

Then, 100,000 mu of rice fields can produce hundreds of millions of catties of rice a year. There are also 70 million catties of ground rice...

Moreover, this is only calculated according to the minimum requirements. You know, there are not only tens of thousands of Han people in the area, but also more Filipino indigenous people.

In this era, there were at least hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines. Moreover, most of them are concentrated in Luzon. After all, Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines and the earliest developed area. And Mindanao, the second largest island, is still underdeveloped in the 21st century. On the other hand, the Sulu country in the southwest is currently the most developed. However, the total area of ​​the Sulu Islands is more than 2,800 square kilometers, and the population that can be accommodated is very limited.

After taking Luzon Island, there will be more than 10,000 square kilometers of high-quality plains available for reclamation in the Central Luzon Plain north of Manila alone.

Then, due to the lack of labor, it is entirely possible for the aboriginal fighters on Taiwan Island to capture the Filipino aborigines as serfs and farm with the Han people. Dishonest, serve with a whip.

In this way, it is not a problem to catch 100,000 Filipinos and reclaim millions of acres of paddy fields. Of course, this is just theoretical data. Because, there is one very important thing that has not been mentioned, that is - cattle!

The ox is a very important agricultural tool. If there is no ox and the plow is pulled by manpower alone, a family can plant 10 mu of land at most. Even if a man is strong, he can plant more than ten acres of land to reach the sky.

But if there are farming cattle, it is no problem for a family to plant 30 mu of paddy fields. Work harder, and a family of 50 mu can handle it. After all, the strength and endurance of cattle far exceed that of humans.

However, it is difficult to obtain cattle for farming in the Philippines. why? Because of the development of paddy fields in the local area, buffalo must be used. Cattle and the like are not suitable for farming paddy fields, and neither are horses. Ma Lin has only heard that Hu Jian's Jinjiang horse can plow paddy fields, but he has never heard of other horses that can plow paddy fields.

Therefore, even though Marin can easily get a lot of cattle and horses, none of them can adapt to the reclamation of paddy fields in the tropical rainforest of the Philippines. And if you want to buy cattle, it is not realistic. Take buffaloes for example. If you live in rice-growing countries such as Daming and Nanyue, you can buy dozens of buffaloes without any problem. If you pay a high price, you can barely do it by buying a few hundred heads. However, if you want to buy thousands of heads, it is a dream. After all, in the agricultural countries of East Asia, cattle are a strategic resource, and it is difficult to buy too many, even if you have money.

"No, it seems that there is a kind of cattle that has no owner..." Marin suddenly remembered that there seems to be a kind of buffalo in the Philippines, which can be used to cultivate land...

This kind of buffalo, called Mindoro buffalo, is a wild buffalo. The cattle are small in size but are a native indigenous breed adapted to the local climate.

The most important thing is that it seems that there are at least tens of thousands of wild Mindoro buffaloes on Mindoro Island...

As long as people are sent to the island, using traps, various rounding nets, poles and other tools to chase and intercept them, they can still catch the buffaloes on Mindoro Island.

Before, when he went to buy West African buffalo and Indian zebu, Marin thought of the Mindoro buffalo in the Philippines. But because it was beyond the reach of the whip, I didn't think about it again.

But now, due to the need to develop Luzon Island in the Philippines, it seems that people can be sent to capture those Mindoro buffaloes. It just so happened that Marin planned to use the aboriginal fighters hired by Taiwan Island to land on Mindoro Island not far from Manila to round up buffaloes during his spare time in conquering the Filipino aborigines.

As for the problem of miasma and malaria on the island, it is not a problem here in Marin. Because Marin not only has artemisinin, but also allows soldiers to chew betel nuts to prevent miasma, which is very safe.

However, Mindoro buffalo bulls seem to have a bad temper and are somewhat aggressive. But that's not a big deal either. As long as the equipment is well prepared, it is possible to subdue the bull of Mindoro buffalo who wants to burst. After subduing those Mindoro buffaloes, put nose rings on. In this way, most Mindoro buffaloes are basically honest.

If it is not honest to wear a nose ring, it can only be used for breeding, or simply killed. After all, what's the point of keeping a Mindoro buffalo that can't be used? It's better to kill and eat meat...

With the tens of thousands of Mindoro buffaloes on the island, the development of the central plain on Luzon Island in the Philippines is much more convenient. At that time, Luzon Island will become an important grain-producing area in the Dongfanbo territory...