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One Man's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 21 Rebuilding Manila

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    When we woke up early in the morning, Manila Bay was already crowded with people and a busy industrial scene.

    The Chinese people on the port shouted slogans and pounded the wooden piles rhythmically. The burnt and incomplete trestle began to take on a new look, extending bit by bit towards the depths of the sea.

    Above the river bank, it was even more bustling.  Huge logs were erected pole by pole, forming a series of supports. People climbed on the tall supports. People were building primitive dock loading and unloading tools on them. Rows of houses and construction sites were behind them. People  Shuttle back and forth, the reconstruction of the port market is also in progress.

    Tens of thousands of pirates and local Chinese gathered together to rebuild Manila's new port in full swing, working hard for everyone's beautiful home in the future!  At this time, the pirates' eyes are also full of hope, and you can't even tell the difference between them and the serious local Chinese around them!

    Standing side by side with Li Zhe on the fort of Santiago Castle, looking at the scene in the port, Li Huamei was deeply moved: "Look! This is us Chinese. No matter how big a disaster we experience, as long as there is hope, we can always succeed."  Forget the pain on your body, throw yourself into the longing for the future again, and continue to work harder. Such a nation, for those officials, may be the easiest nation in the world to rule, just like being in a sheepfold  Like sheep, they never know how to resist! That¡¯s why they dare to do whatever they want! They slaughter them over and over again, not even bothering to cover up!¡±

    "Yes! The past colonists in Manila are indeed hateful, but haven't we already avenged our revenge? All the Spanish in Manila have been killed, and even the foreigners in other places have not been spared, so why bother with such bitter hatred?  ! Now we ourselves are the rulers, aren't we?" Li Zhe answered easily. As a modern person, he has no sense of empathy for the people in the late Ming Dynasty in front of him, nor does he have as deep a feeling as Li Huamei.

    "Hmph! What difference will it make if we become rulers ourselves? Are you going to give up such a good method of raising sheep? Are the methods you mentioned yesterday to divide the Chinese people desperately trying to degrade the people in front of you?  The ability to resist! Do you want to continue to enslave them?" Li Huamei turned around and asked sternly.

    "Oh! Iwhy do you think so?" Li Zhe was stunned and speechless.  He didn't expect that Li Huamei would suddenly ask such a question.

    "Huh! It's not the same trick, it's just different methods! In the eyes of you people, do the Chinese people only end up as mermaids?" Li Huamei said harshly, turned around and walked away!

    yes!  From the perspective of the underground Chinese, as a ruler, what is the difference between Li Zhe and those before him?

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    ??In fact, the most important thing to rebuild Manila is the port and shipyard.

    The port provides Li Zhe with market functions, allowing Li Zhe to make full use of the very complete commercial network that has developed in this era; while the shipyard provides Li Zhe with military capabilities and commodity transportation capabilities. Manila is destined to be a city based on sea trade.  A country that has established a country has sufficient military capabilities and market capabilities. These two points are especially important for Manila!

    There was originally a Spanish colony's own shipyard in Manila Harbor - Cavite Shipyard, but most of the time it was only used by the Spaniards as a repair shop. It was small in scale and had not strong shipbuilding capabilities. Now, it has fallen to  In Li Zhe's hands, it is natural to expand it greatly and prepare to develop it into an important shipbuilding base in the early stage.

    Compared with the time and space of the Three Kingdoms, the shipbuilding industry in this era was naturally much more developed. The Fuchuan in the late Ming Dynasty was a pretty good cargo ship style, which could be found all over the East China Sea and Nanyang. Craftsmen who could build ships could still  Found a lot of them.

    Li Zhe ordered people to search for craftsmen and people from various places, which was the specialty of pirates. The people they found were arranged near the port and given to farmland or workshops, so that people could make a living on their own.  The large number of shipwrights who gathered together were building traditional Fu boats while improving shipbuilding technology under the leadership of Li Zhe.

    The first thing the craftsmen have to learn is to abandon the empirical method and calculate the shipbuilding according to the new weights and measures. They learn to use the new tools brought to them by Li Zhe, learn to read the drawings according to the weights and measures, and build the ship according to the drawings.  .  For this reason, Li Zhe brought a large number of various tools and teaching materials from the Three Kingdoms period that were relatively closer to the times for them to use, allowing them to explore on their own in practice.

    Of course, in this process, magical things such as video education in the Three Kingdoms time and space will no longer appear. People in the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty have become very pragmatic and empiricist in their thinking. Miracles like gods can no longer scare them.  It is difficult for these indigenous people and religion to form a social atmosphere. It is impossible for Li Zhe to replicate the way of heaven in the late Ming Dynasty.The myth of ??.

    Li Zhe is still just a strange person in the eyes of Manila people, and that¡¯s all!  Except for some pirates who had fought alongside him, his prestige in the hearts of most Manilans was far less than that of Li Huamei!  Therefore, due to various reasons, Li Zhe finally hid his true face behind Li Huamei!  Manipulation, rather than taking action personally, has become Li Zhe's most suitable method at present.

    The progress of shipbuilding in this period was extremely slow. The giant wood cut down from the jungle must be completely dried and coated with tung oil before use. Otherwise, the structure of the ship will be easily decayed and damaged, which will greatly affect the strength of the hull!  And many other things on the ship, such as locks, sails, and giant keel anchors, were all made with the technology of this period and took a long time to build!

    In order to speed up the progress of shipbuilding, Li Zhe used many methods, smuggling steel keels and anchors from modern times to solve the problem of insufficient capacity of Manila's steel industry; building a large dry dock directly in Cavite  , using modern steel keels and wood to directly start building ships; and also asked craftsmen to build baking charcoal kilns to bake ship wood and reduce the drying period of the wood.  Various means were used to expand Manila's shipbuilding capabilities in the shortest possible time, paving the way for Li Zhe's plan.

    In addition to these, Li Zhe also used other methods to promote Manila's economic development.

    In addition to the traditional mining industry such as gold mines and port trade, the development of the plantation economy is also strongly encouraged!  To this end, Li Zhe organized his army to advance towards the interior of Luzon, annihilating the indigenous tribes along the way, capturing the prime-age population as slaves, and opening up a huge area of ??cultivated land for the Chinese in Manila.

    Li Zhe planted a large number of excellent seeds brought from modern times such as rice, sugar cane, rubber, rapeseed and various spices that were suitable for local environmental conditions. The tropical climate conditions made the local crop production conditions extremely good, and these crops,  They are all crops of great strategic value. Once they enter the harvest period, they will immediately create huge industrial value for Manila's agriculture. The only worry is the lack of manpower and productivity!

    Yes, like the Ming Empire in the Three Kingdoms time and space, Manila is currently facing a problem of insufficient population. Even after a lot of publicity and the influx of a population of Chinese people from all over the Southeast Asia, it is still dissatisfied to this day.  With a population base of 100,000, it is undoubtedly impossible to meet the self-sufficient development of various industries with a solid foundation as envisioned by Li Zhe.  Places like Manila can only follow the path of single-minded development.

    Like most seaports, many of Manila's supplies also rely on external supplies. Raw silk, hemp, oil and many other primary industrial products used in people's lives also require trade.  With Manila's current industrial base, it can only maintain its military capabilities and basic survivability. Most of the remaining living supplies come from looting or trade. There is no other way.

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    After everyone started working with confidence for almost a month, Manila quickly grew from the ruins. The dry dock of the shipyard already had its shadow, and the few steel keels were surrounded by people every day.  Busy and busy, large tracts of new buildings have been re-erected on the port. Manila's future is vaguely visible in this busyness!

    But at this moment, an accident happened!

    "Li Zhe! Manila's various supplies have begun to show serious shortages. My fleet must go out again!" Li Huamei said to Li Zhe.

    "Go to war! Where are you going!"

    Li Huamei didn¡¯t answer, but looked at Li Zhe with her eyes, but Li Zhe soon understood what she meant!

    "Oh! No! Don't! Hua Mei! Are you going to rely on robbing foreigners to maintain supplies in Manila?"

    Li Huamei nodded indifferently, obviously a robbery!  This is the only way these pirates can think of!

    Manila¡¯s supplies have indeed begun to run low!  Although the reconstruction of Manila and the large population gathering have greatly accelerated the progress of Manila's reconstruction, the consequent material consumption has also greatly increased, and there is a shortage of more and more things such as food, industrial products, and building materials.  , we must find a way to solve it.

    But at this time, Li Zhe's portable space is of no use. Although this thing is easy to use, it is not suitable for large-scale use. It is okay to replenish things such as daily necessities once or twice. If it is provided for a long time, it will undoubtedly  It is impossible. The huge expenditure of tens of thousands of people, which even includes industrial building materials, seems a bit out of place when only Li Zhe knows the ins and outs. In fact, it is impossible. The huge sources of materials,  Not only is it difficult to implementNow, and sooner or later there will be problems with the source of the materials!  Now, there has to be a serious solution.

    "Actually, Hua Mei, we can trade seriously without taking such big risks! We are now a country, and what we always come to grab is - well! Some prices have dropped!"

    Li Huamei glanced at Li Zhe with a shameless face: "Okay! Trade, I also want to trade, but now in the whole of Nanyang, who can trade for us, what should we use to trade?"

    Li Huamei¡¯s words stumped Li Zhe again!

    yes!  Who to trade with?  this is a problem!

    In Nanyang at the moment, the largest markets are with the foreign barbarians. Both the market and the raw materials are mostly in the hands of the foreign barbarians. Although the Chinese attack on Manila is not a full-scale war with the foreign barbarians, it has already caused the foreign barbarians to  Everyone is on alert. The atmosphere in Nanyang has been unprecedentedly tense in the near future!

    Although the foreign barbarians other than Spain did not attack Li Huamei in groups because of the fall of Manila, the newly rising trend of nationalism among the Chinese also attracted their sufficient attention. After all, the entire Nanyang commerce  The main source of prosperity is based on the hard-working Chinese people. Whether it is places like Malacca, Batavia or the Lion City, Chinese people account for more than half. If these Chinese people have to stand up and fight for the right to freedom and freedom  , how can this Western colonization continue!

    The fall of Manila has broken an important link in the colonial system of the Western barbarians in Southeast Asia!  Facing the upcoming wave of Chinese nationalism, colonists everywhere are now ready to prepare!  At this time, Manila, as the initiator of all this, how could it be possible to conduct normal transactions with them!

    what to do?

    Li Zhe fixed his eyes on Daming!  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (this site) to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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