Become a feudal king from today - #933 - Chapter 945: Making a lot of money

Governor’s Office. read

Zhao Xu asked Battelle to sit across from him, took out a quill from the ink bottle on the table, and started writing on a piece of paper.

For a quarter of an hour, he pushed the paper towards Battle.

Barter is literate because his mother is literate.

According to him, his mother and grandfather were from a scholarly family in Dasong.

They were attacked by pirates and taken to Manila.

“Your Highness, I don’t understand a lot of things here.” Battelle took the paper and looked at it carefully, feeling a little confused.

Zhao Xu then explained to him.

The first article of this contract is that the Governor’s Palace in Manila will be renamed the Southern Territory Protectorate from now on, and at the same time, all the properties of the Francois in Luzon will be taken over by the Taisong court.

Battle didn’t understand what the Protectorate was, but when he learned about the responsibilities of the Protectorate from Zhao Xu, instead of being angry, he was very excited.

King Dasong said that he would support him to become the king of Manila.

Although he was willing, he was more afraid.

He feared that the native officials and generals in Manila would disobey his orders.

After all, he was nothing more than a slave before.

Now, the entire Luzon had a governor’s office responsible for guarding the southern region, and he immediately felt reassured.

With the protection of Dasong’s army, who can do anything to him?

“Article 2 is about trade…” Zhao Xu continued. Some of the following terms are basically the same as those of Korea and Japan.

Of course, the most important thing is to ban the French currency circulating in Luzon, which should be Songyuan.

As for how General Battelle governs Luzon, he doesn’t care.

But there is one thing: as long as the Duhufu is there, no matter how the throne of Luzon changes, the Duhufu will protect Da Song’s interests in Luzon.

“Your Highness, everything will be as you wish.” After understanding all the terms, Battle said respectfully.

Before the arrival of the Francois, King Manila would send envoys to pay tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty every year.

To him, this is just restoring the order of the Eastern Territory.

As for other terms, he didn’t care.

Compared with the oppression of Luzon by the Fo Langji people, King Yan could only be said to be kind to them.

After all, the previous King of Manila did not have much freedom.

After agreeing on the matter, Zhao Xu handed Battelle over to Zhou Yi.

After taking Manila, the navy was temporarily unable to move.

On the one hand, they want to recover Cebu and Kota Kinabalu, and on the other hand, they want to take over the assets of Folangji.

Of course, there is another very important thing, which is to assist Battelle in establishing the order of his kingdom.

Such as establishing an indigenous army that obeys Battelle.

The captured muskets and artillery of the Folan robots can be used for this purpose.

After that, there will be civil servants who obey Battelle. He will take the opportunity to insert some overseas celebrities into this government system.

In this way, the control over Luzon is perfectly closed.

The two left, and Zhao Xu left the Governor’s Palace and walked eastward along the streets of Manila to the largest rubber plantation in Luzon.

In order to protect his safety, in addition to the guards led by Xu Lie, Pan Chang also led two thousand soldiers to accompany him for protection.

“This Manila is really prosperous and poor at the same time.” Xu Lie said while looking at the buildings on both sides of the street on the road.

The whole of Manila, as long as the center is close to the coast, is bustling.

The buildings on both sides of the streets there are basically white, and the roads are paved with stone slabs, which makes them look clean and tidy.

There are many types of shops along the street, including tailor shops, pubs, casinos, and jewelry stores.

The natives in the shops also wear clean clothes to serve.

They all serve the Francois in Luzon.

But beyond this street it’s like a refugee camp.

Muddy dirt roads, black domed thatched houses and skinny and dark indigenous people.

“As long as it’s a place where colonists have stayed, it’s like this.” Zhao Xu snorted softly.

Xu Lie has never seen it, but he has seen many in history books and video materials.

The group chatted and after half an hour’s trek, they arrived at the Manila Plantation.

By this time, Marines were already guarding the entrance to the plantation.

Seeing Zhao Xu and his party coming, the leader of the team saluted Zhao Xu.

After returning the gift, Zhao Xu asked, “How is the situation of the plantation? It has not been damaged, right?”

“Back to Your Highness, no, but all the workers in the plantation have fled.” The commander-in-chief returned.

Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment and smiled helplessly.

He wasn’t worried. Once order was restored in Manila, these people would come back.

Thinking of this, he once again focused his attention on the rubber plantation in front of him.

It was said that the rubber plantation in Manila was the largest, but he wanted to see for himself how big it was.

Now, at a glance, he finally understood, and felt happy in his heart.

In front of them, the rubber trees were neatly arranged, one row after another, with each row about three meters apart.

This is because the rubber plantation is artificially planted, so it pays attention to neatness.

And the rubber garden is also very clean, there are no weeds under the rubber trees, and weeding is obviously done regularly.

One meter above the ground of each rubber tree, there is an iron scoop hanging on it. There is a wooden tube on the iron scoop, and the white rubber juice is slowly flowing out through the tube.

“I really made a profit this time.” Zhao Xu had a smile on his face.

From south to north, from east to west, the rubber forest has no end in sight.

When we arrived, Battelle said that this rubber forest covers about 100,000 acres, which is indeed the case.

It can be said that this rubber forest is about thirty miles long and five miles wide.

This is just one of eight rubber plantations in Luzon.

Taken together, the rubber forests in Luzon can reach approximately 500,000 acres.

Since the rubber forests in Luzon are all old rubber trees that are more than ten years old, one acre of rubber forest can produce 200 kilograms of rubber per year.

Luzon can provide Dasong with 100 million kilograms per year, equivalent to 100,000 tons of rubber.

Modern rubber costs almost 10,000 yuan a meal. Even based on contemporary prices, if he wins Luzon, he will get an industry with annual sales of one billion.

Besides, in this day and age, rubber is more expensive.

After walking along the rubber forest for a while, Zhao Xu returned happily.

Not only the rubber plantation, but also Franco’s spice plantation, cocoa bean plantation, and tobacco plantation in Luzon were all his.

Except for spices, which are native to Luzon, cocoa beans and tobacco were both introduced by Franji from South America.

Both are tropical crops.

Due to the favorable climate, contemporary Philippine cigars and chocolates are also of high quality.

Previously, Franji had plantations as well as cigar and coffee workshops in Luzon, forming an industrial chain.

Beyond the plantations, Luzon is also known as the kingdom of bananas and coconuts.

As we walked along, we immediately saw banana trees covered with green bananas, which were as common as weeds on the roadside.

These things transported to Dasong will not only provide the material living standards of Dasong people, but also serve as industrial raw materials.

Coconut can extract coconut oil, and banana can extract medicinal materials.

These are agricultural aspects, and the mines left by Folangji are also of great value.

All in all, he really made a fortune during the Battle of Luzon.