The mysterious world: Start working hard from the beggar camp!

Chapter 503: A transaction under temptation, greedy calculations end in vain
"General Waites."

Manila Governor Coqueira's eyes flickered a few times, and he seemed to have made a decision. He said to Vitus, "There is something I want to ask the general for help."

"This matter concerns the kingdom's fundamental interests in Manila in the future. It can no longer be delayed. Otherwise, the kingdom's interests will suffer huge losses."

There was a strong sense of murderousness and greed in his words.

"Oh?"

Wittes asked puzzledly, "What is it that makes His Excellency the Governor take it so seriously?"

He knew very well that Coquela was one of the few nobles who had been re-elected as governor of Manila for two consecutive terms.

It is not an easy thing to achieve this among the ruthless aristocracy of the Kingdom of Spain.

Even Gomez and Luis, father and son, who had made great contributions to the kingdom, could only circumvent the kingdom's system of not allowing the re-election of governors by having the father and son serve as governors of Manila more than 30 years ago.

However, Cocuira was able to be re-elected as governor, and held the lucrative position of Governor of Manila. One can imagine how huge his network of contacts and strong abilities were required to achieve this.

"General Wittes, this is what happened..."

Governor Coqueira said bluntly, "…just like 35 years ago, those Chinese who have amassed countless wealth have earned a huge amount of wealth that originally belonged to us, and have seized a large number of trade routes that originally belonged to our Kingdom of Spain. They have even built and operated a large number of spiritual plantations on Manila Island, which has seriously threatened the interests of our Kingdom of Spain."

"Although these Chinese groups and families appear to be very hardworking, they are all greedy. The wealth they earn each year now exceeds the revenue of our Governor's Office!"

"These Chinese, who are like maggots, have reached the point where they must be eliminated!"

Coquila's eyes were cold and he said grimly, "But after the great purge thirty-five years ago, the Chinese families living on Manila Island today have learned from the last lesson and attach great importance to the development of military power."

"Not only are they numerous now, but their combat effectiveness is also quite high."

"With just our Governor's Guard and the navy fleet, we can defeat the enemy and gain the final victory, but due to our lack of manpower, it is difficult to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"After my detailed investigation, there are hundreds of Chinese families living on Manila Island, with a total population of nearly five million, and the number of warriors among them is about 300,000."

"And our Governor's Guard and the navy officers and soldiers stationed in Manila, all fighters and magicians added together, only have more than 200,000 people."

"General Wittes, your treasure fleet has more than 100,000 soldiers, and they are all elite soldiers who have experienced many battles."

"If you can participate in this round of cleansing plan, there will be no suspense in wiping out the Chinese on Manila Island!"

"I can guarantee that the wealth we gain from exterminating these Chinese will not be less than the total value of all the goods and materials your treasure fleet is carrying this time!"

"I can promise you that after the task is completed, I will give you 20% of the property and materials as a reward!"

Governor Cocuira, who had always believed in white supremacy, directly put forward his conditions.

He just didn't believe that Waiters would refuse such a huge windfall.

In the worldview of Western white people, interests are everything and all other rules must be put aside.

"Such a huge fortune?"

When Wittes heard this, his eyes lit up and he stared at Governor Coquila and asked, "Governor, are you telling the truth?"

Although he had often led treasure fleets to travel between America, Manila, and Spain in recent years, he knew that the hardworking, intelligent, but greedy Chinese were very good at making money.

But thirty-five years ago, when Gomez and Luis, father and son, were the governors of Manila, they launched a bloody purge against the Chinese in Manila, killing almost all the Chinese on the island and gaining huge wealth.

However, only more than 30 years later, the Chinese who came to Manila to settle down one after another accumulated even greater wealth, which was a little beyond Wittes' imagination.

You have to know that it took these Western nobles hundreds of years to grow and become strong.

If it is true as Governor Coqueira said, the ability of these Chinese to make money is really too impressive.

"It is absolutely certain!"

Coqueira said in a decisive tone, "The development momentum of the Chinese population in Manila has reached a point where it must be curbed!"

"If we let this go on, within a hundred years, the people who will be in charge of Manila will not be us, but the Chinese!"

"They have the Ming Dynasty behind them, and their population resources are endless. Now, more and more Chinese are immigrating here every year, and they have become a powerful force that is difficult to control!"

"In order to safeguard the interests of our Kingdom of Spain and consolidate our rule over Manila, it is imperative that we once again launch a massacre against the Chinese in Manila!"

Well, Governor Cocuira was exaggerating the threat from the Chinese, but his real purpose in launching a new round of massacres was to make a fortune before the end of his term!
He has been re-elected as the Governor of Manila for two terms and it is impossible for him to be re-elected.

Taking advantage of the power that is now in hand and the fact that the Chinese in Manila have been fattened up, according to the Chinese, it is time to start slaughtering pigs for the New Year.

"Well, Your Excellency the Governor, I am very honored to accept your invitation to eliminate these Chinese cancers for the kingdom."

"However, the price of sending troops will increase by 10%. After all, I have many soldiers under my command. It is impossible for them to work in vain without sufficient benefits."

"Moreover, the officers and men of our fleet will be delayed for at least half a month if they participate in this great purge, and they run the risk of being questioned by His Majesty the King."

Although Wittes was somewhat in awe of Governor Corcuira, he still had to fight for the interests that he should fight for.

After all, these Chinese families living in Manila are all extremely wealthy. Even a 10% profit afterwards is a huge fortune that is unbelievable under normal circumstances.

You, Governor Corcuira, want to make a fortune, and I, Vitus, as the commander of an elite fleet, want the same.

"This……"

Coquila had already prepared for the other party to bargain, and he knew what was going on. Hearing this, he deliberately hesitated for a moment, and nodded with some embarrassment, "Okay, let's split it this way, 70% for me and 30% for you."

"Since we have reached an agreement, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, this round of joint cleansing operation must be carried out as soon as possible to prevent those damned Chinese from fleeing Manila with our property and supplies."

"General Wittes, I think it would be more appropriate to start this round of cleansing operations at dawn the day after tomorrow. What do you think?"

Governor Cocuira, who had been preparing for this event for several months, then announced his decision.

"Row!"

"I also have to hurry and lead the treasure fleet back home as soon as possible, so as to avoid being harassed by those with ulterior motives. That would be bad."

Wittes immediately agreed with the other party's decision and raised the jade cup filled with grape wine in his hand, "Praise our Lord, praise His Excellency the Governor, let us raise our glasses together to celebrate the happy cooperation!" "Happy cooperation!" Coquila raised his glass and clinked it with the other party with a smile on his face.

With the participation of more than 100,000 soldiers from the treasure transport fleet led by Wittes, this round of cleansing of the Chinese in Manila was no longer a foregone conclusion.

As for giving up 30% of the profits, it was part of his original plan in order to tie the other party to his own pirate ship so that he would not be targeted by the nobles in the country and be left alone.

Although the family that Wittes belongs to is not as powerful as his own family in the country, it is also one of the top nobles.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to serve as the commander of a main fleet in America for a long time.

However, at this moment, he suddenly sensed something, his face changed drastically, and together with Wittes, who was also shocked, he flashed out of the Governor's Palace meeting hall, flew to the high wall on the sea side, and looked towards the direction of the big pier.

"boom!"

"Rumble..."

Amid the sudden rumbling of cannon fire, a huge fleet appeared on the sea under the cover of night and was launching an intensive concentrated fire attack on the coastal artillery batteries in Manila Bay!

That's not the scariest thing.

What made Governor Coquela and General Wittes unbearable the most was that two enemy armies transformed into huge divine beasts, which had already come from the enemy's large fleet and launched a violent attack on their own fleet anchored near the large pier!
Since the enemy's sudden attack was completely beyond the expectations of the white defenders in Manila, their hundreds of large treasure ships were completely unprepared, and they didn't even have time to activate the protective magic circles on the treasure ships!
Although there were many soldiers left behind on hundreds of their own treasure ships, there were only tens of thousands of them at most.

The rest of the soldiers happened to enter Manila city tonight to attend the welcome banquet held by His Excellency the Governor.

"Dong dong..."

With Governor Coquela's powerful mental power, he saw a huge dark yellow bell that was about seven or eight hundred feet in size. It emitted a continuous and vast bell sound, covering the sea area of ​​dozens of miles around the large pier.

All the treasure ships of our two large fleets seemed to be within the range of the bell!
"No!"

"Who are these enemies? How dare they attack our Kingdom of Spain without declaring war!"

"It's over. All of us soldiers who stayed on the fleet's treasure ship are finished!"

"Not only the soldiers left behind by the fleet, but also most of our coastal defense batteries in Manila Harbor were destroyed in an instant!"...

This sudden and earth-shaking change left Governor Coquela and others who had heard the news stunned and the noise was deafening.

Before they could come to their senses, they saw that tens of thousands of soldiers who were left behind on hundreds of their own treasure ships of various levels near the big pier, were attacked by the loud bells. One by one, they fell to the ground with blood gushing out of their seven orifices, as if they were cut by a sickle!

The darkness of night could not prevent the mental power of the masters of the Qi Refining Realm from covering and inspecting, so the tragic scene within a radius of dozens of miles on the sea near the big pier was clearly detected by the mental power of Coquela and others.

As for why the opponent was able to seize the defensive loopholes of our side so accurately, and why they did not come earlier or later, but suddenly launched a massive attack when Manila’s defense was the weakest?

As long as they were not stupid, Governor Cocuira and others would have guessed that the sudden attacking enemy must have had detailed intelligence about Manila.

Obviously, this was not an accidental sneak attack, but a premeditated one by the enemy!

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to seize the perfect opportunity so accurately and launch a massive attack when Manila’s defense was the most relaxed!
The current battle situation not only destroyed our own fleet, but also destroyed most of the coastal defense artillery in one fell swoop, making it impossible for our fleet and coastal defense artillery to launch a counterattack!

"Oops!"

As Wittes' face turned pale, he thought of something so serious that he wanted to vomit blood. "Our treasure fleet has fallen into the hands of the enemy. There are more than a hundred ships full of treasures and natural treasures!"

"No! I'm going out to fight the enemy!"

Others may not know, but Wittes knows very well that on the treasure transport fleet's flagship, the top-grade treasure ship, which is anchored near the big pier, there is an innate top-grade spiritual root that was carefully transplanted from America: the platinum blood orchid!
How precious are the innate top-grade spiritual roots?

As far as Vitus knows, even in the entire Kingdom of Spain, so far, only the royal family has an innate spiritual root, and it is only an innate middle-grade spiritual root!

In terms of true value, even an innate top-grade divine artifact is not as good as an innate top-grade spiritual root.

In the world of practitioners, cultivation is the foundation.

Just like Wittes himself, he was trapped in the fifth-level Dou Zong realm for several years. It was not until he swallowed a top-grade innate spiritual fruit, the Blood Orchid Fruit, not long ago that he broke through to the early sixth-level Dou Wang realm.

Even the Platinum Blood Orchid, an innate superior-grade spiritual root, only produces three fruits at a time, and its maturity period is as long as a thousand years. But the two innate superior-grade spiritual fruits still hanging on the Blood Orchid tree alone are so precious that they cannot be worth more!

He originally wanted to present this platinum blood orchid fruit tree to His Majesty the King and easily achieve his goal of becoming a marquis.

However, now this superior-grade innate spiritual root has fallen into the hands of the enemy. How can General Wittes swallow this?
Well, no practitioner would be able to remain calm.

"Uh……"

Governor Coquila was also terrified. He glanced at General Wittes and said to him helplessly, "No need to go out and fight!"

"The enemy has quickly killed all the remaining soldiers on the treasure ships of our two fleets, and is now rushing towards Manila City!"

"From the enemy's situation, there is not just one level six warrior, but three!"

"Especially the aura coming from that dark yellow bell. The master of the formation is beyond the initial stage of level six. He is either in the middle stage of level six or the late stage of level six!"

"Moreover, the enemy's bell is also an innate divine weapon with great power!"

Governor Coquila, who possesses an innate divine weapon on his body, can of course clearly sense the aura of similar innate divine weapons with his cultivation as a mage.

Just now, in order to win the battle quickly, the enemy commander launched a sonic attack with all his strength, relying on the power of his own divine weapon, without any disguise.

"Pass the order and gather all the white fighters and magicians in Manila!"

"We must launch a counterattack as soon as possible to take back our fleet treasure ship!"

"Otherwise, there will be no way out this time!"

Governor Coquela, who had just activated the magic protection formation of Manila City in time, was not worried that Manila City would be quickly breached by powerful enemies. He gave the order with an extremely gloomy face.

He was a cunning old man and was aware of the strength of his enemy.

If nothing unexpected happens, the city of Manila will face an unprecedented enemy.

(End of this chapter)