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Chapter 1242 Squeeze

As soon as the prisoner left, the Spaniards all rushed to the fence, looking over there and asking questions.

"Who are you, why were you locked in?"

"Are you Dutch? You look miserable!"

"..."

The few people who had just been imprisoned opposite them were of the same race as them, and they were indeed very rare in the prison of the Great Ming Capital.When these people saw that there were so many white people in the opposite cell, their numb and sad faces finally changed, showing surprise.

The so-called fellow villagers see fellow villagers with tears in their eyes, which is not much different when used to describe them.

Maybe they also recognized the accent, so they also answered.

"You are Spaniards? Why are you locked up here?"

"Oh, did you guys come over from New Mexico and run right into those hapless people in Luzon?"

"We are Dutch, and I am the governor of Batavia, Kun!"

"I am Admiral Anthony of Batavia!"

"..."

After introducing each other, the two sides finally understood who the other party was!In this way, the Spaniards were even more surprised.

"The governor of Batavia and the admiral are both prisoners. Could it be that your Batavia, like Luzon, was occupied by the Ming Dynasty?"

"I heard that you, the Netherlands, have mobilized a large number of warships to the east. Could it be that the Ming Kingdom took it down before the reinforcements came?"

"Aren't you sea coachmen, aren't you very powerful? How did you end up like this?"

"..."

While they were chattering to each other, not far from the cell where they were held, Wang Chengen was sitting there with a sword in his hands. An interpreter listened to the movement and whispered in Wang Chengen's ear from time to time. Obviously, they were stealing. Listen to their conversation.

"The Ming Dynasty is really perverted. It clearly has a huge fleet, but it still hides quietly and lures us into the bait!"

"You don't know that our Dutch fleet has 75 ships, plus the Nanyang forces have a total of about 100 warships, and many troop carriers, attacking Manila together. Unexpectedly, the people of Ming Dynasty have been waiting for it for a long time. I don’t know if they were lucky or they knew that we were coming. There are more than 200 warships in Manila Bay. After we all entered Manila Bay, more than [-] warships surrounded us outside, attacking back and forth, and they were still in Manila Bay. , how can we fight this battle?"

"They're all damn Portuguese. Their shipyards were captured by the Ming Dynasty. In a short period of time, do you know how many sailing warships the Ming Dynasty built? More than 100 ships!"

"But these are not the most important. I don't know what happened to their cannons. They were obviously imitated from our Dutch cannons. As a result, their cannons hit farther and more accurately. You say, this battle how to spell?"

"You don't know how desperate we were at that time! There is no way to fight against a big country like Ming! Ships are not as many as them, guns are not as good as them, and they are still playing tricks!"

"..."

Listening to the complaints of the Dutch, the Spaniards couldn't help but looked at each other.They only had two ships from a long voyage, and they were captured by bad luck when they crashed into Luzon.Hearing what the Dutch said at this time, they immediately felt the true strength of the Ming Navy!
Lots of people, lots of boats, good guns, and resourcefulness!
Thinking about it is also true, from south to north, after seeing the Ming country, you will know how big the Ming country is.It is estimated that all the countries in Europe combined are not as big as the Ming Dynasty, right?Moreover, compared with the whole of Europe, the population of the Ming Dynasty is estimated to be larger and more prosperous.How can such an Eastern Empire be fought?
If this huge eastern empire really intends to fight for world hegemony, who can beat it?The Nanyang side has fallen in a short period of time, which shows it!
At this moment, the two groups of brothers and sisters in the prison cell, logically speaking, they are also enemies, but at this moment, they may be both degenerates in the world, talking to each other like old friends.Everyone is feeling the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Chengen, who was eavesdropping, raised his legs and laughed silently.

These Xiyi finally know how powerful I am, Daming!
In the cell, after talking about each other's experiences, they all worried about their own fate.

No matter who it is, they don't want to die.Although they are all colonists, they can be said to be desperadoes, but from a certain point of view, they just want to win glory and wealth. If possible, they certainly don't want to die.

But they couldn't figure out what use they could do to make Ming Guo spare their lives.Especially the Dutch, they were enemies of Daming, so they had no hope.

At noon on this day after two days in the cell, the guards suddenly brought them a sumptuous lunch.

At this moment, no matter if it was the Dutch or the Spaniards, they couldn't help being overjoyed. While eating like crazy, they flattered the soldiers repeatedly, saying that the food of the Ming Dynasty was really delicious.

To their surprise, one of the prisoners suddenly said, "This is the meal for cutting off the head, let's go on the road when you are full!"

Whether it was a Spaniard or a Dutchman, I didn't expect that there were some prisoners who could understand their words. Immediately, they didn't eat any food, and they all rushed over, asking questions in a hurry.

"Your Excellency, what is a decapitated meal?"

"Where are we going? When are we leaving?"

"Your Excellency, we are willing to serve the Ming Kingdom, please give us a chance!"

"..."

Hearing what they said, the prisoner just advised them to eat quickly, and he was going to take them away later.By the way, I also explained to them, what is the meal of the dead head, and the meaning of going on the road is not to go somewhere, but to go to the kingdom of heaven, to the palace of the king of hell.

This time, these Xiyi were all frightened.Although they thought that they would die, they were still very scared when they really knew that they were going to die, at least some of them were like this.

In this world, regardless of the East and the West, human nature is common.

Most of the Spaniards started to cry at the same time, saying that they had eighty-year-old mothers in their hometown and babies waiting to be fed. If one of them died, the whole family would die.

This kind of similar words, as if they don't want money, keep talking endlessly.

On the Dutch side, there were significantly fewer people begging for mercy, because they knew that they would probably die if they couldn't escape.

These people begging for mercy, or they didn't expect that it would be really useful.The prisoner was said to be very sympathetic to them, so he said to them: "Some of you may not deserve to die. If you are willing to serve Daming, you may not die."

Hearing this, especially the Spaniards, as if they had grasped the last straw, expressed their opinions that they would definitely work for Daming.

"Okay, I hope you will remember what you said!" The jailer said to them, "God has the virtue of being good at life. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. I will help you to intercede."

Seeing the prisoners leave, these Xiyi, especially the Spaniards, couldn't help being overjoyed, their faces full of anticipation, hoping that Ming would let them go and not kill them again.

However, they were quickly disappointed again.As soon as the prisoner left, a large group of soldiers rushed in, and these Western barbarians, whether they were Spaniards or Dutch, were put in chains and taken away.

These Xiyi, in addition to being terrified, realized that it is very likely that the prisoner who begged for mercy has not reacted, and they will be executed.This is very unsatisfactory for them.If you know there's no hope, it's nothing.But now, a prisoner has come to intercede for them, and they are not reconciled if they may survive.

So, they all struggled, not wanting to die.However, no one understood what they were saying, and took them all away without delay.

The long prison cart pulled to Fengtianmen Square, in front of Daming Loyalty Hall.

There are already crowds of people here, and there are soldiers from the five cities' soldiers and horses to maintain order.

No matter how unwilling these Xiyi are, the whole process has been going down in an orderly manner.

Please enter the Hall of Loyalty for the spirit card of loyalty of Ming Dynasty who died in battle in Nanyang.Then some officials were talking, but these Xiyi couldn't understand anyway.

At the end, the governor of Batavia Kun and Admiral Anthony were taken out, and the arrows were thrown. The executioner held the glaring ghost knife, raised the knife and dropped it, and the head fell to the ground, in blood sacrifice to Ming Zhonglie.

With one order, the remaining Dutch people were escorted to the stage, and with one order, their heads fell to the ground again.

Soon, the Spaniards were also put on the guillotine, and a group of executioners stood behind them, holding shining ghost knives, waiting for the order to be executed.

At this moment, these Spaniards were desperate.They knew that they would also be decapitated immediately.

Facing death, many people regret it in their hearts. If they had known this before, they should not have come out.

However, the accident happened again.

Just when they were about to be executed, a fast horse flew up and announced something loudly.

The Spaniards were very surprised. They watched the presiding official come over and say something to them, and then an interpreter stepped forward and said to them: "The emperor has a decree that those of you who are willing to serve Ming Dynasty will not die!"

Hearing this, these Spaniards didn't even have to think about it, they all nodded in ecstasy, rushing to say that they were willing to play for Daming.

So they escaped "thrillingly" and were dragged back to the cell.

However, this time they were not locked together.Instead, they are all held in solitary confinement, and the first thing is to ask them to explain their basic situation, what they are good at, and the basic situation of other people, what are they good at?
It doesn't matter if you can't read or write, there are people in the government who can write.But one thing, the responsible officials told them, the more detailed and accurate they were, the more Daming could see their sincerity.If they are found to be deceitful and insincere, then the Dutch will be their fate!
Thinking about the execution ground, when the sword was raised and the head rolled, these Spaniards felt the coolness on the back of their necks.

As soon as the officials of the Ming Dynasty explained the matter clearly, they immediately began to write or talk about it.Some people even go back and add to the previous content.Anyway, overall, it is still very positive.

After the second day, Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory hidden in the dark, got a thick stack of confessions.

So, he immediately took it back to Dongchang, and asked his subordinates to sort out the confessions. After checking each other, he came to Emperor Chongzhen to report: "Your Majesty is wise, those Spaniards are very honest, and each of them wrote a big confession. Pile things up. After the servants checked in detail, basically no one dared to cheat!"

As he spoke, he held up the stack of confessions with both hands, and the top one was the summary after he asked his subordinates to check it.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled, and then picked up the summary at the top and read it.

There are 150 Spaniards left in total, most of them are poor people in Spain, who came out because they couldn't get along in their hometown.They are mainly in Mexico, and most of them are coming to Luzon for the first time.Only a few people have the experience of coming to Luzon several times.

Emperor Chongzhen noticed that there was a man named John who made a very detailed confession.Not only did it say the most, but after checking, it was also the most detailed and accurate.More importantly, this person is the kind of person who can feed the whole family without hunger. In this world, there is no relative.Or it was forced by life, or it might be that he didn't hide anything, this guy would get a lot of things.In addition to being the first mate on a ship, he has rich experience in firearms, shipbuilding, and navigation. He is even good at fighting, and he is very good at judging the situation.

"This person is interesting!" Emperor Chongzhen said, pointing to John's information, then put down the information at hand, and ordered Wang Cheng'en: "Let them write down the situation in America in detail. According to the information they provided, if someone If you dare to hide anything, gather them together, announce it in public and beat them up. Let them all write it again."

"After finishing writing, if you don't see any concealment, take them out of the prison and lock them up in the post, but they will still be held separately. Then let them describe the Pacific and Atlantic routes, the more detailed the better. It is possible to tell them that as long as I am satisfied with what I write, I can release them, allow them to become Daming people, and live in Daming from now on. But if there is any fraud, I will not be given the opportunity and will be killed directly.”

Wang Chengen listened carefully, until Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he immediately responded with a smile: "Your Majesty is really amazing, I believe that those Spaniards would not dare to cheat!"

Obviously a sycophant, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't feel uncomfortable when he heard it, and let him go to work with a wave of his hand.And he himself began to read those confessions carefully.There are some things that Wang Chengen and the others don't know, and only they can evaluate the contents of these confessions based on the impressions of later generations.

For myself to explore the Americas in the future, these Spaniards came to my door, which is really a precious asset!Emperor Chongzhen was thinking and watching, and from time to time he circled some names with his imperial pen.

Five days later, Wang Chengen came over again.This time, he only had a few thin pages in his hand.

　Thanks for the 1000 starting point coin reward for the little daughter-in-law. ps: The amount of updates last month broke into the top ten in the history category, which is overdrawn.It should be about [-] updates for two consecutive months, which is really unbearable.I sit for eight hours at get off work and five hours after work. I have back pain and two panda eyes, so I need to rest for a while.Try to have [-] on weekends.

　　
　
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