Although Yang Feng only looked like a tall and gentle young man, none of the prisoners present dared to underestimate him, because even the children understood that as the commander of a powerful army, how could such a group of arrogant soldiers be submissive without any extraordinary points? Therefore, when Yang Feng spoke, the originally noisy square immediately became silent.

"very good!"

Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction.

"I think many of you should have guessed my identity. However, I still want to introduce myself first. I am the marquis named by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, Yang Feng, the Grand Governor of the South."

Yang Feng didn't speak fast, so it was to facilitate Avilia's translation on the side.

"It is logical that I don't need to see you, because you are just a group of prisoners now, and your fate is almost destined, and most of your men will spend the rest of their lives in labor."

Hearing this, many people's faces turned pale immediately. Although they had been mentally prepared, they still couldn't accept it when they heard the "verdict". However, Yang Feng's words changed again, "Of course, if some of you are particularly rich, maybe you can let your family redeem you with a large ransom, which is possible."

It is good news that people can be redeemed with ransom, but who is rich these days willing to leave their hometowns and go to a foreign country thousands of miles away to find gold? So except for talking about the joy in the eyes of a few people, the others are still expressionless.

Yang Feng, who had the expressions of these people, said again: "Of course, His Majesty the Emperor of our Ming Empire is kind. As long as you have served hard labor for more than fifteen years, you will be able to regain your freedom.

Not only that, those who have made great contributions during their service can also reduce their service time, or those among you who have the special skills we need can also apply to us, we can give them corresponding positions and rewards, and even exempt them from hard labor.

Here I want to focus on the original officers and soldiers among you."

Hearing this, Castro and other officers and soldiers immediately raised their heads and became nervous.

In the square, there was a silence besides the crisp sounds of Yang Feng and Aviliana.

"Our army now needs some technical troops, especially artillery, navigation, astronomy and geography. If someone thinks he has this talent, he can also raise it and we can exempt him from hard labor.

If he is allowed to join the Jiangning Army, I will grant him the corresponding military rank and give him salary and treatment that matches the military rank. After I finished speaking, the detailed regulations and measures will be announced in three days. During this period, you can think carefully about it, and I will end here."

After saying that, Yang Feng turned around and left the square.

The prisoners in the square stood still for a while, and then immediately became noisy.

After Yang Feng left, Avilia, who had completed her mission, naturally had no need to stay here. However, just as she turned around, she saw a person rushing out of the crowd next to her and ran towards her, shouting her name while running.

“Avilia…Avilia…”

The sergeant next to him would be polite to see this. A sergeant raised the musket in his hand without hesitation and smashed the person to the ground. Then two more sergeants rushed over and beat him into a pig's head.

The visitor yelled loudly while protecting his head, "Avilia, I am your uncle Ulawei, don't you remember me? Please help me quickly, otherwise I will be beaten to death by them."

"Ulawei?"

Avilia snorted lightly, looking at Ulawei who was pressed to the ground and said coldly: "I'm sorry, since you personally pushed me to the arms of those beasts who wanted to rape me that day, my uncle Ulawei has already died. I'm sorry, I think you have accepted your mistake."

After saying that, Avilia turned around without hesitation and left the square.

Avilia had no sympathy or pity for this man who had deceived her to the east thousands of miles away, because the original family affection had been working hard for him for three or four years, but she could only get one-third of the salary of others. In the end, she personally wiped her into the fire pit and was exhausted.

So she left, leaving only Ulawei who was beaten to the ground...

Yang Feng returned to his residence and fell into deep thought when he looked at the huge map of Nanyang hanging on the wall.

After more than two years of hard work, the Ming Dynasty had recovered Taiwan ahead of schedule and gained a foothold in Luzon. As long as there was no big change, the entire Luzon would fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty in less than a year.

In this way, the Jiangning Army's next action direction must be carefully considered. Advancing westward will be Vietnam in later generations, which is the present Houli Dynasty. Toward eastward will be a small archipelago with no practical value. Continuing toward southward will be Indonesia in later generations.

However, Indonesia did not have a unified country like later generations. As early as the 15th century, Indonesia was invaded by Portugal, Spain and Britain one after another. It was not until the Netherlands invaded in 1596, and in 1602, the "East India Company" with government powers was established.

According to reports collected during this period, the strength of the Dutch in Indonesia is not comparable to that of the Spanish with declining national strength. The Netherlands has built ports in Pontianak, Laut Island, Makassar and other places in Indonesia. The number of permanent warships reached more than 300, and the garrison reached more than 6,000. It is probably not feasible for the Jiangning Army to take Indonesia as easily as this time to attack Cebu Island.

"If you want to take down the Indonesian archipelago, it seems that the strength of the current Second Fleet is not very safe, but the First Fleet wants to protect the local area, and you cannot transfer all the fleets to Nanyang."

Looking at the huge map of Nanyang in front of him, Yang Feng fell into a dilemma.

It is now the seventeenth century, and it is the time when the Dutch Navy was unprecedentedly powerful. It has 15,000 ships of various types and more than 80,000 sailors. The number of ships and the total number of sailors exceeded the total of other European countries.

The reason why Yang Feng fought against the Dutch last time that he took down the city of Relandzha and restored the entire territory of Taiwan was because he bullied the Dutch too far from Taiwan and would not make a big fight for the Ming Dynasty for a small city of Relandzha. But if Yang Feng wanted to attack Indonesia, it would be different. The Dutch would never give up this largest stronghold in the East so easily.

Not to mention anything else, just the more than 300 fleets deployed by the Dutch in Indonesia is enough for the Fujian Navy to have a headache.
Chapter completed!