Chapter 340 Human Resources
"As a maritime soldier with public morality, I sincerely apologize for mistakenly entering your waters!"
Jiang Feng said righteously and said something he didn't believe. After leaving behind the bodies of fifty or sixty people, the Spanish Governor Luzon finally judged his position clearly. After hearing the translated words from the general translator, he nodded with a bitter smile. Now the entire inner city is under the control of the Jiang family army. Jiang Feng sat comfortably in the decorative Governor's mansion, which was quite good, and continued to negotiate terms with the envoy.
"I suspect that there are weapons of mass destruction in your inner city that hinder maritime trade, so it must be searched!"
After hearing this, he had already planned to be honest in the Governor of Luzon, Spain. As an introduction, the man's name was Levier. Finally, he couldn't help but step forward and said in a low voice:
"Dear General, our small city has the greatest power, only a few cannons, which are now buried under the ruins of the stone wall."
After Jiang Feng finished speaking, he felt secretly happy. He thought that when he had not traveled through time, it would be beneficial to watch this news broadcast in the dormitory. At least he could do it with a rogue. While he was thinking about it, Levi felt that his words might have touched the other party, and he hurriedly said:
"General, the Kingdom of Spain is Europe, oh, no, it is the most powerful country in the world. Your actions will be subject to the next..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Zhang Liang, who was synchronously translator, took a step forward, raised his hand and slapped it in the face, and immediately knocked it over to the ground. Jiang Feng reacted and said with a smile:
"How many ships can you come to the East now for the revenge of your kingdom?"
This sentence completely asked Levier. It took about a year to go to Luzon now. That is to say, even if I ask for help from Europe and wait for the ships from that place to come, it will take two years to go back and forth. In the past two years, I don’t know how many times I have killed it.
Jiang Feng did not seek his consent or anything else. After experiencing the addiction to copying history, his face became serious and he spoke:
"This city must be searched to ensure that there are no weapons that endanger maritime safety. And this time our ships were damaged under your attack and must be compensated."
After hearing the statement of this damage, irrepressible anger emerged on the faces of Spain, both the governor and the soldiers. The damage. Is it worthy of compensation for the damage if there are some scratches on your ship? Moreover, those damages may not be caused by anyone.
A few people were about to argue, and a white officer from the Jiang family army said something to write in Jiang Feng's ear. Jiang Feng said leisurely:
"If you are unwilling to pay, I will collect it here!"
After saying this, the Spanish people who were still ready to argue were immediately discouraged. They are still quite confident about their Spanish kingdom and think that the other party should be afraid of them and dare not do anything about them. So they put forward various conditions here.
However, they were also preparing to bargain, but Jiang Feng was preparing to collect this sentence himself here just hit their pain. Every year, Luzon has a very important task, which is to serve as a transit and service for ships pulling gold and silver from the Americas, and is an important relay station.
If Jiang Feng attacked these ships, he would probably not have any good endings waiting for him even if he returned to Spain.
Jiang Feng over there has already put forward his own conditions: searching the city and paying compensation, but the amount of compensation is too outrageous. Although Spain's colony in Luzon is rich, the number of 100,000 taels of silver is still too huge.
Spain's Luzon Governor Levier communicated with several officers around him, and sighed helplessly, thinking that he might not be able to escape and die this time. Jiang Feng didn't say anything. After leaving behind the guards, a group of people went outside to inspect the terrain.
While waiting for death there, suddenly a few people who didn't look like soldiers walked in. According to the experience of the Han people that Levi saw in Luzon, there should be several merchants opposite him, and seeing that the Han people who were dressed absolutely not in Luzon, what is even more surprising is that there is a general translation among these people who know Spanish. The attitude of these people is not as arrogant as the group of soldiers just now.
But he was very kind and had a smile on his face. Levier suddenly felt that these people were much more friendly. These people said a question through the translation:
"We can pay the compensation for the money. All we need here is a few people. We can pay for three taels of silver per person. It is estimated that 10,000 people will be caught and say a few good words, that's it..."
This sentence is really a timely help. Levier understands what this person means. Now there are more and more ships selling black slaves, but he doesn't understand that the natives in Luzon and Nanyang have always been lazy and stupid. It's really strange that someone will come to buy these people.
But of course Levi's opinion would not be clear about this. He nodded repeatedly and made many promises that even he himself did not believe. At the same time, he also praised the hard work and docile of the local people. This was his first praise. He was cursing on weekdays - this group of monkeys who were too lazy to die.
Naturally, searching for this small city outside will not find anything. In fact, for Jiang Feng, there is nothing worth plundering except for some books and exquisite things. Under the leadership of the Netherlands who escaped from Luzon, the soldiers took away nearly 300 Luzon's companions who were tortured and unrestrained.
Of course, no one stopped this action...
Soon, under the persuasion of kind-hearted merchants, the general who was determined to demand high compensation finally transferred the amount to 30,000 taels of silver, which could be paid by the merchants on their behalf.
Then after all the artillery in the city were confiscated, the Jiang family army finally withdrew from this small city, but the city walls had been opened, so there was no question of defense.
Two days later, Jiang Feng's ships were replenishing freshwater and supplies. The Spanish Governor-General in Luzon made a general mobilization for all those who could act in the city. The content of the mobilization was not to fight against the army outside, but to mobilize out to capture the natives. The Governor-General Levier specifically emphasized that this mission was related to the honor of the Kingdom of Spain and to everyone's lives.
This colony has existed for about twenty years. Many natives around them rely on this small town and port for their living. Most of them help the Spanish and Chinese. So the arrest was very convenient at the beginning. Under the threat of swords, these people were honestly boarding the ship.
It took about half a month to go, and the ships of the Beijing Merchants Group returned to Incheon this time. The income and expenditure on Jiang Feng's ship was balanced. He brought the people rescued from Luzon to return to Incheon.
Things did not end simply. Luzon Governor Levire took stock of the losses he suffered. Nearly one hundred soldiers died in danger, and the turrets at the port were also completely lost. In more than a month, ships in the Americas and Europe were about to come.
Should we report this situation to the king? These people have some military knowledge. After seeing Jiang Feng's army and ships, they knew that if Spain wanted to come over and ensure victory, they would have to have twenty large warships and an army of thousands of people.
However, there is no possibility of such a large-scale mobilization of troops to the Far East. Although Spain is now a powerful country in Europe, it is not without enemies...
On the contrary, the fact that a native can sell three taels of silver is quite touching. The trade in slave trafficking between Europe and the Americas is now becoming more and more popular. Many people have made a fortune by relying on this. However, the Europeans colonized in the South China Sea never thought that East Asia, with rich human resources, still have the needs of slaves. Although the slave arrest did not make a penny, they saw the dawn of making money. They should really make good use of it.
Europe is now in the early days of capitalism. In the evaluation of later generations, this time is the so-called era of eating people without spitting out bones, the bloodiest and dirty era.
In Luzon, every Spaniard has forgotten the death and injury of his companions, but has judged that in the future, more natives can be captured to sell money. There is another unexpected aspect. There are also six or seven thousand Han people on the island. Since the Jiang family army visited, they have captured 10,000 people in chaos. Suddenly, they found that their status seemed to have risen much higher overnight.
At least the evil spirits of the past were all polite. As for the local people, they were already caught cleanly, so what comparisons would be there?
These Han people still remember what the merchants from the merchant ships who came before leaving:
"This place is nice, there are so many people, I'll come again!"
There are so many natives, one person has three or two, ten people, one hundred people, one thousand people..., that is really a lot of money, it is really touching!
Chapter completed!