"General, if I give this place to you like this, when I return to Manila, my soldiers and I will be court-martialed!"

On the deck of the "Fowy", Leo of Bol said with some embarrassment.

"Personally, I very much hope that Spain will continue to trade with the Ming Kingdom here, just as Father Martin can continue to preach here, but, General, the reality is that I must be responsible for myself and the soldiers here......"

In fact, to put it bluntly, he was just afraid of death, on the one hand, he knew that he could not resist Daming's attack. On the other hand, he had to think about a court-martial, where he could even be sentenced to death.

Faced with Pol's Leo's answer, Sun Hejing pondered for a moment, then looked at him and said.

"In the future, we will build a new city here, there will be a large number of immigrants here, there will also be merchants from all over the world, we will welcome everyone, including the Spaniards, to trade here, as for missionaries, since missionaries can enter Nanzhili, or even the capital to preach, of course, they can continue to preach here, so, I think we can come to an agreement! As for you ......"

Since these red-haired people have no idea of resisting, then continue to shake them!

You want to preach, probably!

If you want to do business, you can!

In short, let's coax you to hand over the city first, and then talk about it, as for the future, everything will be decided by the prince, what? Stab in the back?

How could a barbarian ever have faith?

The so-called "high-five" between the barbarians and the barbarians is just a temporary trade-off!

But the person in front of me still has some concerns! Well, this concern is personal, and it is easy to solve.

Leo, who stared at Pol, made up his mind Sun Hejing said.

"If you want, you can submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Submit to the Ming Dynasty?"

Pol's Leo asked, wide-eyed.

"Is the general asking me to surrender?"

"No,"

With a slight smile on his face, Sun Hejing said.

"It's not about surrendering, it's about surrendering to the Celestial Empire and becoming a soldier of the Celestial Empire."

And when Yun Haiping was translating, he changed the admiral's words slightly, but translated them.

"As a mercenary of the Celestial Empire, serving the Celestial Empire, maybe soon, you and your soldiers will become heroes of Spain, because your wise choice has brought more opportunities to Spain, trade opportunities, I think that by then, His Excellency the Governor of Manila will also understand your choice."

Yun Haiping once went to Manila with his father's ship, he knew what these red-haired people wanted, what they wanted was silver, money, what they cared about was business, as for these European soldiers, most of them were mercenaries, for mercenaries, the military salary of the red-haired king was military salary, and the military salary of the Celestial Empire was also military salary, as long as they were given enough silver.

Returning to the Celestial Empire, this suggestion brightened the eyes of Pol, who was afraid of being held accountable when he returned to Manila, while Martin asked tentatively.

"You're not going to force them to convert, are you?"

As a priest, Martin was extremely sensitive to this, after all, in the war between Spain and the Arabs, the Arabs and Ottomans always forced the surrender to convert.

It is not unacceptable if they do not threaten the soldiers with conversion.

"Father, you know, our Ming Dynasty has always been extremely lenient about faith, even those who are colorful, they still maintain their faith."

After answering the priest's question, Sun Hejing turned his gaze to Rio Dao in Bol.

"Major, I am sure you will make a wise choice, for the sake of your future and that of your soldiers!"

Those who know the times are Junjie!

The same was true for the Spaniards, who announced his decision to the soldiers in the city of San Salvador, who were hardly objected to, and for whom there was no difference between the silver coins of the King of Spain and the silver coins of the Ming Emperor, and besides, the promises of the Ming seemed to be more abundant, and of course, the important thing was that they could save their lives.

However, in just a few hours, the Spaniards lowered the Spanish flag, and then a "Ming" flag fluttered on the walls of the "City of San Salvador". At the same time, the city of San Salvador was renamed "Keelung", which was given its name by the prince.

The city of San Salvador is said to be a city, but in fact it is just a quadrangular fortress, but there are only a few two-story Western-style buildings built next to the city wall, so after Sun Hejing was stationed, most of the officers and soldiers were stationed outside the city, and the same was true for the Spanish soldiers who had just surrendered, but Leo of Pol, who was an officer, lived in the city.

"General, if His Royal Highness the Prince wants to open up Taiwan, he must capture the city of Geranza!"

Standing in front of the general, Leo of Pol said, pointing to the city of Geranza on the map.

"The area occupied by the Dutch is a plain area, although there are natives, but their temperament is mild, more suitable for immigration development, and in the north colonization, although there are basins in the middle reaches of the Tamsui River, but it is swampy, and there are headhunters living in the local area, they often go out of the valley to hunt for heads, for immigrants, it is undoubtedly extremely unsafe for immigrants."

When mentioning the headhunters around Keelung, Leo of Pol's heart is a bitter ah, since the Spanish occupation of Keelung, he has constantly faced the threat from the natives in the surrounding mountains, although those natives have primitive weapons, but they are very savage, and they hunt the heads of soldiers at every turn, and in the past ten years, the war between them and the natives has lasted for several years, so that the natives dare not hunt their heads anymore.

But if a large number of immigrants arrive here, those immigrants will simply be the most suitable people to go out of the valley. Of course, Leo of Pol was not thinking about the Ming immigrants, he made this proposal for his own sake, in order to show Manila that his surrender was for the benefit of Spain, you see, the first thing I did after my surrender was to persuade the Ming to seize the city of Geranza and drive the Dutch out of here, how good is that?

Not only that, but my surrender also gave Spain the opportunity to trade directly with the Ming Kingdom, where am I surrendering, it is clearly for the interests of Spain, and I bear the burden of humiliation here.

Of course, for him to be so careful, Sun Hejing did not expose him, it is not my race, and his heart must be different. But in some cases, if the interests are the same, the advice of these people can be adopted.

Sun Hejing of course also considered the threat of "headhunters" in Pol's Leo, and he planned to build a sentry fort in the upper reaches of the Shuihe River to prevent headhunters from entering the Taipei Basin, but, as Bol's Leo said, the unsafe environment will inevitably affect the development of immigrants.

Obviously, it does not meet the requirements of the prince, and the Taiwan that the prince needs is a Taiwan as the granary of the Ming Dynasty. This means that the surrounding environment needs to be stable, so that the settlers can reclaim the land and grow crops here.

The existence of "headhunters" will definitely have an impact on the safety of immigrants, and it seems that there is a way to solve this problem.

"And, there's one thing you have to be clear."

Sun Hejing said: "You speak." ”

Leo of Pol said:

"In the vicinity of the city of Geranza, there are tens of thousands of immigrants from the Ming Kingdom, they have cultivated a lot of land there, and formed a village community, although on the surface the Dutch control the city of Geranza, but in fact the Dutch do not care about the Ming people outside the city, they established the city of Geranza, just to control the trade with the Ming, they seek wealth rather than land. But this is only for now, like the Dutch anywhere, at the beginning, they were just seeking a castle, as for the natives outside the city, in their opinion, they can provide food and other materials to the city, but with time, everything will change, they will slowly seek to expand little by little, at the moment Geranza is just a stronghold, but it is a stronghold of the Dutch expansion in Taiwan, and they will inevitably continue to expand northward in the future. ”

"I see."

Sun Hejing nodded and said.

In the past few days, he has been learning about the Westerners from Leo and others in Bol and the priests of the Dominican Church, especially their overseas expansion, unlike when the Ming conquered various countries, with great fanfare, and often dispatched tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of troops, these Westerners were seeking wealth at the beginning, so they always made small fights, similar to the Portuguese who leased Macau, only established a few strongholds, but did not have the ownership of the territory.

However, as soon as they gained a foothold, they gradually turned to territorial expansion, and they seldom mobilized the people, but took advantage of the contradictions between the natives, through various methods such as preaching and provoking, to win over some natives for their own use, and then attack other natives. With the national strength of the Westerners, they could not fight a big war tens of thousands of miles overseas, but they expanded through such a stronghold of hundreds of people and hundreds of people, and easily seized the land equivalent to the size of several Ming Dynasty!

In addition to being surprised, Sun Hejing also had a clear understanding of the city of Geranza and the local Dutch, and he said to Leo of Bol:

"You're very good, very strategic, and you're willing to go with me to reclaim the city of Reranza!"

Bol's Leo did not immediately agree, but reminded:

"General, it will be easy to regain Geranza, but you have to take into account the Dutch's comeback next year. Even if they block next year, they will still send troops next year, and what will the general do then. ”

Squinting at his reminder. Sun Hejing didn't speak, but gently stroked the hilt of the knife with his palm, as if he was thinking about something.

After being silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, Sun Hejing gritted his teeth and said:

"In that case, I'll knock Batavia down too!"