Lin Minghai looked back on the past, with an indifferent look on his face, and he continued: "Because the students know Japanese and Chinese, and can communicate with the captain of the East India Company in Spanish and Dutch, they were captured by the Dutch and were not abused, and they directly became an interpreter.

The students used to work on a warship called the Asendelft, which was not much bigger than the Daming 2 Fu Ship and had a crew of more than 60 people.

Because the students were often exposed to the West, they became more and more fluent in Dutch and Spanish, and were recognized by the East India Company and promoted, and three years ago they were assigned to the Udwater, a first-class warship with a crew of more than 250 people, as an interpreter. ”

Huang Han said with a smile: "You have served as the interpreter of the East India Company for a few years, you must have a family, and some private property, don't worry, you can get back your personal property." ”

Lin Minghai smiled bitterly: "The students are mixed among the Japanese and Xiyi just to survive, and as an interpreter in the East India Company, they can't get the trust of Xiyi at all, and they don't belong to free people, so they basically have no chance to go ashore, where can they have a small family?"

There were more than 100 silver and gold coins, but they didn't seem to be of much use. ”

"Haha, who said that gold and silver are useless, can't your family in Ningbo Mansion need it? The official is ready to take you in to serve the 'Red Banner Army', you can write to your family in Ningbo, and the official can send someone to take all your family to Tiger's Den City to settle down. ”

Hearing this, Lin Minghai was already in tears, his lips couldn't help shaking, and he couldn't say a word.

Huang Han said gently: "You stand up and speak, from today onwards, you are the 'Red Flag Army' specially approved by this officer, and you enjoy the treatment of regular soldiers, and you temporarily serve as a praise painting and stay in the command cabin to give advice." I hope you can serve the Ming Dynasty, make meritorious contributions to the 'Red Flag Army', and strive to be promoted and return to your hometown. ”

Lin Minghai didn't know the name of the "Red Flag Army", but he saw the mighty sailors flying the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

He followed the Dutch Arsenaldelft and Udwater to South America, Africa, and Luzon, and it was commonplace that the Dutch robbed all the merchant ships they could encounter, but he did not expect to be conquered by the Ming warships with overwhelming firepower in the waters of the Goto Islands, which had traveled many times.

Lin Minghai has lived at sea for more than ten years, and worked for the East India Company for six or seven years.

Huang Han saw that Lin Minghai couldn't react for a while, so he changed the topic and asked: "You must still have relatives at home in Ningbo, but I don't know what is their situation after more than ten years?" ”

Lin Minghai, who had just stood up, knelt down again when he heard this, and he cried: "When the student left home, his mother was still alive, and he had a wife, a concubine, two sons and a daughter at home.

At that time, the student only left ten taels of silver advanced by his mother's owner. Due to the hard study of the students for more than ten years, they have been named Sun Shan for three consecutive exams, and their ancestral land has been sold to only five acres, so they really can't predict how their family will live these years. ”

Huang Han also didn't know if Lin Minghai's family was safe after more than ten years, and it stands to reason that a family with five acres of paddy fields in Jiangsu and Zhejiang should not starve to death.

He comforted Lin Minghai and said: "It is easier to live in Ningbo Mansion, and you don't need to worry too much, after you go back, the official will let you accompany you to quietly go home to pick up your old mother and wife."

You should understand that the whereabouts of the fellow villagers who went to sea with you back then are unknown, and once the news of your return spreads, it will cause trouble, how can you tell the whereabouts of the owner? And how do you explain that you alone came back alive? ”

"The general is right, I can't stay in my hometown anymore, General Xie is kind to the students to pick up the old mother, wife and children, and the students will die for the general in the future."

Huang Hantai needs talents who have traveled through South America, not only will he leave Lin Minghai behind, but he will also let him communicate with those Xiyi prisoners, and strive to select some sailors and gunners who are experienced in sailing to disperse to serve on various warships.

Threesomes must have my teacher! There are a few innocent Westerners among the dozens or hundreds of young sailors, gunners and marines, and the strengths of these people will be learned.

Huang Han arranged for the clever Shen Ming to arrange a place for Lin Minghai to live, and after he returned, he was also responsible for taking back Lin Minghai's family, and Shen Ming and Peng Huaiyi's four personal soldiers were responsible for accompanying Lin Minghai to negotiate terms with the Dutch captives, and those who were willing to serve the Ming army could be exempted from being slaves as miners.

The condition set by the Ming army was to serve for ten years to gain freedom, and then choose to return to the homeland or choose to start a family in the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Minghai, like Shi Daxuan, temporarily stayed by Huang Han's side to serve as a praise painting, and the two of them were in good spirits, and they both took the initiative to find things to do.

The four children who followed Huang Han have made rapid progress, and now they are all able to draft official documents and praise paintings for Huang Han. Huang Han plans to let all four of them go down to the grassroots level next year to serve as the chief flag officer at the level of 100 general or 100 households, and also serve as the trainee captain of a new warship.

The progress of the four Huijiazi guards was slow, and Huang Han often taught them by hand, and now they have barely mastered two or three hundred words, and they have to use circles and forks to replace the words that cannot be written when leaving a note.

There are really a lot of such soldiers in the "Red Banner Army", and Huang Han has begun to consider using the military rank system to make soldiers have room for advancement.

The best soldiers can enjoy the treatment of wiping hundreds of households, and give them a well-known title "Warrior" This is the limit of the treatment and rank of ordinary soldiers, from the sixth grade.

The level second only to the "warrior" is the "warrior" who enjoys the treatment of the seventh grade, and then called the "sergeant" from the seventh grade, the level of the small flag officer is a first-class soldier, the captain belongs to the second-level soldier, and the rest are ordinary soldiers. Everyone can have a common title "warrior".

The reserve below the regular soldier level is also divided into three classes, namely probationary soldiers, guard soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers. The soldiers are divided into nine ranks, and they can better give honor and good treatment to good soldiers such as Gu Kui, Yan Congyou, He Yongqing, and Lei Mingchun, who have outstanding combat skills but are simple-minded.

After going to sea for more than ten days, although he did not start trading, Huang Han had already obtained wealth worth more than 700,000 taels of silver by robbing ships and bringing goods, but there was not much cash in hand.

The five merchant ships of the Japanese Jinchuan family only had less than 20,000 taels of silver, and Shi Daxuan's thirteen Zheng family pirate ships collected a total of more than 50,000 taels of silver, which was the extra silver after Shi Daxuan's goods were purchased.

Since most of the Eighteen Zhi Pirates surrendered voluntarily, the property belonging to the "Red Banner Army" was not confiscated.

The capture of the Udvoort and Venlo, the two ships of the West Yi deck war, was the most lucrative.

Because on the way to the Japanese country, the Dutch robbed the junk ship, and when they arrived in Nagasaki, they took off their own goods and the plundered merchant ships plus the goods, and the Dutch returned to the cabin with 60,000 taels of silver in addition to the full load.

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