In fact, the Spanish expeditionary force led by James was only more than 5,000 people, which sounds like a lot, but it was more than enough to deal with the Luzon soldiers and civilians who were poorly equipped and mainly native.

The Spanish soldiers on the shore were armed with weapons and guarded the aborigines to build the fortifications on the pier, because of the language barrier, from time to time the aborigines were kicked and beaten by the Spanish soldiers, and the slightest resistance would only be subjected to more brutal whipping, and screams and wild laughter filled the sky above the pier, a miserable scene.

The most angry thing is that among these arrested laborers, there are still many Han Chinese.

In James's view, as long as you are a resident of Luzon, he can be used as a slave, regardless of whether you are indigenous or Han Chinese.

James was not on the shore, because the better houses on the shore were basically destroyed by the war, and for a man of his stature, of course, he had to live in the best house.

For this reason, he has recruited designers in Spain to design his residence, although it cannot be compared with the Spanish royal palace, but it must be in line with his identity.

The governor of the Spanish colonies was very powerful, and in James, in his case, he also held the position of commander of the fleet.

At this moment, James met Wang Wenyan on his flagship "Dreadnought".

James didn't give Wang Wenyan a seat, but he ate grilled steak with a knife and fork, and tasted the wine he brought from his hometown.

Wang Wenyan was very deep in the city, standing opposite James, without a trace of unhappiness on his face.

It wasn't until James was a little tired that he took a sip of the wine glass, then wiped his mouth with a white silk handkerchief and said, "You are very dishonest!" If you want to be one of those slaves out there, the Doge can do it for you at any time."

Wang Wenyan naturally knew why James said this, but he didn't panic, because he had hole cards, which could also be said to be chips, a chip that could make James stand up and cheer for him.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I don't agree with your statement, first of all, I don't know much about the eunuchs' fleet, otherwise I wouldn't have lost, in addition, Luzon has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, sooner or later you will have this battle with the eunuchs, and now that the big war is imminent, do you think you can avoid it?"

Wang Wenyan's words were soft and hard, and he did not lower his voice because he asked James.

James stared at Wang Wenyan quietly, and he suddenly found that these Orientals did not seem to be as weak and deceitful as the legend said, so he deduced that this group of eunuchs who were about to arrive was not a good person to deal with.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face, and he made a gesture to sit down, and said: "Actually, our Spanish Empire is very willing to be friends with the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what Mr. Wang can teach me?" ”

"Our Ming Empire is also willing to make friends all over the world, but the imperial court is now treacherous, and many things are not as good as we imagined, if His Excellency the Governor can eliminate this group of traitors, I can assure the Governor that Spain will be the only partner country of my Ming Dynasty in the future."

Listening to Wang Wenyan's words, James looked him up and down a few more times, and the sneer in his eyes flashed, and said: "If the governor is not mistaken, Mr. Wang should be exiled overseas!" In that case, how can you deliver on your promises? ”

"The Governor is right, I escaped, but this doesn't mean anything, now the people of the Ming Dynasty are in dire straits, and they urgently need the help of a righteous person like the Governor, or that sentence, as long as the eunuchs are eliminated, the Ming Dynasty will always be grateful for the kindness of the Governor."

Once a person does not compromise the means to achieve a certain goal, the face is no longer an important thing for him.

James is cunning and cunning, and he has long heard Wang Wenyan say that he didn't say anything practical for a long time, but just as Wang Wenyan said, the Ming fleet has been killed, and this battle will be fought anyway.

So far, the Spanish fleet has crisscrossed the seas and has barely encountered any decent opponents, which has given these Spaniards the habit of arrogance and emptiness.

As for Jack's defeat, it didn't really touch James, in his opinion, Jack was too incompetent, if it was him, he would definitely be able to kill this Ming fleet to pieces.

So although Wang Wenyan didn't say anything substantial, it doesn't matter, as long as there is something to say, the Japanese fleet will come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and I don't believe that these Ming Dynasty people dare to rely on their accounts...

In the evening, Jack led the remaining six armed merchant ships back in disarray, and James was already lying down, but he was called up by Jack.

During the day's encounter, Jack must report to James immediately, or James will likely repeat his mistakes.

As soon as he saw James's face, Jack said with a solemn face: "Your Excellency the Governor, we have all been deceived by those Ming people, the Ming warships are not only numerous and huge, but the most important thing is that their guns are superior to us in terms of range and rate of fire..."

"Smack!"

Before Jack's words could be finished, he was interrupted by the sound of James slamming the table.

"Enough! Are you making excuses for your incompetence? The face of the Royal Spanish Navy has made you lose all your face, twelve capital warships, and only half of them have come back, do you know what you have done? You're going to be court-martialed."

Who sleeps well and is not called up? And in James's view, the defeat of the invincible Spanish Navy to the backward Ming Dynasty is definitely a great shame.

James didn't think about what it meant for Jack to risk a night voyage and run back to deliver a letter to him.

Seeing James' angry appearance, Jack was also angry, pointed at James and yelled: "I came back to call you at the risk of hitting the rocks, if you don't thank me, you will send me to a military court, are you sleepy?" ”

James waved his hand coldly at the guards and said, "First lock up our Captain Jack and calm down, and wait until tomorrow when I defeat the Ming Dynasty fleet, and see what else he has to say."

When he met such a leader who was more pig-headed than him, Jack really didn't know what to say.

The guards don't care about you, come over and unload his weapon first, and then push Jack out.

At this time, Jack didn't know what was crazy, and suddenly he burst out laughing, but James laughed all the time.

"What are you laughing at? Do you want to ask me to forgive you for your sins? ”

"I laugh at your stupidity, didn't you say that you were going to defeat the Ming fleet? Then let's take a good look at who deserves the most to go to the gallows."

Jack turned around and walked away without looking back.

After arguing with Jack for a while, James gradually calmed down, the reason why he arrested Jack was not all because of righteousness, he needed someone to carry the black pot.

It's just that the Ming warships are really that powerful?

For a while, James couldn't help but fall into deep thought...