As soon as the guards were gone, the Spaniards threw themselves at the fence and looked at them and asked questions.

"Who are you, and how did you get locked up too?"

"Are you Dutch? It looks so miserable! ”

“……”

The few people who had just been imprisoned opposite them, the same race as them, were indeed very rare in the prison of the Great Ming Jingshi. When these people saw that there were so many white people in the opposite cell, their numb and sad faces finally changed, revealing surprised faces.

The so-called fellows see their fellow countrymen, and their eyes are full of tears, which is not much different from describing them.

They may have heard the accent and replied.

"You're Spaniards? How did you end up here? ”

"Oh, did you come from New Mexico and end up running headfirst into those unlucky people in Luzon?"

"We are Dutch, and I am the governor of Batavia, Quin!"

"I'm Admiral Anthony of Batavia!"

“……”

After introducing each other, both parties finally understood who each other was! In this way, the Spaniards were even more surprised.

"The governor and admiral of Batavia have been reduced to prisoners, could it be that you Batavia, like Luzon, were occupied by the Ming Kingdom?"

"I heard that you Holland have mobilized a large number of warships to the East, could it be that the reinforcements did not come, so they were preemptively defeated by the Ming Kingdom?"

"Aren't you sea coachmen, aren't you very powerful? How did it end up like this? ”

“……”

As they talked to each other, not far from the cell where they were being held, Wang Chengen sat with a golden knife, and an interpreter listened to the movement, muttering in Wang Chengen's ear from time to time, apparently eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Ming Guo is really perverted, he obviously has a huge fleet, but he is still quietly hiding and luring us into the bait!"

"Don't you know, our Dutch fleet of seventy-five, plus the various forces in the South Seas, a total of about 200 warships, and many troop carriers, will attack Manila together. As a result, I didn't expect that the people of the Ming Kingdom had been waiting for a long time, and I didn't know if they were lucky or knew that we were coming, and there were more than a hundred warships in Manila Bay. After we all entered Manila Bay, more than 200 warships surrounded outside, flanked in front and back, and they were still inside Manila Bay. ”

"It's all damn Portuguese, their shipyard was captured by the Ming Kingdom, and in just a short period of time, do you know how many sail warships the Ming Kingdom has built? More than 100 of them! ”

"But these are not the main things, and I don't know what is going on with their guns, which are obviously imitations of our Dutch artillery, and as a result, their guns hit farther and more accurately. You say, "How is this battle fought?" ”

"You don't know how desperate we were at that time! and a big country like the Ming Kingdom, there is no way to fight at all! Boats, not as many as them, cannons, not as good as them, and they are still tricky! ”

“……”

Listening to the complaints of the Dutch, the Spaniards couldn't help but look at each other. They had only two ships that had come from a long voyage, and they were unlucky enough to crash into Luzon before they were captured. At this time, when they heard what the Dutch said, they suddenly felt the true strength of the Ming State Water Division!

There are many people, many ships, good guns, and resourcefulness!

Think about it, from south to north, after seeing the Ming Kingdom, you will know how big the Ming Kingdom is. It is estimated that all the countries in Europe combined, there is no Ming Guoda, right? Moreover, the Ming Kingdom is estimated to have a larger population and is more prosperous than the whole of Europe. How can such an Eastern Empire be fought?

If this vast Eastern Empire really wants to dominate the world, who can beat it? This side of the South Seas has fallen in a short period of time, which can be seen from this!

At this time, the two groups of brothers and sisters in the prison cell, logically speaking, they are also enemies, but at this moment, they are both fallen people at the end of the world, talking to each other like old friends. are all lamenting the strength of the Ming Kingdom.

Wang Chengen, who was eavesdropping, could lift Erlang's legs and laugh silently proudly.

This group of Xiyi finally knows the strength of my Daming!

And in the cell, after talking about what happened to each other, they all worried about their fate.

No matter who it is, they don't want to die. Although they are colonizers, outlaws, they are in a certain way, they are only trying to win glory and wealth, and if possible, they certainly do not want to die.

But they couldn't think of what use they could have, and they would let Ming Guo spare their lives. Especially the Dutch, they are enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no hope.

At noon on this day, after two days in the cell, the jailer suddenly brought them a sumptuous lunch.

At this moment, whether it was the Dutch or the Spaniards, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and while eating wildly, they slapped the guards on the back of their mouths, saying that the food in this Ming country was really delicious.

To their surprise, one of the guards suddenly said: "This is a severed head meal, let's go on the road when you are full!" “

Whether it was the Spaniards or the Dutch, they didn't expect that there were guards who could understand them, and suddenly, they didn't eat anymore, and they all pounced and asked nonsense.

"Your Excellency, what is a severed head meal?"

"Where else are we going? When to go? ”

"Your Excellency, we are willing to serve the Ming Kingdom, please give us a chance!"

“……”

Hearing these words, the jailer only advised them to hurry up and eat, and they were about to take it when they turned back. By the way, he also explained to them what the severed head meal is, and it is not the meaning of going anywhere on the road, but to go to heaven and the palace of Hades.

At this moment, these Xiyi were all frightened. Although they thought that they would die, when they really knew that they were going to die, they were still very afraid, at least some of them did.

In this world, whether it is the East or the West, human nature is universal.

Most of the Spaniards invariably began to cry, saying that they have eighty old mothers in their hometowns, and there are young children waiting to be fed, and if one of them dies, the whole family will die, and they hope that Daming will spare their lives and repay them for being cattle and horses.

This kind of similar words is like not wanting money, and it goes on and on.

On the Dutch side, there were obviously fewer people begging for mercy, because they knew that they probably couldn't escape death.

These people begging for mercy, or maybe they didn't expect it, would be really useful. The jailer was told to be sympathetic to them, and said to them: "Some of you are not guilty of death. If you are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty, you may not die. ”

As soon as they heard this, the Spaniards, in particular, seemed to grasp the last straw, and they all expressed their stance that they would definitely work for the Ming Dynasty.

"Well, I hope you remember what you said!" The jailer said to them, "Heaven has the virtue of a good life, saving a person's life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, I will go and help you plead for mercy." ”

Seeing the prison guards leaving, these Xiyi, especially the Spaniards, couldn't help but be overjoyed one by one, their faces were full of anticipation, hoping that the Ming Kingdom would let them go and stop killing them.

However, they soon became disappointed again. No sooner had the jailer left than a large number of soldiers swarmed and shackled and taken away the Westerners, both Spanish and Dutch.

These Xiyi, in addition to being frightened, realized that it was likely that the intercession guards had not yet responded, and they were about to be executed. This is very unwillingly unwilling. If you know that there is no hope, it's nothing. But now, there are guards to help them intercede, and it is possible to live, so they are unwilling.

So, they all struggled and didn't want to die. However, no one understood them, and without delay, they were all taken away.

The long prisoner car was pulled to Fengtianmen Square, in front of the Ming Martyrs' Hall.

There are already a lot of people here, and there are soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to maintain order.

No matter how unwilling these Xiyi are, the whole process has been going down in an orderly manner.

The Ming martyrs who died in the Nanyang battle, please enter the martyr's hall. Then there were officials talking about something, and these Xiyi didn't understand it anyway.

In the end, I saw the governor of Batavia, Kun, and the admiral Anthony being carried out, and the arrow was thrown, and the executioner was holding a ghost-headed knife, and the knife fell from the hand, and the head fell to the ground, and the blood sacrificed to the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty.

At the sound of an order, the remaining Dutchmen were escorted to the stage, and at the same time, the heads of the people fell to the ground again.

Soon, the Spaniards were guillotined, and a group of executioners, armed with swords, stood behind them, waiting for the order to be executed.

At this moment, these Spaniards were desperate. They knew that they would be in a different place right away.

In the face of death, many people regret it in their hearts, they should not have come out if they knew it was so.

However, the unexpected happened again.

Just as they were about to be executed, a fast horse suddenly flew up and announced something in a loud voice.

These Spaniards were very surprised, so they watched the official who presided over and said something to them, and then an interpreter stepped forward and said to them: "The emperor has decreed that those who are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty can avoid death!" ”

As soon as they heard this, these Spaniards didn't have to think about it, they nodded their heads in ecstasy one by one, and rushed to say that they were willing to work for Daming.

So, they escaped "in a thrilling way" and were dragged back to their cells.

This time, though, they weren't locked up together. Instead, they are all held in solitary confinement, and the first thing is to ask them to explain their own basic situation, and what they are good at, what is the basic situation of other people, and what are they good at?

It doesn't matter if you can't read or write, there are people on the government side who can write. However, there is one point, the official in charge told them that the more detailed and accurate they are, the more Ming can see their sincerity. If they are found to be cheating and insincere, then the Dutch will be their fate!

Thinking about the execution ground, with knives falling in their hands and heads rolling, these Spaniards felt that the back of their necks was cold.

As soon as the officials of the Ming Kingdom explained the matter clearly, they immediately began to write or tell about it. Some people will even go back and add the previous content. Anyway, overall, it's still very positive.

After waiting until the next day, Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang who was hidden in the shadows, got a thick stack of confessions.

So, he immediately brought it back to Dongchang, and asked his subordinates to begin to sort out these confessions, and after checking each other, he came to Emperor Chongzhen to say: "Your Majesty is wise, those Spaniards are very honest, and everyone has written a lot of things. After the slave checked in detail, basically no one dared to cheat! ”

As he spoke, he held the stack of confessions in both hands, and the top was the summary after he asked his subordinates to check.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he just smiled slightly, and then picked up the top summary and looked at it.

There are still about 150 Spaniards left, most of whom are poor Spaniards, who came out of their hometowns because they couldn't get along. They were mainly on the Mexican side, and most of them were coming to Luzon for the first time. There are only a few people who have come to Luzon a few times.

Emperor Chongzhen noticed that there was a man named John, and his confession was particularly detailed. Not only is it the most contented, but it is also the most detailed and accurate after checking. What's more important is that this person is the kind of person who feeds the whole family without hunger, and there is no one relative in this world. Or maybe it's forced by life, or maybe it's not hiding anything, this guy will get a lot of things. In addition to being the first mate on the ship, he has rich experience in firearms, shipbuilding, and navigation, and even fights wars, and is very good at judging the situation.

"This guy is kind of interesting!" Emperor Chongzhen pointed to John's information and said, then put down the information at hand, and instructed Wang Chengen: "Then let them write down the situation in the Americas in detail." According to the information they provided, if anyone dared to conceal it, they were gathered together, announced in public, and hanged. Let them all write it all over again. “

"When they had finished writing, if they did not see anything to hide, they were taken out of prison and taken to the post house, but they were still to be held in solitary confinement. Then ask them to describe the Pacific and Atlantic routes, the more detailed the better. It can be realized and told them that as long as what they write is satisfactory to me, they can be released and allowed to become Daming people and live in Daming from now on. But if there is fraud, it will not be given a chance, and it will be killed directly. ”

Wang Chengen listened carefully, and it wasn't until Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking that he immediately smiled and replied: "Your Majesty is really amazing, slave maid believes, those Spaniards will definitely not dare to cheat!" ”

is obviously a sycophant, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't feel uncomfortable when he heard it, and waved his hand to let him do something. And he himself began to look carefully at the confessions. There are some things that Wang Chengen does not know, and he is the only one who can evaluate the content of these confessions according to the impressions of later generations.

For his future trip through the Americas, these Spaniards have sent them to the door, which is really a valuable asset! Emperor Chongzhen watched while thinking about it, and from time to time circled some people's names with the imperial pen.

Five days later, Wang Chengen came again. This time, he only had a few thin pages in his hands.