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"Five Escalins for soldiers and ten for officers?"

Everyone's faces became a little excited when they heard this, an escarpine in the Netherlands is a silver coin, such a price is a good salary even in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, isn't it just to make a fortune these adventurers come to the East? The difference between being a prisoner for twenty years and working for someone for five years with a salary is so great that many people forget about the dangers.

One of the captives took two steps forward and asked suspiciously, "Your Excellency the Governor, can those Ming people really give us ten escarpine's monthly salary, and let us go home after five years?" ”

"No...... You can only take five Escalins, to be exact, and don't forget that you won't be an officer in five years' time. Villa on the side said mercilessly.

"Hahaha......"

The captives on the side all burst into laughter, and the tall Wren sneered, "Adam, did you hear that? Even if you can't be an officer in another five years, will you still be an honest soldier? ”

"Aha, our Adam also wants to be an officer, but before that, please learn how to write with the priest, I guess it will be about the same in five years." Everyone on the side also laughed.

"Damn, Wren, can't you just shut your stinky mouth? Otherwise, be careful, I won't be able to open it again! The captive raised his fist at Wren in some exasperation.

Seeing that the scene was about to start to get out of control again, Oward had to cough hard and said loudly, "Okay, you all stop arguing, and think carefully about whether you want to serve the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty." After all, if you sign a contract, you have to work hard for others, otherwise if you sign a contract and want to be lazy and don't listen to orders, people's bullets won't recognize people! ”

After the excitement, everyone calmed down, after all, this matter is not a joke, it is related to their own lives.

After a while, the shrill whistles of the overseers began to sound again, which meant that it was time for work again, and the captives picked up their tools and headed for the road, while Ovaud and Villa pushed the carts towards the hut at the foot of the mountain.

The two of them walked for a while, and Villa suddenly asked, "Your Excellency, do you think these guys will go to Luzon with you?" ”

"Yes." "I know the virtues of these fellows," affirmed Oward, "and many of them would not be willing to stay here for twenty years, even for that reason. ”

Villa nodded, and then asked: "Actually, I have a question in my heart for a long time, that is, why did His Excellency the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty give you this opportunity, is it because you used to be the governor of the Great Commander?" ”

Oward was silent for a long time before he whispered, "Maybe there is a reason for this, she and Belinda are now working as maids at the Marquis's place. ”

At this point, neither of them spoke. At this point, as long as people who are not too stupid can see that there must be some inside story in this, when a man is willing to help the father of a beautiful girl, it must not be how good the man's heart is, but that the girl and the man have a story that has to be told.

Both Villa and Oward knew in their hearts that there was a good chance that Erin would roll the sheets with the Marquis, otherwise there would be no reason for people to help Oward like this, the governor of an enemy country who had once opposed him. It's just that although these two people guessed the beginning correctly, they couldn't guess all of them, and Yue Yang, a guy who has no discipline, has actually received both mother and daughter.

Just as the two of them walked down the mountain silently, they suddenly saw a group of people coming up from the foot of the mountain, at first the two thought that they were their own Dutch captives who were building roads, who knew that when Villa unconsciously looked down again, a frightened look immediately appeared on his face, and there was a ho-ho sound in his throat, and finally he roared in a voice that seemed to come out of his nasal cavity, "Oh...... Oh, God...... Those people...... It turned out to be Spaniard! ”

"God...... What the hell is going on, how did the Spaniards appear here. Oward also groaned and shouted in a voice that looked like he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

A moment passed, and the two saw groups of Spaniards in red and gray uniforms walking up from the foot of the mountain, and next to them were groups of heavily armed Ming soldiers, holding bayonets that were urging the Spaniards to hurry up.

"Oh my God, do these Ming people want us to duel with the Spaniards?"

Oward only felt that his legs were beginning to weaken, and that these people did not know that we had a grudge with the Spaniards, and that they wanted to open a Colosseum here for us to kill each other.

The Dutch and the Spaniards have a long history of feuds, from the early 16th century when they were ruled by the Spaniards at the height of their national power, to the fact that more and more merchants could not stand the fact that the Spaniards always put their hands in their purses, and began to unite seven provinces to declare independence and form the Dutch United Provincial Republic, and then gradually developed into today's sea coachmen, the centuries-old grievances between the Spaniards and the Dutch can be written into a thick stack of history books. If the people of the Ming Dynasty put these Spaniards together with their own people, they probably have to play dog brains.

"No, I'm going to find the overseer here, and I can't let these Spaniards be locked up with ours, or something big will happen."

Oward muttered as he was about to run back, but was stopped by Villa, and the loyal lieutenant advised: "Your Excellency the Governor, I don't think you need to worry about this, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty will definitely have a reason for doing so." ”

"This ......"

Oward looked at the Spaniards who had already walked in front of him, then at Villa, and sighed, he could only give up, at this time he could only pray that the Ming soldiers would separate these Spaniards from his own people.

In fact, it was not only Oward who was worried about this matter, at this time, Yue Yang was also in the room with Belinda and Erin's mother and daughter**, saying some provocative words that made them blush, and suddenly Yue Yang asked: "What do you say will happen if I keep those Spanish prisoners of war and those Dutch prisoners of war together?" ”

"God, you wouldn't really do that." As soon as Yue Yang's words were finished, Belinda's originally slightly red face immediately turned pale.

"Why can't I do that?" Yue Yang's expression was still light.

"Your Excellency, Marquis, we ...... Our people and the Spaniards can't be locked together, otherwise something will definitely happen! Although she didn't know anything about military affairs, as a Dutchman, she naturally knew the grievances between her country and the Spaniards, and she couldn't help but shudder at the thought of what would happen after thousands of Dutch prisoners of war and Spanish prisoners of war were forcibly locked up in one place.

"Something? Of course something will happen, but I'll take care of it. A meaningful look appeared on Yue Yang's face......

Whether it was Ovaud, Belinda, and Erin, what they said was right, when the Spanish captives were pressed to the mountainside to meet those Dutchmen, the original clanging sound on the mountain immediately stopped, and the Dutchmen who were originally bending over to work all stood and looked at the Spaniards who were pressed over with unkind faces, and those Spaniards were shocked when they saw the Dutch on the mountain, but then many people also showed a trace of disrespect.

The two sides looked at each other silently, seeing that a clash was about to occur, but fortunately, the Ming soldiers who escorted the Spaniards saw this and quickly intervened to separate the two sides, and then an officer loudly announced discipline to both sides, and if either side provoked and fought first, which side would be severely punished.

"You can see clearly, the corpses on the crosses on the top of the hill are now dried corpses, and I guess they would like some people to go up and talk to them, and if anyone wants to go up and be their companions, my soldiers will be happy to send you up!"

The smell of gunpowder on both sides gradually faded amid the officers' words full of death threats, and the Dutch prisoners were driven back to their jobs by the overseers.

The officer leading the team was secretly relieved to see that order had returned to normal, and he walked up to a burly middle-aged man in the front row, although he was tired, but his eyes were still bright, and he warned with a stern expression: "Governor Coqueira, I hope you can manage your soldiers well, if your people take the initiative to stir up trouble, my soldiers and I will not show mercy, I have received permission from the top to allow us to fire on the troublemakers!" ”

"Of course, I will!"

This middle-aged man was the Spanish Governor General Coqueira, looking at the officer's stern expression, he knew that the other party was not joking with him, if his own people really dared to make trouble, these Ming soldiers would definitely not show mercy.

"Alright, now you all go to the eastern hill to get a set of overalls and tools, and then come down to work, remember not to play tricks, or I promise you will regret it!" The officer spoke to Coquela in a final warning tone, and then the soldiers led the Spaniards up the mountain.

At this time, the head of the overseer, who was standing aside and did not speak, said to the officer with a bitter face: "I really don't understand why the boss put these two groups of people together, doesn't he know how much trouble this will bring us?" ”

"Don't say strange things, you kid, if you talk nonsense, you will go back to farming, don't chirp and say that nonsense!" The officer glared impatiently at the overseer.

"How can I be, I'm not afraid of accidents." The overseer scratched his head embarrassedly, being an overseer here is a comfortable and oily messenger, and he went back to farming because his brain was caught in the door panel.

It's just that although the officer scolded the overseer, he was actually muttering to himself in his heart, "What does this Hou Ye think, if you put these two groups of people together, you are not afraid that they will beat the dog's brain?" Isn't that embarrassing for those of us who are subordinates? ”

It's just that this officer, like the overseer who was just scolded by him, can only dare to be angry and dare not speak, after all, this order was directly issued by their marquis in law, even if he can't figure it out, he can only resolutely obey it.

"You don't understand why I gave this order, do you?"

In the living room of the Governor's Palace, Yue Yang was asking Guo Jingxian, Yue Shunbao, and Chen Zhenhui, who were sitting in front of him.

Shun Bao on the side said nonchalantly: "Young master, you naturally have your reasons for doing things, let's just listen to our subordinates, didn't you always say that soldiers should take obedience to orders as their duty!" ”

Among the generals with status under Yue Yang's command, the only person who can be so naked and naked is Yue Shunbao, this scholar-born general has been by Yueyang's side since he was a child, and his obedience and trust in this young master have reached the point of blind obedience, so if others pat Yue Yang's ass so nakedly, they will definitely attract the contempt of others, but only Shunbao no one finds it strange.

Because everyone knows that this obedience to Yue Yang has been engraved into his bones. This kind of obedience comes from the cultivation of childhood and the teachings of the parents, which is why large families generally like to promote those who have followed them since childhood or even for several generations, and this kind of loyalty cultivated over several generations is the rarest. If someone else patted Yueyang's horses like this, they would definitely be laughed at or gossiped behind their backs, but no one thought it was strange that someone like Shunbao, who had been serving the Yue family for generations, said such a thing.

"General Guo, Dingsheng, what do you say?" Yue Yang ignored Yue Shunbao and instead looked at Guo Jingxian and Chen Zhenhui.

Chen Zhenhui's eyes rolled, and a smile appeared on her face and said, "Hou Ye doesn't want to have a Lalang match?" ”

"Lalang matched?"

Guo Jingxian, who was thinking about it, was stunned, but Yue Shunbao said with a big mouth: "Chen Tongju, what kind of mess do you say, don't bully me for not studying much, but I can be regarded as having studied with the young master for a few years, and I still know what it means to be a colander." ”

"Hey ......"

Without waiting for Chen Zhenhui to speak, Yue Yang, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but pick up an apricot on the table and threw it on his head and scolded with a smile: "You kid...... Back then, you just didn't listen to you if you read a few more books, and if you didn't read, it didn't matter, but now you jump out and pretend to be a reader! ”

Yue Shunbao, who was hit on the head by Yueyang's apricot, didn't dare to say anything, and lowered his head aggrievedly: "Young master, I don't want to ask clearly." ”

Sighing lightly, Yue Yang said that he was completely speechless about himself, a scholar-born general. He no longer paid attention to this guy, but said to Chen Zhenhui: "Actually, there is a reason why I brought those Spaniards to put them with those Dutch. As you know, I'm going to send 500 Spaniards to form a mercenary battalion to exterminate the natives in Luzon these days, after all, the Spaniards are very familiar with Luzon, but Luzon is now the territory of the Spaniards, and after arming these Spaniards, someone will have to spy on them. After all, if you are not of my race, you must have different hearts, so I remembered the idea of arming these Dutch people and forming a mercenary group with our team of 1,000 people. ”

"Wonderful...... It's seconds! ”

Hearing this, the three people present gave a heartfelt thumbs up, the Spaniards and the Dutch are naturally opposites, and they can be used with confidence by putting them in the same team without worrying that they will work together to be unfavorable to the Ming army. After the two parties are combined, they will supervise each other, as long as one party has different intentions, they will soon be noticed by the other party, and then report to the commander of the Ming army, so that there is no need to worry that they will not work hard for the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Hou, if you do this, you don't have to worry about them turning back, but will it reduce their combat power?" Soon Guo Jingxian raised his own questions again.

"Hmph......" Yue Yang sneered: "No matter how bad their combat power is, they won't even be able to defeat the natives on Luzon Island, if that's the case, I have to consider letting them come back and rebuild the road." ”

Guo Jingxian was still puzzled: "Master Hou, the last general still doesn't understand." In fact, with the elite of our Xuan army, how big are tens of thousands, is there really a lack of these hundreds of soldiers? Why did you have to build such a mercenary group? ”

Yue Yang didn't answer, and looked at Yue Shunbao: "Shunbao, what do you say about this?" ”

Yue Shunbao smiled and made a simple appearance: "Young master, you are testing me, in fact, the last general will see that those Yi people have been camping in Luzon for many years, and those natives have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and our Ming soldiers are new to the people, and suddenly those natives will definitely disagree with us and will resist desperately, we are not afraid of this, but this is bound to increase the risk of our army's conquest of Luzon, if we can hire some Yi people to do something that we are not suitable for, why not." ”

"Huh...... Okay, Shunbao, the ancients should be impressed in three days, I didn't expect you to really grow up! ”

After Shunbao's words, even Guo Jingxian and Chen Zhenhui looked at Shunbao in surprise, but they didn't expect this guy who only pats sycophants on weekdays to have this kind of insight.

Yue Yang looked at Shun Bao with a smile, others said that the reason why Shun Bao was able to become a general today was because of Yue Yang, after all, he was a scholar who grew up with him since he was a child, and there was no doubt about his loyalty, so he followed the position. But they didn't want to think about it, if Shun Bao was really a guy who could only slap his beard, how could Yue Yang repeatedly let him stay behind and hand over the most important family business to him when he went on the expedition.

"Okay, don't look at Shunbao like that, this kid can't help but boast and will his tail."

Yue Yang smiled and waved his hand: "If Ben Hou expects it to be good, the official document from the imperial court ordering us to send troops to Fujian will come again soon, and in order to appease us, they will definitely say something, so we won't be able to send troops, otherwise the emperor won't look good." In this way, as soon as the official document of the imperial court arrives, Benhou will immediately leave for Fujian, General Guo, you will also lead the sailors to closely see the movements of the Zheng family, understand? ”

"Obey the orders of the Hou Ye!" r1152

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