Chapter 153: Gifts

As for the doctors among them, they were all driven to the infirmary and went to become doctors, even if they didn't know much about Chinese medicine, but at least they had learned some Western medical skills, and they could communicate with the Chinese doctors in the Seawolf Medical Hall and learn some useful things from them.

And these captives, after signing the contract, immediately received two new clothes, these new clothes are not the original simple clothes of the sea wolf, but according to the military uniforms they wore before, after a certain degree of simplification and modification, the new military uniforms made by people were arranged.

And these new uniforms, the color is also the indigo color used by many of the Sea Wolf Division, which is the easiest cloth color they can get at present, but as a distinction between the navy and the soldiers, the navy's military uniform has added a white strip of cloth to the sleeve, so that it can be seen at a glance that their service branch is known.

However, after these Spanish captives signed the contract, their status was changed to mercenaries, and in order to distinguish them from the official subordinates of the sea wolves, a white cloth was added to their chests, on which people were translated into Chinese according to their names, and written on this white cloth, and the province communicated with them later, I don't know what their names were.

After the captives were distributed, they were not immediately sent to their new posts, because all of them could not speak Chinese, and after they were assigned, it was difficult to communicate effectively with the Seawolf tribes, so Yu Xiaotian arranged for an interpreter and gave them half a month to learn some simple practical Chinese, so that they could at least have the basis for communicating with the Seawolf tribes, and after they were assigned, they could at least have some simple exchanges with the Seawolf tribes.

When these captives got their new clothes, they were excited to die, knowing that after they were captured, they had been bare-chested, and this kind of taste was not pleasant, and clothes were not just things to provide protection and warmth to the body, but its practical significance now far exceeded the most basic needs.

When there are no clothes, no one will feel a little dignity at all, even if they ask for food, they will find a way to get a fig leaf for themselves, which is the least to maintain the dignity of themselves or people, and these captives have not even had a fig leaf for two months.

Now that they have received the new clothes, although it seems to them that they don't fit well, they can finally cover their skin, at least they don't have to wander around bare-chested and dangling the things between their crotches, which is already very satisfying for them.

In addition, these clothes, they also saw that they should be the military uniforms of the sea wolf, wearing these clothes, their identity will be completely changed, and they will be members of the sea wolf in the future, which at least gives them a subtle sense of belonging, even if they are unwilling in their hearts, they have to join this group after wearing this clothes.

After receiving the new clothes, they were not allowed to put them on immediately, and each of them was given a set of household items, including a bamboo cup, a toothbrush made of pig bristles, a small box of bamboo salt for brushing teeth, and a white cotton cloth for washing and bathing, and each person was given a little honey locust, which were all minimum household items.

After receiving the daily necessities, all of them were driven to take a shower for the so-called purification before they could put on their clothes, and these guys who had not bathed for two months in the province had their new clothes dirty.

As for their heads, they had already been shaved bald at this time, but now they had grown new hair stubble, which was not unacceptable to them, and some of them had already begun to have short hair, but now that they have been shaved, they feel more refreshing.

It wasn't until everyone had bathed and put on new clothes that these captives ended their bare-skinned monkey-like lives and returned to the world of civilization.

When they had done this, they were taken to a large shed, under which were placed a number of crude wooden long tables, flanked by benches with bamboo or wooden trays divided into two compartments, a porcelain bowl and a wooden spoon.

Everyone lined up on the table to get the tray, and began to line up to get the meal in front of some cauldrons, the cauldron is hot brown rice, the dish is stewed with some salted meat and salted fish pieces plus some cabbage and tofu and radish slices, exuding a strong fragrance, and in the cauldron, it is made of kelp, seaweed and small trash fish and shrimp with a small amount of eggs, and the soup is even more fragrant.

These captives, who have been forced for two months, can only drink porridge and eat pickles every day, smell the rich fragrance in this pot, and this saliva is even more loud, everyone keeps swallowing saliva before receiving the food, and they can't wait to stretch out a hand in their throats and eyes to pull these food chops into their mouths.

Although these meals are not quite in line with their eating habits, but for those of them who have suffered enough, such meals are already the supreme delicacy, many people after many years, when they think of this meal, they can't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, the fragrance of this meal will always be locked in their minds, and they will never forget it in this life.

Fortunately, these captives had been soldiers in the past, and they knew how to obey the rules, and after two months of re-education in the quarry with whips and rattan sticks, the discipline was quite good, otherwise the mere smell of the food would have driven them crazy.

Under the entire greenhouse, hundreds of people sat neatly at the table, looking at the food in front of them drooling, but no one dared to move the spoon, because the sea wolf had a rule that no one was allowed to eat without permission before they were allowed to eat.

"Ladies and gentlemen! This is a favor from your Excellency, our great leader, if you are captured by others this time, then what awaits you will be nothing but death, and you can only work as coolies for the rest of your life!

And now our merciful Great Chief, Your Excellency, has still forgiven you of your guilt and given you a chance to be a new person, I hope you must seize this opportunity, serve Your Excellency the Great Chief, and repay Your Excellency the Great Chief's kindness to you!

Now let us thank Your Excellency, Great Chief! All stand up! ......" an interpreter stood in the middle of the canopy and said loudly to the captives.

Although this kind of preaching may not be of much use, Yu Xiaotian doesn't mind using this method to let these captives know the Tao, if it weren't for his kindness, the fate of these people would be very miserable, at least let them know this, as for whether they really thank him in their hearts, he doesn't care, he believes that as long as these people eat some sweetness, faith among these people is secondary, and they will be willing to stay and work for him.

The reason why these people ventured to Asia so far, few did not come with the purpose of making a fortune, loyalty to the country is only secondary, now they are all prisoners, then the loyalty to the king of Spain, they have fulfilled it, and then they are mercenaries, and some have become military advisers to the sea wolves, it is time to plan for their own future.

In fact, these captives also understand this truth, they know very well that if they don't run into the sea wolves this time, if they fall into the hands of other Chinese pirates, there is a 99% chance that they will be killed now, and even if they are not killed, they will not have the current treatment, and working as coolies is probably the best possibility.

Now that they have been captured as the vanquished, they also have the consciousness of being captive, and now although they cannot be released to return to China or go back to Manila, they can be hired and become mercenaries of these Chinese pirates, which is the best result for them at present, which is better than being slaughtered.

When all the captives heard this, they quickly stood up with a loud cry and shouted in Spanish: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Great Chief! ”

"Sit down! You can start eating! ……”

"Hula......" almost instantly, the greenhouse was filled with spoons colliding with food plates and the sound of snoring and swallowing, and everyone was full of enthusiasm for the food in front of them.

Although the government on land was busy mobilizing soldiers, horses, food, grass and various supplies to prepare for the attack on Nanri Island, Yu Xiaotian had clearly received the news that before October, the official army was unlikely to move, and they had to wait for the Dutch fleet to come over to help them, so he was not in a hurry.

Before the official army launched an attack, he had plenty of time to make preparations, and it turned out that there were still quite a few people in the Sea Wolf Division, and they proposed to follow last year's method and make a preemptive strike against the government, and before they started, they would first attack the coastal areas as they did last year, and attack the assembly sites of the official and military naval divisions, and destroy the official and military naval divisions first, and disrupt the official army's plans as they did last time, so that their plans would be stillborn.

However, after a few days of careful consideration, Yu Xiaotian rejected this opinion, because he is currently vigorously developing the freshwater area, and the number of laborers is still insufficient, although he is still trying to collect immigrants everywhere, but it is still unable to meet the needs there.

And this time, the officers and soldiers came to attack on a large scale, which just provided him with an excellent opportunity to obtain a large number of free labor, and if he wanted to capture so many officers and soldiers, the only way was to let the officers and soldiers land on Nanri Island, and then crush their naval warships at sea, and trap a large number of officers and soldiers on Nanri Island in one fell swoop.