Chapter 594 is not qualified to think about what to do Shenhu Town, and mourning sounded.The death of more than 100 people has killed almost every family in this small town, however, there is not much sadness in the atmosphere.Now is not the peaceful years, but the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty when human life is as cheap as mustard, and life and death are commonplace for these immigrants.They now have food at home, clothes to wear, and a coffin for the dead, which is enough for them.The people of this era are far stronger in their hearts than the people of later generations.However, this kind of power is not what Quan Xu should see.As Quan Xu's captive, Sir Hono has been silent since he followed Quan Xu to Shenhu Town, he wants to think of the Spanish Empire, the first to propose the conquest of the Ming was the Bishop of Manila Saladzec, the second was the Philippine Governor Sand, and then the monk Sanchez also proposed to conquer the Ming Dynasty.Conquest, conquest of an egg.Hono couldn't help but think of the sad night that his grandfather told him when he was a child, and it was clear that the Spanish Empire had suffered another shameful defeat on the Philippine island of Lu.Quan Xu took Sir Hono to the battlefield, looking at the death of those Spanish officers, they died quite miserably, and it cannot be said that they did not have courage, whether it was the fragments of the shells or the bullets, they all hit their chests, which means that these Spanish officers are not cowards without courage.Their courage did not change the outcome of the war.Sir Hono looked at Quan Xu and said, "Your Excellency Marquis, may I ask how many Spaniards you have captured?"
”Sir Huo Jue also fantasized about how much money it would take to redeem these Spaniards, you must know that Spain is not the Spain of later generations, with a population of more than 40 million, and the total population of Spain at this time is about 7 million.This population is roughly the same as the total population of Hangzhou Prefecture, but there are 188 prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, of course, many prefectures do not have a population of 7 million, and there are many prefectures, like the Daimyo Prefecture, with a population of only 80 to 1 million.There are even some prefectures, which are not as good as the daimyo's mansions, and there are more than 100,000 people, but the key is that for the Spanish Empire, every population is a precious resource."
There are no captives!""
No captives?"
Sir Hono breathed a sigh of relief: "No prisoners, that's good, that's good, the Spaniards are still brave, not lowly cowards!"
”"They want to surrender, but I won't!"
Quan Xu looked at Sir Hono and said: "They are all enemies, they are all pirates, they are all shameful invaders, friends come and there is good wine, and when enemies come, then there are shotguns!"
”"No, Lord Marquis, you should give those people a chance to mend their ways!"
Huo Nuo continued: "Didn't you Ming people say that people are not sages, who can be without fault, know mistakes and can change, and be good?
”Quan Xu doesn't believe that Spanish has such a rich vocabulary, obviously, this sentence is translated by his own brain, in fact, many Chinese people can't find a suitable translation vocabulary.Quan Xu looked at the translator and said, "If you dare to change one more word, Ben Hou will hang you on the tree!"
”The translator's face changed in fright.Quan Xu then looked at Shenhu Zhenbao in the distance and said: "Our Ming Dynasty has killed more than 1,000 people in this battle, this is more than 1,000 families, more than 1,000 fathers have lost their sons, more than 1,000 women have lost their husbands, and thousands of children have lost their fathers, can you understand their grief?"
”Sir Hono pursed his lips, he had no way to answer Quan Xu's words, he didn't see how sad the people of Shenhu Town were, on the contrary, the families of these fallen militiamen received a pension of twenty taels of silver, as well as a sign of the hero's house.As long as they have such a brand, within five years, the tax collector will not ask about their tax situation, of course, this tax exemption is conditional, merchants should pay taxes or need to pay taxes, and the part exempted is limited to farmers.At first, Li Xin actually wanted to use the human resources of these pirates and mercenaries, after all, these pirates and mercenaries were all in the prime of life and had good physical fitness.As long as these captives are captured, they are a considerable number of large animals, who are building bridges and roads, or building castles, they are the best laborers, and they are free labor.However, Quanxu needs Liwei.Otherwise, Luzon and Taiwan will face pirate attacks that have no fun, at this time it is not like later generations, whether it is a warship or a transport ship, the draft is very shallow, and each warship is equipped with lifeboats, in fact, like the island of Luzon, there are too many places that can be suitable for beach landing, almost any point is fine.If the whole family army captures the pirates instead of killing them, they will seem to be afraid and will choose to take revenge on Luzon.As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.Quan Xu just let these pirates know that Luzon Island, Taiwan Island, including Qiongzhou Island, which is about to be occupied, is not something that pirates can go to and leave whenever they want.Since you choose hostility, you have to bear the price of hostility.At this time, the artillery of the whole family army became the sword of Damocles on the heads of the pirates and mercenaries in these encirclements.No one knows when, in the next second, the artillery of the whole family army will fall on them."
Boom, boom!"
A pirate who was smoking a cigarette was blown away by mortar shells, and these pirates did not dare to make a fire or make a sound, because the shelling of the whole family army judged the target based on the light and sound of the fire.Even if they don't make a sound and don't burn the fire, it doesn't mean that they are safe, because the artillery of the whole family army will fire aimlessly, and I don't know who will be unlucky.A desperate anger began to spread rapidly.They wanted to run, but unfortunately, there was an endless sea to the west, and although they could swim, they could not stay in the sea forever.At this time, the sea is still very cold, and they can be soaked to death in an hour or two.As aristocrats, naturally there is no need to worry, although they are also on the seashore and there is no way to dig a gun-proof hole, however, they have found a relatively open cave.Although the artillery of the whole family army was sharp, it was still powerless in the face of such a solid rock cave.However, the area of the cave is not large, there are about three or four hundred square meters, if you hide people, in fact, you can't hide many people, and now here, it has become the exclusive territory of the nobles.Dozens of nobles entered the cave with their servants, they lit candles, lit the fire, and began to cook food, although the nobles were flustered, they still had the aristocratic style they should have, they should drink as they should drink, and they should eat meat as they should eat.At this time, the pirates and mercenaries had a lot of discussions, and some even openly accused the arrogance of the nobles, which was unthinkable in the past, and in the eyes of these pirates, no matter how the nobles squandered it was, it was a matter of course, because they were the servants of the nobles, and the servants were not qualified to blame the boss.Now, it was just a fiasco, and all the problems came to the surface, which was only a precursor, and the aftermath of this fiasco will continue to ferment and make the pirates miserable.Sir Reilly smiled wryly: "Since I was seventeen years old, I have been fighting with my father in the north and south, although I have also lost battles, I have never been so badly defeated!"
”Peter Nuis became the object of everyone's venting: "Peter, you explain to me, this is the cowardly Ming man?
”"Yes, you also said that their equipment is very poor, out of ten people, there are at most three or four muskets!""
This is the biggest lie, we listened to your demagoguery, and now our Capess family has lost three warships, including more than a hundred brave knights, this loss, you must compensate us!""
Listen to me, gentlemen"!
Peternois: "Gentlemen, your accusations are unfounded, understand?
I'm not God, even if it's God, he can't guarantee that every business we do will make money, there must be risks in doing business, and the risks need to be shared equally by everyone, not complaining, not complaining, you are complaining like a resentful woman now, can you solve the problem?
”"You're the resentful woman!""
All right, gentlemen, let's not quarrel!""
What are you thinking, Mr.
Hans?"
Hans Puttmans, the fourth governor of Taiwan, arrived in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) in 1624 as a junior merchant servant, but his family seized the island of Taiwan.Hans Putmans muttered: "I'm thinking about a question, three years ago, our Dutch East India Company and Zheng Zhilong fought against Quan Xu's army, although they lost the battle, but they didn't make the whole family army feel better, why did they become so powerful in just two years?"
The fire hammer went round after round like popcorn, and it didn't stop at all, and no matter how much we rushed, we couldn't rush in front of them......"
Hans's words silenced everyone.They couldn't help but think of the artillery and dense gunfire of the whole family army on the battlefield, they obviously did not have many people, and the artillery was actually not much, but they could see with their own eyes that the small cannon of the whole family army was obviously not large, but it could fire at a rate of ten or even fifteen rounds per minute.If it were their artillery, even if it was three times slower, the barrel would have turned red, however, the problem was that the artillery of the whole army, instead of showing signs of redness, was firing faster and faster.Peter Nuis smiled reluctantly and said, "Hans, cheer up, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and this time we have lost, just find a way to win it back."
There are not many elite soldiers like this in the Ming Kingdom, and we still have a chance!
”Hans Putmans grabbed Peternois's hand and asked in horror, "What should we do if the Ming Kingdom has trained 200,000, 300,000, or even 400,000 such elite soldiers?"
”"Haha, then you don't have to worry!"
Hans smiled bitterly, and he said with a cold war: "If the Ming Kingdom really trains two or three hundred thousand such elite soldiers, I'm afraid we are not qualified to think about what to do, because we are all dead!"
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