"Wang Dong did a good job!"

In the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yicheng smiled with a good news in his hand. The good news sent back from Xinming made Zhu Yicheng very happy. He even ate an extra bowl of lunch that day.

The war in Xinming has been settled so far. With the end of the war between the Ming Dynasty and France, the subsequent negotiations with Spain went even smoothly.

Facing the French King Dong, how tough is, let alone against Spain, which has actually been defeated?

Wang Dong slashed Spain without hesitation, not only demanding to move south from Spain's border, but also cutting off a large area of ​​land from Spain. Now Xinming has directly taken down all the territory of the three continents of California, Arizona and New Mexico, which were originally later, and pushed the border directly to the near the California Peninsula. This territory has surpassed the border division between the United States and Mexico in later generations.

In addition, the city of Manzanillo is also owned by the Ming Dynasty, and even the area around Manzanillo is all classified as the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to territorial occupation, Wang Dong even offered a sky-high price for the exchange of Spanish prisoners. However, compared with his weakness and concessions in the territory, the New Spanish colonial government was very cautious about the redemption of prisoners. In addition to the generals, officers and nobles, the New Spanish colonial government agreed to redeem it with ransom, but for ordinary soldiers, including civilian officers, the New Spanish colonial government was not short of a penny unless these prisoners could redeem themselves for their own money.

In this way, almost few people could be redeemed by the New Spanish colonial government. Among the more than 30,000 captured by the Ming Dynasty, the number of people finally determined to be redeemed was less than 1,000.

Viscount Santander's idea is quite novel. In his opinion, it is nothing to lose some territory. Anyway, these territory belong to the king rather than his own. If these territory are ceased, they only lose the interests of the Kingdom of Spain.

But redeeming soldiers is different from military officers. Of course, those senior officers and nobles have to redeem them, because their identities and status are different. As a member of the nobles, if Viscount Santander does not do this, he will never be able to gain a foothold in the noble circle in the future.

Ordinary officers and soldiers were no longer in his consideration. With the loss of Manzanillo, the financial resources of the New Spanish colonial government were greatly damaged, and Viscount Santander himself was the same, so he would never pay for such a "stupid thing" out of his own pocket.

Besides, he himself understood that his willfulness and hastyness led to the failure of this war, and the capture of these officers and soldiers. They were very resentful of themselves. In this case, what would it be for him to pay a large sum of money to redeem these people?

In this way, Viscount Santander directly abandoned these people. When the news spread in the prisoner-of-war camp, both the officers and soldiers from the Spanish mainland and those who were originally from the New Spanish colonies were immediately furious. As a Spanish soldier, he died bloody and sacrificed on the battlefield for Spain, but in the end he ended up like this?

For a time, everyone's resentment towards Viscount Santander and even the Kingdom of Spain reached its peak, and even some noble officers expressed indignation at this. In their opinion, this was completely the betrayal of the Kingdom of Spain to its own army and a move that was absolutely unforgivable.

Faced with this result, some noble officers even refused to redeem and willingly stayed with their comrades to express their strong protest against such bad behavior in the Kingdom of Spain.

Compared with the actions of Viscount Santander and the New Spanish colonial government, the Ming Dynasty, who captured them, did a better job.

Although it was a prisoner of war camp, the Ming Dynasty did not abuse the Spanish prisoners. On the contrary, they gave them the necessary treatment and due respect for their personality.

The prisoners of war who were injured on the battlefield were well treated. The prisoners of war camps were sufficient food. In addition to confiscating the weapons of the prisoners of war, the Ming Dynasty did not deprive all prisoners of war's personal belongings, including property, and gave them personal custody to the other party.

Of course, as prisoners of war, these Spaniards (two or three generations born in colonies) also needed necessary labor and work in prison camps, but the intensity of these labor and work was appropriate, and the Ming Dynasty did not directly treat them as slavery. Moreover, the purpose of these labor and work was not only to improve prisoners of war camps, exchange materials and even money from the Ming Dynasty, but also to assist and stabilize the prisoner of war camps.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, although Spain is called a European power, it is far from the Ming Dynasty in terms of culture and life.

In prisoners of war camps, Spanish prisoners of war were not only able to exchange materials from the Ming army through labor and work, but also earned rewards from it. In particular, some of the prisoners of war had a good life. With their skills and skills, they even lived in prisoners of war camps more comfortable than in the Spanish army.

The Ming Dynasty was also more friendly to these people, and directly let them manage themselves. After a period of time, these prisoners of war even felt unhappy. During private discussions, it was more desirable to return to the New Spanish colony, which was better than staying in Xinming.

Therefore, as the news that the New Spanish colonial government refused to seek ransom for ordinary officers and soldiers came, all Spanish officers and soldiers were immediately excited. While cursing and hating the New Spanish colonial government, many people took the initiative to go to the Ming officers who managed the prisoner-of-war camp, and strongly expressed their desire to leave the New Spanish colonial government and thus work for the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Yigui immediately reported it to Wang Dong after learning about it, and also made suggestions to Wang Dong that he might accept these Spaniards.

In Zhu Yigui's opinion, these Spanish soldiers are not weak in terms of training and combat effectiveness. Although they are far from the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent, they are not much different.

The reason why Spain was defeated was ultimately not the grassroots officers and soldiers, but the upper-level decision makers.

How can an army led by a pig, even if it is a group of wolves, be able to defeat a powerful opponent?

Xinming has always lacked population, especially after the Ming Dynasty took over North Korea and recaptured Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty now had more demand for population.

In order to ensure the immigration of the population around the Ming Dynasty, Xinming has even started immigrating from Japan. The purpose is to meet the huge population difference in Xinming.

In this case, these more than 30,000 well-trained Spanish soldiers and grassroots officers were a great asset. If these people could be used by the Ming Dynasty, they would not only gain an army, but also enhance the comprehensive strength of the Ming Dynasty in the Xinming Dynasty.

So what if the other party is not a Ming person? The Ming Dynasty never worried about these things. Whether facing Indians, Japanese, Koreans, or even Mongolians, the Ming Dynasty had extremely strong assimilation ability, let alone these Spanish people.
Chapter completed!