Hearing Yang Feng's culture, Mitchell's eyes showed a moment of hesitation, and then he immediately said, "Your Excellency the Marquis, if you think that I am still of some use to you, I hope to be able to obtain the status of a citizen of the Ming Empire, and perhaps you can also give me an official position, so that I can walk in the land of the Ming Dynasty openly." ”

"Oh......"

Yang Feng couldn't help but glance at him with some surprise, and said with a smile: "I thought you would ask me to release you and return to your homeland without hesitation, don't you miss your hometown?" ”

"Back home?"

A hint of bitterness appeared on Mitchell's face.

"Your Excellency Marquis, if I am not wrong, the news of my betrayal of my compatriots will soon spread throughout Cebu Island, and it won't be long before the mainland will receive this news soon, if I return to the mainland like this, I'm afraid I will be arrested and hanged as soon as possible!"

"Captain Mitchell, I have to say you're a smart guy." Yang Feng approvingly: "It's decisive enough to do things, and it's not something that ordinary people can do if they can give up their dreams for a while." ”

"Give up on your dreams?"

Mitchell's face was grim.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, a man of civilian origin like me does not deserve dreams at all.

For us civilians, there is an invisible ceiling, and that is if people of civilian origin join the army.

Generally, after being promoted to a captain-level officer, it basically comes to an end, and if there is no special opportunity, ordinary people have no chance to be promoted to a colonel-level officer, and as for a general, they don't even have to think about it, so although I have been in the army for 20 years, and I would have become a lieutenant colonel or even a colonel if I was a person with a bit of aristocratic blood, I am still just a small captain.

I'm not convinced, why can those useless and useless wastes who don't understand anything just need to drink coffee every day and gild in the army to be easily promoted to major, lieutenant colonel or even colonel, while I have worked so hard to contribute to Spain and still have to retire with the rank of captain? Why? ”

At this, Mitchell's face turned red, and the look of resentment jumped into his eyes.

"Originally, I thought that I could only retire in this way in my life, return to my hometown with a meager retirement payment, and find a woman who is neither ugly nor beautiful to spend the rest of my life, but now that I am your prisoner, why should I go to work in the dark mines with those guys, and then die miserably inside? I'm going to live the life I want too! ”

Looking at the excited Mitchell, although Yang Feng was expressionless, he was secretly a little frightened in his heart.

At any time, there will be a situation where the elite class dominates society, let alone in this era, and even in the 21st century, this situation is still widespread.

But since this Mitchell took the initiative to come to the door today, if he doesn't use this guy well, then I'm really sorry for this opportunity.

"Well, since you said so, I'll give you a chance."

Yang Feng, who had an idea in his heart, immediately said: "Captain Mitchell, now on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, I would like to grant you the status of a citizen of the Ming Empire, and grant you the rank of captain of the Jiangning Army of the Ming Empire, and his treatment is on par with that of the officers of the Jiangning Army."

Your task now is to get the situation of that fleet out of the mouth of the man named Castro, if you can capture that fleet and all of them...... Trust me, the reward I give you will surely satisfy you. ”

Looking at Yang Feng who was smiling, Mitchell immediately understood what he meant.

If he can fulfill what he said this time, the reward will naturally be great, but if he fails to do it, the reward will be great, and the punishment will be great.

But now that things have come to this point, Mitchell also knows that he has no way out, only one way to go to the dark.

Gritted his teeth: "Your Excellency Marquis, just rest assured, I will definitely let Castro explain everything." To get there though, I need your help. ”

"Absolutely."

Of course, Yang Feng knew that if he wanted the horses to run fast, he had to let the horses be fed.

"I now appoint you as the director of the Jiangning Military Investigation Department, this department is only responsible to me, and the function of this inspection department is to be responsible for external investigation, arrest and interrogation.

However, since this department has just been established, and you are the only one at present, in view of the peculiarities of this department, I allow you to select fifty people from among the captives as your subordinates to assist you. Remember, I'm only giving you three days, and I'm going to see the results after three days! ”

Listening to Yang Feng's words, Mitchell was surprised and delighted.

I am glad that I can be the leader of a department, which shows that in Yang Feng's heart, he is no longer a chess piece that can be discarded at any time, and he is surprised that there is only one name in this department, and this new boss is simply playing with himself.

Seeing Mitchell, who was standing on the spot with a somewhat uncertain face, Yang Feng asked, "What, is there any problem?" ”

"No problem." Mitchell was relieved, he gritted his teeth: "But Your Excellency Marquis, please forgive me, you only gave me a position and rank, but nothing else, this is not okay!" ”

"Of course not."

Yang Feng smiled.

"I will write a note at once, with which you will receive weapons and uniforms that match your numbers, and I will give you five thousand silver coins for your start-up expenses. If that's not enough, you can apply to me. How, do you have faith? ”

When Mitchell heard that Yang Feng actually allocated five thousand silver coins to him as funds in one breath, Mitchell's eyes immediately lit up, and after taking a deep breath, he solemnly saluted Yang Feng: "Your Excellency, with your support, if you still can't complete the task, you can shoot me directly!" ”

Yang Feng nodded lightly and said meaningfully: "I don't like to shoot people, especially my own subordinates, so you must not let me down!" ”

After Mitchell went down, Yang Feng lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and spit out a long column of smoke.

He really didn't expect that such a thing as drowsiness immediately encountering a pillow would happen to him.

If you can really capture the more than 30 warships that are swimming outside without blood, as Mitchell said, then the gain is very great.

The more than 30 warships are enough, the key is the Spanish sailors on the more than 30 warships, this is the talent that Yang Feng urgently needs.

With 70 sailors on each warship, there are at least 2,000 sailors on 30 warships, and as an old maritime power, although Spain's national strength has been declining, the quality of their navy is still first-class.