Alcarazo's military talents are not outstanding, he has not performed well in civil affairs, and he is a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he has been able to climb to his current position, and he does have his own set of skills in handling interpersonal relationships. In just two or three hours, he not only arranged a list of the first ten people to leave the chicken coop port, but also made two of the merchants willingly pay sixty percent of the ransom fee, and the other eight only had to share the remaining four achievements. In addition, he informed the local people that a settlement agreement had been reached with the Haihans, and that they only had to wait patiently for Manila to send a fleet to take them back, and that there was no mention of the ransom money that the Spanish side would have to pay for it, and he knew that if he said this, the people would surely think that they would be abandoned by the Manilan authorities, and that there would be a mess that would drag them down until they could not leave.

Alcarazo hurried and finally completed the preparations before the time limit set by the Haihan army. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the defenders opened the gates of the city, which had been bombed to pieces, and the commander of the defenders, Ross, came forward to announce the surrender to the Haihan army. In order to prevent things from changing, 200 Haihan soldiers entered the city first, controlled the commanding heights at the head of the city and the few remaining artillery pieces, and closely monitored the Spanish defenders who had surrendered out of the city. The city of Salvador is no better than the city of Santo Domingo, which surrendered before, there are only about 200 armed men there, and the number of armed men here is several times larger, and God knows if the Spaniards surrendered sincerely.

This time, Takahashi Minami was no longer reserved, and personally came forward to accept the surrender. Seeing the tall Alcarazo bow his head and offer his sword in front of him, the satisfaction in Takahashi's heart was truly incomprehensible. At this moment, he remembered what Qian Tiandun once said to him: "The reason why I chose to come to this world is to conquer it!"

The Spaniards used to be one of the "fierce rivals" claimed by Qian Tiandun, and they were as powerful in the Western world as the Ming Dynasty in the East, but at this moment, except to honestly surrender to Haihan, the Spaniards had no second way out to save their lives. While Takahashi Minami breathed a sigh of relief for the completion of his mission, he was also deeply proud of the group he belonged to. Whether it is the East or the West, these so-called strong men do not have the slightest advantage in front of the Haihan armed forces.

"Your Excellency, although I surrender to your army on behalf of the city of Salvador, this does not indicate the attitude of the Kingdom of Spain. Your undeclared war has already damaged the interests of the Kingdom of Spain, and will inevitably lead to war retaliation in the future!"

"Thank you for the reminder, and I'm looking forward to the day when I will fight the main forces of your army. Takahashi Minami didn't avoid Alcaraso's words at all, and he was stunned and pushed back: "In addition, remember to remind the generals of your army to prepare the ransom fee in advance, I will not have the mood and time to bargain with the loser every time." ”

"Hmph!" Alcarraso wanted to retort a few more words, but he was afraid that he would anger Takahashi Minami because of this, and it would be troublesome if he didn't let them go at that time, so he could only snort heavily to express his dissatisfaction, and made a gesture to ask his subordinates to carry the prepared boxes to Takahashi Minami: "This is the fee requested by Your Excellency, gold and silver jewelry worth 40,000 silver coins. ”

"Take inventory. Of course, Takahashi's identity will not personally check the money, so naturally there are personnel in the army who are responsible for counting the property to do this.

The city of El Salvador was not a prosperous trading port, and the number of coins kept in the city was relatively limited, and it was impossible to make up the 40,000 silver coins required by Takahashi Minami, so there were many other items mixed in it, such as silver tableware, candlesticks, handicrafts, gold jewelry, small ornaments and privately minted gold bars, various gems of different textures, pearls, etc., and even famous calligraphy and paintings from the Ming Dynasty, Japan and other countries in the private collection of a wealthy merchant.

The valuation of these things is relatively troublesome, especially for some works of art that are not very popular on the market, and it is okay to say that it is worth a thousand gold or nothing, and its actual value is quite controversial. It took almost two hours just to count and calculate the value of these things, and naturally there was a dispute between the two sides over the value of the items. In the end, the Haihan side believed that the total price was at least 10% short of the negotiated amount.

After this result was reported to Takahashi Minami, he didn't hurry up and gave Alcalázo, who was in a hurry, an idea: "Otherwise, you will have one less person to go, and my side will receive one percent less, just right." ”

The quota of ten people was arranged by Alcarazo with great difficulty, and any one of them would be in trouble, so he was willing to admit this account, and hurriedly defended: "Your Excellency, the value of these properties is indeed worth 40,000 silver coins, and our side has surrendered very sincerely, and you are now deliberately making things difficult for us on this issue, which is inevitably a loss of trust." ”

Gao Qiao Nan's face sank and said: "Since you say so, then let's count the silver coins, count out forty thousand, you can go, the difference of four thousand will deduct one person, how much the difference will be deducted, lest you and I fight to waste time!"

If Alcalázo could make up 40,000 silver coins, he wouldn't have to stuff so many strange things into it to make up the numbers, and now it was the Haihan people who had the final say, so his tone softened at the moment: "Your Excellency, General, in fact, there are still many belongings in this city that cannot be taken away, such as the official residence where I lived before, which was only renovated last year, and some of the furniture is still shipped from Spain thousands of miles away, and there are eight trained Nanyang servants inside and outside, and you can move in immediately, and I guarantee that you will not be disappointed." ”

Takahashi Minami was interested when he heard this condition, and what he cared about was not the official residence of Alcarazo, but the so-called Nanyang servant. Because Qian Tiandun had mentioned to him before that the Spanish were entrenched in the Far East, Luzon, and the female natives of the island were excellent servants after training. Of course, Takahashi Minami didn't know that the situation mentioned by Qian Tiandun was not in this time and space, and the so-called "Filipino maid" industry only began to appear in the 70s of the 20th century. But as long as it is what Qian Tiandun says, he has always taken it as the truth, and this servant is not that he wants to keep it for himself, but wants to send it back to Penghu to be trained by Luo Wudan, so that he can take care of her and Qian Tiandun's daily life.

So under Alcarazo's soft grinding, Takahashi Minami finally relented and agreed to let ten Spaniards, including Alcarazo, leave Chicken Coop Harbor first under the existing conditions. Of course, the rest of the Spanish immigrants, soldiers, and non-Hispanics were left here as prisoners for the time being, waiting for the Spanish fleet, which might never arrive.

During the negotiation period when Alcarazo went out of the city, he also had a clearer and more intuitive understanding of Haihan, the opponent who suddenly came to the door. In Alcarazó's memory, he had never heard of a militia with such uniform clothing and weapons, and even an artillery unit so strong that it was impossible to resist. It was evident that the leaders of this armed force were scheming in order to paralyze their competitors in the surrounding environment, and that they had almost perfectly achieved this goal - all the nations that had been its enemies had been defeated by the Haihan on the battlefield, and no one could have a correct understanding of the true strength of this mysterious force until they had fought each other.

Alcaraso did not know if the Dutch on the south side of the island were as depressed as he was when they were defeated, and regretted that he had not stepped up the intelligence gathering of Haihan in advance, but he could conclude that the Dutch were probably not in a much better position than he was. The Haihan people did not even let go of this unproductive chicken coop harbor, and presumably the city of Geranza, which the Dutch built in the south, was not spared.

However, Alcarazo's judgment was a little wrong, and after surveying the west coast of Taiwan, Haihan finally chose to settle in Kaohsiung Port, south of Dayuan Port, instead of directly attacking Dayuan Port. The reason for such a mistake in judgment was that he couldn't imagine that the main reason why the Haihan people attacked Taipei was to monopolize the precious mineral deposits here.

The Spaniards were given a fishing boat with a displacement of about seventy or eighty tons, and it was not a pleasant journey for the pampered nobles to take such a modest boat all the way south to Manila. However, they are not in a position to pick and choose now, so the Haihan people gave such a boat, and they have to take this boat to go if they are happy or not, otherwise they have to stay in this uncertain place and be at the mercy of the Haihan people. So although the ten passengers did not have a good face when they got on board, when the sailors untied the cable and hoisted the sails, these lucky men, who had spent a lot of money to buy freedom, quietly crossed their chests and thanked God for their blessings.

The rest of the captives were not so lucky, they were driven together by the Haihan soldiers, and then randomly selected a team of ten people, and the soldiers used special ten-man chain cuffs to handcuff their left foot into a string. Since the Haihan army had not yet had time to build a special prisoner of war camp here, and the prison in the city was obviously unable to accommodate such a large number of prisoners, it could only temporarily control the prisoners of war in this way. Later, a preliminary screening of these personnel will be carried out, and the less dangerous civilians will be released, so that they can assist the Haihan army in taking over the city and cleaning up the battlefield. Of course, all Hispanic personnel, military and civilian, will only be treated as prisoners for the time being.

Takahashi Minami did not personally direct the handling of prisoners of war, this kind of thing was already familiar to the veterans of the special operations battalion, and there was no need for him to take charge of it. At present, Takahashi Minami is concerned with two other things, one is to make an inventory of the city's property and make a register, and the other is to start arranging the development of local mineral deposits in the future, which is also a task that the Executive Committee attaches the most importance to. In contrast, how long it took the special operations battalion to capture Joncoop Harbor, how many battle losses and how many prisoners were killed, and how much loot was captured after the war were all secondary. Qian Tiandun had mentioned to him before the departure of the troops, and the executive committee was only concerned about when the mines in Taipei could be mined and how soon they would see the benefits, and as for other details, they could handle it on their own discretion.

"When will Chief Tian of the Ministry of Industry arrive?" asked Takahashi Minami to his aide-de-camp.

The head of Tian he mentioned was Tian Yeyou, who was in charge of mining planning and mining in the Ministry of Industry. After the Shilu Iron Mine was put into production, Tian Yeyou has returned to the Black Earth Port in the Beibu Gulf to rest for a while. It is said that he built a villa on an island near Halong Bay, moved his family to the island, and lived a very comfortable life by swimming and fishing every day, teasing his children. In view of Tian Yeyou's great contribution to Haihan in the field of industry, the Executive Committee also granted him the right to enjoy this treatment, and only sent a ship to pick him up when he was needed to come forward to work.

The excavation and mining of gold in the Jinguashi area of Jilong Port was a key project supervised by the Executive Committee in 1633, which was an extremely important economic supplement for Haihan, who was currently spreading bigger and faster. Therefore, after Qian Tiandun's report on the war was sent to the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Industry immediately issued an order to ask Tian Yeyou to report to the Penghu base immediately.

From the Beibu Gulf to Penghu, this transfer distance almost crossed the east and west ends of the Haihan-controlled area, and the entire voyage was nearly 1,000 nautical miles, which was really not an easy errand. When Tian Yeyou set off from the island villa on this side of the Beibu Gulf of Annan, Takahashi Minami also happened to leave Penghu for Tamsui with his troops.

However, Tian Yeyou's voyage was not like the special operations battalion's march route of two points and one line, and the boat he took rested on Fushuizhou Island for one night, and docked in Danzhou the next day, met with people from the Ministry of Industry, and received some prospecting tools and equipment specially sent from Sanya, and then sailed east to Hong Kong through the Qiongzhou Strait, where he stayed for another day, and gave a one-day training course to the staff responsible for prospecting in Guangdong, and then left for Penghu. When Takahashi Minami's troops began to attack El Salvador, Tian Yeyou had just finished the work on Hong Kong Island, but according to the schedule, if there was no accident, Tian Yeyou should have arrived in Penghu at this time.

"I just received a telegram from the Penghu base, Chief Tian has arrived in Penghu this morning, and he will come to Jilong Port after a day's rest. The adjutant immediately responded.

"Early tomorrow morning, let the second company go to the target area to conduct reconnaissance, to ensure that when Chief Tian arrives at the local area, there will be no potential safety hazards, understand?" Takahashi Nan has been in Heitu Port for a few years, knowing that the status of this Chief Tian is not the slightest surprise, and he is also mentally prepared to welcome his arrival.