Chapter 42: Mahan the Frenchman

"Young Marshal, Lu Ruohan is back!" Just as Wang Feng was still immersed in his business empire, a person he had been looking forward to for a long time finally came with the news. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Quick, let him in!" Wang Feng was a little impatient! Since the last time he saw Lu Ruohan, Wang Feng had a good impression of this gringo.

Portugal's red-coated cannon left a deep impression on Wang Feng, although the gunpowder came from the ancient country of China, but it is undeniable that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the artillery technology of Westerners has surpassed China, and the artillery technology of the rulers of the dynasty is not optimistic, but as a modern person, Wang Feng deeply understands the importance of artillery for war, so Wang Feng sent Lu Ruohan to find artillery talents for him.

"Haha, uncle! I'm back Lu Ruohan! As soon as he entered the hall, Lu Ruohan opened his arms and said in broken Chinese.

"What are you doing?" Wang Dahu, who had never seen the etiquette of Westerners meeting people, saw Lu Ruohan open his arms and hurriedly blocked in front of Wang Feng.

"Big Tiger, don't be rude!" Wang Feng stretched out his arms and gently hugged Lu Ruohan.

The two sat down in turn, and the maid in the house had already held fresh tea and respectfully placed it in front of them.

"Well, it's so fragrant, it's good tea!" Lu Ruohan took a deep breath, he had been in China for many years, Lu Ruohan had already been accustomed to Chinese tea, and he deeply loved tea tasting.

"Lu Ruohan, do you have any good news to bring to Young Marshal Ben when you go back this time?" Wang Feng said straight to the point.

"Back to Uncle!"

"It's not an uncle, my young marshal has been promoted by the emperor to the new prince, and now he is a grandfather. As soon as Lu Ruohan spoke, Wang Dahu next to him couldn't help but interject.

"Ou! Grandpa, please forgive the grass people for being rude!" Lu Ruohan said as he got up and made a gesture, and Lu Ruohan still couldn't accept the Chinese's kowtow.

"Hehehe! You, you!" Looking at Lu Ruohan's funny appearance, Wang Feng had an urge to laugh.

Although Lu Ruohan is a foreigner, but he has already learned the tactfulness and cunning of the Chinese after dealing with the Chinese for many years, and the young marshal in front of him has already achieved his grandfather at a young age, which is definitely not something anyone can do, the key is that this young man is different from any Chinese he has ever met, and his emphasis on artillery and science even exceeds that of Westerners! What's more important is that this man is not stingy with talents, and a lot of rewards are endless, which is why Lu Ruohan is willing to be loyal to Wang Feng.

"Young Marshal!" Lu Ruohan deliberately changed his title, he now regarded himself as a member of Wang Feng's group, "I have persuaded the Governor of Macao to allocate another twenty red-coated cannons, five hundred artillery men, and seven hundred craftsmen of all kinds!"

"Is that all? I'll give you 500,000 taels of silver. Wang Feng picked up the teacup, stared at Lu Ruohan and said.

"Hehe, of course not! Of course not! Don't worry, young marshal. Lu Ruohan laughed, but he was nervous for a while, he didn't expect that this young man would not be moved by what he said.

"Young marshal, you also know that our Portugal is sparsely populated and talents are withering, but this time I specially went back to Europe for the young marshal and brought a talented Mahan to the young marshal!"

"Mahan, are you talking about Mahan in France?" Wang Feng, who was originally calm, stood up instantly when he heard the name Mahan.

"That's right, it's Ma Han, young marshal, do you know him?" Lu Ruohan was taken aback by Wang Feng's performance.

"Oh no, no, I don't know him!" Wang Feng, who realized that he was a little out of shape, hurriedly denied it, "Is he here? Where is it, hurry up and bring him up!" Wang Feng was a little eager to meet this Frenchman Mahan.

"Mahan, Mahan!" Seeing Wang Feng's impatient appearance, Lu Ruohan hurriedly went out to call someone.

After a while, Lu Ruohan led a man in his forties with a beard, ragged clothes and a hat to walk in.

"Ma Han, this is our respected new prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also the most bold person I often mention to you in China. In order to bring these people to China, Lu Ruohan gave them all kinds of boasting and depictions, and simply said that China was a country full of gold.

"Hello!" said Mahan as he took off his dirty hat and bowed, speaking in the Chinese he had just learned.

"Are you the one who was born in a family of guns and guns? Ma Han who invented the flintlock pistol?" Wang Feng was a little unconvinced that the man standing in front of him was the Ma Han who invented the flintlock pistol, and once again opened his mouth to confirm.

"Well, I'm that Mahan! How do you know about the flintlock pistol?" Mahan had just learned Chinese, and it took him a few minutes to finish these few words.

Mahan really didn't understand that this man who was thousands of miles away knew his flintlock pistol, and not many people knew about this gun in France. But in the far East, the mouth of an earl said so naturally.

"Okay! Great! Lu Ruohan, you have made a great contribution this time, this young marshal wants to reward you、、、、、、 what is good to reward you!" Wang Feng's heart was so excited that he didn't know what to say!

"If the young marshal wants to reward me, reward me with silver!" As soon as Lu Ruohan heard that Wang Feng was going to reward himself, he hurriedly reminded him.

"Yes, yes! Dahu hurriedly went to the account room to pay 10,000 taels of silver to Lu Ruohan!"

"Lu Ruohan thanked the young marshal for his generosity here!" When he heard that Wang Feng rewarded him with 10,000 taels of silver, Lu Ruohan was overjoyed! Ma Han only brought him to Daming on his own temporary initiative, but he didn't expect that this temporary intention brought him a lot of wealth, and Lu Ruohan's heart was secretly glad that he had made the right decision at that time.

After a while, several housekeepers carried a box of silver and put it in the hall, and when they saw so much white silver, Lu Ruohan pounced on it, grabbed the silver and kept laughing.

"Lu Ruohan, as long as you get me another gun expert like this, then this young marshal will reward you with another 10,000 taels of silver. ”

"What if I get two, five, or more?"

"If you get two young marshals, you will be rewarded with 30,000 taels, and five will be 80,000 taels, and the more you get, the more silver you will have. "If you can rely on money to get talents, Wang Feng will definitely not be stingy.

"Yes, yes, young marshal, you should prepare the silver!" Lu Ruohan was already thinking about where to find talents.

Wang Feng's reward to Lu Ruohan deeply shocked Ma Han, 10,000 taels of silver, that was a full 10,000 taels of silver. Ma Han has never seen so much silver when he is so big, and this man is 10,000 taels as soon as he makes a move, which is really shocking.

"Ma Han, are you willing to do anything with me?" Wang Feng turned to Ma Han and asked.