In the trade zone, the transaction is underway, and the sentiment of both sides is stable.

The transaction is in charge of its own veterans. The transaction was still a case of asking for money on the spot, and the Cossacks who gathered around always had to be watched, and these Cossacks would steal a bag of goods without anyone noticing.

The chaotic trading place seemed to be harmonious, not by the morality of both sides, but by the muskets in the caravans and the Russian army that kept order.

Liu Yu quietly observed the fortress in the distance and the weapons in the hands of the Cossacks.

The gap was not as big as it might have been, and these Cossacks did not have all flintlock muskets in their hands, and many used arquebuses.

There should be artillery in the bastions in the distance, but the caliber is not known and where it is deployed.

I don't know how many soldiers the Russians have here, if you fight in the field, the Cossacks can't. But if the city is defended, these Cossacks will be a big problem.

In addition to these Russians, there are also quite a few naturalized Orthodox Tungusic people with money rat tails, and some Cossacks also have similar hairstyles, slightly different, but not too large. Pigtail-like braids dangled back and forth over his head.

People kept coming in, asking if there was any alcohol in the caravan.

Liu Yu called the old man over and whispered, "You just said that next time we will sell some spirits." There is also alcohol in the car, you take out a few and let them drink some. Falsely ask them which one we should sell next time? What price point can they accept? How many people in the castle can buy as much wine as they can at one time......"

The last sentence is the point.

The old style is also an old oilman. In Mongolia that year, mustard seeds were also used to pretend to be rhubarb seeds, and more than 2,000 rubles were pit by Russian traders who had never seen rhubarb seeds.

This careful thinking is naturally known, and he nodded slightly at Liu Yu, indicating that he understood.

I took out a few bottles of wine from the car, took out a few pickles, and found a few people in the team who could drink.

He sat down around the convoy and beckoned a few Cossacks.

When the Cossacks saw the wine, it was like a mosquito seeing blood, and a group of people gathered around them and began to gossip.

As soon as they were drunk, several Cossacks took off their shirts and danced in the snow as if they were about to throw their heels on their heads.

There are more and more people around, and there are more people who talk nonsense, and naturally more news is revealed.

Liu Yu was enthusiastic and sang two lines of the Russian folk song "Little Apple" on the spot, which coincided with the dance beat of these Cossacks.

"Little apples, little apples, half green and half red. Cyan is only temporary, and it will definitely turn red sooner or later. ”

"Green apples, green apples, where are you going? If you get to the Chekana, you will never come back. ”

A couple of dancing Cossacks also did not understand the lyrics, and it was impossible to understand what the Cheka was.

I just felt that the tune was very familiar, and the beat was right, so I danced more energetically, clapping my hands and shouting "Cheka...... Hara whistle. ”

The people who followed Liu Yu couldn't understand it, except that they couldn't understand the Cheka, and they didn't know what an apple was, because at this time, Zhuxia didn't have a plant like an apple.

After only about half an hour's effort, the old man came to Liu Yu's side and whispered: "It's almost time to inquire." There were about 500 soldiers in the city. More than two hundred Cossacks, as well as more than eighty troops, the rest were naturalized from nearby tribes. Some Cossacks said that the ship was just built this year, and someone was going to go to sea by boat. ”

More than 500 people?

Liu Yu was a little big.

The inside layout is not visible from the outside of the fortress, the Russians are very careful, even the trading area is outside the fortress, and it is estimated that it is not easy to blend in.

As he was pondering, he saw several people next to him glancing into the distance, stretching out their fingers and pointing, and their surprise was beyond words.

Liu Yu looked back and saw that a swarthy black man, wearing a Russian military uniform, was walking towards this side.

gave the old man a look, signaled not to ask about those sensitive topics, and turned his back to stare at the black man.

I have seen a lot in my previous life, but in this bitter cold place, in a snowy place, I really saw a black man, even if I guessed the identity of this black man, I still had an indescribable weird feeling.

Glancing at the fortress behind which he could not enter, Liu Yu was also a master of the arts, and said to the black man a word of origin Latin that was not an insulting word at this time.

"Brother Ne?"

The arrogant Lao Butu beside him heard it as "that", and looked at Liu Yu's gaze, thinking which one?

It is said that a basketball court brawl broke out at a university in the north, because the northern accent of the basketball court has been shouting "defend that, guard against that", and the accent that can pronounce the goose as big is "Farkneg, Farknegner".

At this time, the word was just a simple Latin word for "black", Hannibal was slightly stunned, and walked straight towards Liu Yu.

Every time a caravan came here, he would chat with the leader of the caravan, inquire about the situation in China or North Korea, and accumulate information.

It is also easy to tell from the hat who is the leader of this wave of caravans. There have been many caravans, both Korean and Chinese.

There were many caravans who knew Russian, but it was the first time I had heard someone use Latin, and it was the first time I had heard someone call him "Brother Nego".

He has studied in Western Europe for many years, and this kind of high-class pretending X must be familiar with the language, otherwise he will not be able to talk and laugh with Voltaire and others in the salon.

Walked up to Liu Yu and asked in Latin, "Do you know Latin?" ”

is the "inner brother" that Liu Yu took the initiative to shout, so naturally he does not deny it.

I wanted to talk to this person, and it was best to talk to the speculation, so that I could put something useful.

Before he opened his mouth, he had already made up the story, and first blew two sentences flatteringly.

I just thought that the Russians were Cossack barbarians, but I didn't expect to meet someone who knew Latin in such a place.

asked the name of this person again, and even praised the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal.

And deliberately asked him if Hannibal was black?

After a few nonsense times, Hannibal was quite surprised, but he did not doubt Liu Yu's identity.

The caravan is full of talent, and any kind of eccentric person can have it.

Besides, his background is strange enough, and none of the three people in the room just now have bizarre stories, and he doesn't feel strange in this environment, but he thinks it's interesting to meet someone who knows Latin and knows Hannibal in this kind of place.

Liu Yu's life experience made up for himself sounds very reasonable. His ancestors were in Macao, where he believed in religion and studied Latin. Later, he followed the Dutch to do business in the South Seas, but the ship that he had easily saved sank, and the pirates were raging, so the family moved to the north and tried to do rhubarb and tea business.

Anyway, Zhuxia at this time is a mysterious country, and no matter how you blow it, you won't be exposed. has the insight of the information explosion era in his previous life, and he is even more open to blowing.

Sometimes he deliberately said a few Latin proverbs learned from the missionaries, and often Hannibal took the second half of the sentence as soon as he said it, and then the two of them smiled heartily, and felt like they had met in a foreign country.

When talking about the rise, Liu Yu shouted that he wanted to have a few drinks with Hannibal, and said that the Cossacks here were barbaric, and it was very difficult to meet an "elegant" person who knew Latin.

Hannibal saw that Liu Yu was talking and knew a lot, unlike the caravan leaders who needed to talk and couldn't ask much, and he wanted to take the opportunity to ask Liu Yu more about the situation in China, so he signaled that it was too cold here, so it was better to go to the house to eat and talk.

Both sides have ghosts, and they hit it off.

The arrogant Lao Butu and the others next to him didn't know what Liu Yu was talking about. When Liu Yu turned around and asked them to take out some wine, and when he was going to go into the castle to have a good chat with this Kunlun slave, Jiao Lao Butu thought to himself that Lord Liu was really bold, so he was not afraid of being caught by the Rakshasa people by showing his horse's feet?

Just as he was about to persuade him, Liu Yu quietly waved his hand behind his back.

It was a rare opportunity to sneak into the castle and take a closer look, and he didn't want to miss it. The Russians were strategically alert, and the trading zone was outside the fortress; There is no God's perspective in tactics, and there are often caravans coming, so it is impossible to meet and suspect everyone.

Besides, Dashun's side has been quiet for many years, and they can't imagine that Dashun has the idea of taking the initiative to start a war.

He took two pouches of wine from the car, took two mustard gnocchi that had been used as a vegetable on the way, and followed Hannibal towards the castle.

Left the admiration of Jiao Lao Butu, Du Feng and others, at least this courage is big enough.

He secretly instructed his henchmen around him to prepare knives, and if something happened, he would first arrest the Cossacks who were dancing there who were drunk and danced there as hostages.

Liu Yu followed behind Hannibal, his mouth was lightly talking, but his eyes quietly observed the situation around him.

"About twenty meters long defensive slope, the cannon on the castle is facing it."

"The base of the basil is earth, not masonry, and it will be muddy and soft in the spring. The siege artillery could not exert its power at all. ”

"A small number of soldiers were armed with flintlock pistols with bayonets, but most of them were arquebuses."

"There were two guns on the front, which were supposed to be six-pounder, very rough and without field gun mounts."

"The walls of the main fort are about three meters high, very thick, and also earthy. Shells can't be ejected to kill people, and the effect of bombardment will be greatly reduced. ”

"There is no artillery in the direction of Linjiang, so I should be very confident in the support of the naval army upstream."

"There is a breastwork on the edge of the trench."

"Cossacks, Tatars are quite ......"

Silently remembering these things that will be of great use in the future, and constantly nagging some interesting anecdotes in his mouth, Hannibal's head is always in a state of high saturation, and there is no time to think about anything more.

Walking down the wooden steps to the house inside the main fort, Hannibal instructed the maid to prepare the meal.

There were two other people in the room, and Liu Yu couldn't tell the difference between a Dane and a Russian, but he was full of curiosity about the obvious East Asian.

But he didn't take the initiative to ask more, but quietly approached the window, and quietly glanced at the deployment in the castle condescendingly.

In order to hide his true purpose, he also read two lines of poetry with great enthusiasm.

"Winter is coming, will spring be far away?"

After glancing at what he wanted to see, he naturally withdrew his gaze and did not linger for too long.

The meal was quickly ready, rye bread, a few pieces of venison, some fish from the river.

Liu Yu pretended to draw a cross and said reverently: "Today, I don't eat fish on Friday." ”

Jesus was killed on Friday, and Catholics fast on Friday and do not eat meat. But because of the story of five loaves and two fishes, you can eat fish.

Protestants bravely shoot at the old culture, the old habits, the old customs, the old ideas, since the Catholics don't do anything, I just want to do something, Lao Tzu doesn't eat fish on Fridays.

Liu Yu said that his family followed the Dutch to the sea back then, and he would not let go of the details of this kind of lie.

Hannibal understood, but smiled.

In this way, Liu Yu's previous words are more credible - Hannibal feels that if a person wants to lie, he must not make up a strange life story. And Liu Yu's life experience sounds very strange......

Just like him.

A black man, who believed in Orthodox Christianity, became a brigadier general in Russia, was demoted to build a fortress on the bank of the Heilongjiang River.

If it was really a made-up story, who would make up such a strange and irrational identity? What sounded unreasonable became reasonable in Hannibal's mind.

He didn't think too much about it, and introduced the other two people in the room to Liu Yu by the way. But it also doesn't say what the purpose of these two people is here.

Liu Yu didn't care about the guard. When Hannibal introduced Bering, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

It's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

I've heard that you draw maps very well.

But soon, these maps will be mine.