Chapter 19: The First Sight of Peter
Sattahip, the famous military port of Thailand in later generations, is still a small fishing village, and it is not called Sattahip now, because this name was given by the overseas Chinese in Chaozhou, Thailand!
Peter and his French missionaries and the French mercenaries he recruited did not live in Longqiu, but all of them!
In fact, this place is not close to Longqiu, where Lord Ruan is located, Ye Kai estimates that it must be almost a hundred kilometers smaller, in this era, a distance of one hundred kilometers is not close!
This was a small trick by King Rama I of Siam, who refused to allow Catholic missionaries such as Peter to enter Bangkok on the grounds of his devotion to Buddhism, cutting off Nguyen Phuc Anh from direct contact with his most important French foreign aid in Siam
Ye Kai also understood why Ruan Fuying and Yan Zilu were surprised when they heard that Peter was going to see him, because according to the current traffic conditions, Peter couldn't know Ye Kai in such a short period of time.
Sure enough, not far away, Ye Kai saw the smiling face of Anna, the golden cat, and thought of Le Van Yue, a eunuch general, who has always been a sympathizer and supporter of Christianity in the history of Vietnam, Ye Kai instantly understood what was going on!
"How? Zinedin, I told you I would keep you safe! "Anna the golden cat is excited, and her face is full of expressions to come and praise me!
Zinedine is Ye Kai's French name, of course, in homage to his idol, the balding French midfield maestro.
Ye Kai sighed, Ruan Fuying definitely doesn't have the capital to be angry with the French now, he can't be angry with Ye Kai, then I don't know!
And Anna Chick, he was still immersed in the excitement of 'saving' Ye Kai by doing what he said, Ye Kai could only scratch the back of his head, people are always kind!
Besides, if he wasn't a traverser, this chick might have saved his life, but this girl didn't have Stockholm syndrome, anyway, if she was herself, she would have been beaten up so quickly, and she would never have forgotten it so quickly!
"Come, Zinedin, we're going to see my godfather on a boat today, Chonburi isn't close here, I don't want to spend the night on the ship!"
Who is this Quang Nam man? Did King Nguyen send a jailer to see you? Anna pointed to a Thai long-tail boat in the river bay and shouted.
This girl! Ye Kai was a little speechless, it was naïve and straightforward to say that it was good, and if it was not good, it was open-mouthed, fortunately, this is Southeast Asia, if it was in my Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that he would have died eight hundred times!
But she is not wrong, this Guangnan person is indeed Ruan Fuying's eyeliner, the Guangnan warrior behind Ye Kai is called Gui, as for the surname, he himself does not know, he just followed the main general Zhang Jinbao this year with the surname Zhang.
Truong Gui also came from Nguyen Phuc Anh's pro-guard army, which would later become the most famous all-Western-style Janissaries in Vietnamese history.
He himself is short and stocky, with dark skin, and in addition to being stronger, he has a typical Southeast Asian appearance.
On the surface, Ruan Fuying valued Ye Kai, the future brother-in-law, and sent his own personal protection to him as a guard, but in fact, Zhang Gui was used to monitor Ye Kai, Ye Kai himself understood, Ruan Fuying did not hide it, and came in a dignified manner!
In addition to Zhang Gui and Anna, Ye Kai also stood in front of a French man with an expressionless face and a blue military uniform.
This Frenchman is a little bald, and he doesn't look very young, but he is very burly, and judging by his straight standing, he must have received some formal training for a short time!
"Jacques Yves, lieutenant in the French Imperial Army, they all like to call me Renault, I heard Anna say that your French is very good?"
Before Ye Kai could speak, the balding French lieutenant came over and said in French with an Oak accent.
French, like Chinese, has many local dialects, and this dialect with a strange Ouctan accent is also a major outlier in French, often referred to as Southern French:
It belongs to the Romance language family, spoken on the border of present-day France, Spain and Italy, the most famous of which is Provence, although it is better understood than the more obscure Frank-Provençal language!
Ye Kai smiled slightly, and responded in standard native French: "I'm Ye Kai, you can call me Zinedine, sorry I only know native French, but I can understand what you say, I think you must be from the hometown of lavender, beautiful Provence!" ”
A smile bloomed on Renault's face, "Thank you for the compliment, you are the best Orientals I have ever met, speaking French, and you even know Provence, so out of gratitude, I would like to remind you that His Excellency Bishop Pierre already knows what is going on, and no one else is as good a speaker as I am!" ”
What happened? Of course, it was he who hijacked Anna, Ma De, Li Wenyue, the dead eunuch, is now getting involved with the French, no wonder the whole family was forced to rebel by Ruan Phuc Anh's son Ming Ming Emperor Nguyen Phuc after his death!
Peter was not in Sattahip, but near Chonburi Province in later Thailand, where the last remaining warship of the Nguyen lord was converted from two armed Portuguese merchant ships and piloted by French sailors recruited by Peter.
Peter himself lived in the Quang Nam military camp in Chonburi, which was said to be the Quang Nam military camp, but in this camp, French mercenaries accounted for the majority.
With its triangular tents, high fences, and white French flags, if you don't pay attention, you'll think this is France!
Outside the barracks, piles of Thais are carrying all kinds of goods for sale, and of course, there are Chinese figures everywhere.
In the midst of the clamour, Ye Kai finally met Peter himself, a Frenchman affiliated with the Foreign Missionary Society of Paris, a Vietnamese expert, who compiled a Franco-Vietnamese dictionary and a catechism in Vietnamese, and was a pioneer in the spread of Catholicism in Indochina.
As Ye Kai imagined, Peter was wearing a lilac clerical robe, with a cross on his chest, his figure was not tall and he looked a little fat, and the complexion on his square face was not white, but showed the color of cold beef, which seemed to have Germanic blood.
"Anna! My little naughty must have suffered a lot! Peter first kissed Anna's forehead affectionately before looking at Ye Kai!
Before Peter could speak, Ye Kai had already bent down skillfully, "Kid Ye Kai, I have seen this kind elder, I think you must be the respected Bishop of Peter!" When the boy was in Pattani, I heard your merciful name! ”
A series of sycophants were served, and Peter's face finally looked better, there was no way, but don't think of the Europeans who will be rampant in the future.
Later generations of Europeans will have more double standards, and Europeans in this era are the most vicious people in the world!
Robbery, murder, drug trafficking, and human trafficking are all regarded as keeping their duty, and only those who engage in massacres, genocide, and provoke a war in which tens of thousands of people are killed or injured can be regarded as ruthless!
The same is true of Peter, and you should not think that his missionary work in Indochina was a painstaking persuasion in the garb of a priest like an ascetic.
They preach with a musket in one hand and a sword in the other!
If you believe in me, I will protect you, and if you don't, you will go to hell, this is the standard upheld by Bishop Peter!
So seeing that Anna had a very close relationship with him, Ye Kai directly began to tout without shame!