Enrique's face was entangled, and he suddenly said: "What do you think, what kind of price can be spent to incite the sailors on the ship to join us, money and titles are not a problem, if this ship can be brought under our control, we can almost dominate the Mediterranean, oh no, if we can take advantage of the situation to learn how to build such a big ship, then Portugal will always remember your efforts." ”

Enrique's expression became more and more fanatical, and he felt from countless details that the Liaoning was extraordinary, and he immediately put the so-called boring life-saving grace behind, but what he thought of was the drama of killing people and seizing ships.

This kind of thing, in the past few decades and the next two or three hundred years, is a commonplace thing, that is, only such people can achieve success.

Mei Qiangen's face was a little uneasy, not because he suddenly saw a person who had just been saved and immediately calculated the life-saving benefactor in turn, which was very easy to do in their moral outlook, because in them, the good people were already dead.

However, Mei Qianzhi was embarrassed to say that his status on this ship was really not high, although at the beginning, he thought of all kinds of ideas and wanted to exert his influence, but he couldn't find friends, although there were also a few local businessmen in Guangdong who went to Europe with the ship, but they had no right to speak, and the communication with those soldiers was also very sad, he knew that although it was a country, the differences in various dialects here were almost as complex as those language classifications in Europe.

Mei Qianzhi had been in Guangdong for several years and had learned the word "Guangpu", but he could not communicate with the northern dialect, so his work in the guard company could hardly progress, let alone the mysterious elder.

Whether it is moral criticism, standing on the moral high ground to reprimand the other party, and then creating the impression that he is high and the other party is low, or boasting about all kinds of things, he is helpless against Xu Hao.

Historically, whether it is Vasco da Gama or Magellan, there are records of arriving at a place, after getting the help of the natives, they turned back and killed the natives, but those natives are basically backward and ignorant typical, and the biggest feature is that they rarely communicate with each other, and after killing a group, the other tribe actually knows nothing, and even, a little glass ball can pretend to be a magical treasure.

However, all this, after arriving in China, is completely different!

The glass ball was useless at first, and the Chinese businessman only studied it a little and said disapprovingly: "Isn't this the glass ball?" ”

The Chinese in history really haven't done anything to blind people with worthless glass balls, they really can't do this kind of trick, but they can also see it at a glance, so these European merchants found an extremely painful thing, the Celestial Empire people almost don't want things from the outside world, of course, gold, silver, and some rare jewels or something, or barely want, so these maritime merchants found that the only thing they could do was to import a large amount of silk and porcelain from the Celestial Empire.

It can be said that in the face of a nation state like China, which is completely self-sufficient and can produce large quantities of real hard currency, they have little to do, at least for now.

Mei Qianzhi sighed and said, "Sir, it's better to think of a way, it's really a bit difficult to do this, and besides, hasn't your property been looted." ”

Enrique thought for a moment and said, "Are they envoys to Europe?" Then they must respect the power of a nobleman, return all the money to me, and prepare a residence and food suitable for my status, and they do not know this. ”

Mei Qianzhi sighed and said, "Sir, they really don't know." ”

Enrique had no other way, thought for a while, and said: "What about the title, you said before, that captain, that is, the head of the envoys who went to Europe, did not have a noble title, that is, a commoner. ”

In Europe in this era, the distinction between commoners and nobles was clearly understood and almost insurmountable, and the reason why Napoleon was hostile to the whole of Europe was also because after writing the civil code, he became the sworn enemy of the royal family of the whole Europe.

Mei Qianzhi frowned and said: "This, sir, I learned at the beginning, it seems that although these people do not have our title inheritance law, that captain is an elder with an extraordinary status, and what I generally know is that they only have a total of three hundred people, but they can rule this country with a population of tens of millions, which is a more efficient existence than our parliament. ”

Enrique frowned and said, "They plan to visit Europe, where is the first stop?" If you're going to Lisbon, there's still a lot of opportunity. ”

Mei Qianzhi pondered, why didn't he want the Liaoning to choose Rome as the first destination, and sighed: "I'm afraid this is difficult, the elder said that their first stop will be to the United Kingdom......

"What!" Enrique exclaimed: "How is this possible, England is in a civil war, and it is a great rebellion to dare to fight against the king, how dare they!" ”

In this era, the classes are different, the commoners of various countries may intermarry with each other, but the royal family is changing jobs with each other, and there may be two countries that are still at war with each other, and suddenly a king dies and has no heirs, so he finds a successor from the royal family members of the rival country......

In the eyes of the Chinese, it is simply brainless, but in the eyes of these Europeans, it is very politically correct, and people still feel that the Chinese inheritance system is problematic.

Although he is far away in Asia, Enrique is also aware of the movements of Britain a few months ago, and now the parliament and the royal family have completely torn their faces, and in the previous battles, the royal army has been defeated and retreated, and it seems useless.

Of course, the most bizarre thing is that the East India Company or other British overseas powers are still doing their own business unhurriedly, and they are stunned to make money!

However, for Enrique, the likes and dislikes are still very easy to imagine, the parliament actually dared to form an army against the army loyal to the royal family, and actually won, if they really succeeded, then can it be repaid, the whole of Europe has the same example, isn't it a big mess in the world?

Mei Qianzhi said: "This seems to be a good thing from their capital, I think, it cannot be changed, and I think the meaning of that person is that when the ship arrives at the next port, he will put your family and those pirates into the port, and then continue the journey." ”

Enrique was anxious, but he was helpless.

After the night, Enrique could finally sleep well, since he found that he was approached by an unknown ship, after pursuing, he had not closed his eyes for a day, but at this time, as soon as he got into the hammock, he immediately fell asleep, in his sleep, he dreamed that he had become the owner of the Liaoning, driving the ship, and using the weapons on it, to plunder all the ships on the seas of the world, and plunder all the gold, wealth, back to his own country.

He stood on the boat, laughing, and suddenly, the ship spiraled out of control, moving forward, and crashed unstoppably into a mountain.

"Ahh

Enrique woke up and sat up in a panic, waking up many people around him.

Eliza jumped down, she slept in the top hammock, which was considered the safest, but she was always wearing a cloak and did not dare to take off her clothes, and she could jump off when she woke up.

"Father, what's wrong with you."

It took a while for Enrique to come to his senses and said slowly, "It's okay, it's just a dream." ”

He looked outside, and the ventilation window was shining through, as if it was already dark.

Originally, the people on the ship also woke up and were talking to each other, and at this time the ship was moving smoothly, not as if it was on the sea, but he looked at it and said, "I'll go out for a walk." ”

When Eliza heard this, she also followed, this time she pushed open the door, but no one came to stop it, it was a smooth deck outside, the ship was very big, really big, Eliza suddenly asked A fragrance, it seemed to be the aroma of barbecue, looking in that direction, it was a group of people fiddling with the stove, yes, it was a fire on the ship, and roasting meat on it.

A man was barebacked, directing everyone to be busy: "I'll turn it over later, this is a whole roasted sheep, do you think it's a skewer, just bake it for a few minutes, it's not good to toss for a few hours." ”

Xu Hao looked at the fresh whole sheep sent by Zhang Liang before, and he was also proud, you can eat fresh mutton on the ship, this may be unique in this world, he has seen the scene of the barbecue dinner held by the United States on the deck of the aircraft carrier in the later generations, it is more cattle and sheep in Chiguoguo, and there are more meat forests in Jiuchi, in contrast, there is only a small cold storage on the Liaoning, and the stored food is not so rich.

However, playing a beautiful imperialist style is also a great way to satisfy Xu Hao's vanity, but unfortunately most of these people have never seen the world, how dare they roast a whole sheep like this, eat and drink fat, this is a complete loser.

Therefore, Xu Hao could only go down in person and command.

Fortunately, before the sheep was delivered, the veterans had already packed everything up, and a lot of seasonings were sent, and now, under the command of Xu Hao, they began to slowly brush the seasonings and roast them little by little, which was not difficult for him, but it was a little troublesome.

This is the difference of the times, in this era, even if it is a rich family, a sheep is to be killed, and then slowly put it under the mouth of the well to store, for fear of spoiling, every bite is cherished, eating meat is a very luxurious thing.

In later generations, the price of meat has been low to a certain extent, and eating vegetables is a more luxurious thing, at least no one will think that grilled lamb chops are rare.

He suddenly saw Enrique's father and daughter, just looking at the clothes, he knew that this person should be a more important person on the ship, just about to say hello, but remembered that he learned English in the original time and space, and in this era it has become a useless thing, after all, the Chinese in the 21st century learn American English, and the people of this era, their language is still quite diverse.

So he simply waved his hand and pointed to a few skewers on the oven for the two of them.

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and today is also a good morale boost, the people on the ship, except for the sailors who do hard work, everyone else has made some effort, at least literate, this special visit to Europe, even if only ten people are enlightened, that is a special victory for the Presbyterian Church, so it is also necessary to treat it well.

For these people, people are willing to leave their hometowns, go so far away is the signboard of the imperial court, and they are also doing official business, how to say that they have become a person of the imperial court, besides, of course, life is not easy, and it is also a way out, but, how to say it, life must be taken care of, spiritual care must be cared for, career support must be supported, loyalty is not so easy to get.

The foreigner muttered, as if to express his gratitude, but he also said too much thanks, so he guessed he had to say something.

Xu Hao looked at it, and Mei Qianzhi didn't know where it was, so he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, as if he couldn't understand what you were saying.

Enrique was a little anxious, he knew the problem of language barriers, but he was eager to curry favor with Xu Hao, if he could pull it in place and let the ship belong to the kingdom, then he would simply be a hero of the royal family, and the loss of a ship would be a piece of cake.

But the language barrier is simply the biggest problem, grasping it in your hands, I don't know what idea to turn around.

Suddenly, there was a shout in the distance, and Enrique looked over, but it was from the stern, and on a pole at the stern, a thick cable tied the Liaoning to the last remaining pirate ship, pulling it forward.

Pirate ships often don't put too much cargo, so they didn't slow down, there were still a lot of pirates on the ship, Xu Hao sent ten people to guard, fortunately, it didn't take a few days, and the gold and silver collected on the ship were put on his own ship.

On the cable, there is a big frame, tied with a rope, there are things that need to be passed, or people, can be passed in it, Zhang Liang left a runner to help drag, which can be regarded as a favor, and the first batch of barbecue has been sent over before, and it is eaten by those brothers who stick to it, which is understood by those who come out of the army.

The one who came back this time was actually a person, that is the Smurf, the reason why he was called this name, but also because of Lao Guang, who taught him Chinese, it is estimated that the person is broken, looking at the color of people's eyes is blue, so he gave such a name.

However, this man should be thirty or forty years old, but he is also active, and after seeing so many pirates, he volunteered to "reform" them, of course, I don't know how this effect is.

He came back in a hurry, found Xu Hao, and at the same time saw Enrique, and shouted: "Elder Xu, I found out about the situation, those pirates were instructed by someone to rob them, how sensational is this." ”

Xu Hao pursed his lips and said, "What about being instructed by others, we are not policemen." ”