The Dengzhou Governor's Yamen was newly established during the Apocalypse, and the style was really not small: a green sedan chair was placed in front of the door; There are several vermilion "tall cards" under the wall, and the gold imitation Song style is written with official titles and honors. The various flags hung are even more numerous, making people dazzled.

Looking further into the yamen, two lines of personal soldiers with knives stood from the gate to the front of the hall, and there were several military attachés of the third or fourth grade. Seeing this, Zhao Yinggong knew that he might not even be able to say anything if he rushed up. Immediately avoided the side, took out the name post and the Xu family wrote a letter of "eight lines", and asked Jiying to go up and post it.

"With a door bag of one or two." He reminded Jiying.

After a long time, I saw a personal entourage, holding his name card in his hand, and shouted: "Which one is Master Zhao from Hangzhou?" ”

Zhao Yinggong nodded, paced in all directions, and stepped forward to reply, "The student is." ”

"Your Excellency."

"Yes. Please lead the way. ”

Fenghua had already taught haode routines, and immediately held the name of Zhao Yingong, and led the way all the way inward. The scale of the governor's yamen is not small, and the atmosphere is strict along the way. When he arrived at the door of the Dehua Hall, he had already opened the curtain and motioned for him to enter.

When I entered the door, a sturdy middle-aged official in civilian clothes was sitting on a mahogany kang table in the middle of the flower hall, holding a letter in his hand. Zhao Yinggong knew that this person was about the famous Sun Yuanhua.

He calmed down a little, picked up his shirt and said goodbye, and signed up at the same time.

"Oh, you're Mr. Zhao!" Sun Yuanhua's eyes were quite majestic. Although he is a civilian official, after all, he has been in Liaodong for many years, and the oppressive trend of his majestic demeanor cultivated by many years of military life has made Zhao Yinggong feel slightly frightened.

The person in front of him, Gui is the real governor of Denglai, and he is a court member with a heavy army, and he can make people's heads fall to the ground with an order, and in the face of such a person, an ordinary person is of course difficult to resist his majesty Zhao Yingong defended himself with a cold sweat on his back. He had never been so aware of his weakness after leaving the collective.

Fortunately, Sun Yuanhua has a good impression of Zhao Yinggong: he is tall, dignified, demeanor, and humble. I nodded secretly in my heart.

He had already received a letter from the church in Hangzhou in advance, and this time he received a lot of praise from the Xu family, especially the person in front of him, who campaigned for the church in the Hangzhou teaching plan, and made great efforts to defuse the local anger against the church, which was a great contribution to the weak Chinese church. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

Zhao Yinggong sat down, and the messenger placed a bowl of gaiwan tea on the coffee table beside him.

"Listening to Mr. Zhao's accent, it doesn't seem to be a Cantonese person."

"Yes, the student's ancestral home is Hangzhou, and his ancestors settled in Sanshui, Guangdong because of business." Zhao Yingong said cautiously.

Sun Yuanhua was very enthusiastic about this "catechumen" introduced by the church, not only because of religious beliefs, but also because the letter mentioned that this old man Zhao was proficient in "Western studies". In particular, I have a deep understanding of "Australia". Sun Yuanhua has also seen the "Australian goods" that have just increased in the past two years, and he has more knowledge than ordinary people, knowing that this is not only a simple trick, but also a new kind of knowledge that is more profound than his Western studies.

Sun Yuanhua was most interested in the battle of the Australians in Qiongzhou, and he had collected a lot of news about the battle sporadically, and the Jesuits in Lingao passed the news of the battle of Chengmai to Macao, and Sun Yuanhua was surrounded not only by Jesuit priests, but also many Portuguese soldiers. Through this channel, the information he received was much richer and more accurate than that obtained by the imperial court.

Sun Yuanhua was particularly interested in the Battle of Chengmai because the pattern of the Australians' operations in Chengmai was very similar to that of the Ming army. It is also to use the advantage of one's own firearms to defend instead of attack. First, there were high walls and deep trenches, on which firearms were arranged to neutralize the impact of the enemy. Then wait for the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The problem is that there are few successful examples of such combat practice in the Ming army. Sun Yuanhua has been in Liaodong for many years, except for a "great victory in Guangning" when he was under Yuan Chonghuan, in most cases, the Ming army's combat methods of defending the enemy with fortifications, vehicles, and firearms are defeated again and again.

The Australians in Qiongzhou, but with similar tactics, defeated several times their number of officers and soldiers, you must know that the men and horses of He Zhen also have Hongyi cannons, and their firearms are obviously much better than those of the Franco. As a result, his interest in the thief has increased greatly.

Therefore, without politely saying a few words to each other, Sun Yuanhua turned the topic to the Australians.

"Since Mr. lives in Guangdong and does Australian goods trading, I guess Australians know the details very well?"

Zhao Yingong nodded and said, "The student knows a little bit about it. ”

Sun Yuanhua immediately inquired about the military situation of the Australians, especially firearms.

Zhao Beigong didn't dare to say too much about this, nor did he dare to talk nonsense, he knew that the person in front of him was an expert, and more importantly, Sun had the intelligence channel of the Jesuits, if he had the heart, he would know a lot of things. To gain his trust by himself, the scale must be grasped well, and what can be said should not be false.

Therefore, although he only talked about some relatively superficial content, he still said some details that Sun Yuanhua might be interested in, especially some brief explanations on the power, range and types of shells of Australian artillery.

Sun Yuanhua had a keen interest in Mini rifles and revolvers, and Zhao Yingong knew from him that a number of Mini rifles and revolvers had been lost to the Ming army and sent to the mainland. Therefore, Sun Yuanhua knew a lot about the shape of this gun, and he also came up with a pattern with incorrect proportions. Zhao Yinggong saw that many details were missing inside, and he was immediately relieved.

"I've always wanted to find a real gun to see." Sun Yuanhua sighed, "I heard that it is different from the current dynasty and the red-haired bird, not only is it not afraid of wind and rain, but the lead can shoot for a mile or two, I don't know what kind of trick the thief uses?" ”

"Where are the real guns now?" Zhao Yinggong cares about this.

"Still in Guangdong, I sent someone to pick it up, but I only got this picture. I heard that several of them fell into the hands of Fujian Xiongdu. Sun Yuanhua seems to be very sorry for this, he trained the new army in Dengzhou, cast firearms, and of course had a strong interest in "new firearms".

Zhao Yinggong immediately explained the role of the double line of the Minnie rifle: the secret of the jishu is approved. Even at that time, the back and forth line was not a secret Jishu secret early rifles have appeared in Europe, but they have no actual combat value, and it is even more difficult to copy them in the Ming Dynasty. As for the Mini bullet, it seems that the principle and structure of the warhead are very simple, and at the industrial level of this time and space, there is no place to manufacture it, let alone a key xìng fire cap.

Sun Yuanhua listened very self-studying, and asked a few questions from time to time. At this time, Zhao Yinggong felt that Sun Yuanhua was more like an engineering jishu personnel than a Ming bureaucrat. I can't help but feel a little more good about him.

He found that although Sun Yuanhua was very impressed by the Australians' "neat troops" and "daring to fight", he was most interested in "Australian firearms", and he couldn't help shaking his head in his heart: Obviously, Sun's mode of thinking was still the idea of the "Western-style school", and he paid attention to "tools".

Both Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, although they were quite dedicated to the introduction of Western-style weapons and technology, had very little involvement in the modern European military theories and military systems that had begun to take shape at that time. Zhao Yinggong remembered that Sun Yuanhua was most interested in European-style fortresses in Western military affairs, in addition to firearms. He also personally designed some fortifications that "blended Chinese and foreign".

“… I didn't expect that Mr. had such a deep knowledge of firearms. Sun Yuanhua was very impressed with him. Xiang Tingchao instructed: "Please ask Master Zhao to ascend to the kang!" ”

This is a manifestation of the escalation of etiquette. It is a great honor for the governor to invite a talented public to sit on the kang. Even Zhao Yinggong was flattered.

I couldn't help but feel proud in my heart, and I was more sure about dealing with Governor Sun.

Waiting for the messenger to move the gaiwan tea to the kang table, Zhao Yinggong thanked him and sat down.

Sun Yuanhua said slowly: "Master Zhao has such a deep insight into Australians, I'm afraid it's not as simple as doing business, right?" ”

Zhao Yinggong was stunned for a moment, and quickly got up and arched his hand: "My lord, the candle shines thousands of miles!" The business between students and Australians is really deep. ”

The so-called deep did it mean that it had also done contraband trading with Australians, which was not surprising in the maritime trade at that time.

"Sit, sit," Sun Yuanhua raised his hand and pressed down, "How does it compare to Gao Gong?" ”

Zhao Yinggong thought that he even knew how to hold it high, so he made a surprised and respectful expression at the moment, and said, "How dare a student compare with Gao Gong." ”

Sun Yuanhua smiled slightly and asked, "Mr. has traveled thousands of miles from the gentle countryside of Hangzhou to get here, why did he come?" ”

Zhao Yinggong knew that there must be this question, and said cautiously at the moment: "Although the student has entered the school, he is a waste of the field, and he can only practice the old business of the ancestors and learn the art of managing Zhongtao Zhu." ”

The area around Dengzhou was the frontier of the imperial captives, and not only did they have to ship millions of grains, military supplies, and silver here every year, but even the consumption of the local garrison was also a considerable figure, so it was not surprising that a merchant wanted to participate in the area, and it also made sense.

Sun Yuanhua said: "Although there are many military transactions here, there are also great risks. Because he was a fellow "parishioner", he felt the need to remind the other party that the Denglai area had always been an important logistics center for the military in Liaodong. The land is full of business opportunities, but there is a risk of winds and winds to Liaodong, and many ships and goods are drifted every year; Although there is no Houjin naval army on the sea, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty are not good men and women, and secretly killing and plundering merchant ships often happens.