Loaded with the friendship of the people of Nanzhong and the hospitality of the Nanyue Army, the waterline of the three big ships was extremely low.

In addition to tea, silk, cloth, white sugar, porcelain, armor, swords, glass mirrors, etc., these three large ships moored on the wharf are precious spices such as pepper, pepper, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, and chili peppers, which are used to contribute to Gushi Khan, the great erudite, the treasure, the wise, and the master of the sea.

In addition to these, there are 1,000 arquebuses in the cabin that have been wiped fresh with oil, ready to be handed over to the iron-roded lamas of Jokhang Monastery and Tashilhunpo Monastery to be used as demon-slaying pestles in Vajra's hands.

This arquebus was originally an old item that had been eliminated by various troops, and it was lying in the warehouse and was ready to be gradually distributed to various villages and towns for the use of strong men. On that day, after Chen Gyatso and others saw the power of the firecrackers on the school field, they rolled all over the ground during the negotiations to buy these firearms, and even threatened to stop the negotiations. For the sake of the friendship between the two groups, the Nanyue army had to endure pain and tears and sell 1,000 arquebuses to the Wusizang side at a conscientious price of 150 yuan per gun, and gunpowder and lead bullet were separately priced.

In the past few days, Gyatso Gyatso and several leaders of the embassy visited Ha Tinh and Hue accompanied by officials from the Nanyue Military Rites Division.

Seeing the thousands of miles of farmland, the farmers were busy preparing for the next round of sowing in the fields after the autumn harvest, and Chen Gyatso couldn't help but sigh to the sky: "If the lazy bones in my family were as diligent as this group of langsheng under the command of the general, how good would it be?" My manor by the Shigatse River can produce at least a few hundred grams of more grain every year! ”

(A gram is a unit of measurement in Wuszang, and one gram is equivalent to about twenty-eight catties.) ）

"Your envoy doesn't have to worry too much. If you plan to increase production, it is actually very simple, using the iron farming tools we produce here, the lower officials guarantee that at least 20% more grain will be produced in a year for one acre of land. ”

Seeing the farm tools on display in the Ha Jing Manufacturing Gallery, and the tools that shimmered with cyan metal, Gyatso and several of the leaders shook their heads like rattles.

"Such a valuable thing is much more valuable than those poor piles, I am afraid that they will steal my tools and run away!"

Chen Gyatso represents the monks and lay nobles of Uszang, and said that metal tools are indeed more valuable than agricultural tools made of wood. Two. These iron farming tools look of good texture, in case these damned minions don't know how grateful they are to their masters, who feed them and feed them, but instead have a grudge against their masters. Secretly made a hoe into a sword. What if they reach out to their master when they don't see it for a while, and their sinful black hand kills the noble life of their master?

No way. Metal farming tools must not be put into the Usz. If the grain output is low, it will be lower, anyway, the Nanyue army will sell grain to Wu Sizang in the future. Can you still be hungry old man?

It doesn't matter how many Langsheng starve to death, it is just right to clean up a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who can only eat and cannot work. Vacate the house to raise yaks.

The road is about to be built on a large scale, and the price of yaks will definitely rise sharply, maybe a yak can be exchanged for three or four langsheng in the future!

In front of the blast furnace of Ha Tinh Metallurgy, Chen Gyatso and others were frightened again.

I didn't expect that iron could be smelted like this.

Tens of thousands of catties of pig iron can be baked at one time?! No wonder the general is here with strong armor and soldiers! But here's why. Chen Gyatso couldn't help but sincerely admire and worship the great wisdom of the two Buddhas in his heart, being able to know the situation here thousands of miles away, and know whose thick legs should be hugged, such a thing, how can it be done without great wisdom and great magical powers?

Although he did not plan to buy farm tools for the use of those humble Langsheng poor people, however, with the opportunity to buy a large number of weapons and armor at low prices, Gyatso and several great lamas and leaders would not let go.

"Master, we don't seem to have enough money." Chen Gyatso's entourage butler whispered beside him, reminding Lie Gyatso, who was frantically sweeping the goods, to pay attention to the consumption limit.

"Didn't we bring a lot of silver, medicinal herbs, musk or something?" Chanchen Gyatso rolled his eyes at the butler who disturbed his shopping spree and expressed his displeasure.

"Master! It's true that we brought dozens of loads of silver medicinal materials, but our silver is not good here. Merchants all said that the fineness was too low, and if you went to the silver number to exchange it for silver dollars, ten taels of silver would be exchanged for three silver dollars at most! With such a usage, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it back to Lhasa. ”

"Oh!" Only then did Gyatso remember that the hard currency he had brought with him could not be circulated normally in the Nanyue Army, and it had to be exchanged for silver dollars. However, the Tibetan silver itself is on the low fineness, and it does suffer a bit of a loss against the huàn silver dollar.

Nowadays, all the expenses of this Zhan Gyatso in Nanzhong, except for the part borne by the Nanyue army according to diplomatic etiquette, the rest of the expenses are maintained by the sale of medicinal herbs. With such a crazy sweep today, it's no wonder that the housekeeper is worried.

"How far can we go?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to get to Shigatse. At most, there will be no money after Zhina. The rest of our money can only go to Pari or Zhina, and at most to Gyantse. ”

"It's okay!"

Hearing the butler's two locations, Gyatso immediately felt at ease. As long as he can pass Linzhi, he will have a way.

"Sir, you?"

"When the time comes, I will sell these small mirrors, glass beads, and these sharp swords to a few leaders and nobles along the way, which will be enough to return to Shigatse and Lhasa! Maybe those leaders will have to rush to give me some Langsheng! ”

"Give me another hundred of these long knives!"

Chen Gyatso's heart was full of small abacus, and the accounts were much clearer than the butler in front of him: a small three-inch mirror, when it comes to places like Pari and Zhina, it can at least be sold to the leaders of Zhe Mengxiong for dozens of times the price, and the Buddha statue made of holy porcelain, you don't even think about inviting the Buddha statue back without the same volume of silver! Not to mention the extremely sharp sword!

Chen Gyatso and several great lamas had already negotiated a conscience price and went west. It's all about doing business along the way. A treasure knife is exchanged for at least thirty good yaks! No matter how cheap it is, it can't be less than one hundred and twenty langsheng!

At present, the news of the road construction is only known to a few people in the mission, and Chen Gyatso and the two great lamas who have been trained and educated for many years under the throne of the Great Master of the Sea and the Great Erudite Treasure and Wise Man have reached an agreement that on the way back this time, except for the tribute dedicated to the two Buddhas and Gushi Khan, everything else can be sold, provided that you can afford it.

"All we need is yaks and slaves!"

The three of them saw very clearly that once they released the news that the road was going to be built, they were afraid that the price of slaves and yaks in Uszang would rise immediately. And at that time, whoever had more slaves and more yaks in his hands had the right to set prices.

What's more, how to build this road. Do they still have the right to build?

"Amitabha. Money is useless for monks, but the Buddha also wants butter to spend on the lantern to make offerings. ”

On the dock, the two great lamas looked at the side of the ship that had been pressed extremely low. I couldn't help but fold my hands together, chanting the Buddha's name in my mouth, and repenting for my greed, hatred, and ignorance.

Standing on the dock for his father, Li Huaxuan, the third son of the Wusizang Mission. looked at this group of guys who couldn't be considered well-dressed beasts. I just came back from Bangladesh yesterday, and I wanted to apply to my father to recruit another 10,000 soldiers in the Japanese country, but I didn't want to be sent such an errand.

Children of the Li family. Deeply influenced by my father, I originally had an indispensable attitude towards all kinds of religions, as long as you obey my legal system and can be used by me, you can be a hundred of your gods in my land. Even the eldest lady Li Huamei has a Taoist aunt Liu Guidan as a master.

But on the way here, when the boat took a short break on Lingjiawei Island to replenish the ingredients and fresh water, it also brought a few newspapers on board as usual, and the third prince couldn't help but jump like thunder after seeing the utensils that this group of envoys from Wusizang had offered to his father. What kind of Buddha is called such a careless disregard for human life?

Even the monsters in the caves in Journey to the West are more innocent than them! Those monsters want to eat people, they eat people, and if they want to eat Tang monk meat, they eat Tang monk meat, but they are all open fire, and they don't chant the Buddha's name in their mouths and say to Tang Seng You must offer your flesh and blood in order to express your sincere respect for the Buddha?!

Even the Buddha Shakyamuni himself only sacrificed his life to feed the tiger and cut the meat to feed the eagle, and he didn't catch a person and throw it to the tiger to feed the tiger, right?!

is so tyrannical, and he still calls himself a disciple of Buddhism!

When he angrily asked for help in front of his father, asking to lead the army of the people of the headquarters and the king of Bengal to the north to calm down this group of demon monks, he was greatly encouraged by the Shouhan and refused.

In fact, why is Shouhan not angry? But any normal person, with normal thoughts and aesthetics, would not regard this sect that most despises the meaning of human life as a normal person, but I don't know why so many people still give their spirits to this sect after a few hundred years?

Moreover, the government, which had always flaunted the banner of Min Pig, Zi Oil, and the Human Circle, awarded dynamite prizes to the Maritime Divisions and gang who had launched a rebellion in 59 because they were about to lose their power over the slaves of yesteryear, killing, plundering, adultery, and making beautiful and pure religious vessels.

However, looking at this government on the other hand, how did he deal with the various denominations in his country? If you are interested, you can search the relevant department of the Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms Bureau of the Bald Eagle family to see how they used heavy firearms in the 90s of the last century to deal with the sects entrenched in a certain manor. Heavy firearms include helicopter gunships.

Regarding the defection of the master of the sea to Tianzhu after 59 years, Shouhan had a lot of slander in his heart. He believes that the reason why Uszang, the last pure land of mankind, and the last Garden of Eden, was made no longer pure by those slaves, was that the sea master was still not devout enough to the Buddha.

"If Master Dahai can show the courage of my Buddha to sacrifice himself to feed the tiger and make his own skin and flesh into a magic weapon, why worry that Zhang Guohua can't be driven out of Wusizang? Rushing to Chengdu? Quxi Gangzhu, which grows in tens of thousands of hometowns, was actually driven around like rabbits by a group of mainlanders with strict altitude sickness! ”

"San'er, do you know that my father knew that sooner or later he would have to fight with the Zheng family and the Mo family in the north, but why did he sell them weapons and gunpowder?"

"Father, this son naturally knows that the time has not come. My father was going to devote all his energies to the south. ”

"Yes, it is still today. For Wu Sizang, you Lao Tzu can't wait to send this group of poisonous snakes and beasts on the snowy plateau to the eighteenth layer of hell overnight. Nai hasn't arrived yet. You now remember that the first priority is to build the road from Bengal to Shigatse. The day the road is built is the time when this generation dies! ”

Li Huaxuan, who adhered to his father's mantra of "forbearance, waiting, and ruthlessness", although he knew it in his heart, but after all, he was young, and his face involuntarily brought out some expressions, and several members of the mission could naturally see that the third young marshal in front of him looked uncertain, and it seemed that he had an opinion about himself.

"Alas! I knew that the third young master was here at this time, so we should have brought a few more beauties! ”

Chen Gyatso speculated from the psychology of normal people. Take it for granted. The third prince was afraid that he saw the beautiful women carefully selected and carefully trained by the two Buddhas in the uncle's mansion, but he couldn't see that he couldn't eat it, and his heart was on fire.

"This is also very easy to do, this third young marshal is stationed in Bangladesh. Convenient for people to come and go. It's the key point of the deal with me Uszang. Naturally, you have to have a good stutter. After going back, I made it clear to the Buddha and Gushi Khan that the key points were there, and I was afraid that the princess of Gushi Khan would have no problem! ”

Watching the ant-like officials and slaves on the dock carry heavy goods onto the ship, Gyatso searched for dry intestines but wanted to find out how to make friends with the third young marshal. Suddenly, there was a faint sound of cannon on the lighthouse and battery in the distance.

A clipper splits the waves on the sea, crushes the waves one by one, and heads straight for the dock.

Looking at the red flag raised high on the mast, the people on the pier immediately burst into cheers.

"Red Flag Victory!"

"I guess somewhere else has won the battle!"

The customs officer standing on the wharf whispered, speculating from past experience that it was only when there was an urgent military situation that the incoming ships would dare to drive so frantically and carelessly.

The binoculars handed over by Li Hua Xuantong Guò were clearly visible, and the flag of the Western Expeditionary Army was inserted on the bow mast (the Western Expeditionary Army was only a common name within the Southern Guangdong Army.) The official name is the Portuguese Restoration Army. ）

"The third son, it is the group of guys in the Restoration Army, I know the Oriental dwarf led by him, and he is called the Qing Guard! During the battle in Barisal City, he rushed into the city first, and the prince also awarded him a silver reward! The leader of the pro-soldiers on the side also recognized the acquaintance on the ship.

Except for a small number of Portuguese officers, most of the Western Expeditionary Army were Tianzhu soldiers recruited in Goa and other places, and the main force was 10,000 volunteers recruited in the Japanese Kingdom. These Japanese volunteers were still fighting under Li Huaxuan's command not long ago, and they can be regarded as his old troops, and with such a reasonable and reasonable reason, Li Huaxuan naturally would not stay here with this group of disgusting guys from the heart.

Sure enough, Qing Bingwei and others came to report Jiejia for help.

"Your Highness!" Qing Bingwei still followed his habits when he was in the Wa Kingdom, you must know that the old chief in front of him is a figure who can stand up and accept the Tokugawa general's kowtow when he sees the Tokugawa general, and calling His Highness is not considered a trespasser.

"We followed Master Gonzalez all the way west, conquering the neighboring parts of their homeland. It's called Gibraltar! Lord Gonzalez was worried that he would be besieged by the surrounding Spaniards and Moors, and his troops would not be enough to complete the great cause of recovering the country, which would delay the general's major affairs! ”

As he spoke, Qing Bingwei flashed around and asked the Portuguese Restoration Army Colonel Bai Soya behind him to hand a flag and several bottles and cans that had been burned by projectiles and flames to Li Huaxuan.

"Your Highness, this is the Spaniard's flag hanging over the castle of Gibraltar, and we present it to His Highness the Earl! These are the dirt and stones of Gibraltar, and in order to show our gratitude to the Earl, for his selfless assistance to the just cause of our Portuguese people to free themselves from the tyrannical rule of the Spaniards, we of the Portuguese Avenger Army have unanimously decided to present Gibraltar to the Earl! And according to the custom of the East, this place was named Lijiakou! ”

Gibraltar changed its name to Lijiakou? Li Huaxuan suddenly had a black line. He had also seen this place on the map of his father's study. This city and port is located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula in the Khmaui population. It happens to be on the north shore of the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar, where the ocean and the inland sea meet, and it can be regarded as a choke point for transportation. To the south is a vassal territory of Spain, the Portuguese rival, and it is easy to conquer here, but if you want to defend it, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.

But he didn't expect that Gonzalez, a red-haired man, was also a guy with a knife in his smile, and knew that he couldn't hold it, so he immediately gave up this hot potato, and it was a good idea!

"How's your war going there?"

Li Huaxuan quietly asked Qing Bingwei, hoping to take out some facts from his mouth for reference.

The old chief has questions, and Qing Bingwei naturally has to answer them.

Talking about the war along the way, in addition to the endless sea life, the journey was also quite comfortable. Relying on the strongholds that have been built up over the years, although the ships are a little crowded, every few days or ten days of walking, there will be strongholds of various sizes that provide fresh water, fresh vegetables and meat, and at the same time allow these soldiers, who are as crowded as canned sardines, to go ashore to breathe.

"Only in the country of Rumi, we fought a battle with the Emperor's army there. We lost a few hundred, more than 200 brothers ascended to heaven, but we also lost a thousand heads! Qingbei's eyes were full of pride.

The Rumi country in his mouth is the Ottoman Empire that we are familiar with, and the Rumi Gun that is highly respected by everyone in various travel novels is transmitted by the Sultanate of Rum, a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.

After this battle, the Ottoman army, which had always been brave, was also defeated. The Ottoman Empire was immediately shocked. Just kidding, their army wanted to grab something at most, but the group of Japanese volunteers they faced were bent on cutting off each other's heads, or they died honorably in battle. A person who wants to get rich meets someone who is in a hurry, what do you say will happen?

However, Gonzalez did not think that he could destroy the Ottoman Empire because of this small contact, in addition to preparing a generous gift and sending a eloquent envoy to carry out diplomatic mediation, explaining that this was a complete misunderstanding, but also made his position clear, "We are going to find the bad luck of the Spaniards." They have not come to be enemies of your country. ”

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. In line with this principle, when they heard that this group of dwarfs who were fighting for their lives were going to find the bad luck of the Spaniards, the whole Ottoman Empire was overjoyed, and beat gongs and drums to send the Portuguese Restoration Army away.

The Pasha along the way patted their chests and assured that as long as they beat the Spaniards, they were all our brothers.

"Your Highness, we have come back this time to report success, in addition to dedicating Gibraltar to His Royal Highness the Earl, there is also a matter to ask the Earl for mercy."

Get! Li Huaxuan listened to Colonel Baisoya's words, and immediately knew in his heart that he was really a traitor or a thief who had nothing to do!

"Third son, where is this Rausch Zi of Gibraltar?" finally found a reason to officially talk to Li Huaxuan, and Chen Gyatso talked with a shy face.

"Twenty thousand miles away! It's getting late, so let's get out early! It's good to go, don't send it! (To be continued......)