Chapter 55

"This general, your mood seems to be a little sullen, didn't you just win a battle yesterday?"

Shi Si, who was originally painting, heard this sigh and turned his head to ask the young man standing behind him.

In fact, when this young man first came out, he had already seen him, and unlike the Chinese he had come into contact with, this person was very young, resolute and exposed, and his eyes were bright. As he approached, Shi Si didn't speak, but just continued to paint.

It wasn't until he let out this sigh that he asked.

This gringo spoke Hokkien dialect, which was completely unexpected by Zhu Mingzhong, and he looked at the other party in surprise.

"Look at the gentleman of yours, he looks like a European."

"You know Europe?"

Shi Si, who turned sideways, looked at the other party in surprise.

"Well, the French? Briton? ”

Looking at Shi Si's appearance, Zhu Mingzhong did not find a "Latin flavor" in him, and naturally connected to the other two countries, and directly ignored the Netherlands.

"You guessed it. I'm British. Do you know the UK? ”

Shi Si looked at this young man in surprise, he didn't expect to meet a Ming man who knew Europe so well here, in his opinion, it was already very surprising that these Ming people knew Europe, and what was even more surprising was that they actually knew these countries in Europe.

"yes, I've read some of them from books. You're British—"

"London."

Shi Si deliberately added.

"I'm from London."

"London, well, is the capital of the United Kingdom, and there are big ...... there Thames. ”

Zhu Mingzhong, who originally wanted to talk about well-known buildings such as "Big Ben", changed his words when it came to his mouth, after all, London is now more of a dilapidated garbage dump than a city, and in fact, including Paris, it is also a sewage dump.

"How did you get to China, you must be a missionary, right?"

"No, I'm not a missionary, I am, I'm ...... I can manufacture and design something......"

Shi Si's Hokkien official dialect is spoken very slowly, and the accent seems a little strange, but Zhu Mingzhong, who knows some Hokkien dialect, has no problem communicating with him.

"Engineer?"

Looking at each other in surprise, Zhu Mingzhong's tone had an incredible taste in it.

How is it possible for an engineer to come to China.

"Engineer, yes, yes, engineer!"

Despite not knowing what an engineer is, Shi Si accepted the title and explained what he was good at.

"And what did you build?"

"General, I know a lot of knowledge, shipbuilding, artillery, mathematics, etc., if you need to, I can build a better warship than your Fuship, a real warship, a warship that can carry dozens of cannons! And not your warships, which can only hold a few dozen Franc guns. ”

As in the past, when meeting any general, Shi Si did not forget to recommend his ideas, but every time, his dreams were discouraged by others.

"Dozens of cannons?"

Looking at the foreigner in front of him, Zhu Mingzhong asked in surprise.

"Well, are there any warships you built in these ships?"

Zhu Mingzhong's question made Shi Si suddenly mute, and then he drooped his shoulders like a deflated ball.

"No, it's because they didn't give me a chance, General, please believe me, if I am given the chance, I can design the best warship!"

Looking at those eager eyes, after pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong asked,

"Why did you come to China?"

In the late Qing Dynasty, another time and space, many foreign adventurers came to China, and most of them had no real knowledge, but even so, they were still entrusted with important tasks, and finally delayed the so-called "Westernization Movement".

Is this person the so-called "foreign adventurer"? Gold diggers in the 17th century?

"I, I think there will be more opportunities here, there are a lot of people in Europe who are like me...... Well, engineers, they get paid more when they serve other countries, like working for the Turks, and I came to China to get paid more......"

Shi Si did not hide the fact that he came to China unexpectedly - to make a fortune. It is precisely because of this that he is despised, but even so, he did not hide his inner thoughts.

"General, as long as you give me the right pay, I can forge more powerful artillery and build new warships for you! And it can instruct your soldiers to learn to use artillery......"

Although I don't know if his words are boastful, Zhu Mingzhong is a little curious in his heart, if this person really has real talent and learning, how can he need to recommend himself like now.

With some doubts, Zhu Mingzhong finally turned the topic to his paintings, perhaps realizing that the young man in front of him could not help him much.

"Your oil painting is very good, um......"

This is not a boast, in Zhu Mingzhong's view, Shi Si at least in painting is quite level, at least far more than some of the so-called "young painters" in later generations, if he spends his energy on painting, maybe he will become a famous artist, who knows?

Zhu Mingzhong, who has studied art, naturally knows that becoming famous in this industry often has a lot to do with luck. Hesitating, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Shi Si and asked.

"Do you have any drawings that you have made? Like a warship? Drawings of artillery? If so, maybe I can help you when the time is right......"

Zhu Mingzhong, who originally wanted to recommend it to him, changed his mouth when the words came to his lips and recommended him? It seems that I don't have the ability to recommend him now, to whom? Xiang Zheng Chenggong? He's not interested in himself!

"Well, Shi Si, maybe, you can consider designing a small warship, that is, the kind of warship with 12-16 guns on both sides, his speed can be faster, and the sails can be simpler......"

At this time, Zhu Mingzhong's mind came to mind the "Slupp ship" that he had seen on the forum, and it seemed that this kind of small sailing ship with extremely simple operation was prevalent in the Atlantic Ocean now. Maybe it's a need that is more suitable for China at the moment, such as its own needs.

"Well, you can consider the Slupp ship, this kind of ship should be more suitable for the current battlefield conditions......"

"Slupp ship? General, are you just one of those small ships? It's a small ......"

"It's small, but it's small, it's cheap, it's easy to build, and who's going to let you build a big ship as soon as it comes up? Everything has to be small to big, don't you think that's the truth? ”

Before Zhu Mingzhong finished speaking, Wang Dahu's shout came from there,

"My lord, my lord, I found you."

Wang Dahu shouted as he ran, and he was followed by a young man, who was dressed as a scholar, and when he saw Zhu Mingzhong, he hurriedly and respectfully saluted.

"General Zhu, my master sent a villain to ask for help from General Zhu."

Events? Help?

The scholar's words made Zhu Mingzhong surprised.

"Who is your master?"

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