"Foreigners?"

In the past half a month, Mo Li and they have only made two transactions, both of which are official eunuchs from the north to the south, and Mo Li has indeed fulfilled his promise, only robbing money and not hurting people's lives, but he did not go down the mountain in person these two times, but only sent Guan Feng, Cheng Qingzhu and others to execute.

There are actually foreigners this time? Mo Li thought for a while, thinking that in this era, science and technology and culture are not developed, and he is the only one in this black cloud village who knows a little English, so he should barely be able to communicate with foreigners. So he said, "Go!" Let's take a look at what these foreigners look like! ”

It turned out that Mo Li thought that most of the foreigners who could come to China in this era had some talents, either missionaries, or some bold merchants or craftsmen, and maybe there would be some unexpected gains. Because during this period, Western science and technology had begun to make efforts to catch up with and surpass China, maybe these foreigners could bring him some advanced technology or weapons.

Panlong Gorge, the mountains on both sides are steep and abnormal, the strange rocks are craggy, this is the only way for the north to go south to Huguang and Jiangnan, the terrain is complex, there are many bandits infested, the merchants in the past are always frightened when they go to this road.

Fred is a 50-year-old missionary who came to Daming for the first time seven years ago and has been preaching in Ningbo and other places, and has a certain understanding of Daming's customs and customs. At this moment, he was sitting in the carriage and explaining to Lei Luo the folk etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, as well as various precautions.

Thirty-seven years old, Lei Luo had previously served in the Royal German Army, achieved the position of lieutenant colonel, and is now a businessman, this is the first time he has come to Daming, intending to open up the trade routes of Daming and obtain rich profits from this huge market.

Lei Luo was looking forward to the better days in the future, when dozens of black-scarve-masked men suddenly rushed out from both sides of the road, armed with knives and guns, and one of the tall men shouted: "What person? Stop me! ”

Fred and Lei Luo hurriedly asked their bodyguards to be on guard with guns, and he brought seven of his men to escort the goods in Ningbo, but he was afraid of encountering bandits on the road, but he didn't expect to meet them.

Fred had lived in Ningbo for seven years, and he could hear some Chinese, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are just doing small business, please raise your noble hand and let us go!" ”

"Let you go? Ha ha! It's not that hard! Leave the money and goods, and you're done! The big man laughed. Although Fred's Chinese was not very good, he could guess the general meaning.

"This good man, how can this? How are we going to explain when we go back?! Fred laboriously explained.

"That's your business, brethren, come on!" The big man shouted.

The thieves rushed up and were about to rush to the carriage, when suddenly Lei Luo pulled out the short musket on his waist and shouted in a panic in German: "Don't come! Or I'll shoot! ”

Dahan was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what this foreign devil was talking about, but when he saw the musket in his hand and the angry look on his face, he also knew that the other party was threatening him, but he wouldn't be so frightened, and sneered: "Dead foreign devil, don't you scare Lao Tzu?" Brethren, come on! ”

The bandits are getting closer and closer, Lei Luo panicked, although he is from the German Royal Army, but after all, the other party is outnumbered, his hands trembled, and he shouted: "Don't come here!" ”

None of the bandits understood what he said, and of course no one paid attention.

"Bang!"

Lei Luo fired, but instead of hitting anyone, he hit the road in front of the leader, and the bullet collided on the gravel road, causing a cloud of smoke and dust, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Mo Li and the others, who were lying in ambush five or six miles ahead, were stunned, others were okay, they didn't know that it was the sound of a pistol fire, but he was from a later generation, so he naturally knew it. In this era, firearms were very developed, and foreigners had already developed flintlock pistols at this time, which was not surprising to him at all, he was shocked that there were still people in front of him who wanted to hit foreigners? How else would there be gunshots?

What's going on?

"Quick! Come and see, brethren! Mo Li said loudly.

"Don't come here! I'm really going to shoot! Lei Luo shouted.

The leader was startled at first, then furious, and shouted, "Brothers, all go up together!" Slaughtered this son of a bitch! ”

The bandits swarmed up, wielding their swords, guns, sticks, and some with bows and arrows, all of them attacked Lei Luo and the others together.

Although Lei Luo and the others had flintlock pistols, the flintlock pistols of this era were not very powerful, and they were far less convenient and quick to use than the pistols of later generations, and the number of opponents was too large, so they were soon at a disadvantage.

In the scuffle, three of Lei Luo's men were hacked to death by the bandits, and two coachmen were also injured, but the bandits were also killed and wounded by Lei Luo, and nearly twenty people were injured. The leader of the man was furious and shouted, "Brothers! Hurry up! They're almost finished! Shoot the arrows! Shoot them! ”

Mo Li rushed with his brothers to take a look, and it turned out that another group of bandits from nowhere wanted to kidnap foreigners. Ma Dan, actually snatching meat from the mouths of labor and management to eat? Destroy you.

Mo Li shouted, "Brothers! Kill those bandits to labor and management! ”

"Yes! My lord! ”

Mo Li, Guan Feng, Cheng Qingzhu and others joined the battlefield with their subordinates and killed the group of bandits. The bandits were already killed and injured by Lei Luo and others, and now they are coming out again, how can they still resist it? It didn't take long for them to be killed and scattered, scattering in all directions. Seeing that the situation was not good, the leader of the big man hurriedly fled with the remnants of his men.

Mo Li didn't chase either, his interest was in the foreigners, or rather in the musket in his hand. So he walked over to Lei Luo and the others, and asked the brothers to fence the carriage.

Lei Luo was a little confused, and a little flustered, not knowing what Mo Li was going to do. Chao Moli and the others arched their hands and thanked them, and they wanted to slip away.

Guan Feng said loudly: "Stop!" Routine checks! ”

These two sentences are of course Mo Li's masterpieces, although everyone didn't understand them at first, but after he explained it, they were quickly relieved. Routine inspection, which is famous, is much more civilized than what left slogans such as buying road money, and moreover, buying road money is both domineering and relatively simple, as for routine inspections, it is not easy to give those corrupt officials and bullies what charges are they placed? For example, smuggling, arms embargoes, suspected illegal monopoly of the market, cracking down on counterfeit goods, and many names.

Fred and Lei Luo hurriedly stopped their coachmen, and Fred said in a broken Ningbo Chinese dialect with sincere fear: "Warriors, what are you going to do?" ”

Because the Chinese he spoke was not standard, and it was still the Ningbo dialect, and Mo Li's subordinates were basically northerners, no one could understand what the foreigner was saying.

Mo Li didn't understand, frowned, stepped forward and said in broken English, "Who are you?" ”

Fred and Relo were amazed, they didn't expect the bandits here to speak English? Although it was not fluent, it was basically understandable, so Fred also said in stiff English: "Warriors, thank you very much for saving me just now, and I will be rewarded in the future." We are merchants from the German Empire, and this time we are going to Beijing to negotiate a deal with your emperor, please get out of the way. ”

Fred is Italian, so his English is not very good, and Relo is German, and his English is average, but simple communication is still okay.

"Oh? German? "Mo Li was a little surprised, what business did the Germans go to Beijing to talk to Chongzhen? So he thought for a moment and said, "We're going to inspect your goods." ”

Lei Luo hired a total of two carriages, and hired seven men to escort the goods, plus two coachmen, and three of them were killed by the bandits just now. In fact, the car in front of him was full of munitions, and behind him was food. When Lei Luo saw that Mo Li was about to inspect his goods, he couldn't help but be very nervous, and stammered in English: "This gentleman, we are merchants of Germany, the German Emperor, and the Empire, and you have no right to inspect our goods and goods. ”

Mo Li sneered: "But this is in the land of Daming!" And what happened to the Germans? Now there are bandits everywhere making trouble, and we check the passing merchants to ensure the safety of the people! Could it be that you are carrying weapons for bandits in this car?! ”

"No, no, no! Definitely not! Lei Luo was in a hurry, and actually spoke smoothly, "This gentleman, we are all legitimate businessmen, how can we have anything to do with bandits?" Those bandits were going to rob just now! By the way, I haven't asked you which department you are in? ”