After seeing the city breached, Yang Xuan was worried about the safety of Emperor Yongli, so he sent people to maintain order on the one hand, and asked people to find the whereabouts of Emperor Yongli on the other hand.

What surprised Yang Xuan was not Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, but the team that followed Pang Tianshou, black and white, about 100 people, all wearing European felt hats and two-row buttoned short coats, standing neatly in front.

Seeing Pang Tianshou's arrogant appearance, the Wang Fuzhi next to him gritted his teeth and said: "Lord, this Pang Tianshou is a villain, I heard that he was baptized by the Taixi people, turned his back on his ancestors, and became a foreigner." ”

Yang Xuan nodded, beckoned to Pang Tianshou, and after seeing him approaching, he asked, "Grandpa Pang, where are these people, how come there are blacks and whites?" ”

Seeing Yang Xuan asking, Pang Tianshou stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, this is a Portuguese soldier recruited by a slave from Macao, and this Portugal is a first-class power in Taixi."

Lord, if you are willing, this personal army of servants is willing to serve you. However, they were a little higher, and each of them asked for 6 taels of silver per month. ”

Yang Xuan sighed, his eyes staring at Pang Tianshou deadly.

Pang Tianshou was shocked, looked at Yang Xuan and said, "Lord Wang, why don't you go and discuss with them." ”

Yang Xuan was already in his heart, watching Pang Tianshou walk over and talk to a white missionary, a white officer.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Xuan carefully looked at Zhu Youlang, Zhu Youlang probably inherited Wanli's genetics, although he fled for a long time, he had a strong body, although his body was dirty, but he had his own demeanor.

In addition, there is the beard, although he is less than thirty years old, but the beard is over the umbilicus, according to the standard of the bearded male (Guan Yuya) in the past, he can be regarded as a beautiful man in ancient times.

Ma Jixiang is a lean man, his eyes are blinking, and there is a hint of shrewdness in his eyes, while Pang Tianshou is not like a eunuch at all, tall and big, dignified, and his hands are long and thin, like an artist.

Seeing Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang surviving in death, Wu Zhenyu, the deputy minister of the cabinet of Emperor Yongli, didn't know whether to be happy or sad for this, and knelt on the ground in pain.

Yang Xuan bowed to Emperor Yongli three times according to the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and then said: "The emperor escaped from Sun Kewang's demon, so the minister is pleased. ”

Wu Zhenyu shook his head and said, "King Shu, it's probably a little insincere."

A few days ago, in order to attack the city, who said that the Yongli Emperor was fake? Now that's a bit of a stretch. ”

Wu Yanghu, the chairman of the Senate next to him, shook his head and said, "Wu Cifu, if it weren't for the prince's secret arrangement, do you think you can rescue the emperor?"

You guys, you really misunderstood the prince. ”

Wu Zhenyu glared at Wu Yanghu fiercely, and shouted: "The minister of the court is deliberating, what is a subordinate official interfering?"

This is probably the rule of your Shu Palace? What a joke? ”

Seeing Wu Zhenyu insulting Yin Chengqi so publicly, Yang Xuan trembled with anger and said: "Wu Zhenyu, do you know why Sizong died and why the emperor only knew how to escape, but couldn't lead the rebels everywhere to resist the Tartars?" ”

Wu Zhenyu glared at Yang Xuan angrily and said: "Yang Xuan, you, do you want to rebel, you openly insulted the first emperor today, insulted the current emperor, do you want to rebel?" ”

Yang Xuan shook his head, looked at Wu Zhenyu with a smile and said, "Just because there are more ministers like you in the court, you can't do anything beneficial to the country except for wholesale all kinds of hats."

You, you wholesale traitor hats, wholesale rebel hats, wholesale warlord hats, you know wholesale hats all day long, and you don't know how to stop your mouth and do a little business.

The emperor, Wu Zhenyu, a man who brought disaster to the country and the people, suggested that he be deposed from his official position and never hired. ”

Wu Zhenyu was shocked, looked at Yang Xuan and almost rushed over and scolded: "Yang Xuan, you, you want to be Cao Cao, do you think that I have no one in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Seeing Wu Zhenyu approaching, the two guards around him blocked Wu Zhenyu and dragged him down.

Zhu Youlang's face turned pale, and his voice trembled: "Aiqing, this Wu Zhenyu has a bit of a strong personality, Aiqing must not hurt his life." ”

Yang Xuan took a deep breath and said, "The emperor is covered in dust, what does this look like when he is dirty?" Come, ask the emperor to go and bathe and change clothes. ”

Hearing Yang Xuan's order, the two young women walked out and took Emperor Yongli to bathe and change clothes.

Yang Xuan seemed to feel very tired and said, "Everyone has dispersed, how about waiting for the emperor to change his clothes before discussing the matter?" ”

Seeing this, Ma Jixiang nodded and asked Yang Xuan for peace.

Pang Tianshou pulled a white missionary in his fifties and the officer over, and after seeing Yang Xuan bowing, he pointed to the missionary and said, "Lord Wang, this is Father Qu Ande, who helped the queen mother and the princess to do baptism. ”

Yang Xuan laughed and said, "Father Qu Ande is from that country in Europe? When did you come to China? ”

When Qu Ande heard this, he bowed deeply and said: "Lord, the humble position came from the Habsburg Dynasty and came to China in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. ”

Yang Xuan thought for a while, his eyes were full of confusion, but he still smiled and said: "Oh, the Habsburgs are the most influential family in Europe, missionary Qu Ande, welcome to China, I don't know if you have anything to help me." ”

Qu Ande smiled and said, "Lord Wang, if you allow it, we can help you build ships, smelt steel, and help you improve cannon manufacturing and shotgun manufacturing technology."

When missionaries arrived in China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in order to increase their influence at the top, they often used advanced Western technology as bait to make the upper echelons of intellectuals accept it sincerely.

With a smile in his heart, Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Missionary Qu, although your European countries are thousands of miles away, some of your countries may be smaller than one of our provinces, and some of your countries are only one province of our Ming Dynasty.

But Confucius said that if you have friends from afar, as long as you are willing to do business with us and be friends, I welcome you. ”

When Qu Ande heard this, he shook his head again and again and said, "Lord, although we have dozens of countries in Europe, we only have one pope, just like you have only one emperor in China.

Lord Wang, we have come to China thousands of miles away, of course, just to be friends with you. ”

Yang Xuan looked at Pang Tianshou next to him and said, "Gonggong Pang, didn't Missionary Qu just say that their foreigners smelt steel and have better cannon casting skills than us.

In this case, you and the Qu missionary make a catalog, and if I think it is feasible, then organize someone to translate it and communicate with it, and then we can communicate more with the masters of our shipyard, steel factory, and gun factory."

Qu Ande originally wanted to preach when he came to China, and in order to preach, they often dressed as Han Confucian scholars, and found every opportunity to contact the upper echelons of the Han people.

In the past, the queen mother and concubine who helped Zhu Youlang were baptized, and they were all planning to enter the upper class of China.

However, even though the Yongli Dynasty was in a safe corner of the country, and the regime was often threatened by the Manchus and local warlords, these missionaries did their best to reach out to the top officials of the imperial court.

Now that the Loyal and Righteous Army has controlled most of the southwest and has the potential to encompass the whole world, how can you not sincerely accept this kind of prince who holds real power?

Pang Tianshou was secretly happy in his heart, this prince from Si (Sichuan) is not exclusive to foreigners, and while pondering, he pointed to the white officer in his thirties next to him and introduced: "Lord Wang, this is Captain Ferreira, who is a very famous general in Macau.

Captain Ferreira claimed that if the prince could hire a hundred Portuguese soldiers, the salary could be reduced to 5 taels of silver per person, which was the lowest price. ”

Yang Xuan smiled, a captain was actually called a general, is this Pang Tianshou not understanding, or deliberately fooling himself, thinking of this Yang Xuan smiled: "Captain Ferreira, if you want to cooperate for a long time, the most important thing is trust, please tell me how much money you really give them a month?"

If you don't want to say it, it doesn't matter, I can remove you from your official position right away, and I will know how many people each one is after appointing an official to replace you? ”

Ferreira was shocked, shook his head repeatedly, and replied in Chinese: "Wang Ye, this, this is not in line with professional ethics, you know, we are mercenaries, it is you who give money and we will work for you." ”

Yang Xuan smiled: "So we have to keep our integrity, Captain Ferreira, you and others come to China from distant Portugal, I think the main reason is to take risks, to drill money."

I think you also know that if we work together well, you will have a lot of money in the future, and you may earn a wealth that you have never thought of in your life.

But there is one condition, you can't deceive me. Tell me, what is the composition of your hundred? ”

Ferreira gritted her teeth, pondered for a long time, and said as if she had made up her mind: "Lord Wang, we are a mercenary army, there were more than 150 people, but after fighting with the Tartars for several years, there are only 100 people now.

Lord Wang, we have a total of 3 red-coated cannons, and we are good at field combat.

Lord Wang, we have an infantry platoon, and during the battle, everyone lined up, and although there are many people, there is no need to be afraid of the Tartars. ”

Yang Xuan nodded and said, "Captain Ferreira, why are there so many blacks among you, what's going on?" ”

Ferreira was startled, touched the beads of sweat on his face for a long time and said: "Lord Wang, those more than 30 white people are from our Europe, and the other 70 or so are from Africa and are slaves.

It is true that the monthly salary of the white man is 4 taels of silver, but those African slaves are less than 1 tael of silver. ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Captain Ferreira, it's good, you go and call your adjutant over." ”

Ferreira was shocked, shook his head again and again, and said, "No, no, Your Highness the King, I didn't deceive you, it's true."

His Royal Highness, too, blames Xiao for his initial greed, but it's true. ”

In the midst of Ferreira's scream, a white man in his twenties walked over and bowed to Yang Xuan, and Pang Tianshou introduced, "Lord Wang, what is this?" Lieutenant Schweilu, Ferreira's adjutant. ”

Yang Xuan laughed and said, "Captain Ferreira, Lieutenant Shi Weilu, I heard that you Portugal have appointed a governor in Macao, may I ask what is the name of that governor, and which of you knows that governor?" ”

When Pang Tianshou heard this, he stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, this is the right to ask the slave."

The minions had visited Macao to meet the Portuguese Governor of Macao, and were warmly received by them.

Lord Wang, the governor of Macao at that time was called Wahiki, who was very friendly, helped the minions to form such an army, and sold 300 Western firecrackers to the minions? ”

Yang Xuan beckoned, a white officer ran over quickly, handed a firebolt to Yang Xuan, Yang Xuan looked at it, although it was an arquebus, but the craftsmanship was exquisite, quite unique.

Shi Weilu next to him looked at the musket of the loyal army next to him and said in blunt Chinese: "Your Royal Highness, in your hands it is a flintlock pistol, which we French Mahan have invented for more than a hundred years, but this flintlock pistol often does not ignite the fire and is rarely used by troops. ”

Yang Xuan nodded, the Europeans' craftsmanship was far ahead of China in their previous lives, and it is very likely that the French invented the flintlock pistol earlier.

Thinking of this, Yang Xuan looked at Ferreira and Shi Weilu and said, "Both, you know that our China is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, rich in natural resources, and you have too many business opportunities.

I hope that your Governor of Macau will come and meet you with the Governor of Macau, so that we can discuss cooperation. ”

Ferreira and Shi Weilu glanced at each other, and Shi Weilu came out and said: "Your Excellency, this is a great grace to us, we have traveled thousands of miles from Europe to China, just to develop business and trade with your country.

If the King allows it, the Humble Duty is willing to go as your envoy to the Governor and convey the King's friendship. ”

Yang Xuan smiled: "Very good, but in addition to you, I also want to appoint my most trusted minister, Tang Zhen Tang Langzhong as the official history, and you as the deputy envoy of the seventh grade." ”

The Han Chinese were a pragmatic people, having incorporated a large number of Xiongnu during the Han Dynasty, and even more so since then.

After dispatching Tang Zhen and Shi Weilu as an envoy to Macao, Yang Xuan divided Ferreira's mercenaries into two according to past practice.

Ferreira served as the chief instructor of the lieutenant colonel of the artillery regiment (thousand general level), and together with the three red-coated cannons belonging to the mercenary, he was under the command of Chen Huaixi, the general of the artillery regiment, and Lieutenant Gonzalez was promoted to captain, leading more than 60 infantry to be under the command of Zhen Wang Gao.

Yang Xuan announced that all mercenaries will be paid uniformly according to the amount paid in the past, and those who have been promoted for meritorious service will be paid a salary for job promotion on the basis of the existing military salary.

Ferreira was reluctant to do anything, at least not to exploit the other mercenaries as he had done in the past.

However, Qian's monthly salary of 21 yuan of silver coins was much higher than that of a Portuguese captain, and after the troops were dispersed, the other officers were no longer under their control in order to find a way, so it seemed helpless.