According to the guard's report, a fleet of ships appeared in the sea east of Ganghwa Island. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info And this fleet looked unlike anything they had seen before.

"Let's go, let's take a look." Dorgon said.

Dolgon rode on horseback with dozens of white-armored soldiers, and soon reached the beach, and sure enough, he saw several strange-looking large ships (at least in Dorgon's eyes) parked on the sea not far away. The men in the boat apparently spotted Dolgon as well, so they lowered a small sampan from the big boat, and several men descended to the small sampan and rowed towards the shore on this side.

"People are far away, and there should be no malice in only a few people coming." Dorgon said, "Epodan, take a few men over and take a look, be careful!" ”

"Huh!" Ibodan answered, jumped on his horse, and led the two men towards the other.

Ibodan arrived at the beach, but the sampan had not yet arrived. But it's close. Ibodan could already see the people on the sampan. And the appearance of these people surprised Ibodan.

"Is there anyone else in this world who looks like this? Is this human? ”

There was an interpreter on the sampan, and it was all red-haired and blue-eyed Tessie. Although by 1632, after the Russians established Yakutsk, they had gradually extended their tentacles to the Far East, but among the Manchurians, there were still very few people who had seen Caucasians.

By this time the sampan had already reached the shore, and several strangers and a southern barbarian jumped ashore from the sampan. Ipadan saw one of the red-bearded men at the front raise his hands and shout something to him with his palms outstretched. Of course, Ibodan didn't understand what this man was saying, but he could see what he was doing, which meant that I was not armed and had no malicious intent.

"What is he talking about?" Ibodan looked condescendingly at the man from his warhorse, then asked one of his companions with his head half-tilted.

"How could I possibly know." Said his companion.

Fortunately, at this time, the southern barbarian who followed the redbeard spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have no malice, we are here to do business." ”

This southern barbarian spoke Chinese, and Han is almost the lingua franca in Northeast Asia, and Ibodan can understand it.

The Manchus have been under an embargo since Nurhachi rebelled. If it weren't for the assistance of a group of businessmen who only recognize money and have the spirit that "arms dealers who do not sell weapons to attack their own motherland are not real international arms dealers," perhaps the Manchus would have collapsed early in the morning due to their economic difficulties. Later, the Manchu army entered the customs and plundered all the times, and generally those merchants were also led. Road. Party. And a lot of the silver they plundered was also turned into all kinds of goods they urgently needed through these merchants. Of course, those merchants did not work in vain, not only did they make a lot of money, but they also got eight "imperial merchants" indicators for themselves later.

For this reason, although the Manchus were robbers who killed people without blinking, their attitude towards merchants was very friendly.

"You're merchants?" Ibodan's mouth softened a lot, "What do you have for sale?" ”

The southern barbarian translated the question, and the red-bearded man hurriedly said something.

"This master, we are in the business of medicines." The Nanban said, "We have a miracle medicine that cures all diseases, we have a sample here, do you want to take a look?" ”

"A miracle cure?" Ibodan wanted to laugh a little, since ancient times, what is the miracle medicine that can cure all diseases? These businessmen are all of this virtue, and they are never afraid to blow the cowhide when they brag. It's also in their nature, and they don't want merchants to brag unless the sun comes out of the west. However, medicine was indeed urgently needed by the Manchus, and if these merchants really had medicines to sell, as long as they could cure diseases and injuries, even if they could not cure all diseases as he boasted, the Manchus could still do business with them.

"Show me your elixir." Ipadan pulled the reins and jumped off his horse.

The southern barbarian told Epadan what he had said to the redbeard, and the redbeard listened and said something again.

"Mr. Yuri said that the medicine is in his arms, and he needs to reach into his arms to get it, I hope you don't get me wrong." That Nanban said.

Ipadan smiled, this redbeard was really cautious.

"No problem, just let him take the things." Ibodan said that although the redbeard was large, almost a head taller than Ibodan, Ibodan didn't think he could threaten him by touching something. I'm a white-armored soldier, a real sword. The guns were cut down, and many people went.

The red-bearded Yuri reached into his arms, and after a while he pulled out a small bag and opened it, revealing a brown pill wrapped in oiled paper.

"What is this?" Ibodan asked.

"It's a blessing. Longevity. Anointing is a holy product produced by great food. It is a treasure given by God to mankind. Yuri's face was filled with exaggerated intoxication.

"What disease can this cure?" Ibodan asked.

"All kinds of diseases, all kinds of pain, all kinds of coughs, all kinds of stomach upset. It can also aphrodisiac, it can refresh, it can ......" Yuri said a lot of uses in one breath.

"Stop, stop, I can't remember what you said. Can you show me this thing? Ibodan asked.

The Nanban hurriedly translated the words, and Yuri immediately put the piece of "Fu. Longevity. The ointment was picked up and handed to Ebodan.

Ebodan turned out to be that quick "Fu. Longevity. paste", first took it in his hand, took it to his eyes and looked at it carefully, sniffed it gently, and then asked, "How many of these things do you have?" ”

"We can have as much as you want." Yuri replied, "As long as you want it, and you have the money, I can easily fit a dozen ships like that." And even if you don't have the money, it's the same with something else to pay for it. Anyway, I can't go back empty, I have to bring something with me. ”

"Something else?" Ibodan asked, "What are you going to buy?" ”

"I've heard that your furs are good, and then there are some good woods in the woods here." Yuri replied, "Besides, I heard that you have been at war with the Ming Kingdom and Korea, and you have captured quite a few slaves, and I need to buy some slaves if you wish." There is no limit to men or women, but only young people. ”

Hearing this, Yi Bodan nodded and said: "I can't be the master of such a thing, it just so happens that my master, Prince Rui, is here, and I can take you to meet Prince Rui." What do you think? ”

"Thank you very much. If we can meet Prince Rui and make a big deal, we will definitely not forget your kindness. Yu Rui said this, and at the same time gave the southern barbarian a look, and the southern barbarian immediately took out a small pocket from his body, handed it to Ibodan, and said, "A small gift, not a tribute." ”

Ipadan took the small bag, opened it, and saw that there were two pieces of gold in the shape of a small round cake, the weight of which seemed to be not light, and the round cake was engraved with the head of a man who looked very similar to the red-bearded man in front of him, and there were some ghostly drawings underneath, presumably their words.

Ipadan put the little bag away and said, "Come with me." ”

Some of Ibodan's companions also dismounted, and they led their horses towards the hill where Dorgon was. Yuri the Redbeard, the Southern Barbarian, and the tall, thin man with blonde hair followed them. Ibodan kept an eye on the men as he walked.

The redbeard's expression was very calm, and he didn't seem to be afraid or worried at all, and Ibodan quietly gave him a thumbs up in his heart, it seemed that this man had the guts. The southern barbarian was much worse, looking nervous all the way, while the tall, thin man with blond hair made Ibodan's eyes narrow: the distance of every step he walked was as if he had been measured with a ruler, not the slightest difference; And his left hand is always habitually raised to his waist, and the tiger's mouth of his left hand is also full of calluses.

"This man should be a practitioner, a knife or sword in his left hand. Kung Fu should be good. Probably the redbeard's bodyguard. Ipadan thought so, but he didn't really care, although this man may have good kung fu, but now that he didn't have a long knife or a long sword on him, the threat was very limited.

When the group reached the bottom of the hill, Ipadan said to the red-bearded man, "Wait here, I'll go up and report first." Jury and the others stopped, and Ipadan went up the hill and reported to Dorgon, and after a while, Ipadan came down the mountain and said to Jury, "Prince Rui has summoned you, and you can take him with you." He pointed to the Nanban who was the interpreter and said, "Also, please put all the weapons on your body here first." ”

Yuri nodded and said, "Yes, I only have this knife on me, but I don't have anything else." As he spoke, Yuri untied a short knife from his waist and handed it to Ibodan with both hands. Ibodan took the knife and pulled it out, only to feel the cold light flickering, and it seemed to sting a little pain in the eyes. With a wave of his hand, he split a small tree with the thickness of a wrist next to him into two sections. Ibodan shouted: "Good knife!" And he said, "This merchant, can you sell this knife or not?" ”

After listening to the interpreter's words, the redbeard smiled and said, "Since I am a businessman, what else is there not to sell, as long as the price is right, let alone a knife, even my people can sell it." Seeing you today is fate, and it should have been given to you as a gift. It's just that I suddenly met Prince Rui today, and I don't have any greeting gifts on me, so I plan to present this knife to His Royal Highness. If you like it, how about I bring one next time and give it to you? ”

After listening to the Nanban's translation, Ibodan said, "You are right, this should naturally be dedicated to Prince Rui first." It's just that you remember that next time you come here, you'll have to bring me a good knife. It's just that I've already received your gift. So I won't ask for your knife for nothing this time, and I will naturally give you money. ”

Although Yuri handed over the knife, and Ipadan had a good impression of the man, there were also things to be done, such as a body search. Then Yuri was taken to Dolgon.