Chapter Eighty-Four, The Tessie Cannon
Although Yu Rui hasn't been able to see Huang Taiji yet, his meeting gift, the two hundred catties of blessing. Longevity. The anointing had already been offered. After the trial of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the Qing army was praised, and they all thought it was a rare miracle medicine. Many incurable diseases, with this drug, have the effect of medicine to eliminate diseases.
On the fourth day, Huang Taiji finally found time to meet with Yuri, who was interested in the deal in drugs and artillery, as well as the affairs of the Dutch East India Company. His son, Hauge, was always with him. Yu Rui told Huang Taiji about various things in the sea trade, about Tessie's research on artillery, and about the kind of blessing extracted from the "big green fruit". Longevity. Huang Taiji is also very concerned about the various wonderful uses of the ointment. In the end, Huang Taiji told Yurui that the matter of the drug trade would be carried out according to the conditions proposed by Yurui, that is, the Manchus would pay the corresponding goods with various Liaodong specialties and Ming and Korean slaves. As for the artillery, the people of the Qing Dynasty studied the sample artillery and then discussed it. As for specific matters, Huang Taiji instructed his son Haoge to be specifically responsible. In addition, in recognition of Yurui's "loyalty" Huang Taiji also gave him a reward of 3,000 taels of silver, of course, a large part of which was converted into porcelain, silk and other things looted from Korea.
It was during these few days that Yuri's ship went out on a run, and when the ship returned, Yuri found Hauge, who was in charge of trading with him.
"Prince Su, our men have just made a trip to Jeju Island, which has been captured by the East India Company." "My people got in touch with the Dutch, and they agreed to let me take two men to see their cannons, and I wonder if Prince Su can send two men with me to see the island." ”
"Are you going to sell us the same cannon as the Dutch?" Hauge asked.
"Your Royal Highness, your men can test the Dutch cannons themselves and record the relevant figures, such as the weight of the shells, the range, and the power and accuracy. Then, according to the situation of the Dutch cannons, let's talk about the price of cannons. When the time comes, if the cannons I bring in are found to be inferior to those of the Dutch, my cannons will be sold to you as scrap metal and copper. What do you think? Yuri said.
"Naturally, we can trust Mr. Sir, wait a minute, and this king will arrange for two people to go with you to see how it goes. Hauge said.
With that, Haug turned and said something to one of his Ghosh, who at once took the order and left, and after a while he brought two men with him.
"This is Li Zhong, the head of Wuzhen Hachao, who is quite familiar with cannons. This is my personal guard Amba. I'll let them accompany you for a walk, what do you think? ”
"Of course it's fine." Yuri said, "My ship will leave early tomorrow morning, and please come to my ship early then." ”
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Li Zhong had been on a sea boat before, but Antigua and Barbuda were different, this was his first time on a sea boat. As soon as he went to sea, Antiba became seasick, vomiting so much that he could barely stand up straight. Luckily, Yuri still has a little spare blessing left. Longevity. Anointing, the kind-hearted Yuri did not hesitate to take out these blessings. Longevity. Paste...... Then Antigua's symptoms quickly disappeared. And Anti-Barbuda also began to feel that this person who couldn't understand what he said was really a warm-hearted and good person.
The ship walked at sea for several days, and then approached an island. At this time, news also came from the lookout post: "Dutch battleship found." ”
"Look, you see, this is Jeju Island." Pointing to the island in front of him, Yuri said, "Now the Dutch have taken over it. However, the Netherlands is far away, and there are not many real Dutch people on the island, but their mercenaries, the Japanese and pirates in southern China. The Dutch and the Ming were still at war, and they sheltered a lot of pirates. These people are all bandits, and many of them like to drink and make their temperament, and they will draw swords against each other if they don't agree with each other. Although the two of you are not afraid, it is better to deal less with these guys. It's like we're not afraid of dogs, but there's no need to lean next to the dog's mouth, right? …… Ah, there's a Dutch warship over there, and you see, there are thirty cannons on one ship alone! And such a ship was actually not on the list of the East India Company. ”
Mr. Li craned his neck to look at the boat, and at this time, the boat turned lightly in the same direction as Yuri's boat. Then from that boat came shouts.
"They're leading the way for us." The Nanban interpreter explained.
Accompanied by the warships of the "East India Company", Yuri and his ship entered the port of Jeju Island.
Yuri got off the boat first, and after a while, he returned to the boat and said to Li Zhong and Amba, "Governor Jack is fishing near the harbor today, and I will take you to meet Governor Jack." To the Governor, it is enough to bow down in Dutch manners, that is, to bow down. If the Governor extends his hand to you, well, you've learned how to shake hands. ”
The two hurriedly nodded yes, and together they dismounted, crossed the long trestle, and walked along the coast for a while, and saw several blue-black basalt rocks on the shore, and a Hongyi was sitting on the largest stone fishing, and around him, several soldiers with muskets were guarding.
The man had apparently noticed the arrival of Yuri and the others, and when he saw Yuri approaching, he hurriedly waved at them. Yuri waved at Captain Jack as well. Then he walked over with a few people.
"Come up, my friend!" Captain Jack said, "Well, the two barbarians dragging a pig's tail in the back are the ones you want to deceive?" ”
"Captain, if you want to trick them, you and I need to cooperate." Yuri laughed as he replied in English.
"Ah, that's one of my tasks, isn't it? Anyway, how did they come up with such a strange hairstyle? It's the ugliest haircut in the world. Captain Jack laughed too.
"It's just a bunch of savages. Can you still expect the barbarians to have the right aesthetic as well? Maybe they think it's pretty, like if you ask a frog, what is handsome? That frog will definitely tell you to have a big mouth, a short neck, and a white and large belly. The barbarian's aesthetic is probably similar to these things. ”
Li Zhong and Anti-Ba were standing next to them, and they could hear these conversations completely. However, none of them were talented in foreign languages, so they had no idea that these two guys who were talking and laughing were not actually greeting or talking about business at all, but laughing at them.
"Well, are your guns ready?" Yuri asked.
"Of course it's ready, 18-pounder British long-barreled cannon, but we'll need to drag it off and whet their appetite first." Captain Jack laughed, then he reached out and shook Yuri's hand, then looked at Li Zhong and Amba who were following him with friendly eyes, and said, "According to the script, you should introduce these two silly hats to the governor." Haha, I didn't think I would be a governor too. ”
"Absolutely." Yuri immediately made a serious look, first pointed at Amba and said, "This barbarian's name is Amba, and he is a follower of a barbarian chieftain. It's a landlubber that can vomit out of the intestine as soon as you get on the boat. ”
At this, he pointed at Li Zhong with a smile and said, "This is a traitor who betrayed his country and nation!" Now help the barbarians slaughter civilized people. He's a son of a son who deserves to go to hell. ”
Captain Jack, who played the role of the Governor, also smiled and reached out to shake their hands, shaking hands and saying to them with a kind expression: "Damned barbarian, I wish you hell when you die." "Damn traitor, you're going to be fried in a pan of oil when you go to hell!"
Of course, Captain Jack also has the common defect of the Tessie people, that is, the scolding words are too poor, if Zheng Sen is replaced, maybe he will congratulate the two families for exploding, karaoke in the ward, mourning hall drinking party, funeral banquet roasting corpse, funeral rock, hearse drifting, grave jumping, ashes bibimbap, ancestral tomb song party, Zongmiao filming, corpse pig raising, brain pulp watering flowers, mourning hall party, funeral celebration, bone marrow soup, coffin flowering, coffin board surfing, and hanging mother on the tree.
Anti-Baha and Li Zhong didn't understand at all, and they shook hands with Jack as Yuri taught, and said, "I'm glad I will." ”
After shaking hands, Captain Jack sat down on the stone again: "How are your goods selling?" ”
"They have agreed to my price, but they will pay mainly for furs, timber, and slaves. When the time comes, I will find fault with their timber, and then recommend to them a group of technicians who know what good timber is for shipbuilding, stay in their ports and cities, and act as our spies. These people don't know if they're ready or not. ”
"The Major General must have prepared these things." Captain Jack shook his head as he said this, as if he were against something. Seeing that An Ba and Li Zhong were next to them, they were very worried.
The two talked for a while, and Yuri said goodbye to Captain Jack.
As soon as he walked a little farther away, Anticipa asked, "What did you just talk about?" What does he mean, Lord Governor? ”
"The Governor says he is not authorized to trade with you. And he doesn't want to show you the 24-pounder and 36-pounder guns, because they involve East India Company secrets. So he allowed us to test fire only 18-pounder, 12-pounder, and smaller 6-pounder and 3-pounder. I tried hard to convince him, but the Doge was very stubborn on the matter. ”
"So when can we be scheduled to test the gun?" Antigua asked.
"Oh, Lord Governor said, because of some security considerations—he doesn't want to tell me what the considerations are—we're going to have to wait another two or three days before we can test fire these cannons."