Although the scenery on this side of the Water Pavilion is pleasant, the first-class center of the Jiaozhou camp is located, and it is not suitable to meet outsiders, especially foreigners, except for the characters of this system.

Jinan City is divided into two halves, the military city and the civil city, many large family mansions have become the office of the Jiaozhou camp, but it is also convenient, Li Menghe and his subordinates chose the house near Daming Lake, where they waited for the arrival of Father Federer and the foreigners led by him.

Sitting in this room, Li Meng thought with some self-deprecation, after coming to this era, he was originally a very realistic person in modern times, but when he came to this era, people were a bit story-oriented, and he always felt that everything in the world had to follow him.

After receiving the notice, Father Federer was quite apprehensive in his heart, of course, he also knew that being received by a noble figure like Li Meng in the Ming Empire was not something that could be seen at the sight, and it was not surprising that he had waited for almost two months.

It's just that he knows what Li Meng told him this time, and he didn't do it well, but what made Father Federer very strange was that Zhang Lipu, the mixed-race child who had made up the numbers, was said to have an errand.

Strange and strange, after coming to Jinan, although these people brought with him did not feel any enthusiasm, the accommodation and meals were still provided, and the standard was not bad, which Federer was quite acceptable in front of these white people brought. Whether Father Federer himself was regarded as his own member of the Jiaozhou camp, or lived in the old place, and was sometimes invited to attend classes at the public school in the city for the children of soldiers, his life was nourishing.

Many years later, there was a diplomatic incident in which Western envoys were not allowed to meet with them because they did not bend their knees when they came to China. But at that time, it was foreigners who had already seen the kind of foreign power and middle cadres of the Qing Dynasty.

Nowadays, there is not so much elaboration. In Asia, the Ming Empire is still a unique existence, and all outsiders must be convinced.

This Father Federer walked into the house, saw Li Meng sitting in the hall, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed according to the understanding of the civilians seeing the chief soldiers, and praised them in his mouth.

"Master Fei. Angela Su, are you going to see you? You've been gone these days, and that little guy misses you so much! ”

Li Meng spoke first about family life, and after Federer got up, he hurriedly agreed, he was equivalent to Su Anqi's adoptive father, and the two sides were naturally very close. Father Federer hurriedly said a few polite words, and his originally apprehensive mood also relaxed.

"I've seen how much you spent on your trip to Macau. It's really not much, but you guys have a lot of time, Master Fei, are you giving money to Shandong Province? ”

As soon as he said this, Father Federer's expression changed a little, if it wasn't for Li Meng's foreshadowing, he would probably have to kneel down again, this is also Li Meng's own thought, he can't ask for everything to follow his own will. \ If you can't force it at all, just let it be.

The mood was relaxed beforehand, and Li Meng's expression was not stern, and Father Federer was relieved and tried to explain the matter in as tactful words as possible.

Sun Chuanting and Ning Qiangui on the side, the two have different identities and knowledge, but they have the same attitude of looking down on this ghost, but listening to Father Federer's narration, they gradually became interested. It's a lot of fun to listen to.

Father Federer leads a Ming general on a mission. The general's status was close to that of European dukes and marquises, and he was given large sums of money and retinues. Let him recruit talented and skilled Europeans, Father Federer was really confident when he came out.

I thought that it would be a great honor to return to Shandong, and with the merits of the people recruited this time, I should be allowed to preach.

After going to Macau, Father Federer began to select people with quite high criteria, and he must have the same faith as himself, and he must have a firm faith and a clean net.

There may be thousands of miles away from home to come to Asia to break through, and a few of them are innocent, not to mention that Macau is mostly Portuguese, and it is the territory of Catholicism.

Then the net worth is not so innocent, but you must believe in religion, and then it doesn't matter if you believe in Protestantism or not, and then it doesn't matter if you believe in religion or not, as long as you have talent.

In Europe, whether it is the Netherlands, Spain, France, or England, the people of these countries can make money in their own countries and in the colonies of the Americas, and there is no need to leave home and come to the East to be internationalist fighters.

In the same way, after these white people came to the East, from India to Southeast Asia, there were colonies of their country on these islands and peninsulas in Southeast Asia, and if they could mix in these colonies, it would be an inexhaustible rich life, so why bother to come to the Ming Empire.

Moreover, since these Europeans have come to the East, they may not know less about the Ming Empire than Father Federer, in their eyes, the generals and warlords of the Ming Empire are the lowest type of bureaucrats, and if they take refuge in them, their personal income and future are very uncertain.

The place of the Ming Empire, except for Jiangnan and Fujian and Guangdong, the rest of the provinces are also too unstable, most of them are under the threat of landless peasant rebellion, I don't know when it will become a chaotic place without law and order, venture here, isn't it the pursuit of status and prominence, why lose your life

For these white people, if they go to the Ming Empire, it is best to be appreciated by the royal family, the second class is the senior civil servants or nobles of the Beijing Division, and the second class is the civil officials of Jiangnan and Fujian and Guangdong, as for the general of Shandong, I'm sorry, where is Shandong, isn't it the province near the most chaotic Central Plains region of the Ming Dynasty, who will go there if his head is kicked by a donkey.

Later, Father Federer was obviously in a hurry, and at least he had to recruit a few white men to go back and make up the numbers, but since it was thousands of miles away from Europe, it was either businessmen, officials and soldiers who could come here, each with its own subordinate functions, and idlers did, but most of them were priests like him.

Most of these priests were Jesuits, and Father Federer, who was born in Calvinism, would not be bored and troubled himself.

In this attitude that it is good to have no fish and shrimp, a dozen white people finally came. Whether there are skills and skills is no longer a concern. As for this kind of Zhang Lipu is also among them, it is also impossible to take care of it.

Father Federer was so apprehensive that everyone in the room began to listen attentively, but then they couldn't help but laugh and smile, until Father Federer's last sentence said:

"General. The villain knows that these people may not be of much use, but it is better to spend less money, and it is also a help to join the adult's army......"

After saying this, Li Meng laughed out loud first, and Ning Qiangui and Sun Chuanting in the room all laughed along. Father Federer was a little confused and didn't understand what they were laughing at. In the rich and noble families in Guangdong and Fujian, there are also white people who use white people as personal guards, which is much more face-saving than using Kunlun slaves.

If Li Meng used a white man as a guard, it would be more or less a face, this kind of laughter made Federer very uncomfortable, he thought that these nobles were targeting him, but soon, Father Federer was not right, except for the three high-ranking nobles who were laughing, the rest of the people were very quiet. Those guards and retinues were still keeping a straight face, and this should not be aimed at him.

The laughter stopped, Li Meng had a rare look of self-satisfaction on his face, and Sun Chuanting clenched his fists and said on the side:

"The adult's Taoguang cultivation technique is really clever, Shandong is so obscure, surprise, it will definitely take the lead."

Li Meng also understood it, and said with a smile:

"Since I started up, I tried to be as low-key and unassuming as possible, and when I encountered this thing of recruiting others but being disdained. We know that there are pros and cons to doing this. But I think it's ridiculous. “

Ning Qiangui on the side also smiled and said:

"What the big handsome said, the little one also felt the same way. Lingshan Commercial Bank and Shandong errand people often encounter this kind of treatment outside, which is really laughable. =”

Everyone talked and laughed with each other, and Li Mengwen said to Father Federer:

"Master Fei, these days are tiring, take a good rest and recuperate, there are still a lot of fatigue on the side of the public school and the manufacturing bureau, sit down."

The guards moved over a round stool and handed it to the priest, Federer also felt some emotion in his heart, although this matter was not done, but this General Li was still very kind to himself, talking about his poor and sick days in Nanjing City, and then think about Su Anqi's healthy growth today, Dunglas also became an officer, and he has his own career and world, this is the gift of the Lord, maybe he should not ask for anything else.

Sitting there, Father Federer was just about to call in the foreigners who were waiting outside, but as if he suddenly remembered something, he reached out and patted his forehead, and quickly got up, and opened his mouth to confess, saying that he was waiting for something for the marshal to bring him, please wait.

This move was quite rude, and everyone also wondered, the mansion where Li Meng and the others lived was very close to the place where Father Federer lived, but they came back soon.

The priest held a short stick in his hand, which looked like a round-headed cane, and the upper part of the cane was wrapped in metal foil, but it was very old.

Before entering the hall, several pro-soldiers stopped in front, and the foreign monk took this instrument out, making people unable to figure out the way, and according to the rules of the guards, these things should be passed to Li Mengdi through the guards.

Father Federer also knew this rule, and presented it respectfully, sat there and explained:

"This was bought by Xiaodi from a wealthy merchant in Macau, thinking that the army of our Jiaozhou battalion might be able to use it, so I bought it for two taels of gold."

"Two taels of gold!?

When Ning Qiangui heard this price, he couldn't help but exclaim, he was familiar with the price of the goods, and couldn't help but say:

"At this price, to put it mildly, it is a walking stick, and a hundred old garcinia cambogia roses are more than enough, so I bought a ......."

The cane has been handed over to Li Meng's hand, and some Arabic numerals are engraved on the part wrapped in metal foil, and the top is "160040x40" and other numbers are downward, until it reaches "40020x20", squinting for a while, this should be the square root equation.

Before he could figure it out, Priest Federer opened his mouth and said that the infantry regiments in Europe are all the same phalanx tactics as our Jiaozhou battalion, and the regiment commander has such a cane in his hand, and the number on this cane is the number of people in each row and column of the phalanx when there are different people. The regimental commander could arrange the numbers on the cane by looking at the numbers on the ground. These numbers are calculated by mathematicians and are accurate. ”

Hearing these words, Li Meng was immediately moved, on the battlefield, if there were casualties in the phalanx, it would be a gap. If there is a gap in the infantry phalanx, it is easy for the opponent to seize the gap and storm and cause it to collapse, it must be rearranged, and on the battlefield, how many soldiers in each battalion are armored. These armoured ones were often placed in the front row, with the armoured soldiers forming the first row. to form a phalanx, which also needs to be calculated.

The mathematical ability of the battalion commanders is not so good, not to mention that the square and square roots also need to be realized in modern times, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so there is time to calculate.

Now the Jiaozhou battalion is on the battlefield, because of the difference in combat effectiveness and the advantage of weapons, it generally uses the front of the square team to face the enemy, and the spear phalanx is also rectangular, but if it is to face a really strong army. The phalanx will definitely be attacked on all sides, and only by always maintaining the state of the phalanx can it be invincible.

This cane, or the idea provided by this cane, is too beneficial to the Jiaozhou camp.

Li Meng raised his head and was about to praise the priest a few words, when he saw that the expression of this priest Federer seemed to be thinking hard, when Li Meng looked over, he just came back to his senses and said:

"Sir, the length of this cane is the distance between the horizontal rows of the troops and the horizontal rows as they march and process. The Commander took the cane to measure the distance. Adjust at any time. ”

Father Federer's official words were correct and round, but Ning Qiangui couldn't hear anything. But Sun Chuanting and the pro-soldiers behind him were all shocked. Before Li Meng could speak, Sun Chuanting first sighed:

"Thinking of this foreign land, there is so much research on the way of conquest in this country, think about my Daming, isn't it really inferior?"

From the words of the priest, Sun Chuanting can also hear that the military system and military formation of the Jiaozhou battalion that he has not known much about are likely to be born out of the Western system.

In military history, Qi Jiguang's training and the infantry phalanx in Europe are known as the revival of classical militarism, but after Qi Jiguang, the last military glory of the Ming Empire or the East is the three major expeditions of the Wanli Emperor, followed by endless decline.

The West, on the other hand, was constantly moving forward, from the Swiss infantry phalanx with cold weapons, to the Spanish and French phalanxes with firearms combined with spears, then the arquebus, flintlock, artillery, and the tactics of pure firearms, and then ...... The Chinese Empire, which had been ahead of the world for thousands of years, was left behind, and it is still catching up to this day.

In this era, although the gap is not obvious, it has indeed been opened, and the West is gradually leading, Sun Chuanting, who was still very despised just now, does not know this, in fact, Li Meng does not understand, but from those imitations of Western artillery, from the firecracker, to the battlefield concept embodied in this firecracker, the Ming Dynasty is indeed backward now.

"Wait for today's matter, please ask Master Fei to write a specific text, if it is convenient, ask Master Fei to go with him, and show it to Director Sun of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, so that they can make it as soon as possible according to the needs of our Shandong, quickly."

If you have such a cane in your own battalion commander, then the efficiency will be much higher, and on the battlefield, a quick reaction may be victory.

Li Meng quite formally called over a personal soldier to give the order, and then said to Father Federer with a smile:

"Master Fei, even if you don't recruit it alone, it is merit to have this cane, let's talk about meritorious deeds later, come on, call those people you recruited to come in and have a look."

For the sake of safety, these people were not allowed to enter the inner hall, and Li Meng, surrounded by his subordinates, walked to the door to see the foreigners who had been pinned on him with great hopes.

The Europeans of this era were not the ones Li Meng saw in modern times, they were about the same height as the civilians of the Ming Dynasty, and their robustness was the same.

There are a few people who are obviously malnourished and have just recovered, and it seems that they have eaten and drunk well in these days in the Jiaozhou camp, and they are slowly recovering.

As soon as he saw Li Meng come out, Father Federer hurriedly spoke:

"This is the ruler of this place, Honorable Marshal Li, salute quickly!!"

After saying this, these people on the field knelt on the ground and kowtowed to say hello, and greeted Li Meng in either skilled or stiff and strange Chinese.

Look at these "crooked melons and cracked dates". Li Meng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Seeing that there is nothing surprisingly special about these people, Sun Chuanting on the side frowned secretly, but it was hidden under the mask and no one saw it.

"What will you do?"

"General, the villain is a blacksmith."

"Oh? So what weapons will you make, but can you make cannons and guns? ”

“…… That one...... The villain used to build farm tools in the countryside of Franc. Later, he gambled and owed debts to become a sailor, and after coming to Daming, the ship sank, and he has been doing odd jobs on the shore. ”

This was the first person asked, looking in his forties, but a Spaniard. However, the time in Macau may have been a long time, and the official dialect with the southern accent of the Ming Dynasty is proficient. But what's the use of this, Li Meng turned back to Yuan Wenhong and said:

"This man has been sent to the Armory Bureau to be a blacksmith, and if there is any new technology or major improvement, he will change his position."

Ordinary blacksmiths, there is still no shortage in Shandong, this person is useless, Li Meng turned to a few others, and there are landers who can speak Chinese. Some people also need Father Federer to translate. "The villain has planted the ground." "The villain was a gardener." "The villain was a guy in the shop"......

Who will come to the East, even if it is a small number of people who come to the East, they do not go to the colonies but come to the Ming Empire, even if they come to the Ming Empire, they do not go to Catholicism, but they go to Protestantism, even if they go to Protestantism. Why don't you go to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and those rich and noble people in the Taiping provinces. But he came to the war-torn land to join a general.

After such a layer of screening, how could anyone come to Shandong to be an internationalist fighter by such a coincidence. Sun Hedou, who is proficient in Western studies, is already a rare harvest, and Dungrass is also helpful, and it is not a matter of thinking to expect anything else.

After recovering the ships, Master Ning's department is also ready to do foreign business with Kong Sande's side, and the Caoyun Lijin Bureau has almost a relationship with the big businesses in the north and south, although it is not a good relationship.

But the way and source of money, everyone will not refuse, these foreigners can be used to deal with Westerners, but this is done, that is, a chat is better than nothing, people make the best use of it, there may not be the same situation of the Ming labor is easy to use, especially after watching these people know their whereabouts, each smiling with a smile on their faces, it is even more helpless.

When asked about the last person, Li Meng was already interested, these Europeans were different from the Han Chinese, they all had thick beards, and of course, there was no combing.

The last one had a slightly different beard, a faint red, and looked at the age of thirty, the difference between him and his white companions, in addition to his beard, his demeanor was also quieter than that of his companions.

"What do you do?"

"Your Excellency, I am a mercenary."

Stiff but clear Chinese, and a mercenary, Li Meng had not yet made any statement about these words, but the priest Federer on the side hurriedly stepped forward and asked:

"Auman, didn't you say that you are a farmer who knows how to raise animals, why did you become a mercenary again?"

After questioning, Federer hurriedly turned back and reported:

"Dashuai, Xiaodi didn't dare to hide it, when he was in Macau, this man said that he was a craftsman, because he committed a crime in his hometown, this is how he came to the East, he has been living on the streets, he now actually says that he is a mercenary, and the villain does not dare to guarantee it."

Anyway, this is a character with military skills, but Li Meng was very interested, and asked:

"You're a mercenary, and you're on the other side of the Franc machine?"

The redbeard shook his head and opened his mouth to speak, but a slightly embarrassed expression appeared on his face, and it took him half a voice to utter a word that was clearly in his native language.

Of course, Li Meng didn't understand, turned his head to look at Father Federer, Federer listened carefully, turned his head and didn't have any translation, but read the word in a slow voice, Li Meng could hear in a trance that it was Sa, in his impression, there was no such country in Europe. "My lord, it's in the eastern part of the Netherlands, where there are many city-states......

Li Meng still knows the approximate map of Europe, but what he knows is the distribution of countries in modern Europe, but he has dealt with Federer and Dunglas for so long, and has also seen the map brought by Westerners and merchants at this time, and probably knows that the Netherlands should be the current Netherlands, according to this, this "Auman" Redbeard should be a German, but he claims to be a citizen of Sawran.

It is not only the Chinese dynasties that have been divided into dynasties, but it seems that this Europe is also very different from the modern era, but it should be people from Germany or Eastern Europe.

Seeing that Li Meng figured out that he was from there, and didn't know whether he really understood or fakely understood, then Ou Man continued to say stiffly but clearly:

"I am a peasant in the Duchy of Saxony, my family starved to death in the famine, before this I was a peasant, after this I was a mercenary."

"I was a mercenary in the mercenary group for ten years, and then came to the East as a guard for a merchant, but the merchant died of illness here, and I had no money to go back, and I heard that this priest was going to recruit skilled people, so I said that I was a craftsman."

At that time, Federer recruited manpower, and did not specify military skills.

After hearing this, Father Federer turned to Li Meng and said:

"My lord, the peasants of this country where Auman is located, when there is a natural disaster and the land is not harvested, it is the traditional way to sell the land and then buy a weapon to become a mercenary, which is their tradition there."

Li Meng nodded, the more interested he was in this person, nodded and asked:

"What will you do?"

"Two-handed and one-handed swords, spears, firearms."

Auman wasn't lying, for a German mercenary could indeed be mastered by a skilled foot soldier and a veteran.

The half-hung Dunglas brought axes and guns to the Jiaozhou battalion, I don't know what this person can bring to the Jiaozhou battalion? Continued, if you want to know what happened next, please log on to 6.qidiancom, more chapters, support work, support genuine reading! )