Zhu Cihong's words are half in plain, but they are not too difficult to understand, and the temptation in them is very obvious.

At this time, most of the people who came to China were adventurers and thieves, and apart from missionaries, there were really few good birds. Migration like Ferdinand's was only the beginning, and it wasn't until a hundred or two hundred years later that Macau and several Asian colonies would gradually become normal human cities.

At this time, there was no law or ethics at all, and there was no fatherland and no king.

"We are willing to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The Taixi people standing here, half of them know Chinese, and most of them don't, but with the help of the translator, everyone is smiling after Zhu Cihong's words landed.

A few big men who seemed to be officers bowed and saluted, while a small group of missionaries smiled extremely reservedly, they were of course holding and not caring about the worldly **.

There is also a group of craftsmen who look like them, and they all like them.

At this moment, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, unusually tall officer came out of the crowd, judging from his dress, he should be a Spanish naval officer...... This guy is really daring.

"What to do!"

Liu Zhaohui was not there, and Wang Xinghan, the deputy head of the direct guard, strode forward, forced this yellow-haired monster-like Taixi man, and said with a calm face: "Stand back, don't you understand the rules?" ”

This Taixi officer is tall and athletic, but the direct guards are not bad, the average height of the Ming men at that time is of course not high, but hundreds of millions of people, it is not difficult to select some tall people to the army, no matter how good the best is selected, in front of the authority of the crown prince, what is it.

Among the direct guards, there are all tall and big men, among which there are many in Tianjin and Cangzhou. At the beginning, Tianjin Fubiao was dominated by people from several prefectures.

Wang Xinghan is one of the best, almost as tall as the Yiren officer who broke through, both of them are cold-eyed, nose to nose, face to face.

"Xinghan, step aside."

Zhu Cihong frowned, waved his hand, and said, "If you have anything to say, you can tell him that he can still be an assassin here?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Hearing the prince's order, this deputy commander of the direct guard could only retreat, but when he retreated, he also glanced at the opponent out of the corner of his eye, and the meaning was obvious: I will talk about it when I am free.

The other party did not show weakness, his eyes were full of barbarian surnames, I am afraid that if it weren't for Zhu Cihong's shouting, this devil would have to do it first.

Behind this person, more than a dozen officers also followed, and Zhu Cihong called Wang Xinghan back, and the reason for this was because of this. These people have just arrived, and I am afraid it is not appropriate to be beaten in front of them.

"I want to say that Your Highness doesn't have to worry about your own army, as long as you send someone with silver, to Luzon, to Malacca, or even to Portugal to hire our people, and use our weapons, as long as you raise 20,000, no, 10,000 troops, we will definitely be able to help Your Highness sweep away some thieves and barbarians!"

This officer, tall and straight, with a standard military demeanor, is talking eloquently at this time, with a confident face.

Of course, it can also be said to be arrogant.

Although this guy is not fluent in Chinese, everyone around Zhu Cihong also listens very clearly.

"Hmph, this guy shouldn't be looking for death."

In front of Zhu Cihong, those who are as fierce and cruel as Wang Yuan do not dare to act rashly.

No way, the rules that were trained when he was in the East Palace, Zhu Cihong's martial arts were certainly not the strongest among the people, to be honest, Wei Yue and Wang Yuan were above him, but these people were all trained by him himself, it can be said that when he was the most ruthless, everyone was not less beaten.

Others may betray him, but these people who have been trained by him from the East Palace are absolutely impossible.

Don't look at Wang Yuan's fierce black whirlwind, as long as Zhu Cihong glares at him, he will immediately grass chicken, and he doesn't even dare to release a fart again.

"What's your name?"

Since the other party understands Chinese, Zhu Cihong asked directly.

"My name is Gordon, second lieutenant." The tall officer's eyes were obviously cold, and his expression was by no means respectful, and he also maintained a considerable arrogance towards Zhu Cihong, and when he heard the question, he simply touched his feet, and then stood proudly with his hands behind his back.

The other party did not mention his homeland, nor did he have the name of the ship, which showed that he had made up his mind to forget the past.

A second lieutenant in the navy, corresponding to this side, can give him at least one deputy officer treatment, the annual salary and settling-in allowance are very considerable, and if he can go into battle to kill the enemy as a mercenary officer, I think this young crown prince will not spare this little silver.

In the case of Europeans like Gordon, they only saw a whole shipload of Chinese goods coming out, and then half a shipload of silver being shipped back. From Taiwan to Yuben, and then Fujian to Luzon and other routes, the Chinese make a lot of money.

Especially the Zheng family, after defeating Liu Xiang and defeating the Dutch fleet several times, the Zheng family completely controlled the most profitable route from China to Yueben, in addition to the necessary expenses and the cost of raising a huge fleet and family soldiers, plus the extravagance of luxury, Zheng Zhilong has accumulated at least more than 10 million taels of net worth over the years.

This has to be put on hold in Europe more than a hundred years ago, I am afraid that those kings and grand dukes can be envied to death!

Even now, it is also a number enough to frighten people to death, the wealth of the Chinese, at that time far countries had a number, but the Europeans were not interested in silver, on the contrary, it was very cost-effective to exchange silver for Chinese silk, and then use silver to extract gold, it would be a profitable business.

At that time, China did not really have much advantage in the seafaring trade. The reason is simple, the influx is a large amount of silver that is not minted into money, which is in the hands of a few, not the political axe and the common people.

The benefits are in the hands of a few, and what China has lost is a lot of raw materials and stable prices.

This kind of super-entry is not beneficial at all.

In Western Europe, however, there was a gold standard, and their gold prices were much higher in Asia, but in China, they took a lot of gold, and by the way, they helped China become a silver standard country with a rigid system and even very absurd.

This kind of silver standard is a pseudo-silver standard, because the government does not have the right to mint money, no money interest, no storage and control of silver, and in the European countries at that time, the minting and control of the circulation of gold dollars must be in the hands of the political axe!

These bastards, who keep sucking blood from China and Asia, are still putting on this arrogance in front of themselves?

Of course, before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the mainstream perception in Europe was that China was different from India or South American countries, and of course, it was also different from those monkey indigenous countries in the South Seas.

China was a civilized country, which was an obvious fact in Europe at that time.

Not only does this understanding take place, but in the words of the great philosophers of the West, China is still a civilized country that surpasses Europe.

Because of China's affluence and Dingning, as well as the central political axe of great unification and centralization, in the eyes of Europeans at that time, this was simply incredible.

How the Chinese managed to achieve such a miracle of domination was a huge mystery in the eyes of European philosophers at the time.

And, of course, there is the civil service examination system, which is even more respected by Europeans. In their opinion, this is an unimaginable miracle. You know, Europe at that time was still ruled by the aristocracy in the truest sense of the word!

The later civil service grade examination system should be said to be a major contribution of the Chinese to world civilization, and of course, this contribution has been fed back.

But a literati is a literati, and the soldiers who rush to kill on the front line are always straight.

The [***] squadron is not strong in combat effectiveness, and has begun to lag behind in firearms and warships, and it is also an obvious fact that the [***] of local officials is also a fact that in the eyes of officers like Gordon, China is a vulnerable giant with feet of clay.

Of course, it cannot be said that they are completely wrong...... During the Wanli period, the governor could mobilize an army of more than 10,000 people to repel the red hair fan and suppress the bandits, but after the apocalypse, the imperial court had no money to raise water divisions.

The limited economic water division is all in the Denglai area, responsible for covering the logistics bases such as the Liaoxi battlefield and Juehua Island, how can they have the kung fu to run south?

The original Fujian naval division had already ended, and only large-scale bandits such as Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang remained, and the coastal defense posts set up in Fujian, Guangzhou, Zhejiang, and other coastal areas had already crossed over, and the so-called battalions were also eaten by generals at all levels, and there was no combat effectiveness at all.

Under such circumstances, the Spaniards' plan of 20,000 men to conquer China was at least, and Zhu Cihong doubted that they would not encounter much real resistance before they reached Nanjing.

The Gordon in front of him may be one of the representative figures, he can abandon the country for money, but the arrogance in his heart and his contempt for the national strength and army of the Ming Dynasty cannot be concealed in any way.

"Gordon ......" In the face of such a provocation, Zhu Cihong was not annoyed, he just looked at the other party with a smile, but behind him, a group of senior military attaches of the Ming army were all pale, even if they had just rushed back, Feng Kaizhang, the graceful son of the family.

At that time, the Chinese still had a strong big country mentality, the central country dominated Asia for more than a thousand years, any Wei country Goryeo was bullied casually, Vietnam was still the chief political secretary of the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, the small countries of the South Seas, the king would rather die in China than go back, that is, those Indian Ah San, during the Tang Dynasty, thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty hit their hinterland, engaged in chicken feathers and duck blood.

With the most extensive land in East Asia and the most powerful fleet in the past, even if the Ming Dynasty was in its last years, its people still had an indescribable strong self-confidence and arrogance!

This kind of arrogance also happened to meet the Spanish naval officers who had already occupied South America, established a foothold in North America, and penetrated deep into Asia, occupying many countries.

(To be continued)