At this time in Europe, flintlock muskets had begun to replace arquebuses, so Louis said that the Sol arquebus was the "most advanced" in Europe, although it was not wrong, but it was only limited to the arquebus.

"Well, I'm sorry, the flintlock pistol isn't very mature yet, Your Excellency, so I didn't bring it." Louis responded.

Yu Guozhen didn't say anything, just smiled, and then changed the topic again: "Captain Louis, I am very surprised that you can speak fluent Chinese, you must have lived in Macao for a short time, right?" ”

"Your Excellency, I am 1631...... In the words of the Great Ming, it was the Ming Dynasty that Chongzhen had arrived in the fourth year, and before that, I had followed the great Lord Spinola and received the surrender of the Dutch, or what you call the Red Maofan, in Breda. ”

"So, you were once a Spanish officer?" Yu Guozhen didn't know what the great Spinola was, and he didn't know where Breda was, but he was keenly aware of a detail, this Luis, who claimed to be a lieutenant, seemed to have been an officer in the regular Spanish army.

His whole impression of the Spanish regular army at this time was that the Spanish phalanx was quite famous later, in fact, after the number of muskets reached a certain level, the guards had already shifted from a simple gun formation to a similar arrangement to the Spanish phalanx.

"Yes, but I'm retired. After retiring from the army, I went to America and helped the Indians in Paraguay......"

The Spaniard is poignant about his experience, and it's clear that he's proud of his past. Some of the words he said were in Spanish, and Yu Guozhen didn't understand them, so he just smiled and listened.

Unconsciously, Louis found that he had told his life experience in front of His Excellency. When His Excellency knew that he had been an artillery major in the Spanish army, and that he had studied eight-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, Yu Guozhen's eyes immediately lit up.

This Spaniard seems to be a talent!

When he learned that he was a "master" of mathematics at the University of Valencia, Yu Guozhen was even more surprised, how could such a well-educated person who had repeatedly made meritorious contributions in the army come to the Far East!

"You mean, you've been to Peru?" When Louis finished speaking, Yu Guozhen asked, "Have you seen that kind of ...... A tree that sheds tears? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"And the bark used to treat malaria?"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Yu Guozhen nodded, rubber and cinchona, these two things are the biggest treasures for him.

"Captain Louis, thank you for telling me about the distance." After a deep sigh, Yu Guozhen decided to be straightforward: "However, I want to bring a group of shipwrights from Manila to us, it will not take half a year at all...... Mr. Captain, if you give me a reasonable explanation, you will gain my full trust, and a business of unimaginable value awaits you. ”

"Your Excellency, I need time to go to Europe and bring the people and things you want......"

"This explanation is deception to me, and I want a reasonable explanation." Yu Guozhen stared at him.

The experience of this Spaniard himself should be half-truth, how could a well-educated, aristocratic man who had been a regular army officer come to Macao, you must know that although Spain and Portugal were merged into one country at this time, there was no harmony between the two!

"Your Excellency, I am a warrior who follows God's inspiration, and God guides me ......"

"Yes, it guides you to explore, to conquer, to plunder, to kill, it destroys civilization after civilization with fire, and then you Spaniards ride on the heads of other peoples, and use other peoples as cattle." Yu Guozhen sneered, these robbers in the name of "God", what they did could not be compared to even the Satan in hell that they said in their mouths. If Chinese etiquette and religion imprison people's surnames, then these people who pretend to be "God" have their moral etiquette of really cooking people in strong oil and then eating them!

"Your Excellency, you are blasphemous!"

"You are wrong, in the name of God, to judge other peoples and send the good and innocent to the Inquisition, that is blasphemy."

As soon as these words came out, Louiston was dumbfounded.

Seeing this Spaniard become like this, Yu Guozhen smiled slightly.

He guessed right, Louis, who had an extraordinary background and was not an outlaw at all, was far away from his motherland and came to Daming, the key factor was religious persecution.

This was a time of frenzied religious persecution in Spain, and the Inquisition was almost unscrupulous in killing innocents, and the justification for the massacre and punishment was often trivial things such as wearing a white shirt on Saturday, reciting David's Psalms without saying "Glory to All", and washing the dead with hot water! According to a statistic that is considered to be greatly reduced, 35,000 people were burned at the stake, 19,000 were tortured, 290,000 were forced to do hard labor, 200,000 were deprived of all rights, and a staggering 5 million were exiled!

This figure was staggering compared to the population of Europe at this time, and the king of Spain was very fond of personally participating in the burning at the stake, even if it was a cruel and tyrannical ruler of the Chinese slavery period.

"Well, now you can say the real reason."

Louis? Garcia was a little frustrated, he found that although he was in his forties and had such a wealth of life experience, in front of this young Ming people, he was like a child who had just come out of a convent school, helpless and without the slightest initiative.

"Okay, Your Excellency, although I received a deposit of three thousand taels of silver from your executive's family, I don't think this matter is very urgent, of course, Your Excellency, please believe me, I am a nobleman with noble character, and I will not do anything that charges but does nothing......"

After a long period of awkward self-defense, Louis? Garcia finally confessed his reasoning. The middleman who was asked by Gao Bu Fat found him, but Louis? Garcia was not prepared to do anything after receiving the money, at least not immediately, even in the philosophy of a Spaniard like him, who was considered "educated", it was not an immoral thing to deceive the "natives", and naturally it was not against the law. In fact, this concept has continued to later generations in the original history, and even after China has been reborn after 150 years of blood and fire, those "educated" white-skinned people are still like this, economically, politically, and even in sports competitions, while they are full of righteousness and awe-inspiring, and on the other hand, they are secretly deceiving.

But when Yu Guozhen and Zheng Zhilong joined forces to destroy Liu Xiang, Louis? Mr. Garcia began to re-examine his plans, and he felt that perhaps it would be better for him to fulfill the deal.

"Liu Xianglao has a relationship with the Dutch, I'm Spanish, it's as simple as that." Finally, Louis? Garcia drew a cross on his chest very uprightly: "God bless Spain, I am a patriot." ”

"Very well, Captain Patriot, I have a big deal for you now. I am very interested in the various products of America that you have mentioned, and perhaps some of them will come in handy, so I need the sap of the tear tree, and I will buy as much as you can bring me, and as for the price, I will negotiate with you. Also, the kind of tree that you hear from the locals in Peru that can cure malaria...... I want a lot of its bark and seeds, and if you want to do this business for a long time, I suggest you plant the seeds of these two trees in Java. ”

"Wait a minute, Your Excellency, Java is controlled by the Dutch......"

"This is your business, there are tropical islands in the South Seas, you can choose the rest of the suitable islands if you don't choose Java." Yu Guozhen smiled slightly: "I think, this is difficult for you, right?" ”

Louis? Garcia thought about it, he has been coming to Daming for four years, and when he first came because he was disheartened, he just wanted to live in seclusion in a strange place far away, but now it is different, after four years of dormancy, his heart is active again, and it belongs to the unique bloodline of Spanish adventurers, which makes it difficult for him to control his strong **.

"I can try it, but it takes a lot of ......"

"If money can solve a problem, it is not a problem...... By the way, you can come with me. ”

Yu Guozhen smiled, and then led Louis? Garcia came to the dockside. At this time, the immigrants who had landed on the big ship had been led to the simple wooden hut area of the cement road, so the wharf seemed empty again. Yu Guozhen accompanied Louis? Garcia walked to the rows of brick and concrete houses outside the docks, which were taller than the houses they lived in, the same dock warehouses that had been built in the past six months.

Yu Guowei opened the door of one of the warehouses, and when the two of them entered, they saw piles of ironware.

From iron pots, sickles, hoes to nails, all kinds of iron tools are available.

Louis? Garcia was stunned for a moment, a little inexplicable. These iron tools are very fine, but what does this mean to him?

"This is the iron we produced in the first half of the year." Yu Guozhen smiled and said, "You're looking over there." ”

In another warehouse, iron bars and ingots, Louis? Garcia somewhat understood what Yu Guozhen meant, and he excitedly grabbed an iron bar and tapped another steel ingot, which, as he had guessed, was of excellent quality, and could even be used to make weapons.

"You ...... Can you produce steel in large quantities? "Louis? Since Garcia has lived in Macau for four years, he naturally knows what this means.

Iron trade, although not as lucrative as silk, porcelain and spices, but the profits are definitely not low, and, in this era, the iron smelting technology of the Ming Dynasty is still in front of the world, the delicacy of ironware, not only in Southeast Asia is extremely popular, that is, European colonists, there are also to buy iron nails and other iron tools from the Ming Dynasty, and transport them to the American colonies for sale!

(To be continued)