After all, the experience of the Chilawa family is a minority, and talents like him are also unattainable, so Father John only recruited such a senior talent as him, although other craftsmen also have expertise in all aspects, but compared with Chilava, it is much worse, but it doesn't matter, what Zhou Chong needs most now is shipbuilding, after all, after many years of sea ban, the shipbuilding technology has regressed a lot, Zheng He's treasure ship is now no one can build it, and can only absorb the shipbuilding technology of Europe, It is hoped that the shipbuilding industry of Daming can be revitalized.

Although Father John did not know Zhou Chong's painstaking efforts, he knew that Zhou Zhong attached great importance to shipbuilding talents, so he also took great care of the Chilawa family, not only helped the other party escape, but also offered a good reward, which finally led the Chirava family to Daming.

Chirava and Father John stood at the bow of the boat and chatted for a while, and when they learned that they would arrive at their final destination by tomorrow morning, which was called Shuangyu Port, Chirava was a little excited, and at the same time a little uneasy, wondering if his family would be able to live in this strange country.

Ambivalent, Chirava returned to his family's cabin, where Father John took great care of the family and placed them on the top and at the best of the ship, with two rooms, one for the couple and one for their daughter, rather than being crammed into the cramped cabin below, as the others did.

"Father, come and see, am I beautiful in this Central Plains woman's dress?" As soon as Chirava entered the cabin, he heard his daughter Cira's voice full of excitement, and then he saw Sila, dressed in a Central Plains woman's clothes, rushing towards him. Then he took the corners of his skirt in his hands and turned in a circle in front of him.

"Beautiful. My baby girl is the prettiest! Chirava looked at her beautiful daughter. The originally somewhat uneasy mood seemed to be relaxed all of a sudden, he and his wife have been married for many years, and there is only such a daughter, so he naturally pours all his love into her.

Chilawa was clearly of Roman descent, but his wife Helen was Greek, and Miss Ciara looked more like her mother in appearance, she had just turned seventeen years old, she was tall and well-proportioned, with her dark hair falling over her shoulders and her large, deep, bright eyes. The contours of the facial features are also relatively soft, and at first glance, you can see that Lu Dao is a typical Greek beauty. Now Sila is wearing a pale cyan Central Plains women's dress, although it looks a little strange, but it has a unique flavor, at least in Chilava's aesthetic vision, her daughter is definitely a very attractive beautiful girl.

I saw that after receiving her father's compliment, the smile on her face became even brighter, and she turned around in front of her father a few more times, but at this time she also noticed that her father seemed to have something on her mind, so she stopped and asked, "Father, didn't you just ask Father John about the itinerary?" Why are you a little unhappy now? ”

At this time, Chilava's wife, Helen, also came out of the room, and when she saw her husband, she also asked with great concern, "What's the matter?" Is there something wrong with our trip? ”

Hearing the words of his wife and daughter, Chirava smiled and said, "Don't guess, there is no problem with our itinerary, Father John said that we will be able to reach our destination tomorrow morning, that is, the Shuangyu Port we will go to this time, and then we can have a good rest." ”

Helen and Ciara heard that they would be able to go ashore tomorrow, which made both of them cheer happily, after all, they stayed on the ship every day, they couldn't eat or sleep well every day, and they were also looking forward to going ashore early, but then Ciara asked her father a little strangely: "Father, since we are about to reach our destination, and we don't have to worry about the pursuit of the Indian governor Francisco, but why are you a little unhappy?" ”

As for his daughter's question, before Chilawa could return, his wife, Helen, explained to Cila, with a smile: "Cila, your father is not as carefree as you, and he must be worried about whether Father John will be able to fulfill his promise to us. And the legendary mercenary didn't know what Lu Dao would do to us, after all, this place was far away from our hometown, and it was a completely strange country, and I am afraid that even the glory of the Lord would not be able to shine here for the time being. ”

Helen couldn't help but have the same worried look on her face when she talked about the worst of the world. However, for the worries of her parents, the young Miss Siala was very optimistic, and even comforted her parents: "Father and mother, in fact, you don't have to worry too much, I have read Mr. Marco Polo's travelogue, according to his book, the Central Plains is a civilized country, the people here wear exquisite silk, use white porcelain, and the civilization and politeness between people are far more advanced than our Europe, before we stayed in the city called Guangzhou, although only for a short time, But the city was built very shrewdly, and the streets were very clean, similar to those described in Marco Polo's travels, so I believed Father John's words! ”

Obviously, the young Miss Ciarla is also a victim of Marco Polo's travels, although Marco Polo used his book to introduce the civilization of the East to the West, but in order to show his legendary experience, he inevitably used some exaggerated words in the book, such as the East is full of gold, everyone is modest and polite, etc., these words as long as a little experience of people know that the Tao is false, but for Miss Cira, who is still in her teenage years, she has always believed that what is written in the book is true.

For their daughter's beautiful fantasy of the Central Plains, Chirava and Helen only smiled faintly, although they knew that the real Central Plains would definitely not be as beautiful as their daughter imagined, but they did not break their daughter's fantasy, after all, in this situation, it is better to let their daughter have a beautiful dream in her heart than to worry as much as they are now.

In fact, not only the Chilava family, but also most of the other craftsmen in the fleet who were recruited by Father John were also apprehensive, on the one hand, happy that they were about to reach their destination, and on the other hand, they were worried that Father John would not be able to fulfill the heavy reward he had promised him, so the closer they were to Shuangyu Port, the more serious their ambivalent feelings became.

In addition to the Chilawa family, Father John recruited a total of 51 craftsmen, more than a dozen of these craftsmen have worked in the shipyard, they are all Chilawa's subordinates in the future, helping him build ships and instructing the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and the other 30 people know a variety of skills, some people can make guns, some people can burn glass, and some even claim to be able to make paper, but Daming is the hometown of papermaking, and the papermaking process is much more advanced than that of Europe.

Although the European craftsmen on the ship were very worried, it was no time for them to regret it, after all, the fleet had reached the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible for them to go back, so they could only trust Father John's personal integrity.

After another long night at sea, the next morning the fleet did not prepare breakfast, for yesterday they had sent to inform the port that the man had returned, and brought good news, that the chamber of commerce of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce had taken their fleet very seriously, and had not only personally greeted them at the port, but had also prepared a sumptuous banquet for all the people of the fleet.

Hearing this news, the fleet was jubilant, Shuangyu Port was already in sight, and since the port had prepared a banquet, no one wanted to eat the ship's poor breakfast, so the last breakfast was canceled directly, and the crew worked hard to adjust the speed of the ship to the maximum, wanting to arrive at the port early to eat a rare hot meal.

When the European craftsmen in Chirava heard the news, their original nervousness was also much relaxed, although they had not yet seen the person who hired them, but the news from the other party showed that he attached great importance to this fleet, so it is very likely that this importance also includes them, so it is very likely that Father John's previous promise is true, and they may be facing a very generous boss.

The speed of the fleet with full wind power is very fast, and after a while, the prosperous Shuangyu Port will go to sea in front of the fleet, although it is now in the storm-prone period, the frequency of the smuggling fleet going to sea has decreased a lot, but there are still many ships in and out of Shuangyu Port every day, and the goods of the Ming Dynasty sailed to the South Seas, the Japanese Kingdom, North Korea and other places through here, and the goods of these countries also converged from all directions, and sold to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty through the Shuangyu Port.

Seeing such a lively port in front of them, the hearts of these craftsmen in Chirava were even more happy, for this port, Father John also introduced before, although he has always emphasized that this is a very lively port, the daily cargo throughput is greater than any port in Europe, originally they were still a little skeptical, but now they have seen so many ships coming in and out, which makes them finally believe that what Father John said is true, and Daming is likely to be richer and more powerful than they imagined.

Compared with these European craftsmen in the fleet, Zhou Zhong who received the news yesterday and rushed to the dock early this morning was even more happy, the Portuguese fleet had not yet arrived in Daming, and Europeans' understanding of Daming was still limited to the description of Marco Polo's travels, which made a considerable number of Europeans still have infinite illusions about Daming, and took advantage of this opportunity to encourage Father John to recruit European craftsmen, but he did not expect to recruit dozens of people at once.

These craftsmen cover several major industries, although the skills of a few craftsmen are useless, but most of the other craftsmen are exactly what they urgently need, with the addition of these craftsmen, he is sure to create an industrial zone in Shuangyu Port that combines the scientific and technological civilization of the East and the West, and then it will be a window for the Ming Dynasty to understand the world, and even affect the development of the entire Ming Dynasty! (To be continued......)