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Chapter 42: The Outside World

"That's not a hurry!" Zhu Bayyi smiled and shook his head slightly. After a few months of running-in, he also felt that the current way of army formation of the Red Turban Army was not very suitable for the battlefield. However, the formation method of the Red Turban Army was copied from the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and there are ready-made examples to follow. As a general under the command of Sesame Li, if he moves the three-three system or the three-four system from another time and space without authorization, it is difficult to say whether he can adapt to the current war mode. (Note to alcoholics: If you like it, please collect it, thank you.) ）

With Zhao Jun's Xuzhou army commander Shi Tiantian, who likes to pick bones in eggs, staring at it every day, even if Ivanov said it at this moment, Zhu Eighty-one would not touch the army establishment lightly. But he didn't want to discourage the old mercenary too much, thought about it, and added with a smile: "You are new to the city, and you don't understand the situation yet. Delay it for two days, follow Xu Baihu to go around, and when the situation of our left army is clear, it's not too late to give me advice! ”

"Then ——, obey!" Ivanov fought for half of his life, and served no less than twenty generals. Although his temperament is a little more rebellious, he has learned a little bit of the ability to basically observe words and colors. Seeing that Zhu Eighty-one interrupted his words twice, he understood that he had not yet been able to fully gain the trust of the other party. Then he gave a salute, closed his mouth and said no more.

"What's going on in Europa right now?! That's the name, I'm talking about your hometown! Zhu Eighty-one received him from the account, but it was not just for his own training. After thinking about it, he continued to ask.

"It's not Europa in my hometown!" Within one day, it was the second time that he heard familiar words from Zhu Bayi. In addition to the surprise, Ivanov felt very cordial, and immediately rejoiced and responded loudly. "You have to go over it, over the Great Caucasus Mountain. However, I have been fighting on the Europa side for the last dozen years, and it was not until the summer of last year that I saved enough money to buy a ranch and returned to my hometown. ”

When he said that he would go home, his face turned gloomy again. The money he saved, at the price he had paid when he left his hometown, was enough to buy a ranch that could not be seen with the naked eye. However, when he returned to his hometown, the price of the current ranch had increased tenfold, and the money on hand was only enough to buy a piece the size of a palm. And they also had to pay taxes to the churches, to the Grand Dukes, to the ten thousand households sent by the Golden Horde. As a last resort, he accepted the Grand Duke's employment and took up arms again. Then he was sent to the capital of the Golden Horde, along with other conscripted soldiers, and then walked eastward for more than four months, and came to a completely strange crossing.

Here, except for the need to relearn the language, the other conditions are much better than being a soldier on the Europa side. The food was delicious, the climate was distinct from one season to another, and the discipline was not too strict. And there are no churches lacking virtue to collect the tithe. It's a pity that the first time he went out to fight, he was captured by the "enemy", and it is still unknown whether he will be able to return alive in the future.

"Don't worry, ten years have passed in a flash." Zhu Eighty-one could feel the melancholy in the old soldier Youzi's heart, patted this person's shoulder, and comforted him with a smile, "Besides, you don't have any money now, even if you go back to your hometown, won't you be able to live?!" ”

"I'll help people build houses!" Ivanov immediately raised his hand and emphasized loudly. After finishing a sentence, he couldn't help but sigh again. There are not many people in my hometown, and they have been exploited by churches and nobles in turn over the years, and ordinary people's families are so poor that they have no spare money to build houses? And those rich lords can go to the big city to hire craftsmen with high skills, who will look down on his old mercenary with half a bucket of water?!

For a while, in addition to giving his life to the Zhu Dudu in front of him, the world was so big that he had nowhere to stay. Ivanov couldn't help grinning and said with a wry smile: "The governor is right! If I go back now, I'll starve to death at home, if not on the way. Let's do it with you, at least there's hope! ”

"Alright, let's not talk about that!" Zhu Bayi smiled and patted him on the shoulder again, bringing the conversation back to the point, "What's Europa like over there?" Can you give me an overview of that? I'm curious?! ”

"It's boring, there's a war everywhere. Where there is no war, there is a plague again, and the people in a city will die in the blink of an eye! Ivanov thought for a moment and responded with a sigh. The descendants of the French and Normans had been fighting for a full decade, and the Black Death temporarily ceased fighting. The Ottomans in the east are pressing forward step by step, and they are about to reach Constantinople, but the local peasants are still busy fighting taxes, and several lords are calculating with each other, and no one cares about the affairs outside."

As he spoke, he secretly looked at Zhu Eighty-one's expression, curious about how this young rebel governor could be so interested in the affairs of Europa? It's not at all like the high-ranking officials of Mengyuan I have seen before, I always think that I live in the middle of the whole world!

Zhu Eighty-one knows very little about the history of Europe during this period, but this lack is relative to the Chinese in the 21st century. Compared with the Chinese in the middle of the fourteenth century, whether they were well-educated Hongru or ordinary Baiding, his poor knowledge of world history can be called extremely profound. While listening to Ivanov's introduction, while referring to what he knew, he nodded frequently, encountered places that were really confused, and several questions raised were exactly mentioned to the point. After chatting for about half a pillar of incense, Ivanov no longer bothered to peek at his expression, but opened his mouth wide and knelt down straight, "Great prophet, Ivanov should not doubt you!" Ivanov asks you to be magnanimous, forgive, forgive Ivanov for his stupidity. Ivanov is willing to be your slave, follow you all his life, defend your security with his life, defend your glory! ”

After that, according to the etiquette I didn't know where I learned, my hands, feet and head fell down at the same time, and my body fell to the ground.

"Get up, get up!" Zhu Eighty-one didn't know that he casually said the names of several European countries and places, and it could actually have the effect of "shaking the tiger's body", so he was stunned, and pulled Ivanov up from the ground with both hands. "I'm just, just read a lot of books, read a few books, not a prophet!"

"Your servant has been in Dayuan for more than two years, and he has never met anyone more knowledgeable than you. I've never heard of a book that describes the current situation in Europa! Ivanov did not dare to struggle hard, but insisted on refusing to believe Zhu Bayi's explanation.

"Oh, yes. Then I think about it, I think, it should be that a passing preacher told me about Europa a few years ago! Zhu Eighty-one hated pretending to be a ghost the most, hesitated for a moment, and casually made it up.

"Even a missionary has traveled so limited that he can't know more than you do!" Ivanov was categorically unconvinced and continued to refute in a low voice. As soon as the words came out, his feet in iron boots were suddenly stepped on by Xu Hongsan.

"Hmm!" Although it didn't hurt, it also made him slightly stunned, and he couldn't say anything questioning. But he secretly said in his heart: "No wonder the people in the city say that the governor is the embodiment of angels in the world." Even if this rumor is exaggerated, the Governor at least received an oracle. Much closer to God than those sodomites in the church! ”

The Caucasians have been practicing Orthodox Christianity since the 11th century. Despite the aggressive invasion of Muslimism in recent decades, the Mongol rulers were not very interested in the theory of God. But among the people, the influence of the Orthodox Church is still very great. Even those who never go to church believe in the existence of God, prophets, and archangels. So when you encounter something you can't understand, you instinctively lean on miracles.

When Zhu Bayi saw Ivanov's expression, he knew that the discussion of European history could not be carried out in a short period of time. Fortunately, by this time he already knew that the Hundred Years' War between England and France had just begun, Spain and Portugal had not yet risen, and Constantinople had not yet fallen into the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Of course, there will be no Age of Discovery in the short term, let alone any Eight-Nation Alliance.

Without the existence of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the desire to learn from a certain two devils to carry foreign self-respect has also been completely frustrated, and what he can get from Europe at this moment is that in addition to the team combat skills mastered by the old mercenary in front of him, I am afraid that the only thing is the simplest knowledge of firearms.

Thinking of this, he picked up the musket box from the desk again, lifted the lid of the box in front of Xu Hongsan and Ivanov, pointed to the bronze handcuff inside, and asked, "Ivan, have you seen this thing in Europe before?" Meng Yuan, I mean, how much have you seen since you came to China? ”

"Handcuffs!" Ivanov's eyes lit up, he grabbed the musket from the box, held it in his hand, and gestured back and forth outside the window, his mouth kept coming out "Bah! Bang! Voice.

"It's not for you to play, adults ask you something!" Xu Hongsan immediately slapped him and reminded him loudly.

"Ahh Ivanov screamed exaggeratedly, hurriedly put the handcuff back in the box, nodded and responded, "I've seen it, now not only Dayuan has it, but Europe also has it, it's bigger than this, and the appearance is almost the same." But this thing is not very useful, ninety wrists, that is, thirty paces away, you say, you can't wear armor. It's also very troublesome to reload, and it's not as good as a bow and arrow. The only advantage is that there is no need for training, and it can be used by an individual! (Note 1)

"It's only thirty steps?!" When Zhu Bayi heard this, he immediately knew that he had been deceived by Li Si. This handcuff looks well-made, and the actual power is similar to that of the one that I blew up some time ago. It's only suitable for posing out to scare people. That is, he is a person who has fused the memories of another world, and those who talk about the color change of the gun will be fooled by Li Si's house. If I changed to anyone else at that time, I am afraid that I would not be fooled!

"His grandmother's was cheated by the Internet again!" Thinking of this, Zhu Eighty-one couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh. Who said that the ancients were so coaxing! How did you get put on the spot by the ancients one after another?! Looking at the history of the world, in terms of bad luck, I am afraid that I am not the first, but I can also rank in the top three. Let's Zhu, why is your luck so bad?!

Note 1: In 14th century Europe, the unit of measurement was the wrist measure. About a wrist measure is about 52 to 53 centimeters. The error is large.