Bai Nan's language talent also came in handy at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He was sent to land with a female volunteer on the Chang Mao, Lu Xiaojia, who was said to have studied in Spain and therefore spoke Spanish.

However, the apparently strange encounter made the twenty-two-year-old girl very unstable, and she was suddenly found by her brothers and stuffed into a helicopter, although she was accompanied by a good-looking officer, but she still couldn't calm down.

Bai Nan also saw her panic and comforted, "Miss Lu, don't you want to know where we are?" Next, we will be able to understand these situations by talking to the locals. ”

Lu Xiaojia showed a forced smile and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Bai, do you think we can still go back?" ”

Bai Nan said frankly: "I don't know. But I know that no matter what situation we face, we must be strong, we must be united, we must not give up on ourselves, we must have confidence. ”

Lu Xiaojia smiled bitterly: "If only I could be as positive and optimistic as you." ”

Bai Nan showed a handsome and sunny smile like a male god and said, "You will." ”

The helicopter finally flew to land and landed next to the two Red Eagle helicopters just now, and Bai Nan and Lu Xiaojia, escorted by several peacekeepers, joined the special combat team members who had originally landed.

Bai Nan hadn't seen those so-called foreigners yet, so he first glanced at the simple buildings and the towering crosses, then sighed and said to Lu Xiaojia: "I have roughly guessed where we are, and now I need to verify it." ”

With Lu Xiaojia with him, Bai Nan walked into the building where the locals were being held. A dozen or so ragged, wilted-looking Caucasian looked at the special operators in horror, most of them dressed in black robes with crosses around their necks, typical of priests.

Bai Nan drew a cross on the chest of several people and said in Spanish: "May God bless us all." ”

Several priests saw Bai Nan speaking Spanish for the sacrament, and although they had an oriental face, they were obviously extremely excited, and began to talk to Bai Nan in a gossiping manner.

"We are here to establish a mission house authorized by the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Kingdom of Spain, under the protection of the great King Carlos III of Spain and the mighty Spanish army, this gentleman is obviously the leader of this group of impudent soldiers, but obviously you are also a gentleman who believes in God and civilization, now please stop the persecution of us, the shepherds of God and the innocent Spanish people, and get out of here, you can still reap our friendship and God's salvation!"

Bai Nam was not a Christian, and he had a gun in his hand, so the priest's threats didn't work against him. He pinched his chin, thought for a moment, turned around and asked Lu Xiaojia, "Do you know what Carlos III is called a king of Spain?" ”

Lu Xiaojia shook her head again and again: "I just went to school in Spain, I still read about environmental protection, I don't know anything about Spanish history, I only know that the last king of Spain was Juan Carlos I." Haven't heard anything about Carlos III. ”

"I'm not particularly familiar with Spanish history, but I seem to have heard of the name Carlos III." Bai Nan said casually. Bai Nan has liked history since he was a child, and when he was in elementary school, he held the dictionary-like "Five Thousand Years Up and Down" and gnawed it, and when he was older, he began to read various historical monographs, and he was also extremely knowledgeable.

Then he said to the priest: "Father, your intimidation has no effect on me, this is America, not Europe, your king has never been here in his life, and your army cannot be in a state of influx. And you just saw the weapons of our soldiers, and we have thousands of soldiers, thousands of them, and even more powerful weapons than these guns. Do you think your so-called strong Spanish army will be able to resist us? ”

The priest is not stupid, just now the special operators used automatic rifles to strafe them, beating them all the way, he naturally knew that under this kind of firepower, the Spanish army that was still playing in line to shoot was definitely not an opponent. A squad of Eastern soldiers, possibly wiping out an entire regiment of the Spanish elite. Moreover, these Orientals had arrived in strange vehicles that could fly, and if the Orientals had strafed the flying Dome with guns, the Spanish army would not have been able to resist at all, and even if there was a fortress, they would not be able to defend it, because they could attack from overhead, which made the Spaniards shudder even more.

"Alright, now tell me, in the year of your Europeans, what year, month, and day is it?"

"Well, January 30, 1774." The priest answered honestly.

"What do you call this sermon?"

“mision-de-san-gabriel-arcángel。”

"When was the mission house established?"

"September 1771."

After these questions, Bai Nan was able to confirm what he thought, so he said to Lu Xiaojia: "What I can be sure of is that we are indeed in Los Angeles now, but you also heard that we are in Los Angeles in the eighteenth century. ”

Lu Xiaojia's face was extremely ugly, and she seemed to be about to cry: "You said we have crossed over?" ”

"Well, it looks like it, and it crossed here with the KMT military and civilians who fled to Taiwan in 1949, and Zheng He's fleet in the early Ming Dynasty."

Lu Xiaojia was completely confused and fainted.

Bai Nan shook his head, found two soldier brothers to take Lu Xiaojia out, and then squatted down and said to the scared Spanish priest: "I'm sorry, you Spaniards' occupation of this land, we think it is invalid, it is too easy to establish that it is Spanish land with a dozen priests to build a mission." Well, what I want to tell you is that now this land belongs to us, and you are welcome to be our prisoners. ”

After saying this, Bai Nan turned his head and left.

In fact, his mind is also chaotic now, and he also knows a lot of history, especially the history of Western colonization, so he can determine that this is indeed Los Angeles by the name of the mission center and when it was founded. Mision-de-san-gabriel-arcángel was the fourth mission established by the Spaniards in California, just off the far west of Los Angeles. Its name is derived from the Archangel Gabriel and is based on the "feast of the Virgin Mary", September 8. The land on which the sermons were held was a fertile plain that also provided a place for the clergy and naturalized Indians to work.

The colonization of European colonizers had a very clear trajectory, and the more typical ones were ascetic religious organizations such as the Society of Jesus and the Franciscans, in line with the mission of transmitting the gospel of God, to build evangelistic places in wild foreign lands and begin to preach to the local people. After some of the locals were naturalized, they were taught more advanced European techniques such as farming, carpentering, and medical treatment, and changed their way of life. Then, some of the country's people whose livelihoods were in trouble migrated to these places and slowly established colonies. Then there were various colonial companies that began to travel between these colonies and the mainland, and started big business.

Los Angeles was in line with this trajectory, first discovered by Spanish explorers in 1769, and then tenacious Franciscan priests came to build the mission hall that Bai Nan had just scared. It wasn't until 1781 that forty-four immigrants built the village here, and a few decades later, in 1820, the population of the colony had just reached 650. Twenty years later, during the Mexican-American War, the Americans seized California, and Los Angeles was officially established in 1850.

With all kinds of confused thoughts, Bai Nan returned to the Qilian Mountain and informed Zhao Daling and Deng Xiyi of the situation.

When the two leaders heard this, they inevitably became confused.

"Really crossed?" Liu Tian had a straightforward personality, took off his hat at this time, and sat there in a daze.

Deng Xiyi still had a cold face, and asked Zhao Daling: "Commander Zhao, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Daling smiled bitterly: "What can I do?" Will we find our way home in a moment? I'm afraid I can't, I can't go back and can only live in this ghost place. Fortunately, we have a lot of manpower and weapons that we have crossed, and those Western colonists can't bully us. ”

He turned his head again and asked Bai Nan: "Xiaobai, what do you think?" ”

Bai Nan was already a little calm at this time, and he didn't bother with the matter of being called Xiaobai, and said directly: "First of all, gather the leaders of the three fleets, we need to have an enlarged meeting, to survive here, unity is necessary, we need to borrow the strength of the Republic of China and the Ming Dynasty." Of course, the core idea of the enlargement should be how we can survive in this era. I have a little bit of my own opinion, now that we have people with guns and even technology, why can't we survive in Los Angeles? Here we can build a city, a city that is as modern as possible, so that people can live better. ”

If he had a choice, Bai Nan would not have wished to live in the eighteenth century. But now, like everyone else, he's stuck here.

Deng Xiyi glanced at him meaningfully, and said, "I understand what you mean, it is that we colonized in this eighteenth century, right?" ”

Bai Nan nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Liu Tiandao: "Colonization? It's a barren place, there's nothing. Why can't we go back to East Asia? At least there are still our compatriots there, and there are still some traces of civilization. ”

Deng Xiyi directly retorted: "After all, we are visitors from another time and space, and there are too many people, and if we can't tell us where we come from, we will be exposed, and we are likely to face greater risks, whether it is a Chinese or a Westerner, we may be regarded as heretics, and even rob us of wealth and technology in our hands." Besides, can you get used to living in a feudal society? Take off your military uniform and become a landlord? ”

Bai Nan mentioned a little more and said, "Moreover, if you go back to China now, you can't say that you have to keep a big braid." ”

Liu Tian's eyes widened, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm still sorry for this." ”

Zhao Daling said with a smile: "I don't think there is anything wrong with colonizing the Americas, in addition to survival, do we have any other goals?" If you want to survive, you have to have land, and if you want land, you have colonized, and now even the United States has not been established, and there are no colonists on the west coast of North America. It's great to find a way back to the 21st century, but if we can't find it now, we can only honestly manage a piece of land so that everyone can live. In particular, in a way that we can accept, not in the way of the Qing Dynasty or Western colonizers. ”

Deng Xiyi nodded and said, "I agree." ”

Bai Nan also sighed in his heart, from this point on, they may have to separate from the past and become a special eighteenth-century ancient.