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The next day, I woke up in the morning, got my face in order, and went to the chapel to pray to God. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoI deeply repent of my profligacy last night, indulging in wine and good food, and asking for forgiveness from the Merciful Lord. (As for the plot of being woken up by Matteo Ricci with a stick, it cannot appear.) ）

At the end of the service, we were continuing our conversation with Father Matteo Ricci about how to carry out our mission, when the religious Liaoning interpreter I had met in the quarantine camp a few days ago hurriedly walked in with a few people. Father Ricci proudly introduced us to the lady "Hana*ko_sparrow" (Hanako Sparrow), the wife of Lieutenant Colonel teague_sparrow (Teag Sparrow) from Liaoning, and the mother of Major General jack_sparrow (Jack Sparrow, Kintaro) and Colonel jiro_sparrow (Jiro Sparrow, Kinjiro).

Mrs. Sparrow first asked Father Ricci for her failure to attend the service in time for prayer, and then explained to us why. Thanks to the banquet with the dignitaries of the East China Sea last night, His Excellency Yarhaqi Kim, when he returned, spoke to his brother Grand Duke Kim. Although Grand Duke Jin did not arrange to summon us immediately, he arranged for Mrs. Sparrow to accompany us to visit the vicinity of Dalian before the formal meeting. This morning we were scheduled to observe a meeting of the "East China Sea United Council", and Mrs. Sparrow was joined by other entourage. (They really thought last night's meeting was a chance encounter.) ）

Passing through the tall city gates, we entered the inner city where the Dalian government offices were located. In the carriage, Mrs. Sparrow gave us a brief introduction to the "East China Sea United Council", which is an important meeting for the Ming Empire, the Grand Duchy of Hetuala, the Chaoxian Kingdom, the Dongying Kingdom, and the Ryukyu Kingdom to formulate trade rules, allocate annual trade quotas, and arbitrate trade disputes.

There are many nobles attending the meeting this year, and there are ju_chen (Chen Ju), feng_chen (Chen Feng), the private secretary of the emperor on the side of the Ming Empire, and the representative of the Ming government is the deputy prime minister xijue_wang (Wang Xijue), and the prime minister's secretary (the editor of the Hanlin Academy is the prime minister's secretary?). zhengyu_guo (Guo Zhengyu); On the side of the Grand Duchy, there are Kim Dagong, Prime Minister Lee (prime_minister), and Deputy Prime Minister Kim (deputy_prime_minister); As for the rest of the country, they are all princes, princes, lords, prime ministers, and so on. We must pay attention to our words and deeds, and we must not lose our temper.

Oh, my God! Compared to the fact that we have to fight with Spain, Britain, France, and the Ottomans (in the Middle East) all over the world, the level of civilization has been raised to such a high level!

However, after entering the majestic hall, my three views were distorted! (The Dutch people have a saying that "destroys the three views"?) There was a lot of noise in the lobby, not much more than the wet market, there were many people making loud noises, some people were brandishing knives, and there were not some unknown objects flying back and forth in the air.

The scene was so messy, but Mrs. Sparrow didn't have a look of shame, and it seemed to be commonplace. She explained that the things being discussed now are closely related to her own wealth, and every inch of land is a matter of contention, so it is inevitable that the argument will be fierce. If something goes too far, the very majestic guards around the venue will not hesitate to deal with it.

She introduced to us that on the front stage of the lobby, drinking tea and chatting leisurely under the protection of the guards' human wall, it was Jin Dagong and his two prime ministers, as well as representatives of the Ming Empire, and the trade quota was determined by them, so there was no rush at all. Standing on the podium with a small hammer on the table, trying to control the scene was Admiral sigong_li (Li Sigong), the governor of the Tokai Governor's Palace.

The dwarf who sits in the middle of the lobby, takes off his shirt, and gestures on his stomach with a small knife is a representative of the small country (daimyo) in the Honshu region of Dongying, because he is afraid of poverty, and he takes money very seriously.

Standing next to him, holding a long knife to his neck, there are some representatives of the Chao * Xian Kingdom, their situation is the same as those representatives of Dongying, but the way they die to show you is a little different.

The representatives of the south and north of Dongying and the representatives of the central government of Dongying greeted each other with things on the table or wooden shoes (clogs), and they did not like each other, and although the attempt to start a war was stopped by Liaoning in time, the delegates expressed their feelings in some fierce ways.

Coaxing, pulling the shelf, and playing the black hand, lest the world is not chaotic is the second prince of the Chao * Xian Kingdom (the prince of the very "two") and his pig friends and dog friends. They have joined the army of the Governor's Mansion in the East China Sea, and they can use the benefits of the army to get trade quotas, and today is purely to see the excitement.

Holding shields, hiding in their seats were the representatives of the Ryukyus, who were the weakest and could not leave the field casually, so they had to pick up shields to protect themselves.

Hiding on the edge of the room, with a look of disgust, it was the old pedants among the delegates of all sides, who did not like this rude expression as much as we did......

Forget it, we won't look at the process, as long as we know the result. At our request, Mrs. Sparrow took us out of the venue.

Our next trip was to visit the military camp in Liaoning. Obviously, the Liaoning side intends to show us their force. Mr. Schumacher was already waiting for us in the barracks, and we now realize that Mr. Schumacher was also a lieutenant colonel in the Liaoning Army.

Neither Maratini nor I knew much about military affairs, but Lieutenant Colonel Schumacher was different here, and he explained to us in detail. This is the "reserve" training camp in Dalian, which is responsible for the training of "reserve" personnel and troops stationed in the Dalian area. In Liaoning, all adult men who did not serve as soldiers were assigned to the "reserve service" and were required to ensure a certain amount of training every year to ensure that they could be immediately called up for combat when needed.

We don't remember much about Lieutenant Colonel Schumacher's explanation, but we remember a few points: the guns are more advanced than those in Europe, with great power and long range; The tactics refer to the combat experience of Swedish and Prussian mercenaries; The soldiers were well trained, and the rate of firing of weapons was higher than the average level in Europe...... And most importantly, this is not yet the level of active soldiers, who are fighting at a higher level.

And our intuitive understanding of these soldiers is that their artillery fire is very dense, they hit very far, and their weapons are very powerful, even if the cavalry charge is intensive, it will only fail. It's so powerful!

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On the same night, in a high-ranking mansion in Dalian, several people were discussing things.

"Pony and Lan and I have checked all these materials, and corrected all the clerical errors and deliberate errors in it, and there is no problem. But, Yunlu, you're too, aren't you?! Most of it is a romance action novel and film and television work! Hahaha......"

"That's right! It's so bad that Xueyi has read all of this! The aftertaste is endless! Yes... Wife! Don't pinch me! ”

"You men don't have a good thing! I'll clean you up when I get home! Sister Jin, you put the information away! You should be safest there. But Sister Jin, are you really going to kill all your brothers?! ”

"That's right! In order to strengthen my strength, they forced me to marry that pervert, bastard, and devil who just had, and I was worse than dead! And then I had to snatch my baby away! So I'm going to kill them, I'm going to kill Gang Ha Xu, I'm going to kill the third brother, I'm going to kill the eldest brother, the second brother, the fourth brother and the sixth brother and their children, and I'm going to make my little Niu He (Jin Niu He, that is, Li Yaozu, the son of Li Sicheng and Jin Wu, previously written as Niu Co Lu) become the master of Liaoning! Although the voice was suppressed, the anger was palpable.

"What is that Dutchman going to do?! I suggested that they be encouraged to fight with the Spaniards, and in the end we took the opportunity to take the Philippines, where the mineral deposits are very important! Xiaolan deliberately staggered the topic.

"I think it can!" "I also support Xiaolan and Xueyi." "Yes!" ……

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Comparison of the old and new military ranks in Liaoning

Marshal, temporarily vacant; General, Lao Jin is special; Chief Soldier - Admiral * General; Deputy General - Lieutenant General; Staff General - Major General/Brigadier General; Garrison - Colonel/Lieutenant Colonel; President Qian - Major/Captain; put the general - lieutenant / second lieutenant; Warrant Officer, a new officer/veteran who has just graduated from the lecture hall; Experienced veterans - sergeant/sergeant/corporal; Soldiers who have served for more than one year - private of the upper rank; Recruits/soldiers who cannot be promoted to the rank of private - privates.