Chapter V: Concessions (8)

In the Daming Concession, the popularity of the Ming official language is very gratifying. These black indigenous teenagers are full of longing and admiration for the Ming Dynasty, and they will not deduce a conclusion from the difference between their native language and the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty: the Chinese script is probably the most difficult language in the world to learn. They also don't struggle with why horses use "horse" as a measure word and pigs have to use "head".

In the final analysis, there is only one reason, that is, the Chinese culture, especially the Chinese culture after Ding Yi joined, at this time, the wood and bones are all presented, which is advanced and strong, which is enough to make black teenagers let go of their original knowledge, to accept this new qiē, and even beautify it. For example, Ding Yi told them not to spit, defecate and defecate, and when they saw the locals doing this, they would frown and think that it was uneducated; And seeing that Guo Jin and others are sometimes drunk or do not follow this rule, black teenagers often feel that this is very personal.

After all, if you leave behind the original qiē and study it by heart, speaking is not too difficult after all. Newborn babies can also speak the Chinese language fluently within three or two years of coming to the world, not to mention teenagers, far more than the comprehension of babies, about a year, and based on this mentality, they quickly mastered the official language of Huaxia.

When the henchmen of the White Wing Dragon came to report the news, the Black Lightning member on duty proudly asked him in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, "Want to see Mr.?" Is there anything wrong with you? "They deliberately don't speak the bones and bundle them in the local Persian or Arabic, even in the rainforest. They can say a few words, after all, they live around here.

Fortunately, Bai Pterodactyl's henchmen have grown up with him since he was a child, although he is not fluent in the Chinese language. But he can still express his meaning: "Someone wants to harm Mr., I have to see Mr., you report it quickly!" ”

Ding Yi was not surprised by the visit of the White Pterodactyl's henchman, but just smiled and said to him, "Thank you for this trip." Even Ding Yi said it in the Persian language he had learned in Mukudushu, "Guo Jin, greet this little brother." "He meant to tip something. You can't teach people to run away and go back empty-handed.

"How's the three Portuguese ships doing?" Ding Yi asked Li Le.

Li Le took out a notepad, he was a very cautious thing, and he had a lot of affairs on his body. So they all made a record of everything with a password, and after turning to a certain page, they made sure that they were not mistaken, and then reported to Ding Yiyu: "Back to Mr.'s words." Bounties have been issued to the two Portuguese vessels. They said that if they could find sweet potatoes or rubber, they would come to claim the prize; One of them accepted the task of reporting to Constantinople, and promised to return to us whether it succeeded or not; The other was tasked with delivering orders to the Daming Task Force;

"The last ship, which had a gambling debt, had been seized, and the sailors and captains who had come from Mahe had taken over yesterday, and their opinion was that the Portuguese had smaller ships than supply ships. But it should be stronger in terms of wind and wave resistance. However, without the design of the watertight compartment, it seems that the safety is not good, and once the leakage is broken, the pipe damage work will be very troublesome......"

This Portuguese-flagged sea ship, the captain and the first mate, have been soaking in the casino in the concession after the wooden bones are tied ashore, because not only do they not have to worry about winning money here, they will not be able to get out, but Ding Yi has almost collected all the women who have lost their footings in the city with wooden bones, and repackaged them with the specifications of Huaxia Qinglou, which looks quite stylish, and it can also make people who come to buy laughter be willing to pay for the money at the checkout.

Therefore, when the captain and the first mate were preparing to go offshore, they found that the gambling money they owed and the money payable in the Qinglou were far beyond what they could afford. Of course they tried to escape, but how could it be? When Ding Yi came ashore from them, he had already set his eyes on their rather good sea boat.

Ding nodded and said to Li Le: "Let the captain of the supply ship start training black sailors with Portuguese sea ships." ”

He didn't plan to just be trapped in Mugudu, waiting for the fleet on the Ming side's side to come, Ding Yi had never been used to being so passive. If he could build a small fleet of sails, he wouldn't be going to spend it on the bones.

"Sir, what should I do about this incident that I just came to report?" After Guo Jin accompanied the White Wing Dragon's henchmen, he came back and asked Ding Yi a little anxiously, "Am I going to take a few people and mix into the team on the White Wing Dragon's side, and directly find an opportunity to kill Hassan and Saleh?" ”

Ding Yi shook his head and said to Guo Jin: "What you usually do, do it now." It's good to fight, I never worry about war, even if it's a war with cold weapons. What are you panicking about? This is the time to test the level of training of the black soldiers. ”

In addition to the normal patrol and security work of the casino, nearly 1,000 black teenagers began to carry out some repair work at the entrance of the concession, leveling the road, digging sewers, or at the corners of the house, under the leadership of Guo Jin.

In fact, they didn't know that when some of the planks were lifted, there were a series of horse traps at the entrance of the concession.

This was not an action ordered by Ding Yi, but Guo Jin asked for an application for urban offensive and defensive training subjects, and Ding Yi agreed, so Guo Jin and Li Le made a categorical arrangement according to what they could imagine, and in the corner of the house, many traps and traps were placed in it, and they led the black lightning that came out of the rainforest, and moved the traps of the rainforest that could kill people to the concession.

After this arrangement, if it starts to be activated, it only takes a dozen or so people to take two quarters of an hour to turn every house in the concession into a death zone full of murderous intent . They even listed Ding Yi, Emperor Jing, and Mo Rena as non-combatants, and set up a platoon of black lightning to escort them to the supply ship on the shore as soon as the war went wrong.

"Do you know why I called you over?" Ding Yi pillowed on Mo Rena's lap, and the latter handed the fruit cut into small slices to his mouth, looking like Ding Yi was like a spoiled rich kid, plus during this time, the rumors about the Ming people in the city were tied up, the more he felt that Ding was harmless and animal.

But Mahmood, who was sitting opposite, didn't dare to show half a point of disrespect to the man in front of him.

It's not because of Cao Jixiang and Wen Fat behind him, but the more time passes, the more he discovers that Ding Yi's layout is far-reaching.

Almost now, the wood bones are bound to several forces in the city, and Ding has a grasp of their joints. Mahmoud can see more clearly than Hassan and Saleh, he knows that Ding Yi is definitely not as those two think, he can let them rub and pinch flat, the man in front of him, Mahmoud deeply feels that Ding Yi is not a beast, but a demon.

"Your Royal Highness, Honorable Duke." Mahmoud became more and more respectful to Ding for a while, "Your dull servant does not dare to guess the master's mind. ”

Ding Yi didn't make any moves, and laughed while lying in Morena's arms: "After such a long time, Lao Cao and the fat man, I can't always protect you, from today onwards, they will come back to me, I have other things for them to do, and your safety depends on yourself." ”

Mahmud suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, but still respected: "Yes, my master." ”

Ding Yi sat up straight in Morena's arms and asked Mahmood, "Do you know why they chose you to be the lord of this city in the first place, instead of killing you and finding someone else to sit in this position?" At that time, whether it was Hassan or Saleh, they didn't have a conflict with me, and they were obviously more suitable than you. ”

Mahmoud buried his head deeply: "Please also ask Your Highness to clarify your doubts." He didn't know why.

"Because your surname is Xerxes, and later, I saw that you always like to go to high places when you worship, so I knew that I guessed correctly, it should be the inheritance of Zoroastrianism, am I right?"

Zoroastrians used to go to the highest mountain peaks to worship the gods, the sun, the moon, the earth, fire, water, and wind. Therefore, Ding Yi believes that Mahmoud is not doing a prayer, but doing a Zoroastrian worship ceremony.

Hearing this, Mahmoud suddenly raised his head and looked at Ding Yi in horror.

Cao Jixiang thought that such behavior was disrespectful, and was about to raise his foot to kick Mahmud, but Ding Yi gently shook his head to stop him.

"Yes, the master said yes." Mahmoud replied slowly, after a while.

Ding nodded and said, "It seems that you still remember Shubi exercise, which is very good." The Persian people, who were under foreign rule, strongly demanded the will of national independence, which was respected by both the Ming Empire and myself. "The Shubi movement was launched six or seven hundred years ago, probably saying that the Persian civilization is higher than the Arab civilization and so on, "However, the Ming Empire has never interfered in the internal affairs of other countries, nor does it interfere with the freedom of religious belief, and Persia is not a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, so I'm sorry, I hope you can understand." ”

Speaking of which, if Mahmoud did not understand, he would not have been able to climb to the position of tax collector, and it would have been difficult for him to sit firmly in the position of acting city lord this year. He raised his head again and looked at Ding Yi, and said solemnly: "If you can teach the holy flame to be rekindled, Your Royal Highness the Duke, you will always be my friend!" ”

He bowed to Ding Yi's control of people's hearts, and when he said a friend, not a master, it was from the bottom of his heart - he felt that Ding Yi was putting aside other things, and this strategy alone had the ability to cooperate with him on an equal footing.

"If there are no accidents, at the end of the year or early next year, my fleet and soldiers will arrive, and then I will go west."

"My master, you are the great king, the lord of the nations, the lord of Persia, the lord of the nations......" Mahmud did not hesitate, he bowed his head and praised Ding Yi, he is a man who is good at seizing opportunities, whether it is that night or this afternoon. (To be continued......)

PS: It seems that the starting point will be limited and exempted from tomorrow afternoon, and the layout will change again, rest assured, it will be changed back after three days.