However, soon after, with the arrival of a new group of Westerners, Louis's last hope was dashed - the Dutch at this time also saw the existing business opportunities in Asia, and they also extended their commercial tentacles to Japan, sending a large number of merchant ships to Japan for trade. These Protestant Dutchmen, who were only interested in making money from trade, had little enthusiasm for missionary work, and naturally preferred the shogunate more than the Spaniards, so the shogun finally ordered the expulsion of all Spaniards, and only to do business with the Dutch—no doubt Louis was among them.

The missionaries, who were reluctant to leave, instigated a rebellion among the Catholics in Japan, but were finally harshly suppressed by the shogunate army, and a large number of Catholics and missionaries were killed.

Louis once saw with his own eyes how the Japanese executed the Catholics - after suppressing a Catholic rebellion, the shogunate army took a group of Catholics to a sandy beach, and then forced to put on oiled robes, which were then set on fire by the shogunate, and the parishioners who were on fire cried and jumped up in wail, while the onlookers laughed and joked that it was dancing.

Louis, who did not participate in the incitement, was so frightened by the killing that he had to leave the port of Nagasaki with what little fortune he had saved up over the past few years, aboard a Japanese merchant ship, intending to return to the Philippines in search of new opportunities.

It wasn't until the merchant ships encountered a typhoon that Louis realized that his bad luck had not come to an end. In a strong typhoon, the merchant ship he was riding on was torn to pieces by the storm, and he fell into the water, almost drowning, so his old servant grabbed a piece of the wooden deck and grabbed him, so that he was not directly swallowed by the sea, and the two of them drifted in the boundless sea, looking for a slim chance of survival.

Two days later, when Louis, who was hungry and thirsty, had begun to drink the seawater, a ship finally appeared in front of him, and after careful inspection, he saw that it was not a hallucination, but a real ship. He and his servants hurriedly mustered up the last of their strength and shouted loudly, hoping that the people on board would be kind enough to save their lives, and when the people on board finally appeared with Louie and began to turn the rudder towards him, the great ecstasy swallowed Louis in his whole body.

Finally saved, with the joy of the rest of his life, he passed out.

"The eldest brother doesn't know, this kind of missionary Francophile doesn't have much to say, he always likes to say that he is omnipotent, to trick others into joining the church, in our Ming Dynasty for a long time, he has been impregnated by the ritual law, and then he understands some rules, and the younger brother rescued this Lu, who is also speaking loudly under the inquiry, but there are too many people in Jiangnan, not very rare, and the younger brother asked more carefully"

There is a way that foreign monks will chant scriptures, and there is a saying that things are rare and expensive, but everyone saw a lot of people in the Mengyuan Dynasty, and the missionaries from the West came to be considered to be similar goods, and they couldn't fool too many people from the beginning, and the Western goods they took were regarded as rare clever things, but no one paid much attention to them.

In such a state of mind, Louis from France began to be very embarrassed, according to his habits in Luzon and the Japanese Kingdom, he first boasted of his incomparably noble, inevitably added the title of duke and marquis, and had the identity of a cardinal, but these were disdainfully pierced by the interpreter invited by the Yu family, and he would not be fooled at all after seeing too many such tricks.

Fortunately, Louie has experienced too many setbacks over the years, and he didn't care about these embarrassments at all, he analyzed and concluded from the other party's inquiry, the other party seemed to be eager to know what skills he knew, Louie subconsciously felt that this was an opportunity, and he began to state his skills, philosophy, art, finance, navigation and even machinery, which he either understood or could ⊥ the skills that others thought he knew, and said them one by one.

Let him say it wildly, maybe the translation vocabulary is not rich enough, the young man who came with the translation always has a gloomy face, and Louie, who is good at observing words and feelings, also knows that what he just said did not impress the other party, Louis is calm on the surface, but he is a little anxious in his heart, when he was rescued here, Louis has already observed the surroundings, such a prosperous city has passed any of the things he has seen in the Japanese country, and the rich of this family have also passed the wealthy merchants and daimyo he saw in the Japanese country, this must be near the capital of the Ming Dynasty, The person who saved himself must be some nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, as for the sailors on the ship who said that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was in the north or something, the sailors' words could not be fully believed in these years

The other party must have something to need, Louis told him that he must seize the opportunity, but what the other party wants is really unclear, I don't know how, the topic is on firearms, I do understand a little bit about this Louie, after all, in the Netherlands, in the Americas, there are too many places where arquebuses are used, Louis didn't think this is a skill, there are too many people who use it, and even the Japanese country uses it.

When the other party asked about the firecracker, Louis knew the key point, although he thought it was strange, he talked to his old servant for a few words, and then asked the other party for a pen and paper, of course, he could not use that kind of brush at all, so he could only ask the other party to take charcoal, and he used a knife to cut out a barely usable charcoal strip, and stumbled to draw a sketch on the paper.

Sketching is also one of the courses in the seminary, and this realistic painting method is of great help to the priests, so both sides of the teaching are very serious.

The picture written by Louis is a soldier holding a heavy arquebus shooting, using a wooden fork to hold the arquebus, the action is very standard, whether it is a soldier or an arquebus, it is also very realistic, but the servant who followed saw a lot of details on the picture that are not quite right, of course he will not point it out, Louis still remembers the origin of this picture, this is a picture book captured from the Dutch soldiers during the Dutch War, it is said that Prince Morris drew every action of the arquebus shooting, and asked the soldiers to follow it.

This non-standard picture played a decisive role, the Yu family has been on the sea for some years, and the Franc machine has also dealt with the Franc machine, and has also seen the firearms of the Franc machine, this picture is depicted exactly that, and Louis also let his servant make a shooting posture, although the servant's right hand is no longer very useful, although it is just holding a wooden stick for a gesture, but it is still a very standard posture.

Writing and demonstrating made Yu Zhiyuan suddenly excited, when he received Zhao Jin's commission, he thought it was a hand-to-, but he didn't expect the time to drag on longer and longer, and Zhao Jin was very concerned about this matter, which made Yu Zhiyuan's pressure more and more, but the two people in front of him solved this problem, although Zhao Jin wanted to be a real thing, but he could find two people who knew how to do it.

Yu Zhiyuan didn't dare to be vague with Zhao Jin, and the real thing of the Franc machine fire gun must continue to be searched, but sending these two people over first also proves that he is doing things.

As for what this missionary and servant think, Yu Zhiyuan didn't pay attention to it at all, although the Yu family is a family of poetry and books, they can run a fleet at sea, and they have not seen blood.

Of course, Louis is also looking forward to what will happen next, especially after he asked for a translator, knowing that this Songjiang is just a rich small city in Daming, and this Yu family is just a rich businessman, Louis is more interested in this land, and he even regrets that he did not come to Daming earlier, this magical big 6 in Marco Polo's travels, now it seems that this is really a country full of gold.

Of course, the person brought to Zhao Jin couldn't be ambiguous, Yu Zhiyuan had done his best to ask clearly, and when he saw that Zhao Jin was very interested, Yu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally had an explanation.

"Bring it in and have a look." Zhao Jin said with a smile, Ji Xiang and Niu Jinbao behind Zhao Jin exchanged glances, and then gestured outside, Niu Jinbao and a few family members outside walked out together.

It didn't take long for Niu Jinbao to walk in first, and said to Zhao Jinyu: "The older one is a veteran, but his right hand is already semi-disabled, and his strength can't keep up, don't care, as for the young man's skills, looking at the calluses and standing posture of the tiger's mouth, I'm afraid that he has practiced swords, and these two have been searched, so it's okay." ”

Louis and his servants were brought in, along with the interpreter invited by the Yu family, Zhao Jin squinted his eyes and looked at the interpreter, and asked Yu Zhiyuan: "Is this interpreter at ease?" ”

"This interpreter is doing things on an errand in the Yu family, and it has been two generations, please rest assured, eldest brother." Yu Zhiyuan assured. "This is the noble person you want to see, Zhao Daguan." Yu Zhiyuan introduced it aloud, and the interpreter translated it.

Louis didn't expect that the person he wanted to meet was so young, according to his experience in Europe and the Japanese country, the people in power were at least forty years old, and there were many old people, such a young nobleman could only be the children of those wealthy families, Louis, who was familiar with people's hearts, subconsciously wanted to pretend to be a missionary reserved and profound, but after noticing the young man's sharp eyes, Louis immediately changed his mind, made an exaggerated salute, and his head was about to be lowered to the ground.

It's just that the etiquette between the East and the West is too different, Louie's exaggerated hand dance made several people in the room couldn't help laughing, Zhao Jin asked with a smile: "Do you know how to make firearms?" ”

As soon as the interpreter was about to speak, Zhao Jin added: "I'm asking about firearms, not firearms, and the one I'm asking includes firearms and artillery." ”

Since the language is not comprehensible, then the translation should also strive to be accurate, the interpreter stammered, and then re-spoken, of course, everyone could not understand the Franc machine words, but looking at the interpreter stammering, and even gestured with his hand, I knew that the interpreter may not understand much.

"Master, this foreigner said that he knows how to make firebolts and how to forge cannons." The interpreter turned his head and said.

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