Chapter 787: The First Wave
Louis had a humble smile on his face, he had seen how others made firecrackers, and he had seen how others made cannons, but he couldn't do it himself, but there was an opportunity in front of him, and he must grasp it, as for what to do in the future, that was later.
At this time, Zhao Jin suddenly spoke: "Do you know English?" This sentence made the whole room quiet, and they all looked at Zhao Jin, because Zhao Jin's words were also in foreign language, but they were not very similar to the words of the Franc machine.
Although Zhao Jin's face was stern, he was actually a little embarrassed, and he spoke in a strange tone in English, because he hadn't spoken for many years, but fortunately, everyone couldn't understand it.
The smile on Louis's face froze, and the young nobleman in front of him suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was probably not so easy to fool.
"Master, this foreigner asked if the master spoke English, he didn't understand the language." When the interpreter speaks English, it is directly transliterated by the Franc machine, of course, this is just Zhao Jin's guess.
"You ask him what his country sounds like in this language, does he know that?" Vague for ambiguous, only this stupid way to confirm something.
Although the seminary had a relatively complete education, English was not a universal language in this era, and Louis had traveled to so many places, mostly speaking Spanish and Portuguese, and English had really not been contacted, Louis shook his head.
Zhao Jin groaned, and said to Yu Zhiyuan: "Thank you for helping me find these two people, I will also use this translation for a while, let him move to Xuzhou, settle down and buy a house, I will arrange it, and the salary will be doubled." ”
"Why do you want the eldest brother to break the bank, the younger brother can arrange it." Yu Zhiyuan said with a smile, it seems that the two people he found do have an appetite for Zhao Jin, and the interpreter over there naturally understood Zhao Jin's words, and he didn't feel anything when he moved to Xuzhou, this double salary is a happy event, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.
"You ask these two foreigners what they want, and tell them that I like to be direct and don't like repetition." Zhao Jin said directly to the interpreter.
"Master, this foreigner said that they want to spread their god, but he changed his words again, saying that he wants gold and silver, the more the better." The interpreter couldn't help but laugh too.
Everyone in the room laughed, the Spanish veteran servant was a little ashamed, and Louis stood there calmly, he noticed that Zhao Jin's face did not have much contempt, it seemed that telling the truth really had his benefits.
"Find Mr. Zhou, transfer 1,000 taels of gold and 2,000 taels of silver, the sooner the better." Zhao Jin said with a smile, took out a sign from his arms and handed it to Meng Zhiqi, Meng Zhiqi took it and walked out of the door quickly.
The next question was very casual, this Louis said that his country was in the north of Spain and the south of the Netherlands, Zhao Jin was confused by the word Netherlands for a long time, he didn't know what the Netherlands was, but he didn't know the sound of Spanish, Louis knew several languages, but the interpreter and he could only communicate in Spanish.
Zhao Jin still has some impressions of the map of Europe, and probably speculates that this Louis may be French or German, but there is no Germany in this era.
Louis said that he was a priest of the Dominicans, said that he had been to the Ottoman Empire, as well as the Americas, the Philippines and the Japanese Kingdom, when telling this, Louis did not exaggerate, he just described it truthfully, because these experiences were colorful enough, but he spoke wonderfully, but the vocabulary of the translation was very limited, and everyone stumbled when they listened, but Zhao Jin could barely keep up because of his previous memory.
Meng Zhiqi quickly finished his errand, under the escort of more than ten family members, several boxes were moved into the house, and Zhao Jin signaled, the boxes were opened, and under the sunlight outside the house, the gold ingots and silver nuggets flashed with seductive light, Zhao Jin and the others were quite calm, and Louis and his old servants couldn't help but dilate their pupils and held their breath.
Just let them look at it a few times, the box was re-closed, and then transported away, Louis and the old servant both turned around to look, their eyes were simply led by the box, seeing them like this, Ji Xiang and Yu Zhiyuan couldn't help but show disdain.
Zhao Jin thinks it's normal, it's because of this greed for wealth that the white people of this era will cross the ocean, and they will be reckless, and it's not a bad thing to have **.
"If you can do what I ask, the gold and silver are theirs, and you can get even more, but you must first learn the official language of our Ming Dynasty, if you can teach them, you will also have a share of the gold and silver in it." The first half of this was for the interpreter to speak to Louis and the two of them, and the second half was for the interpreter.
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, the interpreter's eyes lit up, and he knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed and said: "The little one must do it"
Seeing the glittering precious metal, and hearing the words of the interpreter, Louie's eyes were also extremely hot, and he said with a firm face: "Please rest assured, I will definitely do my best to learn well." ”
Zhao Jin didn't arrange for them to do anything immediately, but just asked people to escort the two foreigners to Xuzhou first, and greeted them, under the supervision of the guards, the Louis master and servant and the interpreter could go to all parts of Zhao Ziying's camp, including workshops, granges and other important places.
Compared with when he came in, the attitude of the Louis priest when he left was extremely respectful, but everyone didn't pay attention to this, as soon as the foreigner left, Yu Zhiyuan said quite solemnly: "Big brother, our Heavenly Empire, what is there is not, this foreign advantage can be borrowed, if you attach so much importance to it, then there is no need." ”
"They not only have strengths, but also have different paths and ideas than us, and that's what I want." Zhao Jin said.
Everyone didn't know how to answer for a while, and while they were talking, Li Dajin walked in quickly, first stood in front of the door, and after getting Zhao Jin's signal, he walked to the front and whispered a few words, and then nodded and left.
The rules of the internal guard are a little different from those in other places, but it must be something important to come over in a hurry when meeting guests, although everyone doesn't want to ask, but they still subconsciously look at Zhao Jin, Zhao Jin said with a smile: "The first wave of Shandong Luwangfu is coming." ”
After Qiao Shan Qiao Baihu, the Yiwei of the Lu Wangfu, got the order of the director Shi, he immediately called a few skilled subordinates, all of whom were dressed in civilian clothes, pretending to be merchants and guards, and went south together to inquire about the news.
The four counties of Shandong near Nanzhili have now calmed down, and the Zhuangzi of the Lu Wangfu over there has no way to mobilize the officers and soldiers, while the brigades of Xuzhou and Pizhou are ready-made, and they were originally shrunk because of the identity of the Lu Wangfu here, and after getting Zhao Jin's order, they immediately let go of the fight, and two were killed alive in Yutai County, and there was no one who even reported to the official, and a few people disappeared inexplicably in other places.
Zhao Ziying showed such a thunderous method, both sides of the local government could not afford to offend, so they could only pinch their noses and pretend to be turtles, and those stewards of the Lu Wangfu were frightened, and while bowing their heads and listening to the orders, they desperately asked for help from the Lu Wangfu in Ziyang City.
A few people led by Qiao Baihu naturally couldn't save so many places, they didn't want to save it, they just walked all the way to see, inquiring about going south, originally Lu Wangfu regarded the so-called green forests and rivers and lakes and ringing horse bandits as dogs, and they used it when they were used, and they didn't need to be thrown away, and they had never had deep contact, so they didn't know much about Xuzhou Zhaoziying, but along the way, they understood more and more things, and they became more and more frightened.
People who don't know the soldiers and horses don't know the power of the Zhao Zi battalion, and they don't understand what kind of behemoth this is, in the outsiders' mind, although there are a lot of thousands of township brave regiments, but the heroes and strong people in various places are not unable to mobilize, and in a poor place like Xuzhou, it is just a local chicken and a dog, and there are more than 20,000 officers and soldiers in the north of the south and Zhili, and Zhao Jin can be crushed if he wants to do it.
But Qiao Baihu and they knew that the more than 20,000 officers and troops of Nanzhili might not be able to mobilize more than 1,000 cavalry, and this Zhao Jin's team plus vassals, 1,000 cavalry was very easy, not to mention the strong and domineering spirit that showed when he went north to Yuncheng and fought back all the way south.
Originally, I was going to take a glimpse of it, but the more I inquired, the more frightened I became, Qiao Baihu decided to investigate carefully, Lu Wangfu and such a big man confronted, although it will definitely win, but in case there is a loss or something, don't let the director Shi blame, blame the poor inquiry, so suffer.
Qiao Baihu has an official body and the power of the palace to rely on, and he is naturally very arrogant in the green forests and rivers and lakes, everyone has to give a little face, and he has done a lot of favors over the years, and there are also acquaintances on the ground in Pizhou, according to Qiao Baihu's thoughts, Xuzhou is too dangerous to stay for a long time, it is better to stay in Pizhou, and let his old friend find a way to inquire.
As a result, he came to visit, and the other party received him very warmly, saying that he had come and said that the silver was enough, and he would not let the other party do it in vain, and the other party was even more enthusiastic, and then when it was time for dinner, he was suddenly surrounded by more than a dozen knives.
"Don't blame my brother for reporting the news, the safety of my brother's dozens of people is more important, I'm sorry," Qiao Baihu's old friend said with guilt.
Qiao Baihu and several people looked at the fierce and vicious each other, and naturally did not dare to resist, but habitually reported the name of their own palace: "Everyone keep a face, I am from Lu Wangfu"
Halfway through his words, he was hit on the shoulder by the back of the knife, and this time he almost broke the bone: "The palace is a bird." ”
Hearing this, Qiao Baihu and several people were silent, listening to the escorts laughing and laughing along the way, but also heard the reason for being arrested, "Dare to inquire about Jin Ye's private affairs on the territory of Jin Ye, is this impatient life?" His old friend was frightened after hearing his intention, and hurriedly went to Chengdaqi to report the news, for fear that he would be a moment late and be told by someone to go out and ask for merit and reward.
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