Outside Shengjing, González Teixeira, an artillery instructor from Portugal, is writing a letter to his old commander in the army, this artillery instructor is called "the Xilao of Gongsha" in the history books of another world, and is one of the few Western instructors in the late Ming Dynasty who can leave his name in the history books. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Excellency Luis de Vasgoncellos, it has been more than three years since I came to this vast Eastern Empire, and when I left my dear motherland and came to Macau four years ago, I did not expect that I would be able to return to the army and command such a powerful army, but God's will allowed me to meet several honorable Jesuits."

González-Teixeira couldn't help but shake his head when he was told by the noble emperor who ruled this vast empire to come to Macau in search of skilled retired officers, who had just been deceived into losing his entire fortune and was working as a handyman in a church to earn a living, and he was still full of worry when he heard the news, even though ten years ago Macau had already built the Bugarao Foundry, which the Portuguese in the Far East called "the best cannon foundry in the world". But he was still full of doubts about whether the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could master this advanced technology.

Due to economic difficulties, after hesitating again and again, he finally agreed to the invitation of the Jesuit Lu Ruohan, and took ten cannons and several rifles donated by the Portuguese in Macao, as well as more than 50 gunners, craftsmen and servants to escort the cannons north, which is much more than the original history.

"From my observation during my months in Macau, I think that this ancient empire has lagged far behind the Western world in the development of new weapons such as artillery and rifles, and I have come to the capital of this huge empire with such a mentality that I cannot describe the greatness of this city in words, I can only say that it is not inferior to Rome, and even far more prosperous than Rome; There I met His Majesty the Mighty and Honorable Emperor. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor was very young, at that time he was only eighteen years old, and he had been on the throne of the Supreme for more than two years, but he had already established a meritorious service that people would look up to; Last year, he led 50,000 Imperial Forest troops north to meet the 100,000 barbarian army that invaded, and easily won the final victory, killing more than 30,000 barbarian soldiers; In addition, it is said that His Majesty the Emperor personally shot a barbarian duke with a bow and arrow. Gonzalez-Teixeira couldn't explain to his boss what the Grand Baylor was, so he just had to replace it with a duke he could understand.

"His Majesty the Emperor reminds me of the invincible Alexander the Great." Teixeira added another sentence to the letter, and then dipped his quill in ink and continued, "The meeting with His Majesty the Emperor once again brought me great shock, and his knowledge of Europe was obviously beyond my expectations, and listening to his assessment of the Western countries, I could not help but be a little worried, this empire, which was larger than the countries of Europe combined, had built a superfleet two hundred years ago and sailed to the shores of Africa, and it was not a good thing to see such an empire with great war potential interested in Europe. ”

"Of course, I still didn't pay much attention to it at this point, after all, it had been so long since the last voyage of that superfleet, and the empire seemed to have lost interest in the voyage, like a dragon occasionally opening its eyes and hitting the outside world twice, and then continuing to lie on the gold coins and fall into a long sleep; While the dragons are asleep, European fleets are beginning to stretch their tentacles to all corners of the world, building new warships, more advanced cannons, and conquering ancient empires, and perhaps when the dragons do wake up, they will no longer be our opponents. ”

At this point, Teixeira's lips showed a wry smile, and now he recalled how naïve he was at the beginning, "After receiving a rich reward, I was assigned to serve as an artillery instructor in His Majesty's Imperial Forest Army. "Well, Teixeira thinks of the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Guards as the same thing," and was in charge of testing the new cannons developed by the Ordnance Institute of the two natives, and I was stunned to see the newly minted cannons. ”

"Although I have been out of the army for some time, I can still swear by my family's honor that the range and power of these cannons completely exceed the most advanced cannons in Europe, according to these two respected cultists, they were studied after the guidance of His Majesty the Emperor." At this point, Teixeira couldn't help but pause, as if pondering the right words.

"In this ancient empire, the people believe that His Majesty the Emperor and those outstanding civil servants and military generals are all stars in the sky, please forgive me for saying these blasphemous words, but if it were not for this, I would not be able to explain the miracle of this Emperor Majesty, who has a great talent for military command, and has a vision beyond the times in the development of artillery, rifles and warships, but these are still not the things that shocked me the most."

"I had the privilege of participating in the second campaign commanded by His Majesty the Emperor, when we came to the north, which was as cold as Russia, and faced the barbarians in the snow, and His Majesty the Emperor made an elaborate battle plan, and he used himself as a bait to lure the barbarian commander to command a heavy army to attack him, while he only took a few thousand loyal guards against the tens of thousands of barbarian elites, and a few other valiant generals led superior forces to attack the barbarian flanks."

"The ensuing battle went beyond my imagination, and I saw with my own eyes that His Majesty the Emperor had killed a three-digit barbarian warrior with a spear and a pair of bows and arrows, and he was as brilliant and unstoppable as the legendary Apollo......"

Before I knew it, several pages had been written, and it seemed that it was time to rest, Teixeira began to wrap up the letter, "I have a strong premonition that this ancient empire will rise at a speed that we can hardly imagine, and that it will soon be a great threat to Europe, and of course, the first to run into trouble is probably Spain and other countries that occupy vast colonies in Asia...... Hopefully, this letter of mine will be of little help to you. ”

Leaving a note at the end of the letter, Teixeira blew dry the ink and stuffed it into the envelope, then went to bed, where a fierce battle awaited him tomorrow.