Yes, there is a lot of gold in the city of Ryazan, of course, not because the treasury of the government is very full, but because of the private collection of the nobles and lords in the city. In the face of the wolf-like Ottoman Kapikuru army and the Crimean bandits, the aristocratic lord played the fine tradition of asking for money and not dying, and really made the simple-minded warriors die a bunch of brain cells.

Zhou Qishan couldn't stand it anymore, so he found Suleiman and recommended himself: "Your Majesty, the progress in the city is too slow, we can help the warriors find the hidden wealth."

Suleiman nodded in agreement, "Okay, these damn old fellows value gold more than their lives. Let's go, let's go and see."

Sismail was searching for one of the largest mansions in the city, the residence of an old baron, a large but dilapidated house with no luxurious decorations. The baron Ivanovich was very old, and he looked at Sismai very calmly: "Son, I have no gold here, and all the wealth of my life has been given to the Lord, so don't waste your efforts."

"Really?" Zhou Qishan walked over with a smile and circled around the old baron a few times.

Ivanovich's long snow-white eyebrows twitched for a while, then he calmed down and said serenely, "Pagans, please don't look at a devout believer with your worldly eyes. God will forgive you, Amen!"

Zhou Qishan scoffed, turned his head and asked Sismail, "Sismai, have you searched it all?"

Sismai nodded distressedly, "Yes, Zhou, maybe this old man really doesn't have any money?"

"! Look around you, such a big yard, what is worthy of so much land if you don't plant something? If you are a landlord, you are willing to do it? Well, the actor will change, and it's easy to talk about it if you find the thread!"

Zhou Qishan strode towards the baron's house, and after turning around, he quickly walked out, his eyes fixed on a small church next to him.

Ivanovich stood up tremblingly, walked firmly towards the chapel, and spoke to Sismai as he went: "Child, I'm going to pray, are you coming?"

Zhou Qishan suddenly smiled slightly, and stopped Sismai, who was about to refuse: "Of course! I've always wanted to visit the church, sir, right?"

Ivanovich's footsteps faltered slightly, turned around and made a gesture of invitation, and continued towards the church. Zhou Qishan pulled Sismai and followed quickly, Suleiman and Montgogire, who had just arrived, followed them into the church.

The church is very simple, the most prominent is a huge cross of dark and swarthy material, next to which is a statue of the Virgin Mary. Ivanovich went to the cross and knelt down and began his prayer with reverence.

Zhou Qishan paced the church with interest, and Ivanovich's prayers grew louder and louder, showing the anger in the baron's heart. Sismai shook his head, "Zhou, let's go, this place has been searched, and there is nothing worth noting."

Zhou Qishan suddenly pointed to the cross: "Can you take that one down?" I like it very much, and I want to bring it back to Daming."

Ivanovic's face changed drastically, and he stood up and roared, "You damned heretic! You are not allowed to blaspheme!" Then he looked at Sismai and pleaded, "Although you believe in ***, *** and God are one, please don't let the infidels blaspheme the gods, otherwise I, an old man, will have to apologize to God with my life."

Sismai couldn't bear it, and walked over to grab Zhou Qishan, whose eyes were getting more and more excited: "Zhou, don't be like this, please respect the beliefs of others."

Zhou Qishan laughed and pointed to the cross: "Sismail, let's make a bet, this baron's life savings are on this cross!"

Suleiman asked in a surprised voice, "Zhou, why are you so sure?"

Zhou Qishan smiled slyly: "Your Majesty, I can also accept your bet, can you bet?"

Montgogire laughed out loud and found it very funny: "Haha! I like it! Zhou, I bet with you. What is the stake?"

Zhou Qishan rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "My requirements are not high, if my judgment is correct, then this cross belongs to me, and if I lose, my regiment can serve His Majesty once for free!"

Montgogire

With a big wave of his hand, "I bet! Come, and see what mystery is in this cross!"

Ivanovich's face was discouraged, and he waved his hand anxiously: "Don't! Please! Don't!"

Suleiman looked at the panicked Ivanovich, and gradually became suspicious, nodded slightly, and Sismai immediately took it upon himself and began to disassemble the cross with several warriors.

As soon as Sismai got started, he immediately realized that something was wrong. Four or five strong men couldn't even move the seemingly fluttering cross. He shouted in surprise, "More people!"

Zhou Qishan laughed and walked up to Ivanovic, who was sitting on the ground: "Do you know what you are doing wrong?"

Ivanovich raised his head, looked at Zhou Qishan resentfully, and slowly cursed: "You will go to hell!"

Zhou Qishan shook his head disapprehantly: "You are wrong! The East is not under God's control! You've gone too far, old man! There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty that abnormality is a demon. You seem simple here, but it doesn't fit your identity. As a nobleman, how can he be a saint if he seems to have a priesthood? I had the privilege of following the prince to the Papal States, and the clergy there opened my eyes. Just one year of indulgences, your income is already astronomical. Well. Unfortunately, there are cunning misers like you in my hometown, and their usual practice is to cast silver into pumpkins and paint them, so that no one can tell that there is an amazing wealth in a pile of pumpkins."

After listening to the interpreter relay Zhou Qishan's words, Ivanovic sighed, suddenly rushed up and hugged Zhou Qishan's thigh, crying bitterly: "I'm sorry! Please forgive an old man who is dying! Please don't snatch it, it's the accumulation of generations of the Ivanov family, please!"

Smack! Suleiman couldn't help but admire, and clapped with his hands: "Wonderful! It's wonderful! Zhou, is Daming really so magical? Can an officer have such wisdom?"

Montgogire lost, but he didn't get the slightest frustration, but walked towards Zhou Qishan with a big laugh: "Zhou! I have a suggestion, I would like to ask you to serve as an instructor in the army of Crimea. The honorarium is ten times that of this cross, and it only takes a year, so think about it!"

Sismai scraped open the surface of the cross with a knife, revealing a golden color. He turned his head to look at Zhou Qishan in shock: "Zhou! How can you tell? I want to tell the truth!"

Zhou Qishan first apologized to Suleiman and Möngkejire, and then said with a smile, "Sismai, what is the most important thing for a commander? It is a keen sense of observation. Look at this old man, he looks like he is dressed in tatters, but when you open his robe, the close-fitting clothes must be the silk of the Ming Dynasty! Just now I saw that something seemed to flash on his neckline, and only the silk of the Ming Dynasty would shine brightly among the materials of the clothing."

Sismai suddenly grabbed Ivanovich and tore his neckline. Inside the greasy nettle robe, it turned out to be a silky and smooth little coat. Now I understand everything, how can a simple baron with no money have underwear made of silk? Sismai gritted his teeth and cursed, "Damn old thing! You liar!".

Only then did Zhou Qishan arch his hand towards Meng Gejire: "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, this is not for me to decide, and I need the approval of my lord." Besides, the weapons and equipment of Daming and Crimea are different, and the tactics are also different, so I really can't teach them."

Montgogire shook his head, "No! Weapons and equipment are nothing, I can buy them from the Ming Empire at a high price, the key is the insight into the war, and the organizational ability of the troops. In this regard, alas, the army of the Crimea is simply a bunch of bandits. weeks, the gratuity can be increased to fifteen times, are you really not tempted?"

Zhou Qishan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, wealth is moving, and I am also a human being, how can I be indifferent? But what do people live for? Not your own home or your descendants? I still think Da Ming is good, and I'm sorry for your kindness."

Montgogire couldn't understand the thinking of the Ming people at all, in his opinion, as long as he lived well, no, as long as he had power, women were not everywhere? Do you still worry about having a child? Why is it important to emphasize home? In fact, this is the fundamental difference between farming people and nomadic people, a stable life will be attached to everything around them, and there will be a sense of ownership; A wandering life will not have this kind of thinking, and then it will not be strong for the ancestors and future generations

Lie's feelings.

Nomads have many customs that are different from those of agrarian peoples, such as the fact that children who are taller than the wheels will be killed after war, and it is not really important whether the blood is pure or not. For example, during the White Plague, the outermost part of the tent must be the old man, because the old man has no productive capacity and is a useless person; Among the old men are women, and women can be snatched back from other tribes; Inside the woman is the child, and the child can be reborn if there is a woman; The innermost is the strongest man. It's not about morality, it's just the law of human survival, and nomads can't survive otherwise.

Suleiman was also moved by Zhou Qishan, but Montgogire had already been rejected, and he didn't want to be rejected again. Sismai hugged Zhou Qishan excitedly: "Zhou, can you be my teacher? I think you have more wisdom than any wise man I've ever met."

Zhou Qishan rolled his eyes and stretched out his hand: "Take the money!" Sismai, my lord said, knowledge is priceless, Lao Tzu can teach you for the sake of fighting side by side, but free is absolutely not allowed!"

Speaking of Hua Hou Wei, Hua Hou Wei has already digested the information in hand at this moment, made a vision for the whole of Eastern Europe, and is hurriedly rushing towards Ryazan with more than 40,000 winged troops!