"By the way, did you ask what Gao's full name is?"

Yang Chengying walked a few steps and suddenly remembered this stubble.

There was no way, he originally only wanted someone to be able to reach the center of the court, and it didn't matter who it was or what his name was.

I also remembered it by accident just now.

Geng Zhongming thought for a moment and replied, "He told me that his name is Gao Qiqian. ”

"He'......"

"What? Does Yang Shuai know this person? ”

"First meeting."

Yang Chengying replied unintentionally.

Gao Qiqian was a heavyweight in the original history. He is deeply respected by Chongzhen and is known as a "knowing soldier". In fact, he was a layman, and he also killed Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda.

Such a "superb", I didn't expect to let myself bump into it.

Yang Chengying touched his chin and had a new idea in his heart.

At noon the next day, Yang Chengying, Ji Yong, and Huo Weihua came to the dock, where a strange-looking huge warship was docked.

This is exactly the warship that Yang Chengying asked the Portuguese merchant Alvarez to buy.

Álvarez did not go to the capital with Xu Guangqi, but remained in the town of Jinzhou until the ship was delivered.

He took a group of entourages to see Yang Chengying and others arriving from a distance, and stepped forward to greet him:

"Oh, my friend, you're finally here."

Before Yang Chengying could speak, he heard Ji Yong shouting: "Monster! ”

Living in the deep palace for a long time has given him very little contact with things in the outside world, let alone the Portuguese.

This call made Alvarez's face a little ugly.

Yang Chengying turned his head and said to Ji: "Father-in-law Ji, they are Portuguese. I also saw the emperor during the Zhengde period. ”

"Humph! Offense against decency. ”

Ji Yong knew that he was wrong, but he couldn't pull his face.

Yang Chengying smiled faintly, pulled Alvarez to the side of the battleship, and asked, "This is the battleship you gave me?" ”

"Yes, my friend, this is the most advanced warship of the moment, the Carrick."

Alvarez finished smiling and was about to introduce the battleship.

saw that Yang Chengying's face had changed, and he was startled.

"My friend, what's wrong with you?" Alvarez asked.

"Friend, because you're fooling me."

Yang Chengying sneered: "This thing was bombarded to the ground as early as the sixteenth year of Wanli, that is, during the reign of Elizabeth I, and it was embarrassing to sell it to me." ”

In order to secure the sea lines of communication between Spain and the Americas, Spain assembled a powerful naval fleet of 100 warships, which sailed across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, claiming to be invincible.

It was equipped with a large number of Carrick galleons, that is, armed merchant ships. However, the ship has a fatal drawback, and when it encounters a hurricane, it tends to tilt its center of gravity, causing the ship to capsize.

It was gradually replaced by another type of ship, the Galen ship.

Alvarez wanted to ask how he knew about this, but the thought that he had a Portuguese master brought the words back to his lips.

"Friend, since that fiasco, you have come to value the galleon, why don't you pull one and sell it to me." Yang Chengying said.

Alvarez smiled bitterly: "Friend, I'm a businessman, not a member of the royal family, so I don't have that much ability." ”

"Okay, I won't embarrass you."

Yang Chengying pulled Alvarez aboard the ship and came out in a circle in the cabin.

"I don't want this battleship, you take it back." Yang Chengying said with a cold face.

"Why?" Alvarez was anxious, "Friend, although this battleship has some shortcomings, it can carry a large amount of supplies and personnel. ”

"It's windy here, what if it's overturned?" Yang Chengying asked.

Alvarez smiled faintly: "Wealth is in danger." It's like I've come all the way from Portugal to get rich. ”

Hearing the word "fortune", Yang Chengying decided to test him.

"Sell me this ship a little cheaper, and I can give you two options.

One, there is a way to make your Portuguese restoration successful.

Second, it allows you to make money.

Do you choose the first, or the second? ”

Alvarez was stunned, he was forced to make a choice before he could agree, it was dark enough.

But after thinking about it, there is still business to do in the future, there is no need to not give an inch, let alone can tell me an idea to make money.

"I choose second."

Álvarez said nonchalantly: "People worry about this kind of thing, I'm just a businessman." ”

Ji Yong and Huo Weihua glanced at each other, and they both despised each other.

"Okay, come here and I'll tell you a secret."

Yang Chengying pulled Alvarez to his side and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Are you sure, friend?"

"100 percent, but how do you get the manuscript from there, but it takes a lot of thought."

"How can I believe that what you say is true or false, in case not?"

"My friend, what if I told you that King James I of England had two years to live?"

This sentence shocked Alvarez quite a bit.

He subconsciously thought that this was unreliable, but looking at the other party's expression, he felt that maybe it was true.

"Well, I'll trust you this time."

Alvarez nodded, meaning that the Carrick sailboat was sold cheaply to Yang Chengying.

In fact, Yang Chengying wanted this armed merchant ship very much.

Although it was a product of the 15th century, there were no good shipwrights in the Liaodong region. Moreover, since Zheng He's voyage to the West, the Ming Dynasty began to have no ocean-going delivery capabilities.

You can only settle for the next best thing, first understand the technology of this armed merchant ship, and then create your own warship.

"Also, I want to say one more thing."

Yang Chengying said again.

"You say."

"The Portuguese instructor you brought. I know they're used to it, and now I'm honest, maybe I can't bear the loneliness, so I gave a secret order before leaving. ”

Alvarez had a bad premonition.

"The content of the secret order is to keep a close watch, and if there is any misconduct, it will be executed on the spot."

Yang Chengying said it word by word.

"Friend!" Alvarez exclaimed.

"Military law is ruthless, and I can't be blamed for that. Whether they can get a high return and go back to be at ease is up to them. ”

"Your military law is too strict."

"That's when you haven't seen a real army, fuss."

"Okay, anyway, they are not related to me, and it has nothing to do with me whether they are dead or alive."

"Well, if you don't give me a few sailors, I'll have a big reward."

This is also too good to climb the pole!

Alvarez hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "Okay, I'll give you a few." But you have to give me some benefits, otherwise I'm not a middleman. ”

"Tithes, you know." Yang Chengying said with a smile.

"Deal!"

Alvarez held out his right hand.

Yang Chengying also stretched out his hand, and the two shook hands.

This is a good start, with an armed merchant ship with ocean-going capabilities, coupled with the existing traditional warships, it can barely wander around.

Of course, there are drawbacks to this combination. For example, the combat mode is not coordinated, and the armed merchant ships are mainly hot weapons, while the traditional warships still jump to fight in gangs and fight in short combat.