New World 1620

It was already night, and the beautiful garden was extremely dark, only the few dim candlelight from the open ballroom could barely make out the silhouettes of figures dozens of yards away.

Numerous Spanish and Portuguese noble ladies, male and female, crowded at the edge of the garden, looking at the duelists standing face to face at a distance of 20 yards from each other, mixed with expressions of surprise and whispers.

The bishop of Lisbon and the Spanish governor Fernando are still mediating at the last moment.Although in such a dim situation, if you want to use muskets to hit each other unless God descends, but for the sake of the safety of the American Congressman and the personal image of the Spanish naval officer, they still try their best to defuse the temper of both parties.

"Lieutenant Colonel Perez, will you apologize to the respected Senator Yan for your previous impulsive behavior?" Fernando showed a disgusted expression at the troublemaker, but he still followed the procedure to say mediation words.

Holding a musket with good ammunition, the burly Spanish officer proudly puffed out his chest, his mustache trembling slightly: "No! Never! I have reasons to stick to my opinion, even if it may cause Even if there is a misunderstanding, I can't tolerate Senator Yan's provocation to me just now!"

Ha, a duel?Maybe at this time you should stick to my nose and shoot to have a chance of hitting!

Perez looked cheerfully at the blurred young American man across the way, expressing great contempt for the fact that the other party was holding a small musket that seemed to be "only used by women for games".

"Mr. Yan, as a distinguished gentleman, would you be satisfied if the opposite Mr. Perez said he retracted his previous remarks?"

The Lisbon regional bishop's cadenced voice was deliberately loud, and his eyes were fixed on the young man who was a member of the United States.Several young noble ladies seemed very excited, their breathing was short of breath and their chests heaved violently.

To have a gentleman who is willing to fight a soldier for himself is the dream of every noble daughter in this era of European high society!Not to mention such a distinguished, wealthy and handsome gentleman!

"No... strict... don't..."

Katerina tugged at the hem of her skirt, her eyes almost shed tears, looking at the young man who was smiling at her not far away, she almost couldn't control herself and wanted to rush out to stop the duel.

"It should be fine." Although Su Zining was also shocked that his friend would be so bold, but seeing the other party's confident eyes, he had no choice but to quietly hold Katerina's arm.

"No, nothing can make up for my lost personality and dignity." Yan Xiaosong twirled his finger with a pistol, and looked coldly at the opposite Spanish officer, "Your Excellency Bishop, Your Excellency Viscount Fernando, please start." Bar!"

"Well, I'm sorry, gentlemen, now, please check your weapons, when I count to three... Let me emphasize that in this duel, you only have a maximum of three chances to shoot, I hope this can be resolved Misunderstand."

Fernando shrugged his shoulders, took a few steps back, and started counting down: "One...two...three!"

"Oh!"

The Spanish lieutenant colonel pulled the trigger very quickly, and a beam of flames and white smoke obscured his vision.The women watching all around screamed and covered their eyes.

When the smoke cleared, the young man from the east opposite Lieutenant Colonel Perez was still standing with a smile on his face, as if he was not in a hurry to shoot.

"You're lucky..." Lieutenant Colonel Perez pouted, not surprised by the situation.It's not a shame, it's simply unimaginable to hit the target in this situation.

"Mr. Yan, why are you... well, it's your turn to shoot." Fernando was also surprised why this American congressman, who was always smiling, gave up shooting immediately.

First, looking back at the pale-faced Catalina, Yan Xiaosong took a deep breath, raised his pistol, and aimed his aim at the Spanish officer opposite.

"Bah!"

The pistol flashed an inconspicuous muzzle flash, and a cloud of blood exploded on the chest of the Spanish officer on the opposite side, and then tremblingly fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief.

The crowd erupted into more terrified screams than before, and countless noble ladies or daughters hid in the arms of the men beside them trembling in fright.The Spanish officials and nobles, including Fernando, were dumbfounded, and all their eyes were fixed on the small pistol in Yan Xiaosong's hand.

"Lieutenant Colonel Perez... My God, there's no way for this unlucky fellow."

I knelt down and touched the other person's face. Those big eyes were staring blankly at the night sky, and the pupils had already dilated.Fernando suddenly felt a chill down his back.

"Miss Catalina, it's time for us to dance!"

Throwing the gun back to Zhu Xiaoli gracefully, Yan Xiaosong walked up to Katerina in a few steps, held her hand, and led her towards the ballroom.

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The atmosphere in the ballroom was very strange. It seemed that they were shocked by the bloody duel just now. None of the local nobles or ladies left early. People stood around the ballroom and watched quietly the couples of men and women dancing in the center of the dance floor. .

Zhou Kemin stood on the edge of the dance floor, and the accordion hanging in front of him was playing a series of notes, and a piece of "Wave of the Danube" was floating to every corner of the ballroom of the mansion like flowing clouds and flowing water.

The musicians of the 17th century just watched blankly. Except for a little drummer who beat the beat independently and carefully, the men and women in the whole ballroom were stunned by this beautiful and smooth dance music.

And the four pairs of young American dignitaries, shoulder to shoulder and dancing modern ballroom dancing, made the aristocratic men and women who thought they were living the most upper-class life in Europe silent.

"Is this what you both agreed upon?" Yang Wenwen turned around in a very beautiful circle under Su Zining's influence, and then whispered something when she was about to return to the other party's arms.

"If I say it's all improvisation, do you believe it?" Su Zining smiled bitterly, stepped on the next beat accurately, and began to slide aside with the other party, "Now, this place belongs to you, respected Miss Yang Wenwen."

"Yan Xiaosong said that you like to hide topics very much. I don't think it's just that... I think that from now on, the whole of Europe will start to embrace you and Yan Xiaosong."

Uncompromising, Su Zining turned his head to look at another couple not far away, and sighed slightly to his familiar friend.

Not far from Su Zining and Yang Wenwen, Zhu Xiaoli, dressed in military uniform, was walking around with Yuan Xinyi, a foreign language translator.

"Why don't you dance with Su Zining? I think you guys like being together since you were on the boat." Zhu Xiaoli secretly glanced at Su Zining and Yang Wenwen who were sliding past him with an embarrassed expression, and kept his voice low.

"He won't talk to me about things other than work... In fact, everyone is the same. They are all at work, including dancing now, and they are all for others to see." Yuan Xinyi shook her head lightly, unexpectedly a little Angrily, but the tone is a little different from the usual confident and elegant translation of Spanish.

Zhu Xiaoli was taken aback for a moment and had no choice but to shut up.

Nurse Xia Qiuyu was relatively short, so her dancing partner at this time was Lao Zhao, a ship doctor. This honest middle-aged and stable man actually had good dancing skills, and his decent movements and strength subtly concealed Xia Qiuyu's relatively unfamiliar dance steps.

"Brother Zhao, can you stop recruiting 'European female workers'? I know what you men think!" The female college student who had not really completed her medical and nursing studies was blushing at this moment, but still insisted on her position.

"Hehe, Xiao Xia, if you look at the issue from the standpoint of the community committee and Xiao Su, it won't be like this. Actually, it's also for your safety..."

The ship doctor Lao Zhao smiled wryly, and carefully led the little nurse who was ten years older than his former daughter back from the circle.

Different from the skillful dance steps of Su Zining and others, Yan Xiaosong and Katerina's dance is much more strange.The Spanish girl who doesn't understand modern ballroom dancing can only stiffen her body, move her feet carefully following the other party's rhythm with a blushing face, and step on the other party's feet from time to time.

At a short distance away, the young man who had always been smiling optimistically had a calm expression on his face, with hardly any emotion visible.He was still whispering strange English sentences in his mouth, and judging from the ups and downs of the rhythm, it was obviously in line with the current dance music.

"When the sun rises and shines on the water.

Baiyun flies, waves jump.

The golden light shines, the wind sings.

……

Watch the rolling waves of the Danube.

Arrangements for both sides of the infinite good scenery.

The mountains on both sides of the strait are so gloomy.

The fields on both sides of the river are fertile and broad.

Boats on the river come and go like clouds.

It's really fascinating.

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How many beautiful legends are being told.

How many touching songs are being sung.

You feed our dear hometown.

Also irrigate crops to grow. "

Gradually, Katerina began to hum along with Yan Xiaosong softly. The elegant dance music was like an invisible and expanding net, gradually enveloping the two of them together...

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The dance party is over, and all uncertain factors have been confirmed today.

Signed a three-year trade agency contract with Fernando's trade agent, and the more detailed trade content will be in charge of the special staff sent by the Manhattan Community Committee.

With the explicit support of Fernando, the Lisbon political officer of the Kingdom of Spain, the Spanish navy will be used to escort the transport fleet from Europe to the Port of Heroes in the Azores.

With the final approval of the Duke of Braganza, the colonial governors of Brazil, Africa, and India, which are still under the control of the Portuguese aristocratic forces, will all receive a top-secret letter.

The final harvest was to kill the hapless Spanish naval officer Lieutenant Colonel Perez, and let everyone realize the power of the "Chinese American Republic" civilization with an impeccable modern dance.

A vigorous and elegant civilization that makes the whole of Europe bow down, a bunch of ingenious and precious trade goods, a kind of ferocious power that can explode at any time amidst elegance and nobility.

"Su Zining, maybe from now on, Europe 'belongs' to us."