open sea

Chapter 687 Caravan
In terms of the understanding of the word "Shaohua Yichang", Ma Gui of Majiagang feels the same way as the emperor Wanli he is loyal to.

The short summer in northern America eloped with autumn, and the annoying winter just left and returned.

When he returned to Majiagang and found the presence of Cheng Dawei and other visitors, Ma Zongbing was frightened to death, and hurriedly asked someone to give these merchants vaccines—they had brought a smallpox patient seriously when they came back.

Finally, Majiagang finally ushered in a few merchants who knew their way, and if they turned around and died of smallpox, it would kill people's anger.

Strange to say, the native slave who had smallpox was not cured by Magui and the others, and of course he did not infect anyone. After all, Magui and the others had already had smallpox.

But what is surprising is that no one was infected—the little slave who has been taking care of the sick should have been infected with smallpox, but he didn't.

This is a lucky kid who can speak part of Spanish and only part of it. The specific level is about the same as that of Magui, and he can only speak part of it after studying on Kuwu Island.

Coincidentally, the part of the Children's Club is different from the part of the Magui Club, and there is very little overlap.

The child's name is based on Magui's gathering of a dozen subordinates to carry out military discussions as grand as the preparations before a big war, and the final translation is: ant-eating beast.

Among them, the words "eat" and "animal" were translated by the officers headed by Magui. In fact, the child's name is Little Anteater.

If Chen Mu appeared here, he would be able to correct the child's rude name, but Ma Gui obviously couldn't wait for Chen Mu to come over, and he couldn't accept that the soldiers in his camp called this child who didn't make any mistakes a little beast, so He gave the child a very Chinese name.

cub.

The meaning is similar, they are all little guys, but this sounds pleasing to the ear.

Xiao Zai'er doesn't know how old he is, he looks about fourteen or fifteen years old. He said that he was captured by another tribe's slave trader five years ago, and then sold to the Spaniards and brought out of the jungle in South America. , worked for that company all the way to North America, until he was caught on board by the Ming army.

In the eyes of the young boy, there is no difference between the slave traders of the hostile tribes, the Spanish slave traders, and the Ming army.

If there must be a difference, it is that the Ming army is more like a god and is not afraid of plague.

This is probably the meaning of Xiao Zai'er's life. In fact, Xiao Zai'er said much more than these, but the Ming army in Majiagang can barely understand this point.

Now Magui even thinks that the expeditionary army is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to send soldiers who are proficient in Spanish... Xiao Zai has traveled from South America to North America in five years and has seen many things along the way, and Knowing everything, the most difficult thing for him in terms of intelligence is that he can't understand what others have said.

What will the cub say?He'd say 'get to work! ''Go right away! ''You slacker! ''Don't touch that horse! ''The idiot fell asleep on the floor! '

What will Magui say?He would say, 'The army of heaven has arrived, and no one has to leave this sea area as soon as possible, otherwise it will be sunk on the spot! ''Open the city gate quickly, I will wait for the autumn without any crime, otherwise there will be no chickens or dogs left behind after the city is broken! ''How dare I dare to be brave when I am defeated by tomorrow's army? ''Your general is dead, put down the gun and kneel down and don't move, the surrender will not be killed! '

In order to meet the emergency, he can also skillfully say, "Hand over all the water, food and valuables!"Forgive you not to die. '

Of course, the most proficient sentence is: "You wait here, the general's interpreter will come soon." '

It's a pity that his interpreter who was proficient in four languages ​​was frozen to death in the winter when he landed in America.

When the two extremes of speech come together, it is strange to be able to communicate normally.

It was cold and windy outside, Ma Gui was sitting on a wooden chair covered with mink fur and slowly blowing the hot water in the clay pot. His horse skin water bladder had been frozen long ago, even though they had no shortage of leather. , but all craftsmen are blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons. There are no leather craftsmen, and the water bladders they make leak.

"The days are much better. At least this winter, people won't freeze to death." Ma Gui took a sip of hot water and said to Cheng Dawei who had just taken off his boots and put them on the stove in the outer room: "You have been in Ma Gui this year. Jiagang, how much money can I earn this time, and how much capital will I have when I go back?"

Cheng Dawei is more like a veteran who has stayed in Majiagang for a long time than Ma Gui. He has been very natural since entering the urn buried in the soil of their newly built half-built house. Now he is more natural to put his shoes in the outhouse to warm himself. It seemed that he didn't become cautious again until he heard Ma Gui's orderly tone.

"Master General, there are five boats on this trip, and you can earn about ten thousand taels of silver. After paying back the capital of the boat, you can have 7000 taels of principal."

Ma Gui raised his eyebrows, thought for a while and said, "One boat can earn 2000 taels, it's worth your risk of life and death to run this trip. Ma has never met a merchant with such courage. Go back next year, are you still coming?" ?”

Cheng Dawei glanced at Ma Gui, then lowered his head again, and said in a low voice and slowly: "I want to come, but without Chen Fo's care, I don't know if the imperial customs can let me down. If I can come, I want to go back and buy again." Five boats."

"Five? Not enough."

Ma Gui shook his head slowly, patted the armrest of the seat lightly with his palm, and said: "Fifteen, if you have fifteen boats and transport five hundred people for Ma, Majiagang will issue you an official document, allowing you four Set sail in November and return to Dagu, Tianjin in November.”

Fifteen?
Dawei Cheng was stunned for a long time without speaking, his mind was running fast... To be honest, Dawei Cheng really wanted to use this trafficking to pay off the debt he owed, even if there were only five ships next time, he would take another trip. A large caravan of twenty ships can be organized.

Debt free!
Ma Gui neither spoke nor wasted, but slowly took out a bit of tobacco and crushed it to cover the chilblains on his hands.

He was not in a hurry, Mr. Cheng agreed to his request, and he sent an official document to Mr. Cheng. It’s okay not to agree, at worst, wait until Chen Mu arrives next year to find a way, and based on what he knows about Chen Mu, he knows that the Dongyang Fleet is coming. There must be a large number of merchants who are eager to follow the news.

In Magui's imagination, Chen Mu should come in June next year, when the weather is calm and mild - after all, Magui only traveled the road from the Central Plains to America once, and the impression that road left on him It is endless cold.

In fact, from the south of the Blackwater Mohe Islands, the situation is not so bad.

"500 people, who will the general send here?"

"Wherever there is drought or flood in the country, the people are miserable and cannot find a livelihood. Those who know how to farm and hunt, stonemasons, blacksmiths, cobblers, jewelers, dog trainers, horse trainers, and dogs, send some dogs."

"For farmers and hunters, each has [-] acres of wasteland and [-] acres of hunting forest. Craftsmen in the country are paid six or seven cents per job, but here, one job is one coin."

"Only one point."

As Ma Gui spoke, he raised a finger and said, "Come over and join the army."

The Banner Army who followed him through life and death should be promoted.

(End of this chapter)