open sea

Chapter 737
"Shao Shuai, why is he still here?"

Shao Tingda spread his hands and said: "I told him that these supplies are all the war profit of the heavenly army, and he readily agreed, and he will do another business with me - he intends to provide the Ming army in Asia with supplies for this war." Baggage."

Hei Yunlong raised his eyebrows and glanced at Brother Fu, "How can he provide it? This will leak our information to the Western Army. They will know our military strength, the amount of food, where it is and where it will go. Shao Shuai thinks twice."

Shao Tingda nodded, let Hei Yunlong sit down, and then said: "Although Almansa said that the Western Army is like this, and the European countries often have grain merchants to provide food for the two armies, but I don't believe it."

"At present, the captured military rations are enough for our troops for half a month. Shao will not lie to the Westerners about the rations. However, there will be unforeseen circumstances. We will go deep into the enemy's territory and keep him first. Sometimes, it’s always good to have insurance.”

Seeing Shao Tingda consider this aspect, Hei Yunlong became less wary of Fu Ge'er in his eyes. Seeing that there was no one else in the tent, he sat on the chair and slightly turned his body and asked in northern Mandarin, "Uncle Sixteen, this Westerner betrayed me. What does he want when his own country is so hospitable to us?"

He was still afraid that Fu Geer could understand Chinese. There are many Westerners who can understand Chinese, but they can only understand Cantonese. It is difficult for Fujianese to understand. As for the northern official language, Spain and Portugal are even more I haven't touched it at all.

Not to mention foreigners, Shao Tingda struggled to listen to northern Mandarin.

However, Shao Tingda thought it was impolite, and he said in slow Spanish: "Fogeer is willing to pay the mercenaries on behalf of the governor of New Spain in exchange for the right to manage porcelain in Asia after opening a port to Ming Dynasty."

Hei Yunlong rolled his eyes again and again, digesting the information mentioned in Shao Tingda's words, raised his eyes to look at Fu Ge'er, and nodded slowly.

This Western businessman did not think he was a traitor. He was helping his governor, and he had rare goods to live in. He bet on Almansa to win the final victory, and then he would get the right to buy and sell Ming porcelain from Almansa.

Hei Yunlong asked casually: "Porcelain, do you like porcelain? In fact, Hei thinks silk and satin are better, and they are more cost-effective than porcelain."

Fu Geer shook his head, with a smile still on his face. It could be seen that although Hei Yunlong was a little cold towards him, he respected this Ming army general who led the cavalry—a superior horseman.

Fu Geer realized that Hei Yunlong's Spanish was not very good, and he explained slowly: "Although silk and satin are luxurious, they are daily necessities and can only make multiple profits, but porcelain is different. Porcelain is a work of art. Different artwork."

"The factories in Mexico can produce silk and satin, and the courts of European countries prefer velvet, which is your velvet. It can make me money, but porcelain is different. There is no place that can make such exquisite things. The key is!"

Fu Geer raised a finger and said emphatically: "Porcelain has patterns of Ming people's life on it, which is the source of making money. Our artworks only have gods and nobles, and there are no common people and no businessmen."

"I can't sell the goods to the gods. The nobles are all poor. The real wealth is in the hands of the merchants. They will be willing to pay a higher price for the porcelain with the merchant's pattern. A plate is more expensive than a set of plate armor."

It is difficult for Hei Yunlong and Shao Tingda to understand this way of buying and selling, and it is even more difficult to understand the impact of porcelain on the spirit of Europe.

In the religiously authoritarian Europe, adventurers and businessmen took the opportunity of conquering the New World to obtain a pass to upgrade their class by virtue of their intellect and force, but found that the above is a world that is closer to God and more controlled.

The celadon that travels across the ocean to paint children playing in the house, and pawnbrokers listening to operas in teahouses can provide anyone with inner peace.

Just when Hei Yunlong didn't know what to say to answer, Shao Tingda waved his hand and said, "Brother Fu, it's time to see what you can do, 120, two hundred sheets, two hundred mats, if you don't have mats, use horsehide, cowhide, cotton Blanket blanket."

"Yellow paper incense candles, pottery urns and wooden boxes, you need to use them within seven days. Someone will tell you the quantity of these things."

Fu Geer thought for a while, although he didn't know what to use, he nodded and said: "General, don't worry, the Indian tribes and Spanish villages around these things should be able to find them, please allow me to leave temporarily."

After Fu Geer left with the young servant who had the abacus, Hei Yunlong asked worriedly: "Uncle Sixteen, how many of us died?"

"120 people were killed in battle, and 34 military doctors including one hundred households said they would not survive tonight, mainly the three hundred households led by sick children, nearly half were killed in battle, and everyone alive was injured."

"Tonight, the military doctors will report the types of deaths and injuries. The military craftsmen of each department must think carefully—Brother Mu and I have traveled across the South Seas, and we have never suffered such heavy casualties since we went to sea."

Heavy casualties?

Hei Yunlong fought against the Mongols in Shanxi last time. In the autumn before the peace talks, there were not many soldiers in northern Xinjiang. He waved his hand and said, "I can't say that, old man. There is no artillery or spears. This battle has already been fought very hard." All right."

"We have never faced such a cavalry attack. The casualties are three to four hundred. We have fewer enemies and more enemies. It is estimated that the Western Army only escaped four to five hundred people, which is enough."

Shao Tingda raised his hand and tapped his forehead twice, and ordered to Hei Yunlong: "Your department will deploy scouts to patrol the east of the river. The western army in northern Mexico only has this corps. There should be no enemies around."

"There are too many wounded soldiers. I will be stationed here for a few days. The military officers of each department and the doctors of the Beiyang Military Hospital will make post-war records. The peripheral defense will be handed over to your subordinates—by the way, the land in the north What are people doing?"

Hei Yunlong cupped his fists to receive the order, and then said: "Same as us, treating the wounded and gathering the broken soldiers? They shouted in Spanish in front of the formation that they would not fight with us, and they wanted to send someone to contact them?"

Shao Tingda just nodded, and was about to ask Hei Yunlong to appoint an officer, when he saw Almansa stumbling back and said without the air of a governor: "General, can you tell your military doctor with white sleeves not to vent his anger on those corpses?"

"They cut up the soldiers who died in battle. I know you killed a lot of people, but Spain killed more soldiers... Just, let's take it out."

Almansa said excitedly, Shao Tingda and Hei Yunlong looked up and turned their eyes. They didn't show any angry expressions, but Almansa's spirit was already a little lower, and he paused before saying: "Even if you want to vent your anger , please take them to a place where there is no one, I have recruited many half-breeds and knight prisoners, and they will not be able to fight for us if this continues!"

Shao Tingda and Hei Yunlong didn't know what happened at all. They looked at each other and saw the blankness in each other's eyes - venting their anger and dismantling everything. The Beiyang Banner Army was selected from good families, and they had perfect training and military methods. It is unlikely that such a thing will happen!
At this moment, the Banner Army who followed Almansa into the tent clasped his fists to salute, stepped forward and whispered a few words to Shao Tingda, which made Shao Tingda's expression clear.

"Chen Shigong, a former military doctor of the first class, is the Beiyang Academy of Medical Sciences who did Qianli Jianbu for the Banner Army?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)