Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 108 The Governor's Daughter Claudia

Wannu Bugarao knew that Tangning must have known Claudia's identity, but he still took the initiative to introduce, "Master Tang, this is Miss Claudia, the daughter of Lord Shi Luobao, Governor of Magang."

"Miss Claudia represents Ma Hong Kong and the Kingdom of Portugal, and is responsible for cooperating with Mr. Tang."

Tangning smiled and nodded, "It's an honor, please sit down."

Claudia smiled and sat back in her original seat, while Tangning sat in Xiaohuan's previous seat.

Xiaohuan obediently filled Claudia's teacup and poured another for Tangning, then stepped aside and sat down.

After sitting down, Tangning didn't rush to speak first, because he knew that since the other party asked for a meeting, there was naturally more than what he just said.

Sure enough, seeing that Tang Ning didn't have any intention of speaking, Claudia had no choice but to speak up. She first tried to speak clearly, but it was obviously not smooth.

And I couldn't fully express myself, so I had to change it to Portuguese.

After changing to Portuguese, she spoke much more fluently, and her voice was very nice, so everyone's eyes unconsciously focused on her.

After Claudia finished speaking, Wannu Bugarao quickly translated: "Mr. Tang, we have been very happy to cooperate during this period of time."

"This time, on behalf of Magang and the Kingdom of Portugal, I would like to have greater cooperation with you."

Tangning pondered for a moment before asking, "Then how do we cooperate?"

Wannu Bugarao translated to Claudia again.

Claudia looked around and said, "What we're talking about might be important."

Tangning pondered for a while, then turned her head to gesture to Cheng Gong who was beside her.

After a while, Cheng Gong arranged a secluded room.

Except for Tang Ning, Song Yunwan, Claudia, and Wannu Bugarao, all other irrelevant personnel withdrew.

After sitting down, Claudia immediately looked at Tangning and said seriously, "Mr. Tang, we hope to expand our trade and other cooperation."

After Wannu Bugarao translated, Tangning smiled and said, "It's easy to understand the expansion of trade volume, and the expansion of other cooperation. I don't know which aspect Miss Claudia is referring to."

Claudia smiled and said, "As long as Mr. Tang is willing to cooperate with us, it's fine."

Tangning raised her brows and thought for a while before she said, "Claudia's visit came so suddenly, I haven't really thought about how we can strengthen cooperation."

After listening to Wannu Bugarao's translation, the smile on Claudia's face stopped, and a pair of big blue eyes looked at Tangning curiously, as if she wanted to see something.

Tangning didn't shy away from it in the slightest, with a smile on her face.

Claudia continued: "Mr. Tang, I think we can cooperate in many ways."

"I have lived in Magang for three years, and I have some understanding of Ming Dynasty. After comparison, I found that the East far surpassed the West."

"But now the West is ahead of the East, does Mr. Tang believe it?"

Tangning nodded, and said frankly, "The opening of the West and the closure of the East have made the West surpass the East."

"Woo..." Claudia looked slightly stunned, and then said happily: "I agree with Mr. Tang's words."

"From Mr. Bugarao, I know that Mr. Tang is a wise man. You are knowledgeable and open-minded."

"You are different from other Daming people. You know the gap between the East and the West, and you really want to change this gap. This is the reason why you took the initiative to ask the Jesuits to enter Daming."

"Now the West is ahead of the East in shipbuilding, navigation, firearms, and science. As long as Mr. Tang wants to change all this, we can cooperate, can't we?"

Tangning looked certain, looked at Claudia and said, "There is no such thing as a free lunch, Miss Claudia, what do you want?"

Claudia seemed attracted by Tangning's words again, "There is no such thing as a free lunch, woo, Mr. Tang, talking to you is so pleasant and pleasant."

After the joke, Claudia immediately became serious and said, "What we are most interested in, of course, are your unknown firearms, Mr. Tang."

Tangning raised her brows, "The origin is unknown?"

Claudia asked back: "Isn't it? In the entire Ming Dynasty, only the Xinjun has this kind of weapon, but the Xinjun has only appeared for less than a year."

"And your firearms factory has just been successfully built. Mr. Tang, you also admitted to Mr. Bugarao that you can't manufacture those weapons yourself, and you still need to learn our artillery technology,"

"Now the new army has thousands of people, or 1 people, but most of them are only equipped with matchlocks, long guns, knives, bows and arrows."

Claudia stopped talking at this point. In fact, she still had some doubts in her mind that she didn't express directly. For example, Tang Ning explained to Bugarao that this advanced artillery technology had been lost.

Claudia doesn't believe this kind of nonsense at all. Their technicians have carefully studied the various craftsmanship of this artillery, which is far from what this era can achieve.

It would be understandable if only one technology was hundreds or even thousands of years ahead of this era, but it would be unbelievable for many technologies to surpass this era at the same time and combine them to make a beautiful thing.

However, Claudia couldn't reveal such doubts and guesses, because she knew that this was the biggest secret in Tangning's heart.

Even if she asked, it was impossible for Tangning to say it. Instead, it would make people vigilant and suspicious.

Of course, based on Tangning's intelligence, she might already know that the Portuguese had such suspicions.

But if some problems are not directly mentioned, everyone can pretend not to know and continue to maintain a friendly relationship.

The Dutch did the exact opposite. They couldn't obtain it through normal means, so they chose to grab it without hesitation.

As long as the new army is wiped out and Tangning is captured, they may be able to find out the secret.

Even if the secret cannot be known in the end, or the secret has no effect, as long as the desired firearm is obtained, the result will be very good.

However, the Dutchman failed, and the end didn't seem to be very good.

Therefore, the Portuguese, whose overall strength is not as good as the Dutch, must recognize the reality and not allow the new army to treat them as second robbers.

So Miss Claudia, the governor's daughter, came in person.

Regarding the things Claudia said, Tangning did not comment, but smiled, "Since Miss Claudia knows that we are not enough, she should have thought that it is impossible for me to sell to others, unless it is like the Dutch Come grab it."

Claudia said seriously: "So the stupid Dutch paid their due price. I believe no one will dare to do that stupid thing again."

"So beautiful Miss Claudia, I'm afraid I can't give you what you are most interested in."

Claudia didn't show any dejection, but said frankly: "Although we are a little regretful, we are prepared. If it were us, we would not sell our most important things to others."

"In that case, what do you want?"

"Friendship." Claudia replied seriously.

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(End of this chapter)