Chapter 11: Beautiful Men (1)

Since Yun Zhao controlled the pole, Guangzhou's maritime trade business immediately entered an unprecedented period of great development.

In the coastal waters, the second fleet of the Ming Dynasty led by Shi Lang cruised on the sea, and the six detachments under his command were stationed in Taiwan, Qiongzhou, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Shanghai, and Yantai, Shandong, keeping an eye on the sea at any time.

And his main fleet has been stationed in Dengzhou, Shandong since returning from the expedition to Java.

The Second Fleet has a total of seven main ironclad warships, 66 second-class schooner warships, 378 wooden ships, more than 1,600 seaboats, and a total of more than 48,000 personnel.

In Malacca, outside the coastal sea borders, Han Xiufen's First Fleet has expanded wildly for four years, with sixteen ironclad ships firmly blocking Malacca, and as for the galleons, they have left Malacca and entered the Indian Ocean to find their own supplies.

That's right, this is Han Xiufen's policy for various detachments, those who can find goods, whether it is arms or official positions, will be inclined to them, and those who can't get money can only stand aside.

Today, the Strait of Malacca has been impregnable by Han Xiufen, whether it is the ironclad ships in the strait or the batteries in the narrowest part of the strait, so that the British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese warships have all stopped in the Strait of Malacca.

Even the Dutch East India Company, which was expelled from Java by Han Xiufen, would rather fight for India with the British and French than challenge Han Xiufen's position in Malacca.

The gate of the Strait of Malacca was closed by Han Xiufen, and the South China Sea and the East China Sea became the Ming Inland Sea.

Foreign warships are not allowed to enter, but merchant ships can be unimpeded, but they have to pay trade taxes.

After a confrontation between warships and warships, order generally comes down for a while.

At this time, the winner will naturally get more, and the loser will also recognize the winner's rights.

The Ming Dynasty is a civilized country and a powerful country.

This gave the Europeans a minimum basis for communicating with the Ming Dynasty.

Guangzhou, Lianxiang Building!

Howard sat in a window seat and sipped a sweet tea with honey and cinnamon.

Because Da Ming's teacups generally have no handles, he had to hold the entire teacup and lean forward slightly, so that his slender waist could be revealed.

Ever since he got off the boat, he had discarded his loose and ugly linen shirt, put on knee-high white stockings, and put on a pair of half-inch high heels to make him look taller.

A pair of beige corset breeches showed off his graceful calves and thick thighs.

A white shirt with a standing collar and lace as white as snow was tightly attached to his neck, so that he could not bow his head and looked even more noble.

The black waistcoat with ribbon was buttoned and his thin waist and broad chest were fully exposed.

This time, he didn't deliberately put on makeup like he did in London, and he didn't put black beauty spots on his mouth to declare to everyone that "I can belong to you".

He generally doesn't like to wear a wig when he doesn't attend a drinking party, and his blonde hair is as dazzling as the sun god, so there is no need to cover it with a wool wig.

So, he simply tied his hair back with a ribbon, and his hair was very long, which was his pride.

A delicate sheathed sword sits at hand, and the ruby on the hilt is radiating with dazzling brilliance.

This makes him look both cultured and full of Ranger mystery.

Usually in this case, Howard should also keep a small lambskin book of poetry in the pocket of his waistcoat with a corner exposed.

He is confident in his appearance and in his strong body.

When he was in London, as long as he appeared at the reception, he always attracted the favor of many ladies, and often received many mysterious invitations before the banquet was over.

It would have been a good day, until an angry husband pulled a tired Howard out of that huge bed, and Howard thought so.

"Your wife has eyes as bright as the stars or the sun;

lips like coral, cinnabar, and ruby;

The cheeks are like the moon, the skin is like condensed fat, and the complexion is like a lily mixed with roses, with a shimmering luster of gold and silver.

The skin texture is better than cream or milk; The blood vessels on the chest resemble a blue stream; The teeth are as white as pearls or ivory......

Such a beautiful woman smiled at me, and I forgot that I was nothing but a humble man, that I had forgotten my promise to God, and that I wanted nothing more than to plunge into your wife's soft breast.

Sir, you are the lucky one, the real lucky one, I am just a wrecked ship that has just weathered a storm, and you are so lucky to be able to anchor for a moment in your wife's gentle harbor, and you can be here forever. ”。

Normally, after Howard uttered these words of praise, the husband usually calmed his anger and discussed his wife's tenderness with him......

But this husband was different, he was furious like a bull that had seen a red cloth, panting and throwing him out of the window by the neck......

When he was naked. When I escaped from that beautiful manor, I found that a squirrel was depicted on the lintel of the manor, and there was an inscription on the bottom of the squirrel: "Where am I going to climb......

Count Arundel - An eyeball-like infatuator who pampers his wife, he challenges and kills six rivals......

Howard didn't want to be the seventh, he didn't have the confidence to face the strong bull-like Earl Arundel and win.

He received a letter of challenge from the Count of Arundel.

Then he fled.

In France, he was almost killed by men sent by the Count of Arundel, and in the bright Italian sun, the men sent by the Count of Arundel nearly strangled him, even in the dark and cold of Cologne, when an arrow was shot into the door frame of his ear......

Then, with the help of his friends, he boarded a merchant ship to the East and spent a year on the seas.

Now, he can finally sit in the bright sun and enjoy a cup of fragrant sweet tea.

This is the mighty Daming, those uncles of the Count of Arundel, and the power of the brothers has not yet exerted their power in this place.

As soon as he set foot on the land of Daming, he completely fell in love with the country.

Not only because of the huge steel warships encountered in the Strait of Malacca, and the navy in beautiful sailor suits, but also because a shipload of European men and women also came to this eastern country to beg for a living.

This made Howard completely relieved, as long as there were his own kind here, he could live well.

Just now, he had already shown his elegance and beauty in the most prosperous part of this huge city, and there were many people looking at him, most of them were looking at him with lively eyes, and no one looked at him with the idea of appreciation.

It's troublesome, which shows that the beauty that you are proud of is not popular here.

Thinking of this, Howard turned his head to look at his waiter Simon and said, "We are not suitable for here, we still have to go to the new dock." ”

Simon put away Howard's sword and said very carefully: "Master, the people here seem to be richer." ”

Howard sighed and said, "Simon, every place has its own standard of appreciation, just like the British like double chins, the French like poets, and the Italians like arms as long as their legs, it is said that such people......

I think the people of Daming must also have their own standards for beautiful men, we are new to the city, and we need to explore them slowly. ”

Simon nodded repeatedly, "You're always right." ”

Howard smiled and patted Simon on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, the money you invested in me will come back a hundredfold or a thousand times sooner or later." ”

Simon smiled and showed his big yellow teeth, "It's inevitable, sir." ”

Seeing that Simon paid the bill with silver coins, Howard took out a silver coin and a few copper coins from Simon's money bag, carefully identified them, and asked Xiangxi about the value of these coins, so he put the money into his pocket.

There was no way around it, he was chased by Earl Arundel in such a hurry that Howard lost almost all his possessions, and the tickets to the East were made up by his friends.

Had it not been for the good servant found on board, Howard believed that he would have been like the filthy sailors, doing the hard work on the ship, eating the food that pigs eat.

Just as Howard was leaving the Lotus Fragrance Building, a ragged beggar leaned against the door of the hotel with a broken bowl and basked in the sun boringly.

Howard took a copper coin from his pocket and threw it into the beggar's broken bowl, and said in the most peaceful tone, "Take it, poor man." ”

When the beggar saw a copper coin appear in the broken bowl, he was overjoyed, and when he looked up to thank him, he realized that the person who threw him the copper coin was a Westerner, and the guy's blue-gray eyes were full of mockery.

The beggar spat at Howard's feet, then threw the copper coin to Howard and said, "What are you, to laugh at Grandpa with shame." ”

Howard couldn't understand what the beggar was saying, and looked at the beggar in confusion, but heard the people around him make a noise, constantly shouting "yes, yes," and something like that.

Howard said to Simon, "Don't the beggars here want money?" ”

Simon shook his head, he didn't know why.

"Boy, I didn't lose my face as a Ming man, and then, the lord rewarded it."

Upstairs, a chubby merchant leaned out of the window and dropped half of the leftover roast chicken.

The beggar didn't wait for the roast chicken to fall, so he caught the roast chicken in the air, took a bite of it, and then bent down to the merchant upstairs to salute, and thanked him vaguely.

Howard was an extremely sensitive man, and he quickly saw contempt and mockery in the eyes of the people around him.

"Things are worse than I thought......"

Howard tightened his shirt tightly, deliberately puffed up his chest, and looked straight ahead with his eyes so that his stride looked more athletic.