In a word, the Council of Elders has no interest in maritime security in the Indian Ocean, and even, if there is more chaos today, it will be better to wait until the hand of the Council of Elders reaches out to this side, and if it is not chaotic, how can it appear that the Council of Elders has the ability to engage in law and order?

Only by keeping expectations to a minimum can the disease be cured once and for all, and this is the consistent policy of the Presbyterian Church, and they are in favor of the enemy's policy of chicken feathers and duck blood.

Xu Hao is naturally not interested in these things.

The Smurfs looked unforgiving, if he had a point.

"It is the natural duty of the navies of all nations to drive out pirates, and you are not a man of immorality, in that case, what qualifications do you have to visit holy Rome, and what qualifications do you have to command this warship?"

Xu Hao's eyebrows raised and he said, "On my boat, but you are in charge?" It's like you're ruthlessly clean? ”

Xu Hao knows very well, in this era, led by the British, it is directly recruited a group of pirates as a navy, and the navies of other countries are not much better, basically it is a distribution center for all kinds of excellent scum, go to a place to see how much oil and water there is, whether it can be robbed, in the new route of the Age of Discovery, it is basically the history of blood and tears of the people along the coast for many years.

The Smurf said: "The sins of those sinners have naturally been arranged by the Lord a long time ago, and what awaits them is the final punishment, but since you claim to be a member of a civilized country, you should do something that belongs to a civilized country, in the final analysis, your civilization is too backward, how can the square font compare to the beautiful Roman font, I think, if you want to get civilization, your country should be colonized by us for three hundred years, hand over all the wealth to us to take care of, and the government will be presided over by us, so that the lower civilization where you are located, little by little...... ”

Xu Hao was completely unhappy, and shouted: "Shut up, if you talk more, I'll throw you down to feed the fish!" ”

According to the previous arrangement, these two guys, Mei Qianzhi and the Smurfs, are the two stepping stones that lead the way, the introduction to prove their identity, once they arrive in the United Kingdom, which is still in the civil war at this time, they will naturally have the opportunity to get their hands on it, drill camps and drill camps inside, and take advantage of the life and death between the British Parliamentary Army and the Royal Army, to get some benefits, and by the way, see what kind of impact it can have on them.

As long as the situation is opened in England, then the rest of the matter will be easy, the elders will suffer from the limited knowledge of this era, and do not know where to start, but one thing is easy to imagine, these two missionaries, when they run out, will be thrown away.

Enrique stood there, watching Xu Hao's sudden change of face, he was also very uneasy, looked at it, and said, "Priest, what happened." ”

The priest was in a trance, looked at it, and said in a mournful tone: "Mr. Enrique, I have been on that pirate ship before, trying to reform those sinners, and one of them told me that this operation was directed by someone, and that the man was probably an Englishman!" ”

"What!" Enrique seemed incredulous and said: "How dare the British, they ......"

Suddenly discouraged, Portugal had just broken away from Spain for a few years, and how many years ago, Spain was not as good as a day, the Armada was basically broken apart by the newly rising British and Dutch, Spain was already kneeling, not to mention itself?

He gritted his teeth and said: "I can't believe that although I have been away from Europe for more than a year and have come to Europe for inspection, why did the British dare to attack me if they were not in a civil war!" ”

The Smurfs frowned, as if they were involved in something terrible, and said: "Sir, it's just a British accent, it doesn't mean anything, but these pirates should be strictly interrogated to find out who is behind the scenes, if someone really instigates pirates to attack a nobleman's ship, this is almost an open challenge to the divine law, this is a betrayal!" ”

It is no wonder that this person is dissatisfied, the nobles and commoners of this era are different, and they identify with each other even more than their own country, and even in World War I, the British royal family composed of a group of Germans led a group of British to deal with the poor Germans, these royal families have no attachment to Germany, but instead contribute to the troubles and make trouble.

However, if someone really dares to deal with the nobles in secret, then don't blame the nobles for turning their faces.

Enrique suddenly said: "Yes, you tell this person, as long as he helps us to investigate the main thing behind the scenes, I am willing to promise that I will give him a noble title, and I don't have to be a barbarian anymore, what, I want to say here, I am an envoy sent by the Prime Minister of Portugal!" Isn't it as good as the authority of a small country in the East? ”

The Smurfs sighed and said, "Sir, they are the legendary China, a place full of gold, they really don't need much, and it is said that their territory is much larger than Portugal, so naturally ......"

"How big can that be, as big as Spain?"

(Most Europeans have no concept of a unified country, and someone once traveled to Harbin, and before leaving, he felt that China was really big, and it took so many days to complete, in fact, he went around Harbin)

"Well, it's hard to say, but according to Priest John Tong, it's big, big."

Enrique fell into deep thought, looked at Xu Hao, who was roasting meat with great interest, and frowned: "Such a civilian, is actually the captain of such a sea ship, or an envoy to Europe, is there no one in this country!" ”

He couldn't understand that the aristocracy was notoriously proud of not working and not working, let alone fooling around with the sailors of the Lower Riba people, it was simply unimaginable, and it was indeed a barbarian country, and he couldn't help but think of the Hun Attila recorded in the book, who also came to Europe from China to plunder.

Xu Hao blinked his eyes, a little unable to believe his ears, and said: "I will help you interrogate and investigate, and you will give me benefits, what kind of benefits, how much?" ”

The Smurfs were a little vague at this time, communicating with Enrique, and Xu Hao shouted on the side: "Hehe, what are you talking behind your back, speak Chinese!" ”

The Smurf looked at Xu Hao and said, "Sir, this lord is willing to give you a thousand silver coins, and he can also make you an earl, what do you think." ”

Xu Hao looked at it and said, "How big a silver coin, what kind of benefits can this earl give, and how much territory is there." ”

"Well," the Smurfs asked again, took out one, and said, "That's how the silver coin is, the earl is a title divided by the Portuguese royal family, which is recognized by the whole of Europe, and once obtained, it can be accepted among the nobility." "The Smurfs themselves are only the lowest titles, so when they speak, they still have a little yearning.

Xu Hao's face was not good, and he said: "Co-authoring is to give a title out of the air, not even a castle, a fiefdom or anything, fool me!" ”

The Smurfs learned Guangpu, of course, and also learned some Mandarin by surprise, if you speak slowly, you can still communicate with each other, but the word flicker comes from a hundred years later, and I am still ignorant.

The Smurfs smiled and said, "Portugal's native lands have been divided into many lands, and besides, in this era, there are so many lands spread across the routes from Europe to Asia, if you like it, you can ask for it." ”

"That's right." Xu Hao's face didn't know how, these people are sacrificing their lives and money, and the local ones can't be given, as for what Africa, India, and the land, you can take it if you like.

There are many such empty titles in Chinese history, and in fact, Europeans have not done this kind of unruly thing, of course, it was not until later, with the influence of previous revolutions, that the aristocratic plot was slowly cleared from people's minds.

And people also said, the land thing, you like, take it, in this era, any European country, is everywhere enclosures, everywhere on the coastline of each country to establish their own landing points, where do you want the territory?

He thought about it, this title is really nothing funny, and asked, "What about the money, how can I give me the money." ”

Enrique muttered for a while, and the Smurfs immediately said, "On that ship, hijacked by those pirates, we can give you most of our wealth." ”

Xu Hao was almost vomiting blood, the money obtained from fighting pirates had been counted as Xu Hao's merits for the Council of Elders, in addition to the ones distributed to the soldiers, which were stored in his treasury and ready to go to Europe to be used on the fly, there were also several boxes of gold and silver that were sent back, and you took those things as favors!

Xu Hao said with a straight face: "The ship was all captured by us on the pirates, what does it matter to you, I want cash, don't you have it." ”

The Smurf's face was not good, and he could only explain: "My lord, it is so, we found that some of the pirates were instigated and guided to attack Mr. Enrique's family, and this matter must be thoroughly investigated, so, please." ”

Xu Hao frowned, this seems to be someone's internal grievance, should it be taken care of, is it a bit of a problem to ask the rear for this kind of thing?

He thought for a moment and said, "Regarding this, it is your grudge, we will not interfere, well, of course, those pirates, when they get to the next port, I will give them a choice, whether to leave in a dinghy, or help you investigate." ”

For Xu Hao, the Indian Ocean and even other oceans are as chaotic as possible, the pirates of this era are basically the largest scum concentration camp, these people have left, they will not do any useful activities, they will only do disasters at sea, for the elders who concentrate on internal affairs for at least a few years, farming and accumulating internal strength, the more chaotic the Indian Ocean, the better.

The Smurfs hurriedly said: "But, they are all pirates, they are all pirates who kill people without blinking!" ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Pirates are also human, besides, we won't interfere in your affairs." ”

What are the Smurfs still saying, Xu Hao said: "Look, Europe is at war now, and I heard that in Britain, the king and the rebel are at war, and on the European continent, how many years have they been fighting, in short, it has not stopped You said, if we go to the UK, should we communicate with the parliament, or with the king." ”

Of course, for the current situation in Britain, Xu Hao can't help but laugh, the king will be overthrown by the parliament he convened, as Li Xiangqian pointed out sharply: in the overseas colonies, there are also new money aristocrats who earn from business, against the old-style land aristocracy who are attached to the king, basically the money aristocracy has almost destroyed the land aristocracy.

Although decades later, after Cromwell's death, the Parliamentarian army was disheartened and the king was welcomed back, by that time, the money aristocracy had basically taken control of England and was dominant, and even Charles II had no power to change everything back.

Now, it happens that Cromwell is about to ascend to the throne, but at the point of fighting in Britain, even the Presbyterian Church is a little undecided whether to support King Charles I or support Parliament, in the interests of China, it is better to fight the English Civil War for a few more decades, but the chain reaction caused cannot be said.

Britain is very interesting in this period, especially the East India Company, even if the national war is lively, it has not delayed foreign plundering and business, and even its domestic war has not affected the expansion of the navy, in fact, the first naval battle between Britain and the Netherlands was fought seven years later, imagine who else will fight after the civil war, and after two or three years of opening a film with the enemy?

Of course, this is also where the money aristocracy was superior to the landed aristocracy, and this is why they eventually gained the dominance of Britain.

However, if the Elders would make a slight change, it would be too big, even if it was not to go down to the field to do anything in person, only to sell a certain amount of munitions, even if it was a thousand Mauser rifles, would be enough to change the tide of the war.

Of course, how to do it, Xu Hao plans to take a look at it first and then make up his mind after arriving in the UK.

However, in the face of this missionary, it is naturally impossible to tell the truth.

The missionary frowned and said, "You mean, you're going to meddle in our war?"

"No, I have no interest in your war, I don't care how many kills I make, my mission is simple, to convey our voice to your people, so we don't choose sides."

Xu Hao added in his heart, we are the biggest side, and we only occupy our own side.

This made this Smurf think something else, indeed, there are not many Chinese on this ship, not enough to do anything, but it is a force to be reckoned with, if they help the royal family, or guide the current parliamentary army, it will be very different.

There has been a news gap between Asia and Europe for several months, and although there is a constant exchange of ships, the news from earlier this year that the rebels in Britain's parliament have formed a so-called new model army, and after a few battles with the royal army, the royal army is not optimistic.

(End of chapter)