In the understanding of the word "Shaohua is fleeting", Ma Gui of Majiagang empathizes with the emperor Wanli to whom he is loyal.

The short summer in the north of America eloped with the fall, and the annoying winter had just gone long before it returned.

When he returned to Majiagang, he found that the traces of Cheng Dawei and his party frightened Ma Zongbing half to death, and hurriedly asked someone to use pox for these businessmen - they came back with a smallpox patient.

Finally, Majiagang finally ushered in a few businessmen who knew the way, and when they turned around, they died of smallpox, which could kill people.

It's also strange to say that the native slave who had smallpox was not treated well by Ma Gui, and of course he didn't infect anyone, after all, Ma Gui and they had already had smallpox.

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

This is a lucky kid who can speak part of Spanish, only part of it, and the specific level is about the same as Magui, and his study on Khuwu Island has made him only speak part of it.

Coincidentally, the part of the children's club is different from the part of the Magui club, and it rarely overlaps.

The child's name is based on Magui's assembling of a dozen subordinates to carry out a grand military discussion as if it were preparations for a big war, and the final translation is: Beast that eats ants.

Among them, the words 'eat' and 'animal' were translated by the officers led by Ma Gui, but in fact, the child's name was Little Anteater.

If Chen Mu appeared here, he would definitely 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.

Little cubs.

The meaning is pretty much the same, they're all little guys, but this one sounds pleasing to the ear.

The cub did not know how old he was, but he looked fourteen or fifteen years old, and he said that he had been captured five years ago by slave traders from another tribe, and then sold to the Spaniards, and was taken out of the jungles of South Asia Merica, and worked for that company all the way to North Asia Merica, until he was caught on a ship by the Ming army.

Slave traders of rival tribes, slave traders of the Spaniards, and the Ming army were no different in the eyes of the cubs.

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

This is probably the meaning of the life of the little cub, in fact, the little cub said far more than this, but the Ming army in Majiagang could barely understand this.

Now Magui even feels that the expeditionary army is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to send soldiers who are proficient in Spanish...... The cub has traveled from South Asia Melica to North Asia Melica, and has seen many things along the way in five years, and knows everything, but the most difficult thing for him in terms of intelligence is that people say that they don't understand.

What will the cub say? He'd say, 'Get to work!' ''Go right away!'' ''You slacker! ''Don't move that horse!'' ''Fool sleeps on the ground!'' ’

What will Ma Gui say? He would say, 'The Celestial Army has arrived, and no one should leave this sea as soon as possible, or sink it on the spot!' ''Open the city gate quickly, I will wait for the autumn without committing any crimes, otherwise there will be no chickens and dogs left after the city is broken!'' ''My defeated generals in the Great Tomorrow Army still dare to be brave?'' ''Your general is dead, put down the gun and kneel down and do not move, and those who descend do not kill!'' ’

In order to respond to emergencies, he can also skillfully say, 'Hand over water, food, and valuables!' Spare you from dying. ’

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

Unfortunately, his translator, who was proficient in four Chinese, froze to death in the winter when he landed in Amerika.

It's strange that the two extremes of speech come together and can communicate normally.

It was cold and windy outside, Ma Gui sat on a wooden chair covered with mink and slowly blew the hot water in the clay pot, his horseskin bladder had long been frozen, although they were not short of leather, but all the craftsmen were blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, and there were no leather craftsmen, and the water bladders they made were leaking.

"It's been much better, at least no more people will freeze to death this winter." 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 to roast: "You have been in Majiagang this year, and you can earn two dollars this time, and how much capital do you have when you go back?" ”

Cheng Dawei is more like a veteran who has been in Majiagang for a long time than Ma Gui, and he has been very natural since he entered the urn buried in the soil of their newly built half-built house, and now he is more natural to put his shoes in the outhouse to roast the fire, and it seems that he did not regain his restraint until he heard Ma Gui's somewhat commanding tone.

"Master Hui, there are five boats on this trip, and you can earn about 10,000 taels of silver, and when you return the ship, you can have 7,000 taels of principal."

Ma Gui raised his eyebrows, thought for a while, and said: "A boat can earn two thousand taels, it is worth your life and death to run this trip, Ma has not seen a businessman with such courage as you, go back next year, will you still come?" ”

Cheng Dawei glanced at Ma Gui, lowered his head again, and said in a low and slow voice: "I want to come here, but without Chen Fo's care, I don't know if the imperial court customs can still let me come down, if I can come, I want to go back and buy five more ships." ”

"Gojo? Inadequate. ”

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

Fifteen?

Cheng Dawei was stunned for a long time and didn't speak, his mind was running rapidly...... To tell the truth, Cheng Dawei really wanted to rely on this traffic to settle the debt, even if there were only five ships next time, and he could organize a large caravan of twenty ships with one more trip.

Debt-free and light!

Ma Gui neither spoke nor was in a hurry, but slowly took out a little tobacco and mashed it to cover the frostbite on his hand.

He is not in a hurry, Cheng Dawei agreed to his request, he sent an official letter to Cheng Dawei, it doesn't matter if he doesn't agree, it's a big deal to wait for Chen Mu to come next year and then find a way, and as far as he knows about Chen Mu, he knows that when the Oriental Fleet comes, there will definitely be a large number of businessmen who are moved by the wind to follow.

In Ma Gui's imagination, Chen Mu should arrive in June next year, when the wind and waves were calm and the weather was mild - after all, Ma Gui had only walked the road from the Central Plains to America once, and that road left him with the impression of endless cold.

In fact, from the south of the Black Water Jar Islands, the situation is not so bad.

"Five hundred people, who is the general going to send over?"

"Where there is a drought or flood in the country, and the people are having trouble and cannot find a livelihood, those who can farm and hunt, stonemasons, blacksmiths, leathermen, jewelers, dog trainers, horse trainers, and dogs, send some dogs."

"Whoever farms and hunts shall have fifty acres of wasteland and fifty acres of forest, and a craftsman shall have six or seven cents of silver for each worker in the country, and here he shall have a penny of silver."

"Just one thing."

Ma Gui raised a finger as he said and said, "Come here to join the army." ”

The banner army that followed him from birth to death should be promoted.