Chapter 308: Return Gift

On the fourth day after Chen Jiujing's fleet left the port of Bordeaux, the fleet from the port of Southwest de France arrived belatedly, leaving them with only the broken fortresses that had been torn open from the ground by some means, and the smoke-emitting manors of the vast land.

The corpse-strewn battlefield had long since been cleaned, but the piles of French corpses still had at least the last bit of dignity, they had not taken everything like the European armies like locusts in transit, and those clothes were still on them.

There were no Spaniards, no Ming Empire, and the battlefield was cleaned.

What angered the reinforcements the most was that Bordeaux paid the intruders ransom – albeit not as much as they had demanded, after all the estates in the countryside had been plundered and only a few castles had survived.

It's an unparalleled disgrace.

The noble squires of the city collected all the gold and silver they could collect and sent them outside the city, only to exchange them for an earl and three knights.

And these people are the same price...... The people of the Ming Empire treated their nobles equally, all according to their weight.

Gold and silver on a scale!

How barbaric?

Six days later, the infantry of the kingdom of Henry of Narva arrived first, took a look at the devastation of Bordeaux and comforted the gentry of the city, and then returned home to prepare for war, just as he learned that these violent elements who had crossed the ocean were next door to his realm.

He feared that his kingdom would be attacked by these people rather than justice for Bordeaux.

The gloom and fog on the coast of France did not prevent the Spanish people on the other side of the Bay of Biscay from carrying out a grand triumphal ceremony in the port of the fully loaded Siyong battalion.

When Chen Jiujing's flagship docked at the port and the ships carried goods at the docks on the shore, countless Spanish people spontaneously came to the port to carry goods for them.

Boatloads of oak barrels of wine were unloaded from the shore, and newly-spun georgettes of such great value were coated in layers by mercenaries who were too lazy to carry them, or used as wrapping cloths for raisins, cured meats, sausages, and whole hams.

How can a light chiffon hold up so much weight? Naturally, the mercenaries thought of this, so they would wrap them in many layers, so that the Spanish children who came to see the warships on the coastal harbor would run after the mercenaries and ask what was inside.

There are even boxes and boxes of elderberry, which the military doctors of the White Mountain Battalion tribe used to treat the wounded soldiers, and found that there is also this kind of medicinal herb grown in their hometown in Europa, although there are some small differences, but there is no problem in using it.

This thing is the most effective for military doctors, a treasure, blood and pain, bruises, fractures and blood loss, all can be cured, so although they brought some medicines made by the Oriental military government, they cut one piece after another in the field, and when other goods were loaded onto the ship, they used bundled elderberry plugs.

In the end, there was still a elderberry that could hold a four-hundred-material ship, and there was no place to put it, and it was burned in a room with a bay fortress.

Originally, the tribal doctor of the Hada Department under Kangguru's command who was so thick with a waist and a face full of flesh was very unhappy, thinking that it was a pity that all good things were burned, but later from Chen Jiujing's hearsay, he told some examples of Europa's doctors' treatments, saying that he would hold the torch and watch it burn before getting on the boat.

After boarding the ship, he said to the Baishan warriors on the ship: "You always call us quacks, see what quacks are?" ”

Chen Jiujing understood his thoughts, and finally had someone who could make him say that he was a quack, but he couldn't let them grow up.

With the help of the people, the mercenaries were happy and relaxed, except for the important booty that they had to carry and pull, those valuable things were just guarded along the way, and the people helped carry them into the carriage.

Infected by this cheerful atmosphere, Chen Jiujing ordered thirty oak barrels to be distributed to the people who helped at the dock to drink as they pleased, and rode his horse and led the army back to the camp with the sound of the people admiring their harvest.

For Chen Jiujing, the second general of Bai Shan, and the sixth general of Xi Yong, those valuable red wines, georgettes, and even gold, silver and jewelry were no longer so important after this short but thrilling voyage arrived safely at the port.

What matters is the armor, weapons, artillery, and horses.

If they wanted money, they could always spare a week to go out and grab it again - such an unscrupulous and unimpeded feeling could only be so enjoyable under Chen Jiujing.

Anyone who does this, as long as it is known, they can only live a life of exile, but Chen Jiujing is different, the king of Spain will never hand him over to France,

"General, the prefect of Bilbao sent fifty Bilbao swords to congratulate us on our victory, all of them are good swords, and in Spain they are second only to the Toledo steel swords."

Soon after returning to the camp, Chen Jiujing had just asked the Beiyang military doctor who stayed in the camp to help him look at his left ear, which was constantly buzzing, boiled hot water and got into the basin to soak comfortably.

Carlos, who had removed his plate armor and was wearing a black shirt, reported to him: "The news for the merchants has been spread, and our goods are the best, and we should be able to sell them soon." ”

"There are too many Pershma brought back from Bordeaux, and there is no place to raise them in the camp, so for the time being, people can watch from outside the camp, and they have also asked the people who came to deliver the swords to go back and ask the commander for instructions to open up the pasture, but it will take some time to report to Bacsbis."

Carlos said: "We can find a reliable ranch owner outside the city and raise it with them first, it won't cost too much." ”

The region of Bacchus, which belonged to the kingdom of Narva in ancient times and later split into Spain in a voluntary form, enjoyed a considerable degree of autonomy, and it was natural for the camp of the Chen Jiu Jing Department to expand the land, but more importantly, it was necessary to obtain the consent of the autonomous capital first.

Chen Jiujing, who was comfortable in the warm soup, had no objection to this, and glanced at the guards who walked in, the other party drew out the long sword and flicked it, nodding deeply, indicating that the long sword is indeed the best weapon as Carlos said, he closed his eyes by the wooden barrel and said: "There are indeed a lot of those horses, we will keep a hundred in the camp, and pick out a hundred mares, I will send a boat to Seville, and the rest will be fostered in a few pastures as you said." ”

"As for this sword, the Ming Empire pays attention to reciprocating the peach. I don't have anything to give in return when someone gives me a gift, so I'll give them a few Frenchmen. ”

"It would be barbaric to give all the nobles of Bordeaux who had no money to ransom to Bilbao, as long as they were not burned at the stake. In addition, what to do with Spain has the final say, and this battle is also a victory for Spain. ”

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