"Shao Shuai, why is he still here?"

Shao Tingda spread his hands and said: "I told him that these burdens are the war profits of the Heavenly Army, and he readily agreed, and he will make another deal with me - he intends to provide the Ming army in Asia with the baggage of this war." ”

Heiyunlong raised his eyebrows and glanced at Brother Fu'er, "How can he provide it, this will leak the information of our department to the Western Army, and they will know the strength of our army, the amount of food and clothing, where it is and where it will go, Shao Shuai thought twice." ”

Shao Tingda bowed his head and let Heiyunlong sit down before he said: "Although Almansa said that the Western Army is like this, and the European countries often have grain merchants to provide food for the two armies, but I can't believe it. ”

"At present, the captured soldier rations are enough for our department for half a month, and the food matter Shao will not fake the hands of Westerners, but there are unforeseen circumstances, we will go deep into the enemy territory, keep him first, it is difficult to keep the water and food when the food is exhausted, it is always good to have insurance."

Seeing Shao Tingda considering this aspect, Hei Yunlong's eyes were less wary of Fu Ge'er, and seeing that there was no one else in the tent, he sat on the chair and turned slightly and asked in northern official dialect: "Uncle Sixteen, this Westerner betrayed his country but was so attentive to us, what does he want?" ”

He is still afraid that Fu Ge'er can understand Chinese, and many Westerners can understand Chinese, but they can only understand Cantonese, and it is difficult for Fujianese to understand what they speak.

Not to mention foreigners, Shao Tingda has a hard time listening to the official dialect in the north.

However, Shao Tingda thought this was rude, and he said in slow Spanish: "Fu Geer is willing to pay the mercenaries on behalf of the governor of New Spain in exchange for the right to operate porcelain after Asia opened its ports to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Heiyun Long's eyes turned and turned, digested the information mentioned in Shao Tingda's words, raised his eyes to look at Brother Fu, and nodded slowly.

This Westerner merchant did not consider himself a traitor, he was helping his governor, and he was betting on Armansa to achieve the final victory, and then he would get the right to buy and sell Ming porcelain from Almansa.

Heiyunlong asked casually, "Porcelain, do you like porcelain?" In fact, Hei felt that silk was better and more cost-effective than porcelain. ”

Fu Ge'er shook his head, still with a smile on his face, and it could be seen that although Heiyunlong was a little cold to him, he respected this Ming army general who led the cavalry very much, and he was superior on horseback.

Fu Ge'er realized that Heiyunlong's Spanish was not very good, and he explained slowly: "Although silk is luxurious, it is a daily necessity, and it can only make many times the profit, but porcelain is different, porcelain is a work of art, a different work of art. ”

"The factories in Mexico can produce silk, and the courts of the countries of Europa prefer velvet, which is your velvet, which will make me money, but porcelain is different, there is no place where you can make something so beautiful, the key is!"

Fu Ge'er raised a finger and said emphatically: "There are life patterns of Ming people on porcelain, which is the source of making money, and our artworks only have gods and nobles, no people and no merchants." ”

"I can't sell my goods to the gods, the nobles are poor, and the real wealth is in the hands of the merchants, who will be willing to pay a higher price for porcelain with merchant motifs, and a plate is more expensive than a set of plate armor."

It is difficult for Heiyunlong and Shao Tingda to understand this kind of buying and selling ideas, and it is even more difficult to understand the spiritual impact of porcelain on Europe.

In religiously despotic Europe, adventurers and merchants took advantage of the conquest of the New World to obtain a pass to advance the ranks by intelligence and force, only to find that it was a world closer to God and more controlled.

Crossing the ocean to draw celadon for children playing in the courtyard and pawn traders listening to the play in the teahouse can provide peace of mind to anyone.

Just when Heiyunlong didn't know what to say, Shao Tingda waved his hand and said: "Brother Fu, it's time to see your ability, one hundred and twenty, two hundred, two hundred mats, if there are no mats, use horseskin, cowhide, cotton blankets and blankets." ”

"Yellow paper incense candles, pottery urns and wooden boxes, you need to use them within seven days, and someone will tell you the number of these things."

Fu Ge'er thought about it, although he didn't know what to do with it, he still nodded and said: "Don't worry, general, these things should be found in the Indian tribes and Spanish villages around them, please allow me to leave temporarily." ”

When Brother Fu left with the young servant who had the abacus, Hei Yunlong asked worriedly, "Uncle Sixteen, how many people have we died?" ”

"One hundred and twenty-seven were killed, and there was a thirty-four military doctor from one hundred households, who said that they would not survive tonight, mainly the three hundred households led by the sick Yang'er, nearly half of them were killed, and everyone who was alive was wounded."

"Tonight, the military doctor will report the types of killed and wounded, and the military craftsmen of all departments should think carefully - Brother Mu and I have crisscrossed the South Seas, and we have not suffered such heavy casualties since we went to sea."

Heavy casualties?

The last time Heiyunlong fought with the Mongols in Shanxi, and he waved his hand and said: "Uncle can't say that, there are no artillery and no spears, this battle has been fought very well." ”

"We have never faced such a cavalry impact, three or four hundred dead and wounded, we have fewer enemies, and we estimate that the western army only escaped four or five hundred people, which is enough."

Shao Tingda raised his hand and tapped his forehead twice, and ordered Heiyunlong: "Your department has arranged scouts to patrol the east of the river, and the Western Army in northern Mexico only has this legion, and there should be no enemies around." ”

"There are too many wounded soldiers, we need to be stationed here for a few days, the officers of the Wutang of each ministry and the doctors of the Beiyang Military Hospital will make post-war records, and the defense of the periphery will be handed over to your subordinates - by the way, what are the natives in the north doing?"

Heiyun Long clenched his fists and received the order, and then said: "Just like us, treat the wounded soldiers and collect the defeated soldiers?" They shouted in Spanish before the battle that they were not going to fight with us and that they were going to send someone to contact them? ”

Shao Tingda had just nodded, and was about to let Heiyunlong assign officers, when he saw Almansa stumbling back, and said without the dignity of a governor: "General, can you let the military doctor with white sleeves not vent his anger on those corpses?" ”

"They dismantled the soldiers who died in battle, and I know that many of you have died, but many more soldiers have died in Spain...... Just, even if you want to vent your anger. ”

Almansa said excitedly, Shao Tingda and the Black Cloud Dragon both raised their heads and turned their eyes around, and did not make any angry looks, but they had already made Almansa's spirit a little shorter, and he paused before saying: "Even if you want to vent your anger, please take them to a place where there is no one, I have recruited many half-breeds and knight captives, so they can't fight for us!" ”

Shao Tingda and Hei Yunlong didn't know what was going on at all, they looked at each other and saw the blankness in each other's eyes - venting their anger and dismantling the eight pieces, the Beiyang Banner Army was selected from the children of good families, and there was perfect training and military law, it was unlikely that this kind of thing would happen!

At this moment, the flag army who entered the camp with Almansa clasped his fists and saluted, stepped forward and whispered a few words to Shao Tingda, which made Shao Tingda's expression clear.

"Chen Shigong, a former first-class military doctor, is the one who does thousands of miles of walking for the flag army from the Beiyang Medical Academy, right?"