Late at night, Changsheng County lights up thousands of homes, the troupe sang in the distance Yi Huang dialect, the audience is endless, this is the most favorite entertainment activities of the people of Changsheng at night, the people who get off work sit under the tree, drink the big bowl of tea provided by Qingliangju for free, just take out a few Tongbao can get a plate of melons and fruits to accompany food, this is about the most comfortable time of the day.

Francis Bacon, the lumberjack, was separated from the Beiyang Horse Cavalry here, and the tired military master would sometimes ask for a bowl of tea to drink, and return to the camp to eat before curfew, while he would drink a small half bowl of tea with a little light, and take another way back to the Siyi Pavilion.

Not far, just two more streets, just a little dark.

Although every excuse for Chang Sheng was to install kerosene street lamps and hung red lanterns at the door of every house, the light was still a little dim for Bacon, who got off work late.

Even though the workers repeatedly reiterated that the nights were very safe, and that there were soldiers from the Inspection Division on duty at every street corner, the memories from England still made him feel an innate fear of the dark.

Whether it's London or Paris, thieves and robbers are always spotted in the dark and cramped alleys at night.

At this time, the majestic figure standing under the lantern at the entrance of the Siyi Pavilion always warmed Bacon's heart, it was Mr. Drake who had been playing with himself all day in the house, and he was waiting for him to eat.

"Lao Fu, today I brought you my favorite fried pork with chili peppers and corn steamed buns, although the portion is a little small, but it will be fine in the future."

Bacon, who was wearing a huge wooden Jinghai suit with huge wooden characters printed on his chest, handed the wooden food box to Drake at the door, frowned and looked at the calluses on his hands that were sharpened by the axe, and soon a smile appeared on his face: "When Mr. Ying's money is paid off, I can discuss the monthly salary with the foreman at that time, if it is not a temporary worker, with my mathematical knowledge, I can get at least eighty Tongbao every day." ”

"Not only will I be able to eat this kind of meal every day, but I will also be able to save a sum of money."

Drake put the food box on the table, sat back on the stool and said, "I've eaten, the people of the Ming Kingdom take care of our food, you don't have to work so hard every day." ”

He knew the life that Bacon longed for, and according to his current appearance, he worked hard every day to earn forty tongbao and gave twenty to the greedy Ming cavalry, and he had to work for five months to pay off the three thousand tongbao, which was still because Ying Ming did not ask Bacon for interest.

What if it's monthly? 2,400 Tongbao per month?

Drake didn't look down on the money, and he said to the bacon, who was washing his hands, "You're really looking more and more like a Ming Dynasty." If you need it, I can have someone send some silver from the Qilinwei to borrow you, and you crossed the ocean just to come here as a worker? You are the emissary attaché sent by the Queen, it is so humiliating! ”

"Humiliation?"

Bacon, who washed his hands and wiped his face by the way, sat down in front of the low table, picked up the chopsticks and adjusted the appropriate gesture a little awkwardly, shook his head and said: "This is not humiliation, they respect hard work, farmers or workers, as long as you make money with your hands, you don't owe anything to anyone, you can hold your head high, this is not humiliation, they let me work, it is the biggest lift to me." ”

"If I am allowed to stay here with nothing to do, waiting for others to give me food like a handout every day, it is the greatest humiliation for me."

Perhaps sensing that his words were a little heavy, Bacon said, "You really don't want to eat some?" It's delicious! ”

"I've eaten it, thank you."

Drake was a little disgusted by this kind of conversation: "But what's the use of you working so hard?" Everything in Changsheng is ridiculously expensive, that cool teahouse, a pot of drinks is enough for you to pay half a month's salary, what's the use of this? ”

For the first time, Drake even felt that he didn't like the monk, because he felt how powerless an unbeliever could be in the face of a missionary...... It's so frustrating that this person blindly insists on his own ideas, can't listen to anything he says, and wants you to accept his ideas.

"It's expensive because that's not for you to go, the tea leaves of Qingliangju are picked from the mountains called Banzhou in the southwest of Daming 10,000 miles away, and are selected and processed by thousands of tea people, and then transported here; They use some kind of advanced technology in the teahouse, it is like a wall made of ice, and the inside is always cool as spring, which is the best place for Changsheng. ”

Bacon calmly accepted that even if he worked hard, he would not be able to earn the money to drink tea freely, and he said: "But if you only want to drink tea, you can drink it for a little money in the teahouse on the side of the road, and it is not expensive to eat, buy a house and listen to a play." ”

"I wish I could stay here longer, aren't you curious why the Ming Empire was able to defeat the Spaniards one after another?"

"They are numerous and rich, and since we have come here, the sound of their muskets has not stopped for a day, and I have heard that they have a lot of troops, and besides, the Spaniards have nothing difficult to deal with, so don't be frightened by them."

Speaking of this, Drake was very proud, and said: "I have also defeated the Spaniards, they are no different from normal people on land, their ships are heavy and slow at sea, and it is very easy to rob them. ”

"Not a robbery, but a head-on defeat of the Spanish fleet, they can do it, we can't."

Bacon said: "Our relations with Spain have deteriorated over the years, and Congress has made plans that if the Spaniards invade us, the Queen will gather all her forces to fight them on land in London, and victory or defeat will be at this point. ”

"Land war, land war will definitely be lost."

Drake's intentions for the English royal family have never been very respectful, they are the consideration of a group of people who are completely out of touch with the world today, and the old aristocracy knows how to raise sheep in enclosures: "Do they know how to fight, or have they fought recently, with the Spaniards on land?" ”

"With our longbows? The Spaniards' muskets could kill longbowmen and knights from a hundred yards away, and although they might not be able to shoot, if they did, they would die. Drake spread his hands and said, "We will shoot them too, but there are more of them, and we must be the ones who lose the land battle." ”

"Naval warfare is the place of decisive battle with the Spaniards, they are on the ship, and they cannot give full play to the superiority of troops, even if they burn with fire or collide with the ship, destroying a Spanish ship can kill two or three hundred infantry on board."

Drake shook his head and smiled with a mocking meaning: "The old aristocratic system doesn't work anymore, do you think you can find a better way in the Ming Empire?" ”

Bacon was thinking about being stronger than the Spaniards through development and strategy, while Drake was talking about different tactical configurations to defeat the Spaniards, and there was a fundamental difference in thinking.

"I wanted to fit in with them, and I didn't know why until I fit in, but at least now I've found a little reason – they're hardworking and very aggressive, which is very important."