Qiao Weili pointed to the nearest brown-haired man in his forties, "This is Mr. Macedo, who has served in the Eziba Youya Army for thirteen years, captain, and participated in the suppression of the Low Hands rebellion. He retired two years ago with a left hand injury. ”

Ezebayouah? Su Chengyu and Qiao Weili talked and compared, and it took a long time to figure out that this was referring to Spain.

"This is Pastore, a former lieutenant in the cavalry of Eziba, who retired a few years ago and bought a small estate. But last year there was a little accident at his estate. ”

"This is Mr. Coelho, who worked as an artillery lieutenant in the Francoji Army......"

"This is Faro......"

After a long introduction, Su Chengyu had a general understanding of these people, and also asked about the situation after Qiao Weili arrived in Macau.

The missionary's acquaintance, Captain Bougalo, had returned to Portugal, and the dozen or so people in front of him were another mercenary group. In Europe, they heard that there was a conflict between the Portuguese and the Dutch in Macao and the Ming Dynasty, so they took a merchant ship to join the war and pan for gold.

Unexpectedly, it was about to arrive in Macao, but the ship hit the reef and sank. All their belongings and weapons sank into the sea, and they floated ashore with broken planks.

After they arrived in Macao, they learned that the Portuguese in Macao had reached a settlement with the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, and the Netherlands had also compromised with the governor of Macao, so there was no war to fight at all.

So these mercenaries were penniless and unarmed, and when they were embarrassed, Qiao Weili appeared in front of them—like an angel descending from earth.

This Macedo is a mercenary leader with a sense of morality. Originally, Qiao Weili only had to hire five people who had been officers, but Macedo insisted that the whole regiment go together, even if he was paid less.

In the end, Qiao Weili and Ying Tianxiang discussed and brought them all back.

One of them was a captain, who commanded spearmen and arquebusiers. There are also two lieutenants and two second lieutenants. Several others have only served as non-commissioned officers or even ordinary soldiers, and three of them are artillerymen.

Su Chengyu nodded, thinking that it would be okay to leave these people behind. Needless to say, the officers, there are three of the remaining artillerymen. Many people think that cavalry is difficult to train, but in fact, good artillery is much more precious than cavalry. Artillerymen who can simply calculate the elements of shooting must be able to do mathematics.

There is also a mercenary who speaks Chinese, which is also very useful.

Qiao Weili finally pointed to a tall man with a red complexion, "This is the test gunner of the Macau Bugarao Gun Factory, Mr. Anthony." His shooting skills are very good. ”

Then he whispered to Su Chengyu: "If he hadn't always offended people by talking, he would have been promoted to foreman a long time ago." He paused for a moment and added, "It's even more unlikely that he will be taken a pay cut." ”

Bugarao Artillery Factory? Su Chengyu was very surprised in his heart, Macao is a "special administrative region" established by the Ming Dynasty, not a concession, and the Portuguese actually built factories and cannons there! Someone will have to find out what they want to do in the future.

However, the test gunner is a talent, and his knowledge of the performance of the artillery should be far better than that of the artillerymen.

"Then let's talk about commissions." He then raised the questions that these foreigners were most concerned about.

Qiao Weili took out the copied notebook and replied: "Macedo asks for a monthly salary of twenty-two taels, Pastore and Coelho a monthly salary of fifteen taels, several artillerymen a monthly salary of seven taels, and others three taels. In addition, during the war, the salary was increased by 30%.

In fact, these mercenaries asked for Spanish ducats in gold, which Qiao Weili had converted into cash at a rate.

Su Chengyu nodded, these mercenaries went to the other side of the ocean to pan for gold, and the asking price was quite cheap. If they saw the monthly salary they gave to the officers of the Dragon Guard, they would probably be dumbfounded.

As for Mr. Anthony, he hoped to receive a salary of ten taels a month. But never to go to war. ”

Su Chengyu didn't talk much nonsense, and said to the foreigners: "Sign the contract." ”

These mercenaries have long since carried blank employment contracts with them. And Anthony quickly wrote a contract out.

All contracts are in duplicate, one in Latin and one in Chinese, signed by both parties.

Su Chengyu is not worried that the other party will use Spanish to pit him, this is Daming, it would be good if he didn't pit them.

After the contract was signed, Qiao Weili bowed gracefully to Su Chengyu, "Your Highness, I have fulfilled my promise." ”

"That's right." Su Chengyu smiled and nodded, "You have made a great contribution to bringing these talents to the Longwei New Army." I said I would help you repair your church, I wonder if 500 taels is enough? ”

"Five hundred taels?! No, no, three hundred taels is enough! Qiao Weili waved his hand excitedly and said, "You saved my life before, how can this ......be good?"

"It's just five hundred taels, and there may be things you need help with in the future." Su Chengyu interrupted him with a smile, turned around and motioned for Qiao Qian to take the silver and give it to the missionary. In fact, he also made other plans, this Qiao Weili knew Tang Ruowang.

John Soup: That's a cow! He was well versed in astronomy and geography, and was proficient in the calendar, especially when he could forge cannons and build telescopes. At present, others are in Beijing, and they have made a great contribution to improving the military technology of the Qing army.

Even if he can't be recruited to his door in a short period of time, he can also use Qiao Weili's influence to let him contribute as little as possible to Manren.

Qiao Weili happily took the silver, and said that he would return to Longnan to thank him after arranging the repair of the church.

After the guards sent Qiao Weili away, Su Chengyu asked the officers of the Longwei Battalion to meet with these mercenaries and get to know each other briefly. Seeing that these foreigners were tired of driving for a long time, he let them go to rest first.

It was only at this time that the thin black man who had been standing aside stepped forward and saluted Su Chengyu again, "Grass people Ji Liang, meet Your Highness." ”

Su Chengyu stretched out his hand to help him get up, and before he could ask a question, Ying Tianxiang said on the side: "Your Highness, the shopkeeper Ji is from Guangzhou Mansion...... Maritime. ”

Su Chengyu frowned slightly, listening to this tone, the so-called maritime merchants may be engaged in sea smuggling.

Ying Tianxiang continued: "This time, my subordinates and Qiao Weili and others were able to enter and leave Macao in a very short time, thanks to the help of Shopkeeper Ji. ”

It turned out that at this time, the Ming Dynasty was imposing a retaliatory embargo on Macau, and the reason was nothing more than the Portuguese defaulting on taxes, which usually took a while to lift the ban after the arrears were paid.

Ying Tianxiang: When they arrived in Macao, they were not allowed to enter. When several people were in a hurry and had no choice, they got the "guidance" of the local officials and found Ji Liang.

When Ji Liang learned from Qiao Weili that there was a new army stationed in Longnan, he immediately agreed to use his own smuggling boat to take them into Macao and serve as a guide for them, and even Anthony was introduced to him through him.

"Shopkeeper Ji also found a few interpreters for us on this trip." Ying Tianxiang continued, "Otherwise, it will be really difficult to find someone who understands Franco's words in this short period of time. ”

Su Chengyu was overjoyed when he heard this, he was still thinking about finding a Spanish translator just now, after all, there will be a lot of communication during daily training, and only one person who can translate is not enough.