Marco said a little dryly: "Then what about Derong and Janssen?" Will they agree too? ”

Peter Natz smiled and said, "De Rong came out of the country with me, and he is a gambling and horny bastard. Now he still owes me 288 guilders in gambling debts, as long as he gives him another 1000 guilders, I believe he will definitely be on my side.

As for Yang Sen, he has long taken a fancy to your current position, as long as I promise that after you leave, I will recommend him to take your place, then he will not object either. ”

Marko's face kept changing, and in his memory, maybe an hour had passed, maybe only a quarter of an hour, and he had completely surrendered to Peternatz.

In the early morning of the second day after Peternatz's departure, Zheng Zhilong, Xu Xinsu and other representatives of pirates and maritime merchants, as well as Bill, the representative of the Dutch East India Company, bid farewell to Xu Yingyuan, the representative sent by the emperor to see him off, at the Shili Pavilion outside the Chaoyang Gate.

Xu Yingyuan said to these representatives with a smile on his face: "The miscellaneous family is here to wish you a smooth journey, this canal is frozen, so you can only take a carriage to Tianjin." But it's nothing, there is Xiao Jiu to accompany you, and there is also a post station on the road to change horses, which is still very convenient..."

After separating from Xu Yingyuan, the original team quickly divided into 4 small groups. Xu Xinsu and others are naturally a small group, but the Eighteen Zhi are also divided into small groups headed by the Zheng brothers, Pan Bizheng, and Liu Peng.

Bill was a little undecided, he should get into that team, Zheng Cai nodded to Lu Jiude on the side, and pulled Bill to Zheng Zhilong's team and left.

Lu Jiude looked at an old eunuch in his 50s behind him, and asked casually, "Have you brought all the things?" ”

"I've brought it all, please ask Grandpa Lu to order."

"I'm a father-in-law, I'm just running errands for Your Majesty. Now that we've got it all with us, let's go. ”

From the Beijing Normal Hall to the Tianjin Acropolis, there are 5 post stations along the way. The post stations of the Ming Dynasty were developed on the basis of the pre-Yuan Dynasty, and they were also one post station every 60 li, while the ordinary march was three post stations per day, that is, 180 li.

From the capital to Tianjin Wei, it took less than two days. Lu Jiude declined the Tianjin governor's suggestion to invite them to live in the city, and instead found a few inns outside the Tianjin Acropolis.

Weijia Inn is one of the few big inns in Tianjin, which is arranged according to the layout of the front restaurant and the backyard housing.

Bill had just stepped out of the carriage and had not yet entered the courtyard when he heard someone shouting his name from the side.

Before Bill could react, Zheng Cai, who got out of the car first, had already patted him on the shoulder, pointed to the door of the restaurant and said, "Mr. Bill, it seems that your compatriots over there are calling you." ”

The door to the inn was in the right corner, and on the street side was a two-story wooden gatehouse, and it was Peternatz and Marko who stood at the door and shouted to Bill.

Bill subconsciously reached out and touched his chest, the text of the agreement was hidden in his chest, and his heart suddenly relaxed.

Now that the wood is in the boat, can Peternatz change his name to his, this agreement is in duplicate. Moreover, Marco is his own countryman, and he can't play any tricks with Peternat, as long as he gets on the boat after tonight, it's all over.

When Bill thought of this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face and he greeted the two of them, "Hi Mr. Peter, Marco, why are you here." ”

After watching Bill go up to greet the two, Zheng Cai turned to the guy at the inn and said, "Take all the things in the carriage in, and prepare hot water for me by the way, I want to wash my face." ”

Before Zheng Cai entered the courtyard, he instructed his entourage who got off the other carriage: "Give these coachmen some rewards, and then send them back." ”

"Sir, but do we have to carry our luggage on the ship tomorrow?"

"Isn't the bigger luggage already on the docks? Just let the store hire a local car for the luggage, and they can rush back now, and they can still arrive at Yang Qingyi before dark. ”

Zheng Cai's empathy immediately made these coachmen feel a thousand thanks to him. They are basically the coachmen replaced by Yang Qingyi, and if they can return home on the same day, they will save a night's accommodation costs, which is indeed a good thing for these conscripted coachmen.

After Zheng Cai finished explaining, he glanced at the door of the restaurant again, and found that the person standing at the door was gone, so he smiled and stepped into the courtyard.

Not far from the Weijia Inn, there is also a Huangjia Inn of similar size. Xu Xinsu and others chose this inn and did not live with Eighteen Zhi and others.

In Xu Xinsu's courtyard, several brocade guards guarded the door, and Lu Jiude and Xu Xinsu closed the door and talked secretly.

Lu Jiude said to Xu Xinsu: "Your Majesty originally wanted to promote Xu to be the head of the Ministry of Rites, so that he would have enough status to go to the Japanese domain.

It is a pity that the cabinet and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are resolutely opposed, they believe that civil official positions are the famous instruments of the imperial court, and they cannot be privately conferred and accepted, and Xu General is not even a member, and it is difficult for His Majesty to insist on it. ”

Xu Xinsu blushed a little, and he apologized: "It's all the incompetence of the ministers, which makes Your Majesty embarrassed..."

Lu Jiude interrupted him and continued: "In order to complete this matter, His Majesty has decided to send me as the chief envoy to Japan, and you as the deputy envoy, of course, the main thing is still for you to do, and I am a signboard.

Although His Majesty cannot appoint you as the Guest Shirozhong, His Majesty has given you the titles of Zhongshu Sheren and Honglu Temple Mingzan, so that you will also have the status of a civil servant. Staying in Japan to deal with affairs with Japan will also have a name.

However, the rank of Zhongshu Sheren and Honglu Temple Mingzan is not high, and your own Fujian sailor is too low to deal with the Japanese shogunate.

His Majesty intends to set up a naval governor's office in addition to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and set up a patrol envoy in the direction of the East China Sea, the West China Sea, and the South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty to take charge of the maritime conquest.

And you are the first patrol envoy of the East China Sea, and the sea north of Taiwan and east of North Korea are in principle within your jurisdiction. ”

Lu Jiude's words suddenly made Xu Xinsu's heart beat faster, and he couldn't hold back his excitement and asked, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what kind of official is this East China Sea patrol envoy?" ”

Lu Jiude's expression was a little subtle, he leaned forward and said to Xu Xinsu: "This is just an idea of Your Majesty, and it is not yet the time to launch the Navy Governor's Mansion." However, Japan and my Ming Dynasty are separated by oceans, and they don't understand the official system of my Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Your Majesty means that you should first put up the name of the patrol envoy of the East China Sea, and I have prepared the official uniform and seal ribbon of the military attache from the third rank. ”

Xu Xinsu's cheeks jumped, "Isn't this a fake..."

Lu Jiude hurriedly interrupted him and said, "How can it be a forgery? This official uniform and seal ribbon are genuine, and His Majesty also approves the official document you issued, but the yamen where you are located has not yet been established, and this is a temporary subordination. ”

Xu Xinsu glanced at the official uniform and seal ribbon placed on the side, felt that his scalp was a little numb, and he said sullenly: "If this is known by those court ministers, Your Majesty will not deny it, right?" ”

"Well, what do you think of your majesty? Has Your Majesty ever deceived you until now? Besides, my Ming officialdom has always been everyone sweeping the snow in front of the door, and there is no fixed yamen responsible for this matter of the Japanese foreign domain, who will be full of food and support, to expose this matter and smear His Majesty's face? Lu Jiude suddenly said unhappily.

Xu Xinsu hesitated and said: "Gonggong Lu, I am serving Your Majesty, you must testify in front of Your Majesty at that time, but don't let the officials of the DPRK and China join and throw their humble posts in Japan." ”

Lu Jiude hurriedly reassured: "This is natural, don't worry, Your Majesty said, this Navy Governor's Mansion will be a year and a half late, and then you will be able to be this three-rank military attache justifiably."

Besides, if it weren't for the embarrassing situation now, would it be so simple for you to be a third-grade master who always wants to be promoted to Duzhen? ”

Hearing Lu Jiude say this, Xu Xinsu's mind was lively, he thought: "Take a little risk now, the benefits in the future are really not small, it seems that this officialdom is similar to maritime trade." ”

After negotiating the identity of the envoy to Japan, the two began to communicate, and it came to the question of how Japan should behave.

At this time, in the private room on the second floor of the Weijia Inn Restaurant, Peter Natz and Marco were watching, and fell to the floor of Bill, who did not know whether he was alive or dead.

Marco looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly became a little frightened, and he shouted at Peternats beside him, "Didn't you say that you just let him pass out?" What's going on? We're still in the Ming Kingdom, and you're going to kill us all. ”

"Shut up, Marco. Do you want to bring the whole restaurant to the house? Go guard the door and don't let people in. ”

Peternatz's face turned pale, and he crouched down and tested Bill's breath with his hands, and after a while his face softened.

"Don't worry, he's not dead, he's still breathing." Peter Natz said to Marco with a sigh of relief.

Peter Natz subconsciously touched his arms, this is a few potions that Xu Xinsu brought him yesterday, which was used to make Bill lose his ability to resist, and it seems that this medicine works very well. The Oriental man really has some inexplicable abilities, he subconsciously thought.

In fact, these medicines are one of the first prescriptions found by Zhu Youjian Rangtai Hospital from the Chinese Medicine Dictionary and obtained after comparison and correction.

The rise of surgical medicine is inseparable from the development of the world. Without the foundation of the chemical industry, the emergence of Western-style gas ** agents is obviously out of reach.

However, fortunately, in the Chinese medicine codei, the formula of ** is not uncommon, after all, Hua Tuo had already invented hemp boiling powder 1500 years ago.

In fact, there are many formulas of traditional Chinese medicine**, and they are divided into two categories: general anesthesia and local anesthesia.

The only certainty of the ancients is that they have not subdivided the use of **, and what Zhu Youjian did was to propose to determine the best formula, how much weight to use, how much **, anesthesia time standards and so on.

With this push, anesthesiology became a specialized discipline, and Bill was fortunate enough to be the first foreigner to use it.