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！ Being an official is only for money. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info This is the custom of the Ming Dynasty...... The Portuguese people who traveled across the ocean and came to the Ming Dynasty after a distance of tens of thousands of miles were obviously not for ideals, but also for money, gold and silver.

Money is not easy, if you don't have the privilege or luck, coming to the East is no different from being in Europe, it's just as hard to survive. After all, it was so far. After all, after leaving his hometown and relatives, he became rich without wealth, and there was always such and such unwillingness in his heart.

When they were escorted to the northbound ship by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, this unwillingness turned into disappointment and despair, and there was an unknown fate waiting for them ahead, which did not look like good luck no matter how you looked at it. Getting rich is even less likely.

But what is going on with these two boxes of silver locks, the people who saw it screamed unconsciously, and then the people in the entire quarantine area surrounded them, and more than 300 people surrounded the water.

None of them noticed that if this had been the case a few days ago, the soldiers guarding outside were afraid that they would be angry with their weapons and drive away, so they ignored it at this time.

Although the two craftsmen still had an ignorant look on their faces, they couldn't help but have a smug look on their faces when they saw so many people enviously coming around.

"How many silver locks is that?"

Finally someone asked this question, and everyone listened attentively, and the two craftsmen were already familiar with this weight, and said with a smile:

"It's all first-class sterling silver, and each chest is worth about a thousand riyals of Portuguese silver."

1,000 standard silver coins, if there is no overseas property among the nobles in the Portuguese countryside. The annual income is only two hundred riyals, which is enough to maintain a fairly good life, and a commoner can almost go back to his homeland to buy a shop or a small manor to enjoy the blessings.

Hearing this, the number, everyone was stunned, and then they all exclaimed in unison, everyone remembered. I came with the smoothbore gun and asked. What does this have to do with this money, someone who is anxious has already asked.

"I was brought to an old man who asked me if I would make dismantling and making smoothbore guns. The two of us said yes, and then we took the smoothbore gun apart, and took us to a big workshop, and let the two of us make the smoothbore gun, and there were many craftsmen there, and we were busy for a few days to make it, and there were white craftsmen who came to inspect it, and compare it with other weapons. ”

The two craftsmen said happily, and everyone listened attentively.

"When the new musket was fired, the young man was glad and gave us all this wealth

Everyone suddenly realized, some people were more envious, and some people beat their chests and regretted it, among these people who came over, there were many craftsmen who knew how to make smoothbore guns, but they didn't expect to be preempted by others and earn this reward.

Everyone traveled far and wide to the East, on ships and on land, and they all heard of the barbarians, the chieftains of the tribes, the nobles and monarchs of the East, and they were often very fond of Western machinery and technology. If you hit the right one, you can make money, looking at what happened to these two companions, it is not good that you have encountered such luck.

The silver lock glittered, and with the money, he went to the bustling town not far away to spend his days drinking. How comfortable that must have been, everyone wonders.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting outside:

"Will anyone cast artillery!? In Portuguese, everyone looked out in unison, and now a decent white man dressed in Oriental clothes stood outside and shouted.

"Would anyone forge that kind of field cannon that the army carries?"

shouted again, everyone looked at each other, and suddenly dozens of arms were raised, and everyone scrambled to say:

"I will!! I will! ”。

Bei An, who has been working in the fire organ workshop for a long time, smiled reservedly, called out the more than two dozen people who raised their hands, and then asked:

"Do you need anyone else to help? Call it together, make a cannon to have money to take, but you can't do it. It's not just a matter of not having the money

He also understood everyone's thoughts, and they all felt that there were more people who went, and there were more people who could call a few less, and as soon as they heard this faint threat, the Portuguese people who were carried away by the silver lock sobered up a little, and hurriedly began to call their apprentices and helpers.

Bean was in his thirties, and he was dressed like a very status, and every craftsman and technician was very respectful to him, because they also saw that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were very polite to him.

Watching these craftsmen obediently follow the soldiers away, Bei An thought behind him that if he hadn't come to Tianjin Wei at the beginning, and hadn't been inexplicably recruited by Lord Wang, he might be the same as these people now, no, definitely not as good as these people, because the three of them wouldn't do the smoothbore gun. Looking at the dismantling and manufacturing of those two craftsmen, I understood the truth, which is the difference in life experience. ”，

When Fanren Bei An was recruiting craftsmen in the quarantine area, Wang Tong accompanied Yu Daxian in the mansion, and the old man was a little out of control after seeing the sea ship.

At this time, the weather has been, Yu Dachang may have caught a cold, and he fell ill after arriving at home, Tianjin Yu Dengzhong was invited by Wang Tong, and lived in the mansion to see a doctor at any time.

The person sent to Jingshi has already come out, and he is ready to invite the famous doctor of Jingshi to come over, and there is a private message to the Ministry of Yi, if the Tai Hospital can help Xiao Naturally, it would be the best.

Since Yu Dajiao came to Jingshi in the fifth year of Wanli, he has always been strong and healthy despite his age. The spirit is not like an old man, and he has never had any symptoms, but this time he suddenly fell ill, although the doctor diagnosed him with a cold, but his body recovered very slowly.

For an old man, this is not a good sign, Wang Tong has seen a lot of such scenes, and he feels sorry and uncomfortable, but he can only do his best to accompany him more.

Yu Dajiao's image in front of everyone has always been laughing and scolding, and the clouds are calm and clear, but this time it is a little different.

"I've been running around so much, and I've never thought about the people in my family, but this time I'm thinking about it very much, old man, old man, when you are old, you look like such a woman."

Covered with a quilt on his body, leaning on the disturbance, Yu Daxian was a little weak and laughed at himself, Wang Tong used a knife to peel and cut a white pear. put it on the kang table and said with a smile:

"The fast horse to Fujian has set off yesterday, but the back and forth is farther, about in the first month, the boss's family can go to Tianjin, the boss doesn't have to worry."

Yu Dajiao nodded with a smile and said:

"The man uses a knife to kill thieves and tigers, but you use it to peel white pears, really, really"

"The fireworks in the house are heavy, and it's good to eat a pear to press. Don't say it. I didn't expect this white pear to be sold for the price of mountain treasures in winter. ”

Wang Tong said with a smile, over there Yu Daxian took a piece of pear and put it in his mouth, and only after a while did he speak:

"Remember when the old man told you that Tianjin Wei is now a piece of fat?"

Of course, Wang Tong remembered that it was because of Yu Dajiao's reminder that he had made preparations in advance, so that Gu Laohu's group of pirates did not cause devastating damage to the Haihe commercial area of Tianjin Wei, Wang Tong nodded, and Yu Daxian said:

"Today's Tianjin Wei is not only fat, but also gold and jade, seeing so much wealth and money gathered here, there are always people who can't help but take risks."

Now the merchants of Tianjin Wei are full of goods, even so, each family still has a lot of gold and silver savings, not to mention that Wang Tong's insurance bank still has a large amount of cash, the so-called gold and silver sea in Tianjin Wei. It's not necessarily an exaggeration to think about it.

"You also saw the gunboat of the Fanren, and yesterday you said that it was not the warship of the Fanren, but a merchant ship that trafficked goods and walked the sea, and the artillery was for self-protection, and the merchant ship was still like this, what if the warship of the Fanren came?"

Yu Dajiao said a little anxiously, and couldn't help coughing twice, Wang Tong hurriedly stepped forward and beat his back, Yu Dajiao calmed down, and said:

"Can that fort by the Haihe River stop it? can't stop it, what if the cannon crushes your fort, along the Haihe River into the canal, and goes straight to the Beijing Division? If there are two fleets of Fanren, one in Tianjin Weijin to force the Beijing Division, one into the Yangtze River, cut off the Cao Yun, now the grain and grass supply of the Beidi Beijing Division depends on the south Cao Grain, if the Cao Yun is cut off, then the world is really shaken. ”

Wang Tong, who said this, also became serious, and carefully analyzed, if there is really a foreign enemy doing this, it will really shake the world and make people panic. The sailors of the Ming Dynasty are a joke right now, there are a bunch of broken ships and old ships, what kind of combat power is there, if it is really such a Western gunboat to drive in"

Even with limited historical knowledge, Wang Tong also knew that there had never been such a thing in the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Dadi was worried, but hundreds of years later, in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the First Opium War, the Manchu court's request for peace was because the British fleet sailed into the Yangtze River and cut off the Cao Yun.

Seeing Wang Tong silent, Yu Dajiao continued:

"Forbidden sea, forbidden sea, no forbidden Koukou, but our Ming sailors are forbidden to clean, the old man and Qi Yuanjing have worked the shore for so many years, if there is a boat, how can it be so hard, water war and sea battle, in the final analysis, we still have to rely on the boat, look at the big ship of the fanren, and then think about us."

The words were urgent, and he was panting, Wang Tong shook his head, stepped forward and patted Yu Daxian's back, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, the boss, we're late, but now it's time to start doing it slowly, it's always too late, what does the boss think Wang Tong is going to do when he brings these people and the gunboat to Tianjin Weilai?"

Yu Dajiao was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Tong's smile, and laughed out loud.

The Imperial Horse Eunuch was appointed as the Governor and Eunuch. As usual, you must first look at the list of soldiers and horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor Warrior Battalion and the Four Guards Battalion. The soldiers and armor, grain and grass and various documents and account books, Chu Zhaoren, the eunuch who has run old errands, naturally understands this rule, and since he took office, he has inspected it in the official room of the imperial horse supervisor every day.

"Is this Tianjin Wei's Laoshi Zihu Wei Army under the command of the Imperial Horse Supervisor?"