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Text Chapter 588 The Dutch¡¯s Request

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    It is not surprising that these businessmen of the Ming Dynasty were not used to the costumes of the "queuing party". After all, this was not the mainstream costume of the era.

    Sometimes, it¡¯s not bad that something is ahead of its time, but it¡¯s just that these things that are ahead of its time make people unacceptable.  Especially the aesthetics of Easterners in this era are very different from Europeans.

    Therefore, although Europeans get used to it quickly, this is not necessarily the case in the East.

    In the eyes of the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, the clothes of these guys who claimed to be the survivors of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were too fancy and not beautiful at all.

    It is pitiful that if Zhao Hongyu's costumes are placed in the eighteenth century, it is the mainstream on the mainstream clothing.

    Of course, only on the European continent.

    In the eighteenth century, the East was still under the rule of the barbaric Qing Dynasty.

    However, none of this is important. After all, clothing is just some less important aspects. What makes these Ming Dynasty businessmen most strange is that these people use "bird guns".

    This is what puzzles them the most.

    What kind of guns are there? These things are not as powerful as bows and arrows. Why would these Zhao and Song survivors choose this kind of weapon?

    These merchants of the Ming Dynasty had more or less contacts with the guards in various places, so they knew some of the ways of fighting formations quite well.

    When I have nothing to do, I will chat with the chief officers of the guard station for a day, so I know some knowledge in this area.

    In fact, in the East, firearms technology is still ahead of Europe in this era.

    Knowledge, here in the East, for some reasons, people are very unpopular with this kind of thermal weapons.

    First of all, due to technical reasons, the gun barrel is not very qualified.

    Because of this, problems such as exploding the chamber or not being able to fire are all troubling them.

    If these problems are not solved, it will be impossible for the musket to exert its power.

    And it is popular in both East and West in this era.  They are all matchlock guns.

    The East is no exception.

    Although the matchlock gun is powerful, loading ammunition is very troublesome.

    At the same time, the weight of the matchlock gun is not light, and it often requires two people to carry it.

    This one is not as useful as a bow and arrow.

    Usually the ammunition loaded into the matchlock gun, plus the firing time, is enough for the archers to open their bows and shoot three or four arrows.

    In this case, it is not surprising that the matchlock gun is not popular.

    Of course, although matchlock guns were not popular, the Ming Dynasty still cared about artillery.

    Thanks to weapons like artillery, the Ming Dynasty was inextricably linked to the "Qing Dynasty" in the north.

    Although the army over there also has muskets.  But this kind of musket is much less powerful for Qing soldiers wearing three layers of cotton armor.

    In addition, the Ming Dynasty paid no attention to the fact that musketeers need to undergo strict training to operate skillfully and fight on the battlefield.

    Usually they are new soldiers, they are given an old musket and sent to the battlefield.

    Therefore, one can imagine the combat effectiveness of such an army.

    On this one.  The musketeers of the Ming Dynasty were indeed no match for the European musketeers.

    In Europe, the Musketeers have developed a very skilled set of tactics in cooperation with the Spanish phalanx.

    And those musketeers have undergone rigorous training and know the advantages and disadvantages of muskets.

    therefore.  Only then could they remain steady rather than fearful when faced with musket fire from their opponents.

    In short, although the East is now leading in thermal weapons technology, it has slowly begun to be caught up by the Europeans.  It will be surpassed in more than a hundred years.

    The weapons that the Ming Dynasty can use now are red cannons and primitive rockets like "Swarm of Bees".

    In Zhao Hongyu¡¯s camp.  Everything is in order, everyone is doing their job and nothing is messy.  I didn¡¯t know the Ming Dynasty¡¯s military camp. After setting up the camp, it became chaotic. If the generals didn¡¯t come out to scold them, it would be like a big market.

    Regarding the arrival of these businessmen, the genetic warriors in the camp did not show anything.

    Often they just look up and then ignore it.

    Even the patrol team will not show curiosity towards these ¡®foreigners¡¯.

    In fact, in the eyes of these genetic people, the Ming DynastyThere's nothing interesting about the people and those Europeans.

    "He's just a rustic from ancient times.

    I have no common language with them, and there is a generation gap across generations, so there is nothing to do with them.

    It is in this kind of mentality that genetic people will have such a reaction.

    However, their reaction made those businessmen of the Ming Dynasty take a high look.

    Well, although their weapons are not very good, their military appearance is still good.  At the same time, these sergeants are also very good. They are loyal to their duties and will not be disturbed by external things.

    This one is really much stronger than the imperial army.

    "If this was a military camp of the imperial court, if they saw some envoys or foreigners, a group of people would have gathered around to watch the fun and comment on it, just like watching a monkey show.

    But if you look at the camp of the Zhao Song survivors, these sergeants are not curious at all. They are all doing their own things, and they don't have much reaction to them at all.

    What does this mean? It shows that the quality of their soldiers is good.

    Generally speaking, along the way, these businessmen from the Ming Dynasty had mixed opinions about the camp.

    What surprised them most was that these soldiers from the Zhao Song family were really tall and powerful.

    "If these sergeants were placed in the Ming Dynasty, they would all be the best of the best, or the servants of the generals.

    That big man of 1.8 meters has a tough look on his face and a burly and strong body.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    This is really an elite soldier.

    Among these businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, many of them came from the army.

    They were all favored by their employers for one reason or another, and then entrusted them with some tasks.

    Eventually, they became part of the trade between the daimyo and Japan.

    After all, in these days, the only people in the Ming Dynasty who could engage in maritime trade, apart from the Gonggun princes in the court, were the coastal guard generals.

    so.  The merchants who traveled between Japan and the Ming Dynasty usually had another identity.

    Therefore, after seeing these capable sergeants, the eyes of those businessmen who were born in the military camp or had another identity shone brightly.

    It¡¯s like a hungry wolf seeing delicious cooked meat.

    However, no matter how they looked at it, these sergeants who made them jealous could never become theirs.

    These are the soldiers of Zhao Song.

    Therefore, they could only sigh in their hearts.

    Not long after, under the leadership of genetic soldiers.  A group of people came to the outside of the tent.

    The gene soldier stopped the guys and told them to wait here while he went in to report.

    "Your Highness, please bring me here!"

    "Bring it in."

    "yes!"

    With Zhao Hongyu¡¯s consent, Gene Man turned around and walked outside the tent.

    ¡°Looking at Hulala, a large group of people walked in. I roughly estimated that there were at least thirty people.

    As soon as they entered, the merchants from the Ming Dynasty clasped their fists and bowed in salute, and reported their names one by one.

    Portuguese merchants and Dutch merchants.  Then treat Zhao Hongyu with Western etiquette.

    "I don't know why you came to my camp? But please tell me one by one, otherwise it will be a mess." After everyone bowed, Zhao Hongyu sat in the middle and spoke.  "Let the Dutch speak first."

    The moment.  A Dutch businessman came out and saluted again, stroking his chest and saying: "Your Excellency, we are merchants from the Netherlands, doing business here in Japan. I don't know how Japan offended you before, causing you to bombard Osaka.  Commercial Town¡­¡±

    The Dutch who were selected to talk to Zhao Hongyu stated their intention to come in a very short period of time.

    Because it is considered that the Japanese will come here to fight the Song people in a short period of time.  So the Dutch don't want to talk about anything.

    "Oh, do you want to get your merchant ship back and leave this place?"

    Zhao Hongyu looked at the Dutchman expressionlessly.

    "Your honorable lord, we have no intention of being your enemy. We have no interest in getting involved in the grudges between you and the Japanese. Now we only ask that your lord can return the merchant ship to us and let us leave the Japanese country."

    Everything, you can pay it back as you say, now the ship is atThat's mine.

    Zhao Hongyu sneered in his heart.

    Mrs. Wang looked at the talkative Dutchman with a sinister smile on her lips.

    " Mrs. Wang has no good impression of the Dutch.

    Because, before being rescued by Zhao Hongyu, he, Liu Dashen and a group of brothers were captured by the Dutch.

    And the Dutch at that time were still fighting fiercely with Zheng Zhilong, and even helped Zheng Zhilong to deal with them together.  Master Wang has always kept this great grudge in mind.

    Now, luckily, the Dutch merchant ship fell into the hands of Zhao Hongyu.

    ¡° Then, Master Wang is not going to let these guys go.

    ¡°Besides, if you let them go, these Dutch will take away the merchant ship.  Wouldn't he still have to be with Zheng Zhilong in the future to deal with their original boss Li Xiang?

    Although he has now become a subject of the Song Empire, he has also entered the household registration of Zhao Song.

    But no matter what, he was also Li Xiang¡¯s subordinate before.

    That affection is still there, so if I can help Li Xiang, it will be easy to deal with the Dutch.

    At the same time, the Dutch merchant ships can be handled by Li Xiang, which will make Li Xiang stronger.

    It can be regarded as bringing the distance between the prince and Li Xiang closer.

    This is a good thing.

    Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang pondered for a moment and coughed at Zhao Hongyu.

    Seeing Mrs. Wang react like this, how could Zhao Hongyu not understand that he had something to say.

    "I will give you an answer after discussing it with my people first."

    Zhao Hongyu stabilized the Dutchman, and then turned sideways to look at Mrs. Wang to see what he was going to say.  To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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