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- Zhao Hongyu absolutely disagreed with Emma's words.
"He is not like people of this era. After being in a high position, he will regard his people as ants. Zhao Hongyu cannot do this.
Therefore, he regards his own people as very important, even if he is a genetic person.
Of course, all Zhao Hongyu cares about is the genetic people under his command, or the selected citizens of the empire.
" Zhao Hongyu would not be so kind to those outside the empire.
I think one thing he knows very well is that if you want to stand on top of the world, then the rise of the empire must be riddled with bones, and it will definitely not be smooth sailing.
However, Zhao Hongyu felt that while advancing on the bones of others, it would be best if he could reduce the losses of his own people.
How could Emma and Sarah know about Zhao Hongyu's inner thoughts.
There are some things that Zhao Hongyu can't tell them. After all, even if he tells them, they won't be able to understand. Because there is still a big generation gap between Zhao Hongyu and them.
This generation gap is not something that can be filled easily.
"It's a pity that Wang Shan, Song Hu and Zhang Tie, who were able to talk with Zhao Hongyu and share the same thoughts and cognitions, did not follow him.
If they were here, Zhao Hongyu wouldn't be in such a difficult situation.
¡°After all, to a certain extent, their thoughts and cognitions are consistent with Zhao Hongyu¡¯s.
So, if you discuss this problem with them, you might be able to come up with a good solution.
At this point, Zhao Hongyu occasionally felt helpless.
¡°Even, he was a little envious of those senior time travellers.
Because no matter what era or time and space they went to, the predecessors of time travel can communicate with the local indigenous people without any ideological generation gap or barriers.
In Zhao Hongyu¡¯s opinion, this is simply amazing.
Not to mention those who have traveled to the plane of gods and demons, or the plane of magic, they can actually use some of the concepts of modern Chinese heroes to get along well in those worlds, and they are still worshiped by others.
But looking back at myself, why am I not doing as well as others?
When he thought of this, Zhao Hongyu felt that he had truly embarrassed the time traveler.
Of course, it¡¯s possible that those time-travelers are all bragging, but in fact that¡¯s not the case at all.
What if they were actually in that time-traveled world and had a very unsatisfactory life, but they just used some special means to contact someone in the modern world, and then let them publicize how nourishing and comfortable their life was. of.
"You're bragging, it doesn't necessarily happen."
"Your Highness, we found a team of more than 800 people at the south end!"
At this time, the scouts who explored the south came back and brought some bad news.
A team of more than 800 people?
Zhao Hongyu frowned when he heard this, but soon his frown relaxed.
Because if there is only a team of 800 people, there is actually not much threat to him.
You know, he now has more than 6,000 Imperial Army troops under his command.
However, what he is worried about is that if there is more than one team that suddenly appears, and it is one of the large number of teams from the Satsuma Domain that comes to support Shira Castle, that is the most threatening one.
Shiliang City is originally easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the defensive force is increased, it will be very disadvantageous for one's own side.
"What is the other party's banner? Where are they already?"
Zhao Hongyu¡¯s mind started spinning rapidly and he asked at the same time.
¡°It seems to be flying the Portuguese flag, and it is already two miles away from us.¡±
Um! ?
Portugal flag, what¡¯s going on?
After listening to the scout¡¯s report, Zhao Hongyu was stunned.
He couldn¡¯t think of anything else, except that the opponent would be flying the Portuguese flag.
If the opponent is really flying the flag of Portugal, then they will definitely not be the reinforcements of the Satsuma Domain.
But the question is, who are this army under the Portuguese flag?
They appear here, what are they going to do?
Zhao Hongyu¡¯s heart kept churning, thinking about?Very puzzled.
Before Zhao Hongyu could make any reaction or arrangements, another scout from a distance rode up to him.
"Your Highness, there are envoys from Portugal requesting an audience. Their commander calls himself Baron Roderney. He also said that he had met with Your Highness before, and that he had accepted a mission from Your Highness, which was to escort him to the Osaka Commercial Town Pier. The Spanish and Dutch warships were seized and given to Li Xiang"
Well!
When the scout said this, Zhao Hongyu remembered this matter.
When he first came to the East and started to attack Osaka Commercial Town by looking for trouble at will, he indeed seized many ships on the dock.
¡°These ships are from European merchants and Ming Dynasty merchants.
Therefore, those European merchants and Ming merchants all came to their camps to request that they return the merchant ships to them.
At that time, there were Spanish merchants and Dutch merchants who were very disdainful of themselves, so in anger, they seized their merchant ships and gave them to Li Xiang as a favor.
At that time, there were also a group of Portuguese businessmen who came to see me, but compared to Spanish and Dutch businessmen, the attitude of these Portuguese businessmen was still very good.
Among them, the leader among them is Baron Roderney.
This guy had been to America, so he knew about the alliance between the Song Empire and Portugal, so he stood on his side at that time.
Therefore, my impression of this guy is still very good.
It¡¯s just that this guy accepted his mission and sent all the detained Dutch and Spanish merchant ships to Li Xiang.
So what are they doing back now?
This made Zhao Hongyu very puzzled.
You must know that the entire Kyushu is not safe now. If they are smarter, they should leave Kyushu and find a safe place to stay instead of wandering around where the war broke out.
¡°Besides, when I asked them to send those merchant ships to Li Xiang, I also paid them a reward.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?but the remuneration was quite a lot.
So, they shouldn¡¯t come to you to ask for compensation.
It¡¯s so strange. Zhao Hongyu can¡¯t figure out what these Portuguese people are going to do.
But no matter what, people have already sent people to inform me, so I must have an attitude on my side.
¡°These Portuguese people have no ill intentions towards themselves, so it¡¯s not good for them to be unfriendly to them.
Besides, the Song Empire and Portugal are still allies.
Although they will definitely fall out with Portugal as the Song Empire grows stronger in the future, at least at this time they still have a good relationship.
Since there is no falling out, it is really not good for the Portuguese Zhao Hongyu to be so cold.
?Things to save face must always be done.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongyu said to the scout who came to report: "Let their envoy come over. I also want to know what they mean by coming with an army of 800 people?"
The scout turned and left, and within a short time, he brought five knights wearing European armor, headed by Roderney, to Zhao Hongyu.
After seeing Zhao Hongyu, Roderny quickly got off his horse and showed European courtesy to Zhao Hongyu.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Crown Prince, Baron Roderny of Portugal is very polite."
As Roderny saluted, the four knights following him also saluted.
Zhao Hongyu imitated the European nobles, raised his face slightly, and pointed his nostrils at Rodelney, looking so proud.
His behavior would be considered an insult in the East.
It¡¯s just that in Europe, this can be regarded as a return gift from the big nobles to the small nobles.
It has to be said that the cultural differences between the East and the West are really not that big.
After returning the gift, Roderney straightened his body and began to tell Zhao Hongyu the purpose of his visit in a singing-like tone.
Of course, Rodelney would not tell the real purpose like this, so his excuse was to help the Crown Prince, teach these Eastern Japanese a lesson, and at the same time become an ally in the far East. He Roderny must also help Zhao Hongyu on behalf of his motherland, so that he can appear sincere as an ally.
Although Zhao Hongyu didn¡¯t believe what Roddelny said at all, heI really can't say anything.
Is there anything wrong with people coming to help their allies?
No.
At the same time, Rodelney seemed very affectionate when he did this.
Although Zhao Hongyu knew that with the Europeans' unwillingness to benefit early, it was definitely impossible for them to help their ally.
But since people have said that, then just listen to it.
No matter if he is true or not, as long as he is not a threat to you, that¡¯s fine.
¡°Besides, Roddelny rushed Baba to help him and brought 800 cannon fodder. If he didn¡¯t accept their words, wouldn¡¯t he be a fool?
Therefore, Zhao Hongyu immediately made up his mind. Since this guy came to the door, he had no reason to push them out.
Shiliang City is right in front of us. If we start attacking right away, a fierce battle will begin.
Zhao Hongyu, who was worried that he had no cannon fodder, immediately met Roderney who came to report, so how could he miss them like this.
Hehehehe, eight hundred cannon fodder.
Although the number is not very large, it is always better than nothing.
As long as the money is provided, there is nothing these guys dare not do.
Zhao Hongyu knows very well the virtues of Europeans.
Europeans and Japanese are the same, they can do some cold and cruel things.
Especially when the benefits you give are enough, what they do is even more surprising and shocking to people.
money!
Zhao Hongyu has a lot.
Industrial silver in the virtual world costs one and a half cents per gram. You can basically get one tael for less than one yuan, and one tael of silver has a very strong purchasing power in this world and era.
Therefore, as long as you can provide a military salary of twenty taels of silver, these Portuguese people headed by Roderney can definitely work for you.
And twenty taels of silver is only a thousand yuan.
You know, in a world that is very similar to the modern world, one thousand yuan is not even the minimum wage.
If Zhao Hongyu is willing to use forty taels of silver as salary, then it will only be two thousand yuan.
Thinking about it, asking people to fight for two thousand yuan was simply unimaginable in Zhao Hongyu¡¯s original world.
"I'm very grateful to the Baron for having such a sense of justice." Zhao Hongyu was also very hypocritical and polite to Rodelney. Emma and Sarah also saluted Rodelney one after another. "It just so happened that we were about to launch a military operation against Shira Castle, the territory of the Satsuma Domain, and I was worried about the lack of troops. So at this time, you led the army here, which really solved one of my troubles and made things easier for us. It¡¯s even more beneficial.¡±
Everyone can say compliments. Since Zhao Hongyu has made up his mind to let Roderney be his cannon fodder, he must say as many nice words as he wants.
Anyway, nice words don¡¯t cost money.
"I won't let you help me in vain. In this battle, I am willing to pay the price of 20 taels of silver for ordinary soldiers and 40 taels of silver for officers to hire you to help me fight against the Japanese." Zhao Hongyu immediately opened his mouth. A price was given.
Because Zhao Hongyu understands that it is useless to always use false words to talk to Europeans. He needs to cooperate with some actual interests and benefits to allow people like Rodelney to act as cannon fodder according to the plan.
When Roddelny heard the price offered by Zhao Hongyu, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot.
To be honest, the price offered by Zhao Hongyu is not low.
People like them can only earn less than six or seven Portuguese silver coins a month in Europe. Merchants like them who engage in ocean trade can make huge profits during a two-year commercial voyage. If you calculate it carefully, it's actually not much.
¡°For example, a battle offered by Zhao Hongyu only costs twenty taels of silver, which is definitely a very high price.
You know, this is a battle.
"In Japan, gold is cheap and silver is expensive. Basically, seven taels of silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold. But if one tael of gold is brought back to Europe, it can be exchanged for twelve or thirteen taels of silver.
So, there is plenty of business going on.
At the same time, the price offered by His Highness is only the price for low-level soldiers and non-commissioned officers. What the price of people like Baron Roderney is, His Highness has not said yet.
But thinking about it, it should be not low.
Not only Rodelny's eyes were shining, but the four knights who came here with him also had the light of desire in their eyes and their hearts were moved.
For Europeans like them, they are not afraid of fighting with their lives, as long as they have money.
As long as there is money to give them real gold and silver, then as long as the price is in place, there is nothing wrong with them going to war with God.
Zhao Hongyu sneered in his heart when he looked at these Portuguese people with the fire of desire in their eyes.
Damn it, grandma, it¡¯s so easy to get my money (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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