Chapter 80 The First Intimate Contact
"Look, what is that..."
Suddenly, a sailor pointed at the sea and shouted in surprise.
Amid his shouts, everyone looked towards the sea. It turned out that there were several corpses floating on the sea. Under the starlight, you could vaguely see that there seemed to be more corpses floating on the sea.
On the undulating sea, corpses were like logs floating on the sea, drifting with the flow.
"This...this..."
Liu Kunpeng's face changed slightly, but soon he sighed again. They had all been on the battlefield, so naturally they knew where the corpses came from.
Why are there so many corpses?
This question does not seem to be serious. The most important question now is whether the Taiping Army or the official army controls the coast of Jiaxing.
However, it seems that this has no effect on them. Their trading targets are not limited to one party, as the boss said - a qualified arms dealer must sell the arms to both parties in battle so that they can fight for a long time.
Chang Kun, who led a horse like usual, would always look at the sea involuntarily. Will he encounter foreign ships?
But there seems to be nothing on the sea.
Since a few months ago, after the attendant Wang Qiansui led his troops to conquer Jiaxing, some foreign ships would always approach the beach to transport gunpowder and muskets that the Taiping Army urgently needed, and sometimes even artillery.
For generals at all levels, it would be a great achievement to buy foreign guns, foreign cannons and gunpowder from foreign brothers.
"If you can buy dozens of barrels of gunpowder with your foreign brothers, you might be promoted to a coach..."
When he was muttering in his heart, suddenly, a shadow on the sea attracted his attention. It was the ship!
Although Chang Kun was born in the inland, he was not unfamiliar with sails, and the shadow of the ship was still a Western ship.
"Yes, it's the foreign brothers from the sea!"
Although he couldn't see the boat clearly, Chang Kun said happily, since it was a foreign sail, he must be a foreign brother.
"Hurry, Xu Youcai, hurry up and find a boat to row over and ask, it is the foreign brothers from there, ask them, there are no foreign guns, cannons or other things on the boat. If not, there is gunpowder! Let them bid..."
After receiving the order, Xu Youcai quickly shouted at a few people to find a small wooden boat, lit a torch and rowed towards the sea. Chang Kun also asked his subordinates to ignite the torch. For a moment, the originally dark coast suddenly lit up.
"We were discovered!"
The sudden light on the shore made Liu Kunpeng's heart tighten.
"Someone is here!"
Seeing a small boat coming from the shore, the sailors on the boat immediately picked up muskets and aimed at the small boat with torches as if they were guarding against pirates. Seeing this scene, Li Fugui shouted.
"No one is allowed to shoot! Find out what they are going to do first."
Who is coming?
Is it the Qing army or the Taiping army?
Finally, when Li Fugui and the others saw the people on the boat clearly, his mood suddenly became extremely complicated - it was the Taiping Army!
Once upon a time, they also had such hair!
"Are you a foreign brother from abroad on the ship?"
"That's right, we came from abroad to trade with the Taiping brothers."
Standing at the bow of the boat, Liu Kunpeng replied.
"The ship transports goods that Taiping Army brothers urgently need. Please send me a message to you!"
...
Since he woke up, Wang Botao felt a little uneasy. He has always believed in this feeling. It was because of this feeling that he had escaped many times when he fought in the south and north over the years.
"Can't it be that the Qing Yao from Hangzhou is coming?"
But after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely. After all, the soldiers of King Zhong Qiansui and King Shinsui of the Shin-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-Shi-S
But what is wrong?
Suddenly a soldier reported that a foreign brother came to trade and asked to meet the commander-in-chief. After hearing the report, Wang Botao felt relaxed and happy.
"Brothers are coming to the door with a big ship. They must have brought a large number of foreign guns and cannons. Now we are going to show our face in front of the attendant Wang Qiansui..."
But then his brows frowned again - no money!
"Zhao Shuli, what should you do if you say this?"
Wang Botao called the clerk and complained.
"The spring silkworms have not come out yet, there is no silk or tea. What should I use to exchange guns and cannons with foreign brothers?"
In fact, it’s not that I don’t have money, but that I have paid the money and handed it to the Holy Cut. It seems that this feeling of being uneasy is for today’s matter.
"Shishou, what's the big deal? It really doesn't work. If you let the holy soldiers fight against the people, everything will come naturally."
Zhao Shian said directly.
"Well, that's all. Don't let any of those big dogs go."
Anyway, the same is true for money and food.
"Brothers of the West travel thousands of miles to my heaven...Oh!"
When Wang Botao first saw Mir, he felt his legs become weak.
Oh my god, these are foreign brothers!
It’s clearly the yaksha in the play!
No wonder they call them ghosts. They look like ghosts. Their skin is actually black, like a layer of ink splashed. Only the teeth and whites of their eyes are white. If it weren't for broad daylight, I would have thought it was a ghost who came from King Yama.
What did the nigger say in his mouth?
Just when Wang Botao was shocked by the black man in front of him, he suddenly heard someone beside him say to him:
"Mir Grand Ban wishes the general good health and victory in every battle."
After hearing this, Wang Botao calmed down his mind. Only then did he see a Chinese man standing beside the Black Foreigner. When he saw the Chinese Wang Botao, he regained his confidence as a general.
"Who are you, what are you here for?"
Of course, this was said to Liu Kunpeng. He didn't want to look at Mill at all. This man looked too strange.
"Mir Grand Ban came here naturally to help the holy soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom. General, our ship brought thousands of muskets, thousands of barrels of gunpowder, and hundreds of barrels of gunpowder,..."
"What!"
Wang Botao said in surprise.
"There are so many!"
He said quickly while being surprised.
"Oh, this is really a hurry! Tell Mill, don't worry about the money. Even if the money is insufficient, we will use raw silk to pay for it, and the price is fair..."
When Wang Botao was speaking, Liu Kunpeng kept talking to Mir in Portuguese, as if he was translating, but in fact he was just chatting casually. After Mir said something, Liu Kunpeng said.
"The general misunderstood. Mir Grand Ban said that we came here to trade not for the sake of money to make silk, but for another business..."
Chapter completed!