Investigating the root cause, humans are actually no different from other animals in the world. They breathe and eat the same way, mate and reproduce the same way, and experience birth, old age, sickness and death the same way. If there are higher-level creatures, stand at a higher level than this world and look at this world.
The world, in fact, is just like this. The heaven and the earth are unkind and treat all things as stupid dogs. This is roughly what it means.
Since it is an animal, it is the instinct of animals to be alert and respond to approaching danger. For humans, this instinct is more often an intuition, just like Benson saw Liu Er
He and Qian Wubing chatted a lot of words that he didn't understand. Then, this senior official of the Ming Dynasty looked at him with a sarcastic smile on his lips. At this time, his intuition told him that the meaning of this smile was:
But it has nothing to do with the word "friendly" at all.
Sure enough, when Liu Er translated all Qian Wubing's words to him, he became a little stiff.
Sure enough, it was still a barbaric country! He made a decision without hesitation. He would either cut off his hands or be imprisoned for an unknown amount of time. He didn't want to choose either of these two options.
There was a slight movement behind him, and he turned around. His first mate, his boatswain, and the sailors who were usually obedient to him all looked at him with their breathing a little short, obviously.
, his men seemed unwilling to stay with their captain in this unfortunate empire for thirty or fifty years.
"He is scaring us!" He shouted to his men: "Everyone knows these days that the people of this empire are not the barbarians we met before. They have their own laws, no matter what we have done.
, we don’t deserve to be treated like this!”
Seeing the disapproving expressions on everyone's faces, Benson became a little anxious: "Think about our fleet, think about our cannons, and then think about the long coastline of this empire. I believe your captains, they will never commit any offense against the empire.
Such a huge mistake!”
Benson was impassioned there, while Liu Er quietly translated Benson's words to Qian Wubing. When Benson said this, Qian Wubing smiled.
"Take them all back!" He stood up and prepared to leave.
The Jinyi guards behind him surrounded him, and Benson, who had been cheering him up, suddenly panicked. The terrible thing was that he didn't know whether the other party was going to put him in a cell, or take him out and chop off his hands at the next moment.
Lose.
The sailors were also agitated, but the bright swords and guns came forward, and there seemed to be many talented people who knew the current affairs among these "Portuguese Navy".
"Wait, wait, Your Excellency!" Seeing that the iron chains in the hands of the soldiers were about to be put around his neck, Benson didn't know where he got the courage to tilt his head to avoid the chains, and looked towards him anxiously.
Qian Wubing shouted.
Liu Er was also frightened. This gentleman seemed a little moody. He was going to get someone involved if he turned against him, especially those military lords who seemed to think that he and the Portuguese were in the same group. This was not good, it was very bad.
So Benson's shout just started, and his simultaneous translation also started. He can guarantee that when he was interpreting for these Portuguese people, he had never translated so quickly and in such a timely manner.
Qian Wubing turned around and looked at him coldly.
"I am a Portuguese naval officer, Your Excellency, you should not do this to me!" Benson shouted loudly. When Qian Wubing heard that this guy was still taking Joe, he turned around and left without saying a word.
"I choose!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Benson shouted at the top of his lungs. When the senior official of the Ming Dynasty walked out of the courtyard, it was useless for him to say anything. He shouted this sentence, and his heart was filled with joy.
It was all tears. He thought of the gold he had secretly hidden. Maybe a proper bribe would avoid some consequences that didn't look so good?
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency! I have some gifts. Maybe if you see them, you will change your decision a little bit!" Benson looked back at his men, bit down, and unbuckled his belt.
In the belt, ten small gold ingots shone softly under the sunlight. Qian Wubing looked at the gold ingots in his hand, and then at the carving-like expression on Benson's face.
"Tell him, in the Ming Dynasty, how much silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold!"
Liu Er muttered a few words, and Benson looked confused.
Qian Wubing continued: "In our capital city, I have a business called Sihailou. It is not big a year and can barely earn me one or two million taels of silver. If you ask him to do the math, I will
On this day, how much silver was put into the account, and how much gold was converted into it!"
Thanks to his background as a naval officer, he had already calculated the answer in his mind while the ragtag group of men under him were still counting their fingers and toes. However, the calculated result made him look at the gold in his hand, and then look at it.
He looked at the Ming official who had been looking at him sarcastically. There was a wry smile on his face, which was uglier than crying.
"Isn't there a third option?" he said in a daze.
The smile on Qian Wubing's face became strange. After waiting for a long time, wasn't this what he was waiting for? First give him a slap in the face and then give him a sweet date. He had learned this method a long time ago and used it in these
It seems to have a pretty good effect on the Portuguese.
"Yes, there is, but this method is suitable for your sailors, but it doesn't seem to be very suitable for you, a naval officer!"
Qian Wubing came back, sat on the chair again, and waved to him: "Come, come here, let's talk carefully!"
…
Half an hour later, Qian Wubing led the group of Portuguese people out of the hall. Different from when he was inside before, Benson had a smile on his face when he came out. As for the Commander, His Excellency
His handwritten letter, let him go to hell. As long as he has wealth, it is not impossible for a naval officer to become a mercenary. Integrity, is integrity worth half a silver coin on the sea?
Benson earns one thousand taels a year, the first mate three hundred taels, the second mate two hundred taels, the boatswain one hundred taels, and other sailors, ranging from thirty taels to eighty taels a year. Apart from this basic salary, follow
Every time the fleet completes a perfect transaction, all of them can also receive a profit reward of 1% to 5%. If they encounter a battle, the spoils they obtain belong to themselves.
Of course, although these conditions are wonderful enough, the most wonderful thing is not that. Qian Wubing promised that when they feel that they have made enough money and want to return to Portugal, Qian Wubing will give them a brand new boat.
Sailboat, let them go back happily with their harvest.
"Five years, you will serve me for at least five years. After five years, if you return to Portugal or continue to serve me, you will make your own decision at that time! If you serve me, you will have money and a ship! I'm afraid you won't have this.
Make money if you can!”
When Qian Wubing slapped him in the face and said this to Benson, Benson's head pounded like a green onion, as if he was afraid that Qian Wubing would regret it.
Today is indeed the day when God cares for his believers. He not only rescued himself from the sea of suffering, but also made his life embark on a brighter and brighter future. Benson followed Qian Wubing walking on the street and felt that
The dazzling sunshine that he had cursed countless times also became warm.
Qian Wubing took them directly to the Sihai Tower. When they entered the Sihai Tower, these bumpkin's mouths were open and they almost never closed: Such a majestic and gorgeous building can only be found in the Kingdom of Heaven.
!
Today's situation is much better than when Qian Wubing came a few days ago. At least, although the hall is not crowded, there are not only three or two kittens in the hall.
Qian Wubing came in with a group of people, and Rong Shusheng came out to greet them from afar.
"These people should be settled well, change their clothes, clean up, and find some houses for them to live in first!" Rong Shusheng looked at the Portuguese behind Qian Wubing with some confusion and nodded.
"Don't deprive them of food and drink, but don't let them go out. After a while, I will have use for these people!"
The people from Sihailou led the happy Portuguese away. Qian Wubing then sat down and asked Rong Shusheng about the situation in Sihailou.
"According to your instructions, people from various chambers of commerce have mobilized to clarify the rumors everywhere!" Rong Shusheng pointed to the businessmen in the hall downstairs: "Your Excellency, you have also seen it. It's not that we don't work hard, but this has achieved little results.
!”
Qian is silent and silent.
"Those who come and go in the past few days are all small businessmen and retail investors, and there are many spectators and few transactions. For the really big businessmen, even if they couldn't come by themselves before, there would always be a few people in charge of the family who would pay attention to the market in our building.
But there is no movement from these people now, even if the people from our chamber of commerce tell lies, they are still unmoved!"
"This makes no sense! Liu Jin has been executed, and those who should be implicated have been implicated. Those who are not implicated are naturally fine. These people can see clearly why they are silent!"
Rong Shusheng smiled bitterly. During this period, in order to worry the big businessmen, he not only mentioned Qian Wubing's name, but even the princes and princes in the inner-official prison were stripped of their tiger skins by him. It was a pity that
Yes, since they are big families, these businessmen have no foundation. Jinyiwei Zhenfu is very important in the hearts of some people. In their hearts, it is just the same thing. You must know that many big businessmen are actually big wealthy families.
There is more than a little entanglement here. For them, they can earn less money, but they must not be on the wrong team. This is the most important thing.
After telling this tactfully to Qian Wubing, Qian Wubing frowned but was not too angry.
The forces in the capital were intertwined, and there were many that he couldn't afford to offend and didn't want to offend. It wasn't surprising that others looked down on his importance. Even the Commander of the Imperial Guards, in the eyes of some aristocratic families, was actually just that. He was just a Nan.
What does Yazhenfu have to be proud of?
"Don't move the princes and father-in-laws from the inner palace to talk about things. No one wants to have anything to do with the palace at the moment. If I don't have enough weight, let me ask you, if a certain elder in the cabinet is in our building,
Can a walk around and a seat dispel these people's doubts?"
"Of course this is good!" Rong Shusheng said happily. He never expected that Qian Wubing would still have contact with the cabinet.
Investigating the root cause, humans are actually no different from other animals in the world. They breathe and eat the same way, mate and reproduce the same way, and experience birth, old age, sickness and death the same way. If there are higher-level creatures, stand at a higher level than this world and look at this world.
The world, in fact, is just like this. The heaven and the earth are unkind and treat all things as stupid dogs. This is roughly what it means.
Since it is an animal, it is the instinct of animals to be alert and respond to approaching danger. For humans, this instinct is more often an intuition, just like Benson saw Liu Er
He and Qian Wubing chatted a lot of words that he didn't understand. Then, this senior official of the Ming Dynasty looked at him with a sarcastic smile on his lips. At this time, his intuition told him that the meaning of this smile was:
But it has nothing to do with the word "friendly" at all.
Sure enough, when Liu Er translated all Qian Wubing's words to him, he became a little stiff.
Sure enough, it was still a barbaric country! He made a decision without hesitation. He would either cut off his hands or be imprisoned for an unknown amount of time. He didn't want to choose either of these two options.
There was a slight movement behind him, and he turned around. His first mate, his boatswain, and the sailors who were usually obedient to him all looked at him with their breathing a little short, obviously.
, his men seemed unwilling to stay with their captain in this unfortunate empire for thirty or fifty years.
"He is scaring us!" He shouted to his men: "Everyone knows these days that the people of this empire are not the barbarians we met before. They have their own laws, no matter what we have done.
, we don’t deserve to be treated like this!”
Seeing the disapproving expressions on everyone's faces, Benson became a little anxious: "Think about our fleet, think about our cannons, and then think about the long coastline of this empire. I believe your captains, they will never commit any offense against the empire.
Such a huge mistake!”
Benson was impassioned there, while Liu Er quietly translated Benson's words to Qian Wubing. When Benson said this, Qian Wubing smiled.
"Take them all back!" He stood up and prepared to leave.
The Jinyi guards behind him surrounded him, and Benson, who had been cheering him up, suddenly panicked. The terrible thing was that he didn't know whether the other party was going to put him in a cell, or take him out and chop off his hands at the next moment.
Lose.
The sailors were also agitated, but the bright swords and guns came forward, and there seemed to be many talented people who knew the current affairs among these "Portuguese Navy".
"Wait, wait, Your Excellency!" Seeing that the iron chains in the hands of the soldiers were about to be put around his neck, Benson didn't know where he got the courage to tilt his head to avoid the chains, and looked towards him anxiously.
Qian Wubing shouted.
Liu Er was also frightened. This gentleman seemed a little moody. He was going to get someone involved if he turned against him, especially those military lords who seemed to think that he and the Portuguese were in the same group. This was not good, it was very bad.
So Benson's shout just started, and his simultaneous translation also started. He can guarantee that when he was interpreting for these Portuguese people, he had never translated so quickly and in such a timely manner.
Qian Wubing turned around and looked at him coldly.
"I am a Portuguese naval officer, Your Excellency, you should not do this to me!" Benson shouted loudly. When Qian Wubing heard that this guy was still taking Joe, he turned around and left without saying a word.
"I choose!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Benson shouted at the top of his lungs. When the senior official of the Ming Dynasty walked out of the courtyard, it was useless for him to say anything. He shouted this sentence, and his heart was filled with joy.
It was all tears. He thought of the gold he had secretly hidden. Maybe a proper bribe would avoid some consequences that didn't look so good?
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency! I have some gifts. Maybe if you see them, you will change your decision a little bit!" Benson looked back at his men, bit down, and unbuckled his belt.
In the belt, ten small gold ingots shone softly under the sunlight. Qian Wubing looked at the gold ingots in his hand, and then at the carving-like expression on Benson's face.
"Tell him, in the Ming Dynasty, how much silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold!"
Liu Er muttered a few words, and Benson looked confused.
Qian Wubing continued: "In our capital city, I have a business called Sihailou. It is not big a year and can barely earn me one or two million taels of silver. If you ask him to do the math, I will
On this day, how much silver was put into the account, and how much gold was converted into it!"
Thanks to his background as a naval officer, he had already calculated the answer in his mind while the ragtag group of men under him were still counting their fingers and toes. However, the calculated result made him look at the gold in his hand, and then look at it.
He looked at the Ming official who had been looking at him sarcastically. There was a wry smile on his face, which was uglier than crying.
"Isn't there a third option?" he said in a daze.
The smile on Qian Wubing's face became strange. After waiting for a long time, wasn't this what he was waiting for? First give him a slap in the face and then give him a sweet date. He had learned this method a long time ago and used it in these
It seems to have a pretty good effect on the Portuguese.
"Yes, there is, but this method is suitable for your sailors, but it doesn't seem to be very suitable for you, a naval officer!"
Qian Wubing came back, sat on the chair again, and waved to him: "Come, come here, let's talk carefully!"
…
Half an hour later, Qian Wubing led the group of Portuguese people out of the hall. Different from when he was inside before, Benson had a smile on his face when he came out. As for the Commander, His Excellency
His handwritten letter, let him go to hell. As long as he has wealth, it is not impossible for a naval officer to become a mercenary. Integrity, is integrity worth half a silver coin on the sea?
Benson earns one thousand taels a year, the first mate three hundred taels, the second mate two hundred taels, the boatswain one hundred taels, and other sailors, ranging from thirty taels to eighty taels a year. Apart from this basic salary, follow
Every time the fleet completes a perfect transaction, all of them can also receive a profit reward of 1% to 5%. If they encounter a battle, the spoils they obtain belong to themselves.
Of course, although these conditions are wonderful enough, the most wonderful thing is not that. Qian Wubing promised that when they feel that they have made enough money and want to return to Portugal, Qian Wubing will give them a brand new boat.
Sailboat, let them go back happily with their harvest.
"Five years, you will serve me for at least five years. After five years, if you return to Portugal or continue to serve me, you will make your own decision at that time! If you serve me, you will have money and a ship! I'm afraid you won't have this.
Make money if you can!”
When Qian Wubing slapped him in the face and said this to Benson, Benson's head pounded like a green onion, as if he was afraid that Qian Wubing would regret it.
Today is indeed the day when God cares for his believers. He not only rescued himself from the sea of suffering, but also made his life embark on a brighter and brighter future. Benson followed Qian Wubing walking on the street and felt that
The dazzling sunshine that he had cursed countless times also became warm.
Qian Wubing took them directly to the Sihai Tower. When they entered the Sihai Tower, these bumpkin's mouths were open and they almost never closed: Such a majestic and gorgeous building can only be found in the Kingdom of Heaven.
!
Today's situation is much better than when Qian Wubing came a few days ago. At least, although the hall is not crowded, there are not only three or two kittens in the hall.
Qian Wubing came in with a group of people, and Rong Shusheng came out to greet them from afar.
"These people should be settled well, change their clothes, clean up, and find some houses for them to live in first!" Rong Shusheng looked at the Portuguese behind Qian Wubing with some confusion and nodded.
"Don't deprive them of food and drink, but don't let them go out. After a while, I will have use for these people!"
The people from Sihailou led the happy Portuguese away. Qian Wubing then sat down and asked Rong Shusheng about the situation in Sihailou.
"According to your instructions, people from various chambers of commerce have mobilized to clarify the rumors everywhere!" Rong Shusheng pointed to the businessmen in the hall downstairs: "Your Excellency, you have also seen it. It's not that we don't work hard, but this has achieved little results.
!”
Qian is silent and silent.
"Those who come and go in the past few days are all small businessmen and retail investors, and there are many spectators and few transactions. For the really big businessmen, even if they couldn't come by themselves before, there would always be a few people in charge of the family who would pay attention to the market in our building.
But there is no movement from these people now, even if the people from our chamber of commerce tell lies, they are still unmoved!"
"This makes no sense! Liu Jin has been executed, and those who should be implicated have been implicated. Those who are not implicated are naturally fine. These people can see clearly why they are silent!"
Rong Shusheng smiled bitterly. During this period, in order to worry the big businessmen, he not only mentioned Qian Wubing's name, but even the princes and princes in the inner-official prison were stripped of their tiger skins by him. It was a pity that
Yes, since they are big families, these businessmen have no foundation. Jinyiwei Zhenfu is very important in the hearts of some people. In their hearts, it is just the same thing. You must know that many big businessmen are actually big wealthy families.
There is more than a little entanglement here. For them, they can earn less money, but they must not be on the wrong team. This is the most important thing.
After telling this tactfully to Qian Wubing, Qian Wubing frowned but was not too angry.
The forces in the capital were intertwined, and there were many that he couldn't afford to offend and didn't want to offend. It wasn't surprising that others looked down on his importance. Even the Commander of the Imperial Guards, in the eyes of some aristocratic families, was actually just that. He was just a Nan.
What does Yazhenfu have to be proud of?
"Don't move the princes and father-in-laws from the inner palace to talk about things. No one wants to have anything to do with the palace at the moment. If I don't have enough weight, let me ask you, if a certain elder in the cabinet is in our building,
Can a walk around and a seat dispel these people's doubts?"
"Of course this is good!" Rong Shusheng said happily. He never expected that Qian Wubing would still have contact with the cabinet.