588. Chapter 588 People still have to rely on themselves
Although Tang Yin was speechless to Qian Wubing as to the origin of the epidemic, he still had some vague speculations in his own heart.
He felt that maybe the disease had been quietly lurking in the fleet when the city was occupied, but it did not start to break out until Luzon. Of course, this was just his speculation, and there was no evidence.
Taken out.
Therefore, after hearing Qian Wubing's order to find a nearby desert island to expel evil spirits from the fleet instead of returning to Champa, he felt relieved. He still had a huge worry in his heart, but at this time,
Qian Wubing didn't mean it, so he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to mention it. However, if Qian Wubing ordered the fleet to return to the Ming Dynasty, he would probably have to remonstrate with him. The people of the Ming Dynasty were more numerous than this small Luzon Island.
Tens of millions. If the fleet rashly brought back a disease that no one had ever heard of, even if Mr. Qian was willing to donate his ancestral secret recipe, the number of people who died in the Ming Dynasty would probably be at least hundreds of thousands.
"Go and do it!" Qian Wubing nodded, and the people around him retreated, each going to do the things Qian Wubing asked him to do.
There was no errand, so Qian Wubing was left with Grisha. However, Zhu Yunniang, who had taken care of Qian Wubing these days, was forced to go back to the cabin to rest because she was too tired.
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"Did you really give your ancestral secret recipe to me?" Grisha stood behind the man and spoke in a low voice after a while.
"Well, it's not an important prescription!" Qian Wubing didn't care.
"Actually, I have seen this disease before in our empire!" Grisha said in a low voice: "It is really unusual for people to survive after being infected with the disease. You can take this prescription from any empire.
, at least we can change it to another governor!”
Qian Wubing smiled and did not look back or answer! Governor, am I surprised? The Spanish Governor on the shore and the Governor of Luzon in our Ming Dynasty are not the same thing.
"Anyway, thank you!" Grisha raised her head: "On behalf of our empire, I would like to express my personal gratitude to Mr. Qian. No matter when, you, Mr. Qian, will be the most distinguished guest of our empire and our royal family!
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"Okay, okay!" Qian Wubing turned around, "It's just a little effort. Why are you so solemn? You should talk properly. I'm really not used to you like this. I almost forgot. What's in front of me?
She is still a princess!"
Grisha rolled her eyes at him. It was only in front of him that she didn't look like a princess at all. When Qian Wubing said this, it seemed that she had lost all the grace and splendor of a princess.
"Have you found anything fishy about the fleet's wandering?"
After a moment of silence, Grisha found a topic that interested both of them and asked.
"I have some ideas, but I am sure that it is not a human factor!" Qian Wubing was willing to discuss these uncertain reasons with her, and discuss these uncertain reasons with his subordinates, just in case he was proven wrong in the future.
, that would inevitably make him a little embarrassed, but there is no harm in discussing it with Grisha, who is half subordinate and half friend. Moreover, when it comes to Ming Dynasty's knowledge, Grisha may not be as good as Tang Yin.
She is not as good as Zhu Yunniang, but compared with her experience, she may not be much worse than others. Especially, she received education from Western royal nobles. She must have dabbled in relatively advanced knowledge in the West. Compared to
In other words, she has such an advantage over the people of Ming Dynasty.
Grisha's eyes widened and she listened to him quietly.
"You should know the fleet's defense tool, Simon, or it's called a compass!" Qian Wubing asked, and Grisha nodded: "I know, we have one too, but we call it a compass!"
"That's what we passed on!" Qian Wubing smiled: "Of course, if it could be passed on to Europe, you have to thank those Arabs who exploited you so much. Otherwise, you can't even travel far away now.
You have to worry about getting lost!”
Grisha curled her lips slightly. This was not the first time she heard Qian Wubing's remarks that despised Western technology and culture. Not only Qian Wubing, but also other Ming people he came into contact with, for those distant countries she mentioned,
The best expression is just surprise. Generally speaking, it is the expression of "Oh, this is it." It is really difficult to hear many words of admiration and admiration from these proud Ming Dynasty people.
easy.
"Since you know this thing and the principle of the compass, there is no need for me to explain it to you in detail. The point is that this compass can distinguish directions, mainly because it is a magnet itself!" Qian Wubing smiled.
Laugh, at this time, he really had a sense of superiority. He was explaining to Grisha what the North and South Pole was, and what the Earth's magnetic field was. Would Grisha understand it? So, he simply skipped these things.
"Think about it, if there is a huge magnetic mountain under the sea, and our fleet passes by the sea on this magnetic mountain, what will it be like?"
Grisha thought for a while, then smiled: "So that's the case, but our fleet is large enough, and it carries enough food and fresh water. If it is a single ship, it will really get lost near Cishan.
direction, and we don’t have the good luck to find land, it would be a bit miserable!”
Qian Wubing smiled and nodded: "I also made a guess. We can't send people to the seabed several hundred feet away to see if there really is such a magnetic mountain. However, this place must always be marked on the sea chart.
Let’s avoid tragedies for others in the future!”
"Yes!" Grisha nodded and suddenly giggled: "You just said that I don't look like a princess. I see that you don't look like a Guards General of the Ming Empire at this time. You look a bit like an explorer.
, when you encounter such a thing, you are the first one to remember to record it!"
Qian Wubing smiled and said nothing.
"I'm surprised. In other empires, with your status, His Majesty the Emperor would never be stingy in rewarding you with a title. However, in your Ming Empire, it seems that this title is very difficult to obtain!" Grisha paused.
, "With your help to our empire, I believe your achievements are enough to obtain a title!"
Qian Wubing smiled and said nothing again. He didn't want to guess what Grisha meant. However, did that empty title that was far away mean anything to him now?
The conversation between the two fell into silence again because one person was silent. When Grisha saw that her proposal did not receive a response from Qian Wubing, she lost interest in talking for a while and remained silent.
Standing behind Qian Wubing, he looked at the ships sailing towards the shore in the distance.
Qian Wubing's order seemed to have been passed on to the troops on the shore at this time. The troops on the shore carefully took their weapons and walked out from where they lived. The team of Luzon Ming people who had been paying attention to them were curious.
They looked at their "friendly army" that suddenly took action.
It seemed that someone wanted to go over to say hello and ask about their intentions, but they were frightened by the soldiers' posture as if they were facing a powerful enemy. The rows of gunmen's guns were pointed at them, and they refused to do so.
The meaning of closeness is quite strong.
The situation on the shore suddenly became a little chaotic.
When Xu Qianqian received the news of the changes here and rushed to the port, all she saw was clothes and weapons scattered on the ground, scattered on the dock, while those under her were fighting frantically.
Grabbing. Among them, the firecrackers that the Ming army attached great importance to were also being passed around in the hands of her men like the swords and guns at this moment.
In the distance, three ships filled with people were slowly leaving the port. She could even see the cheering naked Ming soldiers shouting something towards the shore on the ship. She also saw the ships loading them.
Not to mention the three ships of the Ming army, the several ships escorting them kept their hulls tilted towards the shore. She knew better what the other party's intention was. As long as there was any abnormal movement of the people on the shore, she would
I very much doubt whether the artillery on those ships will fire at them indiscriminately.
"Miss, look, this brand-new thing is much easier to use than ours, and they just threw it on the dock and didn't want it anymore!" A close subordinate stood excitedly in front of her with the weapon he had found.
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"There are also muskets. They even left the muskets, but they don't have many bullets!"
Xu Qianqian's brows were already furrowed. The Ming Army refused to communicate with them in the past two days. She had already realized that these people had to keep a distance from her. However, like today, she left everything behind and was so naked.
She could understand that people were being taken into their fleet, but she couldn't accept it. Even if the disease spread and many people died, you wouldn't be like this!
At this time, she only felt a sense of abandonment, and perhaps a slight resentment towards the Ming army.
Poor Xu Qianqian had no idea how much bad news she would receive in the next few days. Those villages loyal to the Xu family, and in some villages even the entire village, were all dead. Fortunately, she could
The only ones who escaped this disaster were those who received medical treatment in time and those extremely remote villages on Luzon Island.
It was only when she led her men who were no longer infected with the disease and entered the fortress that was like a dead city that she realized how huge the disaster was this time, and when she saw the Ming army leaving that day
Those resentments disappeared completely along with everything he saw - they had already given her a life-saving remedy, so what else could she resent? Could she resent that they were not in this death place with her?
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The Ming army is just their reinforcements, not their parents or relatives!