Ding Yunyi in Jinzhou City was deeply regretful that he let go of Huang Taiji who was right in front of him.
If Huang Taiji could be killed, it would not have a great impact on changing the course of history, but at least it could seriously shake Jin Lu's military morale again.
However, I also admired Huang Taiji's courage in my heart for actually daring to take only one entourage to the enemy's hinterland to spy on the military situation.
Ding Yunyi still didn't know that the follower around Huang Taiji was Fan Wencheng, the most famous traitor among the Han people. If he found out, he would regret it even more.
After guarding at the city gate for most of the day, and having people search the city carefully, no trace of "Huang Juexin" was found, so he must have run back.
Ding Yunyi was unhappy and was about to go back when he suddenly heard a commotion in front of him.
I saw only two Taixi people running towards the city gate while shouting "help".
There were always dozens of people chasing them, shouting "catch them and beat them to death".
Ding Yunyi looked curious, took a few steps forward, and stopped in the middle: "Wait a minute!"
When the two Thais saw the savior coming, they hurriedly hid next to Ding Yunyi and shouted "Help" repeatedly.
One of these two people was in his forties, and the other looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old. I thought they were priests, but they didn't look like them in their dress.
"Who are you and why are you stopping us!" one of the pursuers shouted loudly.
"Bold!" Deng Changgui scolded: "This is General Ding Yunyi who fought against Dalinghe!"
When he heard that he was a great hero, the other party became more polite: "It turns out to be General Ding Shen. We don't know, please don't be offended, General Ding Shen."
"It doesn't matter." Ding Yunyi waved his hand and pointed at the two Thais: "What's going on?"
As soon as these two Thais were mentioned, the other party became angry again: "They don't know where they came from. My wife is sick. They said they would see a doctor, but I didn't believe it. They patted their chests and said they would be able to cure her.
Okay. I think it’s okay to let them try. Who would have thought that they actually asked my wife to take off her clothes? If they are not gangsters, are they really doctors? "
"It's wrong, it's wrong!" The older Thai man shouted in a hurry, but his Chinese was not fluent. No one understood what he said.
On the other hand, the young man next to him, although his Chinese was equally weird, he could understand it: "Your wife, you have a malignant sore on your stomach near your chest. You need surgery, so you must take off your clothes."
But we don't need to take off all of us, just the outer clothes... fart, fart!" The man yelled repeatedly: "When you were helping my wife to see a doctor, you were touching me, but I couldn't bear it.
You actually want my wife to take off her clothes and let your mother’s stinky farts go!”
"You misunderstood. My uncle is teaching me how to identify malignant sores. Of course, there will be contact. Don't be angry."
Ding Yunyi laughed. This is the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. It is absolutely forbidden for a woman from the Ming Dynasty to be exposed in front of strange men. Even if something happens to a part of the wife's body that is not convenient for exposure, it can only be done by
The husband came to describe it to the doctor, especially the delicate parts from the stomach to the chest. Now these two foreigners asked someone else's daughter-in-law to take off their clothes for surgery, and they were not beaten to death on the spot. This was already considered a good deed by their ancestors.
"I think so." Ding Yunyi persuaded: "Leave these two Thais to me to deal with. What about your wife? I think she is sick and I still need to see her. Huangfu, give him a few taels of silver and let him go find her."
A serious doctor."
Huangfu Yunjie took out two taels of silver and put it into the man's hand. The man was very grateful: "Why do you have the nerve to ask for your money? Forget it, since you have spoken, my wife has not suffered any loss, so she let these two dogs go.
thing!"
He glared at the two Taixi men fiercely and led everyone away in a hurry. It was only at this time that the two Taixi men heaved a long sigh of relief.
Ding Yunyi smiled; "What are your names?"
"Ah, thank you for saving us." The younger Taisi man said: "He is my uncle, Al Gud Rafael. My name is Simond Isabel Rafael. We are from
From Saint Germain."
"Ah, the French." Ding Yunyi said smoothly.
"God, you also know France?" Simond looked very surprised.
Ding Yunyi smiled: "Your current king is Louis XIV, right?"
"Ah, no, it's Louis XIII."
"Oh, that was my mistake." After all, Ding Yunyi is not a superman, nor can he remember the era when every foreign king was in power. However, Simond's answer made him think about it: "The war between Catholicism and Protestantism.
Isn’t the fight finished yet?”
Simond was extremely surprised: "God, you actually know this?"
Nonsense, do I know about the Thirty Years' War? Ding Yunyi said calmly: "Louis XIII just came to the throne, and the Queen Mother became a dictatorship. Later, Louis XIII drove your Queen Mother to Spain. Ah, we are called Ganrasi. And then again
I brought her back, what I said was correct, right?"
Simond kept translating for his uncle Al, and both of them looked surprised. Simond said: "My uncle asked you, have you ever been to France?"
Ding Yunyi smiled: "I know your France well, there is nothing surprising. I ask you, why did you come to Daming? Why did you come to Jinzhou again?"
"That's it, sir." Simond said carefully: "My uncle once served French King Henry IV with his teacher. However, after the king was assassinated, my uncle and his teacher were driven out of the palace.
, his teacher passed away. Later, my uncle heard from a Spanish missionary in France that there was a Ming Dynasty in the East, which was very rich. If we go there, we might have a chance to make a lot of gold, so we came here.
.The first place we went to was your capital, but unfortunately, we didn't get a chance in the capital, and no one was interested in our technology. We stayed in the capital for a whole year, and the money was about to run out. Listen to the explanation.
There is an enemy in the Ming Dynasty named Dajin. We thought that since the Ming Dynasty is not interested in us, maybe their enemies can use us... Be brave!" Upon hearing that these two Taixi people were actually going to defect to the Jinlu, Huangfu
Yun Jie and Deng Changgui scolded together.
Ding Yunyi was not angry. These two foreigners only had money to make, so how could they care about the money of the Ming Dynasty: "Your Ming Dynasty Mandarin is good, where did you learn it? France?"
"Oh. No, I am very talented in languages." Simond was not modest at all: "I can speak French, English, Spanish and other languages. After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, I also learned your language."
This person will be a good translator in the future, Ding Yunyi thought to himself, and asked casually: "Who is your uncle's teacher?"
"Charrick Morse Mahan."
"Oh...wait. Who?" Ding Yunyi said "oh", and suddenly an idea flashed. Henry IV? Mahan? Is it that Mahan?
Simond felt a little strange: "Charrick Morse Mahan."
Ding Yunyi hurriedly asked: "That gunsmith, locksmith and watchmaker, who can also paint and engrave, was invited to the palace by Henry IV?"
"Yes, yes." Al seemed to understand this time, and said in surprise in broken Chinese: "Do you recognize my teacher?"
"Ah? Yes, haha, I recognize it, I recognize it." Overjoyed, Ding Yunyi couldn't help but laugh a few times: "I'm very familiar with it. Very familiar with it!"
Mahan was the inventor of the flintlock gun. When he was in Taiwan, he heard Condruman mention this Mahan. According to Condruman, Mahan had already developed the flintlock gun. But with the advent of Henry IV
was assassinated, the flintlock was unanimously opposed by the French generals, so the research was stopped.
He never expected that God would actually send Mahan's disciples to him.
Uncle and nephew Al were also very happy at first. This gentleman has never been to France. How could he recognize Mahan?
Before they could react, Ding Yunyi had already asked, "The flintlock gun invented by Mahan, do you think you can do it too?"
"Yes." Al said honestly: "Not only that, but he also made further improvements to the flintlock. Unfortunately, it was not taken seriously in France, and was even ridiculed by some of His Majesty's generals as the most useless.
Weapon, my teacher also died in anger."
After listening to Simond's translation, Ding Yunyi was overjoyed. The flintlock gun is useless? It is very useful. Others don't want you, but I want it! At that time, he said: "They don't pay attention to it, but I do. Al, Simond, you don't have to go to the opposite Jinlu."
Well, they are not interested in your skills either. Come back to Taiwan with me, I have a firearms bureau that can show you your skills. Ah, by the way, I will give you gold, of course, if you must
Do your best to serve me."
Uncle Aier and nephew were overjoyed. They traveled across the ocean and arrived in the Ming Dynasty. They thought that there was gold everywhere, but what they encountered was completely different from what they heard. They saw that they didn't even have money to eat. This
When a noble person suddenly descends from heaven, how can you prevent them from being overjoyed?
In fact, they don't know that in Ding Yunyi's eyes, they are the noble ones.
With the help of students who are the inventors of flintlock guns, the development of the Firearms Bureau will inevitably enter a new situation, and this is exactly what Ding Yunyi is striving for.
"Not only flintlock guns, I'm interested in all your clockwork and machinery." Ding Yunyi said with great interest: "You work for me carefully, I will never treat you badly, and in my Taiwan, there are many Portuguese, Spanish
People, you will never feel lonely there."
"Thank you very much for your generosity, sir." Al said respectfully, and then looked embarrassed: "But our luggage was left behind by those who were chasing us, and we haven't eaten for a day...
Ding Yunyi laughed: "Deng Changgui, help them bring their luggage. Let's have dinner? That's easy, I'll treat you to dinner."
He led the two foreigners to eat something and temporarily took them to his residence. When he entered, Xiaotu was practicing sword practice there.
Xiaotu is now much more cheerful, and she has probably recovered from the grief of her family's death. Ding Yunyi originally wanted to teach her to read, but he did not expect that Xiaotu was not interested in reading, and was more curious about martial arts.
Think about it, in such troubled times, you can't protect yourself by studying. Only by practicing your skills can you protect yourself. Ding Yunyi followed her and not only taught her some lessons in person, but also had someone find a sword for her.
"Brother Ding." Upon seeing Ding Yunyi come in, Xiaotu greeted him happily.
"Xiaotu, how are you doing with the training your brother Ding taught you?" Ding Yunyi treated Xiaotu as his own sister and loved her very much.
Xiaotu was not happy when he heard this: "Brother Ding, I have a name. My name is Shao Luchun, not Xiaotu!"
Seeing Xiaotu pouting, Ding Yunyi couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, Luchun, Luchun, we won't call you Xiaotu anymore..." But before he finished speaking, "Xiaotu
Two words came out of his mouth uncontrollably: "Xiaotu, we have guests, go and pour some cups of tea."
When Xiaotu saw that they were two strange-looking guests, he was very unhappy and reluctantly poured a few cups of tea.
Ding Yunyi asked Al and Simond to sit down, asked about the general situation in Europe, and discussed the flintlock issue with them for a while. He was very satisfied.
It seems that Al has completely obtained Mahan's true inheritance. Not only does he understand the issue of firearms very well, but he also has his own insights. With him here, major breakthroughs in firearms research will definitely be achieved.
As for Simond, he doesn't seem to be very interested in firearms. Apart from his talent for language and being able to be a translator, Ding Yunyi can't think of any big use he can bring to him for the time being.
Thinking about it again, there are Portuguese and Spanish people in Taiwan right now, and the pirate fleet is even more mixed, including Fusang people, Luzon people, and Javanese people. Now there is a Frenchman. Do you want to form a small United Nations?
Well, it seems that I need to make some arrangements when I return to Taiwan this time. With so many foreigners staying in Taiwan, it is bound to have a lot of impact on Taiwan. In particular, the collision of their own living customs and cultural differences will become apparent in the near future.
There are many good things among these Europeans, but there are also many bad things, or to be precise, they are not adapted to the habits of the Ming Dynasty. It is hard to say who influenced whom by then.
Of course, the bridge between ourselves and Europe must also start with these foreigners.
The age of guns is getting closer and closer. Once we close ourselves off and become arrogant, we will soon be abandoned by the progress of the times.
The current conditions of the Ming Dynasty are very favorable. Not only is it not lagging behind Europe in all aspects, it is also stronger than those European countries. However, once China is ruled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a tragic history will be inevitable.
I want to stop it, but can I do it with my own strength?
Ding Yunyi doesn't know. The only thing he knows is that such a thing must not happen within his own sphere of influence!