My life skills in Daming Liver

Captain Alfonso was full of remorse, if he hadn't insisted on sailing in this bad season, he wouldn't have been stranded in this ghost place.

This merchant ship departing from Malacca is the joint property of the royal family of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Spanish royal family, and Captain Alfonso is also an employee of the Portuguese royal family.

The part of the trade he was engaged in was to arrive at Yuegang, a smuggling paradise in East Asia, where he traded spices for raw silk, and then transported it to Manila.

Both the Portuguese and the Spaniards in East Asia are foreigners from distant lands. The Portuguese still monopolize the trade with Ming and Japan, while the voyage to the New World is in the hands of the Spaniards.

This Manila galleon has two crews, one for each of the two trades.

Captain Alfonso had traveled this road several times.

Pepper from Sumatra and clove from the Maluku Islands are good sellers in Yuegang.

And the Daming raw silk in Yuegang, whether it is shipped to Japan or Manila, is a commodity that can double its value several times.

It's a pity that this year's sea storm was particularly severe. Captain Alfonso, who was anxious to make money to pay off his debts, insisted on sailing in this bad weather despite the opposition of the crew, and was finally involved in the sea storm. After the sail was destroyed, he lost power and drifted here. After a piece of sea area, it ran aground.

Captain Alfonso was not sure of his position, he only knew that he was very close to land, and he just prayed that he would find someone willing to help them on the road until dawn.

"Captain! There is light!"

The watchman rushed into the captain's cabin. Captain Alfonso pinched his temples. He had given up on educating the natives of Malacca.

If a qualified Portuguese sailor would never break into the captain's cabin without authorization.

Captain Alfonso was also very helpless. In this part of East Asia, the death rate of the Portuguese is extremely high.

Portugal is just a small country with a population of one million. People who are willing to come to East Asia are either vicious criminals or bankrupts who have nowhere to go. They are called adventurers and come here across the long sea.

They are definitely not for the development of the royal family, nor for the missionary work of the Jesuits, they are here purely for money.

Alfonso once again cursed the corruption of the Portuguese. He followed the native watchman out of the captain's cabin and saw the flickering lights on the Changning Weifu ship from a distance.

Alfonso's mood was a bit complicated. It was obvious that there was also a ship on the opposite side, and he was trying to confirm the status of his ship through the light signal.

But this is not the light signal of Portuguese merchant ships. On the land of East Asia, only the Ming people still have an organized fleet.

Although Alfonso's voyage destination is the Moon Harbor of Daming, after sailing on this land for many years, he understands that the Daming people in Moon Harbor are different from the Daming people in other places.

The Portuguese also tried to repeat what they had done in the Indian Ocean, bombarding the ports of Daming with powerful ships and conducting so-called "free trade" in Daming.

But the result was a failure. The Ming fleet defeated the Portuguese fleet. The Tuen Mun naval battle made the Portuguese understand that the eastern empire still had control over their own seas. Haiphong gate.

So the Portuguese merchants changed their strategy. They first pretended to be tribute envoys and wanted to do business with Ming Dynasty through tribute trade.

But the disguise was exposed, and the envoy was taken away by the Ming court.

The Portuguese, the Japanese, and the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty carried out smuggling trade on Shuangyu Island, and then they were taken by the army led by Zhu Wan.

The Portuguese bribed the officials of the Guangdong and Guangxi sea routes, and Lai refused to leave in Macau. Only then did the trading port in Daming come into existence.

Captain Alfonso understands that one must be very cautious when doing business in Daming, and besides Yuegang, other ports do not welcome foreign ships.

"Captain, they are coming!"

Captain Alfonso sighed. There were obviously five cannons on this ship, but now the ship had run aground, and it was impossible to turn the cannons around.

Captain Alfonso could only call on the crew to take up weapons, but before he could give the order, there was a movement on the deck, and the opposite side was already docked!

The crew on Alfonso's ship encountered a storm and had been drifting at sea for many days, and they had long lost the willpower to fight.

With little resistance, they surrendered to Lin Mojun.

"Xiyi?" Lin Mojun frowned, she didn't expect that the stranded ship was Xiyi's ship.

Su Ze boarded this Manila galleon with some excitement. This is a 400-ton ocean-going merchant ship. This ship departs from Manila and can reach Mexico across the Pacific Ocean!

Soon, Su Ze and Lin Mojun met the captain of the ship.

Alfonso is doing business in East Asia, so he can speak Chinese. When he saw Lin Mojun's cotton jackets from hundreds of households, he didn't panic.

He has taken this route more than once, and has also encountered Daming ships patrolling the sea. Based on his experience in dealing with Daming people, he only needs to bribe the officials of Daming, and he will be released soon, even if he travels enough. For the money, these soldiers of Da Ming will also send him supplies and help him repair the ship.

The corruption of these coastal defense troops in the Ming Dynasty was even worse than the employees of the Portuguese Governor's Mansion in Goa. The only advantage was that these Ming soldiers were poor, not as greedy as the employees of the Goa Governor's Mansion.

For businessmen, if paying money can solve the problem, then it is not a problem!

However, for Alfonso, there is still a problem, which is to identify the two people in front of him, who is the commander of Daming.

The complicated hierarchical system of Ming Dynasty gave Alfonso, an old captain who can speak Chinese, a headache. If he made a mistake about "honor and inferior", it would be a disaster.

However, the god of luck was still on Alfonso's side. He took the lead in saluting the tall Su Ze. The Ming officer did not raise any objections, which showed that Alfonso's good luck continued.

It was almost the luckiest thing to be stranded in the waters near Daming and meet the officers patrolling the sea of ​​Daming.

In East Asia, the only one who can repair his warships is Ming.

If the storm blows to Wa country, it is tantamount to blowing to Savage country, and one can only hope that other ships will find themselves.

Su Ze looked at the "Xiyi" captain in front of him and saluted to himself, and his Chinese characters made Su Ze think of those foreign Internet celebrities in China in later generations. I love Daming!"

"You set sail from Manila to Moonport?"

Su Ze also wanted to know the current situation in Southeast Asia, so he asked.

Alfonso was stunned for a moment. The military officers of Ming Dynasty are often vulgar and uneducated people, while the civilian officials of Ming Dynasty are full of arrogance towards the world outside of Ming Dynasty, and they have no interest in understanding the world outside of Ming Dynasty.

The tall young soldier in front of him actually named Manila all of a sudden, which made Alfonso full of surprises.

"Yes, the New World is going to Yuegang to buy raw silk."

"New World? Is this ship going to the New World?"

Alfonso was astonished now!

It is not uncommon for Ming people to know Manila. Manila is a paradise for adventurers, and there are also many adventurers from Ming Dynasty gathered here.

Almost all the Ming businessmen in Yuegang knew about Manila, but Su Ze was able to say "New World", which surprised Alfonso.

Su Ze asked again: "Are you Spanish? Or Portuguese?"

Now Alfonso was completely stupid. Daming called them Europeans Xiyi, and he didn't know which countries they belonged to.

Lin Mojun was also very surprised by Su Ze's question. Are Xiyi still divided into different countries?

Alfonso put away his foolish thoughts, and said respectfully: "I am a royal chartered merchant who works for the Portuguese royal family."

Su Ze nodded. Today, Portugal still controls the East Asian routes, and the newly-rising Spaniards are still catching up.

Su Ze also breathed a sigh of relief. If he wants to compete for maritime supremacy in Southeast Asia in the future, the Portuguese will be better than the Spaniards and the British and the Dutch.

As a small country, the colonization of the Portuguese in the Age of Discovery was relatively mild (just want to be relative). The reason for their relative mildness is simple, that is, poverty.

The purpose of the Portuguese to open the Asian route was to bypass the Venetians and Genoese, two famous second-hand traffickers entrenched on key roads, directly purchase goods from the South Asian subcontinent, and monopolize the trade between the East and the West.

When da Gama went to India, the slogan he shouted was "starve the Venetians to death".

The Portuguese voyage to India was also very smooth, and they also obtained the source of Indian spices, but they have not been able to monopolize the spice trade.

Their idea of ​​starving the Venetians to death was not realized, but instead reduced the trade costs for the Venetians, allowing the Venetians to sell spices at a cheaper price than them.

The reason is also very simple. Portugal's weak national strength cannot control all the important ports on the east-west route. They cannot form a monopoly, so naturally they can only earn some freight.

This is especially true in the Far East. The greatest achievement of the Portuguese in Southeast Asia is to control the city of Malacca, the most important trading port in Southeast Asia.

But taking control of the city of Malacca, the only thing the Portuguese can do is to collect taxes in the city. They can't even drive away the Malay plantations dozens of miles away from the city of Malacca. In Southeast Asia, they have to spend their own money to buy spices instead of themselves. Reclamation and planting.

Compared with the British in later generations, the Portuguese colonization is full of a waste of warmth. Of course, this warmth mainly comes from facing powerful forces, such as Daming and India's Wo Moer.

Da Gama killed a lot of weak natives when he sailed.

Now is the period when the Portuguese control East Asian trade, and they are much easier to deal with than Spanish bandits and British pirates.

Su Ze was very satisfied with Captain Alfonso's obedient attitude. He asked, "What cargo do you have on board?"

Lin Mojun's blunderbuss team had already taken over the ship, and Alfonso said with luck, "It's just food. I came to Yuegang this time to return the favor of an old friend and bring him food from Nanyang. "

Alfonso was right. Most of the ship was food, which was ordered from him by a mysterious merchant in Moon Harbor.

However, Alfonso knew in his heart that most of the people who bought food at this time were Japanese pirates or businessmen who knew Japanese.

But what is really valuable is not the food, but the boxes of spices that Alfonso hid.

Alfonso didn't think his lies would be exposed. He was the only one on the ship who could speak Chinese, and the box containing the spices was small and hidden in a secret room below the deck. It was impossible for this Ming officer to find it.

Alfonso is confident, but Su Ze doesn't believe him.

Only fools believe that they only transport food! How much money does it take to transport food to Yuegang? This route is rich and rich!

It seems that this Portuguese captain is not as honest as he seems.

Su Ze suddenly said, "Is there a Jesuit priest on board?"

Alfonso was stunned, this Daming man even knew about the Jesuits?

According to the regulations of the Portuguese royal family, there must be two Catholic priests on any royal ship, who are responsible for prayer, treatment and funerals on board.

Alfonso's ship was no exception, and he just ordered his first mate to call for the priest who was on board.

Anyway, Father Pierre didn't understand Chinese, so he had to translate by himself in the end.

A priest came out from below the deck. Su Ze searched out a sentence in English and greeted the old priest.

Now not only Alfonso and the old priest, Lin Mojun was shocked.

Su Ze also knows the language of Xiyi?

[The skill "English" has been learned, the combined evaluation level is Lv3, 1/300]

It's only Lv3?

Hey, the college entrance examination is the peak of English proficiency. After the fourth and sixth grades, the English level drops rapidly. Su Ze himself did not cross time after work. If he crossed after work, he might lose Lv2.

But as soon as he spoke English, Su Ze regretted it. Sure enough, the old priest showed an angry expression.

How could I forget this!

The Portuguese who believe in God are deadly enemies with the British who believe in Protestantism!

English is not a world language these days.

But you don't know other languages?

The old priest chattered for a long time. He seemed to be speaking French?

[Discovery location Manila Galleon, you can learn the skill "French", do you want to learn it? 】

Needless to say, learn!

[Skill learned, French, Lv1, 1/100]

However, Lv1's French was not enough to understand the old priest's words of protest. Su Ze chose a greeting for a formal occasion, and the old priest stopped immediately.

In the distant eastern countries, there are still people who can speak French?

The old priest can also speak Portuguese, but he always insists on praying in French. This old French priest believes that French is the most beautiful language in the world.

However, at the Lv1 level, French can only communicate with simple greetings, but this is enough to expose the captain's lies.

Under Su Ze's warm greeting, the old French priest told Su Ze happily where the captain hid the spices. The priests are senior personnel on the ship, and the crew often ask them for confession. The secrets on the ship cannot be hidden at all. them.

Captain Alfonso's face was pale. Su Ze was the strangest Ming officer he had ever met. He couldn't even speak the complicated French fluently. Su Ze could talk to the old priest?

After finding the spices, the next step was the main event. Su Ze asked Captain Alfonso with a smile on his face:

"Captain, where is the gun room?"

1 Jiajing thirty-three years, Spain has not yet annexed Portugal.

2 Jesuits, a Catholic organization founded in France, are mainly anti-Protestant.

3 The Western history of this era cannot but talk about the struggle between Protestantism and Catholicism, which will be written slowly in the future.

4. Many Western characters must be viewed dialectically. They are both adventurers and executioners.

5 A dialectical view should also be taken of certain religions and Christianity. The Sudan of this era is obviously more enlightened

6. The financial issue of the Ming Dynasty will be discussed soon. This is a huge and complicated pit, and it even corresponds to some current phenomena. Fat Bird has no meaning of mapping. It can only be said that there is nothing new in history.