Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 574 Qi Hefengyun 7
After quite difficult negotiations, the arms deal was finally negotiated.Yang Menglong delivered two hundred 130 mm 28-fold iron-bottomed copper-core naval guns and 1.5 rounds of sulfur bombs to the Republic of Venice within two years, and the Republic of Venice delivered three thousand horses with a shoulder height of no less than two years to Yang Menglong. The [-]-meter-eight warhorse was delivered to Venice with various nautical charts and materials accumulated in maritime trade on the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa for hundreds of years, and no less than forty experienced shipbuilders were sent to help Yang Menglong build warships. Some naval officers came to help train the Ming Navy.The last one made this foreign girl a little confused. Isn't Ming the number one power in the world, with the most excellent warships and naval guns in the world? Why should he learn from Venice instead?
Yang Menglong could only smile wryly at this.The Ming Dynasty did have the most powerful navy in the world, but unfortunately, this fleet was burned out long ago. Almost 200 years have passed, and the Ming Dynasty is still running on the sea with blessing ships that have already fallen behind. As for the treasure ship that has amazed countless archaeologists, the displacement is very likely to be close to [-] tons, and it can be called the giant treasure ship in ancient seas. Even the blueprints have been burned out long ago.If you want to be strong, there is no shortcut, you can only start from scratch honestly and learn from each other.Nautical equipment such as nautical compasses and sextants have to be imported, and the skills of using these equipment have to be learned from others. In this regard, China really has nothing to be proud of.Fortunately, this is the Ming Dynasty when the atmosphere is relatively more open. Western learning has gradually become popular in the east. Everyone does not feel ashamed to learn from foreigners. It is only natural that they can do better than their teachers after learning.

Of course, Yang Menglong also assured that China will not compete with Venice for the interests of maritime trade, and will not seize Venice's overseas territories in any way. To put it bluntly, everyone is exchanging technology.This made Catherine secretly relieved. An Ottoman Empire is enough for Venice to have a headache. If the Chinese get involved and compete for Venice's trade share in the Mediterranean, then life will be impossible!

An [-]-pound orangutan goes to the zoo. Does he sit where he likes?In Catherine's eyes, Daming is this [-]-pound orangutan. If this giant really reaches Europe, all European countries will have to stand aside!

Unfortunately, her hunch finally came true...

Although I haven't been able to buy a breech-loading rifle gun that can accurately hit an enemy ship 1000 meters away, the 130mm breech-loading smoothbore gun I bought now is also quite powerful. It is absolutely not a problem to accurately hit a target 500 meters away. , Catherine is quite satisfied with this harvest.She made up her mind to stay in Nanyang and cross the east, and by the way, to urge the progress, and then bring some more naval guns back to China in March next year.In order to express her sincerity, she decided to keep the experienced captain of the Netherlands in the Heluo New Army as an instructor of the Heluo New Army, which was regarded as a deposit.

Venice desperately needs such a powerful weapon!

After discussing everything, everyone signed the contract, and then went back happily to continue watching the game.

The competition was extremely fierce, long-distance running, sprinting, relay running, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, discus, hammer throw, wrestling, fighting, archery... Every competition is intense, and some competitions are round-based, which is even more intense Yes, those who lost once see that there is still a chance, of course they are desperately catching up, and those who are ahead are of course not willing to be caught up by others, and they have to maintain their leading edge after playing, even if they want to be fierce.Volleyball and basketball have just started, everyone's skills are rough, but the audience still enjoy watching, especially women's volleyball and basketball, which are extremely popular, seeing so many good-looking long-legged girls fighting on the field , the audience, regardless of gender, collectively raged with adrenaline, roaring and cheering.Soccer...Last year, there were only 32 teams participating, but now there are [-] teams. Anyway, if you kick the ball into someone's goal, you will score. It's not difficult.But that’s not the case at all when kicking. There are many bad examples of kicking and kicking people. People often turn their backs in front of the goal. Players from both sides are down, but the ball just refuses to go in!The real fans and fake fans were all fascinated, their palms were red, and their voices were broken.

In the midst of the chaos, the Tianxiong Army, the Sichuan Army, the Heluo New Army, and the Denglai New Army gradually came to the fore.After all, they are from the army, and they all know the importance of teamwork. Unlike those teams that attack and even keep the goal in a swarm, and defend, even the forwards retreat to the goal. They have mastered it after suffering a few times. Some tricks, who is in charge of offense, who is in charge of defense, and who is in charge of organizing the offense, are all arranged before the game.Nanyang Casino opened a betting game, and everyone actively placed bets on who could win the football game. This game made the atmosphere even more frenzied.

After ten days of competition, those teams with poor coordination and rough skills were kicked out one by one. Those teams from the military all survived to the end as expected, and now it is the quarterfinals.First of all, the Tianxiong Army and the Denglai New Army met on a narrow road. When the game started, the players on the field were shocked by the scene in front of them: there were so many people, there was no place to stand, and the pillars were full of people!

A whistle blows and the game begins.The Sichuan Army players cooperated tacitly and had strong explosive power, while the Tianxiong Army players were like brown sugar, sticking to each other and not letting go. The two sides came and went, fighting fiercely.Seeing the players of the Tianxiong Army knock down the striker of the Sichuan Army, Qin Yiming and his two cousins ​​shouted angrily: "Foul! Foul! Are you playing football or people?"

Qian Yu chuckled: "Is there a rule that you can't kick people?" Before he finished speaking, he saw his forward was hit on the forehead by an elbow from the Sichuan Army, and his head was bleeding. He immediately turned his face: "Protest! This is intentional hurt!"

Before Qin Yiming had time to refute, Qin Liangyu spoke up: "Is there a rule that you can't bump into people when you jump up to fight for the ball?"

Qian Yu choked, and shouted at Yang Menglong: "Champion Hou, judge me! We just tripped them, and they elbowed us back. Is this playing ball or hitting people?"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes and said, "You deserve it, why do you like playing tricks so much..."

Jiang Zheng ran over in a hurry and interrupted Yang Menglong: "My lord, something serious has happened!"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "What happened? The emperor is here?"

Jiang Zheng shook his head fiercely: "No, no!"

Yang Menglong said: "The emperor didn't come, what's the big deal?"

Jiang Zheng said cautiously: "The queen and the prince are here!"

Yang Menglong jumped up as if his butt was scalded by a soldering iron: "What!? Who's here?"

Jiang Zheng said: "The queen and the prince are here!"

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yang Menglong said: "An important person is coming, come with me to meet him."

A clear and beautiful voice came over: "Don't bother the two Marquises." Turning around, I saw a beautiful woman dragging a six or seven-year-old boy meandering towards him.She combed her palace temples and wore a thick white fox fur. She was smiling and didn't deliberately dress up, but she couldn't hide her graceful and luxurious demeanor.The little boy next to her is white and tender, looking a little timid, but more curious, he is next to his mother, his eyes are looking around, it must be the first time he has seen nearly 10 people gather together to roar like this Come on, I still jump up and wave the things in my hand from time to time, screaming and twisting my buttocks, everything is novel.Yang Menglong, Lu Xiangsheng, Qin Liangyu, Wu Sheng and others were all taken aback. They had just attended the celebration banquet in the palace a few months ago, so they were naturally familiar with the Queen and His Highness the Crown Prince. When they saw the Queen appearing suddenly, they were all taken aback, and hurriedly got up and packed their bags.The queen took the first step to stop them, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, I just came here in modest clothes, just to see the excitement, and put those etiquette aside for now." Looking around, all he could see, except the excited The crowd was still an excited crowd, full of people, she was dizzy seeing it, and sighed: "There are so many people, there is no place to stand!"

Yang Menglong jumped up and said, "Sit here, sit here!"

The Queen is not polite either. For a woman, she is already tired after traveling for such a long time. She also has a child with her, so it is definitely not possible for her to stand for a long time.She sat down, and the crown prince Zhu Cihong was next to her, watching a group of people fighting for the sepak takraw ball without blinking, maybe wondering what is so strange about a sepak takraw ball, it is worth so many people fighting for it What about the blood flow?

The queen and the prince watched with great interest, but Yang Menglong was in no mood to watch it any longer. He pulled Wu Yong, who was following the queen, aside, and called, "Damn, why are the queen and the prince here?"

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Oh, isn't the King of Tang going to have a princess soon? And the auspicious day for you, Miss Liu and Miss Cheng is coming soon, sir. The empress is here in person to drink the wedding wine between you and the King of Tang."

Yang Menglong opened his mouth wide: "Huh? Is it that simple?"

Wu Yong said: "Simplicity is not easy."

Yang Menglong kicked over: "Can you finish your sentence at once!"

Wu Yong dodged cleverly, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness often complains that the palace is too stuffy and makes him suffocate, so the queen brought him here after obtaining the emperor's consent... The queen means that if Nanyang It’s really as prosperous and rich as your lord said, if you don’t close your house at night and don’t pick up your belongings, your highness can live in Nanyang for a while, and learn how to govern the country from your lord, which will be very beneficial to his future.”

Yang Menglong opened his mouth wide again: "Huh?"

Wu Yong's patience was exhausted, and he said angrily: "Don't, my lord is now the emperor's teacher, you should pay attention to your words and deeds, if His Royal Highness learns from your stupid appearance, you must not let him Gentiles laughed out loud!"

Yang Menglong looked confused: "Emperor teacher? I became the teacher of His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Wu Yong nodded affirmatively, resolutely, and firmly.If the crown prince stays in Nanyang, he will also be able to enjoy a share of the fortune, which is self-evident for his benefit.

However, he forgot that Yang Menglong's brain circuit is different from others. When he heard that he was going to be a teacher for the prince, his first reaction was to shout: "What emperor teacher, after serving the old, you have to serve the young, Lao Tzu!" Don't do it!"

(End of this chapter)