From Chief to Ball

There were already a lot of mercenaries, and it was not a big deal to have these few more.

As for the army, in view of the face, only one officer was left for communication.

The remaining part, under the leadership of a doctor in the party, established a hospital and nursing staff training center in Amsterdam with the "Charity International Federation for Healing the Dying, Healing the Wounded and Protecting Women, Children and Civilians" with a black and white flag.

What it does is not the same as the domestic charity business associations, but the purpose is similar. Soon there will be a second group of people and some young women from China joining in as a foothold.

What they promote is completely on the moral high ground. Chen Jian told them not to participate in sectarian disputes and not to promote any radical ideas for the time being, but to familiarize themselves with the language here and expand their influence.

If Spain and the Netherlands fight again in the south, the trained nurses and doctors will immediately go to the battlefield with black and white flags, and Governor Eugenia has also sent people to talk about it.

The main thing is to use nurses to care for the wounded soldiers, and to treat some diseases near the hospital with medicines or techniques such as artemisia juice and vaccinia.

Doctors, on the other hand, have to use thoughtful and expensive medicines and surgeries such as ether anesthesia, as well as blood transfusions, on those wounded nobles, and use them to expand their influence.

It will be counted as a success when Spain officially allows this life-saving international organization to move freely through their city without being attacked by the army.For this reason, it is necessary to please the nobles, because no one cares about whether those soldiers die or not, and it will not have much impact.

Before leaving, Chen Jian's goal for these people was to have enough influence and meet the conditions for allowing the opening of hospitals and crossing the battlefield before the end of the West-Dutch War, which would be considered a victory.Because this can use practice to train a group of military doctors and nurses with superb means and skilled skills.

If the influence can be large enough to make the citizens also very much recognize, appreciate, and sympathize with the unfair treatment they may receive, it will be considered a big victory.

With the commanding heights of morality, you can do many things related to interests.

If you happen to be able to save the lives of a few people with titles, that would be epic luck.At least it has expanded the influence and friendliness of the ethnic group at the upper level.

The network centered on embassies, commercial halls, and charity hospitals needs three to two years of construction, and various secret or public plans have special responsibilities.

As the day when Chen Jian planned to leave approached day by day, the exchanges and negotiations with people from various countries were gradually transferred to the rest of the people.

The Swedes hope that some people from the Republic can go to Sweden to mine, and they have given favorable conditions.

The British invited people from here to London to discuss trade and some issues of navigating the high seas and colonies.

The Danes hoped to cooperate with the Republic to jointly establish an Indian company to get involved in the spice trade.

...People from all walks of life, with various conditions related to their own and their own interests, began to contact this monster that could affect the situation in Europe.

When these people took the initiative to approach, it was time for Chen Jian to leave.

He didn't want to be the ambassador of the Republic to Europe, he just came to build an outpost and pave the way ahead.

One night, many people gathered in the room where Chen Jian lived temporarily to see him off.

It's just that I didn't cry when I saw them off, on the contrary, I started to talk about some interesting things that happened during the communication.

"When the world is not just us, this kind of communication is really interesting. Many things brought by the sails are not only artifacts and science, but also things that seemed unchangeable."

During the chat, a young scholar suddenly expressed such emotion in the chat.

"For example, our kerosene, they created a word. This word is still written in their crooked characters like earthworms, but when you read it, it is clearly the kerosene we are familiar with. But the meaning of our kerosene, It is the oil extracted from the liquid coal dug out of the ground, but they only borrowed our pronunciation alone."

These remarks aroused the interest of many people, and people kept echoing: "Yes, like dumplings, the way our thermometer reads... There are many. Also, what should we call their names in China? For example, they If you listen carefully, it’s clearly a bakery. When we translate, do we call this person a bakery? Or is it transliterated as Baker? There are also people with the surname Swan, the Fox, and the Butcher..."

Everyone laughed. They were not unfamiliar with this kind of name or surname, and it was the same hundreds of years ago.There are names of places, birds, beasts, fish, insects, wheat, and beans. It is not difficult to translate the names, and it is considered a joke at most.

After laughing, Chen Jian talked about the business.

"Compared with language, I pay more attention to other communication. Science and mathematics are common. It cannot be said that it is not right here. It is mainly something that we don't have, and we can't make it ourselves."

One person laughed and said: "Speaking of this, there are many things. For example, people, even if we are given 1 years, we will not be able to figure out their appearance. Blue or unwashed sackcloth-like eyes, hair Ah. So, it’s the same. The cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, and grapes here are also different from ours. As for other things like radishes and some pastures, we don’t have them at all. "

Chen Jian hummed, and said: "It depends on those people in the Agricultural Sciences to bring it back and cross-breed. Some things are suitable for us, and some things may not be suitable, but crossbreeding with what we have may be better than now. .”

The concept of cross-breeding has been developed for hundreds of years. These people in the agricultural sciences are very familiar with these things, and they have recorded many things that need to be brought back to China, but the real good things are still not available.

One person said: "I heard that there is a kind of sheep in Spain, the wool is particularly good. Some of the woolen weaves here are also made of Spanish wool. But that kind of sheep is prohibited from being exported to Spain. It would be great if you could steal a few back."

This is probably the ancestor of the Merino sheep. Chen Jian also said after hearing this: "It's right to think so. For good things, you need to get more seeds or samples. You are mainly collecting these things here. Some For seeds that cannot be exported, you can make a large sealed wooden barrel, tie them under the boat, and fish them out after they are out of the sea. Some sheep and so on, this depends on your ability. With a lot of money, there will definitely be people who are willing If you sell, since the goods can be smuggled, there is nothing that cannot be stolen. Stealing for the sake of the group, for more people to live better, can this be called stealing?"

Looking at the people around, Chen Jian said again: "Most of you are excellent craftsmen, or have studied in technical schools for two years. You must learn things very quickly. Even many of you People, even here, can be masters in the same industry without having to be apprentices."

Chen Jian bowed and said to everyone present: "Many of you have completed the most difficult five years of apprenticeship. You are clear about the hardships of apprenticeship, and now you will have to suffer for a few more years." .”

"but……"

The tone changed, from the heavy to frivolous just now, and said with a smile: "But you are young, but you have your own unique skills. Starting from the lowest level of apprentices and hired workers here, this is just like pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. Just like the one on the left, if I remember correctly, it is the youngest carpenter in the Mincheng shipyard. He is working hard as an apprentice in the shipyard here. When he has a chance to show his hands, the owner of the shipyard might think of you. You are promising and young in the future, and I want to marry my daughter to you."

The shipyard carpenter just laughed, and Chen Jian also smiled and said: "The people sitting here are all selected. Either they have the ambition of the world, or they are moved by me or give me a Weibo face There are seven or eight people in each line. There are professional craftsmen, and there are apprentices who have studied systematically in the school but have no practice. In short, gold will shine wherever it is placed. I look forward to hearing from you in a few years. Legends in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and even London."

"Dayi, dreams, or to repay the kindness, gratitude... These are the reasons why I choose you. You are clearly apprentices, but secretly, do you know what you are?"

Everyone shook their heads, Chen Jian said in a low voice: "Spy. Spy."

Immediately there were whispers below, feeling a little serious.

"Smart work is not just about knowing how many people the other party has, how many guns they have, where the food supplies are coming from, or assassinating generals and marquises. What you have stolen and learned is actually no more effective than those in the military. Low. For example, if the stolen fine wool sheep are successfully bred, how many people in the world can wear cheaper wool? If there is a war one day, how much money did these fine wool earn before? How many gunpowder cannons can this money produce?"

"But you are lucky compared to those secret works in the military. Because your achievements will last forever, your names will be known to everyone. One day our shipyards can also build ships like the Dutch and the British, or even better. People will remember the name of the simplest apprentice who has been dormant in the shipyard for several years; when one day the sheep we crossbreed become the best fine-wool sheep in the world, people will also remember the name of the one who stole the breeding sheep. transported to the ship."

"Here, I personally make a guarantee for you. I don't care if I can engrave my name on the Shrine, but in a set of books compiled by my brothers and teachers and classmates, there will definitely be a record of all things. Your names. Of course, apart from these, when you return to your hometown after five years, my shares in the Nanyang Trading Company can be used as your reward. If you get married here and have children, each of you will be in the There is a house in Min County."

After everyone was excited by Chen Jian's words, Chen Jian said again: "But you are not in any danger. My main purpose is to make you feel that life is full of hope and that suffering is worth it. Sometimes people still need some reasons to persevere." Go on. In short, it is to work in the industry you are familiar with. From the very beginning, treat this as a new five-year apprenticeship, but after these five years of apprenticeship, what you will get will be a fusion of men's dreams. everything in life: wealth, fame, fame, glory, legendary stories, a prime of life that is not dull to recall in old age."

Finally, Chen Jian said: "Tell me, before I leave, what else do you want besides what I just said?"

After not speaking for a long time, Chen Jian raised his glass and said, "If that's the case, let's see you in a few years. For the different things that everyone wants in their hearts; for hearing your legendary stories in the future, cheers."

A few days after the cheers and blessings for a smooth journey, Chen Jian received a promise to allow the flag to be lowered through the Strait of Dover without being attacked by the Spanish fleet along the way.

Giving up the right to negotiate with European countries to others, maintaining the right to negotiate with unknown countries, set foot on the flagship, and continued south.

Chapter 39 The Sharpest Sword

October is the hottest time on the sea south of the equator.

Seven days ago, the fleet had just resupplied in Luanda, a small city far away from Europe that had been operated by Portugal for more than 100 years. With the death of a large number of natives in Portuguese America, the slave trade gradually flourished.

Here the fleet was supplied, and the Portuguese guards were not causing trouble, but were curious.

Also curious were some employees of the Nanyang Trading Company who wanted to reach the sky in one step, observing the slave trade with confidence.

The next stop of the fleet was the Cape of Storms. The people on board already knew that they could reach the Pacific Ocean by bypassing there.

On a ship, in a cabin exclusively for women.

Lan Qi was frowning and thinking about something. There was a thick stack of books under the kerosene lamp, and her toes unconsciously tapped on the wooden deck.

Near the porthole, dozens of newly germinated corn seeds were placed in a small pottery dish, and there was a large pot of bean sprouts under the sackcloth next to it.