Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

At the Nantou City Yamen, Hou Yao was chatting happily with the foreigners rescued from Wutong Mountain.

This man's name is Francis Perez, a Portuguese missionary. They landed in Guangzhou more than 20 years ago.

After landing ashore, he met with the governor of Guangzhou at the time and asked for their permission to spread the gospel of God.

The chief envoy of Guangzhou at that time saw that they did not know Daxia Mandarin and relied on generals to communicate with others, so they were driven out of Guangcheng.

The chief envoy's original words when he met them were:

“You all don’t speak Chinese, so why are you preaching to the Chinese people with a general?”

Francis and his companions were speechless and finally had to retreat to the sea.

But what they didn't expect was that as soon as they returned to the sea, they were targeted by a group of pirates.

The pirates killed most of his companions, except Francis himself, who was left alive by the pirates because he could make firearms.

After that, he was taken to Wutong Mountain and helped the pirates make firearms.

In the past few years, it was mainly manufacturing artillery, and in recent years it has only begun to manufacture matchlocks.

However, due to materials and various reasons, not many matchlock guns were made, and those more than 100 were all.

Hou Yao became very nervous when he heard that Li Jingshan and Li Jingfeng still had artillery in their hands.

"How many artillery pieces do they have? How powerful are they?"

"Sir, I've built more than 60 artillery pieces in total, but don't worry, because they don't have enough gunpowder, they probably won't be able to fire a few shots.

I estimate that they only have enough gunpowder to fire four or five shots at most.As for power, I'm actually not good at making artillery.

I can only say that the power is passable. "

Francis has been hanging out with the miners over the years and has long since learned fluent Cantonese.

Hou Yao shook his head and smiled bitterly. Four or five shots could already cause a lot of casualties.If used well, you can even make your own arrangements go down the drain.

But there is no use worrying now. Anyway, I have made all the arrangements I can. Some things are planned by people and accomplished by God.

"By the way, I haven't asked the Franciscan priests yet why you insist on coming to China to preach?"

Francis made a salute:

"I came here following the legacy of my ancestors. Twenty years ago, Bishop Saint Francis of Assisi came to the East to preach.

After preaching in India, Java, Japan and other countries, he finally discovered that the Japanese were always "begging for the wisdom of the Chinese."

To convert the Japanese, one must first convert their superstitious Chinese.

China is rich in products, has a large population, is politically unified, and has the same language.

All these are ideal conditions for missionary work.

China also has experience in the successful spread of foreign Buddhism, and he firmly believes that God will also give the loyal apostles a chance.

So he finally came to China. Unfortunately, Bishop Shalu, like me, was unable to enter Guangzhou and could only live in Shangchuan Island, where he eventually died of malaria.

It was not until three years after his death that his deeds were reported back to Portugal, and we decided to fulfill the legacy of our ancestors.

More importantly, we believe that the Chinese people also need God’s salvation. "

Shangchuan Island is a deserted island off the coast of Guangdong. In the past, many Portuguese smugglers settled on the island.

More than ten years ago, Yao Yuanzhou expelled all Portuguese smugglers on the island, and now it is the garrison point of Nanhaiwei.

Portuguese businessmen who do business through normal channels usually go to Macau to live.

Hou Yao shook his head slightly. In fact, the Chinese people have always believed in pragmatism, and things like preaching are not important.

No matter what religion you dare to believe in, you will eventually return to your ancestral beliefs.

"The priest's spiritual self was deeply moved, but I have always had a problem. I like to exchange things of equal value.

If I allow you to preach, what can you bring to me? "

Francis looked surprised at first, but then he was disappointed:

"Sir, it seems that I can't help you except making firearms, but making firearms takes a lot of time.

If you want to preach, I don't have that much time to help you make firearms. "

Hou Yao shook his head. In fact, he just found an excuse to block his mouth.

The real purpose is to send this man back to Haixing Island, tell him some principles of the Suifa gun, and let him return to the island to research the Suifa gun.

It's just that this person is determined to preach in Daxia. If you tell him directly that he will go to an overseas island, he will definitely not agree.

And with his current status, it is not convenient to deal with him like he did with Xiong Yushi.

Therefore, I wanted to find an excuse to give him hope first, and then trick him into going to the island to work for me.

"You are overthinking. The firearms you make are really not on the market. There is a Shenji Camp in Daxia. Their firearms are ten times more advanced than what you make.

What's more, as an official of Daxia, making firearms privately is a capital crime. "

Francis lowered his head in shame. In fact, he also knew that the firearms he made could not be used.

His real profession is actually an alchemist, and being able to make simple firearms is his limit.

"Sir, I am indeed not good at making firearms. In fact, I am just an alchemist.

If you have any minerals you would like to study, I may be able to help. "

Hou Yao was stunned for a while before he figured out, aren't alchemists the earliest chemists?

Originally, I wanted him to help make the musket, but now it seems that it is not necessary. Wouldn't it be better to just get the nitroglycerin out?

It is not difficult to make nitroglycerin. The main thing is to mix nitric acid, sulfuric acid and glycerin evenly.

It's just that the thing will explode, and he doesn't dare to play with it himself.

The three major materials, nitric acid Bacteria called chlorine water and sulfuric acid Bacteria called green vitriol oil, all have ready-made extraction technologies, but glycerol is more troublesome.

However, he is planning to raise large quantities of pigs when the first batch of corn and sweet potatoes planted on a large scale are mature, and then there will be a large amount of lard to develop the soap industry.

Heat the lard and distilled water together, then add the caustic soda.Keep cooking, stirring occasionally with a glass rod.

After cooling, stratification will occur, and the upper layer that solidifies is soap.

The remaining liquid is a mixture of glycerin and caustic soda aqueous solution. Use acetic acid to neutralize the caustic soda.

Then use the recrystallization method to separate the sodium acetate, and finally use quicklime to remove the water to extract glycerol.

This is something that can be obtained by just doing a little processing during soap production, and it is not troublesome.

Once you get the nitroglycerin out, you'll find a way to get smokeless gunpowder. Once that thing comes out, you'll be able to defeat the whole world.

I feel quite excited just thinking about it, and it seems a little far-sighted.

Hou Yao quickly retracted his thoughts:

"If this is the case, I happen to want to start a new industry. You can help me build this industry first.

Then I will produce an oil. Once the oil is produced, I will allow you to preach in Bao'an County.

At the same time, I will also teach you the next task. If you complete it again, I will help you apply for the qualification to preach throughout Daxia. "

Francis was so excited that he was speechless:

"Thank you sir, God is with you, God will bless you..."

At this moment, Zhou Tiesheng walked over and whispered something in Hou Yao's ear.

Hou Yao smiled and nodded, and then said to Francis:

"Priest Fang, I have official business to deal with now, so I'll take my leave first."

Francis bowed respectfully:

"Go slowly, my lord."

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After Hou Yao and Zhou Tiesheng left the yamen together, they rode two fast horses and galloped southward.

After arriving at the shipyard, they met Liu Chengfu, Ma Feixing, Lei Xingguang and others.

Others have also found places to settle in the shipyard.

The reason why Hou Yao dared to use the strategy of luring the snake out of the hole was because he arranged for someone to return to the island to deliver the order exactly a month ago.

Let the army come to Bao'an County for training for a period of time. As the supreme commander of the army, you cannot be disconnected from the army for too long.

Although the young men who later joined the army were the people he lured back to Haixing Island from Bao'an County, and they had absolute trust and admiration for him.

But if he didn't personally participate in the training, he would definitely not be so handy when commanding.

Knowing that their arrival date was No. 15, he dared to announce that he would publicly execute Ouchi Yoshitaka and others in three days.

Otherwise, Hou Yao is not stupid. The two brothers Li Jingshan and Li Jingfeng have been lurking in Baoan County for so many years and even made so many guns.

He would not believe it even if he said that they only had the few people in the village.

According to Ouchi Yoshitaka, these two people are ambitious people who plan to return to Japan Island and unify Japan.

After 30 years of hard work, it is definitely impossible to only have such a small village.

Moreover, they are so familiar with the situation in Baoan County. If they really dare to come to rob the execution ground, it is impossible not to calculate the military strength in the county.

Li Kangsheng's army is a force on the surface. They must at least have the strength to surpass Li Kangsheng's army before they can appear.

Otherwise, they didn't come to rob the execution ground to save people, they simply came to die.

So as long as they appear, if we only rely on Li Kangsheng's army, no matter how Hou Yao arranges it,

In the face of absolute strength, all tricks are fantasy.

If they didn't show up, it would prove that they didn't have the strength to challenge Li Kangsheng, and there would be nothing to fear.

It will be easy to find excuses to deal with them in the future.

Since Hou Yao knew the consequences, he had to be fully prepared before he dared to make a decision.

Although the five-man army on Haixing Island has not been trained for a short time and has insufficient weapons and equipment, there are still five people.

Moreover, I have been training rigorously for at least two months. I will definitely not be able to develop advanced personal martial arts skills in such a short period of time.

But the role of individual bravery in legionary combat is limited.

Due to the lack of necessary weapons, Hou Yao asked them to train mainly on the spear phalanx, which is often called the Macedonian phalanx.

This formation will definitely be useless when encountering nomadic troops who are good at riding and shooting, but it should be no problem to defeat the little devils.

Especially when faced with little devils who have no long-range strike capabilities, they are simply invincible.

In fact, the little devils basically fight like a swarm of swarms, with no military formations to speak of.

Even at this time, Takeda Genshin, who was known as the strongest soldier in the Warring States Period, only used his horses to fight quickly.

When they met Kenshin Shangshan, who also likes to play fast horse battles, the two met their opponents, and they couldn't move any Fenglin volcano.

If Takeda Genshin's territory happened to be Japan's main horse-producing area, the title of Japan's strongest army would not fall on him.

It was precisely because of this preparation that Hou Yao dared to push Li Jingshan and Li Jingshan to the point of jumping over the wall. .