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Part One: The Storm in Penghu Chapter 258 The Gunsmith from France

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    Ding Yunyi in Jinzhou City was deeply regretful for letting go of Huang Taiji who was right in front of him.

    If Huang Taiji can be killed, it may not have a great impact on changing the course of history, but at least it can seriously shake Jin Lu's military morale again.

    But in my heart, I also admire Huang Taiji's courage. He actually dared to take only one entourage to the enemy's hinterland to spy on the military situation.

    Ding Yunyi still doesn¡¯t know that the follower around Huang Taiji is Fan Wencheng, the number one traitor among the Han people. If he knew about it, he would regret it even more.

    After staying at the gate of the city gate for a long time, and letting people searches carefully in the city, I did not find the shadow of "Huang Juexin". I thought it was already running back.

    Ding Yunyi was unhappy and was about to go back when he suddenly heard a commotion in front of him.

    I only saw two Thai people running towards the city gate while shouting "Help".

    And 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!"

    When the two Thais saw the savior coming, they hurriedly hid next to Ding Yunyi and kept shouting "Help".

    ¡°One of these two people is in his forties, and the other looks like he is only eighteen or nineteen years old.  I thought they were priests, but they didn't look much like them.

    "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 in 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 Taixi people: "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 would actually ask my wife to take off her clothes? Are they really doctors if they are not gangsters?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s wrong, it¡¯s wrong!¡± The older Thai man shouted in a hurry, but he was not fluent in Chinese.  No one understood what he was saying.

    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, and you need surgery, so you must take off your clothes."  "But we don't need to take off all our clothes, just put on our outer clothes Fart, fart!" The man yelled, "You were so violent when you were helping my wife to see a doctor, 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 unacceptable for a Ming Dynasty woman to be exposed in front of a strange man.  Even if something was born in a location on the wife's body that is inconvenient to expose, the husband can only describe it to the doctor, especially the most delicate parts from the belly 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 a sign of good deeds 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 still needs to be seen if she is sick. Huangfu, give him a few taels of silver and let him go find him.  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 did not suffer any loss, so she let these two dogs go.  thing!"

    He glared at the two Thais fiercely and led everyone away in a hurry.  It was only at this time that the two Taixi people breathed a long sigh of relief.

    Ding Yunyi smiled; "What are your names?"

    "Ah, thank you for saving us." The younger Tessie man said: "He is my uncle, Al Gud Rafal. My name is Simond Isabel Rafal. We are from  From Saint Germain.¡±

    "Ah, 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." Ding Yunyi is not a superman after all, and he is even less so.He couldn't remember the era when every foreign king was on the throne, but Simond's answer made him think about it: "The war between Catholicism and Protestantism is not over yet, right?"

    Simond was extremely surprised: "God, you actually know this?"

    Nonsense, how could I not know about the Thirty Years War?  Ding Yunyi said calmly: "Louis XIII just came to the throne, and the queen mother was in dictatorship. Later, Louis XIII drove your queen mother to Spain. Ah, we call her Gan Lasi. He later brought her back. What I said is correct.  Bar?"

    Simond continued to translate for his uncle Al, both of whom 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, my lord." Simond said carefully: "My uncle once served French King Henry IV together 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 that was very rich. If we went 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. No one was interested in our technology. We stayed in the capital for a whole year and we were almost running out of money. 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 How brave!" Huangfu heard that these two Taixi people were actually going to join the Jinlu.  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."

    "Ohwait. Who?" Ding Yunyi just said "oh", and suddenly a flash of light flashed.  Henry IV?  Mahan?  Could it be 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." This time Al seemed to understand, 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 is 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.  However, with the assassination of Henry IV, the flintlock was unanimously opposed by the French generals, so this research was stopped.

    ¡°I never expected that God would actually send Mahan¡¯s disciples to me.

    Uncle and nephew Al were also very happy at first. This adult has never been to France.  How could he possibly recognize Mahan?

    Before they could react, Ding Yunyi had already asked, "The flintlock gun invented by Mahan, I think you can do it too, right?"

    "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 hearing Simond¡¯s translation, Ding Yunyi was overjoyed. The flintlock gun was useless?  It¡¯s very useful. Others don¡¯t want you, but I do!  At that time, he said: "They don't take it seriously, but I do. Al, Simond, you don't have to go to Jinlu's place opposite, they are not interested in your skills either. Come back to Taiwan with me, I have a firearms bureau,  I can show you what I am capable of. Ah, by the way, I will give you gold, of course, provided that you do your best for me."

    Uncle Aier and nephew were overjoyed. They crossed the ocean and arrived in the Ming Dynasty. They thought that the place was full of gold. Who expected that what they encountered was completely different from what they heard. They saw that they didn't even have money to eat.  At this time, a noble person suddenly descended from heaven. How could they not be overjoyed?

    In fact, they don¡¯t know that in Ding Yunyi¡¯s eyes, they are the noble ones.

    With the help of the student who invented the flintlock gun??, 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: "If you work for me carefully, I will never treat you badly. Moreover, in my Taiwan, there are many Portuguese and Spanish people.  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.  Have a meal?  It's easy to say, I invite you to eat.  "

    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 much more cheerful now, and has probably recovered a little from the grief of his family's death.  Ding Yunyi originally wanted to teach her to read, but he did not expect that Xiaotu was not very interested in studying, but was more curious about martial arts.

    Thinking about it, in such troubled times, you can¡¯t protect yourself by studying. Only by practicing your skills can you protect yourself.  Ding Yunyi went with her and not only taught her some lessons in person, but also had someone find a sword for her.

    "Brother Ding." When he saw Ding Yunyi coming in, Xiaotu greeted him happily.

    "Xiao Tu, how are you doing with the training your brother Ding taught you?" Ding Yunyi treats Xiao Tu as his own sister and loves 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 but smile and said: "Okay, okay, Luchun, Luchun, we won't call Xiaotu anymore" But before he finished speaking, "Xiaotu  Two words came out of his mouth uncontrollably: "Xiaotu, we have guests, go and get 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 with them about the flintlock gun for a while, feeling 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 anything that can be of great use 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 have to make good arrangements for my return to Taiwan this time. So many foreigners staying in Taiwan are bound to have a lot of impact on Taiwan.  In particular, the collision in their respective living customs and cultural differences will become apparent soon.

    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¡¯s hard to say who will influence whom at that time.

    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 stop 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!
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