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Chapter Two Three Two Return

Spanish camp.

"When giving alms, you cannot know what the right hand says with your left hand. The act of giving alms in secret. If your father observes it in secret, there will be rewards.

......

When praying, enter the inner hall, close the door and close it, and pray to your father in secret. Your father will be rewarded when observing in secret. Don’t use many repetitive words like the Gentiles, and they may not be heard too much....”

When Galdan arrived at the Spanish camp, he saw that the soldiers who were not on duty were holding their heads and listening to the priest standing under the cross preaching. After asking some questions to the translator, Galdan immediately lowered his head. He knew that the Spanish were devotion to their faith and the respect they showed was more appropriate at this time.

"Amen..."

The priest under the cross made a deep voice and saw Galdan in the crowd. The red wine mixed with white dough was the holy body of Jesus given in the mass ceremony. Jesus gave the believers his own flesh and blood to save them from sin. The priest distributed the dough one by one and stuffed it into the mouths of every soldier. The priest walked to Galdan and looked at him with a smile.

"I am a sinful person. Can I get the Lord's mercy..." Galdan asked carefully as if he pretended to be cowardly.

The translator told the priest this, and the priest smiled: "If you wish, after meeting Suarez, you can come to my tent and confess your sins to the Lord."

"Thank you, I feel the warmth of the Lord from you." Galdan bowed his head repeatedly and followed the soldiers to meet Suarez, the commander of the Spanish army.

Suarez wore a straight officer's uniform, meticulous hair and beard to make the thirty-five-year-old man look more heroic. As a Spanish nobleman, he has his own pride and has brought food to Galdan and the two of them, a piece of roasted lamb chops and a bowl of hot soup. These simple meals are already a hearty meal for Galdan and the two who have been suffering for many years.

"You are not Indians. You have flintlocks and horses. Although they are similar to Indians, they are not them. Are you Chinese hiding in the north?" Suarez asked directly when he saw them finishing their meal.

Galdan replied: "Yes, we are Chinese and affiliated with the Imperial American Colonial Company. We go south to find the way and catch slaves by the way."

"No! This is the place where the Lord's brilliance shines, the territory of the king of Spain!" Suarez said angrily.

Galdan hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, we don't know. If we know, we won't dare to come here."

"Then the purpose of your sir?" Suarez asked again.

Galdan said: "Our commander thanks you for helping us defeat the Indian Tuman, save the lives of one hundred and seventy of us, and send us all the money we carried as a thank you gift."

While taking out a large pocket, Galdan exaggeratedly said the fact that he was rescued by the Spanish. In the big pocket was all the money on the members of the pioneer team, about 1,400 taels of silver. Seeing that the silver bag was taken away by the Spanish, Galdan said: "All our brothers thank you for your life-saving grace. I hope we can live in peace. Since we accidentally entered your land, the sir, hope to withdraw decently. After returning to the castle, we will send an envoy to send compensation."

These words were almost nonsense. There were only thirty-four people alive in the pioneer team. Galdan’s mission was to let these thirty-four brothers return to Linhai Harbor Fort alive, that’s all.

"You are China, and you are still going to war with the great Kingdom of Spain, aren't you?" Suarez said coldly, and said, "You have no one hundred and seventy at all, only fifty at most, and are not our opponents. Now, I want you to tell your lords, surrender to us, and go with us to Mexico City, and meet our Governor."

"Surrender is impossible. Our people are pagans in your eyes, and we are still enemies. If we put down our weapons, all brothers may die. Although we do not have one hundred and seventy people, you will not be much more than this number. These people cannot attack this hill and that round castle!" Galdan directly pointed out the words. His greatest advantage was the advantage of the right place. With the advantage of the territory, he blocked thousands of Indians, and he could also block the more than 200 Spanish. The Spanish obviously had to guard against the attacks of the nearby Indians.

Suarez slapped the table: "As long as I want, I can attract one thousand or even two thousand troops as support at any time, as well as cannons, cannons with more numbers than you!"

Galdan even disbelief and said with a laugh: "These troops and cannons cost a lot of money. I don't doubt that they can destroy us, but the income is just some corpses and prisoners. I don't think your Governor is willing to do such a loss-making business, right? Chief Suarez."

Suarez was touched by him, and his face changed immediately. Galdan took the opportunity to persuade: "The greatest value of us to you is intelligence. Your Governor should have been worried about the invasion of the imperial forces in the north, so he was eager to understand the strength of the Imperial American Colonial Company, and I can answer these alone, so you don't have to fight with our team, just take me alone."

"Who are you? Maybe it's more cost-effective for me to take your chief!" Suarez sneered coldly.

Galdan shook his head seriously: "In this army, I am the deputy commander, and my commander is a charismatic officer. He is brave and good at fighting, but his knowledge is far less than mine. I came from a vassal aristocratic family of the empire, traveled to all cities and mining areas controlled by colonial companies, and I mastered many languages, which are better than my commander, and he couldn't even recognize words."

Suarez believed Galdan's statement. At least he could see that Galdan spoke very well, but did not do exactly what Galdan said. In the next three days, Suarez organized two attacks, one for a full siege and the other for a night attack, using all weapons including muskets, grenades, and grenades, but still did not kill the mountain. He also learned about the opponent's strength. At least he was fully equipped with flintlock rifles. Many people also equipped two or more flintlock pistols, which made Suarez feel incredible. You must know that in Europe, flintlock rifles are not considered standard equipment.

It is already certain that although the number of enemies is not even a quarter of the Spanish army, the firepower is comparable, and I don’t know when it will be used up to all the opponent’s gunpowder. On the third day, the scout came to report that the Indians in the pine forest showed signs of a comeback. Suarez did not want to fight the Indians in the border area of ​​the colony. He chose to retreat, so he had no choice but to take Galdan away and sent an interpreter back to Zheng.

Galdan, who was determined to return to his hometown with the help of Spanish forces, not only maintained a relatively gentle relationship with Suarez during these three days, but even approached the priest and expressed his longing for Catholicism. As an upper-class monk in Tibetan Buddhism, Galdan was most familiar with how to please religious people, but he just had to imitate his past subordinates.

After retreating to the hinterland of the New Spain Governor's Governor's Galdan repackaged his life experience. In the eyes of the Spanish, Galdan was an alien mercenary interested in Catholicism. He was treated a lot from the Imperial Colonial Company. He had no position and it didn't matter which force he joined. It was precisely because of these lies that on the way back, Galdan, who gradually became familiar with the Spanish language, took advantage of the situation and became a member of the New Spain Galdan army.

Galdan, who was good at muskets, spears and bows, only received half of the salary from the recruits in the first three months, and received comprehensive training from the Spanish. This was the second time that Galdan became a recruit outside of the Jinzhou. Compared with the Imperial Colonial Company, Galdan was more in the Spanish army, and this army cared more about a soldier's personal combat ability. After demonstrating his ability to ride and shoot, Galdan used his skills to overwhelm most Spanish soldiers, which was much more leisurely than the Imperial Army that required various long-distance load-bearing marches, large-scale queue training and weapon maintenance and assembly.

When Suarez arrived in Mexico City, Galdan was immediately properly placed. Although he had learned a lot of Spanish on the way, the Governor of New Spain still arranged a translator to come to Galdan to help him organize information about the Imperial American Colonial Company. After seeing the Chinese translator, Galdan felt that he was right. Having Chinese here means having contact with the empire, which means he had the opportunity to return to the heartland of the distant Eastern continent.

The Chinese in Mexico City have a long history. As early as fifty years ago, the Chinese barbers here were punished for robbing business, and Galdan betrayed the Imperial America Development Company without reservation.

"Jinzhou is the headquarters of the company and the largest city. There is more than 10,000 people in the city alone, and more than 3,000 cities include Heyang, Lincheng, and Sanhe. The closest to you is Linhaigang... As far as I know, there are more than 40,000 imperial subjects with nationality, and more than 10,000 people have not yet obtained nationality. In addition, the various tribes and slaves controlled by them will have a population of more than 300,000. Most of the towns are along the coast, or enter the mainland along the river.........

The company has more than 30 ships, all of which are armed merchant ships, seven of which are more than 500 tons, all of which are modified by warships. Two to three ships will travel to the empire every year. The company's most profitable goods are gold, silver, precious metals and American ginseng. The bulk of goods are mainly various types of furs, but one thing is that no matter what the company transports back to the local area, it will be purchased at a premium. Therefore, in addition to shipwrecks, the company is always in a profitable state.............."

"In the past two years, the company has vigorously developed southward and established the Linhai Port Fort. In fact, the company's senior management has promoted it. The purpose of moving south is to establish commercial trade with your Spanish colonies. Of course, it is said that your colonies are not allowed to trade, and they can only trade with Europa. Therefore, the senior management believes that the premise of trade is to dominate the local situation, while the means are war, and a victorious war!"

Galdan's sincerity showed successfully gained the trust of the Spanish. In this process, he joined the Catholic Church and showed what a devout believer should be, which also added a lot of points to him. With his good skills, he even became a low-level cavalry officer. When Galdan's knowledge was squeezed out, his value was only good skills, so he was appointed like an ordinary officer. Galdan's favorite job was to escort goods to the port on the west coast and find ships to the east. The emperor paid off, and Galdan succeeded in the end.

The four-masted sailboat Alfonso is the latest large sailboat built by the Governor of New Spain. Its destination is the East, but it is no longer Manila or Cebu. The first stop of the Alfonso is Edo, the capital of Japan. The ship is full of saltpeter, artillery and muskets are military supplies ordered by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan. The Alfonso is responsible for reopening the route to the East.

Because it was the first time to go to the East after seven years, the sailors of the Alfonso were always insufficient. Galdan took off his military uniform and disguised himself as a sailor who drank free rum and successfully boarded the ship heading to the East. The demon finally got a new opportunity to disrupt the Asian continent.

Empire, Shin Kyung.

Li Junwei simply packed up his clothes, walked into the imperial study room, and saw the emperor, bowed carefully and bowed carefully: "I will see the emperor!"

"Third brother, you're playing this again." Li Junhua stood up and looked at his younger brother in anger.

Li Junwei smiled, reached out to touch the fruit on the table, and retreated halfway, smiling embarrassedly: "As the rules, we can't always get rid of them."

"Forget it, let's not mention this. In another half a month, there will be messengers coming from Tibet. After thinking about it, you will see me first. It will not lose the majesty of the empire or cover up the face of others..."

Li Junwei waved his hands repeatedly: "Your Majesty, have you agreed that you live in your temple and my world far away. I will travel to Guangzhou in two days. How can I see any Bodhisattva from Tibet? Forget it, spare me, don't arrange such things."

"Why, as soon as I became the emperor, you really don't want to help me around?" Li Junhua said a little lonely.
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