Xinshun 1730

Chapter 41

In the trade zone, the transaction is going on, and the emotions of both parties are stable.

There are veterans in charge of transactions.The transaction is still a set of extortionate prices and paying back the money on the spot. The Cossacks who surround you must be watched all the time. These Cossacks will steal a bag of goods when no one is paying attention.

The chaotic trading place looks very harmonious, not relying on the morality of both parties, but relying on the muskets in the caravan and the Russian army to maintain order.

Liu Yu quietly observed the bastion in the distance and the weapons in the hands of the Cossacks.

The gap is not as big as imagined, and these Cossacks are not all flintlock guns in their hands, and many of them use matchlock guns.

There should be cannons in the bastion in the distance, but I don't know the caliber, and I don't know where they are deployed.

I don't know how many soldiers the Russians have here. Cossacks can't do it in field battles.But if you defend the city, these Cossacks are big troubles.

In addition to these Russians, there are also many naturalized Orthodox Tungus with money rat tails. Some Cossacks also wear similar hairstyles. There is a slight difference, but not much.Pigtail-like braids dangled back and forth on his head.

People kept coming over, asking if there was any wine in the caravan.

Liu Yu called the old man over, and said in a low voice: "Just say, next time we will sell some spirits. There is still wine in the car, you can take out a few and let them drink some. Pretend to ask them next time we will sell some spirits. Which one should be sold? What price can they accept? How many people in the castle can buy how much wine at a time..."

The last sentence is the point.

The old style is also an old oil.Back then in Mongolia, mustard seeds were used to pretend to be rhubarb seeds, and Russian traders who had never seen rhubarb seeds were cheated for more than 2000 rubles.

Naturally aware of this little thought, he nodded slightly at Liu Yu, indicating that he understood.

He took out a few bottles of wine from the car, took out some pickles, and found a few people in the convoy who could drink.

Just sat down next to the convoy and greeted a few Cossacks.

When those Cossacks saw the wine, it was like mosquitoes seeing blood, and they gathered around a group of people and started chatting.

When they were drunk, several Cossacks took off their jackets and danced in the snow, as if they were going to throw their heels on their heads.

More and more people gathered around, and the more people talked, the more nonsense they said, and the more news came out.

Liu Yu enthusiastically added to the fun, and sang two lines of the Russian folk song "Little Apple" on the spot, which fit the dance rhythm of these Cossacks.

"Little apple, little apple, half blue and half red. The blue color is only temporary, and sooner or later it will definitely turn red."

"Green Apple, Green Apple, where are you going? If you get to Chekana, you will never come back."

A few dancing Cossacks couldn't understand the lyrics, let alone understand what Cheka was.

I just thought the tune was very familiar, and the beat was right, so I danced more vigorously, clapping my hands and shouting "Cheka...Halal whistle."

The people who followed Liu Yu didn't understand either, except they couldn't understand Cheka, and they didn't know what an apple was, because there was no apple plant in Zhuxia at that time.

After only about half an hour, the old man came to Liu Yu's side and whispered, "It's almost done. There are about 200 soldiers in the city. There are more than 80 Cossacks, and there are more than [-] troops. The rest are It was naturalized by people from nearby tribes. Some Cossacks said that the ship was just built this year, and someone wanted to take it to sea."

More than 500 people?

Liu Yu nodded.

The interior layout cannot be seen from the outside of the fortress. The Russians are very careful. Even the trading area is outside the fortress. It may not be easy to get in.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a few people next to him cast their gazes into the distance, stretch out their fingers and point, their expressions of astonishment palpable in their words.

Liu Yu looked back and saw a dark black man in a Russian military uniform walking towards him.

He gave the old man a wink, indicating that he should stop asking those sensitive topics, and he turned his head to stare at the black man.

I have seen a lot in my previous life, but in this bitter cold and snowy place, I really saw a black man. Even if I guessed the identity of this black man, I still felt an indescribably weird feeling.

Glancing at the inaccessible bastion in the back, Liu Yu was also bold enough to say something to the black man, which is not an insulting word at this time.

"Brother Nee?"

Jiaolao Butu beside him heard "that", and followed Liu Yu's gaze, which one was he thinking?
The one with the northern accent is Brother Nei. It is said that there was a basketball court fight at a university in the north, because the northern accent on the basketball court kept shouting "Fight that, guard that" and they could pronounce the big goose as a big babe It sounds like "Fakneg, Fakneg".

At this moment, the word simply means "black" in Latin. Hannibal was slightly taken aback, and walked straight towards Liu Yu.

Every time a caravan comes here, he will chat with the leader of the caravan, inquire about the situation in China or North Korea, and accumulate information.

It can also be easily judged from the hat, who is the leader of this wave of caravans.There have been many caravans, both North Korean and Chinese.

There were quite a few caravans who knew Russian, but it was the first time they heard someone use Latin, and it was the first time they heard someone call him "Brother Nei".

He had studied in Western Europe for many years, so he was familiar with the language that he had to know to pretend to be an upper class, otherwise he would not be able to chat and laugh happily with Voltaire and others in the salon.

Walking to Liu Yu's side, he asked in Latin, "Do you know Latin?"

Since it was Liu Yu who took the initiative to call out "brother", naturally he did not deny it.

I wanted to start a conversation with this person, but it would be best to go to the speculative office, so that I can get some useful things.

Before opening his mouth, he had already made up a story, and first he blew a few words flatteringly.

I just said that I thought the Russians were barbarians like Cossacks, but I didn't expect to meet someone who knew Latin in this kind of place.

He asked the man's name again, and even praised Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general.

He deliberately asked him if Hannibal was black?

Hannibal was quite surprised by the nonsense, but he didn't doubt Liu Yu's identity.

There are a lot of talents in the caravan, and there may be all kinds of weird people.

Besides, his life experience is weird enough. Each of the three people chatting in the room just now has a bizarre story. A man who knows Latin and knows Hannibal is interesting.

The life experience that Liu Yu fabricated for himself also sounds reasonable.My ancestors lived in Macau, believed in religion, and learned Latin.Later, he followed the Dutch to do business in Nanyang, but the ship he managed to save sank, and the pirates were rampant, so he moved his family to the north, trying to do business in rhubarb and tea.

Anyway, Zhuxia at this time is a mysterious country, and no matter how you brag, it will not reveal its secrets.With the insights from the era of information explosion in her previous life, she can even open her mouth to talk nonsense.

Sometimes he intentionally said a few Latin proverbs learned from the missionaries, and often Hannibal took the second half of the sentence just after he said it.

When the conversation got to the climax, Liu Yu yelled that he wanted to have a few drinks with Hannibal, and said that the Cossacks here are all barbaric, and it is not easy to meet an "elegant" person who understands Latin.

Seeing Liu Yu's eloquent talk, Hannibal knew a lot, which was different from those caravan leaders in the past who couldn't ask many questions even though they needed clichés. He also wanted to take this opportunity to ask Liu Yu more about the domestic situation in China, so he pointed here It's too cold, why don't we go indoors to eat and talk.

Both sides had their own ghosts, and they hit it off.

Jiaolaobutu and others next to him didn't know what Liu Yu was mumbling about.When Liu Yu turned around and asked them to bring out some wine, and when he wanted to go into the castle to have a good chat with this Kunlun slave, Jiaolaobutu thought that Mr. Liu is really courageous, so he is not afraid of showing his feet and being caught by the Raksha people?
Just about to persuade him, Liu Yu quietly waved his hand behind his back.

This is a rare opportunity to sneak into the castle and observe carefully, and he is not willing to miss it.The Russians are strategically vigilant, and the trading area is outside the fortress; tactically, there is no God's perspective, and caravans often come, so it is impossible to doubt everyone.

Besides, Dashun has been quiet here for many years, and they never thought that Dashun would take the initiative to start a war.

He took two skins of wine from the car, and two mustard greens that were used as vegetables on the way, and followed Hannibal towards the castle.

Leaving Jiaolao Butu, Du Feng and others with expressions of admiration, at least they are brave enough.

He also secretly told his confidantes around him to prepare their knives, and if something happened, they would first grab the Cossacks who were dancing there after drinking too much and take them as hostages.

Liu Yu followed behind Hannibal, talking nonsense while quietly observing the surrounding situation.

"A defensive slope about 20 meters long, facing the guns on the castle."

"The slope foundation of the bastion is made of mud, not masonry. Once spring starts, it will be muddy and soft. The cannons that siege the city will not be able to exert their power at all."

"A small number of soldiers were armed with flintlocks with bayonets, but most were arquebus."

"There are two six-pound guns on the front. They are very crude and have no field mounts."

"The walls of the main castle are about three meters high, very thick, and also made of earth. The shells can't be ejected to kill people, and the bombardment effect will be greatly reduced."

"There are no forts in the direction of Linjiang. It should be confident in the support of the upstream navy."

"There are parapets along the side of the trench."

"Cossacks, there are quite a few Tatars..."

Silently remember these things that will be of great use in the future, and keep nagging some anecdotes in his mouth, keeping Hannibal's head in a state of high-load saturation at all times, and there is no time to think about more things.

Walking around the wooden steps to the house in the main castle, Hannibal ordered the maid to prepare meals.

There were two other people in the room. Liu Yu couldn't tell the difference between a Dane and a Russian, but she was full of curiosity about the obvious East Asian.

But he didn't take the initiative to ask more questions, but quietly approached the window, condescendingly watching the deployment in the castle.

In order to cover up his real purpose, he recited two lines of poetry with great enthusiasm.

"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

After glancing at what he wanted to see twice, he naturally withdrew his gaze and didn't stay for too long.

The meal was soon ready, rye bread, a few pieces of venison, and some fish from the river.

Liu Yu pretended to draw the sign of the cross, and said devoutly, "Today is Friday, I don't eat fish."

Jesus was killed on Friday, and Catholics fast on Friday and do not eat meat.But because of the story of five loaves and two fish, fish can be eaten.

Protestants bravely attack the old culture, old habits, old customs, and old ideas. Naturally, what do Catholics do, what do I do? I don’t eat fish on Friday.

Since Liu Yu said that his family went to sea with the Dutch, he would not let go of the details of this kind of lies.

Hannibal understood, and just smiled.

In this way, the words Liu Yu said before are more credible—Hannibal feels that if a person wants to lie, he will definitely not fabricate a strange life experience.As for Liu Yu's background, it sounds very strange...

Just like him.

A black man, who believed in the Orthodox Church and became a brigadier general in Russia, was demoted to build a fort by the bank of Heilongjiang.

If it is really a fabricated story, who would fabricate such a weird and irrational identity?All kinds of things that sounded unreasonable turned into reasonable things in Hannibal's mind.

He didn't think too much about it, and introduced the other two people in the room to Liu Yu by the way.But it didn't say what the purpose of these two people was here.

Liu Yu didn't care about the Chuanbingwei.When Hannibal introduced Bering, his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

It is true that there is no place to find after breaking through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

I heard that your map is very good.

But soon, these maps will be mine.

(End of this chapter)