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Chapter 167 South China Foreign Legion (First update, please subscribe)
Who is the Lord of South China?
"It is said to be a descendant of Zhu Ming!"

Wang Youling was speechless in astonishment with the few words pretending to be mysterious.

"Zhu Ming...are there any descendants?"

"Not only are there descendants, but they have also created a huge foundation on the territory of foreigners!"

Pointing at Nanhua, Hu Xueyan said.

"The land of Nanhua is fertile and wild, and it is like spring all year round. The only thing that is overlooked is people. That's why, they will do everything possible to attract people from the Qing Dynasty."

"Draw people from the Qing Dynasty?"

"Otherwise, Brother Wang, why do you think we are here? To be a "pigboy"? Brother Wang, how can those foreigners treat piggy like this?"

Hu Xueyan smiled mysteriously.

"I heard that Mr. Zhu's family traded foreign guns and cannons for us,"

"Ah! Is there such a thing?"

"Otherwise, Brother Wang thought why the bandits suddenly became so benevolent and stopped killing people indiscriminately."

"No no..."

Suddenly, Wang Youling's complexion suddenly changed, and he muttered.

"So it is, so it is!"

In an instant, Wang Youling seemed to understand everything. No wonder the number of bandits and foreign guns suddenly increased.

Your majesty, it's not because the minister is incompetent, but in fact, it's a bandit... No, no, it's because the enemy is too cunning!

The bandits actually colluded with Zhu Ming's descendants!

This news made Wang Youling dizzy with shock, but so what?
After a while, Wang Youling lost his voice.

"Then, where is the Lord of South China, I, I want to see him, I want to ask him face to face..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hu Xueyan smiled.

"Brother Wang, what kind of person is he? If Brother Wang wants to meet him, what is his identity?"

A casual question made Wang Youling dumb.

Just when he was in a daze, he saw a group of men coming down from the same boat. The clothes of those men seemed to be similar to those of the gangsters, but they seemed a little different?
Who are they?

Seeing this, Hu Xueyan said.

"It's a Japanese. It is said that they are the Japanese who learned that Zhu Ming's descendants will travel thousands of miles to serve him."

"what!"

Gazing at the more than one hundred Japanese people in amazement, Wang Youling couldn't believe that there were Japanese people who traveled thousands of miles to serve him.

This, is this true?
Of course it's fake.

These more than a hundred Japanese were hired from Nagasaki by the American foreign company. In addition to English translators, there were also dozens of down-and-out ronin. They were... mercenaries of the Nanhua Foreign Legion.

When and by whom the Foreign Legion was invented, it is definitely impossible to verify.

There is no doubt that there are foreign legions in ancient and modern China and abroad. For example, the Romans absorbed a large number of barbarians into the Roman legions, and the Han and Tang Dynasties also used foreigners as soldiers and generals.

Of course, whether it is Rome or Han and Tang Dynasties, when a large number of non-barbarian soldiers are used to enter the legion, the end of the empire will slowly come.

However, everything is not absolute, and now the most famous one is the French Foreign Legion.

The French chicken is a strange thing. It can only be fought under the leadership of foreigners and women. When Napoleon, a foreigner, as the last glory of France, passed away, the combat power of the French chicken local army has declined, and it is not worth mentioning.However, the foreign legion, which is mixed with criminals and adventurers, has always been quite impressive.

In addition to French chicken, French chicken's neighbor Banji also has a foreign legion. Before World War II, Franco relied on the foreign legion to "conquer" Spain and overthrow the republican regime.

Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the Foreign Legion, what is the biggest advantage?
cheap!

Cheap cannon fodder!

Especially for Nanhua with limited troops, since there are cheap cannon fodder available, of course they cannot let them go.

And the reason why Zhu Xianhai set up this foreign corps, to put it bluntly, was because he took a fancy to his cheap attributes.

Not only is it cheap, but the quantity is enough!
What is grown in Japan?
Isn't it just a samurai?

In fact, these people are not samurai, but the second sons of samurai families who have no inheritance rights. Although they are ronin, they grew up in samurai parents after all, and they have also practiced some kind of swordsmanship. In terms of combat effectiveness, or In other words, in terms of the combat effectiveness of cold weapons, they are definitely stronger than ordinary farmers.

However, the most important thing is that such consumables are not painful to use!
"Japanese people are cheap!"

Once again, on the way to Beihe, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help sighing when he saw the "Foreign Legion" who accompanied the guards to Beihe.

"It's only four yuan a month in military pay, and only twenty yuan in compensation if you die. This...there is no better consumable than them in the world!"

The military salary of four yuan is even lower than that of the lowest-paid farm workers in Nanhua, and it is not as good as the farm workers in many respects, not to mention the money, and there is a risk of life.

Why is the treatment so low? They are here to work hard. Who told them not to be Chinese?The treatment is almost, of course!
"My lord, although the Japanese soldiers are cheap, you have to be on guard. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts!"

After reminding, Fang Zhanbo said again.

"But there's nothing wrong right now, just a few hundred people."

"Hey, you don't understand that."

Zhu Xianhai smiled.

"These Japanese people can be used. These Japanese people don't even know what a country is. For samurai, their lives belong to the lord!"

Looking at the foreign soldiers on horseback following the main force, Zhu Xianhai really liked the Japanese of this day and age, they are more simple, or in other words, there is no country in their eyes, only the master, the lord, of course , This is also the result of hundreds of years of deliberate education by the lords of the Japanese daimyo. Otherwise, wouldn’t all the samurai trained become the shogunate?Therefore, the country belongs to the shogunate. For the samurai, it is enough to be loyal to the lord and lord. As for the country, the samurai of the shogunate are loyal.

And what about these rogues?

They are no lord.As the second sons, they had no right of inheritance and no samurai salary.To whom do they owe their allegiance?Of course it's the employer.

"Don't worry, as long as you give them a certain way to rise, their loyalty will definitely exceed your imagination!"

Zhu Xianhai smiled.

Are Japanese mercenaries reliable?

The answer is obvious. Since these people have no country and no lord, they are just wanderers. As long as they are given a certain way to rise, they will definitely repay them with loyalty, just like those under the command of Lord Guoxing in Nanjing, in Jinmen, in It is the same as the Japanese mercenaries who never retreated in Penghu.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were also Japanese servants and Japanese mercenaries on the battlefield of Salhu, the old emperor of Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)