Win the Ding 1617

() Many people are stupid with money here.

"This is a batch of documents that we have discovered, collected, and sorted out recently. They are mainly composed of letters, journals, contracts, etc. They are what some Spaniards have seen and heard in Hejing. From these documents, we can glimpse a powerful the embryonic, embryonic state of the regime."

The Director of the Spanish Royal Archives, Xavi Hernandez Creus, faced the flashing lights of countless reporters, showing a thick stack of documents in his hand.

"After identification by our experts, these documents, whether in terms of paper, ink, or grammatical and rhetorical habits, all conform to the date of the document, which is the six months from May to November of the first year of the Chinese Apocalypse."

"These people were engaged in trading activities in Ha Tinh at that time. Due to their respective origins and roles, we can see different angles of society in Ha Tinh at that time, such as politics, commerce, industry, religion, and the army."

"My honey, I miss your honey-sweet cherry lips all the time. When I came to the mysterious east, to the magical city of Ha Tinh, full of gold, I found it very sad that I and I The funds raised by his companions fall far short of the requirements of the lord here, a young Chinese general. His treasury is filled with every kind of luxury that the nobles of Madrid can only dream of. Both gentlemen and ladies can satisfy Those exquisite and smooth silk like your skin, white sugar like the ice and snow on the top of the Alps, beautiful porcelain, exquisite and sturdy armor, sharp swords, all of which are mouth-watering .For my solemn promise to you, as a knight, to give you a beautiful palace and a manor on the Iberian Peninsula, I write to my cousin who works in Manila, and entrust my partner Go to Manila and present the situation to him in person, and ask him to financially support my business ventures." Letter from Don José to his mistress, June 1620.

"My little angel! Allow me to write this letter to you with ecstasy! After hard work, I have initially established a business friendship and trust with General Lee. The first batch of ships to Manila returned smoothly yesterday. The raw silk, tea, silk, white granulated sugar, and porcelain were exchanged for more than 20 taels of silver and more than 1620 taels of gold. In the evening, the general invited me to a dinner at his mansion. My God, everything from desserts , cold food, hot dishes, soups, staple food, snacks, fruits, there are almost dozens of items. For me, the gluttonous person in your mouth, I can't help falling in love with this place. At this pleasant dinner , the general put forward a lot of new business requirements and ideas to me. I couldn’t help but become more and more curious whether the young general in front of me had been to Spain or America. Otherwise, how could he propose to acquire e (Spanish: Chili), Azafrandelazafran (saffron, Spanish specialty spicy spice) ar-isla (Spanish: sea island cotton) faced my doubts, and the general told me frankly that some new varieties should be added to the garden behind his mansion. He himself likes all kinds of flowers and plants. For his hobby, he expressed his willingness to use a whole set of exquisite tableware, the kind of porcelain that can be presented to our great emperor in Madrid, (or a whole beautiful horse silk) in exchange for a liter of seeds. And, this promise is always valid. Anyone who brings these seeds or seedlings to him can get such a reward. You know when I heard this, the first What did you think of for a moment? This kind of thing can only happen in the rich East! Those rich lords and generals, in order to satisfy their own desires and hobbies, did not hesitate to spend the astronomical wealth in our eyes. Dear, I remember Once in the box at the opera, you introduced me to a young second lieutenant, said to be your aunt's son, serving in Mexico, you can tell him the news. I will get the best price for him in front of the general ’” Letter from Monsieur José to his mistress, August [-].

"Ha Tinh, this is a magical place. My friend, let me describe it to you from the early morning of this city! Early morning, when the sun just jumped out of the sea, was named by the general here as 'Pavilion to Review the Sea' The cannons on the fort will fire to mark the beginning of the day, and soon there will be bustling vendors on the streets, selling live chickens, ducks, freshly slaughtered pork, beef, (you know, in the East, Especially in a farming and civilized country like China, cattle are very important production tools, and casual slaughter is often prohibited, but here, I can often see fresh steaks appearing on my table.) From the fish pond The fish caught in the paddy fields, the seafood caught by the fishermen from the sea overnight, and the fresh vegetables are all kinds of things. When the morning business is not completely over, people’s breakfast begins. The gentlemen here are used to Go to teahouses or restaurants to have their breakfast. While drinking tea, you can eat a few exquisite snacks. I highly recommend the breakfast in Guangdong. I especially recommend that you must try the shrimp dumplings and crystal buns if you have the opportunity. The greatest enjoyment in life. Those coolies and street vendors often eat their breakfast at the stall next to their stall. The price here is very cheap. Sailors can buy a full bucket with three silver coins, which is enough Fifty liters of rum, back to the camp to drink, although here, we have to pay for all board and lodging expenses, but it is still much lower than our budget. Through According to my observation, a large number of goods enter and leave Hon Gai Port in Ha Tinh every day, leaving a large amount of gold, silver and taxes. I am curious, how do the lords here deal with these precious metals? You know, our In Madrid, prices are the highest in Europe. People start their day's work after breakfast. When the time enters noon, the cannons on the fortress will roar as usual. People call it the noon cannon, and it's lunch time. I have carefully observed that in the general's workshops, the lowest workers have enough meat and fat for lunch to ensure that they have enough physical strength to carry out heavy work."

"When it comes to work, it's very surprising. There seem to be factories everywhere, but we couldn't enter that factory. The relevant personnel told us very euphemistically that the environment there was too bad for gentlemen like us. According to the sages in ancient China, a gentleman should leave the kitchen far away. Therefore, those factories full of soot and sparks are naturally not the places we should go.”

"At night, people in various government offices go home from work, and only the corresponding night duty personnel stick to their respective posts. Of course, the security forces called patrols patrol the streets and alleys of the city. Hongji Port begins to usher in Another batch of ships, usually a large amount of coal purchased from the area controlled by the lord Zheng surnamed adjacent to the north. When it comes to Hongji Port at night, I have to interject. I don’t know if the general here believes in Satan , he lit a strange fuel on the port, which gave off a pungent smell similar to sulfur. However, with the light from this fuel, you can easily see every petal on the girl's head. The Coolies, with the help of such light, unloaded the coal. After dawn, the people in the so-called coking plant transported the coal away. It is said that it is used to smelt steel. I am surprised that those people do not know that coal can only be smelted Bad steel?" Bolivar wrote to his accountant friend.

"My dear brother, it is with great joy that I write to you today. There are two reasons. First, our trading team made its first dividend today, and I, your brother, Raul Gonzalez Si, [-] silver coins were distributed under my name. I made a rough calculation, and this amount is enough to pay for the marriage expenses between you and the daughter of His Royal Highness the Marquis. This is the Ha Tinh-Manila-Madrid Triangle we are carrying out The first profit distribution of trade. The two trade ships that went to Manila were full of goods, and they came back full of gold and silver and the supplies needed by the generals here. The second thing is that I was on the pier a few days ago Suggested a bit about masts and rigging for the people who are doing ship remodeling there. Today, just now, the general received me for this and thanked me. In order to express his gratitude to me, he presented me with Two sets of armor and swords that can only be owned by senior officers here."

"In order to show me how strong this armor is, he specially found straw, made a scarecrow, covered its body with almost dozens of catties of meat, and then put the armor on it. Shooting with his blunderbuss, it is a pity that within fifty paces his blunderbuss did no harm to the Scarecrow. Our short blunderbusses did not do him any good within fifteen paces either. Killing, just leaving some craters in the armor. (Praise God, the armor used for the experiment does not belong to me, otherwise, I will spend a lot of money to repair the scratches on the armor.) To show his sword It is so sharp, he placed ten Chinese copper coins in front of me, swung the knife over, the copper coins were cut in half, and there was no defect on the knife. I decide between me and you, I Dear brother, we have it together.” (Harvey Hernandez Creus commented in related works that we have seen genuine products of these two sets of armor in the Gonzalez family’s manor, hundreds of years have passed It's still strong.)

"Compared with swords and armor, I would rather have General Lee's firearms. The muskets owned by the soldiers and the batches of artillery shipped from the factory to the dock and installed on various ships are no less attractive to me than A nun at Kells Abbey. I have carefully observed General Lee's military equipment near the battlefield. It seems that in his army with the "battalion" as the basic strategic unit, about 1000 of every 400 people use this Excellent muskets, and the rest of the soldiers use spears called Sangmen guns and oriental swords called Juehu swords; these swords are also equipped on ships as sailors' weapons. The spears are very similar to our country's spears, and even their combat formation is exactly the same as our country's phalanx. But what is surprising is that the spearheads of each of their spears are made of fine steel, and the length They all exceeded 1 wala. God, these Orientals are simply too rich!" (Vara (vara) is a unit of length in Spain. At that time, 1 wara in Spain was about 31-33 inches, equivalent to the metric system It is a little over 80 centimeters. In Portugal and Latin America, 1 wala is about 32-42 inches, which is a little over 1 meter in metric system, so here is an approximate figure: all of them exceed 1 wala)

"When it comes to General Lee's army, it is even more novel to me. It is an army organized almost by homesteaders. General Lee protects their land from encroachment. They are obliged to pay rent in kind, perform military service, receive military training, etc. etc. However, shortly after our arrival, General Lee reformed his army, turning large numbers of peasant soldiers into professional soldiers and expanding them to defend his growing domain. (His domain It is said that it is as big as a principality! This does not seem to have counted the lands that have declared accepting his jurisdiction!)”

"I once wandered around several of his military-related factories in my spare time. The guards told me very politely that based on their duties, they must expel me. If I must go in and have a look, they can let me go. My 'head' went in to see. Therefore, I could only sit in the 'teahouse' far away from the factory where workers rest and eat and observe from a distance. To my surprise, there is a large amount of iron ore every day Stones were transported into the smelting field by horse-drawn carts, and a large amount of pig iron and steel were also transported out. I calculated, but no matter how I calculated, I still could not get a reasonable explanation between the manpower and output I saw. Convinced. Such output and efficiency are unimaginable in my family's iron workshop."

"My brother, if this astonishes you, I will astonish you even more. Soon after our arrival there appears to have been a large-scale military operation here. Masses of metal (seeming to be the steel) was transported into the military workshop that I believed to be the artillery field. I roughly estimated that the metal transported into the artillery field in one week could cast about ten cannons. However, in the next week, I actually saw ten The artillery above the door was transported to the pier! It was assembled on the side of the Chinese-style warships that were being transformed. I can't imagine that if it was all at this speed and efficiency, General Li's dozens of ships would be able to do so in half a year or a year. Within, you should be able to have brand new artillery."

"As a former navy captain, I deeply understand the importance of skilled sailors and gunners to a navy. At this point, General Lee seems to be a fatal shortcoming. Ships and artillery can be built quickly with money and materials. But the people who control the cao and operate them are invaluable. But, to my surprise, he didn't know what kind of oriental magic he used. After weeping bitterly during his speech, he became a member of his navy and became familiar with his duties in his respective positions. I couldn't help but start to wonder if he was as good as Pastor Alfonso said. A spokesman for Satan in the world?"

"I am sending ten bolts of silk with this letter. You can use five of them to propose marriage to His Highness the Marquis, and the remaining five to our dear mother, thanking her for taking care of my two children who lost their mothers. Your brother, Raul Gonzalez."

"Also: Do ​​you still have contacts with that Saracens man? If so, you can submit a business application to him to buy horses, mainly **. General Lee is willing to pay a high price to enrich his stables."

"My dear parishioner, after my brief absence, my servant and assistant told me that it had been a week since you had written, and such good news made me forget the weariness of the army."

"In your letter, you praised the gap between the white sugar in Ha Tinh and the brown sugar available in Macau, just like the difference between a lady in Madrid and a shepherdess in the Pyrenees. After you receive this letter When you write the letter, you will see two packs of white sugar enshrined. You can use your influence in Haojingao to buy red sugar from those believers and transport it to Hejing. General Li here will give you a good price .I have always suspected that he possessed a process or technology to process brown sugar, a rough primary product, into white sugar."

"Speaking of technology, I would like to thank you for the relevant technical information on the iron smelting industry in Foshan, which is a milestone for me to make a rough estimate of the metallurgical industry in Ha Tinh. Although I I have always believed that the metallurgical industry here may be far superior to the Foshan area that you keep praising in your correspondence.”

"On the wharf, those Chinese ships that are being rebuilt are assembling those newly cast steel anchors, (oh, there was a burst of gunfire from the direction of the wharf just now, it should be those Chinese Fuchuan who are testing guns. The sudden sound of gunfire , which caused my spelling to be wrong. The self-defense artillery equipped on these ships should be about ten, ranging from six pounds to ten pounds. God! Do such artillery need self-defense? They don’t rob others, Others will praise God!)”

"I would like to thank my skills in surveying and mapping. By chance, the so-called 'political hall' set up by my general here, a school for training grassroots administrators, demonstrated such technology to them. I have At the same time, one of his senior assistants, an old man who is similar to his godfather status, Fu Bo (I once gave him a stick that can be tied in the abdomen to cure his hernia) Belt.)’s proposal, I got a chance to go out with the army, which is what I said above, this short journey.”

"Although I have always suspected that this General Li is a guy who has inexplicable hostility to God, but in his territory, it seems that all kinds of religions can be treated with kindness. Buddha's temples, Sanqing Taoist temples, those The temples of Chinese folk gods, as well as the various gods of the indigenous people in mountainous areas with a taste of primitive religion, have received a lot of incense. At the same time, many people also regard General Li as an agent of gods in the world to carry out idols. Worship. I've seen many people burn incense on a tablet with his name on it."

"This military action seems to be due to the fact that the barbarians in the western mountains looted the general's caravan, robbed the goods, and killed some caravan members. Therefore, in order to maintain normal commercial activities and legal order, the general Sent his troops. About 1000 troops, of which about two-thirds were young men who seemed to have just been converted from the militia to the regular army."

"It surprised me from the beginning of the march, except that the officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels used different copper whistles, horns, and drums to pass orders. Apart from the sound of orderly footsteps, what I heard was that at the suggestion of the officers, the soldiers The sound of military songs. Because I and a few guys from the Hanyuan firm have the task of surveying and mapping, so I own a horse, surrounded by four or five guards, and observe the appearance of this army from different angles. Obviously, this is very different from the army written by our Spanish Emperor, although the spears and muskets they use are almost the same as those I have seen. My friends, I believe that you have been in this mysterious land in the East for many years. Is the experience of the Ming army you have seen all like this? Attached are the fourteen pictures I have drawn about this army. By the way, I would like to thank this little Dian horse, no Knowing how it has cost me nearly twenty pounds. The damn oriental diet! It's unbelievably cheap!"

"When I followed this army that seemed to be going on an excursion to face about [-] barbarian rebels, I have to admit that I was timid at that moment. Although I was on the side with about [-] musketeers , Excluding those who used the artillery, among the rest of the army, there were about [-] spearmen and [-] sword and shieldmen."

"The artillery and ammunition carts are at the front of the line, about fifteen steps away is the line of musketeers, on both sides of the musketeers are the [-] spearmen, and at the end of the line are [-] sword and shield soldiers. Does this formation sound familiar to you? However, this formation is called Fangcheng formation here. The officers are in their respective positions to appease the soldiers who are on the battlefield for the first time."

"After the artillery fired two rounds of shells, the barbarian team suffered a large number of casualties. After their leaders tried their best to prevent the collapse, they commanded the rebels to rush towards us. At this time, those musketeers crossed the artillery, Line up about fifty paces from the rebel vanguard, ready to shoot."

"I think these muskets and cannons should have much more ammunition than similar weapons in Europe, because the smoke from a few rounds of she beating blocked my sight, and when the smoke cleared and my sight recovered, those The spearmen who were originally on the flanks, under the leadership of the non-commissioned officer, rushed forward with shouts, and used a wala spearhead to harvest the fragile lives of the rebels."

"After the spearmen divided into two waves completed an assault, the sword and shield soldiers behind the position rushed forward shouting amidst the ear-piercing horns, and there was no suspense in this battle. Their task seems to be to rush forward and cut down or capture the enemy in front of them."

"In the evening, the military commander of the crusade against the rebels and I sat in the official camp of a barbarian leader who was the mastermind of the rebellion, and checked the harvest of this battle. The base camp will become General Lee's new military fortress, used to accommodate and protect those new immigrants who have recently defected to him, and complete his expansion to the west and south."

"According to General Li's regulations, in all military operations, everything seized must be returned to the public, and then [-]% of the spoils will be distributed to all officers and soldiers participating in military operations. Those rebels and their families will be judged as official slaves." status, heavy manual labor. I hear from this commander that they may be used to build a road to the southern fort."

"Speaking of craftsmen, I would like to ask you to help me find a friend who understands architectural design in Macau and come here to help me design a church. Because my friends and I are actively admonishing the general to carry out a large-scale I believe that the profits I get will be enough to support the construction cost of a great church. And I believe that the profits we get from the sugar trade will be enough to maintain the daily expenses of this church."

"Moreover, if your friends can send the named or unnamed seeds and seedlings here before other people arrive, I believe that your church will also get a lot of money. The restoration and reconstruction of Paul's Cathedral has added a considerable sum of money."

"About the ironware produced here that you mentioned in your letter, I have collected some for you through various means, from axes, hoes, plowshares, iron files, cones, saws, planers, chisels, needles, etc. The pure steel spearhead of Vara. I pray before God, forgive these ignorant sinners! They use such precious steel to make such cheap tools!" - Pastor Alfonso wrote to his pastor friend in Macau letter.Written in October of the same year.

"From the above letters, we can see how these people destroyed the Spanish Empire at that time for some petty profits! Those who purchase drugs for the enemy have them! Help the enemy find those strategically important animal and plant resources Those who have it! Those who need raw materials for the enemy's industry! The reason why our Spain has declined is because of these national thieves!"

Curator Harvey Hernandez Creus blushed with excitement.

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