Smuggling Daming

After all, what happened to Chilawa's family is rare, and talents like him are rare, so Father John only recruited a senior talent like him. Compared with Wa, it is much worse, but it doesn't matter. What Zhou Zhong needs most now is shipbuilding. After all, after many years of sea ban in Ming Dynasty, shipbuilding technology has regressed a lot. No one can build Zheng He's treasure ship now. Being able to absorb European shipbuilding technology, it is hoped that Daming's shipbuilding industry will be rejuvenated.

Although Father John is not aware of Zhou Zhong's painstaking efforts, he knows that Zhou Zhong attaches great importance to shipbuilding talents, so he also takes great care of the Chilawa family, not only helping them escape, but also offering generous rewards , This finally led the Chilawa family to Daming.

Chilawa and Father John stood on the bow of the boat and chatted for a while. When they learned that they would reach their final destination, which is the place called Shuangyu Port, at the latest tomorrow morning, Chilawa felt a little bit in his heart. Excited, but also a little uneasy, wondering if my family can survive in this strange country?

With conflicting feelings, Chilawa returned to the cabin where his family lived. Father John took great care of their family and arranged them on the top floor of the ship, which is also the best and largest cabin. There are two rooms in the whole cabin , lived by their husband and wife and their daughter respectively, instead of having to be crowded in the narrow cabin below like others.

"Father, come and see, am I beautiful in this Central Plains woman's dress?" Chilawa had just entered the cabin when she heard her daughter Xila's excited voice calling.Immediately afterwards, he saw Xila, who was dressed in the clothes of a Central Plains woman, galloping towards him, and then spun around in front of him holding the hem of her skirt with both hands.

"Beautiful, my precious daughter is the most beautiful!" Chilawa looked at the beautiful daughter in front of him, and his uneasy mood seemed to be relieved all of a sudden. He has been married to his wife for many years, and there is only such a daughter. All love poured out on her.

Chilawa has obvious Roman blood, but his wife Helen is Greek, and Miss Sila looks more like her mother in appearance.Just turned 17 this year, she is tall and well-proportioned, with black and beautiful hair hanging over her shoulders, a pair of deep and big eyes that are extremely agile, and her facial features are relatively soft. She is a typical Greek beauty at first glance.Now Xila is wearing a light blue Central Plains women's long dress. Although it looks a little strange, it has a special flavor.At least from Chilawa's aesthetic point of view, his daughter is definitely a very attractive and beautiful girl.

She saw that after receiving her father's praise, the smile on Shira's face became even brighter, and she walked around in front of her father a few times, but at this moment she also found that her father seemed to have something on her mind, so she stopped and asked, "Father, were you just now?" Have you asked Father John about the itinerary? Why do you look a little unhappy now?"

At this moment, Chilawa's wife, Helen, also came out of the room. Seeing her husband, she asked with great concern, "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with our itinerary?"

Hearing what his wife and daughter said, Chilawa showed a smile and said: "Don't guess, our itinerary is fine. Father John said that we will reach our destination tomorrow morning, which is the double date we are going this time. Yugang, then we can have a good rest."

When Helen and Shira heard that they would be able to go ashore tomorrow, they both cheered happily.After all, I stay on the boat every day, and I can't eat well or sleep well every day.They were also looking forward to going ashore early, but then Sheila asked her father strangely: "Father, since we are about to reach our destination, and we don't have to worry about the pursuit of the Governor of India, Francisco." , but why are you a little unhappy?"

Regarding his daughter's question, before Chilawa came back, his wife Helen smiled and explained to Sheila: "Sheila, your father is not as carefree as you. Can our previous promises be fulfilled? Also, the legendary employer doesn’t know how he will treat us. After all, this place is far away from our hometown, and it is a completely strange country. I am afraid that even the glory of the Lord will not be able to shine here for the time being. "

When Helen spoke at the end, she couldn't help showing a worried look on her face.However, regarding the worries of her parents, the young Ms. Sheila was very optimistic, and even comforted her parents: "Father, mother, you don't have to worry too much. I have read Mr. Marco Polo's travel notes. According to his book, the land of the Central Plains It is a civilized country. The people here wear exquisite silk and use pure white porcelain, and the civilization and politeness between people are far more civilized and advanced than ours in Europe. Before that, we stopped in the city called Guangzhou. , Although it was only a short period of time, the city was built very shrewdly, and the streets were very clean, similar to what was described in Marco Polo's travel notes, so I believe Father John's words!"

Obviously, the young lady Shila is also a victim of Marco Polo's travel notes. Although Marco Polo used his book to introduce the Eastern civilization to the West, but in order to show his legendary experience, he inevitably used in the book Some exaggerated words, such as the east is full of gold, everyone is modest and polite, etc. Anyone with a little experience will know that these words are false, but for Miss Shila who is still in her teenage years, she has always believed in what is written in the book. It's all true.

Both Chilawa and Helen just smiled faintly at their daughter's beautiful fantasy about the Central Plains. Although they knew that the real Central Plains would definitely not be as beautiful as their daughter imagined, they did not break their daughter's fantasy. After all In this situation, it is much better to let her daughter have a good dream in her heart than to worry like they are now.

In fact, not only the Chilawa family, most of the other craftsmen in the fleet who were recruited by Father John were also in a state of anxiety. The heavy reward promised to themselves could not be fulfilled, so the closer they were to Shuangyu Port, the more serious their ambivalence was.

Except for Chilawa's family, Father John recruited 51 craftsmen in total. More than a dozen of these craftsmen had worked in the shipyard. They will all be Chilawa's subordinates in the future, helping him build ships and instructing Ming's craftsmen. More than 30 people know all kinds of technologies, some can make guns, some can burn glass, and some even claim to know how to make paper, but Daming is the hometown of papermaking, and the technology of papermaking is much more advanced than that of Europe. God knows what use the opponent's papermaking skills can have?

Although the European craftsmen on the ship were very worried, it was not the time for them to regret it. After all, the fleet had already arrived in Daming, and it was impossible for them to go back. They could only trust Father John's personal integrity.

After the fleet spent another long night at sea, the fleet did not prepare breakfast the next morning, because the person they sent to inform the port yesterday had returned with good news, that is The Chamber of Commerce of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce attached great importance to their fleet. Not only did they greet them in person at the port, but they also prepared a sumptuous feast to welcome everyone in the fleet.

Hearing this news, the fleet was full of joy, Shuangyu Port was already in sight, and since the banquet had been prepared at the port, no one wanted to eat the poor breakfast on board, so the breakfast was canceled directly in the end, and the crew He tried his best to adjust the speed of the ship to the maximum, and wanted to arrive at the port early to have a rare hot meal.

When the European craftsmen in Chilawa heard the news, they relaxed a lot from their uneasy mood. Although they haven't seen anyone who hired them, the news from the other party shows that he attaches great importance to this fleet. Then This emphasis probably also includes people like them, so there is a high possibility that Father John's previous promise is true, and what they are about to face may be a very generous boss.

The fleet, which had gathered enough wind power, was traveling very fast. In a short while, the extremely prosperous Shuangyu Port was on the sea in front of the fleet. Although it is now in a period of frequent storms, the frequency of smuggling fleets going to sea has decreased. There are many, but there are still many ships coming in and out of Shuangyu Port every day. The goods of Ming Dynasty sail to Nanyang, Japan, North Korea and other places through here, and the goods of these countries also gather from all directions, and sell them through Shuangyu Port. Businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing such a bustling port in front of them, the artisans like Chilawa were even more delighted. Regarding this port, Father John also introduced it before, although he has always emphasized that this is a very lively port, and the daily cargo throughput is higher than that of Europe. Any port is big. They were a little skeptical at first, but seeing so many ships coming in and out with their own eyes, they finally believed that what Father John said was true, and that Da Ming was probably richer than they imagined. powerful.

Compared with the European craftsmen in the fleet, Zhou Zhong, who received the news yesterday and rushed to the pier early today, is even happier. The Portuguese fleet has not yet reached Daming, and the Europeans’ understanding of Daming is still limited to Marco Polo. According to the description in the travel notes, this made a considerable number of Europeans still have unlimited fantasies about Ming Dynasty, and they took advantage of this opportunity to encourage Father John to recruit European craftsmen, but he did not expect to recruit dozens of them all at once.

These craftsmen cover several major industries. Although the skills of a few craftsmen are useless at all, most of the other craftsmen are just what he needs urgently. With the addition of these craftsmen, he is sure to create a mixed The industrial zone of the eastern and western scientific and technological civilizations has been established. At that time, this place will be a window for Ming to understand the world, and even affect the development of the entire Ming! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)