Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Lu Fa said, "What Your Highness says is correct, but the number of warriors who can wear this armor is not large, and they don't know the exact number."

Fang Zheng Yi nodded unconsciously in agreement.

Judging from the pocket watch, Western craftsmanship should be a bit more advanced than Da Jing, but not by much.

Such armor should not be mass-producible.

If firearms hadn't been invented, soldiers wearing heavy armor would have been like tanks on the battlefield, impenetrable even to muskets.

However, there's no need to worry too much now.

Firstly, the number of people in the Xiluo Kingdom shouldn't be that large, and secondly, he has cannons, and firearms are constantly being improved!

Perhaps in his lifetime, he might even see heavy armor disappear from the stage of history.

"Continue."

Lu Fa continued, "Their knowledge is limited to the surrounding small countries, and the situation is similar to that of the Feika Kingdom. However, one thing is that they all believe in the same religion. We transliterate it as the Taifu Religion. The common people revere the Heavenly God, and there is a Pope in the religion whose rule seems to be above the king's."

"Master, to be honest, I'm having some difficulty understanding the Taifu Religion. I still can't understand some of the things they say. Why would the king be subservient to someone else?"

Fang Zheng Yi shook his head.

He couldn't explain it either.

This information is far from enough and too vague. The four of them are illiterate and not highly educated, so he can only send someone over to take a look and communicate with them to gain a deeper understanding.

Lu Fa continued to talk about some details of their lives. After he finished speaking one by one, Fang Zheng Yi looked at Xiao Shuai.

The foreigner who could report the case should be the most intelligent.

"Have you ever heard of the country of Sangjak?"

Wu Wang was the lord of Sangjak. That guy was quick-witted, daring, and proactive. Now that he's escaped overseas, I don't know how he's doing.

Moreover, Wu Wang took away many talents from Da Jing. If he were to produce some specialties of Da Jing, wouldn't he become rich easily?

Now, compared to those foreigners, he always felt that Wu Wang was more dangerous.

He had a fervent pursuit of hot weapons, even risking himself to kidnap himself. If he made a lot of money and created something overseas, it would be terrible.

Soon, Fang Zheng Yi was disappointed.

Xiao Shuai shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Then he asked the others, who all looked ignorant, not knowing whether it was his pronunciation problem or they were completely unaware of Sangjak.

Fang Zheng Yi sighed: "Alright, come with me to see His Majesty."

.......

Inside the palace.

Fang Zheng Yi repeated the news he had obtained from Lu Fa.

Emperor Jing was holding the stack of paintings, observing them with a serious expression.

Then he looked up at the four foreigners, frowned, and asked Fang Zheng Yi: "Are people from their country all this tall?"

Fang Zheng Yi nodded: "I asked, and they are just of average height in their country."

Emperor Jing put his hands behind his back and began to pace.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng Yi waved his hand, dismissed the four, approached Emperor Jing, and said, "What does Your Majesty want to say?"

Emperor Jing sighed: "The foreigners are more than half a head taller than the people of our Da Jing, with broad shoulders and long limbs. If this is just the quality of ordinary people, then their individual combat power is probably not to be underestimated."

Fang Zheng Yi smiled: "Your Majesty, this is just a difference in race. If Da Jing has abundant food in the future, and the people eat more meat, they can also grow taller and stronger."

"Well, so be it. Is there any news about Lao Si?"

"No, it seems that our fleet needs to search for him personally."

Emperor Jing sighed: "Today, I have finally seen the Western exotic culture, which is truly refreshing. It is hard to imagine being able to rule several countries with the power of one religion."

"We should send people to communicate and investigate the other party's details as soon as possible. Lao Si is not very important now. How is our fleet preparing?"

Fang Zheng Yi said: "The ships have been built almost completely. I think they will be ready to set sail in about one or two months."

"I plan to train these foreigners and send them back to be guides in their local area. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"

Emperor Jing nodded: "You can arrange this yourself. It wouldn't hurt to bring them into the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"Okay, then I'll arrange it first."

After Fang Zheng Yi finished speaking, he shouted loudly to the foreigners in the distance: "Crab Roe Meat! Let's go! Come over and say a few auspicious words to His Majesty!"

Emperor Jing asked curiously: "What does 'Crab Roe Meat' mean?"

"Your Majesty, that's how foreigners greet each other, it doesn't have any specific meaning."

"I see." Emperor Jing showed a knowing look on his face and looked at the foreigners: "Crab Roe Meat! You are all considered to have contributed, and each of you will be rewarded with ten shi of grain."

Fang Zheng Yi smiled awkwardly. Anyway, seeing foreigners, he defaulted that they would speak English, and always wanted to say a few words.

However, it was really awkward for these words to come out of His Majesty's mouth, and he was as stingy as ever, only giving them some grain.

The four foreigners walked over dumbly, instinctively straightening their chests and loudly saying: "Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, building Jing Country is a major event!"

"I am proud to be wandering in Da Jing, and I am proud to be living in Da Jing!"

"Da Jing is in my heart, let's shout out our love for the country!"

"I want to be a Da Jing person in this life!"

"Everyone, let's eliminate sanitary dead spots!"

The three foreigners all looked at Carle Mi, who looked embarrassed and couldn't help but turn his head away.

Damn, the slogan of the sanitation team was shouted wrong!

Emperor Jing was dumbfounded and couldn't help but laugh, pointing at Fang Zheng Yi and saying: "That's enough, at least they are guests."

Fang Zheng Yi smiled shyly.

That's enough? It seems that the work is not in place yet!

.....

Returning to the Zhenfu Division again.

Da Zhuang, Xiao Shuai, Foberle, and Carle Mi stood in a row.

Fang Zheng Yi smiled and said: "Everyone performed very well today, so this official has decided to give you an opportunity to join the Embroidered Uniform Guard. I wonder what you think?"

The four looked at each other, and Da Zhuang came out and said: "Master Fang... Sir, does the Embroidered Uniform Guard get paid? We don't want to eat army stew."

"Of course! You must get paid, and you don't have to eat army stew."

"We are willing!" The four replied in unison.

Fang Zheng Yi clapped his hands and said: "Good, since you are all willing, then this official can make a special exception to allow you to join the Embroidered Uniform Guard. If you perform well, you can even be sent home for free."

The four said together: "We don't want to go home, we want to be Da Jing people."

"Huh?"

"It's clean here, and the people on the street are good to us. If we don't have to eat army stew, then we don't want to go back. It's good here."

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