Chapter 259: Thoughtful
It is difficult, but it is actually easy to do it, because the Muye soldiers recognize words, while the Dongyang Banner Army has certain writing and numerology capabilities.
Soon a yamen runner who was directly under the London prefect was drawn from various troops. This armed force was complex, including chefs and military doctors from the Oriental Military Palace, veterans from Spain, and tribal geniuses from Makino.
The chef is Liu Zhi. He had just been a landlord in the outskirts of London for half a month, but was called by the general with a transfer order. The reason he never expected was that it was because of his little chef Belle.
Tang Xianzu needed someone who was willing to do things, could barely understand Chinese, and could also be proficient in communicating with the people of London.
There are actually many such people. In Tang Xianzu's team, three retired Spanish veterans can meet his requirements.
One of them is the Spanish sword and shield infantry Fei Laosan, who was selected as a yamen runner because he was a little noble artilleryman, was proficient in literature, knew mathematics, and was brave and good at fighting.
Fei Laosan followed Yang Ce to resist the Scottish Legion in the battle in the north. He was injured when he jumped into the enemy formation. Now his bones were plyped on the military doctor and hung them around his neck. He had to use his left-handed sword in the back.
Although Spanish swordsmen practiced two-handed swords, right-handed long swords, and left-handed short swords, and did not delay combat skills, the most elite sword and shield infantry obviously could not use him. He also hoped to follow the Ming army and became the yamen runners in London.
In Fei Laosan's words: "The English language is a servant of Latin, a vulgar and simple barbarian language that anyone can master - but there is no need to master it."
When Tang Xianzu looked puzzled, Fei Laosan laughed and wrote two "barbarians".
He first spoke Latin foreigners, wrote it as ‘barbaros’, and then spoke the word in English, writing it as ‘barbarian’.
Both facial expressions and invocations were very good at concealing his contempt and said, "Look, it's like a child who copied the wrong word. This word was originally called by the Romans. They called Ireland... no, it was Brothers Alan."
Fei Laosan said the English of this era in a proper way. If you want to make a comparison, it is that there is no ancient Chinese movement in the Tang and Song dynasties, no literature on Wei and Jin Dynasties, and even the Chinese before the Book of Songs appeared.
However, in fact, the foreigners of the Roman population were originally used to call the Spanish.
The word itself is no different from the barbarians and barbarians. The English call the Irish people using this word, just as the Japanese call the Western people using the "Southern Barbarians".
For Tang Xianzu, he was very interested in this word. He walked through the streets and alleys in the city of London with his smile, "Balabala people? It's interesting, it means he doesn't understand their language, so he doesn't know what he is saying."
Almost every Spanish can roughly understand what the English is saying, but Fei Laosan cannot do it at all. He is not an Englishman and does not understand the habits, customs and preferences of the locals. This must be done by local people.
After just a little inquiry, Tang Xianzu knew that there was also a person named Liu Zhi in the East Army in London. He was good at cooking and enjoyed a high reputation among the Flag Army and the Muye Camping Army. He knew everyone and also had an English chef named Tailor's Big Baby.
It doesn't take much effort to transfer them to you. Liu Zhi is not the key. Although the farm is well done, it is obvious that being around Tang Xianzu can play a more crucial role.
As soon as Liu Zhi came over, he was attracted by Tang Xianzu and thought that this was his master's candidate.
When it comes to the master, you must not mention clerks. In the Ming Dynasty, clerks were all locals with little knowledge and mastered the key connections and skills of governing the local area. Officials did not become officials in their registered residence. They first took office as people and land for two lives, so they needed to assist and contact clerks.
The person you contact is the master.
In this era, the masters are not professional enough, not actual positions, and are similar to disciples.
Because most of them are unsuccessful literati, they generally have basic functions such as criminal titles, money and book openings, and some can also engage in auxiliary positions such as levying, accounting, reviewing papers, writing ink, and registering.
In Tang Xianzu's needs, these literary and artistic affairs can be second-class. In this wilderness where the war is still in war, it is impossible to have no reliable warriors around you.
Liu Zhi's style in London was that he carried a gun on his shoulder and a knife on his waist, and two thunders in his palm were hanging on his chest. Looking at his steps like the wind, he knew that he was a martial artist, but he had a look of a master, and he was surrounded by him.
Whether local natives or wise men, they are centered on him and are obviously a figure who is deeply loved by the people.
"Master, these are all wealthy gentry in the suburbs of the city. They do not know the qualities of the nobles and lows. We have to bring them to greet you. The leader of the local native timber shop Zhao En, who had previously prepared more than 700 coffins for the Tianjun, was the most respectful."
Tang Xianzu looked at the merchants and listened to Liu Zhi's introduction, including the wooden warehouse, iron warehouse, leather warehouse, and the owners of farms from various places.
The personnel composition is not complicated, and now everything is difficult to make a fortune. All workshops that can be opened are related to military affairs, and civil matters are still closed. After all, Ying Ming and other officers were the ones who held the military and civilian power before, and they only care about fighting and other things.
Therefore, most of the archers who opened were natives, and the owners of the manors who controlled the land were all the Dongyang Banner Army and Makio Camping Army.
However, this wood merchant named Zhao En is worthy of Tang Xianzu's attention, because Liu Zhi whispered to him: "The amount of wood is huge at present. He was entrusted by the general to replace the land with Tongbao and to use Tongtian Army to strengthen this land and stabilize the people's hearts. He is doing well now."
This is very important.
Before Tang Xianzu took office, Chen Mu met him specifically and told him in detail the position of the military office for this position. The military office’s requirements for overseas bureaucracy are not lower than those of the domestic officials.
Not only should we make the jurisdiction a new place during our term of office, but we should not only supervise household registration, taxes, service, money, grain, relief, and other matters that regular officials need to supervise, but also have very important transportation of goods.
In short, we need to manage, restrain, safeguard the people and develop, and we also need to transport wealth to the Dongyang Military Palace. How to transport wealth in large quantities? Mining, deforesting forests, and replacing currency with Tongbao.
The first two are easy, and the last one is the most difficult. Tang Xianzu couldn't figure out how the local people were willing to use Tongbao. He even prepared to vigorously promote Tongbao two or three years later, but he did not expect that this matter had begun to be done now.
It sounds like... the people don't object.
Zhao En is a standard 'Balabala'. He looked at Liu Zhiba for a long time before telling Tang Xianzu through Liu Zhi's translation: "As long as merchants accept Tongbao, especially the theater, as long as those theaters with tickets and only a loaf of bread start to use Tongbao, the whole London will soon be occupied by Tongbao."
Tang Xianzu narrowed his eyes and asked, "What is the theater?"
Liu Zhi pondered for a moment, pursed his lips and said his thoughtful summary.
"Theater."
Chapter completed!