At this moment, Mi Tian talked briefly with the foreigner and brought him to Lu Ning and said, "Young Master, he said they were to Dishi. When Luzon brought business, the Qin people who were in business, he was targeted by pirates when he returned from Luzon and was chased by pirates here. They had run for a day and a night. Everyone on his ship was killed by pirates. If we came later for a moment, he would die. He said he would be very grateful for our rescue. His money was robbed by pirates, and the pirates have now fallen into the sea. Now he is only hundreds of gold coins hidden on his body. In order to show his gratitude, he is preparing to give us half of the gold coins.

After listening to Mi Tian's translation, Lu Ning said, "Mi Tian, ​​tell him that our rescue is for morality, not for his return; everyone is a businessman, and it is appropriate to go out to rescue each other, and let him collect his gold coins."

After hearing Mi Tian's words, the Roman (the native of the Qin Dynasty) nodded to Lu Ning and thanked him. After Lu Ning invited the Romans into the cabin, the Romans were obviously attracted by the exquisite decorations and objects in the cabin. He kept looking around and exclaiming a gentle sigh from time to time. The Romans began to introduce Lu Ning. According to his introduction, the Romans claimed that he was Darwin, a merchant from the Syrian province of Rome, who sold spices and silks in the area of ​​Luzon.

After listening to Mi Tian's translation, Lu Ning felt very depressed. This Roman was also called Darwin. He would definitely not be the famous Darwin in history. His age was not right. It probably was a coincidence. If he was the famous in history, Lu Ning would have to bring him to Bingzhou even if he was abducted.

When Darwin saw that Lu Ning had such a large fleet, he asked Mi Tian if Lu Ning was a nobleman. Lu Ning burst into laughter and asked Mi Tian to tell him that Lu Ning, like him, was also an ordinary businessman, how could it be a nobleman? This made Darwin unable to believe his ears. How could this be possible? With so many ships, wearing silk clothes, an ordinary businessman could achieve it. But after seeing Lu Ning and others' firm expressions, Darwin still believed it, which also made him re-evaluate my great man deep in his heart.

When Lu Ning looked at Darwin and asked him how long it would take to walk from here to Rome. Darwin told Lu Ning that it would take almost a year to get to Rome, and he knew from his mouth that he had to detour South Africa and enter the Atlantic Ocean to get to Rome. It was not a route from later generations. You could go to the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden, pass the Suez Canal, and go straight to the Mediterranean. Because the Suez Canal has not been opened yet, you had to walk around Africa to reach Western Europe.

Through conversations with Darwin, Lu Ning also confirmed that the current Roman Empire really conquered the Erhe River Basin. The Roman Empire was so large that it was very prosperous and developed in technology. This was something that my Han Dynasty could not imagine at present, which made Lu Ning feel a little depressed.

After all, Darwin was a businessman and was very good at observing his looks. Seeing that Lu Ning was in a low mood and didn't know what happened, he asked Lu Ning and the others about his itinerary. After looking at Darwin, Lu Ning said to him: "Mr. Darwin, our destination is Fars Province, Persia. I don't know what you have in the future."

Darwin replied, "My dear friend, my ship has been destroyed and the people on the same boat have also died. Now we can only return to Rome first and then make plans."

Lu Ning said to him: "Mr. Darwin, then we can take you to the province of Fars, and then you save Rome from Fars, so that you will be much more convenient."

After listening to Mi Tian's translation, Darwin said to Lu Ning very gratefully: "Thank you very much for your friends. Being able to get your help is the greatest blessing in my life and it is also the patronage of God."

Lü Ning ignored Darwin's words of thanks, but said to him: "Mr. Darwin, I am going to continue doing such ocean trade for a long time. I especially want to lead merchant ships to Rome for direct transactions, but I lack a person who knows Rome, and you are indeed a good candidate. I wonder if Mr. Darwin is interested in my proposal."

Darwin was very surprised after hearing Lu Ning's words. After a moment of being stunned, he woke up and understood what Lu Ning meant, and immediately replied: "Of course I am willing. My friends, I am very willing to serve Mr. Lu Ning, but I must return to Rome first and bring my family and wife to serve you. I wonder where I can find you at that time?"

After hearing Darwin's words, Lu Ning took out a jade pendant from his arms. It was specially made by Ma Jun. It contained Lu Ning's name and also belonged to Lu Ning's private special item. Lu Ning handed him the jade pendant and said, "Mr. Darwin, if you want, you can come to Bingzhou, the Han Dynasty to find me with this jade pendant. It should be easy to find."

Darwin took the jade pendant carefully, looked at Lu Ning and said, "Dear Mr. Lu Ning, should we discuss my remuneration issue?"

When Lu Ning heard this familiar and direct way of talking, he felt very kind and happy. Lu Ning smiled and said, "Hehe, Mr. Darwin, my friend, I am still hard to say about your rewards now, but please rest assured that I will never treat people who can bring me profits. Only when both of us have money to make money can our cooperation last for a long time. I am very willing to cooperate with you for a long time."

Speaking of this, Lu Ning thought about it in his mind, knowing that the foreigner would not care about Lu Ning's trick. They are all very realistic people. If there is no definite reply, they will definitely not do it. They will not believe it because of the empty long umbrella promised by Lu Ning. Lu Ning roughly calculated it in his heart and said to him: "How about one percent of all silk trade as your reward? Mr. Darwin, you should understand how big this is, and the most important thing is that you don't need to pay any capital to get rich returns, but you don't have any risks."

In this era, the value of silk products from the Han Dynasty in Rome was definitely greater than that of gold of the same weight. Even the Roman emperors were excited to have a dress made of all-real silk and would boast about wearing it. If Lu Ning and the others were really capable of carrying out this ocean-going trade, Darwin knew that he would definitely earn a lot of gold coins, and even believed that he could get the title of a noble without any trouble. Faced with such a huge temptation, would you say Darwin disagreed? He was so happy that he was so happy that he almost danced.

After listening to the conversation between Lu Ning and Darwin, Guo Jia walked to Lu Ning and whispered: "Lord, didn't you say that the Romans are greedy, the Roman army is extremely powerful, and the Roman soldiers' combat capabilities are stronger than our army. Do you have to be careful of the Romans? Will you lead the wolf into the house if you do this?"

After hearing Guo Jia's words, Lu Ning shrugged his arms and replied easily: "Maybe it will lead the wolf into the house, but I have no other choice. After all, we all lack understanding of Rome, and we don't know the current policies, regulations and various rules and regulations of Rome. This will bring huge difficulties to our ocean trade. If we have people like Darwin who knows Rome very well, then if we carry out ocean trade, it will be much simpler when we go to Rome in the future. Our foundation is in the Central Plains, if we want to grow

If we do this kind of ocean trade in the future, we cannot proceed smoothly without a suitable agent. In reality, we really cannot find such talents, so we have to choose Darwin. He has just been washed by pirates and his property has been thrown into the sea. It is also a good choice to choose him as an agent at this time. But then again, although Darwin can command our fleet to sail around, from the captain to the sailor, the guards are all our people. Can he still cheat the fleet?"

After hearing Lu Ning's words, Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Lord, it's a thousand miles away from Rome to get here. It's not easy for Darwin to sail here on such a simple sailboat. Their adventurous spirit is unimaginable. If they learn the shipbuilding technology of our Han people, it may not be a good thing for us."

After hearing Guo Jia's words, Lu Ning looked at him seriously. You kid now has a sense of crisis and a sense of crisis. It's not bad, and there is indeed progress. "Fengxiao, what you said is possible, but it is not easy to imitate our warships. Unless the Romans captured our warships and studied our warships, it would be so easy to imitate them. Besides, even if we now blockade Rome in all directions, it would not be of any use. With the strength of Rome

With great strength and their desire to pursue wealth, sooner or later, the Romans will be able to build warships like our army, which are even more advanced than our army now, and have better performance. Blockade is useless, and technology protection can only be a short-term behavior. If you want to always be ahead of your opponents, the best way is to constantly develop new technologies, continuously improve, update technologies, and strive to improve our scientific and technological level, and always be ahead of others in science and technology. This is the best way."

During the battle with pirates, a soldier in Lu Ning's army died unfortunately under the pirate's bow and arrow. There was no way to do so. Lu Ning organized a ceremony to bury the soldier in sea. Lu Ning led everyone to salute and say goodbye to the dead soldiers. Although this simple ceremony was very common in later generations, it was different now. If people walking on the sea now die, they will be thrown directly into the sea. It is unheard of for organizing rituals like Lu Ning to say goodbye. This simple ceremony also made Lu Ning's soldiers feel very honored to follow Lu Ning and that their abilities can be recognized.
Chapter completed!