Rufa said: "Your Highness is right, but there are not many warriors who can wear this set of armor, and they don't know exactly how many there are."
Fang Zhengyi nodded in agreement unconsciously.
Judging from the pocket watches, Western technology should be more advanced than Dajing, but not much more advanced.
Such armor should not be able to be mass-produced.
If firearms had not been invented, soldiers wearing heavy armor would be like tanks on the battlefield, and even muskets would not be able to penetrate them.
However, there is no need to worry too much now.
First of all, the number of people in the Hero Kingdom should not be very small. Secondly, they have artillery and their firearms are constantly being improved!
Maybe I will even see heavy armor disappear from the stage of history in my lifetime.
"Go on."
Rufa continued, "Their knowledge is limited to the surrounding small countries, and the situation is similar to that of Feika. However, there is one thing: they all believe in the same sect. We transliterate it as Taifu Sect. The common people worship the gods, and there is a pope in the sect, whose ruling power seems to be above that of the king."
"Sir, to be honest, it's a little difficult for me to understand Taifu's teachings. I still can't understand some of the things they said. Why would the king be inferior to others?"
Fang Zheng shook his head.
He couldn't explain it either.
This information was far from enough and too vague. The four illiterates had low cultural level, so they could only send someone to take a look and have a conversation to get a deeper understanding.
Lufa continued to talk about some details of his life. After he finished speaking, Fang Zhengyi looked at Xiao Shuai.
The foreigner who would report a case on someone else's behalf should be the most intelligent.
"Have you ever heard of the country of Sangak?"
The King of Wu is the lord of Sangjak. That guy is smart, courageous and capable. Now he has fled overseas and no one knows how he is doing.
Moreover, the King of Wu took away a lot of talents from Dajing. If he could produce some special products of Dajing, wouldn't it be easy to get rich?
Now, compared to those foreigners, he always felt that King Wu was much more dangerous.
He has a fanatical pursuit of firearms and is willing to risk his life to get himself kidnapped. It would be terrible if he made a lot of money and caused something to happen overseas.
Soon, Fang Zhengyi was disappointed.
Xiao Shuai shook his head to indicate that he didn’t know.
Then I asked a few other people, and they all looked confused. I didn't know if it was a problem with my pronunciation or if they knew nothing about Sangak.
Fang Zheng sighed and said, "Okay, follow me to see His Majesty."
.......
In the palace.
Fang Zhengyi repeated the information that Lufa had received.
Emperor Jing was holding the stack of paintings and observing them seriously.
Then he looked up at the four foreigners, frowned and asked Fang Zhengyi: "Are people in their country this tall?"
Fang Zheng nodded: "I have asked, and they are just of average build in the country."
Emperor Jing put his hands behind his back and began to pace.
Fang Zheng waved his hand when he saw this, coaxed the four people down, approached Emperor Jing and asked, "What does your majesty want to say?"
Emperor Jing sighed, "The foreigners are actually half a head taller than the people of our Dajing, with broad shoulders and long limbs. If this is just the quality of ordinary people, then the strength of a single soldier should not be underestimated."
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is just a racial difference. In the future, when food is plentiful in Dajing, the people will be able to grow taller and stronger if they eat more meat."
"Well, whatever, is there any news about the fourth brother?"
"No, it seems our fleet needs to search for it ourselves."
Emperor Jing sighed, "Today I have finally seen the exotic culture of the West. It is truly refreshing. It is hard to imagine that one religion can rule several countries."
"We should send someone to communicate and investigate the other party's details as soon as possible. The fourth brother is not very important now. How is our fleet prepared now?"
Fang Zheng said, "The ship is almost finished. I think it will be ready to sail in a month or two."
"I plan to train these foreigners and send them back to serve as guides. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Emperor Jing nodded and said, "You can make your own arrangements in this regard. It is not a bad idea to recruit them into the Jinyiwei."
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements first."
As soon as Fang Zheng finished speaking, he shouted to the foreigners in the distance: "Crab meat! Let's go! Come over and say a few auspicious words to His Majesty!"
Emperor Jing asked curiously, "What does crab meat mean?"
"Your Majesty, this is how foreigners greet each other. There is no specific meaning."
"I see." Emperor Jing understood and looked at the foreigners and said, "Crab meat! You have made contributions, so I will give you 10 shi of grain each."
Fang Zheng smiled awkwardly. Whenever he saw foreigners, he assumed they could speak English and he always wanted to learn a few words from them.
However, it was a bit incongruous to hear these words coming from His Majesty, and he was still as stingy as ever, only sending some food.
The four foreigners came over stupidly, instinctively straightened their chests, and said loudly: "Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, building Jingguo is a big deal!"
“I am proud to be wandering in Dajing, and I am proud to live in Dajing!”
"The great scene is in our hearts, let us shout out our patriotism!"
"I want to be a Dajing person in my life!"
"Everyone, take action and eliminate sanitary blind spots!"
The three foreigners all looked at Kalemi. Kalemi looked embarrassed and couldn't help turning her head away.
Damn, the medical team’s slogan was so bad!
Emperor Jing was speechless, but couldn't help laughing. He pointed at Fang Zheng and said, "That's enough. After all, we are guests."
Fang Zheng smiled shyly.
Almost done? It seems the work is still not done well!
.....
Return to the Pacification Office again.
Dazhuang, Xiaoshuai, Fubole and Kalemi stood in a row.
Fang Zheng said with a smile: "Everyone has performed very well today, so I have decided to give you a chance and allow you to join the Jinyiwei. What do you think?"
The four of them looked at each other, and Da Zhuang came out and said, "Master Fang, do the Jinyiwei get paid? We don't want to eat the army hot pot."
"Of course! I have to get paid, and I don't have to eat the army hotpot."
"We do!" the four answered in unison.
Fang Zheng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, since you are all willing, I can make an exception and allow you to join the Jinyiwei. If you perform well, I can even send you home for free."
The four of them said in unison: "We don't want to go home, we want to be Dajing people."
"Um?"
"It's clean here, and the people on the street are nice to us. If we don't have to eat the army hotpot, we don't want to go back. It's good to be here."
“….”
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