Liu Pei laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "What a good eye! My surname is also Liu. Speaking of which, you and I may have been the same family five hundred years ago. And I was indeed a military attache. Now I am the fifth rank.

Qianhuguan!"

Seeing Liu Pei's boldness, Liu Dahai knew that he had encountered a big deal! He hurriedly tried to kowtow, but Liu Pei waved his hand to stop him and said, "I will give you another chance. Guess what I am doing here."

What to do? Take a guess, I will give you a chance to do something for me, and I will not hesitate to reward you if you do well!"

Liu Dahai immediately rolled his eyes and began to think about it. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I would venture to guess, are you here to recruit people?"

Liu Pei was really shocked now! Why did he let it slip without saying anything? Liu Pei stopped smiling and asked, "How did you guess it?"

After all, Liu Pei is also the leader of tens of thousands of people! There are two or three thousand people in his direct team, and he has tens of thousands of civilians in his clothes. He has already cultivated a leadership temperament. In addition, he has killed a lot of people in the past two years.

, there is an aura of killing in his body. So once Liu Pei puts on a serious face, it is really scary!

When Liu Dahai saw Liu Pei's expression, the little pride in his heart flew away in an instant! Sweat immediately appeared on his forehead, and he immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, it is indeed the villain who guessed it! If you come here, you will

For official business, you must wear official uniforms. But sir, you are wearing casual clothes now. In addition, those who come to Macau are either doing business or doing business. And officials like you have dedicated people to take care of their business, so they will not come in person. Then

All that's left is that you want to recruit some skilled craftsmen back home."

Liu Pei thought about it and felt that this was really the case! There were only a few things this person wanted to do in Macau. Once they were eliminated, Liu Pei's real purpose was guessed. So Liu Pei softened his expression.

, said: "Get up. Since you have guessed, my country keeps its word. Then you should do a good job for me. If you do it well, I will not be short of silver rewards! In addition, I don't want to be too ostentatious, so I will call me in the future.

Just Mr. Liu."

Liu Dahai, who had just stood up, immediately bowed and said: "Yes, Master Liu. Don't worry, I will do my best!"

Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction and said: "You are indeed very smart and your guesses are very accurate. I really want to recruit some skilled craftsmen. What I want to recruit most is a group of craftsmen who can build ships, especially those who know how to build Western ships.

The other thing we need to recruit are cannon-casting craftsmen. Finally, we want to find a group of skilled sailors from the barbarians, who must be proficient in maritime affairs. I can give them a very high salary."

Liu Dahai said with a confused look on his face: "Sir, if you want to find some barbarian sailors, it's not difficult. I can definitely find them for you. But the first two kinds of craftsmen are very difficult."

Liu Pei said

Said: "Oh, why? Is it hard to recruit brains?"

Liu Dahai shook his head and said: "Sir, you don't know that the craftsmen who build ships and cannons here are barbarians with red eyebrows and green eyes. They gather here and are definitely not willing to leave. After all, everyone wants to live with the same people.

"

Liu Pei said: "If I give you more money, can you invite some people to follow me?"

Liu Dahai said with a wry smile: "Sir, those good craftsmen earn a lot of money locally and live a comfortable life! Even if you give them more money, they will still live like this. So they will not follow you. As for those

They follow you for money, can you trust their craftsmanship?"

Liu Pei couldn't help frowning after hearing this. He really hadn't thought about this problem before coming here. He simply thought that as long as he took the silver and smashed it, some craftsmen would definitely follow him. He didn't think of the problem of Han people and barbarians. However,

Liu Pei still wanted to give it a try, and said, "Let's take a look first. You can help us find a place to settle down first. It's better to be clean and tidy."

Liu Dahai immediately bowed and said: "Don't worry, Master. I know there is an inn. It's clean and pure. And the soup made by the landlady is particularly good!"

Everyone followed Liu Dahai through the streets and came to an inn. This inn was as clean as he said. But it was clean because the address here was relatively remote and there were fewer people living there. But it was really clean. And

The inn was relatively small, so Liu Pei simply booked it.

After Liu Pei settled down, he saw Liu Dahai still standing by, so he took out a silver coin from his waist and threw it over, saying: "You will go back and come back tomorrow morning. I want to have a good rest tonight, the boat ride is very long."

annoyed."

Liu Dahai happily took the silver coin as a gift and left. Liu Pei had a comfortable night's rest that night. Early the next morning, Liu Pei and his group were eating Cantonese-style breakfast. Although it didn't quite suit the taste, it still had a unique flavor.

While they were eating, Liu Dahai came in from outside. When he saw Liu Pei, he kowtowed to Liu Pei. Liu Pei waited for him to kowtow and said: "Get up. You don't have to kowtow to me every day. I never like it."

Kowtow, and now I am in casual clothes."

The reason why Liu Pei asked Liu Dahai to kowtow was to remind him of the difference in status between officials and civilians. After all, dental workers like Liu Dahai are usually more slippery. They say that people who work in car and boat shops can be killed for their crimes, and teeth among them can be killed.

, refers to people like Liu Daohai who are looking for opportunities everywhere to match buyers and sellers in order to obtain commissions.

Liu Dahai stood up after thanking him. Liu Pei asked: "Have you had breakfast?"

Liu Dahai said with a smile: "Go back to the master, I was afraid that I would miss the master's business, so I got up and rushed over."

Liu Pei chuckled and said, "You are quite clever! Okay, let's sit down and eat together. Go to the boss lady and ask for whatever you want to eat."

Liu Dahai agreed and went out to find the proprietress. Then he took a few things and sat down to eat. Liu Pei saw that he was quite polite when eating, so he asked: "You look like you have read a few books."

I’m a New Year’s student, have you really read the book?”

Liu Dahai put down his chopsticks and said: "Master, you have good eyesight! The villain did read books when he was a child. The villain's father was an educated scholar, so the villain studied with his father for several years. But later, the villain's father passed away, and the villain

I had to support my mother, so I stopped reading and went out to work."

Liu Pei said: "So that's it. Talk while eating without stopping. I think you are quite smart, otherwise you wouldn't be able to learn those barbarian words. What barbarian words do you speak?"

After Liu Pei's instructions, Liu Dahai started eating confidently and boldly. While eating, he said: "I'm best at Portuguese, and I'm also good at Spanish. I also have a Dutch dialect."

It’s not bad. I recently learned English from a sailor.”

When Liu Pei heard this, he felt that this kid was really a language genius! Look at the languages ​​​​of these four countries he can speak. The Netherlands and England are both rising stars on the sea, and their development momentum is strong now! The Netherlands was once known as the "Sea Coachman"

"! Once dominated the entire ocean! Not to mention England, the famous "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets"!

As for Portugal and Spain, they are even more powerful! These two countries were once the hegemons of the ocean! They really opened the prelude to the Age of Discovery! How powerful are these two countries? So powerful that these two countries once hosted the Pope’s

Divide the Earth!

Since these two countries were both powerful countries at the time, it was inevitable that they would have conflicts. Later, due to a series of reasons, the two countries fought off and on for many years. Later, both countries felt that it was not good to continue fighting like this, so they

Under the auspices of the Pope at that time, it was determined in 1494 that the meridian 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, that is, near 46°37' west longitude, was the boundary. The west side belonged to Spain and the east side belonged to Portugal.

This drawn meridian passes through the midpoint connecting the Cape Verde Islands owned by Portugal and the American lands of Cuba and Hispaniola first discovered by Columbus for Spain. It is basically in line with the results of the two countries' ocean exploration. This document

The treaty that established each other's colonies was the unprecedented Treaty of Tordesillas.
Chapter completed!