A miserable team marched on the official road. They were covered in mud and looked haggard, and they trudged hard in the mud.

Kuiyi was holding a skinny horse. Now he didn't dare to ride this horse, which was not much bigger than a donkey. This was his only property at present. It was really disappointing that the once arrogant Dutch Governor of Java had fallen to this level.

People sigh.

Ever since he stepped into Macau, tragic things have happened one after another. He ruined the fleet that the Dutch Empire had built with all its efforts. The King of the Netherlands must have hated him to death. Now he does not dare to return to the Netherlands, and he does not even dare to imagine the fate of the Dutch family.

Encounter. If the King of the Netherlands saw him, the first thing he would do would be to order his soldiers to hang him.

He thought that depending on Hou Jin, he would have a good life, and he did spend a comfortable time. But as Huang Taiji moved westward, Kui Yi left Liaodong, where he felt comfortable. He followed Huang Taiji to attack that

The majestic capital of the Ming Empire.

Under the capital, Huang Taiji returned defeated. Although the defeat did not seriously damage Huang Taiji's vitality, it brought back a deadly germ. On the way back to Xi'an, the plague quietly spread among the army. First, someone coughed.

, and then there was a high fever. People with serious illness began to die!

Those who were sick had blisters on their faces, as if they were covered with a layer of toad skin. When they died, their hands and feet would turn black. Many people were walking on the road and suddenly fell to the ground and died. Some others

People die alone in the house. No one knows that the person in the house is dead until the smell of corpses is heard.

Looking at those dark hands, I remembered a creepy name - the Black Death. This disease once claimed the lives of tens of millions of people in Europe. Unexpectedly, I saw this ghost again in the far East

.

People died in large numbers, including Jurchens, Mongolians, and naturally Han people. This disease does not choose race or status. No matter you are a noble Baylor or a lowly slave. As long as you are still alive, the disease will

Will not let anyone go.

The Dutch are human beings too, and some of Kui Yi's men were also infected.

When the number of people infected with the disease exploded at a geometric rate, Kui Yi decided to take people to escape. Maybe they would die if they escaped, but they would definitely die if they stayed here. At least there was a glimmer of hope for escape.

In a dark night, Kui Yi led a hundred of his men to escape. To his surprise, Huang Taiji and Dorgon did not send anyone to hunt them down. Perhaps they had more important things to do now.

Dealing with and stabilizing the 100,000-banner army is far more important than chasing down 100 fleeing red-haired men.

The Dutch, who didn't know the way, were trekking hard in Shaanxi. They often walked to a village and wanted to find someone to ask for directions, only to find wild dogs with red eyes wandering around in the streets. Chickens also roamed the streets.

Ducks, geese, even mice. Just no one!

Seeing such a village, Kui Yi would walk around. The terrible Black Death seemed to be able to spread through the air. Since human beings could not resist it, avoiding it became the best choice.

More often than not, seeing people is more terrifying than not seeing people. Those whose faces are covered with rashes and blisters, and are oozing with thick water. They are constantly coughing, and venom-like phlegm is constantly spraying out from their mouths. They wave to them.

This isn't a fucking human waving, this is a fucking call from the god of death.

When encountering such a person, Kuei would shoot him without saying a word, and then everyone would leave the road and march around the corpse.

There were no supplies and no supplements. After the dry food was gone, they ate everything they could eat on the road. They just didn't dare to enter villages where there were people or no people. Sometimes, it was obvious that the people in the villages were normal. Hungry Red

The stunned Dutchman wanted to go in and grab a handful, but when a man walked out of the house coughing, he turned around and left.

Fan Nuan's spring turned the long-disrepaired official road into a muddy pond. Helpless Kui Yi could only lead his people to march on this road, cursing this land cursed by God, while struggling

When marching, they often can't cover much distance in a day. Hunger, fatigue, and relentless attack on this team. The most helpless thing is that no one has a goal.

They don't know where they are going or where they will end up. Maybe tomorrow morning, they will fall to the ground and never wake up.

"Pfft" Kui Yi stepped into the mud puddle, and the mud suddenly reached his knees. After a lot of effort, Kui Yi pulled his foot out of the mud. After pulling it out, he felt that something was wrong, his damn boots.

It was left in there. As a last resort, I had to get the boots out of the mud again. Pour out the mud inside the boots. This was a fucking arduous project.

I finally found a piece of clean grass with a small river next to it. This saved Kui Yi's life. If he hadn't washed his boots and the pebbles in them would have soaked his feet, he would have been thrown on the road.

Waiting to starve to death.

There was another high mountain ahead, but Kui Yi didn't care. They had climbed too many mountains and crossed many rivers these days. They didn't know where they were going. They only knew they were going to a place where there was no plague and where they could eat and drink.

A place where they are satisfied. Such a place is paradise to them.

I picked a few unknown fruits, washed them randomly in water and ate them. I didn’t know what kind of fruits they were, and I became more and more hungry after eating them. There was always a fire burning in my stomach, and my intestines were squirming.

Colliding with each other and making endless whines.

"Stop! What are you doing?" Two black spots appeared in the distance. Although they were far away, Kui Yi could still tell at a glance that they were holding new muskets.

Look at the clothes and see if they are Ming soldiers, or Ming soldiers like the Liao army. Well...it seems to be a little different. The Liao soldiers all have short hair, and these Ming soldiers have long hair on their heads. If you don't know, you might think they are women.

Obviously, the Ming army was also frightened by a group of guys with colorful and curly hair. The fact that they did not shoot and kill these living ghosts immediately was already the result of years of accumulation of military literacy.

"We are envoys from the Netherlands, coming to see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Since the other party was the Ming army, Kui Yi simply gave himself the title of envoy. After such a long time, he also knew that the Chinese nation is a hospitable nation.

Envoys are often treated well here.

Of course he is not afraid of being exposed and wants to verify his identity. Then he needs to go to the distant Netherlands. As far as he knows, the people of the Ming Empire have not mastered such superb navigation technology. As the holder of the title of sea coachman, the Dutch have

I am still confident in my sailing skills.

"Envoy?" The two Ming soldiers were obviously surprised that these ghosts could actually speak human language.

After living in the Ming Dynasty for several years, Kui Yi can not only speak Chinese, but also Jurchen. If he is in a hurry, he can even speak two sentences in Mongolian.

"Yes! We are envoys from the Netherlands, asking to see your Majesty the Ming Emperor. Take me to see your superior!" Kuiyi raised his hand and shouted loudly.

The two Ming soldiers looked at each other and agreed with the identity of the Dutch envoy. After all, not even the Jurchens had such deep eyes and high noses. The Han people... they had never seen such a person.

It looks like it is too difficult to impersonate.

The method for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to summon their companions was very simple. One of them fired a shot into the air. Soon, soldiers poured out of the forest one after another. The leading officer rode a horse and looked at Kui shakingly with a whip in his hand.

one.

"Dear officer, I am Kui Yi, the envoy sent by the Netherlands to pay homage to the Ming Emperor. May I ask about your official position?" Kui Yi noticed that the army in front of him was almost the same as Li Xiao's Liao army, except that the hair was longer.

There's no difference.

If we say that the person Kui Yi is most afraid of meeting now, the number one person is the King of the Netherlands. The number two person is Li Xiao, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army. If not for any other reason, it is because Li Xiao knows the details of Kui Yi.

"I am Shi Dewei, commander of the First Division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army of the Ming Dynasty!" Shi Dewei, who was sitting on the horse, was very rude and just nodded to Kui. This is not the etiquette for an envoy at all!

Commander? It seems that senior officers in the Liao Army are called division commanders, so the guy in front of him must be a high-ranking official. The Nanjing Forbidden Army... Kui Yi remembered that the Jurchens had fought against them in Liaodong. Jierharang and Jierharang, who were valued by Huang Taiji,

Dorgon was beaten to the point of collapse by this army. But I heard... they seemed to be not affiliated with the Liao army!

"Are you a general?"

"So be it! Since you are an envoy, do you have credentials? Do you have a royal stick?" The other party claimed to be an envoy, but Shi Dewei had never seen an envoy in such a mess.

"Of course there is a letter of credence, but it is to be presented to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. We were robbed by the Jurchens and met you after many hardships. I heard that the Ming Dynasty is a country that pays attention to etiquette. Could it be said that this is how you treat people who are full of goodwill?

Are you here to pay a visit to the envoys of your emperor?" After years of living in the Ming Dynasty, Kui Yi immediately began to get angry.

As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty use the emperor to suppress them, these people will definitely obey.

"Hmph! It's rare for a foreign barbarian to actually understand the etiquette of our celestial dynasty. Since you are an envoy, I have the right to trust you. Take your people and follow." Shi Dewei didn't even look at the envoy.

He flicked his riding whip and went straight back to his military formation. After giving a few instructions to a guy who looked like a junior officer, he led his entourage back into the woods.

Kui Yi didn't know that he had just saved his life. Because there was a big man taking a rest in the woods, and Shi Dewei came all the way from Nanjing to escort this big man.

Zhu Youjian was finished. Luzhu blasted him with a large-caliber mortar. Zhu Youjian's legal heirs were also finished. A country cannot live without a king for a day. After discussion with several big bosses in Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty still had to

There was an emperor. So they chose and chose, and they decided that Zhu Yujian, the son of the Tang Dynasty King, would be the next emperor of the Ming Empire.

The King of Tang was placed in Ankang, so Shi Dewei brought his team here.

This Zhu Yujian is the eighth-generation grandson of Tang Dynasty King Zhu Kuang, the 23rd son of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. His grandfather is Tang Duan Wang Zhu Shuoji, his father is Tang Duan Wang's son Zhu Qiqi, and his mother is Empress Xuan Mao.

In terms of blood, there is no comparison with King Zhu Yihai of Lu. However, he is better than being in the south, and he has the closest blood among the princes in the south. What is rare is that this emperor was exactly ten years old at the time.

Young and obedient. This is what the big bosses value most. As for bloodline, as long as the surname is Zhu, they will not object even if the pig is really brought in.

"General Shi, what's going on outside?" Perhaps due to the water and soil problems living in the south, the ten-year-old Zhu Yujian is not tall. He looks like he is only seven or eight years old, but this kid is very smart and can talk. Seeing Mr. Shi Dewei

It was General Shi's shout, General Shi's. This greatly satisfied Shi Dewei's vanity!

Obviously, this is another guy who only cares about his mind but not his personality.

"Oh! An envoy from the Netherlands came, but they were kidnapped by the Jurchens. They escaped now. Long live I can wait until I go to Nanjing and ascend the throne to receive him." Although he is only a ten-year-old baby, he is an emperor after all, so he should have

The respect is still indispensable.

"The Netherlands? I heard from overseas businessmen that their people all have red hair. Many people call them red-haired people. I also heard that they are very good at sailing and their firearms are also very powerful. That's it.

I don’t know whether their firearms are more powerful or the firearms of General Shi and your subordinates are more powerful.” The little boy had a natural love for weapons, and Zhu Yujian liked the revolver in Shi Dewei’s waist.

"Long live please get some rest early, we have to go on a journey tomorrow." When Stewie heard the word "firearms", his heart immediately tightened.

The arms of the Nanjing Forbidden Army have always been controlled by Li Xiao. There is no way to prevent Li Xiao from controlling them, because the weapons are all made by Li Xiao. Especially the gunpowder for firearms and artillery, no matter what the prisoner does,

It cannot be compared with Li Xiao's smokeless and powerful gunpowder.

Today I met this group of Dutch people. Both the Dutch and the Francois are more skilled in firearms than the Ming Dynasty. Ask them, and you may gain something unexpected.

It took a child to remind him of such a thing. Stewie felt like his face was burning!

After Zhu Yujian was settled, Shi Dewei came to Kui Yi again. The Dutch imperial envoy was now dealing with a bowl of noodles with all his strength.

Because we were marching, we could only eat marching meals. Speaking of this marching meal, it was also the first one invented by the Liao army. Shi Dewei admired the Liao army for how they could invent anything. That thing called dried noodles is not only convenient

It is easy to carry and store. It is also easy to cook when placed in a pot. Pour the canned meat from Liao Army into the pot and you will be able to cook a pot of delicious food in a short time.

The taste is much better than the corn rice eaten by the Ming army.

At this time! Kui Yi was holding a rice bowl as big as a person's head and poured a large bowl of noodles into his mouth. It seemed that this guy didn't need to chew at all and just poured it into his mouth.
Chapter completed!