I am practicing in the Nianghua Warring States Period

Can't understand.

"Kan, You, Speak, English history?" Beidou Xinwei could only use the advanced English of 500 years later to see if the foreigner in 1550 could understand it.

[Ding! Awakening Skill [English Lv.03] (0/200)——

lv.01, can have simple conversations

Lv.02, can do simple writing

Level 03: Intermediate conversation available... (Level 10 unlocks the skill [Old London Union Jack accent])

Oh… damn, this is going to work, right?

"?!" The woman opposite was stunned for a moment, then nodded frantically: "I'm British! Great, you actually know English! - Let's speak slowly, please, forgive me if I might offend you. You... actually know English?"

What a crappy language. In 1560, even English was not worth learning.

"It's okay, my English isn't that great either." Beidou Xinwei nodded, then continued, "My name is Beidou Xinwei, what's your name?"

"My name is..." If the other party dared to say Han Meimei, Beidou Xinwei would have exploded. Fortunately, the other party only said: "Wilhelmina Lilith."

Wilhelmina Lilith.

"Wilhelmina Lilith?" Beidou Xinwei was stunned for a moment. Wasn't the foreigner's surname at the end? But that didn't matter. Beidou Xinwei continued, "What religion are you? Catholic? Protestant? What country are you from? Where are you from, and where are you going?"

"Ah, I'm a Protestant!" The other party instantly stood up, looking at the cross on Beidou Xinwei's chest, and said: "God bless me, I finally see my brother. As you can see, I am British. But I must declare that I am not the captain of this ship, I am the navigator. Captain... The storm fell, and I became the acting captain. This time I am serving the southern barbarians you call, bringing goods and friendship, hoping to trade with your country..."

"..."

Okay, this is basically confirmed.

These guys didn't come from the west, they came from the east across the Pacific Ocean!

"I'm a Protestant too." No, I'm not! But he believed in whatever benefited him. Beidou Xinwei made the sign of the cross and said "Amen!", then tried to shake hands with the sister in front of him.

"!!!" Then the sister in front of him subconsciously stretched out her hand, and quickly pulled it back.

"Sorry... I'm sorry." Wilhelmina scratched her head awkwardly and put her hands behind her back. "I'm disheveled and not really suitable for a salute."

Come on, you guys don't shower all year round and yet you still bite each other when you see each other, do you think I don't know? There must be some other reason.

"It's okay. It seems you've suffered a lot along the way." Beidou Xinwei made an inviting gesture and said, "I've prepared a sumptuous meal. Would you like to eat and chat together?"

"..." You could see the other person's saliva dripping down your face. You could hear the other person swallowing deeply. However, this queen tightened her clothes and took a fearful step back: "I, it's fine for us to talk here. I...but if you keep asking, it's not impossible...no...at least let me have something hot."

"??"

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A few minutes later, Beidou Xinwei finally figured out what was going on.

The other person ate the food brought by Beidou Xinwei with tears and snot, the sound was almost like a dog guarding its food. It was so delicious that it made him cry, so delicious that he cried bitterly, and so delicious that he bit his tongue to continue eating.

About thirty minutes later, Beidou Xinwei was afraid that the other party would be starved to death, so he forced the other party to stop eating.

Then, Wilhelmina entered the mode of reminiscing about the good and the bad - of course, the most important thing was that she was also shocked by Beidou Xinwei.

"You are British... I really didn't expect that. Is the current King of England Edward VI?" Beidou Xinwei asked a seemingly simple question calmly.

"?! Huh?" Wilhelmina opened her mouth, her eyes wandering in shock. She lowered her head and said, "Yes... Our king ascended the throne just three years ago, before we left our homeland... Do you know the news in England?"

Beidou Xinwei looked at the other person and smiled.

The profiteer seems to have discovered that his information advantage has disappeared, and the person in front of him is no longer easy to deceive. He is unhappy, right? And judging by his appearance, he must have not had any contact with the UK in at least three years.

"I know a little, but not much. I only know that your king and the French king were crowned in the same year. I wonder if another Hundred Years' War would be more interesting." Beidou Xinwei smiled at the royal sister in front of him. After getting her pregnant with a meal, he also relaxed a lot. "Okay, you don't look like you came from the Cape of Good Hope or Malacca. You look more like you came from crossing the Pacific Ocean. What happened to you?"

"……us……"

"I don't believe the Spanish or Portuguese will let you in. The Dutch... the Dutch are a possibility, but I don't think they're that kind. Seeing how broken your ship is, and you're still lying, you know something about Japan, but not much." Beidou Xinwei wiped his mouth gracefully and said, "I'm a Christian, a Protestant brother like you. Don't be afraid, sister, tell me."

"...You know so much. Judging from the letters, most people in this country probably don't know the difference between us and think we are cannibalistic savages... God bless us, we have only seen real cannibalistic savages along the way." Wilhelmina almost cried again when she said this.

Setting out in 1547, Wilhelmina was employed by some Dutchmen. There were many ships at the time of departure, but Beidou Xinwei later learned that they were a plundering fleet robbing the Spanish. Their destination was South America, but they were unable to continue their journey just as far as West Africa. Food supplies were running low, so they restocked locally.

Wilhelmina was a girl, relatively chaste like her sisters. Of course, the sisters were all killed, but during the African port call, many crew members came ashore and engaged in nothing but eating and sex! The first batch of mixed-race children was born—but this immediately led to a terrible disease. Numerous parasites were visibly swirling around in the 1 and 00. Needless to say, what was that like?

It was from that time that Wilhelmina developed a severe phobia of sex. Beidou Xinwei offered her hand, but she didn't dare shake it—because this beautiful Asian boy had nearly hit her right on the hip, and that was what frightened her most! Would having sex with a pagan bring divine punishment?

Oh, yes, this... doesn't seem to be pagan!

Later, the fleet crossed South America, where they ate many penguins, and then crossed the Pacific Islands—four of the five ships sank, and half the people on board were eaten by the local savages.

"...God, why did you give me this test? I know I've chosen the path of an adventurer, and I'm excited and proud. But after arriving here, even if I were burned by fire or covered in ice and snow, my ambition remains unchanged. Years have passed, and my emotions are surging. Why... why... is this the arrangement?"

Beidou Xinwei looked at the beautiful golden-haired lady in front of him and remained silent for a long time.

Chapter 117: Artillery (Physical)

Wilhelmina Lilith rambled on about her sailing adventures. Considering the personalities of her crew and the shortage of supplies along the way, Beidou Xinwei hadn't heard Wilhelmina say a single bad word about them. For example, robbing natives or passing merchant ships—in that case, Beidou Xinwei was certain she was lying, though he was more inclined to believe she simply didn't tell the whole story.

Because Wilhelmina cried so miserably, the suffering she suffered must be real.

"Wow, wow, wow... you don't understand." Wilhelmina was still crying. She'd just eaten and was already crying, not knowing if her body could handle it. "In South America... maybe you don't know where. Anyway, it was along the coast of a large forest. We were really out of food, so we went to trade with the natives on the coast. They kept shooting arrows at us. We selected thirty people and braved a rain of arrows that would have killed us with the poison. We waved all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry with wooden poles to trade for food. To be honest, I've read the logbooks that were sent back to Europe before. Some people were eaten immediately by the natives. But the crew didn't believe it. After the first successful transaction, they even thought it was a misunderstanding caused by our predecessors' excessive aggressiveness. The next day, the twenty-two crew members went ashore to exchange for more food and water, but were ambushed by thousands of local natives. All the treasure was looted. Our cannons were useless on the beach, with no effect. My God, they divided up the brothers I brought from London right there on the beach... Ugh!"

As Wilhelmina spoke, she covered her mouth and ran to the side.

You are going to vomit out what you just ate.

Beidou Xinwei walked over to Wilhelmina with pity, ignoring the vomit she had vomited, and handed her a glass of water. The handsome boy gently stroked her back, hoping to make her feel more comfortable. Then he gently wiped the filth from her lips, not caring at all about the smell or the disgusting smell. He was very humble and polite.

Wilhelmina looked at the beautiful Asian boy in front of her, her expression even a little dazed. Was he an angel? He looked like a beautiful boy carved from marble, yet so gentle...

At this moment, the beautiful young man named "Yasasi" has two words in his mind: sex.

Of course, not in the biological sense of the word, but in the physical sense of the word. The kind of cannon that hits the target with one shot—Wilhelmina just said they fired on the beach, right?

Oh, that’s great!

Isn't this just munitions delivered to your doorstep? Iron cannons have been a rarity in Japan lately, let alone the more powerful "big barrels." Furthermore, the so-called "big barrels" (kokubō) in Japan were merely Franji guns, small-caliber cannons. These ship-borne guns were truly "big barrels," not the "big barrels" or "kokubōs" that the Japanese had invented.

"Miss Wilhelmina, you've been wronged," Beidou Xinwei consoled her. From the perspective of a female-oriented novel, he offered a rather corny response: "How could God allow such a beautiful angel to suffer such a great injustice in vain? You are unique to me, as beautiful as poetry and as elegant as a painting, and my heart is moved by you. You are the goddess of my heart, your beauty and grace coexisting, and I am captivated by you. Your beauty is like a fairy in a dream, pure and otherworldly; your kindness is like an angel, warming my heart."

“…” Wilhelmina listened for a long time, then suddenly took several steps back with a red face.

I just got ashore, am I going to be taken in?

"What... are you going to do?" The results of the promiscuity he witnessed on the coast of Africa probably came back to him in his midnight dreams. The screams of the crew members who were completely eaten away by parasites and died of pus kept echoing.

Leaving aside piety, Wilhelmina's reasoning was purely superstitious. She wondered if she was able to reach Japan while others had died because of her chastity. Would promiscuity be punished by God? Did premarital sex really lead to hell, as the church claimed? And most importantly—if I had promiscuous sex, would God take away my luck in crossing the Atlantic and Pacific?

Maybe they are not very pious, but they are definitely superstitious - there are few people floating on the sea who are not superstitious.

"Miss, don't mind it." Damn, doesn't the beauty trap work? Beidou Xinwei curled his lips inwardly, but looking at the blushing queen in front of him, he coughed lightly and said, "God, when He bestows a great mission upon His chosen people, He must test them. He tires her body, makes her suffer, makes her endure hunger, and makes nothing go smoothly. He uses such things to inspire her mind and give her abilities that she doesn't otherwise possess."

It is because people make mistakes that they have the opportunity to correct them; it is because they are confused and their thoughts are blocked that they can achieve something; it is because others are angry and sarcastic that their actions are known to others. In this way, you will understand that people survive and progress in the midst of suffering, and they become lazy and die in the midst of comfort.

Wilhelmina Lilith herself set out from England, serving as a navigator in her twenties, and sailed for three years, remaining chaste throughout her life, crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This ambition couldn't be resolved with a few corny love words, but these philosophical aphorisms instantly elevated her soul.

"...?!" There's actually someone in this world who understands me? Wilhelmina's eyes instantly filled with tears. "Thank you... for your comfort."

"It's not consolation, it's a message of encouragement." Beidou Xinwei saw that the other party was being taken advantage of and took advantage of it to climb up: "Your life is so wonderful, I don't think you should continue to be decadent like this. I hope you can cheer up-"

"Thank you!" Wilhelmina hesitated for a moment, then finally accepted Beidou Xinwei's offer. "Are all the lords in Asia so philosophical and polite? I... didn't expect this... Everyone in the port seems so short, but you're so tall..."

"Oh, your ancestors are from the mainland." He dropped a bombshell, suggesting that foreign historical records centuries from now might refer to this. Beidou Xinwei said casually, "The Asian lord you're talking about is the Philosopher King, right?"

"...You even know Plato?" Wilhelmina was stunned. Having lived in the slums since she was a child, she had no education in her life and honestly didn't know what the Philosopher King was. She only knew the general idea.

"It's all very common. My area is in the midst of war, and there aren't many philosopher kings. The real philosopher kings are across the sea, but I'm easy to talk to." The beautiful young man smiled softly and said, "But we're experiencing war here, and all I can do is ensure the happiness and dignity of my subjects. Don't worry, I'll provide you with supplies."

Chapter 118: King of Mercy 1

"Thank God, thank you..." Wilhelmina made the sign of the cross, and it seemed that she was suffering from PTSD.

"Don't thank me yet." Beidou Xinwei waved his hand and said, "Why did you come to Japan?"

"...We encountered a group of natives on a small Pacific island. Three crew members couldn't stand the uncertainty of their future and stayed. The native leader promised to distribute women and land to them, so more crew members stayed, and a total of seven people left the team. We had a lot of woolen cloth on our ship, and we heard that there was an island nation in northeastern China that was relatively civilized, so we planned to come here to sell our warm clothes. Uh..."

"We've checked your cloth. After years of tossing and turning at sea, I'll contact the merchant to see if anyone wants it, but don't get your hopes up." Beidou Xinwei shook his head slightly and pointed at the clothes he was wearing. "See this? Silk is the mainstream here."

"...Yes." His eyes widened instantly.

In Europe, wearing silk is not much different from wearing gold.

In Macau, the Portuguese sold special licenses to Japan. Those with connections would purchase goods directly from the Ming Dynasty. However, the Portuguese, committed to monopolizing trade with the Ming, had earned the right to trade by kneeling down and calling a local seventh-rank official "father," and of course, they wouldn't give it to anyone else. However, the special licenses to Japan (the predecessor of the red seal) went to the highest bidder, and a small number of lesser-offered caravans eager to venture into Japan would head there. This route was particularly lucrative for two reasons.

1. Gold. Needless to say, the wealthy life with a serious excess of precious metals made Takeda Shingen breathless - only in Takeda Shingen's generation, because he over-mined. When he died, the gold mountain was gone in an instant, and the entire gold production of Japan was half buried in the ground, and it was buried upside down.

2. Silk - Japan does not produce raw silk, but it is a carrier of silk, and has been selling it abroad as its flagship product.

So when the young lady saw the silk samurai uniform worn by Beidou Xinwei, her eyes lit up even more than when she saw the golden armor.

"I don't think anyone wants your products," Beidou Xinwei asked, puzzled. "I can help you make the contact, but you must be in Japan for business. Why don't you go to Malacca or Southeast Asia? Yes, the Portuguese and Spanish are Catholics, but the Dutch are Protestants, aren't they?"

"Um..." The Dutch were indeed Protestants, but "To be honest, I don't know why the 'caravan' came with so many wool products. But it's not right to throw them away, and wool products can't be... If you know, you should understand that Southeast Asia is much hotter than Japan. I thought Japan was very cold, so I came here to sell woolen cloth."

"Heh...an interesting idea." Beidou Xinwei chuckled. "But why are there five hundred muskets, twenty-four cannons, five thousand rounds of ammunition, and three boxes of armor on your ship? -Are you here to sell arms? Or, were you actually quite numerous at the beginning, but your ship is the only one that survived? Did all the other ships sink when they crossed the Pacific? Or...are you pirates?"

"..." Cold sweat flowed down her beautiful face. The royal sister swallowed her saliva and said with a dry laugh: "Ah, actually... the shells are used as ballast. That's not a big deal. Arms... We are here to sell arms. How can we be pirates?"

"Though I'm a devout believer, I know less than you do. I don't need to explain what life was like for the natives of the New World, Mexico, and South America under Spanish oppression, do I? Britain's colonies in North America certainly had a hard time, but later... haha. Oh, the Netherlands's actions in Southeast Asia are even more deplorable. And I don't need to elaborate on Luzon, do I? On several major islands, these people have been suppressing the natives for decades." Beidou Xinwei scorned Christian talk of universal love, but now he had to feign Christian status. So, he could only speak from a fundamentalist perspective: "Brother Tian... ahem, Jesus said to be lenient with others and strict with oneself."

"...Uh, that sounds like something Jesus would say." Born in the slums, she barely knew any words besides those related to navigation. A naive expression crossed Wilhelmina's bright face. It was the expression of a brain resisting overload, about to lose its connection. "But did Jesus really say that?"

"Jesus also said: 'To know what you know, and to know what you don't know, is true knowledge.' Jesus also said: 'All people should be loved, for the sky covers all, and the earth supports all.' Those with high moral character are naturally high among men; what is valued in people is not their appearance." Beidou Xinwei boasted a few words and then made the sign of the cross: "Amen."

"...Amen." He said so, and it really sounded like Brother Tian's tone. There was nothing he could do——

"So tell me the truth, how did you get here?" Beidou Xinwei looked at him, a hint of information missing. The British, and even the Dutch, were still stuck on Marco Polo's description of Japan in his travelogue. They knew little about Japan, not even that the Portuguese and Spanish had been engaging with the Kyushu daimyo in Japan for twenty years. They were even unaware that the Catholic Church had been relaying news of Japan back to Rome for nearly two decades.

When Wilhelmina saw that Beidou Xinwei was a Christian, her ecstasy was simply indescribable - this was the reason.

"Don't make me ask the Portuguese and Spanish."

Wilhelmina's heart skipped a beat, for she knew the truth would come to light.

They did take two Spanish hostages in the Pacific Ocean, and they exchanged them for two ships of food and water, otherwise they would have died long ago. The Spanish must have known everything.

"Let me tell you, we... I was hired by the Dutch. They wanted long-term profits from the Southeast Asian spice trade, but they also wanted short-term corporate profits. So they formed a fleet of five ships, with a total of 510 people, to plunder the Spanish strongholds in South America. These muskets were for everyone, and the same went for ammunition and cannonballs. Uh... Actually, we had two ships in the Pacific, and mine wasn't the flagship. The flagship gave all the cannonballs to my ship in order to travel faster, but man proposes, God disposes. A storm came, and the flagship, wanting to travel faster, capsized without the ammunition. We actually provided muskets, ammunition, and cannonballs for 500 people... This was all a Dutch conspiracy! Before I boarded the ship, I thought I was only going to the Spice Islands! Really! It had nothing to do with me, a British man."

Hundreds of years later, the Dutch would say, "These are all Anglo-Saxon gangs, and have nothing to do with us Dutch." However, the British are still just small-time pirates, and have nothing to do with the colonial empire.

"Okay... in that case." Beidou Xinwei rolled his eyes and said, "I'll buy your musket."

"what?"

"I bought your cannon, too."

"This, this is not for sale..."

"I bought your boat, too."

"No, how are we going to get home? We..." Wilhelmina was about to cry. She was just talking fine, how...

"Your people." Beidou Xinwei pointed at the other party and said with a scorching gaze, "I bought it too."

“!!!” Do you want to rob money and rape women?

Chapter 119: King of Mercy 2

Who among the rich would be a sailor?

This is especially true during the Age of Exploration. Except for a few people who have a lot of free time, the spirit of adventure and the like are basically more of a desire for wealth than a desire for adventure.

The fun of playing the game is not playing the game, but touching the equipment!

"Teach my people how to use muskets and seamanship. I'll take your muskets, your cannons, your ships—and of course your men. I'll give you land, a house, and an annual salary here—don't you like gold? We'll settle the bill with gold."

Beidou Xinwei finally figured out one thing: Why did it take six hundred years from the Xia Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty? Because of the middlemen!

Beidou Xinwei should just establish its own trade with Europe and the Ming Dynasty! This woman in front of me can run all the way from the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Magellan, across the entire Pacific Ocean all the way to Japan. What kind of spirit is this?

It's like turning left 50 meters to the supermarket, then having to turn right and circle the entire globe to get home! It's nothing special, I just love the novelty of it! — and the best part is, they actually circled the globe and came back!

"I..." Wilhelmina looked at Beidou Xinwei and suddenly felt her whole body go limp, her breathing rapid. A stream of excited sweat flowed through her chest, and she moaned almost softly.

The beautiful boy in front of me... The beautiful boy in front of me...

Gold in hand!!!

Wilhelmina’s eyes almost fell on Beidou Xinwei’s hand.