Pillars of the Wu family

The best route in front of Claudia is to go to the city alliance in Italy. Both Florence and Venice are good choices, but the merchant autonomous alliance there has a more complete business system and gradually improving trade protectionism. System, shrewd Italian businessmen can always extract the last profit, and the trade goods purchased by merchants from all over the world are always at high prices.

What's more terrible is that Britain was listed as the least popular client as early as Henry VIII's era, and the current Queen Elizabeth I is a devout Protestant. Italy is just the stronghold of Catholicism, and Florence has the Medici family. Several popes came out in a row, and they have unparalleled influence in the city alliance. Needless to say, Claudia has nothing to do. Before that, countless British businessmen had fallen there, and there was no chance at all.

The fundamental opposition between Protestantism and Catholicism cannot be resolved, and the situation of two camps in European countries cannot be changed. In addition, there is no way to find trading partners in Europe. Spain and Portugal are devout Catholic countries. The Spaniards can barely allow England Entering the East Asian route, it is only because his King Philip II is working hard to pursue Elizabeth I that he licenses the fleet of the Duchess of York to enter here.

Previously, John Hawkins proposed to establish trade relations with the Portuguese colony of Brazil, but this does not seem to be a very safe choice. In addition, the spoiler-infidel Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean is very powerful and has a thousand threads with the Italian City League. It is impossible to talk about the possibility of a trade partnership due to the tens of thousands of relationships.

Claudia knew that she had little choice, so she could only focus on East Asia, the legendary golden country repeatedly mentioned in "Marco Polo's Travels".But she is well aware that the Ming Empire's strategy of banning the sea treats non-vassal countries with a posture that is close to locking the country.Not to mention England, an island country that has never been famous.Even Japan, a former vassal state, was shut out during the rise of Japanese pirates.

She can only choose Japan, which is relatively more familiar, or Japan, the first transit point in East Asia, and hopes to get the urgently needed trade goods from here. Yoshishi Kira knew that her choices were limited, so he opened up the topic: " Porcelain and cloth are my main industrial products. In addition, I can also provide the required printing and dyeing silk yarn and cloth. It is difficult to obtain raw silk because of the forbidden sea, but I can provide you with an unexpected industrial product. musket."

Claudia's eyes widened in surprise, her small mouth opened slightly to reveal a pink lilac uvula, and she asked in disbelief, "Musket? If I remember correctly, you imported a batch of guns from the Argot Chamber of Commerce a few years ago. Matchlock guns, and that watchmaker named Kronberg, is your territory able to produce muskets now?"

You can imagine how surprised this girl is at the moment. Matchlock guns have been imitated in large quantities after they were introduced to Japan more than ten years ago, which shocked her greatly at the creativity of Eastern civilized countries. In order to highlight his sincerity, he decided to release a shocking news: "It can be produced, and it is a new type of musket. I will send someone to bring you a new type of musket to try later. You should remember that I once said that Japan is a country that lacks iron. So I hope your country can provide me with some Refined iron, I can exchange it with sulfur, pure lead, and iron cannon."

"Then wait until we see the real thing!" Claudia smiled slightly, and then said: "I am very interested in the new cooperation model Joseph mentioned, but my fleet is too limited to carry so much trade you need The current trading products in the fleet are those I mentioned, as well as the luxury goods purchased from the Spice Islands along the way, we still need to discuss the specific details of this new trade model.”

"I don't care about those luxuries. Earning some floating money is nothing more than a small way. If I have time this afternoon, I can take you to see my workshop and the trade products I produce. I don't know if beautiful ladies are interested in visiting Zhijiangjin What about Hong Kong?" Yoshihiro Kira stood up and made a gesture of invitation.

"A sincere invitation from an absolute gentleman cannot be refused." Claudia put her hand on his extended palm and said with a smile: "Then please show me this magical land!"

The unhappiness of yesterday seemed to disappear suddenly. The two came to Naoetsu Port after the winter snow with a happy mood. The weather was beautiful and the sun had not been seen for many days. There are tens of thousands of workers in hundreds of workshops repeating the same labor over and over again, which made her see the power of large-scale handicraft industry.

Kira Yoshitoshi told her that the textile industry is a labor-intensive industry, which can employ a large number of workers to produce countless textiles. The improvement of production efficiency requires the transformation of looms. According to the trend of the industry, he collected ideas for improving production efficiency and transforming textile machines. For this reason, he offered a reward for talented craftsmen to provide better ideas.

Taste a bowl of braised pork rib noodles in the noodle house at noon, and drink a bowl of beef bone soup in this cold season. Houses and triple houses, the business system operated by the lord once again opened his eyes.

The whole afternoon was spent unconsciously, and Claudia, who had some unfinished business, agreed to continue tomorrow. In the next period of time, the two walked around the streets and alleys of Naoetsu Town, tasted delicious food from all over the world, and visited the vicinity of the castle town The rural areas of the Kira family inspect the agricultural system and the development direction of ecological agriculture.

Then followed him by boat to Sado Island to watch the meat processing industry, and looked at the vast plain at Niigata Port, all of which shocked her greatly, and gradually Claudia's attitude towards him Subtle changes have taken place, and it seems to be more lively and cheerful, as if regaining the familiar figure of the little girl many years ago.

I don't know when, the two stopped discussing economic and political topics, and traveled around famous mountains and rivers like a couple. They once walked on the snow to find ancient temples to listen to the morning classes of monks, and they also climbed Miao Gaoshan to enjoy the scenery without fear of danger. The beautiful snow scene, Yoshitomo Kira took her to the Yuzawa Imperial Palace to enjoy the strange feeling of soaking in the hot spring in the heavy snow in winter.

By the time we got back to the York, it was mid-November, the beginning of winter.Only then did the two find out that they had been playing in Echigo for a whole month.York's fleet has also traded all trade items.John Hawkins was full of praise for the new flintlock iron guns provided by the Kira family. When he saw Yoshiki Kira again, he no longer had the slightly indifferent attitude at the beginning. Respect for the strong is one of the virtues of human beings, and John Hawkins is a respectful A gentleman of the strong.

John Hawkins shook hands with him as if seeing a close friend he hadn't seen for many years, and then said: "Sorry, Joseph! Frans is my cousin, and his mother is my only aunt. I will take him with me. The ship originally wanted him to learn a lot. I didn't expect him to do a duel, so I'm really sorry."

"Francis and Joseph duel? When did this happen?" Claudia frowned slightly, and her blue eyes were full of doubts: "The two of them probably don't know each other. Why did they duel?"

John Hawkins was very embarrassed. He didn't dare to open his eyes and talk nonsense when he faced Kirayoshi without any reaction. He could only curse Francis for causing trouble for himself, while pretending not to care. Related to His Royal Highness, Frans is a duel challenge initiated at the cost of the loser forever giving up his qualifications to pursue His Royal Highness."

"At the price of pursuing my qualifications..." Claudia looked like she didn't know what to say. In fact, she didn't have a deep impression of Francis. She only knew that the relatives of the Hawkins family were A pair of brothers and sisters.Relying on the captain's relationship, he boarded the York through the back door.

Christine was girly and sweet, and Francis was always annoying with his smug face.Fortunately, he usually hides in the cabin quite honestly and does not come out. No one would have thought that such a young man would fall in love with the Duke of York unrequitedly, let alone launch a duel when he could find Kirayoshi.

Now even Claudia was a little embarrassed, and said apologetically: "Francis is the youngest sailor on this ship, and he has always been very well-behaved. I didn't expect him to do such a thing to Joseph. I will Let Captain John be more restrained, and I am very sorry that his reckless behavior has caused Joseph trouble."

"It doesn't matter. I like this guy very much and I am very optimistic about his future. I believe that Captain Hawkins can make him an excellent navigator. Besides, I won the duel." Yoshiki Yoshitoshi turned to Claudia Blinking, the girl immediately understood what he meant, and she dared to wink at him so boldly that it shocked Kira Yoshitoki.

"This foreign girl is just different. She's very courageous. She has seduced me many times in the past month, and I can't help myself." Being shocked by the sight of this woman, I unconsciously began to feel Thinking about how to compose an epic love story with this little beauty.

Kira Yoshitoshi was not a gentleman, let alone a fledgling with no emotional experience. He had seven wives and seven children, two of whom were still pregnant and about to give birth. Whether it is personal achievements or the number of wives and children he has, in this The era belongs to absolutely successful people. Compared with those middle and low-level samurai who didn't get married until they were in their 40s, his life is as beautiful as a fairy tale.

The more successful a person is, the easier it is for him to obtain more resources for success. This principle is like a monkey who only had one "dirty wife" before his fortune. Successful people feel that the little beauty who comes to their door probably cannot escape his palm.

A month of getting along day and night has already let him see that this little beautiful girl is interesting to him. Although he can't understand whether this little silly girl has a psychological problem or some unspeakable secrets that are inconvenient to explain, this does not prevent him from enjoying a new period of love. At the same time, he thought triumphantly: "Could it be said that this is the legendary peach blossom luck, because I am lucky so I can meet it?"

Because it was the middle of winter and it was unfavorable for sailing, this fleet from England was not accepted by the chambers of commerce in Spain and Portugal. They had to choose to spend the cold winter in Naoetsu Port. Fortunately, the ports in Hokuriku were naturally ice-free. There is no need to worry about ships being stuck here and unable to move.

Seeing that he could not leave for several months, John Hawkins found a reason to relax and took half of the crew to a nearby hot spring for vacation. The other half of the crew guarded the fleet and would rotate once in half a month. Kira The convenience given to these sailors is that certain discounts are given for consumption here. For example, the Shaoshan Hot Spring was booked by the Hawkins sailor team with a [-]% discount for the whole winter.

More than half of the York's crew left, and the rest of the crew also hid in the cabin drinking, playing cards and sleeping.The actual protection of the fleet is actually handed over to the concentric police at the port.One of their tasks is to guard the safety of ships in the port.And collect a certain management fee from this nursing process.

As soon as the crew is gone, it means that Yoshiki Kira can live in the York, and the maid Sarah is dispatched to other rooms, and Yoshiki Kira leaves his room every now and then to talk about life with Claudia Talking about ideals, I don't realize how embarrassing it is for a lonely man and a widow to live in the same room.

One night, the two were drinking and chatting under the flowers before the moon. Claudia drank half a bottle of wine, and her whole face was as red as rouge, leaving a faint blush on the suet jade. The slightly drunk girl smiled and said: " Joseph, you coward, why haven’t you dared to touch me for so long? Is it because I’m afraid I’ll eat people, or because you’re afraid of your wife?”

"Reserve, you're a lady, don't act like a...cough! You understand the general meaning, I don't think you have been through personnel affairs yet!" When he finished speaking, he still swallowed those two dirty words, and Claudine But Ya giggled and said, "Are you looking for a slut? Do you dare to ask for a virgin slut?"

Drunk Claudia felt Ji Liangyi put one hand on her forehead and the other on her own forehead, and said seriously after a while: "I don't have a fever, it seems that I must be drunk Alcohol is indeed the natural enemy of human beings, you should drink so much instead of drinking, how can we get along with each other if you say this now."

"I don't want to get along with you. I just want you!" Claudia dropped the wine glass in a daze, stood up unsteadily, walked to the edge of the bed and lay down on her back.He said to him in this very unladylike sleeping position: "Joseph, answer my question, as a man, do you dare to want me?"

"Why don't you dare! Little silly girl who came to your door, you are just waiting to die!" Kira Yoshishi jumped up suddenly, but the next moment he forcibly suppressed the rising desire in his body, and said calmly: "But I I have a question, how did you become like this? It stands to reason that the Duchess of York should be a woman sought after by thousands of people. If you don’t choose so many outstanding noble men, you should choose me, a married man who is thousands of miles away. man?"

"...You still couldn't help asking! I thought you would always pretend to be crazy and be a bastard who takes advantage!" Claudia's cheeks were still as red as fire, but her hazy drunken eyes gradually became clear. Mingjing said with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth: "No matter how much a woman achieves, she can't avoid the eternal topic of a man. I am like this, and so is Her Majesty the Queen, so Her Majesty would rather find a married man as a lover than marry him." Marry Philip II of Spain."

"...Didn't you say that Queen Elizabeth I is going to marry that Robert Dudley?"

"They are engaged in a fruitless love, the queen understands, and Robert Dudley understands." Claudia said after a long silence: "When I left Portsmouth, the nobles in the country were planning a war against Robert. Dudley's conspiracy, the queen knows, Robert Dudley doesn't know, the queen can't prevent the nobles from uniting against him, their love has ended from the beginning."

Robert Dudley is a married man. In this era of Catholicism and Protestant power, monogamy is a deep-rooted and unchangeable iron law. There is only one way for Elizabeth I to marry Robert Dudley. Let him divorce and marry The Queen is the Prince of England. Unfortunately, Robert Dudley's wife is determined not to allow a divorce. In addition, the nobles deliberately fabricated his "Chen Shimei" behavior of abandoning his original wife to climb high, so that the Queen and her lover dare not act rashly.

The nobles knew that sooner or later such a stalemate would make the queen make up her mind to cook the raw rice. Once the queen asked the noble council to marry Robert Dudley with a big belly, it would really be a challenge for the entire English aristocratic group and even The kingdom will lose face, which is not in the interests of the Protestant aristocracy, nor is it in line with the interests of some Catholic aristocrats marrying King Philip II of Spain.

British aristocrats can accept that the queen has a lover, but they cannot accept that the queen is married to a nobleman with great influence in the country, and he himself has a morally flawed married man, and he cannot accept that the queen gave birth to this married man The illegitimate child of the queen, the cruel King Henry VIII, the queen's father, stipulated that illegitimate children had no right of inheritance.

The queen's mother, Anne Boleyn, was also beheaded by her cruel father for the absurd crime of "adultery" because she could not give birth to a son. The queen herself was once beaten as an illegitimate daughter and thrown into a monastery. The king raised from the shackles of the "illegitimate daughter".Her power and status came from the British nobility.She can only lead the aristocratic gentry of England to greater success.Instead of arbitrarily moving the existence of the noble group itself.

The general situation is like the environment of Takeda Shingen, the tiger of Kai, when he came to the throne. The family governor held by the generation of family members does not have much autonomy. He has only one choice and must make a show to prove that he is worthy of the generation of family members. Let us join forces to rebel against the elected Lord, otherwise his end will be a tragedy.

He probably knew what the conspiracy Claudia mentioned was going on. It was probably that when Robert Dudley was visiting home, his wife suddenly fell down the stairs and died on the spot, and a series of rumors arose as a result. The queen's lover killed his wife to clear the way.Even if there is evidence to testify for him afterwards, his reputation is doomed to be completely lost, and he is destined to be a loser in this marriage battle.

Yoshishi Kira went to the bed and sat down gently, stroking Claudia's soft and tender body like suet jade, and asked softly: "I can understand the love tragedy of Queen Elizabeth I, but what does the Queen's tragedy have to do with you?" What about the relationship?"

"Relationships are very important, because I am the queen's confidant, I am the last descendant of the York family, and I am a daughter." Claudia laughed at herself slightly: "Thanks to me being a girl, if it was a boy, it might have become the Tower of London." A pile of dry bones in the house, just like my ancestors.

The aristocrats are very taboo about my origin.More than one person told me coldly in front of me that the York family will become extinct in my generation.The Duchess of York is the only one, and they will not allow any nobles to marry me, let alone marry European nobles, if I have an illegitimate child, I will only die..."

Yoshishi Kira was silent. He couldn't imagine a teenage girl being told to her face by a group of middle-aged and elderly nobles that you would never want to marry and have children in this life. If you dare to disobey, you will be severely punished by us. This is What an arrogant and shameless face, let alone a young girl who has no power to restrain her.

"Joseph, do you know what this means? It means that my life has ended prematurely, and they can't even allow me to appear frequently in London's parliament, just because my identity is too sensitive to cause a lot of trouble, and the queen cannot protect I can only give me a chance to go out and hide while the nobles are busy dealing with Robert Dudley, maybe I, the Duchess of York, will really become a lonely ghost."

Claudia is a strong girl, and she still didn't cry until this moment. Ji Liangyi lay beside her and hugged the poor girl, kissed her forehead gently and said softly: "You have worked hard all these years. I didn't expect you to go through so many hardships and ups and downs, so I underestimated you before, I feel very ashamed for my recklessness and stupidity, sorry!"

"It's not your fault. I'm too impatient. I want a child. I don't want to be a woman with no offspring, and I don't want the York family to die out in my hands... I think you are good, and it's not good to be my lover." It will make me feel wronged and disadvantaged, please help me?" Claudia stared at him with endless longing.

Ji Liangyi said dissatisfied: "I became your reproductive tool? This is too ridiculous! How can I say that I am also a dignified man, how can I do such a thing, besides, shouldn't you choose a lover among the nobles in Europe? "

Claudia blinked and said to him: "England has a bad relationship with European countries because of religious beliefs. You also know that my background is that I have never been exposed to these corrupt and dark nobles. The fellow with the smell of stench and perfume, the nobles in London don’t want me to find reinforcements outside of England. According to their plan, they will send me to the monastery to spend the rest of my life after taking over the power of the queen. Would you like to see Will I spend the rest of my life in such misery?"

"Okay! Let's not bother with tracking and that problem..." Ji Liangyi stared at her with black lines all over his head: "Besides, how do you plan to raise the child? Those London nobles don't allow you to have an illegitimate child, which is very troublesome thing!"

Claudia stroked her long hair and gave him a charming smile, and said confidently: "I will put him in the New World and send him back to London when he is an adult. I will make those nobles mad. I believe the Queen At that time, I will definitely protect my children."

Yoshihiro Kira shrugged his shoulders and said he had no objection. It is almost self-evident how powerful Elizabeth I is. Her brilliant achievements are hundreds of times stronger than his lord who has struggled for ten years. Maybe he can achieve his dream in the future so that he can barely compare with the contemporary Achievement, but he is the top ruler who created the "Golden Age", but he has no confidence to achieve that exaggerated historical achievement.

"Okay! You are right. I really know some places in the New World. It is estimated that Captain Hawkins probably passed through that channel. I will mark the approximate location of these small islands for you. It is still very good as a birthplace." s Choice."

"Then what are you waiting for? If you don't come up, I will come up!" Claudia sat up and took off her long skirt two or three times, revealing a red body like a large piece of white jade, which surprised him What's more, it turned out to be empty inside without wearing any underwear, which is a little bit more bold.

Yoshiki Kira was amazed, and took off his clothes with hands and feet. The two of them took off at the same time to reveal two naked bodies. Claudia suddenly shuddered and immediately got into bed. It was only then that I remembered that the weather outside was still below zero, so it was a bit hot to be so unrestrained, so I hurried in and hugged the little foreign girl's chubby body and said, "I can't see that your body is so strong, but there is nothing in a thick woolen skirt." Wear it, and you won’t be afraid of freezing.”

"Don't be afraid!" Claudia rolled over and rode on him, grabbed Kirayoshi's hands and rubbed them on the two plump and huge breasts in front of her, and gently supported his fighting spear slowly fall.

This series of movements seemed concise and smooth as if they had been rehearsed thousands of times. If he hadn't felt the familiar feeling of piercing the barrier from the spear, and Claudia's frowning expression of pain, he would have thought that he had met A slut pretending to be innocent, secretly said: "This little foreign girl is so special, it really can't be measured by common sense!"

It didn't take long for the two of them to start wearing rough clothes lightly. It only took less than a moment to go from lightly twisting and grinding to flying up and down. The strong physique of the Anglo-Saxon shocked him again. It was him playing with women, completely It was the woman who was playing with him, and he didn't move from the beginning to the end. The only thing that could be called interaction was holding the two peerless breasts on her chest as a support point.

This love lasted for nearly an hour. As a virgin knight who had tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, Claudia rode on the "war horses" of Kira Yoshitoshi. Stubbornly said to him: "This is my child, not yours, let alone your last name, so I want to keep the initiative, and I would rather suffer more than make myself feel indebted to you."

"Where is this going?" Yoshihiro Kira was convinced by this stubborn and silly little foreign girl. He took out the ointment and applied it to her injured part pitifully until the tossing was over, and he declared in time: "You Don't think too much, this is something I prepared a long time ago. I thought it would take advantage of you, so I prepared some ointment afterwards. Don't think you will owe me! After giving birth to a child, you can raise it yourself. As a father, I only I will owe you all, and treat you better now, as compensation for the child's lost fatherly love." (To be continued..)

ps: Just like a book friend in the book review area asked Wu Mei when to fill in this pit, many book friends in the group asked me, Wu Mei was really hesitant to write this, and then she was encouraged by the book friend to write it, no To write this paragraph, I can only use the method of "non-time traveler" to slowly dawdle n to build a site for a long time, and book friends complain that "it doesn't look like a time traveler".

In addition, Wu Mei revised a few sentences in Chapter 483 yesterday and gave an explanation. Book friends who have subscribed can read it again.