Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 362 Kang Mazi's foreign brothers are here!

Hahaha... the daughter is also very good, both men and women are the same! "Zhu and Qi already have sons, so it's great to have two more daughters.

And what made him happiest was the arrival of Daboling... Life without Aunt Dabo is still a bit less colorful!Even with Zhou Yubing, the new favorite, still not as good as Da Boling.

This Zhou Damei is beautiful, but her figure is much worse than that of Daboling.In addition, if there is no Da Boling who can "play" so much.Although she has also practiced martial arts, she doesn't know Da Boling's particularly delicious "boxing".In the future, she must learn from Da Boling.

Thinking of these happy things, Zhu Heqi strode towards the two concubines who had just given birth to his daughter... and looked at Da Boling's body very carefully, she was a little fat!However, the place that should be fat has gained a lot of fat, and it looks so gluttonous!

And after Bei Jiaxin gave birth to a child, she also became plump a lot, with a little more charm, and looked more charming.

Of course, it has been a while since the birth of the child, and her figure has almost recovered. The eldest lady Shuzhen, who is able to get pregnant again, looks radiant, and her smile is particularly charming. It is obvious that she likes the two concubines very much.

The two pink and tender "little dumplings" were also carried to Zhu Heqi by the nanny.They are all beautiful, white and tender, especially the second girl Bei Jiaxin gave birth to for Zhu Hexi looks like a doll, with long eyelashes and big eyes that flicker... She will definitely be a beauty when she grows up .Da Boling's big girl was a bit fat and plump, and she seemed quite edible.When he was carried to Zhu Heqi, he was still licking his little fleshy hands happily!

The son of Zhu Heqi and Qiu Shuzhen is more than one year old, wearing a tiger hat with "long ears", he can already walk, and is now learning to speak.Qiu Shuzhen asked the nanny to put him on the ground and let him go by himself.The little guy waddled up to Zhu Heqi, put his hands on his hips, looked up at the bearded Zhu Heqi, and shouted with a smile on his face, "Abba, Aba, I have a long beard..."

Of course Zhu Hechi was happy to see his son, he bent down and picked up the boy, who didn't know what he was thinking, and grabbed Zhu Hechi's beard as soon as he stretched out his hand.

"Ouch, ouch..." Zhu Heqi cried out in pain as his beards were pulled out of nowhere.

But this boy laughed happily, he is not a good boy!

Qiu Shuzhen immediately yelled, "Ah Hu, let go, it's your father!"

"Tiger Cub" was the kid's nickname, and because the child's death rate is quite high these days, they usually have to wait until they grow up to be officially named in the family tree—otherwise, there would be too many children who died young in the family tree.

However, Zhu Heqi has allicin, which can deal with most bacterial infections.But he still followed the usual practice and did not rush to name his son.

This "little tiger" was still a little afraid of his mother, Shuzhen roared, and he immediately became honest, quickly retracted his hands, and blinked his big eyes, looking at his mother nervously.

Zhu Heqi laughed and said to Qiu Shuzhen: "Shuzhen, let me hold my son for a while, and you, aunt, and Jiaxin settle down first... Akong, take them to the back house."

As soon as Zhu Hexi said that, he ordered his "Maid Maid" Saiwu Aoi to take Qiu Shuzhen, Da Boling, Bei Jiaxin and the others to settle down in the back house of Jian Guo Mansion.Zhou Yubing and Yang Xiaoqi also followed to help.

And he himself carried his son, Zhu Tianwang, Qiu Rong, Princess Kunxing, Yang Qilong and others into the Hall of Cultivation.

Several maps were spread on the long table in the Cunxin Hall, among which there was a map of Beizhili combined with maps of Ningbo, Hangzhou, Songjiang and other prefectures.

Zhu Heqi led a few people to stop in front of Ningbo, Hangzhou, Songjiang and other prefectures, and then asked Qiu Rong, "Dao Scarong, can the navy go north to Ningbo and Songjiang this autumn or winter?"

"Autumn or winter?" Dao Scarong was taken aback, "The wind direction in autumn and winter is wrong..."

"no?"

"That's not true," Dao Scarong said. "The wind direction in the coastal areas is changeable. It is not far from Fujian to Ningbo and Dinghai. It only takes a few days for the westerly wind to arrive. Moreover, the wind in autumn and winter is small, and the sea waves are not smooth." , is also conducive to navigation. However, since last year, several warships of the Dutch East India Company have sailed from Nanyang to Ningbo every month. These warships have also installed long oars in Ningbo and changed them to be able to operate in the offshore The galley... I am worried that delaying for too long will increase the risk of a war with the Dutch."

Yang Qilong interjected: "Jianguo, Madang town reported a few days ago that a western mission has requested to enter the country. The Netherlands should be involved. They keep sending warships to Ningbo, probably to put pressure on us!"

Zhu Heqi waved his hands: "Let them go...we have to fight the Dutch East India Company! If they hurt them, they won't dare to come and make trouble in our Daming's coastal waters.

As for the Western Mission, Gujia has already sent them to Nanchang, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon. "

"Jianguo," Dao Scarong was a little worried, "The Dutch warships are still very strong, we can't take it lightly."

"It is precisely because we can't take it lightly that we have to postpone the dispatch of troops until autumn or even winter," Zhu Hechi laughed. "In this way, we can equip at least six galleys with multiple rocket launchers!"

Rocket launchers are of course allowed on board!

And there is a high probability that this thing can change the rules of the game in naval battles... A normal speedboat-class warship only has twelve 6-pound guns, and there are at most six 6-pound guns on one side. The firepower is very sparse.

And the firepower of a six-mounted rocket launcher far exceeds that of six 6-pound guns!

Moreover, the recoil force of the rocket launcher is not large, and it can be installed on a rotatable platform to achieve left and right firing.

In this way, only two six-mounted rocket launchers are needed to launch twelve rockets at a time!

In addition, rocket launchers not only have multiple tubes, but also single tubes...

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At this time, the United Mission of Western Countries is riding a large passenger boat, slowly driving on the Ganjiang River.After meeting Kangxi in Nanjing, they traveled west to Jiangxi to meet Zhu Heqi at the suggestion of Emperor Kangxi.

At first glance, this matter seems a bit unbelievable... Kangxi thinks he is the ruler of the world, so he has to control the diplomatic power no matter what!

However, through the "Macau Incident" and the report of a group of Portuguese slaves, Emperor Kangxi had already figured out Zhu Heqi's diplomatic route.

And he also opened his eyes to see the world, so he knew that Zhu Hechi had nothing to talk to those Westerners.

At least not with the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and the Roman Catholic Church.

Because Zhu Hexi advocated the line of restoring the status of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, it would definitely conflict with the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal!

Moreover, Zhu Heqi's court is actually a "pirate court", so he must intervene and even conquer Nanyang.Just like the Manchurian court based on the Manchu-Mongolian alliance must control Mongolia!

As long as you know what the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal have done in Nanyang over the past 100 years, you can guess that the relationship between Zhu Heqi and these countries will not be friendly.

And the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and Zhu Heqi cannot be reconciled, because Zhu Heqi is an original Confucian saint and must safeguard the interests of Confucianism.Moreover, he "magicized" sugar medicine, which made his relationship with the Roman Catholic Church even more antagonistic.

Therefore, Kangxi not only did not prevent the Western Mission from visiting Nanchang, but even facilitated their westward journey to a certain extent.

In Kangxi's view, as long as Westerners understood Zhu Hechi's position, they would definitely not continue to trade with this future scourge for petty profits.

What's more, there is everything in the upper kingdom of the Qing Dynasty.Foreigners wanted to buy and sell, so Kangxi set up a commercial port at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and let Jiangning Weaving Minister Cao Xi take care of it. Foreigners could get all kinds of silk, cotton cloth, tea, porcelain, and incense powder, and they were not satisfied. ?

Chapter 363 Dear imperialists, come and sign the unequal treaty!

Father Philip of the Holy See, Baron von Zeckert, envoy of the Holy Roman Empire, Baron Santos, envoy of the Kingdom of Spain, Trefried William Leibniz, envoy of the Kingdom of France, Grant of the Anglican Church Father Findo, Sir Charles Gough of the British East India Company, Governor Johann Masek of the Dutch East India Company, Baron Warburg, envoy of the Kingdom of Sweden, and Arnoño de Cass, envoy of the Kingdom of Portugal Tro Sander and others, as well as their "shared translator" Ji Dabao, are following two bearded Yuanru in commoner-clothed horn scarves, long swords and copper hammers, going round and round along the wooden stairs. After walking for a long time, I climbed to the top floor of Tengwang Pavilion on the west wall of Nanchang.

When they walked into the top floor of Tengwang Pavilion, they found that the huge room was a little empty, with no furniture or decoration.There were only eleven futons and ten low tables.

One of the futons and a table are facing south. A bearded man in a yellow cross-collared cloth jacket and a yellow kerchief is kneeling on the futon. On the floor on his right is a handle. Long sword, a grenade hammer, and a flintlock pistol.

Behind the man stood two red-robed and yellow-turban Confucians who looked fierce at first glance, with long swords, copper hammers, and flintlock guns hanging on their bodies.

There is also a futon placed on the left hand side of the yellow-clothed Confucian, on which is kneeling a white-bearded old Confucian, also in red and yellow scarves, but without the three-piece set of long sword, grenade hammer, and pistol.

The other nine futons and nine small tables were placed opposite the big scholar in yellow, all facing north.The futons were empty, and on each small table were two scrolls and a nameplate.

The names of nine Western envoys, their names and the names of the countries or powers they represent are written in cursive Latin on the nameplate.

Before the Honglu Temple officials who led the Western envoys upstairs could speak, Ji Dabao had already recognized that the Confucian man in yellow was Zhu Hexi, the present supervisor of the Ming Dynasty.

He hurriedly said to the nine foreigners in Latin: "The man in yellow is the Great Ming Supervisor!"

After saying this, he was the first to bow to Zhu Heqi: "Ji Dabao, professor of Cambridge Town Academy in England and coordinator of the United Mission of Western Countries, sincerely invites His Royal Highness Jin An!"

Zhu Heqi nodded slightly, but did not speak.The white-bearded old man sitting next to him was the newly-appointed Minister of Honglu Temple, Luo Wenzao, and said, "Professor Ji, there is no futon here for you, so you can just stand and act as an assistant!"

"The late student understands." Ji Dabao bowed respectfully to Luo Wenzao again, and then stood aside.

Judging from his current words and the way he is saluting, it is obvious that he has asked someone for advice.

This overseas Chinese who was born in Manila and drifted in Southeast Asia did not think much of traditional Chinese culture.But since he knew that the spells in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Fengshen Bang" are likely to be real, and these "true spells" let him taste the taste of being a master in England (on the bed) ...He suddenly became a disseminator of Chinese traditional culture!

After Ji Dabao stood up, Luo Wenzao began to roll the roll, and whoever was called would come in to salute, pass the name, and then find his own name tag and take a seat.

There are not too many great rituals of kneeling and kowtowing in Zhu Heqi's side. Generally, it is bowing, and kneeling is only required on very few occasions.Moreover, Zhu Heqi's kneeling here is not kowtowing, but kneeling and praying, which is a bit difficult to compare, so we can only worship less.

"Tfried Wilhelm Leibniz?" When Zhu Heqian heard Leibniz's name, he suddenly regained his spirits. After being stunned for a while, he asked, "Are you a German? Are you proficient in Mathematics and physics?"

Leibniz was also stunned. He never imagined that in the distant East Asia, there was a big man who knew his name and knew that he was proficient in mathematics and physics... Isn't this amazing?

"Your Highness," he replied directly in Chinese with some Hu Jianyin (Ji Dabao is from southern Fujian), "I am indeed a German, and I am also a mathematician and physicist!"

Ha ha!Really found a treasure!

Zhu Hechi thought to himself: "This is fate! Well, you can stay...how to stay? You have to think about it carefully!

By the way, who is the envoy of the British?It can't be Newton, can it? "

Thinking of this, Zhu and Qi warmly greeted Leibniz to take a seat, and then waited with great anticipation for Newton to appear.

Unfortunately, Newton didn't show up, and the Anglican Church just sent a Gryffindor.Zhu Hexi said: "The surname is quite familiar. It seems that there is a Gryffindor college in the UK... It should be a mixed-degree university, right?"

After a while, everyone finished their names and sat cross-legged behind the small table with their name tags written on them.

These people also noticed the scrolls placed on the small table, but they don't know what it is?Zhu and Qi didn't let them see it, so the big guys could only temporarily suppress their curiosity.

Without waiting for the nine Western envoys to speak, Zhu Heqi spoke first: "Everyone, the solitary family already knows the purpose of your visit...it is nothing more than the freedom of missionary work of the Catholic Church and the free trade monopoly of the East India Trading Company." , as well as the rights and interests of all parts of Nanyang that you are alive as my vassal territory of the Ming Dynasty. Am I right?"

He didn't speak fast, and he stopped after a sentence, and asked Luo Wenzao to translate his words into Latin.

"Your Highness," Pastor Philip, the envoy of the Holy See, said at this time, "The Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, the Dutch East India Company, and the English East India Company will be in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Take a stand!"

Baron von Zeckert of the Holy Roman Empire, a minor German nobleman, followed up on Pastor Philip's topic and said, "Your Highness, we do not wish to interfere in China's internal affairs...as long as you and your government can abide by the Recognized international rules, respect the interests of our countries in the Nanyang region, respect and promise not to change the status quo there, respect the norms of free trade, give the Catholic Church the freedom to spread the Gospel of the Lord in your country, and properly negotiate with Portugal people to resolve disputes in Macau."

His words were translated into Chinese by Ji Dabao.

Zhu Heqi laughed at the German's words, and suddenly burst into laughter: "The grand duke of Austria must think that his country has no interests in Asia, and is far away from Ming Dynasty, so he is not afraid of being sanctioned by Ming Dynasty, so he asked you to help The Holy See and his Spanish cousins ​​and Portuguese friends are talking nonsense, right? But he has forgotten that Muhammad once said: seek the truth, even if it is far away in China!

Now, several envoys of the caliphate have arrived in Guangzhou, but they are not here to seek the truth, but to seek the magical gunpowder that can destroy the Vienna Castle!

Baron, on the table in front of you is the "Daming-Shinra Treaty" in duplicate... You take these two treaties and return to Europe with my envoy, and you go and tell Leopold I, if he If you don't want to see the Turks blow up the city walls of Vienna with Chinese magic gunpowder, just sign and abide by the treaty honestly! "

Luo Wenzao immediately translated Zhu Heqi's words into Latin word for word, and the baron of the Holy Roman Empire was completely dumbfounded after hearing Luo Wenzao's translation...because Emperor Leopold simply He was not allowed to go to China to become a villain.The emperor just wanted cheap perfume!

What Louis XIV had, Leopold I wanted too!

It was as simple as that, but the baron wanted to go to heaven because he loved God. When he was in Nanjing, he was persuaded by Father Philip and agreed to act as a villain in front of the King of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, I haven't got the perfume now, and I have to go back with an unequal treaty... Oh, it should be unequal!

If you don't sign it, you might die!

If Leopold I wanted to know the truth, he would have to shoot him himself?

Chapter 364 How can there be no Daming in the international zero-dollar shopping market?

Thinking that he might be shot, Baron Zeckert couldn't sit still. He tremblingly picked up one of the two scrolls on the table in front of him, unfolded it and read it.

Treaties are certainly not equal!

However, the damage to the interests of the Holy Roman Empire does not seem to be too great...Zhu Hechi does not have many demands on the scum of Shenluo, and in fact he does not want to export sugar medicine-as long as Emperor Kangxi is still keeping this secret, he will There is no reason to give up monopoly.

Although sugar medicine is too simple and will be discovered by Westerners sooner or later, as long as the monopoly exists for a day, Zhu and Qi will be able to obtain benefits through "non-proliferation"!

Since the benefits of "not selling" are greater than "selling", then of course Zhu and Qi will choose "not selling".

And his request to Shinra, or more precisely Leopold I, is only to recognize each other as the only legal government, send ambassadors to each other, recognize that Ming has suzerainty in Southeast Asia and East Asia, and that the Chinese Trading Company has Obtain 5.00% agreement tariff and perfume monopoly rights in the territory under its jurisdiction.

In fact, these few items are not too unequal... Only the Chinese Trading Company's [-]% agreement tariff rights are a bit problematic.

But now the trade between Daming and Europe is controlled by the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company.There is no Chinese trading company at all. Even if it can be opened in the future, it is probably a company selling perfume.

And the main buyers of perfume are dignitaries from various European countries... This tariff will eventually be passed on to them!

So what's wrong with paying less tax?

And as long as Leopold I can agree to these requirements, Zhu Heqi will strictly prohibit the export of "magic gunpowder weapons"!

Fortunately... Baron Zeckert breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, I think His Majesty the Emperor of our country will be happy to accept your request."

The Holy Roman Empire is still the big brother of Europe in this era!It's really disappointing that Big Brother actually surrendered to Daming first.

Father Philip, Baron Santos, Leibniz, Father Gryffindor, Governor John Masek, Baron Warburg, De Castro Sander, Charlie Goff and others also realized at this time that The scroll on the small table in front of them is likely to be an unequal treaty too!

Now they couldn't sit still, and without waiting for Zhu Heqi to speak, they quickly picked up the scroll and opened it to read.

At a glance, the French envoy Leibniz, who has little interest in Southeast Asia and East Asia, and the Swedish envoy Baron Warburg all showed relaxed expressions—the conditions and conditions that Zhu Hechi offered France and Sweden The conditions offered to Shinra are similar.

The main things are mutual recognition, exchange of ambassadors, agreement on tariffs, perfume monopoly, recognition of Ming's suzerainty in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and so on.

"Your Highness," Leibniz said in Chinese with a smile, "I think King Louis will be very happy to sign this treaty of equality and mutual benefit... In fact, he is the largest buyer of Daming perfume in Europe!"

"Oh," Zhu Heqian laughed, "How much did he pay for those perfumes?"

"One barrel?" Leibniz was taken aback, "Is this perfume sold in barrels?"

"That's right!" Zhu Hechi said, "It's stored in oak barrels for wine...a barrel contains about a few hundred ounces of silver."

"Oh, my God!" Leibniz exclaimed, "this is too cheap!"

"Are they expensive in Europe?" Zhu Heqi asked knowingly.

"It's very expensive!" Leibniz said while answering, "Louis XIV is simply the biggest fool in Europe! You can't do such stupid things anymore, you have to bypass middlemen and buy directly..."

Zhu Hexi, pretending to be surprised, took a look at the two hateful "international middlemen" Governor John Masek and Charlie Gough. In fact, he could sell the perfume at a higher price, but he deliberately Sell ​​the goods at low prices, and sell all the goods to the British East India Company.

Such a good thing is sold exclusively by the British East India Company. If it does not monopolize it and sell it at a high price, wouldn't it be a disservice to the capitalist system?

While monopolizing and selling at high prices, the East India Company must of course work hard to open up the market.