Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Chapter 482: Sorry, everyone looks like an assassin to me now. “No… no…” Princess Kunyi hurriedly denied.

How could a little girl of only eleven years old know how to express her love? All she could think of was to massage Zhang Shikang's legs like she was relieving her father's stress.

This was the first time that Princess Kunyi took the initiative to contact a man other than her father. She felt nervous but also happy.

Because Zhang Shikang did not stop her after all.

Does this mean... that he accepts her?

That's certainly the case.

"Pinch her well, or I won't take you with me next time." Zhang Shikang closed his eyes again.

"Oh."

It was the first time for the brother and sister to spend the night outside the palace. Even though they were in the military camp, they were still a little scared and insisted on sleeping in the same room with Zhang Shikang.

In fact, Zhu Cilang still felt strange in his heart. He slept in the same room with Master Zhang, but he was a man after all.

But my sister, a girl, has to squeeze into a small room.

But then he thought again, if his sister didn't sleep with them, where else could she sleep? There were only rude soldiers outside, and he didn't know any of them.

As he was thinking, Zhu Cilang soon fell asleep.

The next morning, the three of them got up very early, before dawn, because Zhang Shikang said he would take them to the beach to watch the sunrise.

Ever since he worked himself to death in his previous life, Zhang Shikang was definitely not a diligent person in the Ming Dynasty, but this was only reflected in his work.

Zhang Shikang was quite serious about life. For example, he worked very hard in his previous life, but he had never even seen the sea, let alone watched the sunrise at the beach in the morning.

After the three of them had washed up, Zhang Shikang walked towards the beach with a group of personal guards.

It was a beautiful April day, with a gentle breeze and the air was filled with the smell of the sea.

Zhu Cilang and his sister were picking up various shells on the beach. Sometimes when they opened a big shell, they would find a tiny octopus hidden inside, and they would scream with excitement.

This was an experience the brother and sister had never had before, and everything was new.

When the red sun just showed a hint of red at the end of the sea, the brother and sister were stunned. They had never seriously experienced the beginning of a day.

After a while, the red sun gradually rose above the sea, making the little faces of Zhu Cilang and Princess Kunyi appear red.

Zhang Shikang also felt this beauty very calmly. It had been more than two years, and the current Ming Dynasty was just like the rising sun in Princess Kunyi's eyes. Everything had just begun.

"Master Zhang...Master Zhang, does the sun live in the sea?" Princess Kunyi asked.

"Sister, how can the sun live in the sea? It should live in the mountains." Zhu Cilang replied.

"No, the sun is floating in the sky," Zhang Shikang corrected.

The brother and sister both looked surprised when they heard this.

"How is that possible? Only something as light as a feather can float." Zhu Cilang retorted.

"If I say that the place we live in is actually a ball, it is also floating.

The moon we see is also a ball, and it also floats.

The moon is about 800,000 miles away from us.

This is the closest ball to ours, what do you two think? " Zhang Shikang said jokingly to the brother and sister.

What Zhang Shikang said was undoubtedly too unbelievable for Zhu Cilang and his sister at this time. In addition, Zhang Shikang looked cynical, so the brother and sister were sure that Master Zhang was talking nonsense again.

The world is always like this. Even the truth will always be regarded as heresy before it is recognized by everyone.

Of course, Zhang Shikang did not expect the brother and sister to agree, nor did he expect them to be interested in astronomy. He had to take one step at a time.

After playing at the beach for a while, Mo Wu found Zhang Shikang and said that he had found the red-haired foreigner yesterday. Zhang Shikang then made an appointment with the Dutchman to meet at the naval port.

An hour later, Zhang Shikang and his two siblings had a simple breakfast.

During the meal, he also specifically reminded Zhu Cilang to observe the details of his talks with foreign vassal states and use it as a test for his trip to Tianjin.

When the three men returned to the naval port, the Dutchman had been waiting there for a long time.

As soon as Zhang Shikang entered the room, the Dutchman bowed and saluted him, still using the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

"I am Da Vinci, the director of the Dutch Embassy in Dongfan. I am very happy to meet His Excellency the Duke."

"Oh? How happy are you?" Zhang Shikang looked at Da Vinci with interest after sitting down.

After Zhang Shikang finished speaking, Zhu Cilang and his sister who were sitting next to him almost couldn't hold back their laughter.

Da Vinci was probably in his forties, dressed in typical seventeenth-century sailing clothes and a captain's hat similar to that of Jack Sparrow.

But his expression was full of confusion, and he didn't know why the Duke of Ming Dynasty in front of him asked this.

"Your Excellency, I am indeed very happy. I have been looking for you for a long time.

You are younger than I thought, and you are very handsome. " Da Vinci repeated, even learning to flatter.

"What do you want from me? Do you want to assassinate me?" Zhang Shikang frowned.

Zhu Cilang and his sister suddenly became a little nervous as they both had traumatic memories of the assassination.

However, seeing that their Master Zhang looked calm and had no intention of running away, Zhu Cilang guessed that Master Zhang was pretending and was deliberately trying to scare the guy in front of him with red hair and red eyebrows.

However, the guards in the room were still very cooperative. They immediately drew out their swords and clamped them around Da Vinci's neck, almost scaring him to death.

"Your Excellency the Duke! How can you treat guests who have come from afar like this?

I didn't want to kill you? That's totally unreasonable!

I'm here to discuss cooperation!" Da Vinci spoke very quickly.

Although his Ming Dynasty dialect had a hint of translation, it was still audible, and it did scare him.

"Oh, to discuss cooperation, why didn't you say so earlier!

Look at your appearance, sorry, I have been assassinated many times, now everyone looks like an assassin to me." Zhang Shikang said nonsense.

Phew—Princess Kunyi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Zhang Shikang then asked Da Vinci to sit down, and Da Vinci finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tell me, what cooperation?

You'd better say something that interests me, otherwise I'll throw you into the sea to feed the fish.

My time is very precious." Zhang Shikang picked up the tea bowl and blew the tea leaves.

What is the Celestial Empire? Zhang Shikang is now showing arrogance, contempt, and moodiness.

This is completely different from his attitude when he met Shi Luobao.

"Your Excellency the Duke, I know that the Ming Dynasty has everything it needs, but... Your Excellency the Duke, don't you want more silver?"

As expected, this Da Vinci knew the Ming Dynasty, and perhaps he had had contact with other officials or gentry of the Ming Dynasty before.

He knew very well how to get along with the upper class of the Ming Dynasty. For example, now, he kept a low profile.

At the same time, he also revealed what he believed to be the most effective weapon to attract the powerful people of the Ming Dynasty - money.

"Isn't that nonsense? Who doesn't like money?

Are you going to give me money?

That's great, where's the money?" Zhang Shikang put down his tea bowl and smiled.

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