"That's true. Zhang Xun nodded and said with a smile, "It seems that the viscount knows the contents of this letter." ”

Duran shook his head seriously and explained: "I don't know the contents of this letter, and I have never dared to read it, but when I was leaving, the queen instructed me to teach me a message if you have any questions about this reply." Well, I don't understand what that means, but I think you'd like to hear it. ”

"Oh, what is it?" Zhang Xun was indeed curious.

After all, the queen's "hehe" two words are really complex and mysterious, and they all say that women's hearts are needles, which is indeed good, and it is difficult to determine what kind of message it contains even if it is the wisest person in the world.

Zhang Xun doesn't need to know much, but at least, he should clearly know whether the other party has the intention to marry.

Duran reminisced respectfully before he said, "The original words that the queen wants me to bring to you are: This is too early. ”

Is this too early?

Zhang Xun tasted it, revealing a look of understanding.

Although this response did not clearly indicate the willingness, but at least expressed a wait-and-see attitude, the wait-and-see attitude here is of course not emotional, but for Zhang Xun's willingness to further strengthen the alliance between the two royal families is very cautious, the marriage has a great deal to do with it, in the customs of the five countries, it is not to say that the eastern royal family will be replaced after the marriage, it is not that it is not, but the closeness of the relationship between the two countries will rise to a great level.

And the queen's attitude is also very easy to understand, this kind of thing is not good to show the attitude immediately, so it seems that in this world, hehe is probably still expressing the meaning of haha, which can be regarded as laughing off.

And for this result, Zhang Xun also expressed satisfaction, since there is no clear refusal, it is a good start, as for the matter of seeking the country, it should be slowly planned.

"I see. Zhang Xun smiled and said to Duran, "Please also bring a message to Her Majesty when you go back, saying that I respect her opinion." ”

Duran said yes and didn't ask more, after talking about this matter, the two symbolically ate and drank a little, and Zhang Xun asked: "Speaking of which, the viscount's visit again this time probably won't be just to bring such a sentence." ”

Duran put down his knife and fork and became much more serious again, Zhang Xun looked at him quietly, and both of them knew that the topic was coming.

"It's hard to say whether there is something or nothing to say about this visit. Duran's opening remarks were a little strange, he sighed, and said, "It's been a while since Jenny entered the Eastern Realm, I wonder if Your Majesty has heard any rumors?"

"No, what's wrong? Isn't it useful?" Zhang Xun asked, not pretending to be innocent, but really not knowing, although there are channels for mutual understanding between the two countries, but the communication is too backward in this era, even if some news comes and goes, it needs to be verified before it can be sent to the king's desk, so it is especially delayed.

From this point of view, if the senior leaders of the big countries of Blue Star are blind to the situation at the grassroots level, then in the Five Kingdoms of the Other World, it is so black that they can't see their fingers.

Duran sighed again and said, " It's not that it's not easy to use, but it's too easy to use, Jenny machine arrived in the east and was immediately placed in the royal family's industry, replacing the original textile machine, and because it is too easy to use, after replacing the new textile machine, the original manpower is too much, this phenomenon is not obvious at first, but some time ago, the Jenny machine generation has begun to appear large-scale imitation, of course, it is not easy for them to completely catch up, this time, the royal family is indeed ahead, but in this way, there are some problems. ”

"What?" Zhang Xun narrowed, thoughtful.

"One is that some textile workshops have begun to lay off their original people, and the other is that the price of cotton textiles has not changed for the time being, but it can be expected to fall in the future. ”

Duran glanced at Zhang Xun, pursed his lips, and continued: "And just before I came out, a small incident happened, a weaver suddenly deliberately destroyed a Jenny machine. It was a small matter, but Her Majesty the Wise Lady sensed something wrong. ”

Zhang Xun took a breath, and secretly said in his heart that he was really here.

Before that, he knew that there were already some things in the eastern territory that were not very formal, but there were already factories in the rudimentary form, that is, the industries of the great aristocratic merchants, who hired some people to produce, and from this point of view, they already had such things as factories of the industrial revolution, but because there were no machines, they did not really step into that stage.

But the stage is not fully entered, but the problem remains.

The emergence of the Jenny machine to improve the efficiency of cotton weaving, the future will lead to price changes is nothing to say, can be expected, but the machine replaces the manual, with the promotion of the Jenny machine upgrade, at least in the textile industry, large-scale unemployment will still occur.

And the queen was so impressed that she could detect this so early, and she even sent Duran at once, fearing that she had already spied on the huge problems that would be caused if she could not solve the problem.

"Ah, is that happening? Zhang Xun's heart flashed, but he remained silent on the surface.

Duran looked at him quietly for a while before he sighed: "Your Majesty, the queen has sent me this time in addition to the previous sentence, there is another sentence to bring to you, which is about this matter." ”

"What?"

"Did you expect this kind of thing a long time ago?" said Duran with a complicated expression as he accepted the Queen's words.

Zhang Xun looked unswerving and said, "How is it possible? How could I have thought that this kind of thing would happen a long time ago, and it is just such a trivial matter, is it worth talking about?"

"Is it a trivial matter?" said Duran with a wry smile, "In our opinion, this is not a trivial matter, the smashing of the Jenny machine is a manifestation of public resentment, and unemployment is a big thing." In fact, when I brought the Jenny machine back, the queen had a problem, that is, she did not understand why Ying Yang did not develop her own textile industry even though she had mastered the Jenny machine? Your Majesty, you only need to give the order, and you can find enough people to do it. ”

"How can Yingyang do that? You should know that the people of Yingyang have only been mining, refining ores, and smelting metals for generations, and we can't weave cloth. ”

"Her Majesty thought the same way at first, but now she feels that this is not the truth, the queen thinks that you have expected this a long time ago, and the introduction of the Jenny Machine should have happened, there is no way back in the East, there is no way back, you can only continue to move forward, many people are almost unavoidable to lose their jobs, she feels that you, as the maker of the Jenny Machine and a close ally of the East, should say something. ”

Zhang Xun snorted and said, "Why? Why does she think so? Is it because of intuition?"

"Indeed, it is because of intuition, a woman's intuition, and speculation that she also puts herself in the shoes of a king, that the queen says that she thinks you are a wise man. Viscount Duran said with some sadness, in a solemn tone.

Hearing this, Zhang Xun suddenly stopped arguing, his face put away a lot of emotions, just smacked his lips calmly, and the silence lasted for a while before he changed his tone and said, "Hmm...... You should know that it's not very good to use intuition to discern things, but since I provided the Jenny Machine and created some possible problems for the East, as a close ally, I can indeed offer some personal advice from the perspective of maintaining alliances, but I want to say that this is something I really didn't expect earlier. ”

Watching Zhang Xun's performance, Viscount Duran couldn't help but think of what the queen said before leaving, at that time, Her Majesty the queen said firmly: "I'm not quite sure whether he planned it or not, but if King Ying Yang agrees to give a solution in the end, then it is certain that this matter is indeed what that bastard has long expected!"