When Jiang Tian and his entourage walked to the edge of Tianjin Wei, the commander of Tianjin Wei, Wei Gang still respectfully put on a pomp to greet him on the road, but it was different from the flattery when he gave Jiang Tian the wind last time, but he stood on the side of the road with the high-spirited vigor of a martial artist, and he couldn't see the appearance of the old fritters in the officialdom at all. Liu Baokai and Wu Yuan glanced at each other, and the two looked at each other and smiled. And although Jiang Tian was surprised by why the other party's appearance was different, he didn't think much about it, only Zhang Huan and Xinyue, who didn't know anything about officialdom, were still sighing that the garrison in Gyeonggi was really heroic.

I saw Wei Gang walking quickly to the middle of the road, raising his arm to salute a standard new-style military salute, and then said with full of anger: "Tianjin Wei Commander Wei Gang, lead the local military and political officials to welcome the chief to come and guide!" ”

If it weren't for the armor on his body and the honor guard of the team, Jiang Tian would have thought that he had returned to a certain welcome scene in the later life, but although this set of rhetoric did not match the current scene, it was also a little fresh. As the supreme official this time, Jiang Tian naturally stepped out of the carriage, exchanged a few words with the welcoming officials, and then boarded the car and walked towards the city.

When the convoy set off again, Wei Gang, who led the way, deliberately slowed down on his horse, and then nodded to Wu Yuan and Liu Baokai, who were walking side by side: "Thank you for the reminder of the two sons, I don't know if you can satisfy your adults today?" ”

Liu Baokai smiled and said as a local snake: "It's not bad now, Lord Jiang doesn't like the past, although the evening reception banquet doesn't have to be confined to four dishes and one soup, but don't be extravagant and wasteful, I will send some wine and food to my family when I turn back, and it won't make adults embarrassed." ”

It turned out that Liu Baokai and the others had already informed the Tianjin side quickly, saying that Jiang Tian was also taking into account the officialdom atmosphere when he traveled, and for the sake of his comrades-in-arms in the army, he should not engage in those unspoken rules, so as not to cause trouble for himself. This reason not only does not expose Zhang Huan's identity, but also prevents the prince from seeing things that should not be seen, which can be regarded as one of the unspoken rules, so he has the experience of being correctly procedurally corrected by Jiang Tian last time, of course Wei Gang is convinced. But not long after following the guard of honor, the commander of the guard, who was an officer, found something unusual, because he learned the kind of intuition about danger from the battlefield, so that he always felt that someone was targeting him, and there was more than one person, although there was no murderous spirit, but there was always a sense of tension before the battle was about to start in the army of ten thousand horses, and then he noticed that the honor guard this time was simply creepy, who has ever seen a guard of honor that even the porter has hidden his martial arts eyes and is alert?

The clever commander made the lord hide his doubts in his heart, and he already understood that the Liu family's kind reminder was not necessarily the truth, but it was indeed for the sake of himself and the entire officialdom, so his task was to be a general in accordance with the established script rules. Unlike others, Zhang Huan sat in the carriage but looked around curiously, this was the first time he could observe the entourage around him without any scruples, no matter where he went in the past, in order to maintain the royal majesty, he could only sit in the sedan chair and look ahead, without the freedom to look left and right. Of course, he didn't know that every time he poked his head out of the car, someone would be nervously ready to escort him at any time.

Wei Gang learned to be obedient this time, but he only put out a six-course banquet, and he didn't even prepare wine, so he also claimed that the two extra dishes were paid out of his own pocket and were not included in the food expenses. Then Liu Baokai pretended to eat local specialties, and everyone also knew that his religious customs had dietary requirements, so he gathered two more cooks from the Duke's Mansion to offer two dishes that were counted as eight dishes and one soup, and the wine was also supplied by the Duke's Palace. Jiang Tian thought that this was another trick of the @wolf classmates to circumvent the program, so he didn't say anything, leaving only the deceived Zhang Huan to sigh that everyone was so frugal.

During the banquet, Wei Gang also noticed the half-grown boy sitting next to Wu Yuan, and it seemed that he knew that it was definitely not a child of an ordinary family, and the guards behind Wu Gongzi seemed to be protecting Wu Yuan, but in fact, the way he stood was more like protecting that kid, but he couldn't guess the identity of this person, and the meal ended in mutual praise, and there was no singing and dancing. Except for those accompanying officials who were surprised how they could be so frugal today, everyone else scattered with their own hearts.

"Miss Feng?" Back in the post house, Jiang Tian didn't expect to see Xinyue in his room.

Xinyue saw Jiang Tian come in, and hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. is back, I'll go and prepare hot water and towels." ”

Looking at Xinyue's busy preparations, Jiang Tian was really a little fluttery, so that a man with a normal orientation would have some normal thoughts when he saw such a beautiful and attentive girl in his room, especially since the other party had been hinting that he would not resist. But just when he was a little distracted, an uninvited guest broke in.

"My brother hasn't rested yet? Just talking to my sister. ”

Looking at the uninvited Meng Daya, the two people in the room were a little speechless, and then Jiang Tian had no choice but to wash his face and drink tea normally, and sat down and looked at her with a smile as if he didn't have any ideas just now: "I don't know what my sister wants to talk about?" ”

Meng Daya completely ignored Jiang Tian's coldness, and after sitting across from him, she lowered her voice strictly: "More than half of your guards are gone!" ”

"Guards?" Jiang Tian was confused, where did he come from the guards except for a perverted @wolf student: "Sister, don't laugh, the guards in this post house also have to rest, how many people are on duty at night." ”

Seeing that her younger brother's answer was not what she asked, Meng Daya thought about it before she asked, "Are those people who came with us?" Aren't they your bodyguards? ”

Jiang Tian laughed dumbly when he heard this: "Sister is confused, these messengers are all postmen of the imperial court, not guards." ”

"I'm afraid you're confused, aren't you? I think these people are all good hands, and they should have been sent by the imperial court to protect you secretly, but after your banquet was dispersed just now, most of these people went to your student's house with them, why is this? ”

Jiang Tian thought about it for a while, and felt that what she said might be referring to Liu Baokai's family: "That's no problem?" Let's talk about whether these people have martial arts, the backgrounds of those two sons are also very prominent, so naturally they need to take care of them more......"

As soon as he said this, he himself realized that something was wrong, Liu Baokai went home to sleep, and Wu Yuan and Zhang Huan, the two pampered people, also went to live in a good house, but he still had to live in the post house according to the system, which was reasonable. But since it's the Duke's Palace, does the lust @ wolf still need someone from the court to serve when he returns to his home? And anyway, he is the highest governor here, what are those post guards going to Liu's house for?

Xinyue, who was also surprised, asked on the side: "My sister said that they are all good hands, I don't know how to see it?" ”

Meng Daya smiled slightly: "Haven't you ever eaten pork and never seen a pig run?" My younger brother's family was also a hereditary martial artist, and the military households in the village practiced boxing and playing legs a lot, and they could see a little bit of quality under the horse step or not, so I wondered how a person who carried a flag and led a horse was like a fellow army fighting. It's just that the imperial court values his younger brother's talent and sends him to protect him. ”

Her words gave Jiang Tian a wake-up call, this Meng Daya had been mixed in the peasant army, and in the chaotic scene of the last days, I am afraid that she was used to seeing all kinds of bloody and bloody winds, so Jiang Tian would never doubt her vision, but these abnormal situations are indeed incomprehensible, could it be that these people have other tasks?

Jiang Tian, who couldn't think of an answer for a while, asked casually: "In your opinion, what's going on?" ”

"Guards, guards, naturally protect their masters, those who go must be there to protect their masters, and the rest are probably left to defend you. But my brother can rest assured, according to me, these people should not be under me, and ordinary thieves may not even be able to get close to this inn. Just as Meng Daya was talking, she suddenly found that Jiang Tian was staring at her, and that look was very playful: "Why does my brother look at me like this?" ”

Jiang Tian raised the teacup and took a sip: "Sister, a self-proclaimed little woman, today I finally told the truth, I can be called a good hand by you, but I am just not below you, it can be seen that my sister's martial arts are definitely not weak!" ”

Meng Daya knew that she had said nothing, but she didn't show any expression on her face: "Yuan didn't lie to you, the one from our military family doesn't know how to use knives, guns and sticks, it's just that a scholar like you hasn't suffered from practicing with us." Speaking of which, my father also mentioned your Jiang family's boxing skills, and now there is no successor. ”

Jiang Tian knew that she was not telling the truth, because most of the military households in the late Ming Dynasty were reduced to pure peasants, and those who had been on the battlefield were more likely to flee for their lives than desperately, even if the Meng family was also a hereditary petty officer, but there was no need for a girl to learn martial arts, not to mention that Meng Daya was not very old when she was taken away, even if she really learned kung fu, it was impossible to become a master. However, Jiang Tian didn't plan to ask further, firstly, he didn't care about what level Meng Daya's kung fu had reached, and secondly, it would only dig out all kinds of secrets in her enemy camp. For the Chinese Dynasty, where the peasant army had disappeared, it was more meaningful for her to return to normal life than to explain historical issues.

Jiang Tian planned to end the topic half-jokingly: "In that case, then my little brother and my safety tonight will depend on my sister to take care of it!" ”

Who knew that when he said this, the two girls blushed, and Meng Daya, who was still a chivalrous woman, didn't even dare to look directly at Jiang Tian: "Brother...... Why is my brother so anxious, my sister is not going to ...... sooner or later"

Now even Jiang Tian knew what they had misunderstood, but he couldn't explain that this was a joke, and he could only sigh how this woman's mind was so complicated, theoretically speaking, he and Meng Daya had a marriage contract, so it was normal for people to misunderstand.

Xinyue, who was standing on the side, was in a hurry, how could she accomplish Meng Daya's good deeds before she could do anything? And she also knew that Jiang Tian definitely didn't mean that, after all, a room full of beauties hadn't been favored, how could they be taken advantage of by a rough village girl.

"According to what my sister said, I'm really worried that someone will have bad intentions at night, why don't you go to my place to be a companion?" Xinyue sincerely sent out the invitation, looking like she was relieving him.

It was already a little twisted, so Meng Daya just got off the donkey down the slope: "That's right, my sister's house is not far from here, I'll go with you." ”

Nothing to say all night...... It's really pure and silent all night, although Jiang Tian is hateful, but no one wants to end his life by this means, as for the kind of heroes who come and go in martial arts novels, in reality, are they all between the two, and even if there are, they are very rare, most of these people are hidden in various places and live a life without being disturbed, who has the leisure to knock on your door in the middle of the night. So when the rooster crowed the next morning, Jiang Tian was very depressed and found that she seemed to have fallen for Meng Daya, the shy cousin was probably using this way to remind them that there was a marriage contract, and at the same time prevented Xinyue from coming to ** herself, as for the so-called honor guard composed of masters, it is estimated that it is also an excuse she made up, even if Xinyue does not make an invitation, she may propose a similar proposal to see Xinyue, so Jiang Tian felt for the first time that three wives and four concubines may not be something that ordinary people can control, It was also the first time that I discovered that the "Women's Training", which was regarded as feudal dross, was simply invented to solve the suffering of men.

Don't mention it, because they have to hurry today, so early in the morning, Wu Yuan and they rushed back to the post house, making a look of serving their teacher, fortunately, Jiang Tian didn't have any shelf for being a teacher, but he also had to pay attention to those seemingly ordinary entourage, of course, he couldn't see the depth of people's martial arts, but he just noticed that these people always glanced around intentionally or unintentionally, not at all like ordinary errand soldiers, and they were completely devoid of spirit when they were resting.

Jiang Tian, who didn't think much about it, continued to endure Zhang Huan's fatigue bombing on the road, but this time it changed from shipbuilding technology to naval tactics, who asked him Jiang Tian to write a letter to reform the navy, and he was already regarded by the Manchu Dynasty as a person familiar with naval warfare, so it was not surprising that Zhang Huan asked these questions. However, Liu Baokai and Wu Yuan, who acted as guards this time, deliberately walked on both sides of the carriage, so that they could listen to Jiang Tian's opinions together.

"In your opinion, our future opponent at sea is not the Zheng family in Taiwan, but the Western countries thousands of miles away?" Zhang Huan was a little surprised by Jiang Tian's conclusion: "They are indeed flying across the sea to do business, and I have heard about robbing others, but how can a small number of boats and fewer people threaten the safety of our dynasty?" ”

Jiang Tian had to start with the control of the sea, and explained that the control of the sea power and the importance of the control of the global shipping industry were all made clear, anyway, no matter whether you can understand it or not, at least you can't ask why. Unlike Zhang Huan, who was entangled in the safety of the country, when Liu Baokai heard it, he thought he had sold silk and tea at a high price. After being sold to Europe, it was more than ten times higher than the FOB price, and the shock was not much worse than when I first learned about the composition of the solar system. No wonder those madmen in Xiyi have to drive a boat over at great risk, as long as they don't die unlucky on the road, they can become rich after they go back. Wu Yuan also heard the clues of policy formulation, whether it is naval reform or the revolution of shipbuilding technology, in fact, they all revolve around a coherent purpose, that is, to control the global shipping industry in stages, and then control the global commerce, so as to use non-war means to control other countries, and in order to prevent anyone from challenging this hegemony, it is necessary to have a strong navy to fight around the world. In turn, the wealth seized by hegemony has led to the rapid development of science and technology, which is almost never surpassed by potential competitors. Unless another big country emerges in this world that is comparable in terms of land, population, and technology, it is theoretically guaranteed that the status of the hegemon will not be left behind.

Whether this ideal state can be realized, Wu Yuan has no bottom in his heart, but he can't stop his infinite reverie. What kind of enjoyment would it be to be a nobleman in such a truly hegemonic country? It is no wonder that both the emperor and Jiang Tian are keen on reform, which is indeed beyond the Confucian concept of governing the world, and the idea of guarding the ancestors with one acre and three points of land and unintentionally expanding is indeed unacceptable. A topic can make three people hear three different meanings, because they are in different statuses. But what is the same is that they all understand the reason why Emperor Zhang Tao is so focused on reform that he would rather not rest and recuperate. It also made them look forward to how Jiang Tian would realize this dream, at least so far he has not disappointed everyone.

With this in mind, when the smell of sea in the air became heavier and heavier, everyone's expectations became higher and higher, but when they saw that high-level research institute, they couldn't believe that this was the place where world domination began in the future. One thing that has to be mentioned is that those who engage in research and those who engage in politics are always two types of people, although it is not excluded that some technical talents are also masters of political work, but most people cannot have this ability, even in ancient times, even if they came to greet their top leaders, the greeting crowd of the research institute was not as grand as Wei Gang.

"Zheng Hongming greets you!" Standing at the door of the research institute, Dean Zheng led a group of research institutes to bend down respectfully. Although the researchers behind him had a high status, they did not have official positions, and in the words of later generations, they did not belong to the administrative department, so they called themselves students instead of lowly positions.

When Jiang Tian got here, he didn't have so many rules to follow, and after jumping out of the carriage, he hurriedly went to help Zheng Hongming: "Lao Zheng, don't come to these false courtesies, our Academy of Sciences doesn't engage in those things." ”

Zheng Hongming looked at Jiang Tian embarrassedly, thinking that you have no rules, I know, that little grandfather of the Liu family is also out of tune, but there is a fake prince behind you, am I unruly? But when he said this, he changed his tone: "Since it is the dean's lordship, I will obey my fate, but I don't know that the two sons and your family members came together, and this matter of food and lodging ......"

Just when Dean Zheng was still asking, Zhang Huan, who was waiting on the side, couldn't wait to see this Naval Research Institute, which was very valued by his father and teacher, so he interrupted impatiently: "If you don't die of hunger, you can take me in and have a look!" ”