Some people say that all roads lead to Rome, but in fact some people are already in Rome since birth, and some even own the whole of Rome.

Since he was a child, he has received the most elite education in the entire Ming Empire, and Zhu Ciyi, who is not without ambition, also understands in his heart that his position is very embarrassing.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Ciyi also understands Emperor Chongzhen's love for him, and he can vaguely guess a little about Emperor Chongzhen's intentions.

But understanding is understanding, it is impossible to say that there is no slightest discomfort in my heart, but the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen made Zhu Ciyi dare not complain or hate, so he can only honestly accept all the arrangements of Emperor Chongzhen.

It's like marrying Avril as a concubine, and being the king of Jin, but he couldn't marry a Ming woman as a concubine, and in the end he could only marry the daughter of a barbarian king as a concubine, no matter how unhappy he thought about it.

Zhu Ciyi, who has stayed in Europa since her wedding, is happiest except for her sister and brother-in-law who can visit her from time to time, and she has nothing to do to visit Bavaria.

Now that Li Chengyan, a Ming official who can be said to be an old acquaintance, is here, Zhu Ciyi's heart feels extremely cordial.

After instructing someone to prepare a banquet, Zhu Ciyi laughed and said: "It's rare, being alone here in Bavaria, there is no day when I don't want to miss the terroir of Daming, and now that Lord Li can come to Bavaria, it can be regarded as a happy event." ”

Li Chengyan bowed down and said, "Your Highness, what did you just say about the railway?" ”

Zhu Ciyi waved his hand and said, "Lone knows." Bavaria must be repaired, there are more things that can be the same as Daming, and Lonely's heart is also a little more kind.

As for the Holy Roman Empire, Lord Li didn't need to worry.

Although Ferdinand III was not very enterprising, he was also a master of success, and he could not fail to see the benefits of this.

As for the risks, the two years in Bavaria can be considered real, whether it is Ferdinand III, or even the whole of Europa, especially the common people, they don't care about the risks at all. ”

Li Chengyan was a little confused: "Your Highness is not joking?" ”

Zhu Ciyi said: "Lord Li looks at King Gu as if he is joking? ”

After a pause, Zhu Ciyi continued: "The so-called change of dynasty does not seem to be a problem here in Europa, just like what my father said a few years ago, there are many cases of Jiji Sichen in Europa.

After two years of observation and temptation, Gu now has a rough understanding of Ferdinand III's thoughts.

If nothing else, there is a great possibility that Gu will inherit the title of Holy Roman Emperor in the future, at the cost that Princess Jin must be the empress of the Holy Roman Empire.

Correspondingly, the Jin palace had to take on everything in the entire Holy Roman Empire, including defense and diplomacy. ”

Li Chengyan's face also became very strange: "It means that they can completely accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Ciyi shook his head and said: "If it's just like this, then let Ferdinand III apply for the annex, wouldn't the rest of the things become easy?" I'm afraid it's not that simple. ”

Li Chengyan nodded and said, "It's normal to be troublesome, it's too simple to believe it." ”

looked at Li Yanyan, who was a little confused, Zhu Ciyi wanted to speak and stopped, and finally swallowed the words into his stomach.

It is true that Li Chengyan is an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not wrong that this trip represents the court, but some of his words are only suitable for saying to Emperor Chongzhen, not to Li Chengyan.

Once some things are said, they will not only make trouble for themselves, but also for their own mothers and concubines, and even for their fathers.

For example, the Holy Roman Empire can accept the rule of the Jin Palace, but it is unlikely to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, because the concubine of the Jin Dynasty is the Bavarian Grand Duke of the Holy Roman Empire and the next emperor candidate.

When Ferdinand III hangs up, he will take over the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor, and Avril will become the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire.

This is completely different from the Holy Roman Empire's direct acceptance of the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

However, what really worries Zhu Ciyi is that he is not afraid of trouble, and if he affects his mother and father, he really has no way to explain, even if he knows that his father is not afraid of trouble.

A banquet quickly dispersed, Li Chengyan was arranged by Zhu Ciyi to rest, Zhang Shize and the eldest princess Zhu Jingxue, who were guests in the Jin Palace, and several of Zhu Ciyi's henchmen stayed.

Zhang Shize's expression was inevitably a little excited: "If the construction of trains starts in England and Bavaria, it will be really good news." ”

Zhu Jingxue, the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, rarely showed a quiet side, sitting beside Zhang Shize obediently, letting the maid Xiao Taozi behind her gently fan the fan, and she didn't speak, just smiled faintly, making Zhu Ciyi look awkward.

This sister of her own family can show her quiet side at this time, and the rest of the time she is like a tomboy!

With a long sigh of relief, Zhu Ciyi said: "It is estimated that the construction of the English side will not start too early, and it is more likely to be later than the Bavarian side, after all, although Bavaria cannot be said to be the land of the four wars, it is also the key point of Europe." ”

Zhang Shize nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, it's a day earlier or a day later." But then again, it would have been great if we could build a bridge across the sea to connect England with this. ”

After a few people laughed, Zhu Ciyi spoke: "Now the focus of the problem is still on the Holy Roman Empire, or other countries in Europe.

I probably guessed some of my father's feelings, but he used the manpower and material resources of these barbarians to build the railways in Europe first, and when he really wanted to use them in the future, he would not repair them now.

The question is, what should we do to help Angel Lee on this trip? ”

Zhu Ciyi's cousin, the cousin of Concubine Yi of the Great Ming Dynasty, and the current head of the Jin Palace, Shi Lin Qingtai, muttered: "If you want to help Lord Li, except for the prince and princess going to the Holy Roman Empire to make some efforts, the rest is nothing more than to lure him with profit."

The barbarians of Europa were mostly profitable and unjust, and for them, as long as they could earn enough silver coins, there was nothing they did not dare to sell, such as those of the East India Company.

And now Europa's side relies on my Daming the most, in addition to Fushou ointment, there are spices, silk, and all kinds of daily necessities.

Or give them profits, or tell them that after building the railway, the cost can be greatly reduced, so that they can earn more silver, and they will find a way to solve these problems themselves. ”

The head of the guard of the Jin Palace, Xu Changqing, who was born in Jinyi and served part-time as the commander of the Jin Palace, said with a smile: "Lin Changshi is right, those barbarians have a lot of benefits and light righteousness, and they don't care about the righteousness of the nation and the state, and they are tempted by profit, but they can also."

Except for the East India Company, the rest are willing to cooperate, and if they are not willing to cooperate, they can also make an example of the monkeys, secretly eliminate some disobedient people, and show the rest of the people. ”

When it comes to this aspect of flower work, it is estimated that everyone in the entire Jin Wangfu will add a piece, and they can't play this kind of Jinyiwei professionals who come out of the Jinyiwei as a Jinyiwei who has fed dogs with conscience, what else do they dare not do......

Zhu Ciyi, whose heart was also dark, was not surprised at all.

In fact, after following Emperor Chongzhen for a period of time, Zhu Ciyi has seen all kinds of methods, and Emperor Chongzhen's concept of not treating barbarians as human beings has naturally been inherited.

Zhang Shize shook his head and said, "Commander Xu is right. However, for the current Europa, everything in my Ming Dynasty is good, and I can't wait to copy it, and I still need to make an example of the monkey?

In particular, the Ming merchants in Bavaria and England estimated that they were the most supportive of the construction of railways.

As long as they take the lead, the barbarians of Europa will naturally follow, and there is no need to play any tricks with them.

We could even take this opportunity to get a mandate from Ferdinand III to counter the rebellion against the barbarian states that did not cooperate! ”

Zhu Ciyi has always felt that his heart is dark enough, and his brother-in-law has always been the image of a gentleman, no matter what, he would never have imagined that Zhang Shize was not a good bird.

After nodding, Zhu Ciyi spoke: "As I said to Master Li before, the Holy Roman Empire itself must accept the railway, and it is not a big deal to get authorization.

Big deal, without their authorization, it wouldn't be a problem for me to write a copy of the Jin Palace's edict myself.

It's just that the time is really going to start a war, and the Jin Wangfu side may still need support from the English side. ”

Zhang Shize nodded and said: "The British government can send a reorganized guard out, and the details have to be discussed with the governor of England, Inspector Wu." If you're optimistic, we'll probably be able to pull out three of the Integrators. ”

Zhu Ciyi said: "This is counted as four integrated guards, plus three on the side of the Jin Palace, that is, seven integrated guards, there are more than 30,000 horses, unless the whole of Europe is against this, it is enough." ”

Things were just as Zhu Ciyi expected.

Ferdinand III was very interested in the trains of the Ming Empire, even if it was just to see the model, and after hearing Li Chengyan say that Bavaria would build railways and stations, Ferdinand III immediately decided to send someone to follow Li Chengyan to Daming to have a look.

Ferdinand III was not stupid, in fact, anyone with a little discerning could easily see the great role of trains.

Excluding the role of commerce and the private sector, the mere role that can occur in war is enough to make people decide to build this thing.

As for whether other countries will be built, Ferdinand III doesn't care, anyway, Holy Rome will definitely be built, because Zhu Ciyi, the king of Jin, is his son-in-law and the future Holy Roman Emperor.

For the Holy Roman Empire, there is a prince of the Ming Dynasty who becomes the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and then passes on the throne in the future, and the most likely result is to echo the Ming Empire in the Far East, making the whole world a Gemini structure.

Other countries are also interested in the construction of railways.

Not everyone can see the risks, and not no one is aware of them.

It's just that driven by religion, many people can only ignore the risks, just like Emperor Chongzhen said, the monster of capital is full of blood, and it has to keep eating people.

After the capital realized that the railway could bring great benefits to itself, many people in Europe began to be tempted.

As for those who play politics, on the one hand, they are oppressed by the Holy See under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, they are threatened by the Holy Roman Empire and have to submit.

After all, the Holy Roman Empire had railways, and the speed at which they could transport troops and supplies would have increased dramatically, while the speed at which their own country could transport troops and supplies would have been limited without railways.

Therefore, even if they knew that this was a sugar-coated poison, even if they knew that they would bring big trouble to themselves after eating it, many countries in Europa had to swallow it.

By the end of the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen, Li Chengyan embarked on a journey back to the Ming Dynasty.

When he came, he came gently, and when he left, he brought a large number of European envoys, and by the way, he also brought envoys from both countries when he passed through the Ottomans and Mughals.

These people will follow him to Daming to actually inspect the operation of the Ming Dynasty's railway, and then under the cover of the fig leaf of investigation and study, they will shyly agree that Daming will build a railway for his country.

As for whether it was tariffs or mines, or real gold and silver coins, it didn't really matter anymore, especially after the Jin Dynasty swept away a small principality that rejected the Ming Empire with lightning speed.

After all, it is a very simple choice question between hanging up immediately and hanging up later, not to mention that not all countries have the national pride of the rabbit that has been inherited for 5,000 years.

The merchants of the Ming Empire fell into a carnival with the arrival of the European delegation.

In the past, it was not that there were no barbarians who came to Daming to do business, nor that there were no barbarian envoys who came to Daming, but in recent years, there have been more and more businessmen, but there have been fewer and fewer envoys.

Everyone understands, after all, those barbarian countries have almost been wiped out, and it is normal for there to be fewer envoys.

However, understanding leads to understanding that dealing with envoys is easier to make money and more profitable than dealing with merchants.

Now that a large number of envoys have finally come to Daming, how can the Ming merchants not be happy like sharks smelling blood?

However, what makes them even happier is yet to come.

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