Back and forth, they walked the same road, but the same road, the same people, the mood has become different.

The way back has been more than halfway through, all the way is very calm, the slightest people do not feel that so many troublesome and terrible things have happened in Jiangnan before, for Zhang Fan, such a calm journey, occasionally recall what happened in the first two months, it is like a dream.

Yingyue returned to that calm appearance, although Zhang Fan always felt that she was constantly thinking about something in her heart, but he didn't ask, that day, after the victory of the Qi family's army, Zhang Fan returned to his home in Yangzhou City, and did not say anything reproachful to Yingyue, although when he was guarding Yangzhou City before, Yingyue's sudden move without telling Zhang Fan did make Zhang Fan feel a little angry, and at that time, he did plan to punish this little girl.

However, when he returned from Qi Jiguang's camp and saw Yingyue, he couldn't say a word of reproach when he wanted to blame, maybe because he was in time to win the victory, and he was in a good mood, but now, Zhang Fan understands why, after all, Yingyue is a woman alone, who has traveled thousands of miles from Yanzhou Mansion to Yangzhou, isn't it him, for this kind of extremely caring and loving feelings, Zhang Fan really doesn't know how to blame her, and, to put it mildly, The origin of the anger in Zhang Fan's heart was precisely because he was worried about Yingyue's safety, which made him seem so angry.

And now, everything is all right, nothing has happened, and the nerve-wracking things have passed, which is funny, and if someone accuses you, you will do everything possible to deny your mistakes; However, when no one says that you have done something wrong, you will think about it in your own heart, as if you have really done something wrong.

Yingyue is like this now, when he returned to Yangzhou from Yanzhou Mansion alone, he was already ready to be scolded by Zhang Fan, but Zhang Fan has been very busy with things around him, and he has never had personal time to take out, so this matter has been delayed, and Yingyue, who can't wait to scold, is actually muttering more and more in her heart, as the saying goes, long pain is better than short pain, but now she can't wait, which really makes her feel very difficult.

A few days ago, everything had passed, Zhang Fan also returned to Yangzhou, and Yingyue was ready to be punished, but Zhang Fan never mentioned this matter at all, as if this matter had never happened, and his daily life had returned to the way it was usual, although at that time, the officials in all parts of Jiangnan had to ensure that the people who fled from the place could return to their original places in a safe and orderly manner, and Zhang Fan also had a lot of things to do for this, but when it came to it, he also had a lot more leisure time. Almost all of them stay at home.

But Zhang Fan never deliberately talked to Yingyue about anything, even when the two were together, Zhang Fan never said those words, but Yingyue could clearly feel that Zhang Fan cared about herself more than before, and gradually, Yingyue understood in her heart that Zhang Fan must have forgiven her willful behavior a long time ago, and she could vaguely feel in her heart that Zhang Fan must have been moved by what she did.

Yingyue, who understands these things, has also changed a little, she is no longer as willful and reckless as in the past, before doing some things, she also knows that she has to think about others, especially Zhang Fan, this change is not that he is forcing herself, but what emerges in her heart, she wants to do it herself, naturally.

And Zhang Fan also discovered the changes of Yingyue, although he also liked it very much, but he didn't want to see this way too much, he still hoped that Yingyue could return to the free and unrestrained personality of the past, but this kind of thing, he didn't think about how to talk to Yingyue for a while, so he put it aside.

On the journey back to Beijing, in addition to Zhang Fan's original team when he entered and exited the city, there were two more people, who were the envoys from Portugal, Joanna and Richard.

The two, especially Richard, are very happy to be able to follow Zhang Fan into Beijing, it's not that he is excited to meet the emperor of the world's largest empire today, although there is such a part of the reason in it, but this is not the most important thing, he is most happy that he can finally leave the place in Jiangnan, although this prosperous and rich place in Jiangnan did bring him a huge surprise when he first came to the Ming Dynasty, but the war that happened before really made him a little uncomfortable, This is not to say that he has never been willing to go to Jiangnan from now on, but in the near future, he may not have that plan.

Joanna didn't show any happy or displeased expressions, she was thinking about something.

For the previous big war in Jiangnan, although the two have their own opinions, but there is no focus, for a weak country dares to send troops to attack an empire that is incomparably stronger than them, although this kind of thing is not easy to explain, but the two have not expressed any surprise, the European continent, now has a history of one or two thousand years, and there, no matter how big the empire, or what powerful regime, who has not been attacked by people weaker than themselves, There's nothing to discuss here.

Joanna is concerned about some details, to put it bluntly, what she cares about is the army of the Ming Dynasty, especially the tactics used by Qi Jiguang's Qi army, after the end of the war, Joanna told Zhang Fan that she wanted to go to the barracks to see it, Zhang Fan thought about it and agreed, anyway, there is nothing to hide.

When she arrived at the camp of the Qi family's army, Joanna really deserved to be a soldier, and when she got there, she suddenly became interested, even more interested than when she was shopping, seeing gorgeous fabrics and rouge gouache, for the training of the Ming army, she didn't pay much attention to it, out of the strict discipline of the Qi family's army, in fact, each country has its own training methods, which is not something that can be used for reference, and Joanna watched the formation of the Qi family army on the use of muskets, and immediately brightened her eyes.

After Zhang Fan on the side saw it, he regretted it a little in his heart, he suddenly thought that the three-stage shot of this musket originally originated in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and it was pioneered by Mu Ying, although the three-stage shot was not as powerful as the all-person salvo in terms of the power and density of a one-time attack, but the three-stage victory can shorten the time of the second shot, and can shoot continuously, which is the most terrifying place.

In today's Europe, there is no such method of warfare, although the musket is increasingly valued there, and it is also equipped with a large number of troops, but in Europe, the most on the battlefield is the spear, and the earliest three-stage strike in Europe was not until the seventeenth century, and their three-stage attack is not exactly the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fan began to worry that if Joanna transmitted this method of warfare back to Europe, would it bring any variables to history, especially for the history of the East.

But then, he was relieved, even if there were any variables, or any huge changes in Europe because of this matter, these had nothing to do with him Zhang Fan, and the most important thing was that there was still a long time before the conflict between Europe and the Eastern Continent, even if he did something now to prevent Joanna from transmitting this method of warfare to Europe, but what would happen in such a long time, he could not predict, the most important thing is, Now history seems to have changed because of his arrival, not much, but it is changing.

Zhang Fan, who figured out this matter, did not stop Joanna from exploring, and even Qi Jiguang specially found him, and asked him to explain to Joanna in detail, Qi Jiguang didn't understand Zhang Fan's intentions at first, but he believed Zhang Fan, but Zhang Fan couldn't explain his thoughts to Qi Jiguang for a while, and Qi Jiguang stopped asking.

After hearing this, Joanna seemed unusually excited, and when she returned to her residence, she immediately wrote it down.

The above are just some memories.

As the days passed, although the ship traveled slowly, it was about to reach the capital.

There was a funny thing on the way.

When the ship sailed to Shandong, Richard once sighed, saying that God was too generous to the Central Plains, and even left such an extremely convenient river for such an important place in the north and south of them.

After hearing that this was a canal dug out by hand, Richard was amazed, there are many traces of man-made on both sides of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, but this canal is too long, he originally thought that this was the result of the maintenance of the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, and after hearing Zhang Fan tell him that this was a canal dug by hand, his mind suddenly became a little blank.

It's not that Europe doesn't have canals, it's just that they can imagine that such a huge project was actually done by people.

And after Zhang Fan finished explaining, he didn't feel any pride because of his surprised expression, after all, this canal has been produced since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and after thousands of years, especially the Sui Dynasty, how many people lost their lives for it, although it is very convenient, but its price is also expensive, whether it is worth it or not, no one can say clearly.

Finally, the boat approached Tongzhou, and when Zhang Fan could faintly see the crowd of people greeting him on the dock, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he finally came back,