Wu Xiang also sent someone to go to Yulin Bay quietly, and the news he brought back surprised the Wu family father and son. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info They couldn't even understand what the people who came back were saying, what committees, federations, and private enterprises, Wu Xiang felt that Yulin Bay seemed to be another world, a world that he didn't know at all.

Before Jiang Beiming came to Ningyuan, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui repeatedly studied the current situation, and the imperial court, Dajin, Korea, Mongolia, Zu Dashou, Yulin Bay, and even Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong were also taken into account. In the end, the father and son of the Wu family decided to keep a relatively close distance from Yulin Bay first, and it was best to go to Yulin Bay in person to see what the situation was there, so as to predict the possibility of Yulin Bay and Chongzhen turning faces in the future. Therefore, the purpose of the late night visit of the Wu family father and son was to listen to Jiang Beiming's tone, and by the way, he asked if he could go to Yulin Bay once.

Jiang Beiming vaguely guessed what Wu Xiang meant: "The chief soldier also knows that the lower official is a remnant of the Song Dynasty. When Xiaguan was far away, he had a lot of contact with the Hongyi people, and the current general trend of the world, Xiaguan also knew a little about it. Since the chief soldier asked, the subordinate officer took the liberty to tell the lord and General Wu about the situation in the world. ”

"Thank you, General Chiang." Wu Sangui thought that Jiang Beiming was going to talk about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, so he thanked him first.

Jiang Beiming did not start with the Ming Dynasty: "When Xia Guan was overseas, he knew that in addition to my Great Ming Dynasty, there were several states in the world, such as Europa, America, and Africa. Especially in Europa, there are several countries such as England, France, and the Netherlands, all of which are strong. Although it is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, it can come to my Ming Dynasty from afar. ”

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't understand what Jiang Beiming was trying to say, so they looked at him in a daze and didn't speak.

Jiang Beiming continued: "Look at my Daming, forgive the official for being blunt, now there are Tartars on the outside, and there are rogues on the inside. The imperial court spends a lot of experience and money on these things alone every year, but it has achieved little success. But even if the imperial court quells the Liukou and repells the Tartars in the future, the Hongyi people in the southeast sea may become a big trouble for the imperial court. ”

Jiang Beiming looked at the Wu family's father and son, and unconsciously aggravated his tone: "If I don't think of a way to do it, the Hongyi people can't stop it." ”

Jiang Beiming's words were very rebellious, but Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't react, what they wanted to know was the real situation.

Wu Sangui opened his mouth and asked: "I don't know what General Jiang meant by this, why can't I stop the Hongyi people." Now the Tartars are brave and good at fighting, although my Guanning Iron Cavalry is brave, but it is also quite laborious to fight, are these Hongyi people more powerful than the Tartars? ”

Jiang Beiming sighed: "The general doesn't know, the bravery of the Tartars is just a skill in bows and horses, but the overseas Hongyi people rely on strong ships and guns. The firearms sold by the lower officials to the general soldier must have been test-fired by General Wu, and those firearms were actually made after the muskets and cannons of the Hongyi people. And one of their warships has dozens or even hundreds of such guns, and the general can imagine that if one day these Hongyi people swarm here, will my Ming be safe and sound. ”

Wu Sangui didn't speak, he had tested the 6-pounder guns and 12-pounder guns that Jiang Beiming sold him, and the power and range were definitely not expected by Wu Sangui. Now listening to Jiang Beiming say that one ship of the Hongyi people can be equipped with dozens of such artillery, Wu Sangui doesn't know whether to believe it or not.

"I wonder if General Jiang has any way to crack it?" Wu Xiang asked slowly.

"Actually, whether it's the Hongyi people, the Tartars, or the Liukou, it's all the same." Jiang Beiming arched his hand at Wu Xiang, "The reason why my Daming is in the current situation is not outside, but inside. ”

"What does General Chiang mean by that?" Wu Xiang asked again.

After Jiang Beiming finished saying the sentence "not outside, but inside", an idea suddenly popped up in his heart. Last year, the Congress set the goal of transforming the Ming Dynasty, that is, to transform the Ming Dynasty into an industrial and commercial society, and to make it develop in the direction of a constitutional monarchy as much as possible in terms of system. But this was only a decision within the traversal group, and Jiang Beiming suddenly wondered what these officials of the Ming Dynasty would think about this goal.

Jiang Beiming replied: "What Xia Guan said is that the current system and technology of my Ming court are far behind the Hongyi people, and if you want to block the Tartars, block the Hongyi people, and defend the Ming Dynasty's society, you must reform the system." ”

Jiang Beiming didn't care whether the Wu family father and son could understand the meaning of science and technology, and directly said the word restructuring.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's faces changed color a little, they didn't expect Jiang Beiming to directly say that he wanted the imperial court to restructure, if this was spread, I am afraid that the impeachment of the imperial court would pile up again.

Jiang Beiming noticed the change in the two of them, and said with a smile: "Presumably, Lord General Bing and General Wu have also heard about how we live in Yulin Bay. If there is a chance, the General Soldier and General Wu can go to Yulin Bay to have a look, our crossing conference, the United General Assembly, our Industrial Bureau, and the patrol room. If the Ming Dynasty is restructured according to the model of Yulin Bay, it will be worry-free. ”

Jiang Beiming didn't think too much about it when he said these words, and he also knew that these words might make Wu Xiang's father and son have some ideas, but Jiang Beiming still wanted to see what the real attitude of the Ming Dynasty people towards Yulin Bay was, and what kind of attitude the Ming Dynasty people would have towards the Yulin Bay model.

Wu Xiang pondered for a long time: "The old man is grateful to General Jiang for being able to tell him bluntly, if there is a chance, the old man and the dog will definitely go to Yulin Bay to visit the general." The general was disturbed to rest tonight, and the general was on his way tomorrow, so the old man took his leave first. ”

Jiang Beiming stood up: "Congratulations to the chief soldier, congratulations to General Wu." ”

Wu Sangui followed Wu Xiang out of Jiang Beiming's place, there was no one around, Wu Sangui asked: "Dad, just now Jiang Beiming said that we can go to Yulin Bay, didn't you also want to go and see it, why didn't you answer?" ”

Wu Xiang looked around: "A lot of what Jiang Beiming said tonight is probably going to cause a lot of trouble if it reaches the imperial court." Fortunately, only the three of us know, and we must not talk about it with others. They don't have any scruples right now, but we can't. Let's do business first, and we'll talk about the rest later. ”

The next day, Jiang Beiming took the cavalry company to bid farewell to the Wu family father and son, and marched in the direction of Tianjin.

When Jiang Beiming arrived in Tianjin, Wang Zhaoxing had been there for two days with two warships, and the two sides briefly reported the situation and sailed to Nanpu.