After inviting everyone to sit down in the main hall specially prepared for hospitality, and listening to a few people's brief self-introductions, Zhu Youzhen figured out the direction in which they were good at.

Li Zhizao, the eldest of the several people, has the best relationship with Xu Guangqi, and he is also a rare water conservancy expert among the courtiers.

Li Zhizao has a very deep study of astronomy and geography. His compilation of "Hun Gai Tongxian Diagram" is an academic work on latitude and longitude.

Li Tianjing is an astronomical expert with a deep study of astronomical almanacs. He is now trying to revise the almanac of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Yuanhua did have a high level of knowledge in firearms, and now he is trying to modify an arquebus called the Lu Mi Gong.

Wang Zheng even gave Zhu Youzhen a very big surprise.

Wang Zheng, a native of Xi'an, loves ancient artifacts and machinery the most. He is very good at studying hydraulic and wind machinery, and is the author of "Illustration of New Instruments".

During the few years that Ding Wei was at home, Wang Zheng also compiled "The Illustrated Illustration of Strange Instruments in the Far West" and was looking for a bookstore to publish it.

This "Illustration of Strange Artifacts from the Far West" has a detailed introduction to the existing technology of the West.

Although the specific technical details of the West, the "Diagram of Strange Artifacts in the Far West" is still relatively vague, but with the guidance of this book, the technological development of the Ming Dynasty has found a clear direction.

Facing Wang Zheng, Zhu Youzhen directly felt like picking up a baby.

Hearing what these people were good at, Zhu Youzhen didn't know what to say to Chongzhen in his previous life.

He has to be a loser to completely destroy Da Ming!

The Ming Dynasty in this era is really full of talents!

But with these talents in front of him, Chongzhen in his previous life didn't even use any of them. No wonder Da Ming will end up in his hands.

Looking at the talent in front of him, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but have a feeling of wanting to scream and want to jump.

"I'm coming, I'm seeing, it's going to be very different."

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen has a strong self-confidence.

Master of Ceremonies

Wei Zhongxian has been annoyed lately.

In the Tianjin ship robbery case, the clues reported by Dongchang pointed to Wei Zhongxian very troubled.

Tianjin garrison Qin Ming, from the deputy general of the second grade, to the actual local garrison general, can be regarded as a local real power faction sitting on one side.

Wei Zhongxian thought hard for a long time, and Gonggong Wei finally found that he really didn't have any good way to deal with a local garrison general like Qin Ming.

In the Ming Dynasty, the military system is the territory of the nobles. Don't look at Xungui's lack of presence in the imperial court now, but Wei Zhongxian clearly knows that the relationship between Xungui and the royal family is by no means comparable to Wenchen.

To some extent, Xungui can also be regarded as half of the master of Gonggong Wei. Moving Xungui, Gonggong Wei is really careful.

Wenchen, Gonggong Wei can step on it casually now, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse will not restrict anything from him. But if Gonggong Wei dared to do this to Xungui and Wuchen, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would never let it go.

Judging from Dongchang's report to Wei's father-in-law, Dongchang did not get any substantive handle from Qin Ming. At most, it is just that all kinds of clues found by the East Factory point to Qin Ming.

There is no real evidence for this, and it is not easy for Grandpa Wei to do it.

Covering crimes is okay for Wenchen, but it's not good for this kind of general. Once a mutiny is provoked, the basket will be bigger.

Tianjin garrisoned Qin Ming, and behind him stood the Li family of Wuqing Hou.

Although the Li family of Wuqing Hou has declined a little in recent years, after all, he was also the first noble in the Wanli period, and there is still a love affair with the royal family.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse attaches the most importance to family affection, if the Li family really cries to the Son of Heaven, Father-in-law Wei will have to suffer a little grievance.

Alas, what a headache! Wei Zhongxian let out a long sigh.

Seeing that Gonggong Wei was sullen, Li Yongzhen whispered an idea to Gonggong Wei: "Dugong, Wu Qinghou and His Royal Highness King Xin have always been a little at odds. Look, how about letting King Shin come forward? ”

"King Shin?" Wei Zhongxian brushed his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and stroked his palms and laughed.

"Yongzhen, what a plan!"

King Xin was already at odds with Wu Qinghou. Since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the shops in the Xinwang Mansion have also been suppressing the shops in the Wuqing Houfu.

The restaurants and grain stores on the face of Wuqing Houjiaming, let alone making money now, can maintain a little less loss at most.

Wu Qinghou still insists on opening these two stores, in order to be angry with King Xin.

In this Tianjin shipjacking incident, the pirates who hijacked the ship almost injured King Shin by mistake. King Xin went to Qin Ming's trouble, which was also a matter of course.

King Xin is looking for trouble with Qin Ming, even if he is ruthless, he can say the past. Whether you can keep Qin Ming or not depends on your Wu Qinghou's ability.

Your prince and the marquis are fighting, this can't be blamed on the miscellaneous family, right?

Even if His Majesty is alarmed, Gonggong Wei can push it all away, right?

Thinking about the scene of King Xin and Wu Qinghou fighting, Wei Zhongxian wanted to steal the fun.

With King Xin's young and vigorous temper, Wu Qinghou didn't give a clear explanation, can King Xin finish?

With King Xin in front, the miscellaneous family will help to make things bigger, and see if Qin Ming dares to continue to protect the person behind him.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian smiled happily.

grassland

The people of the Longmen caravan finally decided to withdraw to Xifengkou and not move forward.

They were caravans, not real armies, and they didn't have much to do.

At this stage, the junior team has been baptized with blood, and the congenital defects of the Longmen caravan have been exposed.

Although the carriage was a defensive weapon for the caravan, it was still made of wood and was relatively vulnerable to damage.

Although in several battles, the opponents did not use the destruction of the carriage as the main means, but the carriage still suffered a lot of damage.

By now, at least 10 wagons have been unable to move properly.

Fortunately, the carriages used by the caravan were all products of the assembly line of the Xinwangfu Woodworking Workshop. The parts are well replaced, and 10 carriages can be combined to create 3 moving carriages. In the end, only 7 vehicles were reduced.

Another flaw, and the most fatal, flaw of the Dragon Gate caravan was that there were too few combatants.

In fact, as a caravan, the fighters of the Longmen caravan are already exceeded.

Zhu Youzhen's original plan was to use horse thieves to train the junior team. But no one expected that the caravan would attract the covetousness of the great tribes of the steppe.

The caravan of more than 700 combatants was trained enough to fight horse thieves, but it was not enough to deal with the challenge of the steppe tribes.

Although the tunnel rifles equipped by the cadets were more advanced than the arquebuses, the power of 3-4 rounds a minute did not have a certain numerical advantage, and it was completely insufficient to build a barrier against large-scale cavalry.

Now, even with wagons as cover, the 500 boys team could not withstand a massive cavalry onslaught.

According to the results of Zheng Ping's juvenile discussion, the 500 boys' team will fight to the death of 1-2 thousand cavalry at most, and that is their limit.

Fortunately, the caravan has not been deep in the grassland for too long, and there is still a chance to return to Xifengkou alive if they turn around as soon as possible.

Of course, if the Duoyan Department retaliated with all its might, the chances of the caravan returning alive were really slim. At most, it's a question of how much exchange ratio can be played.

Regarding the possibility of Duoyanbu's all-out revenge, Zhang Yunyi and everyone have tacitly avoided talking about it.

If the Duoyan Department really comes, everyone will fight to the death.