After Shen Xi received the letter, he felt not honored, but troubled. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In this letter, Almeida indicated that he had sent a letter to King Manuel of Franco, informing him of what was happening in the far east.

King Franco gave Almeida the right to make decisions on the spot, so that he could negotiate business with the Eastern countries on his own, so after Almeida returned to Malacca to recuperate for a period of time, he felt that Shen Xi was capable and knowledgeable, and he was well versed in the way of getting along with "civilized countries", and wanted to use it as a bridge between Francoji and the Ming Dynasty.

What Shen Xi is worried about is that the Franco machine secretly wrote a letter to himself, if this matter is known, at least it will be a "foreign domain", which is a big crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan.

And it's hard to explain, why doesn't Franc write to others, but to you?

After paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a vassal, the Buddha obtained the right to trade in Fuzhou and Quanzhou ports. Almeida was escorted to Beijing and saw the wealth and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. Daming, an ordinary county town, is comparable to the national capital of Franco, not to mention the prosperous Nanjing and Jingshi.

The Franc Machine hoped that Shen Xi would exert his "huge influence" in the DPRK and China to help the Franc Mechanic further befriend the Ming Dynasty...... According to Europa tradition, whoever can achieve a major victory in a foreign war receives a knighthood. Shen Xi has made great contributions, and he will definitely be generously rewarded by the Ming court, and it is not a problem to increase the number of officials and knights. It's a pity that they miscalculated one thing, Shen Xi's actual influence in the Ming court was insignificant.

Because in the Ming Dynasty, any promotion needs to be "seniority", young people must have more experience, and when they are old, they will deal with things smoothly and will not make mistakes, and the supremacy of imperial power, even if they can be the head of the civil ministers and become the first assistant of the cabinet, in the end, life and death are just a word from the emperor...... The monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!

Shen Xi received the letter from the Francophile, not only did not take credit, but contained a huge risk...... Since the Franc machine man has the next move, the matter cannot be hidden, and a person must be pulled into the water.

This person can only be Xie Qian, a university scholar.

“…… What the? Franc Robot writes to you!? You kid wouldn't be secretly involved with them, would you? ”

Xie Qian returned home, and as soon as he walked into the study, he saw Shen Xi crossing Erlang's legs like the master of Xie Mansion, holding a book and sitting on the Taishi chair he usually sat on.

As a result, when asked, Shen Xi came with a request, or about the Francophile, Xie Qian's tone was not so peaceful.

Shen Xi hurriedly explained: "Xie Ge Lao can't wronged the students, when the students were in Quanzhou, they had a bloody battle with the Francophiles, how could there be collusion?" ”

Xie Qian was speechless.

It is possible for the Francophile to find others, but it is not reasonable to find Shen Xi. It's like looking for someone to help, looking for an enemy who killed his father, which is clearly a frame-up.

"These Francophiles are vicious in their intentions."

Of course, Xie Qian didn't understand the psychology of the Franc machine man worshipping the strong, and only thought about the way the people of the Ming Dynasty did things, thinking that the Franc machine man was doing a "counter-plot", which made the court distrust Shen Xi.

"But you kid, how can you do it, why do they want to use such poisonous tricks to get rid of you quickly?"

Shen Xi smiled bitterly: "Could it be that the students hurt them before?" ”

In Xie Qian's mind, even if the Franc machine man wants to make a counter-plot, he should also find the person in power, and he will never find a "little shrimp" like Shen Xi, but after thinking about it again, the Franc machine man is estimated to be revenge.

"Since you are innocent, then don't worry, I believe Your Majesty can see the details." Xie Qian suddenly glanced sideways at Xie Hengnu, who was standing next to him, and shouted, "What are you still doing here?" ”

Xie Hengnu didn't expect her grandfather to ignore her after he came back, but he didn't get a response to his grandfather's greetings, he didn't leave, he didn't stay, he just listened to his grandfather and Shen Xi discuss there, but where did her little head understand this? For a while, it was in the clouds!

"Grandpa...... I...... Jun'er retired. ”

Xie Hengnu bowed his head slightly, a little scared.

Out of the door of the study, she thought to herself: "Seventh Brother is so powerful, even Grandpa has to discuss things with him, and there are villains from the outer domains who want to frame Seventh Brother, hoping that Seventh Brother can save the day!" ”

Xie Hengnu has long admired Shen Xi in her heart, Shen Xi is not only a playmate who can give her a kind of friendship and care, but also has insight and ability, and at the same time she looks like a jade tree in the wind, she is like an idol fan, always wants to stay with Shen Xi, as for marriage and family, it is not in the scope of the little girl's consideration at all, she only knows that she likes Shen Xi, and Shen Xi is always smiling, that is enough.

In the study, Shen Xi and Xie Qian continued to discuss the matter of the Buddha Machine.

Regarding Xie Qian's offer that he could help him explain to Emperor Hongzhi, Shen Xi felt that it was not necessary. Because he knew very well that the real purpose of the Franc machine man was not to embarrass him, on the one hand, to show respect for him, and on the other hand, to increase business cooperation.

From the perspective of the development of the times, the Ming Dynasty should have more contact with the outside world, and blindly closing oneself to oneself will not only restrict the development of foreign trade and industry and commerce, but also greatly promote the arrogance of the Chinese people, blindly exclude foreigners, and do not want to forge ahead.

At the same time, this kind of conservative ignorance will hinder the cultural exchanges between the East and the West, so that Western modern science and technology cannot be introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and Western science and technology will be regarded as "strange skills" and blindly rejected, and the final result will be that the Ming Dynasty will fall behind the world in an all-round way.

Shen Xi said: "Elder Xie Ge doesn't have to take things too seriously, maybe he can turn bad things into good things......

"A good thing? Why can't I see it? You kid doesn't care about himself at all, is it possible that the Francophile wants to harm you, and you still have to speak for them? ”

Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi and didn't quite understand Shen Xi's true intentions.

Shen Xi said: "Elder Xie Ge might as well think about it, during the Yongle period, my Ming Dynasty sent sea ships to sea many times, and at that time, it was really all countries to come to court. Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has been in seclusion, and we don't know a lot of things outside, which will greatly affect the status of my Ming Dynasty in the eyes of the vassal state. ”

"I have a lot of resources, those slash-and-burn barbarians, what is there to learn?" Xie Qian held the idea of going to the country with **** owned by most people.

Shen Xi said: "Xie Ge Lao seems to have forgotten about the Franc machine gun......"

In a word, Xie Qian choked back.

In Xie Qian's eyes, the "slash-and-burn" Franc machine man, can actually produce the Ming Dynasty does not have the Franc machine gun, the ingenuity and advanced artillery, so that the Ming craftsmen are amazed, if it is not for Shen Xi resolutely transported the Franc machine gun from Quanzhou to the capital, and strongly advocated the school field to let the emperor see the power of the artillery, there will be no artillery in the battle against the Tatars in the future, so that the Ming Dynasty turned defeat into victory and gained the initiative over the grassland tribes.

"What else do they have besides the Franc cannon?" Xie Qian was much more cautious at this time, and asked curiously.

Shen Xi said: "The student has never been to the country of Franc Ji, how do you know?" However, the students heard that one of the Franc Robot was named Columbus, and he had found several high-yielding crops on a magical land, and we could ask the Franc Robot to exchange the germs and seeds of these crops. ”

Xie Qian's old face wrinkled at Shen Xi, he didn't quite understand where Shen Xi heard these words, he waved his hand and said, "Don't be some nonsense, right?" ”

Shen Xi is really not untargeted.

Columbus was a Spaniard, and Almeida was divided into two countries, but at this time the Spaniards and the Portuguese were both known as the Francos by the Ming Dynasty.

Columbus discovered the American continent in 1492, the year was the fifth year of Hongzhi, Columbus went to the American continent several times after that, he always thought that the American continent was India, and then brought back to Europe several crops that later changed the world, clearly corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Now, nine years later, these crops have begun to be sown in colonies in Europe and South Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, but have not yet reached the Ming Dynasty.

The population explosion in Chinese history originated from the introduction of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn into China in the late Ming Dynasty, providing enough food for the rapid population growth.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "These things are indeed heard by students, but as for whether they are nonsense, they have not been confirmed. However, when Xie Ge Lao first heard about the power of the Franc cannon, didn't he also think it was nonsense? ”

Xie Qian touched the beard on his chin, with a little hesitation: "How sure are you kid?" ”

"Ten percent!" Shen Xi said, "Elder Xie Ge can only play Your Majesty with this, the student dares to guarantee his own net worth, and there is no lie." ”

Xie Qian said angrily: "What do you want your net worth to do?" Since you think this matter is feasible, then go back and draw up a script, and the old man will think that it is no problem after reading it, so he will naturally transcribe it and submit it. ”

At first glance, Xie Qian was ready to rob Shen Xi of the credit, but Shen Xi knew that Xie Qian's move was to protect him.

If Shen Xi proposed to trade with the Franc Machine, saying that he would introduce corn, sweet potatoes and potato seeds, Emperor Hongzhi would not care about it at all, and even felt that Shen Xi was the second Zhang Lian, who was bought by the Franc Machine, so he would talk nonsense. But Xie Qian is a cabinet minister, and he will play it, so there will be no problem.

Xie Qian can basically be regarded as a very popular minister, if the proposal is pertinent, even Emperor Hongzhi is not good to refuse in person, not to mention that Xie Qian's invitation is still related to the national economy and people's livelihood, so he can't afford not to pay attention to it.

When Shen Xi got home, he went into the study and began to write a recital, to be precise, he helped Xie Qian draft the recital, and when he turned around, Xie Qian could not change a word, and he could copy a copy and take it to Emperor Hongzhi for business.

Shen Xi had already figured out how to write this notebook, that is, it was suggested that the imperial court should conduct all-round exchanges with the Franc machine people in commerce, handicrafts, agriculture and other aspects as it did in North Korea, and propose to exchange some crop seeds without the help of the Franc machine people, send the crops of the Ming Dynasty, and then bring in the seeds from outside.

Although it seems to be equal, corn, potatoes and potato seeds may involve an increase of tens of millions of people in the future for Daming, which is the hope of Daming in the future.

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PS: First update!

In the middle of the night last night, Tianzi had an arrhythmia, chest pain, dizziness in the morning, difficulty breathing, and fainting. His wife took leave to send Tianzi to the hospital, and the diagnosis was recurrent myocarditis caused by fever, which is estimated to be caused by the outbreak of Tianzi in the past few months and his weakness......

Tianzi's physical symptoms have been alleviated after infusion and medicine, but it is estimated that he will not dare to break out in the next period of time! There should be another chapter later, please continue to support it! (To be continued.) )