Chapter Eighty-Eight: Plan Before You Act

Seeing that his hot face was sticking to his cold ass, Dou Mali withdrew his arms a little embarrassed, and his face was ugly. Qian Jin looked at it in his eyes, and said in his heart whether this Mr. Dou Mali should hug the Queen Mother when he saw it, and how would the Queen Mother deal with it. However, people came from afar, and Qian Jin didn't hurt his face, so he took the initiative to stretch out his hands to support his arm, and said with a smile: "I heard Xu Shoufu say that Mr. Dou Mali is very knowledgeable, and he is here to visit him today." ”

"Don't dare to be a ...... I heard that Your Excellency is the champion of the dynasty, and I am glad to meet you. "Dou Mali's Chen Guo's dialect is a little blunt, much worse than Shi Huade.

Qian Jin invited Dou Mali aside alone, and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency came this time, but it is for the sake of trade?" ”

"It's not all ......" Although Dou Mali had seen Qian Jin in Renshou Palace, they were not familiar with each other, so he couldn't figure out what he meant by asking this, after all, trade was a state affair, and a champion's concern seemed to be far from enough. After thinking about it for a while, he said vaguely: "Chen Guodi is rich in resources, and the capital is the imperial capital. ”

"Your Excellency came all the way to the capital, isn't it just to see the scenery and enjoy the pavilions?" Qian Jin hooked Dou Mali's shoulder, and said as he walked: "Trade is not a big deal, when the Queen Mother is happy, it is not a sentence?" ”

“……”

Qian Jin saw that Dou Mali didn't answer, and knew that he was still on guard, so he was ready to change the topic.

The reason why he came to Honglu Temple today was to get to know Dou Mali, and he would be a familiar face at the cocktail party; Second, although the Queen Mother said that she would not care about the catastrophe, but "a woman's heart is at the bottom of the needle", maybe one day she remembers this, or Chen Guo really has a disaster to come, and her life is still not guaranteed. He pondered that since the Inhumans were able to create a new continent, their astronomy must have made great progress. You know, without the guidance of the sun and the North Star, even with a compass, the vast sea is likely to lose its direction, or even go the other way around. Therefore, Qian Jin planned to borrow the mouth of Dou Mali and talk to the Queen Mother: There are no immortals in this sky at all, and the so-called theory of calamity is purely false.

Thinking of this, Qian Jin walked up to Dou Mali and stopped, and asked, "Mr. Dou Mali, have you ever heard of heliocentrism?" ”

"Heliocentr?" Dou Mali glanced sideways at Qian Jin, and said strangely: "Could it be that Your Excellency Champion also knows?" You must know that it did not take long for the scholars of the Kingdom of Taixi to discover this cosmic truth. ”

"Of course you know." It is rare that Dou Marik is interested in this topic. At first, Qian Jin was a little worried that he was a god stick and scoffed at the theory of nature. You know, in the previous life, there was a man named Bruno who was burned at the stake by the church.

Qian Jin fumbled in his arms for a while, and took out a piece of paper, on which he drew a glowing circle with a pencil, and next to it, six small circles were drawn in turn, all of which revolved around the glowing circle in the middle. Anyone who has ever been in elementary school knows that this is a schematic diagram of the six planets of the solar system. The reason why the other three planets are not painted is because they are completely unnecessary at the moment. In addition, it is difficult to detect with current observation methods.

Qian Jin handed the piece of paper to Dou Mali and said, "Mr. Dou Mali, I won't tell you anything. This picture was obtained by me in the hands of an alien. He not only discovered heliocentrism, but also discovered six spheres around the sun, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. I drew a sketch according to what the stranger described, and I don't have anything to give you when we first met, so I'll take this picture as a gift. ”

Dou Mali is obviously knowledgeable. He took the sketch and looked at it for a long time, and then looked at Qian Jin with incredible eyes and said, "This is amazing...... It's amazing, how did that sage figure it out? ”

"I don't know." Qian Jin doesn't plan to explain more. Anyway, whatever Dou Mali asked, he pulled off the topic, in order to satisfy his appetite.

After a while, Qian Jin asked again, "Do you have astrological divination in your country?" ”

"Yes, but that's a soothsayer's trick. As a missionary, I bask in the Lord's radiance day and night, so why should I resort to those paths? Dou Mali said with some disdain.

"If the Queen Mother asks you to divinate the fortune of the country, how should you deal with it?" Qian Jin asked.

"If the gospel of the Lord is preached, why fear calamity?" Dou Mari asked rhetorically.

Qian Jin glanced at Dou Mali meaningfully, and found that this person was not easy to fool. Originally, he also wanted to lure Dou Mali to explain to the Queen Mother at the cocktail party: There is nothing to say in this world. Unexpectedly, this god stick has his own little abacus, and as a missionary, he always takes missionary as his mission. It seems that he is not willing to take the bait without sprinkling some bait.

Qian Jin thought for a moment and said: "Your Excellency Dou Mali, the contemptible people are willing to say that the Queen Mother will build a church in the capital, what do you think?" ”

"Your Excellency is worthy of the gospel of our parishioners. If the church can be built, the contemptible people are willing to talk to the Queen Mother, this calamity is indeed a demagogic word. Dou Mari laughed.

"Deal." Qian Jin opened his arms and gave Dou Mali an "affectionate" hug.

Shi Huade stood not far away, and saw that Qian Jin and Dou Mali seemed to be plotting something, so he didn't bother. When the two discussed the matter, he stepped forward and said, "Mr. Dou Mali, we didn't win or lose that game just now, why don't we have another game?" ”

"That's for the best." Dou Mali seemed to be in a good mood at this time.

When Qian Jin saw that the two of them were facing each other, he confessed his guilt, and walked out of Honglu Temple with brisk steps.

Looking at the distant back, Shi Huade sighed, held the club and said: "Mr. Qian Jin is my future brother-in-law, if there is anything that Your Excellency Dou Mali can help, you might as well do some small help." ”

Dou Mari followed Sward's gaze and said after a long time, "You don't have the slightest interest in what we just talked about?" ”

"It doesn't matter what you talked about." Shi Huade paused and said, "You only need to know one thing, Xu Shoufu and Qian Jin are both supportive of trade. That's what I want to see, right? ”

"Not bad. Since the implementation of the ban on the sea in the state of Chen, porcelain, tea, and silk in Taixi have been extremely short of goods, and the pope and nobles have complained. If Your Excellency Qian Jin can open up this situation, I should help him. ”

Shi Huade patted Dou Mali's shoulder and said with a smile: "This is the home field of Xu Shoufu and Qian Jin, you and I just need to be good supporting roles." Come on, one more game, the stadium in front of you is your home field. ”

"To borrow a sentence from Chen Guo, I will accompany you to the end." Dou Mari laughed.

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Jiangxi Township Hall.

Li Shiyin was writing something alone in the wing room on the second floor, and there was a booklet with some names written on it.

Since the Inhuman Mission came to the capital, Li Shiyin had a premonition that Qian Jin would make some moves. Through these four or five months of observation, he has mastered a group of poor students with good qualifications and acceptable character, which will be editing a book. There are already thirty-six names on the roster, divided into three classes: heaven, earth and man. The natural number of the sky is the best candidate, the second is the second of the ground size, and the last of the person size. Everyone has a short comment, such as origin, personality, strengths, etc.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. After Li Shiyin hid the roster, he got up and opened the door. There was a boy of seven or eight years old standing at the door, who looked like a child of an ordinary family.

The boy looked at Li Shiyin and asked, "This old man is surnamed Li, a person from Jiangxi?" ”

"What are you looking for the old man surnamed Li?" Li Shiyin asked quietly.

The boy took out a note from his sleeve, with only a few words on it: "Come to the Tianzi room of Chunfeng Building quickly." ”

Li Shiyin recognized that the handwriting was Qianjin, so he took out ten copper plates and handed them to the boy, and said with a smile: "If I have worked, I will naturally pass the letter to the old man surnamed Li." ”

The boy was naturally overjoyed when he got the reward of ten cents, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Li Shiyin took out the roster again and cherished it in his arms.

Half an hour later, Li Shiyin was led to the Tianzihao private room by the shopkeeper of Chunfeng Building. At this time, Qian Jin was leaning on the windowsill and watching the people on the street, and he didn't seem to notice that someone came in at the door.

Seeing this, Li Shiyin coughed, clenched his fists and said, "Third Senior Brother, I've been waiting for a long time." ”

Qian Jin had actually noticed Li Shiyin's arrival a long time ago. He had just been looking at the endless crowd outside the window in a daze, but his thoughts flew to the scene of taking his girlfriend to the pedestrian street in his previous life. It seemed that only by looking at the bustling crowd and feeling their noise did he feel alive and did not want to withdraw from that situation.

Turning his head, Qian Jin motioned for Li Shiyin to sit down, and he also casually found a chair to sit on: "How is the junior brother doing?" ”

"Okay." Li Shiyin went straight to the point, handed the booklet to Qian Jin, and said, "The candidates that Senior Brother asked me to find last time are all here. ”

Qian Jin took the booklet and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but praise Li Shiyin's preparations. If it was in the previous life, with Li Shiyin's meticulousness, he would definitely be able to make a career out of the ranks. He gently patted the booklet in his hand, and after a while, he returned it to Li Shiyin, and said, "Senior brother, I have worked hard." I didn't expect you to give me a big surprise today. ”

"It's nothing, it's not as good as the senior brother's open and secret battle in the court." Li Shiyin heard Qian Jin's appreciation, and his face was slightly red. Habitually, he still said a few words of modesty.

Qian Jin continued: "This time the Inhuman Mission came to the capital, and the Queen Mother has promised to hold a drinking party, and it is estimated that there will be a cultural fight at that time. It doesn't matter who wins or who loses, the key is how to get the Queen Mother to nod and open the treaty port. Qian Jin gave Li Shiyin a rough overview of what he was busy with during this time, and finally said: "If it is not bad, this time the Queen Mother and the ministers will be unprecedentedly curious about the stranger, and I will propose that the Guozijian and the Hanlin Academy carry out long-term exchanges with the stranger to communicate with each other." There is still uncertainty about the opening of treaty ports, but communication with strangers should not be a problem. At that time, I will also recommend these candidates you recommend to Guozijian for admission. ”

"Senior brother seems to be very enthusiastic about the opening of treaty ports, could it be that you are also interested in overseas business? As far as I know, although the business was very profitable, a bad life was gone. ”

"High risk and high reward, I need to make more money in a short period of time, and it is worth taking some risks." After a pause, Qian Jin said again: "The number of people recommended to enter the country cannot be only these thirty-six people, it can't be too obvious, you have to choose some full people." ”