The old courtyard is full of green buildings, it is a place to sell gold, there are a lot of people here, it is the blonde and blue-eyed Xiyi, you can enter and exit here.

Lichunyuan was originally an unknown brothel here, and Wei Chunhua was an unknown prostitute in this unknown brothel, over the years, she has been depressed, because the Qinhuai River is a place of heavy packaging, only the work is good, and someone must pack.

For example, if those famous talents are touted, even the old sow can be compared to Yang Yuhuan.

Wei Chunhua felt that she lacked a talent who could discover her inner talent. Others dare not say, anyway, many of these prostitutes on the banks of the Qinhuai River are dissatisfied with Yu Guozhen, and it is reported that after Yu Guozhen sits in the imperial court, he will cancel the Guozijian and the Eight Shares of Justice, which means that their main guests will be repatriated.

This can cut off the livelihood of many people on the banks of the Qinhuai River!

She carried a big broom and drove out a foreign monk who had just come in curiously to probe her brain, and muttered a curse in her mouth: "Damn Haike, damn foreign monk!" ”

Originally, there were not so many European Baiyi with deep eyes and rhinoplasty in Jinling City, but with Yu Guozhen about to enter Jinling, the original various policies prohibiting the migration of ordinary people were gradually relaxed, especially these European Baiyi, they could also enter Jinling City in a grand manner - this is the imperial capital!

Then she saw Huang Zongxi.

"Isn't this Mr. Bai, I really haven't seen you for a long time, Mr. Bai, please, please, someone is waiting for you."

Wei Chunhua stepped forward to greet him, and at the same time half-pulled Huang Zongxi into the Lichun Pavilion. See her like this. The old prostitute opposite her, who was in general, snorted: "It hasn't opened for a few days, this bitch is itching, right?" ”

All of them are sneering.

This unsightly Lichun Pavilion is a stronghold set up by Huang Zongxi and others in Jinling City. Since five years ago, they have been preparing for this day, and they have been thinking that when Yu Guozhen enters the city in the future, the city will be full of Yu Guozhen's spies. How do they get in touch with each other?

Now it's kind of come in handy.

The commotion on this side also alarmed the window position on the opposite floor, and Bu Mige stretched out his head to look at this side, but did not see anything famous. He retracted his head.

"Priest, I frightened you just now."

Another European, who sat across from him, was also dressed as a priest, dressed in monk's clothes. But his bearing was not quite that of a priest. Bumig believed that if this was not the East, but distant Europe, then the other side would be recognized at the first time.

This is a military man.

"I really didn't expect that, Mr. Dardanion, Cardinal Mazaran would send you here, I don't know what I can do." Bu Mig asked respectfully.

Although the identity of the other party may not be noble, the person behind the other party is a great man in Europe, and now the prime minister of the king of France. Cardinal of the Church, Jules? Mazaran was a little flattered that he would pay attention to the East, thousands of miles away, and to such a devout missionary as him.

"Actually, I was supposed to come with Your Excellency. But when I arrived in Ceylon, Your Excellency had already left on a Chinese ship, so I arrived a month late. The soldier on the other side smiled: "I was ordered to come mainly for three things, one is to get the secret of the steam engine, the second is to get a sample of the rear-loading musket, and the third is to obtain the franchise to trade with China." ”

Bumig looked at each other in surprise.

Although no one here will understand the language of the conversation they use. But the two kept their voices down. But the other party's purpose still surprised Bu Mige.

"France needs wealth, the church needs wealth, and the steam engine and the breech-loading musket can bring us endless wealth." The soldier added in a low voice: "Of course, if you are willing to help me for this, God will bless you." ”

"I'm just surprised that even Lord Mazaran has heard of the reputation of the steam engine?"

"It is only natural that the Portuguese are not good secrecyists, and in order to boast of their monopoly on trade with the East, they have repeatedly described this machinery that can be used both on land and at sea, and many merchants have come to China in these years, some of whom have bypassed the control of the Portuguese and returned to Europe via the Americas, bringing with them the legends of this mysterious country, along with great wealth."

Bumig was not in a hurry to answer.

Four years earlier, in 1648, the Thirty Years' War in Europe had ended, as the envoy had said, and France had gained supremacy over the European land, but it was exhausted. The acquisition of colonies, the acquisition of wealth through trade with the East, became the inevitable choice to consolidate the position of France.

Moreover, France at this time had another advantage over history, that is, the strength at sea was not weak. The Dutch, who originally replaced the Spaniards as the overlord of the sea, were beaten twice by Yu Guozhen in Southeast Asia, and their strength was greatly reduced. The Portuguese, with their agreement with Yu Guozhen, have made a lot of money in recent years and still maintain a sizable fleet at sea.

France's former prime minister, Richelieu, was a brilliant statesman, and the current prime minister, Mazarin, is a little less impressive, and they are looking to land as well as maritime interests. In 1642, Richelieu founded the French East India Company and began to explore the Indian Ocean. They even tried to establish a colonial base in the eastern part of the Indian peninsula, but their armed merchant ships were spotted by the cruising Chinese West Sea Fleet after passing through Ceylon and driven back.

It was during that brief conflict that the French, having seen the steamer with their own eyes, realized that these "myths" from the East turned out to be true.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid things are not easy to do, first of all, the drawings of the steam engine are protected by patents in Huaxia, and we can't get access to this at all, and then, the weapons in Huaxia are not easy to buy, especially the breech guns, as far as I know, they are forbidden to be held by the people, as for trade patents...... Huaxia is doing a good job with the Portuguese. They don't necessarily mean to change. ”

"Father Bumig, it is precisely because of the difficulties that I have come to you, I know that the priests are well-travelled, and before the cardinal sent me, he had specifically searched for records of the priests' activities in the East, and you had dealings with their rulers, and I heard that Father John Tong was also in contact with the prime minister of the Ming Kingdom. Baptized them? ”

"This is a thing of the past, a few days ago, we only met Commander Yu, the lord who now actually controls this country. His attitude towards us was very unfriendly, and many conditions were put forward, and Father Tong had already turned back to Europe. That's what I'm going to do. ”

Although the priests were also the vanguard of the colonizers in various European countries, and gained a lot of wealth in the process of colonization, Bumig was not French, and he had to have a name for himself in the service of the French king.

"Are you willing to see these Chinese become the masters of the world and bring their heresy to Europe?" The envoy remembered what Mazaran had said when he sent him: "This is the Yellow Peril, and to fight the Yellow Peril, we must gain their power, even if it comes from the devil!" ”

Bumig stared at the envoy for a moment and did not speak.

Rumors of the Yellow Peril began when Yu Guozhen drove out the Dutch and Spaniards from the South China Sea. It spread in Europe, and at that time there was even a discussion of the European countries interrupting the Thirty Years' War and uniting to launch an expedition, but the European countries were full of internal contradictions, and there could be no alliance until they were victorious or defeated. Until now, the French had faced obstacles in their efforts to rally a group of allies to get a piece of the East Asian pie: the Dutch had suggested an all-out war with the East so that they could retake their colonies in the South China Sea, while the Spaniards had demanded that the Portuguese cut off trade with the East so that their smugglers could monopolize the profits from trade with China from the Americas. The British, on the other hand, were busy playing the trick of hanging people and had not yet joined in.

"I'm willing to do you a favor, but I'm a clergyman, and I can't do anything that goes against the local law, which would bring shame on the church and give these natives an excuse to persecute the clergy." After thinking for a while, Bumig raised his head: "As far as I know, the great king of the four seas, who will be crowned in five days, Chinese all love luxury and what they say...... Face, you can take this opportunity to meet him directly, but you must be an envoy of the Kingdom of France......"

Bumig's idea made the secret envoy Dardanion tilt his head and think for a while: "I heard that the envoy wants to kneel down to the emperor of these barbarians? ”

"No, they are not barbarians, in fact, you should see that any city here is more civilized and prosperous than our Paris and Rome, God, is it not too much to love this country, they have such a clever and industrious people, compared to them, we have only a bunch of filthy and stupid pigs!" Mentioning this, Bu Mige couldn't help but defend Huaxia: "When I was in Rome, I read a book called "Marco? Polo's travelogue, I used to think it was just a madman's bragging, but I only learned here that we ......"

"Priest, please get to the point, I don't want to kneel to their emperors, whether they are civilized or barbarians, they are heretics. If I could kneel to anyone, only the King of France and the cardinals of the Legagence deserve my knees. ”

"Well, Monsieur Dardanion, the king of the seas, he is very enlightened, he does not need us to kneel, he only needs our inner submission. Frankly, if it weren't for the fact that I had already given my soul to the Lord Almighty, I would have surrendered to the sword of this great king. ”

"Your statement is too unreasonable, haha......"

The secret envoy didn't believe Bu Mige's words, Bu Mige left earlier than him, and he had only been in China for a few days, how could he worship the king of the four seas so much!

"When you see him with your own eyes, his enthronement ceremony in five days must be a very welcome congratulatory envoy from Europe, and it will be even more pleasing if you bring some gadgets from Europe as gifts."

"What can we give as a gift, we have, they have, and theirs is better!" Dardanion was a little frustrated when he said this.

"Our European handicrafts, at least another culture, will make that Excellency feel exotic, you live here, I'll find a way to let that Excellency see you, these days, don't leave here!"

"Yes, Priest, I am looking forward to the ceremony in five days!" Dardanion laughed deeply as he spoke. (To be continued)