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Zhu Jishi came to Rome in the name of meeting the Pope, so after meeting the Pope, he did not return to the Château de Viterbo, but went directly back to Paris and lived in Maria. In the villa arranged by Clementina, Bai Siwen and Han Si also lived there, and Brother Trigo also returned to Paris with Zhu Jishi, and also lived in the villa arranged by Maria. According to Jihua, Zhu Jishi will wait for Isabel in Paris before traveling to the German Confederation. After living for more than a month, Isabel has not yet appeared, but a matter related to China has come to the door first.

He sat in the room and wanted to sort out his thoughts, thinking about what ideas he, a descendant of the Ming Emperor who couldn't tell the truth or falsehood, should put forward for the benefit of the country and the people after coming to Hong Kong in the future.

The first is the theory of the nation-state, and now the more successful countries on Shijie are all "nation-states", and all those who are engaged in the world are weak countries in both the East and the West. Therefore, no matter what the Manchu court thinks, this proposition must be held high, go back and find a few copies of Comrade Ma Zhini's books, and change them as their own doctrines, uh, it is called Zhu Jishiism, which sounds very awesome! Of course, it is one thing whether the Qing Dynasty is willing to listen to it, and it is another thing whether Zhu Da thinkers publicize it or not.

The second is that the middle school is the body and the Western study is for use, although history seems to be quite disdainful of this set of ideas, but Engels said, where is there a fundamental reform on this shijie that has been touched all at once? Wasn't the reform and opening up of the Celestial Empire also coming step by step? Didn't you throw all the Jihua economy aside at the beginning and go directly to the market economy? This is true of an economic reform, but how can a comprehensive political, economic, military, and ideological reform be carried out in one step?

The third is to open the country and value business, which seems to be similar to the path that the Japanese devils once walked, and now it is just to be used. In fact, the country has long been blasted open by imperialism with gunboats, and if we try to lock the country again, we will not lock up others but lock ourselves! As for heavy mercantilism, it means vigorously developing capitalist industry and commerce......

Fourth, military and national defense ...... Before he could figure it out, he heard Maria. Clementina's voice, "Jason, is it convenient to come in?" ”

Maria asked, but didn't mean to answer him, pushed the door and came in with two people. Zhu Jishi looked at it, it was not Bai Siwen and Andrew. Jones, the two of them?

Zhu Jishi raised his hand and motioned for the three of them to sit down and talk, Maria and Jones both pulled up a chair and sat down, only Bai Siwen stood there respectfully, smiling flatteringly, looking like a traitor......

Zhu Jishi smiled: "Andrew, you are also coming to Paris?" His eyes looked at Bai Siwen, the smile on this thing's face couldn't be hidden, and he didn't know what happy events had happened.

Maria smiled and said, "The Larreny mission will soon leave for China, and Mr. Jones and Mr. Bai have come to say goodbye to you. ”

Zhu Jishi sighed, and said in his heart: "This time flies really fast!" Suddenly he looked at Jones again, "Andrew, you're going to the East too?" ”

Andrew. Jones smiled and nodded, "Jason, have you forgotten that you own 2,000 acres of land in Hong Kong?" He took out a document from the briefcase he was carrying and handed it to Zhu Jishi.

It turned out to be a land ownership certificate, and the 2,000 acres of land in the area of Deep Water Bay in Hong Kong are now owned by Zhu Jishi from the baron!

What a bonus! Zhu Jishi thought to himself, Li Ka-shing's house in Hong Kong seems to be in Deep Water Bay, right? If such a large piece of land is placed in 2014, it will not be worth hundreds of billions? When you go back, you must find a location with better feng shui in Deep Water Bay to build a mansion to live in, and I don't know which land Li Ka-shing lives in? His family's feng shui must be good......

Returning the land ownership certificate to Jones, Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "Andrew, do you want to go to Hong Kong to manage these lands for me?" ”

Andrew. Jones nodded: "It's what Cospel meant, he thinks that Jishiban should open a branch in Hong Kong as soon as possible, after all, the Chinese market is very large." ”

"Haode, Kospel's idea is good, it's just ...... Do we have enough money? ”

"I don't know, but Cospel has just paid £60,000 for three armed merchant ships, and has hired 200 Irish sailors and more than 300 Irish workers, who will go with me to Hong Kong. In addition, Cospel gave me £40,000 in cash, of which £20,000 was an advance of the Bank for the year of 1843. ”

It's 120,000 pounds in one fell swoop! How much cash is so abundant in the Bank?

"Is it finalized with the French government's grenade business?" Zhu Jishi asked uncertainly.

"It's been finalized, Will returned to Manchester at the end of last month with the French deposit, and Britain, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, and the U.S. government have all decided to buy ammonium grenades!"

Andrew. Jones said excitedly, "The total value of the procurement contracts in the eight countries combined is more than 1 million pounds!" In addition, France, Prussia, Austria, Spain and Russia also provided us with subsidies totaling 100,000 pounds sterling in exchange for the start of explosives and ** factories on their soil. The DuPont family in the United States invested 20,000 pounds to cooperate with us to set up an explosives and ** factory. In addition, pharmaceutical companies and rubber products companies are also operating very well, and our Prozac has also received orders from the military of many countries, and the factory of Hero Pharmaceutical can no longer meet the production needs, and has just purchased a new plant to expand its operations. ”

Sure enough, weapons and drugs (in fact, Prozac are not drugs) are the best to sell! Zhu Jishi said in his heart: "It's a pity that Europe is very peaceful now, if any war breaks out, it is estimated that the business of ammonium grenades will be several times better!" ”

"Svensson," Zhu Jishi turned his gaze to Bai Siwen, who was standing respectfully and solemnly, "When are you going to leave?" Did Kospel send you money? ”

"Back to the sir, the French mission is ready to set off from the port of Marseille in early December, and the little one and Monsieur Jones will go on their way with them, and Monsieur William has allocated ten thousand pounds to the little one, which is now in the custody of Monsieur Jones, and the little one wants to buy some gifts in Europe and bring them back."

"Haode, Andrew, give the money to Svensson." Zhu Jishi said, took out a stack of manuscripts from the desk drawer, and handed them to Bai Siwen one by one. "Svensson, these are my manuscripts, including the English-Chinese Dictionary and English Grammar that I wrote myself, the Art of War and the Political Strategy of Tessie, and a book on the Success or Failure of the Reform of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. There is also this book, "A Journey to the West", written by Mr. Jones, which describes the situation in Europe, the Middle East, and India, as well as the situation in the European colonies in the South Seas. I believe that it is what the Qing court needs, and with these books, I am not afraid that they will not use you. ”

"Sir, enough, enough, with these books, you will definitely be able to be famous for the ninefold, and the little ones will be able to follow with a little light when the time comes." Bai Siwen said with a smile, "The small ones have been repeatedly calculated these days, listening to the introduction of the Marquis of France, now the Sino-French negotiations are at a critical moment, the minister of the imperial court is in Guangzhou, and the little one will go directly to the minister of the court to report after going back, and present the book of the lord, how can there be a top of the fourth or fifth grade, if the errand of the Sino-French negotiation is done, it is a customs road can be put down, and then the small one can be trained in the name of the talents needed to handle customs affairs, and send people to Hong Kong to study Western." ”

Zhu Jishi glanced at Bai Swen and didn't speak, just nodded. Even if this Bai Siwen gives the Manchus a chance to improve themselves, the possibility of success is not great, but it can stir up the stagnant water, and it will definitely be beneficial to his own school in the future.