Emperor Zhengde had already learned from Wu Shan in advance that Zhou Chong had some special gifts to give to himself, but Wu Shan didn't know what gifts Lu Dao was, so now he heard that Zhou Zheng gave himself a gift that could be compared with the Franc machine artillery, which made him very surprised, and immediately said: "Zhou Chong, quickly take out your gift and take a look, what kind of gift can be compared with the Franc machine artillery?" ”

Seeing that Emperor Zhengde's face was full of excitement and looked like a big child, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but smile slightly, and immediately turned around and took a long box from an entourage, opened it in person and presented it and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a telescope developed by the grass people, although it can't be used as a weapon like artillery, but its use on the battlefield is no worse than any weapon!" ”

What Zhou Zhong took out was a long cylindrical telescope, each containing five binoculars, a total of two boxes. And when Emperor Zhengde heard the name telescope, he was full of confusion, because he really couldn't figure out what the so-called telescope was in his mind?

Seeing that Emperor Zhengde didn't understand, he took a telescope from the box in the next week, and then adjusted the focus and presented it to Emperor Zhengde, pointing to the distance for him to see, but Emperor Zhengde just put one end of the telescope on his eyes, and was immediately startled, because he felt that the distant scenery was suddenly pulled closer a lot, this feeling made him very uncomfortable, and even thought it was a spell, and he almost threw the telescope in his hand.

However, after the initial shock, Emperor Zhengde soon discovered the benefits of the telescope, and the distant scenery that could not be seen clearly was magnified by the telescope, and it suddenly seemed as if he was in front of him. And it looks very clear. This is for him. It's definitely a lot of fun.

I saw that Emperor Zhengde was playing with himself for a while, and then he put down the telescope unsatisfied, and said with excitement on his face: "Yes, yes, the name of this telescope is indeed very appropriate, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I couldn't believe that there is such a wonderful thing in this world, which can bring the distant scenery closer, and see it very clearly." Hmmm......"

When he said this, Emperor Zhengde's face suddenly changed, and then he showed a contemplative look, and after a while, he suddenly said with some ecstasy: "Ha Luha, I see, I understand, this telescope is not just for fun, if it is used on the battlefield, then my Ming generals will hold the telescope in their hands." You can detect the enemy situation early, and when you are commanding on the battlefield. It is also more convenient to see the situation on the battlefield, which is simply a tailor-made weapon for generals! ”

Emperor Zhengde has two hobbies, one is fun, the other is good martial arts, don't look at him doesn't like to read those sage books, but he is familiar with military books, it can be said that he himself has a very high military literacy, otherwise he would not have defeated the little prince who came to Fan in a few years. So Emperor Zhengde quickly saw the military value of the telescope, and even to some extent, the value of the telescope was higher than that of artillery.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was so excited, Gu Dayong, Qian Ning and others next to him were a little confused, and at the same time they were more curious about the telescope in Zhou Chong's hand, but soon Emperor Zhengde asked Zhou Chong to distribute the telescope to everyone, and when they saw the magic of the telescope with their own eyes, they were also extremely shocked, among which Qian Ning and several other martial artists were the same as Zhengde, they all thought of the role of the telescope on the battlefield, and they all showed excited expressions at the moment, and their eyes at Zhou Chong were also a little different.

"Great, with the Francophone cannon, coupled with this telescope, it will definitely greatly enhance the strength of my Ming Dynasty, if the Mongols dare to go south in the future, I must let them remember a profound lesson!" Emperor Zhengde excitedly walked back and forth in place a few times, and suddenly ordered again, "Come on, go and prepare a banquet, today I want to get drunk with Zhou Chong!" ”

Zhou Zhong would have taken this opportunity to send several other gifts together, but seeing Emperor Zhengde's excited appearance, I am afraid that he has no heart to listen to himself talk about the great significance of sweet potatoes and corn now, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to wait until the banquet, and Zhengde will also calm down before giving other gifts one by one.

It can be seen that Zhengde is indeed very concerned about military matters, and then he took Zhou Zhong to the front training ground, while visiting the drills of the Shenji Battalion, while asking Zhou Zhong about the Francophone artillery and telescopes, Zhou Chong did not hide these things, after all, he knew that Wu Shan must have also reported the situation of Shuangyu Port to Zhu Houzhao.

So Zhou Zhong told about his introduction of the Franco machine craftsmen, and at the same time told the Portuguese expedition from Europe, and had occupied the Indian line, and then was about to enter the South Seas, hoping to attract the attention of Zhengde, but unfortunately Zhengde did not seem to be very interested in the overseas situation, but was very interested in those Franco machine craftsmen, and asked a lot of questions for this, when he learned that those Europeans advocated not bathing, it was even more Ha Lu Ha Da Lang laughed.

Zhou Zhong and Gu Dayong crossed the entire capital to reach the Shenji Camp, it had taken nearly two hours, and now they visited the Shenji Camp after meeting with the Zhengde Emperor, and it was soon dusk, at this time, the afternoon drills of the soldiers had been completed, and everyone was ready to eat dinner after a simple scrubbing, and at this time the banquet ordered by the Zhengde Emperor was also ready.

However, Zhengde did not immediately take Zhou Chong to the banquet, but stood outside the canteen of the Shenji Battalion, looking at the soldiers who were coaxing the food below and did not speak, and the people next to him did not dare to disturb, Zhou Chong next to him looked at Zhengde in front of him, although he didn't know if his guess was correct, but Zhou Chong always felt that Zhengde seemed to yearn for this kind of military life, and even if possible, he should be very eager to put down the identity of the emperor and coax the not very delicious meals with the rude and dirty soldiers below.

After a while, Zhengde turned around and left the dining hall, and then took Zhou Zhong to a grass next to the training ground, what Zhou Chong didn't expect was that a big tent used in the march stood here, and what he didn't expect was that this marching tent turned out to be Zhengde's residence in the military camp these days, and it was also the place where he met guests and handled government affairs.

Looking at the not very comfortable tent in front of him, Zhou Zhong turned his head to look at the barracks not far away, although those barracks were not gorgeous, but he felt that it was much more comfortable than the tent, but unfortunately Emperor Zhengde had this hobby, and he didn't live in a good house, but he liked to live in a tent.

After entering the tent, Zhou Zhong found that the banquet had been set up inside, and to his surprise, this banquet was not like the specifications of the emperor's banquet, all the wine and food were placed on a table, and the two chairs were placed opposite each other, it seemed that Emperor Zhengde was planning to drink at the same table with him, although Zhou Chong did not understand the rules of the palace very well, but he also knew that he was sitting opposite to the emperor and drinking.

"Zhou Chong, as soon as I saw you, I felt that we were very fateful, and you also gave me two sharp weapons that were so important to the Ming Dynasty, plus this is a military camp rather than a palace, and there are no monarchs and ministers in the military camp, so you don't have to stick to any vulgar etiquette, let's sit down and talk while eating!" After entering the big defeat, Zhengde immediately spoke, looking at his appearance, it seemed that he really regarded Zhou Zhong as an equal friend.

Hearing Zhengde say this, if it were someone else, he might still not dare to sit, but Zhouzhong's concept of monarchs and ministers was very weak, and in his opinion, Zhengde was just a young man a few years older than himself, similar to his friends in Songjiang Mansion, and there was no awe in his heart, so he didn't shirk it, and after thanking him, he sat down with Zhengde successively.

After sitting down, Zhou Zhong found that the banquet prepared by Zhengde was also very distinctive, several coarse porcelain bowls were full of large pieces of meat, steamed or boiled of different types, and in one corner of the big tent there was a charcoal stove, and a little eunuch turned a grill, on which a roasted golden lamb was skewered on it. The mud seal on the wine jar has been patted open, and a strong aroma of wine emanates out, making people already a little drunk just by smelling it.

I saw Gu Dayong personally pour two bowls of spirits for Zhengde and Zhou Chong, and then Zhengde smiled: "Zhou Chong, I have long wanted to see you, and even thought of going to Songjiang in person, but unfortunately the old diehards in the court will never agree, so I had to do it, I didn't expect you to come to the capital, which made me very happy, come, let's have a bowl!" ”

Zhengde said and picked up the wine bowl in front of him, Zhou Zhong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately drank it with Zhengde. After drinking, Zhengde immediately beckoned Zhou Chong to eat food, after all, he was preparing spirits, and if he drank on an empty stomach, people would easily get drunk.

After a bowl of spirits, Zhou Zhong also felt a lot more relaxed, and at this time he also saw that Zhengde had calmed down from the previous excitement, and thought about it for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people have come to the capital this time to prepare several special gifts, among which artillery and binoculars have been dedicated to His Majesty, but there are also a few special gifts, I hope they can be given to His Majesty in person." ”

After getting the artillery and binoculars, Zhengde was already very interested in Zhou Chong's remaining gifts, so his face was also happy after hearing this, and he immediately said: "Quick! Hurry up and present it, I heard Wu Shan say that not only have you prepared artillery, but also two kinds of food crops brought by the Francophone man, which are very novel, and I have long wanted to see them! ”

Seeing that Emperor Zhengde only regarded corn and sweet potatoes as two novel food crops, Zhou Zhong smiled secretly in his heart, wondering what Zhengde's reaction would be when he told the planting advantages of sweet potatoes and corn and the amazing yield? (To be continued......)