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The weather is at its suniest, and the sun is shining brightly, reflecting the mountains and rivers brightly. In the southwest of Windsor Castle, more than a dozen horsemen roared through the woods, startling the birds and beasts that were lying dormant here and fled in all directions. The men on these horses were all dressed in bright red uniforms, and they were all officers and soldiers of the British Royal Guard.

Zhu Jishi raised a Brunwick-style rifle and slammed it. His marksmanship is naturally stinky, after all, before today, he had only touched a smoothbore pistol, and had not even fired a single bullet. When the shots rang out, a British rabbit breathed a sigh of relief and fled as fast as it could. There was another gunshot, and the rabbit fell to the ground, dying with hatred. Prince Albert smiled and handed the rifle to Brown, the butler of Windsor Castle, and took a loaded Brunwick-style rifle from his hand, and smiled at Zhu Jishi: "Jason, you need to aim before shooting." Zhu Jishi shook his head with a wry smile and threw the rifle to a British Royal Guard officer beside him. Spread his hands and smiled: "I really can't shoot a gun, it seems that the weapon still has nothing to do with me!" ”

"Jason, it seems that you have no relationship not only with weapons, but also with horses, and you may not be the only baron in all of Europe who can't ride a horse." A short, brown-haired young woman in a women's hunting suit who followed Prince Albert looked at Zhu Jishi curiously, spoke in a somewhat exaggerated tone, and then giggled into a burst of laughter like silver bells.

She is Queen Victoria, who has just given birth!

Zhu Jishi's mission as a royal temporary obstetrician has also been completed, and five days ago, on April 25, the queen gave birth to a princess named Alice. The whole production process was not dangerous, but Zhu Jishi was still rewarded for his contribution to building a small maternity hospital for the British royal family and training midwives and royal doctors. At the suggestion of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria prepared to give Zhu Jishi the title of Baron. In fact, it is not a serious aristocratic title, but a title awarded to commoners, which can be donated for money in the early years.

In addition, the annual election meeting of the Royal Society has also ended, and Zhu Jishi was elected as a member of the Royal Society without any suspense, which obviously has a higher gold content than that of the Baron.

However, Zhu Jishi is still very happy to be called "Sizz", and being able to get a little bit of aristocratic side is extremely beneficial to his current pharmaceutical and rubber business, as well as to go to the East to run a university in the future.

Maybe it's because I can't go anywhere when I'm pregnant, and I've been stuffy in the room for too long, but today I heard that Prince Albert wanted to hunt with Zhu Jishi, and the queen Bixia actually came out with him - in China, I'm afraid it's a little hard to believe, but women here in Europe don't seem to be popular with confinement or anything......

Zhu Jishi, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria no longer hunt, but wander through the fairytale landscape. In the distance, Windsor Castle glows golden in the sun, and in the vast green meadows, the Royal Guard cavalry dressed as if they were in festive attire are training, wielding sabers or jumping over obstacles.

Prince Albert stretched out his hand, "Water." A jug wrapped in a deerskin was handed over, and the prince opened the lid of the kettle, but did not drink it, but looked at the cavalry on the meadow from afar.

Zhu Jishi said lightly: "I heard that the British cavalry is the most powerful in Shijie and constitutes the most important combat force of the British Army, is this right?" ”

Prince Albert nodded slightly, and just wanted to answer Zhu Jishi's question, but was preempted by Queen Victoria, "Jason, what you said is not right, the British Army is not the Mongolian Army, and it does not rely on a single cavalry to fight the world." In fact, the armies of Europe rely on the coordination of multiple arms to exert their combat effectiveness, and an army is usually composed of artillery, light infantry, line infantry, light cavalry, heavy cavalry and other arms. ”

Zhu Jishi looked back at Victoria and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be quite good at military affairs, Queen Bixia." ”

"It's just some common sense, you must know that the palace libraries in Hanover and England actually contain some military books." Queen Victoria smiled proudly, as if telling Zhu Jishi that in addition to having children, she also understands military affairs!

"Oh, so are these Guards cavalry heavy cavalry or light cavalry?" Zhu Jishi asked with interest.

"They are cuirassiers, don't you see that they all have shiny cuirass on their chests?" Queen Victoria pointed to the cavalry, "The cuirassiers belong to the heavy cavalry, and the main mode of combat is the array charge, and there are also lancers on the European continent who use spears to fight in the same way as the array charge." By the way, Jason, I don't know who told you that the British cavalry was the most powerful on the shijie? Because such a statement is obviously wrong, in fact, the cavalry of Britain, France and Russia are very strong, each has its own strengths, and it is difficult to distinguish between them. However, most military books believe that the French cavalry is the most powerful, after all, France is the first army power. ”

"Jason, you're interested in military topics, do you want to offer military courses in Hong Kong universities?"

Zhu Jishi and Sylvia. Louise was in the middle of her conversation when she was interrupted by a remark from Prince Albert.

Zhu Jishi did not hide it, but admitted calmly: "Albert, I think that Western military science is probably of great interest to every ancient country in the East, right?" If my university in Hong Kong wants to recruit the children of the Qing elite, it would be better to offer military courses. ”

"That's right, whether it's the reform of Russia or the Ottoman reform, it starts with the military, and then the economy, and Zuihou is involved in politics, presumably the Qing State will also take such a path."

Prince Albert looked at Zhu Jishi solemnly and smiled: "Jason, if nothing else, you should soon be reused by the Qing court, maybe when you return to Europe, you will be the minister of the Qing Kingdom, I hope we will be friends at that time." ”

Prince Albert seems to have taken it for granted, but not surprisingly. After all, the matter of first falling behind and being beaten, and then reforming and striving to become strong has happened in many countries. Although the effects of reform are different, I haven't heard of a country that doesn't reform after being beaten and buries its head in the soil as an ostrich, and I don't think it will be such a stupid person to come to the Qing Dynasty, right?

If the Qing Dynasty wants to reform and become strong, it will naturally employ people and use talents who understand the West, and Zhu Jishi is obviously such a talent. If he had been a Russian in the time of Peter the Great or a Turkish in the time of Selim III, he would have no problem being a minister. What's more, the current Qing Dynasty is more closed than Russia and the Ottoman Empire back then, and it is completely blind to the West.

Zhu Jishi smiled bitterly and said, "Albert, don't make fun of me, where am I the kind of person who can be in politics?" ”

After a pause, he said: "My ideal is really just to run a good university and introduce advanced Western science and ideas to students from the East......

Prince Albert turned sideways slightly, and looked at Zhu Jishi with some surprise, although this person has a very high academic status, but looking at the company he used his invention to establish, he knows that he is not a nerd who only knows how to do knowledge, how could he give up such an opportunity to enter the top of the Qing Kingdom?

Queen Victoria, who was on the side, also raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "Jason, in fact, Albert really wants to help the Qing Kingdom reform and become a civilized country, so you don't have any worries." ”

Of course, this is a half-truth, the British must have ambitions for China, but if Prince Albert wants to completely turn China into a British colony, it is also nothing. After all, China is too far away and too big for Britain to swallow in one bite, and China is a unified empire, so it is impossible to annex it piecemeal and slowly as it did with India. In fact, until now, the British have not completed the annexation of India.

Moreover, in the eyes of Albert and any other politician who looks at China from afar in Europe, China will definitely reform after being beaten. The question now is who will "help" China's reforms? Is it France? Or the UK?

According to the latest report received by Prince Albert and the British Cabinet, the French envoy Zhen Shengyi has been negotiating with the Qing government for a long time, and it is reported that the French government is pursuing a goal that is not favorable to Britain! It is likely that they will supply arms to China and send people to assist the Qing government in building forts and casting cannons! If the Qing government is ready to carry out reforms in the future, it is very likely that it will accept French help -- you must know that the French have the problem of being good teachers, and French advisers are involved in the reform of almost every backward country......

Perhaps the envoy of the Qing Emperor had secretly arrived at the Tuileries Palace and was working with Louis. King Philip discusses a treaty to hire French advisers to help reform it!

Zhu Jishi said lightly: "Now I don't know where to start running a university, how dare I want to transform a country?" Maybe the goal of running a good university will require me to devote a lifetime of energy, right? ”

Albert smiled and said, "Jason, I can offer you some help with the matter of starting a university." ”

"Help?" Zhu Jishi's eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something, and after a pause, he said gratefully: "Albert, then I will thank you here for your help first, and I will definitely come to trouble you when the time comes." ”

Albert smiled slightly and said, "Then it's a word." ”

"Then help me get a piece of land on Hong Kong Island first, right? At least 1,000 acres. ”

"It's a trivial matter, I'll give you 2,000 acres." Prince Albert agreed without thinking about it, anyway, the land on Hong Kong Island is not expensive at the moment, and no one wants it at all. "I'm going to write to the Governor of Hong Kong and ask him to help you prepare your land. By the way, what is the name of the future university? ”

"Jishi University, take righteousness to help the world and save the people." Zhu Jishi said solemnly.