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April 18, 1844.

Zhu Jishi took Han Si, Liu Peng, Liu Jiong and other three entourages to follow. Accompanied by Clementina, a temporary mistress, she once again went to Windsor Castle.

Prince Albert hosted a banquet at Windsor Castle to entertain Ju and Maria. Clementina two.

Queen Victoria of England also came to admire, and the queen's belly seems to have been enlarged by Prince Albert again! When I saw Zhu Jishi, I looked like I was smiling but not smiling, and I was always a little infiltrating. And Prince Albert looks a lot stronger! It seems to be developing in the direction of a muscular man, and it seems that the queen is forcing him to go to the gym every day to practice during this time......

"Albert, Queen Bixia." After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Jishi put down the wine glass in his hand with a respectful smile on his face, "Thank you and Queen Bixia for supporting me during this time." ”

In the dining room of Nuoda, there are only four people dining now, and the servants are all court attendants. The other people who came with Zhu Jishi had other places to entertain, and they were not qualified to have lunch with the queen and the princess. Prince Albert smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Your success is also the success of the British Empire, these days, because of your achievements in the pharmaceutical, rubber, explosives and other industries, the British government has also obtained more than 100,000 pounds in taxes, so we are a win-win situation." ”

"Yes, it's indeed a win-win situation," Zhu Jishi smiled, "so I hope that the future of Hong Kong Jishi University and Jishi College can also achieve a win-win situation, and the future British Empire and China can also achieve a win-win situation." ”

Prince Albert smiled slightly, turned his head to look at his wife, "Alexandrina, you seem to have told me that you are going to give Jason a special award?" ”

A special compliment? What is it?

"Sir Zhu," Queen Victoria's voice sounded again, "in view of the lucrative taxes that your inventions, vulcanized rubber, and explosives have brought to the British Empire, and have strengthened the military power of the British Empire, I have decided to reward you and crown you a Viscount of Duckling." ”

Have you also been added to the ranks? Zhu Jishi hurriedly knelt down on one knee to thank him, but he was wondering in his heart what was going on with that "pressure viscount"? Is it to put a little pressure on yourself so that you can improve?

"Ap Lei Chau is an annex island of Hong Kong Island, just across from Deep Water Bay, and now uninhabited, and the land there has been given to you." Prince Albert explained.

When Zhu Jishi heard this, he said in his heart, this Queen Victoria Bixia has even prepared the base for the rebellion! And it's in Hong Kong, a stone's throw from Chinese mainland!

As soon as he, a descendant of the Ming Emperor, the British, French, Hanlin, and the owner of Duck Lei Island, arrives in Hong Kong, won't the disciples and grandchildren of Chen Jinnan and Wei Xiaobao come to vote? If you want to say that you don't rebel, you can't stand Chen Jinnan, Wei Xiaobao, and you can't stand the British Empire...... And as soon as these two titles of the British Empire are thrown out, their image among the lower classes of people in South China will probably change greatly, right?

In the eyes of some Chinese working people who do not know the truth, the real purpose of the previous Opium War was to find a base for themselves, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! This British imperialism turned out to be an old friend of the Ming people.

Of course, in the eyes of another group of Qing people who love the country and love the emperor and firmly support feudalism with Qing characteristics, their "duck island owner" and the Ming Emperor's descendant are the culprits who led Yingyi to invade the country, and they are extra-large traitors and traitors who can be punished by everyone!

With this identity, it is difficult for him not to rebel, and there will definitely be many angry young people who will oppose him, a lackey of Yingyi. Zhu Jishi thought worriedly. But his face was still full of smiles.

"Albert, thank you for your help, I know that I can achieve what I am now because of your and Bixia's care."

"Jason, your success is also the success of the British Empire, if the Bank can grow further in the future, the pharmaceutical industry and the rubber industry will become a new growth point for the British industry in the future." Albert laughed.

Today, Britain is still a shijie factory, and in the eyes of British dignitaries, industry symbolizes the prosperity of the British Empire. The company's pharmaceutical and rubber production centres are located in Manchester, and if they can grow, it will undoubtedly further strengthen the UK's leading position in the industrial manufacturing sector.

Zhu Jishi was stunned for a moment, and quickly calculated in his heart - it is true, the three main businesses of Jishixing's pharmaceuticals, rubber, and explosives, coupled with the Jason Central Laboratory founded by himself, are very likely to grow into a Shijie-level large company in the future, and will even delay the decline of the British Empire in the future.

"Jason, I think what you're going to do in Hong Kong will also be the success of the British Empire, right?" Prince Albert looked at Zhu Jishi with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Albert, I was just going to tell you about that." Zhu Jishi stood up and sat back in his seat, and said: "Now Jishi Bank is preparing a joint-stock company engaged in trade between China and the Spice Islands, Indochina Peninsula, Korean Peninsula, Japan and other places, it is expected that the profit of this company will be very good, do you and Queen Bixia want to invest some?" ”

Albert and Victoria looked at each other, and Albert said, "Is it just an investment?" ”

"Yes, just an investment." Zhu Jishi said with a smile. However, I thought in my heart that if you and your wife become shareholders of the Nanyang Trading Company, then the western shili in Nanyang will have to give yourself three points.

"Well," Albert laughed, "I wonder what the total investment of the Nanyang Trading Company is?" How much money are you going to raise? ”

"At present, Nanyang Trading Company is ready to invest 150,000 pounds in Hong Kong and Nanyang Trading, of which 90,000 pounds will be funded by Jishi Bank, and the other 60,000 pounds will be prepared to raise shares."

"£60,000 is it?" Prince Albert smiled, "I still have the money, and I believe in your ability." In addition, I have just taken up the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, so I hope that the University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong can cooperate in running a school. ”

Is this to control Jeshi University in order to cultivate pro-British factions? Zhu Jishi thought uncertainly.

"Albert knows that you don't have much energy to run the school, so he wants to take the opportunity to turn your Jeshi University into a joint branch of the University of Cambridge and the Royal Military College of Sanchester! But you have to pay for the school. Queen Victoria interjected with a smile.

The money is all paid by me, but you have to meddle in the management of the school! Zhu Jishi said in his heart: "The British people's wishful thinking is not ordinarily good!" ”

"Of course, Albert's request is very reasonable." Zhu Jishi thought about it for a while and agreed to the queen's request. yes, what if you don't say yes? Without Cambridge University and the Royal Military Academy of Sanchester, where would I find so many university professors? Moreover, who among the 40,000,000 Chinese has gone to college now, besides themselves? Not to mention managing a university!

"But the Chinese Confucian curriculum can't be canceled anyway!" Zhu Jishi then put forward his own conditions.

"Middle school is the body, Western learning is for use" is one thing in the Manchu Dynasty in history, and it is another thing in the Jishi Academy and Jishi University that Zhu Jishi will open. The former is nonsense, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is that Confucianism is the imperial examination, and this "body" does not need to be said at all. In the latter, the body of middle school is thought, which is to ensure that those Chinese students who have been educated by Europeans still have a Chinese heart!

A bunch of yellow-skinned and white-hearted banana people are not what Zhu Jishi wants.

"Well, well, naturally, when Jishi University officially opens, Cambridge University will send students to study Confucianism and Oriental culture."

Prince Albert smiled and nodded. Sending Cambridge graduates to study Oriental culture at Jesse University in Hong Kong is also a true idea in his heart, and it is only natural that he should understand their culture and ideas when dealing with China.

"Hehe," Zhu Jishi laughed dryly, thought for a moment, and then looked at Prince Albert and said, "Albert, how many teachers are you going to send to Hong Kong?" Probably none of them speak Chinese, right? I want to give them Chinese lessons on the boat to Hong Kong...... Well, Chinese is not very easy to learn, and if you are too old to get into college, it is better to send some young teachers to Hong Kong. ”

To be honest, Zhu Jishi hates the "old stubbornness" here in Europe and prefers to deal with young people.

"That's natural, the teachers sent to Hong Kong are mainly Cambridge graduates, and I think they have enough knowledge to be professors at Jishi University." Prince Albert thought for a moment and said, "Your friend, the younger brother of the Duke of Marlborough, Robert. Churchill was also going to Hong Kong as an instructor, and he was a ...... at the Sandchester Military Academy Top students,"

The prince's cheeks were slightly red, and the dead fat man looked like a "low-level student" no matter how he looked at it. "And he is also the major brigade deputy of the Royal Guards Cavalry Brigade, so there should be no problem serving as the dean of the Military College of Jishi University, right?"

"No problem." Zhu Jishi smiled on his face, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, this dead fat man didn't look like he could fight. Before his military academy opened, there was such a fat guy as the dean. Heming looked like he was still going on, and he must take him to Hong Kong......