The New Year was spent in the hustle and bustle, and when Li Xi broke free from the banquet, the time had reached the fifth day of the lunar month in the fifty-second year of Kangxi.

"Fourth brother, I have some business opportunities over there, but few people mention it, do you think you want to send someone over?"

Outside Zhuangzi, Li Xianzheng saw off Xiao Sheng, who is now the capital of the right battalion of the Fujian Navy Division and the Fujian Security Association, with 816 soldiers and 9 sea ships under his name, which can be regarded as the head of a party. This time, he took advantage of the New Year's holiday to make a special trip back to the "provincial relatives" in England and Germany, bringing some local products, as well as the boat map that Li Xi had instructed him to find before.

The contact with Xiao Sheng has not been interrupted, but it is all through letters, and now Xiao Sheng took the initiative to mention this matter, although Li Shi felt that the time was not very ripe, it was also a good thing to bury the thread in advance, so he nodded immediately.

"I don't want you to do anything to find a daughter-in-law, you are alone at sea, no one is in charge, and your body and surname will be worn out."

Somehow, Li Shi naturally took out his brother's style in front of Xiao Sheng, and Xiao Sheng didn't feel wrong, he only felt warm, and at the same time secretly muttered to himself, I haven't seen him for half a year, Li Shi's bearing seems to have grown a little more.

Then Xiao Sheng had an extra box in his hand, heavy, Xiao Sheng was startled, thinking that it was gold again, and was about to excuse himself, Li Xian opened the lid of the box, and a pair of things entered his eyes, which immediately shocked him.

The flint hair is short, the barrel is heavy, the brown and black handle should be made of fine ebony, and there is a faint streamer, and the appearance has a tight moon arc, like a dormant sword in the sheath, as long as it is held, it can emit the power of wind and thunder.

"It's the same as me, now you're not an ordinary person, and it's not a taboo to wear this thing, just don't let your boss see it, otherwise you will be swallowed."

Li Xian smiled slightly, and he could see the ecstasy in Xiao Sheng's eyes very clearly. He no longer needs to rely on things to envelop Xiao Sheng, giving Xiao Sheng this thing is just a kind of pleasure to share with fellow firearms maniacs. This newly-made short-fire pistol is imitated from the American M1836 flintlock pistol, which he named "Moon Thunder Gun", with elegant and light shape, exquisite and unique design, making it both a handicraft and a powerful killing weapon. In order to tinker with this thing, Sekida and others put a lot of effort into the material, craftsmanship and construction, such as brass and steel parts, which were finally formed after countless explorations.

"Hey...... And my name......"

Xiao Sheng was not pretentious, he played straight up, and when he saw the name engraved under the handle of the gun, he couldn't help grinning.

"Speaking of daughter-in-law, fourth brother, can't you just wait for Guan Xuan, didn't you find a house first? Not to mention the doctor, the girl next to her is really outstanding, is there a plan? When to do it, you have to say hello to me first, I can prepare things. ”

Xiao Sheng hugged the gun box tightly, for fear of being snatched away, and then talked about the topic that gave Li Xian a headache.

"I'm thinking about how to make money now, and I haven't succeeded in starting a business, how can I think so much......"

Li Xianxin said that there was still a rebellion, and Xiao Sheng also said that his fourth brother was probably thinking more than making money.

Sending Xiao Sheng away, Li Xi followed Peng Xianzhong to send away the three glass merchants in Hunan, these days they are in Zhuangzi, although they do not know the details of Li Xian's frit, but the source of glass products has a bottom in mind. Under the mediation of Li Xi and Peng Xianzhong, the three parties and five people reached an agreement to jointly establish a Xianglitang to unify the marketing of glass and horse lanterns and other products. This Xianglitang has nothing to do with the Anhetang that Li Shi is about to face, and it is also a card for Li Shi to face Anhetang.

An Liu's An Liu of Anhetang also said goodbye on this day, and An Wei's attitude when he came back showed that the An family had roughly figured out Li Shi's background, and knew that this was a local snake that straddled the black and white roads in northern Guangdong, and his attitude suddenly became gentle and humble. not only sent the things that Li Shi wanted, but also promised to send the people that Li Shi wanted after the year, and then talk about cooperation in detail.

"Self-striking bells swing home, listening to the waves and the iron mill under the mountain, this kind of ...... Eggs, one for each of the deacons and above, two for He Gui, let him find someone to dismantle them, carefully ponder them with a magnifying glass or something, and give the rest to the team leader of the guard. ”

Li Xi pulled with his hand, and everything had its own master. Anjia sent three self-striking clocks, more than 20 iron eggs of different styles, which are actually table clocks that can be carried around, that is, a popular timekeeping tool in Europe in this era: Nuremberg egg watches. These Nuremberg egg watches sent by Anjia are about the size of a fist, round, weighing half a catty, and the craftsmanship and material are still very rough, and they are only used by middle-class people in society. According to An Liu, many of them were purchased by the An family from the chief mate of the foreign captain and other foreign companies, and each spent at least a hundred taels of silver.

The purpose of Li Shi asking An Jia to send clocks and watches is to come out as soon as possible, and precise mastery of time is the basis of too many things, and technology, military, and commerce all have to rely on this. However, copycat clocks and watches are a piece of water grinding kung fu, and there must be craftsmen who are proficient in machinery, whether it is Huaxia, or he is under Li Shi, such people are really difficult to find, only start from the most basic surveying and mapping imitation, and then ponder the material and mechanical principle of parts.

This is a long-term project, just start first, and then look at other things, Li Xianxin said, the foreign bank is really atmospheric, this pile of "apologies" is worth four or five thousand taels of silver.

Li Shi stuffed a copper box to Guan Xuan, and the little girl even smiled on her little face, this is a music box, open it, there is a small mirror, a blonde and blue-eyed little puppet stands up, turning with the sound of Ding Dong, so happy that Guan Xuan's eyes can't be opened.

But then her attention was diverted by a bunch of books, "Geometry Originals", "Tongwen Arithmetic Finger Edition", etc., all opened to numbers, in the eyes of this little girl who seemed to be born with the potential of mathematicians, these books were more precious gifts than music boxes.

"This is ......"

Li Xian was about to say that it wasn't for you, but Guan Xuan had already run away with a book in his arms and cheering.

European missionaries brought a lot of things in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, unfortunately none of them were the most advanced, but even so, it was enough to open the eyes of the intellectuals of the late Ming Dynasty to realize the shortcomings of their own culture to some extent. In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, both knowledge and technology were monopolized by several generations of Kang Yongqian emperors in the court, and became a plaything for "cultivating" personal feelings.

Li Xi now lives in the remote area of northern Guangdong, and he has no way to face the West, and he himself is not an encyclopedia, he knows everything, so he naturally hopes to get more knowledge in, especially the basic theoretical books of mathematics, physics and chemistry, so as to cultivate his own scientific and technological talents. Coming from Anjia to some Western science and technology translations that have a history of dozens or hundreds of years is really a blue thread.

"Speaking of which, Old Man Newton is still living happily at this time, but I have to find a chance to get his things."

Li Xi thought so.

However, when it comes to science and technology, some of the achievements in Li Xian's hands are even jaw-dropping for foreigners in this era.

"I have completed the identification of more than 20 kinds of germs, and confirmed the harm of six kinds of germs, especially leprosy bacteria, I have a lot of understanding, and I have roughly touched the appropriate dose of Tripterygium wilfordii."

The leprosy hall in the west of Li Zhuang, a large courtyard has been erected outside the walled fort in the past, one of which is a two-story small building is Pan Jinling's "scientific research room", here, Pan Jinling handed over an album, Li Shi flipped over, his face was slightly pale, the demon world.

Pan Jinling relied on the constantly improving microscope, is prying open the mysteries of the bacterial world little by little, the bacteria under the microscope are weird and terrifying, but Pan Jinling can depict them one by one, relying on sampling and comparison and other analysis methods taught to her, summarizing the characteristics and hazards of each one. The tenacity required is not something that ordinary people in this era can have.

With a microscope, Pan Jinling and some of her apprentices, Li Shi's knowledge in microbiology is the most advanced in the world. Unfortunately, due to the constraints of the environment and conditions, this knowledge cannot be directly translated into achievements in pharmacology and clinical medicine.

"If you can understand these germs and find the medicine to kill them, will you be able to cure all diseases?"

Pan Jinling is basically out of the clinic now, except for guiding the diagnosis and treatment and maintenance of leprosy patients, and taking care of the hospital in Zhuangzili, the rest of the time is spent in her scientific research room. The motivation that supports her fanatical devotion is the heart of a doctor she has accumulated for generations, in addition to the little obsession that only belongs to her own in her happiness.

"It's not that simple, there are many reasons why people get sick, germs are one kind, and there is a small thing called a virus, which is a hundred times smaller than this germ, and the harm it causes is much stronger than that of bacteria."

Li Shi's words made Pan Jinling in a trance, a hundred times smaller? How do you see that?

"God allows one thing to exist, then it must be seen, and what we have to do is to figure out how to achieve it."

These words were like whispers from outside the sky, and they were swinging in the depths of Panjin's heart, and she looked at Li Shi blankly, just to see through this face that was not only beautiful and righteous, but also felt that there were more peculiar faces, whether it was a circle of Buddha light or a round of Dao Mang.

"Oh, this is for your ......"

Li Xi remembered another thing at this time, and took out two things, a mirror, a mercury mirror, one side standing on the table, and the other side can be held in the hand, which is also a gift from An Hetang.

"Ah...... So clear! ”

The woman's surname broke out, Pan Jinling was ecstatic, people in this era more or less know that there is a foreign mirror that can reflect people vividly, but they rarely have the opportunity to get it, Li Shi took out two sides at once, Pan Jinling couldn't help but be happy.

Holding the small palm mirror, Pan Jinling looked left and right, and then his brows sank slightly, and the faint scar on his face was clearly visible in the mirror, he gave this thing ...... "It seems that you are more normal, Guan Xuan doesn't care much, Guan Aunt was still scared, Aunt Wang's face was very strange at that time......"

Li Xi recalled the reactions of the women who were given the mirror by himself, and Pan Jinling listened to it in his ears, both relieved and resentful, as well as funny and helpless.

"You didn't send it to Sister Yan?"

She asked casually, Yan Sanniang had agreed to stay, but the time was only until her father's body was well adjusted, which was estimated to be three or four months.

Li Xian glared: "I'll give her something...... Isn't it a misunderstanding, she has a marriage contract. ”

Pan Jinling also glared: "You send me ...... Guys, don't get me wrong? ”

Li Yan pinched his chin: "You are not outsiders." ”

is either a relative, or the core of Qingtian Company, although Pan Jinling has not entered the core system of Li Shi, but he is also a person he can trust, although there is always something else for men to give women in this era, but the group of people centered on him has been running in for so long, and many taboos before have been much lighter, so they are not so sensitive.

Pan Jinling's bright eyes fluttered like autumn tan, and her cherry lips opened slightly, and she was about to say something, but she was stuffed back into her stomach by Li Xian's words.

"By the way, I want you to go to Guangzhou, what do you think?"

Speaking of the Guangzhou strategy before, in addition to the tentacles on the commercial goods, Li Xi thought of Pan Jinling. Guangzhou dragons and snakes are mixed, and in addition to commercial goods, the more support points, the better, so he wants Pan Jinling to open a leprosy hall in Guangzhou, which is not only a name, but also a cover.

Pan Jinling replied with a smile: "Okay." ”

Li Xianren is long gone, Pan Jinling is still stiff, and the smile on his face seems to be made of lead and iron, and it has not been dispersed for a long time.

(To be continued)