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As France lost its power in the War of the Spanish Succession, the Sun King's brilliance had dimmed over Europe. However, the princes and nobles who were high above were all virtuous in healing their scars and forgetting their pains, no, France reached the "Peace of Rasztat" with Austria on the front foot, and the Palace of Versailles began to sing every night.

However, on August 2, 1714, the situation seems strange, and the nobles and nobles who attended the evening ball did not make a loud noise in the ballroom, but gathered together in a close relationship and whispered, as if they were arguing about when the funeral of the long-lived king would be held.

The horn sounded three times, and the nobles present fell silent, and they heard the palace guards shout in the same tone as before: "Your Majesty the King of France, Your Majesty the Supreme Sun King, here." ”

The nobles saluted the open door, and an old man with difficulty walked slowly past him, and finally ascended to the throne.

When he was seated, the minister standing at the bottom of the stairs and announced: "Your Excellency, noble ladies, this minister has been ordered by the king to inform you of the good news, four hours ago, the Treaty of Versailles was formally signed between the Kingdom of France and the Chinese Empire, and the two countries will send permanent envoys to each other in the future, and the Chinese Empire has also agreed that the East India Company of the French Crown will fully act as an agent for the sale of its goods in France, Germany, and Italy??????"

The princes and nobles present couldn't help cheering, Louis XIV nodded with satisfaction, and then muttered in a low voice, and the former minister who was paying attention to his movements then announced again: "Now I have invited His Excellency Viscount Wei Jun - Lou Le Lo, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Chinese Empire, and His Excellency Viscount Louis-Dilboche-Schlauten Former Governor of the Chinese Imperial Academy of Sciences, by the way, His Excellency Viscount Schlauten turned out to be French." ”

The viscount is not a high-ranking nobleman, but the viscount of distant China is different, not to mention that a Frenchman can become the viscount of the Chinese Empire, what a legend this is, and what a glory it is for France, it can definitely become an enduring topic in the social salons of various countries.

Just as the noise in the ballroom was rising again, the guard officer who had heard the order of the former minister blew the trombone again, and soon another hall door opened, and a yellow man in the eyes of the French aristocracy walked in with indescribable grace, and to their amazement they were the old fat white man who followed the Viscount Lou in the same strange costume.

"Lu Weijun, the founder of the Chinese country, the general doctor, the prince of the school, the deputy minister of the Yamen of the Governor-General of the Governor-General of the People's Republic of China, and the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Envoy to Europa, has met His Majesty the Lord of France."

"The founder of Huaxia, the doctor of the Zhengyi, the prince of the inspection school, the Taibao, and the minister of the Bide Academy, Yi Shilao, knocked to see His Majesty the Sun King."

After saying it once in Chinese, Yi Shilao, a former French artillery non-commissioned officer, translated it again in French, of course, such as the founding son, who wants to save face, of course he translated it as a viscount, and the general doctor, the chief doctor, and the inspector could not be directly translated, so he had to use the civil official rank in France at that time to describe it as a third-class civil official, and the deputy minister directly said the vice minister of foreign affairs, the minister plenipotentiary did not need to say, and the minister of the Byde Yuan became the so-called senator of the Senate.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, here are all the world-honored nobles of our country." In the same way, Yi Shilao translated the French minister's introduction to Lu Weijun in its entirety. "They are all famous families that have been inherited for hundreds of years, and they are introduced to His Excellency the Minister by order of my king."

After hearing this, Lu Weijun scolded the French nobles present: "This official has seen your lords. ”

The French, who had heard the translation, did not dare to slack off, and performed a court etiquette one after another, and the two sides had met so far.

Louis XIV nodded, the music began, and the court ball began. Due to the presence of the envoys of the Chinese Empire, the French nobles changed the hustle and bustle of the past and danced the court dance gently, but the women in the hall still made Lu Weijun dare not look directly, and could only stand there with his eyes and nose.

It's just that Lu Weijun can't stand it, but Yi Shilao sees it with relish, he was originally just a low-level non-commissioned officer in the French army, how can he imagine that one day he can set foot in the highest palace in France, so he can't help it, fortunately, he wore a Chinese official uniform, and he couldn't participate in the ball at all, so he didn't show his timidity.

At this time, several French nobles came over: "Your Excellency, I heard that Your Excellency served as the superintendent of the Academy of Sciences in Huaxia, can you tell the Chinese scientists what they are studying?" ”

Yi Shilao's Gezhiyuan Tongzhi is just a name, how do you know what Zheng Kezhang is ordering people to study, but at this time he can't show timidity, so he picked up a few of his hearsay content and said: "Before I left, Chinese chemists were measuring the types of existing elements, and believed that elements are not the smallest units in nature, and there may be smaller particles, but we are now nothing more than observations, according to the speculation of the Chinese emperor who loves science, matter is infinitely divisible, until it is extinguished into energy??????"

Several big nobles understood at first, but later they had to show a look of looking up to the mountains, seeing that they had shocked these nobles who they couldn't contact in the past, Yi Shilao then threw a bombshell: "Of course, these are all speculations, but the Chinese Empire has completed many manned floating experiments??????"

The French, who were surrounding Yi Shilao, suddenly became excited: "What, Chinese have been able to reach the sky, this, this is impossible, this is the scope of God's glory, this is blasphemy??????"

Yi Shilao interrupted unceremoniously: "Your Excellency, please forgive me for saying that before the coming of Christ, China already had an ancient civilization, and the history of this civilization is far older than that of the Roman Empire and ancient Greece, so it is best not to mention the so-called blasphemy in front of the Chinese, otherwise, they will give you a disdainful vision, just as Parisians look at people from other provinces." ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Viscount, but the Marquis of Saidong was too excited, so there was a misuse of words." The nobleman on the side hurriedly eased. "Can you tell everyone in the room how China's manned liftoff test was conducted?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The nobles on the side also scrambled to ask. "How did this work?"

"This is a heavy military secret." Yi Shilao took the shelf at this time. "You can imagine that if two armies are at war, and both sides set up a formation, one does not know how the opponent is arranged, and the other can show the opponent's arrangement in the air, then which side will win the final victory?"

The nobles who surrounded Yi Shilao gasped, and the truth was really as they said, at this time, the interest of the French nobles was even higher, but they didn't know that this was just Yi Shilao's nonsense, in fact, it was more often an encounter in the East, and there were few large-scale battles agreed upon by the two sides, so the effectiveness of the reconnaissance balloon that required a lot of preparation in advance was far less mysterious than what Yi Shilao said. However, for the European countries that like to engage in large-scale battles at this stage, the role of reconnaissance balloons is quite important, and it is no wonder that someone will take advantage of it.

"Of course, the empire is far to the east and has nothing to do with the war in Europe, so it is not impossible to transfer this technology, but how to transfer it still needs to be discussed with His Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary." Yi Shilao pointed to Lu Weijun, who looked like a wooden man beside him, and made a helpless expression. "That's all I can say, and I hope you can understand."

As soon as Yi Shilao finished speaking, someone reported a qiē to Louis XIV as it was, and the Sun King suddenly changed color: "Damn, no matter what, we can't let this news spread to other countries." ”

Louis XIV, of course, knew that his orders would not be carried out, because the nobles who liked to show off would definitely spread this rumor as a serious topic, so it is conceivable that it would not be long before the Vienna court and the London court would know that the Chinese had a vital military technology to transfer.

How can we get this technology before other countries do it and stop the Chinese from spreading it to other European countries? Louis XIV's brows furrowed, and he was a little dissatisfied with the big-mouthed Yi Shilao.

The imperial minister on the side guessed the Sun King's thoughts, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Your Excellency Viscount Schlauten is also French. ”

Louis XIV suddenly realized, nodded, and said, "After the ball, go and ask if the Viscount of Schlauten can provide this technology to France if I grant him the title of Count of France and the fiefdom??????

Speaking of which, the price given by the Sun King is really not low, of course Yi Shilao is willing to exchange the technology of the hot air balloon for the French Count and Caiyi, how can he help it, he has just watched the balloon rise into the sky, and he has only seven tricks and six tricks on how to lift off, so in the face of such a temptation, he had to respond bitterly: "I can't make the decision on this matter." ”

Looking at the French minister with a stern face, Yi Shilao explained: "It seems that Your Excellency does not know the authority of the Minister of the Academy of Sciences, speaking of which, I myself am just a person who serves those scientists, and the Academy of Sciences will come to me to apply for whatever they need, and I also know the process of all research, but this does not mean that I am a scientist myself." ”

The Imperial Minister accepted Yi Shilao's statement, but he did not give up, and instead asked, "Can you ask Your Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary to transfer this technology?" France is ready to pay the necessary remuneration for this??????"

"Remuneration? France has been fighting fiercely for many years, but I am afraid that it has been embarrassed to the extreme, and the so-called remuneration should not be the same as giving the official a French knighthood, right? Lu Weijun, who got the report, said with a strange face. How does Lord Yi think France compares to China? ”

Yi Shilao shook his head and said: "I always thought that my hometown was good, but when I came back this time, it was like a big dung pit, far inferior to Huaxia." ”

Lu Weijun asked again: "Then do you think this official will be rare French titles and territories?" ”

Yi Shilao thought for a while and replied: "It is indeed better to obtain a serious title in the hands of the imperial court. ”

"That's it." Lu Weijun sneered. "How can this official scarce the so-called remuneration of the other country." Having said that, the balloon incident was instructed by Zheng Kezhang to spread to Europe, otherwise how would Yi Shilao know the secret. "And go to the French minister, as long as the French king agrees to facilitate the transfer of Luzon from Spain to this dynasty and can arrange for some of the French Academy of Sciences to go to this dynasty for exchange, this official can promise to transfer these militaristic weapons free of charge."