"Father, don't worry, the child will live up to your expectations." Huang Naiming's blood boiled when he heard this, and he immediately responded.

Huang Shi nodded, and said secretly in his heart: "But I still hope that you can learn not to be in power." ”

Seeing his father take out a piece of paper and write hard, Huang Naiming thought that Huangshi was going to explain some precautions after going to the north, but when Huangshi started to read after writing, Huang Naiming found that it was all reminding him of tourist attractions that he should not miss.

"Xi'an is a must-go," Huang Shi read the one after Shanxi, and began to write about the places that Shaanxi needs to go to play, this time he explained while writing: "Lishan is named, because it looks like a horse from a distance, the legend is Nuwa Niangniang's mount, you can go to see the former site of the princes of the Zhou Dynasty, there is also the Mausoleum of the First Emperor under this mountain, well, there was originally a Jiang Ting, but now you can't see it." ”

Huang Naiming was taken aback: "The Mausoleum of the First Emperor, wasn't it demolished by King Xiang?" ”

"It's not finished." Huang Shi remembered that the guide of the terracotta warriors and horses said that Xiang Yu took away all the bronze weapons of the warriors and set them on fire, but the damage was not serious.

"Father, how do you know?"

"I guess, I guess Lishan is so majestic, Qin Shi Huang will definitely build the cemetery next to it, and it must be very, very big, Xiang Yu has no ability to tear it down." Huang Shi waved his hand: "Forget it, Lishan itself is very spectacular, anyway, I am also guessing, no one has ever found the grave of Qin Shi Huang, don't expect you to find it." ”

Huang Naiming knew that his father was just talking, although most of his so-called guesses were proved to be correct, but there were also a small number of similar excuses used to prevaricate when asked about evidence, Huang Naiming was used to it, so he did not continue to investigate.

"The bell and drum tower of Xi'an is very spectacular, I like it very much, in addition to the stele forest behind the south gate, built in the second year of Yuanyou, very good, must go to ......"

"Father," Huang Naiming listened for a long time, and finally couldn't help but interrupt his father's verbosity: "This time the child is going north, doesn't his father have anything important to explain?" ”

"I'm not confessing, this time General Xu broke through the north and captured the captive, you might as well go with him, and wait until you arrive at this stele forest next to the south gate of Xi'an...... Oh, I don't remember how the locals called it. In fact, Huangshi is not sure if there is this name in the stele forest from the beginning: "You just need to ask where the Confucian Temple is, and you can find it, and after you go in, you can help me find a stone stele that recorded the Great Qin Jingjiao in Middle-earth in the Tang Dynasty, and help me make a rubbing and bring it back after I find it." ”

"What is this? Are there many steles in this stele forest? ”

"Of course there are a lot, more than 1,700 stone tablets...... Oh, maybe I'm mistaken, but there are always hundreds. Huang Shi told Huang Naiming that he made a bet with the Jesuit priests again: "This *** even alarmed their pope, the Jesuits think they are the first people to come to our China to preach, I say no, Catholicism was introduced to China a thousand years ago and has been widely spread, they don't believe it." ”

"Did the Jesuit masters make another bet with their fathers? Haven't they lost enough? Huang Naiming knew that the Jesuits had made several bets with Huangshi on the history of their Europe, and even the history of their church, at first with disdain, and then with anger to turn the tables, but the Jesuits never won: "What did my father bet with them this time? ”

"I'm betting on a few oil paintings, and some stone carvings, all of which are from their Pope, and if I lose, I'll give Penghu to the Society of Jesus."

"Father," Huang Naiming's face changed greatly: "Use the place where every inch of land in Penghu is expensive to bet on oil paintings and stone carvings with them?" ”

"That's why their popes are alarmed, that's why they are here to fight me again without knowing whether they are alive or dead." Huang Shi said lightly: "They went back to Rome to check the records of the past thousand years, and made sure that they did not send a priest to China before they made a bet with me, and asked me to come up with evidence to prove that there was one within three years, so I need you to go to the Forest of Steles to rub the tablets for me." ”

"This Great Qin ......" Huang Naiming remembered that his father had told him that the so-called Great Qin was Rome.

"It's Rome." Huangshi taught his son again.

"This Nestorianism?"

"It's Catholicism."

"Father is sure that there is such a monument? It was in the Tang Dynasty, in that stele forest? ”

"I'm sure that the last time I went to see this stele, it was clearly written next to it, it was unearthed in the west of Xi'an in the fifth year of the Apocalypse."

"That shouldn't be wrong." Although Huang Naiming doesn't remember that his father has been to Xi'an at all, since this tablet was unearthed in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, then Huangshi must be in Xi'an after this, and it seems that after the closure of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, he doesn't need to stay in the military town and not leave without permission, Huang Naiming estimates that it should be within the next 20 years.

"There is a line of the names of Jingjiao monks under the stele, now many people think it is a pattern but in fact it is not, it is their name, written in ancient Syriac, these priests and the Holy See think that they have been staying in Syria, so there is no record in the scroll, but in fact they have arrived in Chang'an, you remember to give me those names back."

"How does this father know?!" Huang Naiming shouted: "It was the scholar of the Forest of Steles who told my father? ”

"No, they shouldn't have known it was Syriac yet, and I don't think anyone would know about it now."

"Father, did you recognize it?" Huang Naiming was even more surprised: "You even know Syriac, no, ancient Syriac?" ”

"I guess." Huang Shi replied casually: "This time in Beijing, remember to show that you have a deep hatred for General Xu, after all, now outsiders think that your brother-in-law and second brother were killed by him, and if you appear too calm, it will make people suspicious." ”

"Forget about my brother-in-law, the second brother."

"Yes, your brother was defeated in an open sword fight, and General Xu didn't hurt him. But General Xu always thought that no one knew this secret, and if you didn't show enough hatred, General Xu would guess that not all the guards around him were reliable. ”

"Got it."

"You don't have to eat too much pasta when you get to Xi'an, Shanxi pasta is the best in the world, I remember that there are more than 300 kinds of noodles, you definitely can't eat it, but there is a Huifang behind the Xi'an Bell Tower, and there are some snacks in it that you can try, such as a sweet food called Zhen cake."

"Made of what?"

"Glutinous rice, dates, red beans, etc., as well as mutton steamed buns to eat."

"This kid has eaten it."

"Eat in Beijing, right? Not authentic. There is also cured beef and mutton, which is also good. ”

"Is it different from bacon in Guangdong?"

"There's a big difference, so let you taste it. Huifang, as the name suggests, is ***, there is no pork, go to the mule and horse market next to the Xi'an Bell Tower, you can eat meat and buns made by the Han people. ”

"Pork?"

"Yes, there are beef and mutton in Huifang, but it is not authentic, if you want to eat it, you have to eat pork," Huang Shi said: "Take out a large piece of steaming good pork from the hot pot, chop it for you in person, scoop a big spoonful of fragrant bacon juice and pour it on it and add it to the bun for you......"

For decades, whether it is Huangshi's subordinates or his family, they all know that he has to find out the food and snacks in this place clearly before he arrives, and the Fujian and Cantonese people in Funing Town and Zhaoqing Town have to be convinced, and people like Huang Dashuai who have eaten and seen it have really never seen the second one.

After patiently giving Huang Naiming a pre-tour guide for a while, Huang Shi sighed loudly: "A manly man, you don't have to be an official to be a Jinwu, and you don't have to be Yin Lihua to marry a wife, but if you can't eat a mouthful of meat every day, it's really a waste of this life." ”

……

Although Xu Ping had returned to the north, Shunting still felt that the rebellion in the north was very tricky, and the loss of Shanxi made Shunting's gunpowder production drop by two percent at once, not to mention that the armaments stored in the border pass were all at once worth the enemy. Now all the provinces of Dashun may be attacked, while Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou have almost no gunpowder production capacity, and Henan's production has not had the time and energy to recover since the flood.

Before Huang Naiming arrived, Shun Ting received information that the provincial secretaries of the two provinces of Fujian had passed a resolution, asking the Duke of Qi to put aside their prejudices and join hands with Li Shun in the north to resist the invasion of foreign races. Speaker Lu of Guangdong also made a public speech on the streets of Guangzhou, saying that if the north fell under the iron heel of foreign races, Jiangnan would not be able to stand alone. The Lu businessman who was openly formed a party there also proposed a strange name called "National United Front", Shun Ting felt that this name was a bit funny and unseemly - even if the peace talks were an agreement between King Shun and the Duke of Qi, how could they dare to take the credit for themselves? But after the Guangdong newspaper went up, the Qi State Mansion actually recognized it.

Huang Naiming's credentials did not contain any treaties that made Dashun feel unhappy, the south did not ask for the cession of land, did not ask for a permanent truce, the weapons and gunpowder they were willing to sell were exactly the materials that Dashun urgently needed, and the other party only had a small additional condition, that is, Dashun would stop cooperating with smugglers in the future.

In the letter of state, Huang Shi explained that he had to collect taxes on the sale of weapons, and that cracking down on smuggling was one of the most important issues for the Secretary of State under his rule, and that Dashun's ban on smuggling would be seen as a sign of friendship. Niu Jinxing scoffed at such a ridiculous reason, and he immediately concluded that Huangshi was planning to completely cut off Dashun's secret *** passage in the south.

"It is also good for Your Majesty to stop smuggling," Huang Naiming has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Rites of Shun Ting, and for the time being, Shun Ming will hold the gift of the enemy country and the status is equal: "Fujian has established a quality supervision department, and the weapons exported through official channels will have quality assurance, and if defective products are found, we can also help Your Majesty claim compensation......"

"We agreed." Niu Jinxing didn't believe a word of what Huang Naiming said, but Shun Ting was not the slightest dissatisfied with this, because the amount of smuggling in the south has dropped to a very low level, and those businessmen who are connected with the Shun army have been reluctant to continue trading in recent times, just take that Lu Yufan as an example, Shun Ting thought that after he became that doctor, he would have a lot of benefits for Shun Ting. However, Boss Lu not only did not help to find out the truth of the Ming army, but even the previous smuggling transactions were basically stopped, and the spy said that he was busy with some "polling in the constituency" recently, and he had not even returned to his factory for two months.

The smuggling channels could no longer meet the needs at all, so Niu Jinxing supported Li Zicheng to accept it.

"Your Majesty's permission for this matter is good for us," Huang Naiming claimed that the legal export was far cheaper than the smuggled one, and Huang Naiming was accompanied by a few Fujian and Guangdong businessmen who were not very interested in politics, as well as the housekeepers of those businessmen who were very enthusiastic about politics, after the two provincial governments passed the proposal, these people immediately smelled a great business opportunity, and as soon as Li Zicheng agreed, Huang Naiming introduced these *** business representatives to King Shun.

As Huang Naiming said, the reduction of risk greatly reduces the cost, Shunting can get the weapons produced in Fujian and Guangdong at a similar price as the Funing army, if Dashun is unable to transport, the best merchants can provide paid door-to-door delivery services, or Shunting can go to negotiate with the maritime merchants in Fujian and Guangdong, they can provide transportation services.

In addition to these merchants who provide actual goods and transportation capabilities, King Shun and his Taishi Xing also met a group of Fujian and Guangdong businessmen who were selling insurance, and the two people who first dismantled this concept finally guessed what the other party wanted to do, but Niu Jinxing still couldn't figure it out for a long time: "*** merchants sell guns ***, and shipping merchants lease us ships, but what are you guys selling me for?" ”

"It's foolproof, sir." The salesman of the insurance company explained again: "Taishi must have heard the phrase 'there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky', but after buying the villain's insurance, there will be no more unforeseen storms in the sky of Dashun, and there will be compensation for late arrival of goods, compensation for sinking ships, and compensation for loading and unloading damages...... Taishi, as long as you buy the villain's insurance, you will gain the ability to call the wind and rain. ”

This kind of originated from 30 years ago, the line of insurance for the ships of the merchants going to sea has undergone rapid evolution during this period, countless insurance companies have been eliminated, and several of the existing insurance companies even have their own military staff officers, and the risk of military operations can be assessed, for example, when the Funing Army was in eastern Zhejiang, they collectively said that they would not accept any insurance from the Funing Army - what kind of indemnity ratio is not accepted.

And now Xu Ping also met the ubiquitous insurance salesman, who introduced to the king of Dashun Wu with affection: "There will inevitably be casualties in the war, and the meaning of our insurance is actually to help the general's army establish a kind of military regulations, to ensure that those soldiers who die on the battlefield can get enough money from their brothers to ensure that their wives and children have no worries about food and clothing, which is the same behavior for the general's pension, and the treatment is more generous......"

"We admit that we may benefit from this kind of business, but we can only get such benefits if the general's brilliant victory comes, and if the general's subordinates and the villain say that if there is a slight slip-up, the villains will shoulder the responsibility of ensuring that the general's subordinates have no worries......"

"The assistance of the villains will make the general's military spirit more consolidated and morale more high......"

"The villain's firm has achieved a 100 percent loss ratio for three consecutive years ......"

"If the general is willing to pay this money, it is okay to agree that the villains can also operate and trade in your army...... "The insurance company has already assessed the risk of losses in Xu Ping's battle and the strength of the Northern Alliance, and the treaty ratio they came up with is very attractive: "Out of respect for the general, the villains have prepared particularly favorable conditions for you." ”

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