"Little Jasmine, it's not me who saved you, it's him, I can see it very clearly, if it weren't for this Oriental, you would have been taken away by old Louie's mad dog, you are such a beautiful little girl, taken away by old Louis, I really can't imagine what will happen" Leonardo da Vinci said to little Jasmine, "Ah? That's it, thank you, this, this, big brother" Little Jasmine is used to calling people uncle, but looking at Chu Ming's young and excessive face, she really can't call the word uncle.

"Yikes! My bread! Suddenly, little Jasmine screamed, and then hurriedly jumped off the sofa, running out of the house, when little Jasmine ran out, saw the jam that was broken on the ground, and the bread that was trampled by old Louis and others, tears flowed out at once, little Jasmine's family is not rich, her mother died early, her father is an old shoemaker, the income is very low, inferior jam is a luxury for her, a jar of jam is broken, and the bread is also trampled to rotten, It is estimated that Xiao Jasmine's family has no money to buy food for three days, and it feels uncomfortable to be hungry.

"Woo woo woo" Little Jasmine squatted at the door and cried, "Little Jasmine, Uncle still has some food here, otherwise, you can take some first" Da Vinci is a kind person, at this time he actually thought of giving his own food to Little Jasmine, judging from the amount of honey added to the honey water, Da Vinci will definitely not be very rich, it is estimated that the food is mainly coarse bread.

"Woo woo, no, uncle, you don't have much food, you will be hungry if I take it, woo woo, woo woo" Xiao Jasmine was really sad to cry, Chu Ming was uncomfortable for a while, there was a crisp sound of "ding", a golden thing was thrown to Xiao Jasmine by Chu Ming, Xiao Jasmine subconsciously caught it, and then Xiao Jasmine's eyes widened instantly, because Chu Ming threw her a gold coin, a real gold coin, not a copper coin that looked like a gold coin, it was a real gold coin, and it could buy a whole house of gold coins.

"Go, you are familiar with this place, give me an errand, this gold coin is my reward for you, I believe that this gold coin should be enough for you to eat cream bread for a long time" Chu Ming said to little Jasmine, little Jasmine held the gold coin tightly, this gold coin gave her hope for life, great hope, hope greater than the sun, "What's the matter, you say!" When Xiao Jasmine spoke to Chu Ming, she unconsciously used honorifics, in Xiao Jasmine's opinion, it was either a nobleman or a clergy who could take out the gold coins, or some big people who couldn't climb at all.

"That's okay" Chu Ming said, and then threw his badge to little Jasmine, who hurriedly caught it, "You don't have any good things here, you take my badge to the church, find the archbishop, and ask him to prepare the best dinner table for me, send it here, before sunset, otherwise I will cut off his head, go" Chu Ming said to little Jasmine.

"Huh?" Little Jasmine's brain was shut down at that time, go to the archbishop? Want the archbishop to prepare the best dinner? And cut off the archbishop's head? Little Jasmine felt that Chu Ming was crazy.

"Don't go yet!" Chu Ming shouted at Little Jasmine, "Oh" Little Jasmine agreed very confidently, for the sake of the gold coins, she decided to go to church.

Little Jasmine left Da Vinci's house with deep suspicions and went to church, and at this time, Da Vinci put down the water glass in his hand, tidied up his clothes, and asked Chu Ming very solemnly, "It seems that you are very rich and have a great identity!" "Money, I do have it, and there are a lot of it, there should be few people in this world who are richer than me, even if it is the Pope, as for the identity, it is more special, it is not easy to explain to you" Chu Ming said to Da Vinci.

"Oh, then, Monsieur Chu Ming, standing in front of you is the best portraitist in all of Paris, I wonder if you need an oil portrait? Or does your wife need it? Or do you need both? A full-color oil portrait, ten silver coins, completed in seven days, if you need two, I can give you a discount, a total of fifteen silver coins will be charged, I promise, my portrait is very good, it must be worth the money, if you don't have much interest in oil portraits, what about sketch portraits? What about statues? I'll write a poetry book too! Da Vinci began to promote his business to Chu Ming, it seems that Da Vinci is also poor to a certain extent, and even Chu Ming has to develop into his own customer.

"Gah?" Chu Ming and Hua Niang were stunned, no one thought that Da Vinci would propose to paint a portrait of Chu Ming and Hua Niang, although it was a fee, this kind of thing did not appear even in Chu Ming's most ridiculous dream, let Da Vinci paint a portrait of himself? Chu Ming doesn't think that he has that blessing, isn't he afraid of losing his life?

"Uh...... Mr. Leonardo da Vinci, are you very short of money? Chu Ming asked Da Vinci, "Of course, I am not short of money, I can add two drops of honey to the cup?" Leonardo da Vinci replied very honestly.

"Oh, that's it, but the matter of painting me and my wife, I'm afraid that I don't have this blessing, and I can't afford to enjoy it, I don't dare to enjoy it" Chu Ming said a little euphemistically, Chu Ming really didn't dare to let Leonardo da Vinci paint a portrait of himself, he was afraid that he would be struck by lightning.

"Isn't the price a bit high? This is all negotiable, ten silver coins will not work, then eight will not work? Da Vinci was a little anxious when he heard this, he was almost out of bread, of course he was unwilling to let go of Chu Ming, a big customer.

"It's not a matter of price, your price is very low, believe me, really, but, but your reputation is too big, I don't dare to let you paint me, I'm afraid of being struck by lightning, so let's buy your paintings for a lot of money, any painting, of course, except for the paintings, as long as the rest of the things are from your hands, I will accept them all, including manuscripts or something, you can open the price as you like, I don't bargain, how?" Chu Ming said to Da Vinci, Da Vinci's mouth began to open a little bit, and then his hands trembled a little, and his tears of excitement were about to fall, to be honest, Da Vinci hadn't eaten a bite of meat for three months, except for coarse bread, just a small jar of honey is considered a good thing, this jar of honey is still a businessman who asked Da Vinci to paint for his wife, refused to pay the remuneration, and used it for cash.

"Everything here is my hard work, five gold coins, ah, no, no, three gold coins, you can take all the things here, including the manuscript or something, those things are in my head, I can write it again, with three gold coins, I can eat and drink for the rest of my life" Leonardo da Vinci said excitedly.

Chu Ming swallowed his saliva, he couldn't believe that three gold coins could be exchanged for all of Leonardo da Vinci's works, including the draft that opened the anthropological anatomy, just this draft of anatomy, let alone three gold coins, even if it was 30,000 gold coins, 300 million gold coins, Chu Ming was willing to exchange it, this thing is the beginning of civilization, it is a priceless treasure.

A large bag of gold coins was thrown on the table by Chu Ming, and Da Vinci couldn't open his eyes when the flickering golden light stabbed him directly, "These gold coins, I want to buy out the rest of your life, you need to create the artwork I need for me, of course, in addition to the time I am given to work, the rest of the time is at your disposal, and I will provide you with the support you need, whether it is material or intellectual, in addition, working for me will have many benefits that you can't imagine" Chu Ming pointed to a big bag of gold coins on the table and said to Da Vinci, Da Vinci was out of his body at this time, and he didn't hear Chu Ming say anything at all, this big bag of gold coins, if nothing else, was enough for Da Vinci to live the best life in the whole of Paris, Da Vinci no longer had to live in this cramped room, waiting for the merchants to come to him to paint, but could buy a manor, find a group of servants and maids to take care of himself, and then open a gallery by himself, a science exchange center or something, and invite other artists to his heart's content, Scientists come to exchange knowledge and share art with themselves.

"Mr. Leonardo da Vinci? What are you thinking about? Chu Ming asked Leonardo da Vinci, who had lost his mind, "Huh? Oh, no problem, of course you can buy out my life, these gold coins are enough, enough, where is the contract? Where's the contract? I'll sign it now" Da Vinci grabbed the gold coin in front of him, and said to Chu Ming a little impatiently.

"What contract, what contract? Hahaha, Mr. Da Vinci, I can trust you" Chu Ming said very pretendedly, Da Vinci listened to Chu Ming's words, and was obviously stunned for a moment, he was moved by Chu Ming's sincerity.

"In the future, I will settle in Paris, let's go to the suburbs of Paris to buy the largest castle, yes, don't want any manor, that is not enough, not worthy of a big cow like you, it must be a castle, if not, we will build one ourselves, I have the money, you don't know, in our East, our floor tiles are made of gold, when the time comes, you can paint well in it, you can paint whatever you want, and the aerodynamics, dissection or something, you can study how you want, and ah, You find a few like-minded friends, come together to study, to engage in art, to eat and drink all-inclusive, and the salary is high, what Michelangelo, Raphael, all for me, what? You don't know the two of them, but you've heard of them, that's fine, write to them, invite them over, I don't believe that they will refuse my salary, that's all" Chu Ming said a lot directly, smashing Da Vinci in a daze, happiness came too suddenly, Da Vinci couldn't adapt to it.

"Bang Bang Bang" At this time, there was a knock on the door, "Come in!" Da Vinci hurriedly put away the gold coins that Chu Ming gave him, and then the door was pushed open, and an archbishop wearing a gorgeous robe politely walked into Da Vinci's house, bowing deeply to Chu Ming, "Holy Son, the dinner you need is ready, when will you eat?" "Usually controls the life and death of the entire people of Paris, the archbishop who wants to burn whoever he wants, he seems to be a schoolboy in front of Chu Ming, there is no way, the identity of Chu Ming's holy son is confirmed by the badge, which shows that Chu Ming is the Pope's absolute confidant, and he can cut off the head of the archbishop at any time, how can such an archbishop of Chu Ming be carelessly served?

"Right now, send everything in, Mr. Da Vinci and I, we're dining here, you can stand down if you're okay" Chu Ming said to the archbishop very plainly, the archbishop breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as Chu Ming was not angry, then it was easy to say anything, and then a team of young and handsome clergy, like industrious little bees, put the food on a silver plate on Leonardo da Vinci's table, but unfortunately, Da Vinci's table was a little small, and he couldn't put down more than a dozen dishes, There are more than a dozen dishes in the back, and there is no place to put them.

"Okay, if you can't put it down, you won't let it go, these are enough to eat, you all go, come and collect the harvest tomorrow" Chu Ming said to the archbishop, the archbishop couldn't wait to leave, nodded hurriedly, and then left here with the clergy, and after a while, Chu Ming, Hua Niang, and Da Vinci were left in the room, and Xiao Jasmine, who was waiting to return Chu Ming's badge.

"Sit down and eat together" Chu Ming invited Xiao Jasmine, but Xiao Jasmine shook her head timidly, returned Chu Ming's badge to Chu Ming, and then left, Xiao Jasmine understood that Chu Ming was a person with great status, and it was best not to eat with Chu Ming without knowing anything, the gold coin that Chu Ming gave her was enough for her and her father to eat bread for ten years.

Chu Ming personally opened the red wine and poured it for Da Vinci, Da Vinci greedily smelled the aroma of the red wine, he hadn't drunk red wine for a long, long time, for no other reason, just because he had no money, "I didn't expect you to be the holy son of the church" Da Vinci said to Chu Ming after taking a sip of fat foie gras.

"I bought it with gold coins in a carriage," Chu Ming said, directly causing Leonardo da Vinci to squirt out a sip of red wine.

"But it is precisely because I have an identity, Mr. Leonardo da Vinci, do you not think that a man like me, who has an identity, but is happy to accept new arts, new ideas, and new sciences, is your best protector? With me, you're able to study all the things you want without worrying about the church, aren't you? Chu Ming said to Da Vinci, and after listening to Chu Ming's words, Da Vinci nodded with a deep gaze.

(End of chapter)