After two days in the guest house, Huang Wenfeng and Liu Shiyang received a receipt of the interview.

Huang Wenfeng didn't stop for a moment, and an hour after receiving the receipt, he boarded the boat to Mocheng.

The experience of the past two days made him almost crazy, and Liu Shiyang was also crazy.

He firmly believes that Dongqin is a world that only exists in the script, whether it is a large chimney with black smoke, a powerful wooden frame, or a coal train lying down and speeding away.

These have subverted his previous worldview, he has never thought that there are such fantastic things in the world, and he has a great impression of these short clothes and short hair, and the eyebrows are full of pride and heroism.

Most of the people of the Ming Dynasty he has seen are cautious and numb, not at all like the people here, so calm and confident, although they don't understand etiquette, but their demeanor is full of a sense of vigor and resoluteness.

After about an hour of sailing, they entered a world of red buildings, with tall red buildings everywhere on both sides of the river, and many waterwheels built on both sides.

There were also more chimneys of all kinds, and the black smoke was emitted straight into the sky.

Standing in the boat and looking at both sides of the river, it is like the other side of "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", from one world to another.

Liu Shiyang was dumbfounded, although he didn't know what the people were doing to make so many red houses and set them on fire, but he felt that the people would not do it for no reason.

He felt that this group of black people must be like Miao Yao, who was good at using witchcraft and spells. These big chimneys and black smoke must have been used to practice demon magic.

Huang Wenfeng was enjoying it very much, he was lying on the boat, his eyes followed the red houses, and the chimneys embellishing the black smoke made a more mysterious picture.

After waiting for the boat, the two were taken into a carriage, which had a semi-open structure, which made Huang Wenfeng and Liu Shiyang secretly surprised.

This kind of carriage is both ventilated and convenient for sightseeing, and in the hot weather of July in Meaux, there is also a pergola that is erected, and sitting on it only feels much more comfortable than the sedan chair and two-wheeled carriage of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Shiyang sat in the sedan chair and found that the road into the city was flat, and when he looked closely, he found that he didn't know what stone was used to pave it, and it was unusually smooth and wide.

This made him deeply feel the subtlety of the Duren people's affairs, even the Heavenly Street of Jingshi, there was no such smooth road.

Huang Wenfeng's gaze always stayed on the symbols on the road, only to see a white line drawn in the middle, and many horizontal things. There was a sign on the side of the road a mile with something strange written on it.

However, it can be seen that it is a kind of sign, telling the visitor where to go in that direction, which makes him quite appreciative and feels that the person is meticulous.

After entering the city, the two of them looked even more peculiar, and everywhere along the street, regardless of the shops and houses, were very different from Daming.

The streets are full of people in short clothes, some with dark faces, their hairstyles all combed back in unison, and some with long hair.

From time to time, young men and women walked down the street in the same clothes, and there were small children with a red cloth tied around their necks, and they were also wearing the same clothes.

The strangest thing is those wearing rattan hats, they walk in groups of three or five on the street, looking sturdy, their faces are full of a free and easy smile, full of energy and not as cowering as the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Wenfeng smiled and said: "Just this weather, you can feel at ease doing business with the people!"

Liu Shiyang didn't refute this time, but said: "The roads and streets are so flat and neat, and the people have the courage to build a large number of buildings, which is indeed unique!"

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Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the red room, and the two of them, who were still unfinished, found that there was a team of soldiers standing at the door.

Under the angry eyes of a female and a team of black soldiers, even Huang Wenfeng noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

The two of them got out of the carriage tremblingly, and arched their hands towards the female figure as if flattering.

Smack—only a loud sound of guns was heard, and more than a dozen bright bayonets were laid in front of the two of them.

"Peeled!" The female squirm shouted viciously.

A few soldiers didn't say a word, and directly grabbed the clothes of the two of them.

After a while, the two of them were only left with a pair of pants, and they looked a little messy standing in the wind.

Although they felt humiliated, neither of them dared to be indignant.

After undressing, they were escorted into the Red Room.

"Your Majesty, the search is over!" The two soldiers brought in their clothes.

Yan Zheng glanced at it, waved his hand, and said, "Flip through it carefully, and see if there is a sandwich in the belt, or whether there is a sandwich in the clothes!"

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately tore their clothes to shreds and got out all the things inside.

Huang Wenfeng and Liu Shiyang stood like quails.

They secretly looked at this desolate monarch, and only felt that the youthful heroic look on his face was also looking at them with a rather playful expression at the moment.

Obviously, if something inappropriate was found, the two of them would be stabbed to death by the soldiers immediately.

Yan Zheng was also looking at the two, what he didn't expect was that the Ming monarch and ministers were still a little cheap.

Originally, he was going to do arms business with the Ming Dynasty, purely to expand trade, just imagine, if the imperial court was trading with the Eastern Qin, naturally the place would turn a blind eye even more.

It's just that this kind of sneaky coming now is not so attractive.

However, this made him look at Da Ming, at least technically, Da Ming seemed to be a little more open.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty in another time and space was very pragmatic in its treatment of foreign technology, including the early imitation of the Buddha machine and the bird gun, and the later introduction of the Hongyi cannon, which actually had the shadow of the Ming Dynasty behind it.

The reason for this is that it is very likely that the Ming Dynasty has always had border troubles, so it has always been relatively open to military technology. In the Wanli Dynasty, where the treasury was slightly full, the imperial court personally ordered Guangdong, Sichuan and other places to supervise the manufacture of artillery and bird guns.

If we look at the cooperation between Daming and Portugal, we can also see that Daming maintains a very open attitude in the introduction of technology, including the introduction of scientific works.

In the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, not only did some people translate works on geometry and mathematics, but even physics also had "Physics Knowledge" summarized by Fang Zhizhi, not to mention, as well as Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creation".

Of course, it can also be said that the Ming court itself is more confident, and does not feel that after the introduction of technology, it will make the people under its rule all become anti-people who threaten the country.

"Huh!" Suddenly, Yan Zheng's eyes were attracted by a book, and he beckoned, "Take that book!"

Lan Ya immediately handed him the copy of "Records of Spirits in the North and South".

After Yan Zheng turned the page, he came to the spirit, isn't this from the Ming Dynasty?

He read a few pages, and the half-literate words were barely readable, but the plot was very disappointing.

At the beginning of the book, it is said that the author is a person who traveled from south to north, and he heard a lot of strange stories along the way, so he recorded it for everyone to enjoy.

So the first article is a certain place, a certain household, a certain old man, and I talked to him by chance.

It is said that in the early years, on the big tree at the entrance of the village, there was a baby's head, and a fox worshiped the moon and became a human......

After Yan Zheng finished flipping through an article, he slowly put down the book and said, "Who is this book?"

Huang Wenfeng peeked at it, bowed down and said, "Back to the king, this book belongs to a foreigner!"

"How does this book sell in Daming?"

"It sells very well in Guangzhou, and the rich and noble families in Guangzhou, small stalls and hawkers, all like to read these strange theories!"

Yan Zheng nodded, he was not interested in this book, but he was interested in the printing and publication of this book.

"So, this book is also printed a lot, is that your local printing place that specializes in publishing miscellaneous books?"

Huang Wenfeng snorted: "The king is right, in Liugong Lane, Guangzhou, there are many printing shops!"

Yan Zheng thought for a while, if stable operation can be achieved, it means that these bookstores have surpluses.

From this point, the book market in the Ming Dynasty was very large, and the cost of printing should not be high.

"What is the usual method of printing? Is it movable type printing? ”

Huang Wenfeng didn't expect that this king was actually interested in the art of printing, and hurriedly said: "The king doesn't know, pottery movable type printing and firing is not easy, and the general bookstore uses carving and printing."

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