Chapter Twenty-Three: Hey, How Did He Know About the Imperial Graveyard?
With a bang, a porcelain plate smashed on the ground and shattered.
Then there was a mirror, and then a table, chair, and bench, and it fell to the ground.
Inside the small room, there was a lot of smoke and dust, and a helpless Zhuge military advisor was looking at an angry Natalie. Grand Duchess Pavrovna threw things there.
This morning, Zhuge Weidao came to report to the female duchess that she had accepted the Nalan Fairy as a maid for her, and the female duke, who had always looked very well-behaved and obedient, suddenly exploded, and she didn't argue with Zhuge Weidao, but just smashed things angrily.
This can surprise Zhuge Weidao at a loss, of course he knows that it is very inappropriate to let Fairy Nalan be a maid. He's going to marry the Grand Duchess now! It's not to be a royal J husband for the female archduke, if it is a royal J husband, he can even marry another wife and have children. But now Natalie is no longer the queen and queen, only Mrs. Zhuge ! Therefore, Zhuge Weidao didn't think about accepting Fairy Nalan directly, and thought about letting her be Natalie's maid first, and then decide the future development according to the situation......
But I didn't expect Natalie. Pavrovna still saw through the slightest bit of caution in Zhuge Weidao, and she was angry at that time. And it's still scary for her to lose her temper...... It's no wonder that she is the granddaughter of Catherine the Great! It's a very fierce "female hairy bear"! Although she has more Germanic blood than the woolly bear, the FΓΌhrer's fellow is also very fierce and fierce.
Now I don't know if this very fierce female hairy bear will hit and bite people when she is fierce?
So looking at this angry female archduke, Zhuge Weidao beat the drum in his heart, what should I do if this female hairy bear wants to fight? I'm a dignified Zhuge military advisor, I won't be beaten by my wife, right?
Thinking that he might be beaten, Zhuge Weidao's anger came up without knowing why, and suddenly shouted: "Enough, Natalie. Pavrovna, what are you doing here? I didn't say I was going to take Nalandili as a concubine! β
Zhuge Weidao spoke loudly, startling himself, and he looked very angry...... belongs to the kind of fierce that is handsome and fierce!
Natalie. The Grand Duchess of Pavrovna was drunk like this, and immediately stood up, and then looked back at Zhuge Weidao's handsome and fierce appearance, the temper of the "female hairy bear" was actually put away, and replaced it with a wronged, pitiful and likable appearance, and looked at her fiancΓ© with tears in her eyes (they can only be regarded as private for life): "My dear...... Wouldn't you really let Nalandili be your concubine or mistress? She is really charming! β
Natalie is not blind either, and of course she can see Nalandili's peerless beauty...... Let such a person follow him and Zhuge Weidao, then sooner or later he will have to "die"!
"I know she's beautiful," Zhuge nodded for Dao, "I also know that she's a fine worker sent to me by Emperor Daoguang...... But for the sake of the Ming Empire, I must let her follow us! β
"For the benefit of the Ming Empire?" Natalie. Pavrovna asked, "Can I know?" β
"Of course you can!" Zhuge Weidao said, "I am working with Emperor Daoguang to plan a big plan to harass India and bring Britain into Afghanistan!" β
"What?" Natalie. Pavrovna was taken aback, "You want to provoke the Kingdom of Jin to go to war with the British?" Is it possible? β
"Of course it's possible!" Zhuge Weidao was full of confidence, "If this plan succeeds, the British will definitely lose this war...... As long as they dare to enter Afghanistan, they will definitely lose! β
Afghanistan, that is the graveyard of empires, the British Empire, the Soviet Empire, and the American Empire have all been pitted by those "slipper army" in history. This time, as long as Emperor Daoguang can drag the tribal chieftains of Afghanistan to India to rob them, the British Empire will definitely send troops - it can't really give the "New Year's gift", right? The dignified British Empire was the empire on which even Emperor Napoleon was tough, and was beaten by a "fortune teller" in Central Asia, and as a result, he still had to lose money to others, and he still had to lose face?
Zhuge thought for a while, and said to Natalie, "Dear Natalie. Pavrovna, if my plan can succeed, it will not only be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty, but also to the Rakshasa Empire. β
Natalie was born in the family of emperors, with the blood of Catherine the Great flowing in her veins, and what she heard and witnessed since she was a child was the little thing about national politics and the struggle for hegemony among great powers. Of course, I know what would be the consequences of Britain, a seemingly invincible empire that never sets, if it were beaten in Afghanistan by the Kim Empire, a backward country in Central Asia that seems a bit absurd?
"Alright then," Natalie. Pavrovna still knew that the overall situation was the focus, although she didn't want Nalandili to follow her and Zhuge Weidao, she still smiled at Zhuge Weidao apologetically, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so angry without asking the reason...... Let Fairy Nalan come to see me, and I'll get along with her. β
"Natalie, Pavrovna, let Fairy Nalan follow you in the future, I'm not interested in her," Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "Let's rest early today, because tomorrow we will be back on the road, and we will be able to reach Yining, the capital of Ili Province, in about a month...... When we arrive in Yining, we will be able to board the train to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and then we will be able to enjoy the magnificent rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty while hurrying! β
Speaking of the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, Zhuge Weidao's words are also full of expectations. Ever since he crossed over, he has been collecting knowledge related to the new Ming Dynasty, and he knows a lot about this almost completely unfamiliar motherland.
But that kind of knowledge is only heard, not seen!
And in a month at most, Zhuge Weidao will be able to see this new Ming Dynasty of industrialization in 1826 with his own eyes! In another month and a half, he will arrive in Beijing, the capital of the Ming Empire, and meet the group of capable military advisors of the Zhuge family there - although they are a little cowardly in the face of the British, they are still quite capable in the process of developing industrialization.
The inheritance of science and technology left by King Zhuge Wuzhong is at most a bunch of formulas and some general directions - although it can save the time and cost of trial and error and hard searching, but to really turn those things into real productivity, it still takes generations of Zhuge to work hard and contribute their genius and wisdom.
And what Zhuge Weidao wants to know most now is how much "black technology" has been saved in the hands of those instigated Zhuge people?
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Daming, Beijing, Wuwangfu.
Several old men of the Zhuge family were gathering in a study at this time, with two copies of the telegram in their hands, and they looked at it over and over again, and there was silence in the study, and only the sound of paper turning could be heard.
I don't know how long it has been silent, but Zhuge Wei, the current head of the Zhuge family, sighed softly: "What does this one hundred and eighth brother want to do?" Why did you collude with that Daoguang Emperor of the Jin Empire? also instigated Emperor Daoguang to touch the tiger butt of the British Empire...... Is he trying to trap Daoguang? β
"Second brother, I think that kid is obsessed...... That Daoguang Emperor gave him a Nalan fairy, and the kid's soul was hooked away, and the night he arrived in Bagua City, he got along with the fairy! β
"Second brother, I think this one hundred and eighth brother is completely confused, he first pushed the Rakshasa Kingdom to the side of the Great Britain...... Now it is ridiculous to encourage the Jin Empire to harass India through Afghanistan to the south. Did he think that the British Empire would not be able to clean up tiny Afghanistan? In fact, it is nothing for the British army to enter Afghanistan, I am afraid that they will have to advance inch by inch and penetrate deep into Central Asia! β
"That is, Central Asia is the center of the Eurasian continent, once it falls into the hands of the British Empire, and then we build a railway, then we will be in big trouble!"
The eighth, tenth, and thirteenth masters of the Zhuge family obviously didn't know that Afghanistan was the graveyard of empires.
But Zhuge Weijiu, the head of the Zhuge family, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The eighth, the tenth, and the thirteenth...... Do you think it is possible for the Afghans to defeat the British East India Company expeditionary force? β
"Second brother, what are you talking about......"
"Second brother, is this really the case?"
"Second brother, you're not kidding, are you? Could it be that the sunset of the British Empire began in Afghanistan? β
Zhuge Weijiu stroked his beard and looked at his three cousins, but smiled slightly: "I can't say this...... The rules left by the ancestors should be known, each has its own heavenly opportunity, and the heavenly opportunity must not be revealed! You can't inquire either! He paused, and then said, "But I just don't understand, how can the one hundred and eighth brother ........"
"Second brother, it won't be the thirty-sixth uncle......"
Zhuge waved his hand for a long time: "It's impossible, Uncle Thirty-six is a military advisor of the navy, he can't know about Afghanistan, and I haven't told him." β
It turns out that the military advisors of the Zhuge family are in charge of their own affairs...... After all, there are too many heavenly opportunities, and it is not good for one person to know too much!
"Second brother, if it's not Uncle Thirty-six, it's a blind cat that kills a mouse!"
"Old Thirteen," Zhuge Weijiu shook his head, "We are military advisors, we can't believe that a blind cat touches a dead mouse...... There must be a reason why this one hundred and eighth brother can make such a suggestion. β
"What could be the reason? I think it's like a blind cat touching a dead mouse...... Second brother, you don't think that kid has any talent, do you? All the things he did, expelled from the house were polite! β
"That's it, second brother, everyone knows that you and Uncle Thirty-six have been playing since childhood...... But the family rules are the family rules, which were handed down by King Wuzhong! β
Zhuge Weijiu nodded, and said with an unhappy face: "I know the rules!" However, this matter cannot be dealt with rashly, the one hundred and eighth brother has a wide range of friends, and he was cultivated as a military advisor when he was young, and he knows a lot of things...... If we expel him and he goes to the Zheng family and the Li family, what will we do? β
The elder of the Zhuge family, who served as a shipbuilder in the Admiralty, said: "Then arrange a farther errand for him, let him go to New Manchuria to take charge of the coastal defense of the Arctic Ocean, and go to live with the Eskimos." β
Zhuge Weijiu smiled: "One hundred and eight brothers love to be lively so much, they must be sent to Binghai to suffocate to death...... In this case, I'll let Eighty-Eight go to Ili to touch his bottom first, and then make a decision. β