"How widely has this news been circulating so far?" Dmitry helped him analyze: "If there are not many people who know, we can think of something." ”

But Tuhuan frowned, thought for a while, turned his head and asked Guo Kang: "Is it really necessary for us to keep it secret?" ”

"Huh?" Guo Kang didn't know what he was thinking again.

"The Venetians can keep it secret because they are small, and of course it's easy to keep it a secret because it's just that island." Tuhuan reminded him: "But didn't you tell me before that our idea is to mobilize more people to research and produce, and the more people involved, the easier it is to improve and break through?" ”

"We have a great demand for all kinds of glass, and we will definitely open a lot of workshops. With so many people involved, secrecy is impossible. He shook his head and said, "Besides, we have a much larger number of slaves." They may not understand anything, but if someone asks them about what they see, it's easy to deduce a lot of details. Slaves will inevitably flee on our side, so sooner or later these news will leak out. ”

"If you want me to say, you can do what you can do with these measures, and you don't have to force the rest. Our biggest advantage over Venice is not how many people we have. Even if they learn, with our output, we can easily crush them. ”

"For the sake of profit, their factories have to join our workshop system, and their chambers of commerce can only follow our orders. We don't even need to compete with them, when the time comes, they will beg us to bring them to cooperate. ”

"So, brother, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing." He patted Guo Kang on the shoulder and said, "Compared with controlling the spread of technology, controlling money and sabers is more stable." ”

Guo Kang thought about it and felt that it did make sense, so he nodded.

Although Tuhuan doesn't look out of tune, it is still reliable at a critical time.

Moreover, unlike the royal education in the Central Plains, the Steppe Khan Court attached great importance to the cultivation of business ability, and being able to do business can be said to be a necessary skill for a qualified Khan king. Even those born in the wild like the purple tent are no exception. Due to the special location, the importance of business is even stronger.

The Khan's court was divided into internal and external treasury, and a large part of the capital of the inner government was the workshop industry accumulated by the Great Khan in successive dynasties, and the caravans directly under the Khan family. Much of the huge profits from these industries each year are used to sponsor public facilities and welfare programs, as well as to give additional rewards to those who have merit—in fact, one of the important ways in which the Sons of Kinus maintain the legitimacy of their rule.

So thinking about it this way, it seems normal for Tuohuan to study these.

"The matter of the mirror, maybe just now, needs to be kept secret for a while." Tuhuan is still thinking: "It will take time for our workshop to be selected and built, and when this time passes, it will not be a big problem." ”

"Of course, I'm not afraid of everyone leaking it." He adds: "The people here who are engaged in research are devout theologians and philosophers. And what about Venice? They're all businessmen. I believe that it will be easier for them to buy it than we do. ”

"Oh yes, and." He remembered something: "Last time, I sent a batch of mirrors out, who did you give them to?" ”

"It's an acquaintance and a patron." Guo Kang said: "My mother, my sister, your mother, your sister, Li Xuanying's two younger sisters, Li Anning and her cousin...... Well, I'll go back and see the list. Anyway, our acquaintances, except for 'Shi Zetian', gave them all. ”

"Actually, it's okay to give it to her." Tuhuan thought for a while and said: "After all, it is a member of the Shi family, unless she has a public fall out and declares that she is no longer her own family, she should still be given." As for what they think, that's their business, we don't care, we just follow common sense. ”

"It's not that I don't give it, it's that she says she doesn't want it." Guo Kang corrected.

"Huh?" Tuohuan looked surprised.

"She's too girly to want it. He also said that this kind of family gift is not interesting, and he will make something good for himself in the future and ask me for it. Guo Kang said with a smile.

"It's the first time I've seen a girl who doesn't like this mirror." Tuhuan showed a look of giving up: "Forget it, then I didn't say it, leave her alone." ”

"But isn't that good?" Dmitry again began to quote the theories of the sages: "Plato believed that if a woman's soul is the same as that of a man, then she is perfect. From a philosophical point of view, this kind of woman is the perfect person. ”

"Do these Greeks keep an eye on their brothers every day, and want women to be their brothers?" Tuohuan said confusedly.

"That's philosophy." Another monk also came to help, trying to reason with him.

Guo Kang hurriedly stepped forward and said that there was still something to do, and it was not easy for them to stop the discussion.

"Go on." Tuhuan said to Guo Kang: "Who else? ”

"And then there's the patron from last time." Guo Kang told him: "The representative of the church is Master Wang, this is no problem; The Khan's donation was given by you, and that's no problem. Dean John raised a portion of it, and this one was also his own. ”

"In addition, there are donations from some businessmen. A few wealthy Greek businessmen raised money to donate, but they only wanted to get the right to sell their goods in the future, and they had little interest in technology, so there was no problem. ”

"If there's anything else...... Joanna Bic also came to donate, the daughter of Ms. Maria of Hungary. Guo Kang explained: "You may not know each other, but her family knows my stepfather, and it is estimated that she came to help because of this relationship." ”

"Oh, the Italian who opened the bank." Tuhuan thought for a while and said.

"Yes. I've asked before. Guo Kang nodded: "Her father's name is Giovanni Di Beach, and he is a Florentine ragged aristocrat. ”

"At that time, the contradictions between the top and bottom of Florence were acute, and the big nobles, the small nobles and the low-level burghers were fighting each other very seriously. Giovanni's cousin, a representative of the minor aristocracy, played a major role in helping to suppress the rebellion of the carding workers, thereby seizing power in the city. However, the good times did not last long, and not long after, he was overthrown. ”

"Is it because the citizens don't like him?" Dmitry asked.

"It's not." Guo Kang said: "It was the great nobles who came back to their senses and found that this person wanted to affect their power, so they unloaded the mill and killed the donkey and drove him away." ”

"...... like this"

"Yes, anyway, after he loses power, the whole family can only run away. Giovanni was implicated, and he did not dare to get involved in the political situation in Florence, so he did some business between the various city-states. Later, in order to import goods, he came to us again, and as he walked up and down, he met Mary. Guo Kang continued.

"I guess it's because both of them are depressed and can only leave their homeland, so they have some common language. Anyway, in the end, they decided to get married. Khan Ting thought it was okay to do so, so he didn't care. ”

"A few years ago, Giovanni's bank sponsored the return of the Bishop of Rome, and he made a fortune by betting on the right bet. So he took his son and went back to Italy. This daughter...... It seems that I have traveled around before, and I came back last year to accompany my mother and run a business here. ”

"This guy is quite rich anyway." Guo Kang said: "As I told you before, she was the one who donated a Heavenly Brother antenna. ”

(End of chapter)