The train "clangs" forward and exits the chimney-lined port of Marseille, which is a bit of an early industrial style, and travels through the open fields of south-western France. At this time, it is the deepest spring, it is almost early summer, the fields are green, the spring breeze is blowing, and the grass is green and yellow. Kangxi sat in the same train room with Natasha, Petrov (Peter's brother), and Petrov's wife, a mixed-Greek and Shenzhou woman named Egnes, enjoying the scenery outside the window.

The Greek and Shenzhou woman named Agnes was a member of the royal family of the Greek Kingdom, her father was a Greek prince, and her mother was from the Junbao Zhu clan, that is, the imperial regent and Junbao guardian family to which Kangxi belonged in this life. Although the wives of the first, second, and third heirs of the Junbao Zhu family all paid the money to the Yang family, the Zhuros family, the Junbao Kong family, or the Wu Zhou clan, the county lords of the Junbao Zhu family would still marry the European royal families, especially the Balkan royal family.

For those small Balkan kingdoms and small principalities that are actually the product of a compromise between the Rakshasa and the Holy Roman Empire, it is already a great honor to be able to marry the county lord of the Junbao Zhu clan - the Junbao Zhu clan has entered the jade of the Ming clan! Theoretically, Zhu Xuanye is not a "clear room" at all, but a "bright room"!

Although within the four major families of Junbao, everyone regards the Junbao Zhu clan as a branch of the Great Qing Dynasty Ai Xinjueluo, but in the eyes of outsiders, the Junbao Zhu clan is the noble Daming clan! It's all in the jade, how can it not be? Moreover, the Junbao Zhu clan has long been converted to the God of the Heavenly Father, and believes in the Eastern Orthodox Church led by Patriarch Constantine, so they can marry with European royal families.

However, the daughters of the Junbao Zhu family do not "marry far away", everything from Britain, France, and Spain is too far away, and Moscow is too cold. The princes of Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Transylvania, and Wallachia were the ideal princes of the Pinxi royal palace.

And the princesses and county lords of these small Balkan countries will also marry the princes or illegitimate sons after the third heir of the Zhu family of the county castle - of course, the princesses and county lords married by the princes cannot be compared with the bastard children.

Agnes was a scarcity lord with little gold, and her father, a Greek prince, had little chance of succeeding to the throne. Because the current king is Egnes's uncle, and this uncle has six sons, and even two grandchildren.

But Agnes is very beautiful and well-informed. Her father served as a diplomat in the government of the Kingdom of Greece and served as an ambassador to Daming for a long time, so she also stayed in Daming with her parents for several years, and also received primary, middle and high school education in Daming.

The steam engine, steamboat, and train that looked very incredible to Kangxi were all normal things in the eyes of Agnes. She could even explain the operating principle of the steam engine to Kangxi, Kangxi was stunned when he heard it, and he was a little fool who didn't know anything.

His reaction also made Petrov a little crying and laughing, although the Eastern Roman Empire was indeed a little backward and did not keep up with the rhythm of the industrial era, but Constantinople was not closed, and industrialization could not develop, purely because there were no resources, markets and funds. But how did this Zhu Xuanye make it like a dirt bun that came over a hundred years ago?

Thinking of this, he finally couldn't help but interrupt the conversation between Zhu Xuanye and his wife: "Third brother, you should really go to Daming to see, that is the center of the world, and it is also our hometown!" ”

"To Daming?" Kangxi was a little homesick when he said this, but then he thought of the destruction of his family, and sighed again, "But we don't have any relatives in our hometown!" ”

"Yes!" Agnes smiled, "Konstantin, you have many relatives in Daming!" ”

"I have relatives in Daming?" Kangxi was stunned, "You mean Zhu Ming's royal people?" ”

Agnes laughed, "Aren't they? Pingxi Royal Mansion is the palace of the Ming Dynasty and the royal family! ”

Kangxi just smiled bitterly, he just wanted to oppose the Ming Dynasty and restore the Qing Dynasty, but in the eyes of outsiders, he was a member of the Ming Dynasty. Who is going to reason with this?

Agnes hesitated for a moment: "Actually, Aixinjueluo's clan is also in the Qing Dynasty now, so it can be regarded as a relative of your family, right?" ”

"Love Xin Jueluo's clan?" Kangxi was stunned again, "Whose descendant is that?" ”

"Of course it's the descendants of the faint monarch Kangxi!" Petrov said.

What? Do I have children and grandchildren? Kangxi was excited when he heard this!

"That's . The descendants of Baoqing? Kangxi hurriedly inquired.

"No," said Petrov, "there is no queen. After the death of the old empress dowager, he became a monk in Taiping Valley and became a generation of monks, and the current Aixin Jueluo clan is a descendant of Yinzhen. ”

"Yinzhen?" Kangxi muttered, "He is from the Wu Ya clan. By the way, Wu Ya's grandfather was the head of the imperial dining room, so Yinzhen could survive! ”

This time, it was Agnes' turn to be confused: "Is being the head of the imperial dining room related to Yinzhen's survival?" ”

"It's a big deal!" Kangxi laughed, "Li Zhongshan's stepmother Zhang Xiaoyu's father, Zhang Laobao, is the head of the dim sum room under the imperial dining room, he has worked with Wu Ya's grandfather for many years, and at the critical moment, pull the old boss, can't Yinzhen live?" ”

Petrov was stunned and stunned: "Third brother, who are you listening to?" I've seen Chengenhou Hongli's "Kangxi Death of the Country", it doesn't say so, it says that Nalan Xingde saved Wu Yashi and Yinzhen when the Qing Dynasty fell to the country, and later Nalan Mingzhu pleaded with Prime Minister Li Cheng (Li Zhongshan) when he was dying, and Prime Minister Li Cheng spared Yinzhen and gave him a Chengenhou. ”

It turns out that Mingzhu still has a little conscience!

Kangxi nodded, and asked again: "Who is that Hongli?" ”

"That's the patriarch of the Aixin Jueluo clan, the grandson of Kangxi, and the son of Yinzhen."

"Grandson." Hearing that he had a grandson, Kangxi was so excited that he burst into tears, "How old is he?" ”

"He's." Petrov did the math, "It's almost 90 years old, right?" ”

"90 years old?" Kangxi didn't know what to say.

My grandsons are 90 years old, and this time flies a bit fast! He thought about it again, and realized the seriousness of the problem!

90 years old. It's not a few years to live!

No, I have to go to Daming quickly, maybe I can see my grandson for the last time!

But how is this Daming going to go?

Kangxi began to ponder again.

Now that he has an "old grandson", he doesn't have the heart to think about the anti-Ming and Qing Dynasty for the time being-this thing doesn't seem to be easy! It is not easy to usurp the power of Constantinople, and a group of Changning's descendants there seem to be soft bones, all of them are "happy in Constantinople, not thinking clearly", and it is a bit difficult to rely on them to reverse the Ming Dynasty and restore Halal.

However, his descendants of Kangxi must have ambitions, and they will never forget to restore the ancestral foundation, if they can join forces with them, I hope it should be bigger!

Of course, before that, it would be better to have Napoleon's support.

If he wanted to become emperor, he had to build a great cause, which had to go down the road to restore the Roman Empire. And the Ming would not have wanted a unified Roman Empire in Europe!

So the conflict between Daming and France is inevitable!

And the opportunity to mess up the Ming from within, Napoleon should not give up!

In the following way, Kangxi did not inquire in depth about how the Hongli and Aixin Jueluo clans had tried their courage over the years, but inquired with Petrov about the situation of the European powers today, and inquired all the way, coupled with the memories he inherited from Zhu Xuanye, he could be regarded as having a better understanding of the situation in Europe.

It turns out that in today's Europe, there are four major powers: France, the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Rakshasa Empire! Among them, France was the strongest, but the kings before France were too good at defeat, and they also dreamed of unifying Europe and rebuilding the Roman Empire. This goal was almost fulfilled in the time of Louis XIV, but it was disrupted by the fact that the Anglo-Dutch Kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire had been given large low-interest military loans.

Louis XV, the heir of Louis XIV, after the financial situation eased slightly, began to repeat the mistakes of Louis XIV, taking advantage of the lack of male heirs in the Habsburg dynasty to try to seize the throne of the HRE. As a result, it was once again attacked by the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom, Prussia, and Austria. As a last resort, Louis XV could only find Elizabeth, the Rakshasa Empress, and beat the Prussian Frederick together with the Rakshasa together, seeing that the goal was about to be achieved, but the Empress Elizabeth died, and the enthroned Peter III inexplicably directed Prussia, and returned all the lands seized from Prussia to France.

At this time, Louis XV was in a pit, not only fell into decline on the European battlefield, retreated one after another, and was finally beaten back to the pre-war border, but also lost Quebec, the most important territory of the "American Empire"!

After suffering such a big loss, Louis XV had to lie down and die. After Louis XVI came to power, the "last emperor" of the French Bourbon dynasty finally realized that the biggest obstacle to France's unification of Europe was actually the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom established by William III and ruled by the Orange family!

At the same time, the 13 North American Dominions under the British-Dutch United Kingdom had an anti-British uprising supported by the Aztec Republic - a good opportunity to strike at the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom and at the same time turn enemies into friends with the Aztec Republic!

As a result, Louis XVI decisively came out to support the uprising in the thirteen states of North America!

However, to Louis XVI's surprise, Da Ming shot again! It remained on the side of the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom and exerted extreme pressure on the Aztec Republic to cut off its support for the thirteen North American states.

As a result, Louis XVI became a complete wrongdoer, and had to bear all the responsibility for aiding the United States and resisting Britain.

In the end, although the United States succeeded in gaining independence, France's finances collapsed completely! And Louis XVI also became a fool in the eyes of the French - he threw so much money in the Americas, but in the end he got nothing.

Even because the Western American States supported by the Ming Dynasty took advantage of France's deep involvement in the American Revolutionary War to expand eastward and eat up many lands that nominally belonged to the American Empire

Louis XVI, who had collapsed financially and had become a fool again, certainly could not control the situation!

At the same time, French industry, stimulated by France's deep involvement in the American Revolutionary War, fell into a great crisis due to the collapse of finances, the depreciation of the franc, and the shrinking of the American market (the Aztecs and the Incas, under the temptation and pressure of the Ming Dynasty, fell into a hole against France and closed their domestic markets). The revolution broke out as a matter of course!

But even after the death of Louis XIV, France was still the first power in Europe that had crossed the threshold of industrialization. Especially in the Spanish Netherlands, Luxembourg, Alsace, Lorraine and other places occupied by France during the period of Louis XIV, high-quality coal and iron ore were discovered one after another, making France's metallurgical industry surpass that of the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom. Although it is still much worse than Daming, it is more than enough to stand in the second place in the world.

In addition, due to the fall of the Bourbon dynasty and the establishment of the French Republic, the relationship between France and the Aztec Republic and the Inca Republic improved rapidly due to the same political system, and these two large markets rich in gold and silver were opened to France again, so that France's industrial strength could still grow after the baptism of the Revolution!

If France can rely on Napoleon's military genius to eat Italy, Germany, and Spain, and then pull in the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom and the Rakshasa Kingdom, it may not have the strength to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Another European industrial power that can be compared to France is, of course, the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom, founded by William III. Although William III and Queen Mary have never been able to give birth to an heir, the huge pressure exerted by France and the Ming Dynasty on Britain and the Netherlands from Europe and overseas respectively has prompted the two countries to stay together. The British Parliament even repeatedly refused to arrange a marriage for Princess Anne, and instead detained William's sister-in-law in England as an alternate for his sister in order to marry William after the death of the frail Queen Mary.

In the end, this arrangement also gave birth to an heir to the United Kingdom for the Anglo-Dutch co-monarchy.

Like France, the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom entered the era of industrialization in the second half of the 18th century! Although the scale of industrialization in the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom is still slightly smaller than that of France, it has developed much more steadily, and the United Kingdom, which dominates the United Kingdom, has also developed into the financial center of Europe.

Of course, the premise of this alliance was that Napoleon and the Parliament of the United Kingdom could realize that if the Ming Dynasty was not contained, it would be possible for the Ming Dynasty to dominate the world in the future. Although Da Ming doesn't seem to have the ambition to dominate the world, she has such strength! (End of chapter)