Chapter 076 The Last Madness
The Kingdom of France and the Church suffered the greatest losses in this battle. Louis IX had to mobilize the whole country's troops to the front line, because as long as you take a step back, the Kingdom of France will be ravaged by the Berbers first, which consumed his national strength very quickly. The latter was because the reputation was covered by the imperial emperors. The Berbers insisted that the cause of the war was because the French assassinated their religious leaders. If this was accusing other kings, everyone might not believe it, but accusing Louis IX would be a bit credible. This devout king had always worn a pair of crotch pants with the church, and might be able to do it at the instigation of the church. Therefore, most of the Europeans' shit that had fallen into a hard battle was directly tied to the heads of King Louis and the new pope. Even if it was not made clear, everyone was not satisfied with their reckless actions.
"When I think it will be difficult to see you again in the future, I feel bored even if I am the king. You threw me alone to a group of hungry wolves, but ran back to enjoy the happiness. I don't want to do it. I want to be with you, and this is my hometown." Jiang Zhuyi conquered Hong Tao again this time. Hong Tao, a woman of her age, really can't handle it. She is like a wolf or a tiger.
"Where can I enjoy my blessings when I come back? It's all trouble, so I won't take you back and suffer. My heart is my hometown. Are you unhappy in Europe?" Now Hong Tao didn't dare to believe Jiang Zhuyi's words casually. She was no longer the little woman who followed her to see the world, but a queen who was ready to transform the world according to her own wishes.
"It's a pleasure to have you here. Even if you can't come back for a long time, I also think you are by my side. When you have trouble, you will always appear to help me solve it. But this time it's different. Every day when I wake up, I feel that you won't come back. This feeling is very bad. It makes me feel that the people around me are becoming more and more terrible. I may be eaten by them at any time. So I decided to come back and be with you. Even if I don't have money and country, I can make me feel contented when I have a good sleep." Jiang Zhuyi leaned over and pressed her body against Hong Tao, closing her eyes as if she was asleep.
"But you can't leave with just a swing of your hand. What should Aya and her son do? William has invested so much in your country, can he be happy? Are you still afraid that others will eat you? It would be nice if you don't eat them. They are hungry wolves, you are a hunter, a hunter with cannons!" Hong Tao believed Jiang Zhuyi's words, but he couldn't agree with her approach. Otherwise, you should not play. If you want to play, you must have a beginning and an end, and you must give an explanation to the person who follows you. You must always withdraw silently. Isn't this harmful?
"Isn't Renjie still there? He doesn't want to come back, and he also knows several families with great power among the German nobles, and they are willing to cooperate with my brother. I gave Aya to him to take care of, and he is not married either. Now I am the little king's aunt. How about it, are you satisfied with my arrangement?" Jiang Zhuyi immediately smiled when she talked about her proud masterpiece.
"You really succeeded. You asked your brother to marry a widow and take care of someone else's children..." Hong Tao said nothing this time. Jiang Zhuyi's method was really amazing. Jiang Renjie had already had connections with the nobles in the northern Germans, but now he married Aya and became the legitimate heir of the region. To the north, he could be with the German princes, and to the south, Frederi II's support, and no one could move his territory.
"This is not what I forced him. He likes Aya very much. If I force him to stop him, he might take Aya back to the Song Dynasty. You are talking about your life, this is life. My sister has not worked hard for more than ten years, but she still has a cheaper brother. He doesn't have to worry about anything, and there will be a ready-made country. As for that child, as long as Aya has another one, he will be sent to me. I will raise him and call him dad, hehehe..." When Jiang Zhuyi talked about the child, his eyes were filled with little stars, and he climbed up along Hong Tao's body.
"If you want me to live a few more years, I will try to mess with me a few less times. I am not the body ten years ago." Hong Tao lost all his strength and could not accept his old age.
"Don't lie to me, you see, it's not very energetic? I don't care, you have to compensate me for my losses!" Jiang Zhuyi retracted his body into the blanket, and after a moment he came out, revealing Hong Tao's words of being lazy. Sometimes the human thing is not unified with his mind and body.
"It's over, Europe can't be blocked anymore!" When he thought of Jiang Renjie starting to cooperate with the German nobles again, Hong Tao still felt a sense of coldness even though he was surrounded by the warm body of a woman.
What could that child come out to cooperate with others? It is not the warships, naval gun casting technology he has mastered, and maybe there are muskets. As long as he can give him a relatively stable environment and relatively sufficient funds, he can improve the shipbuilding technology and gun casting technology of Europe to the level of the Golden River Empire ten years ago. Now he has obtained this opportunity, even stronger backstage than when he was in the Flanders Hanseatics, and it is useless even if he goes back by himself. Jiang Zhuyi is right, this is really fate.
However, Hong Tao's frustration did not last long. Compared with the troubles far away in Europe, the arrival of Jiang Zhuyi made Hong Tao more relieved. Bozhu, Senya, and Baixiang could not understand him. Compared with that, the three of them were even more loyal to her. Although she still had no status and would not be able to do so in the future, she still left a country and ran to her side thousands of miles away to worry about and take risks. A man who lived his whole life was lucky to meet such a person, no matter how many people were, it was worth it.
The Spring Soyuz and Hong Tao's flagship sneaked together to the estuary of the Luan River. They used Hong Tao's ship as a ferry. It took more than ten days to transport these large wooden boxes into the Luan River in batches, and then towed them by carriage to a construction site south of the iron ore. This is the site of the future machinery factory. A small factory has just been built to serve as the dormitory and temporary workroom of the technicians brought back from North America. These steelmaking, forging, machining and chemical technicians are preparing to build their factories here. In the future, the metallurgy and machinery research institutes will also be located here, so this is one of the few places protected by 6 teams. The large boxes brought back by Hong Tao are the safest and most suitable to put them here.
Once the steel mill, forging factory, machinery factory and chemical factory are initially completed, the parts in the box will be studied thoroughly by these technicians and then directly imitated. These three finished steam engines are the key to the Song Dynasty's approaching steam era. After the Jinhe Empire reacted, Hong Tao already had the bargaining chips to continue negotiating with them.
Hong Tao did not leave himself. This time he was no longer stingy with labor. He specially transferred thousands of people from the construction site and built a three-story floor with cement frame in the machinery factory. The first floor was the reception room and conference room, the restaurant, the warehouse, the second floor was his and those technicians' studio, and the third floor was his living room and bedroom. In order not to make this place look too deserted, Hong Tao also specially asked the pair of black and white twins from Cixi to take care of Jiang Zhuyi's daily life. This woman has been in Europe for so many years and has many life habits that can't be changed. If there were few servants in her hand, she would even be uncomfortable in going to the toilet.
Usually, Hong Tao works with those technicians on the second floor. He still has too many things in his mind to tell them. Not only do he listen, but he also has to remember them. It is not enough to just remember them, but he has to try his best to understand. When he really can't understand, Hong Tao will take them to conduct some simple experiments, build some models, remember as much as he can understand, and then use detailed descriptions to turn these things into words, pictures, and data, and record them according to different categories. This is the last thing Hong Tao can leave to this era. It is very scattered and superficial, but it is better than not. As long as one or two of these young technicians can come out from Wen Xiaoqi, Qi Zu, and Bush, they will piece together these fragments sooner or later.
In addition to the constant memories, Hong Tao would take Jiang Zhuyi and the others to take a long trip under the protection of the guard every one or two months. Most of the places he went were desolate, and there was nothing in some places, but he looked very carefully.
For example, he once lost his energy and found a river in the valley. After strict calculations, he finally erected a stone tablet on the river bank, writing the words "Taolinkou Reservoir of Qinglong River". Then he pointed to the mountains in the distance and told Jiang Zhuyi that if a city wall was built on the ridge, it was called the Great Wall, which was specially used to resist the invasion of the northern nomadic peoples. For example, he would take everyone to a fixed beach for a few days in the summer. He also erected a stone tablet on the beach for the first time, and wrote the three big characters "Beidaihe".
No one can understand all this. Even Jiang Zhuyi didn't know what it meant to make so many stone tablets and stalk around. If a person loves to name a random person, he will love it to the extreme. However, Jiang Zhuyi did not express his impatientness. She had already felt that the old emperor's body was getting weaker and weaker. Every time he returned from work on the second floor, he would be very tired and sat on the recliner and didn't want to move.
Those mental labors that were too intense were almost exhausting his energy. They often dreamed at night and talked in their dreams for the first time. This situation had never happened before. In her impression, Hong Tao was a heartless bastard who could take it and let it go, and could eat and sleep well, but now this bastard is approaching the old bastard step by step.
Chapter completed!