After dinner, he took Catherine and the two of them around Beijing for an afternoon. It was almost dark before Jiang Wan sent them back to Honglu Temple.
When getting out of the car, Jiang Wan clearly felt that Andre, who was next to Catherine, was less hostile to him. After all, in addition to sending them back, he also bought various gifts in large and small packages on the carriage. Of course,
, Jiang Wan paid for all this.
The principle of eating people with a short mouth and taking advantage of others is still very effective most of the time.
On the way back, Xiaojiu and "No Culture" were still talking excitedly about what they had seen today. Jiang Wan was sitting on the carriage with her eyes closed, thinking about today's events.
The trade with the Folangji Mission must be facilitated. Although this is not his main task now, if he can contribute some effort, he feels that he will not sit idly by.
Because these cannons are to be placed in Liaodong by the Ming Dynasty. If nothing else happens, some of them will be placed in Ningyuan, and one day in the future, one of these cannons will perform extraordinary feats.
, causing a certain arrogant enemy chief to fall into disgrace at the foot of Ningyuan City.
This is the first major event that Jiang Wan has come into contact with in this era that may change history. He not only does not allow others to destroy it, but also vigorously promotes it. Although he may not be able to contribute much now, after all, he feels that in the future
It is also his responsibility.
Moreover, he did not dare to imagine how rampant the Liaodong Tatars would be without the Ningyuan victory after Zhu Youjian came to the throne. Although these Folangji cannons may not determine the outcome of a battle, but,
As long as they work at critical moments, the morale they can inspire cannot be bought with tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Catherine's identity as a translator is not important, but her identity as the niece of the head of the Fo Langji mission is important. Although she cannot decide some things, she can serve as a bridge to allow Jiang Wan to solve this matter better.
What Zhu Youjian is most worried about now is the purpose of sending him to the meeting to observe, to find out how many of the short-fire blunderbuss of the Franji people have leaked out in the capital. After contacting Catherine, this issue should actually be solved.
Not difficult to solve.
Of course Jiang Wan knew that the so-called deployment of Folangji guns in the East Factory was something he concocted by himself. However, Zhu Youjian didn't know about this matter, and neither did Folangji people. He was involved in it.
There was a lot of leeway, and for more important matters, he would not feel guilty at all for throwing such a big blame on Dongchang and on Wei Zhongxian's head.
Framing a good person is called despicable, and framing a bad person is called justice for heaven!
Since the people in Dongchang can equip short-fire blunderbuss, then it is not too much for King Xin's guards to be equipped with more or less short-fire blunderbuss. If the Folangji people really have a very good reputation for keeping secrets as they say.
If so, then no one should know about Tingyulou’s purchase and configuration of these Folang machine lightweight fire guns in the future.
No matter whether it is offense or defense in the future, having more cards like this will increase your chances of winning.
Thinking about what he was thinking, before he knew it, he had returned to the Tenth Prince's Mansion.
Xiaojiu couldn't wait to find Li Fuyao to play with her. After eating so many good things today and seeing the legendary Folangji man, she had a lot to say to her sister Fuyao.
The four "uneducated" people returned to their residences and were sure that Jiang Wan would not have any more instructions today. The four of them couldn't help but whisper.
"That woman from Fo Langji seems to have taken a liking to our husband! Do you think so?"
"Is she even worthy?" Hua Sanqian spat: "I don't even care what she looks like. She dares to have an idea for our husband. I dare say that even for an ordinary lady from an official family, our husband may not even look at her.
Get on!"
"That's right, look at the ladies in this courtyard. They are all extremely beautiful. That French woman is daydreaming!"
Mei Xiaofei suddenly said: "Why do I feel that our husband actually doesn't dislike this woman very much? I don't remember that our husband said that he would invite this woman to dinner before, but when the woman said so, Mr. Qiansheng agreed..."
"Tch, what do you know!" The young men sneered: "Didn't you hear Sister Xiaojiu say that our husband used to be a storyteller, and he has a lot of stories in his belly. How to deal with such a barbarian woman, he must have something in his heart.
There are only as many strategies as you can think of!"
"Really?" Mei Xiaofei said uncertainly: "Anyway, I feel that my husband is unconscionably saying that this woman is beautiful, which is beyond human ability. I can't say such nonsense anyway!"
"So you can only be regarded as Mr.'s student, not Mr., hahahaha!" The young men laughed softly.
For them, today is also an eye-opening day, and it is also a day of feasting. Compared with the days in Zhuangzi, such days are called days and they have hope.
At the headquarters of Honglu Temple, Jose, the leader of the Folangji Mission, was also interrogating his own niece. Jose was really having a headache for his niece. He gave up doing business and was talking to a man.
The rich and powerful son of the Ming Dynasty went out to have fun. Fortunately, she remembered to take Andre with her, otherwise, he would have scolded her until she was bloody.
First, he listened to Andre's report, and then he turned his attention to Catherine: "My dear niece, what exactly do you think? Do you know that your behavior can easily make us the laughing stock of the Ming people?
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"I don't care what other people think!" Kaiserli said nonchalantly: "Although I took the initiative to contact Jiang Wan, the other party did not reject my contact, and the response was very good. I think the other party should also want to
Outside of the Ming Dynasty official website, we have established another communication channel!"
"That's it, and not because the other party is young and rich?" Jose shook his head slightly: "The Ming people will not marry a Spanish woman as their wife, even if you are my niece, you shouldn't have such thoughts!"
"I didn't think so!" Kaiserli blushed slightly: "Uncle, where are you thinking? He is a teacher in the Tenth Prince's Palace. Does uncle know the Tenth Prince's Palace? It is the palace of the younger brother of the Emperor of the Ming Empire.
He is also the emperor's most beloved prince, and this person is the confidant of His Excellency the prince. My contact with him will only benefit our business group, and there will be no harm!"
"Oh!" Jose was stunned. He really didn't know about this.
"Not only that, during the conversation with me, he also implicitly expressed his wish to purchase some firearms from our Chamber of Commerce!" Catherine said proudly: "Uncle, please note that this is not a trade between the Ming Empire and us.
, but this Jiang Wan wants to trade with us, whether he represents himself or someone else, I think our Chamber of Commerce should be able to gain a lot of benefits by participating in it!"
She curled her lips slightly: "Uncle, I worked hard to seize opportunities for the Chamber of Commerce. Do you want to blame me for this...?"