Jiang Wan was not a big shot in either his previous life or this life, but some things and experiences could not be acquired through some information explosion or even taken for granted.
Zhu Youjian is the famous Emperor Chongzhen. However, when he met Zhu Youjian, Jiang Wan didn't feel awe at all. He also acted very calm and indifferent in front of Zhu Youjian. That was because he was facing Zhu Youjian.
It would take several years for Jian to become the famous Emperor Chongzhen, but the person in front of him at this moment was just a young man with much less experience and experience than him.
He can be calm in front of the other person.
In front of small stalls like Zheng Bajin and Sun Yulin in Dongchang, he can kill decisively and confidently, but when facing the notorious nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, he is really not sure that he can remain calm and calm.
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If the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is regarded as an upgrade to immortality, he is just a rookie who has just established his foundation, and Wei Zhongxian is at least a Yuanying-level boss. Level suppression is really not something he can do just to do some psychological construction for himself.
Understand.
Therefore, when he walked into the gate of Wei Zhongxian's mansion, outsiders seemed to have a smile on his face and a well-founded approach, but no one knew that in his heart he was not as steady and calm as he showed.
On the other hand, Jose and Catherine, who were following him, held their breath and were cautious as soon as they entered the gate, as if they did not dare to express their anger. This shows that these Francois are not at all rude and rude as outsiders think.
They also know how to behave in the face of absolute power.
After waiting for more than half an hour, someone led them to a flower hall in the Wei Mansion and told them to wait here. Obviously in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, none of them deserved to use the mansion.
The lobby inside.
What followed was more than half an hour of waiting. During this waiting process, there was no tea or anything, let alone cakes or anything else, except for the cold glances from a few people at the door.
, Jiang Wan and the other three just sat there doing nothing for a long time.
But even so, the three of them didn't even complain. Not only did Jiang Wan feel that this was not worth complaining, but even Jose and Catherine didn't feel slighted. They even felt that this was the behavior of the top dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.
Just when Jiang Wan thought that Wei Zhongxian had no intention of meeting them, a fan strode in from outside the flower hall and slightly raised his hand to him: "Grandpa Qiantose asked Professor Jiang from the Tenth Prince's Palace to come over and talk..."
Jiang Wan stood up, followed by Jose and Catherine. Na Fanzi glanced at them, but shook his head slightly: "Grandpa Chitose only asked Professor Jiang to come over and talk. You can stay here!"
Jiang Wan turned around, smiled slightly at the two of them, and followed the visitor.
Different from Jiang Wan's imagination, the Wei Zhongxian he wanted to see was not lying on a soft bed with a tall hat and wide robes, and there were several beautiful women around him who were fanning him and beating his back. In fact, when he saw
When a middle-aged man squatted in a messy underground and was tinkering with a huge sailboat model with great interest, he was a little stupid.
Underground is the powerful nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, the sailboat model, one of the gifts he brought to Jose today.
"This crap seems to have some tricks up its sleeve, but I don't know if it can be used in the water. If it can be used in the water, it would be interesting!"
Hearing the movement behind him, Wei Zhongxian clapped his hands and stood up, asking Jiang Wan: "Can this thing go into the water?"
"This probably won't work!" Jiang Wan replied hesitantly: "This kind of thing should be the ornaments that Folangji country uses to put at home. The people of Folangji are very vulgar, and most of the ornaments at home are swords.
Shields, or bones of captured wild beasts, etc. Those who can put such sailboat ornaments must at least be princes and nobles!"
"This thing can't be found in an elegant hall!" Wei Zhongxian curled his lips: "You can't even afford to display calligraphy and paintings. It seems that you are a bunch of poor people!"
He pointed to the sailboat model underground: "Ask them to send a few more of these things over. We broke this one. Your Majesty likes these things. If you don't figure them out, how can you present them to His Majesty!"
"Yes, Jiang Wan must tell them to send more of these things!"
Someone handed over a hot towel. Wei Zhongxian took it and wiped his hands. He pulled up a chair and sat down in the mess on the floor: "Okay, it's rare that I have time to rest for a night, and I still have to deal with all these bad things.
What does His Highness mean by asking you to come here?"
"Reply to the father-in-law!" Jiang Wan suddenly felt less nervous. He found that Wei Zhongxian in front of him was just an ordinary person. Perhaps it was because the other party didn't bother to establish any dignity in front of him, but this did not hinder him.
It suddenly became much easier.
He smiled habitually: "This is what I want to report to my father-in-law. I recently observed the meeting between the imperial court and the Buddhist monks in the Ministry of Rites in the name of the prince, and I also wanted to do my best to contribute. It happened that these Buddhas
Langji wanted to see the father-in-law, so the lower official shamelessly asked the prince to do so for him!"
"I know about this!" Wei Zhongxian said slowly: "Why, Mr. Fo Lang is going to eat it up and wipe it out, and refuses to admit it. Do you want to overturn the table?"
"They just want to make more money and flip the table over. I guess they don't have the guts!"
"Hmph, you are talking about 600,000 taels of silver. You really think that all the silver in our court comes from the strong wind!" Wei Zhongxian curled his lips in disdain: "Last year, our annual income in the Ming Dynasty was only more than 4 million taels of silver. How much?
They just want to take away 600,000 cannons. This deal is so easy, why don’t they grab it!”
"However, Liaodong does need these Folangji cannons!" Jiang Wan paused slightly: "Compared with the cannons cast by our Ming Dynasty and the Folangji cannons, there is a huge gap, and people from the Ministry of War have also carefully compared them.
Well, if such cannons are deployed on the fortified city of Liaodong, the city's defense will be improved not just a little bit, but deploying these French cannons in large quantities will not only boost the morale of our army, but also damage the Tartars.
There is a huge threat!”
"The Ministry of War also told me about this Fo Lang machine cannon..." Wei Zhongxian smacked his mouth. Apparently he had heard such words from others before: "Is it really so powerful?"
"It's so powerful!"
“Can’t our Ming Dynasty make it ourselves?”
"We really can't make this ourselves for the time being!"
"Then just buy it!" Wei Zhongxian nodded: "Tell them, cut them in the waist, give them 300,000 taels of silver, and send the cannon to Liaodong. Although our family only knows how to serve the emperor in the palace, but this
Our family also knows that we cannot delay military and state affairs, so it’s settled!”