dhibooks Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Wei Tong didn't stay in the garden for a long time. He originally planned to go out of the palace, but before he walked out the door, he saw Liang Jiugong guarding the door.
He rubbed his forehead helplessly, and walked towards Liang Jiugong, "What wind brought Manager Liang here?"
Liang Jiugong said: "Master Wei is a noble man with many affairs, so he has to guard in case he disappears in a blink of an eye." Wei Tong was so busy that he couldn't keep his heels on the ground a few days ago. Later, I forgot to eat because of discussing things.After Kangxi knew about it, he ordered Liang Jiugong to call for someone while counting.
Wei Tong pursed his lips and sighed, "My feet are not for nothing, nothing will happen. Just let other people come over, and you are too tired to come over." Liang Jiugong glared He glanced at him, "Your Majesty's sage words, Mr. Wei is better to be careful."
After all, a slave is just a slave, and the word "involvement" is too much.
Wei Tong rubbed his eyebrows again, "Yes, yes, Mr. Liang, I'm wrong." This place is relatively remote, and Wei Tong didn't have such scruples when he spoke.
Liang Jiugong said: "Your Majesty Wei, please hurry up, lest the emperor wait for a long time."
"Director Liang please lead the way."
The little eunuch at the front led the way, and Liang Jiugong and Wei Tong walked closer.When Wei Tong's eyes fell on Liang Jiugong again, he knew that Liang Jiugong hadn't said what he really wanted to say.After a few steps, Liang Jiugong finally said, "Master Wei, why are you so awkward?"
"……not at all."
If it's really awkward, Wei Ning did feel a little regretful when he said that, but if you really think about it, what's the use of so many scruples?Although he wrote down the words of his sister's admonition, what he was really worried about was not this matter.After all, he is not an indecisive person, how can he deny his feelings until now?
"The emperor hasn't stepped into the harem for a year, and the miscellaneous family heard that someone in the court has already made a request to be a queen."
There is no direct correspondence between these two sentences, but Wei Tong knows what Liang Jiugong wants to say.And he had indeed heard the news about Li Hou.It's just that the person who played wanted to leave a reputation for himself as an honest and upright admonisher, but he forgot that Kangxi now is not a gentle character.
After a few short words, the two fell silent again.The journey shortened little by little, and the Qianqing Palace was soon within sight.Wei Tong heard Liang Jiugong's last words floating in his ears, "Take care of yourself."
Wei Tong shook his head helplessly, Liang Jiugong has always been duplicity, as the chief executive next to the emperor, he always doesn't even have a single truth, every time such a truth is extracted from his mouth, he quickly falls away.
When he entered the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi was reading a booklet in his hand. Before Wei Tong approached Kangxi, he beckoned him to come over, and said softly: "It's been four months, and I think another fleet has arrived. English. However, based on the current news, it does prove that the previous vision was a little narrow. However, a strange place was mentioned in the report. There are many English people wherever they go. And the weapons used It's also very strange." Wei Tong followed Kangxi's gaze and found something that he hadn't noticed just now.
On the table is a wooden warehouse with a strange shape, which looks different from the ones used in the past.Of course, Wei Tong thought it was too old, but according to the time, it was indeed the most advanced weapon.Wei Tong picked it up, pondered a few times and said, "You can find someone who has experience with bird guns. Although the styles are different, they should be the same."
Kangxi pondered, ordered people to come over, set up a target in the courtyard, picked up the wooden warehouse and fumbled a few times, and then shot.A slightly loud sound sounded, and the target on the opposite side had already been penetrated, and there was still a small hole left on the pillar a few meters away.
Although the smell of gunpowder is very strong, the power of this wooden warehouse has been truly demonstrated, which is much more powerful than bows and arrows.
Wei Tong looked at Kangxi's serious face, but thought in his heart that he almost forgot that the emperor himself was good at martial arts, and he had seen him use a bird gun before.
"This weapon is very powerful. Compared with the bow and arrow, it is indeed much stronger and easier to use. If everyone in the court has one, you must guard against it." Wei Tong watched Kangxi dismantle the wooden warehouse after three or two strokes, a little Little confused, this posture does not seem to be generally skilled.
"This is not necessarily the case. Even if foreign countries are more advanced in terms of weapons at this time, they cannot be much higher. This means that it is impossible for everyone to have such weapons, at least not in their own country. The British newspaper said People, I am afraid that people who leave the country are more likely to carry it with them.” Of course, no matter what, foreign countries have never really banned wooden warehouses from the beginning to the end, and there must be many people who carry wooden warehouses.
"Fengzhi doesn't think the threat is too big?" Kangxi threw the things in his hand onto the palace man's plate and asked them to put them away first.
"It's not that big, it's just that they can develop it, why can't we?" Wei Tong asked back.
"Don't you think it's hurtful?" Kangxi said with a light smile.
"When they rush in front of us with cannons and wooden warehouses, they will know what is really hurting peace." Wei Tong said solemnly.
If it wasn't for the years of getting along with Wei Tong, Kangxi felt that he would definitely be irritable now.He put Wei Tong's shoulders helplessly, "You, you, you always speak so directly, but you can't offend many people." Wei Tong said softly: "Actually, it seems that you have offended many people now."
He offended both Suo'etu and Mingzhu. Thinking about it carefully, Wei Tong also felt that he was quite powerful.
"But Fengzhi, why are you so determined? I don't see any hesitation in you." Kangxi walked in with his arms around him. Wei Tong rarely had such large-scale contact with people, and his limbs became stiff for a while. When he walked inside, he subconsciously broke free, and Kangxi's strength was not strong.
"Because it is true." Wei Tong looked at Kangxi and said without hesitation: "I am most anxious about the fleet of Yingjili, because I want to know the current development of Yingjili. As for why...you can call a few missionaries Just ask. Xuan, although they are not as good as us in some aspects, Mu Cangzhi has gone further than me, which proves that they have developed in other aspects."
"You know, the market in a place has a certain degree of tolerance, just like when Wei's developed, it squeezed out many local shops, because the local area does not have so much digestion capacity. It has already taken a step forward, then prove that they can use machines to replace certain jobs, so that the production time will be greatly reduced, and the number of products produced will increase. However, the market is constant in a short period of time, and they need to constantly to expand abroad and seek a larger market. However, is there any country in the world as vast and abundant as the Qing Dynasty?"
"We are the biggest market. As long as this fact remains unchanged, we will always be the most delicious dish."
"That's why, I've always believed, even if we shut our doors, it's no use acting as if these things don't exist, not seeing, not knowing. Our shores are not false, our docks are still there. Even if we There are troops stationed everywhere, but as you saw just now, ordinary people in the West can already steal private wooden warehouses, so will the army that serves as the national defense line not be replaced?" They will only be more and stronger.
Wei Tong has been acquainted with Kangxi for more than ten years, occupying more than half of his life now, how well he knows Kangxi.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, foreign news has always been closed, and there is not much contact with foreign countries except for daily pilgrimage.This caused the Qing Dynasty to be unclear about the changes in the world.Kangxi was an ambitious king, otherwise he would have driven Ge Erdan away even if he would not have personally conquered in history. What he is doing now is just tearing away the hazy white veil in front of him, so that he can really see why different.The industrial revolution in Britain has not yet started, but the previous actions of the whole society have accumulated unconsciously.Quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, so Britain will become the first country to pick peaches.Wei Tong doesn't expect to change his face immediately, but it's good that some of those open thoughts can be conveyed.
Of course, Wei Tong's final thought is the same as his crossing, it is a secret that must not be revealed.
Kangxi has been listening to Wei Tong's words carefully, until the end he said: "Fengzhi, I really want to know how these thoughts came out of your mind. Even if you originally wanted to find a way to refute, but often You persuade." Wei Tong smiled and said nothing.Kangxi looked at the smile that finally appeared on the corner of Wei Tong's mouth, and said gently: "Did the prince do something? Your mood is not right."
Wei Tong sighed lightly, "I'm not because of the prince. The prince himself has done well enough, but you know my temper. If the prince doesn't touch me, I won't force it. Everyone has their own To put it bluntly, every emperor has a different style, why should I force the prince?" But Kangxi understood Wei Tong's implication, and if the prince really did not change, Wei Tong would not interfere any more .After all, in the eyes of the crown prince, he is just a little prince, and Wei Tong dare not pretend that he will be able to change anything.
Kangxi coughed lightly twice, apparently thinking of what Wei Tong had said not long ago.People are indeed selfish, and they often don't know what they do.
"Then why are you still unhappy?"
"I want to go out to see the sea." Wei Tong held back for three seconds but still couldn't lie to him, so he said awkwardly, then faced Kangxi whose face was half darkened, and silently retreated a few steps.