marquis of jingan

Chapter 590

It was not unexpected that these Francines could agree to Shen Yi's request.

Because these Westerners have no family and country feelings at all.

They are businessmen.

As long as there are enough interests, it might not be a problem to let them sell their family members to Chen Guolai, not to mention helping Shen Yi get a few people here.

Of course, Shen Yi is not sure about the current level of firearms in Europe, but he knows one thing.

That is, in Europe in this era, glass technology should already exist. Although there is no mature optical glass, ordinary glass should exist.

Glass is the foundation of modern science.

Only with glass can there be telescopes, microscopes, various test tubes, and even a series of new things such as photography, so no matter what progress the Westerners are making now, Shen Yi still wants to get some glass craftsmen back from the Western side.

Introducing science and technology from other continents is very difficult in this era of backward transportation. If it goes well, it may take a year or two to have certain effects.

If it doesn't go well, there may be no benefits for three to five years or even longer.

But this kind of thing has to be done by someone.

Shen Yi is starting to make plans now, and hopes that within three to five years, there will be certain results. At that time, he does not need these Westerners to provide him with advanced firearms. He only needs these Westerners to get him out of telescopes and the like. Today's hard work is not in vain.

Shen Yi chatted with a few foreigners for more than an hour in this restaurant, then got up and left.

Because the Chinese proficiency of these foreigners is really limited, Shen Yi can't get much information from them.

After Shen Yi left the restaurant, Zheng Hu immediately greeted him, bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi and said, "Si Zheng, are these people useful to you?"

"Useful or useful."

Master Shen smiled: "It's just whether it's useful or not. I'm afraid it will take two or three years to see the effect."

He glanced back at Zheng Hu, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I remember that Fuzhou also has a residence newspaper."

Zheng Hu nodded and said: "Yes, Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province, so naturally there is a residence newspaper."

"Um…"

"Send a letter over there and ask the Fuzhou Mansion News Agency to inform Xu Fu to come to Lin'an Mansion immediately. I will wait for him in Lin'an for half a month."

Zheng Hu lowered his head to calculate the time, then nodded and said: "Yes, this subordinate understands."

Master Shen thought for a while, and then continued: "These foreigners will probably be useful in the future. If they want to make friends with you, you should make friends with them. It's just that if these people do evil in Lin'an, you don't have to help them." them, let them suffer on their own."

Zheng Hu let out a "Hey", lowered his head and smiled and said, "Si Zheng, don't worry, these people are quite honest, and they shouldn't dare to commit crimes in our Dachen."

Master Shen raised his head to look at the sky, then stretched his waist: "Then I will leave these people to you to deal with. When Xu Fu arrives in Lin'an in a few days, let him deal with these foreigners."

Zheng Hu bowed his head respectfully and said, "Yes."

Shen Yi folded his hands in his sleeves, got into the carriage, and left the restaurant by the West Lake.

For him, there are two uses for contacting these Westerners. One is naturally to make some preparations for the future, and for now, it is more important to expand a business route for Xu Fu. After all, Xu Fu is now a The "royal money manager" is also the main source of income for the Anti-Japanese Army, and his investment cannot fail.

If Xu Fu exports things from Jiangnan to the west, although the business cycle is a bit long, the profits will definitely be very considerable.

After all, in another world, Ming's goods are very popular in the West, resulting in a net inflow of silver for hundreds of years.

If this money can be earned, Xu Fu should be the first to make it. As for the prosperity of the trade routes in the future, it will be the Shibo Secretary who will make more money.

Make the imperial court rich first, then you will be qualified to mention the Northern Expedition in the future, otherwise the little emperor's decree will not even be able to pass the hurdle of the Ministry of Households, let alone talk about ZTE at the top of your throat.

After dealing with the affairs of the Westerners, Master Shen had nothing to do, so he took Jiang Sheng to wander around Lin'an City. Although Jiang Sheng was Shen Yi's little follower, he was born in a big city like Jiangdu after all. He didn't even have any desire to go out for a stroll. Now that he arrived in Lin'an City, which is a little more prosperous than Jiangdu, Jiang Sheng was quite excited. Standing beside Shen Yi, he pointed to the Jinan specialty store by the road from time to time, and smiled at Shen Yi. He said: "Master, when we leave, buy some Lin'an specialties and go back. When we return to Jiankang during the Chinese New Year, I will bring them to my wife and my young master."

"Pull it down."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "Most of these specialties are food. I have experienced the food in Lin'an Mansion. The West Lake vinegar fish that the Chang Zhi Mansion invited me to eat yesterday was really unpalatable to me."

Jiang Sheng lowered his head slightly, and responded with a smile: "I have been here in Lin'an Mansion for a few days, and I did not eat any delicious food. Maybe I haven't encountered a good store yet. Maybe I will stay for a few more days. I just ran into..."

When the master and servant were chatting, Jiang Sheng suddenly raised his head and looked straight ahead. He lowered his head slightly and said, "My lord, look at the old man in front, do you know him?"

Only then did Shen Yi raise his head and look straight ahead, and saw that there was indeed an old man who looked like a rich man standing under a big tree on the side of the street in front of him. Shen Yi glanced at it from afar, then narrowed his eyes slightly , smiled and said: "I probably know him, but we shouldn't recognize him right now."

"Just pretend you didn't see it."

Master Shen put his hands behind his back and didn't look at the little old man again, but walked forward on his own. He just passed the big tree when he heard a helpless sigh from under the big tree on the left: "Little Mr. Shen, don't go any further, the little old man has bad legs, so he can't keep up with you."

Only then did Shen Yi look to the left, and saw Zhejiang Governor Zhou Yishan and Zhou Futai standing not far from his left. Master Shen hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hands at Zhou Futai and said, "So it's Zhou Zhongcheng."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "This Lingbo City is indeed a prosperous place, and it is really rare to see a feudal official on the street."

"Little Mr. Shen, don't make fun of this old man."

Zhou Futai cupped his hands towards Shen Yi, and sighed: "Your misbehavior has offended Mr. Shen, and the old man came here to apologize to Mr. Shen."

The reason why these provincial-level feudal officials add the word "little" in front of Shen Yi is because they think they are a generation above Shen Yi and are Shen Yi's elders.

Shen Yi didn't really care about this kind of calling for taking advantage, after all, at his age, he wasn't particularly at a disadvantage.

When Master Shen heard the words, he also sighed: "Mr. Zhou's matter, Shen has tried his best to contact the inner guard."

"You shouldn't, you shouldn't, Mr. Zhou shouldn't have drawn his bow to shoot me."

Shen Yi took a deep look at Zhou Yishan, with a serious face: "It's easy to say anything, but when the arrow is shot, it's hard to say anything."

"Even I, it's not easy to break up with the inner defender."

Zhou Futai sighed silently.

"There is a rebellious son in the family, and Mr. Shen laughed at him, it's just..."

"He didn't deserve to die after all, so there should be room for things to change?"

After all, the big official of the border is a big official of the border. He almost saw the essence of the problem at a glance, and he was already asking Shen Yi what conditions he had.

"It's up to people."

Master Shen smiled: "I invite Zhong Cheng to have a meal, shall we talk while eating?"

Conditions, of course, need to be discussed slowly.

"Old man please."

Zhou Yishan forced a smile: "No matter what you say, this meal should be invited by the old man."

Master Shen made a gesture of invitation with a smile on his face.

"I just want to see Lin'an food, so please ask Zhongcheng to show me a good restaurant."

Zhou Futai squeezed out a smile.

"This Lin'an Prefecture, all the delicious food is from other places..."

(End of this chapter)