Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 220 Dean of the Academy of Sciences

After identifying the direction, Chen Erhu led the crowd to the place where the horses were hidden.

It's just that the foreigner led the way when he left the city, and he didn't go in this direction. Now he is going this way, but he has to go around in a big circle.

Chen Erhu and the others walked for more than half an hour, seeing that the sky was gradually getting brighter, and then joined the team members who stayed behind.

The four people who stayed behind all night were worried all the time, wondering whether Chen Erhu and others could rescue Sun Yuanhua during this trip, and they didn't feel relieved until they saw Chen Erhu bring people back.

And when they saw those foreigners, they were also taken aback, wondering what these yellow-haired and blue-eyed guys were.

Chen Erhu didn't bother to explain to them, he ordered everyone to take out dry food and drink water, eat a little, and then set off.

It's just that there were nearly 40 more people suddenly, but there were not enough horses. Chen Erhu immediately ordered several team members to go to the front station quickly, and asked them to find the nearest car and horse dealer to transfer vehicles and horses.

Two days later, the Chariot and Horse Company sent vehicles to meet them, and Sun Yuanhua and the foreigners got into the carriage. Only then did Chen Erhu feel relieved.

Without him, their team was too ostentatious, especially those foreigners who were too eye-catching. When the common people saw these foreigners along the way, they either ran around as if they had seen some monsters, or ran over to watch them full of curiosity.

The injured Chen Erhu had no choice but to lead the crowd away from places where no one was there.

The fact that Sun Yuanhua was able to go with Chen Erhu was not moved by Chen Erhu's words, but by the weapons in the hands of Chen Erhu and others.

After dawn, Sun Yuanhua and others finally saw the guns on Chen Erhu and others' backs clearly. Sun Yuanhua wanted to buy one after seeing it, and he was very surprised.

Under Chen Erhu's instruction, Sun Yuanhua fired a test shot and was even more surprised.This gun looks similar to a firecracker, but its power cannot be compared in the same breath. Not to mention it can hit far, but it can also shoot accurately. What's more, it fires bullets, which saves the process of charging and igniting, and there is no gunpowder smoke after firing.

Sun Yuanhua is not good at being an official, but he is an expert in the study of firearms. There are some similarities between artillery and guns. Crafting has also been improved.

Once a person like Sun Yuanhua sees something that he doesn't know about in the field he is good at, he will feel itchy, and immediately ask how to make this gun.

How could Chen Erhu understand this?It's just that this gun was developed by his own commander, he doesn't understand this.

At this time, Sun Yuanhua knew that the person who sent someone to rescue him would never know him, otherwise, why didn't he tell him that he made such a good weapon?
And this person is probably not from the imperial court, otherwise, after the imperial court learns about such a sharp weapon, they will naturally vigorously develop and produce it.

At this time, Sun Yuanhua was completely attracted by Chen Erhu's weapon, and he had long forgotten about the loss of the city and land, and his mind was full of seeing the designer and producer of this weapon.

Sun Yuanhua went with Chen Erhu, and the foreigners he hired would naturally follow.

All their property is in the city of Dengzhou. It can be said that they are penniless. Others treat them like monsters along the way, and no one cares about them if they want to beg for food. It's windy.

Chen Erhu didn't care about the burden of forty more people, let alone forty people, he could afford to support even four hundred people.

Apart from Zhuzi, the only person who can call Li Jing called brother is Chen Erhu. This brand is absolutely easy to use in Jingji Trading Company. If you show your waist card, Jingji Trading Company will give you whatever you want.

Seeing that Chen Erhu passed by all the way, whether it was restaurants, inns, carriage houses or money houses, they all looked like his own. Sun Yuanhua and others were stunned. They didn't know what these people were doing. So many businesses served like living ancestors .

Especially those foreigners, under Sun Yuanhua's subordinates, although they are treated well, how can anyone serve them like this?In their thinking, even the emperor is nothing more than that!
Seeing that Sun Yuanhua was down and out, and probably had no money to hire them again, these people immediately thought of changing their employers.

When they came back, due to the drag of carriages and horses, the speed was much slower than when they came. Chen Erhu and others walked for more than a month before they got home.

When he arrived in Yicheng County, Chen Erhu ordered someone to report quickly to Li Jing, saying that he had brought Sun Yuanhua back.

Hearing that Sun Yuanhua was coming, Li Jing was overjoyed, and immediately went to Yicheng County with Yuan Keli to greet him.

However, before Li Jing and others arrived in Yicheng County, a bigger surprise came when Xu Guangqi also arrived in Yicheng County.

The journey from Beijing to Yicheng County is much shorter than from Dengzhou to Yicheng County, and the road is much easier to walk. Therefore, although Xu Guangqi left after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he followed Sun Yuanhua to Yicheng County.

Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi haven't seen each other for many years. When he saw Xu Guangqi, his lips trembled a little when he spoke.

Similarly, Xu Guangqi was very excited when he saw Yuan Keli.

"Brother Zi."

"Brother Liqing."

The two old men looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, there is Sun Yuanhua here.

Sun Yuanhua had already met Xu Guangqi, but he didn't expect to meet Yuan Keli here.

"Mr. Jiehuan, do you still remember late birth?" Sun Yuanhua said.

"Chuyang? Why don't you remember? I met you when you compiled the geometry original with Brother Zixian. Later, you were transferred to Ningyuan, and we fought together. How many years have passed since I am old, and you don't No matter how young you are, maybe you will be fifty this year." Yuan Keli sighed.

Sun Yuanhua sighed and said, "The late student is already 51 this year. Mr. Jie Huan, why are you here?"

Yuan Keli smiled, pointed at Li Jing and said, "Brother Zixian, Chu Yang, let me introduce you, this is my student Li Jing, whose name is Jimin."

Then he said to Li Jing: "Jimin, this is the Mr. Xu Guangqi I often tell you about. This is Sun Yuanhua, a student of brother Zixian, whose name is Chuyang."

Hearing this, Li Jing hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Student Li Jing, please see the two gentlemen."

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua hurriedly bowed and said.

Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua didn't just arrive in Yicheng County, they had already lived in Yicheng County for a day or two. During the whole day, they listened to the words of the people below, and they naturally had to ask carefully.

After questioning, the two of them learned that it was not the magistrate who was in charge of the Pingyang Mansion, but Li Jing, the leader of the Jishi Army.

Now that Li Jing bowed his body to salute, the two of them naturally did not dare to accept the salute.

Shaking his head, Li Jing stepped aside, stepped forward behind him, bowed to Xu Guangqi and said, "Sir, student Fang has met his teacher."

"Are you okay? I heard that there were bandits in your hometown. How is your family?" Xu Guangqi sighed.

Fang Fang shook his head and sighed: "The whole family has been murdered by bandits, and now only the student is left."

Xu Guangqi sighed, not knowing how to comfort him.

"Gentlemen, stop talking standing up, please sit down, come and serve tea!" Li Jing said with a smile.

Let Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi sit together, and Li Jing sit next to Sun Yuanhua.

Seeing the servant girl coming in with a tea tray, Li Jing pointed to Yuan Keli and signaled the servant girl to serve tea to them first. After the servant girl served tea to Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi, Li Jing ordered the servant girl to serve tea to Sun Yuanhua before taking it himself. cup.

Holding the teacup, Li Jing said with a smile: "You two gentlemen, you have worked hard all the way! I was wronged in Yicheng these two days, and Li apologizes to the two gentlemen. Please drink tea."

Xu Guangqi glanced at everyone in the room, and then glanced at Yuan Keli, Yuan Keli smiled and said, "Brother Zixian, Jimin doesn't like those red tapes, and everyone will get to know each other in the future."

It turned out that Li Jing did not introduce others to Xu Guangqi, Xu Guangqi was puzzled, Yuan Keli explained to him.

Xu Guangqi smiled, raised his glass and took a sip of tea.

Sun Yuanhua took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Master Zi may have worked hard all the way, but Sun didn't suffer a little during this journey. Sun didn't enjoy the ostentation arranged by the people below you when he was the governor of Denglai."

Hearing Sun Yuanhua say that he worked hard, Xu Guangqi waved his hands and said with a smile: "I didn't suffer all the way. From the capital to here, there are people to take care of me all the way. The grandeur I have never seen before."

Yuan Keli laughed and said: "Jimin is careful, he is afraid that brother Zixian and brother Chuyang will be wronged, so he has already sent down an order that all Jingji firms along the road must take good care of the two gentlemen."

"Jingji Commercial Bank? Li Jing? Could it be that Jingji Commercial Bank is the property of Jimin?" Xu Guangqi was surprised.

Yuan Keli smiled and said, "Exactly!"

"Then Jimin is really rich." Xu Guangqi said in surprise.

Li Jing waved his hand and said with a smile: "Where, where, it can only be considered as a little surplus money."

Xu Guangqi shook his head and sighed: "You still have a little surplus money? You don't know, the officials of the household department are thinking about your Jingji bank, saying that if the court can't get any more money, they are going to talk to Jingji. The bank borrows money."

Li Jing said with a smile: "If the Ministry of Households wants to borrow money, it must be a big deal, and the bank may not be able to provide that much money."

Although Li Jing spoke lightly, everyone could hear the meaning in his words. If the Ministry of Households wanted to borrow money, it would definitely not do so.

Everyone chatted and laughed, and Xu Guangqi said: "I don't hear any explanation. You have set up a science academy here. This time I came here to see what this science academy looks like."

Li Jing shook his head, sighed and said, "It's just empty air now, the key is that there are no talents."

"I don't know what kind of talent Jimin wants?" Xu Guangqi said.

Li Jing smiled: "As long as it is a talent, I will tell you the truth. My Academy of Sciences is set up according to the master's settings. Therefore, I invite you to come here because I want to entrust the dean of the Academy of Sciences to you."

"You did it according to my idea? And let me preside over the Academy of Sciences?" Xu Guangqi said happily.

Li Jingjing nodded: "That's right, all the affairs of the Academy of Sciences are decided by the master. I will give what the husband wants. Don't worry about money, I will give as much as you want."

Xu Guangqi nodded. The most difficult thing to run a science academy is of course talent, but the most important thing is money. Without money, nothing can be done. You must know that even scientists have to support their families, and no one will study science hungry.

(End of this chapter)