Chapter 692 Foreigners Priority? Ask for a Monthly Ticket
Chapter 692 Foreigners are given priority? (Please vote for me)
Apart from the steam engine, the Ming Dynasty's technology that shocked Lauren the most was actually its electrical appliances.
If we talk about the principle of steam engine, he can probably understand it.
He really doesn't understand the principles of electrical appliances.
Especially electric lights!
A single electric light can make the night as bright as day.
It shocked him for a whole year!
If possible, Lauren would naturally want to buy an electric lamp.
Hearing this, Liszt nodded and agreed, saying that he would mention it in front of the Ming Emperor.
But Liszt was not sure whether the Ming Emperor would agree or not.
The next day, Liszt submitted his application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty again, requesting an audience with the Ming Emperor.
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After receiving the application from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhu Hongyu met with Liszt in his office.
After Liszt entered the office, he obediently completed the ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times in front of Zhu Hongyu.
Facts have proved that as long as you are strong enough, the British can kneel down.
Facing the decadent late Qing Dynasty, the British dared to say that they would not kneel down.
But facing the Ming Dynasty at this time, the British did not even dare to mention it. They obediently followed the rules and performed the three-kneel-nine-kowtow ceremony that foreign ministers used to request an audience with the Ming Dynasty.
"The messenger came to see me, why?"
Zhu Hongyu was immersed in writing something.
But I am not dealing with government affairs, but writing Spring Festival couplets for the New Year.
The content of the Spring Festival couplets was sent up after selection by the people below. Zhu Hongyu copied it by hand and prepared to send a copy to each of the important civil and military ministers in the court as a New Year's reward.
Although his handwriting is not very good, this thing is not about reading.
The Spring Festival couplets written by the emperor's royal pen, no matter how poorly written, are a great honor to the people below.
While writing the Spring Festival couplets, Zhu Hongyu ordered someone to give Liszt a seat.
Following the etiquette trained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liszt only sat halfway down on the stool and spoke carefully.
"Your Majesty, the foreign minister wants to buy a steam engine so that he can use it as a gift to His Majesty the King when he returns to Europe."
"So that my king, the King of Great Britain, and the whole of Europe can see how advanced and powerful the Ming Dynasty is!"
"Your Majesty, please give me permission!"
Zhu Hongyu said without raising his head.
"Can!"
"Go to the steam engine factory and place the order yourself. After placing the order, pay a deposit and then wait for the factory to arrange production."
After Liszt heard this, he continued to speak.
"But there is a queue at the factory. The foreign minister went to inquire and found that the production sequence has been queued up to three years later."
After Zhu Hongyu heard this, he put down his brush and raised his head.
He said with a frown.
"Then what?"
“Is there a problem with the queue?”
As soon as Zhu Hongyu said this, Liszt was immediately stopped.
Yes, is there any problem with queuing?
It's your fault that you placed your order late, so why do you ask not to queue?
Didn’t everyone else just pay and wait in line?
Why are you an exception?
"But our mission is leaving Daming soon! It will be too late to queue up."
"Your Majesty, please be accommodating!"
Liszt said.
He knew that he should queue up, but he also knew how powerful the Ming Emperor was.
Jumping in line and selling them a steam engine was just a matter of words.
The expression on Zhu Hongyu's face straightened, and he spoke in a very serious tone.
"Can't be accommodating!"
"First come, first served is the rule and the basic principle!"
"I'm going to give you some accommodation today. It's very simple, but the rules are broken."
"Then who is not in a hurry to use the steam engine? If an individual comes to seek my accommodation because he is in a hurry, how will the steam engine factory arrange production in the future?"
"I would like to advise you British people: when you are in the Ming Dynasty, you must abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty!"
"No one is exempt!"
Zhu Hongyu still didn't say a word.
That is, no matter what your status is in your own country.
In Ming Dynasty, you are a second-class person!
This is the pride of the Celestial Kingdom, which will not give any privileges to foreigners.
Foreigners are given priority? Want to eat shit!
As soon as Liszt slipped out of the stool, he slid to the ground, his forehead touched the ground, and drops of cold sweat dripped down his cheeks and fell to the ground.
He spoke.
"Your Majesty, the foreign minister knows his mistake!"
"I dare not think any more, and please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
He could clearly feel the displeasure in Zhu Hongyu's words.
In an instant, he felt a surge of power coming towards him, and he immediately knelt down.
I was so scared that I almost peed!
Although Zhu Hongyu didn't say anything harsh, just showing his displeasure was scary enough for Liszt.
The unhappiness of ordinary people is of course nothing!
But the emperor's displeasure can really cost people's lives!
Especially for a powerful emperor like Zhu Hongyu, it is not impossible to kill someone with just one word.
Zhu Hongyu snorted coldly, looked away from Liszt, and continued writing Spring Festival couplets.
He said while writing Spring Festival couplets.
"On this issue, the Ottomans have done much better than you British."
"Siroson and the others also wanted a steam engine, but they didn't come to me because they didn't want to queue up."
"After getting my consent, I took the initiative to go to the factory and place the order!"
"You should wait, what do you think?"
Hearing this, Liszt continued to kowtow and then said.
"What your Majesty said makes sense!"
Zhu Hongyu hummed slightly, and then spoke.
"It's okay to leave now!"
"I didn't say I wouldn't sell the steam engine to you. Just wait in line and don't have any evil thoughts that you shouldn't have."
After that, he waved his hand to Liszt to leave.
After Liszt resigned, Zhu Hongyu thought about other things.
The queue for the steam engine was actually specially arranged by Zhu Hongyu.
Although he didn't mind selling the steam engine, he didn't want the technology to leak out so quickly.
So, we simply used the queue as an excuse to delay them for a few years!
Wait two years for Ming Dynasty's technological breakthrough and the steam engine to be updated and iterated, and then buy the old model to them to make a profit.
In this case, firstly, it can ensure that the technology is not leaked so early.
Secondly, with such a carrot hanging in front, it can also ensure that foreigners will not rush to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in researching steam engines, thereby slowing down the development of foreign science and technology.
The third is to ensure that Ming Dynasty will always have a technological advantage!
It can be said that it achieves multiple things with one stone!
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Nanjing City!
Yanping Palace!
As the New Year approached, Zheng Jing was called back from Xiamen by Zheng Chenggong, and the family had a rare reunion.
Although there is still a grudge between father and son, it is no longer as bad as it was at the beginning, when Zheng Chenggong would scream and kill Zheng Jing as soon as he saw the rebellious son.
"You have done a good job in Xiamen recently! I, Mr. Zheng, have a huge increase in income last year, and you should be the first to contribute."
Zheng Chenggong picked up the tea cup and took a sip, praising with a dark face.
Zheng Jing stood in front of Zheng Chenggong with some restraint and said.
"The father is so ridiculous, but the son is just doing things according to his father's instructions!"
Zheng Chenggong nodded and then asked.
"How much money does Zheng still have in his account that I can transfer?"
Zheng Jing took out an account book, handed it to Zheng Chenggong's desk, and then spoke.
"In terms of cash, it's about three to four hundred thousand silver dollars!"
The reason for this is not that the Zheng family has declined, but that a large amount of the Zheng family's money has been used for investment. Even if the money earned is used for investment, the cash on hand will naturally be less.