"My lord, the capital is eight hundred miles away and urgent." The guard held a cylindrical package in his hand and reported quickly as soon as he entered the lobby.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he stood up from his seat with a loud "huo" sound. If he rushed eight hundred miles away, something big must have happened. Zhong Jinwei thought while he immediately ordered: "Bring it up quickly."
When Zhong Jinwei stood up, Xu Xiake also stood up and watched from the side. Seeing the Duke's appearance, he guessed that something had happened again. He was also nervous, not knowing what news he would hear.
Gu Baichuan had already strode up to the guard, took the express delivery himself, and quickly forwarded it to Duke Xingguo.
Zhong Jinwei took out the express delivery inside in a few seconds. After unfolding the speed, he started to read at a glance.
Yu Changjian and other guards looked at the Duke's expression and secretly guessed what was going on. In their hearts, no one thought that something good would happen. Because they were following the Duke, similar things had happened many times.
Without exception, they are all bad things.
Who knew, it was different this time. Zhong Jinwei just looked at it and burst into laughter. This made everyone in the lobby breathe a sigh of relief. The Duke laughed so happily, and it was finally not a bad thing this time.
But then they also became curious, what good thing caused the capital to rush to deliver the message to the Duke over eight hundred miles?
Yu Changjian even thought for the first time, could it be that his wife gave birth to twins? But thinking about it, it seemed impossible. Even if twins were born, it would be impossible for the court to expedite 800 miles to send this baby.
good news.
"My lord, what's the happy news?" Yu Changjian made a wild guess on his own, but couldn't guess what it was, so he couldn't help but ask.
Zhong Jinwei stopped laughing, but his face was still filled with joy, and he said slightly excitedly: "The steam engine has finally been developed. Well, I'm talking about a practical steam engine."
Zhong Jinwei's guards accompanied Zhong Jinwei to the Power Research Institute several times and heard Zhong Jinwei talk about the prospects of steam engines. Therefore, they all smiled happily after hearing the news.
Only Xu Xiake, who had been to the most places in the lobby, looked at a loss. He didn't know what a "righteous chicken" was? How could this "righteous chicken" be developed instead of being born from a rooster and a hen?
"My lord, what is this?" Xu Xiake couldn't help but ask. Today's events one after another made him feel that he was ignorant, which made him very depressed.
Zhong Jinwei turned to look at Xu Xiake and explained with a smile: "A device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy. From now on, the scientific and technological strength of our Ming Dynasty will begin to take off again!"
There was a black line on Xu Xiake's face. This explanation was tantamount to no explanation, and he didn't understand it at all. On the contrary, it made him even more confused.
Gu Baichuan ignored Xu Xiake's feelings and asked Zhong Jinwei before Xu Xiake asked again: "My lord, what does this urgent delivery mean?"
"The emperor asked me to rush to the capital as soon as possible to discuss how to use this steam engine." Zhong Jinwei said, handing the express delivery to Gu Baichuan, and then immediately ordered, "Get ready and set off back to the capital early tomorrow morning."
"Okay, if we go back now, we can still get there before Madam gives birth." Yu Changjian also said happily. As a family member of the Duke's Palace, affairs in the court obviously worried him more than matters in the palace.
"Yes, I will finally have no regrets and I can be with Archie when the baby is born." Zhong Jinwei also said excitedly.
Things have been sorted out here in Guangdong, and there won't be much of a problem if we go back now.
Zhong Jinwei saw the confused look on Xu Xiake's face and said to him with a smile: "When you get to the capital, you will understand what kind of chicken it is. Our Ming Dynasty may still be inferior to the Europeans in some places, but we will soon surpass them in all aspects.
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After saying that, he no longer cared about Xu Xiake, and turned to Wang Peng and said: "Send Zheng Zhilong to come see me."
Xu Xiake had no choice but to wait until he arrived in the capital to resolve this question. Now seeing that the Duke was busy, he resigned first.
Not long after, Zheng Zhilong hurried over to meet him. As soon as Zhong Jinwei saw Zheng Zhilong, he said to him: "I will rush back to the capital early tomorrow morning. You have to stay in Guangzhou and do some things well."
"Yes, Duke." Zheng Zhilong was surprised and quickly responded.
Zhong Jinwei stretched out a finger on his right hand and said to Zheng Zhilong: "First, you have to assist Mr. Sun in the anti-smuggling work. In this regard, you have more experience than him. Therefore, with you helping him, I don't think he will be involved in smuggling."
The trend is back in vogue.”
Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly in his heart after hearing this. The Duke said that he was very familiar with smuggling, so he asked himself, the biggest smuggler in the past, to arrest others.
Zhong Jinwei ignored Zheng Zhilong's thoughts and raised a finger and said: "Second, communicate well with Nanyang and continue to urge them to transport grain to the Ming Dynasty."
This was no problem. In order not to interrupt the Duke, Zheng Zhilong just nodded.
"Third, Commander Jinyiwei knows that Liu Xingzuo has some matters, and you need to cooperate as much as possible without any neglect. It is a confidential matter, and you must not mention it to anyone. Do you understand?"
When Zhong Jinwei said this, his expression turned serious. This made Zheng Zhilong shudder and quickly replied seriously: "Don't worry, my lord, the general will understand."
Zhong Jinwei nodded after hearing this, and then his expression softened, and he said to Zheng Zhilong: "Fourth, you should try your best to understand the hydrological conditions of Fujian and Guangdong provinces and Southeast Asia. After the imperial court establishes the northern navy, it will definitely also establish the southern navy.
Navy, and there is a high possibility of a battle with the Western Barbarians in Southeast Asia. When the time comes, I will recommend to the Emperor that you should command the navy."
Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly replied loudly: "The Duke of the country treats me kindly, and I will definitely live up to this order."
Zhong Jinwei put down his right hand and said to Zheng Zhilong with a sincere expression: "Feihuang, work hard, and you will definitely leave your name in the maritime history of the Ming Dynasty!"
After saying that, he asked Zheng Zhilong to leave. Because he still had a lot of things to do and had no time to talk to Zheng Zhilong anymore.
He also believes that Zheng Zhilong has reached this point and will not do the same things again.
Zhong Jinwei then summoned Sun Chuanting, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and other senior officials from important government offices in Guangdong, and ordered them one by one to do their work in Guangdong. He was busy until late at night, and finally everything was almost finished.
Early on the next morning, Zhong Jinwei left Guangzhou in high spirits and returned to the capital according to the journey he had taken.
In late autumn, Zhong Jinwei finally returned to the capital. When he saw the tall city walls of the capital appearing in his field of vision, he couldn't help but feel more urgent. He had been away for more than half a year, and he didn't know whether his little boy was still naughty or not.
, how tall has he grown, is Archie okay, will this second one be a boy or a girl?