"Tell me about it! How can you help me?" Li Xiao was a little impatient. An old man who hides his head and tail, why should he be with me?

"Haha, what I can help you is... let the scholars in the world listen to you. In other words, let the scholars in the world help you. They will go to your official office to run errands and convey the imperial decrees. They will also appear in your classroom.

Come on, help you teach those boys how to read. Believe me, these people are definitely better at teaching than the people you recruited from nowhere."

"Is there such a good thing?" This news surprised Li Xiao. Due to the resistance of the Donglin Party, the court is now severely short of people. Those who are truly talented and learned are all unwilling to become officials. This has directly led to many

In every position, one person has to do several jobs. The end result is that the more jobs he has, the less he can do anything well.

Needless to say, in primary schools, they are all guys who were recruited at the last minute. Their quality is really mixed, but literacy is enough. There is no way, the scholars are not willing to become teachers. At this time, they seem to have forgotten that the saint once said that there is no education.

Class words.

"what would you like?"

"What I want is to make our Ming Dynasty rich and powerful."

"Haha! I believe you, but you have to talk to Mr. Sun about this." They are both demons who have become spirits. It is better to let Sun Chengzong deal with this old fox. I just don't know which one of them is better.

Taoism will be higher.

"Brother!" Seeing Li Xiao turning around to leave, Li Hao quickly grabbed Li Xiao.

"Oh!" Li Xiao then remembered the purpose of coming this time.

"You! Zhang Daoling, follow me." Li Xiao pointed at Zhang Daoling and said with an evil look.

"Haha! Poor Taoist...!" Zhang Daoling had never met such a domineering person before, and looked at Li Xiao with dissatisfaction. He had seen many high officials, but this was the first time he had seen such an arrogant one.

"If you don't follow me, I will send people to blow up your Longhu Mountain. Don't doubt my ability, I will do what I say." Li Xiao did not give this veteran any breathing space.

Li Hao and Li Xiu looked at Li Xiao with little stars in their eyes. They were so domineering!

Zhang Daoling was also choked by Li Xiao. When he saw a row of black gun muzzles, Zhang Daoling quickly compromised. No matter how advanced your martial arts skills are, you are afraid of kitchen knives. Even the old immortal had to bow his head when facing the muzzle of a gun.

"Hahaha! Interesting boy." But when the old bastard saw Li Xiao being so arrogant, he actually clapped his hands like a child and laughed "ha" and "ha".

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"Sir Wu! This is Mr. Watt from Cambridge. He is very interested in the steam engine you mentioned." George came over with an Englishman. The guy saw George calling the Oriental in front of him a knight. He immediately

He took off his hat and saluted Wu Sangui respectfully.

Wu Sangui looked at the man in front of him. He had a high nose bridge and blue eyes. His hair had begun to go balding, and the middle part was shiny and shiny. Only the two sides still had golden hair.

He had heard that Cambridge University in England was good, so Wu Sangui asked George to go to Cambridge to find talents. The main purpose was to tinker with steam engines. He only knew the principles of this thing and knew nothing about the specific things. But he did not expect that he would apply for a job close to a university.

In 2016, London actually sent such a middle-aged uncle to itself.

"Hello Mr. Watt, do you know what kind of machine I want to build?" Although I don't think much of the guy in front of me, but no one has one around me now, so I can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"Mr. Sir, the thing you are talking about has been introduced by Mr. George. It seems to me to be similar to the machine used to pump water in our coal mines in England. But it seems to be more powerful than the water pump, and of course, it has more functions.

But overall, it shouldn't be bad in principle.

The University of Cambridge is already engaged in research in this area. We have studied many kinds of materials, but we can't maintain enough pressure. We guess that there should be a problem with the sealing link. We...we have not solved this problem yet."

Watt's accent is obviously Scottish. If this were in London, people would definitely despise him. But in India, no one would say anything.

In fact, as long as you can speak English in India, you can despise those noisy Indians. This country is very strange, and even their country was actually unified by the British. Before that, they had never established a unified greatness

of dynasty.

"I'm very happy, Mr. Watt. I hope you can overcome this difficult management as soon as possible. You will get everything you need in India!" Wu Sangui felt happy when he heard Watt speak so professionally. Unexpectedly, someone from England could solve the problem.

The secret of the steam engine. As long as you can build a steam engine, you can build a high-speed ironclad ship.

After seeing Zhenyuan and Zhiyuan, Wu Sangui understood that the future of the sea belonged to these powerful warships, and wooden sailing ships would eventually be eliminated by the navy. He even felt that without ironclads, he and George would not be able to defend India.

"It is a pleasure to serve you, Sir." Watt bowed and saluted, full of curiosity about this Eastern nobleman.

"Mr. Watt, please." The housekeeper came over and took Watt out. Wu Sangui and George still have something to talk about!

"Mr. Watt, have you ever heard of something called rubber? I heard that it can be used as a sealing material!" Watching Watt walk to the door, Wu Sangui suddenly remembered. When he was in the Liao Army, he often heard that

The ships coming from the south carry something called rubber. Boots made of this material will not get wet even on rainy days. A raincoat made of this material is much lighter than a raincoat, and its rainproof performance is better than that of a raincoat.

I don’t know how many times better the coir raincoat is.

In the past, Wu Sangui had a set of raincoats and boots.

"Rubber...! I've never heard of it. Where did you know about this material?" Watt asked hesitantly.

"I don't know where that thing came from. I only know that it seems to be able to solve the problem you mentioned." Wu Sangui spread his hands, looking helpless. Watt had no choice but to salute again and was taken out by the butler.

Tonight, a phantom banquet was held just for him in Mumbai. All the prominent people in Mumbai would come to show their faces.

"Okay! Goodbye, Mr. Wu. I will come back to ask you about the steam engine. The sketch you drew is very valuable."

"Goodbye!" Wu Sangui looked very graceful and waved to Watt.

Watt walked out of the door, and the housekeeper closed the door.

"Wu! Do you know? The Mongols and the Ming Dynasty fought for a year and suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but they couldn't even capture a city in the Ming Dynasty. I don't know that an army equipped with firearms can actually do this without a single blow.

No achievements. Have we found the wrong allies? They are no longer the Tatars hundreds of years ago." George was angry that the Mongols were given a large amount of arms but the Mongols failed to achieve corresponding military victory.

He came today to discuss with Wu Sangui to terminate arms assistance to the Mongols.

"George! Letting the Mongols and the Ming army go to war is of great significance. As far as I know, the Mongolian attack failed. But they also succeeded in dragging the huge force of the Liao army to the northwest!

As far as I know, the main force of the Liao Army currently stationed in the northwest is the Third Field Division and the Fourth Field Division. George, did you know? There are only four such divisions in the Liao Army. Both of them are now in the northwest, so

In other words, the Mongols contained half of the Ming army's main force in the northwest.

Their military failure was entirely due to the fact that the Ili River Valley was too far from Gansu. The supply line of more than two thousand miles was a fatal injury to any army. The Mongols were already quite good at fighting to this extent. Besides, the Mongolian soldiers had

Firearms. But don’t forget that the Ming army was equipped with firearms earlier than the Mongolian army, and the weapons were also more sophisticated than those of the Mongols.

With the support of a huge country, they can conquer countless people and transport food and ammunition from the customs to the front line. This is something the Mongols cannot do no matter what."

"Since the Mongols cannot achieve our goals, we need to withdraw the arms supply to them. They want too much, and we cannot afford so much equipment. In order to provide them with equipment, our own people changed their equipment.

At that time, there were not enough weapons and equipment. Wu, we must first equip our own army."

"George! It is very meaningful to attract the attention of Ming people to the northwest. Come and see here!" Wu Sangui walked to the huge map hanging on the wall.

This map is a world map, not only marking Europe and Asia, but also North and South America, and Australia. For hundreds of years, navigators from England and even Europe have been enriching this map. Wu Sangui saw it for the first time

When I was there, I felt amazed that the world is so big.

Wu Sangui pointed to Singapore Slope: "This is the throat of the strait. I once thought about sending people to seize it, but it failed. Occupying this place will occupy an important channel between the east and west oceans. Ming Dynasty can use this place as a base to continue to advance towards the Indian Ocean.

." Wu Sangui moved his hand, and after leaving the strait, it was naturally Sri Lanka and India.

"As they advance towards the Indian Ocean, they will never let go of a natural harbor like Mumbai. And Sri Lanka, its geographical location is so important. The Ming Dynasty people also have no reason to let it go!

If the Mongols had not been holding back, they would have already withdrawn their troops and started exploring South Asia. I am also from the Ming Dynasty, and I am well aware of the greed of the Ming Dynasty people. Especially Li Xiao, his greed for land and population is beyond your imagination

Not available.

George, we need to continue to support the Mongols. Let more Mongols harass the northwest until the Ming people continue to use troops in the northwest and invest a lot of troops in the northwest. As long as the Ming people are delayed for a few years, we may be able to retake the strait.

Time! What we need now is time. Only by delaying enough time can we have the strength to defeat the Ming Dynasty. Fulfill Her Majesty the Queen’s wish and force the Ming Dynasty people to recognize the legalization of the duck fillet trade. In this way, the East India Company can make money in the Ming Dynasty.

Make huge profits. George, I don’t need to tell you how rich Ming Dynasty was.

As long as you open their doors and force them to sign a free trade agreement, the gold and silver will burst your warehouse, I promise!" Wu Sangui looked at George's blue eyes very seriously.

"Okay Wu! If you are sure that you have this need, I can continue to help you." George is also riding a tiger now. He has invested too much in this matter. If he withdraws his shares now, he will lose everything.

"Can Mr. Watt make a steam engine?" George suddenly thought of Watt, and he instinctively didn't trust the Scots.

"I have a feeling that he can make a steam engine. If we really have a steam engine, we can build an armored warship like the Ming Dynasty. George! Only the Ming Dynasty people in the Far East have such things as iron-armored battleships. If this thing were

Driving back to Europe, the existence of invincible soldiers.

Hasn't Her Majesty the Queen always felt that Normandy should also be a territory of England? As long as there are ironclads, I don't think Normandy is a problem. By then, maybe you will be made a duke.

England has the Duke of York and the Duke of Nottingham, but it seems it still lacks the Duke of Edinburgh." Wu Sangui also learned a lot about people in England during this time, and he winked mischievously at George.

"Oh! Come on Wu, I'm not interested in the Scots' place. I don't even like their right to the first night!" George knew that Wu Sangui was making fun of him, but he was still a little uncontrollably excited. Perhaps, he could be granted a title in overseas territories.

The Duke.

"You really don't like their first night?" Wu Sangui said with a bad smile.

"Oh! Wu, those Scottish women don't like us English people either. They will make themselves stink and make you have no desire at all. I still like you oriental women, there is no abnormal smell on your body. And, there are many

The figure of Oriental women is no less than that of Scottish women." After five years in the East, George seemed to have fallen in love with the East.

"Okay! Okay! When we occupy Guangzhou, you will have countless women who don't smell bad. I guarantee that each one will be hotter than the last. By then, I'm afraid your health will not be good." Wu Sangui "Hey

"Hey" and "hey" with a bad smile. In fact, he doesn't like those Western women with strong body odor.

However, Wu Sangui has made a lot of money by selling perfume to Europe over the years. Now Wu Sangui has built a perfume factory in Mumbai and earns countless money from Europe every year.

"Some Mongolians are coming tonight, let's meet together. We have to give the Mongolians some encouragement, otherwise these cunning guys will retreat." Wu Sangui walked to the wine cabinet and poured George a glass of brandy. Now

He likes to drink this wine!

"Oh! No, the smell of Mongolian people is worse than that of European women. Moreover, these guys sing when they drink, and they drink all night long. Who can bear this? You should work hard today.

For the dinner tonight, I invited an Indian princess."
Chapter completed!