"Your Majesty, I heard that you are looking for Weichen, but do you have any questions that I don't understand and need to be answered by Weichen, or do you want Qin Tianjian to divination?" According to the usual practice, Kangxi can't escape these two things every time he looks for him, and Nan Huairen has long been accustomed to it.

Kangxi's expression remained the same as usual, as if he was not the one who was depressed yesterday, and he said kindly, "You guessed wrong this time, looking for you today is something else. I remember you once said that it took about the same time to travel from Belgium to Qing Dynasty. In half a year, how about sailing at sea?"

Nan Huairen was puzzled for a moment, "Why did the emperor think of asking this?" But he didn't think too much about it, he only thought that the emperor wanted to gossip about family affairs, and he had often talked with the emperor about these things in the past.

"Yes, sea navigation is very dangerous. Storms and pirates may be encountered, which puts very high demands on captains and sailors." Thinking of those years, even in the past 30 or [-] years, he still couldn't help but sigh.

Tapping on the table, Kangxi continued: "Do you think that if I give them generous salaries and official positions, will they stay in the Qing Dynasty and train sailors for me like you?"

Nan Huairen's heart skipped a beat, his heart beat faster, he licked his lower lip, and tried to calm his voice, "Why does the emperor want to train sailors? Sailor training is hard, and if you want to train to be a qualified sailor, not only It will take years and a lot of money. The Qing Dynasty just went through a war..."

He was interrupted by Kangxi before he finished speaking, "I have thought about what you said. In fact, this idea is not unique today. You also know that the southeast of Qing Dynasty is close to the sea, and bandits on the seaside are rampant. I have stopped the persecution of the people of the Qing Dynasty. As the emperor, I cannot watch the people suffer, and even if I cannot completely eradicate this group of people, I must let them know that the Qing Dynasty is inviolable."

Nan Huairen had the illusion that he was talking about the Japanese, but he felt that Kangxi's words of "the Qing Dynasty's prestige is inviolable" were meant for him.Turning around, I thought that I had never had any thoughts of being unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor probably didn't know about the bishop's affairs, and then gave up this ridiculous idea.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head regretfully, "Your Majesty, you should know that I have not left the capital for a long time, and I don't know much about their situation. However, your Majesty may not know that although it is dangerous for them to go out on a boat, it is rewarding." It is also huge. Unless the emperor's reward is comparable to what they get, I don't think they will agree."

What Nan Huairen said was true, the specialties of the Qing Dynasty were very popular with them, tea leaves with a few taels of silver per catty could be sold for tens of taels, and silk, cloth, especially grain, were always in short supply.In the past, they could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver in one trip, but now they may have made it several times.

He is clear about the salary of the Qing Dynasty, and he doesn't think that this little money can make them stay.

"What about you? If I entrust these people to you, can you be sure to train an excellent navy?" What Nan Huairen said was also in his expectation, so he was not disappointed.Instead, another question was asked.

Nan Huairen smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, a humble minister is not omnipotent. I am very sorry that I cannot help the Emperor on this point."

Kangxi did not agree with Nan Huairen's words, "Aiqing is too self-deprecating. I think the cannons you designed a few years ago are very good. If you use them on battleships, what do you think?"

"Didn't your majesty say that the national treasury is tight and it's not suitable to start a war, why?" He felt that he had a good relationship with the emperor, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with asking this question.

"Sooner or later, I just prepare first. Those who are hostile to the Qing Dynasty, I will deal with them sooner or later."

Nan Huairen's heart was pounding when he heard this. He always knew that Kangxi was an ambitious emperor, but the archbishop just didn't believe it. If Kangxi knew the archbishop's thoughts, the consequences would be disastrous.

No, he likes his current life very much and absolutely does not allow anyone to destroy him.

With an idea in his mind, Nan Huairen did not act rashly. He must be fully prepared for this kind of thing for the first time, and he must be able to escape perfectly.

Before he could get along with the perfect plan, a rumor suddenly appeared in the palace.

"Have you heard that the emperor wants to find people who are familiar with water, and separate them to form a navy."

"Who doesn't know about this? I heard that the emperor made this to deal with those foreigners."

"Foreigners? Didn't you mean to deal with Japanese people? How did you become a foreigner?"

"You are stupid, there are foreigners in the palace, the emperor can clearly say to deal with them. I heard the top-secret news from my godfather."

Seeing Nan Huairen approaching, the group of people quickly shut up and dispersed, and gathered together again when he walked over, "He didn't hear what we said, did he? I hope he didn't, otherwise it would have ruined the emperor's plan."

Nan Huairen's face only twitched, these people's faces are very strange, they must have just arrived, don't they know that their voice is so loud that they have heard it long ago.

Glancing at the people walking beside him, Nan Huairen sighed, the Archbishop will soon know about his country.Things were no longer something he could stop if he wanted to, and now the only thing he was lucky about was that he rejected the emperor's request.Otherwise, he really didn't know what expression he should have when he heard the news.

"Did you see, the emperor is guarding against you, but you still think he is your friend." The servant said softly.He spoke the language of his own country, and he was not afraid that others would hear him, since they would not understand him anyway.

Nan Huairen didn't say a word, he knew that today's incident would definitely spread, and he would not stop it or inform it. As for the final outcome, it all depends on their own luck.

This can be regarded as the last thing he did for his country.

"Your Majesty, the foreigner boy next to Nan Huairen has left the palace." The people in the palace kept staring at Nan Huairen, and if there was any movement from him, someone would come to tell Kangxi.

Kangxi's hands trembled while practicing calligraphy, and a large pool of ink stains fell on the rice paper. "It's a pity," he said, reaching out to roll the paper into a ball and still in the wastebasket, without looking up, "everything is going according to plan."

What about training sailors, everything was just pulled out by him to test Nan Huairen and other foreigners.Originally, he felt guilty for such a temptation, but after hearing the guard's report, the guilt in his heart disappeared long ago, leaving only endless anger.

What he values ​​most is his country.

Knowing that Nan Huairen's servant was leaving the palace, the prince knew that the opportunity they had been waiting for had come.

The night before Muxiu, he deliberately went to the Qianqing Palace to find the emperor, "Huang Ama, tomorrow is just Muxiu, why don't we go out of the palace for a walk. Didn't you often say that if you want to be a good emperor, you must understand the sufferings of the people? You have been busy, you should also take a proper rest, I think tomorrow will be fine."

Kangxi turned to look at Liang Jiugong, Liang Jiugong hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, this time the slave didn't say anything. Your Highness the Crown Prince was brought up by you, and you are the most filial to you. This must be because His Highness can see that you are in a bad mood."

The emperor didn't say anything, but those close to him could still tell that he was in a bad mood recently.I didn't see that the emperor's elder brothers have come here a lot more diligently in recent days, not because they are afraid that the emperor will think wildly by himself.

"Huang Ama," Kangxi raised his hand to stop him, "Baocheng is right, then go out for a walk, and I will relax." Although his son's concern about himself made him happy, but he was always worried like this, and he was very embarrassed.It is true that he has not walked around with the children for a long time.

The goal was achieved, and the prince said happily: "I don't want to bother Huang Ama anymore, you are busy, I will tell the good news to the elder brother and the others."

"Go, I'm happy to see that you have a good relationship. Baocheng, you have to remember that being an emperor is lonely, but there are people who are worthy of your trust." Kangxi never let go of the opportunity to educate the prince.In the past, he was worried about the relationship between the prince and the boss, but now he is not worried at all.Although the two would quarrel and occasionally disagree, the tacit understanding between them could not deceive anyone.

Afraid of Kangxi's oath, the four princes came to the Qianqing Palace early the next morning to dig people out. Looking at the son who had been tidied up, Kangxi no longer hesitated.

When he was tidying up, the prince kept urging, "Huang Ama, hurry up, don't let Xiaoliu and the others find out." The sixth elder brother has been living in the fourth elder brother's room in Ganxi recently. His, if he finds out, he will definitely make a noise and join them.They are people who are going to do serious and important things, how can they bring a little bean with them.

Putting on his clothes, he paused, thinking of Yin Zuo's clinginess, he shook his head amusedly, "Are you still afraid of him? Yin Zuo is sensible, so take him with you when you find out."

"No," came from the prince, elder brother and third elder brother.

If the sixth brother followed, there would be one more person robbing the fourth brother from them, and there would be many people outside, so the younger fourth brother would definitely take care of him.The fourth brother is still a child who needs someone to take care of him, how can he take care of others.

He sneaked to the door to have a look, the third elder brother was really afraid that the sixth elder brother would follow, he said to the eunuch beside Kangxi, "Can you hurry up." If it wasn't for his short legs, he would have rushed up to replace this group of people down.

The prince had the best relationship with Kangxi, so he directly pushed away a young eunuch to tidy up Kangxi's clothes.Although the more he helped, the more Kangxi smiled, and he enjoyed the feeling of being cared for by his son.

The eldest brother pulled the person aside angrily, "Don't be too helpful." Why are there so many clothes I'm wearing?Afraid that he was rushing up, the eldest brother just held on and refused to let go.

Yinfeng's worries were not unreasonable. As soon as they walked out of the Qianqing Palace, the sixth elder brother followed. "Huang Ama, wait for me."

The prince, who was frightened by a word, pulled Kangxi up and ran away. The elder brother directly picked up the fourth elder brother, and the group quickly got into the carriage.Yinfeng commanded in a panic, "Hurry up, hurry up."

Stretching out his hand to pull the prince to finish, he looked back at Elder Brother Liu who was running this way, and asked curiously: "Is Xiao Liu so scary?" The prince was so frightened.

Seeing the distance between the carriage and the sixth elder brother, he became smaller and smaller, the prince was relieved.Stretching out his hand to wipe the sweat that came out of his brow, he let out a breath. "It's not that he's scary. Huang Ama, you don't know Xiao Liu's clingy skills. Once we are entangled by him, we will definitely not be able to leave. You see, the third and fourth brothers are not very old, and taking Xiao Liu with you will not be too difficult." convenient."

Kangxi looked at the three elder brothers and the fourth elder brothers who were sitting in the carriage obediently, thinking about it, "Baocheng proposed to leave the palace, where do you think we are going?"

The prince has already thought about this question, "Go to the outer city, Huang Ama, I heard from Suo Etu that there is a glass factory in the outer city, and you can find a lot of good things there. Let's go to the outer city today. Over there Most of them are books, calligraphy and paintings, and there are also a few good restaurants and jewelry shops, and we have places to eat when we are tired from shopping."

Pointing at the crown prince, Kangxi smiled and said, "It seems that you have already planned it."

The prince didn't take the credit either, he said triumphantly: "This is not my son's idea alone, it was discussed by the four of us together."

"Okay, let's go to Liuliu, Liulichang."

Liulichang was not called this name before, it used to be a place where scholars lived.Most of the scholars are not rich, and sometimes they will come out to set up stalls to make a living. After a long time, this place has gradually developed into a holy place for literati.Examiners and civil servants who came to Beijing to rush for the exam would come to visit if they had nothing to do.

People can't help but eat, and later someone found a business opportunity and built a restaurant here.After that, there were other shops, and it became what it is today.

Since the prince brought people here, he naturally did his homework before.Along the way, he was explaining things about Liulichang to Kangxi, making Kangxi full of curiosity about it before he arrived.

And this place is indeed as the prince said, books, calligraphy and paintings are sold everywhere, he flipped through a few books and nodded in satisfaction.Although these books are not alone, the handwriting is good, the key is that the price is affordable, it is indeed a good place for readers.

"Most of these are written by the students of the academy for money exchange. The real good things are still in the shop next door. But the things there will be much more expensive, and there will be fake ones. People who don't look good are easy to be fooled. Those outside Small vendors are not saying that there are no good things, and when they are lucky, they can get good things at very low prices. Of course, this kind of luck also urgently needs good eyesight, so they jokingly call it 'Taobao'."

Looking at the people bargaining, the smile on Kangxi's face never broke.If the people of the Qing Dynasty lived like this, he would be satisfied.

He chose a shop at random, went in and looked at it for a while, and then he came out.Compared with the clearly marked prices in the shop, it is indeed more exciting and interesting here.

Kangxi's eyes are naturally good. There are a lot of paintings and calligraphy here, and he really found some treasures.

People are like this, the more they shop, the more addicted they become.Just when he was about to continue, he suddenly heard arguing in front of him.

"Foreigners are amazing. I fell in love with this item first. I have negotiated the price. What's the matter with you?"

"Do you know who I am? It's your luck that I can see your things. The grass on the grave of the last one who dared to grab something from me has grown taller." The man said and grabbed the things from the stall owner's hand I'm leaving.

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