Four elder brothers take the script of salted fish

After Yinzhen and Yinzhi reported the situation to Kangxi, Kangxi immediately summoned Zhibei Le Yinti and Navy Admiral Shi Lang over.The information of the captured ship's personnel has already been registered in the register. Yinti thought about it carefully and shook his head: "I didn't see any special information from it...?"

"Where are these people now?"

"We can't raise them for nothing." Yinti hesitated.Under everyone's puzzled eyes, he whispered: "...Brother asked them to help the surrounding farmers harvest grain."

Kangxi suddenly realized.

It was late summer and early autumn, and the autumn harvest in the outskirts of Fuzhou was busy, and the farmers in the field were too busy from morning to night.It just so happened that the captives that filled the two boats were not wasted, and Yinti was stuffed into the outskirts of the village by the way—anyway, the farmers could not speak Latin, English or Greater Luzon, and in addition, there were high mountains all around. Ling, there is no need to worry about these prisoners escaping.

A group of people had to go to the farm to have a look.

When they went to the farm to take these prisoners out to have a look, almost everyone's eyes fell on a young man in his early 20s.

It's not as good as how good he looks.

It's just that among a group of foreign soldiers who were either darkened or molted, this young man was really fair.

This is a rather handsome foreign youth.

He has shaggy brown-black curly hair, deep light brown eyes, and a few freckles on his cheeks.After discovering the arrival of Kangxi and his party, the young man obviously glanced at Kangxi and others vigilantly, trying to hide behind a few seemingly strong and strong foreigners.

emmmmm... Isn't the contrast even stronger?

Before Kangxi could speak, Yinti pointed at the young man: "Arrest him!"

In an instant, there was a commotion in the field.

The foreign officers and soldiers who had pretended to be innocent before became anxious in an instant. Those strong and strong men clenched their fists, and the muscles from the shoulders were tense, as if they were ready to go.

The atmosphere instantly became sinister.

The guards rushed out. Compared with these foreign soldiers who were unarmed and unarmed, the guards held shining swords in their hands.

Conflict is imminent.

The young man's complexion was a little pale, but he pushed the guard's arm away, and stopped the strong men in a gentle voice: "Stop, don't make unnecessary resistance."

The voice of the youth is full of magnetism.

With sorrow in his eyes, he said softly, "Your Majesty the Emperor, James Fitzjames greets you."

Yinzhen blinked.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes lit up: "Khan Ama, we caught a big fish!"

Fitz James - FitzJames

This surname literally means the son of the king. Of course, there is a high probability that it is not a legitimate child... It just allows many people to protect and even participate in this battle. The status of this illegitimate child is definitely not low.

Kangxi was only a beat slow and came back to his senses.

Regarding the king's son, Kangxi's attitude was quite kind - he had people bring James Fitzjames and his party back to Fuzhou City, and placed them in a courtyard with three entrances.

Of course, all the attendants in the courtyard and all the guards outside the courtyard were Kangxi's confidantes, and James Fitzjames was firmly imprisoned in it.

James Fitzjames seemed quite content.

At least when Yinzhen and Yinzhi went to visit him, they could see this melancholy young man holding a book and immersed in the sea of ​​books.

Seeing the arrival of the two princes, the prisoner James FitzJames was neither overbearing nor humble: "Two princes, are you here again?"

Yinzhi was a little puzzled: "Why aren't you afraid of us?"

James Fitzjames laughed: "Why should I be afraid of you?"

"You are a prisoner, aren't you afraid that we will kill you?"

"My uncle was in exile in another country before returning to our country. My father, who is now the King of England, had to disguise himself as a woman in order to escape from the hunt, and escaped with his life. And..."

James Fitzjames thought about it.

He shrugged his shoulders: "Maybe you will think that I am deceiving you, maybe my father will be overthrown in two years."

Yinzhi: ...

Yinzhen:……

Both of them stared round their eyes at the same time.

Perhaps there was no one to talk about in the past, and James Fitzjames rarely talked about it.From the chaotic marriage history of the European countries to the years of struggle with the church, there are also some weird things flowing out of his mouth.

A lot of content made Yin Zhen and Yin Zhi dumbfounded.

For example, James Fitzjames is an illegitimate son, so as long as his father has a legitimate son, he is not entitled to inherit.What's more, in the mouth of James Fitzjames, he seems to have no interest in the throne: "The whole country, whether civilians, nobles or churches, is trying to revolutionize and change, but the king doesn't want to. Compared with my uncle, my father—— "

James Fitzjames shrugged.

Yinzhen's eyes are a bit strange - compared to the first impression, he is a little cowardly and introverted, but now James Fitzjames seems calm, open-minded and casual.

It's just that when Yinzhen was observing him, James Fitzjames was also observing the prince in front of him.Not born of the same mother, they regard each other as mortal enemies with the support of their respective families, just like how many words his mother secretly cursed that the other mistresses could die during childbirth and give birth to stillbirth...

The relationship between the two princes in front of them is obviously very close.

Thinking about the other prince he saw at that time, James Fitzjames eyes were full of curiosity and interest.

Yinzhi quickly noticed something was wrong.

He asked curiously: "In this case, why are you on the warship?"

James Fitzjames shrugged his shoulders: "I sneaked on the ship and slipped out. I didn't expect to come to fight. If I knew it, I might as well go to France."

Yinzhi: ...

Yinzhen:…………

There are so many slots for a while that I don't know how to spit it out.

Of course, the two didn't listen to what James Fitzjames said - at least from the attitude of Viscount Oliver and others, the status of the king's illegitimate child is much higher than what he said.

At least after learning that the identity of James Fitzjames had been discovered, Viscount Oliver's attitude changed.

The original abacus instantly became empty.

Viscount Oliver originally wanted to take advantage of the inexperience of the two young elder brothers to do something, but he didn't expect that reality would give him such a big slap in the face.

Failed twice in a row.

Now that even the hostages have been found, Viscount Oliver, who was still trying to bargain, had no choice but to surrender.He went to the Admiral's Mansion the next day and accepted all the requests made by the two princes, of course, the premise is that the safety of James Fitzjames must be ensured.

500 million taels, not including the hostage redemption fee.

That number is a big win!To say that the courtiers who had some complaints before, all of them smiled when they saw such a large sum of compensation, not to mention that Kangxi had already secretly planned how to spend it.

What still needs to be discussed is the issue of chambers of commerce.

Although the English hoped that their firms could officially settle in Fujian and even Guangdong for purchase, sale and storage, the courtiers were arguing about it.Especially after what happened this time, the courtiers remained [-]% vigilant against these people.

For example, Shangshu Kerkun is one of them.

He held up the banner of opposition and expressed strong resistance to this: "Your Majesty, people who are not of our race must have a different heart! If you want the slaves to say that these foreign businessmen should be driven out, and they should be banned from trading in the Qing Dynasty! More than that, slaves I think it is necessary to strictly control fishermen and businessmen going to sea to avoid the appearance of some traitors!"

As soon as Ker Kun's voice fell, a voice sounded immediately: "The slave has objections!"

This voice is very strange.

Ker Kun frowned, and he looked in the direction of the source of the sound.Holding objections, it was Li Xu, the governor of Shaozhou, Guangdong, who came out slowly, and he came with Zhu Hongzuo, the governor of Guangdong.

Zhu Hongzuo was also a little shocked by his utterance.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows: "Tell me what you think?"

"Your Majesty, commerce is economics. For the fishermen and merchants around Fujian and Guangdong, going to sea is the source of their livelihood." Li Xu, the prefect of Shaozhou, tremblingly said: "I'm afraid that if this knife is cut down, the enemy will be zero. Lose a thousand."

Yinzhen also stood up: "The warships of the European countries can sail thousands of miles to reach our land, and the red-haired (Dutch) people who used to show off their power on the sea in the past have been beaten without a trace. This is only a few days. Ten years."

"The fourth brother is right."

Zhibei Le Yinti also refuted the words of his father-in-law Kerkun: "Khan Ama, if we stand still, I am afraid that one day their ships will turn into steel, and their swords and guns will be aimed at us, but we will know nothing about it! "

What Yinzhen and Yinti said touched Kangxi's heart.

Thinking about the cannon he was once proud of being ridiculed by foreigners, if it weren't for Yinti's newly researched cannon to fill the scene, I'm afraid it would be embarrassing.Thinking about the gun that was only one-third the size of the old bird gun, this... is just a few decades of change.

God knows what it will look like in a hundred years.

Kangxi looked around at the faces of his son and the officials and said in a deep voice: "When a sword hurts a person, is the sword or the person to blame? The shipping business is beneficial to the people and the country. This business association is indeed feasible, but the rules and regulations need to be formulated separately. Establishment, this matter is of great importance, all ministers should go back and think about it carefully before making a memorial."

Kangxi neither praised Li Xu, the prefect of Shaozhou, nor reprimanded Shangshu Keerkun, but Shangshu Keerkun's face turned gloomy.He followed the crowd, and after leaving the study, he still couldn't help being annoyed, and cast a sharp glance at Li Xu, the prefect of Shaozhou: "You're pretty good, aren't you?"

Ker Kun flicked his sleeves and left in a hurry.

Zhu Hongzuo, the governor of Guangdong, pressed his temples with some headaches, and patted Li Xu: "Do things well, as long as you can satisfy the emperor, Lord Kerkun has nothing to do with you."

Li Xu lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye.

It was a trace of disbelief that flashed in his eyes, and his hands that fell by his side clenched into fists.It was hard to show his face in front of the emperor... The flame of ambition in Li Xu's eyes was burning fiercely, and he rushed to the inn where he was staying, trying his best to come up with a perfect plan!

Governor Zhu Hongzuo of Guangdong shook his head.

Even he couldn't help sighing—the motivation of young people is just different.