[Red Mansion+Qing Chuan] The heroine comes from the last days

The fragrance of the phoenix flower gradually faded, and everyone thought it was just a dream.

Jiang Ling waved the round fan slowly, thinking, if this can be done, the advantages should far outweigh the disadvantages.But how to make both parties let go is still a very serious problem.She calculated that it took more than a month from the time she contracted the disease in Yangzhou to traveling south to Hangzhou and Fujian, and all the way to Guangzhou.If she hadn't suffered from carriage sickness for more than a month, she could actually hear more details.

But unfortunately, now we can only move forward slowly from the results.

Jiang Ling shook the round fan, walked to the door and leaned against it, occasionally a chill came out from his fingertips, he thought he had installed an air conditioner for himself.The sun outside was quite venomous, even if she had the ability to create cold air, she didn't dare to go out at noon.

After a while, the dozing boys all sneaked back in twos and threes, and the maids also yawned and returned to Jiang Ling, some were fanning her, some were holding shoe soles, and some were Tell her interesting things about Guangzhou City.Jiang Ling fanned himself for a while, and then stopped the maid who was playing the fan, so as not to be so tired that he broke out in a sweat.

Counting the days, Lin Daiyu's letter should have arrived.

But now she is in Guangzhou, farther away from the capital. Even if Lin Daiyu complained a few words in the letter, she could only comfort her, and could not go back to the capital to accompany her.But fortunately, the King of Beijing is a smart person. In the previous letters, Lin Daiyu mentioned that the King of Beijing and the Jia Mansion have always maintained an indifferent relationship, and will not let their affairs get into her hands, but Not too cold.

As for Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, most of the servants in the mansion have been dispersed, and they are no longer the same as before.

Jiang Ling shook his fan and thought for a while, then he saw that it was raining heavily outside.

It rained all afternoon, and by the evening, the weather had become cooler.

But it's cool, but it's just not as hot as the daytime.

After Jiang Ling had dinner, she enjoyed the coolness under the phoenix tree, and still fanned herself with her round fan that was stained with thin frost.The maids have all gone to have dinner, and it will be a while before they come back.She leaned against the tree and fanned the wind for a while, when she suddenly heard someone calling her name.

Here, the only person who can directly call her name is that one person.

Jiang Ling turned around and said "The Emperor Wan'an", and removed the cold air from her fingertips. Then she was supported steadily by Kangxi, and asked with a smile, "How did you rest these two days? Guangzhou is indeed hot, and I can't bear it anymore." gone."

Jiang Ling stood on tiptoe and raised her sleeve to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

Kangxi held her hand, looked down into her eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't be tired. A while ago, I heard that there was a new thing outside, which was just shipped from the West, and I vowed to tell me that the sky There is only one underground. Will you go and see it with me?"

Usually, when Kangxi got a new gadget, he would let her have a look first, especially the Western stuff.

Jiang Ling nodded and said hello.They had just arrived in Guangzhou in the past two days, and Kangxi was so busy that he didn't even touch the ground. He even skipped the routine visits in the afternoon. Even at night, he didn't go back to his house to rest until after Haishi.However, in just two or three days, the undersides of the eyes were already bruised.

After thinking about it, she asked, "What kind of rare thing is it?"

Kangxi took it outside, and said as he walked: "It is said that it is a pendulum clock, which is used by Westerners to keep time. It is more accurate than sundials and clocks. It looks like a novelty. I will take you to have a look." " Kangxi looked at her for a while, then suddenly leaned next to her ear, and said in a low voice, "By the way, let's see where those Westerners came from."

It turns out that they have been able to manufacture sophisticated mechanical clocks. No wonder the navigation technology is so advanced.

Jiang Ling thought of the words "what mirrors and clocks" said by the officials just now in the dream, and nodded secretly.

Kangxi led her through the long corridor and out of the yard through the side door.Jiang Ling was a little surprised, and when he took a closer look, he found that Kangxi had changed out of the dragon robe at some point, and was wearing a scarlet-yellow robe.It happened that I was resting in the house for the past two days, and I didn't wear pearls, jade, hairpins or anything on my body, and the two of them walked out through the side door without attracting attention at all.

Kangxi seemed to see her doubts, and said with a smile: "This is more convenient."

But I don't know why it is more convenient...Jiang Ling suppressed the doubts in his heart, and was led by Kangxi through the alleys, and came to a spacious and gorgeous business house.She raised her eyes and took a closer look. The decoration of this business house is obviously European style, with pale gold appliqués, white marble, and two little children standing in front of the door to guide.In the innermost part of the firm, there were a few merchants who walked in unintentionally, and they were pointing at a big pendulum.

Jiang Ling took a quick look and recognized that it was the simplest mechanical clock.

Because there is no clock that can be simpler than this guy.

She lightly touched the back of Kangxi's hand, and asked in a low voice: "The emperor asked me to see the Western clock and the Western people, what do you want to see?"

Kangxi stopped walking, leaned his head to her ear, and said in a low voice: "Those people said that they came here for serious business, but I always feel that something is wrong. You have a lot of knowledge, so you might as well see it for me. Take a look, besides doing business, do they have other intentions?"

It seemed that Kangxi suspected their purpose of coming here.

Jiang Ling regained his composure and was about to go forward to ask two questions when he suddenly heard a long string of fluent English from the second floor: "heaxiveusthatthesearereal.thanksfortheitalians!"

I heard that milk and honey flow in the far east.

Look at these, the rich land, the inexhaustible tea, porcelain and silk.

They didn't lie to us.Marco Polo did not deceive us.Thanks Italians.

Jiang Ling's complexion changed.She knows that Europeans have a well-developed language system, and it is not difficult for everyone to learn three or four foreign languages, but it is Guangzhou at the end of the seventeenth century, and no one here deliberately uses a foreign language to talk to their companions .So it's unfortunate and fortunate that the one who just spoke on the second floor is British.

The United Kingdom is now in a period of rapid expansion, and its national strength is about to reach its peak.

Obviously, this magnificent business house, as well as the huge pendulum clock in front of us, were written by the British.

She had just taken two steps forward when she heard the voice again, saying in a somewhat smug tone: "they part of thrnland, his. What's more, en would bethers for our future."

If I can get some rich land, or some information, His Majesty will make me a viscount.

I will also use everything I have obtained as my reserved fiefdom.

Cheers to our future.

The two goblets collided lightly, and the crisp sound of the collision was drowned out by the noisy voices downstairs.

Jiang Ling stopped in his tracks.

As a little girl raised in a boudoir, it is impossible for her to understand English.

Therefore, I am afraid that what I heard can only be regarded as a secret and rotted in my stomach.

but……

She is really not reconciled.

Jiang Ling slightly raised his head and looked at the second floor. Two tall young white men had just exchanged views, and each held a goblet. They returned to their seats and enjoyed steak and bacon.One of them was wearing a neat tuxedo and narrow trousers, while the other had exquisite embroidery on the edge of his clothes, which was obviously not something an ordinary businessman could wear.

Next to those two people, a waiter was waiting with an exquisite tray, and a man in a tuxedo was playing the double bass, immersing the surroundings in a music-filled atmosphere, which was different from the noisy atmosphere on the first floor. The hustle and bustle is completely isolated.

Jiang Ling took a deep breath, turned around, walked to Kangxi, and called out to the emperor.

Kangxi hummed, looked up at those people, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ling looked around and saw no one noticed, so she said in a low voice: "Are there any people under the emperor who are proficient in foreign languages? I saw the color of their clothes, they don't look like ordinary businessmen can wear. "At least a nobleman, or a knight, she paused, and continued: "There is also that strange little pattern, like the family emblem."

If you can't reveal the fact that you know English, then you can only remind him vaguely from other places.

Kangxi also glanced up, nodded slightly and said, "I see."

Jiang Ling closed his eyes.

She could only say so far, otherwise she would definitely reveal herself.

I hope that the people under Kangxi can find out the origins of these guys, especially what is the "partofthrnland" in their mouths.Intelligence and news in English are both the same word.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling lightly touched the back of Kangxi's hand and said, "I want to go there and have a look."

She pointed to the crude mechanical clock.

Kangxi agreed.

Jiang Ling glanced up again, walked to the side of the somewhat crude mechanical species, and slowly turned around it.There is no mechanical equipment in this era, so this thing is not only a novelty in the East, but also a very rare thing in the West.Although I don't know when the real clock and watch appeared, but the time is probably not far away.

She heard the merchants around her discussing:

"This object is strange, better than Genglou, but it is too expensive."

"You said they tossed out these novelties, what are they doing?"

"I don't know, maybe they are too busy and panicked."

"I heard that they also brought in a batch of silverware, which they said was tableware for dining, but they are weird and not the same as what we are used to. Brother, tell me, is it something commonly used in the south?"

"Put it down, I've been in the south for more than twenty years, and I've never seen anyone eat with a fork."

"How about we go back with some novelty things?"

……

The pendulum was swinging tick-tock, and the hands of the watch slowly passed a scale.

Jiang Ling stared at it for a long time, then looked at the two Westerners above who were still talking, and suddenly thought of what he should do.Before the details of their agreement are finalized, it is not clocks and watches that should be introduced into the country most, but the teaching materials they are currently using.

But the question is, if even the simplest details have not been finalized, how should their teaching materials be introduced?

Is it a church university?

Jiang Ling stared at them for a moment, then lowered his head, staring at the ticking hands in a daze.The merchants who gathered around had dispersed a lot, probably just to see something new, and they all dispersed when the freshness wore off.Jiang Ling rubbed her sore ankle, walked to Kangxi's side, and said softly, "I've already seen it, there's nothing new about it."

Kangxi smiled and said, "Then let's go back."