When Huang Luzhuang talked about the rise, he danced and sang. Zhu Yicheng listened with relish and talked for more than an hour. Seeing that Huang Luzhuang had almost finished talking about the situation, he asked about William.

Regarding this, Huang Luzhuang started from when he went to Shanghai before, and talked about the entire process of meeting William by chance in buying books in the Confucian Temple and then getting to know him. As for William's identity, Huang Luzhuang also explained clearly without hiding it at all, and even said the tasks he was responsible for coming to the Far East.

"That is, this William is an employee of the British East India Company?"

"That's true, William's uncle is a senior official of this company, so William was invited by his uncle to India shortly after graduating from Cambridge University. Now his specific position should be his uncle's assistant. This time he came to the Ming Dynasty because of the previous battle of the South China Sea and the revocation of Macau. According to William, the Far East, that is, the trade in the Ming Dynasty has always been controlled by the three countries of Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands. Although Britain had arrived in India decades ago, it was still unable to trade directly with the Ming Dynasty. The previous naval wars and the Macau incident gave the British East India Company the opportunity to break the monopoly and directly cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, so William came to the Ming Dynasty for contact."

Huang Luzhuang preached in a lot of ways, and Zhu Yicheng asked other questions at the same time, which were basically William's personal situation, as well as some British East India Company. Huang Luzhuang could also say more details about the former, after all, the two had been together for a short time and had a close relationship on weekdays. However, Huang Luzhuang didn't know much about the British East India Company. Most of them only mentioned it when chatting with William, and did not deliberately understand it.

Zhu Yicheng didn't argue about this. After smiling, he shifted the topic to the Royal Institute, which will be officially opened. Now, the main body of the Royal Institute has been completed and some of the personnel have been in place. In addition to the personnel specially selected by Huang Luzhuang from the Ministry of Works and other departments, some of them were arranged by Zhu Yicheng. These administrative personnel will cooperate with Huang Luzhuang's administrative management and operation of the Royal Institute.

"The first day of next month is a good day." Zhu Yicheng said: "The official opening of the Royal Institute is scheduled to be the first day of next month. You can go there and have a good time these days. If you need it, come and report it as soon as possible. Don't miss the big thing."

"Please rest assured. Before coming, I have already thought about it. I will go there tomorrow. In addition, in a few days, I will come to Beijing from Ningbo. These people are the talents selected by Weichen when he was in Ningbo. If these people join, I want to come to the Royal Institute to run without worries in the future!"

"This is all your responsibility, so let's do it as you wish." Zhu Yicheng nodded and said.

Having said that, the fool understood that today's interview was over, but Huang Luzhuang looked a little hesitant when he stood up, as if there was something else to say.

Seeing his expression, Zhu Yicheng smiled and told him to go to the welcome hotel after leaving the palace, and told William to wait there all these days, and Zhu Yicheng would summon him at any time. Hearing this order, Huang Luzhuang finally felt relieved, responded with a smile, and then he left.

As soon as Huangluzhuang left, a man turned out in the dark of the side hall. This man had been guarding there for a long time. When Huangluzhuang was facing the saint, this man hid not far away and listened quietly to Huangluzhuang's story.

"Have you heard what happened just now?" Zhu Yicheng asked quietly, opening a memorial.

"Go back to the emperor, I have heard it clearly." The man stepped forward and saluted and said calmly.

This person is not someone else, but the brain of the General Office, admiring the Four Barbarians and Information Services Deng Bing. Before Huangluzhuang entered the palace, Zhu Yicheng recruited him and then asked him to stay in the side hall.

"How?" Zhu Yicheng asked calmly.

"Return to the Emperor, the one Huang said just now was not concealed. According to my investigation, this is roughly the case. In addition, the news sent by the person sent to Ningbo said that William is indeed a friend of Master Huang, and the two have close relationships. Moreover, this person is quite talented, but without the Emperor's consent, Master Huang actually let William enter the workshop to participate in the secrets. In my opinion, it is extremely inappropriate..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yicheng waved his hand and interrupted Deng Bing's words: "I have a decision on this matter, so there is no need to say anything more. How did you investigate William's intention?"

"I have sent people to Macau since I received the order from the emperor. Judging from the news that I just came back, William did come from the British East India Company, but his identity was not obvious. He arrived in Macau only as a merchant, and not many people knew about it. In addition, William came to the Ming Dynasty from Macau, and passed through Quanzhou, Ningbo and then to Shanghai. In these three places, he also tried to contact the chambers of commerce, but because of his identity, he did not pay attention to it. Later, as Master Huang said, he met him by chance in Shanghai. After getting along, the two became friends and went to Ningbo together."

As early as Zhu Yicheng received a report from Huang Luzhuang and learned that William was the man, Zhu Yicheng asked Deng Bing to investigate. At present, the news found was no different from the report from Huang Luzhuang. From this point of view, what Huang Luzhuang said was the truth, and there was no concealment at all.

But these are not enough. The General Office is in charge of external intelligence. This is a task specially assigned by Zhu Yicheng to Deng Bing, but William did it later. An employee of the British East India Company entered the Ming Dynasty while shouldering the task, but the General Office did not know about it at all. Instead, he investigated it later, which made Zhu Yicheng extremely dissatisfied.

Deng Bing also understood this in his heart, so he seemed calm on the surface, but he was really frightened and uneasy in his heart.

Huang Luzhuang is a science and engineering man with simple thinking and straight lines in his work. Zhu Yicheng understands these. Zhu Yicheng attaches great importance to and tolerate talents, but Huang Luzhuang directly discloses some information to a foreigner like William without reporting, which makes him directly participate in some research in Ningbo, which is an extremely dangerous move for the country.

If the other party's identity is not as investigated now, or if William has other purposes, then these actions are equivalent to leaking a large number of secrets to foreign countries, to some extent, this is extremely serious.

Of course, those who do not know are not guilty. Zhu Yi and Chengdu have always ignored this point, and William's appearance made him feel alert. Today, the East and the West still have certain advantages to some extent, but this advantage has been brought to a very small gap by the progress of Western science. In other aspects, Western countries have begun to cross the East. This is an era of great change. If you fall behind, you will fall behind step by step. Maintaining your advantage with the Western world will be the foundation for the Ming Dynasty in the next hundred years.

The things that Huang Luzhuang is responsible for are all high-end technologies in this era, and some of them can make breakthrough progress and promote historical changes. Once these are obtained by the Western world, the achievements that Ming Dynasty finally achieved will be lost in vain.

William's appearance made Zhu Yicheng suddenly realize. Although on the surface, the current development of the matter was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, this incident was a lesson from the past. It was terrible to think about it carefully. If you don't immediately make up for the problem, then you will regret it in the future.

"Do you understand what to do next?" Zhu Yicheng asked calmly.

Deng Bing was sweating profusely and knelt down and said, "Go back to the emperor, I understand, I know what to do."

He squinted his eyes and looked at Deng Bing. After a long time, Zhu Yicheng said, "Go down and take thirty battles. I will have a long memory of this matter. If there is another time, don't blame me for being a heavy blame."

He felt relieved in his heart, Deng Bing quickly kowtowed and thanked him, then stood up and left.
Chapter completed!