The large team of the Dashun Imperial Westernization Investigation Team finally settled in a Chinese-style garden house near the Bastille in the noisy and messy eastern part of Paris.

This Chinese-style garden is called the Huang Family Garden. It is the residence of Huang Zhisheng, the eldest son of Huang Jiang, a great banker who settled in London. After Huang Jiang left France, the business of Sinou Union Bank in France was controlled by Huang Zhisheng.

Mr. Huang is also a capable man. He is in his thirties and is a first-generation graduate of Nanjing Jing Xuetang. He studied accounting at Jing Xuetang.

After graduation, he joined Maritime Bank. Before following his father to the ocean, he had already reached the position of assistant manager at the Yingtian branch. Considering his age at the time, his future in Maritime Bank was definitely bright. However,

He still gave up his position in Maritime Bank and followed his father Huang Jiang to start a business in Europe.

After working in Europe for several years, the lively Huang Zisheng moved from the deserted town of Versailles to Paris. He also took a fancy to a piece of land near the Bastille. It was quite a sight! He bought it and built it.

A Chinese-style garden is not entirely Chinese, but a Chinese-style garden residence that incorporates a large number of Western styles. After its completion, it became a "famous garden" in Paris.

In France today, "Chinese style" is still very fashionable. Even the Sun King Louis is very fond of Chinese style. In the Palace of Versailles, which has not yet been fully completed, there are a large number of Chinese-style buildings and furniture, accessories, and porcelain from China. There are even

There is a garden designed entirely by Chinese craftsmen, with sparse flowers and trees, winding paths, rockeries, and elegant arched bridges.

What's more, the Sun King of France would sometimes put on Ming Dynasty-style dragon robes and ride around the Palace of Versailles on a chariot carried by eight people.

However, Mr. Huang, who settled in France, actually didn’t really like “Chinese style”, otherwise he would have gone back to China long ago. In fact, he preferred European style. In the words of later generations, this guy was a bit of a worshiper of foreign countries, mainly of skin.

A beautiful French girl with a big heart.

The Huang Family Garden in Paris was built for a French actress named Marquis. Huang Zhisheng fell in love with this woman while watching a play at the Palais Theater where the Molière Theater Company was resident, and then spent a lot of money on this woman.

Only then did he pursue her. In order to allow her to continue to perform at the Palais Theater in Paris, a garden was built next to the Bastille.

So Mr. Huang can walk hand in hand with his beloved French girl in a Chinese garden in Paris, and when he looks up, he can see the Bastille, which symbolizes the French royal power. This is so romantic!

I don’t know if he got a little carried away by hanging out with this French actress named Marquis all day long. When the French Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hugo Leona found him, he wanted to borrow his Huang family garden to entertain

When visiting a Chinese mission, he agreed without even thinking.

As a result, when he and Maggie returned to the Huang Family Garden after spending Christmas at the Palace of Versailles, they found that their French lover's comfort zone had been occupied by bandits!

This is incredible, the bandits have all flown to France!

"Exceptor Huang, don't be afraid of this pretty lady like you. We are not here to get paid. Who said this is France and not Beijing? We are here on the orders of the Emperor.

He learned Westernization from Westerners."

The speaker was an elderly man with a dark face, gray hair, wrinkles all over his face, and a Shaanxi accent.

This old man also has an origin. He is the brother of Taiping Bo Wu Ruyi, who died in Niulanguan Pass, and his name is Wu Ru'en. Because Wu Ruyi had no sons, he inherited the title of Taiping Bo and became Song Xiance's deputy envoy.

Let’s go overseas together for inspection.

"Why did you come to France to investigate?" Huang Zhisheng didn't understand. There was no word "Westernization" in the Ming Dynasty.

"Western affairs!" Song Xiance said with a smile, "It's the affairs of the Western side. Huang Yuanwai, you have been in France for many years, right?"

"Yes, it's been a few years." Huang Zhisheng looked at Song Xiance, his forehead covered with beads of sweat.

Of course he knew who Song Xiance was! He was a rogue army strategist who knew astronomy and geography, and was very capable of pinching and calculating!

Sitting in front of me now, still chatting and laughing with me, this is collaboration with the enemy! Now I can’t even explain why I jumped into the Atlantic Ocean!

Song Xiance smiled and asked again: "Look at your house and your wife and concubine. She must have become famous here in Xiyang, right?"

"I don't dare to say it when I get ahead. I just have a few small coins." Huang Zhisheng gritted his teeth and pretended to be in pain, "Leader Song, if you don't have much money, just ask, brother, as long as you can get it, I will give it to you.

You are ready."

When Song Xiance heard what he said, he really couldn't laugh or cry, "How did I become the leader of Song Dynasty? I came from Liangshan Mountain? I was the founding military officer of Dashun Dynasty, and I was granted the title of Yonghou. Do you understand? I am a nobleman, not a robber.

!”

"Yes! He's not a robber, but he's also a noble!" Wu Ru'en echoed, "He's the Taiping Bo of Dashun Dynasty, Wu Ru'en, but he's a nobleman, and I don't know how much more expensive he is than the nobles raised by his mother!"

Huang Zhisheng said heartily: Actually, I am also a nobleman, and my father Huang Jiang is the new uncle of Kenan!

Of course, this identity cannot be revealed.

"Two lords, the younger one has eyesight but cannot see Mount Tai. I have been admiring you for a long time!" Huang Zhisheng stood up quickly and bowed to Song Xiance and Wu Ru'en.

"Sit down, sit down and talk." Song Xiance was also very polite. He had inquired with the French envoy who sent him over, and found out that Huang Yuanwai was also the number one figure in France!

This guy was friends with King Lou Danian of France, and he was a good-natured friend who ate, drank and had fun with Prince Confucius of France and Philip I, Duke of Orléans. How can such figures be compared to "bandits" like Song Xiance and Wu Ru'en?

Can "nobility" be provoked on French soil?

"Huang Yuan," Song Xiance said with a smile, "you have been doing business in France for so many years, so you must be familiar with foreign affairs, right? Tell me, what should we put first when we want to handle foreign affairs?"

There is nothing Huang Zhisheng can do, he can just say what he is told!

"There are only two things to do about Westernization. One is to learn skills from foreigners, and the other is to do business with foreigners." Huang Zhisheng said, "There are two ways to learn skills. One is to send people to Europe to learn, and the other is to invite Europeans.

When the teacher goes to teach this boy, he once said, "When three people are together, I must be my teacher." Europeans still have a lot to learn.

As for doing business with foreigners, it’s not easy!”

"Why is it not easy?" Song Xiance asked.

Huang Zhisheng said: "Western merchants who go to the East are both traders and thieves. Only when they can no longer be robbers can they be willing to do business properly."

Wu Ruen burst out laughing after hearing this: "Isn't this just like us?"

"Uncle Taiping!" Song Xiance turned around and glared at Wu Ru'en who had lost his temper.

Wu Ruen quickly changed his words: "It's different, it's different, we are not thieves, we are heroic nobles who kill the rich and give to the poor!"

When Huang Zhisheng heard the words "Kill the rich and give to the poor", he shuddered and thought that he was the rich man who was going to be killed!

Aren't you just richer? Why do you want to kill them? And when have you gangs of bandits ever helped the poor? The people of Sichuan have been oppressed like this by you.

Song Xiance glared at Wu Ru'en again, "How did you say that? The more you describe, the darker it gets! You can just say this to a businessman, but you can't say that when you meet the king, prince, or duke of France."

"Except for Huang Yuan," Song Xiance said again, "Actually, our country doesn't like doing business, but our guns are not easy to use! Do you think our country wants to learn how to make guns and cannons from the foreigners? Are the foreigners willing to teach us?

"

"I won't!" Huang Zhisheng shook his head repeatedly, "How can a master teach his disciples to starve to death?"

"Then how did the Ming Dynasty learn to make foreign guns and cannons?"

Huang Zhisheng said: "The Ming Dynasty was already good at making guns and cannons, but it was originally done by a group of incompetent officials, so it was not done well. Later, Emperor Hongxing demobilized all the yamen that made guns and cannons and transformed them.

In order to buy the guns and cannons, they went to train the new army, and relied on the strength of the new army to take back Macau occupied by the Portuguese. There were many Chinese and Western craftsmen in Macao. After taking them back, the Royal Chamber of Commerce,

The official party and the Haisha Gang’s ability to make guns and cannons has improved!"

Huang Zhisheng's words were half true and half false, so Song Xiance always felt something was wrong after hearing them. Wu Ruen, who was standing by, slapped his thigh and laughed loudly: "I understand! It turns out that the spirit of Westernization is that it is better to build than to buy, and to buy is better to rob!"
Chapter completed!