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Chapter 399 Coming and not being indecent

"It's Zhang Cheng's good fortune to meet Mr. Tang and Mr. Li today. There is a craftsman's camp in Yunzhou on my North Road, where hundreds of craftsmen from all over the capital and Xuanzhen are gathered.

Doing mining and smelting, and making firecrackers and cannons for our army, their skills are also exquisite. If the two adults are destined, you can go to Xuan Town for a tour, and you can also give some pointers to make my craftsmen even more exquisite. "

Zhang Cheng still deceived Tang Ruowang with words, hoping that he could go to the North Road for his own use.

At this time, Lin Fangping opened the door and came in to report: "Master Du, the food and wine are ready, can we pass the food on?"

"Let's have a seat!"

Zhang Cheng ordered, and Lin Fangping took the order to go out to arrange the delivery of dishes, and here Zhang Cheng pointed to Lu Dachun and said to everyone: "I forgot to introduce to you, this is Lu Dachun, Mr. Lu, and he will work in Honglu Temple soon. From now on, I hope all the adults will take good care of him in Beijing."

The crowd exchanged greetings again, strong and strong men came and went, they carried large sealed food plates one after another, and put the delicacies on the big table in the middle of the hall, with rice wine still warming on the two charcoal stoves beside them .

"Come on, everyone, take your seats."

Zhang Cheng got up and walked to the big table in the hall. He tried his best to invite Tang Ruowang to sit beside him. Yu Shangyou sat on the other side of Zhang Cheng as his earliest friend, and the rest of the people sat in turn.

However, Lu Dachun hadn't been seated yet, he still had a friendly smile that hadn't changed for a hundred years, busily greeting each other in the hall.

Compared with everyone in the hall, he was the happiest. He was a low-ranking postman. He became a Beijing official just because he got acquainted with Zhang Cheng and Marshal Zhang, who guarded the North Road. The preface class at Honglu Temple also made him very happy, and it strengthened his loyalty to Zhang Cheng.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, all the people at the banquet were relaxed, toasted each other, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Lantern Festival to bless each other, but they were all scholars after all, not warriors like Zhang Guangda and Chen Zheng, Drank and danced like a group of demons dancing wildly.

Almost all the people in the banquet changed their identities and status after getting acquainted with Zhang Cheng. For example, Yu Shangyou, who was the earliest acquaintance, was still a censor, but he was not the same.

Now thanks to Zhang Cheng's support, he not only has a much better family life, but also has a wide range of friends. He is very popular among the court officials in the capital, and he has some acquaintances in various yamen.

And Yuan Pengnian, Wang Diaoding, Ma Jiazhi, Liang Yuming and others were also promoted because of Zhang Cheng. They firmly believed in their hearts that as the power under Zhang Cheng's control became stronger and stronger, the future might influence the future. Bureau, also unknown.

Tang Ruowang didn't drink much wine, he almost tasted it lightly, Zhang Cheng asked softly when he saw this, "Master Tang, you originally lived in your homeland, but did you produce wine from grapes?"

Tang Ruowang glanced at Zhang Cheng and said, "The general is talking about brandy?"

"Brandy!"

Zhang Cheng was taken aback for a moment, then remembered that brandy is synonymous with wine, and hurriedly said: "We also produce grapes on North Road, and I have some high-quality wine in my store. When Mr. Tang is lucky enough to visit North Road, how about I invite you to taste it?"

Tang Ruowang readily agreed. As far as he was concerned, if a local official like Zhang Cheng could help him, then his missionary career would surely go smoothly.

Zhang Cheng said again: "Zhang Cheng still has some matters. I want to trouble Mr. Tang, but I don't know if it is convenient or not?"

Tang Ruowang's face remained the same, he smiled and said: "The general has something to say, but it's okay to say it, Tang Ruowang will definitely do his best."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "I would like to ask Mr. Tang to recommend some talents for me to go to Xuanfu North Road where I am guarding, as a teacher, to teach the smart children selected by me to speak the language and language of Westerners." Knowledge,
After these children have grown up, select a few of them, and go to your country with Mr. Tang’s friends to have a look. As the saying goes, come and don’t be indecent. I really look forward to what kind of country can cultivate Mr. Tang Such talents come. "

Tang Ruowang was surprised when he heard the words. Since he came to the Ming Dynasty from the west, although he met many people, there were many great Confucians in the world, or even high-ranking officials and nobles, but no one asked him to help teach children, let alone send someone to go there. go west.

Not only was she amazed by Zhang Cheng's courage, but she hurriedly responded: "General Zhang is truly magnificent, but it is thousands of miles away, and it would take a year or even longer to go back and forth, which is not easy!"

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "What's the matter? No matter how far and difficult it is, Mr. Tang will come. Could it be that Mr. Tang is not afraid of the long and dangerous journey, but I can't wait?
Back then, Mongolian iron cavalry conquered all directions, reaching the banks of the Danube and Lanyin Rivers, and even reaching the banks of the Nile River. It was the first major collision between Eastern and Western civilizations. Unfortunately, the situation was a little cruel.

Today, Mr. Tang and others come from the west to the east, and what they are doing is the second big collision between Eastern and Western civilizations. However, this time it is much more civilized, but the collision of civilizations can also be called exchanges.
Therefore, it is not only the westerners who come from the east, but the easterners should also have the courage to go west. They should actively contact rather than passively accept it. I think the country that can nurture Mr. Tang must also be the place of civilization. "

Tang Ruowang was very excited when he heard Zhang Cheng's eloquent talk. He actually grabbed Zhang Cheng's hand and said, "The general is really bold. If he can do this, it will be the No. 1 exchange between east and west. The impact will definitely exceed the efforts of dozens of people including Tang Ruowang."

After he calmed down a bit, he continued: "Tang Ruowang and others came to the East from the West because of education, but the exchange of civilizations is also one of the contents. The general has such thoughts, and I will work hard to facilitate this."

Zhang Cheng picked up the wine glass and said, "In that case, Mr. Zhang will thank Mr. Tang first."

After the two of them drank, Zhang Cheng said: "Please also ask Mr. Tang to recommend some Xiyi people to Zhang Cheng, not only to teach children the language of Xiyi, but also to be proficient in machinery, to help me transform and build mining, smelting, and casting. Guns and guns.

I have heard for a long time that there is Macao in the south of the Yangtze River, where there are many barbarians, and there are also Dutch, French, English, Spaniards, etc. It is really difficult to distinguish them from Chinese people.

However, most people in the West are proficient in machinery, especially firearms. Their ships are strong so they can travel thousands of miles, and their guns are so powerful that they are not afraid of sea monsters. "

"What General Zhang said is very true. Tang Ruowang will definitely do his best to facilitate this matter. If he has a little free time in the future, he will definitely visit the Xuan Mansion!" Tang Ruowang also agreed happily.

Seeing that Tang Ruowang agreed wholeheartedly, Zhang Cheng was also satisfied.

Previously, he had asked Yu Shangyou to try to invite this foreigner to have a gathering, and that was the intention. First, he would use this to establish a relationship. It would be best if he could find one or two foreigners who are good at machinery through Tang Ruowang, and come to his craftsman camp to help.

The second is to take this opportunity to try to train a group of young talents who understand foreign languages ​​within a dozen or 20 years, and send them to travel to Western countries to learn their relatively advanced science and technology for their own use!
Back then, Peter the Great just went to the West to build a powerful Tsarist Russian Empire, but his current timing seems to be more advantageous than him!
(End of this chapter)