Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1710 I'm Going Back

Part of the war indemnity of the Kingdom of France was sent to the City of London, and Sun Chuanting specifically asked King Louis XIII of France to send a small number of treasures from the Louvre to the City of London as part of the war indemnity.

One of the treasures was sent to Chu Yun as a trophy for Sun Chuanting and other officers to claim credit for.

Of course, the purpose of fighting outside the sea is not to defend the country. As military officers, what they pursue is military merit.

"This is Da Vinci's genuine "Mona Lisa", one of the most precious collections of Louis XIII." The officer who came back from the French battlefield was afraid that Chu Yun would not know the value of this collection in the West, and asked him illustrate.

How could Chu Yun not know about such a work? He was a little surprised that Sun Chuanting and the others forced King Louis XIII to hand over his precious collection.

In this world, Chu Yun has witnessed many treasures with his own eyes, not only the royal treasures in the Forbidden City, but also treasures from the Japanese Shogunate and the Mughal Red Fort in India. From calligraphy and painting to jewelry, almost all of them came from war looting .

This time it's finally the turn of Western art...

Chu Yun thinks that he has no ability to appreciate artworks. Mona Lisa is just an ordinary woman in the Italian Renaissance, not a beauty, but he is still very satisfied with this painting, because this is the Renaissance period. A piece of work is endowed with a certain meaning, and the human nature in the West began to override the divinity during the Renaissance.

Although the relationship between the Renaissance and the East is not great.

"Sister-in-law likes women from Florence, Italy?"

Sophia, Aila, Da Yuer and others were a little surprised when they saw Chu Yun get the painting, and thought that Chu Yun liked it.

"Nothing..."

The reason why Chu Yun was pleasantly surprised was that he saw the real oil painting in his previous impression in this world, and this painting was passed into his hands.

"I'll keep this painting for Florence." Chu Yun said so on the surface, but actually wanted to keep the painting. As for safekeeping, permanent preservation is also safekeeping, right?

"Let me see, there is nothing unique about this painting. I can draw an oil painting like this with any court painter." Sophia, like Chu Yun, did not appreciate these paintings very much.

There is a fireplace in the queen's room, which uses not coal, but firewood specially supplied to the royal family.

The youngest son, Xin'er, was sitting on Chu Yun's lap. After getting along with him for this period of time, he finally subconsciously accepted the existence of Chu Yun as his father.

Sophia taught him Chinese since he was a child... Although Sophia still has a certain accent, Xiner still received Chinese education.

As the only crown prince of the Stuart royal family, he must also receive traditional royal education to gain the support of the English.

Chu Yun didn't know how to deal with this youngest son. A better way would be to gradually orientalize the Stuart royal family in the future, starting from the upper echelons of the United Kingdom to forcibly integrate.

If people in the United Kingdom knew that Chu Yun planned to use their population advantage to try to merge them, it is estimated that the United Kingdom would rise up to overthrow Queen Sophia's rule—the conspiracy theory that the European countries worried that England would be eroded by the East would become a reality.

"This winter is over, I plan to return to the capital." Chu Yun said.

When Sophia heard Chu Yun say that she was leaving London, her hand holding the oil painting trembled slightly: "Is it so soon?"

"My base is in the east. This arrival has basically achieved its purpose. The European kingdoms are still very stubborn. Even if they are allowed to surrender temporarily, their civilians will resist. It is better to leave temporarily, let them relax a little, and come again later. , is not blocked by their bastion like it is now..."

Chu Yun thought in his heart that he would come up with a higher level of technology when he went back.

While he was away from the capital, he did not let go of the technical research in the capital. It is estimated that he will be surprised to find that there will be breakthroughs in certain fields after he returns.And the industrial revolution system he owns is also accumulating civilization points, preparing for the next industrial breakthrough.

In fact, many technologies have come out, but the resources or supporting facilities are not yet ready, such as oil and roads required by automobile technology.

There are still some defects in the technology, which have not reached the point of comprehensive practicality, such as the problem of blasting the breech-loaded artillery.

"But what should Xin'er and I do? He hasn't been with his father for long..." Sophia said almost holding back her tears.

"The submarine cable is being laid from Mumbai, India to the Red Sea, and will pass through Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the city of London. It is estimated that the submarine cable project has already pulled the submarine cable to the land of Egypt, and will complete a section on land with the help of the Venetians. Laying work. In the next two years, it may be able to be laid to the city of London. By then, the city of London will also be able to be incorporated into our telegraph network..."

Chu Yun was helping the Venetians to gain the right to rule in Lower Egypt. In return, the Venetians gave the Chinese a series of privileges to build the Suez Canal and pass through Egypt, including the only long land route of the Eurasian submarine cable project.

Before the successful opening of the Suez Canal, the Eurasian submarine cable chose to take the route from Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea in order to avoid detouring the Cape of Storms in Africa.

Sophia didn't hear what Chu Yun said again, she was sobbing now, Ella and Da Yu'er hurried up to comfort her.

Xin'er didn't know why his mother was crying, and looked at his father helplessly.

Chu Yun just sighed in a low voice. After all, the identities of the two cannot stay together for a long time. Dongfang has a lot of things waiting for him to go back to deal with, and at least England and Scotland will not The Queen, who is willing to let them take care of things, gets out of here.

The current United Kingdom is similar to a dual constitutional monarchy. The queen has great power as the monarch. The prime minister and cabinet members are all appointed by the queen. If Sophia leaves here, it is estimated that there will be chaos here.

"I will send invitations to the World Expo to all countries in the world, even the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Bengal, and the Persian Empire. In 1650 AD, our eastern capital will hold the World Expo. All countries can bring their own specialties or treasures, and we We will also show them the current industrial machines in the East. In a few years, we will send steamships to various countries to pick up their ambassadors. I hope they will not engage in unnecessary resistance after seeing the huge gap between each other. At that time I will also take you back to the capital." Chu Yun talked about the arrangements for a few years later.

When he returned to the capital this time, in addition to continuing to develop technology, another thing he did was to hold the World Expo, and stipulated that the Expo would be held in the East every ten years in the future.

(End of this chapter)