Borrow the day to change the day

The people in the lobby were relatively speechless. They did not expect such shameless customs to exist in Europe. It is not an exaggeration to call them barbarians.

But Xu Xiake changed the subject, and talked about another topic: "Although there are many places in Europe that are not as good as my Ming Dynasty, there are still many places that are better than my Ming Dynasty."

"What, such a barbarian can have a better place than my Daming?" Yu Changjian asked in disbelief when he heard it.

Gu Baichuan was relatively calm. Before Xu Xiake could explain, he replied to Yu Changjian: "At least the warships and artillery at sea in the past are better than my Ming Dynasty."

There is no doubt about it, Daming's ships are not as big as Xiyi's, and they are not as fast as their ships.They even buy artillery from Xiyi every year, among which the Hongyi cannon is an example, as well as the Flang cannon and so on.

Just because Yu Changjian heard that Xiyi was so dirty and shameless, he had already beaten them back to the state of barbarians, or primitive people.Based on such an understanding, it is natural to subconsciously feel that there is no place in Xiyi that is better than Daming.

But after Gu Baichuan said this, Yu Changjian also remembered, did not refute, but said a little angrily: "Hmph, Xiyi only has such a small advantage. But today, it may not be better than me, Daming."

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiake shook his head. Although he was speaking to Zhong Jinwei, he was actually speaking to Yu Changjian: "Duke, there are many places in Xiyi that I really need to learn from Ming. The duke sent officials on missions before." It is indeed necessary for the Western Yi kingdoms."

When Yu Changjian heard it, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he did not refute it.Otherwise, it means that the Duke is not good, of course he would not do this.

But Zhong Jinwei knew about it, otherwise, as Xu Xiake said, he would not have sent him to Europe as an envoy.

Seeing that the Duke nodded in agreement with his statement, Xu Xiake continued: "Now Europe has begun to equip a large-scale firearm that does not need to be ignited with a match. This time, when I came back, I brought back two for the imperial court to study and imitate."

After hearing this, Yu Changjian couldn't help it anymore, he couldn't help interjecting: "Master Xu is talking about flintlock guns?"

Xu Xiake was a little surprised when he heard it.It was even more strange to see all the people around were smiling.He nodded honestly and said: "It is indeed flint-fired, and it is appropriate to call it a flintlock gun. How do you know? According to my knowledge, the Xiyi in Southeast Asia did not use this gun. In various places in Europe It has only just begun to be installed on a large scale in the mainland of China."

"Haha..." Yu Changjian was rarely in a good mood and couldn't help laughing.However, in front of the Duke, although the Duke would not mind, he quickly stopped his smile and replied to Xu Xiake: "The Duke has long proposed the idea of ​​a flintlock gun, and he has already created a military battle bureau. It played a very important role in the battle against the captives and the elimination of the Jian captives."

When Xu Xiake heard this, he immediately turned to look at Xing Guogong.The mouth is slightly opened, obviously extremely surprised.

Zhong Jinwei didn't get the slightest bit of color. For the future generations who came from time travel, this matter is just a matter of opening their upper and lower lips and touching them.

But he was also interested, and said to Xu Xiake, "Take a look at the flintlock guns brought from Europe."

"Yes, Duke." Xu Xiake agreed, and went to fetch the flintlock.

After a while, there were two flintlock guns from east and west in front of Zhong Jinwei.Among them, the flintlock guns produced by Daming are obviously longer than the European flintlock guns, and the Ming's flintlock guns are equipped with bayonets, while the European ones are not.

No need to experiment, Zhong Jinwei asked about the range of European flintlock guns, and Yu Changjian, who was listening, summed it up proudly to Xu Xiake: "What kind of inferior product is this? It's not even half the range of my big Ming flintlock gun!"

What he said was a bit exaggerated, but it is certain that the range of the Daming flintlock is far greater than that of the Western Yi.

"My Daming's flintlock has such a long range?" Xu Xiake looked shocked, although he had vaguely drawn this conclusion from the shape of the flintlock.But when he heard Yu Changjian say this conclusion face to face, he was very surprised.

Wang Peng listened for a long time, and heard Xu Xiake say something that seemed to come from the countryside, so he couldn't help interjecting: "What's the matter, there is another kind of rifled flintlock gun, which has a farther range than this one." Much more!"

Xu Xiake didn't seem to know Wang Peng's style. He looked at him with his eyes and opened his mouth into an "O".

Seeing Xu Xiake like this, Yu Changjian was very satisfied, and he showed off to him: "This is all an idea that my country's father came up with, and it was just created by the military battle bureau."

Zhong Jinwei looked at his guards and sang in unison, saying that Xu Xiake, who has traveled all over the world, was about to turn into a frog in a well.Unable to bear it in his heart, he interrupted with a smile: "These are nothing. After a while, Xiyi will definitely get a flintlock gun from me, Daming, so that it can be imitated."

When Xu Xiake heard it, he understood in his heart that what the Duke's guards had said before must be the truth, otherwise it would be impossible for the Duke to say such a thing.Surprised in his heart, he finally remembered to close his mouth.

But who knew that Yu Changjian seemed unconvinced, and opened his mouth again and said: "Then my Daming artillery, Xiyi can't imitate it. Just look at my Daming artillery's long range, great power, and light weight. If you want to have it, You have to buy it from me, Daming."

Xu Xiake originally wanted to go on to introduce the Western Artillery, at least he knew that Daming bought all the Artillery from Western Yi, which is always the strong point of Western Artillery.But Yu Changjian's words made him hold back what he wanted to say.

Therefore, after Yu Changjian finished speaking, Xu Xiake held back his words, and the lobby suddenly fell silent.

As soon as Zhong Jinwei saw it, he smiled and asked Xu Xiake to continue talking about his knowledge of Europe, especially the strengths of Europeans.

This time Xu Xiake was no longer so confident. He had been away from Daming for almost two years. It was really hard to say how many things happened during this time.

So, carefully based on his own understanding, he began to speak again.Every time I mentioned the same thing, I didn't say enough, so as not to embarrass myself again.

Sure enough, basically what Xu Xiake said was the same, and Yu Changjian or Wang Peng and others could refute the same.In this short period of two years, many places that originally lagged behind Xiyi have caught up and even surpassed Xiyi.

However, there are still things that Ming is not as good as. For example, a new type of warship has appeared in the West, which is faster than the previous warship.In fact, it is a minor change, that is, adding a triangle sail.

After Zhong Jinwei heard the end, he concluded to Xu Xiake: "It is worthwhile for you to go there. Not only did you understand the current situation in Xiyi, but it also added a lot to my current technological strength in Ming Dynasty. After resting for a few days, I will return to the capital to meet the emperor and report all this."

"Yes, Duke." Xu Xiake replied in response.At the same time, he secretly decided in his heart to understand what happened to Daming in the past two years.

At this moment, a guard hurriedly came to the door, heading straight for the lobby.