Shi Dakai had never been so shocked in his life. Even when he conquered Tianjing City, he was not so excited. The few thin pages of paper in his hand were now as heavy as a heavy weight, and he could not lift his hand.
I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, that the book Xiao Letian wanted to write would be... so... straightforward, so white that Shi Dakai couldn't bear to look at it.
"In the 16th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, in the far west, Portugal, a weak country in the southwest of the Europa continent, had a prince named Prince Enrique. He sent a fleet on his first voyage and discovered the Port of Santos in the Made Islands that year. Then he discovered Madeira the following year. After that, the fleets he sent discovered the islands of the Azores one after another, thus starting the European Age of Discovery..."
The articles written by Xiao Letian have exceeded the limit that Shi Dakai could imagine. There are no ancient prose, no poems, and no neat couplets. Some are just straightforward, just like a big man with his feet picking at the port is telling you. The same as overseas legends. Update as soon as possible
But Shi Dakai knew that what he saw was not a legend at all, but real history. Military advisor Xiao Letian had repeatedly assured that the story here might be biased in some data, but it was definitely true.
More importantly, with such an all-in-one article, why can’t I put it down after picking it up? You have to read it in one sitting to be satisfied.
The article begins with Prince Enrique's expedition in the 16th year of Yongle, vividly describing the Europeans' desire for oriental porcelain, spices and silk at that time.
The article is structured as a chapter novel and begins to show a completely different Western world to the Chinese people. Before the discovery of geography, Europe was in the horrific Middle Ages, with poor people, backward countries, and extremely low education levels. At that time, China was the land of gold in the eyes of Europeans.
Following Xiao Letian's pen, Shi Dakai seemed to have experienced a journey through time and space. He knew that while Prince Enrique was desperately exploring the west coast of Africa, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty had already begun to head for the east coast of Africa. At that time, China's navigation technology was far more advanced than that of the West.
When the Portuguese navigation industry reached its peak, the Spanish began to rise. In the fifth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, which was 1492 in the Western calendar, the Italian Columbus began his expedition to the west of the Atlantic Ocean with the support of the Spanish. and eventually discovered the New World, which is now the United States. Update as soon as possible
What followed was Magellan's global adventure that began in the 14th year of Ming Zhengde. It was with Magellan's efforts that Europeans finally understood that the earth was really a sphere, and the area of the ocean was much larger than the land.
In these stories, Xiao Letian did not just preach. In the articles, he also interspersed many grudges and disputes between European countries and even some interesting anecdotes. It gives a detailed introduction to the politics, economy, and culture of the entire Europe at that time.
A chapter of three thousand words, each chapter is composed of several stories, and at the end Xiao Letian will leave a baggage that he will never untie until the next chapter. Several times when Shi Dakai saw the words "If you want to know what happened next, please listen to the breakdown next time", he would slap the table and stare angrily, wishing he could open Xiao Letian's head and read the story ahead of time.
But every time he saw Xiao Letian writing furiously in front of the window, he could no longer say what was in his stomach.
What are the Western countries? What is their origin, development and current fate? This knowledge is recorded in Xiao Letian's books. Which European countries are strong and which are weak, what are the reasons for being strong, and what is the situation of weak ones? Xiao Letian's words in the book are even more clear and coherent.
Shi Dakai sometimes wanted to ghostwrite it for Xiao Letian. He felt that it would be a crime if such a shocking book was not written in noble classical Chinese. But Xiao Letian put his thoughts back in one sentence.
"Your Majesty, are there more illiterate people in the world, or are there more literate people? Since we know that there are many illiterate people, it proves that the most powerful force exists among the people. If you want China to be strong, you must Let the people at the lowest level wake up, and knowledge should not only be circulated in the study rooms of literati..."
After listening to Xiao Letian's words, Shi Dakai burst into tears. Update for the first time. What a compassion. The military advisor's mind is so broad. He can actually think of hundreds of millions of illiterate people. Just having such a mind is already superior to others.
How did Shi Dakai know that Xiao Letian didn't understand ancient Chinese at all. Apart from memorizing a few ancient poems like "There's a bright moonlight in front of the bed, two pairs of shoes on the floor", he couldn't even write calligraphy well. He looked just like Just like a newly enlightened child.
Shi Dakai now completely believed that Xiao Letian was a lonely overseas traveler. In order to make it easier for Xiao Letian to write articles, King Yi actually used a hidden secret in the capital to buy gold ingots for the military advisor at a foreigner's shop in Dongjiaomin Lane. Pens, ink, and even valuable Western items such as pocket watches, toothbrushes, and glass mirrors. Just such a small package of foreign goods actually cost ten taels of gold.
When Xiao Letian saw the package of foreign goods, he was in such a good mood that he actually told storytelling to the soldiers in the village, and the content was the stories he wrote. Unexpectedly, the first lecture received a full house of cheers. The soldiers at the bottom were as excited as listening to the story about the overseas world as Journey to the West, and they were even more excited than during the Chinese New Year.
Xiao Letian talked for three days in total, and he could no longer stand the enthusiasm of the soldiers. As soon as it was time to light the lamp after dinner, they gathered outside Xiao Letian's wooden house with stools, and each of them looked at Xiao Letian with extremely longing eyes. . Please come to more and faster chapters. At that moment, Xiao Letian felt that it would be a crime for him not to speak two chapters.
From that day on, Xiao Letian worked part-time as a storytelling artist in the village, greatly contributing to the amateur cultural life of the Taibaiding bandit den.
It was not until more than half a month later, when Yamashita's work brought Xiao Letian the latest information, that Xiao Letian had no choice but to stop the storytelling that he must give every day, shamefully discontinuing it.
"Your Majesty, I have to go down the mountain immediately. Now the caravan manager Fan is in trouble. I can't just stand by and watch?" Xiao Letian said nervously.
"No hurry, no hurry. I already know what the military advisor said. Isn't it just the trouble of 110,000 silver? The Fan family doesn't care at all. If they are the head of the eight Shanxi merchant families, if they can't pay out 110,000 silver, then what will happen? It's really embarrassing..." Shi Dakai didn't know Xiao Letian's plan at all, but he still drank tea with a relaxed expression.
"Oh, my prince, Shopkeeper Fan is a very important part of my plan. Without his help, my strategies would not be able to be carried out at all. Now is the time to show kindness to him. Can you please The old shopkeeper is in our hands, we just have to wait and see..." Xiao Leqian walked around the room.
Originally, Xiao Letian didn't know about the crisis the old shopkeeper was facing. He just took out his spare time to write two private letters, one to Shopkeeper Fan, and the other in pure English, specifically to Pastor Lewis.
When the Taiping Army officer in Yi County gave Lewis the letter, it didn't even take an hour. The foreigner who took pictures all over the world didn't even say goodbye to Shopkeeper Fan. He mounted a fast horse and took Simon straight to Beijing. Go, it seems that what is written in that letter is absolutely urgent. Please come to more and faster chapters.
After the courier finished delivering the letter to the Americans, he turned around and went to the Fanjia Guangde cargo terminal to find the old shopkeeper. However, he did not expect that when he arrived at the Guangde boat, he found out that the old shopkeeper was bedridden because of the cold wind in the mountains. When Shopkeeper Fan read Xiao Letian's private message, the old man actually struggled to get up. In the end, it was Huniu who forced him down to persuade him to do so.
"The younger one only understood the ins and outs of the matter from Miss Fan's mouth. Now Shopkeeper Fan is almost being driven to death by his brother, the head of the Fan family. Miss Fan was at her wits' end and asked me to bring a message to the military advisor. She said I'm afraid you won't be able to repay your great kindness to them in this life... Just wait until the next life to repay you..."
Damn it, Xiao Letian was shocked at that time. The first girl I fell in love with after time travel, someone actually wanted to harm her? Is this forcing me to the point of life and death? If I don’t stand out, will I still be a man?
"Your Majesty, whether you agree or not, I have to go down the mountain. Either you chop me to death, or you send someone to protect me going down the mountain. There is no other way..."
Shi Dakai suddenly became angry when he saw the indignant Xiao Letian. He slammed the table and stood up, "Sir, what are you talking about? Since you are already our military advisor, you enjoy all freedoms. How can I stop you?" ? Who do you think we are? Do you think we are just dirty bandits?"
Xiao Letian blushed when he heard this, but Shi Dakai didn't say anything else. "Sir, if you want to go down the mountain, everything must be arranged properly. How do you get into the city? How do you lurk in Guangde? Why don't you alert the officials? All of this is required." Prepare in advance, don’t worry, give me one night, I will make arrangements for you..."
Shi Dakai's candid eyes gained Xiao Letian's trust. After a sleepless night, when Xiao Letian opened the door the next morning, he found more than 20 silver boxes in the yard in front of the door, and soldiers were waiting. He was loading onto the horse, and the grey-bearded General Liu Lang was helping. Please come to more and faster chapters.
"General? What are you doing?" Xiao Letian asked in confusion.
"The prince said that since Shopkeeper Fan is of great use in your plan as the military advisor, you can't be stingy. You should focus on showing kindness. Isn't it the difficulty of 110,000 silver? The copycat doesn't want it anymore. Send it back to them... "Grey Beard was a little unconvinced by Xiao Letian before, but after he listened to Xiao Letian's storytelling broadcasts several times and read a few original manuscripts, he was completely convinced.
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly, "Oh, my prince, how can you give away money, which is a good thing? Not only do you not want to give it to me, but you also want to take it back to the village. Stop it now, stop pretending, put it all down..." After saying this, Xiao Letian smiled bitterly. Letian went directly to find Shi Dakai.
"Your Highness, open the holy treasury. We can give away gold, jade, or pearls and agate, but we cannot give away silver. The future of the copycat business depends on this pile of silver..."
Shi Dakai stared at Xiao Letian in confusion, but when he saw Xiao Letian's serious expression, he knew that this was definitely not a joke. It seemed that the military advisor had a detailed plan in mind.
"Sir, can you tell Xiao Wang everything first?" Good guy Shi Dakai even shouted out Xiao Wang, because he knew that this was Xiao Letian's first suggestion, and a kind of excitement coming from the bottom of his heart made him inexplicably excited. Trembling.
"Let's go to the holy treasury first. We can pick whatever strategists we need..."
