Chen Kan watched Chen Qia's hysterical yelling with cold eyes and did not say a word to defend himself.
Because Chen Qia is right, he is a madman, not only him, Zhu Di, Zheng He, and everyone who knows this plan are madmen.
There are hundreds of countries, big and small, around the Ming Dynasty. It would be so easy for the Ming Dynasty to annex them all.
But Zhu Di agreed to Chen Kan's plan without hesitation, which shows that Zhu Di is crazier than Chen Kan.
But as Chen Kan said, once this is successful, the benefits to Ming Dynasty will be unimaginable.
Not to mention other things, the copper underground in Manchuria and Sumatra, the silver mountains in the Japanese country, the spices and gems in Southeast Asia, the black soil in Liaodong, which of these things is not worthy of Chen Kan's pursuit, which one is not worthy of Chen Kan's madness?
Even if Ming's current technology is not enough to discover these resources, as long as these places become Ming's territory, Ming will be able to create mining tools sooner or later.
After a while, Chen Qia finally calmed down.
He still looked at Chen Kan like he was looking at a madman, but at least he calmed down.
Chen Kan spoke and asked: "Mr. Chen, now that you know my plan, it's time to make your choice."
Chen Qia looked at Chen Kan coldly and asked, "If I don't agree, can I still walk out of this door today?"
The corner of Chen Kan's mouth raised a smile with unclear meaning: "What do you think, Mr. Chen?"
Chen Qia was silent and refused to speak, and Chen Kan was not in a hurry.
After Chen Qia entered this door, he was no longer him, but Chen Kan's chess piece.
If he didn't want to, Chen Kan would never let him walk out of this door unharmed.
Even if Chen Qia had been kind to him.
There was nothing he could do, the matter was too big and Chen Kan couldn't afford to take the risk.
After being silent for a while, Chen Qia suddenly sat back on the chair as if all his energy had been drained away.
"I'm going to Liaodong!"
Chen Qia finally agreed, then looked at Chen Kan with a depressed face and said, "Now I know why His Majesty values you so much. In essence, you and His Majesty are the same kind of people."
Chen Kan smiled slightly and neither agreed nor denied what Chen Qia said.
In terms of being selfish and doing whatever it takes to achieve his goals, he is indeed the same type of person as Zhu Di.
But there is still an essential difference between him and Zhu Di. Zhu Di is a thief, but in some respects, he can only be regarded as Zhu Di's plug-in.
"In this case, I wish Mr. Chen immediate success and victory!"
Chen Kan held Chen Qia's hand and pulled him up from the chair.
Chen Qia nodded with a complicated expression, and then asked, "When will I set off?"
"Go as soon as the snow stops. The Jurchen savages in Liaodong have been in a stalemate with the North Korean and Japanese coalition forces for more than half a year. If we don't add fuel to the fire, I suspect that the Jurchens will completely abandon the peninsula and turn their attention to Liaodong. What I want , is the Qing Dynasty's Liaodong."
Chen Kan arranged his time very tightly.
He knew that Chen Qia would definitely not be used to the ice and snow in Liaodong, but so what, if he wanted to achieve great things, adapting to the environment was only the most basic factor.
Chen Qia didn't have any objections. Since he chose to be a chess piece, he had already made the decision to be a chess piece.
"Okay, it's getting late, it's time to rest."
After all this fuss, the time has come to the second watch.
When the two of them walked out of the study, the entire Hou Mansion had fallen silent. Only Yuncheng was still yawning and standing under the covered bridge waiting for the two of them.
Seeing Chen Kan and Chen Qia going out, Yuncheng hurriedly greeted them: "Master Marquis, do you need to take a shower and change clothes?"
Chen Kan yawned, shook his head and said, "No, can you take Mr. Chen to rest? I'm sleepy, let's talk tomorrow."
Yuncheng nodded and led Chen Qian towards the guest room.
Chen Kan yawned and returned to the bedroom in the dark. The bed was already very warm under Chang Ning's cover.
Chen Kan got into bed, and Chang Ning snarled and wrapped around him like an octopus.
"Ma'am, haven't you gone to bed yet?"
"I fell asleep, but you woke me up."
"That's it. Then I'll make it up to my husband, madam."
"How to compensate?"
"Hmm~"
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The next day, Chen Kan originally wanted to sleep in, but the three little guys disagreed.
He dragged Chen Kan out of the warm bed early and insisted on pulling him to study the microscope.
Yes, the three little guys finally produced colorless and transparent glass.
As a result, the Hou Mansion had another source of wealth.
The treasury of the Hou Mansion has been expanded from three to five. If most of the gold and silver in the house had not been replaced by more portable treasures, five guest rooms would not be enough.
This was even when Chen Kan was spreading money everywhere.
You can't spend it all, you can't spend it all at all. This is the benefit of monopoly business.
"Teacher, teacher, teacher!"
Listening to the chirping voices of the three little guys, Chen Kan asked impatiently: "What's wrong?"
"I looked at the microorganisms, come and take a look!"
Today's class is about biology. There was no microscope before, so the biology course was dropped.
Now that the hand-rubbed microscope was successful, Chen Kan of course had to help them make up for it.
But Chen Kan really underestimated how annoying they were. He had to call the teacher on everything, making him seem to be the omnipotent teacher.
For a moment, Chen Kan felt that it would be good to send them back to the capital.
These children are all smart. With their current abilities, they can protect themselves even if they return to the capital. Should we send them back?
Chen Kan became a little confused.
Yes, he has not told the Zhu brothers that Zhu Di asked them to return to the capital to study. He did not want them to get involved in the royal family's fight.
But now that he was annoyed by them, he thought it would be good to let himself be quiet for a while.
He was thinking this in his heart, but he still came to the microscope, pulled away Zhu Zhanji's fat face and squinted his eyes to look at it under the microscope.
The microscope Chen Kan built is said to be a microscope, but actually a magnifying glass is more reliable.
After all, Ming Dynasty’s optical technology cannot yet produce an optical microscope that can magnify microorganisms thousands of times.
At most, you can only see a vague outline, but these little kids still had a great time playing.
Today Chen Kan asked them to observe the tartar on the teeth and the epidermis of leaves.
After looking at it for a few times, Chen Kan couldn't help but curl his lips: "Just like that, you record what you observed today, and then combine it with the theoretical knowledge taught by the teacher to understand it yourself."
After giving a casual order, Chen Kan planned to go back and take a nap.
But after taking two steps, he suddenly stepped back, then looked at Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanhe and asked casually: "This time I returned to the capital and met your fathers."
After Chen Kan finished speaking, he carefully observed the expressions of the two people.
But Zhu Zhanji just said "oh" lightly and said nothing, and Zhu Zhanhe had no expression at all, and didn't even bother to say "oh".
Chen Kan didn't get the effect he expected and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"You don't care what they did in the capital, and how far did the fighting go?"
Having said this, the two finally had other expressions on their faces.
Zhu Zhanji shrugged helplessly and said, "What does it have to do with us if they fight for theirs?"
Zhu Zhanhe also said seriously: "No matter how uncle and my father argue, senior brother and I will always be brothers."
"Tsk~"
Chen Kan clicked his tongue, and then said lazily: "So, is it a waste to worry about being a teacher?"
Zhu Zhanji met Chen Kan's eyes and asked calmly: "Teacher, just say it if you have anything to say. My disciple can bear it."
Zhu Zhanhe puffed out his chest, indicating that he could do it too.
Only when Hua Shi saw that nothing happened to him, he ran to the Hundred Years to play with the microscope.
Chen Kan felt that the groundwork was almost done, so he stopped trying to be too pretentious and said calmly: "His Majesty has set up a large university in the Imperial College to teach the children of the clan, and he wants you two to go back to school. Of course, your father may also be among them. mean."
Hearing this, the two little guys raised their heads and asked, "Teacher, don't you want us anymore?"
This question made Chen Kan feel sour in his heart.
But he still said with a straight face: "It's not that I don't want you as a teacher, I'm just telling you this. If you want to go back, then go. If you don't want to, then don't go. No one can force you, not even His Majesty. It doesn’t matter if it’s me or your father!”
Hearing Chen Kan's assurance, the uneasy expressions on their faces immediately eased a lot.
Zhu Zhanhe breathed a long sigh of relief. He was thrown into the Hou Mansion by his cheap father. If even the teacher wants to drive him back to Beijing now, then he really has no home.
He felt that the Hou Mansion was very good and he didn't want to leave.
Although Zhu Zhanji's expression was not that exaggerated, there was obviously excitement shining in his eyes.
He has followed Chen Kan since he was six years old. Before he was six years old, he followed Zhu Di and Empress Xu most of the time. He really couldn't get close to his father.
Chen Kan looked at the expressions of the two people and had a rough idea.
Immediately I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
It may be said that these two little guys have been well clothed and well-fed since childhood, but the most important father's love in life is indeed not obtained at all.
Zhu Zhanji did not have a deep relationship with Zhu Gaochi in history. Later historians attributed the lack of relationship between father and son to differences in government affairs.
After all, Zhu Pangpang is a ruler of the world, and Zhu Zhanji is more like Zhu Di. The opposition between civil and military forces can be explained.
But in Chen Kan's view, the missing link of father's love should not be ignored.
Zhu Zhanhe was even worse. According to history, he died not long after he was named the crown prince of the Han Dynasty. According to historical records, he was frail and sickly.
But how is it possible? Zhu Zhanhe is still a member of the royal family no matter what. How can he still be deprived of nutrients?
Besides, the children born to a strong man like Zhu Gaoxu will be weak and deceitful.
Chen Kan even speculated that it was probably because Zhu Zhanhe was not as favored as Zhu Zhanji in history and was unable to help Zhu Gaoxu in his struggle for the throne. In the end, he was angered by Zhu Gaoxu and died young.
