This news made Louis XVI very happy: "Look, I said that France will form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. If it is not an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, how can they let us French students learn their military knowledge?"

And Pierre was also very proud: "Although I don't want to say that I have any merit, because it is not modest enough, but you know, this has a lot to do with my close contacts with the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty."

Louis XVI nodded: "Yes, I recognize your contribution. When you return to France, you will receive a title and a fief as a reward."

However, this news that Pierre had been thinking about and looking forward to for many years could not make Pierre truly happy.

If it had been the Qing Dynasty, Pierre would have been ecstatic about the news, but after the Ming Dynasty, Pierre felt that he still liked the Ming Dynasty more.

At the very least, you don’t have to endure the smell of shit and urine that can be smelled everywhere in France.

After careful consideration, Pierre declined the reward from Louis XVI: "If I could, I would prefer to stay in the Ming Dynasty so as to better help France."

In order to increase the persuasiveness of his words, Pierre even took the initiative to give examples: "For example, the way to solve the debt of the French treasury is what I heard from the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. If someone else comes, Ming

The Prime Minister of the country may not say it out loud."

"For example, the muskets and artillery that I had people transport back to France last time were transactions specially approved by the Ming Dynasty's Fifth Military Governor's Office because of my relationship with the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. In the entire Europe, only France has such advanced weapons.

Muskets and artillery.”

Louis XVI also recognized Pierre's statement.

Indeed, since Pierre came into contact with the prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty, France has indeed become better in all aspects, especially the national treasury that once owed two billion francs, and now only has one billion francs left.

Arrears.

why?

Because France began to gradually introduce the system of the Ming Dynasty, it began to use the method of confiscation of homes to deal with those officials and nobles who harmed the French people.

Because France monopolized many Ming products, it earned a large amount of francs from its transactions with other European countries.

But for Pierre's contribution, Louis XVI could not help but feel a little guilty: "Pierre, you have paid too much for France."

Pierre thought to himself that as long as you don't take me back to France and don't let me breathe the unique air of France, I would rather pay more.

Pierre shook his head and said: "This is all as it should be. By the way, let's not talk about these things for now. This is your first time coming to Ming Dynasty. I should take you to see the trains of Ming Dynasty."

Then, Louis XVI saw the steam locomotives of the Ming Dynasty.

"According to the current counting method of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of steam locomotive can run about forty kilometers per hour. Of course, this is only the theoretical limit speed. In fact, when fully loaded with cargo, its speed is about thirty kilometers.

.”

Pierre proudly introduced the Ming Dynasty’s steam locomotives: “This has greatly reduced transportation costs. For example, to transport cattle and sheep from the grasslands of the Ming Dynasty to Guangdong, it might have taken one or two months or even longer.

time, while transportation by train only takes about ten days.”

"The advantage of this is that it can not only reduce losses during transportation, but also increase the speed of material circulation between various places in the Ming Dynasty, making the connections between various places in the Ming Dynasty closer."

"If I had to find a more vivid way to describe the railway, then the most correct one would be a spider web, because it tightly connected the entire Ming Empire."

Louis XVI was a little envious and asked: "Do you think the Ming Dynasty will sell this kind of thing to us?"

Pierre shook his head and sighed: "I'm sorry, my King, I also hope that France can have railways, but I have asked the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, and the answer I got is that the production capacity is seriously insufficient, at least

We will not consider exporting within five years."

"Of course, the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty also promised me that as long as the production capacity problem is solved, France will be the first country in Europe to build a railway network. No country can be ranked in front of France."

Louis XVI nodded disappointedly, and after a while, he suddenly asked: "What if we in France make it ourselves?"

Pierre shook his head and replied: "You should ask the scholars at the Royal Academy of France about this."

"However, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty once told me that the cost of laying a railway network would be very high, so high that even the Ming Dynasty could not afford it. I don't think France can afford the cost of building a railway."

"In fact, even the Ming Dynasty, which is full of gold and can be called the super empire of the Far East, is currently only laying trunk railways, which are the lines connecting various provinces. As for the next level of lines, it is estimated that it will take

It will take decades or even hundreds of years.”

"If you really want to build railways in France, I think you should wait, at least until the national treasury is looser and French citizens have a higher degree of recognition of French national debt."

Louis XVI's face was immediately filled with disappointment.

After all, it's because France is too poor.

But when he took over France, France was already as poor as a dog, and later he married a wealthy lady as the queen of France. Wouldn’t the French treasury become even poorer?

No, you still have to find a way to make money.

After pondering for a while, Louis XVI asked: "Speaking of which, does the Ming Dynasty have anything new that is lacking in the whole of Europe? Or is there anything in Europe that the Ming Dynasty needs?"

Pierre wondered if there was anything in the Ming Dynasty that Europa did not lack.

Food? Europa has a big gap.

Silk? Europa can’t produce it.

Gu Zang/span Tea? There is shitty tea in Europe.

Porcelain? France can produce it, but the porcelain produced is far inferior to the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the remaining muskets, artillery, steam locomotives and the like.

As for the rest…

Pierre replied with a tangled face: "Europe is particularly short of everything the Ming Dynasty has, but for the things in Europe, the Ming Dynasty only needs labor and food, and almost nothing else is needed."

"To be honest, I can't figure out why - just eight years ago, when this place was still ruled by the Tatars, they still needed to import some Europa products, but now, it is Europa that needs the Ming, and the Ming

Europa is not needed.”

After getting this not surprising answer, Louis XVI also fell into deep thought.

If this continues, the real gold and silver of Europe will continue to flow into the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will become richer and stronger, while Europe will become increasingly poor.

After careful consideration, Louis XVI could only sigh helplessly and said: "Fortunately, France and the Ming Dynasty are allies. The stronger the Ming Dynasty, the more France will benefit from Europe."

Also troubled by Louis XVI were George III of England, the responsible fool and thief John Adams, and a lot of French kings and monarchs.

But unlike Louis XVI, Louis XVI was so shameless that he clamored to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty from the beginning. France made a lot of money by reselling Ming Dynasty products to Europe.

But other countries in Europe and the stupid thief eagle failed to catch up with this good thing. Even though everyone saw that silver was constantly flowing into the Ming Dynasty, but the silver in their hands was getting less and less, everyone

There is no solution at all.

As for launching a challenge to Ming Dynasty and using artillery fire to open Ming Dynasty's country...

That would be even more impossible.

Not to mention that our own muskets and artillery are not as powerful as those of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they are exactly the same as those of the Ming Dynasty, there is no way for hundreds of countries in Europe to join forces.

England and the Silly Thieving Eagle don't have to deal with each other, and England and France don't have to deal with each other. If you pick a few countries in Europe at random, they may have hatred for each other, and France is the most loyal ally of the Ming Dynasty in Europe. Once a war starts, who knows who is unreliable?

Which way will the French frog head?

Therefore, until the King of Europa and the heads of the family came to Jinan Mansion with their own agendas, these people could not think of any way to stop the outflow of silver.

…

While the kings and monarchs of Europe were thinking about how to open up new financial resources to combat the outflow of silver, Zhu Jinsong was also discussing with Zeng Cheng how to dig holes and bury people faster and more efficiently.

Zhu Jinsong said: "Little Po Guo's words are true. On the surface, there must be five families, and among these five families, there are two categories: upper and lower. Let the world know that it is not that our Ming Dynasty is unreasonable, but this

The little broken pot has nothing to do with people."

"Of course the headquarters must be located in the Ming Dynasty. Should it be located on the land of those barbarians? The Ministry of Industry will go back and find a place in the capital to build a headquarters for Xiao Po Guo."

"Let all countries spend real money to maintain the operation of the little broken pot. We, the Ming Dynasty, cannot be taken advantage of. In addition, we must remember to tell them that those who join the little broken pot will be protected by the little broken pot. Of course, those who do not join will be protected by the little broken pot.

You won’t be protected by a little broken pot.”

"For example, if there is a war between two small countries, then it will be decided by the small pot. Whoever the small pot says is guilty will be the guilty one."

"What if Ming Dynasty goes to war with other countries?"

"Isn't this nonsense? The Ming Dynasty must be trying to punish the people. How could it launch a war at will?"

"What the hell? What to do with the rest of the money? Of course we can't take it directly into the Ming Dynasty's treasury. We must use the remaining money to relieve the victims, save the suffering people all over the world, and strive for the early unity of the real world."

"For example, if there was a flood in Ming Dynasty, this little bastard would be able to provide money. For example, if there was an earthquake in France, this little bastard would also have to come up with money."

"Also, the person who takes charge of the small pot has to be chosen from the other messy small countries. The prerequisite is that it must be approved by Da Ming and the other four."

"What Da Ming and the other four have the final say cannot be replaced. This must be written into the Xiao Po Guo regulations. I believe you can plug those messy loopholes."

"Remember, the punishment cannot be as good as the five great virtuous people, and the courtesy cannot be as good as the barbarians."

Listening to Zhu Jinsong's mutterings, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but look confused, then confused, until he was confused by the infinite power of the cube.

Zeng Cheng couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought about it - if it was according to His Majesty's statement, then didn't this little shabby pot serve the Ming Dynasty?

The problem is that Ming Dynasty is already so awesome, why do they still have to build such a small broken pot to decorate their appearance? Can't they just run over it if they are unhappy?

Regarding Zeng Cheng's question, Zhu Jinsong naturally had an explanation: "That's not how it works."

"If it had been two or three hundred years earlier, even if it was only more than a hundred years earlier, I would not have messed with this little broken pot."
Chapter completed!