MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1744 The Lost Dog

  Chapter 1744 The Lost Dog

  With manpower, enough money and food, and a practical direction, then...everything will be easy to handle.

  Xiao Jingteng is not stupid.

  He always felt that his master knew something.

  Out of completely unconditional worship to the master, whenever there is any difficulty, he will brazenly visit the door and look for the master, hoping to get the answer from the master.

  But Shigong has a very perverse temper, sometimes he is very angry, and directly answers his questions, and Xiao Jingteng is surprised to find that once he uses Shigong's answer, he goes back to verify it, and sure enough... Shigong is right.

  But sometimes the questions asked are completely ignored, and the master looks annoyed and threatens to tell him to leave immediately.

  Xiao Jingteng has long been used to the teacher's temper.

   But no matter what, many obstacles were constantly cleared under the teacher's advice.

   Not only that, because there is enough manpower, these people were all talents in engineering and mathematics before, and as their research on electricity deepened, they also began to make achievements.

  Things like this are nothing more than accumulating more and more. Gradually, the research institute has opened up some situations.

  As far as Fang Jifan was concerned, Xiao Jingteng, who came to ask for advice all day long, was really annoying to him.

For the so-called electricity, he is only half a bucket of water, and all his knowledge is just thanks to the textbooks of his previous life. To put it bluntly, he is a layman, and all his memories are just some basic principles. At most... just give Xiao Jingteng some direction. If Xiao Jingteng asked about other details, Fang Jifan couldn't help cursing, who is doing the research?

   It's really unbearable to be disturbed by this. Fang Jifan searched his brains, and occasionally visited the research institute in person to see their research progress.

  There are many people in the research institute, each with different directions, and more people take it for granted like headless chickens. Fang Jifan slapped their heads, scolded them, and then corrected their strange ideas.

  Probably...everything is going well.

  But at this time...someone came to visit.

   This man is a Confucian scholar.

  Of course, the identity of this Confucian scholar is not ordinary now. This person has now worshiped the prince Shaofu of the Ottoman Kingdom, and came to Daming as the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

  Of course Fang Jifan didn’t recognize him. He only glanced at Mingchi and muttered in his mouth: “Li Zheng…which onion is this? Come, call someone in.”

   Not long after, Li Zheng paced in.

  A few years ago, he left the customs like a bereaved dog, which can be described as extremely desolate.

   Now, after five years, he returned to the long-lost capital, and even when he arrived in the capital, the first person he wanted to meet was the Duke of Qi who kicked him out of Ming Dynasty. No, Duke Qi has now become the Duke of Zhen.

  Li Zheng was smiling. This time he came here in a hurry.

   "The student has met Zhen Guogong."

  Fang Jifan looked at him. This man Lunjin Rushan, with a mentally retarded appearance pretending to be a wise man, was smiling, as if he was trying his best to calm down his emotions.

  Fang Jifan said indifferently: "Why are you asking to see me?"

   Li Zheng has already studied Fang Jifan thoroughly.

   Naturally, he knew Fang Jifan's temper.

He still smiled: "I was ordered by the lord to be a special envoy. I just arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty today. I, the lord of Ottoman, had a relationship with the Duke of Zhen. So far... the lord still misses the Duke of Zhen. To the left and right, the only one who can be called a hero in the Ming Dynasty is Duke Zhen. The lord has always wanted to talk to Duke Zhen again, but now that he has ascended to the throne, he is taking care of the state affairs every day. When the envoy came, the lord of the country told the students to meet the Duke of Zhen and say hello, and ordered me to bring a letter and prepare three carts of gifts, and hope that the Duke of Zhen would accept it with a smile."

  Fang Jifan looked at Li Zheng, and naturally noticed that when Li Zheng mentioned Suleiman, his tone was somewhat proud.

   As he spoke, Li Zheng took out the letter.

  Fang Jifan took the letter and saw that it was in a beautiful pavilion style.

   I have to say, this Suleiman is really terrifying. In just a few years, the running script has improved so fast, and the level of running script is already above him. Fang Jifan gasped, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, this bastard...

  I only read briefly, but in fact, most of the letters are greetings.

  Fang Jifan raised his head and glanced at Li Zheng: "Unexpectedly, Brother Su's running script has improved again. I heard that everyone in the Ottoman country learns Chinese characters and reads the Four Books and Five Classics, but is there any?"

"Most of the high-ranking officials and nobles have already started to study. Not only that, the lord of the country has also opened an imperial examination to select scholars with stereotyped essays." Li Zheng looked at Fang Jifan proudly: "Yes, Osman and his descendants, all virtuous people, have Ling Yunzhi Most of the volunteers study Chinese, read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and the study of Confucius and Mencius fills the market. Even ordinary people can occasionally speak a few words of Chinese. Although they are illiterate, it is enough to use Chinese to drive them.”

  Fang Jifan said with emotion: "It's only been a few years of hard work. Unexpectedly, Brother Su has achieved this."

  Li Zhengdao: "Since you have the ambition to continue the sage's unique learning, it is not difficult to do it."

  Fang Jifan asked the case, but said: "Brother Su sent you this time, is there anything else?"

  Li Zhengdao: "The students came to Beijing this time to replace the previous envoys. After today, the students will be permanently stationed in Beijing to represent the sovereign to negotiate with Ming Dynasty."

  Fang Jifan said: "It seems that Brother Su has more trust in you."

Li Zheng still smiled and said: "The ruler of the country is suspicious of people, and he is not suspicious of employing people. It is said that when a ruler treats his ministers like brothers and feet, he will treat him like his heart; if he treats his ministers like dogs and horses, he will treat him like a countryman He treats his ministers like dirt, and the ministers regard the emperor as a bandit. The students have no repayment for the kindness of the lord, so they have to smash their bodies to pieces in return."

  His implication is quite ironic.

Today, I, Li Zheng, came back again, but this time, I, Li Zheng, am not afraid of you, Fang Jifan. I am now a foreign minister. Back then, you regarded me, Li Zheng, as worthless, but today... I, who is a dusty pearl, have found it all the same. People who appreciate me, Li Zheng. Arsenic for you, honey for you!

   Speaking of this, Li Zheng seems to be in a good mood, and he can't help feeling a little elated when he thinks of returning to his hometown in good clothes.

  He glanced at Fang Jifan with a half-smile.

  It seems to be saying that today is different from the past.

  Fang Jifan grinned suddenly: "Dog thing."

   With a loud shout, you are not welcome at all.

   "What?" Li Zheng was taken aback, he didn't expect Fang Jifan to turn against him on the spot.

  Fang Jifan looked at Li Zhengdao coldly: "How dare you mock me?"

   Obviously, Fang Jifan was angry.

  Li Zheng managed to regain his composure, and hurriedly said, "The student is not being sarcastic. The student is just here to greet Lord Zhen on behalf of the Lord."

  Fang Jifan took the case: "Come on, give me a good beat up on this bastard!"

  Fang Jifan can't bear this kind of person the most, even if the status of this person changes today, he doesn't intend to give this kind of person a good face.

   As soon as the order was issued, someone outside rushed in.

   If you say turn your back, you turn your face.

  Li Zheng: "..."

  He is very puzzled.

   Li Zheng looked at Fang Jifan with an ugly face, and couldn't help saying: "Duke Zhen, the students are Ottoman courtiers, why should Duke Zhen humiliate the students like this?"

Fang Jifan snorted coldly, and said triumphantly: "Brother Su knew that I had a brain disease, so what if I beat you? When you come to the capital, you dare to make trouble in front of Fang Jifan, do you think you are tired of working? I slap my mouth!"

   Li Zheng was sweating profusely. He had foreseen all the possibilities, but he didn't expect...he would be beaten.

  A guard rushed in, unceremoniously grabbed Li Zheng, and slapped him straight down.

  These guards, following Fang Jifan, have long been honed and proficient in beating people.

   With just one slap, Li Zheng's teeth fell out. Li Zheng spat blood from his teeth and said indistinctly, "I am...I am...uh...ah..."

   But before he finished speaking, after a punch, Li Zheng was beaten out like a bereaved dog.

Only then did Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back, and sneered: "What I hate the most is this kind of villain's success. The dog thinks he is an envoy, so he dares to play tricks in front of me. I don't even think about it. Fang Jifan is the only one who beats you. This is a dog that plays big swords in front of Guan Gong's gate."

   After finishing speaking, he told people: "This person, I will keep an eye on him. If he still dares to hang his tail in Beijing, next time, continue to fight."

  ...

   Ottoman Legation.

  When the people here waited to welcome the new envoy, everyone was surprised.

  No one expected that Li Shilang would come here with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

  Although everyone was astonished, they still bit the bullet and stepped forward to salute.

   Li Zheng was knocked out of his teeth, frustrated and angry in his heart, but his words were leaking, and he felt that he was so gentle, so he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment.

  A gentleman is good at literary combat, not martial arts, and he doesn't go head-to-head with that surnamed Fang.

  So, he tried to take a deep breath, only nodded to the officials, and then entered the embassy, ​​had people apply the medicine, and then recruited a few scribes.

   "I came here on the orders of His Majesty, just for one thing. This matter is of great importance. It is to clarify and strengthen my Ottoman plan. If this strategy succeeds, it will be a great achievement for us."

He sipped his tea while talking, but he felt that the tea smelled bloody, so he couldn't help frowning, and then said: "In this capital, there are commercial firms and merchants related to us, as well as the caravans stationed here by the Ottoman Kingdom. In the near future, they must be prepared to obey the old man's orders and tell them that they don't have to come to see the old man these days, but they need to follow his orders secretly at any time. Starting today, the old man will make this great Ming mourn all over the world!"

   When it came to mourning, Li Zheng couldn't help gritting his teeth, with a hideous look on his face.

  Back when he was kicked out of Daming, when he left the customs, he told himself that he would come back sooner or later, and when he came back, he would make everyone in Daming regret it.

  (end of this chapter)