Chapter Ninety-Two: No Silver, Silver Is Useless

Little Descartes' performance made Zhang Liang and the two of them love this child more and more.

Not every ten-year-old can behave like this.

Work vigorously and resolutely, have clear goals, be good at side line thinking, do not stick to the general way of doing things, although young, but already very assertive.

Seeing that the child kept throwing food into it, Zhang Liang knew that the child's goal would definitely be achieved.

Sure enough, after little Descartes stopped throwing food inside, there was a violent tearing sound in the dark room, and from time to time there was a heart-rending curse from little Descartes.

Sure enough, a moment later, a small, dirty, skinny little girl with a big head with only a handful of bones left was carried out of the window by a pair of black hands.

Little Descartes took his sister as soon as possible, hugged him in his arms and cried, which made Zhang Liang and Gan Pet remember that this child was only ten years old.

I poured a large glass of milk into the little girl, and put the softest piece of bread in my sister's hand, and saw her desperately biting, so she came to the black window with the last basket of food, and whispered, "Mom." ”

"Give me my Emily back......"

"Mom, Emily will die if she stays here."

"No, Mom, I want Emily to live, and I'll give her all my happiness."

"The happiest is in the arms of God."

"No, Mom, I don't believe in God anymore."

"You are the devil, your faith is Satan, and you are a citizen of Satan just like your devil father."

"Who is my father? Am I really Mr. Descartes' grandson? ”

"No, you are a child of Satan, and you are not a grandson of Descartes."

Little Descartes turned his head to look at Zhang Liang and said with some embarrassment: "Sir, do you believe in God?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled: "We only believe in our ancestors, so ah, little Descartes, the only thing you need is to figure out who your father is, so that you can worship your ancestors in the future, and you don't have to export your admiration and submission to God." ”

"You heard me, Mother said that my father was Satan!"

"Oh, it doesn't matter, even if your father is really Satan, it has nothing to do with you. Also, aren't you going to fish your mother out of this black hole too?

If you need it, we can help you do it. ”

"Are you strong, sir?"

Zhang Liang and Gan Pet glanced at each other, and then Zhang Liang smiled: "My country is very powerful. ”

"Is it stronger than France?"

"Hahaha, France is not as good as one province of my Daming, and we have at least twenty such provinces! If you like, you can go to Daming in the future, which is the richest, most peaceful and happiest place in the world. ”

Little Descartes looked at the excited Zhang Liang and said, "Sir, if our future is not as rosy as you say, no matter what, please let Emily live well, and I, can face anything." ”

Gan Pet slapped little Descartes on the back of the head and said: "So suspicious at such a young age, say quickly, do you want to save your mother from here, tell you that no matter what decision you make, you made it, don't blame us." ”

Little Descartes came to the dark window and said affectionately: "Mother, I know that this is your paradise, and you always want to give me the best and Emily...... However, this paradise is yours, not mine, nor Emily's, I want Emily to be fed and warm, and I don't want him to hold me and cry out that I'm hungry.

Mom, it's not heaven. ”

For a long time, his mother's voice did not come from the dark room, and a deep woman's voice came from the dark room: "Descartes, your mother has gone to heaven." ”

Little Descartes didn't seem surprised by this result, and if it weren't for him and Emily, his mother would have gone to heaven long ago......

"Sir, can you lend me a livre?"

When Zhang Liang heard this, he immediately took out a handful of Livre, and they had this thing.

Descartes Jr. took one Livre from Zhang Liang's hand, thought for a moment and took another one.

"I want to buy a cemetery for my mother, I want to buy her a coffin, and I want a priest to ......"

Descartes did not appear sad, on the contrary, he seemed to be very happy, as if his mother had really gone to heaven.

The rich little Descartes found his mother from behind a stone door.

It was a tall, scrawny woman, barefoot, with a Bible in her arms, and a cross with no crucifixion at the end of a silver chain, and a trefoil-shaped decoration at the ends of the four corners of the cross, which represented the trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit......

Her expression was serene, and of course, you had to ignore the bloody hole in her neck.

"My mom didn't kill herself!"

Little Descartes said in a pleading tone to Zhang Liang, Gan Pet, and the four mounted policemen.

Gan Pet came over, examined the wound, and said to little Descartes with certainty: "Your mother died in an accident, she accidentally hit a nail with iron......"

Zhang Liang also leaned over to look at the dead woman, and said affirmatively: "Poor woman, she died in an accident." ”

The four mounted policemen were silent, which seemed to be a tacit acquiescence.

People who commit suicide can't go to heaven...... it's clear in the Bible, but for the dead, Zhang Liang and Gan Pet don't mind lying, even if it's in front of their God.

Zhang Liang has a lot of money, so although the funeral of Little Descartes' mother was very hasty, it was very decent.

There are many coffins, cemeteries, priests, and visitors, although the appearance of two ragged children standing in front of the tombstone and kissing the tombstone is heartbreaking, Zhang Liang still feels psychologically warm.

How could such a child be left to rot in the mud of France?

He should grow up carefree in Yushan Academy, then study knowledge, and finally become a useful talent for the world and mankind, in the future, when Da Ming is dealing with Europe, he needs this kind of smart child too much.

The laws of the Ming Dynasty are extremely unfriendly to foreign Europeans, but only in children, especially orphans, are as soft as a piece of tofu, if this child can show extraordinary talent, then there is no problem for him in the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Children should be clean, and they should run and play on the grass in soft clothes, so that people will feel that the world is beautiful.

And the French don't bathe!!

St. Simon de Illette allowed maggots to arch over his inflamed and festering wounds, never to be cleaned;

St. Abraham the hermit did not bathe or wash his feet for fifty years;

A holy virgin of Sylvia was over sixty years old and suffering from a scab, but "would not wash any part of her body except to wash her fingers";

Saint-Aman has never seen himself naked. what the body looks like;

St. Euphrasia said that he had visited a convent with more than 130 nuns, who never washed their feet and were disgusted when they heard the word "bathing."

Fortunately, little Descartes liked to take a bath, and his sister Emily liked bathing as long as her brother liked bathing.

The two well-washed and well-fed children finally became sleepy and fell asleep on two long soft beds.

When Zhang Liang came to the spacious living room, Qiao Yong and a group of them had already returned.

"Is there an agreement?"

Zhang Liang asked.

Qiao Yong pinched his eyes, collapsed on a chair tiredly, took a glass of red wine and took a sip gently.

"What can the Prince of Condé do? Reject the olive branch that my Da Ming stretched out?

As long as anyone with a discerning eye can see, Europe has reached a period of great change.

In Poland, the nobility was demanding greater privileges from the state, and in addition, Poland was to guard against the ambitions of Sweden and Brandenburg for Polish territory.

The Ottomans, on the other hand, had to worry about the newly rising Russia's ambitions for its territory, Crimea, and war was imminent.

And in France, the young Louis XIV, because he could not control the situation in France, with his prime minister, and his mother, were driven out of Paris by the Fronde, and collapsed, the arduous road of escape, the Fontainebleau Palace was definitely not the last place they could escape, and it was not known when they would return.

In England, Cromwell was preparing to wage the First Anglo-Dutch War to seize the Dutch possession of maritime power, and I have heard that both sides had raised more than 500 warships, and after this war it will become apparent who will dominate the seas.

In Northern Europe, Sweden was thinking about how to consolidate its absolute supremacy in the Baltic Sea, and for this reason, their warships were cruising the seas, and under the pretext of strangling pirates, they were building coastal fortresses, and it was heard that the Swedish king had borrowed five million gold kroner from merchants for this purpose, and was building new warships to consolidate the Peace of Westphalia, which was beneficial to them.

And within the Holy Roman Empire, the princes were highly vigilant against any action of the emperor, which also shows that after the end of the Thirty Years' War, more countries in Europe will appear.

This situation is favorable to my Ming Dynasty, and a broken Europe is also in line with the long-term interests of Ming Dynasty.

Governor Han's perception of the British was forward-looking.

In Europe, only the British have the same goals as ours, and we all need a broken Europe, which is good, and I suggest that our colleagues in the European Department of Work should change the content of our work in the future.

Strive to turn Europe, which has not yet developed, into a dumping ground for our goods. ”

Zhang Liang frowned and said, "What do we want so much silver for?" After taking back so much silver, it won't be much good for my Daming. And our silk, tea, porcelain, is the real good stuff.

Europe does not have many goods that can compensate me for the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of transaction is a loss for us.

I think that the focus of our work at present should also be to absorb all kinds of European talents, even if a smart child like Descartes gets more back, it will be a profitable deal for us! ”

Chapter II

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