New World 1620

It was almost midnight, and in a house in the Manhattan neighborhood, the study room was still lit.

Su Zining stretched his arms and tensed his body to release the soreness in his body after sitting for a long time.The few sheets of letterhead in front of him were already filled with words, and it seemed that it was not enough, so Su Zining turned to a new page.

A cup of coffee was quietly handed to the table, Su Zining was taken aback, and turned around slowly, only to see Yuan Xinyi looking at what she had written with her head turned sideways.

"Uh, why don't you go home and rest?" Su Zining put down his pen and picked up his coffee.To say that the only things he bought for himself with public funds during this trip to Europe were probably a set of coffee grinders and a large bag of roasted coffee beans worth 100 Spanish silver dollars.

"What, you're not happy that I'm here watching? Then you continue to suffer, I'm leaving!" Yuan Xinyi frowned, and was about to turn around in anger.

As soon as he reached out his hand, he grabbed the opponent.Su Zining stood up with a smile, and hugged the other party in front of him: "I just remembered to write something, I thought you would go back by yourself after dinner."

"Cut! I've been away for a few months, and your house is so damp that mushrooms are growing. It took hours just to clean it up for you. It's not as easy as writing your report!" Yuan Xinyi twisted her body slightly symbolically, He didn't move, and his cheeks were flushed.

"Hehe, isn't your own home like this?" Su Zining pulled the other party to sit in front of the desk and picked up a pen.

Yuan Xinyi was taken aback for another moment, and then said angrily: "It's all your fault, you insisted on making dinner together, and I was still cleaning up for you after eating, making me forget about my home!"

Su Zining was overjoyed and didn't look up. While quickly brushing on the paper, he used his other finger to go upstairs: "Then you can sleep in my room, since no one has lived in it for a few months anyway, the mattress and quilt cover They are all new, so I will sleep in the study."

"Oh..." Yuan Xinyi didn't disturb the other party's train of thought, but responded softly.

Secretly looking at the concentrated appearance of the young man around her, Yuan Xinyi suddenly felt that she was a little too involved, as if she was still in a small hotel in a certain European city, waiting for the other party's next instruction in the silence.

He is a little different from before he left... It seems that he is more devoted to these things than before. Is it true that once a man finds his career direction, he is destined to ignore some people or things around him?Thinking of the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend who have been together day and night for the past few months, Yuan Xinyi actually felt a little lonely in her heart.

I don't know how long it has passed, but when Su Zining recovered from his thoughts for the last time, it was past two o'clock in the morning, and the female translator beside him had already fallen asleep lying on the table.

With a wry smile, he had no choice but to gently hug the other party and walk upstairs to the bedroom.After a while, he returned to the study with another pillow in his arms.

·

The debriefing report of Su Zining's semi-annual European trip was carried out in the community committee meeting room.Because of the state-building legislation, there were some disputes in every meeting for a period of time, but this time the situation was different. All the committee members who attended the meeting listened very carefully from the beginning to the end.

Almost every item such as the harvest made everyone smile, especially the various actions of the Portuguese aristocratic restoration forces in order to win over "America" ​​aroused everyone's joy.The current unlucky state of the Netherlands and other countries near the Baltic Sea has shown everyone a good opportunity to reap the wealth of other countries.

"...We underestimated the current status of European countries. Although they are at the dawn of the Enlightenment, this is only an objective stage of historical development. Their desire for knowledge is extremely strong, and their desire for any new things and resources It's more urgent than we thought."

Su Zining turned to a new page, but did not continue talking. Instead, he took a sip from the water glass and waited for the people present to ask questions.

"Su Zining, what does this have to do with us?" Dong Jiunan didn't understand after hearing so many descriptions of the big concept of Europe, "Europe is in a mess now, and we just happen to be bored to make a fortune."

"It has a lot to do with it, because it involves how we face the present and future Europe, and what kind of long-term policies we should adopt." Su Zining smiled and took out a black bump from his bosom, which looked like a kind of pocket watch.

"This is something I bought from a German watchmaker who was reduced to a refugee in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. You can take a look." Su Zining pushed the pocket watch with a rough-looking black metal case to Elder Liu who was opposite him. "From the perspective of production technology, it should represent the relatively advanced manual technology in Europe, and even the precision of some processes will not be worse than our modern technology."

An old European pocket watch was passed around like this, and almost everyone shook their heads slightly when they saw it.

"Perhaps everyone still thinks this is too backward, and I think so too. The European nobles were very surprised when they saw the modern pocket watch Yan Xiaosong sent, and they quickly judged our strength." Su Zining's expression was serious at this time, "This It shows that they are very clear about where the symbol of a country's strength is, and they are very clear about advanced judgment and cognitive awareness of technology."

"You mean the Europeans will copy all kinds of industrial products we export to Europe in the future, and even imitate our processing technology?" Jiang Zhaolong made an exaggerated expression, and then laughed.

Several young committee members present had almost the same demeanor as Jiang Zhaolong.

"What Su Zining means is that after the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europeans have the awareness and strong will to develop this technology. They may not be able to reach our level of technology for a long time, but this does not prevent them from looking for it from certain angles. An opportunity for technological progress. That is to say, the export of our commodities will accelerate the progress of civilization and foreign colonization throughout Europe."

Lin Youde, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry, explained Su Zining's words to the point.As soon as this remark came out, all the committee members present were surprised.

"Well, the butterfly effect will inevitably occur, so we can't expect Europeans to continue their ignorance for hundreds of years to make us suck blood. But we must find a way to slow down their progress, or even artificially curb it!" Su Zining finished speaking , and took out another letter from his arms, the envelope was in Western style letters like a pattern, "This is a letter from the Federation of Governors of the Republic of the Netherlands to the 'United States Congress', they hope to start ocean trade directly with us .Spain and Portugal actually have the same intentions.”

"Dream, let them see our details and that's it." Shi Yige, the person in charge of the shipyard, frowned, obviously not considering such an international trade exchange because of some people's pretentiousness.

"Hehe, but now we can't stop them from having these ideas, or even attempting behavior. Let's not talk about Spain. For now, our northern part, the Quebec region of Canada, has been operated by France for more than ten years, and In the Virginia area to the south, the pace of the English is not slow." Su Zining shook his head helplessly, "So, we must use some methods to achieve our goal."

"Xiao Su, you know the current situation in Europe better. If you have any ideas, you can directly put them forward, and everyone can refer to them together." Qi Jianjun quickly raised his voice, and several elderly committee members around him nodded slightly.

"First, find the right opportunity to intervene in the 30-year war in Europe, especially for the few countries that have gained dividends in this war in history; second, learn from the methods of those developed countries in Europe and America in later generations! Let the whole of Europe be ours Raw material suppliers, primary labor factories and commodity markets, thereby delaying or even blocking their exploration of technological progress in certain industries; third, misleading technological development, or killing technological progress projects that will appear in Europe in the next few decades in advance Let them get into certain dead ends of technological development, consuming their time and financial resources; fourth, it is the right time to resolutely destroy or prevent European colonization that threatens North America. Of course, these are my personal The direction conceived from a macro perspective, and the specifics, need to be evaluated by more professional people."

"Well, this information sounds far away from us, but it is indeed very important. Xiao Jiang and Xiao Lin, both of you are professionals in the Ministry of Industry. Please sort out your future development ideas for the export of European industrial products, and take Su Zining's opinion into account. Take it into consideration. As for interfering in the 30-year war in Europe, we don’t have the capability at the moment, but it should be included in our future development plan as a long-term policy. Let’s vote after the specific policy is released.”

Mr. Liu, the chairman, patted the table lightly, which was considered to be the end of this topic.

"In addition, I hope that the committee will establish a European intelligence collection department as soon as possible. This is more important than anything else!" Su Zining suddenly remembered something, and quickly added, "And it is necessary to delineate certain scopes, political diplomacy, military operations, and scientific and technological personnel. Entering the scope of intelligence collection, our historical knowledge will eventually be missed, and even because of the butterfly effect, there may be situations that we cannot predict, no matter how low the efficiency is, we have to start in advance.”

"Well, this can be done first. Later, Xiaoqi organizes a special meeting to discuss the establishment of this intelligence department, and see what kind of manpower and material preparations are needed." Mr. Liu's face was flushed, and he seemed to be interested in Su Zining's work report today. The outcome of the hearing was satisfactory.

"Finally, I have something to tell you about Yan Xiaosong..."

After Su Zining finished speaking, he took a deep breath, and then looked around at all the committee members present with a strange expression. When his gaze met Qi Jianjun, Su Zining showed that usual sad face again.

"Well, the three of them, Yan Xiaosong, Mi Gu, and Shi Wenbo, didn't come back with you this time. Did you arrange for them to stay in Europe?" Qi Jianjun looked at this very familiar old subordinate and expressed the unanimous opinion of everyone.

"Mi Gu and Shi Wenbo don't want to come back for the time being, Yan Xiaosong...he went to the Ming Dynasty." Speaking of this, Su Zining has changed from the previous calm and confident expression to a helpless nervous expression.

Like cold water being poured into hot oil, the expressions of everyone in the conference room changed drastically, and even a few young committee members almost stood up.

Well, Yan Xiaosong, this time we are counted as a group, you can run as much as you want, and I have to wipe your ass... Seeing everyone's strange uneasiness like the plague, Su Zining had to sit down obediently again, He took out a few other pages from his pocket that he hadn't shown before, and was ready to be questioned by everyone.

At this time, thousands of miles away in the Indian Ocean, the Portuguese ocean-going fleet consisting of 18 armed sailing ships had just left the port of Goa, a Portuguese colony in India, and was preparing to go around the Indian subcontinent in South Asia to Malacca.