Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

As the only grandson of the emperor accompanying the emperor on this tour, Honghui received a lot of care from his elders.

Although he was sitting alone in the carriage, he was not lonely. Su Peisheng had been waiting beside the carriage and he could be seen by lifting the curtain. Every half an hour, his father or uncle Thirteen would ride over on horseback to ask him some questions and then take a look.

"Don't worry, Father. If anything happens, I will call Eunuch Su." After once again politely declining Father's concern, Honghui couldn't help but sigh. His spirit was not depressed, but his body was a little uncomfortable.

Last year, when he went to a farm outside Beijing to escape the summer heat, the journey was only two hours and he could have endured it. But now, after sitting in a carriage for two or three days in a row, he had only one feeling, that it was too bumpy.

In fact, the carriage was not moving very fast, but the official roads were all dirt roads with many potholes. The carriage bumped from time to time, making him dizzy.

At this time, the mint ointment prepared by my mother came into play. I applied a little on my forehead, then closed my eyes and rested for a while. After a long time, I got used to it.

"Guan Guan Jujiu, in Hezhizhou..."

When he was really bored, Honghui would recite the Confucian classics he had learned in his mind. As for reading to relieve boredom? That was definitely not possible. Reading in a carriage would hurt the eyes and make one dizzy. It was not a wise choice.

On the afternoon of the sixth day of the New Year, Li Dequan came over to deliver a message.

"My eldest brother, the emperor has summoned you. Please follow me to the imperial carriage to see him."

Honghui immediately got out of the carriage: "I will be there right away. Thank you, Eunuch Li."

In the past two days, the emperor Mafa had sent someone to take a look and sent a plate of snacks, but he did not summon him. This summons was probably just to find someone to entertain him, and there was no other meaning.

"My grandson Honghui pays his respects to the Emperor Mafa."

"Get up! I see that your face seems a little thinner. Are you not used to riding in a carriage?"

Honghui shook his head and followed Huang Mafa's instructions to sit beside him. "Reply Huang Mafa, my grandson is just thin. If I eat more food, the fat on my face will come back."

Kangxi did not pay much attention to this question, but pointed to the table in the imperial carriage and said: "Come, play two games of chess with me. I want to see if your chess skills have improved."

Sure enough, he guessed it right! Didn't Huang Mafa just want to find someone to relieve his boredom? Honghui also felt extremely bored, so he played chess with Huang Mafa with great interest.

That afternoon, he stayed in the imperial carriage for most of an hour, played two games of chess, and was tested on his homework before being released.

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After the seventh day of the first lunar month, the emperor and his entourage changed from carriage to boat.

The canal was calm and the boat was very stable with almost no bumps. Compared to riding in a carriage, riding in a boat was much more comfortable.

Finally, I don't have to suffer anymore! Honghui thought so from the bottom of his heart.

Being on the same ship, he inevitably came into contact with several uncles and aunts he was not very familiar with, and the relationship between them became closer. However, among these uncles and aunts, Honghui had a lot of friendship with his father's mortal enemy, Uncle Jiu, for the first time.

In fact, it was not his fault that he acted on his own initiative. Instead, all the other uncles, including his father, were called to accompany the emperor, but Uncle Nine was the only idler. But Uncle Nine was a person who could not sit still, and often came to find him to play. As a result, a little friendship developed between the uncle and nephew.

That day, Uncle Jiu came again.

"Nephew, that kaleidoscope you mentioned yesterday, I, your uncle, tried to make one. It was just a few glass beads, but it turned out to be so beautiful after being broken!" Yin'er's tone was a little surprised, and it was obvious that he had not yet come to his senses.

So fast? Because Uncle Jiu had been teaching him Western scientific knowledge in recent days, in order to return the favor, Honghui would occasionally review his memory and talk about some scientific knowledge he had heard.

This kaleidoscope was exactly what he mentioned inadvertently yesterday!

Looking at the obviously crude kaleidoscope in Uncle Jiu's hand, Honghui smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, you are too anxious, aren't you? Yesterday, your nephew just said it casually, and actually didn't know whether it was true or not. But you made the kaleidoscope so quickly, it's amazing."

Yinzhen smiled proudly: "Time is too tight, and there are no suitable materials. When I return to the capital, I will make a more exquisite one. You should come and take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be improved."

Honghui took it with both hands, put it in front of his right eye and looked inside. He saw flower buds of various shapes and colors blooming at the bottom of the paper tube, which looked extremely exquisite.

"It's really good! I only heard about it from others, but I didn't expect the real thing to be so beautiful!"

"But if we use colored glass mirrors instead of colored glass on the inner wall, the kaleidoscope will be more colorful. Unfortunately, no one in my Qing Dynasty can make colored glass mirrors now. The colored glass mirrors from the West are really expensive!"

Yinzhen agreed with this statement very much. Which of the Western clocks, glass mirrors, perfumes, music boxes, etc., was not extremely valuable? Most of the things from the West could only be afforded by the rich and powerful.

"The Liuli Factory in Beijing can only make kang screens, glass beads and other things, but it can't make mirrors. It's a pity that no one in my Qing Dynasty can make this money!" Seeing the money flowing into the foreign banks, he was really jealous.

Uncle Jiu, what you hate is that you couldn't earn this money!

Honghui secretly complained, but just nodded to show his agreement.

"Uncle Jiu, you are so proficient in Western scientific knowledge, why don't you do some research yourself? Whether it's clocks, glass, soap, or perfume, I think if you can develop one or two, the Queen will definitely reward you greatly."

Seeing that Uncle Jiu was somewhat interested, Honghui continued, "I feel that I am close to Uncle Jiu, so my words may not be pleasant to the ears. But Uncle Jiu is not valued now, and I feel that his talent is wasted. Uncle Jiu is so knowledgeable and talented, how can he give up on himself and ignore his own strengths? I don't want to watch the silver of the Qing Dynasty flow to the West, but I can't do anything about it. Now Uncle Jiu has this ability, and I envy him very much!"

Yinzhen was struck by these words. He really loved business, but he wanted to be recognized and praised by the emperor even more. If he could make a fortune in the process of studying Western things, then...

Whenever he thought of this, he became interested.

"Nephew, what you said makes sense. Why didn't Uncle Jiu think of this before? It's a pity that we are on the ship now and don't have all the materials. I will study it carefully after returning to Beijing."

"My nephew, you are sincere to me, and I appreciate it. You are totally different from your cold-faced and cold-hearted father. This is a case of 'good shoots come out of bad bamboo'! It's a pity that I didn't get to know you in advance..."