Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong returned to the court victoriously, which seemed to be something worthy of great book and special celebration in the court.

Zhu Youlang is naturally no exception.

To pacify the southwest, you must combine hardness and softness, commonly known as the big stick red date strategy.

Give a sweet date a stick, no matter who is willing to work hard for you.

Now that Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong have completed the first shot, it depends on Zhang Huangyan's next.

As long as Zhang Huangyan can act according to the established plan, Zhu Youlang feels that the southwest land reform will not be much worse.

In contrast, Zhu Youlang is obviously more concerned about trade with France.

The last time Eric was summoned, only one head was opened, and many specific things were not discussed.

Both parties have intentions to cooperate, but how to cooperate in specific ways and in what direction is difficult to cooperate.

Traditional silk, porcelain, and tea can of course be traded.

But what about that?

Is there anything else?

Because these three things can bring only silver to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it can bring about a huge trade surplus, Zhu Youlang always feels that something is missing.

If you think carefully, it seems to be about the development of technology.

To be honest, France in this era was not the most powerful country in Europe.

But France is enterprising.

Or it is the Sun King Louis XIV who has an enterprising spirit.

What kind of king was Louis XIV?

That can be written in French history, and I'm afraid only Napoleon can compare with it.

Its ability is not only reflected in its political skills, but also has a considerable influence in economic and cultural aspects.

Specifically, Louis XIV founded the Royal Academy of Sciences and sponsored many scientists.

The reason why France caught up within the next hundred years and became the top European power has a lot to do with this.

Of course, in addition to this, Louis XIV also sponsored many artists.

To some extent, scientists and artists have some ideas.

The reason is also very simple. These people themselves cannot create great economic value in the short term.

But they need to survive, so they need funding.

The king was undoubtedly the most powerful person in that era.

After gaining the favor and funding of the king, they can carry out scientific research without any worries and start doing art with confidence.

Why was French art so respected in later generations generally related to the artistic trend initiated by Louis XIV.

If the Renaissance developed from Italy, France was later the heir.

Of course, compared to art, Zhu Youlang is obviously more concerned about science.

The Ming Dynasty of this era needed scientists, and scientists did not grow out of thin air.

Just like crops need soil, scientists must have this soil if they want to appear.

This is also an important reason why Zhu Youlang vigorously developed and reformed China. He is to create soil for the emergence of scientists.

From the beginning of joining the imperial examinations in natural disciplines such as physics and chemistry, Zhu Youlang is subtly changing people's thoughts.

In fact, it is not easy to do this, because people have formed deep-rooted ideas over the past thousands of years, and their thinking inertia cannot be changed easily.

Change takes time, policy stimulus is only one aspect, and Zhu Youlang also needs role models on the other hand.

A role model is not just about setting a model, but to a greater extent it is about allowing people to see hope.

There is nothing more exciting than living examples.

When people know what success is, they will definitely follow suit without hesitation.

Over time, a unique social atmosphere will be formed.

Once the social atmosphere is formed, other things will be simple.

Of course, some things are not as simple as imagined, and Zhu Youlang cannot create a scientist out of thin air.

The best way is to cooperate with France.

French scientists were the most outstanding in this era.

If Louis XIV can be approved and invited a few famous scientists to the Ming Dynasty, the benefits will probably be immeasurable.

This is by no means a fool.

You know, Louis XIV is now seeking the Ming Dynasty, in other words, they have great hope of cooperating with the Ming Dynasty.

In order to reach a trade cooperation relationship, Louis XIV could even pay a lot of gold and silver.

Then it would not be difficult to ask them to provide a few scientists with lectures in Daming.

Zhu Youlang began to think about this issue seriously.

If you want to advance the process of the industrial revolution, you must not just be complacent and push forward by theory.

Sometimes it is very necessary to push it behind.

You may not be too ruthless when you push this hand, but as long as you have this strength, many people will have a chance.

This is very important.

Zhu Youlang took a deep breath and tried hard to calm down.

He knew the importance of this matter, so he would give it a try anyway.

Of course, Zhu Youlang also understood that he had to find a suitable time to talk to Eric.

Eric is a smart person after all, as long as Zhu Youlang clicks a little, Eric should understand.

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Eric was writing a letter to His Majesty Louis XIV, the respected King of France.

The situation is better now than he expected.

Zhu Youlang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the supreme ruler, showed a strong interest in starting trade cooperation with France.

This is undoubtedly a good start.

As long as the emperor has ideas, everything that follows should be easy to deal with.

Through observation, Eric also found that Zhu Youlang and Louis XIV were essentially a kind of person, that is, they had a strong enterprising spirit and wanted the country to develop rapidly in their own hands.

This is not a simple thing, because you will find that sometimes a light change will lead to a series of changes.

What will test a person's ability or overall view of the situation is not a test of these changes.

There are actually not many people in this world who have this overall perspective.

Even fewer people have this overall perspective and have enough power in their hands.

Obviously, Louis XIV and Zhu Youlang are such people.

Eric felt that he was very lucky to be able to pass the message between His Majesty Louis XIV and His Majesty Zhu Youlang as a messenger.

Although he had not reached an agreement with His Majesty Zhu Youlang on the details of the cooperation between the two sides, he believed that it would not take long for them to finalize the details.

He is willing to give everything for this.

Because he understood that after this incident, both France and the Ming Dynasty would undergo long-term changes.

This will definitely be a mutually beneficial and win-win outcome.

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