Xinshun 1730

Chapter 152

Several large grain storage warehouses have been built on Liugong Island. It is also in a good harvest year, and it is in a good location adjacent to Liaodong in the north and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south. As long as you have money, it is not difficult to store grain.

He made up his mind, so he asked Kang Buxio to do it, and store 15 shi of rice, wheat and beans, and he would find a way to make up for the shortfall of more than [-] taels before recruiting soldiers and trading with the French.

I thought it would be fine to let my confidant do it for the first time to go to Japan for trade, but after thinking about it, I am afraid that it may not be able to handle it well, so this time I can only go by myself.

In addition to Shi Shi who could exchange for a trade letter card, Liu Yu also chose two Mongolian stallions with good shoulder height, which were not castrated, and planned to exchange for another card.

Now that the typhoon has passed, it is a day suitable for sailing. Once the golden wind clears and the north wind comes together, you can try to sail directly from Shandong to Nagasaki.

From the records of some missionaries and Dutch books, we can know the latitude of Nagasaki. The longitude is of little significance here. It is surrounded by Korea and Japan.

Lin Yunwen's goods and the blessing ships he bought did not stop at Weihai Port, but in the south of the Shandong Peninsula.The emperor greeted both Jiaoliao Jiedushi and Jiaoliao guard Zhengzongquan, but they didn't care about Liu Yu's ship.

Seeing Liu Yu swaggeringly leading the two horses to the boat, Lin Yunwen's eyes straightened.

The Japanese offer trade letters as a temptation. This temptation is too great, but the war horse checks are extremely strict. Although the customs and sea patrols also accept bribes, they also know what to accept and what not to accept. I have never seen it directly. The horses were shipped to Japan.

Especially for horses with such high shoulders, there are few in the south, and strict inspections in the north. Lin Yunwen thought to himself, if others are not allowed to sell you, but you can sell them, how can this not make money?
Liu Yu was accompanied by four young men, including Mantou and others.

Now there is only one captured expedition ship as a training ship, and the people can only be divided into two groups. Even if the sailors on board are alternate officers, one expedition ship cannot accommodate so many people.

Mantou and others have already completed the first batch of internships on board for several months. During this period, they have to study theoretical courses, and they will not be able to board again until the craftsmen build another expedition ship for training next year.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Yu said that he would teach the theory course, picked four of his confidantes, and went to Japan together, only treating these four as guards.

The sailors on the ship were all recruited from Ningbo and other places. They were just following the ship. They neither carried goods nor were they responsible for navigation.

I have been staying here for more than a month, and when I saw Liu Yu at this time, I knew that the Lord had finally arrived.Everyone knows that Lin Yunwen is just a boss or a boss.

As for the cargo on board, it has nothing to do with these sailors.What's novel is that I saw the war horse, and I just thought that the owner of this ship is still capable.

After getting on the boat, the owner doesn't care about the affairs of the boat. It's very troublesome to enter the port and then leave the port.

Liu Yu was also courageous, so he called Lin Yunwen, and told him about his idea of ​​taking advantage of the north wind and sailing directly to 32 degrees north latitude and then heading to Nagasaki without jumping off the island.

Lin Yunwen was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Master Liu, sailing on the sea is not a joke. Such a technique of latitude and longitude may be available to Westerners, but I will not. Let's walk the needle road and sing first. How about sailing to Ningbo, then from Ningbo to Ryukyu, and then to Japan after arriving at Ryukyu?"

Liu Yu weighed the sextant in his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not talking nonsense. Many Dutch people have been to Nagasaki, and some missionaries were martyred in Nagasaki before. I compared seven The latitudes recorded in the eight books are all about the same, so there is nothing wrong with that. Besides, did the first person to cross the river also have the song of the needle road? The weather is fine now, so just walk like this.”

He only knows the latitude of Nagasaki, but it is difficult to judge the longitude of Nagasaki, and now there is neither a nautical clock nor an astronomical almanac, so he can only use a Chinese-style "scale leak" or "lotus leak" timer.

The siphon principle used by this thing is very ingenious. It is said that it can be used for timing on a carriage, which can prevent inaccurate timing caused by turbulence to the greatest extent, but the daily error of turbulence at sea is also five or six minutes.

Before nautical clocks and astronomical calendars, these things were better than nothing.

From Shandong to Japan, Liu Yu still knew it well.There are basically no hidden reefs in the Yellow Sea. Compared with the latitude value of Nagasaki recorded by missionaries and Dutchmen, it can be determined that it is basically about 32 and a half degrees.

Take a direct flight at [-] degrees south by east, as long as the sun and stars are still there, just turn around when the time comes.Now that the typhoon day has passed, the wind direction can basically be determined and does not change.

Lin Yunwen groaned in his heart, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "How sure are you, sir?"

Liu Yu laughed, spread his hands and said, "When the Westerners sailed around the world, he was [-]% sure, and I was [-]% sure. But those sailors, wouldn't they be very surprised?"

Lin Yunwen's face twitched. He didn't know how sure the Westerners were when they sailed around the world, but it should not be high.

It is really unthinkable to fly directly from Shandong to Japan. Fortunately, there is no strong wind in the autumn and winter seasons, so I can only try my luck.

In desperation, he had no choice but to say: "My lord, don't worry, the sailors don't understand this, just let your lord make trouble."

"That's all right. You do it, and I'll let you know when it's time to turn."

Lin Yunwen let out a hey, went to fetch firecrackers and lit them on the deck.

They also brought a sacrifice to one of the four gods, Xu Jingyang, Xu Zhenjun. This Xu Zhenjun used to fight dragons and snakes to make troubles, so Cantonese people worshiped Mazu, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang worshiped Xu Zhenjun.

After the sacrifices were set up, Xu Zhenjun asked Xu Zhenjun to use them. He knelt there and kowtowed a few times to the statue, held out a compass beside the statue, and raised the compass and said loudly: "Xu Zhenjun taught that the day of the Dragon Boat Festival is not the main wind. Today is a good day. Set sail."

The sailors shouted in unison, and Lin Yunwen held up the compass and ordered to take the needle, and said the prayer of sending you with the wind, and the big ship left the port.

The wind along the way is also very face-saving. The four young people who followed Liu Yu were just like when they were on the expedition ship before. They watched the stars at night, measured the speed of the ship during the day, and had little contact with the sailors.

Lin Yunwen still referred to Liu Yu as an adult in private, but publicly called Liu Yu "the master".

In only six days, Lin Yunwen changed course, sailed for another three days, and saw a big island with sharp eyes.

Lin Yunwen held up the binoculars and looked at it for a long time. The more he looked, the more frightened he became.As a person who knows how to memorize the road songs on the voyage, it is inevitable to be well-informed, and it is necessary to have a super good memory. When you see the mountains and the coastline, you can know where it is.

The big island in the distance looks like the Five Islands of Japan.

He is familiar with the five islands. There is an order from Nagasaki that any ship going to Nagasaki can only go from the south, not from the north of the five islands.Anyone who goes from the north of the five islands will be disqualified from trading and their trade tokens will be revoked.

But in nine days, they were able to sail from Shandong to the vicinity of Wudao?Even with the wind, this is too fast, right?

Can you know when to turn by looking at the stars without using needles or memorizing landmarks?

The more I look at it, the more frightened I become, and the more I think about it, the more frightened I become. I always feel that there are some ghosts and gods in it, which is really incomprehensible.

After walking for a while and confirming that it was Wu Dao, Lin Yunwen hurried to find Liu Yu.

"My lord, there should be five islands in front of me. After passing the five islands, there are reefs. If you want to go to Nagasaki, you can't sail directly."

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Yes, you are familiar with this part, so naturally you are fully responsible. Our method can also be used on the ocean, and things like entering the port depend on you."

After a little flattery, Lin Yunwen felt comfortable listening, and said: "It is not difficult to enter the port, the difficulty is the Japanese interrogation. Every ship entering the port must be questioned. For us, it is called 'Tang Feng Wen'; for the Dutch , it is 'Lanfeng Ask'. Japanese people ask everything, maybe after the country is locked up, otherwise they cannot know what happened outside."

As early as a few months ago, Lin Yunwen had already mentioned various details of Nagasaki's entry into the port, and Liu Yu had already fabricated enough responses.

Since the new order of Masanori, Japan's isolation has become increasingly serious, but it is necessary to understand the outside world.Nagasaki was left as a window for foreign trade, and only China and the Netherlands were allowed to trade. Every time a ship came to ask for something.

The owner of the ship has never learned the secrecy regulations, so he can say what he should say and what should not be said.

The Japanese are very good at spying on intelligence. In addition, there are still a group of great Confucian scholars who traveled eastward during the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty.

Generally speaking, Japan's attitude towards Dashun is full of hostility and caution.

During the reign of Chongzhen, during the Chuangjun uprising, Japan was also devastated by all kinds of "One Kui".From their point of view, the success of the Dashun is just a one-off, and they are very disdainful of this one-shot regime in their hearts.

Especially after hearing that the Dashun regime opened up trade, allowed Westerners to preach, and learn Western culture, they believed that Dashun changed Xia into barbarians, while Japan changed barbarians into Xia, which is orthodox.

In addition, Nanming sent people to ask for reinforcements, and later Dashun abandoned Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and some people from Zhu Zi Neo-Confucianism also went to Japan or North Korea one after another. There must be no good words.Now Song and Ming Neo Confucianism is flourishing in Japan and has a great influence.

However, in view of Japan's special environment, Mencius, who advocated that the people are the most precious, is not mentioned.As aristocrats, there is a famous saying in the industry among Japanese colleagues: Farmers are like sesame seeds, the more they are squeezed, the more oil they will produce.

In addition to these hostilities, and with the lessons learned during the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, Japan had to be cautious about this big country around it, and even squeezed Ryukyu much less. There is a conflict.

Because of this, when the Japanese Tang Feng asked, he might ask all kinds of weird questions and infer various things from the details.Lin Yunwen's worry also lies in this, worrying that the questions asked by the Japanese are too tricky, or there are some loopholes.

Liu Yu felt that Lin Yunwen was a standard guilty conscience.There are thieves in my heart, so I have a guilty conscience, but Liu Yu has no thieves in my heart: Yes, I am not an ordinary person, but I brought you warriors and war horses, do you want it or not?

(End of this chapter)