I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 261 The handsome man is your father

Chapter 260

With the contacts and wealth accumulated by the Venice city-state Republic, it is not difficult to obtain the various stallions that Cheng Shijie wants, and it is nothing more than a matter of spending some money.

Now for the Republic of Venice city-state, if they can buy peace with money, they are willing to buy it. In fact, Catherine has another plan. If Cheng Shijie is unwilling to sell their artillery, they decide to pay and hire Ning Haijun to go to Europe, let them help Venice fight a war.

As long as the Ning Navy can attack the Ottoman Mediterranean Fleet like it did with Zheng Zhilong or the Dutch East India United Fleet, Venice can win peace for more than ten years or even decades.

But the problem is that the sea charts are different. This is the intangible wealth accumulated by Venice for hundreds of years. Now there are many unclaimed lands in the world, especially Venice discovered a continent (Australia), if it is not because of lack of time and strength To conquer this continent, but giving up the sea country means abandoning the new continent and various islands they discovered. This is a huge fortune, far from being comparable to tens of thousands of war horses.

Catherine looked at Cheng Shijie warily and asked, "What do you want the nautical chart for?"

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "It is convenient for us Ning Haijun to go to Europa to greet His Majesty Emperor Philip IV, and also want to ask the King of the Netherlands!"

Catherine didn't believe that Cheng Shijie was talking about running the train, but there was no other way. Even if she didn't give these things, Cheng Shijie could still get them through deals with other countries, especially the Portuguese who had a good relationship with Cheng Shijie. If you don't do anything, first use it to exchange for something you need, not to mention that these things are not secrets in Europe.

To say the least, the countries that have completed the voyage around the world now include Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Venice, and the United Kingdom. France has also been voyaging around the world recently.

Now it can be said that this is the real era of great sailing. Venice originally had no friends. Letting Ning Haijun, or Daming join the great sailing club, is beneficial to Venice but not harmful.

Catherine nodded and said, "Yes, I will provide you with navigation maps and information later."

Although Cheng Shijie can get the nautical charts from later generations, the problem is that there will definitely be errors between the later generations' nautical charts and the current nautical charts. Besides, being able to get Venice to produce their nautical charts is actually nothing to Cheng Shijie. something very important.

He could no longer ask Venice for money. As Cheng Shijie sent silver to Emperor Chongzhen again and again, inflation had been caused in the capital, and the impact had penetrated into all aspects.

No matter how high the per capita depth is, it is actually only a relative concept. If the price is also high, the quality of life will still decline.

Cheng Shijie: "I hope you can send some shipbuilders to communicate with us... Don't worry, I won't steal your people, just communicate."

Catherine cursed inwardly: "It's only strange if you believe me!"

After quite difficult negotiations, the arms deal was finally negotiated.

Ning Haijun will deliver 180 quadruple six-inch caliber, [-]-nine-mm copper-skinned fire dragons, and [-] rockets to the Venetian city-state within two years.

And the Republic of Venice city-state delivered [-] horses to the Ning Navy within two years, and the most important thing is that not less than half of the Sharma.

This problem is enough to give Venice a headache. You must know that although Sharma said that there were more than 100 million horses in the UK at its peak, the problem is that it will be more than 100 years later. Now, the entire UK is estimated to have 10,000+ horses. , and count the old horses and ponies.

Cheng Shijie clearly stipulated in the transaction that the shoulder height of a Sharma should not be less than six feet (the average shoulder height of a Sharma is 188 cm), and Cheng Shijie added one centimeter to the average height of a Sharma. Horses, even in the UK, cost more than ten pounds, plus the consumption on the long road, it can be imagined that the price paid by the city-state of Venice is definitely not low.

Deliver all kinds of nautical charts and materials accumulated by Venice in the maritime trade on the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa for hundreds of years, and send no less than one hundred experienced shipbuilders to help Yang Menglong build warships, and at the same time send some naval officers to help with training Daming Navy.

This made Catherine a little puzzled. Isn't Ming the number one power in the world, with the best warships and naval guns in the world? Why should he learn from Venice?
Cheng Shijie could only smile wryly at this.The Ming Dynasty did have the most powerful army in the world, and it also had the most powerful navy in the world.

It's a pity that this fleet has long been burned by a fire. Almost 200 years have passed. The Ming Dynasty is still running on the sea with the blessing boats that have long been behind. It may be close to [-] tons, and the treasure ship, which can be called the giant of the sea in ancient times, has already burned out even the blueprints.

Although the Sea Shark and Jusha class battleships built by Ning Hai are good, they are just good.In fact, the Ning Navy only relies on the range advantage of naval guns. When fighting naval battles, it actually fights naval battles in the way of the army, but applies the tactics of cavalry battles to naval battles. For Li Zhixiang or Cheng Shijie, A battleship is equivalent to a cavalry unit, and the tactics are only kite flying, cavalry running and shooting, turning around and so on.

We haven't had time to fight against the real strong army at sea. Once this short board is discovered, the consequences will be disastrous. If you want to admit your weakness, you have to learn it.If you want to catch up with the West, there is no shortcut, you can only start from scratch and learn from each other.Nautical equipment such as nautical compasses and sextants had to be imported, and the skills of using these equipment had to be learned from others. In this regard, Ming really had nothing to be proud of.

Fortunately, this is the Ming Dynasty when the atmosphere is relatively more open. Western learning has gradually become popular in the East. Everyone does not feel ashamed to learn from foreign devils. It is only natural that they can do better than their teachers after learning.

If it was the Qing Dynasty...that would be a headache.

Of course, Cheng Shijie also guaranteed that Daming would not compete with Venice for the interests of maritime trade, nor would it seize Venice's overseas territories in any way. To put it bluntly, everyone was exchanging technology.

This made Catherine secretly relieved. An Ottoman Empire is enough for Venice to have a headache. If the Ming people get involved again and compete for Venice's trade share in the Mediterranean, it will be impossible to survive that day!

In Catherine's eyes, this transaction is worthwhile. Compared with the three or four hundred yards of naval guns in this era, the effective range of the fire dragon can reach more than 800 meters, or even 1000 meters. The battleship is similar to the main battleship of the Ottoman Empire, the Mahadi class.

The poor shipbuilding industry and lax management of the Ottoman Empire, their poor shipbuilding technology, in fact, is not too strong for the Venetian city-state navy. It was the losses caused by other accidents, which were ten times larger than the losses caused to them by the Venetian navy.

In the Ottoman Empire, if it really relied on its strength, it could crush Venice, or crush it to death. Why did it fight with Venice, a small country, for more than 200 years?

The fire dragon they have obtained now not only has a higher range advantage, but the key is that its power is quite amazing. One fire dragon can kill a small warship of more than 100 tons. If a large warship, at most three or four can be sunk A medium-sized warship.

This time, Catherine bought 1000 pieces from Ming Dynasty, which was enough for the more than [-] large, medium and small warships in the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ottoman Empire to share [-] to [-] pieces each.

Venice desperately needs such a powerful weapon!Negotiate everything and sign the contract.

While Cheng Shijie was busy, Cheng Jiayue also really entered Jinzhou No. [-] Primary School, which was the first elementary school in Jinzhou. The school was established with the original Guns and Pao Bureau compound, and people used to call it the Guns and Pao Bureau School .

Cheng Jiayue felt a little unbelievable in the first class.

The schools of the Ming Dynasty were also like those of later generations. When they met their teachers, they had to say hello to them.

However, they didn't deal with it lazily like the schools of the later generations. Cheng Jiayue's Chinese teacher was Zhang San, who was also the outlaw lunatic Zhang San. He was born as a serious scholar and a famous strict teacher in Jinzhou. one.

After learning that he was going to be the teacher of Cheng Shijie's biological daughter Cheng Jiayue, he decided to teach Cheng Jiayue a lesson.

After Zhang San entered the classroom with the textbooks in his arms, all the students stood up and bowed to Zhang San according to the degree: "Hello, teacher!"

Just when Zhang San was about to wave his hand to signal everyone to sit down, he came back to his senses and saw the scene in the classroom clearly. The students all had slumped shoulders, slumped waists and necks. Is this a good opportunity for Liwei?

"Chen Zhong, Zhou Dingguo, come out!"

Zhang San naturally knows the true identities of Chen Zhong and Zhou Dingguo. In Liaodong, they are the real children of high-ranking cadres. Although Chen Dayong is now only the director of the military committee of the military committee, in fact, everyone knows that Chen Dayong is now second only to Shen Ming. The third person in the army of Yu and Changyu is even higher than Liu Qingsong and Zhou Ning.

At least not to mention Zhou Dingguo, his grandfather is Zhou Yandong, the nominal second person in the Ning Navy, and he can also be regarded as the Dinghai God of Liaodong. Zhou Yandong is in charge of everything except military power, and his power is even greater than Song Xiance.Zhou Yandong can hold his veto power.

And Zhou Dingguo's father, Zhou An, is now serving as the Deputy Commander of the Ninghai Navy in Guangning, and he can be regarded as one of the senior generals. Zhou's family in Liaodong can be said to be second only to Cheng Shijie's family.

However, Zhang San didn't give Chen Dayong and Zhou Yandong any face, and said in a very stern tone: "Is it the first day for you two to go to school?"

"no!"

"Mr. teaches you to read and write. He is your great benefactor. He is a teacher for a day and a father for life! You should respect your father as much as you do to your husband. How can you be so sloppy when you welcome and send you off? No matter how much you read, you don't know Li Na is still a waste!, all of them are there, you all follow me, watch carefully!"

As Zhang San said, he drew back his waist and hips, put his legs together, put his hands on his sides, and shouted loudly: "Hello, sir!"

When Zhang San said the last word "good", his head and upper body were flatly folded ninety degrees, and he made a standard bow.

"This is the gift!"

Infected by the emotions of the surrounding students, Cheng Jiayue also shouted loudly: "Hello, sir!"

"Very good, sit down!"

When Cheng Shijie came to visit Cheng Jiayue in secret, he had already started physical education at this time. Unlike the happy education of later generations, primary education in Liaodong actually had four subjects, namely Chinese, mathematics, chemistry and physical education.Moreover, before the age of 12, male and female students are not divided into male and female students, but go to school together.

In Liaodong, children under the age of 12 spend a quarter of their class time studying physical education. Cheng Jiayue's management is much better than most Liaodong children, especially after traveling through time and space, Cheng Jiayue's physical fitness has improved significantly Promoted, Cheng Jiayue, who was originally not good at sports, actually performed well in sports.

This is the children's version of the race, with a standard 400-meter track, which means that they need to run two laps. As the whistle of the one-armed sports teacher sounded, fifty or sixty children started to run around.

The four companions immediately surrounded Cheng Jiayue, like a plum blossom, secretly protecting Cheng Jiayue.

All the children chased each other, running very happily and very lively.

The physical education teacher was Li Yong, a retired veteran of the Ning Navy. Li Yong watched Cheng Shijie arrive, and gave Cheng Shijie a chest salute: "Meet the commander!"

"How's life at school!"

"Tell the truth, or lie?"

"Truth!"

"I'm not used to it!"

Li Yong smiled wryly, and patted his right hand with his left hand: "But, this arm is gone, so I can only accept my fate!"

Li Yong was in Bali Bay. His right arm was hit by Jiannu's white soldier armor with iron bones, resulting in a comminuted fracture. If this kind of injury happened in later generations, his arm could be saved. However, in Daming, his arm Disabled.

"Children are our future, let you teach students sports, and you have been wronged?"

Li Yong is disabled and retired. He works as a student teacher and receives a monthly subsidy of [-] renminbi. His monthly income can reach [-] renminbi. The school also provides board and lodging, and his income is no less than when he was in the army.

It's just that the soldiers are eager to fight and long for the life of the barracks. Some people think that the barracks of Ning Haijun is the [-]th floor of hell, while others think that the barracks is heaven.

It is human nature to have different opinions on the same thing from different angles.

Li Yong also wanted to ask Cheng Shijie what he was doing at school, and at this moment, Cheng Jiayue also saw Cheng Shijie, and she ran towards Cheng Shijie excitedly: "Dad, why are you here?"

"Dad, come and see how Jiayue is doing at school!"

"Dad, I have made great progress. Today I ran No.3, only a little slower than Chen Zhong and Zhou Dingguo, but they are both older than me. I will definitely surpass them in the future!"

“Jay Wyatt is awesome!”

With the end of the competition, the teacher Li Yong began to present certificates to the winning students. Cheng Jiayue received a big red flower, which was different from the red flowers of later generations. It was actually made of red silk with a ribbon.

Cheng Jiayue, who was standing in front to accept the teacher's praise, looked smug.

Cheng Shijie just watched Cheng Jiayue's class quietly. After the physical education class, it was chemistry class.

In class, the teacher was pouring something into a cup. Every time a drop came out, there would be a soft sound from the cup, and a puff of smoke would come out. Many children left their seats and formed a circle to watch him operate. .

The teacher warned while dripping something: "I can tell you, this thing is very dangerous. If it splashes a little bit into your eyes, you may lose your eyes, so you must not play it by yourself!"

Cheng Jiayue hasn't started chemistry class yet, this is a little strange to Cheng Jiayue: "What is the teacher doing?"

"Do an experiment!"

Seeing this scene, Cheng Shijie felt a little strange: "Is it too early?"

Perhaps because he sensed it, Zhang San, the class teacher who accompanied Cheng Shijie, explained: "Marshal, you don't know something. Not everyone has the opportunity to go to school. Many children have dropped out of primary school due to family reasons. Teaching children chemistry knowledge, It also allows them to be applied in life!"

At this moment, probably enough to drop something into it, the teacher put down the small bottle that was said to contain something very dangerous, shook the cup slightly, put a small stone in it, and took it out again after a while , Put it on a tung oil lamp and burn it, it sizzled and blisters came out one by one.

After a while, the teacher took out a small cage with a little white mouse in it.

The teacher grabbed the mouse with one hand, then dipped a little liquid from the cup and poured it into the mouse's mouth. At the beginning, the mouse was still struggling, but its strength was getting weaker and weaker. , and stopped moving in less than half a minute.

The children burst into exclamation: "Look, the mouse will really pass out after drinking that stuff, it's amazing!"

"Do you know what this is?"

Except for Cheng Jiayue, all the children said in unison: "Sweat medicine!"

The teacher looked at the students and said, "You are still young and your strength is not strong enough. When you encounter bad people who want to do bad things, use this thing to deal with them!"

Cheng Shijie frowned: "Is this intentional to teach children badly?"

"Marshal, this...student thinks that you must not have the heart to harm others, you must have the heart to guard against others, and the method of harming others must always be prepared..."

Only then did Cheng Shijie realize that he had actually been ignoring the issues of education all along. These issues must be taken seriously. Liaodong textbooks must be reworked. What is not good to teach is called making Mongolian sweat medicine and poisoning.

Do you want to teach a group of master poisoners?
When Cheng Shijie had a headache, Emperor Chongzhen also had a very headache.

Zheng Zhilong has now arrived in Liaodong, and Emperor Chongzhen's internal treasury now has more than 680 million taels of silver. No matter from which point of view, Emperor Chongzhen is now a rich man.

But the question is, how to appreciate Cheng Shijie?
Now people all over the world are watching. If Cheng Shijie solves such a big trouble for Emperor Chongzhen, and the income of more than 1000 million taels of silver, if Emperor Chongzhen does not reward him, who will give him silver in the future.

But how should Cheng Shijie be rewarded? Cheng Shijie is now Hai Guogong, Governor of Liaodong, nominal Minister of the Ministry of War, and the nominal governor of the Fifth Army.

Just like the rogue bandits are still raging now, the reason why Emperor Chongzhen couldn't mobilize the Ning Navy, mobilized the Ning Navy to quell the rebellion, and with the combat effectiveness of the Ning Navy, they took care of Jiannu as if they were playing. Zhang Fei eats bean sprouts, a piece of cake?
But the problem is, there is no way to reward Cheng Shijie any more.

After learning that Cheng Shijie had found his own daughter, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little regretful, if it was Cheng Shijie who found his son?It is not impossible to directly confer Cheng Shijie's son Cheng Jialong as a marquis, even a duke.

However, the problem is that what Cheng Shijie got back was only his daughter. It's not that Daming didn't reward women with titles, but Mrs. Gaoming is usually granted to deceased women or married women. She has never rewarded a girl under nine years old. baby.

As a courtier, once he makes a world-class feat without any reward, he will often not end well. He will be jealous of the king and suffer misfortune. But the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen doesn't want to do this, even if Cheng Shijie wants to be Yue Fei, and Ning Haijun doesn't necessarily have to be Yue's army.

After much deliberation, Emperor Chongzhen decided to ask Empress Zhang Yan, the emperor's wife, to come forward. Emperor Chongzhen told his wife Zhang Yan that Cheng Shijie had found his biological daughter, and Zhang Yan immediately understood what Chongzhen meant: "Your Majesty means that I want to In my capacity as this palace, accept Cheng Qing's daughter as a righteous daughter?"

"Exactly!"

"Then why not Zhou?"

"Emperor's Sister-in-law, you have no children now, and having a foster daughter at your knees, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

Zhang Yan said with a faint smile: "Then, as a queen, I will issue a decree to accept Cheng Shijie's daughter Cheng Jiayue as a righteous daughter and make her Princess Ji'an."

"Very good!"

Cheng Shijie inspected Jinzhou No. [-] Primary School. Luo Baofeng, a teacher who has always been good at observing words and deeds, immediately changed the learning content to ideological education.He looked at the children and said: "Received the kindness of a drop of water, we should repay it with a spring. Classmates, now we can live a good life, because of whom?"

Let these innocent children say in unison: "Because of the handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher, who allowed you to go to school?"

"It's handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher, who gave you free meals at school?"

"It's handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher, who is it that allows you to distribute school uniforms for free?"

"It's handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher who it is..."

Cheng Jiayue was very puzzled, she looked at her classmate Sun Pu beside her in a low voice and said, "Who are they calling the handsome?"

Sun Pu looked at Cheng Jiayue in disbelief and said, "Don't you know who the handsome is?"

"I really do not know!"

Sun Pu thought Cheng Jiayue had just come to Jinzhou, maybe he really didn't know, so he said, "The handsome is your father!"

(End of this chapter)