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

Chapter 64
Chapter 063

"This group of pirates, regardless of gender, is usually for the people. Once dispatched, men, women, and children will all get on board. The women there are more fierce than the men. They have more than 100 fishing boats, including more than 30 bird boats, and two Western boats. , the strength is quite powerful.”

Li Zhixiang smiled wryly and said: "If our Ning Navy has the strength of the Dongjiang Navy, then we can fight. However, our Ning Navy only has 21 ships, and [-] of them are only riverboats, so there is no way to fight!" "

Only then did Cheng Shijie know that this so-called bird boat was actually one of the four famous boats in ancient China.The ship is 31 meters long, 6.8 meters wide, with a draft of 2.2 meters and a displacement of 230 tons.

In terms of appearance, this kind of ship is almost twice the size of the 11-gun ship of the Ninghai Navy. It uses an ancient wooden rudder, which is 2.3 meters long and 24.5 meters wide; it has three masts and five sails, of which the main mast is 9 meters high. , three sides of the mainsail, using the wind speed up to [-] knots per hour.

This speed, in the era of sailing ships, is already very impressive.

As for the Western ship, it is the Portuguese Carrick sailing ship, which has a displacement of more than 800 tons.For the Ning Navy Navy, this is simply a monster.

Cheng Shijie understands that this South Island is right under the nose of Dengzhou. If it is said that it is dark under the lights, it is still possible for a while. For so many years, this Meng Xianhan under Xu Hongru's command has not been exposed, which means that officially, there must be someone for him.

Pirates are not the same as bandits and bandits. Bandits and bandits are more secretive, especially in a desolate place like Ninghai Prefecture. If you find any forest, you can drill into a ravine and disappear.

But on the sea, you can see more than ten miles at a glance, and there is no problem in seeing more than ten kilometers with a telescope.More importantly, pirates have a unique smell.As pirates, they want to sell their stolen goods, right?

Do you always have to buy supplies?
Meng Xianhan was not found out that he was the identity of Xu Hongru's former department. This can indeed be done easily. The fact that this group of pirates were not found can only show that their official backing is still very strong.

However, Cheng Shijie felt a little regretful.Meng Xianhan is indeed a fat meat, but the problem is that this fat grows on the body of a fat pig. If you want to eat fat meat, you must be strong enough, otherwise you will be killed by the fat pig.

Naval battles are different from land battles. Even if they have an advantage in numbers, the problem is that there is no way to bring out the advantage in numbers.Especially in the Ning Navy, there are not a few landlubbers.They are not bad on land, but at sea, their combat effectiveness cannot be displayed.

Although he was a bit regretful, Cheng Shijie also knew that he should not rush forward now, let alone rush for success. If he strides too far, he will easily get hurt. If he rushes for success, he will not only fall short of success, but may even overturn his car.

"There is no need to say anything about this matter for the time being. Let the brothers rest well. Your bodies are too weak. If you don't have a good body, how can you fight?"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said, "Perform restorative training with peace of mind first. When our sailors are strong and the brothers are healthy, we will kill pigs and eat meat. They won't be able to escape anyway!"

"Yes, retire from my position!"

Just when Li Zhixiang and Li Fang brothers walked to the door, Li Fang suddenly turned around and said, "Master Guard, I have something to say about this humble official!"

"Speak!"

"We have quite a few brothers in the Dongjiang Army. I don't know if the garrison wants more soldiers?"

Li Fang was worried that Cheng Shijie would not want him, so he hurriedly said: "These soldiers are good soldiers. They are veterans who have fought against Jiannu for many years. They have strong combat effectiveness, but the brothers are too poorly equipped and can't eat. If the guards..."

Cheng Shijie couldn't figure out why the Dongjiang army was guarding the sea, so why did they have such a miserable life?

They can learn from the Ning Navy to dry salt, go fishing in the sea, and grow kelp on the sea. Kelp is one of the fastest growing plants in the world. Under suitable conditions, each giant kelp can grow to 50 to [-] meters a day. Sixty centimeters, a kelp can grow more than [-] meters in a year.

Kelp has high nutritional value, and Cheng Shijie himself likes to eat it, and this kind of kelp is a unique product in the North Pacific Ocean, which is suitable for growing in cold sea water. The Dongjiang Army controls more than 400 large and small islands in the Liaodong Peninsula, and in 30 A garrison set up on several islands.

Jiannu didn't have the ability to attack the sea, not to mention attacking the sea, even the Yalu River could only pass through it when it was frozen in winter. With the strength of the Dongjiang Army Navy, they could torture Jiannu to death.

"Do they have craftsmen who can build ships?"

"Have!"

"Let them come!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said, "Let them come to Wenquan Town. The pier is too small and needs to be expanded. Warships also need to be repaired. We need to build a maintenance dock."

"Thank you, Lord Guard!"

Li Fang was overjoyed, but Li Zhixiang frowned secretly: "This clan brother wants to make trouble!"

Although Ninghai City is a house of thousands of households, in fact, it is more like a commercial city.In particular, the military households in Ninghai City were very helpful. Gu Shizhang spent 800 taels of silver to hire Ning Haijun to protect his caravan.

Neither Song Xiance nor Zhou Yandong had the authority to mobilize Ning Haijun. In order to complete this task, they temporarily organized some military households to escort them under the banner of Ning Haijun.

Along with the bandits in Ninghai Prefecture, including Qin Wu who is not in Ninghai Prefecture, regardless of whether there are thousands or hundreds of people, there are already more than a dozen bandits wiped out by Ning Haijun.The news of these bandits was also very well-informed, and they all speculated that this might be Ning Haijun's fishing law enforcement.

They protect the caravan travel, and once attacked, they can strike across the border.

It is more than 900 miles from Dengzhou to Jinan, and there are hundreds of bandits along the way, but no one dares to move.The role of role models is huge, and this situation was soon known by other merchants, who came to Ninghai City to negotiate business.

When these merchants arrived in Ninghai City, they found that this is not a military city, it is almost like a city formed by factories, carriage factories, furniture factories, textile factories, farm tool factories, especially the factories that produce farm tools, and the hoes produced are actually What is used is not iron, but steelmaking.

After this situation was discovered by many merchants, they discovered a new world.

The farm tools produced by the farm tool factory in Ninghai City are almost all made of steel. Hoes, guillotines, heads, hammers, axes, hatchets, plows, columbine carts, columbine plows, rakes, and columbine (lào) are all made of steel. .

Of course, these businessmen didn’t know that these were not forged, but forged. Since the demand for agricultural tools was not high, especially when Cheng Shijie handed over the cold casting process of the shaft to the craftsmen, these craftsmen quickly drew inferences. They used hoes, The iron parts of agricultural tools such as guillotines and plows are directly made into molds. After the molten steel is cooled in the cooling tank, it flows into the mold and is directly shaped after simple grinding.

In this way, the production efficiency has been greatly improved. As long as there are enough molds, it is not a problem to produce tens of thousands of simple farm tools like hoes a day.

"Do you sell hoes here?"

"Nonsense, the things produced will naturally be sold, as long as there is enough money, everything is easy to talk about!"

"How much is this hundred refining hoe?"

"Three pennies, nothing less!"

The Ninghai Agricultural Tool Factory made a penny and a half of silver in tears.

In fact, it is not only the iron deficiency in Ming Dynasty, even in the 90s of later generations, some remote areas still use wooden farm tools, mainly because of iron deficiency. Of course, it is not that China lacks iron, but because of the backwardness of transportation or technology in the local area, there is iron transportation. do not come in.This is different from Daming's situation.

Many farmers in the Ming Dynasty could not afford iron farm tools at all. When pig iron was sold for more than 100 yuan a catty, the value of farm tools can be imagined.A waist knife weighing about two catties can be sold for eight or nine taels of silver.

That kind of court-style knife is actually a piece of iron, and the cutting effect is very bad. Only if it is covered with iron armor, that kind of iron armor is at most three or four millimeters thick, so it can't cut through it like this.If you use the knives of later generations, not to mention three or four millimeters of iron, even eight millimeters of steel can be cut, this is the gap.

When Cheng Shijie came back to Ninghai City, dozens of new shops had opened on the street. Since Ninghai City was very limited, the whole city seemed a little congested.

When Zhou Yandong heard that Cheng Shijie was back, he immediately came over to discuss matters with Cheng Shijie.

"Meet the guard!"

"Brother Zhou, you've seen someone else again, haven't you!"

Zhou Yandong blushed and looked more energetic. He reported to Cheng Shijiehui: "Master Garrison, there are currently 31 companies looking for our Ning Haijun to escort the caravan, with 9000 batches of goods, and a total of [-] taels of escort fees. !"

"The protection fee is not low!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said: "Brother Zhou, let someone talk to them. We are a one-time transaction, and the protection fee is a bit high. However, we also have monthly and annual services."

Cheng Shijie pointed to a batch of linen cloth from Guo Ji's company and said: "Look, for Guo Ji's shipment this time, the protection fee is five hundred and three hundred taels of silver. , and the rest is what they earn.”

"That's not good!"

Zhou Yandong thought for a while and said, "Is it a little low?"

"It's not low. It's more than 900 miles from Jinan to the whole city of Dengzhou, and it takes about a month to go back and forth."

Cheng Shijie smiled and said, "How many times can they deliver goods in a month?"

"That... it is indeed!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the bill and said: "Take Guo Ji as an example. If they have a yearly subscription, it will be cheaper to give them 8000 taels of silver a year. On average, it is only equivalent to more than 600 taels of silver per month. They make a lot of money. gone."

Zhou Yandong reported on the recent production situation. Their carriage factory has ordered [-] four-wheeled carriages. If these orders are completed, it will not be until next year.

The hottest thing is actually the iron and steel agricultural tools of the farm tool factory. This month’s profit is more than 8000 taels. Except for the factories of the Gun Bureau, Ordnance Bureau, and Jianu Bureau, there is no way to make a profit, and even the clothing factory can maintain a profitable state. .

"Master Garrison, those businessmen want to build shops in Ninghai City, but there is no place in our city to sell them!"

Cheng Shijie took a pen and drew a circle in the direction of the south gate of Ninghai City: "Tell them, from now on, the original Thousand Households will be regarded as the inner city of Ninghai City, and the city wall will be moved another five miles to the south. This area can be sold to them!"

"How much is the price?"

"Auction, the highest bid wins!"

"If they're in cahoots..."

"Won't you find a few trustees?"

After dealing with the pressing business, Cheng Shijie returned to the yamen of the Garrison Mansion.

Taking off your clothes, lying in the big bath, and being scalded by hot water is definitely the most wonderful enjoyment in winter.Cheng Shijie found that, as he lived in the late Ming Dynasty and later generations, the fat on his body disappeared quickly. During this period of time, he didn't pay attention to diet, and he didn't deliberately lose weight. He ate big fish and big meat.

Cheng Shijie was thinking about a problem. According to the law of conservation of energy, energy can neither be created out of thin air nor disappear out of thin air. It can only be transformed from one form to another, or transferred from one object to another. The total amount remains the same.

Every time he travels, he will feel a strong sense of hunger. The more things he carries, the stronger the hunger and fatigue. Could it be that his travels consume the energy of his body?That is his fat?
The fat on his body disappeared. At first he thought it was a good thing, but the problem is that now his body shape has returned to the level he used to work as a technician in Hangang Group. At that time, he was still 1.8 meters five and weighed more than 80 to [-]. Ten kilograms, not fat at all, just strong.

What to do if you run out of fat?
Cheng Shijie decided to go back to the later life, so he must go to the hospital for a physical examination.

Maybe he was too tired, but before he knew it, Cheng Shijie fell asleep in the bathtub, snoring slightly.

PS: Today continues to be open every day, during the public period, we will ask for tickets routinely.Next chapter, twelve o'clock.

(End of this chapter)