Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 143 Too Difficult
Seeing that Zhu Yuan emphasized the word 'ritual' again, Liu Lian understood it after a little thought, but shook his head again: "Hanlin, etiquette is important, but stabbing Nawuluo is not a citizen of my Ming Dynasty, and he came all the way. Since the Hanlin They all say the word rite, and the lower officials think that rites should be expedient."

As he spoke, he came to the edge of the tile workshop.

Zhu Yuan explained a few words, and soon someone brought tables and chairs, and the accompanying sack girl also brought paper and pen.

Zhu Yuan ignored Liu Lian for a while, sat down at the table, picked up a charcoal pencil, and conceived a little bit about the pressed mold for making tile embryos. If it is not my Ming people who have come from thousands of miles, it should be expedient, why?"

Liu Lian felt that his Shangguan was really unreasonable, so he lost his temper, and said with a stiff neck, "It's not the first time that Cina Wuluo has come to our Central Plains, and he has always admired me, Huaxia. If Hanlin does this, I'm afraid it will hurt people's hearts. If you insist on going your own way, the next official will report to His Majesty."

"Do you know what I despise Emperor Sui Yang the most?" Zhu Yuan changed the subject without raising his head, and without waiting for Liu Lian's answer, he said to himself, "Emperor Sui Yang conquered Korea and dug canals. They can all be described as meritorious deeds for thousands of years, and the only fault is that they are too eager for quick success. The only thing I despise Emperor Yang is that foreign countries come to court and wrap silk on the road."

"These two things are the same," Liu Lian immediately retorted: "If your Majesty does this, I would rather die than refute it."

"What two things are actually the same, and they can't be changed for thousands of years." Zhu Yuan finally raised his head, glanced at Liu Lian, and was a little disappointed: "I was praised a few times, I love Chinese culture, I love Chinese food, And so on, and then full of joy, give all the preferential treatment, holding it high, wishing to take out the heart and lungs, how stupid! Liu Lian, what do you want, that is your own business, I can't change it, I'm too lazy to reverse it. But here, I'm not a hospitable person, and I won't give any expediency."

Speaking of this, the corner of Zhu Yuan's mouth suddenly became sarcasm again: "What's more interesting is that what you guys dig out is often not your own 'heart and lungs'."

Liu Lian was stunned, recalling the emotion that the young man in front of him didn't know why he had come here, he came back to his senses for a moment, shook his head and said: "Hanlin, this is not what I'm going to do, never come here."

Zhu Yuan ignored him, hired the steward of the tile-making workshop, showed him what he had just drawn casually, and explained: "I drew it casually, and the general meaning is, you can go to Yao Feng and try to make something similar to this once. There are three core points in the formed pressing mold. First, the pressing part is cast with iron to ensure durability; second, the casting part is added with a counterweight, which can be stone, and the stronger the counterweight, the more compact the tile embryo; third, Adding a lever, adding a counterweight to a casting weighing several hundred kilograms, adding a lever makes it easier to open and close, well, you can also try a pulley block. In short, let Yao Feng and the others find out a sample for me as soon as possible.”

The steward was also a young official under the Yinghai Division, who was sent to practice hard work. Zhu Yuan's explanations, such as levers, were easy to understand, and he didn't need to spend too much time talking.

When the steward left with the drawings, Zhu Yuan looked at the sea merchant who had returned again. Apart from Qiao Wang who accompanied him, Liu Lian was also talking to him.

After finishing the matter here, the sea merchant was allowed to go forward again, kneeling down in a polite salute: "Cana Wuluo has seen the Yinghai envoy."

Zhu Yuan took another page of paper and put it in front of him, saying, "Get up."

Channa Ulo stood up, cupped his hands again, and said respectfully: "The overseas wild people don't know etiquette, and adults are offended."

Zhu Yuan listened to the other party's awkward Chinese, smiled, turned his head to look at this stalwart middle-aged man who was likely to make a few strokes at sea, glanced at Liu Lian next to him, turned his gaze back, and said, "You are Can bend and stretch."

Chana Wuluo looked puzzled, obviously he didn't understand a certain idiom, but he also roughly felt the meaning, and also smiled, and replied: "Those who do business in the Ming Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty dialect, peace is the most important thing. "

"It seems that you are still not satisfied."

"I don't dare," Chana Wuluo backed down, but then said, "It's just that I have always heard that China is a country of gentlemen. I have come here several times, and the people I interact with are courteous. The envoys from the sea... Speaking of Liu Qianshi recently, my lord has a lot of knowledge, and my lord has a lot of praise, but when I saw him today, my lord has a different personality."

Zhu Yuan didn't seem to hear the sarcasm, but instead glanced at Liu Lian again: "My knowledge, what have I talked to you about?"

Hearing this question, Channaudro's brown eyes seemed to brighten instantly, and he said, "Knowledge of things like calculation, navigation, etc., is like when a boat encounters wind and rain, it pushes away the wind, rain and lightning for the villain."

As Cana Wuluo spoke, he turned to Liu Lian beside him with some excitement, and bowed.

Liu Lian subconsciously wanted to return the gift, but when he saw his sea envoy looking at him coldly, his expression changed a few times, a little embarrassing, and he couldn't help explaining: "The officer only talked about calculation and sailing, other...not much to say. Chinara also exchanged a lot of knowledge with the subordinate officials."

Liu Lian has not forgotten the concept of "technical blockade" that his adults have mentioned on various occasions more than once, such as "Chemistry" that he only started studying during this period of time. did not disclose.

Still guilty.

Thinking of what his lord said just now, he is... after all, he took out the 'heart and lungs' of the little lord Yinghai to others.

Zhu Yuan didn't bother to look at Liu Lian again, but felt that he had an answer to something he was struggling with before.

After all, there are too many "Liu Lian" in this land.

It's too hard to keep something.

Turning back to Thanawulo who had already turned around, he mentioned the business of calling the other party over: "You...well, Tsinaraudro, is this your name or surname?"

Cinaraudro said: "Surname, the villain's name is Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic Cinaraudro."

Zhu Yuan randomly drew a rough map of the Persian Gulf on the paper in front of him, and continued to ask: "Where are they from?" He said and motioned to Tao Pu, the guard next to him, to hand over the drawn page with charcoal to the assassin. Nawuluo: "Click it out."

Channaudro took the paper, looked it over, his eyes flickered, and carefully marked a place with charcoal on his palm, and handing it back, he said: "The villain comes from the country of Krumos, which was once the homeland of Persia. Located at the exit of the Persian Gulf, it is an important commercial route and has been prosperous for generations."

The country of Hurumus?
Zhu Yuan was puzzled for a moment, and only realized when he saw the location marked by Sana Wuluo.

Hulumus, equal to 'Hormuz'.

Strait of Hormuz.

Pressing the paper in front of him, Zhu Yuan asked again: "Churmos, is it a separate country?"

"Yes, my lord," Channaudro said a little more proudly in a blink of an eye, "Churmos has never been conquered."

Zhu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth: "Why, is it because the Khan of the Ilkhanate is very kind?"

Cinnaudro held his head high: "Because of the unity and tenacity of Hulumos, we will not succumb to barbarism."

Nonsense.

Zhu Yuan made a comment in his heart, although he didn't quite understand it for a while, and he didn't bother to ask, but instead said: "Il Khanate, um, what's the situation now...?"

Tanaudro said: "The Ilkhanate no longer exists, and the land is being contested by the Qinchak Khanate and the Jalayir Khanate."

Zhu Yuan was startled when he heard the word 'Lu Shang', then suddenly laughed and said, "Are you on the island?"

Chinara: "..."

Was he not familiar with Chinese? Zhu Yuan asked, and it was only when Thana Ulo realized that he had unknowingly revealed his words.

"This is the real reason why you haven't been conquered, right?" Zhu Yuan poked again, the Mongolian army was invincible on land, and when they encountered water, they would die immediately.Without waiting for Chinara to answer, he changed the subject again: "Tell me about your journey, when did you set off from Hulumos, where did you pass along the way, and how long did it take you to arrive at Daming? "

Seeing that Zhu Yuan didn't pursue the question just now, Sana Wuluo relaxed, heard this question, cheered up again, and said: "The villain set out a year and three months ago, traveled along the way, and traveled through more than a hundred countries. , came to Ming Kingdom two months ago."

"Nonsense," Zhu Yuan pointed out again unceremoniously, staring at the other party and said, "Let's start from the first stop after you left Hulumos, how many days you walked, where did you stop, let's talk?"

Having said that, Zhu Yuan picked up the charcoal pencil and turned to the pattern in front of him, as if planning to mark it.

Chinara Ulo tightly closed his mouth.

Zhu Yuan waited for a while, and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he turned to Liu Lian suddenly: "Isn't this your good friend? You two hit it off right away. He must have known everything to you, right?"

Liu Lian opened his mouth, but didn't say anything for a while.

"Look..." Zhu Yuan nodded at Nawuluo: "This is a smart man," he pointed at Liu Lian with a charcoal pencil, "You are an idiot."

Liu Lian's face suddenly turned red.

If you want to refute, you can't open your mouth.

But Zhu Yuan didn't stop, still staring at Liu Lian: "This is just a businessman. One day in the future, someone will drive a warship and break into our waters according to the sailing skills handed down from you. I will not regret being a good teacher today."

Liu Lian's face turned even redder, and he bowed deeply suddenly: "If this day comes, the subordinate officials will definitely fight, and they will not hesitate to fight."

"When you are free, talk about your heart and mind, and die to repay the king when you are in danger, is that true?" Zhu Yuan said disdainfully: "No matter how many common people died because of this, anyway, you have left your name in history, how good it is."

Liu Lian's expression turned from red to white, and then from white to red again, and he didn't know what to say, but Tana Wuluo interrupted: "My lord, the kingdom of villains will never dare and have no power to covet the kingdom of superiors, but my lord, I don't know." Why are you so hostile to me, this is really against your country's way of hospitality."

Zhu Yuan withdrew his gaze from Liu Lian, shook his head and said, "Wrong, I have no hostility towards you. I'm just not as hospitable as they are. Besides, you just asked this, which shows that this is your problem. You are used to theirs." Hospitality', met me, just a little cold, you start to feel uncomfortable, feel that I am hostile to you, feel that I am wrong. Well, this is a very interesting thing."

Zhu Yuan had a playful tone, but he was not shy about stabbing Nawuluo. He also changed the subject and said: "Your Excellency is in charge of the affairs of your country's ships, not only setting high taxes, but also restricting our free trade. Is it true that you are doing this?" Aren't you afraid that I will treat foreign countries in the same way?"

"They're afraid, but I'm not." Zhu Yuan gestured to Liu Lian venomously again, and said, "Even so, I hope that you will be more unequal, so that I have a reason to send troops overseas. Oh, actually, I don't need it." The reason is that they need it, and I can only follow the rules. Similarly, if you feel that it is unfair, you can try to bring your own army over to seek fairness."

After saying this, Zhu Yuan lost the interest to continue the chat, waved his hand and said, "You can go."

Cana Wuluo was about to turn around subconsciously, but he stopped, bowed deeply to Zhu Yuan respectfully, and then backed away.

When the sea merchant walked away, Zhu Yuan signaled to Qiao Wang who had brought someone over: "One tael of glass can be exchanged for one tael of gold. It's a big deal. So, the glass craftsmanship is worth watching. If anyone in the Ming Dynasty wants to imitate it, I will do it." There is another way, the recipe is stolen by these barbarians, thousands of miles away, others will make it casually, we don’t want to monopolize and get rich, understand?”

"Small man," Qiao Wang agreed with a bow, with a bit of stern expression on his face: "I will definitely not disappoint you."

"I don't care if it's money or not," Zhu Yuan said, "If you don't have this source of income, you can change it to something else. But you, um, according to the management of the pen workshop, you and Yan Qi each still own three shares, you go back Just find Xieyi and make a contract."

Qiao Wang used to be the shopkeeper of Zhiyongzhai, so he couldn't understand how much profit the three-point shares of the chief generals contained.What's more, it is glass that is equivalent to gold. It is entirely conceivable that the interest rate for three-point shares will only be higher, and I couldn't help but kneel down: "My lord, there are too many, too many, small... I can't bear it." .”

"That's it, I hate pushing around, trouble."

Qiao Wang didn't dare to say any more, and kowtowed again: "Thank you, my lord."

After sending Qiao Wang away, Zhu Yuan turned to Liu Lian who was still in a daze: "You should go back too, and reflect on it."

Liu Lian left in a daze.

Zhu Yuan didn't get up, but sat at the table here, thinking about many things to follow.

It was originally planned to let Liu Lian take care of the Mingzhou Maritime Academy, but now it seems that it is not appropriate.

If you can't change the temperament of Confucian students who always want to "teach without discrimination, and benefit from all sides", similar to handing over polytechnic schools to them, and casually introducing a group of outsiders, it will only be a disaster.

Therefore, Fang Li or Yao Feng are more suitable.

The two may not be as knowledgeable as Liu Lian, but they are obedient and manageable.

Liu Lian...

Just follow his father's path, and incidentally act as the big accountant of the ever-growing Ying Hai Division.

Zhu Yuan can rest assured that these two matters are entrusted to him.

Furthermore, the overall situation in the north has been decided. Compared with continuing to go north, Zhu Yuan feels that he can speed up going east or south. After all, some island countries in the southeast, whether it is gold, silver, forests, or fishing grounds, are resources that Ming urgently needs.

As for the north, even if it is laid down in the short term, it will be difficult to develop it.

Now that he has a plan, he is not far from leaving Mingzhou, so he must advance to the next step as soon as possible.

So he told Tao Pu next to him to contact Huagao, and we will talk about it tomorrow. The previous plan was to adapt the pirates and release them to cause trouble. The Ming Navy will descend from the sky as the savior.

After all... there is always an excuse.

After sorting out these things, Zhu Yuan returned to the city in a sedan chair, and returned to the residence of Yinghai Envoy. He asked He Xuan and Xie Yi again, and asked them to contact the Yamen of the three major cities and buy some people.

Men don't care.

It is mainly the women brought by maritime merchants from various countries, and they are sent over to connect with the women in their own yards, and carefully sort out some current information about overseas countries.

In fact, the domestic maritime merchants who started to set off this year, whether they are official or private, Zhu Yuan has explained that in addition to buying and selling, they also need to collect various information.

This time... it can be regarded as a double combination, both public and private.

After all, Master Yinghai Envoy only has this personal hobby.Traveling through a scene is not here to be a saint.

(End of this chapter)