I'm really not doing business

Chapter 176 Hand-bound the turbid dragon Pan Jixun, as miserable as the water ghost Gao Qiyu

In the first month of the fourth year of Wanli, the capital was full of joy. Firstly, it was the Chinese New Year, and secondly, because the imperial court won another battle last winter. In the first year of Wanli, it was Duzhangman. In the second year of Wanli, it was Gule Village. In the third year of Wanli, it was Daningwei. Daming has been winning battles recently, which makes him even more beaming.

The victory in the second year of Wanli and the third year of Wanli is related to the vital interests of everyone in Gyeonggi. At least in a short period of time, the people of Gyeonggi, don't worry, Altan Khan and Tuman Khan have invaded again. They must find a way Only by defeating the Great Ningwei can we go south.

Gyeonggi has regained some of its former prosperity and vitality. In the first eight years from the first year of Longqing to the third year of Wanli, the emptiness of Gyeonggi has been somewhat alleviated.

The route Alta Khan took was different from that of Yexian. He first entered the army from Zijingguan after defeating the Jingying in Xuanfu (Zhangjiakou), while Alta Khan and Tuman Khan went south through Gubeikou and Xifengkou.

Qi Shuai is at least stable in the north.

There has never been a lack of impeachment against Qi Jiguang in the court, but because this kind of reassuring effect is still there, and Zhang Juzheng is still in power in the court, it is difficult for Qi Jiguang to be brought down by some illusory and false remarks, such as the Persian beauty. Son.

As always, the little emperor received foreign officials, county magistrates, elders and common people at Huangjimen, and every year, Zhang Juzheng carefully selected people.

The foreign officials I met this year were Prime Minister He Dao and Governor Pan Jixun of Jiangxi. Prime Minister Pan Jixun is the Yellow River He Dao, and he is the governor of Jiangxi. These two positions are real power.

"Sir, what is Governor Pan doing in Jiangxi to deal with the river?" Zhu Yijun looked at Pan Jixun. Pan Jixun was very thin, with torch-like eyes, very shrewd.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Because of the Yellow River incident, only Pan Jixun can bind the turbid dragon."

The Yellow River, the mother river, has a very, very bad temper. It always wags its tail in the North China Plain, making the people in the North China Plain suffer from the flooding of the Yellow River. As the weather turns cold, the flow of the Yellow River drops. The sediment settled on the river bed, and the Yellow River became an aboveground river.

It's just natural disasters, and there are also man-made disasters. The Northern Song Dynasty was still unable to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which caused the Khitan people of the Liao Kingdom to go south at any time.

However, the court of the Northern Song Dynasty was still unable to raise troops to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Song Taizong began to dig holes in the North China Plain.

Under Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's guideline of using water to replace soldiers, the Northern Song Dynasty has been using water to replace soldiers for more than 100 years.

Sanyi Huihe was carried out under this guiding ideology. It is really wicked to do Sanyi Huihe dry.

Can using water instead of soldiers really stop the northern captives from going south?Actually can't.At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin people went south with iron hoofs, and the Jingkang disaster caused Song Huizong and Song Qinzong to go north directly.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin army, which captured the second emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, failed to occupy Kaifeng and withdraw its troops. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Du Chong, the governor of Kaifeng, who replaced Zongze, was left behind in Tokyo and Du Chong, the prefect of Kaifeng. The people ran to the south. After Du Chong dug the Yellow River, the Yellow River has since taken the Huai River into the sea.

It is worth noting that Du Chong, who was entrusted with an important task by Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, was in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River. When the Jinren went south, Du Chong directly surrendered to the Jinren.

Du Chong dug the Kaifeng section of the dam, and the Yellow River's temper became more irritable.

Later, the Kingdom of Jin began to manage the Yellow River, which broke the embankment once every three days and once every five days. Because of the governance of the Yellow River, the Yuan Dynasty created the eyes of Mo Daoshi and provoked the Yellow River to rebel.

The Yellow River is difficult to control. Standing in front of Zhu Yijun is Pan Jixun, a water conservancy expert who can bind a turbid dragon.

When Pan Jixun heard Zhang Juzheng's evaluation of binding the turbid dragon, he just shook his head, and said with a little disappointment: "Yuanfu has praised you absurdly. What I am good at is building embankments to restrain water, using water to attack sand, and storing clear water to clean up muddy water." , Scour the river bed, keep the water transport, just the method of scouring the sand with water, it’s not worth mentioning, it can’t do its best, and it can’t bear such absurd praise.”

"Governor Pan has something to say." Zhu Yijun looked at Pan Jixun's hesitant expression, and asked him to speak out what was in his heart.

Pan Jixun took a deep breath and shook his head and said, "I don't want to harm my husband. I'm talking nonsense under the door of the Quanchu Guild Hall, and it will only embarrass my husband."

This is still a brother!

"But it's okay to talk, it's the master's idea to come out to meet foreign ministers, and it's been the third year so far." Zhu Yijun reiterated that there is nothing you can't talk about!
In the original historical line, the matter of receiving foreign officials was only carried out once in December of the first year of Wanli, and it stopped amidst the opposition. Meeting foreign officials was regarded as a kind of hard work of the Lord. You, Zhang Juzheng, are the only ones who are capable, and your disciples and old officials are all over the world, so who are you scaring!
Meeting foreign officials was a patriarchal method during the Yongle period of Hongwu. Zhu Yijun thought it was very good, and marked an X on any impeachment memorial, and kept it.

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile, "You say so."

"To control the river, first control the Tao. If the Hetao is not treated, it is impossible to control the Yellow River. The former chief assistant Xia Yan died because of the repetition, so I dare not speak." Pan Jixun thought for a long time before saying.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yijun made a very solemn and clear statement and said: "There is nothing that cannot be said. Da Sima is clamoring every day to restore the Hetao and the Great Ningwei. Isn't it true that the Great Ningwei has already returned? You can talk about the restoration, and Must speak."

"Can you talk about it?" Pan Jixun was taken aback for a moment. He returned to Beijing to report on his duties this time, and he was not clear about the power and public opinion in the court.

"Of course I can. I am the Son of Heaven, and I have a golden mouth, and it's hard to chase!" Zhu Yijun once again clearly expressed his attitude, and he can speak.

Pan Jixun's combined boxing method of beaming water and flushing sand has been used in the flood control system of the Yellow River until the 21st century, and it is still the core guiding ideology. Moreover, Pan Jixun clearly pointed out in his memorials during the Wanli period that rivers should be treated first.

If the sediment is not resolved from the source, it will not last long to flush the sand with water.

Zhang Juzheng felt that Pan Jixun could bind the candle dragon, but Pan Jixun thought that he could not do his best.

Zhu Yijun specially ordered Pan Jixun to stay in the capital for a few days, and went to the side hall every day to explain the "Shushui flushing sand method". Pan Jixun had never entered the Hetao himself, so his method was missing another important component, the governance of the Hetao. .

Engineering is like mathematics, it does not lie.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun compiled "River Defense Overview" and "Two Rivers" by Pan Jixun, "Yongding Woolen Shipyard Chronicle" by Wang Chonggu, "Songjiang Shipyard Chronicle" by Guo Rulin and Zhao Shizhen, etc. "Longjiang Shipyard Chronicle" and "Fujian Shipyard Chronicle" were placed in the window representing engineering.

Zhu Yijun covered the glass window and stood in the side hall for a long time, while Zhang Juzheng stood aside, also full of relief.

Your Majesty has the ambition to revive the Ming Dynasty, this is Hong, Your Majesty has the perseverance far beyond ordinary people, this is Yi, why worry about Daming not being able to rise again?

"Sir, our Daming is thriving." Zhu Yijun's smile was bright and sunny, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Wanli, the 32 people from Daming who were farthest from Daming were also celebrating the New Year. However, the conditions were poor, and they could only open a bottle of Guojiao and pay respects to the capital.

The Ming Fleet led by Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan was still on the four-masted galleon, and in the past six months, they had become people on the water.

Getting on a boat is a very, very hard job.

In the past six months, Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan have gone through many dangers.

For example, the heavy fog caused by the collision of the Kuroshio Current also has rivers in the sea. This is something Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan both knew before going out to sea, and the rivers in the sea are also divided into cold and hot. fog.

Different from the heavy fog on the road, the heavy fog on the sea covered the sky and the sun. During the voyage for several days, it was impossible to distinguish five fingers with outstretched hands. The fog repeatedly changed various shapes under the action of the wind, making Ben As for the lonely voyage, it became even scarier, and a feeling called loneliness spread in everyone's hearts, as if the passage of time was stopping.

In the thick fog, there was a sudden storm.

The weather at sea is always so unexpected. Amidst the torrential rain, strong wind and huge waves, the three four-masted galleons finally separated. Everyone tied themselves to the boat with ropes for fear of being thrown out. Don't dare to tie it too tightly, for fear that when the boat sinks, you won't be able to escape. In fact, it's just an indifferent struggle.

Humans are so small in front of nature.

The ship began to lack fresh water, or spirits, and the fresh water on the ship could be replenished with rainwater, but only by taking it with spirits can you ensure that you will not have diarrhea. After communicating with the captain Antonio, Gao Qiyu made the decision and gave it to King Felipe of Spain The wine cellar of the Second King was brought out to ensure the supply of fresh water for the ships.

After being separated for nearly a month, the two lost boats miraculously reappeared around them. The people on board shouted enthusiastically and set firecrackers at the sky to celebrate this reunion. There were holes in the sails, and the captain Antonio could only cheer and curse at the same time.

In fact, Antonio was ready to lose both ships.

Even if one ship can arrive at the port smoothly, the profit is enough to make up for the loss, and the return of the two ships is like a miracle.

There were no pilots on those two ships. Translated into Da Ming's words, it means that there were no sailors who knew how to lead the stars.

The art of leading the stars and crossing oceans is a profound knowledge. In the Ming Dynasty, the crew also regarded them as gods who can pinch and count. Under the heavy fog that obscures the secrets of the sky, it is an extremely terrifying way to still rely on the compass to navigate. ability.

Sailors need to have profound arithmetic ability and stargazing ability. In Taixi, there are not many sailors who are willing to board the boat. In fact, from - Manila Moon Harbor - Acapulco (Mexico) - Lima Port (Peru) - The Strait of Magellan - La Blata (Argentina) - Pala (Brazil) - Cape Verde (the westernmost point of West Africa) - Seville (Spain) is still very unstable and immature, especially when crossing When it comes to the calm Pacific Ocean, there are still too many dangers.

People prefer the Macau-Goa (India)-Cape of Good Hope-Lisbon (Portugal) route. This route does not need to cross the rough Atlantic Ocean. There is land along the way. Fresh water and food can be replenished at any time. Most importantly, this The route has been around for decades, and the route is very mature.

The Spanish and Portuguese sailors actually didn't like this new sea route opened by Spain, which was considered to be full of dangerous adventures.

So the two ships without sailors separated, which meant death, but they still followed the river in the sea to keep up with the flagship with sailors.

Xu Fan put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Gao Qiyu: "There are no sailors on the other two ships, which is also a means of confinement. If they leave the flagship, they will surely die if they get lost in the vast sea. The sailor is Philip II. That rein in your hand."

"The crew can die at sea, but they must not steal the wealth of Felipe II."

"It's also possible that Felipe II couldn't equip enough sailors." Gao Qiyu thought of another possibility.

Both Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu updated the logbook a lot. This time, the topic they discussed was that the other two large ships were not equipped with sailors.

Antonio said with certainty: "Gao's idea is right. It's not that Felipe II didn't want to have enough pilots. He couldn't do it. The explanation is not very complicated."

"Philipe II was even more domineering and overbearing. He made clear regulations that the colonies are only allowed to trade with the suzerain country and cannot trade with any other country. Trade between colonies is also explicitly prohibited. And between the colonies and the suzerain country The trade, monopolized by Felipe II to a small number of merchants, was concentrated in the port of Seville, much to the displeasure of the Low Countries and the Duchy of Aragon."

"The designated trading port in the colony is the port of Veracruz, also known as the evil monopoly port, the pocketbook of Felipe II."

The communication between Antonio, Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan is very strange. Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan speak Chinese, while Antonio speaks Latin. The two sides are bilingual in this way, and each can understand what the other is saying. Each has its own position, even if Gao Qiyu can speak Latin, he can't speak.

Gao Qiyu is an envoy of the Emperor of Heaven.

Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan glanced at it. They could understand what Antonio was saying. Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas stopped during the Yongle and Xuande years. Public opinion intensified and eventually stopped.

Even in Daming, in a country with a high concentration of power, a government order must be implemented from top to bottom and from bottom to top, which must conform to the theory of contradiction, and the official ship of the Ming Dynasty monopolizes trade.

Now Spain faced the same dilemma, with opposition so widespread that Felipe II could not even find a pilot.

Because the Maritime Academy is in the hands of nobles, powerful people, and religions, and the pilots are also in their hands, the monopoly of trade has become precarious.

Under this decree of Felipe II, there is shocking smuggling. The governors of the various colonial governors, tacitly, under the illumination of the empire on which the sun never sets, unanimously used convenience for businessmen;

The Spanish powerhouses resisted this decree by not giving Felipe II a pilot, while the Neyland region of the low country took up arms to resist this decree.

Antonio smiled and said: "The dangerous time of this journey has passed. We are about to arrive in Acapulco. When we get there, we will disembark and walk to the port of Veracruz. It only takes three months at most. Arrived at the port of Seville."

"Damn it, we'll have to transfer at that time. The sanitation of those ships is extremely bad. The ships are full of rats and fleas. It's damn."

"Why can't you learn the techniques of hygiene from Daming!"

Antonio's smile disappeared!

He remembered the terrible thing. In the past six months, he got used to the fact that there were no rats on board. Before that, he could see his dearest friend every morning when he woke up—a rat with a long forearm. The pair were used to it. For Antonio without the rat boat, it was like a nightmare.

He was used to the poor sanitation environment before, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but now, when he thought of that scene, cold sweat broke out all over his back!

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

"Oh? Can we arrive in three months?" Gao Qiyu said worriedly: "I'm still a little worried. After all, the conflict in Luzon has cast a shadow over this mission. I'm more worried about seeing By the time of the king of Spain, there was unnecessary conflict."

"There is no need to worry." Antonio looked around and said in a low voice in Chinese: "Actually, Felipe II doesn't know where Manila is. Francisco did not report the details of Luzon in detail, and now , He was captured by you, let alone report."

"It's not the Spaniards who sailed to Luzon, but they all think that Luzon is a province of Ming Dynasty, because the cargo of the galleons is often goods with a strong oriental color, such as silk, tea, porcelain, spices, cotton cloth, paper, Liuli and so on, not everyone is like Emperor Ming, insisting on figuring out where their territory is."

"Astronomy, a cool name, even for religious reasons, the fact that the earth is a ball is not commonly talked about, even if it is a proven fact."

Antonio said something uncomplicated.

Felipe II had been to the lowland countries of the Netherlands as far as he could go. Felipe II could not clearly know the situation in Luzon. Luzon was really too far away.

"What the captain means is that if we don't explain this matter, we can fool the King of Spain in such a muddled way?" Gao Qiyu carefully savored Antonio's words, convinced that he heard correctly, and felt a sense of familiarity.

That's right, that's how Daming deceived the emperor, building an information cocoon, and trapping the emperor in a dream of a heavenly kingdom, from which he couldn't extricate himself.

Antonio said with certainty: "In fact, it is not uncommon for the governor to be killed by the local indigenous people. If Felipe II doesn't ask, there is no need to explain in too much detail. The most important significance of Manila to Felipe II, Isn’t it just trade? As long as trade is still going on, Felipe II will not ask too much.”

"Legaz is very aware of this. Therefore, in his letters, he never talks about the loss of Manila. I am the opponent of Philip II. I should deceive him. Legaz is Philip II. Even Legazit, the world's special envoy, will lie to his monarch, and I have no moral burden."

"Very reasonable." Xu Fan nodded and said.

Deceit is common, just like smuggling is common. In fact, sons will not tell the truth to their fathers. Xu Fan told the truth to Xu Jie. As a result, his father's good son became a murderer, and was exiled into the army. As a retinue, I went to Taixi.

For example, there was a lack of spirits on board, and Gao Qiyu decided to use up all the gifts from Emperor Ming Dynasty to Felipe II, including national cellar spirits. As long as everyone doesn’t tell, no one will know.

"We are almost in Acapulco, and the next journey will disappoint you both." Antonio said with his hands open, "Don't expect too much from Tessie, the real situation may be a little worse than your imagination."

"Is it almost there?" Gao Qiyu had actually had enough of the days on the boat, and it felt really good to be down-to-earth.

"Yes, that's why Felipe II invested in me. I'm an excellent pilot. The pilot of the galleon fleet is me." Antonio said with a smile on his face.

Felipe II chose Antonio because he really couldn't find a pilot.

Pilots are not very scarce in Taixi, but these pilots are not loyal to the royal family. They are mainly in the Principality of Aragon and the Low Countries. The Principality of Aragon is a partner of the Spanish Empire, and the Low Countries Netherlands is the vanguard against tyranny.

In the twilight of the morning sun, three large sailing ships slowly sailed towards the port from the distant sea horizon, and their appearance was like a scroll slowly unfolding.

The first thing to appear is the mast of the ship, and then the soft sail with the red cross. Under the wind blowing on the sea, the soft sail bulged up like wings that were about to fly, making the cross more full.

Every patch and every trace on the sail seems to tell its past stories and adventures, many of which are holes made when reuniting and firing guns at the sky, Antonio jumped curse.

Then there is the horn of the bow, and there is a stone carving at the tail of the horn, a human body with an eagle beak, carved by Indians.

The morning sun shines on the hull of the galleon, and the three ships draw a beautiful waterline on the blue waves. The hull is wide and smooth. This is the largest ship in the Spanish Empire, and it is full of goods from the far east. .

When the four-masted galleon approached the port of Acapulco, the people in the port began to run and cheer, and small boats began to leave the port, hooked the locks on the big ships, and dragged the ships into the port.

The weather was fine and cloudless, and the waves slapped the hull gently, creating pearl-like sprays. After the ship docked, people from the entire port of Acapulco rushed forward from the pier, thinking To see the heroic appearance of the galleon.

Indeed majestic.

At this time, the crew of the galleon also began to get busy. They skillfully manipulated the ropes to tie the boat firmly to the pier, and then the crew of the galleon began to unload the cargo from the boat, boxes of goods After being moved to the pier, the whole pier became lively in an instant, with continuous bursts of cheers.

Mercury was mined from the Ijo River in South America, and then transported to Rico Peak to refine silver, cast into silver coins in Potosi City, and sent to the port of Acapulco, which is the distribution center for goods and commodities in the entire New Spain world.

The arrival of this galleon has made the Port of Acapulco more prosperous and active.The cheerful, boisterous sounds of people trading goods on the docks filled the air.

And those three galleons have also become the symbol of this port, parked quietly on the pier, telling its past sea adventures and future journeys.

Gao Qiyu got off the boat, and then fell down. On the boat, he got seasick, when he got off the ground, he fell down...

Walking is as weird as stepping on cotton under your feet, and it even takes one to half a day to get used to, not only the missions of Gao Qiyu, Xu Fan and Daming, but also the excellent captain Antonio.

After resting for a day, everyone got used to it. After adding plenty of fresh vegetables, Gao Qiyu finally didn't look like a water ghost, his lips were as white as paper, and he returned to his former elegance and easygoing.

Gao Qiyu's food is simple, the staple food is crispy grilled cornflakes, spicy burritos with chicken or beef, a plate of chili sauce, two slices of lemon, a pinch of sea salt and a glass of tequila, which is a local Food, but the taste of this tequila is not delicious, Gao Qiyu refuses to drink this very strange wine.

This trip to sea was very bitter and tiring, very hard work, but rewarding.

"Did you find out? Their ships sailing on the sea can be regarded as a gift from the gods. They are as rough as the silk they weave and dye. They are completely adventurous." Xu Fan finished writing the logbook, facing the same struggle Gao Qiyu said.

They use hard pens, that is, pencils. It is really difficult to write calligraphy on the sea without any conditions.

"It's really an adventure, drifting with the tide, relying entirely on the rivers in the sea to move forward." Gao Qiyu agreed with Xu Fan's point of view very much, so all the people who arrived in Luzon were desperadoes, and they were all low-level people, Antonio, Legaz and that fox demon Lori Ann is a nobleman.

Xu Fan said helplessly: "As the captain said, we don't have to have expectations for the next journey. This place is extremely simple."

"According to the captain, we will walk about 1 miles on land after disembarking, and board again at the port of Veracruz in the Atlantic Ocean. If we choose to go south to the Strait of Magellan, we will need to walk more than [-] miles. It will take at least half a year."

"And this journey by land is more dangerous than the journey by sea."

Gao Qiyu closed his logbook and said in silence for a long time: "I only hope that our logbook can return to Daming smoothly. There used to be an Indian kingdom here, which was destroyed by the Hongmao Fan more than 50 years ago."

"In fact, from the seized red-haired documents, it is not difficult to find that they just couldn't defeat our Ming Dynasty. They tried many times, but were repelled. Sure enough, what Uncle Da Zong said was right. Be fearful but not virtuous."

Xu Fan nodded and said, "I agree with your point of view. After they destroyed this Indian kingdom, they began to enslave this place."

Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan set off again, from the port of Acapulco on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean to the port of Veracruz on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. This journey by land is very, very dangerous.

In addition to the harsh weather that rained for nine and a half days, there were countless poisonous snakes, mosquitoes, wild animals, and those screaming Indians with faces painted in various colors rushed out of the jungle and attacked the convoy.

All these made Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan into a mess, and even the Tiqi and the school captain who followed him killed three people, one died of a poisonous snake, one died of a mosquito, and one died of the hands of an Indian. This part of the journey is so dangerous. , the motivation that drives merchants to travel through the tropical rainforest is profit and wealth.

After a journey of nearly 16 miles, the convoy began to enter a place called Tenochtitlan, also known as Mexico City, the original capital of the Aztec Kingdom, which was occupied by the Spaniards in the 50th year of Zhengde. After more than [-] years of development, there is no sign of Indians here.

And in this place known as the City of the Sun, Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan were surprised to find nearly a thousand Han Chinese living here.

They live in a place called Denim Cloth Gathering. Doctors, tailors, weavers, gold and silver jewellers, carpenters, barbers and merchants from the Central Plains are active in this city of the sun.

Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan got in touch with these people. They were all Han Chinese who immigrated to Luzon from the Ming Dynasty. The boatmen on the four-masted galleon traveled across the ocean and came here. They stubbornly took root and sprouted, and some of them were sold as slaves. here.

But Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan didn't know how to describe it. These Han people had already integrated into the local area. Some of them had never returned to Daming, and they couldn't even speak Chinese.

After resting in the City of the Sun for three days, they set off again. This part of the journey was a downhill road at a very fast pace. After only seven days, they arrived at the port of Veracruz and set sail again.

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