Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 6 General Wen's Ambition

Wen Desi briefly introduced his own experience of traveling alone.The different time and space passing through the bathroom of his house is under a certain hill, beside a small river. Judging from the degree of land development, this is a fairly prosperous agricultural area.The landform and vegetation should be South China. Just as he was hesitating whether to venture deeper and see if there were any villages to explore, something unexpected happened:

A group of soldiers in ancient costumes, led by an officer on horseback, escorted more than a dozen people who looked like villagers to the river, and immediately began to slaughter.

Although Wen Desi has also seen some quite bloody photos on the Internet, the degree of shock is still unparalleled when viewed from a distance of 30 meters.

In the end, the soldiers cut off the head, threw some broken weapons around the corpse, surrounded the officers and walked away.

"...Fortunately, I'm wearing a camouflage uniform, otherwise it would be really mysterious." Wen Desi still had lingering fears when he said it, "The ones closest to me are less than ten meters away."

The first impression left by the different time and space to Wen Desi was that the atmosphere was good, but the second impression was that his life was in danger.

Wen Desi opened his notebook and showed them the photos taken on the spot.The bloody and headless corpse is so lifelike under the interpretation of 900 million pixels and SLR lens.

"I also found some copper coins scattered around." Wen Desi took out a plastic bag with a dozen copper coins in it, "There are several kinds, please have a look, the latest one is Tianqi Tongbao."

"It may also be during the reign of Chongzhen."

"At least two years after the apocalypse." Xiao Zishan said confidently. "Guangzong died after only a few months as the emperor. In the first year of Tianqi, his father's Taichang Tongbao was cast. The Tianqi year name was cast in the second year. If you consider that casting and circulation also take time, it can be calculated It will be three years until the apocalypse."

"However, the speculation of this era is still a bit broad. The two brothers have been in power for more than 20 years."

"I think it should be the apocalypse, at most in the early years of Chongzhen. There are a large number of castings in Chongzhen Tongbao, and the spread is very wide. It is impossible to only have apocalypse money."

Now that the era has been determined, what are we going to do?

A wormhole leading to a different time and space is a milestone for the scientific community. The three people in the bathroom are obviously not physicists, and they have no Nobel Prize.If it is to be regarded as major news, none of them is in the media industry, and at most they can only be regarded as parties in the news.Of course, as the discoverer, Mr. Wen will definitely be mentioned a little bit in the news.In addition, these people are quite conspiratorial. In view of the huge consequences that this matter may bring, the existence of wormholes is likely to be completely covered up—just as Americans have always suspected that there is an Area 51— ―In this case, their prospects will be greatly worsened.

In addition to the property owner of the wormhole—the discoverer owns the ownerless thing, so Wen Desi can be counted as the owner of the wormhole—the other two people are very clear that this is an opportunity, Wen Desi If he really wanted to win some physics award or engage in his "single two-way low-key time travel", he would never post that post anyway.

How big is this chance?As Mr. Wen said, it is so big that it may have a world-the 17th century on another plane.

Thinking of this, my breathing became rough.

After a brief discussion, the initial executive committee was established in the bathroom of Wen Deshi's house, and the No. [-] document was produced immediately.In New Age history of discovery, the meeting is known as the "Washroom Meeting".

Program adopted at the meeting: Build a new world!

How to create their new world?The ancients were not thoughtless NPCs. They were not inferior to modern people in terms of wisdom. They lacked neither courage nor strength. When it comes to adaptability to the environment, they are far beyond what the delicate modern people can compare.Although these three people all love to read time-travel novels, at least they know that they are not arrogant.

The only thing that can surpass them in the time-traveling crowd is the accumulation of 300 years more civilization than them.

"Scale and standardization," Wang Luobin said, "is the magic weapon for victory. An industrialized society is enough to defeat any ancient society."

Gather a large number of traversers who have mastered modern technology and management methods, carry modern industrial equipment and technology, travel to that time and space together, establish a base, complete basic industrialization, and form a complete industrial system, taking this as the starting point to dominate the world.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. No matter how ambitious the goal is, we still have to eat every bite.After discussion, the group determined that there are two short-term goals:

Gather cross-crowds and raise money to buy supplies and equipment.

Wen Desi decided to first set up a SkyPe chat group for contact purposes. The original post is now very popular, and he will not make any explanations. He simply added this group number and a spare Email address.Then the post was locked - everyone agreed that it would be inconspicuous from now on.

As for money, although these three people still have a little savings, the total is less than 100 million. 100 million RMB to complete industrialization—even the industrialization during the industrial revolution is too sci-fi.

Of course, in theory, subsequent participants will also bring funds, but not much.

Through two-way travel, using the time-space price difference between the two sides to raise funds is probably a more realistic way to make money quickly.

Using modern products to obtain huge profits in ancient times is a time-tested method of making money in all time-travel novels.Everyone immediately thought of time-traveling special treasures such as glass mirrors, glasses, matches, and watches.Countless traversers rely on these to make a fortune in different time and space, dig their first pot of gold, and embark on the journey of becoming king.

Xiao Zishan contributed a large number of promotional gifts that he had accumulated over the years because of his greed for petty gains:

Plastic powder box with mirror, melamine bowl, spoon and chopsticks, small fruit knife, plastic kitchen apron, acrylic hat, scarf and glove set, glass mug, plastic lunch box, towel... There are three or four in total box.These small commodities custom-made in Yiwu, with ugly company logos printed on them, have become shining gold in the eyes of these few people at this moment.

Venetian glass mirrors in the 17th century were luxury items even in Europe, but not in Asia. From this point of view, mirrors are a kind of monopoly, such as those unbreakable dishes, transparent lunch boxes...including the ones they just drank The empty bottles left by pure water are all new things that did not exist in that time and space. In theory, they can sell as much as they want: 100 taels for a powder box, 2000 taels for a cup, 100 taels for a bowl...how much Isn't that what the time-traveling predecessors do...

All three have their blood pressure raised by the excitement of the golden future.Wen Desi even began to regret it a little-maybe taking the risk of traveling alone in two directions can unify the world.

"But we just pass by like this. As soon as we reach the gate of the city, we will be caught as Japanese pirates and taken to the Haiphong Tongzhi Yamen." Wang Luobin remembered the real problem.

"Is there a Haiphong Tongzhi yamen in Guangzhou?"

"I don't know, but the Shibo Department should be there."

"That's true. We have strange clothes and a weird accent. Guangzhou is not a place with a lot of land and few people. We don't have any road surveys..."

"I won't send the army to Liaodong."

"That's not the case, but if you are dragged to the yamen because of strange clothes and suspicious behavior, you will have to peel off your skin if you don't die." Xiao Zishan remembered reading the memoirs of some Portuguese who came to China in the Ming Dynasty.An unlucky Portuguese pirate gave a detailed account of the whole process after his capture.Although he greatly admired the judiciary of the Ming Dynasty, thinking it was a perfect system of fairness, fairness and openness, he did not hesitate to say that it was cruel to prisoners.

Thinking of all the tortures that the Portuguese had suffered and seen, Xiao Zishan couldn't help shivering, feeling fearful.

"Why don't we find a few Hanfu websites? I think there are a few that have been carefully researched on the Ming Dynasty clothing system."

"Clothes are fine, but words and deeds can't be learned." Wang Luobin objected, "It's even more suspicious."

"If we pretend to be foreign merchants—we can call ourselves maritime merchants from Boni." Wen Desi made a new suggestion, "Maybe we can pretend to be tribute envoys? The emperor doesn't like all nations to come to court."

"The tribute trade would have stopped long ago. What's more, the court probably has no interest in it." Xiao Zishan thought for a while, "I remember that the Ming Dynasty was very strict with foreigners. Except for the Portuguese, foreign merchants could only trade in Macau, and ships were not allowed. Enter the Pearl River."

"Can the Portuguese enter Guangzhou?"

"Yes, it seems that Guangzhou held trade fairs every year, and merchants from all over the world would bring their goods to trade with the Portuguese."

"It turns out that the Canton Fair has such a long history." Wang Luobin praised.

The Canton Fair, which used to be the main window of China's foreign trade, had its predecessor in the Ming Dynasty, but it was only open to Portuguese businessmen at that time.It is held once every summer and winter, and the place is on Haizhu Island, which is now the area of ​​the Haizhu District Federation of Trade Unions.

"But none of us are like foreign friends. I wonder if there were any foreign Chinese in those days?"

"Maybe there is, who knows."

"It's a headache, it seems that I have to check the historical materials."

Suddenly Xiao Zishan patted the table and laughed:

"We are so stupid! Why are we always thinking about how to get into Guangzhou? Aren't we just in Guangzhou?"

Everyone's eyes lit up.Indeed, since the entry and exit points of the wormhole in the two time and space are the same, as long as the wormhole travels within the scope of the Ming Dynasty city of Guangzhou, won’t it directly enter the city of Guangzhou?As for the real crisis, just open the wormhole and escape back.

The chosen place to cross is Haopan Street, which was originally located along the river in the south of Guangzhou City. This place was a commercially developed area as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, and the business was more prosperous in the early Ming Dynasty. During the Jiajing period, a new city was built, and this commercial area by the Pearl River was also built. Included.So far, the southern city wall of Guangzhou stands directly beside the Pearl River.

In the Ming Dynasty, Haopan Street was the so-called place where rich merchants from other provinces gathered and lived, and it was actually a place where smugglers gathered.These people colluded with the fishermen on Yuzhou Island in the Pearl River Estuary at that time, and specialized in trafficking in the goods on the "Fanbo", doing smuggling and trafficking. "Every time a ship arrives, it will transport porcelain, silk cotton, private money, and gunpowder with rich merchants from other provinces on Haopan Street, and leave with a full load, and return it with a full load." Xiao Zishan doubts that these so-called "rich merchants from other provinces" are all officials. Because of the background, smuggling and trafficking can be so rampant.

Since they are all smugglers, they definitely don't care where they come from.Profit is the nature of businessmen.From this point of view, the merchants on Haopan Street seem to be the most suitable for contact.

(End of this chapter)