open sea

Chapter 686
After all, the emperor Wanli of the Ming Empire failed to visit Jinzhouwei.

The reason is that Lu Tiaoyang, the second assistant to the cabinet, is very good at mathematics.

The old man experienced Zhang Juzheng's seduction. Everyone thought that he would be promoted to the chief assistant of the empire. Zhang Juzheng ran to the mansion to celebrate before he could speak.

Still holding the fourth letter at sea, he waited for the emperor to be returned to the capital and played it.

Three is a very powerful number in the slang in the court. If you say three times and give up three times, everyone will think you are joking, and you must take it seriously the fourth time.

The old man was anxious to get things done, and he kept giving the little emperor some time. The sixth hour after the warship set sail from Tianjin Port, he began to persuade the little emperor to return.

The persuasion made little Wanli drowsy - it was already time to go to bed, but the old man refused to let him sleep and reasoned with him. At the eighth hour of the talk, he gave the little emperor the calculation of the sea voyage.

It took eight hours to go back to Dagukou. On the road, Luan drove Lubo and walked quickly. He went directly to the canal to take a boat. On the fourth day, he could arrive in Tongzhou before the sun rose.

Little Wanli couldn't do anything about it, he wanted to dawdle for a few more hours and fool the old man to go to Jinzhou Wei, but he thought of Queen Mother Li's kindness, and finally decided to return to the voyage obediently.

After all, as Chen Shuai said, kneeling all the time is not good for growth, and it is easy to lose weight, and the stone floor is also cold, so you will always suffer from leg problems.

When Chen Mu disembarked from the Wanli ship and transferred to the Great Wall on the Great Sea by the big shark ship, the little emperor held onto the side of the Wanli ship and cried with snot and tears, howling like a wolf, and the eunuchs and palace personnel could not drag him live.

Yang Tingxiang, who saw the Great Wall ship on the sea, couldn't help saying to Chen Mu: "Your Majesty's reluctance to leave the Marshal is enviable."

Chen Mu turned his head to look at Yang Tingxiang, and then looked at the Wanli——his eyes passed through the deck of the Wanli, which was full of guns and weapons, and the eunuchs in a hurry walked into the cabin with the books the emperor was about to memorize.

"Reluctant?"

Chen Mu originally wanted to say that the little emperor cried because happy times are always so fucking short.

But when the words came to his lips, he secretly thought that he should use a more elegant way of describing the emperor. He raised his hands towards the Wanli fleet that was gradually turning around, and said: "Your Majesty sighs that time is fleeting."

"Youth is fleeting."

Apparently Yang Tingxiang also saw the eunuchs carrying books into the cabin, and he had a new understanding of howling the emperor, he said with a smile: "I understand, what Chen Shuai said on the shore is to design a small new ship, What do you need?"

"No hurry, let someone make some tea, let's talk in the cabin." Chen Mu said to the few people following on the deck: "There will be no danger in the first half of the journey, and there will be no shortage of drinking water. After thousands of miles and hundreds of households, enjoy it.”

From Dagukou in Tianjin to Baihusuo, the voyage along the way is nearly ten thousand miles, but the victory is well-prepared. The first heavy ship is waiting at the thirteen outposts in front, not to mention Jinzhouwei in Liaodong, Huanghai Road in North Korea, Jeolla Road, Kuwu Ezodi is a place where additional supplies are sent around.

The Dongyang Fleet is also powerful enough to dominate the sea area, and it is a mature route, so it will not encounter any risks when sailing along the coast.

Chen Mu likes the commander-in-chief of the Great Wall at sea very much. Nanyang not only took a lot of effort to build this warship, but also used the silver taels that Guangzhou merchants gave to Nanyang Wei. The cost of shipbuilding in Ming Dynasty has always been very low. The fee is only 700 taels.

The labor cost of his Great Wall ship at sea is lower, and the materials used for the ship are all good materials. The most expensive one is the teak wood collected by the Guangdong Customs in kind, and some, such as fir wood, are collected from neighboring provinces.

If the ship is unarmed and sold, if someone really dares to buy it, the price of the ship should be around 5 taels.

For no other reason, the decoration of the hull and cabin makes its value skyrocket.

To put it simply, the official name of this ship is the Great Wall of the Sea, and the other name in the Eastern Fleet is the Nine-headed Consort. The bow of the ship is made of copper and stone, and the carving art developed to its peak in the Song and Ming Dynasties. Wearing a crown and wearing a mountain armor The nine-headed monster.

The hull is painted with thin iron for its wings and bird head to balance the overall hull structure.

The cabin cabin is located in the middle of the cabin, protected by cabins on both sides, two small ones and one large three windows and doors fall at the stern, and the big window is facing the aft balcony. It is a traditional sliding door, and there is a three-step-long space inside the door facing the screen .

The two small windows are located on both sides of the sliding door, the length and width are no more than two feet, and they are made of light-transmitting crystal.

In recent years, most of the merchants who trade in gemstones, regardless of peddling officials and smugglers, have made eyeglasses, and even use crystals with variegated colors to make lenses. It is hard to find such large transparent crystals.

"The destination of this voyage is Majia Port. I don't know what Ma Shuai's plan is in Asia for the past three years, but no matter how well developed there is, it can't support the sudden influx of nearly ten thousand people from my department."

Yang Tingxiang looked at Chen Mu spreading out the coastal map he brought back from China Eastern Airlines on the long table in the room, nodded and said: "Chen Fu passed through Majia Port on his return journey, and the flag army there suffered a lot, and they were only able to support themselves last year."

"Such a long-distance voyage to search for land, I heard many people mention it when I went to Spain and Portugal. Many failed and few survived. There has never been a situation like Ma Shuai."

Chen Mu knew what he meant when he said never before—he probably knew some of the European explorers of this era. Most of those people’s first voyages did not have the support of the state, let alone the investment of wealthy businessmen. Most of them had shares like Fu Yuan. gambling.

The results speak for themselves.

Since Marco Polo's book was spread in Europe, there are only a few people who have sailed and explored, but only a few have truly become famous, and an unknown number of people have died.

But once they succeed in the voyage, most of them are fully prepared for the second voyage, or have investment from the royal family or wealthy businessmen, and if they are fully prepared and know the way, they will be able to reap the rewards.

Ma Gui was different. At the beginning, he undoubtedly went the wrong way and failed, so that more than a thousand of his subordinates died and were disabled, leaving only more than 200 people.

However, he survived with limited supplies without anyone supporting the imperial court or even thinking that he was dead. He led the rest of his subordinates to establish Majiagang in a place suitable for survival.

"The west coast is our aggressive place. The coast south of Mexico has been occupied by people. We will also go and have a look and reach a trade agreement with them. The Spaniards and Portuguese are not a big problem."

"The key lies in the native Asians. It was difficult to win their favor, but now that Spain and Portugal are in front of us, we can be good people."

"If you want to design a light, fast, and easy-to-build ship, then set up the first shipyard in Majia Port. On the one hand, we use it to transport goods, and on the other hand, we also use this small boat to trade with the local people as a support for them. A small warship with low cost, it can carry both cargo and people, and it can also carry a few small guns."

"Quan is an... armed merchant ship."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)