Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 370 Treasure?

On the third floor of Song Qingshu Hospital, in the intensive care unit.

Syphilis is usually accompanied by syphilitic psychosis. I haven't seen this guy for ten days. He probably got sick again. His mind has become a little confused. His hands sometimes grab the white sheet, and sometimes grab the doctor's arm convulsively. Pus and blood were continuously dripping from the top to the bottom, and the appearance was particularly frightening, so scared that Xie Qiong and the other nurses didn't dare to come in at all, and lay down at the door to look in.

If this happened in later generations, he would probably have the second to third stage of syphilis. Song Qingshu has no idea whether penicillin can cure this guy, and compared to saving him, Song Qingshu cares more about the treasure in his mouth. See Fu Dr. Zhao recommended by Shan shook his head secretly, but Song Qingshu grabbed his arm with a gloved hand.

"Relax, this disease can be cured, but you have to tell me, Zheng He's treasure, what's going on?"

"Ah! Don't kill me! I don't know anything, it's all Liu Xiang! Grandma Liu Xiang is in his custody! I really don't know anything!"

This guy is a lunatic at all. Seeing this appearance, Song Qingshu was immediately disappointed and withdrew his hand helplessly, but at this moment, this tiger suddenly knelt on the ground crazily, knocking his head down desperately , screaming sharply again.

"Mr. Zheng, please spare me! Zheng Zhihu was thrown overboard by Liu Xiang, it wasn't me!"

This person has a strong southern Hokkien accent mixed with Nanjing mandarin. If it weren't for his recent involvement in silk, Zheng Yiguan Zheng Daguanren has been heard too much, and Song Qingshu really can't tell it. This is complicated. This Pu Cangpu's sick lunatic actually has a relationship with Zheng Zhilong, and the relationship is not very harmonious, but this can't help but make Song Qingshu have more confidence in the treasure in his mouth.

"Dean, how to deal with this? Do you want to throw it out?"

Seeing this guy getting more and more crazy, he kowtowed his head for a while, he probably had a concussion, and started to twitch and foam. How disgusting he looked, Dr. Zhao looked at Song Qingshu in embarrassment.

To be honest, Song Qingshu is also hesitant. This guy is almost hopeless with the current medical methods, but Zheng He's treasure is really attractive to him. He doesn't care about a little money or jewelry. If Zheng He's treasure contains a sea chart If so, then he will save an unknown amount of time and lives by marching into Southeast Asia, and even going directly to India.

After all, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West were carried out by the power of the whole country with money and lives!

"First give him penicillin three times a day. In addition, this person is highly isolated. Doctors and nurses have to wear masks when entering and leaving to prevent infection. In addition, he is so crazy, so tie him up!"

Nowadays, in the basement of the hospital, there are a lot of rotten fruits, and moldy noodles are continuously producing penicillin. Although the output is still not high, and it can’t be abused by later generations, it is still there. Experimented, it would be even better if this person could be rescued, no matter what, he could get something out of his mouth, if it didn't work, it would be like buying a lottery ticket, anyway, Song Qingshu couldn't afford to pay the money.

Watching several hospital guards strangle this epileptic-like guy to the bed with a hemp rope, Song Qingshu shook his head regretfully, after all, he left the ward with a sigh.

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This matter made Song Qingshu draw some energy. Now the trade in Japan and Southeast Asia is in the hands of the Zheng Group. Most of them are in Fujian. Guangdong and Guangxi go to sea. There are quite a few businessmen from Nanzhili there. Passing through their mouths , Liu Xiang from the mouth of the syphilis lunatic found out.

This person is really amazing. He is Li Dan, a member of Yan Siqi's Eighteen Zhilong, whose name is second only to Zheng Zhilong. Overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate at one point, and finally fled to Taiwan because the incident was revealed, and became the first group of people to develop Taiwan. However, Li Dan and Yan Siqi died early, and the leader of the Eighteen Zhilong fell to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong made friends with the Netherlands and followed Xiong Wencan's wishes. Zhao'an became a guerrilla for coastal defense in Fujian, but Liu Xiang and others were unwilling to recruit. From the second year of Chongzhen to the eighth year of Chongzhen, the two sides conducted a series of naval battles, and destroyed Liu Xiang's main fleet in one fell swoop in the eighth year of Chongzhen's Humen naval battle, forcing Liu Xiang committed suicide. Since then, there has been almost no sea power that can compete with the Zheng Group in the China Sea.

It can’t be said that there is no such thing at all. The Dutch East India Company, Luzon, Spain, and the Portuguese in Malacca kept coming to challenge. Unfortunately, Fujian was also severely drought during the Little Ice Age, which is similar to Song Qingshu’s path. Rapid expansion, more than 700 large and small ships, even the colonists of several countries are not his opponents, Zheng Zhilong also became a comprador of the Dutch East India Company.

It was also because of the large-scale invasion of the Netherlands, the rise of the United Kingdom, and a series of wars caused by Spain's former maritime supremacy to replace Portugal, which caused a sharp decline in the amount of American silver entering China and caused China's economic crisis.

It has something to do with Liu Xiang, this thing is getting more and more interesting!Looking at the materials presented by his subordinates, Song Qingshu couldn't help narrowing his eyes with interest.

The news came from the hospital in the past few days, it seems that the penicillin has worked, that fool is not so crazy, and the ulcer on his face has stopped, but he is still talking nonsense, and the news of the treasure from him needs some patience for the time being , since he is so afraid of Zheng Zhilong, maybe there are people who are chasing him nearby, maybe he can do some tricks and get some information from these people. Under the pile of books on the table.

At this time, the bell outside rang. Song Qingshu also learned this thing from those Western missionaries. If someone outside wanted to see him, he would ring the bell outside and only come in after getting permission. If you have something to do, you can ring the bell to call outsiders in, and different pulls convey different messages. Three consecutive rings are urgent. Song Qingshu straightened his collar, and Song Qingshu coughed lightly like a boss.

"Come in!"

"Master!"

The one who came was the shopkeeper of Jiaduobao Company on the wharf, also an old man from Shanxi. The old shopkeeper bowed respectfully, but immediately revealed a piece of news that excited Song Qingshu.

"Mr. Tang is back!"

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He set off in July and went to Macau by boat. It is now more than October. Tang Ruowang traveled back and forth for three months, so he should be back. Song Qingshu really had high hopes for this old guy. Langji and many other weapons came from Macau, which is also the closest place to contact with Xifan from Huaxia. As soon as Song Qingshu was notified, he drove the carriage and rushed to the pier again.

Needless to say, Tang Ruowang is quite powerful. Song Qingshu just arrived at this end, and he was leading a large group of white people off the boat at the other end, carrying things down. Resisting his excitement, Song Qingshu rushed away in three steps at a time. go up.

"Father, how is it? Have you got the blueprint of the ship? Is it a Galen ship or a Caravel ship? These are shipwrights, workers?"

"Cough cough!"

As soon as he said this, Tang Ruowang couldn't help showing embarrassment on his face, and he waved his hand to the side angrily and introduced: "This is Mr. Malgobi, Archbishop of Macau, this is a member of Thompson's church, this is Mr. It's Reverend Johnson, and this..."

All the foreigners with big noses bowed to themselves quite humbly, but Song Qingshu's smile couldn't help but decrease a little bit. Tang Ruowang brought back a lot of magic sticks on this trip, and the ship model and ship map he wanted Boatman, didn't get any back?When Tang Ruowang introduced No. 16 "Church Friends", Song Qingshu couldn't bear it anymore and dragged him aside.

"I said priest, why don't you get me a bunch of magic sticks?"

"Fellow Song, they are all the most devout priests to God, servants of God, how can they be said to be magic sticks? Well, because the Dutch have been more and more active recently, the connection between Macau and Luzon is very difficult. Intermittently, there are really no decent ocean-going ships in Macau, and the craftsmen in the Macau shipyard can only replace the broken ship planks, and cannot repair the ship at all. Regardless of the governor of Macau or a big pirate surnamed Zheng, they all stare at this place. It’s very tight, it’s too risky to bring the boatman out, and the loss outweighs the gain, so I’ll bring Mr. Malegoby and other church members back for you.”

Seeing that Song Qingshu's face was getting worse and worse, Father Tang also stopped complaining wisely, and started to explain, but what Song Qingshu heard was snorting and waving his sleeves: "I don't care about food! You can figure out what to do with what they eat. !"

As he said, Song Qingshu turned his head and wanted to leave in disappointment, Tang Ruowang panicked and grabbed him from behind in embarrassment.

"Song Jiaoyou, Archbishop Malegoby is the Archbishop of Macau, and will not stay in Yingtian for long, and this trip, they are here to negotiate with you for the Governor of Macau, Sir Maersk Road!"

It seems that it is impossible to get the ship map or the boatman by digging through the wall. With a bitter face, Song Qingshu had to force his smile to turn his head under Tang Ruowang's persuasion, and stretched out his stick to the big red-haired and bearded man. hands.

"Welcome to Yingtian, Mr. Mahler Gobi!"

In fact, this trip to Tang Ruowang was not in vain. Although the blueprints for shipbuilding or craftsmen did not get them, he got back a lot of nautical equipment such as sextants, scaled compasses, astrolabes, and quadrants, as well as three Portuguese sailors. Although the three guys are of bad character, one was sent to the east because of corruption in the country, the other should be a prostitute, and the other is said to be a nobleman who had an affair with the mistress of the Portuguese prime minister, but they were inherited from Magellan , Vasco da Gama, Columbus and others' navigation technology is not covered. It is much more advanced than China's navigation experience relying solely on the compass and astrology. If Song Qingshu wants to trade to India, it is really impossible to do without these.

However, Song Qingshu's demeanor only lasted until the moment the dinner started. In the newly built Yingtian Cathedral, there was a bang, Song Qingshu slapped the table heavily, his cheeks puffed up with anger, Song Qingshu was annoyed yelled.

"What does the Governor of Macau want?"

(End of this chapter)