"Of course, it's not for catching ghosts and looking at feng shui, it's for side uses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info"Ask people about things, and they should ask for reasons. Except for Shouzhen Island, it can't be said that Mulan has nothing to hide. The fact that she was shipwrecked at sea and stranded in a fishing village is well known to the world, so she took this to say, "I have lived in a fishing village for a while, and I have also gone to sea with the fishermen who took me in, so I know the hard work of fishing.

Small fishing boats sail in the vast sea, often encountering dangers, encountering large fish reefs can still be avoided with experience, encountering natural disasters are helpless. Storms and fog together, no sun in the day, no stars and no moon in the night, no matter how experienced fishermen are, they will lose their way. Once drifting to an unfamiliar sea, the consequences are unimaginable.

When I read about the compass in a miscellaneous book, I thought that if it could be used on a boat to help fishermen find their way, the risk of fishing would be greatly reduced. However, there are only a few words in the book, and the account is not detailed. I drew the drawings based on my imagination, and I inquired in many ways, but I couldn't get the result.

Today, I heard the third son of the saint say a few words, and every sentence is on the score, so I am in a hurry to listen to the details. ”

Hou Qizhi has a deep relationship with the people in the fishing village, although the main purpose of looking for the compass is to return to Shouzhen Island, but it is not without the meaning of taking care of the fishermen, this is not a lie, only from the miscellaneous books that it is not credible.

Knowing this, he didn't get to the bottom of it, and said half-spit and half-crypt what he heard from the old man, "...... After the catastrophe hundreds of years ago, this thing is hard to find in the world, and I am afraid that Miss Jie's wish will be disappointed. ”

Although Mulan was disappointed when she heard this, she was not discouraged. I'm afraid that this thing doesn't exist at all, and since it has appeared, then there are traces to follow. As long as you find a way to make it, you don't have to worry about not being able to make it.

With hope in his heart, he inquired more and more carefully, "Did that old man ever mention the method of making heaven and earth to the third prince of the Holy Prince?"

According to the old man, his ancestor, who was a feng shui master, died in the catastrophe that preceded him, leaving no books or relics. It's just that the ancestors and fathers have passed it on by word of mouth, and they have heard something about it when they come to him. Hou Qi smiled lightly.

"I guess that's right. Mulan sighed softly and asked again, "I heard that the Third Prince of the Holy Dynasty is not only doing business in Dajin, but has he seen or heard of similar things in the process of dealing with merchants from other countries?"

Hou Qi has the heart to make friends with her, and he can't wait to take the opportunity to show his erudition, "Among the countries of the Central Plains, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Great Jin Dynasty has the longest inheritance, and the rest of the countries are either separated from it, or built by opening up the wilderness, and the longest country is only 1,800 years.

Farmers, workers, soldiers, and merchants, from the shape to the system to the essence, almost all moved from here. Although there are changes or improvements, they are the same.

Miss Xie can see why the Great Jin Dynasty and its predecessors were able to stand tall and strong as the overlord of the Central Plains? It was because they had been deliberately curbing the development of the rest of the countries.

In the case of silk, the best looms and craftsmen were all in the hands of the imperial court and the government, and the goods were carefully divided, and silk above the third grade was not allowed to be sold to other countries. The customs and trade roads were inspected layer by layer, and once the merchants were found to have trafficked silk in violation of regulations, they were punished with treason.

The rest of the countries had no way to learn from it, and it was difficult to weave high-quality silk on their own, so they could only buy it from the Great Jin court at a high price through the mission. An ordinary silk silk can be sold for less than one tael of silver in the Great Jin Dynasty, and if other countries want to buy a silk silk from the Great Jin Dynasty, they must exchange it for something equivalent to five taels or even ten taels of high price.

Of course, I'm just giving an example, other countries are not without skilled craftsmen, developing looms that can weave high-quality silk or good things on the side, but after all, they are a minority, and most of the time they have to rely on the snort of the Great Jin.

In the past 100 years, the external control of the Great Jin Dynasty has been gradually relaxed, and advanced skills such as weaving, porcelain making, and smelting are no longer arbitrary. However, compared with the Great Jin, the foundation of the rest of the countries is much weaker after all. For hundreds of thousands of years, it has lagged behind the Great Jin Dynasty step by step, and it is not easy to catch up in a hundred years?

Having said all this, Miss Xie must have understood what I mean, right?"

Of course, Mulan understood, "The Third Prince of the Holy Dynasty wants to tell me that what can't be found in the Great Jin Dynasty can't be found in eight ~ nine times out of ten in the rest of the countries." ”

"Miss Xie is really smart. Hou Qi praised her with a smile.

Mulan still didn't give up, "Does the Holy Third Prince know what to use to guide the direction when the army is fighting?"

Hou Qi's eyes flickered, and he laughed out loud, "This kind of thing, Miss Xie came to ask me if a businessman is reluctant to seek the near and far?"

Mulan knew what he meant, for hundreds of years, the Xie family had been in command of the most elite army in the Great Jin Dynasty, and there was no one in this world who knew more about the affairs of the army than the Xie family. It's a pity that the Xie family is almost dead, and there are only two people left.

She, a descendant of the Xie family who recognized her ancestors and returned to her ancestors halfway, didn't know anything about the Xie family before. Mrs. An must have known something, but she didn't dare to ask rashly.

Not only can you ask the person in front of you at one time, but why bother to bother with those two things, "A giant businessman like the Third Prince of the Holy Saint must have dealt with people in the government and military camps, so you can't be reluctant to go far, right?"

"That's just as well. Mulan called him a "giant businessman", Hou Qi was very useful, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were dyed with a smile, "There is a thing called the crown car, no matter where the wheels run, its standard arm always points to the predetermined direction, or south or north or east or west, or southeast, northwest, southwest, northeast, so it is also called an eight-way car." ”

Mulan listened to him explain in detail, and concluded that the crown car or eight-way car he was talking about was the same kind of thing as the guide car, and it relied on the principle of mechanical transmission to guide the direction. It's just that the guide car here is a little more advanced and can set the direction as you wish.

It's a lever and a crankshaft, and if you think about it with your toes, you know that you can't just make it by anyone. There are only three or five cars in the entire Great Jin Kingdom, where can she get one to be loaded on the ship as a navigator?

Hou Qi listened to her for a long time and didn't speak, and asked casually, "Is there a method of making the compass on the miscellaneous book that Miss Xie said?"

"I only mentioned that it was made of magnets. Mulan knew a limited amount of information, and she couldn't say anything more detailed.

Hou Qi raised his eyebrows, "The magnet is not rare, if Miss Xie can tell everything she knows and thinks, I may be able to ask my skilled craftsmen to try to make one." ”

Mu Lan's eyes suddenly lit up, this person had heard of the compass, and he had inexhaustible wealth, he dared to say such a thing, that was a little certain. If she can really make it, she can fulfill her wish, and it is not a business opportunity for him? Since it is beneficial to both parties, then there is no need to be polite.

However, after hollowing out his head and talking for a long time, he only said a few methods for setting up magnetic needles, but he couldn't understand the deeper things. This made her inevitably annoyed, she knew that this was the case, which sub-sports school she studied at the beginning, she should go to science and engineering, what do you want to find materials at home and do it yourself, why rely on others?

She didn't say it in detail, but Hou Qi listened carefully and wrote it down word for word with a pen. He also said that he would inquire more after going back to see if she could get more news, and asked her to come to Shopkeeper Han at any time to listen to the letter.

Mulan wants to return to her old business, so she wants to go back and forth with the shopkeeper Han, and she agrees to come down. After chatting a few more words, a guy knocked on the door to report that Zhao Chonghua was looking for her in front, so he got up and said goodbye.

- (To be continued.) )