The world is big, if you think of Middle-earth as the center. The Quartet is called the Great Ocean, and the territory of the South Seas alone is not much inferior to Middle-earth. The place where Wei Qian and his party walked was not even a third of Nanyang. And on the other side of the South Seas, according to the natives, there is a vast continent. At least equal to half of the territory of Shenzhou.

Not to mention the Western side led by the real country. Nomads also live in the endless steppes of the north. Leaving aside the smallest of the East, the other three parties all have territories that are not inferior to Shenzhou.

Wei Qian chatted with the Western merchants in the Nanyang island country, and gradually sketched a world map in his heart.

The regions of this world are similar to the world maps of previous lives, but they are different. For example, one of the strongest countries in the West is called the "Roman Empire". This empire occupied half of the West, destroyed Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, and began to march further west.

According to Wei Qian's idea, it seems that the current target of the Roman Empire is the generation of America?

Because the name of the region is unfamiliar, Wei Qian doesn't know much about it. It's just that she understands that if she wants to develop outside of Shenzhou, the best direction at present is the legendary continent in the southernmost part of the South Seas.

But the most troublesome point is the boat.

Ships that cross the southern continent need to be equipped with weapons to deal with pirates and natives, in addition to the strength of the hull itself.

Wei Qian walked out of Jia Mei's bedroom with the brocade box in her hand, thinking about the possibility of buying a shipyard by herself.

Unconsciously walked into the back garden and saw Wei Ying practicing arrows in the dark. The white cloud marten pointed on its toes, its paws holding an apple above its head, trembling and not daring to move.

Practice shooting arrows and apples.

Wei Ying pulled out the bow and shouted in his mouth: "You stand firm, I don't care if I really shoot you!" ”

Wei Qian frowned, only to see Wei Ying let go, and the arrow shot straight out, piercing the apple and penetrating the trunk of the tree in the distance.

Bai Yunmink was so frightened that his hair exploded, and suddenly saw Wei Qian rushing over and immediately ran over, grabbing the corner of Wei Qian's skirt with tears in his eyes.

As soon as Wei Qian raised her hand, Bai Yunmaro climbed up along her skirt: "Brother, that's how you treat my pet?" ”

Wei Ying smiled: "This mink is timid, I'm here to help it sharpen its courage." Otherwise, what should I do if I encounter poisonous insects and beasts? ”

"You just talk nonsense!" Wei Qian pointed to the night: "It's a big night, run out to practice arrows?" ”

"My master archer said that practicing archery at night can improve your accuracy. If you join the army in the future, you will sometimes need the skill of archery at night. ”

"But your master didn't say that practicing arrows like this hurts your eyes the most?" Wei Qian took away the bow and arrow from Wei Ying's hand and sent Wei Ying back to rest.

Weighing the wooden bow, Wei Qian sighed in his heart: This is still what Wei Yan used back then.

"Speaking of which, I want to build warships, and the artillery weapons used at sea must also be prepared as soon as possible." An arrow shot out casually, hitting the apple that Wei Ying had just fixed on the trunk of the tree.

The white cloud marten next to him saw it, his eyes widened, and he stood on Wei Qian's shoulder, clapping his front paws and squeaking.

"After all, she is the eldest daughter of a military attaché, and she still knows how to shoot archery and ride a horse. But it's not as good as you, you actually sacrificed your life to accompany Wei Ying to practice archery, and the relationship between the two of you is really good. ”

Bai Yun Mink screamed for a while, Wei Qian smiled and hugged Bai Yun Mink back to the house, handed it to Hongchun and put it back on the soft bed specially prepared for Bai Yun Mink. This soft bed is a transformation of Wei Ying's crib back then, covered with a thick layer of bear skin. The white cloud marten lay on the bearskin blanket, and his eyes blinked.

Although this mink is psychic, he can't speak in the end, and he can't even guess when he communicates with Wei Qian, and he is okay.

"No, in order not to be tortured by that little overlord in the future, it's better to speak early." The white cloud marten swallowed the moonlight with instinct, and a layer of light appeared on its body.

Red Tsubaki is not strange, in the outer room to protect the Dharma, study their own runes.

And Wei Qian's yin god traveled and went to the suburbs to find Jia Daishan.

It's been a busy day! Wei Qian sighed in her heart, and the Yin God traveled to visit the Yin Mansion of Jiafu.

It happened that Wei Yan was also on Jia Daishan's side at this time, and the two sons-in-law were using the sand table to deduce the art of war.

Wei Qian went straight to the point after meeting the two.

"Father, grandfather, do you know where □□ and artillery should come from?"

The red flag in Jia Daishan's hand was not held steadily, and he looked at Wei Qian in surprise.

"Girl, what are you talking about!" Wei Yan couldn't hold his breath and scolded: "It's also fortunate that you travel with a yin god, and outsiders don't know, otherwise these words are enough to kill you!" ”

□□. Artillery? This is a first-class thing controlled by the imperial court, how can it be touched by outsiders?

Jia Daishan knew a little more about his granddaughter who had taught him for many years, and looked at Wei Qian meaningfully: "Girl, where do you want to go in the end?" ”

Wei Qian blinked, pretending not to know: "My grandson only wants to use sharp weapons to protect the family's maritime trade because there is no guarantee in the South Seas. ”

"More than that, right?" Jia Daishan knows his granddaughter. The ordinary daughter's family learns piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the female red housekeeper is in order to marry a good husband in the future, and she will have a good life in the second half of her life.

But there seems to be an ambition in my granddaughter, and the ability to act accordingly. Jia Daishan taught Wei Qian about the situation between the DPRK and China, and the power struggle, if Wei Qian didn't want to learn, others couldn't force her.

Moreover, this girl has never had the idea that women are weaker than men, fortunately she is not in the emperor's family, otherwise there will really be another Wuzhou rebellion, and our Jia family will be pointed out by thousands of people in the future.

"If you want to maintain maritime trade, you don't need these things to deal with those pirates and barbarians." Jia Daishan squinted: "Just deal with the natives." I heard from the people of the Wang family that they have close relations with several Nanyang island countries, which is enough to ensure navigation routes. And what you are doing seems to be going towards the South Seas overlord! ”

Wei Yan's expression was shocked, recalling the Nanyang chart.

If someone really has the courage to occupy the entire South Seas, they will definitely pose a threat to Shenzhou and even the East.

"From the south up, and then into Jiangsu, into Jinling, with the Yangtze River natural danger north and south separation. From the north, occupy the East, from the northeast, chase the Central Plains. "Wei Yan is a military attache in the end, and the more he thinks about it, the farther he goes.

What's to be done? Is this to dominate the world?

Wei Qian listened, wiped a handful of cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "Father thinks too much." No matter how her daughter is, she doesn't dare to act so boldly. Moreover, the South Seas are archipelagic countries, which is not conducive to reunification. How can you rely on Nanyang to dominate China? Relying on Nanyang, I might as well go to the country of Akane Xiang! Moreover, the people of Nanyang are small in population and cannot compare with Shenzhou, so how can they train an army to attack Shenzhou? ”

"Moreover, there are hundreds of countries in the Nanyang Islands, and it will take a lifetime to deal with this island country alone."

"And what do you want a weapon for?" The two elders didn't believe that Wei Qian just wanted to protect the caravan.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Wei Qian pondered and said, "Nanyang Islands, I have the heart to establish a transit station in one of them. In the future, Canghai Commercial Bank can repair and dock here as a trade hub between China and Nanyang. However, the terrain is important and must be firmly grasped and not occupied by pirates, so I need to arm my ships to clear the South Seas of pirates. ”

What Wei Qian didn't say was that if this island was built, it could be used as a bridgehead into the South China Sea in the future.

Occupy an island overseas?

Wei Yan and Jia Daishan looked at each other, thinking about the possibility of this matter. The two thought more than Wei Qian: If our family offends the court in the future, then we can transfer overseas as soon as possible to keep a bloodline. When the world is in turmoil, the new dynasty can come back again.

There are no thousand-year-old dynasties, but there are thousand-year-old families, and these families are deeply rooted, and they can still survive several purgies.

Moreover, Wei Qian's overseas trip did see many people who fled from the previous dynasty settled in the Nanyang Islands.

"Although the life in the Nanyang Islands is not as good as that of Shenzhou, it is operating well, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, presumably the imperial court will not mobilize a large army for a few people, right?"

Jia Daishan and the others listened to what Wei Qian said, and they were quite moved.

Jia Daishan said: "The trade of military weapons such as artillery □□ is mostly bought and sold by military generals in the name of generational replacement. Then the merchants went to the surrounding countries to sell at a high price. If you really want to find a weapon, you can only start with the general. ”

Wei Yan also spoke: "Every year, the army will use the maintenance of weapons as an excuse to ask for money and new equipment. And the old equipment that was replaced was either forged or transferred down to the local army. ”

Shenzhou claims to have an army of 500,000, and there are naturally divisions of ranks. The Emperor's Praetorian Guard on the other side of the capital must be the best equipment, and even crossbow artillery is the best thing. But every year, new equipment is added under the pretext of destruction, and the old equipment is either transferred to other local armies or secretly sold in the name of scrapping.

"When fighting for the dragon, most of the private soldiers in the hands of those princes came like this. Even our Jiafu had hundreds of private soldiers back then. Jia Daishan said: "Large-scale tossing weapons, you will definitely not be able to do it now." But under the pretext of protecting merchants, it is true that someone can get a few artillery pieces or a few repeaters. No more than ten repeaters, and no one will trouble you. ”

So, Jia Daishan informed Wei Qian: "You are young and a woman, so it's not good for you to come forward with these things." Or go back and find someone and a man to come forward. ”

"My granddaughter knows." Wei Qian then discussed with the two for a while, and left.

After she left, Wei Yan hesitated and said to Jia Daishan: "Father is really not afraid that she will break into trouble?" ”

"It's because I'm afraid that she will get into trouble, so she tries to find a way to toss the way to the ocean. Hiding in the ocean is indeed a good way. Jia Daishan squinted: "Didn't you understand what you said just now?" This girl said that counterattacking Shenzhou from Nanyang is not the work of one person. But if you really flee from Shenzhou with your family because of something, won't it take several generations to slowly deal with Nanyang? ”

"Moreover, the current situation is becoming more and more chaotic, and we really need to find a way out for our family. Fortunately, Wei Qian, this girl, has the ability to understand yin and yang, otherwise we would really have to sit and watch the family decline! ”