This is a huge stone, standing on the coast, the years are like the tide of the sea, going and coming, coming and going, only on this boulder, leaving mottled traces, looking at a sense of vicissitudes.

What would it be like to be facing Jieshi in the east to view the sea?

Yang Bo wanted to try, so he climbed up with his hands and feet, but Shen Yanqing was vigorous, took a few steps back, and then rushed forward, three steps and two steps, his long legs did have an advantage, and he jumped up and came up, Yang Bo suddenly felt that the whole person was not good.

There is a big difference between people, not to mention Cao Cao, even Shen Yanqing, in many ways, he can't compare.

Yang Bo stood still on the stone, facing the sea, stretching his arms, as if there were thousands of barriers in his heart, just wanting to let out a loud breath.

The sun rises in the east, the sea is shining and golden, you see vigorous and full of business; When the wind and waves are strong, the canopy is in ashes, which makes people daunting; The sun is setting, the twilight is vast, you sigh that the years have passed, life is easy to grow old, and your ambitions are not rewarded.

It's 1628, more than 100 years since Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, and Europeans are busy colonizing the American continent.

In the Ming Dynasty, the sea ban was the basic national policy, and the board could not go to the sea, which was the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the three treasure eunuchs went to the West seven times, the scale was grand, the waves were magnificent, in any case, it was the thick ink and color of the Ming generation, and the brilliant stroke.

Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, the huge fleet was only to show the national strength, and although there was also trade, trade was not the main purpose, and it did not bring actual benefits to the imperial court.

To this day, even in the Ming Dynasty, few people mention it, and it is like a grain of historical dust that has passed away with the wind.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the local government turned a blind eye to the people's maritime exchanges, which was due to the decline of the imperial court's ability to control, not because they did not want to control it.

Of course, this objectively also gives a seaside place like Shenjiabao an opportunity to take advantage of.

Zhu Yuanzhang probably thinks that China is rich in land and has everything, and there is no need to import anything from overseas.

In fact, even in later generations, some scholars believe that the opening of the sea has laid a huge hidden danger for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the sea trade was only a one-way export of goods to the outside world, in exchange for only a small number of luxury goods such as hardwood and spices, and more silver. On the one hand, the large inflow of silver stimulated the industrial and commercial people to expand their scale even more, and thus reduced grain production, and on the other hand, the price of goods rose, especially the price of grain, and the land annexation became more and more intense, and the peasants who cultivated the land lost their land instead, and internal troubles arose.

There are many opinions from scholars, and Yang Bo can't tell who is right and who is wrong.

Some people say that history is like a little girl who can be dressed up, many people for one purpose or another, but also stuffed private goods, many times, history can not restore the truth, let alone give you answers.

From the perspective of human civilization, the historical record is the process of trial and error in the society of human tears, and the reason why history is heavy is because history is full of tragedies.

The current Emperor Chongzhen is a cup, so what should be done to avoid the tragedy?

Yang Bo was thinking about this problem, and he also wanted to express his heart like Cao Cao, but in the end, when he thought of Chongzhen's cup, he couldn't help but be excited, and just muttered in a low voice: "The sea, it's all water." ”

Shen Yanqing thought that Yang Bo was nostalgic for the past, maybe he could come up with a poem or something, but he didn't expect Yang Bo to gasp for breath and almost faint, frowning at Yang Bo, his eyes were full of contempt.

"Let's go find Lin Chuzhen." Yang Bo said curtly.

Lin Chuzhen is a master craftsman in the Shenjiabao Shipyard, and it is said that Shen Jizhi spent a lot of money to invite him back from Nanyang.

Shen Jizhidu regarded the shipyard as a forbidden place, and the affairs of the shipyard were all managed by him personally, the shipyard was like an independent kingdom, self-contained, and outsiders rarely had contact, Yang Bo was not familiar with Lin Chuzhen.

Yesterday, Yang Bo and Shen Yanqing were kidnapped by Haifei, but they were counter-killed, Haifei was cut off an arm, and Yang Bo and Shen Yanqing were captured and sent to Shen Mansion.

Shen Yanqing informed Yang Bo that her father decided to take the two islands flying in Zhoushan at sea, and this matter was handed over to Lei Zhenzi to do.

It is said that the two islands, one called Peach Blossom Island and the other called Hengdao, are probably located in the middle of the Zhoushan archipelago.

This is not counting, Shen Jizhi took the initiative to ask Yang Bo to go to the shipyard to see, which was impossible before, Shen Jizhi attached great importance to the shipyard, thinking that it was the foundation of Shen Jiabao, and the blacksmith shop could not even make a kitchen knife, which was out of the protection of the interests of the shipyard.

I don't know what kind of consideration Shen Jizhi had, his attitude took a 180-degree turn, and Yang Bo also tested Shen Yanqing's tone, probably because Yang Bo's rear-loading firing pistol gave Shen Jizhi confidence.

Before, Shen Jizhi was not allowed to openly confront the imperial court, obviously he thought that Shen Jiabao did not have the strength to compete with the imperial court, his wife Xu Keqing died under the arrows of the official army, it is said that he was hit by dozens of arrows, and died quite miserably, maybe he didn't want the same tragedy to happen again.

In Lin Chuzhen's office in the shipyard, Yang Bo met Lin Chuzhen.

"This is Lin Chuzhen, Master Lin, this is Yang Bo." Shen Yanqing introduced.

Yang Bo and Lin Chuzhen bowed their hands, and after greetings, Lin Chuzhen knew that the southbound ship had stopped at the dock, and after seeing the shipyard, Yang Bo was going to board the ship, and he didn't talk nonsense, and led the two of them around the shipyard.

"Brother Lin, it is said that your hometown is from Mindi?" Yang Bo asked.

"Born in Fujian, is an authentic Middle-earth person, when he was young, he went to Nanyang with his parents to make a living, and worked as a craftsman in the shipyard of the Taixi people, fortunately the Shen family valued him, so he was able to return to his homeland. Lin Chuzhen was very polite and modest.

Shen Yanqing interjected: "Master Lin, you are too polite, you can just call Yang Bo by his name." ”

"Yes, yes, it's good for Brother Lin to call Yang Bo, so it looks close, hehe." Yang Bo said immediately.

"Good." Lin Chuzhen laughed and said, "Then I might as well be respectful." ”

Yang Bo asked casually: "It is said that the Zheng family in Mindi has done a lot of trade, has Brother Lin heard of it?" ”

"Zheng Zhilong is not only in Mindi, even among the Chinese in Nanyang, no one knows it, no one knows it, and he naturally knows it, and when he was in Nanyang, he had a relationship with his brother Zheng Zhihu." Lin Chuzhen said.

"Oh." Yang Yi was overjoyed and said, "If you have a chance in the future, please ask Brother Lin to introduce you to one or two." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, but I don't have a deep relationship with the Zheng family, I'm afraid that I'll disappoint you."

In Yang Bo's memory, the South Seas were almost divided among the Europeans, with the Spaniards occupying Luzon, which later became the Philippines, the Portuguese occupying Malacca, the Dutch accounting for the most, and Indonesia and most of the Malaysian archipelago.

The two talked about the geography and customs of the Nanyang Islands, and Yang Bo was not scared, after all, the courier brother had also been to Bali once.

It's a big deal to change what you saw and heard in your previous life, and express it, for example, how barbaric the cannibal tribes in Borneo are, how they eat human flesh raw, how beautiful the birds of paradise are, which islands, guano is dozens of feet thick, and it's not bad to use it to make matches, and so on.

Some Lin Chuzhen was also stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but be amazed and amazed.

Yang Bo said: "It is said that the Spaniards can rule a huge Luzon with only a few thousand people in Luzon, and in the 31st year of Wanli, they actually killed more than 20,000 Chinese people, is this serious?" ”

When Lin Chuzhen heard this, she was saddened and said: "The imperial court has always regarded overseas Chinese as pirates and traitors. is what the imperial court said, which is really chilling. ”

"Tsoer is a small country, no one cares about bullying me?" Shen Yanqing's expression was quite angry.

Yang Bo also knew a rough idea of this in his previous life, and when he heard Lin Chuzhen talk about it again, he was still embarrassed, and his expression was extremely gloomy.

Yang Bo sighed: "Since the discovery of the New World by Columbus, the world has entered the Age of Discovery, and the Western countries have relied on strong ships and cannons, plundering everywhere, enslaving the local aborigines, Nanyang is a living example, but the Ming Court, self-sustaining the old empire, resting on its laurels, ignoring the sea power, not thinking of enterprising, in the long run, will leave a disaster for future generations!" ”

Yang Bo's breadth of knowledge made Lin Chuzhen very impressed, he was also observing words and feelings, seeing that Yang Bo was sometimes radiant, sometimes frowning, but he was so young, he was still born with bright eyes and bright teeth, handsome and not like words, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

A few people were talking and chatting, looking around, and taking a turn in the shipyard, Yang Bo knew that shipbuilding was very professional, and he could only have some impressions when he turned around like this.

Yang Bo learned that the shipyard could only build medium-sized ships with more than 1,000 materials, so the Shen family transport ship should have been bought.

The shipyard can make bowls and cannons, it is the kind of tiger squat cannon, Shen Jizhi probably relies on these to maintain his hegemony in this area, and they also have iron pots and shelves for making hot pots, which are said to have earned a lot of silver.

Looking up at the sky, the time was almost up, Yang Bo and Lin Chuzhen said goodbye, Lin Chuzhen sent Yang Bo and Shen Yanqing out of the shipyard, and the three of them said goodbye.

The Shen family's fleet has a total of five ships, two large ships of 2,000 materials for transportation, and the rest are 500 sentry ships and clippers, equipped with tiger squat cannons and various firearms, which are considered warships, used for escort, led by Lei Zhenzi, and have set sail in advance.

Yang Bo and Shen Yanqing were on the No. 1 boat, Shen Yiming, Leshui, Xiang'er, and Sister-in-law Liu were already waiting on the boat, and Shen Yanqing had to arrange a place for them to live, so she walked away.

There was also an uninvited guest who took a hitchhiker, Yang Bo didn't expect that this person was Mu Ying.

Yang Bo was surprised and asked, "Sister Mu, why are you on the boat?" ”

"Why, aren't you welcome? I'm here to give you a briefing on the military. Mu Ying slanted at Yang Bo and said in a flattering voice: "The soldiers and horses of the Haizhou Imperial Palace have moved. ”

"Oh" Yang Bo was not surprised, and asked, "What movement?" ”

Before leaving, he had already made relevant arrangements, and also brought a letter to Fu Man, saying that if the official army attacked on a large scale, it was really not possible, and the musket battalion could retreat to Shenjiabao, but this was the worst result, and Yang Bo did not think that it would really happen.

Yang Bo was quite conceited about his musket battalion, even if the official army came to attack with a battalion of 1,000 households, the musket battalion could cope with it, and there was only one Haizhou guard station, and only 200 men and horses could be mobilized, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

"It is said that he was transferred to the Hongze Lake area to quell the rebellion." Originally, Mu Ying wanted to scare Yang Bo, but Yang Bo didn't take the Haizhou Imperial Palace in his eyes, and suddenly felt bored.

"Yesterday, the lobby master arrived in Shenjiabao, and I will stay in Nanjing for a while in the future, I went to Nanjing, will you miss me?" Mu Ying leaned over and whispered.

"What are you doing in Nanjing?" Yang Boqi said.

"Of course, I will open another Yihong Mansion, it is said that Grandpa Xu treats you well, you can help me introduce you." Mu Ying's body leaned forward, and his bandeau was opened very low, snow-white, dazzling biochemical.

Yang Bo's eyes were a little glazed, and he said, "I want it." ”

"Hey, you haven't said yet, will you miss me?" Mu Ying's cheeks were as smooth as jade, her smile was rippling, and she was eye-catching, Yang Bo nodded again and again, saying of course she thought about it.

"Where do you think?" Mu Ying asked.

"Mu Ying, it's really you, I heard my little aunt say that you are going to Nanjing? It's not easy for us sisters to see each other, so what should we do? Shen Yanqing came out of nowhere and interjected.

"Qing'er." Mu Ying hurriedly took Shen Yanqing's hands and greeted him very affectionately.

Shen Yanqing said: "I still have to help you arrange a place to live, here's the matter, our sisters have a hot pot." He turned his gaze to Yang Bo and said, "Yang Bo, come here, there is a package to be delivered to my room." ”

Well, on the ship, Shen Yanqing was the captain, and Yang Bo had no choice but to say goodbye to Mu Ying.

Shen Yanqing really took out a package and threw it to Yang Bo, which seemed to contain a lot of things, but the weight was not heavy.

Yang Bo followed behind Shen Yanqing and arrived at Shen Yanqing's room, although the boat was not as good as in the Shen Mansion, this was equivalent to her boudoir, ordinary people were not qualified to come in, Yang Bo felt that his treatment had been upgraded.

"Open the package, take the things out, and set them up." Shen Yanqing gave an order, "Even if you are on the boat, you can't be idle, and you will start practicing sword techniques with me every day tomorrow." ”

Yang Bo was speechless, he hated to really grow three heads and six arms, when was he idle?

Yang Bo opened the package and took things out one by one, most of which were things used by women.

Since the marriage, the relationship between the two has really warmed up rapidly, and Shen Yanqing doesn't mind Yang Bo doing this kind of thing?

Yang Bo felt out a boxy thing, like a small frame, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but be stunned.

This frame contains the line of words he wrote with a quill for the first time: "Classmate Cha is a young man, in his prime, bookish, and scolds Fang Xuan." ”

Shen Yanqing actually framed it and brought it with her.

Shen Yanqing saw that Yang Bo didn't squeak for a long time, turned her head to look, and just happened to find this scene, she snatched it away, and her pretty face turned red.

"I didn't expect you to put away a piece of paper." Yang Bo thought it was interesting and said with a smile.

Shen Yanqing was extremely ashamed, feeling like she had been caught stealing someone's things, and she couldn't get into the cracks of the wooden planks, so she was stunned for a long time before she ate and said, "I like these words, can't you?" It's better than the sea, it's all water. ”

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