Section 2 Mr. Wen's ambitions
Moon Deoji gave a general account of his own experience of walking alone. The passage from his bathroom was under a hill on the banks of a small river, and it was a thriving agricultural area in terms of the extent of the land's development. The landform and vegetation should be South China, and just as he was wondering whether to venture deeper and see if there were any villages to explore, something unexpected happened:
A group of soldiers in ancient costumes, led by officers on horseback, escorted more than a dozen villagers to the river, and then began the massacre.
Although Wen Desi has also seen some quite bloody photos on the Internet, the shock is still incomparable when viewed from a close distance of 30 meters.
The Zuihou soldiers cut off the heads, threw some broken weapons around the corpses, and drove away in clusters around the officers.
ββ¦β¦ Fortunately, I was wearing a camouflage uniform, otherwise it would have been mysterious. Wen Desi still had palpitations when he said it, "The ones closest to me are less than ten meters away. β
The first impression left by the other time and space was that the air was good, and the second impression was that his life was in danger.
Wen Deji opened his notebook and showed them the photos taken at the scene. The blood-blurred headless corpse is so realistic under the interpretation of 9 million pixels and SLR lenses that people want to vomit.
"I also found some copper coins scattered around." Wen Desi took out a plastic bag containing more than a dozen copper coins, "There are several, please see them, the latest is the Apocalypse Tongbao." β
"It may also be during the Chongzhen period."
"At least two years after the Apocalypse." Xiao Zishan said with confidence. "Guangzong only served as an emperor for a few months before he died, and the first year of the Apocalypse was cast by his father's Taichang Tongbao. The apocalypse was minted the following year. If we take into account the time it takes to mint and circulate, it can be estimated that it will take three years from the Apocalypse. β
"But the speculation of this era is a little broader. The brothers reigned for more than twenty years. β
"I think it should be the apocalypse, at most it is the early years of Chongzhen. There are a large number of mints in various parts of Chongzhen Tongbao, and the circulation range is very wide, and it is impossible to only have apocalypse money. β
Given the times, what exactly are we going to do?
A wormhole leading to a different time and space is a milestone for the scientific community, and the three people in the bathroom are obviously not physicists, and the Nobel Prize is not shared. If it is to be regarded as major news, none of them are in the media industry, and at most they can only be regarded as parties in the news. Of course, as the discoverer, Mr. Wen will definitely be mentioned a little in the news. In addition to this, the men all had a conspiracy theory that the existence of the wormhole would most likely be completely obscured in view of the enormous consequences of the eventβjust as Americans have always suspected that there was a Area 51βand that their prospects would be greatly dire.
In addition to the owner of the wormhole--the ownerless thing belongs to the discoverer, so Wen Desi can be regarded as the owner of the wormhole--, the other two people know very well that this is an opportunity, if Wen Desi really wants to win some physics prize or engage in his "single-person two-way low-key crossing", he will not post that post anyway.
What are the chances? As Mr. Wen said, it is big enough to have a shijie - the 17th century on another plane.
Thinking of this, my breathing became rough.
After a brief discussion, the initial executive committee was formed in the bathroom of the house, and the first document was produced. In the history of discovery in the new century, the meeting is known as the "restroom meeting".
The agenda adopted by the meeting: Build a new shijie!
How do I go about creating their new shijie? The ancients were not thinking NPCs, they were not inferior to modern people in wisdom, they did not lack courage, nor did they lack liliang, and when it came to adaptability to the environment, they were far from being able to compare with delicate modern people. Although these three people love to read cross-air novels, at least they know that they don't have the spirit of a king.
The only thing that can overcome them is the accumulation of civilizations that are 300 years more than them.
"Scale, standardization," Wang said, "is the magic weapon to win." An industrialized society is enough to defeat any ancient society. β
Gather a large number of traversers who have mastered modern jishu and management methods, carry modern industrial equipment and jishu, travel to that time and space together, establish a base, complete basic industrialization, form a complete industrial system, and use this as a starting point to dominate the world.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and no matter how grand the goal is, the meal still has to be eaten one bite at a time. After discussion, the group decided on two goals for the near future:
Recruit people to cross and raise money to buy supplies and equipment.
Wen Deji decided to set up a SkyPe chat group first, as a contact, the original post, now very hot, he no longer made any explanations, just simply added this group number and an alternate email address. Then the post was locked up β and it was agreed that it should not be noticeable from now on.
As for the money, although the three of them still have some savings, they add up to less than a million. One million yuan to complete industrialization - even during the industrial revolution - is too science fiction.
Of course, theoretically, those who participate in the future will also bring in money, but not much.
Through two-way crossing, using the price difference between time and space on both sides to raise funds, it is probably a more realistic way to make money quickly.
Profiteering in ancient times with modern products is a tried and tested way to make a fortune in all time-traveling novels. Everyone immediately thought of special treasures such as glass mirrors, glasses, matches, and watches. It is by relying on these that countless traversers have made a fortune in another time and space, dug the first pot of gold, and embarked on the journey of kingship.
Xiao Zishan contributed a large number of promotional giveaways that he had accumulated over the years because of his greed for small bargains:
Plastic compacts with mirrors, melamine bowls, spoons, chopsticks, small fruit knives, plastic sheeting kitchen aprons, acrylic hats, scarves, glove sets, glass mugs, plastic lunch boxes, towels, ...... There were three or four boxes in total. These small commodities made in Yiwu are uglyly printed with all kinds of company logos, and at this moment they have become shining gold in the eyes of these people.
The 17th-century Venetian glass mirror was a luxury even in Europe, but not in Asia, and from this point of view, the mirror was a kind of monopoly, such as those dishes that could not be broken, and transparent lunch boxes...... Including the empty bottles left over from the pure water they had just drunk, any of them were new things that didn't exist in that plane, and theoretically, they could sell as much as they wanted: one hundred taels of powder boxes, two thousand taels of cups, and one hundred taels of bowls...... Isn't that how many seniors did it......
All three of them were excited by Jin Cancan's future and their blood pressure went up. Wen Deji even began to regret it a little - maybe taking the risk of doing a two-way crossing alone could unify Shijie.
"But let's just go over like this, and as soon as we get to the city gate, we will be caught as a Japanese and taken to the Yamen of Haiphong Tongzhi." Wang Luobin remembered the real problem.
"Is there a coastal defense Tongzhi Yamen in Guangzhou?"
"I don't know, but Ichibo should be there."
"Well, we're dressed up in strange clothes and have weird accents. Guangzhou is not a vast and sparsely populated place. We don't have a survey road to guide ......."
"I won't give the army to Liaodong."
"That's not true, but if you are dragged to the yamen because of strange clothes and suspicious behavior, you will have to shed your skin if you don't die." Xiao Zishan remembered reading some memoirs of Portuguese who came to China in the Ming Dynasty. An unfortunate Portuguese pirate gave a detailed account of his capture. Although he praised the justice of the Ming Dynasty as a perfect system of justice, fairness, and openness, he did not hesitate to say that it was cruel to prisoners.
Thinking of the various tortures that the Portuguese had endured and seen, Xiao Zishan couldn't help but shiver and was afraid.
"Why don't we find a few Hanfu websites? I think there are a few studies of the Ming Dynasty uniform, which is still very elaborate. β
"Clothes are fine, words and deeds can't be learned." Wang Luobin objected, "It's even more suspicious." β
"If you pretend to be a foreign merchant - we can call ourselves a maritime merchant." Wen Desi made a new suggestion, "Maybe you can pretend to be a tribute envoy?" Emperors don't always like all nations to come to court. β
"The tributary trade would have stopped a long time ago. What's more, this will probably make the court anxious and have no interest. Xiao Zishan thought for a while, "I remember that the Ming Dynasty was very strict with the management of foreigners, except for the Portuguese, foreign merchants could only trade in Macao, and ships could not enter the Pearl River. β
"Can the Portuguese enter Canton?"
"Yes, it seems that there will be a trade fair in Guangzhou every year, and merchants from all over the country will bring goods to trade with the Portuguese."
"It turns out that the history of the Canton Fair is so long." Wang Luobin sighed.
The Canton Fair, once the main window of China's foreign trade, had its predecessor in the Ming Dynasty, but at that time it was only open to Portuguese merchants. It is held once a year in summer and winter, and the location is on Haizhu Island, which is now the area of the Haizhu District Federation of Trade Unions.
"But none of us are like foreign friends, I don't know if there were foreign Chinese in those years?"
"Maybe, who knows."
"It's nerve-wracking, it looks like we have to check the historical data."
Suddenly, Xiao Zishan slapped the table and laughed:
"We're so stupid! Why do you always think about how to get into Guangzhou, aren't we in the city of Guangzhou? β
Everyone's eyes lit up. Indeed, since the wormhole's entry and exit locations in the two planes and planes are the same, as long as it passes through the Ming Dynasty city of Guangzhou, won't it directly enter the city of Guangzhou? As for what kind of crisis really happens, just open the wormhole and escape back.
The selected crossing point is Haopan Street, which was originally in the riverside area in the south of Guangzhou City, which was a commercially developed area as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, and the commerce was more prosperous in the early Ming Dynasty. At this point, the southern city wall of Guangzhou stands directly on the bank of the Pearl River.
In the Ming Dynasty, Haopan Street was a place where the so-called wealthy merchants from other provinces gathered, and it was actually a concentration of smugglers. These people colluded with the fishermen on the Yuzhou at the mouth of the Pearl River at that time to specialize in trafficking goods on the "Fanbo" and did the work of smuggling and selling smuggling. "Every time the ship arrives, it will move porcelain, silk cotton, private money, and fire with rich merchants from other provinces on Haoban Street, and leave with a full load, and return with a full load." Xiao Zishan is very suspicious that these so-called "rich businessmen from other provinces" are all figures with official backgrounds, which is why smuggling and trafficking are so rampant.
Since they are all engaged in smuggling, they definitely don't care where they come from. Profit is in the nature of a businessman. From this point of view, the merchants of Ho Pan Street seem to be the most suitable to contact.