Chapter 4 of the Flying Dragon (1)
[Today's third update, strive to lay the plot as soon as possible]
'I see', this is the sentence that Zhang Xiaodi has said the most in his heart these days.
'The water vapor in the air can divide the sunlight into seven colors, like a prism in the hand of the gentleman. It is not difficult to understand this, but when the rainy season comes, what about the rainbow that is common in the washed sky is not seven colors?
'An object that is lighter than the same amount of water will float. 'Boy who grew up by the sea, who has never seen a large plywood ship the size of a palace floating on the sea and wading whale waves, and in the middle of it has to carry tens of thousands of stones, and copper coins, which are not much bigger than their thumbs, will sink to the bottom even if they are only put into a bowl of water, and if they are thrown into the sea, they will only be enough to hear a sound.
'Different objects, no matter how heavy they are, will land at the same time if they fall from the same height. Only this one is a little more difficult to understand, but the gentleman found a high cliff by the sea, and a piece of wood and a copper coin were released from both hands at the same time, but both of them bloomed in the water below at about the same time, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with this reasoning.
Brother Zhang felt that there was nothing that Mr. Fu didn't know.
Take the Martian retrograde some time ago, for example, the people in the capital were panicked, and even the gentlemen's arrival here was publicized, and they all said that it was a disaster. But Mr. Fu said that it was just the speed of the stars, just like he played with his friends in the city on weekdays, and when he ran fast, the houses on the street seemed to be hiding backwards, just ordinary truths, and he usually didn't pay attention to them.
The stars turned out to be flying in the sky by themselves? If it weren't for what Mr. Fu said, who would believe it? But now Brother Zhang has believed eighty percent.
Sitting in the quiet room, the huge classroom, the tables are neatly stacked in rows, the walls are open with large windows, but they are all flat glass the size of one person, the sunlight outside shines into the room through the glass, and there are more than 30 men and women of his same size, the younger ones are only about seven or eight years old, and the big ones should be eleven or twelve. But they are all ordinary concentrations, and a few of the friends they know are sitting in front of and behind them, and they don't see this in ordinary play on weekdays, just because it's too interesting.
Zhang Xiaodi only remembers that he was born in the east of the Broken Hand River, which is hundreds of miles away from here. So when he was five years old, his father brought the family to the national capital to make a living, and the business has become more and more difficult in recent years.
I happened to see the short-haired recruitment of the self-proclaimed Song people in the port, this short-haired people like the Han people the most, and it was because his father Zhang Dachun had an errand, it is said that the salary of the Song people was very good, but only one was mentioned - studying.
As long as the children of the family who are not yet adults are sent to the Song people's academy to study, they can receive another five buckets of brown rice every month, and all the expenses of the children's school years are also borne by the leaders of the Song people. Generally in the Ming Kingdom, the so-called scholars are to go to school, if you get a child or a talent, you can walk sideways in the township, but this Nanyang wilderness, originally because of the poverty in the hometown, only here to make a living, reading and studying is the idea that several generations have not had.
However, it is always good to be able to read and write, not to mention that not only do you not have to give Mr. money and gifts, but even when I was in Haicheng's hometown, I never heard of such a big school. All those who come to school are full of three meals a day, and they are also given a place to live, which is called living in the school, plus the monthly income, which is not worse than work. Zhang Dachun secretly made up his mind that when his youngest son was a little older, as long as the Song people were still there, he would also send mixed food.
My father is only in his early twenties and seventeens, which is the same age as Mr. Fu, but he looks like half a generation apart. This thought only flashed in Zhang Xiaodi's heart, what he needed now was to finish his studies seriously. According to Mr. Fu's teaching, he learns to read and write every day, and Mr. will also talk about some things after class, which is quite interesting.
After knowing more words, you can learn arithmetic and other knowledge of the Great Song Dynasty, and if you can go to school, you can follow the gentlemen to the sea in the future.
Zi Niang sat in the back row of the classroom, looking ahead, she could only see the high and low shoulders and head, and Mr. Fu's words had to be heard. Originally, she was the only girl studying here, and her father and mother had something in her heart, and she understood it a little at a young age, but the little girl didn't feel anything.
Daddy and mother have been working for the old men of the Song Kingdom for a few days earlier, and my father is used to carrying on the dock, and he is used to doing coolies, and he has never met a generous and trustworthy man like the old men of the Great Song Dynasty. Niangniang makes some rough groceries in the back kitchen of the commercial station, and she is not tired, and she often has food rewarded by the master, which is the same as her own three meals a day here. Because he is a daughter, it is inconvenient for the old man to stay overnight, and he can go home to rest every day, but depending on the meaning of his father and mother, in another two years, he may want to give his family to the Song people.
The little girl is twelve, talented and smart, her father's mind can't hide from her, but she is also happy in her heart, Mr. taught her to read, telling all kinds of stories are interesting, Zi Niang's heart has never been so happy, it turned out that outside the small Borneo, there is such a big world, the north of the continent, is the place that should be called the ancestral home, originally only at home to listen to the father occasionally talk, now listen to Mr. said, it is such a vast country, I really want to see it.
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At this time, the weather in Labuan Island has become warmer, and the small island hanging at the northern mouth of the Gulf of Boroni is still a forbidden area for locals. On the second floor of a building at the foot of the hill to the north of the base, several of the governors of the Eastern Mansion, that is, the government hall designated above, are meeting to discuss the form and response of the near future.
Zhou Taige, who was talking, has always had a tough attitude in the decision-making circle, but at this time, he was repeating the same old tune, "I thought that we should still make a difference in the military, the domestic situation in Bo Ni is complicated, since you will tear your face sooner or later, why continue to play rabbit here, waste your energy in vain." ”
Zhou Taige's words represent a considerable point of view, and there is a lot of support from military-related departments.
But Rockley and Mei Casey also have their own opinions, or persuaded: "Since this period of time, only a few things have been focused on science, education, culture and health, with this foundation, the situation has been opened, there is no need to be too radical, the lord of the Bo Ni country has enjoyed the country for more than 200 years, and there are still some foundations, Lao Zhou, you have to remember that it is easy to defeat the enemy on the battlefield, and how to rule is a big matter, since the destiny of heaven is in me, it is advisable to slow down rather than urgently, and it cannot last long if it is urgent." "Mekaysie's view has always been like this, with the theory of military strength, the core of the armament, and the surrounding chieftains as coercion, the land of the Nanyang region can be determined in ten months, but once the indigenous interest groups around him are formed, there will be a tendency to be big. Far away as Qin and Sui, all of them died in the second generation, and as close as where everyone came from, because the 'liberation' was too fast, how many speculative people were mixed in, and how many important positions were stolen by those talented and immoral because the cadres could not be trained. It's just that the reality is like this, when you are hungry, you hold a musket in your hand, and you see a rabbit in front of you but don't let it move, which is really offensive. Fortunately, everyone has trusted the people in the political hall for many years, so they can suppress it, so once they have emotions, they can only rely on communication to solve it, and if they are strong, it will only backfire.
Today's controversy is just a cliché, Zhou Taige and his friend Wang Feng, a member of the government, a deputy cardinal, in the political hall and the Privy Council, surrounded by forty or fifty good brothers, all have military service experience, in his words, as long as the central government nods, within half a day, to capture the city of Boranai, will not waste any strength.
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March is the dry season, and there is little rain in the sky, and the occasional wave is only used as a remedy for leisure, and there is no danger without the urging of strong winds. Before the beginning of summer, the tide here is from the northeast to the southwest, so from Luzon all the way west to Sulu, Boni merchant ships are not few, except for the accustomed sailing ships and experienced sailors, there are not many people willing to go upstream, one to see the risk, the other to calculate the profit, neither of which is beneficial, so there are not many maritime merchants to do. It's just that among the occasional passing merchant ships, despite the distance, you can still see the shining sea surface, interspersed with a peculiar shape of the clipper, not how strange the appearance of this ship is, the sea sailing, even if you look at it, is more than ten miles away, it is not too clear in how strange the appearance is, but this ship is not only against the current, and much faster than the sailing ships that are smooth sailing, but if these merchant ships arrive in the city of Boroni to dock for supplies, they will be despised by the locals a little, these days, It's no surprise that this clipper can swim against the current.
On the day of the landing in Boroni Port, the East Road team set off, the composition of the team is really simple, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Culture and Culture Li Xiao, the deputy envoy of the Jinzhou League Lian Nanyang East Road are patrolling Xiong Taibai, the Ministry of Rites Wailang Tongzhi Foreign Affairs Secretary Shi Bulan, the Ministry of Works Wailang Zhijiang as the supervisor Zhong Yi and the sister of the household department Wailang Zhisheng Secretary Zhong Ling, plus a local recruited general, only six people, it is also shabby, except for the natives, there is no one on the ship to follow.
Pseudo-trust to the official position of the Great Song Dynasty, of course, everyone will not be completely innovative, always have changes in practicality, take the new center as an example, there are also three provinces and six ministries system, but there are more or less changes, the so-called several signboards and a set of teams.
The political hall has set up Fengge, Luantai and Wenchangtai, which are also determined by listening to Mei Casey's suggestion, if you have to say that it is a private bad taste, it is not necessary, but after the division of functions is explained, no one objected, after all, once in this life, it can not be as in the past, or there is something new, not to mention that Mei Casey is still grasping the righteousness of reviving China, it is said that many government agencies in the past are mostly Western regulations, and there are not a few people who want to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties. It is absolutely impossible to accept such a worldview setting again.
Of course, although the organization is new, it is not just a decoration.
Feng Pavilion is the main decision, and all kinds of research institutions are also in it, such as historical, cultural, geographical, and religious materials are stored in it, and there are several old men at the pedant level, in case the center can consult at any time, and Mei Casey is now in charge of it.
If there is an important resolution that requires the participation of all the traversers, the Luantai assessment will be held, and all the members participating in the evaluation actually belong to the highest authority of the current Great Song Dynasty - the Senate.
The main administration of Wenchang Taiwan is for the purpose of liaison between the central committee and various ministries, similar to the Central Office. As for the title of the prime minister, of course, it is logical to set the title of Fengge Luantai Pingzhang, which has also been thought of for a long time. In addition, there is an independent Imperial Historical Observatory, which is in charge of supervision and auditing, and the intelligence department has access to the Silver Desk Division.
Six of the seven members of the Standing Committee, or the Governor, are in charge of the six ministries, and the Prime Minister is in charge of the administration. The Ministry of Officials is in charge of organization and performance appraisal, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of culture, education, diplomacy, and religion, the Criminal Department is in charge of criminal name, litigation, and public security, and the Ministry of Engineering is in charge of construction, transportation, and water conservancy. Only the Ministry of War is different, only in charge of task execution and military scheduling, the military strategy decision-making has its own Privy Council, and there are four separate departments under the Privy Council, namely armament, transport, political propaganda, and staff officers.
As for the local administration, it was also divided into roads and prefectures, and the towns were divided into capitals, prefectures, counties, and townships according to their scale.