Chapter 655: Zhang Xiaohu's Gift
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In contrast to Galileo's nervousness, Alfonso, a thousand-year-old fox, has been in a good mood lately.
In front of this thousand-year-old fox, Mr. Galileo, who has profound academic attainments and is famous in the history of science, is simply a little fresh meat that is so tender that he pinches a pinch of water.
At the beginning of the trend, he had a keen sense of smell to determine that the Calvinists and the followers of Muhammad were not in a good position, and how could a rabble stand up to a powerful force that had defeated the armies of the English, Spaniards, and Portuguese. Messing around, there is absolutely no future. What awaits them is the end of a dead family, and the destruction of the sect.
"I don't want to think that the caliphs were wrapped in blankets by the Mongol army and trampled into flesh by horses, are you closer to Muhammad than the caliphs? Do you have the wealth and army of the caliphate? ”
Based on this understanding, from the very beginning, he took a clear stand to restrain the followers not to participate in any form of behavior against the Nanyue army, and, in order to show his attitude, he even registered and handed over all the weapons in the hands of the believers one by one.
Although in accordance with the laws of Nanzhong, the General Patrol Police Department replied that the soldiers and civilians in Nanzhong could legally possess weapons for self-defense, and the registered soldiers could even hold their own weapons and armor, and politely declined his practice of handing over weapons. However, in the government's reply, he praised Father Alfonso's eager cooperation with the government and strictly restraining the behavior of the congregation.
As the news of the progress of the war in the rebellious areas was transmitted to Father Alfonso through the congregants and churches in various places, watching the Calvinist churches everywhere destroyed by Wu Liuqi and Zheng Sen, who had quelled the rebellion, and the houses of worship being turned into rubble by artillery fire because of their stubborn resistance, Father Alfonso often boasted that he was the same as Zhuge Liang. Prescient.
However, there were also brilliant people in the Calvinist sect, who saw that their churches were destroyed one by one, and that the believers and the clergy were even more scattered, and some of these backbone members and many young and middle-aged members were simply thrown into the hard labor camps on the charge of cultists. Accept the torment of the spirit and the flesh.
Since it is not a good end to go against the government no matter what kind of banner it uses to oppose the government, it is simply necessary to quickly change course and change the court. Soon, new Calvinist doctrines emerged in churches throughout South and Central.
Loudly advocate the idea of unlimited support for the government, and be loyal to His Royal Highness the Duke with the degree of loyalty to God, otherwise, God will send down heavenly fire and divine punishment to deal with those traitors who do not respect the lord of the world he has chosen!
Listen, listen! How fucking shameless and numb are people talking about this? And. You have said such shameless words, what will I say in the future?
Therefore, Alfonso's burrowing Tomon made friends, and in any case, before the new ideas of the Calvinist sect reached Li Shouhan's ears, he met with Li Shouhan and gave him a preventive shot, no matter what, he could not be convinced of the Calvinist heretical statements! In this southern middle ground, only our great Catholicism is the only official belief in God. And only my Great Catholic Church is the only sect loyal to His Royal Highness the Duke!
However, when he came to the palace in a hurry and waited for Li Shouhan to receive him. was blocked by several Chengqi officials.
"Father, I'm sorry, but you have to go back in time. The lord has something to do temporarily. ”
Hearing this, Alfonso was suddenly a little stunned, but he didn't dare to attack in front of these Chengqi officials, so he had to chat with these people with a smiling face. Ask which important general has arrived?
"Father, my lord made it very clear that the period from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock this morning was arranged for you. But it was really unfortunate that this morning, the fleet under the command of Zhang patrolled from many islands in Java to the ten states. After going around in ten states, Fang began to sail back. When the lord learned the news, he immediately ordered Commander Zhang to enter the summons. Think about it, is it your affairs that matter, or the military affairs of Commander Zhang Da that matter? ”
The Chengqiguan who spoke was all people who had been by Li Shouhan's side for some years, and he also had a very thorough understanding of the lord's thoughts, and besides, those who were close to Zhu were red and those who were close to ink were black, and they had stayed by Li Shouhan's side for a long time as a fanatical admirer of natural science, so they naturally would not have any good feelings for gods like Alfonso.
Hearing this, Alfonso had no choice but to sit honestly on the bench in the Hou Jian's room, holding the newly compiled and revised Bible in his hand (did he tamper with Brother Su's words, who can tell?). Silently prayed to the omnipresent god in the sky, hoping that Zhang Xiaohu would not talk too much.
However, it is obvious that Su Ge either did not hear his prayers, or was busy playing mahjong with Muhammad, Shakyamuni, Taishang Laojun and others and lost so much that his pants were pressed on the mahjong table, his eyes were staring at the cards on the table, eager to pick up a tie card from the table.
In Li Shouhan's signing room, Li Shouhan and Zhang Xiaohu talked happily.
After many years of sea life, Zhang Xiaohu has changed from a strong man to a gray-haired, somewhat bald half-old man. It's just that a pair of eyes are still unusually bright.
"Sixth, you're old too." Looking at the scene of the three-headed tiger in hell in the twilight of some heroes, Li Shouhan suddenly felt a little sad.
After more than ten years of conquest, how many people have fallen on the road, and countless corpses have paved the current foundation.
However, Zhang Xiaohu didn't care about the sentimentality, and just replied with a big grin: "Lord, the eldest lady has taken the fleet to the sea to patrol, and the big dog in my family who is not a weapon also followed the eldest lady to sea this time, and the little boy back then is now also a battalion officer with five ships!" ”
After a few words of greeting, the two and a half old men began to get to the point.
Zhang Xiaohu came to see him this time, and in addition to coming in person, there were several gifts in the courtyard.
Two fluffy koalas crawled slowly in the yard, looking up at the leaves on the trees from time to time, looking for food to enjoy.
On the pillars, several huge parrots are colorful. Colorful and colorful, from time to time the nuts are bitten open with the powerful beak of the bird, and the kernels are tasted inside.
"This is what my subordinates got from the natives in the ten states, and the local natives call them koalas. In addition, there are a few giant tortoises, dragons and the like, because such animals are not suitable for being sent into the house. His subordinates ordered them to be sent to the Garden of All Souls. ”
The so-called Kui Long is actually a few big lizards that Zhang Xiaohu caught in Shizhou, and these rare things naturally have to be sent to the Wanling Garden, which specializes in collecting birds, beasts and fish from all over the world, that is, the zoo, to have fun with the people.
These things are just a few deer that Wu Jinxiao gave to Jia Zhen, and they are barely some things for fun. What can really be done by Zhang Xiaohu to give Li Shouhan as a transcript or gift for his trip, there are other things.
A huge drawing was spread out and placed on the ground of Li Shouhan's signature room.
This map, if you let the gentlemen of the Surveying and Mapping School see it. You have to criticize the drawing for being crude, the proportions are not right, and the drawing is not neat enough, and then throw the drawing out the window for the students to redraw.
However, the map drawn by Zhang Xiaohu himself was regarded as a treasure by Li Shouhan.
"My lord. This is the Java Islands. ”
Zhang Xiaohu pointed to the large and small islands scattered on the sea on the chart, and his face was colorful.
Zhang Xiaohu's index finger pointed at Sulawesi in the Sunda Islands. This large island in the sea, if viewed from a height of tens of kilometers, looks like a starfish, and the longest horn of the starfish sticks out far away, and the tip is the Glen Drop Peninsula, which plunges deep into the sea, and at the top of the peninsula is the natural harbor of Manado. The easternmost part of the archipelago is southerly. Stay away from Java and Sumatra.
Whether the fleet passes from the Ryukyus through the islands of Luzon, or from Lijiapo, Siam, Java, etc., it is the place where the east and west routes meet, and Manado is the second stop after the fleet goes to sea, and this will be the place where the fleet supplies fresh water, fresh vegetables, and meat.
If the chief of the waterway led the fleet to the hometown of Fusang Yin Shang. To cross a vast Pacific Ocean, there is no peace at all, there are not a few islands to replenish on the way, it is too cold to cross the Bering Strait to Alaska, and there is the threat of ice floe. Compared with the difficulty of Asia to get to the homeland of Yin Shang, Europe, which is fighting at this time, is much simpler. Sailing from Europe, not only is the Atlantic Ocean much narrower than the Pacific Ocean, but the Atlantic Warm Current and the monsoon give Columbus a protagonist halo, even if the tonnage of the ship is compared with Zheng He's fleet like the navy of a nanny country compared with the Bald Eagle Pacific Fleet, he can cross the Atlantic Ocean smoothly and come to the Americas.
Since the geographical environment is so arranged that non-human beings can change it, then, in addition to sending a fleet to Fusang at any cost, Li Shouhan is even more determined to build the ten states into the rear of himself and even the entire Chinese civilization.
The fleet immigrated to the ten states from the Nanyue military district, whether it was from Xiamen, Quanzhou and other ports in Fujian or from the port of Guangzhou in Guangdong, or from Hue and Da Nang to the sea, all the way were dotted with Nanyang islands, which could replenish food and fresh water anytime and anywhere, and there was no problem to come down and rest for a while, drink tea and play chess, and seaports to avoid the storm also abounded.
In the past ten years, the immigration and management of the ten states, from the hinterland of the south to the ten states, such as Suihua, Shunsui, Dehua, Sui'an, and other words with strong colors of Shun, Sui, and enlightenment, have been named on the map one by one by the gentlemen of the official office.
Today, nearly 60,000 or 70,000 immigrants are distributed along the coastline in the northeast, southeast, and west of the ten states, and the settlements are constantly advancing inland and east.
As long as time is taken and patiently cultivated, the continent of Shizhou, which has been placed in Li Shouhan's purse, will sooner or later become another world.
"My lord, please see, my subordinates and subordinates have carefully surveyed and feel that the navigation route to the ten states can be divided into two routes: east and west. The East Road is centered on Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places, diverging to the surrounding ports to facilitate the immigration of nearby people to board the ship. The west road is the ports of Hue, Ha Tinh, Chai stick, Chao Phraya River and other places in my southern middle school, which is convenient for officials, troops, grain and grass and equipment to be transferred. ”
In addition to a stop on Luzon Island on the eastern road, some people got on the boat and continued south, that is, in the seaport of Manado in Sulawesi, and then in the literati's hometown of New Koshari, the easternmost point of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Tutuala, and the terminal was the port hidden behind a large number of islands in the north of Oceania, which was named Fengshunkou by Zhang Xiaohu, which is the area of the port of Darwin.
A total of more than 2,000 nautical miles along the long sea route. It is divided into several paragraphs. On average, the longest single route is no more than five or six hundred nautical miles -- about the same as the sea route from Guangzhou to Fuzhou.
"My lord, these islands along the way, my subordinates have ordered people to clean them up and make arrangements in advance." Zhang Xiaohu's words were light-hearted, but. Li Shouhan knew very well that this three-headed tiger governor of hell led the sailors and land battalions and sailors attached to the detachment to wash the islands along the way. The more hostile natives were almost all reduced to bones or slaves. Their original homes were used as barracks for police and sailors, and ports and warehouses were built on the islands to store necessary supplies.
"If the immigrants who board the ship from Fujian go to Suide Prefecture in the southeast of the ten states you mentioned, how many days will it take?" Li Shouhan pointed to an area on the map. Pointing with his index finger and middle finger, he pointed to the area that was dyed a pale yellow by Zhang Xiaohu.
The so-called Suide Prefecture is not Li Zicheng's hometown neighbor, Suide in northern Shaanxi, which is famous for the Han of Suide, is located in the southeast of the Ten Prefectures, which should have been called New South Wales. This is the main wheat producing area, stretching for thousands of miles of wheat planting belt.
"If you calculate that a sea ship travels tens of nautical miles a day, different shifts have different supply and anchorage locations. It takes three or four days from one station to the next. We also have a fresh water tank on our ship, and we have a lot of fresh water and sugarcane wine in stock. The children also made bean sprouts and tofu on the boat, and there were various vegetables and fruits along the way, and as long as half a month, they could reach the sea surface of Shizhou from Fujian. ”
talked about Suide Prefecture and Xinghua Prefecture, which suddenly made Zhang Xiaohu open the conversation.
These two state capitals, located in the southeast and northeast respectively, occupy a vast area of land in the ten states. Nearly 50,000 immigrants from South China are housed here. Not counting the official slaves of the captives of the various indigenous tribes that Zhang Xiaohu captured on the islands along the way.
"These two places. Although it is wild at the moment, it is also a good place that has never been cultivated by anyone in the past. ”
There are thousands of miles of fertile land to cultivate, and there are natural deep-water harbors that can anchor tens of thousands of ships large and small, among other things. Some of the high-quality coal and silver mines buried underground were also surprisingly unearthed by the immigrants.
"The subordinates sent a rough survey to find that from the sea to the inland, there are more than a thousand miles of land that can be used to sow wheat, and according to the early immigrants who came here, the climate here determines that the wheat should be sown in April and May every year, and harvested from September to wax."
Zhang Xiaohu said that this is calculated according to the lunar calendar, but in the ten states illuminated by the Southern Cross, spring, summer, autumn and winter happen to be the opposite of the northern hemisphere, which makes him think about it and can't find an answer.
Li Shouhan has no doubts about this. The land that is famous for the country that rides on the back of a sheep is precisely the treasure land for the development of agriculture and mining. Not counting grasslands, pastures, mines and other places, the arable land area alone is close to 50 million hectares!
Even one hectare cultivated by a strong laborer can supply 50 million people! With such a large area of arable land for immigrants to cultivate, Li Shouhan was naturally very sure in his heart.
However, then I listened to Zhang Xiaohu's constant complaints.
"Lord, you have to call the shots for me!"
Across the sea, Zhang Xiaohu, who made countless people frightened everywhere the golden three-headed tiger logo went, actually poured bitter water on Li Shouhan! This immediately aroused Li Shouhan's interest. Looking at it like this, it seems that Zhang Xiaohu was robbed by others. But it has always been this little sixth son, Zhang Da, who has robbed other people's things, when will it be someone else's turn to rob him? Could it really be that thirty years of feng shui have taken turns, so that Zhang Xiaohu has the feeling of a hero's end?
"Not really! At least as long as the eldest lady and the big horse don't beat my old man's idea at sea, no one on the sea can calculate me at the moment! Zhang Xiaohu proudly showed off, and slapped Li Shouhan's ass without showing a trace.
"Then you say, how should Lao Tzu make the decision for you?"
"More than 300 war horses and horses of the naval division and land battalion of my left fleet, as well as pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and other things raised in the cabins of various ships, have been taken away by immigrants from various Tunpu villages and towns, half begging and half forcibly borrowing!"
Some pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks are raised in the bilge of the ship, which can be used as ballast, and secondly, it can also improve the food for the brothers, and occasionally give the brothers a tooth sacrifice with fresh sea fish.
The sailors and land battalions that accompanied the fleet had hundreds of horses and war horses because of the need to tow artillery, vehicles, and horses for officers and scouts.
But these cattle and domestic animals are many times more precious than anything in the eyes of the immigrants who have sailed thousands of miles to the ten states. As a result, half of them were friendships, half of them were begging for forcible demand, and Suide Prefecture and Xinghua Prefecture divided up all kinds of livestock prepared and bred by Zhang Xiaohu's subordinates.
"Go! You are also a dignified commander of the left-wing sailors, and you are embarrassed to come to me to cry about such a thing? If you write a submission to the military division, who can not give you additional horses? Li Shouhan was very unimpressed!
"Lord, am I, Zhang Xiaoliuzi, that kind of person? The subordinate means that you might as well select some experts who are proficient in animal husbandry and horse breeding from Fulang Mountain and Tamna Island, bring more peony horses, horses, and various cattle, sheep and livestock, and go to the hinterland of the ten states to graze them! (To be continued......)