Chapter 81 Thousands of miles of wild geese flying busy with books

Zhao Heju was very happy when he received the letter, not only did he come this time, but Meng Xisheng, Ou Bama, Li Yunrui, and Chen Ren all sent a letter, that is, Fang Youcai, and there was also a letter written by Too Bama.

According to the charts provided by Zhao and Ju, Lin Xi was the ship's leader, Hu You was the navigator, and the big ship Dingyuan and the newly-built three-distance class sea ship Tongyuan, carrying porcelain, silk, Buddha statues, and scriptures (Note 1), after ten days of sailing, they successfully arrived at a place called "Reedoura" (Note 1), stayed in Hirado for a month, and exchanged all the goods for gold, and obtained a total of 3,000 taels of gold (Note 3), and some of them were exchanged for pearls, wood, and handicrafts of the Japanese Kingdom, deducting the cost. After this trip, the two ships made a profit of nearly 100,000 yuan (Note 4).

Of course, the letter also mentioned a bad thing, the Huaiyuan in the three distant ships sank on the way to Tamsui, fortunately, the life-saving facilities on the ship were sufficient, the Zhiyuan and Jiyuan rescued in time, and the loss of personnel was not large.

However, a new ship has been launched, and Meng Xisheng asked Zhao Youju to name the new ship in order to make up for the three distant ships. Zhao and Ju did not hesitate to name the new ship after the martyred righteous boy, and although the collective name of the Sanyuan ship was retained, one of them has been called "Zhangyu" since then.

Obama's letter mentions his progress in Tamsui, where he arrived in September, and this letter in early November, when Tamsui had already built a woodworking lathe and a simple metalworking planer, both of which were powered by water, and the steel used was steel made in the blast furnace of the new crucible in Eulangen. Because they have just started manufacturing, the accuracy of these lathes is not high enough, and they are currently being upgraded one by one (Note 5).

Ou Laogen used a blast furnace to make steel, which caused a sensation in the freshwater ironworks, and the craftsmen of the ironworks were even more shocked when they learned that this thing had been learned from their young masters. Ou Bama especially mentioned that one of them was named Ao Sayang, who was extremely studious and inquisitive, and had learned a lot by his side over the years.

Now Ou Laogen is trying to make glass, although he has failed four times, but he has gradually gained some experience, maybe the next time he sends a letter, he can bring good news to Zhao and Ju.

At the end of Ou Bama's letter, he also mentioned his return date, originally he was going to return to Yuzhang Villa before the end of the year, but there were a lot of freshwater affairs, and there were many things, and no one could afford to leave him for the time being, so he specially asked Zhao Heju if he wanted him to stay until the end of the year and come back.

The letter sent by Chen Ren mainly talked about the current situation in Tamsui, after three long-distance ships kept transporting, the population of Tamsui Town now has 9,100 people, of which 6,500 are from the Red Jacket Army, more than 2,000 are refugees recruited from the border between the two Huai, Song and Jin, and several hundred people are directly sent by the mountain villa. Although the number of people sent by the villa is the smallest, they have the most firm grip on the backbone of various departments of Tamsui, and through the efforts of everyone, whether it is the Red Jacket Army or the two Huai refugees, they have a certain sense of belonging to Tamsui. Liu Quan was appointed as the Changzheng of the Tamsui Wood Ware Field, he had a certain prestige in the Red Jacket Army, but not enough to be able to gather these rebels and twist them into a rope, he was "extremely satisfied" with the current situation, Chen Ren said in cryptic words, the only thing he often complained about was that Yang Miaozhen was not around. Chen Ren's letter also attached a paragraph written by Chen Zicheng about the Tamsui Primary School, specifically mentioning Li Ye's stubborn generation: "Seeing the stubbornness of their generation today, we know what we are like yesterday. ”

"It's funny." Zhao Youju thought that Li Ye, who had been taught by himself, used the same method he used to deal with those children at the beginning, and couldn't help laughing, he could be regarded as teaching by word and deed.

"What's interesting?" Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu were both by his side, Han Yu naturally wouldn't ask anything, but Yang Miaozhen became curious: "Heju, what do you think is interesting?" ”

"Li Ye is begging to teach the children a lesson, Fourth Lady, your uncle misses you, do you want to go to Tamsui to have a look?" Zhao Heju was reluctant to mention Li Ye's troubles at the beginning, it didn't hurt for him to smile at this thing, and it was not the way of the emperor to take it out to Bo women and women.

"I don't know what happened to my uncle, and he didn't send me a letter." Yang Miao's heart was moved, she really wanted to go to the island to see.

"If you want to go, you can go, and now in winter, there are fewer typhoons." Zhao Youju said lightly, and then went to dismantle Fang Youcai's letter.

There was nothing big in Fang Youcai's letter, but he blamed himself a little, mainly talking about how he did his best. Zhao Youju still read it carefully, and from this letter, he could deduce that Fang Youcai must have been beaten by the righteous boy, and he was a little afraid that the righteous boy would sue, so he came to show his loyalty and merit.

If the old housekeeper is still healthy, or Zhao Yong can take on a big responsibility, Zhao Heju will not choose Fang Youcai to be a freshwater housekeeper. But there are so many people in the pocket, although Fang Youcai's selfishness is heavier, at least he is more understanding of human accidents than Yixue Boy, and he is more stable in handling things.

In the end, he picked up Li Yunrui's letter, Li Yunrui is one of the most valued by Zhao and Ju among the young people in the second phase of Yixue, he looks a little weak on the outside, but he can often think about things that no one has thought about, and he is also very cautious in doing things, so he is begging him to have another task, that is, to tell Zhao and Ju some anecdotes.

He and Zhao and Ju both understood that in fact, what Zhao and Ju wanted to know was not any anecdotes, but those abnormal movements. Anything that is not conducive to fresh water must be written in the letter as soon as possible.

Li Yunrui's letter only has one page, and Liao Liao has a few words, but they are all important. Like the natives, there must also be units, and the rebel army has been broken up and resettled according to units. Yang Miaozhen looked at Zhao Youju's letter for a long time, and couldn't help but say, "Haven't you finished reading it yet?" ”

Zhao Youju looked at the quarter hour by the bookcase, it was already 4:20 in the afternoon. In his current schedule, after four o'clock in the afternoon is the exercise time, to follow Yang Miaozhen to learn to ride a horse with a gun and stick, not to learn the ability to capture the flag on the battlefield, but to exercise riding skills and physique. So he smiled faintly: "It turns out that it's so late, okay, I'll go with you." ”

Because of the war between Song and Jin, it is now a little difficult to get horses from the Jin Kingdom, and Yuzhang Villa now has seven horses, all of which were sent by Shima Guangyan two years ago. Yang Miaozhen's favorite thing is to ride a horse to wander around the village, but the village is small, the place is not very flat, and the horse can't run fast, which makes her a little regretful.

Seeing her laughing happily on the horse, Zhao Youju couldn't help but smile.

In this era, horses are the most important means of transportation, Zhao and Ju can only be regarded as able to ride horses before, and they will not fall off when they sit on horses, but if the horse runs, he may not be stable. Yang Miaozhen turned around the school field twice, danced the bright silver pear spear like a snowflake, and rushed back and forth twice, knocking over the two straw men who were acting as targets, and then slowly drove the horse to Zhao Heju. She didn't get off the horse, but just bent down and stretched out her hand to Zhao Youju: "Come up!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Youju looked at her with some surprise, but saw that she was blushing, and he didn't know if it was because of Fang Cai's exercise or because of shyness. He hesitated slightly, and Yang Miaozhen had a sneer on his face: "Don't you dare?" ”

This kind of agitation method, where can Zhao Youju be deceived, but Zhao Youju's heart moved, and his face deliberately showed a trace of anger: "Why don't you dare!" ”

Holding Yang Miaozhen's hand, with her pull, Zhao and Ju struggled to climb onto the horse. He sat in front of the saddle, and Yang Miaozhen was behind him, put the reins on his hand, and patted the horse's buttocks. The horse roared and trotted out, Han Yu stood next to the school and watched, her eyes flashed, and she didn't know whether she was envious or jealous.

Because Yang Miaozhen is taller, and Zhao and Ju are only thirteen years old and not fully developed, the two are on the horse, and Yang Miaozhen seems to be half a day taller than Zhao and Ju. As the horse galloped, Zhao and Ju's bodies swayed back and forth, sticking together with Yang Miaozhen. Yang Miaozhen was as always, but Zhao Heju gradually became a little ashamed, this body, after all, is only a thirteen-year-old boy.

Oh, in a few days, I'll be fourteen years old after the New Year......

"Pay attention, when you get to my ability, you can't doze off on a horse, but now, you still pull the reins for me honestly, don't be distracted!" Just as Zhao and Ju were thinking wildly, Yang Miaozhen scolded.

Zhao Youju only felt that his face was hot, and as he grew older, his childhood calmness and self-control gradually could not compete with the instinctive reaction of this body.

"Tell you to pay attention to it, if the righteous boy in your village is like you, he would have been scolded to the point of blood!" Yang Miaozhen tightened him behind him, which made him feel the vitality and elasticity of her body more clearly, Zhao Youju only felt that his throat was a little dry, and flashed forward in embarrassment, just as the horse jumped up, his body was crooked, and he was about to be planted from the horse, Yang Miaozhen hugged his waist tightly and leaned him on the horse.

"Why are you so stupid?" Although Yang Miaozhen hugged him, he was also frightened by how he was like that, and the horse was running unfast, and he couldn't sit still!

"Ah......" Zhao Heju shouted in his heart that he couldn't bear it, Yang Miaozhen hugged him like this, and there was almost no gap between the two bodies, and it was already intimate.

Yang Miaozhen finally understood what he was thinking, snatched the reins from his hand, turned over and jumped down after fixing the horse, and pointed at Zhao Heju fiercely: "You are not safe...... Didn't ......."

"I don't blame you for that." Zhao Youju said a little aggrievedly: "Fourth lady, you are too good." ”

His voice was extremely low, only Yang Miaozhen heard it, although Yang Miaozhen was so angry that she stomped her feet, but her heart couldn't help but be sweet, she turned around and walked away, and said angrily: "You can practice riding a horse by yourself, the horse you ride is not as fast as I walk!" ”

The oncoming Han Yu's expression was also a little strange, Yang Miaozhen was originally very good with her, and she couldn't help but glance at her at this time: "If there is a gentleman, there will be a disciple, this Zhuangzi is up and down, all of them are treacherous characters, smiling and laughing, Sister Yu, you are also average, you are bullying me this honest person!" ”

"Hee-hee." Knowing that she was just quick and hard-mouthed, Han Yu not only didn't care, but laughed out loud, Zhao and Ju saw the two of them playing from a distance, and their hearts were happy for a while. Fang Cai's loss of a righteous boy was also thrown away by him.

In order to have a strong ambition and sacrifice more, to make this big move to reverse the fortunes of the country, I don't know how many people will be sacrificed, it is himself, and he is already ready, as long as he needs to, he will not hesitate to spare his life.

While laughing, Long Twelve hurriedly ran over: "Dalang, the Shi Mo family sent someone to deliver the letter." ”

After Shi Mo Guangyan returned to Jin last time, because of the war between the two countries, there were few letters coming, hearing Long Twelve shouting like this, Zhao and Ju were happy in their hearts, and they didn't know what day it was today, and all the letters were received together. He didn't dare to urge the horse to hurry up, turned the horse's head and slowly walked towards Long Twelve, Yang Miaozhen ran over to cage the reins for him, and he got off the horse.

"In later generations, you can run a hundred miles in a Harley, but now you don't dare to run fast on a horse......" laughed at himself in his heart, Zhao Heju took the towel handed by Han Yu again, wiped his sweat and said, "Please ask him to come here." ”

The man sent by Shima Guangyan was a bearded man who claimed to be Yelu Zhengguang, who was originally a Khitan. He handed the letter to Zhao Heju, who opened it and saw that the letter had been written two months ago, that is, in October, and had only arrived in his hands until now.

"If only there was a phone...... Or wireless telegraphy is also possible, it really doesn't work, and cable telegraphy is also okay. He thought to himself as he watched.

Shi Mo Guangyan said several major events in the north, some of which Zhao and Ju knew, such as the Jin State was unfavorable to the Song Dynasty, and the three lines were defeated in a row; The Jin State banknote law was corrupted, and Zhenyou Tongbao was issued, but it depreciated rapidly, and even 800 yuan was only used as one tael of silver; Hu Da Khan Temujin worshiped Mu Huali as the Taishi and King of Lu, divided the army under his control, and built Shangshu Province in Yanyun, so that he could conquer the south of Taihang. In the letter, Shi Mo Guangyan praised Zhao Heju for his prescient words about the three defeats of the Jin State and the three victories of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Fourth lady, then Li Quan's surrender to Haizhou." This matter has something to do with Yang Miaozhen, so Zhao Heju did not hide it from her, and said to Yang Miaozhen after sending Yelu Zhengguang away: "The court intends to appease them." ”

"The Great Song Official Family?" When it came to Li Quan, Yang Miaozhen looked a little disdainful, she thought that Li Quan had said that day that he would vote for the Great Song Dynasty in order to win the name of wealth and loyalty, so she said: "That is indeed in line with Li Tiegun's intentions, but how did the Shi Mo Dong family know about this?" ”

"He was in Li Quan's place when he wrote the letter, so he learned about it." Zhao Youju sighed: "The war is in chaos, and I don't know if he is okay now." ”

Note 1: These commodities were the main products of trade with Japan during the Song Dynasty, and of course, the most exported goods to Japan during the Song Dynasty were copper coins as currency. For the types of goods, see the article "Qingyuan City Bosi and Yuan-Japan Trade Research", the author Jiang Jing, master of the Institute of Japanese Culture, Zhejiang Gongshang University.

Note 2: It is now known as Furukawan and is located in the east of Hirado City, Japan. Hirado was the place where the Tang envoys were originally sent, and merchants came and went many times during the Song Dynasty.

Note 3: During the reign of Emperor Li Zongbao of the Song Dynasty, the Qingyuan Mansion imported four or five thousand taels of gold from Japanese merchants in a year, plus the Chinese merchants themselves, the total amount exceeded 10,000 taels, which was higher than the annual gold production of China in the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Note 4: According to the information found by the author, the price of gold in the Song Dynasty has been fluctuating, and the exchange between the high and the copper coins during the Jingkang period reached 1 tael to 50,000 wen (50 guan), and the average value is 30 guan here. For the information, see "Research on the Monetization of Silver in the Song Dynasty".

Note 5: The author knows almost nothing about the lathe, so he can only write about it, and if you are interested in how to upgrade the lathe, you can refer to the "Walking with the Song" by Stranded Thread.