Chapter 349: The Eternal Miracle Wins and Opens the Frontier

Qiu Shuang noticed the news in the newspaper about the rank evaluation of Confucian scholars, while Song Zude and others only noticed the gold that had been piled up at the wharf of Huating Mansion. According to some tabloid reports, even today, more than ten days later, people continue to go to Huating Wharf in order to see the place where gold, silver and gems were once piled up.

A craze for gold and silver brewed in the land of the Great Song Dynasty with the spread of newspapers, and the craze of private fund-raising to buy ships to go to Dongshengzhou to find gold that had been silent for a while rose again.

"Mr. thinks that it is profitable for the private sector to raise funds to buy a ship to Dongshengzhou?"

Song Zude took it out and asked Qiu Shuang this question, his expression was focused, his eyes were blazing, obviously, he had a persistent desire for the gold of Dongshengzhou.

Qiu Shuang felt that this question was really difficult to answer, and now there were two waterways to Dongshengzhou, one was the northern channel he participated in opening up, this route had to go around a big bend, and it was very difficult to replenish along the way. The other is the southern channel of the expeditionary fleet's coming-and-going route, there are many small islands along the way, and the Great Song Dynasty Navy has established a lot of supply points on these small islands, but at the same time it firmly controls this route, except for the ships approved by the emperor, it is almost impossible for civilian ships to pass smoothly.

And the risk in this sea is also something that must be considered, in the first expedition, they lost one ship and one-fifth of the crew, and this expedition, also lost three ships and hundreds of crews. Among them, the "Zhangyu" with the inverted frieze was in sight, encountered a thunderstorm on the sea, was struck by lightning and caught fire and had to give up.

It is said that now the Navy has named another ship Zhangyu - this ship will be moored at the Huatingfu pier, as a visiting training ship, and will never go to sea, so as not to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors.

Thinking of this, Qiu Shuang had a complicated smile on his face, one was for his former classmate Zhang Yu, and the other was for the ship named after him.

His smile was a little deep in Song Zude's eyes, Song Zude only said that he was limited to the secret system of the imperial court, and it was not easy to answer his own questions, so he lowered his head humbly: "Rude, this question should not be asked, the villain is greedy for a while, it is really against the teachings of the saints." ”

Students from vassal states like Song Zude were unable to systematically study Zhixue in the Great Song Dynasty before they became naturalized, so most of what they learned were Confucian classics. Qiu Shuang shook his head: "You don't have to blame yourself, I'm thinking about something else, the private sector raises funds to buy a shipowner tour, at least a few thresholds need to be crossed." ”

"The first is the ship, only the best sea ship can successfully reach Dongshengzhou, the Wa State has organized no less than five Eastern Crusades over the years, each time there is no news, the reason is that the shipbuilding technology of the Wa State is really not successful, the ship built is small and brittle, and the offshore navigation is still to be careful, and the ocean voyage is to go and have no return."

"The second is the route, the sea is vast, if there is no chart to guide you, you can't get to Dongshengzhou by luck alone."

"The third is the sailors, whether they take the north route or the south route, most of the areas they pass through are unfamiliar waters, and the hydroclimate is very complicated, if you are not experienced and skilled sailors, I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive."

"The fourth is force, although Dongshengzhou is more backward than the Great Song Dynasty, there are also a few barbarian countries that do not obey the king, if they fight with them and do not protect themselves by force, the end will be very miserable."

Listening to Qiu Shuang one by one, although it did not involve real secrets, Song Zude was still very happy, he nodded, and said wistfully: "It would be good if there was a way to overcome these, the villain has been working in the country for a year, and he has accumulated some insignificant money, he originally wanted to participate in the shareholder levy, but now it seems that he needs to be cautious." ”

Qiu Shuang nodded, hesitated slightly, and said: "Although the Eastern Crusade has a lot of profits, but the risks are also great, now my Great Song Dynasty is full of business opportunities, as long as you use a little brain, you can naturally find the profits, and it is not easy for you to save some money, don't learn from the rest of the widows, you know that you drink and gamble." ”

"Yes, Mr. Qiu has taught me a lesson, my biggest experience in the Wa Kingdom this time is this, if the Wa people don't change these two points, they will never be able to keep up with the pace of my Great Song Dynasty." Song Zude said.

After the development of the Great Song Dynasty brewing industry, it completely crushed the local brewing industry of the Japanese Kingdom with industrial production, and a large amount of liquor was imported into the Japanese Kingdom every year in exchange for precious metals such as gold and silver. Qiu Shuang and Song Zude didn't know that there was a driving force behind this, but they just felt that it was not a good thing that the Japanese were too addicted to alcohol.

There was nothing to say between the two for a while, Qiu Shuang looked out of the car window, the mulberry trees planted back then, now they have grown extremely tall, along the railway line from Huating Mansion to Lin'an, such a piece of mulberry forest, is now providing silkworm cocoons for the silk reeling factories in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and also contributing taxes to the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty. This is the right way for the development of the country, and it will not last long by going overseas to plunder.

This thought swirled in Qiu Shuang's mind, and then disappeared again, he didn't think deeply about it, because Song Zude began to salute him again: "Mr. Qiu, there is one more thing to ask, I don't know if you are on official business or to experience exotic customs in the Japanese country?" ”

This question was too reckless, Qiu Shuang glared at him with some dissatisfaction, and then shook his head: "I'm tired and tired, please take care of yourself." ”

Knowing that his problem made this world-famous miracle doctor a little unhappy, Song Zude was silent, watching Qiu Shuang lean on the car seat and close his eyes, he lowered his head.

After two speed increases, the train from Huating Mansion to Lin'an is faster than at the beginning, but it is only a matter of three hours. Qiu Shuang took a nap and arrived, but when he stepped out of the car, he couldn't help but be stunned.

A group of nine soldiers of the Guards stood on the platform, led by Li Yilao.

"Stand upright, salute!"

When Li Yilao saw Qiu Shuang coming down, he immediately shouted, and the soldiers behind him saluted Qiu Shuang in unison, Qiu Shuang himself didn't do much, but Song Zude, who was following him and wanted to carry the suitcase for him, was startled.

"Anyway, why are you here?" Qiu Shuang said with a smile.

"I came to pick you up on the orders of Your Majesty, Feng Qing, I have worked hard all the way, Your Majesty said that I got your telegram, he was so happy that he didn't sleep well all night, you hurry up and enter the palace!"

Li Yilao has long since lost the big bald head of the year, there has been no big war in recent years, he is useless after the battle of destroying the Mengyuan, and the merits made in the battle of the destruction of the Yuan are not enough for him to be promoted quickly, Zhao and Ju let him continue to serve as an artillery instructor in the Great Song Army School, and after three years of hard work, he was promoted to a higher rank at the beginning of the year, and was transferred to the Guards Special Service Department to become the new palace security officer.

He was a well-known family with a large group of children, so he didn't have much to pursue.

"Is that really what Your Majesty said?" Qiu Shuang was happy to hear this, he had been busy for nearly five years, spending countless time and energy on this matter, if he didn't get Zhao Youju's affirmation, he would be extremely disappointed.

"That's natural, I can't lie to you...... By the way, you have been in the Wa Kingdom for a long time, do you know that Qin Dashi's wife has now married and had children? Li Yilao took one of his arms and led him out of the station, smiling as he walked.

Qin Dashi and Qiu Shuang had a lifelong friendship, both of them were calm in temperament, and they were both born in the second phase of Yixue. The old brothers of the year, some died early, and some are now outstanding, and most of the people who are still alive have already started a family, and Qin Dashi is late.

"I received a letter from him, saying that there was a little lady who was seen when he returned to beg, and he saw it at a glance and asked someone to ask for a kiss." Qiu Shuang turned around and signaled goodbye to Song Zude, and then left with Qin Dashi, Song Zude heard him say this when he left, and he was very envious in his heart.

Both of them are the most influential figures in the world, and he Song Zude is just an insignificant little person...... I'm afraid that in this life, it will not be possible to reach their current height.

Half an hour later, Qiu Shuang was already sitting in front of Zhao Youju, Zhao Heju was full of spring breeze, and he couldn't hide his joy: "Fengqing, what you did, but the merits of a thousand autumns, I always said it here, Li Ye, Qin Dashi and Li Yunrui's combined achievements in attacking the city and plundering the land may not be comparable to your merits!" ”

This made Li Yilao, who was on the side, couldn't help but shrink his neck, if it was for those three officials who listened to it, would he be a little disappointed?

He still doesn't know what Qiu Shuang has done.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been experimenting in the country for a whole year this year......"

Qiu Shuang has been researching vaccines for the past five years, and smallpox, measles and polio are all his research directions. There is no research on polio, but the vaccine for smallpox and measles has been successfully developed, although there were people who planted human pox to prevent smallpox during the Zhenzong period of this dynasty, but now the use of cowpox to prevent smallpox, and the use of chicken embryos to culture measles vaccine is done by a novice in Qiushuang.

Five years ago, he received an order from Zhao Youju to start research in this area, and the progress was also very rapid, by the year before last, there was already a testable vaccine, in order to ensure the reliability of the vaccine, human trials must be carried out, and Zhao Youju clearly designated that he should go to the country to conduct experiments in this regard.

The results of the experiment were naturally successful, in a year and a half, Qiu Shuang carried out hundreds of human trials, and also treated hundreds of Japanese patients, for his own actions, he did not have any psychological burden - all the experimenters were volunteers who paid him to sign a life and death certificate.

"It's a great event...... But it didn't come at the right time, I'm afraid I'm going to compromise you. After listening to Qiu Shuang's report, Zhao Heju sighed with satisfaction.

Smallpox and measles are definitely one of the most dangerous enemies of the Great Song Dynasty in this era, and these two infectious diseases kill hundreds of thousands of people every year, even more than this number. Nowadays, the population of the Great Song Dynasty is growing very fast, but Zhao and Ju are still not satisfied: the world is too big, he needs more people to occupy, he needs a large number of Confucian scholars to go to every corner of the earth to spread the values of Chinese civilization, he needs a large number of workers to use high-quality and cheap industrial products to crush the small peasant economy of all other countries, a large number of merchants need to sell the mountains of Great Song industrial products to all over the world, and a large number of loyal and brave soldiers are needed to protect the territory and interests of the Great Song Dynasty.

And population is the most important factor restricting his grand goal, he can make money, technology can be researched, but population cannot be conjured out of nothing.

The demographic statistics of the Great Song Dynasty last year are the most complete since Zhao and Ju ascended the throne, with a total population of 211.69 million, which exceeds the plan of Yan and Huang in the sixth year and completes the eight-year population growth target ahead of schedule, but this is not enough, taking Xinzhou as an example, the prisoners who have been transferred over the years have been sent to Xinzhou, but if the big Xinzhou, there are now less than 100,000 people, distributed in more than ten settlements along the coast, the vast and rich inland, almost no one has to open up.

"If our Great Song Dynasty has a population of 40,000 people, more than half of which are laborers, then our Great Song Dynasty can barely control the current territory." Zhao Heju patted Qiu Shuang's shoulder: "Your medical achievements, every year you don't say that you want to save the lives of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, some people are not afraid of landless, therefore, I say that your credit is greater than their combined, and you don't have to be afraid." It's just that now the focus of the whole country is on the gold brought back by the Crusade fleet, and I want you to be beautiful, but I'm afraid it won't work. ”

"The minister can win the praise of His Majesty, it is already the most beautiful!" Qiu Shuang replied respectfully.

Zhao and Ju smiled, for the ministers are not reserved, this can maintain the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and both parties do not have to be jealous, Qiu Shuang is a deep person, but he knows this way, if he was replaced by Li Ye, he would have boasted a lot.

"I can't treat you lightly, at the end of this year, I want to award you a medal, and I promised you the Golden Medal for Outstanding Figures of the Great Song Dynasty in the thirteenth year of Yanhuang in advance." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

Since the beginning of the ninth year of Yan and Huang, the Great Song Dynasty will issue a medal of outstanding people every year, one gold medal each time, and the number of silver medals is uncertain, the gold medal has not been issued so far, they are all vacant, vacant, if Qiu Shuang gets this medal, the reputation is prominent, I am afraid that it is still on Lin Xi who completed the second crusade.

"The minister just did what His Majesty ordered, this gold medal ......" Qiu Shuang heard this promise, and his heart was also very happy, he wanted to resign, but he was a little reluctant, and he hesitated a little when he said it. For him, there is no pursuit in the future, he knows that he is seeking to be the main official is already the ultimate of his career, so his main energy will be on medical skills, with the opportunity to win the gold medal of the country's outstanding figures, he may only have this time in his life. Life in the world is just to seek fame and fortune, he looks down on profit, so what he is pursuing now is a reputation that will go down in history.

"Don't shirk, don't shirk, it's hypocrisy." Zhao Youju waved his hand and said: "You have worked very hard for more than a year, I will allow you to take half a year off, you just go home to see your family, if you want, you can also go for a walk in the Song Dynasty and go to see Chongde them, you haven't been together for some years, right?" ”

Qiu Shuang lowered his head for a while, he and Qin Dashi hadn't seen each other for three years, and the rest of them waited longer, if they could take this opportunity to really meet him, it would be regarded as a wish for the past few years.