Fan Zhen opened the wood-carved window of the study room of the political affairs hall, the wind became louder, snowflakes flew outside the piles of cases, and a plum blossom was waiting to be released in the wind and snow. A scribe in the back was busy putting his things out, and several officials were standing in the back.

He turned around and sighed, "The old man was humiliated by the eunuch surnamed Cao. ”

The officials said: "It's just a eunuch, how can you know the heart of a gentleman?" Fan Gong didn't need to be familiar with him. ”

Fan Zhen said gloomily: "The minister owes the first emperor a life. ”

Several people were silent, when Guo Shao was called the emperor, he had already forcibly seized the throne, they did not die for the first emperor, but secretly survived, and now they are extremely reluctant to mention the old things.

Fan Zhen listened and said: "Today's great achievements in the world, the general trend is inviolable. Emperor Taizu (Guo Wei) had the grace of knowing the courtiers, and the ministers lived in the temple, and only hoped that the present could be kind to the predecessors. ”

The official next to him said: "There are not a few people in the central region who have been favored by Taizu and the first emperor. All the princes have this heart. ”

…… The emperor's tolerance encouraged Li Xin and gave him hope. The book is not dead in the first battle, the name must have been remembered by the emperor, and the future of the official career is not only before.

At the end of the third year of Xuanren, Li Xin hurried back to Tokyo from Jiangning Mansion to present charts.

Guo Shao personally summoned Li Xin in the Yangde Palace.

Li Xin was taken by the eunuch to Guo Shao's resting place after his office, and when he saw that Guo Shao was alone, he was summoned alone, and he was already very excited in his heart.

Guo Shao didn't do anything, there were only chessboards and chess pieces on the few cases in front of him, and he didn't bring in the chapters. He directly asked Li Xin to take a picture and look at it. Li Xin hurriedly took out a large stack of files from the cloth bag he brought in.

"Sit, sit down for a while." Guo Shao pointed to the soft couch opposite and said casually.

Guo Shao looked at the illustrated things on the paper, and there were a lot of contents.

After a long time, Li Xin said: "Jiangning Shipyard has been trying to build this kind of sea ship, and the structure of the big food ship is completely different from that of the Central Plains ship. Its shape is different from the wide and flat of our ships, but the hull is long and narrow, and the bottom is pointed; The masts and sails are also very different. The sail of the big food ship is a longitudinal sail, and the full sail is like a triangle, like the wings of a bird.

According to the officials of the Jiangning Shipyard, this kind of ship is more suitable for sea navigation, focusing on sails. ”

Guo Shao took a general look, and casually expressed his temporary feelings and some opinions, "I have many rivers in the morning, and boats are often used in inland rivers, so the flat bottom is not easy to run aground, and the wide body reduces the draft depth." Moreover, the width of the inland river is different, the wind direction is uncertain, and the ship cannot flexibly use the wind power, so the sail is mainly used, supplemented by oars, water wheels, and slender men. ”

Li Xin said: "Your Majesty has a wide range of knowledge. The officials of the shipyard are very consistent with His Majesty's words, and the use of large food boats for rivers is not good, but it is beneficial for the sea. Its sails are nimble and adaptable to all wind directions, and it is said that it is fast when sailing against the wind. ”

Walking in a zigzag shape against the wind, the Zhou Junshui Division can also do it, but it is indeed a bit cumbersome, and it is only useful in places where the water surface of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is wide.

Guo Shao looked at the file and pondered at the same time...... He felt a little that whether something is advanced or not depends on whether it is in line with the situation of the times, and it is not good to be too far ahead.

For example, this boat power. There is a kind of ship in the Central Plains, which uses waterwheel wheels to drive ships, and the direction of development seems to be very advanced, because Guo Shao knew that there would be ships in the future...... However, in the era of manpower and natural wind power, the direction of the development of ships seems to be deviated; The direction of attaching importance to the development of sails may be right.

Li Xindao: "The ship in Jiangning Port has made some changes in the structure of the big food ship, and we have used our shipbuilding technology to change the structure of the big food ship. Our ships raise and lower the sails without the need for sailors to climb the mast, so the construction is fast and trouble-free, so we still use the mast sail structure of our ship, and the shape is changed.

There is also a cabin structure, and the front and rear of the big food boat are connected, and I don't see much benefit. Once the hull is damaged and flooded, it can easily sink.

According to my construction of the front and rear compartments, one leakage, the cabin will be closed in time, it will not sink easily, and it is easy to repair. ”

Guo Shao patted the dossier and said, "I will watch it for a while, and then send it to Han Tong and let him see it too." ”

Guo Shao was born in a martial arts, and he first thought about how to use any technology in the military, and as soon as he got this ship, he thought about equipping the sailor without exception.

At this time, he couldn't help but glance at Li Xin's bulging cloth bag again. Because Li Xin came to face the saint, it was impossible to bring something irrelevant in. Then he asked, "What else do you have in your bag?" ”

Li Xin hurriedly took out another stack of papers: "Weichen seized the big cannibal ship, and when he was collecting things, he got two books. At first, I thought it was a record of the voyage of the great cannibal, so I asked Lu Yongzhen to translate some of it, but I found that it was a classic written by the great cannibal, and I don't know if it is useful. ”

Guo Shao looked through it and saw that the author's name was "Aristotle", he was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: Aristotle?

He looked at the chapter again, and found that it was some of the original Greek philosophical expositions, but he was confused and the sentences were very strange...... It must be a matter of translating into Chinese, so Lu Yongzhen may not be very good at the big food language.

"This is not a book written by a great cannibal." Guo Shao concluded.

Great Eclipse and Greece are separated by 108,000 miles, and they are not on the same continent.

Li Xin bowed and said: "Weichen is stupid, I found it on the ship of the big cannibal, and it was written in the big food script, thinking it was the book of the big food country." ”

"Probably a translated book." Guo Shao guessed.

The great cannibals of this era were really very enlightened, and they got the Greek stuff. In Guo Shao's impression, China's four major inventions seem to have been learned by them and then spread...... The Great Cannibal not only studied Western philosophy, but also Eastern statutes, and it is said that during the Tang Dynasty, people were sent to Chang'an to learn the system of the Chinese emperor's governance of the country.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said casually: "The land of China has been leading since ancient times. But every race has its strengths and weaknesses, and we don't need to be presumptuous, nor do we need to be complacent and arrogant. If you have something to learn from elsewhere, you can learn it. Learning from its strengths and preventing its shortcomings is also beneficial to the country. ”

Li Xin listened carefully, because it was what the emperor said, whether he was justified or not, he had to pay attention to it, and said, "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Guo Shao glanced at him: "These books may have been written by countries further west. The Great Food Country lives between the Far West and the East, and travels far away. The benefits outweigh the disadvantages of keeping in touch with them. Li Yuanjun, as a guest envoy, must keep the big cannibals, don't drive them away. ”

Li Xin hurriedly said: "The minister will obey His Majesty's will. However, when the minister went to the Southern Han Kingdom to capture their people and detain their boats, the big cannibals seemed to be very angry. ”

Guo Shao said: "Let it go, send some benefits, and exempt them from all business taxes for three years to appease." Profitable, big cannibals should be heavy on profits. He patted the translation manuscript in his hand, "This thing is useless, the guest province has recruited some Southern Han scholars who have had dealings with the big cannibals, specializing in learning ** food characters, and retranslating the manuscript." If the imperial court has officials who are proficient in the language and writing of the Great Food, it will be convenient for them to come and go in the future. ”

Guo Shao didn't know what was going on at this time, but he always felt that there might be something interesting on the big cannibal's side.