Chapter 145: The Japanese Mission (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
On the idea that the world is round, Li Chunfeng raised a lot of his own questions, and Sun Xiangfu was able to answer them one by one, until the test ship returned to the Guangzhou dock, Li Chunfeng was willing to shut up, and they reached a consensus that no one could say anything before proving this matter with examples, because if this news was released, the two of them would be executed as aliens.
A sextant with not too high accuracy is considered to have been made out by Sun Xiangfu, and then, it needs to be refined in continuous practical application, in this kind of thing, Sun Xiangfu only needs to do that 1, and the rest will be handed over to future generations to make up for it.
The wild ducks of Baiyun Lake finally managed to spend two nights in the duck shed under the temptation of Ah Yue, and now, as long as people do not approach the duck shed, the wild ducks will never run too far away from the duck shed, because there are their eggs inside, and there are delicious grains scattered here every day.
Feng Ang was already preparing for Feng Zhidai's trip to Chang'an, so he went to Baiyun Lake to ask Sun Xiangfu what gifts to bring to the emperor.
In the past few days, Sun Xiangfu has been using Lingnan boats, knowing its speed, he said, "Those green bananas that have grown to full, cut hundreds of bunches of the whole plant, large green mangoes, after picking them, pack them with hay mats, make hundreds of boxes of them, and the whole plant is full of fruit lychees, longan trees, star fruit trees, dig them out by roots, raise rhizomes on the boat with water, and transport them to Chang'an, these things should still be edible, and these things are as many as cattle hair in LingnanLet's get a boat! Once this thing began to be sold in Chang'an, the emperor would soon be able to find out the source.
But this is not the point, the point is to let His Majesty feel the hearts of the people of Lingnan, so recently, you can pick some young men and girls who can dance in Lingnan! I'll give them a song and dance for Your Majesty. ”
Sun Xiangfu has also lived here for several months, knowing some customs around Lingnan, every fifteen full moon, they will also be inexplicably happy, light a bonfire, roar and dance some simple kicking and swinging arms, this is the Baiyue song and dance that has been handed down since the Warring States Period, Sun Xiangfu has seen some travel documentaries in later generations, in Guangxi, Guizhou and other places in later generations, still retains the custom of singing and dancing on this bonfire, and this period, these places, all belong to Lingnan Road.
Therefore, Sun Xiangfu wants to organize it and make up three or five dances for him, no matter whether Li Shimin understands it or not, in short, it is a mind!
"As far as our vulgar dances, Your Majesty and the ministers of Chang'an can see it?"
Feng Ang has seen the world outside, so he naturally knows the taste of those noble ministers, Lingnan people are black and thin, and there is a great contrast with the prevalence of Hu Feng in Chang'an, it is basically impossible to make those people like Lingnan people.
"Yue Gong thinks too much, His Majesty only sees the mind, and besides, who said that the dance in Lingnan is vulgar, and the dance of the Hu people may not be elegant, dare to pack a ticket, this hip dance will definitely be loved by those noble children in Chang'an······"
After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, he wiped his nose with some embarrassment.
Hip Dance Sun Xiangfu watched the Lingnan aborigines on the peninsula skip, a bunch of men and women around a fire, clapping their hands and singing, Sun Xiangfu couldn't understand what was singing, anyway, when singing to a certain position, the woman would use her butt to hit the man's waist down, and the man would also hit back, that taste, anyway, it is easy to have a physiological reaction.
Sun Xiangfu doesn't believe that people in Chang'an who like to play on the Fengyue Field will not like it.
There is also a kind of dance of dancing bamboo poles is also very simple, suitable for the participation of the whole people, and has a certain visual impact, Sun Xiangfu feels that Li Shimin, who wants to integrate all ethnic cultures to Chang'an, will be happy.
Of course, these are just meanings, the actual things, or Lingnan's Dingkou household register, armament details and the like, Feng Ang has to take the initiative to report in this regard, Wei Shuhuan and Li Gongyan will also check, the numbers are combined, and they are willing to listen to the greetings of the imperial court, which is better than anything else.
"The business is over, let's talk about private matters, Uncle Wei and those people in Huainan are going to build a shipyard in Lingnan, you know this!"
"Well, they plan to cooperate to do some business, this business has little to do with it, you can also give them a face, let them do what they want, in addition, your shipyard should also expand its scale, mainly to manufacture sailing ships with pointed bottoms."
"What do you mean? Should the old man set the direction of development overseas? ”
"That's right, there are countless riches overseas waiting for us to harvest, don't dare to say anything else, there must be a more magical crop than the new rice seed, just waiting for us to explore it, if you can go through a few more ocean roads, do you know that Lingnan can't become a window to the outside world of Datang?"
"Lingnan becomes a window?"
Sun Xiangfu's words were a bit ahead of his time, Feng Ang didn't understand it for a while, but it won't be long before he would definitely understand.
"Then the matter of transporting goods to Chang'an will be taken over by your fleet."
"No problem, after the spring of next year, I have at least several water ships like the Happiness, you only need to let a few major workshops prepare the goods, I will send people to come over regularly to pull, in addition, the rice produced this season, in addition to leaving rations, the remaining rice, you must tell the states to find good fields to plant, in fact, now you can order the fields, I estimate that Chang'an will be relatively short of food throughout next year." Sun Xiangfu said with a frown.
The second season of crops in Xingfu Village has been planted, and most of them are crops such as broad beans and purslane, which are more drought-tolerant, because Chang'an has little rain in spring and summer this year, except for some melons that can be planted in places that rely on water, other crops in other fields cannot be planted.
Sun Erli wrote to Sun Xiangfu to tell him about the situation, and after he and Li Chunfeng reasoned about the weather, they found that the Guanzhong area may have a major drought next year that has not been encountered in a century.
Li Tang concentrated half of the country's forces in Guanzhong, and if Guanzhong was lost, then the consequences could be imagined.
Feng Ang kept Sun Xiangfu's words in his heart, anyway, growing more grain is only good for Lingnan and there is no harm.
"That Zhidai went to Chang'an, but I have to take care of you." Feng Ang finished talking about business matters, and finally said.
"Ling Gongzi is both civil and military, and the round is in the next place, but in this Zhuangzi, to Lao Yue Gong should take care of it, in addition, in the next year, I am going to find a piece of land in Yazhou and build a wharf, and when it is poured, please also ask Yue Gong to make it convenient." Sun Xiangfu said smoothly.
"Yazhou? Where is it more desolate than Guangzhou, what are you doing building a wharf there? ”
"Hehe, if you want to develop overseas, Yazhou is at a more cutting-edge point."
Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, Feng Ang knew that he said that he wanted to develop overseas, but it was not a joke, it turned out that he himself valued overseas so much and was ready to take action.
After sending Feng Ang away, Sun Xiangfu lived fishing and patrolling the fields every day, seeing that the rice ears were full day by day, and his mood became better and better.
After about two months of hard work, Ah Yue finally succeeded in letting Xiao Hei and Xiao Ye understand one of her instructions, that is, lie on the ground, let her pull their big ears, and climb on their backs, so on the Baiyun Lake Peninsula, Ah Yue is often seen riding on the back of a baby elephant and squirming everywhere.
"Ah Yue, have you done your homework today?"
"Well, not yet."
Since Sun Xiangfu began to teach her some cultural knowledge, she felt that Sun Xiangfu was not so amiable, because those arithmetic and writing things were very brain-consuming, and other children didn't have to learn it, but she had to learn it alone.
She didn't know that it was precisely because Sun Xiangfu saw that she was smart that she had the idea of teaching her some knowledge, and those children who were in their teens and couldn't learn half a sentence of Chinese, Sun Xiangfu was not in the mood to teach.
"Your father originally wanted me to take you to Chang'an, but look at it like this, you don't want to go, okay! Just keep playing with your friends here! Sun Xiangfu said with a straight face.
Ah Ang has been selected by Feng Ang to be one of Feng Zhidai's entourage, because his Chinese is getting better and better, and he is the first batch of patients with potbelly disease to be cured, Feng Ang wants to send him to represent all the patients in Lingnan to express his gratitude to the emperor, after all, the envoy team has sent more than ten professional doctors, and also brought more than a dozen boats of medicines, and now, the doctors have fully taken over the patient concentration camp.
Then, the meaning of his visit to Chang'an is no longer simply to thank the emperor, but a political show, Feng Ang wants to let Li Shimin know that without the support of the imperial court, he will not be able to develop in Lingnan, and at the same time, he will also make Li Shimin feel that he has grasped a lifeline of Lingnan, so as to be more assured and trust him.
"Oh, no, I'll go write now."
Ah Yue slipped off Xiao Ye's back and hurriedly ran towards Sun Xiangfu's house, but she didn't want to, she was still holding Xiao Hei and Xiao Ye's favorite banana with both hands, and the two guys with growing IQ also chased her in the direction of the house.
"Eh, look at these two guys, don't let them take my house to the table."
Sun Xiangfu shouted at Ah Yue's back, shook his head and smiled, thinking about what knowledge to teach Ah Yue tomorrow! I saw Zhao Long striding towards Sun Xiangfu.
"My lord, there is a letter, from Yangzhou."
"Yangzhou? Samurai Tong? ”
Sun Xiangfu took the envelope, opened it and looked at it slowly.
"Has the Japanese mission passed through Yangzhou? More than 2,000 people? ”
Sun Xiangfu just looked at the beginning, and he felt bad, the Central Plains court in any period is a good face, especially a monarch like Li Shimin, who has an improper position, especially needs the recognition of foreign countries······
Sun Xiangfu thought with his ass and knew that their purpose might be a ship, but it had been several days since this letter came from Yangzhou, and at this time, the envoys of the Japanese State had probably arrived in Chang'an, and Li Shimin must not wave his hand and give the new ship built by Yang Shunshui to the Japanese people.
"What, Daochang Li, Daochang Li, do you still have carrier pigeons here that can fly Chang'an?" Before he finished reading the letter, Sun Xiangfu shouted and ran to the room where Li Chunfeng was resting.