Chapter 1033 - The Spoils of the Two Jiān People (Part I)

"How can you say that you are cheating?" Zhao Xing glared at the other party dissatisfied: "Could it be that the necklace I gave you last time was not good?" It's all a well-proportioned head and a few different volumes, have you ever seen such a necklace? I only need to take your shipload of goods, plus three broken Arab swords, and twenty house-building workers, do you think you are at a loss? - Then you might as well return it. ”

The last time Zhao Xing gave Pu Yi'an was an elongated pearl necklace. This was found in the trunk that he had fallen into Da Song with him. The original owner of the necklace seems to be a female white-collar worker who carries several pieces of jewelry with her. But he chose this elongated pearl necklace because pearls are organic and carbonize to ash over time. In this way, no one will find out about the existence of pearls.

In the Song Dynasty, there was no artificially cultured pearl technology, and the hanging necklace he gave may be what later generations called the "Taihu Lake Pearl Necklace", and each [M.] pearl on the whole necklace is well-proportioned and evenly faced. When worn with a single ring, the necklace can hang down below the navel. Fold it in three rings and wear it longer than most necklaces.

Of course, Pu Yi'an didn't want to return it, and it was a very phenomenon that the necklace appeared in this era. He had already shipped it back home, and the profit from selling it was enough to buy seven or eight shiploads......

However, he still has to complain, not for anything else, but to maintain the "cunning" that has always been there.

Hearing Zhao Xing shouting to return the goods, he understood that the other party was a smart person, and continuing to act would destroy the trust between the two parties, so he shamelessly forgot the complaint just now, and immediately asked eagerly: "My friend, what do you need?" What are you going to give me this time? ”

"I need latitude navigation...... You just said that this trade route may not last long. I'm sorry, I need this trade route, my country is resisting aggression, it is the taxes of this trade route that support my compatriots to continue fighting, so, I must get the latitude navigation law. ”

Pu Yi'an bumped into it and called Tianqu: "Latitude Navigation Law - you are not my friend, my friend did not tear my heart and liver apart with his hands, and still called me a brother...... Dear Zhao Daguan, you should know that the Latitude Navigation Law is my compatriot and the reason for my existence in Thorn Tong. Hand over the Latitude Navigation Law, and my compatriots will go to beg. ”

Pu Yi'an was right.

The Song Dynasty was the most developed time for the shipbuilding industry, although the pseudo-book described that "the sails of the Song State could always be connected from the port of Thornton to the Three Buddhas" - this is too much, but according to the records of the Song Dynasty, the Quanzhou City Bo Division once received an order to build only 600 ships a year, but unexpectedly, they accidentally built 1,000 ships.

There are 1,000 seagoing ships a year, and according to the calculation of the Song ship "Nanhai No. 1" that is now salvaged and salvaged, they are all large ships with a displacement of 500 tons. In other words, about three new ships of 500 tons are launched into the sea in Quanzhou every day.

Quanzhou is still like this, there are four cities in the Song Dynasty: Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Dengzhou, Guangzhou. Their shipbuilding capacity combined, the entire Arab world, the whole earth in terms of shipbuilding capacity is not comparable to the production capacity of the Great Song Dynasty, and the reason why the Arabs can still crisscross the Indian Ocean and sail ships into Quanzhou Port is by latitude navigation law.

However, in this era, the Song people also had their own advantages in navigation technology, and they relied on the application of the compass. However, the guide technique used by the Song people is still very rudimentary, and the specific cāo is as follows: take a basin of water and hold a basin of water, then rub the iron needle with a magnet, throw the magnetized iron needle into the basin, and then look at the direction of the iron needle.

The method of latitude navigation was not invented by the Arabs, and about a hundred years ago, the Viking "Eric the Redbeard" used this technique to sail to the American continent - he was the first to discover it. It can be inferred from this that the method of latitude navigation is a technology that has been born for a long time, but those who master this technology regard it as the key to open the door to wealth, and strictly enforce secrecy measures.

In contrast, the Song people did not have a sense of technical secrecy, and this technology was immediately known to the Arabs, who brought it back to their homeland, and thus, the whole earth knew about it. And the Arabs kept the law of latitude navigation secret from the Chinese for 800 years.

Pu Yi'an lamented for a long time, seeing that Zhao Xing ignored it at all, but the attitude of the newlywed wife beside him was a little twisted, he restrained his complaints, and his face immediately became very serious: "My friend, what you ask for is worth a lot, and its value is beyond your imagination, I want to know: What price are you going to pay?" ”

"Since we talk about navigation, let's exchange it for navigation. All I can offer is: a new type of ship; a new type of compass technology; There is also a new way of cooperation", Zhao Xing sat up straight, his expression was light: "I don't plan to hand over these technologies to you, and in the same way, you don't need to hand over the latitude navigation method to me - we will cooperate to establish a new business store."

Through the new business stack, we cooperate to build new ships; The sailors on the ship, half Song and half Arab; You and I are in control of our own parts of the chart: my people are in charge of pointing the direction, and yours is in charge of pointing out the latitude...... Maybe in a few years, you and I sailors will learn each other's skills - not right, we don't suffer from each other, and we both benefit from cooperation. ”

Hearing his own people on board, Pu Yi'an's attitude softened. He did not believe in the Song people's sense of secrecy. Confident sailors can easily trick each other into navigating their sailing skills when they get on board, keeping their own complete secrecy. He blinked his eyes and said slyly, "How can I be sure that you have new seafaring skills...... The Song people's technology has no secret to me, I didn't know that you actually had a new breakthrough. ”

"You have to trust me, because on the first voyage I'm going to be on the ship, and I'm going to take the ship to Africa with my own hands."

"Axum – a declining empire, an empire that is surviving. I guess your destination must be there, yes, only this Christian country can still deal with the Arabs and Jerusalem after Christendom has taken over Jerusalem. Yes, it's a good idea: it's a shortcut to get Arab goods to Axum and then to Jerusalem by land. ”

Pu Yi'an blinked his eyes and looked at Zhao Xing thoughtfully: "You are my friend, can I confirm this...... I have heard that the legendary 'Ark of the Covenant' is kept in Axum, so the sanctity of Axum cannot be violated by non-Christians.

But are you my friend, and won't the sword in your hand be waved at us? You went to Aksum, not for the pilgrimage? ”

"Where is the Ark of the Covenant? Is this the first time I've heard this? But why should I not bother with money? Only by cooperating can I get a steady stream of money, and my country can continue to fight on the taxes of maritime trade - none of us can do without anyone, and the goods of the Song Kingdom must find new channels, and your Arab goods also need new transit. Let's work together, and we join forces to act as a transit point for the world's goods. ”

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