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

Pu Yi'an smiled: "The transit station of the world's goods - your tone is very big, I hope your ability matches your ambition."

Well, I can offer two hundred shipbuilders who have the skills to build Arab ships, and now you need to provide the venue. We need an undisturbed place to make what you call a new ship. ”

Pu Yi'an's suggestion was ill-intentioned, he heard that Zhao Xing had a new ship design in his hands, so he sent craftsmen to participate, preparing to find an opportunity to steal the new ship-making technology. Originally, Zhao Xing did not need the participation of his shipbuilders, because three ships could be launched every day in Quanzhou, and the number of shipbuilders was tens of thousands.

However, this was the era of the Sinbad Seven Seas legend, and it was during this era that the Arabs invented the "spinnaker" and invented the massive four-masted ship...... Then, as Christendom took control of Jerusalem, Arab shipbuilding was not in high demand, and seafaring technology began to decline, and Venice and Spain took the opportunity to learn their skills and replace them on China.

Zhao Xing's "new ship" has only one picture — from the suitcase of the travel enthusiast, a photograph of the Gothenburg visiting Guangzhou, and a cross-section of the ship's surface.

He had this picture, but he didn't know anything about how to build ships, but he thought that when Spain and England were vying for hegemony, shipbuilders stole other countries' designs based on a model of the same scale, so he planned to give shipbuilders a headache with the details. But because many of the revolutionary technologies on board originated in Arabia, he had to rely on Pu Yi'an's participation in order to speed up the development.

Cooperate in building a ship in a secluded place, and at the same time out of the will of both parties. Zhao Xing didn't want the Arabs to discover the mystery of [reading books at zero o'clock] in advance when building ships, and Pu Yi'an also meant this, so the two sides agreed: Zhao Xing provided shipbuilding sites and auxiliary craftsmen; Pu Yi'an provides technicians and technical support; The materials required for shipbuilding are shared by both parties.

Zhao Xing had already considered this, and he unceremoniously grabbed Pu Yi'an's quill and began to make a long list of materials.

Pu Yi'an was a little dizzy when he saw the list, the list was full of some mechanical equipment, these equipment were inconspicuous, but it covered too widely, he pointed to a name on the list, and asked in surprise: "Metal wire drawing machine - shipbuilding, what do you need this thing for?" ”

Zhao Xing's answer was very sincere: "To make iron nails, I heard that you all use wooden nails, and to develop our business, we need tens of thousands of iron nails, so I need metal wire drawing machine equipment." ”

Pu Yi'an smacked his lips while looking down: "You are a strange Song person, very strange, many of the devices listed here, I have only heard of many of them, but how do you know?" It's kind of shocking......

Lathe technology, thread joint technology, metal riveting technology (China's thread joint was introduced in the Qing Dynasty, and riveting is not known.) In the West, these two technologies have been found in the cultural relics of the Panhellenistic period, and the appearance of lathes is even earlier), these I understand, riveting, can make the ship bigger...... But why do you need a Greek threaded grape juicer, a Roman threaded coinage? What does this have to do with shipbuilding? ”

When Pu Yi'an said this, he suddenly muttered a large string of Arabic, but Zhao Xing was smiling, as if he didn't understand the other party's words, but he seemed to understand, but he was pretending to be confused.

Pu Yi'an waited for a long time, and seeing that Zhao Xing did not respond, he resumed his Chinese, sighed and said, "I doubt it, really, I doubt that you can understand our language and read our books...... Allah, is there really a prophet? The scope of these things is so broad that I don't believe that you can get this knowledge from the Song Kingdom. ”

Zhao Xing was still smiling, Pu Yi'an came to his senses and said with emotion: "Ah! I am now confident in the prospects of cooperation, and I believe that I have made the right choice in my life, and perhaps, it will make me, my family, prosperous for a hundred years. Good! I promise you, there are some things here that I can't satisfy alone, please allow ......"

"Not allowed!" Zhao Xing's answer was very resolute: "I only cooperate with you alone, because I only trust you, if there is a second person involved, then I would rather give up this cooperation...... I didn't want much, maybe it would take some time to build up, but I thought: if I can afford it, I'll get it all. ”

This is the truth! Pu Yi'an was stunned for a long time, pondered carefully, and thought that the other party's words were reasonable. Indeed, since Zhao Xing knew about the existence of these things, he would always have a way to get his hands on them, but it would just take a little more time - if Zhao Xing really knew Arabic, then he would dress up and blend in with the Arabs, and one day he would steal what he wanted to learn.

But now, neither of them has time. Zhao Xing needs to open up the Nanyang route in the fastest time, because once the imperial examination is passed in three years, he will not have much time to run his own industry, and only by obtaining an official and a half position can he have a certain influence on this society; Pu Yi'an, because the war in his hometown is approaching, must find a new way out for his family as soon as possible.

Neither had time. In this case, Pu Yi'an has nothing to rely on, but to do his best to cooperate with the other party's actions.

In just one breath, Pu Yi'an had already made a decision, he folded the paper full of words and put it in his arms, and said slowly: "It seems that I also need to go back to China...... I forgot to tell you that my son is now learning Song and maybe he will take part in your official examination...... That's called the imperial examination. Perhaps, in a few years, my descendants will also be pure Song people—although our faith will remain the same. ”

Zhao Xing smiled very happily: "I asked you to cooperate because of this, you are an Arab, but you like to learn our culture, your Chinese is very jīng, I heard that you can even do poetry...... It's better than me, and I haven't learned it yet. But in this way, my cooperation with you is the cooperation of the Song people with the Song people - isn't that great? Let's be a transit point in the world and join forces to sell goods to the seven seas! ”

Pu Yi'an also smiled: "You didn't learn to make words because your heart is too lively." Allah Ah, if I had learned so much like you, I wouldn't have learned to do poetry......"

The two chatted a few words on the issue of poetry, and heard that Zhao Xing's teacher was Su Shi, Pu Yi'an implored Zhao Xing to introduce him, and the talks gradually went to the wind, and finally, Pu Yi'an's concubine accompanied Cheng Azhu out, heralding the end of the meeting.

"You just said that you plan to go back to your hometown - I will go to sea in three years, can you go along...... That's great, I'll say goodbye first, and I'll see you later", Zhao Xing got up satisfied.

Walking to the street, Zhao Xing found that the scene on the street was not right, it seemed that everyone was a little happy, and Liu Xiaoer saw Zhao Xing's curious gaze, and hurriedly went to inquire. After a while, he came back with a happy face, and shouted excitedly: "Great official, great victory!" An Yuan's victory! ”

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