Chapter 503: The Four Treasures of Navigation (I)

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For the history of "Zheng He's voyage to the West", Gao Ming can be said to have a deep memory.

Because of Zheng He's feat of going to the West, it not only demonstrated the strength of the Ming Dynasty, but also strengthened the ties with other countries, and truly realized the tribute of all countries.

And the name of Zheng He, the "treasure eunuch", has also been famous for thousands of years.

Of course, Zheng He's trip to the West was not perfect, and it also had great drawbacks, first of all, it was not for the purpose of trade, and that kind of practice regardless of the cost, and then went to the West to cause a huge economic burden to the Ming Dynasty's finances.

However, Gao Ming is not worried, because he only plans to let Liu Bing go once, the purpose is just to find corn, as long as this purpose is achieved, then a little bit of loss can be said to be completely bearable.

For this purpose, he naturally made full preparations.

After explaining the route of the voyage to Liu Bing, Gao Ming took out a large box, and then smiled at Liu Bing.

"Lao Liu, this box contains two treasures I have prepared for you, with them, your voyage will be much smoother!"

"Treasures?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing's eyes widened suddenly, and then he waved towards Gao Ming with a solemn face.

"No, no, no...... His Royal Highness the Prince, you can give the old slave this famous meeting, the old slave is already grateful, how can the old slave accept your treasure again? This is really unacceptable! ”

Looking at Liu Bing's appearance again and again, Gao Ming smiled and shook his head.

"No, Lao Liu, you may not understand what I mean, I have just said that the four treasures I gave are for you to find corn, in other words, if you don't have these four treasures, I'm afraid you will die on the sea, I'm not alarmist!"

"This ......"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing was stunned for a moment, and he didn't say anything more if he refused.

Looking at his stunned appearance, Gao Ming smiled slightly, and then opened the box in front of Liu Bing, and several things in the box also caught Liu Bing's eyes.

There were no dazzling treasures in the box as Liu Bing imagined, but only a few simple things.

A Sinan, a few small fish carved from wood, and a bamboo tube with the thickness of an arm, looking at these things, Liu Bing was stunned again.

Could it be that this is the treasure of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

seemed to guess Liu Bing's thoughts, and Gao Ming couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahahaha, Liu Bing, Liu Bing, don't underestimate these things, on the sea, this is your life!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming raised his chin towards Liu Bing while taking out Sinan and the few small wooden fish.

"I said Liu Bing, I know you are used to using the sun to discern the direction, but what if you encounter a rainy day while sailing? Do you just stop the boat? ”

"This ......"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing immediately realized this problem, so he hurriedly bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, the old slave has been taught!"

Seeing Liu Bing's humble admission of mistakes, Gao Ming nodded with satisfaction.

"It's good if you can understand, this Sinan or these guide fish you have to keep it, use Sinan when the wind and waves are calm, because it is very accurate, if you encounter wind and waves, use the guide fish, its usage is very simple, just throw it in the basin!"

"Yes, the old slave understands!"

Liu Bing agreed, and at the same time took Sinan and Guide Yu from Gao Ming, and then carefully put them away.

Watching Liu Bing put things away, Gao Ming smiled slightly again, and then took out the only bamboo tube left in the box.

When Gao Ming took out this bamboo tube, Liu Bing found that there was a piece of crystal at both ends of the bamboo tube!

"Is this ......?"

Seeing Liu Bing's surprised appearance, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"It seems that you recognized it, that's right, this crystal was found by me from the old man's treasury, but unfortunately there is only one piece of this colorless and transparent crystal in the entire treasury, so I only made one of this telescope."

"Telescopes?"

Hearing this new term popping out of Gao Ming's mouth, Liu Bing's eyes lit up again.

Although he didn't know what Gao Ming was talking about with the telescope, he knew that since Gao Ming could use such a precious crystal on it, then this thing must not be simple!

Thinking of this, he immediately arched towards Gao Ming.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know what this telescope is for, can it make people see farther?"

"You guessed all this?"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, a trace of surprise flashed on Gao Ming's face, and then he immediately nodded again.

"That's right, this telescope can indeed make people see farther, I said no matter how much it is, it's useless, you better try it yourself!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately pulled the bamboo telescope open, and then handed it to Liu Bing.

Looking at the telescope, Liu Bing hesitated for a moment, and then put his eyes together.

But no sooner had he put his eyes together than he saw a scene that frightened him, and saw a tiger appear in front of him, with its open mouth that seemed to swallow his head.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bing suddenly screamed "oops", and the telescope was also released, if it weren't for Gao Ming's quick eyes, I am afraid that this expensive thing would have fallen to the ground.

After Gao Ming caught the binoculars, he immediately glared at Liu Bing fiercely.

"Be careful! This thing is just that, I kept it for you to sail, if it breaks, there is nowhere to find it! ”

Seeing Gao Ming's angry appearance, Liu Bing hurriedly knelt down towards him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives the sin, the old slave didn't mean it, it was really because the old slave saw the tiger just now and was scared all of a sudden, so he lost his temper!"

"Tiger?"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, Gao Ming suddenly looked outside, and immediately saw a familiar guy - Benben!

At this time, this guy was lying under the big tree twenty meters away to enjoy the shade, his belly was lying together, and he shook his ears from time to time, like a lazy big cat.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately understood why Liu Bing was frightened.

Because of such a close distance, if you look at it with a telescope, the scene you see must be face to face with Benben, and with Liu Bing's courage, it is not surprising that he will be frightened.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately swung towards Liu Bing, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Okay, get up, just be careful in the future, this telescope is the only one in the whole Datang, and there is nowhere to find it if it is broken."

As he spoke, Gao Ming stuffed the telescope into Liu Bing's.

Looking at the telescope handed over by Gao Ming, Liu Bing hurriedly stretched out his pair to take it over, and then carefully put it into his arms.

After doing this, he stood up and bowed to Gao Ming.

"The old slave thanks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his trust, the old slave will definitely take care of it, and after finding the corn, he will return it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in its entirety!"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"Well, it's good that you understand, okay, these are its two treasures, and there's a baby in my kitchen, you come with me!"

After speaking, Gao Ming walked out the door.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bing's suddenly became puzzled.

"Kitchen? What baby would be in the kitchen? ”