Chapter 479: Speed is above all else
In fact, these methods are not very good, Zhen Qian has a better way in his heart, but unfortunately it is not the time, and there is no better way to find a better way in a short time, so he said: "From today on, Uncle Wang is fully responsible for the internal affairs of all the islands, Ke Ming is on the side to assist Uncle Wang, the main responsibility is to act as the manager of the shipyard, Zhen Jiu commands the combat ships of all the northern islands, Zhen Seventy-two assists Zhen Jiu, and the matter of foreign conquest must be carried out with the consent of Uncle Wang, as for foreign business transactions, Uncle Wang is responsible first, Let Qingyan participate in it, and wait until there is a suitable candidate, and then Wang Bo will decide! ”
Wang Lun sat on Zhen Qian's left hand, next to Ke Ming and several other stewards, and the first to sit on Zhen Qian's right hand was Zhen Jiu, followed by Zhen Seventy-two captains, and there was also a vague posture of left and right martial arts.
No matter how small the Wufeng Islands are, they are many times larger than the Wolf's Den, and the most important thing is that they don't have to worry about being discovered, they are worried about their lives, Wang Lun can't stay when he hears that the Wufeng Islands are occupied in the Bohai Sea, this is a place where people can really sleep with peace of mind, and naturally they will not rest assured that Zhen Jiu will manage the Wufeng Islands.
Zhen Qian doesn't have the idea of being the king overseas at all, but in private, some people have already regarded Zhen Qian as the king, and at this time, he didn't say it, but he had already begun to calculate it in his heart, but it was too early to break it at this time.
After talking about the arrangement of the Wufeng Islands, Wang Lun and Zhen Jiu are very happy, although these people do not have any official positions, and they are just folk titles such as stewards, but the power in their hands has been truly mastered, as long as they put on official uniforms and take the official seal, they are real officials.
Zhen Qian didn't care about these things, but when Wang Lun and Zhen Jiu were joking with others behind their backs, they often compared the surrounding Tamna and Ryukyu countries with the Wufeng Islands, and gave an example of the Linglu Kingdom of the Wa Kingdom, and found that the strength of the Wufeng Islands had surpassed these small countries unconsciously.
Of course, Zhen Qian could hear their vague meaning, but he just laughed it off and didn't want to comment more!
Even the house being built for Zhen Qian on the Wufeng Islands this time, the drawings look like a miniature version of the prototype of a palace, and the meaning of it is very clear to people.
Because Wang Lun left Bohai more than 20 days ago, he didn't know about the Zhen family's refusal to marry, so he was worried: "Before I left Bohai, I heard the news from the wolf's den that the Wang family did not regret the marriage because of the rumors that Zhen Lang was shipwrecked at sea....... ”
Zhen Qian nodded, knowing in his heart what Wang Lun was worried about, but he already had some arrangements when he left Datang, not because he had any foresight, but because Datang's information transmission was really not smooth, and he couldn't control it in real time thousands of miles away, so he could only do some prevention.
For example, Yangzhou Zuixianlou, which is thousands of miles away from Luquan County, is managed by Zhan He on the surface, but he can't manage things in the kitchen, plus the soju is provided from outside, Zhan He can only manage some guys and the property of Zuixianlou, if Zhan He really has anything else to worry about, it will not be a big blow to Zhen Qian.
There is no way to do this, it often happens that the powerful and powerful occupy the property of other families, and the official affairs cannot be won, so they can only find their own way.
Zhen Qian didn't expect that the Wang family didn't regret their marriage after hearing that he might be shipwrecked at sea, this is not because the Wang family cherishes their reputation, I am afraid that his good grandfather Wang Bo wants to swallow his property in one bite.
But this really makes Zhen Qian feel powerless, even if he doesn't admit this marriage, it's useless, the life of his parents, the words of the matchmaker, he wants to not admit this marriage is the biggest unfilial piety, this big hat can crush people to death and drive them crazy and stink, and suffer from the eyes and abuse of the world, Zhen Qian has to pay attention to it.
Zhen Qian told him how he met Wang Yingying in Yangzhou, and said with a wry smile: "No need! I don't count what I said about this matter, even if I really marry the lady of the Wang family, I am ready to offer her as an ancestral tablet! ”
Originally, Zhen Qian just had a little cold about his grandfather, and thought that if his wife who had never passed through the door was virtuous, he would not make her too embarrassed. But after seeing Wang Yingying, I have no good impression of the Wang family at all, and I have no idea about this marriage.
Zhen Qian was too lazy to bother with this kind of rotten thing, so he asked people to put on a banquet and chat while eating.
There are not many vegetables on the table, but there is no shortage of delicacies from the mountains and seas, mainly seafood that has been tired of eating, of course, there are some river freshness brought back by Zhen Qian from the Feiqian country, the Tang people like to eat fish, and in the summer, the fish meat is cut into very thin pieces and put on the ice, and it tastes good with some mustard.
Wasabi is divided into yellow mustard and green mustard, and the common green mustard in later generations is produced in Europe and is made from horseradish (carrot), which has a stronger spicy smell than yellow mustard and has a unique aroma. Yellow mustard, on the other hand, is native to China and has a lighter spicy taste, but it has a strong impact on the taste and smell.
Wang Lun took a piece of fish fillet, dipped it in a little yellow mustard and put it in his mouth and said, "Zhen Lang, now that our shipyard has taken shape, shouldn't we consider building a few troop carriers?" ”
Zhen Qian knew that the troop carriers that Wang Lun said were actually ships that carried people, and they were all ships sailing on the sea, in fact, there were thousands of differences inside, there were warships specializing in combat, there were also clippers responsible for patrolling, there were horse ships specializing in transporting horses, and naturally there were military ships specializing in transporting troops, and there were no passenger ships dedicated to transporting passengers in this era, at most they were only merchant ships that took merchants, but ordinary ships were not ships specifically used to transport people, and there were not many people in the hull that could be stuffed into it at one time, that is, the use of space was unreasonable, But troop carriers already had the prototype of later passenger ships.
"The troop carrier should be at least a thousand stone or more, how long does Mr. Ke think it will take us now to build the first troop carrier dedicated to transporting personnel?"
"At least three months?" Ke Ming chewed a sea crab in his mouth, and his hand was not idle, drinking soju with ice cubes, and enjoyed it very much: "I and several shipyard stewards have long designed a model of the troop carrier, but now there are some entanglements, after the troop carrier installs the flywheel, the number of people carried by the troop carrier has been reduced by more than three percent, but without the installation of the flywheel, the speed has dropped by more than three percent, it is difficult to choose!" ”
"Then install the flywheel, speed at sea is more important than carrying capacity!"
Zhen Qian has eaten enough of the sailing speed of ships in this era, usually relying on the sails, but also depending on the direction of the wind, this is simply playing dice with God, in case the wind direction is not right, it is possible. The ancients also knew that the wind was unreliable, so the boats were equipped with paddlers, but after all, the efficiency was too low, and there was not much difference between a new boat and a turtle climbing.
If you come to the country this time and take a flyship, not to mention that the voyage will be shortened by one-third, and you will not be hit by a storm, speed is really life!
(End of chapter)