The captain Zhao Zhiman found was an old man, a little dark, a little thin and a little dry, but other than that, everything was quite normal, there was no missing arm or leg, there was no iron hook hand, nor did he wear a black eye patch, and even the hat was just a very ordinary soft-footed head.

This made Li Xiao a little skeptical about whether this was the real captain.

Captain, it should always be a lack of hands and eyes to show experience.

The old man was stared at by Li Xiao, and his scalp was a little numb, "The old man's eyes are not flowery, and his eyesight is very good." ”

"I heard you're experienced?" Li Xiao retracted his gaze and asked with a smile.

"I was born on a ship, I started following boats when I urinated, and I became a full-fledged sailor at the age of ten. He has been running the Dengju to Silla route for 50 years, and he has been a captain for 30 years. ”

Li Xiao couldn't help but be solemn when he heard this, if nothing else, he had been running for him for fifty years, and the ship hadn't hung up yet, this person was legendary enough to be admired.

In these years, navigation technology and shipbuilding technology are not developed enough, and it is often easy to capsize ships in the Yangtze River Canal, let alone run at sea. Even if this old man has only been traveling along the coast for 50 years, he is very good.

It is not easy to survive all the way through 50 years.

"Admire, the old captain has been running the sea for fifty years."

The old man said a little lonely, "There is nothing to admire, although I have been running a boat for fifty years and have experienced many winds and waves, but when I am old, I am still late and planted." ”

Zhao Zhiman explained briefly on the side, "Captain Wang took a boat to Baekje last year and wanted to sail directly to Baekje, but after floating at sea for three days, he found that he had deviated from the course, and then encountered a storm, the ship was shattered by the wind and waves, and all the people in the boat died except for him. He floated to Baekje with a piece of wood in his arms, and he did not die. ”

After the old Wang Tou returned to China, he was drunk and dreamed of death in the tavern of Yangzhou Port all day long. Until one day, Zhao Zhiman came here to look for an experienced captain of a sea boat. Lao Wang was not interested in going to sea again, but later I heard Zhao Zhiman say that the shipowner's ship was transformed very magically, it could sail in seven winds, and it was not even afraid of wind and waves, and the shipowner also had a magic weapon that could sail directly to Baekje.

These deeply attracted Lao Wang, so he threw down the wine jar, ran Zhao Zhiman to the shipyard in Hongzhou, saw the new ship that had been refitted, and found that this ship was indeed far more suitable for navigation than many ships he had seen, and then he resolutely returned to Yangzhou, using his many years of connections, recruited many experienced sailors, and returned to Hongzhou to sail the ship to Xiangyang to wait for Li Xiao.

"Do you really have a magic weapon that is not afraid of getting lost?"

When sailing in the sea, direction is important. There is the sun during the day and the stars at night, the old king knows the art of pulling the stars, and can use the star pulling board to measure the direction, but on a rainy day, the old king can only sail by feeling. If you sail along the coast as you did in the past, you can also sail with reference to the reference objects on the coast, or with the help of charts drawn up over many years of experience.

But if he wants to break through, if he wants to sail directly to Baekje, then he has to sail into the deep sea, and there is no reference in the deep sea.

The last time he failed, he deviated from the direction due to the rain, and then encountered the storm again.

"I do have such a magic weapon."

"Show it to me." Lao Wang said urgently.

Li Xiao smiled slightly and did not agree.

Zhao Zhiman said on the side, "You have also seen this boat of our San Lang, and after refitting, it is already very magical." ”

"It's really amazing, especially the sail is amazing, but the key to sailing straight to Baekje is to be afraid of getting lost."

"I have a treasure, but I am not afraid to get lost. This object is called a compass and can point south on the sea. ”

Lao Wang was a little puzzled, "Could it be Sinan?" But Sinan can't be used at sea at all. ”

The predecessor of the compass was Sinan, which had been around since the Warring States period. However, this round spoon-shaped direction finder made of natural magnets is not suitable for use in rough seas.

And Li Xiao took advantage of the convenience of the traveler and directly took out the compass needle. No matter how the ship swayed, the pointing effect of the compass was quite stable.

With this, you don't have to just stare at the stars in the sky anymore.

"Show me." Lao Wang's eyes widened, and his excited lips trembled. If he had this thing in his hands, he wouldn't have lost his way last time, he wouldn't have capsized, and the boatload wouldn't have died.

"It doesn't hurt to show you."

The compass is not magical, many inventions just don't break that barrier, and sometimes, it's really just a membrane that hasn't been broken.

Lao Wang took the compass that Li Xiao handed over, which was only the size of a big cake, swayed left and right to observe carefully, and finally ran to the boat without saying a word.

Li Xiao didn't stop him, this person looked like he was drilling, such a captain was indeed what he wanted.

After the old king got on the boat, he ran around here and there, and after a while, he let out an excited scream, and after the excited scream, it was a laugh of ecstasy, and it didn't take long for it to turn into a wolf howl like a ghost crying.

One laughs and one cries.

Lao Wang cried very sadly, he found that Li Xiao really didn't lie to him, this thing can really show the way on the sea. He was sad that such a thing hadn't been discovered earlier, and if he had found it earlier, he wouldn't have had an accident last year.

Zhao Zhiman asked in a low voice, "Such an artifact was given to the old king's head like this?" ”

"Or what?"

"Such a sharp weapon, how can you be solemn and solemn, you should let Lao Wang sign a contract first, or let Lao Wang send two grandsons to your house to pledge."

Li Xiao shook his head, "No need, some things will actually be discovered sooner or later, and it's not bad to share them with everyone." ”

Zhao Zhiman was speechless, "Do you know how amazing these things are? If you sell it, how many maritime chambers will be willing to buy it with a lot of money? You just sell a thousand and they are willing to do it. ”

"I know how great this thing is, but it's a one-shot deal, and I didn't think I'd give up this opportunity. I came this time, but I brought a lot of nautical compasses, which can be sold all the way to Dengzhou. Li Xiao said with a smile.

Zhao Zhiman was a little dumbfounded.

"Why don't you make money if you have money, if you don't make it now, you won't have a chance when others figure it out next time. Do you think it's a bit expensive to sell for a thousand? ”

"You see who you sell it to, if you give it to those sea merchants, a thousand guan is nothing."

There are many maritime merchants in Datang, especially those who run the South China Sea, who are even richer. Some merchants not only went to the South China Sea, but even went directly to the Persian Gulf, relying on the chart routes handed down by generations of captains, they opened a maritime Silk Road.

"There are a lot of maritime merchants in Guangzhou, and if you take the compass to Guangzhou to sell, you definitely don't have to worry about the buyer."

"Well, before this compass is imitated, I have to sell it out, I will entrust this matter to you, and you can arrange some people to sell it in various ports in Datang. Sell as many as you can, let's make a lot of money first, and then talk about it, a few hundred in a small port, and more than a thousand in a large port. ”

"San Lang, do you have a lot of this compass in your hand?"

"Time is in a hurry, and there are only a few hundred of them."

"Hundreds?" Zhao Zhiman's eyes widened, and he could stuff a fist into his mouth.

If you buy hundreds or thousands of compasses, how much do you have to sell for those hundreds of compasses? This can't be sold for tens of thousands?

"I don't think it can be sold for too much money, and there may be a lot of people rushing to ask for it at first, but the technical content of this thing is not too high, and it is not difficult to participate in the imitation if you have the heart. When someone imitates and sells, ours will not be easy to sell, and the price will definitely continue to fall, and finally one can sell ten times. ”

So Li Xiao's thinking is also simple, just make a lot of money, just make as much money as you can, make a time difference, and go to various ports to find those maritime merchants before others copy him.

Zhao Zhiman sighed that Li Xiao was insidious, no, he was shrewd, and he entered Xiangyang City, and then told him that more than three hundred compasses had been arranged.

After Lao Wang cried and laughed on the Mulan boat for a long time, he began to urge Li Xiao to set sail early, and he couldn't wait to go to sea to test the effect of this compass.

Li Xiao also wanted to leave early.

But the news that he came to Xiangyang still leaked.

Not only did Xiangzhou Assassin Shi and a group of colleagues come to the banquet for him, but many powerful clans in Xiangyang also came to invite him. Li Xiao is not familiar with these people, but when people come to invite, they can't ignore it.

Li Xiao, a local tyrant family, can ignore it, but the assassin still has to be seen.

Xiangzhou Assassin Shi is not someone else, but the brother of the Wu family, although the Wu family has not yet become the queen, but has already entered the concubine Chen, everyone knows that this person can definitely be the queen.

Wu Yuanqing, the elder brother of the Wu family, was promoted to the position of Xiangzhou Assassin.

Wu Yuanqing was very polite to Li Xiao, because his sister Wu had told him that Li Xiao was his own person. Wu Yuanqing didn't have any ability, he relied on his father's shadow to be a petty official, and now he relied on his sister's favor to become this assassin.

Wu Yuanqing doesn't have much ability, but he likes money very much.

He heard that Li Xiao was going to Baekje as an official, and many elders and relatives such as Wuji, the eldest grandson of Chang'an, pooled 100,000 yuan to Li Xiao, so he also wanted to take a ride.

"Is there really a lot to be done over there in Baekje?" Wu Yuanqing looks like a good brother of our brothers.

"The imperial court intends to include the Korean Peninsula in the territory of my Tang Dynasty, where there are now prefectures and counties, and there are still 200,000 soldiers and horses in use, it can be expected that within ten years, the Sanhan Peninsula will be conquered by my Tang Dynasty, and then it will become the eleventh province of my Tang Dynasty, the Korean Road." Li Xiao told Wu Yuanqing the truth, the court really did not intend to let go of this piece of fat, once conquered, it must be a direct territory, and it will no longer be a prefecture.

"Brother Xiangrui, brother, I also have a few thousand guanzi money here, do you see if you can also take a ride and vote for you?"

"Yes, of course." Li Xiao did not refuse to come.

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