Chapter 126

When the people from the Five Lakes Chamber of Commerce sent people to look for fish, the people arranged by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to come here also began to follow behind, and they wanted to find the origin of these fish.

"Xiaobao, I thought of a way, I don't know if it will work." Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were trying to find a way for Li Xun, got together again, and Wang Juan sat there and said to Zhang Xiaobao.

"Okay, tell me quickly, what's the solution?" Zhang Xiaobao was also curious, and he didn't know what Wang Juan came up with.

Wang Juan thought about it for a while, and said a little uncertainly: "Actually, it's to make weapons, let Li Xun make weapons here, in that case, I believe that the people of the imperial court will send someone to help, instead of directly calling Li Xun away, this weapon is a mine in the water, use our gunpowder to make it, do you think it's okay?"

In fact, since our fireworks were made, haven't some people in the court begun to think about turning those fireworks into weapons, but it's not easy to make those shells, otherwise they would have made cannons a long time ago, and they just can't fully understand the use of those gunpowders now, in the experiment.

Now that they all know it, and there is no *** others who are not allowed to use firecrackers, it means that they think it is very difficult for this thing to become a weapon, and we will find a way to remind them here, they should not arrange things in such a hurry for Li Xun, you see? ”

Zhang Xiaobao listened to Wang Juan's words and thought about it, shook his head after a while and said: "I don't think so, the fireworks we made were originally a fun thing, even if those individuals in the court thought of the power of this thing after it exploded, they wouldn't think that we made it to make weapons in the first place."

Once we say here that we want to get those weapons, it is estimated that the first thing that those individuals in the imperial court will do is to send a large number of soldiers to protect us, and let us cooperate with them to make those weapons, but there is nothing to do, and we have to put Li Xun in, don't look at him as a royal person, but there are too many royal children.

Li Longji can even do it with his own relatives, not to mention Li Xun, who is not too close? We can't do that, we can study weapons, but we can only study them ourselves, yes, we can do it now, there are a lot of small islands over there, and people can come over to experiment with some weapons, so we can't wait.

You don't care about Li Xun's affairs, you know a lot about this aspect, the structure of the gun or something, and the various uses of gunpowder, you are specifically responsible for this matter, as long as it is successful, we will quietly make some more, guns are not easy to make, right? Then just make cannons, if you don't have such a good one, just use copper, it's better to make a bomb that can bloom, rather than an ordinary iron ball. ”

Zhang Xiaobao heard Wang Juan mention the weapon, and then he thought that he had the conditions to make it here, and he didn't have to worry about other people knowing, so let the people in the inner courtyard of the family go over there to occupy an island where there was no one, and he didn't want to experiment as much as he wanted? This is much stronger than when I was in the capital.

Wang Juan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, I'll find a way, the matter of the cannon is easy to solve, the main thing is the problem of the bullet of the gun, the gun is also simple, all use copper, sink the point, but the gunpowder in the bullet needs to be fired, this is laborious, I have to think about it."

Talking about Li Xun's matter, why did you start talking about this, what are you going to do about Li Xun's matter? You don't have to worry about this weapon, I first have to let people get some good springs out, there are not so many springs to make a sofa, but to make a gun, no matter how much money is smashed in, you must find the right metal. ”

Wang Juan found that the two of them were off topic, complained to Zhang Xiaobao, and took over the matter of making weapons, which was relatively simple for her, the structure of the gun, the role of each part, if she didn't know, it would be a big joke.

If Zhang Xiaobao didn't follow the proposal to make weapons, she really didn't think of this, of course, when fighting, the gun is better than the current bows and arrows, especially after getting out the spring, you don't have to manually shoot the last bullet.

She is going to use good metal to make two pistols first, one for each of Xiaobao, and put it on her body when the time comes, as long as someone wants to hit the idea of the two of them, let this person regret being born in this world, she believes that with his and Zhang Xiaobao's marksmanship, it is basically a bullet to solve a person.

When the pistol is ready, start to make a long gun, adjust it slowly, as long as it can hit a distance of 800 meters, it can be used as a sniper rifle, at least in this era, such a gun is like an artifact.

And the cannon is simple, make a barrel out of copper, then fill it with gunpowder, load it with twists, add a large iron ball, and fire it when it is ignited, and the shells that can explode can only be made after the bullets are made.

Thinking like this, Wang Juan was relieved, he was ready to fight, and now he was waiting to see what kind of ideas Zhang Xiaobao could come up with to help keep Li Xun in this place.

Zhang Xiaobao's method is actually not perfect, but it can't be said anymore, this time the matter is not small, I hope that there will be no other things at that time.

Seeing Wang Juan waiting, Zhang Xiaobao knocked lightly on the table with his hand and said: "Actually, it's very simple, the way to divert some attention, that is, war, I am ready to start a war against one of the small tribes next to me, of course, not to fight in the past, but to let them pay tribute, some small tribes here did not pay tribute to our court."

And the most important thing is that they are not completely civilized, we have to help them educate the people, this matter naturally has to find a person with enough identity, it is too late for other people to come, then let the royal Li Xun go over, find a tribe, the other side of the sea, or the place in Vietnam in the future, but there are too many mountains over there, it is not easy to deal with.

Then set the target smaller, first send someone over to exchange things with them, and then tell them that there are better things to exchange, what kind of consequences do you say will be at that time, the price of the goods on our side is set high, and the price of good things on their side is kept low.

For example, all the goods on their side can be exchanged for 100 catties of things on our side at a time, so what we have to do is to send 1,000 catties of things over there, as long as they save some things, they will exchange some of the goods over there with them, so that they can clearly see our things, but they must exchange their good things. ”

"You, you're trying to get them to attack? What do you use to tempt them? ”

Wang Juan knew what his idea was when he heard Zhang Xiaobao's method, which was too lacking in morality, and when he thought of this, he suddenly said: "Then what about the people we sent there to exchange things with them?" Are you going to sacrifice those individuals to achieve *** goals?

I don't agree, our people can't die like that, otherwise I will be uneasy for the rest of my life, I absolutely can't do this kind of voluntary sending people to death, no one can go, you think of another way, this is denied. ”

Wang Juan took into account a number of things, in order to find an excuse to start a war, some countries knew that their people were going to be harmed, and they also regarded it as if they did not know, so they could use this to fight a war.

Although as a general, sometimes you have to send out some bait to lure the enemy, so as to achieve a strategic purpose, but Wang Juan is not ready to do this now, after all, she has to make a new weapon, and in the face of absolute strength, there is no need to use any other conspiracy.

"Not what you think." Zhang Xiaobao saw that Wang Juan's reaction was so big, and hurriedly explained, "Actually, this is the case, after our people pass, we have to sit on the boat, a certain distance from them, and then hire local people to help guard the temporary warehouse."

Let our men pay more attention, as long as no one else touches the boat, send out a few people to exchange things over there during the day, and return to the ship at night, so that they will naturally choose a night time, whether they kill the guards over there or not, we have a reason to attack them.

Of course, this thing of sending others to death is really not very moral, but it is better than our people dying, right? Besides, we only gave a slight push to their killings, and if they didn't have greed in their hearts and could unite with the local people, we couldn't find such an excuse. ”

When Zhang Xiaobao thought of an idea, he actually kept asking himself, is he an aggressor, is he an enemy of human peace? Should it be written into a textbook at some point in the future for people to belittle?

No matter what excuse is made, this act is an invasion, breaking the original life of the people, even if there are wars between the various tribes of those individuals, even if they are in the same tribe, they will kill people, but after all, it is their own business.

The only thing Zhang Xiaobao can stabilize himself is that since there is a war between their tribes, then treat this earth as a bigger tribe, everyone is a part of this big tribe, and everyone belongs to the internal war.

After hearing Zhang Xiaobao's idea, Wang Juan thought of the same problem, that is, the war of aggression, but she was born in the military, so she immediately put this aside and said: "Okay, let's do it, we don't occupy those resources, and in the end they are also occupied by others, so the heavy responsibility of world peace will be handed over to others to be responsible, which executioner should we be."

For the sake of our country, and for the sake of our own better life, when some people call us devils, I believe that we will be written as heroes in the history books on our side, I agreed, you go and arrange it, and then find a way to get your father to make a notice.

It is written that those locals who were hired by us now belong to our Datang Luzhou, count them as a part, as long as they are attacked, we will use this excuse to clean up people and act separately, I will make cannons, you come to get this, let's go. ”

The two of them went their separate ways to do things, Zhang Xiaobao first asked people to go to the mountains over there to call Li Xun and the guards at home back, this action required them to participate, and then found his father here and told his father about the matter, of course, Zhang Xiaobao didn't say anything at this time that there would be a war at that time, but just said that he would send a boat over there to take a look.

If they have the good things they need here, they will exchange them with the goods here, and mentioned that they will seal the people over there to be a small official or something, and then they can enter a place of origin, the big official Zhang Zhong can't be sealed, then the court needs to take care of it, if he really gives a big official position, then he doesn't have to stay here, he will be arrested in the capital.

Feng is a petty official who has no rights, and he is the kind of person who does not need to be paid by the court, so that the court will not say anything, after all, Zhang Zhong is in charge of a state, he needs someone to do things, and it will be easier to enter a place of origin, no one will care about this.

These things are arranged, Zhang Xiaobao took the blank things that his father had stamped and left, this preparation will start to be done over there, and Zhang Xiaobao also thinks about it, a little far, but since *** can come over there, with the ships here, as well as his and Wang Juan's familiarity with ocean currents and monsoons, I believe that the fleet can pass.

This place is Luzon Island, which is relatively close to Hainan Island, of course, there is no such name yet, after all, it is not the Song Dynasty, that place is good, Zhang Xiaobao is going to use a few months to get that place out of a dock that can be landed at any time.

The dock here in Luzhou seems to be a little too far away at this time, and it is necessary to discuss with the people on Hainan Island and let them get a dock there.

When Wang Juan heard that this was the place, he nodded, "It's okay here, fight, make a big effort, and then build more ships, send more people over, and occupy that place, which is a place with a very important strategic location, if you don't get Datang, then I'm sorry for us to have a chance to come over." ”

"I think so too, this time it's a fight, life at sea is not so easy, the Song Dynasty can pass, then we should be able to go at this time according to reason, our shipbuilding technology is not bad, why hasn't anyone been there?"

Zhang Xiaobao saw that Wang Juan did not object to this, and his heart was also a lot more relaxed, but he wondered why no one went there at this time, as long as he walked close to the sea, he believed that many places could be reached, of course, the danger still existed, but it would be wrong not to go out.

Wang Juan saw that Zhang Xiaobao had to ask this, so he said, "What did you do in the past?" The country doesn't talk about the past, can you go through it personally, and the individual is such a big ship? And the main thing is, it takes a long time to sail, and if you don't know that there is such a place, you may be floating on the sea with a boat just to see if you can find land.

Not to mention the current ship, even the ship of the Three Kingdoms I don't think there was any problem in the past, especially when it was critical to use an iron chain, then it was touched back and forth, but people always have a purpose when doing things, and some people here may have been there, but something happened, maybe no one has ever thought about looking for another piece of land on the sea.

Who knows, on the contrary, we are ready to do it this time, as long as this time it is successful, then we can continue to build big ships, and then Li Xun said things on behalf of Datang in the past, it is exciting to think about it, in fact, I want to go to Africa the most, where there are a lot of good things. ”

"Well, no matter what, don't go back to the capital on the boat this time, use it directly to go to the other side of the sea, prepare things for them, bring enough fresh water, if it really doesn't work, make some things for them that can be used for distillation, and use seawater to steam, but the taste is a little worse."

I've tasted it, and after the distillation of seawater is normal, if it is not processed by other means, it still has a special taste, and it is not very accustomed to drinking, and I also bring them fruits, and bring dried fruits, especially the oranges, make them into powder, and let them drink in water, I don't want to wait for them to come back and get sick one by one.

Add some dried vegetables, dried meat, etc., and bring a few more kinds of rice, as well as dried jujubes, and let them boil their own eight-treasure porridge to drink, that's it, arrange it immediately. ”

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have decided that the things will basically not change, Wang Juan thought about it, and made powerful fireworks for these people who are going to sea, at this time, what is put in it is pure gunpowder, and it can be used to scare some whales that will take the initiative to attack at a critical time.

It can also deter the people in that place, people are always full of curiosity and fear of unknown things, and if there is really a conflict as soon as they arrive at the place, then use this thing to kill a few people first, so that their local people think that it is thunder, and I believe that some effects can be achieved.

Zhang Xiaobao also has to consider some specific things over there, too big tribes can't be provoked, there are many families, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for him to do it on his side, even if the armed forces sent are trained in jungle warfare for a period of time.

The lives of people on their side are valuable, and it is not cost-effective to exchange one for ten, so you must think of a safe way.

The horse sent to find someone was faster, Li Xun was still running halfway when he was caught up by a horse ridden by a person, when he knew that Zhang Xiaobao had thought of a way, Li Xun pondered for a while, or followed the people who passed the order here to the mountain first, and then came back with his palace guards and those people of the Zhang family.

On the way, Li Xun asked the person who delivered the order, what kind of idea did Zhang Xiaobao think of, but the person who conveyed the order didn't know, let alone him, Zhang Zhong only knew a little bit of the whole plan now, where did he understand the meaning of going out this time?

This time it was to help Li Xun stay here for a few more days, but it was the beginning of a new era, the age of sailing was coming, and no one could know what kind of consequences this would bring to Datang, it could be infinite wealth, or it could make those who would not have come here come here in advance and cause war.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were not worried at all, even if someone came by that route, what could they do? So that they can see the majesty of Datang, and at the same time start trade, this is the premise that the people of Datang can live a good life under the condition of underdeveloped productivity.

Especially those special food crops can be planted in many places, and since you have come here to do business, you can easily get the prerequisites for this thing that you may get first.

The boat of the Zhang family on the dock began to be modified according to Zhang Xiaobao's idea, and there was really a distillation thing on it, as well as mirrors and other things, this mirror was not exchanged with the people there in the past, it was used to help distill when the firewood was not burned, although the speed was slower, but it was better than no water.

The ship also brought a lot of firewood, as well as those alcohol, when the time comes, this thing can not only drink, but also burn the fire, the most experienced old man will also follow the past, Zhang Xiaobao let people take care of the old man no matter what, this is a wealth, respect for the old man is respect for knowledge, but also respect for himself.

The Zhang family is busy, and it seems to be different from before, although there is nothing to see on the surface, but it always makes some familiar people feel that something is wrong, and Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang have noticed it now.

The two of them sat by the river while drinking tea while fishing, and when they were slowly eating those fried melon seeds, they talked about the recent actions of the Zhang family.

"I said, how can the Zhang family not feel like they want to go back, as if they are going somewhere else, otherwise, what are they doing on the boat with that thing for distilling spirits? Do they want to go somewhere else to make wine? ”

Old man Zhang has lifted the empty rod four times in a row, and he hasn't caught a single fish, so he simply puts the rod there to eat melon seeds, and eats one, and puts the skin of the melon seeds next to it in a special place for garbage.

Old man Bi has been fishing for a long time, and he has rich experience, and he is very happy to catch three fish after a while, so he will let the cook in Haiyun make it when he goes back, and the two of them will serve as a drink.

Listening to Old Man Zhang's words, he also nodded and said: "That's true, they wouldn't put so much grain on the ship before, unless it was to transport grain, but this time it's good, they got so many kinds of fruits, and all kinds of dried fruits, and oranges were actually ground into powder, which really makes people wonder what they want to do?"

Well, ask carefully when you go back in a while, if nothing happens, otherwise I won't be able to hold it down in the court. ”