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"Humble Yang Xiaochuan, kowtow to the general!"

On the wharf, in the middle of the crowd of people shouting and tsunamis, Yang Xiaochuan rushed over quickly, knelt down respectfully in front of Li Yuanqing, without superfluous nonsense, and respectfully kowtowed to Li Yuanqing for a series of rings. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Yuanqing laughed and helped Yang Xiaozhou up with his own hands: "Xiaozhou, it's been more than a year, I've worked hard for you!" ”

Yang Xiaochuan stood up with a smile, "General, although this journey is a bit difficult, but the horizons of humility are infinitely broadened!" General, the lowly chief is so big, and it is not until now that I have discovered that there are so many good things in this world. ”

Li Yuanqing laughed: "This is what the ancients said, reading 10,000 books is better than traveling 10,000 miles!" It's windy at the dock, let's go back! I've got a reception for you and your brethren! ”

Yang Xiaozhou hurriedly smiled and respectfully said yes.

The group returned to the official hall, which had already been cleaned up, and dozens of tables of wine banquets had begun to prepare for serving.

Yang Xiaochuan and his party went to sea for nearly a year and a half.

For the preferential treatment of officers, for soldiers and sailors, Li Yuanqing will naturally not slack off. With this sailing experience, they are Li Yuanqing's most valuable assets!

In addition to the banquet of the officers and gentry in the official hall, in several military camps on the wharf, the banquet was also opened, and all the meritorious sons and daughters of this service were feasted.

For this kind of scene, Yang Xiaochuan is no longer unfamiliar with it, while drinking, he constantly tells everyone some exotic and interesting jokes, which makes the atmosphere of the banquet more and more enthusiastic.

The banquet began in the afternoon and lasted until about nine o'clock in the evening, when it began to end.

Li Yuanqing originally planned to let Yang Xiaochuan go back to rest for the night first, stay until tomorrow, and then come over to report to him in detail, but this kid was in good spirits, and followed Li Yuanqing to his outer study.

Xiaohe served tea and stood aside.

Yang Xiaozhou didn't dare to look at it more, so he hurriedly turned around and ordered his soldiers to move in a wooden box, and said with a smile: "General, on this trip, I have found a lot of treasures in my humble position." ”

As he spoke, he took out a delicate small package about half a meter long and about the thickness of a baby's arm from the box, carefully untied it, and said with a smile: "General, look, this thing is called a clairvoyant mirror." Those white-haired captains, first mates, and other generals all use this thing to probe the situation at sea, which can be several times stronger than our naked eyes. ”

Li Yuanqing took the clairvoyant mirror, played with it casually, and couldn't help patting his head hard.

As a traverser, he actually forgot about this simplest, but also the most practical treasure......

This thing, at all, has no technical content at all, it is just two lenses and a tube, but in practice, especially in war, it has a pivotal role.

Li Yuanqing tried it a few times, the effect was not bad, and the workmanship was also very fine, and it could be seen that this thing must be worth a lot of money.

"Boat, this thing is good. How much money did you get? Li Yuanqing asked with a smile.

Yang Xiaozhou smiled: "It's not much, about a hundred taels of silver." This is where a lowly businessman in Manila got it. Oh, by the way, General, the lowly also got a treasure this time, which is said to be the beloved of the original Dutch governor of Malacca. ”

As he spoke, Yang Xiaozhou took out a delicate mahogany locket at the bottom of the box, opened it carefully, and respectfully handed it to Li Yuanqing.

"General, according to them, this thing is called a pocket watch. It is used to find out the hours. However, I watched it a few times, but I never figured it out, what the hell is looking at the time. ”

Li Yuanqing hurriedly took the pocket watch, looked at it carefully, and for a moment, he couldn't help but be overjoyed!

This pocket watch, and the pocket watch of later generations, is basically not much different, and even, in the workmanship of the surface, it is more delicate, and the main body is basically gold.

And its display, although it is the ancient Roman numeral, is basically not much different from the watches of later generations!

"Little boat, hahaha, this baby, Ben will love it! Not bad, very good! How did you get your hands on this baby? ”

The hours of the Ming Dynasty, hourglasses, etc., although they are already very accurate, but they are still incomparable with machinery.

Moreover, from later generations, Li Yuanqing has already fully adapted to the 24-hour system, accurate to the minute time, after coming to the Ming Dynasty, although there will not be much error in the hour, but he always feels awkward in his heart.

But at this time, with a pocket watch, it will undoubtedly allow Li Yuanqing to grasp the time more accurately, and he will definitely be more sophisticated in all aspects of affairs.

However, Li Yuanqing was also a little surprised, at this time, it was only the beginning of the seventeenth century, Westerners had already made pocket watches?

Yang Xiaochuan saw Li Yuanqing's expression, and said with a smile: "General, this matter is also an accident. In the waters of Ceylon, the lowly job inadvertently rescued a Dutch merchant ship, and this treasure was one of the rewards given to the lowly by one of the white-haired young ladies. Oh yes. General, the lowly also got some tobacco, which they brought back from the New World, it is said. Would you like to take a look? ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Take it and take a look." ”

Yang Xiaochuan hurriedly took out a small cloth bag from the box and untied it carefully, isn't it the tobacco that Li Yuanqing is most familiar with in later generations?

In fact, tobacco has been spread to the Ming Dynasty through the maritime trade of the Ming merchants as early as earlier, and has flourished along the southern coast, including in Liaodi, and some people, mainly generals and gentry, have begun to contact these things.

But Li Yuanqing has never been in contact, and after a few years in Daming, his smoking addiction has already quit.

At this time, smelling the most familiar smell of tobacco, Li Yuanqing was a little intoxicated, but it was not uncontrollable.

Sniffing the fragrance of tobacco carefully, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiaochuan, you kid, your ability has risen!" He went to the sea of Ceylon. It's the Indian Ocean! ”

Yang Xiaochuan smiled: "General, this is also forced to be forced to do nothing." Now, from Fujian to Taiwan, Taiwan to Macao, and from Macao to Nanyang, many businesses are controlled by the Zheng family. Even if you want to meddle, it is very difficult. Fortunately, the Zheng family is afraid of the power of our immortal camp, so they only dare to play some small tricks in secret, but they don't dare to mess around. I touched the ashes a few times in Nanyang, and occasionally heard a white ghost tell a piece of news. Our silk and tea, shipped to the Persian Gulf, where the Muslims live, can be sold at a better price. I thought that I would try my luck anyway. Unexpectedly, it was really caught by the lowly position. ”

Yang Xiaozhou smiled and said: "General, in Nanyang, our good West Lake Longjing can only be sold for fifteen taels of silver, but in Basra, it can be sold for fifty taels!" This vote alone made the humble post earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. There are also our silk, porcelain, those Muslim nobles, also very liked, the price is higher. In comparison, those white-haired ghosts of Europa are not so real. These dogs are crumb, and they want to play tricks everywhere. Later, the humble position also grew in memory, and tried not to associate with these white-haired ghosts, but to associate with these Muslim nobles as much as possible! ”

"Oh, yes. General, when he was in the Persian Gulf, he also found out a piece of news. According to them, in West Africa, there is a land dedicated to gold, called the Gold Coast. There, gold is simply outrageously cheap. The lowly originally planned to try his luck there, but there seemed to be someone going to war on the East African coast, and it had been too long since he came out, so he rushed back ahead of schedule for fear that the general would worry! ”

Li Yuanqing nodded slowly: "Xiaochuan, you have worked hard!" ”

Yang Xiaozhou smiled: "General, it is the greatest honor to be able to serve you!" ”

Li Yuanqing laughed: "You kid! The small mouth is still so sweet. ”

After a while, Li Yuanqing suddenly remembered, and hurriedly said: "By the way, Xiaochuan, do you know more about this pocket watch?" For example, when did those white-haired ghosts start using this thing? ”

"Huh?"

Yang Xiaochuan couldn't help but be stunned, his brows furrowed tightly, and he thought for a while before he said, "General, this, I really didn't pay much attention to my humble position." However, now that I think about it, listening to the words of that white-haired ghost, this thing has been circulating in Europe for a long time, and it should be at least a few decades, right? General, is this thing, this thing important? ”

Li Yuanqing played with the pocket watch in his hand, and for a moment, he suddenly smiled: "This thing, said to be important, is actually not particularly important, not important, but also very important." This thing basically represents the most advanced level of science and technology in the world! ”

"Huh? General, this matter is a humble mistake. If he had known this, he would have said something, and he would not have let the white-haired ghost lady leave. ”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile: "The matter is not so serious. Summoned Joseph over and asked, and he understood. ”

As he spoke, Li Yuanqing said to the soldiers outside the door: "Go and call Joseph, hurry!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly left.

Li Yuanqing looked at Yang Xiaozhou with a smile and said, "Xiaozhou, I heard you mention this white-haired ghost lady several times?" How? Are you interesting to people? ”

"Huh?"

Yang Xiaozhou's face couldn't help but turn red, and he hurriedly said: "General, this, this is nothing!" How could a lowly and dignified Ming general, a descendant of God, go to see those disgusting white-haired ghosts! ”

"Hahaha......"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing: "Xiaochuan, what you said is wrong." Sage words, fair lady, gentleman! If you like it, you can pursue it, so why be humble? Besides, wouldn't Ben also have a white slave girl? ”

Yang Xiaozhou smiled, but for a moment, he was a little sad: "General, this matter, I'm afraid this matter is impossible!" I guess Miss Alice may have returned to Europe by now, right? ”

Li Yuanqing smiled and patted Yang Xiaochuan's shoulder, "Xiaozhou, a dignified man's husband, how can you be discouraged about this kind of thing?" Don't say that she went back to Europe, even if she went to the moon, Ben will definitely help you get her back! ”

Yang Xiaozhou was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but be overjoyed for a moment, and hurriedly respectfully kowtowed to Li Yuanqing a series of heads: "The general's kindness to the humble position, the humble position is really broken, and it is difficult to repay it in case!" ”

Li Yuanqing laughed.

At this time, Yang Xiaochuan also remembered and hurriedly said: "General, this thing you are holding is called a pocket watch, right?" From a humble point of view, this thing is quite delicate, why would you say that it represents the world's most advanced level of science and technology at this time? ”

Among the generals in the Changsheng Battalion, except for Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan is basically Li Yuanqing's closest confidant.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yuanqing will give him such an important task as going to sea.

At this time, Yang Xiaochuan has made great contributions, and in terms of attitude, he is no different from the past, but he is closer to Li Yuanqing, and Li Yuanqing does not hesitate to solve his doubts.

smiled: "Xiaochuan, you asked this question very well. Let's put it simply. Pocket watches are the most intuitive sign to distinguish them from the mechanical era! ”

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