The next day, dozens of truckloads of rice from the Dong Mansion finally arrived in Songjiang Mansion, and after Yang Fan bid farewell to the Songjiang Prefect and the general army, he distributed the 8,000 stone white rice used for survival to each ship. After the fresh water was replenished, he did not stay, and Yang Fan set sail.

Sun Yuanhua, who had been holding back on the boat for three days, finally walked out of the cabin listlessly, looked at Yang Fan, who was drinking white rice porridge, and asked, "Have you arrived at Songjiang Mansion?" ”

"All left. You were called at the time, and you were busy studying the musket, and when you said you were not available, I did not ask you to get off the ship. Yang Fan put the roast chicken wrapped in lotus leaves in front of Sun Yuanhua, and then took it back, quipping: "I forgot that you are a monk, you can't eat roast chicken." ”

"No, sir. In the past ten days, I have eaten that dry meal, and people are about to vomit. Sun Yuanhua snatched the roast chicken and devoured it. Yang Fan smiled and took the musket manuscripts that had been revised by Sun Yuanhua.

"Well, I have studied the drawings given by the lord these days, and the big places have not been changed, but some small details have been modified, and they are still very promising. Originally, I was looking for a blacksmith shop in Songjiang Mansion, and after passing it, I finally made a sample gun and came out, but I didn't expect to miss it like this. ”

Yang Fan scolded with a smile: "If you want to get off the ship to make a gun, it is estimated that our fleet will not have to be opened, at least ten days and a half a month, I can afford to wait, and the 30,000 people on board can't afford to wait." Yang Fan tore off a chicken leg and chewed it in his mouth, "Don't worry, if you want to make a gun, what is the hurry." ”

The fleet is pulling out, and on several hidden islands along the coast, several waves of Japanese robbers are discussing a shocking plan. The identities of some pirates are always changing as policies change. When the imperial court's maritime ban was relaxed, these people began to trade at sea, sending large quantities of tea and porcelain overseas. When the sea was forbidden, they became a widow and continued to rob houses along the coast. This is the case with Zheng Zhilong, when the Japanese pirates were rampant, Zheng Zhilong was a subordinate of the Japanese Japanese Japanese Yan Siqi, and later went to Taiwan to start a pirate business.

Later, the Dutch landed in Taiwan, and Zheng Zhilong and his wife settled in Quanzhou, Fujian. Officially accepted the edict of the Ming Dynasty, and this rampant Japanese was able to calm down. But in this southeast sea, the Zheng family is still the overlord of the sea, and if the merchant ships in the past want to get through, they must buy the Zheng family's order flag, and the general big ships are three thousand silver coins. Dongyang and Nanyang have almost become the world of his Zheng family, and the Dutch, Portuguese or Dongying people have to pay for the road obediently.

"Have you inquired about it all?"

"Boss, that's right. Fifteen of these ships were Zheng He's treasure ships, and thirty merchant ships. When it stopped at the mouth of the Songjiang River, the people who our brother bought it off said that there was no one on the ship except for 30,000 refugees, and it seemed that it was a messenger ship going to Luzon in the South Seas. ”

In the small dark room, the one sitting on the dragon's chair stepped on the edge of the chair with one foot, and said with a narrow eye: "It doesn't matter if he is an envoy or a mourner." This ship must be intercepted for me. Recently, Zheng Zhilong has become more and more domineering. At the beginning, under Yan Siqi, he Zheng Zhilong was his, and I Liu Xiang was mine, but now that I am on the big ship of the imperial court, I can't wait to think that all the business in Nanyang and Dongyang will be swallowed under his Zheng family. ”

"Boss, what do we do then?"

The eldest brother on the top of the dragon said with a fierce look in his eyes: "These thirty big ships are not a problem, the key is the fifteen Zheng He treasure ships, and the artillery on them is very powerful." This time you have to be careful, as long as the boat, not the people. ”

"Don't want people, what about these 30,000 people?"

Liu Xiang said fiercely: "Those who are willing to merge with fire, and the others, except for those with better appearance, are left for the brothers to enjoy, and the others are pushed into the sea." When we have these dozens of ships this time, we will have the capital to compete with Zheng Zhilong. Those Dutch and Portuguese have long been tired of Zheng Zhilong's family's dominance of the land snake, as long as we have these capitals and are looking for them to join forces, I don't believe that Zheng Zhilong can still toss in this South Sea! ”

"Boss, how should this artillery be dealt with? Half a month ago, the sailors of Quanzhou bombarded me, and the brothers of the half boat died like this, and now I am afraid to think about it. ”

"Second brother, this artillery has eyes during the day, does it still have eyes at night?" Liu Xiang said with a smile, "This makes most of the ministers' ships have no military strength, and we are quick with our hands and feet, and when we board the ship, aren't those people at our mercy?" ”

"Big brother is really resourceful, so when are we going to do it this time?"

Liu Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "Without further ado, if this ship continues to go south, when the time comes to Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence, it will be troublesome for us to make another move." Hurry up more than 600 brethren and take advantage of the unpreparedness tonight to take these big ships in one fell swoop. "After this vote is finished, the situation in Nanyang will not be up to him, Zheng Zhilong.

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Today is calm, Sun Yi and Li Yuhuan are sitting next to Yang Fan. Sitting opposite was Sun Yuanhua, a fake monk. "Now that there is nothing to do at sea, the two of you will follow Master Yuanhua first to learn the introductory knowledge of Gewu and chemistry, so as to pave the way for the future."

Sun Yuanhua didn't expect that he would be exposed in front of the two eunuchs so soon, but fortunately, the two of them were still young and had never met, so naturally they didn't know that this person was the dead Sun Yuanhua.

"Master Yuanhua, please don't hesitate to give advice." Li Yuhuan folded his hands respectfully and bowed, doing more like a monk than Sun Yuanhua, a fake monk. Sun Yuanhua was a little at a loss, so he directly introduced the topic, and said: "Today, we want to make things very different from the books of sages, not about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, not about self-cultivation, governing the country and leveling the world, but about the natural things around us." ”

"I ...... The old man asks you, this sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the stars turn to the stars, the four seasons alternate, the day and night change, do you know why? ”

Sun Yi was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Master, is this a problem?" Could it be that the sun is still coming out in the west, this spring, summer, autumn and winter, this alternation of day and night, isn't it all normal? Sun Yuanhua said with a smile: "Since it is normal, it is a rational word, you two, who can explain the reason?" ”

Sun Yuanhua began his brainwashing course and said: "In fact, many phenomena cannot be explained by the old man, but it operates in this way and has its own laws. Sun Yi said with a big grin: "This alternation of day and night, and what can be studied?" A qiē is a natural phenomenon, and what is the meaning of studying it? ”

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and sighed: "When you have an attitude of longing for cognition towards things, you will understand. Can you imagine that the land and the sea under our feet are on a ball? Sun Yuanhua gestured.

"On the ball?" Sun Yi smiled, "Master Yuanhua doesn't want to joke with us." It's so flat, how can it be a ball? How can there be people living up there? Don't they all have to fall? ”

He was right. We do live on a ball. It's just that the ball is so big that you can't feel the curvature of the ground. Yang Fan understood that it was a difficult process for people to change their consistent perception, so he said: "If you don't believe it, sail all the way east or west along the compass, and one day in the future, you will eventually return to the www.biquge.info of Biqu Pavilion, which means that the place where we live is a ball." ”

"It's incredible. Sir, if you say this in Beijing, even a ten-year-old child will laugh at you in the Arabian Nights, the sky is round, how can it be a ball? No way. ”

Li Yuhuan pondered for a long time and asked rhetorically: "If this Yuanhua master is right, then why don't we fall?" Li Yuhuan asked this question very well, and even Sun Yuanhua seemed to be stumped by this question. But for Yang Fan, it's a pediatric problem.

"Yu Huan is a good question, so let me say, why do you jump up from the ground and when you fall, you don't forget to fall to the left, and you don't fall to the right, why do you fall to the ground? In fact, the ball we are in has an attraction that sucks our body firmly on its surface, so that people will not fall. ”

This explanation is very superficial, Yang Fan can only talk about it so roughly, and these two who have just received novel knowledge can only listen to a rough idea. Yang Fan doesn't need to explain too clearly, Qiming only needs a little, as for when he will be able to see the sun and the moon, he has to wait. It is a process of upward thinking and cognition.