It didn't take much time for Xie Hong to subdue the two Thousand Households of the Wa Kingdom, and his energy was spent on understanding the overall situation of the Wa Kingdom. [Full text reading]

After solving these things, Xie Hong began to count the harvest of the robbery, compared to the gold and silver mountains that had not yet been started, these things that had been eaten in his mouth made him feel more happy.

If you want to choose the most abundant one among all the harvests, even with Xie Hong's shrewdness, it is difficult to do, purely in terms of face value, silver money is the biggest gain.

After a rough count, Xie Hong found that the wealth of dozens of maritime merchants added up, and the silver money alone was enough to have three or four million taels of silver! Maritime trade represents wealth, and this is really not a lie.

In fact, in addition to the silver money, there were also many goods on the ship, such as sulfur and copper ingots, which were all used by Songpu Xingxin to offset the accounts, and they were also the resources that Xie Hong urgently needed. With the current hostility he is receiving in Daming, it is difficult to purchase these things in large quantities, so the overall value is also difficult to estimate.

In addition to the goods, the more than 300 lucky ships are actually a huge wealth. Although it is not as good as the treasure ships of the year, it may not be as good as the sailing ships that can sail far away in the Age of Discovery. However, these ships can sail unmistakably in the East China Sea.

Whether it is transporting troops or supplies, with these ships, it is not difficult to supply from Lushun, and after only one round trip, the plan of the DPRK and the Japanese side can be fully launched, and the time saved is really incalculable.

Xie Hong asked the maritime merchants not to bring anything when they got off the ship, in fact, it was not for wealth, but for the nautical charts on the ship, and it was much faster to grab them directly than to draw them himself.

Finally, there are the craftsmen who come by accident, especially a few shipwrights and potters.

Due to the difference in local surnames, there are relatively few ceramic craftsmen in the north, whether it is in the army or those who have been taken in by Zeng Jian, none of them are good at making ceramics, and it is no wonder that famous ceramic kilns such as Jingdezhen are in the south.

As a result, Xie Hong's idea of making glass has never been realized.

Blowing glass to make cement, in the novel, this is a must for traversers, but as a craftsman, Xie Hong didn't do anything, and he was a little ashamed to say it.

Interlacing is like a mountain, he knows the principle, but it is not so simple to actually do. For the sake of these things that are not very urgently needed, it is not Xie Hong's style to spend time researching.

However, it is easy to do now, the glass craft of the West was born out of the ceramic craft, with enough ceramic craftsmen, will the glass be far away?

In navigation, the role of glass is still very large, and the most important thing is, of course, the telescope. If you have this, you can anticipate the enemy in a naval battle; When exploring and looking for a route, you can also ensure a wide field of vision, which is really a must-have for sailing.

What's more, as far as Xie Hong knows, in Europe at the same time, in the ascendant Age of Discovery, telescopes should have been popularized, and if they don't start again, they will fall behind. If you are backward, you will be beaten, this was the case in the history of the previous life, and now that you are here, how can you let history repeat itself?

The telescope is also an important part of the sextant, this instrument for measuring latitude and longitude is an indispensable thing for long-distance voyages, without this instrument, even if he gets the Western charts, Xie Hong will not be able to use it.

In addition to telescopes, strategically, there is another use for glass, and that is canning. With this thing, the shelf life of food will be extended, whether it is sailing or marching, it will be very helpful.

In addition, glass can also be used to make various crafts, such as mirrors and other luxury goods, which also has a certain significance, and these things represent wealth.

In addition to the glasssmiths, those boatmen, especially Dai Li's uncle, if that Dai Li didn't lie, then the significance of this Dai Ziyan is almost no less than glass.

Xie Hong knows very well that light ships can only be tricked, and large ships are the king, of course, not as large as North Korea and the Wa Kingdom, that kind of is simply going crazy.

Wang Yun's original concerns were reasonable, the light ship had a small load, poor stability, and could not be equipped with artillery at all, and in future naval battles, artillery was the king's way, not Xie Hong's trick.

In fact, this method of trickery also has a lot of weaknesses, but it has not encountered enough opponents, so no one has discovered it. Xie Hong originally only planned to use the flywheel battleship to make the transition, so that Wang Yun and other shipwrights would accumulate enough experience before trying to build a big ship.

If that Dai Ziyan really mastered the technology of building ships with more than 6,000 materials, would the original battleship still be far away? Thinking of this, Xie Hong was also hot.

"Where is that boatman now?" After sending the two widows, Xie Hong roughly counted the harvest, then ran to the cabin where the craftsmen were, and searched around, but did not find Dai Ziyan, he was a little strange.

"Master Hou, didn't you say that let's take a good look at these craftsmen? Everyone else is quite peaceful, but the old man surnamed Dai is a little weird, first running around in the cabin, and then saying that he wants to go to see the ship, with your orders, he didn't stop it, but in a blink of an eye, the person disappeared...... "The guard guarding the door scratched his head, obviously a little puzzled by Dai Ziyan's behavior.

"Didn't you jump into the sea and run?" Scarface had been following Xie Hong's side, and he was also shocked when he heard this, and glared at the guard fiercely.

The guard was very aggrieved, pointed around, and said, "Brother Jiang, there are our boats all around, where can he go?" Even if he has a good surname and can swim back to the port, it will be useless. What's more, I'm standing here under the mark, and I haven't seen anyone jump into the sea? ”

"You still dare to say ......" Jiang Bin glared, and he was about to fight, but the guard was also his old brother, but he didn't hide, just stared at Xie Hong in a daze.

"Okay, Brother Jiang, I gave the order, and I can't blame this big brother." Xie Hong stopped Jiang Bin and said with a smile: "However, this person is interesting, maybe, he is really the person I need, ask on the boat to see where he went." ”

"Yes, Master Hou." The guard turned and went to inquire about someone.

Jiang Bin asked with some confusion: "Brother Xie, you haven't seen anyone yet, how do you know that person is interesting, maybe he really wants to run?" ”

"I don't know if he wants to escape, but I can be sure that if he doesn't want to escape, then, just like Brother Zeng and Brother Dong, he is also a technical maniac." Xie Hong smiled slightly and said very firmly.

"Huh? How do you say that? "It's a bit of a big turn, and Scarface turns a little bit.

"Do you see the craftsmen in the cabin?" Xie Hong dragged Jiang Bin away for a distance, pointed to the cabin, and said to himself without waiting for Jiang Bin to answer: "Like other craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, humility and despair are the most often seen on their faces, so even if I ordered the guards to treat them well, they are still the same, and Lao Guo and Lao Yang were like this at the beginning." ”

Lao Guo and Lao Yang are the military craftsmen that Xie Hong originally brought out from Xuanfu, the original skills of these two people are quite extraordinary, and they have followed Xie Hong for a long time, and then they have entered the country for thousands of miles, and now they are second only to Dong Ping as senior technicians, their status and treatment are far beyond their peers, and they are also very confident in speaking and doing things.

However, when they first met Xie Hong, the two of them were in a similar mental state to these captured craftsmen, with extremely humble hopes, doing the same hard work, like weeds on the side of the road.

They all came out of the Xuan Mansion together, Jiang Bin was also quite familiar with these two people, thought about it, and nodded silently. If it weren't for Xie Hong, wouldn't the craftsmen in the Ordnance Division and the academy be the same as those in the cabin?

Let's take Lao Guo and Lao Yang as examples, now these two people are not what they used to be, and their mood is also open-minded, and they often talk about the things of the year, although it was only two years ago, but when they think of their ideals before meeting Xie Hong, both of them are laughing.

At that time, the two talked longingly, being sold to Jiangnan, and then working for twenty or thirty years, if they didn't die, they could redeem themselves, and then work hard to save a few acres of thin land for their children and grandchildren, which is the ultimate ideal.

Now, the silver that the two of them get every month can already afford to buy several of themselves back then, and the difference in circumstances can be called a world of difference.

Because of this, despite being taken captive, the craftsmen in the cabin were not angry or dissatisfied, and it was better to work for pirates than to be sold to a foreign country.

And in such a group of people, a restless one suddenly appeared, and it was indeed a little weird, and with Xie Hong's prompt, Jiang Bin also suddenly realized, it turned out that this kind of person was a technical maniac.

"If what Dai Li said is true, that Master Dai may still be arrogant, otherwise how could he voluntarily come to a place like the Wa Kingdom? I thought that he came here probably because he couldn't stand the discriminatory atmosphere of craftsmen in the world, of course, these are all speculations, and they always have to meet people before they can be finally determined. ”

Xie Hong stood against the railing, the sea breeze blowing in front of him was salty and salty, but he was unconscious, and he unconsciously tapped the railing lightly with his fingers on the railing, very distracted.

In China, no matter what aspect it is, there is never a shortage of talents, what is lacking is only the guidance and system that can integrate the strength of these people and give full play.

Needless to say, before the end of the Tartar invasion, China had never lagged behind in this regard; There was a huge fleet of Zheng He in the sea, and even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, at sea, with backward ships and weapons, the Ming army still thwarted the ambitions of the foreign Yi to the territory of the Ming Dynasty several times; Militarily, headed by the military god Qi Jiguang, who can accurately say how many famous generals were born in the Ming Dynasty?

As for science and technology, even under the suppression of scholars, the world style made craftsmen discriminated against, but the achievements of the Ming Dynasty in natural science are still innumerable, not to mention the more prosperous Tang and Song dynasties.

Isn't the so-called Renaissance in Europe based on the achievements of China brought to them by the Mongol Tatars? Who said that China is inferior to the West?

First there were Brother Dong and Brother Zeng, and now I met a genius who is likely to be a genius in navigation, maybe it is the fact that God can't see the sinking of Chinese civilization that makes me return to this era, and together with the greatest emperor, gather these talents who have been annihilated in history, and then bring Chinese civilization back to the peak, right?

"Master Hou, I've found that Master Dai, he is now in the back cabin, that is, the flywheel, see if it's ......"

"No need, I'll go see him myself and see if this Master Dai is as I thought."

Xie Hong flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked to the back cabin, the figure was gone, but the clear words were still audible, with the fierce sea breeze, far away on the blue waves of the East China Sea.

(To be continued)