Chapter 25: On the eve of entering Beijing
After Zhao Zheng recalled the relative who had never seen each other, he also cherished everything now, so he wrote a letter to Erlang Erlang, the head of the Zodiac Road. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When the time came to the end of April, there was another will in the capital, urging Zhao Zheng to enter Beijing. The glass matter was in a critical period, and Zhao Zheng naturally couldn't leave, so he used the excuse that the affairs of Tuntian, Guangzhou, were busy, and he had to personally supervise it to rest assured, and decided to enter Beijing again during the autumn harvest.
The channel of soap has spread to the Jinghu area, and there have been 4,000 incomes. With the entry of funds, technical problems, more precisely, technology substitution, make the transparency of glass higher and higher, which basically meets Zhao Zheng's requirements. The next step, of course, is to create various glass products, Zhao Zheng first built a set of chemical equipment, beakers, test tubes and the like for himself. Then there is the category of mirrors, the luxury goods that Zhao Zheng is ready to create.
The first batch of luxury goods to be sold were the Nanyang countries, which were semi-civilized, but there were many gold, silver, jewelry, spices, and so on.
Like the Angkor Dynasty in Nanyang (now Thailand and Cambodia, it is already a vast unified dynasty) and other countries such as the Chen Dynasty, Champa and Srivijaya are also stated.
This candidate for the first time to go to Nanyang, except for You Xiong, Zhao Zheng has no other candidate, but with You Xiong's ability to be competent enough, Zhao Zheng will not worry. As for the price, Zhao Zheng said that he looked at it, this is an immortal weapon that he has worked hard to refine, and it is a priceless treasure. With Zhao Zheng's status in You Ambition's heart, if a mirror is not sold for thousands of times, then he doesn't have to come back.
The one-meter-eight-high mirror is made of a thin screen coated with a thin layer of screen behind the glass, and the frame is plated with a layer of gold powder, and the most important thing is that there is Zhao Zheng's signature in the lower right corner of each mirror.
Those craftsmen and You Xiong unanimously agreed that this payment was the most valuable.
In addition to mirrors, there are also glass bowls, glass beads and the like.
There are also horse lamps, that is, kerosene lamps in later generations, kerosene cannot be refined, only vegetable oil or animals are used instead, and ancient oil lamps are also used in this kind of oil.
The most important thing is that Zhao Zheng personally named the immortal weapon, clairvoyance. That is, telescopes, with glass-polished concave and convex mirrors, there is a foundation. After grinding hundreds of pieces of glass, the craftsmen finally have a few pieces of qualified, and these skills need to be accumulated slowly, and there is no urgency.
After You Xiong got the glasses, in addition to sighing at his magic, he also understood its huge military value, and reminded Zhao Zheng slightly.
The meaning of the glasses Zhao Zheng naturally understood its value, in addition to the one in You Xiong's hand, Zhao Zheng also made four, one for Shi Songzhi, and the other for Meng Heng's house in Xiangyang Mansion. The first general in the world of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zheng has been fascinated for a long time, known as the master of mobile defense, he did not take advantage of Mongolia during his lifetime, not to mention that he gave the heaviest blow at the most critical time in the Jin Kingdom, Lianmeng destroyed Jin, broke through Caizhou, forced Jin Aizong to hang himself, and was ashamed of Jingkang!
The other two Zhao Zheng are going to use it when they enter Beijing.
Zhao Zheng gave You Xiong the most detailed chart of the Nanyang Seas, and gave a brief introduction to the customs and customs of various places. Although everything was ready, there were still risks, and in the end, Tuo Shi Miyuan found a sailor familiar with the South China Sea. This is a little reassuring. At this time, the sea was relatively calm, and although there were islands, they were rampant, and most of them were inshore. Of course, Shi Miyuan's willingness to do this was not for nothing, and he asked for thirty percent of the income of this merchant ship.
Wang Fucai also asked a nephew in the clan to follow Zhao Zheng to the South China Sea, and spent a lot of money to hire two teams of dart masters to escort the ship, just in case he ran into pirates who didn't open his eyes.
Of course, the merchant ship sailing to the South Seas was not only glass, soap products, but also some silk, tea, porcelain, etc.
On June 13 of the second year of Shaoding, the merchant ship left Guangzhou, and no one except Zhao Zheng realized the significance of this voyage. In the city of Guangzhou, the eyes of the two governments were firmly attracted by another thing, and the sensation caused even wanted to spread throughout the Great Song Dynasty.
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This time the protagonist is still Zhao Zheng, he leads the work of Tunhaitian, kelp yield per mu is 10,000 catties, calculated according to 625 grams of a catty in the Great Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to more than six tons of later generations, compared with the modern average yield of nearly ten tons per mu, this kelp is certainly not a bumper harvest. But for this era, this is already a mythical number.
Kelp and nori are mainly cultivated by spores, and the seedlings are more likely to be eaten by pests. If it weren't for the huge amount of manpower invested in those 10 acres of sea fields, there were people guarding almost every day, every night, all the time, to check the growth of kelp, and the kelp would not have these yields. Therefore, this mu yield of 10,000 catties cannot be universally represented. In the future, if it is promoted and replaced by civilian planting, only half of the sea fields may be harvested, but on average, there is a harvest of nearly 5,000 catties per mu, which is still of great significance.
And this matter has caused a sensation in the capital, and before Zhao Zheng entered Beijing, he won the expectations of the people and officials of Lin'an Mansion, and the government and the opposition were looking forward to it.
Zhao Zheng is also working hard for a gorgeous debut at this time.
Of course, the immortal difficulty is to fall from the sky, and this hot air balloon is what Zhao Zheng wants to prepare. With this as an opportunity, he is ready to make his new Taoism debut.
The so-called new Taoism is, of course, a bottle of science.
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The production of hot air balloons is naturally not smooth sailing, and the principle of non-expiration is not complicated, but it is a large Kong Ming lantern, but the materials are a little troublesome, but it can't withstand Zhao Zheng's big money thrown down.
However, those who know about this matter have been given a strict gag order by Sun He, and this thing should not be leaked for the time being, so as not to lose the freshness and shock. Although those craftsmen were sewing a huge balloon for Zhao Zheng with animal skins, they didn't know what it was used for, and as for the heater, although there was no blowtorch, with the experience and technology to successfully make kerosene lamps, the heating gas was nothing more than a little slower.
When the pig rose into the sky with the hot air balloon, Sun He and Wang Fucai asked in a trembling voice: "Little fairy, are you really a fairy?" ”
Zhao Zheng pointed to the hot air balloon in the sky: "Because of that thing?" ”
"It's just a bigger Kong Ming lantern."
Sun He and Wang Fucai naturally knew what a Kong Ming lantern was, and every Lantern Festival, there were always some big families who would put this kind of lantern for wishing, but they couldn't compare the Kong Ming lantern with the immortal weapon that could fly in front of them for a while.
That's flying! Just thinking about it is fascinating.
"Stop drooling, pull this pig down with me." Zhao Zheng interrupted the two who were looking at the sky with a demented and shocked face, the hot air balloon was connected with a rope, and it took manpower to land.
After several successive animal experiments, the human experiments began. However, the legend of the Flying Chaos Beast has recently spread in Guangzhou City, which has made people panic.
For the sake of secrecy, Zhao Zheng conducted experiments to find outside the city, but Guangzhou is located in the Pearl River Delta, is a plain, people have a wide field of vision, unless they leave Guangzhou, it is difficult not to be discovered.
In order to appease the city, Zhao Zheng had to communicate with Zhao Guangle to tell him the truth, and then the county government issued a notice explaining that it was Zhao Zheng refining immortal weapons, so that people should not panic.
Zhao Zheng's image in Guangzhou City has long been classified as a fairy, so no one questioned it when it was explained like this, and no one asked Zhao Zheng what it was.
In addition to Sun He and Wang Fucai, Zhao Guangle's outlook on life was almost shaken when he saw the hot air balloon flying into the sky with several animals.
He believes in the classics of Zi Bu Silent Strange Power and Confusion, and he is very respectful of Zhao Zheng, and does not regard Zhao Zheng as a ghost and a fairy Buddha, in fact, every time Zhao Zheng talks to him, he will not engage in some things that are chattering with gods, and now Zhao Guangle is also a little trembling and asks if Zhao Zheng is a god.
After Zhao Zheng explained the principle, Zhao Guangle was relieved, but then fell into a new round of thinking, why did others not think of such a simple principle?
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After more than a dozen animal experiments, the technology has matured and human experiments should be conducted.
But Zhao Zheng didn't want to be the first to go up, after all, he was a little stunned, what if this thing was broken? Although Zhao Zheng understands that even if the balloon is broken, it can play the role of a parachute and will not hurt his life, as long as a big hole does not suddenly appear. And in the basket under the hot air balloon, Zhao Zheng prepared a parachute.
But the first one ...... What if God doesn't open his eyes?
Zhao Zheng asked the others to go up, and the others all said with a pious face, how could their filthy body enter the sky, and also said that they were shallow and could not manipulate the immortal weapon.
Looking at everyone's expressions, Zhao Zheng couldn't be sure, he couldn't say that he was afraid, but Sun He saw a clue and expressed his willingness to go to heaven with Zhao Zheng.
Someone started with it, so it was naturally okay, and then Wang Fucai also expressed his willingness, and Zhao Guangle then expressed his position. As for the other sergeants, they did not have a chance to speak.
According to the previous design, it can bear the weight of four people, but for the sake of insurance, Zhao Zheng still decided to go up only two, everything is difficult at the beginning, and he must set an example, so he decided to go up with Sun He.
The balloon slowly rises into the air, and the lamp stove constantly heats the air, creating buoyancy.
Really fly up!
The underground man looked stunned, and then there was a burst of excitement, it was really possible!
However, Zhao Zheng in the basket was not like this, the nervous emotions on his face were unobstructed, and Sun He was excited.
Zhao Zheng was a little puzzled: "Brother Sun." Aren't you afraid? ”
Sun He asked strangely, "Why are you afraid?" It's something you do. Besides, you're on top of this, what am I afraid of? "The trust in Zhao Zheng is clear at a glance. It can even be classified as fanatical.
After the balloon rose to the end of the rope, Zhao Zheng took out the glasses in his arms and handed them to Sun He: "Brother Sun, this is the true use of the glasses I told you, and they should be used here." Saying that, Zhao Zheng smiled reluctantly.
"Oh?" Sun He was also a little excited, but Zhao Zheng looked at the glasses in his hand.
The lens is a vast land, and the city of Guangzhou is as if it is only the size of a carriage in his eyes at this time, and when he looks at it with his glasses, every street is so clear that he can even faintly see his mansion.
"With this weapon, the enemy camp will have no secrets to speak of!