Chapter 80: The Age of Sail
"Yes. Holy Lord, this gem is very precious, and it originally belonged to the Great Eclipse. I'm willing to make this deal with the Holy One. These beads are holy. Seeing that Zhao Ji intended to exchange the "Bright Eye" for those walking beads, Ansari hurriedly said.
"Holy Lord, no. This "Eye of Light" is the incarnation of Ahura, the deity that my Mingjiao believes in, and I have been looking for it for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be in the body of the saint. Pray that the Holy One can return it to Mingjiao and enshrine it on the top of the light. Shi Bao was taken aback and knelt on the ground and pleaded.
He followed Zhao Ji's side, but he didn't know that Zhao Ji had "bright eyes" on him. ”
"Hahaha. It seems that this gem is not ordinary! It seems that you can't afford to change these walking beads! Zhao laughed and laughed.
Ansari's face was very ugly, and he didn't expect that there were people from the Ming Sect by Zhao Ji's side. He came to the Great Song Dynasty, although he came to do business, but more importantly, to study. However, now, the most important thing is to get back the "Eye of Light", which is very important for the Seljuk Empire to control the Great Eclipse. To a certain extent, this gem is also a sacred relic of the Celestial Sect, as it has long been set in the crown of the caliph.
"What are the conditions, the Holy One said, as long as this gem is returned to us for the Great Food, as long as we can do something, the Holy One can speak." Ansari said eagerly.
"Hahaha. Now it's time for me to come to you to buy a pearl necklace. Zhao Ji put away the "Bright Eye" and said. Zhao Ji is unwilling to chill Mingjiao's heart, there are more places to use Mingjiao in the future, how can it be replaced by a plate of beads?
Seeing that Ansari didn't speak, Zhao Ji continued: "You want to enter the civilization academy to study, in my opinion, there must be something to hide, and I can't recommend you to go." Although I am rich all over the world, I really can't afford it. Farewell. ”
After speaking, Zhao Ji turned around and wanted to leave. Ansari was a little anxious, if Zhao Ji didn't come, he would also have to find a way to enter the Civilization Academy. For Shen Kuo's three major inventions: longitude and latitude nautical charts, navigation compasses, and star-pulling sextants. Seeing that the "Eye of Light" could not be obtained, and his attempt to enter the civilization academy was shattered, this made him anxious.
"Holy Lord, do you know why so many big cannibals have come to this Quanzhou?" In order to attract Zhao Ji to stay, Ansari hurriedly said.
"Oh, why?" Zhao Ji was really attracted.
Zhao Ji naturally knew that it was the Chola Kingdom that blocked the Maritime Silk Road, but he also wanted to hear the story of the Great Cannibal.
"Because you, the Great Song, have stolen the dimensional navigation law of our Great Eclipse. The Latitude Navigation Law is my compatriot and the reason for my existence in Quanzhou. However. After the Latitude Navigation Law was stolen by you, our merchants of Great Food had no livelihood. Ansari replied.
Even in the Song Dynasty, when the shipbuilding industry was at its most developed, the Western Ocean, and even the entire Maritime Silk Road, were controlled by the Great Cannibals. There is no other reason, the big cannibal has a latitude navigation method, and can clearly know the location of the vast sea when sailing, so he can control the Maritime Silk Road and sail the sea ships into the port of Quanzhou. And because of the lack of this technology, the Great Song Dynasty was very difficult to trade with the countries of the South Seas, not to mention going to the West. Although the compass can discern directions, it cannot determine the exact position at sea, which requires latitude navigation.
The longitude and latitude nautical chart is a nautical chart drawn by the way of longitude and latitude lines, and the captain has a copy for each person, so as not to find where he is on the sea. The sextant measures the angle between the stars in the sky, mainly the North Star, and the sea level, and determines the latitude and longitude of the map. The navigation compass is composed of three parts, the Tianchi, the inner disk, and the outer disk. Tianchi is the compass, and the inner disc can be the angle indicated by the compass, which is used to measure whether the route taken in the voyage deviates from the course. The outer tray is a tray, which is used for proofreading. The navigation compass is divided into two kinds, one is the dry compass and the other is the water compass, and the water compass is the compass used for navigation.
Since the advent of Shen Kuo's three major inventions, the situation has undergone a shocking reversal. The entire Nanyang sea area is full of Great Song Dynasty sea ships, just like the people shopping in the East City. Not only the South Seas, but also the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan have the maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty coming and going, and they are no longer restricted by the monsoon, and they can come and go frequently.
The ports of the East China Sea in the Great Song Dynasty are developing rapidly, mainly due to the arrival of the era of offshore shipping. In the past, there was no water compass, no latitude and longitude charts, and offshore shipping was restricted by reefs, and if you were not careful, it was easy to run into the reef and sink. Even in the five major port cities of Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Mingzhou, Mizhou, and Shangjing, where there are few reefs, patrol divisions should be set up to lead the way for ships coming to the port to avoid running aground and sinking.
After Shen Kuo's three major inventions, the long coastline of the Great Song Dynasty has been surveyed by the Weiguo Academy, and a detailed sea chart has been drawn to indicate the location of the reef. In some important places, navigation lighthouses have also been set up, and navigation lighthouses are distributed along the long offshore shipping line, which is a magnificent lighthouse line if you look at it from the sky. With the advent of offshore shipping, many small offshore fishing villages are developing towards port cities. The transport ships coming and going near the sea have surpassed the Cao transport ships of the Sui and Tang Dynasties Grand Canal, and even surpassed the Cao transport ships of the Bianhe River.
Ansari believed that Shen Kuo's longitude and latitude navigation charts were their latitude navigation methods, and Ansari was shocked by the vitality brought by the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty. The endless flow of seafaring merchant ships, the job of the big cannibal is not guaranteed! In the port cities of the Great Song Dynasty, new ships were launched every day, and new shipyards and docks were built every day. At this speed of development, the big cannibal has no future for development!
Therefore, there are big cannibals who have gathered in Quanzhou and occupied Quanzhou, in order to have a place to survive.
Ansari, and even all the big food merchants, weren't so angry. Their latitude navigation law has a high degree of secrecy, and historically, the Arabs have indeed kept this technology secret from the Chinese for more than 800 years. Therefore, they don't think that it was the Great Song who stole their technology, and Ansari said this in order to gain a moral upper hand in the dialogue with Zhao Ji.
What really angered Ansari and the Great Food Merchants was that the Great Song Dynasty had changed, and the Song people had no sense of technical secrecy, and no matter what kind of technology it was, it would be regarded as a trick by the scholar class, and could not be compared with the Confucian classics of governance. It was difficult for Koreans, Japanese, or people from other countries to buy books in the Great Song Dynasty, and it was difficult to buy Confucian classics and books related to the recent achievements of Confucian governance, because the Song court was very strict. On the contrary, technical books are easy to buy, such as "Qi Min Yao Shu", which is sold in every bookstore.
In ancient China, it was true that there was no emphasis on technical books, which led to Japan and Goryeo even surpassing the Great Song Dynasty in the application of many craft technologies. For example, the pen and ink paper of Korea, and the knife casting technique of Japan. It's not that the craftsmanship of the Great Song Dynasty is not strong, but it has not been taken out and used, and it has not been taken seriously and drowned. Zhao Ji remembered that there was a technical book called "Tiangong Kaiwu" in later generations, which was still discovered in Japan, but not in China.
However, with the arrival of Zhao Ji, the Great Song Dynasty changed. Confucian classics and other philosophical books and poems of various schools can be sold to the outside world without restrictions, but some technical books are very restricted. Tiangong Academy, there is a private expedition team, which is to search for whether there are still missing and neglected technology in the folk industry. Three hundred and sixty lines, in Tiangong Academy, every technical field industry has a college, dedicated to learning and improving this process. The latest achievements are resold to the workshop owner to obtain technical dividends, and the technology will not be disclosed to the public. Naturally, the workshop owner will not leak the process of making money.
As a result, Ansari, Pu Yuanyi and other big food merchants spent a lot of effort, but they couldn't get the manufacturing process of Shen Kuo's three major inventions, and they couldn't even use it. Because in order to learn how to use it, to buy longitude and latitude nautical charts, star-drawing sextants, and water compasses, it is necessary to spend a sum of money and go to the maritime school run by the workshop owner to study for a few months. Only those who are at the level of a captain will spend money to learn. Moreover, if you want to buy an instrument, you must also have a commercial bank as a guarantee and be registered in the record. However, when it comes to learning how to use it, they don't understand the principles of application and manufacturing. Education is not universal enough, and many common sense things are not clear. Ansari also wanted to pay to study at a maritime school, but the workshop owners had a rule that the feudal lords could not enter.
"You want Shen Kuo's three major inventions, right? It's even harder than getting into four universities! Zhao Ji was silent for a while, and directly stated Ansari's purpose.
Zhao Ji thought that with Shen Kuo's three major inventions, the ocean in the future will be the ocean of the Great Song Dynasty! The potential of the Great Song Dynasty is really amazing, as a later generation, Zhao Ji was shocked, and he pacified the southwest for half a year, which was the biggest shock to Zhao Ji! With the shipbuilding technology and shipbuilding speed of the Great Song Dynasty, all ships sailing the ocean in the future will be made in the Great Song Dynasty!
The shipbuilding industry of the Song Dynasty in history has indeed reached this point, and Song ships are used for navigation in various countries. The sea is rough, and with a better boat, you have a better chance of survival.
"The great cannibal cannot lose the sea, just as he cannot lose Jerusalem. The Holy God is gracious to the world, and please give us a way to live. Seeing that the matter had been broken, Ansari could only hope that he could get the favor of the Great Song Emperor, who was said to have a benevolent heart.
Zhao Ji smiled. For the Great Song Dynasty to create the Age of Discovery, Zhao Ji is very longing! Now that the Great Song Dynasty has sent people to survey Mayi, it will not take a year and a half to see that everything produced by Mayi will be the Great Song Dynasty. Although Ansari's walking is attractive, it has not yet reached the point of driving Zhao Ji crazy.
"You will not only lose the sea, but you will also lose Jerusalem. You should be aware of the danger! Zhao Ji said mysteriously.
Zhao Ji's voice was calm and indifferent, but it was a thunderbolt for Ansari. Ansari was a scholar who knew the general situation of the world, and he was also aware of the threat of Christendom.
However, Zhao Ji did not say that sentence to show that he was an unpredictable prophet, not to show how he understood the situation in the heavenly world. Instead, Zhao Ji remembered a very important thing, the cartoon of the legend of Sinbad Seven Seas in the later life, and he has not finished watching it with his daughter.
The era of the legend of Sinbad Seven Seas is the era in which the Great Song Dynasty is now. It was during this era that the Arabs invented the "spinnaker", invented the huge four-masted ship, and then went to the four seas. But then, as the Crusades of Christchurch took control of Jerusalem, Arab shipbuilding was not in high demand, and seafaring technology began to decline, and the Venetian Spaniards took the opportunity to learn their skills and sailed to China in their place.
It was supposed to be a great time, but it was overwhelmed by the flames of two hundred years of crusading wars and the arrival of the Mongols! In the end, it was learned by the backward Western Europeans, and they were caught up behind.
"Please make it clear to the Holy Lord?" Ansari bowed.
Ansari knew that he had to have what Zhao Ji wanted here, otherwise Zhao Ji would not have talked so much nonsense with him.
"In this way, I see that you are fluent in Chinese, and there are Liu Yong's words in front of the workshop, which must be the culture of the Great Song Dynasty, so you can stay in the Great Song Dynasty! I have asked the Civilization Academy to set up a special food academy, and you will be the dean. In this way, everything in Da Song is open to you! Zhao said.
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