Chapter 338 Jianghu

[Today's second update]

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The other party actually melted the coins from the new ones to make weapons, which really surprised Deng Haonan.

"Wechen has tried it," Wang Chen continued: "After exchanging fifty silver dollars into a coin, the obtained molten steel can be used to cast a sword, and the cast sword can be called a sword among the people, and it can be sold for a thousand silver dollars a piece on the market." Especially the martial arts people, there is a huge demand for them, so the profits are very huge."

"Damn"

Deng Haonan couldn't help but curse, this kind of speculation is really hateful, because this will destroy the balance of the empire's currency circulation, and in the long run, it will lead to price fluctuations, and even cause the lack of money supply to slow down the economic development rate.

If it's just speculation to make money, then Deng Haonan can still bear it. Because this represents the popular recognition that coins issued by the imperial government are also hard currency, which can be equated with the status of gold and silver as hard currency. If that's just the case, Deng Haonan only needs to order the Imperial Mint of the central bank to properly regulate the amount of coins issued, and issue more coins to supplement market supply and demand.

However, if the other side uses coins to mint weapons, secretly organizes rebellions, or undermines social stability, then the problem is serious.

"What do you think?"

Deng Haonan didn't understand the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't believe the nonsense on TV in later generations, so he could only get information from Wang Chen's mouth.

However, Wang Chen is not a person in the rivers and lakes, and his knowledge is limited.

"How do these Jianghu people survive? Collecting protection money from the common people? ”

In later generations, Deng Haonan only knew that the people of Jianghu survived by collecting protection money. In TV, I only know that people rob the rich and help the poor. However, now that Deng Haonan is the emperor, the people of the rivers and lakes are breaking the law and rebelling against him by collecting protection money or robbing the rich and helping the poor.

"Collecting protection money is just the work of small gangs," Wang Chen replied: "Among the big sects, the martial arts sect survives by its own industry, and the evil sect robs the landlords and businessmen to survive. For example, Shaolin survived on the incense money offered by pilgrims, and Emei handed over the land under the mountain to tenants to cultivate and collect rents to survive. Wudang controls the silver mines of Wudang Mountain, which can collect silver and exchange it for silver coins to live. Like the previous Chao Gang, they are also martial arts sects, making money by selling goods by sea. The criminals of the imperial court were generally absorbed by cults and gangs, and were specially used to rob families and houses to make ends meet and collect money. ”

After listening to Wang Chen's introduction, Deng Haonan had a little count in his heart.

"These martial arts gang vendettas, the local government doesn't care?"

"Basically," Wang Chen replied: "Generally, there are rules for martial arts vendettas, and innocent civilians must not be harmed. Locally, the government and the martial arts sect are almost well water and do not interfere with river water. Martial arts gangs are registered with the government at the local level, and they also have to pay taxes every year, which is no different from normal corporate units. ”

Deng Haonan frowned and said: "But martial arts vendetta and dead people are the country's affairs." Commit suicide privately, end it privately, so what else does the government do? ”

Wang Chen said: "This is indeed the case, but all dynasties have not been able to solve this problem. The martial arts sect is like a big family, if something happens in the family, the patriarch has the right to deal with them, and even the execution of the official will not say anything"

Wang Chen said that Deng Haonan understood in his heart that this problem has been inherited from the era of primitive society, and even in later generations, in some countries, the family rules are greater than the national law, for example, India is such a country.

This is an arduous and long struggle, and Deng Haonan knows in his heart that it will be difficult to end this situation for a while, and it will take a long time to dilute the conflict between national law and family rules.

When the rivers and lakes are always an unstable factor, the threat to the imperial court is not small. The original White Lotus Sect was also regarded as more than half of the martial arts sect.

"It is necessary to control the martial arts"

Deng Haonan thought of this and said, "You continue to track down that mysterious organization, and at the same time, you also notify the local government and keep an eye on the martial arts sect." In the future, if the government learns the news, it must intervene to let the Wulin sect know the government's existence."

"Wechen obeys the order"

Wang Chen retired, Deng Haonan thought for a while, but he didn't have a clue, so he had to temporarily put it down and walk outside.

Outside, it was already dark, and the evening breeze was blowing.

Xiao Liuzi saw that his master was unhappy, so he stepped forward and said, "Long live Lord, John Tang has already installed the astronomical telescope, why don't you go over and take a look?" ”

Although John Tang manages the affairs of the Imperial University, he still works part-time as the supervisor of Qintian. With the return of the European caravan, Li De brought back a large number of European scientific instruments and equipment, as well as a large number of books and a large number of scientists.

These books were selected, duplicated and more than 900,000 volumes were stored in the Imperial Library and translated through the Imperial University, which then made the translated books available for the study of the teachers and students of the Imperial University.

The scientists and scholars who came from Europe were basically calm and happy to be able to carry out scientific research and creation in the Chinese Empire.

The Spanish Sicilian astronomers Zuci and Bathory observed and mapped Jupiter's surface streaks, which were introduced to the Qin Tianjian when they arrived in China. Deng Haonan is very fond of astronomical telescopes, and when he has nothing to do, he will go to Qintianjian to see the colorful world of the universe.

Of course, most of the universe Deng Haonan saw on the earth was black and white, because the color of the atmosphere was filtered, and the colorful universe could not be seen.

However, it is still very exciting to be able to observe celestial bodies in this era.

Xiao Liuzi led the way, Deng Haonan came to Qintianjian, and Tang Ruowang and a cadre of officials were there to pick up the car.

For Tang Ruowang, Deng Haonan had to admire his perseverance, and until now, Tang Ruowang still has not dispelled the idea of pulling Deng Haonan into the church.

The main reason for this was that Deng Haonan was a non-sectarian, and Deng Haonan did not belong to any sect, including local Buddhism and Taoism. In this way, John Tang had a very large idea, if Deng Haonan was pulled into Catholicism, then the Chinese Empire was very likely to make Catholicism the state religion in the future, which was better than 10 million floating slaughter for a missionary.

Deng Haonan knew Tang Ruowang's thoughts, but he didn't break him, because Deng Haonan wanted to take out more knowledge from Tang Ruowang. At the very least, John Tong was proficient in twelve Chinese and could help the empire translate quite a few foreign works, which was simply too important for the empire.

"I don't think I've seen this telescope?"

Deng Haonan came to the stargazing platform and found that there was an extra astronomical telescope.

The astronomical telescope in front of me was designed and built by John Tang, Zuqi and Bathory, and it took half a year to complete. This telescope is much larger than the previous ones, but it is still too small in Deng Haonan's eyes.

In 1609, Galileo built a telescope with a diameter of 4.2 centimeters and a length of about 12 centimeters. He used plano-convex lenses as objective lenses and concave lenses as eyepieces, an optical system called a Galilean telescope. Galileo Galilei pointed the telescope to the sky and made a series of important discoveries, and astronomy entered the telescope era. In 1611, Kepler used two biconvex lenses as objective lenses and eyepieces, which significantly improved the magnification, and later people called this optical system Keplerian telescope.

A true astronomical telescope is generally the latter, also known as a Kepler telescope.

The astronomical telescope built by John Tong, Zuqi and Bathory is 70 centimeters long and has a diameter of 25 centimeters. Although it is much worse than the astronomical telescope with an aperture of 70 or 80 centimeters that Deng Haonan knows, it has to be said that the 25-centimeter astronomical telescope has been 100 years ahead of Europe.

John Tang bowed down and replied: "Thanks to His Majesty's strong support for His Majesty, His Majesty can build a high-quality glass factory, so that he can polish a lens with a diameter of twenty-five centimeters."

Deng Haonan smiled faintly, and said secretly, if I don't support you, how can I get a high-quality glass factory for me

"I should thank you for not knowing when this glass factory would have been built without your help."

Tang Ruowang led Deng Haonan over and said, "Your Majesty can see Jupiter from this position now."

Deng Haonan nodded, and observed Mars through the new telescope, although the clarity is much better than before, but the color problem is indeed very blurry, in addition to the relationship between the atmosphere, and the processing of the lens is much worse.

However, Deng Haonan was not happy about the color of the astronomical telescope, but about the completion and commissioning of the glass factory.

The original glass factory only helped John Tang develop the lenses needed for astronomical telescopes, and when he successfully developed a relatively pure and transparent glass, Deng Haonan immediately transferred him to other industries.

The first is to produce civilian glass and put an end to the situation in which the common people of the empire use paper as windows in their lives. Of course, this will take time, as well as the ability of glass factories to produce cheap glass on a large scale, otherwise ordinary people cannot afford it. However, you can sell it to rich people in the early stage, and you will definitely make money.

Secondly, Deng Haonan invented binoculars, ending the era of monoculars. Binoculars were first used in the military, and Imperial commanders now did not need to use binoculars to observe enemy situations. With binoculars, the magnification has been increased and you can see farther and more clearly. At the same time, the viewing angle of both eyes is larger and the range is wider, which is convenient for the commander to make overall judgments.

Thirdly, the glass factory not only produces glass, but also all kinds of glass products, which together with porcelain have become the necessities of people's life.

However, the existing glass factories can only meet the needs of the military and the imperial palace, and it will take a long time to popularize it among the people.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and once it begins, things will be easier in the future.

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North America, the northern border town of San Giorgio in Mexico.

As the terrain around St. George was completely mastered by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the American dispatch of the Chinese Empire, Ma Guangyuan ordered the looting of St. George.

Around four o'clock in the morning, a thin layer of fog filled the air. The jaguar and leopard rode out of Glen Canyon, northeast of St. George's, and headed straight for their destination, St. George's.

Along the way, all the soldiers of the Haw Par Cavalry forbade loud talking, the horses were covered with chewing heads, and the hooves of the horses were wrapped in a thick cloth, so that their voices were buried in the ground and not transmitted into the air.

The jaguar and leopard ride, since stepping on the American continent, is the first time to see the white people's residential area, the first time to rob the white people's wealth, one by one seems to be very excited.

It's been almost five years since the tiger and leopard rode to the Americas, and it is time for the soldiers and you to fully adapt to the living conditions in North America and no longer vomit and diarrhea at every turn.

After five years of arduous training, this army is well-trained and its combat effectiveness has gradually become stronger.

St. George's was a border town in the Spanish-Mexican colony with a population of more than 700 and more than 3,000 slaves.

The Espanyol team has been developing Mexico for more than 100 years, but for Mexico, it is only based on the exploitation of rich mineral resources, supplemented by large farms and estates, which is a typical European feudal style.

Mexico is rich in mineral resources, especially gold, silver, iron, lead and other resources. Because of this, the Spaniards exterminated the indigenous Indian tribes and occupied these places for mining.

Mexico's gold mines are mainly in the four states of Zizima, Guerrero, Sonora and Durango, with more than 300 gold mines, from the initial annual output of 950 kilograms to about 5 tons of gold in 1635.

Mexico is the world's second-largest producer of silver, but the Spanish colony of Peru is the number one. The Spaniards grabbed more than 70 tons of silver a year in Mexico. Silver mines are everywhere in Mexico, but there are one or two silver mining sites near Spanish settlements. However, the largest silver mine in Mexico was in Zacatecas, the capital of Mexico City, and the center of the city built by the indigenous people was a palace built with more than 100 tons of silver.

Although there are many iron ores in Mexico, they are not well developed. The main reason is that the Spaniards only used iron ore to forge weapons, and most Spaniards usually took the time and energy to mine silver and gold.

Lead ore was a key mining force in Mexico, and most of the Spaniards' weapons had lead bullets, even artillery shells. Because the Spaniards like to show off their strength and at the same time, they use the great lethality caused by firearms to intimidate the enemy, and the lethality of lead bullet is obviously the evil spirit god of the firearms age. Mexico is the world's largest producer of lead ore and exports to the world. The former Ming also imported lead from the Spaniards, mainly from Mexico.

However, this qiē was not important for the Imperial Jaguar and Panther Riders, but the important thing was that the town of San George had two small silver mines. Information was obtained from the Indians that the Spaniards had just finished refining all the silver ore of the previous month yesterday, and the silver nuggets were stored in the town waiting to be transported.

At dawn, the Imperial tiger and leopard rode on the morning mist to gather wet grass and mud to encircle the entire town of St. George.

A bloody storm came unexpectedly. E