085 Revisit Peach Blossom Island
In order to ensure safety, this time to Peach Blossom Island, Wang Jinlong specially transferred a warship. This warship is very different from the warships captured from the Jin and Song kingdoms four years ago, and the biggest difference is the size.
In this historical period, the Southern Song Dynasty was the country with the best shipbuilding technology, but even so, the largest ship that could be built was more than 15 zhang long and 5 zhang wide. And the one Wang Jinlong rode on was ten zhang wide and more than thirty-five zhang long, which was converted into a modern length unit, which was more than 100 meters!
The reason why there has been such a big improvement in shipbuilding technology all of a sudden is of course because Wang Jinlong is stirring up in it. Although he did not understand shipbuilding, he always had a way to solve the greater restrictions of shipbuilding, and it was reasonable that shipbuilding technology had developed by leaps and bounds.
The bigger the ship, the stronger the combat effectiveness, and of course, the technology to build a big ship also needs to be blocked. At present, all the big ships are in the navy army under Wang Jinlong. Because of this, it only takes 2,000 sailors to run rampant across the ocean, so that neither Jin nor Song dare to provoke, lest they be crushed.
Sitting on such a big boat, Bao Xiqiao and Mu Nianci were just fine, but Yang Kang was excited. Regardless of ancient or modern, as long as they are men, most of them will be very interested in weapons and other things, and Yang Kang is no exception. Standing on this warship, which was like a war beast, he suddenly felt a burst of pride, and he longed to drive this ship to the end of the sky to have a look.
Wang Jinlong came to his side, smiled and asked, "How is it, do you like it?" ”
Yang Kang immediately nodded and said, "I like it, I like it so much!" I really didn't expect that the ship could be built so big. With such a warship, who in the world can be beaten? ”
Wang Jinlong shook his head and said, "What is this?" In the future, we will build bigger and stronger ships, at least with a layer of iron armor on the surface. There are also weapons, which also need to be transformed. The bed crossbows and trebuchets used now are too poor, with little power and poor accuracy, and it is too troublesome to fight a war with these weapons, even if it is won. ”
Yang Kang was speechless: "You are still not satisfied with such a powerful warship? Your navy is already invincible, so what's the use of building stronger ships? ”
Wang Jinlong said: "Invincible in the world? Far from it! Do you know those big food merchants, Persian merchants that are common in the south? Do you know how they came about? They all came across the ocean. They can come to us, but none of us can go to their country, you know what that means? ”
Yang Kang groaned slightly, then raised his eyebrows and said, "In case they have bad intentions, only they will beat us, but we can't beat them?" Probably not, right? Even if their merchant ships could cross the vast sea, it would not be so easy to send a large army here, right? ”
Wang Jinlong nodded and said, "It's already very good that you can think of this." But what you're missing is the future. In the case of boats, in the beginning, people crossed the river with a piece of wood, and then people made a hole in the middle of the giant tree and sat in it, so there were canoes. Later, instead of sticking to a single giant log, people made a small boat out of planks. Later, the boat grew larger and larger, from being able to carry only three or two people to being able to carry two or three hundred people. Now we have built a warship that can carry 200 sergeants while maintaining strong combat effectiveness. And what about the future? What will the big ship of the future look like? ”
Yang Kang frowned and said, "Dad, do you mean that since the Great Cannibals and Persians can cross the ocean to do business with us now, it is possible to transport troops over in the future?" Unlikely, right? The small court of Lin'an is very weak, but to attack it, it must have at least 100,000 troops. An army of 100,000 people, even if you don't count horses, grain and grass and other materials, how many ships do you have to transport 100,000 people alone? ”
Wang Jinlong nodded appreciatively, Yang Kang, if he wasn't too cold-hearted and selfish, he would actually be a very good talent. Intelligent, quick to react, even if the vision is not long enough, it can be taught. As long as he broadens his horizons, his vision will naturally be long-term.
In fact, for a hero who competes for the world, coldness and selfishness are not necessarily shortcomings, sometimes even advantages. Counting the founding monarchs of all dynasties, who is not cool and selfish? People who are really not cold and selfish can't become heroes at all.
Although Wang Jinlong has established a lot of power, his mentality is still an ordinary person, and only ordinary people unconsciously follow the moral norms formulated by others. If you want to fight for the world, you must jump out of the mentality of ordinary people and become a rule-maker, but he has not yet woken up to this.
Even though he was still a little dissatisfied with Yang Kang's character, he was still very satisfied with his intelligence, so Wang Jinlong was also interested, and began to talk about it like Yang Kang told him stories when he was a child. In such a Kanda Mountain, Wang Jinlong slowly instilled in him all kinds of modern ideas and visions. It's hard to say how much impact it can have on Yang Kang, but it's definitely certain that Yang Kang will be different from the original.
Soon, Peach Blossom Island arrived. As soon as the big ship docked at the dock, Huang Yaoshi and Huang Rong rushed to greet them when they heard the news. After the two families met and greeted each other, Huang Rong suddenly said a sentence, which made Wang Jinlong stunned for a long time. She asked, "Godmother, why didn't Brother Jing come?" ”
When Bao Xiqiao came to visit Huang Rong on Peach Blossom Island before, he always brought Yang Kang, Mu Nianci, and Yang Lian. Yang Kang and Mu Nianci usually practice and play with Guo Jing, but when they left suddenly, Guo Jing was naturally very lonely, so when Bao Xiweak came to Peach Blossom Island again, he simply took Guo Jing with him. Therefore, Guo Jing and Huang Rong also met in advance.
Maybe it's fate, Huang Rong and Yang Kang pinched as soon as they met, but when they saw Guo Jing, they felt cordial. At this time, Guo Jing was still young, and he didn't have a bloody BMW comparable to Cadillac, and it was impossible to take out gold equivalent to millions of cash casually, but the two of them were in tune, and no one had a problem.
There is a saying on the modern Internet that a woman like Huang Rong can only marry a "stupid" man like Guo Jing. Only Guo Jing can tolerate such an excellent Huang Rong, and it is difficult for any other man to accept that his wife is better than himself. Unless it's the kind of little white face that doesn't even want a face, there will definitely be problems between husband and wife.
And Guo Jing, a man who is wise and foolish, honest and generous, can adhere to the bottom limit of principles, and can accept that his wife is stronger than himself, is really rarer than a giant panda. Huang Rong was able to marry him, many people thought that flowers were inserted in cow dung, but in fact, this was Huang Rong's luck, only cow dung can make flowers more colorful.
These thoughts were just a flash of Wang Jinlong's thoughts, and he quickly came back to his senses, and asked Bao Xiweak to deal with Huang Rong, and he talked to Huang Yaoshi about some men's topics.
Wang Jinlong has been tossing and turning things in the past few years, others don't know, how can Huang Yaoshi, who is barely an overseas person, not know? Now the people who are begging for a living at sea don't know that there is no Golden Dragon King in the East China Sea at all, not to mention that Huang Yaoshi and him are sworn brothers, of course, they should pay more attention.
The two chatted for a while, and the topic naturally turned to martial arts. Huang Yaoshi asked, "Brother Xian, have you comprehended the general outline of the Nine Yin True Scripture?" ”
Since getting the first volume of the "Nine Yin True Scripture", Huang Yaoshi has been studying day and night, but unfortunately the harvest is not as big as imagined. The content of the first volume of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" is mainly in terms of internal strength and mental methods, such as easy tendon forging bones, healing chapters, acupoint solving secrets, soul transfer methods and so on. Although these contents did open Huang Yaoshi's eyes, they were not of much help to people at Huang Yaoshi's level. At least in terms of combat effectiveness, there has not been much improvement.
In this case, Huang Yaoshi, of course, shifted his attention to the "general outline". The general outline is transliterated in Sanskrit, and it looks like it is all Chinese characters, but I can't understand it at all, and I can't understand the meaning at all. But the more this is the case, the more Huang Yaoshi firmly believes that the most valuable part of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" is the general outline! It's a pity that he can't figure it out, and now that he sees Wang Jinlong, who also has the "Nine Yin True Scripture", of course he has to ask.
Of course, Wang Jinlong also studied the "Nine Yin True Scripture", but he only learned those skills, and did not study them deeply. Although the general outline is very remarkable, he already has the Jiuyang Divine Skill and the Innate Skill, and he really didn't put the general outline of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" in his eyes, so he knew the mystery and didn't bother to crack it. Now that Huang Yaoshi asked, he simply pointed out and said, "Big brother, do you understand Sanskrit?" ”
Huang Yaoshi is a scholar of heaven and man, and he is proficient in more knowledge, but he is not omniscient, hearing Wang Jinlong ask, he said suspiciously: "Sanskrit? I don't understand. Does it have anything to do with the "Nine Yin True Scripture"? ”
Wang Jinlong said: "I got a miracle by chance, and it was recorded in the gap of the "Ranga Sutra" in the Bodhidharma handbook. Bodhidharma is a Tianzhu man, and the scriptures he wrote are of course recorded in Sanskrit. When I was practicing this divine skill, I wondered what it had to do with the scriptures, so I studied Sanskrit. In the end, it turned out that the divine work was written by later generations, and it had nothing to do with the scriptures themselves, but it also gave me a rough understanding of Sanskrit. The general outline of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" is a bit like the pronunciation of Sanskrit, maybe there is some connection in it. ”
Huang Yaoshi suddenly said: "You mean that the general outline is Sanskrit written in Chinese characters?" But what's the point? Huang Shang's predecessors were Taoist masters, why did they use Sanskrit to give some of the most important general outlines? ”
Wang Jinlong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows, maybe he thinks that those who know Sanskrit must be proficient in Buddhism, and those who are proficient in Buddhism will not be bad people, right?" ”
Huang Yaoshi scoffed at this: "Those who are proficient in the Dharma are not bad people? Is it likely that the channel is a bad guy? Because he was born in Taoism, he is simply a traitor to Taoism! ”
Wang Jinlong laughed and said, "Big brother, I didn't see that you are so cynical. Huang Shang is a bit of a mistake to say that he is a Taoist traitor, but to say that he is a nerd, he is definitely not wronged at all. As a court official, his family was killed, and he didn't want to take revenge with the help of the government, but he nested in the mountains for forty years, just to crack the enemy's martial arts. By the time he made it out of the mountain, the enemies were all old and dead. Such a strange thing, can you expect him to think about the problem very thoroughly? ”