"You, do you know this?"

Gullitt asked, somewhat surprised.

Zheng Haizhu learned the signature actions of this Dutch uncle's favorite envoy, shrugged his shoulders and said: "We can know the insects that make dyes, why can't we know the telescope?" ”

The interpreter on the side continued to be stunned, not knowing how the "telescope" could be translated into Dutch.

Of course, Zheng Haizhu didn't know what the Dutch telescope said, but she didn't want to reveal more English words, so she asked the interpreter to say that "you can see things very far away".

Hearing her explanation, Gonggong Liu also got up from the chair, paced over with his sleeves on his back, and his two eyes fell on the copper cylinder hanging from Gullit's waist.

"Azhu, can this thing see far away?" Gonggong Liu asked.

Zheng Haizhu remembered that Liu Shimin once said that he had seen Matteo Ricci in the palace to present Western specialties to the Wanli Emperor, and in the second year after the Dutch invented the telescope, the Italian Galileo rose up to catch up and invented the astronomical telescope.

If Liu Shimin didn't know this thing, it was probably the Italian Matteo Ricci who hadn't taken it out.

This is similar to what was written in later generations.

In major military operations such as the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli, the Ming army did not use telescopes. Then, the telescope should be widely recognized and used by the Ming people during the period from the Apocalypse to the Chongzhen period.

Zheng Haizhu then made up a serious story: "Back to my father-in-law, when Ah Zhu's brother was still alive a few years ago, he saw the Taixi missionary and knew about this kind of equipment. My father-in-law is no stranger to reading glasses, right? In fact, if you overlap two lenses at a distance, you can see far away. ”

Liu Shimin didn't hear it very clearly, but he was old and spicy, and he didn't show a very strange perception, so he just nodded abruptly.

The interpreter did not dare to translate this passage in real time, but Gullit, who was very good at observing words and feelings, measured from Zheng Haizhu's gestures that this Ming woman was knowledgeable, most of them, they also knew it from Italian or Germanic missionaries.

The cunning Gullitt immediately turned to the research and asked, "It sounds like you are no strangers to telescopes, why do you want to exchange such a valuable fan with me?" ”

Zheng Haizhu wrote lightly: "We have glasses made of crystal, and we also have glass-fired glasses, but they are more expensive, so I want to see the material of your telescope." Sir just hung on the belt buckle casually, thinking that telescopes are cheap on your continent, and it is no secret. As for our fan, it is not difficult for the Ming craftsmen to embroider it. We're just changing each other's strengths. If your compatriots are rare with this fan, don't forget to order it from us, just like that dress. ”

Gullitt blinked, pondered for a moment, and felt that it was also, Governor Cohen said that the Ming Empire had even translated the "Geometric Original", how could they not understand such a simple principle as a telescope.

Anyway, this thing is worth five "horse sword" silver coins (referring to the currency issued by the Dutch East India Company, 1 horse sword coin = 6 yuan of silver), and there are more than 20 telescopes on his galleon for sailing. And the exquisite fan in the woman's hand, worth at least five hundred silver swords, will surely win joy if she gives it to the Governor.

The Dutch then took off the telescope and held it to Liu Shimin.

Father-in-law Liu reacted quickly, handed it to Zheng Haizhu, and smiled happily: "What you exchanged for embroidery is your thing." ”

Zheng Haizhu understood and knew that Liu Shimin would not use it.

She was about to walk to the gate and look out at the ships on the sea, when Ma Xianglin had already stepped into the courtyard.

Ma Xianglin told Liu Shimin that he had agreed with Cai Feng, the deputy envoy of the Patrol Channel, that the Dutch sailing ships could enter the harbor, but they had to unload all their firearms on a nearby island and be guarded by the Ming army. When loading and unloading goods, both Patrol and Ma Xianglin had to go out from the shore to watch.

Liu Shimin is no longer a domestic slave trusted by the Son of Heaven, and he also knows that the matter of Yuegang Haiphong is very serious, so he agreed.

When the Dutch heard this, they were also very satisfied, after all, they had saved a lot of money.

Both parties were overjoyed, and at the moment, under the witness of the official tooth man, they signed the sales contract, paid the deposit, and agreed to load the ship tomorrow.

Zheng Haizhu was watching from the sidelines, and suddenly remembered the lavender smell on Cai Feng, the deputy envoy of the sea patrol road, and wanted to ask Gullit a question to confirm his guess, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt inappropriate, and finally swallowed it.

After Gulit and his entourage left, Liu Shimin, under the guidance of Zheng Haizhu, studied the telescope for a while, and suddenly said seriously: "Ah Zhu, did you aim at this thing of the Hongyi people early in the morning and want to give it to someone?" ”

Zheng Haizhu looked at Ma Xianglin generously and said: "Yes, I want to give it to General Ma, Gonggong Liu must have understood it, this thing is not only useful for navigation, but also more useful for fighting." ”

Ma Xianglin's heart moved, took the telescope handed over by Liu Shimin, climbed the banyan tree in the courtyard in a few steps, and raised the lens tube towards the vast sea waves outside the wall.

The ship in the distance suddenly became so close and large that even the cables on the deck could be seen clearly.

Liu Shimin under the tree said with a smile: "Xiao will get this thing, and it will be like a tiger on the battlefield." Don't talk about this red hair, it's really a good gift. ”

He turned his head, but he was facing Zheng Haizhu's deep eyes like the bottom of an ancient well.

"Father-in-law, Ah Zhu faintly feels that these red-haired fans will be more ruthless than the Frankie people and the Dongying Japanese people back then."

……

Three days later, Zheng Haizhu carried a small burden on his back, got into a carriage of the official post of Haicheng County, and headed south to Longxi County.

She didn't bring her personal companion Fan Poyu, the reason was that she wanted her to see more of the clothes of those merchants in Yuegang, and remember the style of clothing from the perspective of a small tailor.

Ma Xianglin wanted to send two Sichuan troops to follow her, but she also refused.

"General Ma, in the eyes of my clan, I am a bad girl who will fight lawsuits with relatives and fight for real estate, I just want to go to the graves of my parents, brothers and sisters-in-law to worship this time, I don't want to alarm others."

Ma Xianglin knew that she was self-respecting and assertive, so he no longer insisted.

Under the rule of Zhangzhou Prefecture, Longxi County is only 30 miles away from Haicheng County, but the mountain road along the way is rugged, and the carriage has set off at the same time, and it took more than an hour to arrive at the post house in Longxi.

Seeing Zheng Haizhu take out the post ticket of the imperial court, and seeing her combing the hair of the woman out of the pavilion, he was just an errand runner of a big official, and he was busy arranging to go to a secluded courtyard and separate from the male guests.

Zheng Haizhu ate some snacks given by the post station, saw that the sun was still high in the sky, then put on the common gauze curtain hat in Fujian, went out of the post station, according to the route in his memory, found the mountain facing the sea, gave incense to the graves of several ancestors of the Zheng family, placed pastries and fruits, and cleaned up the artemisia grass around.

For Miss Zheng's original body, as well as God's nephew Zheng Shoukuan, after fulfilling these obligations, Zheng Haizhu went to Taohuadu.

Although Taohuadu is also close to the sea, it is far from a decent wharf, and the scattered and moored dilapidated small sand boats are mainly used to transport locals to the surrounding islands to dig shells and catch seaweed.

Zheng Haizhu walked along the seaside to the ferry, and not long after standing quietly, he saw a young man about the same age as Shoukuan coming out of the tea pavilion not far away.

The young man carried a bag of mussels dripping with seawater on his back, and said to Zheng Haizhu: "The farthest one, moored under the reef, Brother Yan is waiting for you." ”

Zheng Haizhu stared at his pair of clear but curious eyes, and asked coldly, "What Brother Yan?" ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "The girl is really careful. It is our big boss, Yan Siqi Yan big brother. The beach is open, and he just saw you with a telescope on the boat, so he asked me to come here to lead you there. Brother Yan asked me to tell you that he prepared a Muramasa knife for you, so that you are not afraid of sharks, and you can use it to pry oysters to eat. ”

This code is very special.

Zheng Haizhu pursed her lips, wiped her guard color, and nodded knowingly: "Alone outside, you have to have a heart for everything, little brother is not strange." ”

The young man's eyes were clear: "It's okay, it's okay, it's as it should be." Let's go. By the way, my younger brother is also surnamed Zheng. ”