Chapter 9: The Way Back [II]
"In the past two years, Haiqu Shipyard has been able to build large ships of more than 1,000 stones......
Shipbuilding is very complex, and the technical level of craftsmen is also very high, and it has been more than eight years since the shipyard was set up in Haiqu in the fourth year of Jianning (171). In the first year or two, the shipyard could only build a few fishing boats, and then tried to build boats of three or five hundred stones, trained craftsmen, and became familiar with the shipbuilding technology. The year before last, the Haiqu Shipyard began to try to build ships of a thousand stones. In terms of technical level, the craftsmen of the shipyard are only in the middle and upper ranks in the Han Kingdom. However, after adopting the design of keel, watertight cabin, rudder, porthole, etc., the ship built by Zhangjia Shipyard has leapt beyond all ships, with faster speed, stronger hull, more resistant to sinking, and more resistant to wind and waves.
"......, the newly built ship is very suitable for long-distance sailing, and after the fleet arrived in Samhan last year, your fourth uncle moved his mind......
The three Koreas are Jinhan, Mahan and Benjin, and their location is at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula in later generations. When the fleet arrived here, it was not far from the Japanese and Dongwofu. In the past, the Zhang family's ships were small and did not resist wind and waves, and the scope of navigation has always been limited, mainly in the south. Generally speaking, in the area of Rinan County, Jiaozhou, even Malacca is rarely visited.
The profits of operating the fleet are very rich, and it is not surprising that the profits are ten times greater, and Zhang Ping is also a very discerning person. Now that he has a big ship and has opened up the northern route, Zhang Ping feels that the time is ripe, so he is determined to do a big job.
ββ¦β¦ Your fourth brother intends to set up a port in Yizhou in the south and Tamna in the north......"
As he spoke, Zhang Zhao unfolded the chart that had been placed aside. The location of Tamna Island is close to Sanhan, not far from the Japanese people, there are Gaoyi people living on it, the population is not large, all the tribes are added together, there are only one or two thousand households, Yizhou is close to Jiaozhou, and the area is vast. Zhang Han estimated according to the nautical chart that Tamna Island should be the later Jeju Island, and Yizhou was the island of Taiwan.
"......, the area of these two islands is not small, especially Yizhou, which has a vast area and fertile land, even if it lives more than 100,000 people, it is not a problem......
Zhang Zhao said meaningfully. Zhang Ping's plan coincides with Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao is not interested in wild places such as Oceania, but Yizhou has good conditions in all aspects, and it is not far from the Great Han Kingdom, so it can be attacked and defended. Moreover, Yizhou and Gaoyi Island are located overseas, and they are barren, and even if they are occupied, no one will pay attention to them. Zhang Zhaoren is old, he doesn't have so many ambitions, he just wants to live a good life, but the Zhang family has reached this point, and there is no way out. Moreover, the troubled times are coming, and Zhang Zhao is leaving a way back for the Zhang family.
Zhang Han nodded secretly, the cunning rabbit three holes, it is always good to leave a back road. He may not know about other places, but he will not know that Taiwan is rich in resources and fertile land, not to mention hundreds of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands of people, millions of people, can also be fed.
"Oh, but something is wrong with Yizhou?"
"Exactly!"
Building a port, although important, is not a difficult task. At the beginning of this year, Zhang Ping took the fleet to the north and handed over the affairs of Yizhou Port to his right-hand man Huang Tingzhen. The fleet sailed through Samhan, U and Dong Wo Fu until it reached Julou. The people of Lulou are good for bandits, still brave, and good at archery. Zhang Ping led people to fight two battles with him, relying on the size of the ship, taking advantage of it, but he failed to make a business. However, no fleet had ever come so far. The profit of the fleet this time was as much as forty times, and Wang Yan's fox skin came from Dongwofu. At the same time, Zhang Ping established a relationship with the Gao Yi tribe of Tamna Island and was allowed to build a pier on the island.
The southern coastline of Tamna Island is straight, but there is a small bay in the middle, and Zhang Ping chose the port there. The construction of Tamna Island is going well, but there is a problem there in Yizhou.
Huang Tingzhen got the order and took the boat south. At the mouth of a large river in the northern part of Yizhou, Huang Tingzhen sent people to cut down trees and prepare to build a wharf and a stockade, and then officially build a port. Yizhou has a pleasant climate and abundant products, and on the day Huang Tingzhen arrived, the crew hit a few millet deer - deer are everywhere in Yizhou. However, Huang Tingzhen soon discovered that Yizhou was not so good, and there were constantly people in the crew who were infected with malaria.
"......, the epidemic in Yizhou is very severe, and there are many infected people, and the medicinal wine carried with the ship is quickly consumed, and many people still die, and then they are infected again......"
"Didn't Huang Tingzhen kill mosquitoes near the dock?"
"It's gone, why hasn't it been extinguished? If there was no mosquito control, I would have been unable to stay in Yizhou for a long time. However, timber is needed to build a port, and it ......"
Zhang Han understood what his grandfather meant, building a port requires timber, and it can't always be transported from outside, so it is necessary to use local materials - go to the woods to cut down trees. Besides, Zhang Zhao wants to leave a way back for the Zhang family, if he can't improve the curative effect. If you can only live in the dock in Yizhou, you will not be able to take root in Yizhou either.
......, Huang Tingzhen hastily built a wharf there and withdrew all the people. Han'er ......"
"Well, this, I have to think about ......"
Zhang Han thought about it for a while, Yizhou is still very important, the world is in chaos, anything can happen, he is ready and prepared, and he doesn't dare to say how it will be. At least, the Zhang family is still weak at the moment and needs to have a way back.
"The grandson heard about something, I don't know if it's true, the grandson said it casually, what he said was wrong, the grandfather is not strange.
It is said that there is such a person in the clan, the family went out for something, and accidentally encountered a miasma, and the family members all got a swing and unfortunately passed away. The only survivor watched his family die tragically, so he vowed to visit the world and cure this trouble. He traveled all over the world, painstakingly studied, and finally learned to treat the pendulum, and then returned to his hometown to treat his father, this person has a very good heart, and does not care about money......
Of course, his medical skills were not perfect......
In addition, he discovered several drugs that can prevent it......
Grandfather, I don't know if there is such a thing? β
Zhang Han thought about it, there was no other way, there was no experimental equipment, and the only way was human experiments. Conduct large-scale human drug experiments, record the treatment process in detail, height, weight, age, and reaction, everything must be carefully recorded...... With these experimental data, it is possible to improve the efficacy of the drug in the short term by adjusting the formulation and dosage separately, and through comparative experiments.
Of course, it's not very authentic, and it sounds like a Japanese devil. However, the essence is very different. The one who suffers from the pendulum is his own, and has nothing to do with the Zhang family, most of these people are poor, they can't afford to see a doctor, and they can only wait for death at home. And no matter how bad the doctor of the Zhang family is, there is a cure rate of nearly fifty percent, even if only thirty percent of patients are cured, it is much better than that.
Moreover, for thousands of years, most of the progress of medicine has come from this. Western medicine is known as science, and in the end, human experiments are also needed. Zhang Han heard that there are also new drug free trial signs, taking Chinese to test drugs (advice, buy is not sold fine, there is no cheap in the world is easy to take advantage of).
"Yes, there is, naturally there is, this person not only knows how to heal the disease himself, but also teaches many apprentices to heal and save people together...... By the way, how long does it take to improve the results? β
"This, I can't say for sure, it's a year and a half short, two and three years long, and there are some.
Grandfather, so be it! Find a few good doctors at this end of the family, and if you have studied this disease, you will study it first. Grand'er asked Mr. Hua Yuanhua to study it in Qingzhou Medical Park, so maybe it will be faster......"
"Good! Just do it, what do you need, Han'er said," Zhang Zhao nodded slightly, but, "Did Doctor Hua promise you?" "ββThat's not what Zhang Han said last time.
Zhang Han remembered that Hua Tuo just agreed to consider it, and he laughed dryly:
"Although Mr. Yuanhua didn't agree, I was still very tempted to see what he meant!
Even if he doesn't agree, Sun Er is determined to do it, and at most ask someone else to preside over it......"
After finishing the business, the atmosphere in the house was much more relaxed, Zhang Han chatted with his grandfather, thoughtful.
Unconsciously, the family's fleet has grown, and it is time for the king to mix some manpower, and the clan should consciously tilt towards the shipyard and fleet. The coastline of the Great Han Kingdom is very long, the rivers are criss-crossed, and the naval army is also a great force. Moreover, this force is deployed overseas, and there are fewer scruples about development.
"Han'er, find some people from the clan to go to the fleet!"
Zhang Han was startled, bowed his head and responded, "Yes!" β
Zhang Zhao didn't have the eyes to see through people's hearts, but it was always bad for Zhang Ping's family to be dominant in the fleet, although the people in it were all from the Zhang family, and Zhang Zhao also sent some henchmen, but there were not many people who were willing to go to the fleet, and they might not have no ideas in their hearts. Ethnography is different, the people in ethnography are very mixed, and they are also inextricably linked with the fleet. After the death of the crew, their own children are going to join the clan to study, and they will not be difficult to study for the clan. Those who can graduate from ethnology also have two strokes, and it just so happens that the fleet needs to be capable.
Zhang Zhao not only balanced the power of the fleet, but also enriched the manpower of the fleet, and also satisfied Zhang Han's wish, which Zhang Han couldn't hide from him.
Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy.