This kind of flying boat, in Antonio's opinion, is a magical product of the Ming Dynasty as the first tower of the glazed temple of Dabao'en Temple, but this kind of boat, the Ming Dynasty does not seem to intend to sell it to him at all, and even the imperial court has been denying its existence.

Antonio is actually not qualified to accuse Daming of being a thief, because in Tessie, they also like to steal, no, it should be said: cultural exchange under the Great Travel Movement.

The Italian mathematician Bomberi's crowning achievement, Algebra, was a step forward in the crystallization of the wisdom of Arab mathematicians 500 years ago.

For example, 500 years ago, Al Karhi solved the roots of quadratic equations, which was included in Algebra, one of his books on the systematic study of cubic equations, which was quite popular in Italy.

For example, the French mathematician Veda gave the relationship between the root and the coefficient in the unary quadratic equation, which also stood on the shoulders of Al Karhi.

This is the essence of scientific progress, and no one can build a castle in the air.

Therefore, Antonio can't accuse the Ming of plagiarizing their shipbuilding design, because the Ming really has the ability to protect his maritime frontier from being violated.

Gao Qiyu looked at the hydrofoil sailboat, and was also full of emotion, this thing is not a complete wooden boat, the keel to the mast are all made of steel, the boat is not resistant to wind and waves, its only role is to be fast, with the fastest speed to patrol the Ming Sea Frontier, anti-smuggling and messenger, is its mission.

"Prince, the next time we come, we will be able to see this ship go to sea." Gao Qiyu led Antonio to start boarding the ship.

"I'd love to say, take my money, and leave my ship, but I don't have that strength." Antonio turned around and left the dock and began to board the ship.

As the prince's investor, Da Ming naturally had to show his strength and tell the prince that as long as you have silver, all the weapons you want can be obtained from Da Ming.

The reason why the imperial court is willing to sell this item is entirely because it can increase the speed of iteration.

The old ship is definitely not flawless, and when it comes out of the dock, the craftsmen of the shipyard will make targeted modifications to the old defects of the past, sell the old ship, and continue to supervise the construction of larger, faster, and more powerful warships after clearing the old accounts.

There's no doubt that faster iterations of goods can iterate on technology.

After Gao Qiyu got on the boat, he saw a large number of black fans, although he had seen countless navigation notes, but Gao Qiyu still sighed that the morality of the red hair fan was really a depression.

There will inevitably be a large number of casualties on ocean-going ships, so this loss is black.

In a nautical notebook, Gao Qiyu clearly saw cruelty.

When he encountered a violent storm, he threw Kurofan into the sea and sacrificed to those devils in exchange for peace;

When there is not enough fresh water on the ship, a part of the black fan is discarded to make the ship sail more smoothly;

The ship has a water penetration incident, and Heifan must block the water penetration place;

When there is a conflict with the local natives, Heifan will charge ahead;

The supply of food and water is even more scarce, but Kurofan does the heaviest and most tiring work on the ship, but he can only eat the least amount of water and food, death can happen at any time, and being thrown into the sea is the best end, and many times, it will become a part of the food.

Antonio, these Tessie people, do this because in their eyes, Heifan is more like a tool with working years, and the reason why they can do it is because Antonio has a fire gun in his hand, and Heifan is defenseless.

As for morality, what is not there, there is no need to discuss.

If the sailors of the Ming Dynasty can not protect the security of the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier, the Ming people are afraid that they will also fall into such a situation, the reason why the red hair fan is willing to pay taxes and do business, the reason why the emperor grovels, offers congratulatory gifts to ask for support, and sighs at the miracle created by Chinese craftsmen when facing the glazed tower, is because the Ming army can protect the Ming Dynasty.

Hongmao Fan had been in the Ming Dynasty before, and was completely defeated by the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming army can't protect the Ming Dynasty, the red hair fan will be unscrupulous, this is inevitable, when they face the glazed tower, they are not breathtaking, but try their best to snatch it.

There are three decks of the galleon, the bottom layer is the ballast stone and the place where the black fan lives, only when working, the black fan will be released, the second layer is the place where the cargo is piled up, and the top layer is the place where the red hairy crew rests, and the hammocks are neatly arranged.

The captain's quarters are at the stern, the largest and most comfortable place on the ship, and in the captain's quarters, there is a huge treasure chest filled with collected treasures.

At the stern of the ship there is a boat lamp, which is used to dispel the fear of darkness at night when it is dark.

"Oh, my dear friend, is this still my ship? Thanks to the hospitable Ming people, who cleaned my boat inside and out, and couldn't see those damn rats and fleas, it was the most enjoyable sailing trip of my life. It's wonderful. As soon as Antonio got on board, he gave out a heartfelt admiration.

"The diplomat may not know that even in the most spacious captain's cabin, when he opens his eyes, he sees a big rat right in front of him, and even the pleasure of making money is only damn scolding."

Gao Qiyu said indifferently: "It's just that your ship is too dirty, rats and fleas can be infected with plague, and the imperial court will never allow any overseas rats and fleas to come ashore." ”

When the ship was moored in Songjiang City, a comprehensive cleaning was carried out, which was carried out by the Ming people, the water storage barrels were cleaned, the ballast stones at the bottom of the ship were moved out, and a comprehensive cleaning was carried out, including the barnacles at the bottom of the ship, which were removed one by one, and also dragged into the dock, re-brushed with tung oil, and some broken ship boards were replaced.

The ship bug is the enemy of all wooden ships.

Even those who didn't know how long they hadn't taken a bath were thrown into the sulfur-soaked pool and washed up.

Of course, this is not free, any project in the harbor is charged, not expensive, each ship costs a thousand taels of silver, by three hundred boatmen, half a month to complete.

The biggest enemies on board are rats and fleas, rats will steal food and water, making it more difficult to preserve already perishable food, if there are more than a thousand rats on a boat, it will be difficult for the ship to reach its destination, and the rats will eat everything they can eat, including the sails in the storage room.

The galleon's method is to let Kuroban catch the mouse, and reward the meat of the mouse to Kurofan for eating, which doesn't always work, because there are no cooking tools for Kurofan on the ship.

But after this cleaning, the boat will be at least for a year, without worrying about rats and of course fleas.

The galleon has been given a new lease of life, and the sailing experience has gone straight from being terrible in the past to being pretty good.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty provided this kind of service was because the Ming people wanted to study the layout of the four-masted galleon and make a plan for the next generation of merchant ship design of the Ming Dynasty.

To be ahead is to lead, to be backward is to be backward, and to be backward is to try to change the backward situation, instead of closing your eyes and shouting that you are the kingdom of heaven, in order to be safe for a while.

Obviously, Da Ming has made a lot of efforts to learn from the Taixi Boat Method.

After leaving Matsue Prefecture, Antonio's three large ships arrived at the port of Naha in the Ryukyu Kingdom at their first stop.

Ryukyu, Wanguo Hailiang, Ryukyu, Wajin keyhole. Whoever controls the Ryukyus controls the Wakoku.

Ryukyu is also one of the tributary states of the Ming Dynasty, although at present, the Ryukyu red-haired fans, Japanese people, and Ming outlaws live here.

Gao Qiyu took more than 30 people from the mission, wandered around Naha Port for a long time, and then returned to the ship, and there was a very eye-catching person in the mission, Xu Fan, the eldest son of Xu Jie, Xu Fan, who was the deputy envoy of the second official who went to sea this time.

And the two of them worked hard to write a book, recording what they saw and heard along the way.

Gao Qiyu wrote: "The crew is rationed a pound of biscuits of four taels or five yuan a day, biscuits are a kind of food that tastes like chewing wax, far inferior to the light cakes of the Ming Dynasty, each person is rationed with two or three yuan of dried fish, these dried fish come from many sources, and they are hung on the side of the ship to dry, and it is a good story to collect fish when it rains." ”

"Meat is eaten after soaking in salt water, which is not so much salt water as seawater, and the taste is worse than wax."

"Fresh water is one liter per crew per day, and it spoils during long voyages, so it is mixed with spirits, and some lemon or lime juice is mixed to prevent the magic of blood corruption and prevent scurvy."

"Heifan's treatment is very poor, the ration is only about one-third, so Heifan often fights for water and food at the bottom of the boat, which is also one of the captain's means to control Heifan, not enough water and food, Heifan fights with each other and harms each other."

"There are often fights on the ship, after all, they are always drinking, and it is strange not to fight, so now a tacit understanding has been formed on the ship, and after drinking, the red hairy fan will pull the black fan out and beat it violently."

"All the crew members are gamblers, and their daily pastime, which is to gamble non-stop, and the reward for a month's life at sea becomes a chip on the poker table, and then they lose everything."

"I can be sure that the captain is the dealer."

Gao Qiyu records the bits and pieces of life, this is his job, collecting the ugliness and beauty of the characters of various countries, the similarities and differences of soil customs, the difference between local products, the system of territory, and the compilation of the order for the imperial court to refer to, in fact, Ryukyu is a place that the Ming Dynasty is very familiar with, and even the king of Ryukyu is canonized by the Ming Dynasty.

In the thirteenth year of Jiajing and the fortieth year of Jiajing, the imperial court twice supervised the construction of a sealed boat and crossed the sea to canonize the Ryukyu Shang as the king.

Xu Fan wrote in his notebook: "The shallow and green sea is the water, and the dark blue of the sea is black water, all because the sea is deep and there is a ditch, and it is common to cross the ditch to worship the sea, and the speed of the galleon is very slow, and it took seven full days to rush from Matsue Prefecture to Naha Port, and the hydrofoil sailing boat takes a day, or even less." ”

"The crew said that they only needed to go with the flow and reach their destination in six months, relying on the Kuroshio."

"The Kuroshio, a river in the sea, starts from the Ryukyus, goes to Wakoku, and then from Wakoku all the way east, a voyage of tens of thousands of miles, to a port called Acapulco, and the crew says that this section will be very difficult because there will be countless challenges."

"Strangely, it only takes three months to get from Acapulco to Manila, and it is a very calm voyage through the equatorial windless zone, which is so calm that you don't even have to raise your sails, you just have to follow the Kuroshio."

"I will do my best to observe and find answers to my questions."

Xu Fan wrote down the date, recorded the weather and the speed of the wind pill, and then closed the navigation notebook.

"Chen Zongbing said: There are changes in the Ryukyus, and the ambitions of the wolf are true." Xu Fan said with a solemn face.

Ryukyu is full of Japanese invaders, Ryukyu suffers from it, Ryukyu can pay tribute every year, Ryukyu Zhengxian and other people have repeatedly played a petition for life, but there is no result, three out of ten people in Ryukyu are Japanese people, they occupy Yaraza Mori Castle near Naha Port, and do evil and recklessly.

And the purpose of building this Yakaraza Forest Castle is to prevent the Japanese from causing chaos, but at this time, the Japanese have already occupied the magpie's nest.

Chen Lan drove a hydrofoil sailing ship to Ryukyu, and found out in many ways, and was convinced that the king of the Ryukyus, King Shangyuan, had been overhead, because King Shangyuan had moved to the Yuzhaotang of Yuanjue Temple since the fifth year of Longqing, saying that he was recuperating from illness, but this illness never showed up again, and the affairs of the Ryukyu court were controlled by all parties.

"Let's record it truthfully, the rest of the thirty people in our mission can't do anything, right?" Gao Qiyu also saw the problem, but they couldn't solve it, they were passing through Naha Port, not going to Ryukyu.

After replenishing the fresh water, the galleon set off again and headed for the Wakoku.

The tax audit of Nanya also came to an end, with a total of more than 1,600,000 taels of gold and silver, 420,000 taels of silver for three galleons, and 1,230,000 taels of silk for weaving and selling in Nanjing, totaling 3,250,000 taels.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15 August, Zhu Yijun received news from Tianjin Wei that 3.25 million taels of silver had arrived in Hong Kong, and according to the method of dividing accounts between the state and the internal funds, a total of 1.625 million taels of internal funds had been distributed.

On the way to Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yijun said to Zhang Hong: "We are rich now!" People have no windfall and no wealth, horses have no night grass and no fat, as it is, this money came at the right time! ”

The wool official factory needs money, and this investment is also injected by the state and domestic funds respectively, everything is ready, and now the money is in place.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to the system, the court discussion was as usual, because of the three million taels of silver, how many pairs of eyes stared, Tianjin Weiyi came to the news, and they all knew that the Mid-Autumn Festival was a festival, and there was definitely no rest.

"The ministers are visiting Your Majesty, is Your Majesty bowing safely?" When the ministers saw the ceremony, they were mostly beaming.

Zhu Yijun waved his small hand and said, "Excuse me, let's discuss it." ”

After everyone sat down, Zhang Juzheng took out a book and said: "3.25 million taels of silver have entered Tongzhou yesterday and were escorted by Chen Lan, deputy chief soldier of Songjiang Town. ”

Wang Chonggu almost jumped up from the chair!

3,250,000 taels of silver!

Wang Chonggu knew that the court was poor as pants, and the inner court and the outer court begged for food with each other, and he didn't return to Beijing for more than two years, and the court directly put 3.25 million into the warehouse!

This is money other than the expenditure, taking Liaodong to break through Gule Village as an example, a total of 150,000 silver was spent to make up for arrears, etc., and this money can be used for at least 21 Liaodong victories.

In addition to expenditure, it means additional income in addition to the original budget.

Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, is afraid that he will have to eat more than half of it! Motosuke is really a good way to make money!

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "The state funds are stored in the warehouse of 1.625 million taels, and the internal funds are in the warehouse. ”

"What about Motosuke's?" Wang Chonggu frowned, this adds up to just right, what about Zhang Juzheng?

All the courtiers looked at Wang Chonggu, and Wan Shihe coughed lightly and said, "Wang Sikou is cautious. ”

"Gaffes, gaffes." Wang Chonggu realized that this was the Wenhua Palace, not his Xuanda Governor's Palace, not everything could be said outside, and no one was the first assistant, and he had to take away more than half of every piece of silver to support his friends.

Zhang Juzheng didn't blame Wang Chonggu for his gaffe, why didn't Wang Chonggu think so?

In addition to the courtiers who have been in the court for a long time, who doesn't think that Wenhua Hall is his Zhang Juzheng's Yiyantang, he said one, the little emperor didn't dare to say two, 3.25 million taels, he took sixty percent, which one dared to say a word? But the fact is that the little emperor said one, Zhang Juzheng would not say two.

Monarchs and ministers have a tacit understanding, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is the main task.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Mr. has a way to make money, after three years of being in the country, the state money and the internal money have finally gotten rid of the situation of begging each other for food and scratching each other's hair for a tael of silver. ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he hurriedly stood up and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is graceful, and if you are rewarded, you will have transcendent merits, and then you can be rewarded by Yanshi." The subordinate is shallow, and he has to be effective in compiling and manipulating the pen, which is the permanent duty of the minister, what diligence can be rewarded? The minister cannot accept it. ”

"Sir." This is not the first time Zhu Yijun has been tempted to teach Zhang Juzheng Taifu, it has been two years, and Zhang Juzheng refuses to ask for it.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said, "Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yijun continued: "Everyone wants to be promoted to the rank of knight, but sir, I am awarded the Taifu with the Liangguang War, the Duzhang War, the Luzon War, and the Liaodong War. The addition of officials has become a fate, and it is advisable to accept it immediately, and there is no need to be stubborn. ”

Zhang Juzheng thought about it, and directly picked up the words and said: "I hope that Your Majesty is honest and sincere, without pretentiousness, and takes back his life, and the minister has to serve the micro diligence of dogs and horses, and will not be blamed for the speed." ”

If His Majesty wants him to work for a few more years, it is better not to grant the Taifu.

How can Taifu be so good? When a living person is a master, it must be on the cusp of the storm and criticized by the population, and now this auxiliary is very good, not to the weight of the rapid reversal, and not to quickly subvert the charge of trespassing.

The little emperor is not confused, then there is no need for him Zhang Juzheng to shout, I am not a phase, but I am also a sentence.

Zhu Yijun didn't mind Zhang Juzheng shouting like this, but Zhang Juzheng also saw the situation clearly, the little emperor is not a person who can be fooled by someone in a few words, he Zhang Juzheng takes a step forward to be a Taifu, then the people below him will take ten steps forward, and what Gao Qiyu did in Ying Tianfu will only reappear.

That's fine now.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and directly explained his words, so he had to nod and say, "It's okay, let's continue the court discussion." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng straightened up and sat down again.

Ge Shouli did not launch the stunt of 'the power of the lord to be blessed', because Zhang Juzheng refused to be a master and was the right to be a lord of the lord.

Wang Chonggu has relatives in his heart, Zhang Juzheng is not greedy for money, and he is not greedy for position! What does that Zhang Juzheng want? He wants Daming to make a comeback! There is no way to deal with this kind of person alive!

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Nanjing Huguang and other Taoist imperial historians Chen Xuan and others said: Heaven and earth have a lot of wealth, and if it is not in the government, it is in the people, and there is no obstacle to the official bank. Impeached Zhang Jin, the eunuch of the Nanjing military garrison, Cui Min, the eunuch of the inner transport warehouse, and others, and supervised the weaving of the Nanya to compete with the people for profit. ”

"Since last year, Zhang Jin, Zhang Cheng, Cui Min and others have played satin trade, and the Ministry of Industry has discussed appropriately, since August last year, Nanya has woven seafood silk, weaving a total of 97,960 pieces of silk, a horse of 12 silver, 5 coins and 5 cents, a total profit of 1.23 million taels."

Of the 3.25 million taels of silver shipped into Beijing this time, 1.23 million were silver obtained from the Nanjing Weaving Bureau and Hongmaofan trade.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "The theory of no obstacle starts with the greedy officials collecting public funds to fill it. Fishing and hunting must be added, fishing and hunting must be added to the science school, and the science school must be added to Chu, how can your majesty be happy to hear this? Words: Strike Nanjing weaving seafood silk and other things. ”

"Your Majesty's criticism said: The court has been decided, and it will not be changed for the time being."

Da Situ Guoguo was full of anger when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Nanjing Weaving Bureau weaves seafood and silk, how can it be the fishing and hunting department?" ”

"Is it to buy raw silk at a low price or simply not to give silver? Or is the weaver girl of the Weaving Bureau not getting paid? Or did Zhang Jin, Zhang Cheng, and urge them to take the internal officials and the group to rob them on the street? If there is, it will be just a matter of the Nanyake Taoist official, if not, why impeach this matter? ”

"Just because the trade of the imperial court delayed their business? They don't pay the wages they owe to the weaver girl, the weaver girl goes to the weaving bureau to work, and the court pays the weaver girl? They themselves blamed the small people for buying at a low price, seeking huge profits, Nanya Weaving bought at a low price, they couldn't buy raw silk, blame the court for buying silk at a low price? ”

Wang Guoguang pointed out the core problem of this recital, which may happen, and then created public opinion, carried the banner of competing with the people, and criticized the small people.

"It's really competing with the people." Wang Chonggu still said a fair word to Chen Xuan, the Taoist official of the Southern Yake, the imperial court made money, how can the powerful and gentry make money, what is this not competing with the people?

Wan Shihe hurriedly said: "What Wang Sikou said is not this Li'er. ”

"The Imperial Court Weaving Bureau has no privileges, neither ordered that raw silk must be sold to the Weaving Bureau, nor did it order the requisition of Ding Servants, Nanjing Weaving Bureau Weavers 1,200 Niang, that are all women, there are too many people, and they have to be selected, Ding Servants are adult males, and the imperial court has not deducted remuneration, and there is no reason why the City Department is an official office, so no one is directly allowed to go to Songjiang Mansion to trade with Hongmaofan."

"They themselves do the business is sloppy, you can't blame the imperial court, last year, if it weren't for the fact that Captain Antonio stayed in Beijing for a long time, our Ming Dynasty couldn't even weave the silk of the sea trade, and the supply couldn't be supplied, or the Nanya Weaving Bureau, took out a part of the satin for His Majesty's use, so as not to surprise the friends and despise China."

"This Nanya is a powerful and wealthy gentleman, a giant businessman and a rich man, he can't weave it himself, and he can't even satisfy a boat, so the imperial court has expanded the Nanya weaving."

The translation of the words of the Ministry of Rites is that the end of the world is the examination and editing.

Nanya Weaving Bureau, this is the only women's establishment in the Ming Dynasty, the people who signed up can be described as a sea of people, rubbing shoulders, Zhang Jin was stunned, the imperial court still has such appeal in Nanya?

Wan Shihe knows why Wang Chonggu said this, Wang Chonggu doesn't want to run a wool official factory, once he starts to do it, it will be to weaken the Beiyu, and how can the clan party engage in a privileged economy to make profits at that time? But the court is a bright card.

"Also, the rich merchants, their silk is rough and unbearable, not worth one-third of the original price, regardless of the importance of the eyes, the red hair buys the silk of the Weaving Bureau, and does not buy the silk of the merchant Jia's family, is it also the fault of the imperial court?" Wan Shihe added his own opinions, and then said conclusively: "Wang Sikou, be cautious and cautious. ”

"What Wan Shangshu said is reasonable." Wang Chonggu pondered it carefully, and could only say helplessly.

Wanshi and this wall grass can be called the weather vane, where is the wind public opinion, where is Wanshihe going?

"What do you think?" Zhang Juzheng didn't say a word, and after seeing Wan Shihe understand this matter, he looked at everyone and asked.

Ge Shouli said suspiciously: "The three galleons were divided into 420,000 taels of silver, how can I remember that the first draw was as much as 240,000 taels, and these three ships are only so little?" ”

Wang Guoguang said with a smile: "Hongmaofan is not infinitely silver, how much is there, they also brought palm oil, sugar cubes, cocoa and other things on the ship this time, not just silver." ”

"I see, I saw that they were generous, and I thought that they were sitting on top of the silver mountain, and the three ships were all silver, but it seems that this is not necessarily the case." Ge Shouli now understood.

Hai Rui said with a smile: "Even if you sit on the silver mountain, you have to mine it and refine it into silver, right?" ”

Zhang Juzheng saw that no one agreed to the first article of the abolition of the Nanya Weaving Bureau to supervise the construction of sea trade silk, and said: "Chen Xuan also said that the tax audit is too hasty, and the people's livelihood is resentful, so please forgive me for one or two time limits. ”

Wang Guoguang heard it and said unhappily: "Is this still urgent? Since the official thinks that the innocent people sent by the Nanya Weaving Bureau are not as good as the stubborn people who take the tax! That's good, after checking Nanya, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, a total of more than 2.34 million taels of gold and silver should be owed. ”

Super doubled, I feel that the tax audit of thousands of households hurts, right, then directly super double, and collect the debt!

Chase the positive endowment that you owe before, anyway, the riders can do it, so do it.

"Then the debt?" Zhang Juzheng felt that there was nothing wrong with it, he owed it before, and he was not escorted into Beijing, but now that he has ready-made tools, it is natural to collect debts.

As soon as Tan Lun heard this, he immediately spoke: "Collect the debt!" Anyway, the tax yamen, do not ask the small people to collect taxes, but we must put an end to it, some people take advantage of the tax yamen to walk in the market, wanton stripping the gangsters, catch one and kill the other, kill too much, naturally no one dares to pretend. ”

Tan Lun, as always, is not lively enough.

I've made money, I've made money, I don't know how to spend it!! Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!!!

(End of chapter)