Chapter 260

The various stallions that Cheng Shijie wanted, with the connections and wealth accumulated by the Venice city-state republic, it is not difficult to obtain, it is nothing more than a matter of spending some money.

Now for the Republic of Venice, if money can buy peace, they are willing to buy it, in fact, Catherine has another plan, if Cheng Shijie is not willing to sell their artillery, they decided to pay to hire Ning Navy to go to Europe, let them help Venice fight a war.

As long as the Ning Navy could create the Ottoman Mediterranean Fleet in the same way that it dealt with Zheng Zhilong or the Dutch East India Combined Fleet, Venice could win peace for more than ten years or even decades.

But the problem is that the nautical charts are different, this is the intangible wealth accumulated by Venice for hundreds of years, and now there are many terra nullius in the world, especially Venice has discovered a continent (Australia), if it is not for the lack of time and strength to conquer this continent, but to give up the sea country means to discard the new continent they have discovered, as well as the various islands, which is a huge wealth, far from being comparable to tens of thousands of war horses.

Catherine looked at Cheng Shijie vigilantly and asked, "What do you want to do with nautical charts?" ”

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "It is convenient for our Ning Navy to go to Europa to greet His Majesty Emperor Philip IV, and I also want to ask the King of the Netherlands!" ”

Catherine didn't believe that Cheng Shijie was running the train with his mouth full, but there was no way, even if she didn't give these things, Cheng Shijie could also make deals with other countries and get them, especially the Portuguese who had a good relationship with Cheng Shijie, it was better to take advantage of the fact that Portugal had not yet started, and first exchange them for something they needed, not to mention that these things are not a secret in Europe.

At the very least, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Venice and England have now completed their voyages around the world, and France has recently been sailing around the world.

Now it can be said that it is the real Age of Discovery, Venice originally had no friends, let Ning Haijun, or let Daming join the Great Voyage Club, which is beneficial and harmless to Venice.

Catherine nodded and said, "Yes, I'll provide you with nautical maps and information when I get back." ”

Although Cheng Shijie can get the nautical charts from later generations, the problem is that there will definitely be discrepancies between the nautical charts of later generations and the current nautical charts, and besides, being able to get Venice to come up with their nautical charts is actually not a particularly important thing for Cheng Shijie.

He could no longer ask Venice for money, and with Cheng Shijie's delivery of silver to Emperor Chongzhen three times and twice, it had caused inflation in the capital, and the impact had penetrated into all aspects.

In fact, the per capita depth is only a relative concept, if the price is also high, the quality of life will decline.

Cheng Shijie: "I hope you can send some shipbuilders to come and communicate with us...... Don't worry, you won't rob your people, it's just an exchange. ”

Catherine scolded in her heart: "It's strange to believe you!" ”

After quite painstaking negotiations, the arms deal was finally negotiated.

Within two years, the Ning Navy will deliver to the Republic of Venice a two-hundred-door four-pack of six-inch guns, a 189-millimeter copper fire dragon and 80,000 rockets.

The Republic of Venice delivered 96,000 horses to the Ning Navy within two years, and most importantly, no less than half of the Shire horses.

This question is enough to give Venice a headache, you must know that although the Schar horses are said to have more than a million horses at the peak of the British period, but the problem is that it will be more than a hundred years later, and now, the whole of Britain is estimated to have more than 100,000 horses, including old horses and ponies.

Cheng Shijie clearly stipulated in the transaction that Sharma's shoulder height must not be less than six feet (Sharma's average shoulder height is 188 cm), Cheng Shijie is adding one centimeter to Sharma's average height, such a Sharma, even if it is placed in the United Kingdom, it will cost more than ten pounds, plus the consumption on the long road, it is conceivable that the price paid by the Venice city-state republic is definitely not low.

Deliver all kinds of charts and materials accumulated by Venice in the maritime trade of Europe, Asia and Africa for hundreds of years, send no less than 100 experienced shipbuilders to help Yang Menglong build warships, and also send some naval officers to help train the Ming navy.

This made Catherine a little confused, isn't the Ming the number one power in the world, with the best warships and naval guns in the world, why should he learn from Venice in turn?

Cheng Shijie could only smile bitterly at this. The Ming Dynasty did have the most powerful army in the world, and it also had the most powerful navy in the world.

It's a pity that this fleet has long been burned down by a fire, almost two hundred years have passed, the Ming Dynasty is still running on the sea is still a backward fortune ship, as for countless archaeologists amazed, the displacement is very likely to be close to 10,000 tons, can be called the ancient sea giant treasure ship, even the drawings have long been burned out.

Although the Sea Shark-class and Giant Shark-class warships built in Ninghai are not bad, they are just good. In fact, the Ning Navy only relied on the range advantage of naval guns, and when fighting a naval battle, it was actually fought in the way of the army, but the tactics of cavalry combat were used in naval warfare, for Li Zhixiang or Cheng Shijie, the battleship was equal to a cavalry unit, and the tactics were only kite flying, cavalry running, left and right detours, and so on.

With the real maritime power, has not had time to fight, this shortcoming, once discovered, the consequences are unimaginable, to admit their weaknesses, should be learned. If you want to catch up with the West, there are no shortcuts, you can only honestly start from scratch and learn from each other. Navigation compass, sextant and other navigation equipment have to be imported, the use of these equipment skills have to learn from others, in this regard Ming really has nothing to be proud of.

Fortunately, this is the Ming Dynasty, where the atmosphere is relatively much more open, and learning from the West and the East has gradually become a trend, and everyone does not feel that it is a shame to learn from foreign devils, and it is natural to do better than teachers after learning.

If it was the Qing Dynasty...... That's a headache.

Of course, Cheng Shijie also promised that the Ming Dynasty would not compete with Venice for the interests of maritime trade, and would not seize Venice's overseas territories in any way.

This made Catherine secretly relieved, an Ottoman Empire was enough for Venice to have a headache, if the Ming people participated again and competed for Venice's share of trade in the Mediterranean, then the days would simply be impossible!

In Catherine's eyes, this transaction is worth it, compared to the combat distance of three or four hundred yards of naval guns in this era, the effective range of the fire dragon out of the water can reach more than eight hundred meters, or even one thousand meters, and the four hundred warships as target ships are about the same as the main warships of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire's poor shipbuilding industry and lax management, their poor shipbuilding technology, was not actually too strong for the Venetian city-state's navy, to be fair, the Ottoman Mediterranean fleet's annual losses due to running on the reef, rotting into the water, improper operation of the ship, or other accidents caused by collisions, were ten times greater than the losses caused to them by the Venetian navy.

In the Ottoman Empire, if it really relied on strength, it could crush Venice or pinch Venice to death, why it would fight with Venice, a small country for more than 200 years, the only thing that can be explained is in one word in Chinese: "Raise your own respect!" ”

Now they have obtained this kind of fire dragon to go to sea, not only has a high range advantage, the key is that the power is quite amazing, a fire dragon out of the water, can kill a small warship of more than 100 tons, if a large warship, at most three or four can sink a medium-level warship.

This time, Catherine bought 80,000 from the Ming Dynasty, which was enough for the more than 1,000 large, medium, and small warships of the Ottoman Mediterranean Fleet, each of which was divided into seventy or eighty pieces.

Venice needs this powerful weapon so badly! Everything is negotiated, and everyone signs the contract.

Just when Cheng Shijie was busy, Cheng Jiayue also really entered the first primary school in Jinzhou, which is the first primary school in Jinzhou.

The first class made Cheng Jiayue feel a little incredible.

The school of the Ming Dynasty was also like the later generations, when I saw the teacher, I wanted to say that the teacher was good.

However, they are not like the schools of later generations, lazily coping with it, Cheng Jiayue's Chinese teacher is called Zhang San, and he is also the extralegal madman Zhang San, he is a talented man from the eight classics, and he is also one of the famous strict teachers in Jinzhou.

After learning that he was going to become the teacher of Cheng Shijie's biological daughter Cheng Jiayue, he decided to teach Cheng Jiayue a lesson first.

After Zhang San entered the classroom with the textbooks, according to the level, all the students stood up and bowed to Zhang San: "Hello teacher!" ”

Just when Zhang San was about to wave his hand and signal everyone to sit down, he came back to his senses and saw the scene in the classroom, the students were slumped and crooked one by one, standing or not standing, sitting or not sitting, and said in his heart that this is not a good opportunity for Liwei?

"Chen Zhong, Zhou Dingguo, out of the ranks!"

Zhang San naturally knows the true identity of Chen Zhong and Zhou Dingguo, in Liaodong, they are the real sons of high-ranking cadres, although Chen Dayong is now only the director of the Dayuan Military Commission, but in fact, everyone knows that Chen Dayong is now the third person in the army after Shen Mingyu and Zhang Yu, and his status is even higher than Liu Qingsong and Zhou Ning.

At least Zhou Dingguo is not to mention, his grandfather is Zhou Yandong, the nominal second person in the Ning Navy, and he can also be regarded as the Dinghai Divine Needle in Liaodong, Zhou Yandong is in charge of everything except for military power, and his power is greater than that of Song Xiance. Zhou Yandong can hold his veto power.

And Zhou Dingguo's father, Zhou An, is now serving as the deputy commander of the Ning Navy in Guangning, and he is also one of the senior generals, and the Zhou family is in Liaodong, which can be said to be second only to Cheng Shijie's family.

However, Zhang San did not give Chen Dayong and Zhou Yandong face, and said in an extremely stern tone: "Are you two going to school for the first day?" ”

"It's not!"

"Sir taught you to read and write, he is your great benefactor, a teacher for one day, and a father for life! You have to be so respectful to your father when you are gentle, how can you be so casual with Mr. Greeting and Sending Off? No matter how much I read, I don't know if it's still a waste! , all of them, you all learn from me, look carefully! ”

Zhang San said, then tightened his waist and hips, put his legs together, put his hands on the sides of his legs, and shouted loudly: "Hello sir!" ”

When the word "good" came out after Zhang San, his head had been folded ninety degrees with his upper body, and he made a standard bow.

"That's the courtesy!"

Infected by the emotions of the surrounding classmates, Cheng Jiayue also shouted at the top of his voice: "Hello sir! ”

"Very good, sit down!"

When Cheng Shijie quietly came to see Cheng Jiayue go to school, he had already started to take physical education classes at this time, and unlike the happy education of later generations, primary school education in Liaodong actually had four subjects, that is, Chinese, mathematics, chemistry and physical education. Moreover, before the age of twelve, male and female students do not distinguish between boys and girls, but go to school together.

In Liaodong, a quarter of the class time of children under the age of twelve is learning sports, Cheng Jiayue's business is much stronger than most Liaodong children, especially after traveling through time and space, Cheng Jiayue's physical fitness has been significantly improved, Cheng Jiayue, who was not good at sports, actually has good sports results.

It's a children's version of the race, a 400-meter runway, which means they have to run two laps, and as the one-armed teacher blows the whistle, fifty or sixty children start running.

The four companions read at the first time, surrounding Cheng Jiayue before and after, like a plum blossom, secretly protecting Cheng Jiayue.

The children chased after me, running very cheerfully and very lively.

The physical education teacher is Li Yong, a retired veteran of the Ning Navy, Li Yong watched Cheng Shijie's arrival and gave Cheng Shijie a chest-hugging salute: "Meet the handsome!" ”

"How's life at school?"

"Tell the truth, or tell a lie?"

"Truth!"

"I'm not used to it!"

Li Yong smiled bitterly and patted his right hand with his left hand: "However, this arm is gone, and I can only accept my fate!" ”

Li Yong was in Baliwan, his right arm was hit by Jiannu's white armor with iron bones, causing a comminuted fracture, if this injury was in the future, the arm could still be saved, but in Daming, the arm was disabled.

"Children are our future, let you teach students sports, and you have been wronged?"

Li Yong is disabled and retired, he works as a teacher in the students, and he also has a monthly subsidy of five yuan of silver, and his monthly income can reach two or six yuan of silver, and the school also includes food and accommodation, and his income is not less than when he was in the army.

It's just that the soldiers are eager to fight and the life of the barracks, some people think that the barracks of the Ning Navy are nineteen layers of hell, and some people think that the barracks are heaven.

It is human nature to have different opinions on the same thing, from different angles.

Li Yong also wanted to ask Cheng Shijie what he was doing when he came to school, but at this moment, Cheng Jiayue also saw Cheng Shijie, and she ran towards Cheng Shijie excitedly: "Dad, why are you here?" ”

"Dad, come and see how Jiayue is at school!"

"Dad, my progress has been great, today I ran third place, only a little slower than Chen Zhong and Zhou Dingguo, but both of them are older than me, I will definitely be able to surpass them in the future!"

"Jiayue is awesome!"

As the competition ended, the teacher Li Yong began to award certificates to the winning students, and Cheng Jiayue received a big red flower, which was different from the red flowers of later generations, which was really made of red silk and wore ribbons.

Cheng Jiayue, who stood in front of the teacher and accepted the teacher's praise, looked proud.

Cheng Shijie just quietly watched Cheng Jiayue go to class, and after physical education class, it was chemistry class.

In class, the teacher is holding something that is being poured into a cup, and with each drop, there is a soft sound in the cup, and a wisp of smoke comes out, and many children leave their seats and gather in a circle, watching him operate.

The teacher warned while dripping something: "I can tell you, this thing is very dangerous, if you splash a little bit in your eyes, your eyes may be blinded, so don't play with it yourself!" ”

Cheng Jiayue has not yet started a chemistry class, which is a little strange to Cheng Jiayue: "What is the teacher doing? ”

"Do the experiment!"

Cheng Shijie felt a little strange when he saw this scene: "Is this too early?" ”

Perhaps because he felt it, Zhang San, the head teacher who accompanied Cheng Shijie, explained: "Dashuai, you don't know, not everyone has the opportunity to go to school, many children drop out of primary school because of family reasons, teaching children chemistry knowledge, but also so that they can use it in their lives!" ”

At that moment, probably enough to drip something into it, the teacher put down the small bottle that was said to contain something very dangerous, shook the cup slightly, put a small stone in it, and after a while took it out again, put it on the tung oil lamp and burned it, and it burned so loudly that blisters came out.

After a while, the teacher took out a small cage with a guinea pig in it.

The teacher grabbed the mouse with one hand, and dipped a little liquid from the cup that I don't know what the hell it was made and poured it into the mouse's mouth, the mouse was still struggling at first, but his strength was getting smaller and smaller, and he stopped moving in less than half a minute.

The children exclaimed, "Look, the rat really gets into a coma when he drinks that thing, it's amazing!" ”

"Any idea what this thing is?"

Except for Cheng Jiayue, all the children almost said in unison: "Meng's sweat medicine!" ”

The teacher looked at the students and said, "You are still young, your strength is not strong enough, when you meet a bad person and want to do bad things, use this thing against him!" ”

Cheng Shijie frowned: "This is Chengxin teaching bad children, right?" ”

"Dashuai, this ...... Students believe that the heart of harming others is indispensable, the heart of preventing others is indispensable, and the method of harming others must always be prepared......"

Cheng Shijie knew at this time that he had actually been ignoring the problems of education, these problems must be taken seriously, the textbooks in Liaodong must be rebuilt, and what things are not good to teach, it is called preparing Menghan medicine and poisoning.

Do you want to teach a group of poisoning masters?

Just when Cheng Shijie had a headache, Emperor Chongzhen also had a headache.

Zheng Zhilong has now arrived in Liaodong, and Emperor Chongzhen's inner treasury now has as much as more than 6.8 million taels of silver, no matter from which point of view, Emperor Chongzhen is now also a rich man.

But the question is, how to appreciate Cheng Shijie?

Now the whole world is watching, if Cheng Shijie solves such a big trouble for Emperor Chongzhen, with an income of more than 10 million taels of silver, if Emperor Chongzhen does not reward him, who will send silver to Emperor Chongzhen in the future.

But how to reward Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie is now the Duke of Haiguo, the governor of Liaodong, the nominal secretary of the military department, and the nominal governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, whether it is a real position or a fictitious title, there is no way to add it anymore.

Just like the reason why Emperor Chongzhen has no way to mobilize the Ning Navy, mobilize the Ning Navy to quell the rebellion, and with the combat effectiveness of the Ning Navy, they will clean up the Jiannu just like playing, and the Liukou who are far inferior to the Jiannu in combat effectiveness will not be Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts, a piece of cake?

But the problem is that there is no way to reward Cheng Shijie anymore.

After learning that Cheng Shijie had found his own daughter, Emperor Chongzhen had some regrets, how good would it be if Cheng Shijie found his son? Directly enshrine Cheng Shijie's son Cheng Jialong as a marquis, even if it is a duke, it is not impossible.

However, the problem is that Cheng Shijie only got his daughter back, and Daming is not without titles for women, but Mrs. Decree is generally given to deceased women, or married women, and has never rewarded a female baby who is less than nine years old.

As a courtier, once he has made an unrewardable miracle and his merits are high, he will often not end well, he will be suspicious of the king and suffer misfortunes, but the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen does not want to do this, even if Cheng Shijie wants to be Yue Fei, and Ning Haijun is not necessarily Yue's army.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen decided to ask Empress Zhang Yan, the imperial sister-in-law, to come forward, and Emperor Chongzhen told the imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan that Cheng Shijie had found his biological daughter, and Zhang Yan immediately understood what Chongzhen meant: "What does Your Majesty mean is that you want to accept Cheng Qing's daughter as a righteous daughter in the identity of this palace?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Then why not Zhou?"

"Imperial sister-in-law, you have no children and no daughters now, and you have a righteous daughter under your knees, wouldn't you kill two birds with one stone?"

Zhang Yan smiled faintly and said: "Then the palace will issue a decree as the queen to accept Cheng Shijie's daughter Cheng Jiayue as a righteous daughter and Princess Ji'an." ”

"Very good!"

Cheng Shijie inspected Jinzhou No. 1 Primary School, and Luo Baofeng, a teacher who has always been good at observing words and feelings, immediately changed the learning content to an ideological education class. He looked at the children and said, "Receiving the grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates, students, who is the reason why we can live a good life now?" ”

Let these innocent children say in unison: "Because of the handsome!" ”

"Students, please tell the teacher, who made it possible for you to go to school?"

"It's handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher, who made it possible for you to eat at school for free?"

"It's handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher, who is it that allows you to distribute school uniforms for free?"

"It's handsome!"

"Students, please tell the teacher who ......"

Cheng Jiayue was very puzzled, she looked at her classmate Sun Pu in a low voice and said, "Who are the big handsomes they are talking about?" ”

Sun Pu looked at Cheng Jiayue in disbelief and said, "Don't you know who the handsome is?" ”

"I don't know!"

Sun Pu thought that Cheng Jiayue had just come to Jinzhou, and he might not know it, so he said: "Dashuai is your father!" ”

(End of chapter)