Chapter 80: Rewarding
The charts were very large, not made of ordinary paper, but a silk book with a square foot.
The so-called silk book is a book written on silk silk, perhaps for waterproof and insect resistance, so the best silk silk is carefully selected to make nautical charts, which is also the reason why Yang Lin found it.
At first, Yang Lin thought it was a good fabric, so he grabbed it in his hand and shook it off, just before Zou Run explained to them about the Tamna Kingdom, and wrote the three words Tamna Kingdom in front of them.
So as soon as he found out, Yang Lin immediately left all the valuable things behind and chose to report to Zou Run immediately.
Yang Lin, who knows the development strategy of the cottage, understands the importance of this chart too well!
And Zou Run knows better!
He resisted his excitement and, with trembling hands, carefully opened the chart.
On the silk surface, with rough and abstract brushwork, the outline of the coastline of Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road, as well as the coastal prefectures and counties of Liao, the geographical location of Goryeo, and the island of Tamna that he has in mind are marked in great detail.
Zou Run's fingers followed the arrows marked on the silk surface, and he pointed and pointed, and figured out the general sea route map.
Combined with the later generations' own maritime knowledge, the obscure sun, moon and stars, complicated lines, islands and scales and other patterns marked on the sea charts in the eyes of ordinary people are extremely clear in Zou Run's eyes. This clearly indicates the direction of the monsoon on the surface of the sea, and the direction of the stars and islands, as well as the depth of the sea lanes.
With this map, Zou Run's strategy of two villages and one island can be quickly upgraded to a strategy of two villages and two islands!
Zou Run, who was in ecstasy, suddenly had an agitation, since the Mao family has this chart, it means that there are sailors and boatmen who have been to the country of Tamna!
The latter is a living map, and it is a more precious existence than the former, and under the excitement, Zou Run slapped his thigh and immediately ordered the knife to keep people.
But it was too late, the public trial conference had just ended, and the Mao family's father and son, who were full of evil, were all killed in public, and they were executed by Xie Zhen and Jiebao himself.
Looking at the two bloody heads, Zou Run had no choice but to order all the captured villagers to be gathered together and he would be personally responsible for interrogation.
This question is very rewarding, it turns out that the father and son of the Mao family actually have a large fleet, and they have been running the route of Goryeo in private, and once encountered a sudden gale at sea, and were accidentally brought to Tamna Island by the wind and waves, so this chart was made.
Zou Run hurriedly asked where the sailors and boatmen who had been to Tamluo Island were, and the Maojiazhuang guests, who had seen the strong combat effectiveness of Dengyun Mountain, did not dare to hide anything, and immediately poured all the information like beans into a bamboo tube.
Since the generation of Mao Taigong and his father, the Mao family has adhered to the principle of relying on the sea to eat the sea, and after making a fortune by selling illicit salt by the sea, they immediately set their sights on the increasingly prosperous maritime trade. At that time, Dengzhou was also the largest foreign trade port in the north of the Song Dynasty, undertaking commercial and trade activities from Liao, Goryeo, Japan and other countries and regions. However, after the fourth year of Xining (1071 AD), the imperial court gradually closed the port and imposed a maritime ban in the name of Dengzhou port close to Liao State and coastal defense.
But in the face of high sea trade profits, the imperial court's sea ban official document is tantamount to a dead letter, those private merchants on the sea are rampant, so the imperial court ordered the establishment of a swordfish patrol village and a peaceful naval army village in several states and counties on Jingdong East Road, and then added thousands of Chenghai crossbowmen to strengthen the eastern coastal armament. Since then, large-scale maritime trade has been largely cut off, but once the monsoon arrives, the fastest one-way journey from Dengju to Goryeo takes less than two days, and the small fleets on the sea are repeatedly banned.
The Mao family fleet is taking this road, as long as the best-selling goods are prepared, the profit of a trip to sea can be called a year without opening, and a year after opening.
As for the current season, these ships have gone to the southbound route of the mainland, that is, to and from Dengzhou to Hangzhou and Zhejiang. Well...... Interestingly, this domestic route was also banned by the imperial court, on the grounds that Dengzhou was too close to the Liao State and was an important coastal defense town, and merchants were not allowed to traffic goods to Dengzhou by sea.
Routes within the country are forbidden...... It's outrageous......
Anyway, according to the confession of the leading Zhuang Ke, knowing that although a few of the boatmen and sailors on the route to Tamna were killed, some of them happened to go to the south to do business, and they would return to Dengzhou in about ten days.
After the interrogation, Zou Run carefully wrapped up the drawings and carried them personally, and at the same time ordered Yang Lin to quickly end the public trial, and according to the previous way, distribute money and food to the people in the village according to their heads, and bring them with them if they are willing to go up the mountain.
Everything in the Mao family's manor can be taken away, and what cannot be taken away is distributed to the people in the village. Yang Lin is very handy in doing this, and he also has a thoughtful and flexible sister-in-law Gu and Lehe, and Sun Xin and Zhen Xie Bao are responsible for maintaining order with a wolf-like minions, and the matter is quickly completed.
Gradually, the sky turned yellow, the red sun sank in the west, Zou Run inspected the people and goods on the grain drying field, and listened to the reports of everyone.
As a result of a mini-siege battle, the number of casualties this time has increased compared to the past, and eight people with light and serious injuries have been preliminarily bandaged and treated. Six minions were killed in battle, including two who were killed by arrows, and three who died in the wall fighting, the reason is actually related to the team's low armor rate.
This casualty ratio has accounted for one-tenth of the total number of this team, which means that if the minions of Dengyun Mountain are replaced by ordinary troops, let alone win, it will be Amitabha Buddha if they do not cause a rout on the spot.
But the reason for the death of one of them is more embarrassing, this person is responsible for covering the battlefield of the cavalry minions, because the riding skills are too poor, in the pursuit of the Zhuang Ke who went out to deliver the letter, accidentally fell from the horse, the enemy did not catch it, not to say, he also broke his neck and died.
Hearing this, Zou Run's face darkened, and he secretly remembered it in his heart, and he was ready to go back and start to improve the training quality of the cottage cavalry.
In general, the battle captured a lot, the Mao family is worthy of being rich in investing in sea trade, from the manor looted gold, silver, copper coins and other goods are equivalent to more than 80,000 yuan, this is only cash, there are a number of calligraphy and paintings, antiques and coral gems and other treasures that cannot be valued on the spot are also loaded with two large carts.
It's a pity that the seized grain is relatively small, and after distributing a part to the villagers, there are less than 10,000 stone left.
This amount of grain, with the current daily consumption of Dengyun Mountain, is only enough for four months at most.
In addition to the bulk of the money and grain, in a large number of routine seizures, the two categories of livestock and weapons are considered a surprise, with more than 30 ploughing cattle and beef cattle and 18 horses. In terms of weapons, thanks to Joy and Care, a wall was found during the search.
In order to escape war, political persecution, hiding property or deliberate rebellion, the wealthy eunuchs of all dynasties made their own buildings into a double-walled structure, and then set up an extremely hidden secret door or secret passage for entry and exit.
In the sandwich wall found by Lehe, there are hidden fine treasures worth more than 100 yuan, as well as a number of terrifying weapons, the reason why it is terrifying is because the inside is full of things that the imperial court prohibits private people from building and possessing.
A total of 20 military crossbows, 20 foot bows, armor-piercing arrows, willow leaf arrows, shovel arrows and other arrows are several bundles, and there are five pieces of real standard military infantry iron armor, each of which weighs more than 40 pounds.