When the people from the Five Lakes Chamber of Commerce sent people to look for fish, the people arranged by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan began to follow. They wanted to find the source of these fish, and that would be when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan counterattack. Up.
"Xiaobao, I thought of a way, I don't know if it can be done." Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were trying to find a way for Li Xun, got together again, and Wang Juan sat there and said to Zhang Xiaobao.
"Okay, let's talk about it, what can be done?" Zhang Xiaobao was also curious, not knowing what Wang Juan came up with.
Wang Juan thought about it, and said with a little uncertainty: "In fact, it is to make weapons. Let Li Xun make weapons here. In that case, people who believe in the court will send someone to help instead of calling Li Xun away. Weapons are mines in the water, which are made with our gunpowder. Can you see it
In fact, since our fireworks were made, didn’t some people at the court start thinking about turning those fireworks into weapons? It’s just that it’s not easy to make those shells, otherwise they would have made cannons long ago. In fact, I still don't fully understand the usage of those gunpowder, and they are experimenting.
Now that they know it, and there is no restriction that others are not allowed to use firecrackers, it means that they think it is very difficult for this thing to become a weapon. Let us try to remind them, they should not arrange Li Xun in such a hurry. What's up, what do you think? "
Zhang Xiaobao thought about what Wang Juan said, and shook his head after a while and said, "I can't do it. The firework we made was originally a fun thing. Even those people in the court thought of the power of this thing after it exploded. , But they wouldn’t think we made them just to make weapons.
Once we say here that we are going to make those weapons, it is estimated that the first thing for those individuals in the court is to send a large number of soldiers to protect us, and let us cooperate with them to make those weapons, that is There is no more freedom, and Li Xun has to be put in. Don't think he is also a royal person, but there are too many royal children.
Li Longji can even do his own relatives, let alone Li Xun is not too close to him? We can’t do this, weapons can be researched, but we can only do research by ourselves. Yes, we can do it now. There are quite a few small islands here and there for people to experiment with some weapons in the past, and we can’t wait.
Don’t worry about Li Xun’s affairs. You know a lot about this aspect, the structure of the gun, and the various uses of gunpowder. You are specifically responsible for this matter. As long as it succeeds, we will quietly make some more. Come out, the gun is not easy to do, right? Then just make the cannon directly. If it is not so good, I used copper just now. It is best to make a bomb that can bloom, rather than an ordinary iron ball. "
When Zhang Xiaobao heard Wang Juan mentioning the weapon, he realized that he has the conditions to make it, and there is no need to worry about other people knowing it. Let the people in the inner courtyard of the family occupy an empty island over there. Don’t experiment as you want? This is much better than when I was in the capital.
Wang Juan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "Okay, let me find a way. The problem with the gun is easy to solve. The main problem is the bullet problem of the gun. The gun is also simple. They all use copper. But the gunpowder in the bullet needs to be fired, this is a lot of effort, I have to think about it.
Talking about Li Xun's matter, how did you start to say this, what do you plan to do with Li Xun's matter? You don’t have to worry about this weapon. I’m going to let someone get some good springs. There are not so many springs for sofas. But for guns, no matter how much money you put in, you have to find suitable metal. Can. "
When Wang Juan was talking, he found that two people had digressed. He complained to Zhang Xiaobao and took over the weapon making. This is relatively simple for her. The structure of the gun is changed, and the role of each part is changed. , If she didn't know, it would be a big joke.
If Zhang Xiaobao hadn’t followed up with the issue of making weapons, she would have never thought of this. Of course the guns are better than the current bows and arrows during the war, especially after the springs are made, they can be fired without manually. The last bullet was fired.
She is going to make two pistols out of good metal, one with Xiaobao, and put it on her body when the time comes. As long as someone wants to hit the two of them, she will regret being born in this world. She believes , By virtue of his and Zhang Xiaobao's marksmanship, it was basically a bullet that would kill one person.
When the pistol is finished, start making long guns and adjust them slowly. As long as they can hit a distance of 800 meters, they can be used as a sniper rifle. At least in this era, the guns are like artifacts.
And the cannon is simple. Use copper to make a tube, then load gunpowder, load the twister, and add a large iron ball, which is fired and fired. The cannonball that can be exploded has to wait for the bullet to be made. do.
Thinking about this, Wang Juan was relieved, and he was ready to fight, and now he was waiting to see what kind of ideas Zhang Xiaobao could come up with to help keep Li Xun in this place.
Zhang Xiaobao's method is actually not perfect yet, but it won't work if I don't say it. This time, I have done a lot of things. I hope that there will be no other things.
Seeing Wang Juan waiting, Zhang Xiaobao gently tapped his hand on the table and said: "Actually, it is very simple. The way to divert attention is war. I am going to fight one of the small tribes next to me. Yes, of course, instead of fighting in the past, but letting them pay tribute, some small tribes here did not pay tribute to me.
And the most important thing is that they have not been fully enlightened. We have to help them to educate the people. This matter naturally finds a person with enough status. It is too late for others to come over, so let the royal Li Xun pass. Well, you can find a tribe, either from the sea, or from the place in Vietnam in the future, but there are too many mountains over there and it’s hard to deal with.
Then make the goal smaller first, send someone to exchange things with them first, and then tell them there are better things to exchange. What will happen to you when you talk about the consequences, the price of our goods will be higher. The high ones keep the prices of their good things low.
For example, all the goods on their side can be exchanged for 100 catties of goods on our side at a time, so what we have to do is to send a thousand catties to the other side. They only need to save some things and use that side. We exchange some of our goods with them so that they can see our things clearly, but they must exchange their good things for them. "
"You, do you want them to take the initiative to attack? You use those things to seduce them?"
Wang Juan knew what idea he was playing when he heard what Zhang Xiaobao said. This was too wicked. Thinking of this, he suddenly said: "Then what about the people we send there to exchange things with them? Could it be you Those individuals should be sacrificed to achieve political goals
I don’t agree. Our people can’t just die like that. Otherwise, I’ll feel uneasy for the rest of my life. I absolutely can’t do this kind of initiative to send people to death. Up. "
Wang Juan considered a few things. In order to find an excuse for starting a war, some countries knew that their people were going to be harmed, so he didn't know it, so he could use this to fight the war.
Although, as a general, sometimes you have to send out some decoys to lure the enemy, so as to achieve strategic goals, but Wang Juan is not ready to do that now. After all, she has to do a new weapon, in absolute strength. In front of him, there is no need to use any other conspiracy.
"It's not what you think." Seeing Wang Juan's reaction, Zhang Xiaobao quickly explained. "In fact, it is the case. After our people pass by, they have to sit on the boat with a certain distance away from them, and then hire the locals. The people help guard the temporary warehouse.
Let our people pay more attention, as long as they don’t let others touch the boat. During the day, a few people will be sent out to exchange things, and they will return to the boat at night. In this way, they will naturally choose one. It's night time, no matter if they killed the guard over there or not, we all have a reason to attack them.
Of course, this thing that makes others die is really unethical, but it is better than ours if they die, right? What's more, we just pushed them a little bit by killing them. If they don't have greed in their hearts and can unite with the local people, we just want to find such an excuse and we can't find it. "
When Zhang Xiaobao was thinking of an idea, he kept on asking himself, was he an aggressor, was he an enemy of human peace? Should it be written in a textbook at some point in the future for people to belittle
No matter what excuses are made, this behavior is considered aggression and breaks the original life of the people. Even if there are wars between the individual tribes, even the same tribe will kill people, but after all, it is their own business. .
The only thing Zhang Xiaobao can stabilize himself is that since there are wars between their tribes, then treat this earth as a larger tribe. Everyone is a member of this big tribe, and everyone belongs to internal wars.
After listening to Zhang Xiaobao’s idea, Wang Juan thought of the same problem, that is, the war of aggression, but she was a soldier, so she immediately put this aside, and said: "Okay, just do it, those people We will not occupy the resources, and will eventually be occupied by others. Let others be responsible for the important task of world peace. Which executioner shall we be.
For the sake of our country and for our own lives, when some people call us the devil, I believe that we will be written as heroes in the history books on our side. I agree, you can arrange it, and then Find a way to get your dad to make a notice.
It says that the locals hired by us now belong to our Datang Luzhou. If they are a member, as long as they are attacked, we will use this as an excuse to clean up the people and act separately. I will make a cannon. You will get this. Let's go. "
The two went to do things separately. Zhang Xiaobao sent someone to the mountain and called Li Xun and his guards back. They needed to participate in this action. Then he found his father and told him the matter. Listen, of course, Zhang Xiaobao didn't say at this time when there would be a war, he just said that he would send a ship over there to take a look.
If they have the good things they need here, they will use the goods here to exchange them, and they mentioned that the people over there should be sealed off by small officials, and then they can become a native place. The high official Zhang Zhong can’t seal them. , That needs the court to take care of it. If he is really given a big official position, then he doesn't need to stay here, he will be arrested to the capital.
Sealing a petty official who has no rights, and the kind that does not require the court to pay his salary, so that the court will not say anything. After all, Zhang Zhong is in charge of a state. He needs someone to do things. It will be easier to become a native place. No one will care about this.
After all these things were arranged, Zhang Xiaobao took the blank stuff that his father had already stamped and left. This preparation will start when he arrives there. Zhang Xiaobao also thinks about the place. It’s a little far away, but since Japan can do it. Coming here, relying on the boats here and Wang Juan's familiarity with ocean currents and monsoons, I believe the fleet will be able to pass.
This place is on Luzon Island, which is relatively close to Hainan Island. Of course, there is no such name yet. After all, it is not in the Song Dynasty. That place is good. Zhang Xiaobao is going to take that place in a few months. Come out a dock that can be landed at any time.
The pier on Luzhou’s side seems a bit too far at this time. You need to discuss with the people on Hainan Island and ask them to get a pier. Can back and forth support.
When Wang Juan nodded when he heard that it was this place, he nodded: "It's okay here. Fight, make it bigger, build more ships, send more people over, and take over that place. That's very important. For strategically located places, if we don't get Datang, I'm sorry for our chance to come here once."
"I think so too. This time I have to fight. Life at sea is not so easy. We can go through in the Song Dynasty. So we should be able to go there. Our shipbuilding technology is not bad. Why? No one has been there before?"
Seeing that Wang Juan had no objection, Zhang Xiaobao felt relieved a lot, but wondered why no one went there at this time. As long as he walked by the sea, he believed that many places could be reached. Of course, the danger was still there. Exist, but it would be wrong not to go out.
When Wang Juan saw Zhang Xiaobao insisting on asking this, he said, "Why did you go in the past? If the country doesn’t talk about the past, can you go there alone, and everyone is a boat like that? And the most important thing is that it takes a long time to sail. You don’t know that there is a place where you might float a boat on the vast sea just to see if you can find land
Not to mention the current ship, even the ship during the Three Kingdoms period. I don’t think there were any problems in the past. Especially when it is critical, it is connected with an iron chain. Then bump it back and forth, but people always have a purpose when doing things. Sexually, some of the people here may have been there before, but if something happens, maybe no one has ever wanted to find another piece of land on the sea.
Who knows, anyway, we are ready to do it this time. As long as we succeed this time, we can continue to build the big ship. Then Li Xun will represent Datang in the past and talk about things. Thinking about it will be exciting. In fact, I want it the most. I went to Africa, and there are many good things there. "
"Well, regardless of those, don't go back to the capital side of the boat this time. Use it directly to go to the sea side. Prepare things for them. You need to bring enough fresh water. If it doesn't work, make some for them. Things that can be used for distillation are steamed with sea water, but the taste is a little worse.
I have tasted that after the seawater is distilled normally, if it is not processed by other means, it still has a special taste. I am not used to drinking it. Also, bring them fruits. Bring dried fruits, especially Make the orange into a powder and let them flush with water. I don't want to wait for them to come back and all get sick.
Add some dried vegetables, dried meat, etc., rice should also bring a few more, and dried jujube, then let them make their own eight-treasure porridge to drink, that's it, and arrange it right away. "
The things that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have decided will basically not change. Wang Juan thought about it and made powerful fireworks for these people who are going to sea. At this time, pure gunpowder is placed inside. It can be used to scare some whales that appear in the sea that will actively attack when it is critical.
It can also shock the people in that place. People are always full of curiosity and fear about the unknown. If there is a conflict as soon as the place arrives, then first use this thing to blow up a few people and let them be local People think that it is the thunder of God, and believe that some results can be achieved.
Zhang Xiaobao also has to consider some specific things that go there. Tribes that are too big cannot provoke, and there are many families. If you hide in the mountains when the time comes, it will be difficult for you to do so, even if the armed forces sent are training. After a period of jungle warfare, that won't work either.
The lives of one's own people are worth money, and it is not worthwhile to replace ten of them with one. You must think of a safe way.
The horse sent out to find someone was faster. When Li Xun was still running on the way, he was overtaken by a two-rider horse. When he knew that Zhang Xiaobao had figured out a way, Li Xun pondered and followed here. The person who gave the order went to the mountain first, and then returned with his guards from the palace and those from the Zhang family.
On the way, Li Xun asked the person who gave the order. Zhang Xiaobao thought of what kind of idea, but the person who gave the order didn’t know, let alone him. Now Zhang Zhong only knew a little bit of the whole plan. , Where did he go to understand the meaning of going out this time
This time I watched it to help Li Xun stay here for a few more days, but it was the beginning of a new era. The era of navigation is coming. No one knows what consequences this will bring to Datang. Maybe It is infinite wealth, and it may also cause those who would not have been here to come over in advance and cause war.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are not worried at all, even if someone comes along that route, what can they do? Just let them see the power of Datang, and at the same time start trade. This is the prerequisite for the people of Datang to live a good life under the situation of underdeveloped productivity.
Especially those special food crops that can be grown in many places. Now that you are doing business here, you should first set the prerequisites for this possible thing.
The Zhang’s boat on the pier began to be modified according to Zhang Xiaobao’s ideas. There was really a distilled thing on it, as well as mirrors and other things. This mirror was not exchanged with the people there in the past, it was for the purpose of not burning wood. It was used to help with the distillation. Although the speed was slower, it was better than no water.
The boat also brought a lot of firewood and alcohol. By then, this thing can not only be drunk, but it can also be burned. The most experienced old man should also follow along. Zhang Xiaobao asked to take care of the old man no matter what. , This is a wealth, respect for the old man is respect for knowledge, but also respect for oneself.
The Zhang family's busy schedule seems to be different from before. Although nothing can be seen on the surface, it always makes some familiar people feel that something is wrong. Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang are now aware of it.
The two people were sitting by the river while fishing while drinking tea, and while eating the fried melon seeds slowly, they talked about the latest movements of the Zhang family.
"I said, how does the Zhang family feel like they want to go back, as if they are going to other places, otherwise, what do they put on the boat for the distilled spirits? Do they want to do it elsewhere? liquor?"
Old man Zhang has lifted the empty rod four times in a row, and he didn’t catch a fish. He just put it on the rod and ate melon seeds. After eating one, I put the skin of the melon seeds in a special place for garbage. Throw things casually.
Old man Bi has been fishing for a long time and has rich experience. He caught three fishes in this moment and looked very happy. When he went back, he let the cook in Haiyunjian make them.
Hearing what Old Man Zhang said, he also nodded and said, “It’s true. They didn’t put so many grains on the ship before, unless they specialize in transporting grains. The dried fruits and oranges were also ground into powder. It really makes people wonder what they are going to do
Well, when you go back in a while, ask carefully, don't get anything wrong, otherwise I won't be able to suppress the court. "