Sun Tzu once wrote in "The Art of War: Fire Attack Chapter": "The fire is in the upper wind and there is no attack in the lower wind. The day wind lasts for a long time and the night wind stops."
It's enough to imagine the importance of this wind direction. What's more, because of the different terrains, which direction blows the most in Guanzhong all year round, and which direction blows the most in other provinces and states, as long as you understand it, can't it be used in war
Let me tell you a story. Legend has it that in a distant era, there was a very powerful country. It was so powerful that it was many times larger than our current territory of the Tang Dynasty. Even the powerful countries such as White Clothes and Big Food, even Countries further west that are rich in white clothes can only be trampled by the cavalry of this country and then surrender.
But even such a powerful country with no rivals came back defeated when it conquered Japan. Do you know the reason? It was because their leading generals did not understand the direction of the sea breeze when heading to Japan.
Li Hong looked at Li Chunfeng's pensive expression and had to narrate the story of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, who conquered Little Japan, as if it were something from ancient times.
And he was willing to sit here boredly discussing wind direction, wind speed, and wind strength with Li Chunfeng. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to hope that Li Chunfeng could travel north and south in the foreseeable future and find out the current wind direction on the sea.
In this way, it will be an important reference content and of great value whether it is to conquer Japan or Goryeo in the future.
"But... what then?" Li Chunfeng and Li Hong asked after they had no words to follow.
"For such a powerful country, it conquered Japan twice, but failed miserably without even setting foot on its territory."
Seeing the disapproving expressions of Li Chunfeng, Xia Zhi and others, Li Hong said solemnly: "What I said is the truth. You must not make fun of me. The power of this country is beyond your imagination. Anyway, remember, this The country is really powerful. It sent more than 900 warships across the Japanese country for the first time, but because they did not understand the characteristics of the maritime monsoon, more than 200 warships were overturned by the sea wind, and they fled back in embarrassment. The second time, they used more than 4,000 warships, with a strength of 140,000. However, because they did not understand the terrible wind direction at sea, all the warships were destroyed by the sea wind, and 140,000 men only came back. Three people.”
After finishing speaking, there was a sound of sucking cold air from all around. Xia Zhi and others looked incredulous. No matter what, they would never have thought that the wind would destroy all the more than 4,000 ships.
Only Li Chunfeng had a solemn expression, silently nodding from time to time, and after a while he said: "What His Highness the Prince said is by no means a lie. I have been to the East China Sea, and the wind there is indeed much stronger than ours in Guanzhong. It is easy to capsize a ship." It was because of that trip to the East China Sea that Pindao became interested in studying the wind. But a strong wind like what His Highness said can only be seen after sailing into the deep sea, right? Moreover, the Japanese envoy sent to Tang Dynasty. , but there are traces to follow. They will not go to our Datang for several months. I understand, they have avoided the windy days that your highness said, right? "
"Yes, the Japanese country is just a small country, but they also have something worth learning from us, and that is their understanding of the ocean, so..."
"So if I want to continue studying this wind, I have to go to the place with the sea around here again, but Chunfeng has an unkind request..."
"you say."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and they both saw the smile in each other's eyes. The meaning of taking advantage of each other was too obvious.
"I heard that many students from Chongwen Hall are very interested in what the atmospheric pressure is. Pindao is also very interested in this, and he vaguely feels that this should be related to the rudiment of wind, so Pindao wants to borrow some students from Chongwen Hall. Travel around the coast of the Tang Dynasty with Pindao."
"Okay, no problem. It's up to you to choose how many people you want and who you want." Li Hong happily agreed.
He was sure that Li Chunfeng must have already made a plan, and he probably even had a list. Don't forget, he and Yuan Tiangang were guests of Chongwen Hall, and they would go to Chongwen Hall every month.
After the two of them negotiated the deal, Bai Chun appeared in front of Li Hong at the right time. Even Li Chunfeng was so stunningly beautiful that he stood up quickly and said, "Miss Bai."
Bai Chun smiled slightly, returned the gift, and handed a calligraphy book to Li Hong, then stood aside.
Li Hong picked up the calligraphy book in his hand, took a look at it, handed it to Li Chunfeng, and said: "Here is the information of a person. If you can find this person when you wander to Quanzhou on Lingnan Road, he may be able to help you a lot. busy."
Li Chunfeng took the calligraphy book and took a look at it. He didn't know the person on it, or even heard of it. He couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Who is this Lin Luan?"
"This man's family has made a living by sailing for generations, not just fishing on the seashore. His grandfather was the first group of people to go to Yizhou (Taiwan) in the Sui Dynasty, and his grandfather led the fleet." Li Hong smiled. , this person has been searched by Bai Chun's Jingwei for a long time. Lin Luan is mentioned in the local area, but his reputation is well known.
In the 5,000-year history of China, all dynasties, except the Ming Dynasty, which paid great attention to maritime strategy in the early period, seemed to have adopted a stagnant strategy in dealing with the magnificent ocean.
As for the Ming Dynasty, later on, due to the growth of the idea of sea bans, people were cut off from continuing to explore the ocean, and so they moved step by step into the abyss of backwardness.
Although the resources of the sea today are not as rich as those on land, this is because people have limited means of obtaining materials, which does not mean that the treasures in the sea are limited.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Hong also intended to inspect and learn from the Lin family's shipbuilding industry through the hands of Li Chunfeng and Chongwen Hall students, in an effort to build larger and more combat-effective warships.
Li Chunfeng now firmly believes in Li Hong's words. He believes that since His Highness the Crown Prince said that this person is very important, then there must be something outstanding about this person and he deserves to be respected by himself and others.
Nodding solemnly, Li Chunfeng put away the calligraphy book, saluted Li Hong again, and followed Mang Zhong out of the yard.
Sun Simiao knew very well the purpose of these people sent by Li Hong. Although they were not sallow and thin, but looking at their pale faces, he knew that these people must have been in prison for a long time, and their faces had lost the color that ordinary people should have. .
He was not a pedantic person, not to mention that Li Hong had repeatedly assured that there would be no life-threatening effects of the vaccine on people, so he dared to experiment with the vaccine on these people.
Pei Wanying felt that Li Hong was more and more mysterious. Master Sun Simiao did not tell her Li Hong's true identity, but in the past few days, the master followed Mr. Li's words carefully, saying that even the prescription for curing smallpox was It was Li Hong who proposed it.
It's just that the prodigal son in the master's mouth has lost a great book, which clearly records how to vaccinate and use cowpox to treat smallpox.
Every time the master mentioned that good book called "Baidu", he would look sad, but every time he asked if it was possible to create such a unique book in the world, the master's expression seemed to have lost his soul. Said: "If he said this was the only one, then there would definitely not be a second one."
Sun Simiao's dejected look made Pei Wanying, a closed disciple, feel particularly distressed. She almost wanted to use a beauty trap to trick Li Hong, in case she could be found again, or maybe Mr. Li just didn't want his master to see him.
Before she could tell the master about the questions in her mind, Sun Simiao had already seen through her little daughter's thoughts and warned: "Don't think about useless things. He is not a stingy person. If he can find it, he will give it to him." He was not reluctant to give it up. He said he couldn't find it because he really couldn't find it. "
"Is he so generous?" As soon as Pei Wanying asked this, she couldn't help but look at the red ribbon flying on her left arm. Also, if someone wasn't generous, they wouldn't spend a lot of money on such a small detail. I bought so much cloth and cut it into strips and tied them on my arms.
And all this is just to make the people of Lantian feel less nervous when they see the soldiers in white robes.
"He hasn't been looking for you recently?" Sun Simiao took the time to sit on a chair and rest for a while, looking at his apprentice who was thinking about something and asked.
Pei Wanying's face turned red. Now I am afraid that even a blind person can tell that Young Master Li is interested in her. He always comes to visit three or five times a day, with all kinds of excuses.
"No, my disciple has been by your side these past few days, following you in developing this vaccine. I have never met him." Pei Wanying said in a low voice.
Sun Simiao glanced at Pei Wanying. Among all his disciples, this female disciple was the only one with the best talent and the most suitable to inherit his mantle. Now he was giving all his gifts without reservation, expecting her to inherit them all.
But if His Royal Highness is targeted by the Crown Prince, this professor will be useless. In the future, is it possible for the future Crown Princess to go to the mountain to collect medicine every day? Or let the Crown Princess treat the common people? This is very unrealistic.
But if Wanying was allowed to leave now and let her date His Highness the Crown Prince, Sun Simiao would be a little reluctant. He couldn't take his medical skills to the grave after his death.
Thinking of this, Sun Simiao also sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to obey fate and said: "We must meet when we should meet, and we must not lose etiquette. It is just free time, but we must not miss this medical skill. Among the many disciples of the master, It means you are talented enough to study medicine.”
Pei Wanying's cheeks turned redder. What did the master mean by this? What does it mean to meet when we should meet? Could it be that the master thinks that Mr. Li is a good person? Is he a person worthy of TOEFL
But what about yourself? What do you think? Pei Wanying was in a daze for a moment, and her mind couldn't help but think about the first time the two met and what happened on the first day. In the end, she just shook her head. This person seemed very mysterious.
(End of chapter)