I am the king of the dead

Chapter 473 Daming's Great Geographical Discovery, Beginning with Drifting Ducks
"You should figure out where the dark current in the Daming Sea is going." Zhu Qiyu made it very clear.

In Peng Sui's eyes, the tributaries of the Cangming River flowed to Bohai Bay and went south, but Peng Sui didn't know exactly where it went.

The Cangming River has undergone two diversions. The first time is at Beishanfu, the head of the Ryukyu Islands. Part of it flows to the Pacific Ocean, and the tributary flows to Jeju Island.

On Jeju Island, the tributary diverged again, and a tributary crossed the Korean Strait and flowed into the Sea of ​​Whales.The other part flows into Daming Sea and Bohai Bay.

Zhu Qiyu is just Peng Sui figuring out the ocean currents in the Daming sea area.

After clarifying the ocean currents of the Daming Sea, it will speed up the circulation of commerce in the Daming Sea.

"Then the Beishan Mansion at the head of the country goes eastward and flows into the Cangming River?" Peng Sui knew what His Majesty was talking about, but he still raised his own doubts.

Dongyang refers to Japan, Ryukyu, Jilong, and the ocean to the east of Luzon.

Undoubtedly, the Cangming Stream diverted to the east at the Beishan Mansion at the head of the country is the largest branch.

That represents the unknown.

Zhu Qiyu hesitated and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew where the sea current was going.

That sea current will lead to North America, divert again in North America, turn upward into the California warm current to the Aleutian Islands, turn downward into the California cold current, and return from the north of the equator to Luzon, Chicken Coop, Ryukyu and other places .

This gyre is called the North Pacific Gyre.

Peng Sui nodded and said, "Yes."

Along the way of this warm current, there is no man's land, no fresh water, no food, no supplies, and it is an ocean route, not an offshore route.

Wouldn't it be difficult to get through this route?
Zhu Qiyu hesitated for a moment and said: "For the time being, let's figure out the dark currents of Daming Sea."

The ocean currents of the Daming Sea are an immediate need.

As long as you understand the ocean currents and monsoons in the Daming Sea, you can speed up the trade in the Wanli Seawall. This is the ocean current at your doorstep, which can effectively save sailing time and promote business exchanges.

Let the raw materials from the South China Sea countries enter Daming, and then send them to North Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Luzon, Borneo, Java, Champa, Jiaozhi and other places after production and reprocessing.

Qiu Jun mentioned the triple restraint policy.

The first layer is military custody, similar to Burmese Xuanweisi, Laos Xuanweisi, Dagula Xuanweisi, Dimasa Xuanweisi, etc. The second layer is political detention, similar to the King of Ryukyu, the King of Korea, and Wala , Tatar, and Wuliangha kings.

The third layer is the economic restraint, which is also the most cumbersome part. If the flow of goods can be accelerated, it will undoubtedly benefit the Ming Dynasty's external economic restraint.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Peng Sui's disappointed expression and said, "I have an idea."

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty always had a lot of whimsical ideas, and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty have long been familiar with it.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "We can make hundreds of thousands of wooden ducks and throw them from the diversion point you mentioned. If the ocean really has rivers in the sea, they will inevitably cycle back and forth, and these wooden ducks will return to the river. Ryukyu."

In the twentieth century, a ship full of [-] toy yellow ducks sank in a storm south of the Aleutian Islands.

The [-] ducks floated up and started their fantasy drifting journey.

Countless ocean lovers have specially formed the Love Toy Duck Organization to explore the secrets of ocean currents. The flow of these ducks represents the blood of the ocean.

These ducks began their voyage around the world east of the Aleutian Islands, followed the warm Arajas current, crossed the White Collar Channel, entered the Arctic Ocean, and entered the warm Atlantic current.

The other part of the ducks took the California warm current, traveled to Jilong Island in the northern equatorial warm current, and floated to Ryukyu.

Part of the ducks began to spin in the equatorial countercurrent of the Pacific Ocean, and finally drifted into the westerly drift and Antarctic gyre.

Zhu Qiyu directly threw hundreds of thousands of ducks this time, which is similar to the role of buoys.

As long as the ducks released from Ryukyu can float back to Ryukyu, Zhu Qiyu asked Peng Sui to take people to investigate around the Pacific Ocean to see how big the world is.

The great geographical discovery of Ming Dynasty started with the drifting duck.

It's too hasty to go now, but Zhu Qiyu didn't say he would give up.

Peng Sui's eyes lit up, this method is good, if these ducks are released from Ryukyu, and then float back, he can persuade people to go on an adventure with him.

"This is Li Binyan's memorabilia from Songjiang Shipping Department. They found a chicken coop island, which is about one-third the size of Zhejiang." Zhu Qiyu handed Li Binyan's memoir to Peng Sui.

It's not that Zhu Qiyu didn't want to make great geographical discoveries, but that Daming didn't even start surveying and mapping the chicken coop island in front of his house, so he rushed to discover America.

Jilong Island (TW) is 0.3 miles in length and [-] miles in width, with an area of ​​about [-] of Zhejiang, surrounded by the sea, and there is a Jilong mountain range in the middle.

There is a large amount of land on the windward and leeward slopes. About one-third of the island is arable land. The annual precipitation is about the same as that of Guangzhou and other places. The land is fertile. There are less than 3 people on the island. The Han people who crossed the sea in chaos.

Li Binyan used one sentence in his memorial to describe the fertile land: chicken coops near the mountains are fertile and suitable for rice, and one year of plowing can produce food for five years.

The output of one year's cultivation is enough to feed for five years.

But according to Li Binyan's most conservative estimate, there are at least 5000 million mu of cultivated land on Jilong Island, which is 50 hectares.

These lands are three crops a year, and the development of the leeward slope is less difficult, and the water system is well developed.

His Royal Highness King Xiang, the most honorable of the Ming Dynasty, has [-] hectares of land tax-free on the account. Driven by the all-in-one payment of grain by the Ming Dynasty, the fields on the accounts of the Prince Xiang Mansion immediately withered, and the fields attached to the Prince Xiang Mansion left the accounts of the Prince Xiang Mansion. The actual control of the field is more than [-] hectares.

According to Li Binyan's most conservative estimate, the arable land on Jilong Island is roughly equivalent to fifty Xiangwang Mansions.

From the Hongwu period to the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty had a total of 66 princes canonized, and it was more than enough to throw all the princes on the island.

This is a great geographical discovery on our doorstep.

This is the result of latitude and longitude mapping since degrees bypassed.

Under the scale of Ming Dynasty, the distance of each longitude = 222×cosθ (li). θ is the dimension.

The good man Ulugh Beg made great contributions to spherical geometry and sine and cosine. Daming's mapping method of degree bypass brought many changes to Daming.

The past cognitive errors were gradually corrected with the continuous compilation of "Huan Yu Tong Zhi".

For example, Hetao is much larger than the original impression, North Zhili is much smaller than South Zhili, the scope of Liaodong Capital is wider than imagined, Baoding Mansion is south of the capital, Hejian Mansion is north of Shunde Mansion, etc. Wait.

These are the results of using numbers to speak after bypassing degrees.

Now Li Binyan is undoubtedly at the forefront of degree bypassing. He used a conservative estimate to estimate the approximate area of ​​cultivated land on Jilong Island.

At least equal to fifty fertile lands in Prince Xiang's Mansion.

Now the question comes to the Ming court, should the land be planted or not?
"Okay, let's find out the ocean currents of the Ming Dynasty first." Zhu Qiyu stood up and said with a smile.

Peng Sui stood up and bowed his head to leave. He was very excited. He was an ordinary sailor and was summoned by His Majesty.

The boat master is also a lowly profession. He comes and goes in the wind and rain. He stares at a bunch of strange and obscene skills all day long. He is a lowly person.

However, His Majesty's summoning made him see that His Majesty did not have the slightest contempt for the boat master industry. He said that he wanted to take risks, but His Majesty did not agree. It was for their safety, and he gave a compromise plan for drifting ducks. .

Cheng Jing, a member of the former eunuchs of Prince Yi's Mansion, himself a Jinshi, because of the troubles in the Han Dynasty's Mansion, is now the eunuch of Bingbi and the eunuch of Sanjing Factory, second only to Xing'an, Still above Li Yongchang, the admiral of the lecture hall.

When he saw Peng Sui coming out, he stopped Peng Sui.

"I've seen the big peng." Peng Sui hurriedly bowed, he didn't know this eunuch, but he was wearing bright red, with a brocade mang patch on his chest, he was obviously a big peng from the palace.

Cheng Jing said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's a good thing that our family stopped you."

"Your Majesty bestows you with the First Merit Card. This is the First Merit Card. It is a copper coupon. It is written on why the card is given. This is a sandalwood box. The First Merit Card and the Extraordinary Merit Card are not given lightly, so please keep them carefully."

"This is a five-zhang color watch. This is a tribute given to the court envoys of all countries."

"Here are fifty silver pieces."

Cheng Jing came to give the first merit card. The first merit card was not just an ordinary brand, but also a copper coupon with engraved words on it, stating meritorious deeds, all placed in a sandalwood box.

In addition, there are also fifty silver coins that come with the lottery watch and the first merit card, which are material rewards.

The first merit card has no real function, it is to reward meritorious deeds.

But it has a function that everyone in Ming Dynasty knows, that is, if you get the reward card, you will be recognized by His Majesty.

For example, the man in Wang Fu in Samarkand survived because of the top card.

Cheng Jingyou took a stack of books from the little eunuch next to him and said, "This is a book recently printed by the Sanjing Factory. , Compilation of Financial Affairs of the Mansion Newspaper."

"This is the latest simple recipe for prevention and hygiene. Remember, you must read this."

Cheng Jing gave Peng Sui a stack of books. This was not a reward from His Majesty, but a decision of the Sanjing Factory. Everyone who received the first merit card would receive a gift from the Sanjing Factory.

For example, Chen Fuyin who fought against Japanese pirates in Ryukyu, such as the most dangerous trio of daimyo, such as Li Binyan, Li Xian and others.

Cheng Jing brought another two stacks of books and said, "Wait a little longer, these two books are Xia Guan Ji, Hua Yi Sheng Lan these two are medical skills, written by the accompanying doctors who went south to the West during the Yongle period. Ying Ya Sheng Lan, Hua Yi Sheng Lan Xingcha Shenglan and Xiyangfan Guozhi, these three are customs and topography." Cheng Jing took another stack of books and said.

"This is the map written by the eunuch Sanbao back then, "Sailing from the Treasure Shipyard from the Longjiang Pass to the Foreign Lands". There are [-] needle maps in it. Presumably, these will be helpful to you."

These two stacks of books are what Cheng Jing did silently during the Jingtai period. Whenever His Majesty rewards the first merit card, he will send out a big gift bag.

"Thank you, Da Dang." Peng Sui hurriedly took over the two stacks of books.

"Hey, I'm doing things for His Majesty, all right, let's go." Cheng Jing didn't care much, and watched Peng Sui leave with a smile on his face.

Obtaining the first merit card means obtaining His Majesty's approval. This kind of approval, even if there is any good deed, will receive a priority in order.

For example, when Li Binyan was choosing an official residence, he chose an official residence with the best feng shui.

This is the unspoken rule.

Zhu Qiyu has been processing this article by Li Binyan, and then got up to attend the Salt and Iron Conference.

The salt and iron meeting has been going on, once a month, since the first year of Jingtai, and has never been interrupted. Even when Zhu Qiyu was not in the capital, Zhu Zhanqian also presided over the salt and iron meeting.

Zhu Qiyu took a heavy meeting minutes book and came to the financial affairs conference room of the Salt and Iron Conference.

Marquis Yuqian of Wen'an, Marquis Chen Mao of Ningyang, and Marquis Shiheng of Wuqing also participated. Although Chen Mao and Shi Heng rarely said anything, Yu Qian, as the Shaobao, still had to actively participate in the meeting.

Before Zhu Qiyu reached the Yantie conference room, he heard heated arguments, and the discussion was naturally about the issue of Jilong Island.

Xing'an coughed and said loudly, "Your Majesty is here."

The meeting room immediately fell silent, and everyone saluted.

Zhu Qiyu put down the meeting minutes in his hand and said with a smile: "Excuse me, sit down."

There is a map in the conference room, which is naturally the outline drawn by Li Binyan after asking the boat masters to measure the latitude and longitude.

The latitude and longitude are marked on this map, and several copies of Li Binyan's memorial were also copied by Wang Wen and placed on the table.

"Your Majesty, Jilong Island, which belongs to the Penghu Inspection Department, has 50 hectares of land!" Jin Lian leaned forward and said, "Three crops a year. Five stones per mu. Your Majesty, let's build a ship!"

According to the Ming Dynasty's standard for wealthy households was eight hectares, there were [-] wealthy households in the Ming Dynasty.

According to Daming's standards for small farmers, ten mu of land is the standard, which can just feed a family.

Now, there are 5000 million mu of uncultivated land, and there are only [-] Han people on this island who have not heard of Wang Hua for a long time.

"Even if it is annexed by rich peasants, powerful officials, merchants, and gentry in the future, the meat will be rotten in the pot. It will be a hundred years later, Your Majesty!" Jin Lian said with red eyes.

Jin Lian is well aware of the acute conflict between people and land in the Ming Dynasty. Over [-] years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the population was rapidly recovering, and the conflict between people and land became more and more abrupt.

For example, Xia Heng, Minister of the Taipu Temple, mentioned the issue of Daming’s horse administration. The population recovery has occupied the original grazing fields.

The land in Hetao is not barren, but it can only be harvested once or twice a year, so Jilong Island is not the case at all.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Yes."

The ministers heaved a sigh of relief, that was 50 hectares of land!

Zhu Qiyu looked at the ministers who were talking about it playfully, and he found an interesting thing.

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