Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

One whale falls and all things live.

Today's Ming Dynasty has become the largest whale slaughtering country.

Whales are full of treasures. Today, when electric lights have not yet developed, kerosene lamps are the most used lighting tools. As for candles...that is only for the rich.

But now, a whale has appeared, and the fish oil on his body can be made into candles, which directly lowers the price of candles.

Whale bones, fish meat...these are very useful materials, including internal organs are also in demand.

Most of the whaling fleets are official warships, which use giant crossbows to hunt whales. Hundreds of whales are captured by Ming warships and transported to the coast for division.

Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong set up ships, and many of them were fishing teams for the purpose of catching whales.

Zhu Han listened to Liao Yongan talking about his discovery at sea and drank the wine, feeling very comfortable. He said to Liao Yongan: "Brother Liao, the whale has a treasure. Its excrement is the famous ambergris, which secretes ambergris. Salivary whales are called sperm whales, if you have a chance, you can catch a few and raise them for use.”

Ambergris?
Although Liao Yongan was a rough person, he had heard of the name Ambergris, but it wasn't this that surprised him.

Looking at Zhu Han, he asked curiously, "Qiwu, you, have you been to Stinky Island before?"

"Stink Island?"

Hearing what Liao Yongan said, Zhu Han immediately understood what was going on, and he said with a smile: "Amberx emits a fishy smell when it is wet, but it emits a fragrance when it dries. There is a medical book about Ambergris's explanation can be known with a little attention."

"Yes, that's it."

Liao Yongan said with a smile, and then explained the reason for the stinky island to Zhu Han: "In the ocean to the south, there are many islands surrounded by such stinky things. At that time, I didn't have a medical officer on board, so I didn't want to go up because of the smell. But at the beginning, there were two boys who didn’t believe in evil. When they saw the smell in the sea around the island, they wanted to see what was in it. Who knew, they found ambergris. We won’t know until we take it back and show it to the medical officer. , Now when I go out to sea, I always bring a medical officer with me, if there is anything I haven't seen before, I will let them see it first, and if it is valuable, we will bring it back."

"That's a good way, but there are some things they can't see."

Zhu Han thought for a while, and asked Liao Yongan, "Brother Liao, when you were sailing in the South China Sea, did you ever see an island full of feces?"

"I have seen."

Liao Yong'an nodded and said, "Those feces almost covered the entire island, with overgrown bushes and birds everywhere. There is no way to stay in Te Niang's place."

Faced with Liao Yongan's complaints, Zhu Han shook his head and said with a light smile: "Those droppings are also treasures. The droppings of these birds are very good fertilizers. If you dig them up and bury them in the ground, many barren lands will gradually become fertile. Come to think of it, of course this is a farmer’s business, I don’t know much about it, and this kind of professional thing needs to be done by professional people.”

Liao Yong'an said with a wry smile: "Qiwu, on my warship, can't we tie two peasants aboard? How can we fight?"

Zhu Han shook his head. Brothers Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong are good in everything, but their brains are not very flexible. They are fierce generals in war, but their rank is a bit low when they do other things: "Why send people there? Just take those birds Wouldn’t it be good to just pull back the feces and enclose a thousand acres of land as an experimental field?”

Zhu Han told Liao Yongan about the plan of the experimental field, but to Liao Yongan, these words were meaningless, and Liao Yongan couldn't understand Zhu Han's plan.

However, it is not bad to be able to plant a seed in Liao Yongan's heart.

Liao Yongan is more traditional. He is a very simple person. He believes that Zhu Han will sell his life to Zhu Han. As long as it is an order from Zhu Han, he will accept it unconditionally.

For example, the experimental field, Liao Yongan had never heard of this kind of thing, but since Zhu Han mentioned it, then follow Zhu Han's order to do it.

Zhu Han then said to Liao Yongan: "There is also ambergris, this thing is huge profits, you don't need to consume anything, you don't even need to waste time, as long as you salvage a net when you are sailing again, it is money... Gadgets are precious, but they cannot be flooded now."

"understand."

Liao Yongan nodded his head vigorously, and said to Zhu Han: "I still know the truth that rare things are more valuable. The value of this ambergris is quite high now. You are worried that once there is too much ambergris, it will be taken away." The price will come down, right?"

"Well, that's the reason."

Zhu Han clenched his fists, and said to Liao Yongan: "You can save these ambergris, and release a few hundred yuan a year. The price of ambergris will only be higher, but once you put the ambergris Go out and show a relatively large scale, then there is no need."

"understand."

Liao Yongan also heard that Zhu Han would not go into the ambergris business. The money earned from this stuff is too low, so he didn't care about it, but prepared to leave it to himself: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I am sure that this business will I will work hard, and I will definitely live up to your highness's trust."

Seeing that Liao Yongan understood what he meant, Zhu Han didn't continue, but nodded: "That's good, this business is done well, and your Liao family will be safe for a hundred years."

The role of ambergris today is more for medicinal materials.

But Zhu Han knew that the effect of ambergris was aimed at women, and as for the medicinal materials...that was a trivial matter.

Is there a better business in the world than women's money?

Zhu Han thought he was very clear. Liao Yongan understood what he meant, so Zhu Han felt relieved, and then said to Liao Yongan: "Brother Liao, I want to build a port in Qiongzhou. This is a military base. But he should also take on another role: research and development!"

R&D?

What is this stuff?
Liao Yongan didn't understand what Zhu Han said, but after Zhu Han finished explaining, Liao Yongan understood.

What Zhu Han means is... Daming's navy has to take on the task of promoting the development of Daming's ocean-going industry. Civilian ships are not as good as those used by the military, but ocean-going business is a very important business of Daming, and he is related to Daming's development, so that the civilian ships of the Ming Dynasty will gradually grow up, and the guidance of the Navy of the Ming Dynasty is needed.

The Daming Navy must maintain its advanced nature, and then convert decommissioned and eliminated ships to civilian use, or build ships with larger drafts to make civilian ships more capable of transporting goods.

Therefore, if the Daming Navy wants to build a port in Qiongzhou, the surrounding supporting facilities must be in place, as well as the research and development of ships.

Zhu Han described to Liao Yong'an the future appearance of the Ming ships, which made Liao Yong'an dazzled.

Installing the engine that pushes the train on the boat, the boat is made of iron, and the draft is ten or even twenty times that of a five thousand ship... It sounds reasonable, but Liao Yongan always feels that Zhu Han is whimsical.

It is not easy to build a big ship with [-] materials, but a large ship with [-] materials needs to be built by skilled craftsmen day and night, and there must be enough wood to complete it... But now?Zhu Han actually said that the ship needs to be made of iron, powered by an engine, and doesn't need manpower at all... If Liao Yongan didn't trust Zhu Han so much, he would definitely think that Zhu Han was joking.

Let the iron float on the water, and it is a big boat with a lot of material... Idiots are dreaming, okay?
Liao Yongan exhausted his imagination, but he couldn't even imagine whether the ship Zhu Han mentioned would appear or not.

"Forget it, you have no brains, so it's useless to tell you."

Zhu Han decided not to share his guess about the future with Liao Yongan, and then said, "When will Liao Yongzhong come over?"

Even if you get beaten, there will be a time, right?

Zhu Han has heard that Zhu Yuanzhang is already on his way back, and it is estimated that he will return in less than half a year. Naturally, Zhu Han will not continue to stay in Qiongzhou.

He wanted to hear what Liao Yongan meant, at least to know what the two brothers were thinking. Liao Yongan said: "Your Highness, Yongzhong and I are both big bastards. You don't understand R&D and creation at all, so you just say you need us." What to do, you can just say it directly, we two brothers promise to complete the task."

"..."

Zhu Han needs someone who can guarantee the completion of the task, but he doesn't need someone who has no brains. Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong... are obviously not the people Zhu Han needs.

"Forget it, let me think about what to do."

Zhu Han did not continue to pin his hopes on Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong, but he did not give up completely. No one knows what will happen in the future, right?
"My brother is coming back soon. I don't think we can stay in Qiongzhou for too long. You and Yongzhong...let's build the port first."

Zhu Han said his thoughts, and continued to talk to Liao Yongan: "Don't just focus on what you need right now, but also think about what you need in the next 20 or 30 years. It's no good to be complacent."

Liao Yongan vowed, "Don't worry Qiwu, I know what to do."

He said that he might not have time to wait for Liao Yongzhong to arrive in Qiongzhou, but Zhu Han still waited for Liao Yongzhong's arrival, and the three of them had another drink before Zhu Han embarked on the journey back to Yingtian.

Zhu Han's original intention of coming to Qiongzhou was to have a good rest and take his wife and children out to play, but when he arrived in Qiongzhou, Zhu Han spent little time with his family, but Zhu Han wasted a lot of time for Qiongzhou's development plan, Liu Sanniang , Zhou Zhiruo and others were dissatisfied with Zhu Han's actions. Although they didn't say it directly, they looked at Zhu Han with helplessness in their eyes.

Seeing this, Zhu Han wanted to explain but gave up in the end. There was no way to explain... Besides, for a woman who harbors resentment, a man's explanation is to cover up. Change, take the waterway and return directly to Yingtian.

At this time, it was Zhu Han's turn to perform.

When Zhu Biao heard that Zhu Han was back, he would definitely call Zhu Han immediately, but Zhu Han refused directly to the eunuch who came to invite him to the palace: "Didn't you see that the concubine of this king is exhausted, do you need to rest?" ? Let the prince wait for me, and I will go see him after I take care of my family."

It just said to take good care of the family, but didn't say how to take care of it, how long it will take before going to the palace.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhu Han's words, Liu Sanniang and the others felt less resentment in their hearts. Zhu Han stayed with them for two days, and after satisfying his beloved concubine, he came to the palace clutching his waist .

It's not that Zhu Han's ability is not good, it's just that he moves too much every day, and his waist really can't support it.

When Zhu Biao saw Zhu Han coming back, he immediately felt lifeless, and complained to Zhu Han: "Uncle, you are finally back... I think if my father didn't want to come back, you would definitely not come back from Qiongzhou."

"You kid, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Zhu Han was punctured by Zhu Biao to expose his true thoughts, but he didn't admit it at all. Instead, he knocked Zhu Biao on the head and said: "I am busy in Qiongzhou without touching the ground, all for the development of Qiongzhou. I have neglected several of your aunts, and now they are still losing their temper with me, and you dare to complain about me."

Zhu Biao: "... Where am I complaining about this?"

It was clearly saying that Zhu Han didn't want to respond to Tian. He stayed in Qiongzhou and didn't want to respond to Tian. These are two different things, right?
Seeing that Zhu Han was pretending to be confused, Zhu Biao was also very helpless. His uncle wanted to pretend to be confused. Few people in the world could pretend to be confused. back, you know?"

"I know."

Instead, Zhu Han began to criticize Zhu Yuanzhang, "My brother, I really don't have any serious business... Our Daming is so busy now, he will go out for a year and a half, when he comes back, our uncles and nephews will definitely not let him go."

Saying that, Zhu Han said to Zhu Biao: "How about we go out and play when your father comes back?"

"……just forget it."

Zhu Biao immediately chose to refuse, and then said to Zhu Han: "You went to Qiongzhou this time, and for the sake of Daming's development, you neglected a few aunts. If you let them know that the two of us are going out to play, will they let me go?"

Forget it.

Zhu Han's woman is a tiger, she must not be offended.

"Hehe... You're a smart boy!"

Zhu Han looked at Zhu Biao, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about me, you should think more about yourself. The changes in the court are so big, and the power of the king has been seriously reduced. When my brother comes back, he will definitely not let you go." you."

"Hey... it's been resolved."

Zhu Biao chuckled, and said confidently: "I have already told Mr. Han, Yang Xian, and others that when my father comes back, everything they do must cooperate with my father's actions, and there must be no mistakes."

But Zhu Han asked back: "Are you sure, they can listen to what you say?"

"Of course!"

Zhu Biao looked very confident, and said to Zhu Han, "They cooperated well with me. If my father can't find any problems, he might take my mother to go around the world."

"Is it?"

Zhu Han looked at Zhu Biao, and said to him with a half-smile, "Biaoer, don't think too simply about the officials in the court, especially Li Shanchang and Yang Xian, and don't think too simply about power. The thing that can change a person the most is that Li Shanchang and others can enjoy the satisfaction brought by power by following you, but who is my brother? Can he watch his power be distributed to his courtiers? ...My brother will be more afraid of them, and it is not impossible to kill them!"