Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 662 Worldview

However, he didn't dare to touch the things Zhu Youjian gave him.

Otherwise, we would have already invested in the great cause of electric power development.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cihong were still discussing the answer, Zhao Bai pulled his mind away from the scene full of lightning and flints that he could not forget for a long time.

He looked sideways at a little girl who was obediently standing in the corner of the house.

"Zong Jingzi?"

"Hah!"

She was also there when she was trying out the telegraph just now, Mingzhu was running errands outside, she was running errands in the room, she was stunned by the telegram just now, but Zhao Bai's call brought her back to her senses.

"very good."

Zhao Bai nodded, and then walked up to Zhu Cihong, who was still exchanging details about the use of the telegraph, and said softly: "Your Highness, I will teach His Highness the method of using the telegraph in the future, but His Highness still needs to return to the capital. Try out all types of telegraphs, and also, His Majesty's will."

As he spoke, he pulled a scroll from his sleeve.

"Saint Gong'an!"

The content of the decree is very simple.

It is to let Zhu Cihong be familiar with the telegrams and not to be negligent, and there is no need to rush the battle. The logistics pressure of the Black Banner Qing Dynasty is much lighter than that of the Daxi Army and the Ming Army, and try to focus on appeasement.

It's not mentioned here, but what Zhu Youjian wanted was to wait for the sticky pole to cooperate with Jin Yiwei to see if he could find a way to assassinate Zhang Xianzhong.

With the range and lethality of the shotgun, and the fact that no one knows its power well, there is great hope.

But at the end of the imperial decree, Zong Jingzi who has been serving as a maid by Zhu Cihong's side is mentioned.

The daughter of the daimyo of the Zong family was transferred away and transferred back to Edo, the four islands, to serve.

"good."

Edo Shipyard ships.

As soon as the four islands landed, the sailing route between Liaodong and the four islands was crowded with boats.

Black-flagged merchant ships and official ships kept coming and going.

The slaves who appeared in large numbers due to the war in the four islands were transported back to Liaodong to fill in the ice and snow.

And Liaodong, which had just finished the autumn harvest, also shipped a large amount of grain and many goods, which filled the empty stomachs of the people of the four islands, and also increased the local silver price of the four islands.

The price of goods from overseas is naturally higher.

Because of these merchant ships and the gradual standardization of the Black Flag court in Edo, many talents filled in after the scholar examination, which made Zhu Youjian's schedule a lot looser.

He also has more time to care about the shipbuilding industry that is on his mind.

The craftsmen recruited from Liaodong were already in place, and the local shipbuilders on the four islands were really overwhelmed. It wasn't that they had no technical background, but that they had no experience in building large ocean-going ships.

The shipwrights who participated in the construction of the Karak galleon before faced the treasure ship, and they couldn't figure it out at all.

Most of them haven't even had much experience with good wood for building large ships.

Because of the language barrier, the black flag shipbuilders had communication problems with them, so it took a lot of time to build a small treasure ship for merchant ships.

Fortunately, it was done.

Even though it was a small material ship, Zhu Youjian also attached great importance to it, and brought the court officials and military officers to watch it.

Due to the rapid prosperity of maritime trade, many big names are also quite interested in this ship. Before, they just sent people to Liaodong to purchase ships. Now that Edo can also build ships, orders naturally come.

It's just that among the many Asian faces, it's a bit strange that a person with a different face and hair color speaks a crappy Japanese and carefully communicates with Zhu Youjian.

The shogunate previously imposed more restrictions on foreigners, only letting them stay in Nagasaki Port.

The Black Flag court should be more open-minded. Many open port cities such as Osaka and Edo have set up areas similar to outlying islands for the Dutch and Portuguese to stay.

For the first time, a Portuguese was given an official position.

The Portuguese captain Mauricio, who participated in the battle against the black flag as a mercenary in the Kyushu naval battle before, showed his face on the dossier, and was invited by Zhu Youjian, who was eager for talents.

Or caught.

Originally, the black flag was provoked in Kyushu Island, and the ship was blown up and almost fell apart. Mauricio wanted to run away.

However, he was still reluctant to part with his property on the outlying islands of Nagasaki, so he stayed for a while and repaired the ship along the way.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, he felt that there was no need to leave, so he continued to travel between Daming and Nagasaki Port to do some smuggling work. Later, he also witnessed the battle between Daming Nanyang Company and the Zheng family navy in Hangzhou Bay.

He thought Hei Qi had already forgotten him.

As a result, Zhu Youjian saw his name, and thought he was an acquaintance, so he hired him.

"Mauricio, what do you think of this small material ship, I want to be honest."

Mauricio, who was wearing a black Ming official robe, hurriedly knelt down: "This subject thinks this ship is very, very excellent, with exquisite workmanship and very beautiful."

Zhu Youjian frowned, and Mauricio panicked: "But, but there is still room for improvement! Yes, yes! Compared with the best sea ships of the Dutch! This treasure ship still has many shortcomings!"

"But you can't tell."

Mauricio crawled over humbly and wanted to kiss Zhu Youjian's boots, but was stopped.

"The Dutch strictly guard their secrets. That's everything to them. You must know the great Your Majesty. You know everything. I can't know the secrets of the Dutch! But I can find a way for you!"

The disappointment on Zhu Youjian's face was visible to the naked eye.

His reason for bringing in Mauricio is simple.

In terms of shipbuilding, especially ocean-going ships, the fallen Spanish Empire may not be very good, but the Dutch and Portuguese are still good.

The existence of treasure ships is quite special.

It is indeed a very qualified ocean-going ship, equipped with many heavy guns, it can be driven as a qualified battleship, and its physical frame is also very solid and reliable.

After all, it is a product of the Yongle period. It is no problem to travel in the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, South China Sea and other places. The fleet of treasure ships in the known routes can be domineering, but it is not advanced enough, not advanced enough, the overall is okay, but some technological lagging behind is inevitable of.

Perhaps Wang Chengen's plan to transfer to Taiwan to build a big material treasure ship must shock the world after its birth.

But Zhu Youjian needs an advanced, stable ship with the most superior ocean-going capabilities and an equally excellent cargo-carrying capacity.

used to cross the Pacific Ocean.

Anyone who often travels at sea knows that taking a route and opening a route are two different things.

Zhu Youjian wanted to go to America, but he didn't want to go to Europe, and he didn't want to detour from the southern Pacific Ocean to South America and then go north.

What he wants is to go straight across the Pacific Ocean, stop between islands and then go straight to Central America.

Open up a route and escape from death.

Magellan walked along the mainland, and most of the time he wandered near the sea. Relying on the resources on the shore, he experienced ups and downs along the way, and he might be wiped out at any time after suffering.

In this way, a lot of damage was lost before crossing the sea from the southern Pacific Ocean to Luzon.

Crossing and bypassing are not a concept at all.

(End of this chapter)