Win the Ding 1617

"Yes! You can conduct academic research on my land, and your academic monographs will also be published, and I will pay you royalties. However, I also have requirements."

"You have to go to school to teach for me, and turn your academic achievements into mathematics, physics, optics, and even artillery tactics, naval navigation instruments and technology."

What else can this say?There is no researcher who does not hope that his theory can be known, mastered and accepted by more people.Facing the conditions offered by Shou Han, Descartes and the others had to admit that they could not refuse such a temptation.

"We also have a few friends who came on the same boat. Although they are servants of God, they are also people with profound knowledge in various fields. If you can expand your broad mind, I believe they will also work for you."

Um?missionary?Shouhan had to admit that the missionaries at this time were all capable, otherwise they would not have the guts to travel thousands of miles to spread the gospel of God.

"Okay! You can go back and tell them that you are willing to work with me. Of course, I welcome it. But," Shou Han consciously emphasized his tone, and paused for a while, so that the interpreter could realize the seriousness of this word sex.

"They are only welcome to carry out academic research, and do not spread religious teachings here. If I find out, then," Shou Han got up and walked to a guard on duty beside the courtyard column of the water pavilion, and pulled the The Juehu knife was drawn out, and it swung the knife to chop off at a bunch of short bushes beside it!Unfortunately, only a few leaves were cut off.

"This is the end."

"Sir. I would like to ask, is there a restricted area for research in your territory?" Descartes' eyes lit up. Regarding Shou Han's views on religion, he felt that it was insignificant. The key is to know the ruler's views on research. Taboo.

"The restricted area we study here? Of course there are, for example, what kind of fruit did Adam and Eve eat before they were driven out of the Garden of Eden."

For a Copernican heliocentric supporter like Descartes, what could be more exciting than being able to conduct research that was considered deviant?Moreover, research can also be carried out without worrying about food and clothing.It seems that the monarch is also an expert.What is more desirable than working with a rich and powerful expert and studying the field you like?

He stood up and walked to Shou Han.Get down on one knee.He took the guard's right hand with both hands.Kissed it lightly.

"I once had three strange dreams in one night. The first dream was that I was blown by a storm to a place where the wind could not blow; the second dream was that I got the key to open the treasure house of nature; the third dream The dream is that I opened the way to true knowledge. Now it seems that these three dreams have come true in your body. I can conduct academic research in your territory without any interference. This is my luck, Trust me, I will open the door for you to a real treasure trove of knowledge."

Afterwards, Galileo and Frank also got up and left their seats, and came to Shouhan. Like Descartes, they expressed their allegiance to Li Shouhan.

Seeing this scene, Van Basten could only hear the crisp and sweet sound of gold coins being struck.

"These three guys, and those ten priests, how much money can they get back?"

The next day, when Mr. Van Basten asked the guard for the hard-earned money he had taken to kidnap the three guys named by the guard without any sign of shame, it was his turn to be surprised.

"These three people, I can pay you a thousand armors, a thousand long swords, two hundred muskets, and two hundred barrels of gunpowder. The ten priests can pay you the price of eight six-pounders."

This price makes Mr. Basten absolutely overwhelmed. Is there anything more pleasing to the ear than this kind of sound?

Seeing his flying figure hurriedly holding Shou Han's approval document, Shou Han couldn't help showing a contemptuous smile, "A coachman is a coachman, and he doesn't understand that knowledge is power!"

Excitedly went to various warehouses to obtain the value of these Descartes and others. Mr. Basten, in the conscience of a Catholic, invited these poor people who were kidnapped by him to have an extremely sumptuous dinner. A priest was very curious to ask Mr. Basten what was the reason for such a sumptuous banquet?

"I'll tell you, is this using the profit from selling you to treat you to dinner?"

Mr. Basten was very vague in his attempt to get away with it, "I helped General Lee buy a batch of goods he desperately needed. To express his gratitude, he sent me a large batch of goods that can be shipped to Europe in exchange for huge profits, and , it’s the kind that leaves the country tax-free!”

Hearing his words, the priest was a little surprised, "Since I sent you so many goods at once, the goods you bought for General Li must be more valuable to General Li!"

These words prevented Mr. Basten from sleeping well all night!

At dawn, he came to the General's Mansion and asked to see General Li.

"My lord went to sea yesterday."

Uncle Qin, the concierge of the General's Mansion, received a gold coin and revealed the news to Mr. Basten.

"Where did you go? Was it He Jing, or Chai Stick? Or Cam Ranh Bay? Or Chao Phraya River?"

"Neither, I told you that the lord has gone to sea."

"Could it be that he went to Luzon? Damn the Spaniards!"

"Whoever said that he went to Luzon, the Lord did, forget it, I will lose my head!"

Uncle Qin's words threw Mr. Basten's plan into the Pacific Ocean.

Shou Han took the newly built battleship Changsheng, escorted by several gunboats, and went to Ryukyu under the westerly wind.

The Ryukyu Islands, known as the Jinliang of all nations, are exactly between Taiwan and Kyushu, Japan. The Ryukyu Islands are surrounded by the East China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east.Known as a transit point for trade between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, how could such a place escape Shou Han's eyes.

"Our trade with Ryukyu has been going on for a long time, now. It's time for us to pay a visit to Lord Shang of Ryukyu!"

In the cabin, Xu Huanshan, Chu Tianlei and other navy generals all had smiles on their faces when they heard this. They all knew what Shou Han's words meant.To visit, is to actually control!

If it's just a simple visit, what are you doing with six or seven gunboats?There is also a battalion of guards on board. In addition, seven or eight hundred sailors on board can also land and fight. Such strength.Enough to destroy the Ryukyu Kingdom!

"My lord. Then we will sail straight to Naha Port, sweep Shuri Castle, and capture the Ryukyu king in front of my lord!"

"That's right! Think of the Ryukyu Kingdom, which has weak soldiers and a small country. According to businessmen, the country's military strength is no more than a thousand people. Our fleet is enough to rival the whole country!"

Glancing at the high-spirited and eager subordinates, Shou Han didn't say anything, but just spread out a chart. "Come here, let's see where this Ryukyu is!"

On the chart, various information such as tides, ocean currents, hidden reefs, beaches, water depth, etc. of Naha Port are clearly marked.Two forts, Uraza Mori Castle and Miejo Castle, were built on the south and north shores of Naha Port. The Ryukyu people relied on these two forts and the natural danger of Naha Port to defend their homes and wealth.

Most of the ships departing from Ryukyu anchor here and travel between Naha and Fuzhou, or go north to Japan and North Korea, or go south to Annam, Luzon, Siam, Aceh, Java, and Malagadi, etc., except for shipping The most important thing is the sugar cane from Ryukyu. Now the Nanzhong Army's sugar mill has an annual output of one million stones. With so much demand for raw materials, how can Shou Han not be allowed to visit Ryukyu without doing it himself?

However, the current group of arrogant soldiers has already got a habit. When the chief officers of each army have the opportunity to get together to drink and brag, they will show off the military exploits of their troops, for example, "Zhancheng is ours. Destroyed!" "We sent the seal of the king of Siam to the lord!" "The rising dragon was the first to break through with my troops!"

This kind of emotion and situation, if well guided, is the pursuit of honor, the inheritance of past glory, and makes the army a powerful army with a glorious tradition.If the guidance is not good, the troops will lie on the credits of the past and become lethargic.

"Do you want to take a Ryukyu King Seal back to show off to others?"

In one sentence, it directly explained the thoughts of the officers, and many of them grinned embarrassingly and used smiles to cover up their embarrassment.

"If I plan to take back that Ryukyu king's seal, why do I need to transport so many things on the next few lucky boats?!"

"If I want to destroy the Ryukyu, why should I send people to trade with the Shimadzu family? Just go to war with the Shimadzu family directly. Why should I give the Shimadzu family so many weapons, armor and gunpowder? Let him equip him with our swords and guns, wear Our armor, come to fight us?"

Shou Han's words were like a bucket of cold water extinguishing the fighting spirit of the officers.At the back of the fleet, there are four other large Fuchuan, loaded with various commodities produced in Nanzhong, most of which are metal products, oil products, and textiles.A single type of knife in metal products includes kitchen knives, boning knives, paper cutters, scissors, and daily necessities such as irons, vegetable oil, lamp oil, candles, etc.

Obviously, the lord decided not to expand the territory here and destroy the Ryukyu Kingdom.

"Look, this is Ryukyu, how is the geographical location here?"

"It is only a few hundred miles away from the coast of Zhejiang. If the wind direction is good, you can reach the sea of ​​Zhejiang from Ryukyu in one night, follow the Qiantang River along Hangzhou Bay, and reach the city of Hangzhou in just one day!"

Mao Sihai used to commute to and from Ryukyu to Ha Tinh many times because of the reason of exchanging rice for sugar cane. A well-connected gentry, the daughter of a nobleman who served as the Maritime Admiral.)

Right now Ryukyu is ruled by Shangfeng, but because the Shimadzu family sent Huashan Kugao to lead troops to invade many years ago, this person can only be regarded as a puppet king.

Regarding the relationship between Ryukyu and Japan, there was such a description in the later drafts of Qing history, "Ryukyu is small and poor, and it is approaching Japan, but it relies on the Qing Dynasty as a solidarity. It also sells various goods on tribute boats, exempt from tariffs, and the whole country relies on it. To make a living, most of his money is loaned to Japan. The country uses Japanese Kanei money; all the goods sold are transported to Japan. The number of tributes to the Qing Dynasty is not only respectful, but also because of the country’s power.”

As an archipelago, limited by the terrain, the domestic arable land area is small, and Ryukyu cannot establish an economy based on agriculture, and can only obtain wealth through overseas trade.The bulk of overseas trade was the sale of Japanese silver, lacquerware, swords, screens and fans to China.Resell medicinal materials, porcelain, silk, and copper coins produced in China to Japan and North Korea, and sell rhino horn, sumac, spices, tin, sugar, ivory, gunpowder, and ambergris produced in Southeast Asia, India, and the Arabian Peninsula to China, Japan, and Korea.

Through the tribute trade of the Ryukyu Kingdom to China, the goods brought to China include gold and silver pots, gold and silver powder boxes, gold vats of wine, gilt painting screens, gilt fans, mud silver fans, painting fans, banana cloth, ramie cloth, Safflower, pepper, sumac, waist knives, fire knives, guns, armor, horses, saddles, silk, cotton, and snails. However, most of these goods are not locally produced in Ryukyu, but are exchanged through entrepot trade. This point, in the 19th year of Qing Mazi, after Xiao Mazi issued an edict to Ryukyu to exempt some luxury goods and only pay tribute to local specialties.You can see it.In the subsequent tributes, the Ryukyu tributes were only horses, cooked sulfur, conch shells, red copper and so on.

"In addition to trade to the mainland, the south, and Japan, Ryukyu also has a route with North Korea. In Shuri City, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, there are merchant ships going to North Korea. Medicines, spices, pearls, and tortoise shells obtained from the south trade , coral, etc. In recent years, there are sugar, cotton and other things, and they went north to North Korea for trade, and it is said that they have made a lot of profits. But because they are both vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between each other is mainly based on the relationship between suzerains and vassals.”

"From the king down, it is divided into three levels: the royal family, the country minister, and the village society. The country minister is like the Han system, in charge of the country's administrative power, and is appointed by the king. In addition to the chiefs and chiefs of the 'zhai society' that manage the islands in the country, there are also Jurisdiction over the official positions in state institutions, including the "Tribute Envoy", "Doctor Officer", "Chang Historian" who went to Ming Dynasty, "Translator" who acted as an interpreter, "General Affairs" and "General Manager" who were in charge of maritime affairs, internally Officials like 'Zijinguan', 'Faji', and 'Sigong'. His chief historian is not the same as the long history of Mr. Li in Nanzhong. The long history of Mr. Li is similar to that of the country of Ryukyu. He is the one who is in charge of everything, while the Chief Historian of Ryukyu is an official in charge of a specific matter.”

Listening to Mao Sihai narrating the political structure of Ryukyu like a few treasures, Chu Tianlei couldn't help but handed a bowl of tea to him, "Old Mao, please tea!"

Mao Sihai couldn't help but be greatly moved, he didn't expect that the former captain of the lord's ship, who is now in charge of the practice fleet command of six ships, would be so polite to him.

Before he could drink a cup of tea, Chu Tianlei's next sentence almost made him spray the tea in his mouth all over Li Shouhan.

"What level of official is your Ryukyu father-in-law?"

Mao Sihai's father-in-law was a descendant of the Zeng surname among the 36 Fujian surnames given to Ryukyu by the Emperor Taizu.

Mao Sihai went back and forth between Ryukyu and Hejing several times, and got along very well with Mr. Zeng. Later, he simply lived in Zeng's house. After coming and going, he turned Master Zeng's daughter into his pillow.

"Because of this, Mr. Zeng and I were very angry and gave me two ways. One is to marry his daughter, and the other is to report me and his daughter to the official for the crime of adultery according to the law of Ryukyu. Because the Princess of Ryukyu It must be selected from girls with 36 surnames, and that year happened to be the time to choose a concubine, and if they don't get married, it will be difficult for his family to explain."

At the dining table, the officers crowded on a long table, each holding a pair of metal plates, drinking hot soup and eating the steamed steamed buns with a smirk on their faces while listening to the dishes on the plates. Follow Mao Sihai to talk about his private affairs back then.

"Tell me! What happened next!?"

Xu Huanshan urged Mao Sihai to tell the following plot very unscrupulously.

"What can I do? I have to save this life to help my lord!" Mao Sihai shamelessly flattered Li Shouhan and showed his loyalty, "If you can't help it, just get married!"

"Go to the ancestral hall of their surname Zeng to worship the ancestors, and tell the ancestors that their girls are married to Chinese people. Then the 36 surnames Zhongliang, Zheng, Jin, Cai, Mao, Chen, Lin, Gao, Wu, Li, Ruan, Shen , Wei, Tian, ​​Wang, Ma, Qian, Weng, Mu, Han, Zong, Kun, Yin, Cha, Wu, Xiang, Wu, Ji, Ying, Tao and other family leaders were invited to drink for three days. Made! I didn’t even know which woman was my daughter-in-law after drinking those few days!”

While tearing steamed buns made of newly imported Indian wheat, eating fish soup and stewed meat for lunch, and listening to the unscrupulous jokes of his subordinates, Shou Han is enjoying himself, although it is hindered by his status. He couldn't make such a joke with his subordinates, but from the situation files sent by several departments, he knew the situation of Mao Sihai's father-in-law's family.

"Zeng Lin, who was born in Fujian with 36 surnames, is a maritime officer, a yellow hat official below the third grade of Ryukyu, and has a family tree written in Chinese, so he can be called a 'line holder'. Because he holds the land, he has It is the head of a village, so it is called Qinyunshang."

After Emperor Taizu sent the 36 surnames of Fujian to Ryukyu, these people established an independent village on the floating island near Naha Port for their own living and living, forming an independent Chinese community, which is called by the locals It was Tangying, and later gradually became Kume Village, and because of its emphasis on education and proficiency in Chinese, it has a high status in Ryukyu society, and gradually became an important political force in Ryukyu political life. The descendants of 36 surnames, many of them became a privileged class close to the king. (To be continued..)

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