wild trail

Chapter 378 Island Development Plan

The study of the pendulum clock came to an end for the time being, Wang Lang felt that there would not be much time left for him in this world.

I traveled to this world when I was 19 years old. Now Wang Lang is 37 years old. This grade will soon enter old age in the barbaric era. Although the living standard of Xia Kingdom has improved a lot in recent years, the average life expectancy is also higher than before. Great improvement, but compared with the good living environment and medical environment in modern society, this world is still full of dangers everywhere.

Perhaps God has given him a relatively healthy body. In the past 20 years, except for a few mild colds, he has not suffered from any troublesome diseases. This is also a blessing among misfortunes for him.

He doesn't know how long he can live, but even if he can live to be 80 or [-] years old, when he is not as old as he is, neither his thinking nor physical strength is enough to support him to stay on the throne.

He is not a person who is greedy for power. He feels that he must create a good living environment for his children and grandchildren in his lifetime.

Over the past ten years since Xia Kingdom was established, Wang Lang has devoted himself to compiling a large number of textbooks and reading materials, including not only books on natural science, literature, poetry, stories that have been passed down through the ages in China, and even some modern pop songs, all of which have been included in Wang Lang's pocket. in.

Although Wang Lang has only completed part of it so far, but now he has to regard this matter as his main direction of efforts in the future.

Since the Xia Kingdom’s school was established, until now, the longest-educated I attack has been studying for more than ten years, especially Lin Wuyun, Minister of Rites, has been learning knowledge from Wang Lang since he was in a small tribe of more than a dozen people. .

In Xia Kingdom, in terms of rich knowledge, besides Wang Lang, Lin Wuyun is the best.

With Lin Wuyun's natural science level, he has basically reached the level of a junior high school in modern society. In terms of mathematics, physics and chemistry, as the No. 1 in Xia Guo's communication education, Lin Wuyun can be said to be ahead of everyone.

For these basic subjects, Wang Lang can change the world to a great extent with the level of knowledge in Wang Lang's mind, but he can't do anything about biology and medicine.

In addition to knowing that he wants to study biology and medicine, something like a microscope is essential.

But for an ordinary person, a microscope is an extremely expensive thing even in modern times. Although he knows the principle of a microscope, the glass has not been made, and it is impossible to test it.

Even if the glass is fired, he still knows the theoretical knowledge, but these are completely different from the actual operation, and he will definitely encounter many difficulties. He can only hope that there will be more talented people among the craftsmen of Xia Kingdom , Turn the knowledge in your brain into reality.

"Your Majesty, there are documents from Ningyuan City." The guard came in to report.

Wang Lang nodded and asked the guards to bring him in.

After the messenger dragoon came in, he knelt on the ground on one knee and lifted up the document.

Wang Lang received the document and asked the dragoons to stand up, open the document and read it.

The document was sent by the magistrate of Ningyuan County. It stated the situation of the expedition team, and also explained that there were more than a dozen dinosaur captives. It was more about Sun Lin, the magistrate of Ningyuan County, about the development of those islands. , and there are only a few mentions of Wei Ming.

Wang Lang was not surprised that the expedition team could find the island where the dinosaurs were stationed. According to his original estimate, there would not be many enemies there. But what he didn't expect was that there were only a dozen dinosaurs left there.

These dozen or so dinosaurs are not worth mentioning in his eyes, what caught his attention the most was the small island named Nitpeter Island by Wei Ming.

If what is said is true, then this is indeed good news for Xia Guo.

Although Shenzhou is large, there are not many natural minerals found so far. This may be due to the fact that Shenzhou is inherently poor in resources. What's more, Xia Guo's current prospecting methods are very lacking. Most of the minerals are discovered basically because of luck. Most of the ingredients.

With these natural saltpeter mines and the sulfur on the fire, Xia Guo's gunpowder production in the future will show a blowout development, and basically there is no need to worry about the problem of gunpowder shortage in the future.

Dinosaurs are still in the era of cold weapons. Sulfur and saltpeter are of no use to them. This is undoubtedly a huge advantage for Xia Guo.

After closing the document, Wang Lang said to the dragoons: "Go back and tell Sun Lin that his suggestion is very good and ask him to write a detailed plan. From now on, the small island in the north of Ningyuan County will be assigned to Dao Ningyuan It is within the jurisdiction of the county, and told Wei Ming to keep a few captives, and as for things that are suitable for sea exploration, he is the captain and he can do as he wishes."

After speaking, it rang, and said: "I'd better write it down, in case you miss something."

The dragoon soldier heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, he was a little dizzy after hearing all the words Wang Lang said just now.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Dragon Knight said respectfully.

Wang Lang ignored the compliments from the dragoons, took a blank document from the table, wrote down his confession on it, and stamped his jade seal on it.

The dragoon took the document, carefully put it in his arms, turned and left the palace.

After the dragoons left, Wang Lang went to the desk and spread the world map he had drawn on the table, and marked the three islands at a few approximate positions according to the expedition team's second speed.

These islands must be in the hands of humans. According to his estimation, the distance from the west of the Chinese mainland to the Americas is about the same width as the Atlantic Ocean. Whoever discovers these islands first will have an advantage.

In the era of sailing, if a ship in the age of sail wanted to cross such a vast ocean without supplies, it could be said that it was a matter of narrow escape.

The most front-line island among the three islands should be very close to the Americas. Even if there are other islands in front, as long as humans build fortifications here, it can be said that it will be more difficult for dinosaurs to cross here to attack humans.

He doesn't care about the island closest to Xia Guo, it can be handed over to Ningyuan County. As for the two roads, he plans to immigrate there. An army of hundreds of people on a warship is stationed there.

After thinking about the general development plan of these islands, Wang Lang felt very slow in his heart. At present, everything is developing in a direction that is beneficial to human beings.

"Come on, go and call me Fang Shaoshi, don't forget to call Zhao Langzhong." Wang Lang shouted to the guard outside the door.

Hearing the words, the commander of the guards immediately arranged to accept it, and did as Wang Lang ordered.

Not long after, Fang Shaoshi and Zhao Langzhong came to Wang Lang's study with puzzled faces.

After the two sat down, Wang Lang said to the other party when he was young: "Shi Lunjia's island in the western ocean has been occupied by our Great Xia, and there are only a dozen of your fellow clansmen left there, what do you think about this matter. "

After Fang Shaoshi finished listening, he said: "Your Majesty, I am no longer Shi Lunjia. Although I am a dinosaur, I now regard myself as a Xia countryman. Their life and death are not in my consideration. Compared with Xia Kingdom, they are a group of uncivilized barbarians, offending Xia Kingdom's Tianwei, death is what they deserve."

Zhao Langzhong was on the side to translate.

Hearing this, Wang Lang shook his head and smiled and said, "I don't doubt your loyalty to the Kingdom of Xia. What I mean is that although the plague can kill some dinosaurs, there are at least tens of thousands of dinosaurs who escaped before Si. There are so many people, less than a year, it is absolutely impossible to have only a dozen years left, is there any precedent for Shi Lunjia's army to rebel?"

Fang Shaoshi thought for a while and said: "Shi Lunjia is an empire that has lasted for thousands of years. It is basically impossible for soldiers at the bottom to make trouble. It is Shi Lunjia's taboo to commit crimes below, unless they think they cannot survive Only then will you take the risk.”

Wang Lang nodded and said, "So it's quite capable."

Fang Shaoshi nodded.

The corner of Wang Lang's mouth twitched. In this way, although the dinosaurs are different from his own race, it seems that there is not much difference between them and humans in nature. Maybe this is the common place of the earth's native organisms.

Since the dinosaurs are not monolithic, there is a great possibility for my previous plan. To deal with powerful enemies, it is a good way to start from within them. Only when their country is in chaos can I win in the chaos.

"Is there any news about those captives recently, but they are still safe." Wang Lang asked.

Fang Shaoshi nodded and said: "Those filthy captives dare not resist our brave soldiers at all,"

"In this way, you select some smart and reliable people from among these captives. These people will be exempted from their slave status, and they will be under your management. Let them serve Xia Guo wholeheartedly. They will be of great use in the future. I don't care if they are Unlike humans, as long as they can prove their worth, Xia Guo will not be stingy with rewarding them."

Fang Shaoshi was overjoyed when he heard the words. This is the expression of His Majesty's trust in him. He got up and hurriedly said: "I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."

Wang Lang nodded to signal Fang Shaoshi to sit down.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something." Fang Shaoshi hesitated.

"But it's okay to talk!" Wang Lang said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I learned from my wives and concubines that a large part of the captives are craftsmen and doctors. Although Xia Guo's craftsmen are excellent, in some places Shi Lunjia's technology is better than Xia Guo's. Yes, Your Majesty, whether these people can get rid of their status as slaves, I think these people are much more important than ordinary slaves." Fang Shaoshi said slowly.

Wang Lang pondered for a while, and said: "What you said makes some sense, how about it, let me think about it, and I will give you an answer in a few days."

"I thank you, Your Majesty."

"Zhao Langzhong, the dozen or so newly captured prisoners will be escorted over within a month, and the interrogation will be handed over to you."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Back off, don't tell others what happened today."

"I understand!"

The two nodded solemnly, and left the palace under the vigilant watch of the guards.

Wang Lang tapped the table lightly with his fingers. Fang Shaoshi's suggestion, he hadn't thought about it, but he was always worried about those captives. Technical exchanges are not one-sided. When humans master dinosaur technology, it is inevitable that dinosaurs Humans are not exposed to human technology.

Especially in terms of gunpowder, that thing looks mysterious, but as long as you look at it once, there is no mystery at all. Dinosaurs have been able to reproduce for so many years, and there must be many intelligent people among them.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Lang felt that although there were certain risks in using dinosaur craftsmen and doctors, their participation could speed up the pace of technological innovation in Xia Kingdom. cons.

After all, the Shilunjia civilization has lasted for thousands of years, and some of the technical things will definitely have a lot of things worth learning for human beings.

However, before using these people, Wang Lang had to think about how to control them.

At this time, Wu Feng finally created a chance encounter for himself by chance.

The eldest lady of the Lin family was named Lin Xin. After the two of them met by chance on the street, perhaps they had suffered enough from lovesickness. Wu Feng, who was originally a little dull, gave full play to his language skills at a rare level.

During the conversation with Lin Xin, Wu Feng's knowledge and conversation deeply attracted Lin Xin's attention.

With the beautiful woman at his side, although Wu Feng was calm on the surface, his heart was beating at a frequency of almost one hundred beats per minute.

After getting in touch with each other slowly, Wu Feng discovered that although Ruby Lin was a girl, it was a little difficult to communicate with her, especially in terms of poetry, which she was even more familiar with than herself.

Ruby Lin not only knows how to read, but also seems to be quite knowledgeable.

This made Wu Feng couldn't help feeling that children born in the families of officials from the Ministry of Rites have too many advantages over children from ordinary families.

Compared with most of the girls in Xia Kingdom, Lin Xin is undoubtedly lucky. The schools in Xia Kingdom do not admit women. For the common people, women must marry after all. There is no need to learn knowledge at all. There are no social conditions for women to acquire knowledge.

Xia Guo, influenced by Wang Lang, has long been a patriarchal society with male supremacy. It should fall on his son to continue his bloodline, and his surname will be passed down from generation to generation along with his son's bloodline. The biggest proof in this world is also the most meaningful thing.

Although the relationship between Wu Feng and Lin Xin was getting closer, Wu Feng felt more and more uneasy in his heart.

I lost face to Lin Shilang before, if I go to the Lin family to propose marriage at this time, it is very difficult for him to guarantee that he will not be kicked out. Although he really wants to hug the beauty back, but the timidity in his heart really can't let him enter the Lin family's gate step.

His only thought now is to get a good rank in the scientific examination next year, and after he has achieved fame, he will go to the Lin family to propose marriage, maybe his hopes will be higher.

Now Lin Feng can't wait to slap himself. If he didn't have the hypocrisy at the beginning, there wouldn't be so many things now. It's a pity that time has no medicine for regret. All these bitter fruits can only be borne by himself. If you tell others about this matter, you can only get it. Deserves two words.

(End of this chapter)