Chapter 1366 Permanent Change

Chapter 1366 Permanent Change

Chapter 1366 Permanent Change
"From here go east, bypass the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and then head north, and you will reach the land of East Woju of Goguryeo." It was a bit cold at night, and all the women put on brocade robes and even fox furs. Shao Xun sat among them, holding little Murong on his lap, and chatted under the starry sky.

Shan Yinan was sitting behind the crowd with a desk in front of him, recording jokes to be added to "A New Account of Tales of the World".

Zhuge Wenbao lay on the table, holding his chin with one hand, looking at the stars in the sky and then at the man's back.

This kind of life seems to be pretty good. I can be with my sister, day and night together, without any worries. I can also help my father pass on messages and stabilize the family business.

If only it could continue.

As for the price, Zhuge Wenbao's eyes fell on the man again. She was a female official, helping the emperor to deal with daily chores, so it was inevitable that she would touch him. At first, it was through her dress, but now it has developed to the point of reaching in and touching him...

Zhuge Wenbao's face turned red. Will that hurt?

While Shan Yinan was recording, he was secretly wondering where these anecdotes came from. Could it be Goguryeo?

But it's okay to record it in Shishuo Xinyu. The emperor advocates empirical evidence, and tries to say as little as possible about things that have no proof, but Shishuo Xinyu is a kind of miscellaneous talk that is originally for people to entertain themselves. Even the signature is the hilarious "Taishan Xiaoxiaosheng". God knows who wrote it, and even if they know it, they will not admit it.

Moreover, one can guess from the words that this book was written by a woman.

The voice on the deck continued: "There are several large and small islands. There are people on the islands, but they have no grammar and are like tribes. The land is 15,000 miles away from the capital. It is blocked by the sea on three sides and has many swamps. It is good for fish and salt. The ground is cold early. After the ice is solid, a wood six inches wide and seven feet long is tied to it to trample the ice and chase away the running animals. There are many dogs in the local area, and their fur is used to make fur coats. There are thousands of victorious soldiers in the south, which are connected to Sushen, but have never sent envoys to China."

"The local products are mostly sea animal skins, whales, gold from the sand, fish, furs, and walrus ivory. The number of sea animals is staggering. On sunny days, there are many sea animals on the coast and on the ice floes, no less than a million. Hu Tou said that more than a thousand sea animal skins were seized in Marudu. I will make winter clothes for you in a few days. They are light and warm. You may not feel it in the north, but if you go to Jianye, a cold and humid place, this thing is very useful because it is waterproof."

Everyone was dubious.

Shao Xun looked around and felt a little disappointed. He thought they were all stories. Anyway, when navigation technology is developed in the future, if someone really believes these stories, they can go there to see for themselves. It can be regarded as a seed planted.

Well, I have to guide Shan Yinan to draw a simple map later, and make it look realistic and real - and it is actually real.

I don’t know whether China will have a huge demand for marine animal skins in the future.

There is a market in the north, but not everyone has the ability to sail out to sea. In the south, there are many wealthy families, so perhaps some people would engage in such "capital-intensive" and "technology-intensive" activities as sailing.

He couldn't care less about that.

"Before..." Duan suddenly spoke up. Seeing everyone looking at her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, under Shao Xun's encouraging gaze, she said, "Before, the chief of Sushen came to Jicheng and mentioned things in the north. Those natives couldn't even ride horses. Maybe they had never seen a horse, but they could sail a boat near the sea."

Shao Xun nodded. Sushen and Goguryeo were at odds and often attacked each other. It was normal for them to go to Jicheng to seek external aid.

"Is that a birch bark canoe?" Shao Xun asked.

"There are also animal skin boats." Duan said.

The world's great wonders.

Those ignorant and backward natives, through long-term practice, chose birch bark and animal skins to build boats and sail in the near sea or inland rivers. Before the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it sent 400 soldiers to Sakhalin Island and asked the natives to pay tribute, and they were riding on animal skin boats at that time.

"Write it down." Shao Xun turned and said to Shan Yinan.

Shan Yinan nodded slightly.

Shao Xun then said to Duan in a serious tone: "We are all family. You should get more involved in the future."

Duan felt a little embarrassed, and when this emotion came up, the disgusting feeling from before resurfaced.

Her heart sank. As someone who had experienced this, how could she not know what was going on?

She couldn't count the number of times in the past two months. She was filled with seeds, and now they have taken root and sprouted.

After the moon reached its zenith, Shao Xun led everyone away and spent the night on the boat.

The gentle sea breeze and the roar of waves add a unique charm.

The next day, he summoned Murong Huang and his son on the boat again.

After Murong Huang, Murong Zun and Murong Ba entered and sat down, Shao Xun waited for a while before coming and then looked at the three of them carefully.

Finally, he sighed and said, "Why do you need to do this, sir?"

Tong Qianjin and Chang Long stood on the left and right, holding their swords.

After Shao Xun sat down, several soldiers stood behind him, staring at the father and his two sons covetously.

Murong Huang looked around first, and when he saw no one else, he looked at Shao Xun and said, "Winners win, losers lose, Huang has nothing to say. But the situation in Liaodong is not Huang's own wishful thinking! The Murong family has lived in this poor place for generations, with Yuwen to the west and Goguryeo to the east. If Huang had not set up his own flag and trained his troops, the Murong tribe would have become meat on the chopping board of others!"

"It has come to this, and you are still stubborn." Shao Xun said with a smile: "My wife and children are all in my hands, so what?"

In the next cabin, Duan and others sat silently, listening to the conversation next door.

For a moment Murong Huang's blood rushed up and he seemed to be about to get angry, but when he thought that the lives of his entire family were still in Shao Xun's hands, he suppressed his anger. Then he thought of Duan's subconscious action yesterday, and he hated her again.

Thinking of this, as if to save face, he said: "They are just women! Duan is neither beautiful nor talented, she is just a noble lady of the Duan clan, the rest is not worth mentioning. Gao is not good at anything except her gentle temperament. Gongsun is good at dancing and music, but I'm tired of her. If Your Majesty likes her, just take her away, why bother?" "As for the children, I heard that Emperor Liang is magnanimous and will not harm other people's offspring, so I'm sure he won't make things difficult for them."

After hearing this, Shao Xun was furious and scolded, "I thought you were a man of character, but you are so shallow. Your wife has been pleading for you since she joined our army. I admire her and wanted to kill you, but I was moved by her love and spared you. It's a pity that such a virtuous wife met the wrong man. Even Gao and Gongsun took care of your family and raised your children for you. Is this what you think? That's right, a real man should have a wife, right? Compared with the great cause, women are nothing. The great hero on the grassland is amazing."

After saying that, he shook his head and sighed.

When Duan from next door heard this, her body trembled slightly.

The feeling of nausea came in waves, she bit her lips tightly, and her hand unconsciously touched her lower abdomen.

Gongsun and Gao also had red eyes and looked at the carpet blankly.

"Forget it. I will give you a piece of land in Chenggao. You can farm and support yourself in the future." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "Take it away."

As he said this, he took a last look at Murong Ba.

This is still an eleven-year-old child, and there is nothing special about him. Without Murong Xianbei's platform, he probably has no place to use his skills.

Finally, he added, "I am kindhearted and want to tell you one more thing. I received a military report last night that Murong Biao has surrendered, and Murong Jun is desperate and eager to serve. The two have led elite cavalry to pursue Goguryeo. I intend to pardon the two, but they will still have to move to the Central Plains. That's it, so you don't have to worry."

When Tong and Chang saw Shao Xun turned around, they took Murong Huang and his two sons away.

Shao Xun looked at the scenery for a while, then sent someone to call Zhuge Yu over and asked, "How many new ships have been built?"

"There were two in total." Zhuge Yu said, "One of them was destroyed in Yizhou."

"How was it destroyed?" Shao Xun asked.

Zhuge explained.

It turned out that after the two ships were built, they began to go out to sea for trials. When they reached the vicinity of Izuo (Taiwan), they stopped at the shore to take in fresh water.

Unexpectedly, the first few flat-bottomed ships successfully docked, but one of the new ships accidentally hit a reef, which scared the other one and prevented it from entering Pukou.

After listening to this, Shao Xun understood that the new ship had a deep draft and was prone to running aground or hitting a reef.

In some ports, flat-bottomed boats can enter at any time, but pointed-bottomed ships can only enter during high tide.

"Do you want to try again?" Shao Xun asked.

"There are still some things that need to be improved on this ship." Zhuge Yu said, "Maybe we can build two more next year and improve them while testing them."

Shao Xun nodded. This was a normal iterative process and it was impossible to reach perfection all at once.

"Make good changes." Shao Xun said, "You can take the post of Zuo Changshi in Zhang Shuo's court, and concurrently serve as the governor of Jin'an and Jian'an. You can decide the manpower and material resources of the two counties with your own words."

"I obey your command." Zhuge Yu replied.

As the Left Chief Secretary of the Shogunate and the governor of two counties, he had almost no constraints, which meant he gave full support.

The emperor really attaches great importance to shipbuilding.

Even though some ships were destroyed during this expedition to Liao, sea transportation really played a very important role, and the navy also used its real achievements to shut up the entire court.

Do you have the ability to transport 100,000 hu of grain to the city of Maru? Apart from the navy, it is really difficult to do it, and the cost is also very high.

In addition, if sea transportation is really safer, we can learn from the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu who sent 7,000 people to cross the sea and land in Lelang. There are always some people in the court who say that these two counties are isolated overseas and cannot be rescued in the future. Even if we send troops to rescue them, it will be difficult to supply them, so it is better to give up.

But if we can really transport food by sea in a stable manner, will these still be problems?

The emperor attached so much importance to maritime affairs that, according to Zhuge Lu's understanding, he was turning the previous accidental success into a certainty.

This may change a lot of things permanently.

"The method of building new ships should be written as soon as possible and sent to the Panyu Shipyard." Shao Xun added: "The land route between Jiaozhou and Guangzhou is mountainous and densely forested, so we can only go by sea. Public and private exchanges and even cargo transportation all rely on this route. Jiaozhou is not the same as before. The natives are becoming more civilized and will cause trouble sooner or later. If navigation is safe, Jiaozhou will be safe. You should pay more attention to it."

"Yes." Zhuge Yu responded.

Shao Xun waved his hand and asked him to leave.

By mid-September, most of the troops sent to attack Liao retreated to Peking and western Liaoning.

Along with them came envoys from Buyeo.

Shao Xun found a calm day, held a banquet on the boat, and convened all the ministers.

(End of this chapter)