Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 518 Preparing to Let Zheng Yiguan Go to America
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me!" Ning Wanwo yelled when he heard that Zhao Wen was going to treat him like Fan Wencheng.

But who can hear his shouts?Li Xiaosan directly dragged Ning Wanwo and walked outside.

Not long after, Li Xiaosan walked in and said to Zhao Wen, "Go back to your lord, it's already been dealt with."

Zhao Wen nodded, looked around, and said, "We've been here for three or four days, we can't stay like this any longer, I've decided to send troops tomorrow.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhou Laoliu sent someone to send a letter back, saying that Dorgon had been detected, and it was time to eliminate Dorgon. "

"My lord, we don't need so many soldiers and horses to hunt down Dorgon. General Zhou and the others are completely enough, and it's useless for us to run away." Bu He looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

According to reliable sources, Dorgon now only has 3 horses, and there are still a large number of family members dragging him down.

These people, Zhou Laoliu, Wang Chong, Zhang He, and their soldiers and horses can completely clean up, there is no need to mobilize all the troops.

Not only Buhe, but everyone in the hall looked at Zhao Wen with doubts.

They really didn't know what Zhao Wen was thinking in his heart, why he put all the army on him in order to deal with the mere Dorgon.

Looking at the bewildered expressions of the crowd, Zhao Wen slowly explained, "That's right, we don't need so many people to deal with Dorgon and the others, but the purpose of my trip is not just to recover Liaodong. I also want to expand the territory to the north, and this time I will only fight in the front, and when the world is settled in the future, I will continue to fight north."

"It's completely unnecessary!" Everyone in the hall didn't understand why Zhao Wen did this at all.

Especially those tribes on the prairie, in their eyes, the best place in the world is south of the Great Wall.

They really couldn't understand why Zhao Wen didn't want to manage the south of the Great Wall, but also wanted to attack north.

"There are countless treasures under the land under our feet, if we don't occupy it at this time, then future generations will scold us to death.

Don't ask what these treasures are, I'll tell you that you don't know either.That's it, you guys retreat first, and organize the army. "Zhao Wen waved his hands at the crowd and said.

Seeing that Zhao Wen had made up his mind, everyone couldn't say anything more, so they saluted Zhao Wen and walked outside.

"By the way, Zheng Yiguan stay here, I have something for you to do."

Just as everyone was about to leave, Zhao Wen suddenly remembered something.

When Zheng Yiguan heard that Zhao Wen asked him to stay, he was slightly taken aback, but he didn't say anything.

When everyone walked out, only Zhao Wen, Zheng Yiguan, Li Xiaosan and Zhao Wen's personal guards were left in the hall.

"What is your Excellency looking for?" Zheng Yiguan walked to the center of the hall and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen stood up from his chair and walked to Zheng Yiguan.

"Little San, go find a table, some rice paper, and pen and ink here." Zhao Wen didn't answer, but looked at Li Xiaosan instead.

After Li Xiaosan walked out, Zheng Yiguan became even more confused. He really didn't understand what Zhao Wen was going to do.

After a while, Li Xiaosan moved in with a few guards and the things Zhao Wen needed.

The table was placed in the center of the hall, with rice paper, brush and ink on it.

Zhao Wen walked to the table, picked up a piece of rice paper and spread it on the table, then picked up the brush on the table, and began to draw on the rice paper.

Zheng Yiguan walked up to Zhao Wen, looked at the content of Zhao Wen's painting, and fell into deep thought.

The first thing Zhao Wen drew was the map of Daming. Although it was not standard, Zheng Yiguan could still recognize it at a glance.

In the east of the map is the country of Wa. Zheng Yiguan started his career from the country of Wa, so he is naturally familiar with the country of Wa.

But further east, there is a place that Zheng Yiguan has never been to.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Wen put down the brush in his hand, pointed to the map on it, and said to Zheng Yiguan, "This is Daming, this is Japan, and this is America!"

What Zhao Wen drew was a rough map of America.

"America? I've heard about this place from the Francophones on the sea before, but I've never been there." Zheng Yiguan looked at the map drawn by Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

The colonization of America by Western countries can be traced back to 1492, especially during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, when the colonial activities reached their peak, and Zheng Yiguan often dealt with Frangji people before, so he also heard of this place.

It's just that Zheng Yiguan has only heard of it, has never been there, and is not interested in this America.

Since Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, Western countries began to colonize the Americas.

It is now the seventh year of Chongzhen, which is 1634 AD, which is the beginning of the seventeenth century.

At this time, the colonization of the American continent by Western countries became more frequent.

Most of South America was colonized by Francesco, and England also began to colonize North America. From the middle of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century, England established thirteen colonies in North America, preparing to colonize North America aggressively.

Although Zhao Wen has not yet unified the world, Zhao Wen cannot just sit back and watch the rich returns brought by colonization.

Therefore, Zhao Wen wanted to let Zheng Yiguan, who had nothing to do, go to America after solving the Liaodong issue.

After all, after the Liaodong issue was resolved, Zheng Yiguan was free and fine, so it's better to let him go out and play the biggest role.

It doesn't matter whether you can occupy the land now, the important thing is to lay a good foundation first and prepare for the future march into the Americas.

In addition to this reason, Zhao Wen's bigger reason is to let Zheng Yiguan go to the American continent to find rubber.

Now Zhao Wen has asked Song Yingxing to start the trial production of the generator with the drawings he drew. If the generator is successfully manufactured without rubber, it will waste a lot of time.

Zhao Wen is not surprised by Zheng Yiguan's answer. It will be 100 years from now. During this period, it is the peak period of the colonial activities of Western countries, and the fleets of Western countries began to appear in various seas of the world. , so it is not surprising that Zheng Yiguan knows about this America.

"This continent is a good place. There are silver mines, gold mines, and copper mines everywhere. And this place is especially suitable for growing food. Even the Central Plains has some shortcomings compared to it.

We have to grab this good place quickly, lest we be too slow and be snatched away by people from other countries.The reason I asked you to stay is to let you personally lead the fleet to this place.

After you go, you should draw out the hydrological data, chart routes and other things along the way to prepare for the future.

Apart from this, the main thing is to make you look for something called rubber. "Zhao Wen patted the drawings on the table and expressed his thoughts.

"Rubber? What is this thing? Didn't Daming have it? How about going all the way here?" Zheng Yiguan asked.

"If Daming had one, I wouldn't let you run so far. As for what rubber is, let me tell you in detail.

This rubber is obtained from a tree called rubber tree. This thing is very important to me, even as important as the weapon in my hand.

The rubber tree can grow up to about ten feet tall, has rich milk, and its main characteristics are..."

In the following time, Zhao Wen described the main features of the rubber tree to Zheng Yiguan in detail.

"After you go there, don't come back in a hurry, get some rubber first. After you get enough rubber, get some seeds back. Remember, these seeds are very important to me, and there can be no mistakes.

As for how to get rubber, I will write a detailed booklet later, and then you can get rubber from rubber trees according to the booklet I gave you. "

Zhao Wen is a college student of engineering, and rubber is a very important raw material in engineering, so Zhao Wen does not dare to say that he knows rubber very well, but he knows a lot.

Whether it is getting rubber from rubber trees or industrially manufacturing rubber, Zhao Wen knows a lot about it.

"The main distribution place of rubber is here, and you will look for it here. As for the specific location, I will draw a rough map for you later, and you can follow the map to find it when the time comes.

By the way, in addition to rubber and rubber tree seeds, you can find me a tree called cinchona tree, which is also very important. "

Zhao Wen patted the location of South America and said to Zheng Yiguan.

Rubber trees are mainly distributed in South America, so Zhao Wen directly pointed out the location.

The cinchona tree is an important raw material for making cinchona cream, which is also a good medicine for treating malaria.

Although the malaria of later generations has begun to be resistant to Cinchona Cream, that is in later generations, and now it is the seventh year of Chongzhen. For Daming who has never been exposed to Cinchona Cream, Cinchona Cream has a miraculous effect.

Although artemisinin is better than cinchona cream in treating malaria, with Zhao Wen's current level, there is no way to extract artemisinin.

Zhao Wen couldn't get out the solvent ether used to extract artemisinin alone.

Cinchona is different. Cinchona exists in large quantities in the bark and roots of the cinchona tree, and there is no need for a complicated extraction method. You only need to clean the bark and roots of the cinchona tree. Let it dry and grind it into powder.

If there is no such condition, directly peeling off the bark of the cinchona tree to make soup can also have a good effect.

The main distribution area of ​​cinchona tree is in South America, not far from the distribution area of ​​rubber, so Zheng Yiguan can take it with him when looking for rubber trees.

In fact, at this time, Frangji already knew the importance of the cinchona tree, and at the same time monopolized the cinchona tree.

But there are treasure ships and Zhao Wen's weapons, Zhao Wen still doesn't think that Folang can stop them.

"I will compile a booklet about the appearance of cinchona trees and rubber trees, their main distribution areas, and the way rubber is produced. Then you can take the booklet I gave you and look for it." Zhao Wen looked at Zheng An official said.

"In that case, I will take the order!" Zheng Yiguan clasped his fists at Zhao Wen, and led the task decisively.

Although this journey is difficult, Zheng Yiguan understands that Liaodong has been taken down now, and it will only take a year or two to take down the entire Ming Dynasty.

The new dynasty is about to be established. If there is no credit for it, how can I and my Zheng family gain a foothold in the new dynasty?

Although this attack on Liaodong has made some contributions, these contributions are nothing at all.

A mere Liaoyang City was only breached when Zhao Wen sent reinforcements, and there was no other major contribution except for the contribution made under Liaoyang City.

It's not going to work like this, if you don't make the credit you can get, how can you and the Zheng family behind you still be in the new dynasty?

So in order to be able to make a good contribution, Zheng Yiguan took Zhao Wen's order without even thinking about it.

Now that there are treasure ships and powerful weapons, Zheng Yiguan doesn't think there are any difficulties to stop him.

"In this case, then you go down first. I can get out all the things I gave you tomorrow morning at the latest." Zhao Wen waved at Zheng Yiguan, indicating that Zheng Yiguan can go out.

Zheng Yiguan didn't stop, he saluted Zhao Wen, and then walked out.

Just as he walked out, Zheng Zhihu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, greeted him.

"Brother, what is your lord looking for from you?" Zheng Zhihu looked at Zheng Yiguan and asked hastily.

"Haha!" Zheng Yiguan first laughed twice, and then said: "My lord gave us a great credit!"

"What? Really? Did it really give us a big credit? If that's the case, it would be great."

When Zheng Zhihu heard that Zhao Wen had given him a great credit, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

"Relying on the strength of your lord, it is estimated that we will be able to rule the country in less than three years. At that time, the new dynasty will stand. If our Zheng family does not have the credit for it, how can our Zheng family gain a foothold in the new dynasty?

We haven't been with you for a long time. If we don't get the credit, our Zheng family will be marginalized soon after the establishment of a new dynasty.If we can make a great contribution this time, then our Zheng family will not have to be afraid. "Although Zheng Zhihu looked carefree, he was not ambiguous in this kind of matter.

These people have been with Zhao Wen for a relatively short time, and they have been surfing the sea all the time. Except for this time, it is difficult to meet them again in the future.

However, the establishment of the new dynasty and the awarding and rewarding of hundreds of officials depended on their meritorious service.

If there is no one or two things that can be taken credit for, there is no way to gain a foothold in the new dynasty.

"Who says no? I was quite anxious about this before, but this time I don't need to be anxious. Let's go first, and I will talk as we go." Zheng Yiguan walked forward as he spoke.

Zheng Zhihu hurriedly followed behind Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan walked and talked, telling Zhao Wen's instructions.

"Hey, this thing called rubber and golden rooster is so powerful, it can be compared to the weapon in the hands of adults? If we find this, it will be a great achievement."

(End of this chapter)