Destiny Only Han

land sailing...

Dou Guangguo shook his head, threw the word out of his mind, and asked instead: "Will those steam excavators be assembled on site?"

The captain stared wide-eyed: "The governor is really smart, he guesses right!"

This time, not only Dou Guangguo was dumbfounded, but even Mrs. Fan, who was standing by to join in the fun, was shocked.

These engineering machines can be distinguished from galleys.

Although the Egyptian shipbuilding technology is very poor, the Greeks on the opposite side of the Mediterranean Sea are good at shipbuilding, so it is only necessary to build a slipway and let them follow the example.

After all, there is no generation difference in wooden ships, and there are nails, which greatly reduce the difficulty of shipbuilding.

But Mrs. Fan didn't believe at all that with the help of a semi-literate person who didn't know a lot of big characters like Egypt and Greece, he could assemble a steam excavator with the strongest surface technology today!
The captain looked at Fan Kang and explained with a smile:
"Sir, have you forgotten that those steam excavators are as big as a house, how can they be transported thousands of miles by sea boat if they are not disassembled into parts?"

"The flying shear ship 'Run Kuai Kuai' is a specially modified cargo ship, but this time it only transported one and a half excavators, and the remaining parts need to be loaded onto another ship..."

Run fast... Dou Guangguo vaguely guessed why it was such a name, and nodded with a suppressed smile, expressing his approval of the captain's rhetoric.

Hurry up... The corners of Mrs. Fan's lips twitched, and she decided that when she took the boat back to China, she would not take this boat even if she was killed!

But the captain has long been accustomed to this, and continued without changing his expression: "As for the subsequent assembly, operation, and maintenance, it is natural that Xiongchu Heavy Industry will send special personnel to take care of it. The governor only needs to take care of the basic necessities of life and personal safety of those guys..."

"For example, those people, let them stay away as much as possible..."

Mr. Fan looked in the direction pointed by the captain, and what he saw was a string of brightly lit courtyards under the setting sun.

The buildings there have a Mediterranean style, almost all arc-shaped structures, such as arches, horseshoe-shaped doors and windows that can be seen everywhere, including walls, guardrails, door and window frames, and even the roof tiles used on the roof, etc.

The corner of Dou Guangguo's mouth twitched twice.

He had already guessed what kind of business that building was operating.

After all, it was late at this moment, and most of the pedestrians went home, but there was a lot of people there, singing and dancing, and many girls in cool clothes shuttled among the merchants, sailors and dock workers like butterflies, selling wine, barbecue, dried fruit, and at the same time selling yourself...

And he also heard a loud voice shouting.

"...from Roman Capua, a passionate Roman citizen, who will take her?"

"... Germanic blond female warrior, strong and brave, is there anyone who dares to challenge?"

At this moment, Dou Guangguo couldn't help but see the picture he had seen before.

In the dimly lit place, girls dressed up in fancy dresses or in exotic costumes walked onto the center of the stage like commodities, trying their best to show off their heads and poses. sell yourself for a good price...

Compassion, anger, yearning for it.

Dou Guangguo didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but just like that time, he didn't intend to interfere.

As long as taxes are paid on time, such establishments can continue to operate as usual.

So when the captain muttered that it is better to buy out than a short-term lease, and that she still does not belong to you if you buy it a hundred times, but if you save the money for a hundred times, you can buy her directly, Barabara, Mrs. Fan But he couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

Private bus.

despise!

So Dou Guangguo looked at the list of incoming goods, nodded and asked, "Where's the wine? Which ship is it on?"

The captain pointed to the easternmost berth: "That's it, it's unloading, a total of [-] barrels, [-] catties per barrel, rum liquid, mixed with [-]% to [-]% of water when sold..."

Dou Guangguo nodded to express his understanding.

These rums with high alcohol content will be the main products of the Egyptian Governor's Palace in the next period of time.

It is not only sold to the Romans who are addicted to alcohol and sweets, but also to the Germans in the north and nomadic tribes living on the Eastern European prairie through the Macedonians.

Broaden business routes, form friendly trading partnerships, and realize the real Belt and Road...

Dou Guangguo recalled the instructions he received back then, and while the corners of his mouth were raised, his face was also full of doubts.

After all, the instruction also said that he should buy a small city named Byzantium from the Macedonians and rename it Constantinople...

But this is not important. The important location of Constantinople is very good. Even if he did not receive the order from Chang'an, Dou Guangguo did not intend to give it to Philip V of Macedonia!

It's just that his original idea was to unite with Greece and Seleucus to put pressure on him, let Philip V take the initiative to withdraw from the city, and return it to the former owner and builder of the city, that is, those who have defected to the Han Kingdom the Gauls...

But since Liu Ying said that he wanted to maintain the goodwill between the two countries and not allow plundering, then naturally he would not be that villain.

Anyway, today's Han has plenty of money, so spend it if you spend it!

The crux of the matter is that he does not need to spend money from the Egyptian Governor's Palace. The money for the redemption of the city comes from the Central Committee of the Han Dynasty, to be precise, from Liu Ying's personal small treasury.

Of course, the consequence of this is that this city will be Liu Ying's private property...

But there is no king in the world.

Therefore, this time, there was a whole ship of silver dollars dedicated to overseas trade that was shipped to the port of Suez along with the engineering equipment!

The official standard established by the Han Dynasty is that one silver dollar is exchanged for one hundred five baht coins, but in fact, in the Mediterranean, where silver coins are mainly used, and gold coins and copper coins are used in small amounts, basically one silver dollar can be exchanged for a little more than 100 five baht coins .

Of course, it's weight.

To be precise, it is the weight of pure copper!
After all, the Romans broke the atmosphere here. The copper content of their copper coins was so low that all the Mediterranean countries that traded with the Romans added a lot of impurities to their copper coins...

Naturally, Han would not suffer this kind of loss. When silver and copper were exchanged, they were either exchanged for pure copper, or only exchanged for Han five baht.

There is a row of serrations around the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty, which not only prevents profiteers from filing copper coins and collecting copper shavings for profit, but also increases the effect of anti-counterfeiting!
After all, the value of five baht coins is not high. If you don’t use machines to sharpen the saw teeth when minting coins, but grind them by hand, then counterfeiting money is basically not much different from doing charity...

Just like what the news said, I spent [-] yuan to buy machines and materials, but the result is only [-] yuan worth of steel...

When the silver coins began to be unloaded, a thousand strong guard soldiers of the Governor's Palace came in line. The torches and lanterns illuminated the entire pier like daylight, and at the same time looked at the Roman prisoners who were working as laborers with murderous eyes. .

After all, this is money, and armed escort is necessary.

But in fact, they were overthinking. The Roman prisoners of war may not have enough character to be trusted, but they are not fools, and they know what money can be taken and what money cannot be taken.

The most important thing is that they have been working extraordinarily hard during this period of time, and they have not acted as slaves in the slightest.

Well, in fact, according to the contract that Han forced Rome to sign, these prisoners of war are not slaves at all.

Not only can they get enough food and clothes, but like the Han dock workers here, they take a bath every four days, and they can also get a certain amount of labor remuneration!

Therefore, in terms of resentment, they only resented those Roman Senates who did not care about their life or death.

For the Han people, they are only grateful.

And vaguely, from the Han people around them, they felt what is the beacon of human civilization...

It's a pity that they learned from the surrounding Han people that the Han country is somewhat xenophobic. Those foreigners with faces that don't resemble the Han people have no possibility of obtaining the citizenship of the Han country at all...

Otherwise, they really want to work hard to save money, wait until they are released by the Han people, immigrate to the East, and integrate into that powerful and civilized country!

"It's really rich..." Mrs. Fan poked her head out from behind the crowd.

In front of him was a large box full of silver dollars, which was being transported along the track to a distant carriage at the moment.

"Yes." Dou Guangguo nodded slightly.

"Give them all the money..." Mrs. Fan scratched her head, wishing she could rush out and carry a box and run away. Anyway, he is the emperor's cousin, so he should, maybe, or won't be beaten to death. ……Bar.

Dou Guangguo smiled: "What are you afraid of if you give it out? Look over there, the money will come again?"

Fan Kang looked in the direction of Dou Guangguo's finger, and saw that it was also bright as day, and the sealed boxes were lifted up by the crane in an orderly manner, and slowly placed on the deck.

"Huh? Why did you transport it away again?" Mrs. Fan asked with a frown.

Dou Guangguo explained:

"Although those are silver coins, you can understand them as silver mines. After all, they are not the legal currency of the big man. They need to be recast before they can be circulated."

Mrs. Fan suddenly realized: "This is what the emperor's cousin said before, to let people all over the world use Han's money!"

Dou Guangguo nodded: "That's right, these silver coins, together with the mined silver mines, need to be transported to Shangxiantang's headquarters in Anman Protectorate, where they will be melted, minted, and finally transported to places where they are needed as currency. "

"Shangxian Hall? Minting coins?" Mrs. Fan's eyes suddenly became sharp, and then she returned to calm.

After all, he knew very well in his heart who the real manipulator of Shangxiantang was, but even so, it was really unbelievable that a private trading company on the surface actually had the right to mint coins!
What's more, for overseas expansion, Shangxiantang even has judicial power and an army!
With such a huge organization, his emperor's cousin can naturally control it firmly in his own hands, but the crux of the problem is, will Shangxiantang be too big to lose in the future?
this is a problem!
But this question has nothing to do with him now.

At this moment, he just looked at the distance slightly in a daze.

There, the amount of silver dollars has exceeded his imagination!

He originally thought that the amount of silver coins unloaded for the Egyptian Governor's Palace to buy Byzantium would be no more than [-] or [-] carriages, with a total weight of no more than [-] to [-] tons, but at this moment, he felt that even doubling this number would not be enough!
"Who is all this money for?"

"of course not."

Dou Guangguo smiled and shook his head.

After all, Constantinople at this time was just a wooden castle with a population of only a few thousand. Although he drew a line on the map, the cut-off territory made the Macedonian king feel distressed and did not fall asleep for several days.

But in the final analysis, it is just pure land. If no one lives and works on it, it is worthless!
Therefore, the cost of buying Constantinople and its surrounding land is only two tons of silver coins, and a four-wheeled carriage is enough to load and transport it away.

So, Dou Guangguo explained:
"Only the silver coins on that cart are money for buying land, and the rest of the money is used to maintain market circulation, for example, we buy olive oil, wine, and exotic spices such as rosemary and seven licorice that His Majesty wants. cost."

"There are in and out, so that the silver dollars of the Han Dynasty can be circulated here, replacing the miscellaneous, low-quality coins in the market that need to calculate the exchange rate."

"I understand the truth..." Mrs. Fan tilted her head and asked, "But where did the emperor's cousin get so much silver? Doesn't it mean that there is not much silver in the country? It has only been a while, and there is so much silver that it needs to be transported." Has it been used as currency abroad?"

Dou Guangguo also looked bewildered:
"I don't know too well, but I just heard people say that His Majesty is thinking about reforming the currency system, planning to ban the original copper five baht coins, and instead use those iron coins mixed with silver as currencies of equal value..."

"Well, what is it called a steel coin? Although the content of iron is relatively high, there is silver in it. Even if the common people exchange it with copper coins, they will not suffer..."

Mrs. Fan put away the doubts on her face, and said with a proud smile: "When I go back, I will ask the emperor's cousin specifically. If the emperor's cousin agrees, I will send you a power call, lest you can't sleep because of crazy thoughts. Sleep……"

Dou Guangguo smiled silently: "Well, yes, why didn't you go with Xu An? I remember that you didn't always clamor to go back early. When the expedition fleet returned, I was looking for you everywhere..."

Fan Kang waved his hand:

"I also want to go back on their ship... But I asked, the expedition fleet didn't return the same way this time, they said they had to make a detour, first go to the New World, and then follow the wind to reach the Cape of Good Hope..."

"If I had been on their boat, I would still be floating on the opposite side of the sea at this time!"

Dou Guangguo seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and suddenly realized:
"I see."

"I said before Du Dan set off, why did he buy citrus in the market, marinate them with white sugar into jam, and buy a lot of strange vegetables to make sauerkraut. It turned out that he was planning to cross the ocean..."

Mrs. Fan said: "That's right. They didn't need to prepare those things before, because they sailed along the coastline and could replenish fresh vegetables and fruits at any time, so they didn't worry about getting, getting... what kind of disease?"

Dou Guangguo smiled and said, "Scurvy."

"Your Majesty said that this is a disease caused by the lack of vitamins, but it is a disease that will occur after [-] days without taking vitamins. Therefore, you only need to prepare some citrus and sauerkraut to completely prevent this disease. A disease occurs!"

"In this way, Du Dan's appointment as the commander-in-chief of the expedition fleet does not count as entrusting the favor of his father..."

The kindness of the father's generation... Mrs. Fan slammed her lips, always feeling strange about the yin and yang that the guy opposite was rubbing secretly.

But that guy must have forgotten that he was able to hold a high position because of his nepotism?

The crow landed on the pig's back, who is blacker than the other?
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Atlantic Ocean, East Coast of South America.

On board the flagship of the expeditionary force "God of Wealth Knocking on My Door", Du Dan, commander-in-chief of the expeditionary fleet, raised his hands, his face full of confusion:

"From the sea chart drawn by His Majesty, if we continue to go south, we can bypass the southernmost tip of this continent, and then head west all the way back to Dahan!"

"The feat of sailing around the world will be accomplished in your hands!"

"This will be a feat that our name will go down in history and will never be forgotten by future generations!"

Opposite him, the captains, chief mates and other officers who came from noble families with meritorious officials looked excited.

After all, compared to the literati and bureaucrats of the landlord class, military nobles prefer to expand their territories and shine in the annals of history. Now that they have heard of and believe in things that will be done in their hands, how can they not let their hearts yearn for it?
But Xu An poured a basin of cold water on his head:
"Your navy changed the sailing route privately, have you considered the consequences?"

"Not to mention anything else, do you have enough supplies? The soldiers of the Royal Navy have been floating on the ship for so many days. Have you asked them if they are willing to follow you to explore the vast sea?"

"You know, that's just a theoretical channel. If you want to practice it, it may be difficult without paying the price of blood!"

"Is the life of a soldier more important, or is it more important for you to shine in the annals of history?"

At this moment, those naval officers who were born as civilians stood silently behind Xu An, looking coldly at Pao Ze opposite.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, they have shown their choice with practical actions.

Du Dan looked left and right, and slowly dispelled his previous thoughts.

He wasn't afraid of internal strife, but what Xu An said reminded him.

The Navy changed the course privately!

This kind of crime can be big or small, if Liu Ying doesn't want to care about it, at most she can scold him a few words, fine her three cups of wine, even if it's over, but if someone framed her or under other circumstances, it's okay to ransack her family and destroy her family. Pass!

After all, this is the Royal Navy, not his personal fleet!
And for a son of meritorious service like him, the first thing to do is to do nothing wrong, and then to make contributions, and now he has successfully expedition to the Mediterranean Sea and perfectly completed the battle plan when he went to sea!

Credit is enough!
So he looked at the somewhat tense cabin, smiled and shook his head and said:

"What Fanyang Jun (Xu An) said is that I should really set sail and return at this moment. As for the feat of completing the global voyage, I can wait until the next time!"

"I think, for this matter, who else should I wait for!"

Only then did Xu An feel relieved, and turned his head to ask, "Has the expedition team you sent out returned?"

After all, although they have a rough map, the most important thing is that the map does not indicate which tribe the local indigenous people belong to. Therefore, it is normal for the fleet to stop on the coastline and send a small team to explore the way.

As for the members of the exploration team, they are naturally third-class people... well, they are the marines who are very good at foot combat...

After a while, there were a few more red-faced men gesticulating on the deck.

These, of course, are local aborigines.

Although they and the Han people cannot understand each other's language, the means of human communication are not limited to language, such as gestures, which are enough for simple communication between the Han people and the indigenous people.

But in Chang'an City at this moment, it was called "Criticizing Memorials". In fact, Liu Ying, who was dozing off, woke up suddenly, with a look of dumbfounding on her face.

"So, you are still alive..."

He murmured softly, and while the servants in the palace looked puzzled, he silently pulled out a piece of white paper from the table, tore it open, and then took out a dead leaf similar to dry kelp from his arms, and slowly tore it into small strips , fingers trembling slightly, clumsily and slowly rolled a scroll.

Then, he hastily put the scroll in his mouth, lit the fire, and took a deep breath...

"Cough, cough, cough... bah, bah, bah..."

Without him, I haven't smoked for many years, and I can't get used to this kind of cigarettes without filters.

In the hall of Xuanshi, Zhong Xing said and others were standing there dumbfounded, their legs were trembling, and they couldn't help but began to worship.

Their Majesty has finally revealed his original form... Bah, he has become a god!
Swallow!

The real dragon!

ps: about scurvy.

In fact, this disease is not as serious as Jane Zhong said on the Internet. After all, most of the time, the crew will more or less eat some food containing vitamin C.

When Zheng He sailed to the West, he mainly traveled along the waterways of Arab merchants in the Tang and Song dynasties. During the monsoon season, he set sail from South China, rode the wind and waves and went south to Malacca, first to Aceh, then to Ceylon and Cochin, and finally to East Africa. There are supply points everywhere on the road. It is impossible and unnecessary to supplement vitamin C mainly by eating bean sprouts as the marketing account said.

The most precious thing for sea voyages is fresh water. In order to prevent scurvy that would take several days to develop, we used fresh water that would die if we didn't drink it for a few days to grow bean sprouts...

Anyway, I can't figure out what kind of brain circuit this is.

Also, about the West.

From Europe to Asia, a sailboat does not follow a straight line, but seeks the wind and currents.

The Portuguese went from Europe to India not along the coast of West Africa, but made a supplement each of Madeira and Cape Verde, went southwest, met the coast of Brazil and supplemented once, went south to the westerly belt, turned east, and saw the Cape of Good Hope again Supplement once, Mozambique supplement once, and then take advantage of the trade winds in the Indian Ocean just like Zheng He's fleet.

Those at risk of scurvy were the Dutch.

During the Spanish-Netherlands War, the Spanish-Portuguese colonies in the union did not allow Dutch ships to dock, so the Dutch could not get supplies and were prone to scurvy.

But an experienced captain will bring plenty of citrus and sauerkraut.

For example, when the southern European countries where the Mediterranean Sea is located, a large number of citrus were planted, they almost synchronized with the age of great navigation. Coincidentally, there is a story in "Three Words and Two Beats". The protagonist also brought a lot of citrus when he went to Nanyang. Consideration of scurvy.

And the really miserable one is actually the big fleet.

After all, their home is a big place and there are many enemies. Sometimes the fleet squats outside the enemy's port for a year in order to carry out blockade missions, and naturally there are countless casualties...