Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 950
"Zeng Shen, Zuo Qiuming, if you want to go west and travel around the western countries, I'm sure."

Qing Ji smiled and said, "However, you are all commoners after all, why don't you find a job in my country of Wu?"

Hearing this, Zeng Shen Zuo Qiuming looked at each other.

They didn't reject being an official in Wu country, but they thought that they didn't have enough knowledge and ability, so they declined Qing Ji's kindness.

If you can get an official position and a title, you can get Qingji's funding so that you can travel around Western countries, why not do it?
"It's up to the king to appoint an official!"

Zeng Shen knelt down, and Zuo Qiuming also knelt down, expressing his willingness to serve as an official in the state of Wu.

Qingji then canonized Zeng Shen as an admonishing doctor and Zuo Qiuming as a concubine.

These are all temporary official positions. After the two return from the west and think they have enough knowledge, Qingji will promote them as appropriate and entrust them with important tasks.

"Wu Xun, what about you? Do you want to go west?"

Qing Ji set his sights on Young Master Xun with great interest.

Young Master Xun nodded and said, "I am willing."

"You, the widow will not be appointed as an official, and go with you, so as to broaden your knowledge."

After a pause, Qingji said again: "Since Da Wu organized the second westbound caravan, he hasn't organized another caravan for more than ten years. Coincidentally, this trip can take place."

……

The next day, Qingji held a grand court meeting in the Chongzheng Hall, and all ministers with a rank of six hundred or more must be present to participate.

"The widows have decided to organize the third westbound caravan."

"500 scholars, 500 merchants, and 1000 armored soldiers. There is no limit to carriages, horses, goods, and personal attendants."

"The team will be led by Muller and Yin Xi. After the spring of next year, we will officially embark on the road to the west."

"promise!"

Mu Le and Yin Xi have traveled west more than once, so they have rich experience.

With them leading the team, it can basically guarantee that the caravan will not be in danger.

Of course, the possibility of the caravan being attacked by Western countries or tribes cannot be ruled out.

Having said that, Wu Guo has made a lot of money relying on the Silk Road for many years.

There is no need for Wu's official organization to organize a large-scale westward caravan, and the people can spontaneously go to the west to do business.

It is worth mentioning that Wu's caravans had already arrived in the Mediterranean Sea and traded with the Celts, Germans, and Carthaginians.

"My Great Wu's overseas land still needs to be governed and developed."

Qing Ji said slowly: "I am determined to organize the fleet to go east and south again."

"Come on, take out the chart!"

"promise!"

Not long after, two guards carried a huge chart and laid it out on the floor of Chongzheng Hall.

On the sea chart, various islands are listed.

There are also deserted islands, and there are also continents where indigenous people live.

Qingji walked down the majesty's platform slowly, holding the Longyuan Sword in his hand as a pointer, and pointed at the blank piece of land above the sea chart.

"My Great Wu's caravan has arrived near the Persian Gulf through the Maritime Silk Road, and has traded with the Persians and coastal countries."

"But it's not enough, it's not enough. Do the second and third sons still remember the three hundred dark-skinned slaves that the Persians gave to the widow?"

Hearing this, all the ministers nodded.

"Those three hundred black people are really extraordinary. Your Majesty, I thought that there are white-skinned barbarians in the world, which is already great. I didn't expect that there are black-skinned people who are the opposite."

"It's tall enough, but it's too thin, like skin and bones. If not, it must be a good candidate for coolies!"

"Your Majesty knows where those black nu live?"

Qing Ji smiled slightly and said, "This is a new continent, and I named it 'Ni Ge Continent'. People who live there are basically black-skinned people."

"The purpose of the southern fleet this time is not only to establish trade relations with the coastal countries, but also to capture black people and serve as Kunlun slaves."

"This……"

Dazai Jiran bit the bullet and came out: "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, my Great Wu now has more than a million Kunlun slaves, and it may have exceeded 150 million. Why do we need so many Kunlun slaves? There is no need for them at all. "

"No, the more the better."

Qing Ji said meaningfully: "In the future, these dark-skinned Kunlun slaves can replace the yellow-skinned Kunlun slaves. My Great Wu's overseas land may not become an inseparable part."

"hiss!"

After hearing Qingji's thoughts, the officials and officials couldn't help but gasped, shocked.

Qingji's appetite was too great.

Overseas colonization?
No, not necessarily.

For example, Zhuyazhou (Hainan Island) and Yizhou (Wanwan) can be brought under the direct control of Wu State, and other places can be established overseas.

Qingji thought for a while, then said: "The Southern Fleet has a great responsibility. The widow decided to dispatch [-] sea-going ships, [-] warships (warships), big wings, small wings, sudden waves, centipede ships, and Hailan ships. Waiting for five hundred ships."

"2000 soldiers, 5000 auxiliary sailors, 300 merchants, 500 scholars, and no restrictions on the rest of the followers, goods and merchant ships."

"The second and third sons, who would like to lead the team to sail?"

Where is Qingji going to trade?
It was clearly to show off their power and launch a war to destroy the country.

It is conceivable that the size of this caravan will reach 5000 people.

Now Wu's shipbuilding industry is very developed, basically at the level of the Ming Dynasty.

The sea ships of Wu State are actually the "treasure ships" of the Ming Dynasty, which are similar with minor differences.

The big one is 44 feet long and 37 feet wide, and the middle one is [-] feet long and [-] feet wide.

The ship has twelve sails and carries 1000 people, including 400 sailors, [-] soldiers and archers.

用20至30摇橹，每橹15至30人摇，单是操作摇橹，需要300至900人！
The daily sailing is about [-] nautical miles, and the average speed is about four to five knots.

If you convert it, Wu's sea-going ships are 124 meters long and 50 meters wide.

The displacement is about 3100 tons!
It is worth mentioning that the displacement is an important indicator used to indicate the size of the ship, and it is the quality of the water discharged when the ship is fully loaded according to the design requirements.

Displacement is usually expressed in tonnage. The so-called displacement tonnage is the number of tons of water that a ship displaces in the water.

Modern warships have a displacement of several thousand tons, and aircraft carriers have a displacement of tens of thousands of tons.

Wu Guohai's ships have a displacement of about [-] tons, and they can already be called "aircraft carriers" in ancient times.

Because war horses can gallop back and forth on the deck of a ship!
Of course, since there were no weapons such as artillery and firecrackers, Wu's sea ships could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty.

"Father, my son is willing to go!"

Young Master You stood up.

He has a wealth of sailing experience. He has traveled across the ocean and reached the Australian mainland, but he is not very familiar with Wu's southern route.

"Wu You, you have another important task."

Qingji didn't intend to let Gong Ziyou lead the China Southern Fleet.

(End of this chapter)