Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 118

In the few days when Zhao Si was away, without the influence of the halo of uncut jade, Shi Huangdi's body continued to deteriorate, which led to depression, coupled with the addiction of forcibly quitting the golden pill, so that he couldn't eat well these few days. I can't sleep well either.

Emperor Shihuang hated the feeling that energy was low and everything was about to fall out of control.

It's all right now. Although the food is bland and tasteless, there seems to be some slight interest in the day-to-day life, which makes people peaceful.

The noisy chirping of cicadas, the glaring sun, the slightly cool ice, and the hot breeze blowing through the doors and windows.

In the quiet afternoon, one big and one small, one old and one young.

Shi Huang leaned on the reclining chair, his chest rose and fell slightly, Zhao Si lay on the bamboo slips on the table, snoring slightly.

Perhaps it was because the hot feeling became more and more serious, and Zhao Si's voice became louder and louder.

Until... It was like thunder, and Shi Huangdi, who was quietly lying on the reclining chair, moved his eyelids slightly, as if he had woken up, moved his fingers slightly twice, opened his eyes and turned his head sideways, and took a closer look, only to see Zhao Si lying on the desk. On the table, it was already on its back, and many of the bamboo slips on the case table fell to the ground.

Being woken up by someone can be very unpleasant, especially for people with sleep disorders.

It is not easy to fall asleep by itself, and it is extremely easy to wake up. It is really uncomfortable to be woken up rashly, without a proper rest, and to feel tired all over when you open your eyes.

Fortunately... this is a nap in the afternoon.

Fortunately... because of the halo of uncut jade, Emperor Shi Huang still felt energetic and full even though he only slept for half an hour.There is no feeling of discomfort all over the body after being woken up.

Fortunately... Shi Huangdi didn't think Zhao Si was very offensive, and even found it a little funny.

Humans are strange creatures. When there is a good feeling, no matter how disrespectful and transgressive behavior is, it will not be unacceptable, but when the good feeling disappears, no matter what you do, it is wrong.

The smile on Shi Huang's face was not concealed. Although he had already obtained sufficient rest at this moment, Shi Huang did not get up immediately, but leaned sideways on the reclining chair, slightly supporting his head with one hand, and tilted his head to look at Zhao Zhao. Si's thunderous roar.

The first emperor didn't feel noisy...

Just thought it was funny... Who was the last time someone was so rude to themselves?where again?
Weak?Or Lu Buwei?Or Gan Luo?Or Lao Ai?Or his brother Chengqiao?

What about his last courtier who was so close and tolerant?
The First Emperor fixed his eyes on Zhao Si with a smile, this child... is very good.

Zhao Si was indeed a child in front of the First Emperor, and at the age of the First Emperor who was nearly fifty, it was more than enough to be Zhao Si's grandfather in this era.

A heart of innocence is the most precious thing. The First Emperor could feel that Zhao Si's respect and fear towards him were mostly out of courtesy rather than out of heart, but he could also feel Zhao Si's undisguised closeness and admiration for him. It's an amazing feeling.

The First Emperor was not in a hurry to deal with official duties, but just looked at Zhao Si quietly. The current Zhao Si is still a blank slate, and has not yet experienced the influence of power and wealth. As he grows older, such a picture will only become more come less and less.

Zhao Si, who was asleep, knew nothing, he only felt that the weather was hot and smoky...

The summer sun was shining straight on, even with the ice mirror, it was useless, Zhao Si subconsciously turned his body a few times, only feeling his head was covered with sweat, drowsy and drowsy for a long time before finally overcoming it. Sleepiness lifted his head.

He still remembered that he was still in the palace, and he fell asleep before the king, but he was rude.

After waking up, Zhao Si immediately raised his head and looked at where the First Emperor was on the couch.

"Well, I'm still lying down..." Zhao Si settled in his mind, rubbed his hazy eyes, and took a closer look, only to see Emperor Shi Huang looking at him with a half-smile.

"Go fetch some cold water!"

The evil intention of the first emperor was to scare Zhao Si a little bit, but Zhao Si raised his head, his face was covered with red marks from the bamboo slips, one by one as if wearing a mask, coupled with the messy and sweat-soaked With wet hair, the comedy effect is directly full, and Shi Huangdi still failed to get serious in the end.

After Zhao Si turned around to accept the order, Shi Huangdi's tense face instantly relaxed, and the creases at the corners of his eyes rippling.

This kid Zhao Si can always come up with funny things in unexpected places...

When Zhao Si came back from fetching water, Zhao Si's appearance had been tidied up, his hair was tied up, his hairstyle was rearranged, and the sweat was wiped off, but the marks on his face would not fade away for a while, and he still looked full of jokes.

The First Emperor reached into the bowl, wiped his cheeks and hands with a wet towel, and after a little tidying up his posture, took advantage of Zhao Si's gap to go out and spent a lot of energy before re-entering the working state.

Needless to say, a reasonable nap doubled Shi Huang's work energy. After waking up, it only took an hour to complete the rest of the work.

The handy feeling of smooth thinking is more comfortable than the effect of taking the golden pill before, which made Shihuang feel very relieved. It was rare to finish handling government affairs so early. Shihuang put his hands on his knees and looked at Zhao Si who was working hard.

"In three days' time, the court meeting will be held, and then we will discuss going to sea. Has the waterway been properly planned?" Shi Huang asked.

In fact, Zou Feng has already written a letter and patted his chest to assure the first emperor that the preparations are foolproof. This time Zou Feng really made a fool of himself and used almost all his energy. Not only did he summon the core outstanding disciples of the Yin Yang family, A large number of Qidi gentry.

Among them, searching for mines, stargazing, exploring the sea, and the necessary clerks and officials are basically fully prepared.

What is waiting now is for the court to make a decision before opening the sea.

The Dachao Conference is not held every day, but going to sea is related to Daqin's future decision-making. In addition, Zhao Si brought back three kinds of fairy species from overseas. Covered with a veil of mystery.

Everyone is very excited!
Zhao Si brought back so many good things in one trip, so what can he bring back by sending more professional people to explore more carefully this time?
Adding up all kinds of factors, it is obviously impossible to go to sea for the second time without holding a big court meeting. The Yin Yang family, which has been silent for a long time, also needs to revive its momentum.

Zou Feng was almost in a hurry, and the first emperor also set a date for the convening of the court meeting. In fact, it was just a formality. All policy decisions in such a big court meeting were scheduled in advance.

On weekdays, you can express your own opinions when you write to the court, but if you want to express your own ideas in the court meeting, you are making yourself uncomfortable.

"It has been planned properly. My husband and I have discussed it for a long time. We can't find any flaws in the sea route plan that you have made. It's just a pity that Daqin currently has too few seagoing ships... It's too late to send too many ships to explore overseas." Zhao Si sighed. in one breath.

"I know that Langya Penglai has started to build new ships, but the construction of new ships is not a one-day job..." Zhao Si sighed.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Xu Fu. Daqin has saved all the sea-going ships for so long, but was cheated by Xu Fu.

"By the way, regarding the construction of the new ship, I have some trivial opinions, which have been written into a book. Your Majesty can send it to Langya and Penglai to try it out." Zhao Si said.

"Huh?" Shi Huangdi looked at Zhao Si.

"I discussed with my husband before that the current draft of sea ships is still not deep enough. It is better to change from a flat bottom to a pointed bottom, and it is not suitable for multi-purpose building ships for exploration in the open sea. It saves a lot of effort, and it's better to wrap a layer of copper on the bottom of the boat..." Zhao Si said eloquently.

He discussed this issue with Zou Feng before, and Daqin's sea ship technology tree was forcibly selected.

He has experienced six sea voyages, and this is the seventh time that Xu Fu has gone to sea and never returned.

The batch of boats that Zhao Si was on already had the rudiments of sea boats, but they still couldn't escape the model restrictions of river boats.

After all, sea boats and river boats are two different concepts. When Zhao Si returned with the boat, nearly half of them were killed or injured. Apart from drifting at sea for a long time and not being familiar with the place, a large part of the reason is because of the poor design of boats in this era.

The boat has a flat bottom, is high, has small sails, is weak, and has poor stability.

The remaining ships will be difficult to improve for a while, but the newly built ships can work hard in this direction. Zhao Si remembers the shape of the sailing ship and the blessing of sailing around the world in his previous life. When he checked the information, he remembered Jane picture.

Building ships are fine, but if you want to set foot in the open sea, you have to be a sharp-bottomed sailing ship.

Zhao Si has been sorting out this thing during this time, and intends to directly point the technology tree on the Great Qinhai Sea to the beginning of the Great Navigation Era...

We are going to build ships, so why not build sea ships directly.

The transportation capacity, efficiency, and safety of Qin's ships will also be greatly improved.

The near sea is not a big problem, the difficulty lies in the far sea, Zhao Si actually advised Zou Feng not to be so impatient, he can explore the near sea first before the new ship is built.

After all, with the only [-] old sea-going ships remaining in Daqin to run the distant seas, even with the waterway and monsoon map marked by Zhao Si himself, it is still dangerous.

It's better to settle down and expand the near sea, and wait until the new sea ships are built in Langya Penglai before exploring the far sea.

But Zou Feng did not agree to Zhao Si's proposal, or it could be said that the entire Yin Yang family rejected Zhao Si's proposal out of safety considerations.

The new sea-going ship proposed by Zhao Si takes ten years as a unit from investment, to experimentation, to improvement, to large-scale output.

Zou Feng is over 70 years old, he can't wait that long, and the Yin Yang family has been silent for too long, and he can't wait that long.

"Hey..." Zhao Si sighed slightly.

This time, he couldn't go with the boat, and it was obviously not so easy to explore the high seas.

Scurvy...plague, malaria...a mess of things, even with more adequate preparations and a more professional team this time, they are still dangerous.

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(End of this chapter)