Villager of Daming

Chapter 661 Yunnan is waiting to buy shrimps

In Zhu Wentian's eyes, the problem of King Liang of Yunnan was a small problem that did not affect the development of the Ming Dynasty and could be solved at any time. It would be better to solve it peacefully.

Instead of deploying troops to fight in Yunnan, it is better to learn knowledge and go to various places to teach the people.

If the weapons are good, the King of Liang in Yunnan does not need too many manpower, 5 people are enough.

The method of firing arrows from fire blunderbuss was invented when the Ming Dynasty army conquered Yunnan. The Yunnan army only used blow darts in the jungle.

In history, many of the 30 troops dispatched died, some died of fighting, and some died of malaria.

It was at this time that Zheng He was captured and turned into a eunuch. He is only three years old now. Will Zheng He go to the West in the future?

As for malaria, there are medicines, but you should not start with treatment medicines. That medicine can be sold to the locals, or given to the locals after surrender.

The best way is to make medicines that block mosquito bites, such as Fengyoujing and toilet water with pyrethroids, which are now used in Xiaqiu Village and the palace.

Zhu Wentian considered the matter and held back his voice.

But the head of the village came up with an idea: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are many dangerous roads in the mountains of Yunnan. Why don't you send someone with explosives to help open a mountain or something, and then bring firearms to hunt down the wild beasts that hurt and eat people for the local people."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I can help, but... if you take that gun over, will they copy it?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, they won't be able to tire themselves out. The rifling is not that easy to draw, and the paper shell bullets are not that easy to make. Otherwise, why would our village come in little by little?"
Especially for the gun barrel, if they use casting, whoever uses it will die. Now we are forging, and we will start to improve the process and drill holes.

Coupled with machinery, if the quality of the steel in the early stage is good, the drilled barrel will be better than the current hot forging.

Technology is improving step by step, and the breech-loading guns they get can't even make bullets.

Just like a steam engine, if you give them a hundred, they can only use these one hundred to work. If they are dismantled, they cannot put them back together. "

The commander no longer needs to keep secrets at this moment. If the weapons are placed there and other people's industrial base is not good, there is no other way but to stare blankly.

"Okay, let's send someone to find Wang Bao and ask him to show Zara Valmi the sincerity of our Ming Dynasty. Hehehehehe..."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh out loud, and sent people there to show off his power and scare the other party to death.

When I was fighting, if the enemy had the same weapon, I would be dead. I could kill someone in four to five hundred steps, which was quite accurate.

The key point is that ordinary shields and armors cannot protect you. If you want to close the distance and attack, the way to charge is Huangquan Road.

Other ministers can only listen. They don't understand technology. If they want to learn... what do they want?The skills provided by Xiaqiu Village must be limited after the craftsmen learn them.

Civilian and military officers do not need to master technology, they only need to know how to apply the things created by this technology.

"What are the little dolls selling on the shore? Go and have a look, buy them back, and give them more money. These dolls look very anxious."

After Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, he raised his telescope and looked again, and found six children selling things on the north bank of the Yangtze River. A small boat went over to take a look, but the people on the boat were far away and left again.

Zhu Yuanzhang was curious, and he was a child, which reminded him of the children in Xiaqiu Village and his own children.

As soon as he gave the order, someone immediately signaled to a group of steam engine boats over there, and one of the boats guarding the big ship was sent to the shore.

A quarter of an hour later, the small boat caught up, and the big boat lowered the basket. A person on the small boat first put a bunch of baskets in the basket. There was no place for the person to stand, so he grabbed the rope and motioned for the top to pull.It was such an illegal operation, but no one took care of it, and even someone pulled him up with a basket.

"Your Majesty, they sell white shrimps. One basket weighs about ten kilograms. They sell them for twenty cents. There are ten baskets in total. I gave them five hundred cents and bought the baskets together."

The person who was dragged up reported to Zhu Yuanzhang that he was just spending more money on his children!Understand!
"Go and have a rest, this is..." Zhu Yuanzhang saw ten baskets of small shrimps, which were very beautiful, like small whitebait, transparent, and you could see the yellow shrimp roe inside. They were delicious.

But he couldn't name it. It seemed that he had seen it before, but then nothing happened.

The ministers looked at it together. The chief looked at it and then turned to look at Hanhan. Hanhan made a few gestures. The chief suddenly realized that he had eaten it before, but it was different.

When you eat it, it is dry. If you eat it like sea shrimp, it is actually lake shrimp.

"Gentlemen, don't just look at it. Tell us, what kind of shrimp is this?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't remember it himself, so he asked others.

Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads one after another, and then looked at each other, meaning: It's your turn, haven't you been taught by an expert?He knows everything, come on, tell me what is this?
"Yichang, we can't count on them, do you know that?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't save any face for others. He understood what the officials meant.

"Your Majesty, these are white rice shrimps from Chaohu. We have eaten them before, but at that time they were all made into shrimps, which taste different from sea shrimps.

Chaohu is a freshwater lake, so shrimps don’t have any salty or sea smell.Now it is fresh, less than a hundred miles from Chaohu to here, there is Shiliang River connecting here, which flows into Ruxu River, and finally flows into the Yangtze River together with Sancha River.

The little kids probably catch shrimps from there and sell them down the river. Everyone is on the riverside. Who would be willing to buy this?
But this shrimp is clean, there are no impurities in the shrimp we eat, and we pay less.

Look at how clean it is. There are no other impurities, small fish, crabs, or aquatic plants in it.

It shows that the little ones picked it very carefully, it was the most difficult, but they should be very happy, after all, it was higher than the asking price. "

The head of the village followed Zhu Yuanzhang's question and began to answer. He must know it. This is the place around Xiaqiu Village. Hanhan told it over and over again.

"Tell them, if we send another five hundred coins, can we take advantage of the children? We have to lose face."

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to increase the price. Money is not so economical. It is not easy for six little babies!
He remembered that the children in the palace went to Xiaqiu Village to eat white rice and shrimp porridge, and they used this shrimp.

When shrimp comes into contact with sea water, there will be some messy things. It is okay to eat it normally, but babies are precious, so try to eat fresh water.

However, marine fish are different. Large freshwater fish are prone to parasites, while marine fish in cold water waters have relatively few parasites.

No wonder it looks familiar. The food used to be eaten was dry, but now it is fresh.

So another boat immediately turned around and went back to chase the six little dolls. After selling the little dolls, they went home, and the six people took turns to punt and rock the oar in front and back.

The poles are in the front, the oars are in the middle, and the poles and oars are all in the same place, which means that the children have no strength and are going against the current.

The six dolls are divided into two groups, one group has a double pole on the bow and one oar behind it, and the other group has a single pole on the bow and two people are rocking the oar.

People who don't understand think it's normal. Only those who understand this method understand that the six dolls cooperate to a certain extent.

Just like riding a bicycle, each person has one handle. If there is no tacit understanding, the end result will be death.

(End of this chapter)