Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Professor?" Zhang Pu and the others glanced at each other, wondering: "You have been taught by the government? Zhang Zhenglu forced you to be such a miscellaneous official. It's too humiliating!"

Although the country is governed by Confucianism, and thousands of students are interested in learning, and academics are used as a stepping stone to become an official, the history of the prevalence of academies has passed, and the authority of official learning has ceased after the Han and Tang dynasties. It no longer exists, and now the teaching instructions of the prefectural and county schools are all low-ranking miscellaneous officials, a member of the turbid stream. If Chen Zilong is forced to take such an official position, it is indeed a kind of experience based on his qualifications and reputation. What an insult.

"Blind, no, you misunderstood."

Chen Zilong couldn't laugh or cry, but he couldn't explain it clearly for a while. At this time, he saw a store, strode forward, grabbed a shiny thing, and smiled at Zhang Pu and others: "This is a pocket watch. I have bought it many times. I mentioned it to my brothers in the letter."

The appearance of the pocket watch is definitely one of the most advanced works. After bringing together a large number of skilled craftsmen, there is nothing unsurpassed or imitable in the technology of this era. After the clock is made, the same principle is used to make the watch. Originally, it was an extremely easy task, but the pocket watches produced by General Fushan were very satisfying in their accuracy and delicacy, and Chen Zilong had already boasted about them. [

"It's really beautiful!"

"Well, it's not the barbarian characters, but Arabic numerals."

"How much silver? I want to buy it for dozens of dollars and give it away when I go back."

Compared with goods like salt, tea, wine, sugar and cloth, these high-society young men from the south of the Yangtze River obviously prefer exquisite handmade products. From their experience, even a telescope is nothing... ... During the Wanli period, there were already Chinese craftsmen who could imitate it. It is really not a superb technology that is difficult to crack.

But the pocket watch in front of them really moved them. After asking the price, it is not too expensive. A gold-plated copper watch costs six taels of silver, a piece of pure silver is ten taels of silver, and a gold-plated pure silver watch costs eighteen to twenty taels. Wait, the most expensive ones are of course the ones inlaid with various gemstones, but they are too vulgar to look at them at the level of everyone in Fushe, so everyone bought a few sterling silver watches and put them on their bodies happily.

"what is this?"

Walking a few steps forward, Zhang Pu saw exquisitely crafted small boxes on the cabinets of a store, made of pure gold or silver, red sandalwood, or rosewood, all of which were very gorgeous and precious. Of course there are iron pear wood or yellow poplar wood, and the prices are of course different.

"This is cigarettes...Brother Tianru reminded me, so I just stopped by to buy a box of supplements."

Chen Zilong didn't buy a watch just now, but now he generously took out the money, handed it to the clerk, bought a box of [-] cigarettes, and told the clerk to send it to his temporary residence in the city.

When Chen Zilong bought it, Zhang Pu and others just watched it, and after he paid the money, they asked, "When did you get into the habit of smoking?"

People at that time still regarded cigarettes as a mysterious thing or as a medicinal material, because people who smoked for the first time had the effect of relieving fatigue and refreshing. In the original history, smoking was very popular in places such as Denglai and Liaobei Zhili. There are even many children in Liaodong with a pipe in their mouth. The dangers of smoking will not be understood until decades later. Tobacco was banned during the Kangxi period. Of course, it is obvious that it cannot be banned.

In the south, there are still very few people who smoke, and it was only in the Qing Dynasty that it slowly spread and became popular.

"Running in the fields every day, sometimes I am very tired, smoking a cigarette, refreshes myself... a good thing."

As Chen Zilong said, he took out a few sticks, distributed one to each of the famous talents, took out the flint machine, and ignited them for them.

"It does have a special aroma..."

"It does seem to have a sense of refreshment."

"Is there mint in it?"

After entering the mouth, Zhang Pu and others coughed a few times, and then got used to it. Chen Zilong’s cigarette is actually a lady’s cigarette in later generations. bad.

Zhang Shouren started the tobacco business originally with the idea of ​​targeting the Donglu side. The two sides are engaged in trade, and they can't just get in and out. Food and Tiefushan will not be sold if they are killed. The idea is tobacco, and the other is southern goods. with luxury. [

The stalls are spread out, and who knows that the local consumer demand is not low. The expansion of the tobacco field can only barely meet the local markets of Liaodong and Denglai. If you want to go to Henan and North Zhili, you have to wait until next year.

Add mint, cloves, or a little wine to the tobacco, roll it with selected paper, and sell it in wooden boxes for wealthy consumers, and there are also ordinary packages, of course, the quality of cut tobacco is worse.

"Good stuff!" Hou Fangyu is a son of a son, so he didn't have to worry too much about the price, so he paid for ten boxes immediately, Wu Yingji and Zhang Pu each bought five boxes, and they were also delivered to their residences.

Shops these days will definitely help customers deliver goods, as long as you tell them the address, you don't have to worry about anything, everyone paid for the money, and still went on the road empty-handed.

"It's no wonder that Jiaozhou is so prosperous, the goods are so complete and wonderful!"

When they passed by a store of firecrackers and swords, Zhang Pu and others felt their eyes were opened. In fact, flintlock guns existed in the early Ming Dynasty, but they were the secrets of the military and the country. , The flintlock is already on sale, but the price is very high, one is more than one hundred taels, not real high-end customers will not buy it.

Hou Fangyu likes it very much. The hand gun is very short. Compared with the slender bird guns seen in the south, it is like a toy. The handle is hardwood, the spring is made of silver, and it shines brightly. The dark hole is polished very smooth. It also comes with a gunpowder pack and lead, and all accessories are readily available.

Seeing this, Zhang Pu was surprised and said: "I have heard for a long time that Rong Chengbo is good at firearms. He must line up in every battle. The shield bearer is at the front of each team, and the spearman is at the side or behind. The depth varies from seven to eight. Or there are gunners on the side, each gunner is separated by three feet, and each battle is shot in formation, and the attack is divided into three sections..."

Before he finished showing off, Chen Zilong shook his head and said: "Brother Tianru, you are old Huangli, and the old guns that were fired with matchlocks are still used by the farm or the land patrol camp. It is this short flintlock gun. At first glance, it is the first model used by the cavalry. There are too many parts, and the firing rate is less than [-]%. It is not good for the generals to use for the Lu Xun battalion, so I just take it out and sell it for money... If it is really a good thing, then It will never be sold.”

Everyone who spoke in one sentence was dumbfounded. It turned out that the supreme treasure in their eyes was the substandard goods that Fushan eliminated at all!

"Oh, I have nothing to say." Wu Yingji hadn't talked much today, but now he sighed sincerely: "The general can't wait for an idle warrior to look at him, the hills and valleys in his chest are beyond human reach."

Zhang Pu remained silent, since this was not the time and place for him to express his views, it was better to remain silent.

Hou Fangyu asked suddenly: "Brother Wozi just now, when he lit his cigarette, didn't he use flint?"

"It's the Flint machine. This thing is also a big seller. It has already been sold in the capital area."

Fushan's gunpowder uses the method of collecting nitrate, and with enough manpower and financial resources, it can produce gunpowder worth hundreds of thousands of stones a month, and there are also many by-products by the way.

In the age of matchlock guns in Fushan, Zhang Shouren originally wanted to ask Jiang Zuochu to make matches. After many failed experiments, he vaguely understood that this thing is produced industrially, and it is not something that can be made at this time, but a lighter. , using the gear to drive the flint to ignite the oil-soaked cotton rope. This principle is too simple. After many trial productions, it was quickly finalized and produced. Of course, ordinary farmers cannot afford it at this time. Only Chen Zilong is so rich. Only those who are addicted to it will buy it. A small thing that has no other use other than making fire is convenient, but it costs several taels of silver, which is really cheating.

But Hou Fangyu liked it very much after playing with it. The craftsmanship is very exquisite. There are hundreds of punching machines and presses in the factory. It is very convenient to make such small things with a little thought and engrave some patterns. For Fang Yu, this is an out-and-out delicate and ingenious thing.

"I'll come with twenty." Mr. Hou took the lead, and Zhang Pu followed suit, and each bought a bunch.

Wu Yingji sighed again: "Again, I admire Rong Chengbo so much."

Chen Zilong laughed loudly, pointed at him and said, "If you go to the original Fushan Thousand Households area, will you pop your eyeballs out?"

Zhang Pu asked, "Is this only in Jiaozhou?"

"No, Fangjiaji, Guchengji, Jiaozhou Yangmacheng area, Pingdu Prefecture to Laizhou Fucheng are not bad. Dengzhou has also risen. Although Dengzhou a few years ago was not empty of ten thousand households, But there are ghost cries everywhere, now, it is almost the same as here in Jiaozhou, but the population is smaller, but every month, Liao people come across the sea and settle ashore in the Dengzhou area.”[

"Are you from Dongjiang?"

"Of course there are quite a few Dongjiang people. They were originally desperate for the imperial court. In addition to the civil strife, many died and many people moved to the interior. Now, the general's reputation is good, and Denglai's life is easier. Not only The remaining islanders on the islands, even the Han people from Lushun, Gai, Fu, Jin and other prefectures also came here. Anyway, there are many fishermen on the seaside, and the investigation is not too tight, and it is true that there are not few people sneaking in."

Since Yuan Huanhuan killed Mao Wenlong, and after the Wuqiao Mutiny in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Dengzhou area has almost become a ghost town, and the islands in the Dongjiang River have basically been finished. The once prosperous Denglai Town has gradually become useless. However, according to Chen Zilong, everything is thriving now, and those Han people who have shaved their braids and are about to become obedient citizens of the Qing Dynasty started to move their minds again and ran to Denglai.

"Oh, I think that in my lifetime, Ming Dynasty may be in danger of subjugation, and not only the subjugation of the country, but the danger of subjugation of the world!"

When everyone was happy, Zhang Pu finally couldn't hold back and said sadly.