open sea

Chapter 547 Wanli
When Chen Mu walked out of the palace, it was going to be dark. Thanks to Xu Jue who sent someone to send a message to Juniper, Du Heizi didn't let Du Heizi wait in Jinyizhi's room.

Jin Yi left a message to the Minister of Nanyang, Du Heizi, his family's fifth-rank groom, went to Liuquanju in the west of the city to have some snacks at noon, and ran to the theater in the afternoon with two jugs of wine in his arms. They freed six strong men and beat up three Jin Yi who were following him to break up the fight. After sobering up, he paid nine people and took them to He Nian Tang to get medicine.

Chen Mu walked out of Miyagi, heard Jinyi Qianhu tell him about Juniper's situation, and listened to his chuckle, feeling uncomfortable.

He knows Juniper's problems. He is strong in martial arts, has a bad temper, and is narrow-minded. Whenever he encounters a battle, he always wants to go forward with a sword. ——It’s not terrible to make mistakes frequently, what’s terrible is that this guy always has a self-destructive tendency of "make or break".

It's good to have this kind of mortal heart when the nation is in peril and the war situation is on the brink of defeat, but it's a bit scary to always have this kind of mentality. Chen Mu gave Juniper some ordinary things more than once, and this guy can actually say, If it's not good, I'll become a monk.'

Chen Mu has already made up his mind. Juniper can no longer stay in the country. When the overseas serious route comes out, he will be thrown to Mexico, but he must wait for the serious route to be tried. To be honest, Du The toughness in Song's personality is far less than one-tenth of that of Lin Manjue, and he can be a warrior. He is not capable of taking on a profession that requires too much character as an explorer.

Shen Zhongnian also just came out of the palace. He and two other cabinet ministers stayed in the cabinet all day, and sent eunuchs to visit Chen Mu and the little emperor a few times. Every time the response he got was that the little emperor was dancing He was talking about something, and it looked like he was having a good chat with Chen Mu—Mr. Ge really didn't expect that these two people, with a difference of nearly 20 years in age, could actually chat together!

Needless to say, the two of them can indeed chat together, and in some emerging fields, the little emperor’s understanding even surpasses most people in the world, because he himself has received little knowledge, and the beginning of his understanding of the world basically originated from "Chen Shi According to Tao Te Ching, accepting all new things is much faster than others.

Regardless of the government and the opposition, there are still people who do not believe that sailing the universe from the east can return from the west - of course, it is limited to disbelief, even if someone does come back around, it will not be a shock to the ruling and opposition parties.

The sky is round and the earth is an old theory in China, but few people know how old this theory is. In the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, this theory fell out of fashion.

During the Han Dynasty, Bashu learned from Luo Xiahong and put forward the "huntian theory" to formulate the calendar. His calendar is more accurate than others. It is called the Taichu calendar and was selected as the official calendar. It's just a way of saying it.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng developed the Huntian theory. At the same time, there was an opposing theory called "Gaitian theory". In the early days, the sky belonged to the round place, and in the later period, the earth also became round. The only point of debate is whether the sky and the earth are spherical or hemispherical.

The observation and progress of astronomy has been developing. In the Tang Dynasty, the monks who measured the distance of the longitude completely overturned Gaitian's theory. The calendar he formulated for Tang Xuanzong was called Dayan Calendar.

In this world, not only navigators need accurate astronomical navigation and positioning, but also farming civilization needs accurate astronomical calendars.

For the government and the public, it doesn't matter whether there are people who circumnavigate the universe for a week. Even if they really know that someone circumnavigates the sky, it will not have any real significance, and life will still be lived.

But for the little emperor, it should be his fleet and his people that surround the sky. If not, his people should go.

"Chen Shuai is very happy, and he must have had a good conversation with His Majesty." Zhang Juzheng pretended to be confused, and greeted Chen Mu in the mansion, leading the way while laughing: "Can I talk to my servant?"

"Your Majesty is modest and studious, and has the air of a Ming monarch. This is the blessing of Ming Dynasty. The old man has made great contributions." Chen Mu smiled and complimented Zhang Juzheng, and whispered to Zhang Juzheng outside: "Your Majesty wants to issue an edict, and wait for the Ming army to land in South Asia. , Recruit soldiers and warships to form a fleet to travel around the world, and I recommended my subordinate Lin Manjue, whose temperament is so strong that he can take on this first-ever important task.”

"Around the world?"

Zhang Juzheng frowned, and wanted to say something, he pulled Chen Mu to the side and asked, "Profitable? Don't build a huge treasure ship with five thousand materials to show the weather, the research of the Navy Lecture Hall The old man has seen it, that kind of huge ship is not suitable for use, and it wastes money and people."

Hearing that Zhang Juzheng didn't seem to object, Chen Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, Daming already has a sea chart to go east to Spain, which is a mature route; to the west, there is Sanbaogong who traveled to Spain in the past. The sea map of Africa, the Ming Dynasty is actually only the last millimeter away from the map of the world."

"There is no need to go to war. To the east, according to the contract, the Ming Dynasty will garrison troops farthest from Spain; to the west, according to the contract with Portugal and the Lion Kingdom, the troops will be stationed in the Lion Kingdom. There are many Portuguese and barbarian trading stations for supplies along the way. You only need to send a 3000 The human fleet, carrying envoys and brocade clothes, sailed westward, and then recruited private caravans to accompany them, and traveled to various places. In my opinion, the largest three warships are newly built [-]-mile warships and [-]-mile warships in Nanyangwei Port. Warships are the most suitable.”

"Along the route, the envoys signed trade treaties with various countries. Jin Yi secretly investigated the national conditions and national strength, surveyed and mapped maps, and merchants recorded their national specialties, scarce commercial goods, and domestic prices to further expand overseas markets. Afterwards, private caravans traded with various countries with small orders. , the imperial court formed a caravan to make profits from the import and export of bulk goods, is it possible that Ge Lao is still worried that there will be no profit?"

"However, for the names of the three huge ships, I still need to ask the old man for permission."

What Chen Mu said is not new. It is basically the same as Zheng He’s method of voyages to the West in the past. It is also the method of private caravans and court caravans. The only difference is that in the past the court did not send caravans, and the people rarely sent caravans to sea. If you go to such a far place, whoever wants to buy it will come to the Celestial Dynasty to buy it, and buy it yourself.

But now the middle school already knows the truth. It turns out that the price of the goods can increase several times or even ten times during the delivery, and the biggest profits in the past are all given away in vain!
In the past, there was still a security issue in front of everyone. Now the Nanyang Military Mansion is like a huge octopus extending its tentacles everywhere. This war machine, which is hard to stop when it starts, escorts merchant ships. There is no hesitation. of?
Zhang Juzheng was relieved when he heard that Chen Mu and the emperor were not stupid enough to travel around the sky in a huge and clumsy sealed boat. The bigger the warship, the more difficult it is to manufacture, and the higher the cost. He also needs to buy more weapons. He doesn't want Chen Mu to get a few 10 taels of warships to do such a thing that doesn't seem to make much sense.

He asked, "What do you think about the name of the giant ship?"

However, Chen Mu made a fool of himself first, and said: "The Ming Fleet circumnavigated the world for the first time, and its symbolic significance is huge. The first ship is [-] warships. Your Majesty wants to name it Wanli, which will bring great prestige to the emperor. The remaining two The main battleship is escorting the Wanli, and I should choose one civil and one military, and I want to name it Taiyue and Nantang, what do you think?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
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