My life skills in Daming Liver

It was raining outside the window, and Su Ze was sitting in Wei Xue's classroom. The sounds of the little radish heads reading were mixed with the sound of the rain, and harmonized with the sound of frogs outside the window.

The tide of war surged under the calm atmosphere of Changningwei, which can be regarded as the calm before the storm.

It has been four days since Su Ze returned to Changningwei from Nanping County, and with the news of the Japanese pirates landing, the atmosphere in Fujian has become more tense.

The counties under the Yanping Mansion began to implement strict curfews, and also strengthened the checks on entering and leaving the city.

Compared with Baizhi County in Nanping County, Fang Zhifu in Yanping Prefecture is busier.

The magistrate of Nanping County only needs to guard Nanping County, and he can keep the black hat on his head. The city wall of Nanping County is tall and far away from the sea. Last time, only a small number of Japanese pirates arrived at the city. Japanese pirates.

However, Yanping Mansion has seven counties under its jurisdiction. If there is a problem in any of the counties, Fang Zhifu's life will be difficult.

As the highest person in charge of Yanping Prefecture, Fang Zhifu took the risk of Japanese pirates outside the city and began to inspect the remaining counties with his personal guards.

The seven counties under Yanping Prefecture are Nanping County, Youxi County, Jiangle County, Sha County, Shunchang County, Yong'an County, and Datian County.

Among them, Fang Zhifu is most worried about Datian County in Yanping Prefecture. Datian County is a county that was separated from Youxi County in the 15th year of Jiajing. The city wall of Datian County is also the lowest. It was breached by Japanese pirates.

The magistrate Fang began to patrol the county with his guards, and the number of merchants traveling between the cities became increasingly scarce, and the ghost market outside Nanping County was also closed.

At this time, Su Ze would like to thank the New World again. Thanks to them "delivering" a boatload of food, Changningwei no longer needs to worry about food.

Su Ze sent people to buy a large amount of gunpowder from the Yujia Gunpowder Bureau outside Nanping City, and then through the relationship between Lin Xianyang and Lin Qingyuan in the county government, he bought a large amount of the highest-grade Fujian iron from the government-run iron factory. Now that the situation is not safe to go to Yuegang, Su Ze can only find a way to make firearms by himself.

The bad news for the neighboring counties came one after another. Jianyang County was once again invaded by a small group of Japanese pirates. I heard that half of the printing workshops outside Jianyang City were burned down.

Jianyang is the center of the publishing industry in the Ming Dynasty, and it is the most affluent city nearby. Jianyang suffered heavy losses during the Japanese invasion last time. The price of rice tripled.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Maoqing, who was still in the Qing army in Fuzhou City, quickly ended the Qing army's activities, and ordered the Fujian Dusi Yamen to send troops to protect him and send the gold and silver he had exploited from Fujian to the capital.

Yan Maoqing is the censor sent by the imperial court, everyone in Fujian dare not neglect him, if something happens to him, it will be bad luck for the three yamen of Fujian.

Fuzhou City had no choice but to send 500 people to escort Yan Maoqing back to the capital despite the tense defense forces.

The reason why so many people were sent was because Yan Maoqing looted dozens of boxes of gold and silver. No one knew how much Yan Maoqing looted in Fujian this time.

Under such a tense atmosphere, the vicinity of Changningwei was surprisingly peaceful.

Beishan Village and several villages near Sun Dian's historian sent young and strong men to Changning Guard for training.

As long as you hear the sound of the gunshots on the shooting range, you can bring a sense of security to the people of Changningwei.

In the past few days, Lin Baihu has also sailed out to patrol the sea every other day to check the situation in the nearby waters.

There are several uninhabited islands off the coast of Changningwei. Every time Lin Mojun goes out to sea, she patrols these islands to prevent Japanese pirates from landing on these islands, and then uses these islands as a platform to attack Changningwei.

But at present, King Lu's large force is still in the open sea, and the recent bad weather is not suitable for the large fleet to sail, which also leaves time for Fujian to prepare to fight against the Japanese.

"Go back today and recite it carefully, and the math homework will be corrected by me tomorrow."

Su Ze put away his messy thoughts, today's class is over, he announced that after school, the little carrot heads dispersed.

Su Ze put on a coir raincoat. It has been raining continuously for the past few days. Su Ze is worried about the water conservancy project of Jianxi. He is going to the entrance of the village to have a look and inspect the river embankment.

In the past few days, Lin Mojun either went out to patrol the sea or lived in the school grounds to train soldiers. Lin Liangjun was a wild horse, and he had been playing like crazy for a while.

However, in the past few days, every family has restricted their children to go home as soon as possible, Lin Liangjun has no playmates, and starts to feel empty and bored again.

Seeing that Su Ze was going to inspect Jianxi, he immediately followed in a coir raincoat.

Su Ze walked to the edge of the Jianxi River at the entrance of Changningwei Village. The effect of beaming water and washing sand was remarkable, and the entire riverbed was much deeper.

Su Ze was not lazy either, and kept asking people to reinforce the embankment. Seeing that the rushing Jianxi water was firmly fixed in the river channel by the embankment, Su Ze felt relieved.

Next is Su Ze's few acres of fields. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are crops that are resistant to cold and waterlogging. If the accumulated water is not released in time, the harvest will be reduced or even lost.

Su Ze's few acres of fields were high, and he had dug drainage ditches early. Seeing that his crops were fine, Su Ze took Lin Liangjun back to his family temple.

Lin Cainiang had already prepared a hot meal, and besides Lin Cainiang, the ninth aunt, Yao Chun's family and Xiong Wu, who were printing newspapers beside the family temple, were eating at the family temple.

When Su Ze came back, everyone began to eat.

"Have the new papers been printed yet?"

Yao Chun immediately said: "Go back to my master, all the prints have been finished, and I will be escorted to the county seat tomorrow."

Su Ze nodded. Although the situation was tense, he was not planning to stop running "Surprise".

The more this kind of time, the more important the news. Su Ze took out a place on the edition of "Surprise" to publish the latest news of Yanping Mansion.

The remaining space in the first and second editions is used to serialize "The Peony Pavilion". The third and fourth editions publish articles contributed by scholars in Nanping City. .

At this time, Aunt Jiu asked: "Ah Ze, what should we do with those Xiyi?"

Captain Alfonso and his party were arranged to be quarantined on a small island near Changningwei, and it has been seven days now.

I have to say that these guys are really lucky, they are all alive and kicking, and there is no sign of infection for the time being.

But Su Ze didn't dare to take it lightly. Many infectious diseases have a long incubation period, so Su Ze didn't dare to put them all in the Changning Guard.

But it's not a problem to keep it closed like this. Now that the rain is coming, we have to send someone to watch them and send them food and water, so the old man asked the ninth aunt to ask Su Ze how to deal with these Xiyi crew members. .

"Tomorrow I will land on the island, aunt, I am going to recruit these crew members to guard the Changning Guard."

"Recruitment? Can this work?"

Ninth Auntie was full of doubts. Some Xiyi looked similar to the evil ghost Rakshasa. According to those guarding them, some Xiyi didn't know what shame was, and they often fought naked.

Moreover, they were imprisoned by Su Ze for seven days and even took away the things on the boat. Can they serve Su Ze obediently?

Su Ze smiled slightly. In fact, the crew on the New World were themselves a group of mercenaries.

Except for a few Portuguese crew members and the priest accompanying the ship, the remaining crew members were temporarily recruited by Alfonso before this voyage.

From ancient times to the present, life at sea has been very dangerous and painful.

Sailing out to sea is tantamount to a gamble. Sailors in this era are basically desperadoes who go to sea to fight for their lives.

After the ship owner buys the ship, he will hire a professional captain, and then hand over the money to the captain to hire the crew.

Each captain has a group of skilled crew members. For example, the first mate of the New World is Captain Alfonso's apprentice, and the ship's priest (part-time ship doctor) has also cooperated with Captain Alfonso for many years.

But it is impossible for the captain to be responsible for every crew member. After the backbone team is set up, Captain Alfonso will ask the first mate and second mate to bring money to the port terminal to recruit crew members who are willing to sail.

Some historians believe that the earliest corporate structures arose during navigation.

The shipowner is the investor and the chairman. In the Netherlands and the Netherlands, there may even be more than one shipowner. There may be as many as 100 investors on a ship. This is the earliest prototype of the joint-stock system.

Every voyage is similar to the most primitive stock investment. Investors bet that the ship can return with a full load of cargo, and they will be able to obtain high returns.

If the ship sinks, it means that the investment failed and lost everything.

The captain is a professional CEO. An experienced captain can get a huge profit from a successful ocean voyage, but a failed voyage may directly kill you.

The captain takes the money to hire the crew, which is tantamount to sharing the risk. Everyone only needs to be responsible for themselves. Everyone takes money to do things. Ocean is a big gamble that everyone participates in. Don't blame others when anyone dies.

Anyway, mercenaries are paid to do things, and anyone who works for them is a part-time job. Su Ze believes that as long as there are enough conditions, someone will be willing to work for Changning Guard.

It finally stopped raining the next day, and Su Ze boarded the small island where the crew of the New World was held in the guard's boat.

Captain Alfonso has been in a bad mood lately.

He has seen greedy Ming officials, but he has never seen Su Ze so greedy.

Ever since he was driven to this island and the New World was towed back to the Changningwei Dock, Alfonso knew that this Ming officer was going to snatch the ship!

Alfonso regretted so much, why he insisted on sailing despite the storm, and now that he even lost his boat, even if he was lucky enough to return to Manila, this failed voyage would ruin his reputation.

But his own life is still in the hands of others.

It is not that Captain Alfonso has encountered such a bad situation. His ship once ran aground in India, but relying on his good communication skills, Captain Alfonso fooled the local Indian prince to help him repair the ship.

Alfonso found that this native state occupied a very good port, and he reported this to the Portuguese governor of Goa. By the time he came next time, the Indian native prince who had helped him had been driven away. The port became a trading post for the Portuguese.

But it is obvious that this officer of the Ming Dynasty is not so easy to fool.

Alfonso's voyages to the Far East were also influenced by Marco Polo's travel notes.

The great Italian adventurer introduced this rich ancient oriental country with generous words of praise. When Marco Polo arrived in China, it was still in the Yuan Dynasty. His travel notes also inspired European adventurers to search for the route to the Far East.

Alfonso now also knows that the Ming Dynasty is not a heaven full of gold, and the Ming Dynasty is not as friendly as Marco Polo's writings, but Alfonso also knows that the Ming Dynasty is a powerful empire, not those bumpkin princes in India.

These days, Alfonso is thinking about how to communicate with that young officer in Daming, and whether he can let him go back to Manila.

While Alfonso was thinking, there was movement outside the thatched house, and Su Ze led people to the island.

The excited crew members originally wanted to surround Su Ze for an explanation, but after seeing the black muzzles of the blunderbuss team guarding Su Ze, the crew immediately became more honest.

Su Ze came directly to Captain Alfonso's thatched hut. Captain Alfonso thought about countless opening remarks, but in the end he couldn't help asking:

"When can I go back to Manila! Your Excellency Su Ze! Imprisoning my crew casually is not the way of civilized people!"

Su Ze smiled and said, "Occupying Macau without authorization is also not the way of civilized people."

Hearing about Macau, Alfonso was stunned. Why did Su Ze also know this news?

Alfonso judged that Su Ze was just an ordinary grassroots Ming military officer, and the dilapidated facilities of Changning Guard could also verify his guess.

However, based on Alfonso's understanding of Ming military officers, it is impossible for those unruly and greedy Ming military officers to learn other languages.

They were as proud of their language as Pierre was of French.

But this Su Ze can speak French, even Portuguese, and even a few sentences in Spanish and the indigenous dialect of Malacca.

What a ghost, that Su Ze found out the details of his ship just by talking to a few people.

The fact that the Portuguese occupied Macau was still a secret that few people knew at this time, and this Su Ze actually knew about it!

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, when the Portuguese were preparing to board Macao, they claimed that the merchant ship was cracked by the storm and the cargo ship was wet, so they asked for a place to dry. the right to trade.

Being able to open a trade opening in the rigorous Ming Dynasty, this breakthrough achievement is the biggest achievement of the Portuguese in the Far East in recent years, but this news is also strictly confidential, and not many people in Malacca know it.

In fact, until this year, the Portuguese were still not allowed to spend the night in Macau. After finishing their business during the day, they had to return to the boat to live at night. However, not many people have enforced this ban.

However, the matter of Macau was still kept a secret in Daming. Only "one of us" like Alfonso knew more about this important port of Macau.

Su Ze, a low-level military officer in the Ming Dynasty, knew it!

What is his origin!

The new volume begins, and some things need to be explained, which is a bit long-winded.

This chapter will go from Nanping County to Yanping Mansion, but the map of Nanping will still be useful.

However, the protagonist is about to get involved in the complicated situation along the southeast coast. This volume is expected to be longer than the previous volumes, about 400,000 words.

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