Chapter 142 Wool and Woolen
Wang Chonggu had to return to the court. Failure to come back would be rebellion. The Ming Dynasty had just won a great victory in Liaodong. The rewards from the little emperor were extremely generous. Although the court was very poor, it still gave them all. He tried his best to give out the rewards he deserved, and Li Chengliang became Ning Yuanbo, directly putting the matter of armor sales in Liaodong on the scale. Governor Yang Zhao and deputy commander Zhao Wanzui were directly convicted and executed, while Guan Wang Nian, the grain doctor, also ended up being dismissed from office because his guilt was not serious.
Wang Chonggu didn't dare not come back. He couldn't even submit a memorial to express his gratitude, so he had to come back.
"Yang Bo left me and left. Without Yang Bo, how can you fight against Zhang Juzheng?" Wang Chonggu's strength against Zhang Siwei and others is very impressive. Even the previous Zhang Juzheng couldn't fight. Not to mention Zhang Juzheng, who was strengthened twice.
Zhang Siwei said with confidence: "Everything will be fine when uncle comes back."
"What a fart!" Wang Chonggu said angrily: "I'm fine in Xuanfu "
"Do you know how much effort I put into closing the holes in the Great Wall in Xuanda and settling down the 190,000 civilians I built? Farming, so many cellars have been built, so many abandoned fields have been restored, and so many fields have been cultivated. Xuanda is full of vitality and prosperity. Do you know what I was doing before you brought me back?”
"Prosperity! Repair! Water! Profit!"
"I am in Xuanda, and the court cannot touch me at all. Externally, I have the mission of paying tribute; internally, I have resettled the displaced people. , cultivate the wasteland so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, why should the imperial court touch me? The imperial court wants to cultivate the fields and promote sweet potatoes to save the famine, and I cultivate the fields and promote it. The imperial court requires the border officials to pay the troops in kind. A six-volume account book? The imperial court must do it.”
“The imperial court must have someone to do things, and I do it very well. If someone else can’t do it, how can the emperor and Yuan Fu implement it? New Deal? ”
"Why did you bring me back? What can I do? The capital is Zhang Juzheng's territory! Can I win the Great Sima back to our Jin Party? Or can I replace the General with Ma Fang? Or can I make the Great Situ Are you of the same mind as our Jin Party?”
“Six books and one account is what Da Situ did!”
“If you don’t succeed enough, you will fail!” Wang Chonggu shook his sleeves and said angrily. I've never seen someone trick my uncle like this before.
He is doing well in the Xuan Mansion. As long as he obeys the imperial decree, he will not only not lose money, but also make money. Those 190,000 people are making money for Wang Chonggu with every spade. Xuan Da people While making money for Wang Chonggu, you must sincerely and gratefully call him Wang Dashanren!
Zhang Siwei was still a little unconvinced and said: "Isn't it true that Wu Dui has accepted the errand of governor of Xuanda? He is one of ours, how can Xuanda's affairs be ruined?"
Wang Chonggu glanced at Zhang Siwei and said clearly: "Yes, forget it, I can't tell you, I'm going to the Quanjin Guild Hall."
"Why are you going to the Quanjin Guild Hall?" Zhang Siwei was a little sluggish. When Yang Bo left, Wang Chonggu agreed with Ge Shouli to be the party leader. Now that Yang Bo has been laid to rest, Wang Chonggu still wants to give Yang Bo this face?
"Because Ge Shouli is the party leader! Party leader!" Wang Chonggu waved his sleeves and left directly. What was in Zhang Siwei's mind? Zhang Juzheng made it clear that he wanted to divide the Jin Party and let the Jin Party fight within the Party. The fiercer the fight, the happier Zhang Juzheng was. As a result, Zhang Siwei always had trouble with Ge Shouli in the capital, and Zhang Juzheng laughed at it.
"I'm going with Sikou." Wan Shihe stood up and followed Wang Chonggu to the Quanjin Guild Hall.
The people coming and going in the Jin Guild Hall are very different from the past. There are not only Jin people here, but also students from Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other places. They are reciting poems, praising and criticizing current affairs, and the atmosphere is extremely Hot.
They discussed the superiority of Yangming's theory of mind and the theory of contradiction, the impact of the imperial court's policy of opening up the sea, how the victory in Liaodong would change the situation in Liaodong, and even Yin Zhengmao's response to Luzon The decisive influence in dividing the Japanese pirates.
Of course, some students have made sharp criticisms of the promotion of Ming Dynasty arithmetic. There are all kinds of words about forgetting one’s ancestors by counting classics! But they can actually understand something as mysterious as Tianyuan Technique.
The questions asked by Yu Menglin were even posted on the door panel and were talked about for a long time.
Recently, Confucian scholars have launched a whole round of activities in order to oppose the promotion of "Arithmetic Enlightenment". Among them, they have been focusing on the definition of billions in "Arithmetic Enlightenment".
This issue has been discussed in "Baojian of Arithmetic Science: The Name of Large Numbers": Confucianism says that one hundred thousand means billion, one billion means trillion, and all calculation schools say tens of thousands means billion, and trillions means trillion Zhao, it is not specified. So, for the current military reserve projects, one hundred thousand is not called one hundred million, it is still one hundred thousand. One hundred thousand is billion, so one million is a trillion? Don't do it yourself, just follow the calculation rules.
Confucian scholars want to define billions and define one hundred thousand as one hundred thousand. One hundred thousand is one hundred thousand. How can it be one hundred million?
The result of the struggle was a disastrous defeat for the Confucian scholars.
His Majesty the Emperor directly decreed that there is no prohibition by law, and it is convenient. Tens of thousands is a billion, a hundred thousand is a billion, and everyone can use it for their own use.
Then these Confucian scholars discovered that 100 million is really not easy to use, because 100,000, 1,000,000, and 10,000,000 must be changed to 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, After seeing it, I said it was impossible!
Sun Quan led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei, but Zhang Liao's 800 men attacked him twice in a row. Wouldn't Sun Shiwan have to change his name to Sun 100 million?
Confucian scholars admire the ancients to the point of being stunned, but the reality is that if we want to change the definition of Yi, we must first change all the history books of the Ming Dynasty.
What Confucian scholars advocate is the method of the ancient kings. It is a method of counting down among the three uses of ten that has been abandoned in the pre-Qin period. The method of counting in the middle has been practiced in all dynasties, no matter how loudly Confucian scholars shout it , they don’t even use it themselves, isn’t that nonsense?
The Quanjin Guild Hall is completely different from its deserted appearance in the past.
"Wang Sikou is back? Please come in quickly." Ge Shouli also expressed his welcome to Wang Chonggu's return to the court. Everyone has different opinions now, and it is not completely parting ways. After all, they are all members of the Jin Party, so they should be polite There are still some.
"You are here to worship the mountain as soon as you come back? Ge Gong is so awesome. This Quanjin Guild Hall is so impressive, it is no longer what it used to be!" Wang Chonggu admired Ge Shouli very much. This man is not smart, but Ge Shouli Having self-awareness, not changing what you don't understand, and actually doing what you understand is several times better than those rotten and cheap Confucianism.
Ge Shouli took Wang Chonggu to sit down, and then said: "The prince has returned to Beijing, and I have a small gift here, which is not respectful."
"Gong Ge is polite, you are too polite, how can I accept it? ?" Wang Chonggu only thought that Ge Shouli, a poor scholar, could give out what kind of gifts.
Ge Shouli took out a book and handed it to Wang Chonggu, and said with a smile: "The prince will tell you if you want it after reading it."
"This..." Wang Chonggu glanced at the book and immediately realized With this thing in his hands, he can make a fortune, and not just any ordinary fortune!
"You can't have this, this, take this away. Your Majesty is afraid that he will suppress the rebellion tomorrow, no, no, no." Wang Chonggu said no, but he still held his hands tightly, and then reluctantly He put it down reluctantly and pushed the book to Ge Shouli.
If you take this thing, you will really be beheaded. Does Zhang Juzheng really want him to die? As soon as he returned to Beijing, he gave him a gift package for the annihilation of nine tribes.
Ge Shouli pushed the memorial back again and said: "The imperial court wants 50%, your Majesty wants 30%, and the remaining 20% belongs to our Jin Party. Our Jin Party's 20%, 10% belongs to the prince himself, and 10% It’s under the name of the Quanjin Guild Hall.”
Only then did Wang Chonggu realize that it was not a gift from the Nine Tribes, but a generous gift from the imperial court!
Wang Chonggu took the book and said: "Ge Gong, this is a serious matter. This is a matter of wealth and life, so we can't talk nonsense."
"The prince's court meeting will be held tomorrow. Yuan Fu's seal, His Majesty's seal, how can I talk nonsense?" Ge Shouli shook his head.
"The emperor's grace is so great!" Wang Chonggu held the book in his hand tightly, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. Before he left, he said that the late emperor's arbitrariness and the strategy of assisting Bi were just showing his qualifications. He After returning home, I tried my best to do my own thing well.
After returning to Beijing, the imperial court came up with a major event for him to supervise.
Wool official factory.
Nearly a thousand years ago, the Green Food crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and landed on the western continent. After occupying the entire Andalusia region, they further occupied some French territories. The current Spanish royal family originated from The Castilian Plateau has a typical Mediterranean climate. On that plateau, you can only make a living by herding sheep.
The Andalusia region is a plain washed out by the Guadalquivir River. The green-clad giants were not afraid of the Spanish who came up the mountain and rushed down, because they controlled the plains and the food. In the long period of reconquest During the campaign, the green-clad Dashi discovered that they nicknamed the principality on the back of a sheep, and its combat power became increasingly powerful.
The high-quality wool produced on the Castile Plateau was exported to all countries in the West through the Principality of Aragon. This brought them a lot of income and provided funds for the reconquest movement. The Green Food was eventually defeated by wool.
The Mesta Association, an association of shepherds, produced wool that was the largest export commodity of the Principality of Castile during the Reconquista. Likewise, the Association has ownership in the Kingdom of Spain Great power.
In Wang Chonggu’s hands, there is a complete wool production process.
A wool pusher is a double-layered pusher specially made for shearing sheep. It has two rows of bladed teeth overlapping each other. When used, the upper row of teeth moves left and right to shear wool, and The wooden box specially prepared for the clipper needs to be oiled to prevent rust when not in use; the wool brushing board can comb the wool clean and initially clean the dirt on the wool.
Collect livestock urine, ferment the urine, and use it to wash wool after heating to remove the unique oily smell of wool.
One sheep has three shears. It is sheared every year in the spring, once in May to June when the weather turns to summer, and again in early August. After each shearing, the sheep are washed in the water. Before the white dew, the sheep are sheared in the desert. No pruning in August in the north.
Needless to say the rest of spinning and weaving, the Ming Dynasty was especially good at this.
Wool is stiff and has an indelible smell. There are lanolin, sheep sweat, sticky feces, sand, grass seeds and other dirt on the wool. It can be woven into felt, but fabrics are rarely used, and this method of His Majesty the Emperor perfectly solves these problems.
"Is this an imported technology?" Wang Chonggu asked curiously after reading the book.
After all, the history of Hongmaofan's fortune was mentioned. Wang Chonggu has been away from the capital for a long time, and he does not know the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Hongmaofan. Is it possible that the relationship has become so good?
The secret recipe of Hongmaofan's fortune was revealed to Ming Dynasty.
Wan Shihe said with emotion: "No, what you see is all dug out by His Majesty from old books, such as Baoqisi Construction, wool hinge pusher, wool brush plate, and wool hinge The cutting time is recorded in the "Qi Min Yao Shu" of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the fermentation and washing of urine to remove the smell of mutton and fourteen kinds of felt and wool dyeing materials are all found in "Dayuan Zang Gongwu Ji". br>
“Hu Yuanjiang Zuo Yuan, under the jurisdiction of the general administration office of all kinds of craftsmen along the road, specially researched the method for the royal felt.”
“The minister of Honglu Temple, Chen Xuehui, specially went to test it. The envoy of the Red Mao Fan, Li Ya Shi, said that he did not know. As a result, Chen Xuexian said that urine is fermented and heated, which shocked Li Ya Shi to the point of dislocating his jaw. "
Wan Shihe said. This was fun to watch. Legas' horrified expression at that time was as if the Ming Dynasty had invaded Madrid. A large part of the conflict between the Red Mao Fans and the English was due to the wool business.
"This..." Wang Chonggu looked at Wan Shihe with some horror. The four seedling raising methods developed by the Little Emperor's Baoqisi had already surprised Wang Chonggu. He did not expect that there would be results!
Ge Shouli looked at Wang Chonggu seriously: "Buy wool from the northern prison, and then clean the weaving wool or woolen fabric. There is no place to raise sheep, and these sheep will start to eat people as long as they are raised."
Ge Shouli said it very clearly. Now there are two roads in front of Wang Chonggu, one way: Follow Daming to follow Daming, gradually destroying the will of the northern prisoner's resistance, and completely the northern prison county and county; .
Wang Chonggu takes this book, that is the first way to choose. This way is not easy to follow and historically, it seems that it is not unable to take this book. As long as we resist to the end, this road has already been cleared.
If you refuse to take it, you must ensure that the Ming Dynasty remains as weak as it is now.
Are there any options? No, it seems like two roads, but it’s actually just one road.
Wang Chonggu called Zhang Siwei crazy and called him a big idiot! Big idiot! If Wang Chonggu was in Datong, Xuanfu, he would not face such a choice.
"Can I go back and continue to be the governor of Xuanda?" Wang Chonggu wanted to choose the third option, pretending not to know, and go back to live his own life.
Wan Shihe said with a smile: "I have come here, but I can't go back."
Wang Chonggu took the book and left the Quanjin Guild Hall, heading towards the Quanchu Guild Hall. , handed in the greeting card at the Quanchu Guild Hall, and successfully entered the Wenchang Pavilion, the study room of the Guild Hall.
Wan Shihe also accompanied Wang Chonggu to the Quanchu Guild Hall. He did not pay a courtesy call, but just said hello and walked in.
This study is different from the past. There are many more small toys, such as the telescope for looking into the sky, a weird-shaped Taishi chair, and a pile of pencils on the table for writing. They are all small inventions of the little emperor, and they are always sent to the Quanchu Guild Hall in the name of giving them to Yuan Fu for use.
After Wang Chonggu said a few polite words, he frowned and said, "Can you go back?"
"Is it child's play to appoint people in the imperial court? Wang Sikou was joking." Zhang Juzheng was full of smiles. He said: "Come from the Quan Jin Guild Hall? Did Ge Zongxian tell Wang Sikou about the wool? I'm sorry for bothering Wang Sikou."
Wang Chonggu, Zhang Siwei and other wealthy merchants were mainly members of the gentry-business clan party, and the relationship with Beilu Amada Khan was quite contradictory. On the one hand, they were very tacit partners, and on the other hand, they were enemies who guarded against each other.
This sheep-eating trick, sinister and sinister, allowed Wang Chonggu to weaken Beilu. It was like the emperor took a knife and asked Wang Chonggu to stab his ally, but Wang Chonggu had to stab because the emperor Point a blunderbuss at him, and if the northern captives don't die, then Wang Chonggu and his gang will die.
Wang Chonggu said with some reluctance: "The cost of cloth is cheaper than sweaters and wool, and it is stronger and more durable. This also means that woolen wool and other woolen materials cannot be sold as cloth. To make this woolen material is not to make money. Is it beautiful?”
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: “No, the worst thing is selling it to Hongmao Fan”
The well-made woolen fabric is still a best-seller. In order to compete with Hongmaofan woolen fabric. There is a lot of movement in the market.
Sheep cannibalism is not Ge Shouli’s fantasy. According to Legas’ explanation... the exchange between the Ming Dynasty and the Red Mao Fan, England is engaging in enclosure movement, especially Henry VIII who likes iron armor and opposes Rome The Holy See's intervention in England led to the religious reform, which led to the outbreak of the enclosure movement again. There were 250,000 people in London, including nearly 80,000 wandering people.
The Ming Dynasty is a huge market, with a population of about 100 million. With such a terrifying number, no matter what is produced, as long as the price is not too outrageous, warm wool will be very popular.
"Okay." Wang Chonggu could only agree. He was forced to return to Beijing by Zhang Siwei, and he had to go back, and he immediately fell into passivity.
This uncle is inappropriate!
Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu chatted about some things in the capital. After all, Wang Sikou was not in the capital, and many things had changed. The more Wang Chonggu listened, the more panicked he became. Nanya, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian , Guangdong and Guangxi, progressed rapidly, exceeding everyone's expectations. The gentry had no resistance to Zhang Juzheng. The most important thing was that the little emperor made rapid progress. He treated Yan Guan as his grandson all day long, scolding them. The dog's head is bloody.
The emperor is not confused. What should we do under the imperial system?
Change the emperor.
When Wang Chonggu left the Quanchu Guild Hall, he went to the Quanzhe Guild Hall, met with Grand Sima Tan Lun, talked about old times, encouraged each other, and ended the meeting.
When Tan Lun and Wang Chonggu met, in summary, there were four words, hurry up and rebel!
Rebellion leads to war. The imperial court is too harsh and boasts too much, and rebels. There is nothing that cannot be rebelled against. Let’s invite Shangbeilu to rebel together!
After Wang Chonggu walked out of the Quanzhe Guild Hall, his head was buzzing. Tan Lun was making such noises, and Wang Chonggu became more and more afraid. If he rebelled, everyone would lead the nine tribes to follow him and fight for their lives.
"Wan Shangshu, in the Guild Hall of Quan Jin, Quan Chu, and Quan Zhejiang, is like walking on flat ground." On the way back, Wang Chonggu suddenly discovered that the person beside him was not simple!
Wan Shihe went in and out of three guild halls without even asking for a greeting, just like his own home.
Wan Shihe said matter-of-factly: "It's not a private house, of course you can enter."
Why is the threshold a threshold? It's not a private house, and you can't enter it casually like Wan Shihe, and the three party leaders obviously acquiesced in this behavior. Wan Shihe, a lowly person who changed his position according to the situation, could be so upright and majestic.
There is a problem, and it is a big problem. This shows that the Zhang Party, the Jin Party, and the Zhejiang Party have reached a consensus in some aspects, and Wan Shihe walks among the three guilds based on this consensus.
In the turmoil of the Six Volumes and One Account, the emperor ordered Wan Shihe to fall down with Sui Feng, and Wang Zhigao became an official. The emperor gave Wan Shihe a chance to run away, but Wan Shihe did not run away. Yes, then Wan Shihe is a non-party person. At the same time, he is also a member of the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Jin Party.
This complicated identity made Wang Chonggu feel a little sad. The situation in the court had changed.
Damn Zhang Siwei.
Antonio brought a large number of glazed wares all the way south to Nanjing City, Yingtian Prefecture. He stood in front of a glazed pagoda in the Great Baoen Temple, raising his head vigorously and looking at the tall tower in front of him.
The first glazed pagoda of Dabaoen Temple has nine floors and eight sides, about 23 feet, 4 feet and 6 inches high (26 floors), and about 67 steps (100 meters) in circumference. The top of the glazed pagoda It is an orb made of pure gold, about one or two feet in diameter. There are copper wind chimes hanging under the eaves of each floor, a total of 152 from top to bottom. Even in the gentle breeze , the crisp ringtone can be heard for miles.
Standing under the tower, Antonio could not imagine how the towering glazed tower was built.
The entire First Tower of Glazed, except for a core wood on the top of the tower, there is no wood in the entire building. It is a tall building made entirely of glazed components of various shapes and colors. .
The first mate Marcus also looked up at this tall building made entirely of colored glaze, and murmured to himself: "It's time for us to go. It's really a perfect porcelain tower."
< br>"This is a miracle, isn't it? Only God can create such a tall tower without any flaws." Antonio still didn't want to leave. Standing under the tower, he wanted to go in, but this tower commemorated the first empress of the Ming Dynasty. How could he, a red-haired man, climb the memorial tower without the imperial edict?
First mate Marcus pulled Antonio and said: "We really should go, it's enough."
"This is one hundred thousand Ming craftsmen, it took twenty years to build, our biggest gain this time , Aren’t they just those well-made, unique glazed ware?”
“You two, we should leave.” Gao Qiyu, who was ordered to go to the West, was the one who made the test in Yingtianfu. Gao Qiyu, who had read "Shun Yi Ming Yu" and almost pushed Zhang Juzheng into an official position, had already learned Latin and went to Folangji as an envoy with his credentials.
This time we went on Antonio’s four-masted sailboat.
"Okay, my painter has painted it, and everyone in Thailand will be amazed by it, a miracle." Antonio followed Gao Qiyu, turning back three times, and headed towards Songjiang Mansion.
Three four-masted sailing ships have been purchased. The ships are loaded with countless goods such as silk, tea, porcelain, cotton cloth, iron pots, lacquerware, etc. These goods did not fill the ships. They did not have enough silver. , can't buy any more goods.
But before Antonio got on the ship, he frowned and looked at the coastline, and said blankly: "First mate, that's the Galese battleship! Why does it appear here?!"
The Galese battleship, the battleship that Felipe II was proud of, defeated the Ottoman Navy's Armada, which was their greatest pride.
It’s okay that there is a Galaisai battleship in Manila, which was supervised by Francisco, the governor of Luzon, but why, there is also a battleship in Songjiang Prefecture, and it is equipped with a different canvas!
"Yes, it may be that Ming obtained the blueprints after the Governor's defeat," said First Officer Marcus with some shortness of breath.
This is their boat pose! As a result, the people inside were completely different and turned into the shape of Ming Dynasty!
"You two, a five-masted ocean crossing ship is being built in the dock over there. If you are interested, you can go and take a look. Your Majesty has promised that the prince can purchase weapons, and the five-masted ocean crossing ship is also available. Sold to the prince." Gao Qiyu led the two people to the dock.
The keel of the thousand-material ship has begun to be built.
The new ship cannot be called Fengzhou, that would be arrogance. Calling the new ship a five-masted plywood giant ship is not very nice, so Songjiang Shipyard named the new ship an ocean-going ship, which is a very simple name. It can cross oceans.
Gao Qiyu said enthusiastically: "It has two artillery decks, a total of three hundred crew members, and a total of thirty-six gun positions on the left and right sides. Of course, the artillery requires additional payment. He is equipped with three There are one hundred and fifty hammocks, even if they are slightly overloaded, it doesn't matter. There is a storage room for gunpowder and ammunition. Of course, gunpowder has to be paid for separately. He also has 21 sails. He can sail six hundred miles a day on the sea, without fear. Headwind, unimpeded."
"It can also be used as a merchant ship, but I don't recommend that. It's too wasteful."
"Not counting artillery, muskets, etc. Gunpowder, etc., costs about 150,000 taels of silver per ship. With your financial resources, there is no problem at all.”
It’s strange that you can afford it! Ships are expensive, firearms are expensive, crews are expensive, and maintaining the fleet is even more expensive! If Antonio could buy fifteen such warships and return to Tessie, he would say that he was the emperor of the whole of Tessie, and the Pope would have to kowtow for him.
Obviously, this is a warship that can go far into the ocean, far more advanced than the Galaisai warship!
Looking at this warship, Antonio was a little annoyed. It was obviously a warship derived from theirs, but it had only a little bit of the Galese warship, and it looked more powerful.
"Damn Franciscos!" Antonio couldn't call his new investor a despicable thief, so he could only call the captured Governor of Luzon, why didn't he die in battle!
“Captain, are those ships flying?” First Mate Marcus frowned and looked at the hydrofoil sailboat. The water mist pulled out obscured the shape of the ship, and only a white line could be seen. Rowing across the ocean.
What a fast boat.
The third grade of ten is based on three bases. The lower base is one hundred, one hundred, quadrillion, trillions of billions of billions of dollars, every tenth. In the middle of the number, the number of millions of millions of millions of dollars is changing. That is the current system. The first glazed pagoda of Dabaoen Temple is a top-notch building in Europe. France and the United Kingdom have successively imitated this pagoda. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)