I can sign in in Datang

Chapter 473
"His Royal Highness, I heard that there are many iron-eating beasts in Shu. I want to buy some." Lin Xuan asked.

Iron-eating beasts are also giant pandas, because giant pandas often go to houses to find food, lick food and cooking utensils, and some even bite down everyone's cooking utensils with their sharp teeth, so they are called iron-eating beasts by the people.

According to legend, Chi You's mount is a giant panda.

Of course, these are legends, and there is no way to verify whether they are true or false.

The ancients lacked food, and the giant panda was naturally the target of the ancients.

There are also people who have captured giant pandas as pets.

According to historical records, during Wu Zetian's period, a pair of giant pandas were sent to Emperor Fusang.

Li Ke was slightly taken aback, and said: "Why do you want that thing? The meat of iron-eating beasts is not delicious, and the fur is worthless. When there is a shortage of food, there are people who hunt and kill iron-eating beasts. Usually, there are very few people." Attack the iron-eating beast."

Although the giant panda looks harmless to humans and animals, it does not mean that it is really no threat.

Although it has a cat in its name, it is a bear.

Generally, jackals, tigers and leopards will not provoke giant pandas, which shows the combat effectiveness of giant pandas.

The main food of giant pandas is bamboo. Because bamboo has low energy, giant pandas need to eat constantly. Almost half of the time in a day is spent on eating, and the rest of the time is spent on sleeping.

In order to save energy, in the wild, they seldom attack other animals actively, and most of the time they take evasive methods, so giant pandas seldom conflict with other animals.

Therefore, when there is no shortage of food, few people attack giant pandas.

"I used it for raising and playing." Lin Xuan said with a smile.

Li Ke was a little speechless, he really wanted to say that this was a plaything.

But this is an opportunity to make friends with Lin Xuan.

"I will keep an eye out for you when I go back. If there is any, I will send someone to bring it to you." Li Ke said.

"Then I would like to thank His Highness the King of Shu." Lin Xuan said gratefully.

It would be good if we could get giant pandas without having to catch them ourselves.

……

Time flies, and it is New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

All the servants of the Lin family put on new clothes with smiles on their faces.

These servants were all bought by the Lin family, and there was no such thing as a holiday.

But during the Chinese New Year, the host family not only gave them new clothes, but also gave them a lot of rewards.

night
Lin Xuan's family, after having a sumptuous dinner together, began to play cards and watch the night.

After the twelve o'clock vigil on New Year's Eve, later generations went to bed.

But in ancient times, all night vigil.

Except for Lin Duoduo, no, it's called Lin Wanxi now.

Except that she is young and does not need to keep watch, Lin Xuan and her parents cannot sleep.

But the room was very warm, not cold at all.

The three played cards until midnight, ate some dumplings, and continued playing.

After dawn, it stopped.

After offering incense in the ancestral hall, Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing went to bed.

Lin Xuan can't sleep yet, he still needs to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.

On the way to the palace, Lin Xuan remembered that he hadn't signed in today, and said in his heart:

"Sign in!"

"Ding~, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in, and reward Zheng He with the treasure ship building map."

Zheng He's treasure ship?

Lin Xuan was a little sleepy at first, but he woke up instantly.

Later generations have been arguing about Zheng He's treasure ships. Some people say that Zheng He's treasure ships refer to all the ships that Zheng He sailed to the West.

It is also said that Zheng He's treasure ship refers to the ship that Zheng He took.

According to the "History of Ming Dynasty Zheng He Biography", Zheng He was on a large treasure ship with a length of 44 feet and a width of 18 feet (that is, a length of 146.67 meters and a width of 50.94 meters).It was the largest wooden sailing ship in the world at that time.The ship has four floors, nine masts can hang twelve sails on the ship, and the anchor weighs several thousand catties. It takes two or three hundred people to set sail.

After Zhu Di's death, the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban "no sails can go to sea" because of the excessive consumption of sailing to the West.

In order to prevent the later emperors from sailing to the west, the construction methods of Zheng He's treasure ships and the nautical charts of the voyages were all burned.

Later, Japanese pirates ran rampant along the coast in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the reason why the blueprints for building Zheng He's treasure ships were burned.

Otherwise, with such a big giant, it was invincible on the sea at that time when it cooperated with some other ships and equipped with firearms.

Whether Zheng He's treasure ship was invincible at that time, Lin Xuan didn't know.

But this thing must be invincible during the Zhenguan period.

The system knew that he was going to sail, so he specially sent him the blueprints?
Lin Xuan didn't know how to build a ship, so he couldn't see the subtleties of this blueprint. After being excited for a while, he calmed down.

Whether Zheng He's treasure ship is as magical as it is said in the legend will not be known until it is built.

In the new year, the gate of the palace is peaceful.

Although they usually fight and wish each other to die, they greet each other with smiles when they meet.

Lin Xuan came to the gate of the palace, greeted Cheng Yaojin and the others, chatted for a while, and the palace gate opened.

Today Li Shimin summoned his ministers in Tai Chi Hall.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat on the head, waiting for all civil and military officials to pay homage.

"See Your Majesty, see the Empress, may the Tang Dynasty last for thousands of years, and the country will last forever!"

Civil and military officials saluted, shouting words of blessing.

Li Shimin laughed, and said: "All the ministers are free of courtesy, the Tang Dynasty can have today, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, all thanks to all the ministers to help me wholeheartedly."

The two sides flattered each other, Li Shimin said something about tomorrow's court meeting, and let them go back.

As for the banquet, there is no such thing. They have not slept all night. If they are eating, they don't know when they will be there.

Usually after the court meeting, Li Shimin will entertain the ministers and foreign envoys.

After the New Year's greetings, they went home and went to sleep.

……

Honglu Temple was also very lively at this time.

The envoys from various countries are counting the congratulatory gifts, waiting to present them at the court meeting tomorrow.

It's not that the Tang Dynasty has now spread all over the world, and all nations have come to court.

Rather, they knew that Datang was very generous, and they offered some worthless things, and Datang gave them real money in return.

In order to show their minds and the demeanor of the heavenly kingdom, the Central Plains Dynasty has always paid attention to the foreign policy of light exchanges and generous exchanges.

When foreign countries come to pay tribute, they will even write a special book, after all, there is face, isn't it?
Foreign countries don't pay so much attention, they feel that there are such 'fools', and they are naturally happy to pay tribute.

Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty sent Zheng He to the Western Seas for many purposes, one of which was to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

And Zheng He only brought 3 to [-] people on his voyages to the West, and he didn't fight any wars. How can he promote the prestige of the country?

It's simple, it's gift giving.

Every time Zheng He went to sea, he would carry a large amount of porcelain, silk, and tea.

When Zheng He went to the place where the envoy went, he first read the emperor's imperial decree, presented gifts, and then accompanied the mission to conduct transactions with the local area by means of barter.

Of course, although the gift given out is valuable, through trade, it can still offset this part of the consumption, and even earn some money.

However, Zheng He’s ships on his voyages were expensive, and they were worn out every time. In addition, the dead needed to be paid pensions, and many precious things were shipped back and provided as tributes to the royal family and nobles for free.In summary, Zheng He's voyages did not make any money.

Although Zheng He's voyages were banned, there are many reasons.

But the most important thing is not to make money.

If it can earn a lot of benefits for the court, the court will definitely find a way to overcome these problems.

However, Zheng He's voyages to the West could not bring profits to the court, on the contrary, they also consumed the court's money and food.

Coupled with some other comprehensive factors, it is normal for voyages to be banned.

It is precisely because of the good face of the Central Plains Dynasty that many countries are willing to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

In history, some people even made up a fictional country, brought some gifts, paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, and defrauded the Central Plains Dynasty to return gifts.

Many people find it unbelievable, but it really existed in ancient times.

After all, it is a merit for the emperor that someone pays tribute, and it is too late for them to publicize it.

Coupled with the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, the flow of information was very slow.

When the court found out, they had already left with gifts.

As for whether you will learn a lesson in the future, it does not exist.

As long as the news doesn't spread, who will know?

(End of this chapter)