Great Tang Southern Emperor

Chapter 27 Great Harvest, Secret Enemy

The Age of Discovery can indeed bring huge profits to the country, but one thing needs to be noted, the opening of the Age of Discovery will not only give birth to more maritime merchants, but will also give birth to another profession - pirates.

It can be said that the profession of pirates has existed since ancient times, but it is irrefutable that it was the beginning of the era of great voyages that this ancient profession was completely rejuvenated.

Pirates and sea merchants are a companion profession. If there are sea merchants, there will be pirates. Sometimes even at sea, sea merchants will occasionally play pirates as a cameo, come and eat black, and eat the peers you meet.Anyway, the sea environment is unpredictable. As long as it is not seen by others, it can be pushed to the sea. It is said that there is a tsunami. Can anyone really check it?

To prevent pirates, but also to stabilize the rule of the colony, a powerful navy is necessary.

But now Datang's navy is on the right track, and it only takes at most three years for Datang's fleet to be captured by all the ports along the coast of Datang.

However, with the opening of the Age of Discovery, more and more territories have been discovered, and even in the depths of the ocean, there are still three continents, Australia and America, waiting for their first landers.Although it has not been discovered yet, with the development of navigation technology, it will be discovered sooner or later.

The territory of Datang is getting bigger and bigger, another thing is very necessary, that is the contact method. After all, the land of Datang will be far away from thousands of mountains and rivers in the future. If there is no fast and fast contact method, I am afraid that Some people have rebelled, and no one here probably knows about it.

The earliest long-distance communication method should be the current transmitter, but the current transmitter needs wires. Many of Datang's territories are overseas, and it is obviously impossible to set up wires, and the wires are easily damaged. It's also unrealistic.

Since the current transmitter is not enough, a wireless transmitter is needed, and even a direct telephone is also available.

Li Zhen himself studied mechanical design, and also dabbled in mechanical electronics. He knew the principles of transmitters and telephones, and he could also make them by hand.But it is a pity that Datang's technology has obviously not developed to that level - among other things, at least the metal wire drawing technology has not been researched.Without metal wire drawing technology, it is impossible to make wires. Without wires, what kind of electronic technology will be developed?

Now that the era of great navigation has begun, some things must be implemented as soon as possible. When I go back to Chang'an this time, I can make arrangements.

However, this is something that will happen in the future. The most urgent thing is to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people for exploring the sea. This is actually not difficult-although Chinese culture has always emphasized the golden mean and safety. People have never lacked the spirit of adventure, otherwise there would be no such thing as raising the pot and cutting the stock to serve the king, but this spirit has been castrated by Confucianism (this is another hateful aspect of Confucianism).But this kind of castration is not irreversible. As long as you come up with enough huge profits and enough bait to make everyone's heartbeat, what is the castration of mere Confucianism?

But now, it is time for Li Zhen to show her harvest in front of the people, and at the same time, to show everyone the wealth of Luzon.

As boxes after boxes of goods were put on the pier, Li Zhen waved his hand, and immediately a guard opened the box, and the contents of the box appeared in front of everyone, and the pier suddenly erupted.

"God, is that gold? There's a lot of gold, and the fleet actually found a gold mine."

"There are at least fifty boxes, right? With so much gold, there will be no loss from going to sea. Not only will there be no loss, but there will also be profit."

"The gold alone has already returned its capital, so isn't the rest just pure profit?"

"Look, everyone, is that copper? Why is there so little copper? There is only one box."

"Nonsense, there is gold, who still carries copper? This box is probably only used as a sample to show His Highness."

"What are those branches?"

"You smell the smell in the air, is there a fragrance? This is the credit of those branches and leaves-this is spice."

"Oh my god, the fleet actually found the Spice Island. This time they really made a fortune."

"Also, that's a silver mine."

"There are so many rare furs, they must belong to very precious animals."

"I've never seen this wood before, but since it can be seen by the fleet, it must be excellent wood."

"Hey, there are still animals, strange animals."

"There are so many treasures. Are they big pearls? There are such big pearls, and there are so many of them."

"This voyage is so worth it, if only we can go to sea."

"..."

As one harvest after another was revealed, the common people were completely uproarious, and the representatives of the major chambers of commerce hidden among the common people were even more excited and uncontrollable, especially a group of people were the most excited.

"I didn't expect that it was just an ocean voyage, and Li Zhen found such a good treasure land." The leading middle-aged man said lightly, but the envy in his eyes could not be erased.

A fat man next to him who looked like a businessman asked excitedly, "Young master, do you think that if we go out to sea with the fleet, will we also get such a generous return?"

"It depends on what our Highness the King of Yue wants." The middle-aged man looked at Li Zhen, his eyes burst out with a strong murderous intent, but he was noticed by a guard next to Li Zhen, and immediately turned his head to look, But nothing.

"What's wrong?" Li Zhen asked lightly.

"I don't know what's going on. This subordinate suddenly sensed a strong killing intent just now, but when I looked back, I didn't find anything." The guard replied quickly. They have their own unique skills, and this person's unique skill is a powerful sixth sense - as long as the people around him are locked with their eyes, he can quickly detect it and quickly lock the enemy's position.

The last time Li Zhen was ambushed and assassinated by the Hongnong Yang family, he gave an early warning to let Li Zhen hide in advance. Otherwise, Li Zhen might not be able to escape the first wave of crossbow attacks without any precautions. Once he might really have to explain where he was.

"It doesn't matter." Li Zhen waved her hand calmly, seemingly indifferent, but in her heart she had raised her vigilance to the highest point. Today is a good day. The return of the fleet has brought countless harvests, and within a few days, it will spread throughout the entire Tang Dynasty. At that time, the era of great voyages will be completely kicked off, and the wheels of Datang will completely change course, and will enter another magnificent and more prosperous road.

But today is also a dangerous day, the pier is crowded with people, no one knows how many enemies are hidden inside, these enemies are very reluctant to eat their own flesh and drink their own blood, no one can guarantee that they will not take advantage of this rare Opportunity to kill yourself.Although Li Zhen has spread spies all over the dock, she still cannot guarantee her safety 100%.

In the crowd, the businessman also let go of the hand on the middle-aged man's head: "This subordinate is in a hurry, please forgive me, sir."

"I don't blame you, I exposed my murderous intent." The middle-aged young man lowered his head and slowly withdrew his murderous intent: "I'm sorry everyone, because of me, I almost exposed everyone. "

"My lord, don't talk like that. Li Zhen has a bloody enmity with us. Not only my lord, even we almost didn't suppress the killing intent in our hearts just now." A man dressed as a warrior said in a deep voice: "I just didn't expect Li Zhen to be around. There is such a character, this feeling is really unusual, it seems that we have to be more careful in the future."

"Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the present." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, the businessman interrupted everyone's conversation and brought the topic back: "What did you mean by what the young master said just now? Why do we need to see what Li Zhen means?" act?"

"Isn't this simple?" The samurai looked at the businessman contemptuously, and said in a muffled voice: "Now the new route was opened by Li Zhen, and Luzon Island was also discovered by his fleet. With a powerful navy, if he chooses to open this route, the whole world will have the opportunity to go to Luzon to seek gold. But if he chooses to close this route, only the imperial court or even the fleet of the Yue Palace will be allowed to go there to make gold. Do you think with the strength of his Yuezhou fleet, who else would dare to forcibly break into the navy's blockade and compete with him for business?"

"This..." The fat businessman didn't expect that he would be preached by a big boss who he usually despises, and he immediately said in disbelief: "Then tell me, what attitude will the King of Yue have? Will he open the route or block it?" route."

"Nonsense, it must be a blockade." The samurai said without hesitation: "Don't even think about it. You can get so many things in just one voyage. If you come a few more times, Li Zhen won't be able to send it? Besides, this route is He developed it himself, why should he share it with others?"

"It makes sense." The fat businessman nodded thoughtfully, "I didn't expect Wu Li to learn how to use his brain."

The warrior Wu Li was like a proud little rooster, and proudly said: "Nonsense, my uncle is very smart, but he doesn't usually like to argue with you."

"C'mon, you said you're fat and you're out of breath?" Seeing Wu Li's complacent look, the fat businessman said contemptuously, "Why do I think Li Zhen will open the air route? Share Luzon's resources?"

Wu Li said disdainfully: "Why do you think it's so beautiful? Only a fool would do such a thing."

"No, I also think Li Zhen will do this." The middle-aged man suddenly raised his head, looked at the piles of goods that had piled up into a mountain, but still kept unloading various goods from the ship, and said in a deep voice: "Although we all agree with Li Zhen Zhen has grudges, but there is one thing that cannot be denied, that is, Li Zhen's vision is indeed far-sighted enough. When others are still worrying about the immediate gains and losses, he has already set his sights on the distance, focusing on the future layout Well, this even makes me ashamed. Maybe he will really open up the route and give up the possession of the Luzon Islands as Lan Xun said."

"But why is that?" Naturally, Wu Li would not treat his young master in the same tone as he would treat a businessman, so he just asked strangely: "If Li Zhen opens up the sea route, there will be countless people going to sea to seek gold, even though Li Zhen has The largest number of merchant ships, but if someone competes with him for profits, it will eventually interfere with his nautical business. He has no reason to cultivate competitors for himself - anyway, only he knows the location of Luzon Island, and there are powerful The fleet escorted him, wouldn’t it be good for him to make a fortune behind closed doors? Why do you have to make yourself uncomfortable?”

"Maybe it's because of the public opinion?" The fat businessman Lan Xun guessed, "After all, he was the one who discovered Yin's previous island, but in the end he was forced by the family to release the mining rights? This time Probably because of this reason too. Young master, are you right about what your subordinates said?"

"The heat is not the reason." The middle-aged man shook his head: "After the Battle of Yindao, the major powers in the Tang Dynasty have been seriously injured, and all the powers need to recover from their injuries for a period of time. They wish the court would never pay attention to this. When it comes to them, why would they take the initiative to provoke the court? If they really provoke the court at this time, then they will really face the court's army of millions, and everyone will die by then."

"Then you mean..."

"I don't know if you noticed it?" The middle-aged man asked without answering, "What was the first thing Li Zhen did after coming to Yuezhou?"

"This..." Most people shook their heads in unison. Li Zhen has been in Yuezhou for more than a year, and he has done a lot of things in this year. If you don't check the information, who will remember what he did? What's the first thing?

"I remember, it should be the establishment of the Yuezhou Shipbuilding Department?" Lan Xun is responsible for organizing the money. As a middle-aged man's wallet, he needs to pay attention to the world's information all the time. He vaguely remembers this.

Glancing at him approvingly, the middle-aged man nodded and said, "That's right, it's the Shibo Department. If I'm not mistaken, the reason why Li Zhen established this Shibo Department should be for today."

"What do you mean by that?" Even the businessman Lan Xun was a little confused this time. Shibosi is just a tax collector. What does it have to do with the sea route?