[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

This is the first time Jia Yan has seen Semuren in this era.No, it should be said, Europas.Jia Yan was already mentally prepared when she knew that there was a Semu man from overseas who wanted to go north to Beijing. Man, Jia Yan still feels a kind of right and wrong.

Yeah, there must have been no such people in that era, especially the one she lived in.

One, a Westerner wearing a traditional Chinese dress.

And also dressed very rigorously, there is nothing wrong with it.

This made Jia Yan full of emotion.

Jia Yan sat on it for a long time without speaking, and Dou Andong's heart was pounding.

He had heard about it when he was in Europa. Just as Europeans pursue porcelain, Easterners also pursue Europa's high-quality bubble-free glass.However, when he arrived at the South China Sea of ​​Dajin, he was shocked to find that Dajin also has glass!The same is high-quality glass without bubbles!Compared with the glass shipped all the way from Europe, the glass from Dajin is really cheap!Although common people still use mulberry paper to paste their windows, those who are a little richer all use glass, and combining it with oriental carved windows presents another kind of beauty.

If the glass windows of Europa were originally used in churches to express those religious stories, then the orientals prefer to use glass to form various flowers to match the scenery in the garden, or to form a variety of flowers. Such a small animal with auspicious meaning.

However, even Italy, which already had a very developed glass manufacturing technology in the [-]th century, does not have such a large glass manufacturing technology like Dajin.

So, don't mention Dou Andong's reaction when he saw the huge glass window of Ningshou Palace.

For a moment, he wondered if there was a problem with his knowledge, whether glass, like porcelain, also came from the land of the sage king, otherwise, why didn't Europa have such a huge glass, but Da Jin did? ?

Seeing Dou Andong kneeling down obediently according to Dajin's etiquette, Jia Yan, who had been silent for almost a quarter of an hour, finally spoke:

"You are a missionary."

Not an interrogative sentence, but an affirmative sentence.

Dou Andong was taken aback for a moment, then he was silent for a while, and said: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, how did you know?"

Jia Yan said: "Businessmen are chasing profits, and what they want is money. As long as there is money to make, they will not think about crossing the Yangtze River. And only missionaries will violate my Great Jin's ban and try their best to cross the Yangtze River. gone."

Dou Andong immediately said: "Your Majesty, I beg you, I beg you, to allow me to set up a church in Dajin and spread the gospel of the Lord."

"I reject."

"why?"

"The reason is very simple. Because in Europa, the power of theocracy is higher than the power of the king. Because of religion and belief, there are many countries that can kill each other. For example, today's England. May I ask whether the Queen of England is called Mary or Elizabeth?"

"You know English?"

Jia Yan didn't answer, but she has some capable people under her command.At least the Dutch businessman William was caught.The rampant Catholic forces in Europa soon became known to the emperor and officials of the Great Jin Dynasty. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

While she met Dou Andong out of the memory of her previous life, her courtiers had already fished everything out of William's mouth.

Dou Anton and William were quickly executed in secret, and even their bodies were thrown in the An Le Tang, where they were burned to ashes.

Because of these two people, the courtiers of the Great Jin Dynasty who expanded the South China Sea Navy originally kept their mouths shut.Before, they resolutely resisted Jia Yan's idea of ​​expanding the South China Sea Navy on the grounds of a serious shortage of treasury revenue.

Still, news of the missionaries' captivity reached the Indian Ocean.At this time, in Europa, it can be said that the Catholic family is dominant. Even as the daughter of the Protestant Pope, the Queen of England has to show that she is neither a Catholic nor a Protestant, and uses the power of the government to run the country.

Under such circumstances, how could those businessmen bear it when they heard that missionaries were suffering in the Far East?

So they gathered aggressively and headed towards the South China Sea of ​​Dajin.

Afterwards, the Privy Council of the Jin Dynasty analyzed this small-scale maritime battle.The final conclusion is that the reason why Dajin was able to defeat the opponent is entirely because the opponent is just a group of businessmen, not a real army.Just as the civilian ships of the Jin Dynasty used ordinary sailboats, while the military of the Jin Dynasty used paddle steamers, the other side is likely to do the same: the army uses iron-clad ships, while the civilian ships use sailboats.

This one.Da Jin relied on the iron armor and speed of the iron-clad ship to crash and sink the opponent abruptly.

Second, the opponent's weapons are more advanced than Dajin's, especially artillery.

Because it is loaded on a civilian ship, the ammunition is solid, but it is hard to say that Europa does not have ammunition that will explode.

It's not that no one shouted "You have no evidence", but many ministers still feel that they would rather believe it or not. They have all sailed to Dajin's door, but Dajin doesn't even know where his base camp is. have no idea.This is a big crisis.

Of course, every Minister of the Household Department has opposing opinions.There is always only one reason: no money. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

As Xue Baochai's husband, Chen Yuanshou, the current left servant of the Ministry of War, finally released the news, that is, there are many precious woods and spices in Nanyang, especially small-leaved red sandalwood and agarwood. These precious trees take hundreds of years to grow. , including Qiongzhou has been almost exhausted, but Nanyang, those islands are everywhere.The Semu people in Nanyang and Xiyang don't know the value of those woods at all, so they directly use these precious woods to burn fire and plant beans...

This report left the ministers dumbfounded.

The sea ban had already been lifted before the Emperor Taishang took the Zen throne. Today, the annual income of shipping companies in the coastal cities of Dajin exceeds 700 million silver.This is still a tax on the surface, not counting other things.For example, the income that the Royal Fleet brings to the Royal Treasury every year.

If Nanyang really had a large amount of valuable wood such as small-leaved red sandalwood, agarwood, and huanghuali, considering the wedding customs of Dajin and the large-scale use of steamers, one can imagine the profits Dajin could get.

"...The military expenditure that the household department is worried about is not a problem at all. The production on these islands is enough to expand the navy. And if the Semu people set up camp on these islands, they can supply supplies nearby and harass our Dajin sea frontier. Just like the Japanese pirates in the past."

Chen Yuanshou finally said this. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

His words caused a murmur in Funing Hall.

The emperor could see clearly that some of these ministers shook or nodded their heads, but the opposition was obviously not as fierce as before.

At least, the Privy Council has reached an agreement that these islands must be occupied.

Here's the problem: population.

Where did so many people come from?The islands in Nanyang may not look big, but there are quite a few of them.If only a few hundred people were migrated there, it would be useless at all.No matter what, two or three hundred households have to be relocated.

So, how did the population come about?

What the ministers are most worried about is, if the population of the Central Plains moves out in large numbers, will the land in their hands, as the big landlords in the country, depreciate in value?

Yes, after 100 years of volatile land price increases in Dajin, there are finally signs of a clear price drop.In the past, the price of land in Dajin did not drop. However, it was only after the people fled during the famine years.And it's limited to a certain area.But now it is a year of peace, there is no famine, and the land price in Dajin has shown signs of a nationwide price drop. How can this make these guys here who read as courtiers and write as big landlords not worry?