[Red Mansion] This world is a bit chaotic

It was not easy for the ancients to travel, especially the boudoir women in the ancient times. In the dynasties with strict etiquette, some ladies may have gone out countless times in their lives. On the way from Yangzhou to the capital, there are very few Daiyu for the purpose of playing.

This is the first time for Wei Xinfang and Lin Daiyu to travel far away. Unlike Mu Yinghe, the daughter of General Zhenbei's family, who lived in the frontier fortress with her father who guarded the frontier before she was seven years old. Yen" is magnificent.

Others listened to her describe the local conditions and customs outside the Great Wall, and they yearned for it. The magnificence cannot be imagined by their inner imagination.

However, Mu Yinghe has also never seen the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and he can't imagine what Wu Nong's soft language and fish and rice water village look like.

A few girls and a few maids were sitting in the car, chattering lively.

The carriage they are riding in now, in Wei Beicui's opinion, at least has begun to take shape in the shape of a car, with springs for shock absorption, rubber pneumatic tires, a spacious compartment, and windows made of glass, but unfortunately the power still comes from horses.

However, bicycles are already available, and they brought ten of them for this trip.

The Ministry of Industry has just researched and produced the bicycle, and because it is a novelty, it has become popular among the teenagers in the capital for a while, and they often wrestle for learning to ride.Although the older ones were also curious, few dared to try. After all, wrestling was too embarrassing.

The teenagers are not afraid of being beaten, and they learn quickly.Now these few are all able to ride bicycles, the freshness has not passed, and now they are galloping around the team, back and forth, left and right.

Wei Beicui is calm. It is true that before the crossing, I have already ridden the bicycle so much that I don’t want to ride it. Now it is rare to see these ancient people with long hair and ancient costumes riding a bicycle with a wooden structure. Yes, Wei Beicui felt that it was a bit of joy, for him it was more comfortable to ride a horse.Seeing them jumping happily like wild horses just released from the brakes, they probably won't be able to ride in two hours.

Wei Xiling and Lin Hao also knew how to ride a bicycle. In order to learn how to ride a bicycle, Lin Hao fell into a few pieces of bruises, which only made Jia Min feel sorry for him, but he himself didn't care at all.

Now, because of their young age, the two snatched a chance to ride a bicycle, and they rode happily around, even passing Daiyu and the others' carriage from time to time, Lin Haohuan called out: "Sister, look at me. "

Daiyu looked out the window, only to see Wei Xiling and Lin Hao leaving their hands off the handlebars of the car, and happily slipped forward.

Daiyu was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Hao'er, be careful, don't fall." This brother is really naughty.

Wei Beicui is not surprised, saying that modern teenagers also like to do these "juggling" when riding bicycles. If extreme cycling is brought to ancient times, these ancients will not be scared stupid.

Their first stop was Tianjin, which had the largest shipyard and seaport in the dynasty, and another seaport was built in Fujian.

The captain paid great attention to the development of sea transportation, and there were many large-scale sea merchants with considerable profits. The silk and porcelain were shipped out, gems and gold were earned back, and the huge tax revenue also enriched the national treasury a lot.

In addition, if the merchants can bring back new crops, technology or talents, the imperial court will give great rewards.Therefore, nowadays, the captain has no shortage of tomatoes, strawberries, rubber, etc.

When shipping was first developed, Japanese pirates often invaded the coastal areas, but after the establishment of the navy of the imperial court, they were equipped with artillery, and the soldiers had firearms and steel knives. Ninth, the rest of the persecution can only be returned to the country of Wa, and occasionally they fight guerrilla warfare and are often chased and beaten by the navy.

The navy also occupied several small islands along the coast to garrison, and conducted exercises from time to time, sometimes very close to the coast of the Japanese country.

Although the Wa Kingdom was dissatisfied, they also sent envoys, but they were helpless in the face of the powerful national power and force.

And the Japanese pirates were originally vicious and vicious guys who robbed houses and houses. Now they can't please the captain in the coastal area, they can't make a living, and they don't have proper survival skills. They can only attack the people of their own country in the end.

The people along the coast of the country of Wa were robbed by him, so they hated the captain, thinking that the captain drove these bandits to their country of Wa, otherwise they would rob the people of the country of Wei well, and then return to the country with the looted property for consumption, on the contrary. And improve their lives.

The captain doesn't care what they think, we are not Buddhas, and we also pay attention to cutting meat and feeding eagles, how dare we attack?I have to beat you up!

Once, the Captain's navy chased a Japanese pirate ship. He could destroy it at sea, but he let it go while chasing it. The Japanese people along the coast listened to and saw the light of the fire, and they hardly frightened them out of their wits.

In fact, the captain's royal family didn't know the reason, anyway, the Tai and Zu couples hated the Wa Kingdom very much, and had no idea of ​​good neighborliness and friendship at all.

The captain's royal family has been passed down from generation to generation. Although they don't understand the reason, this does not prevent them from inheriting this will.

And the will of the emperor will naturally affect the attitude of the people below. The captain, from the high-ranking officials to the common people, has no good impression of the Wa people. Even the inland people who have never seen the Wa people know that the Wa people are not good people. , is a bandit who specializes in burning, killing and looting.

Therefore, although the captain is adjacent to the Japanese country, the exchanges between the two countries are very poor. Even maritime merchants, most of them would rather go to the west than do business in the Japanese country. Naturally, there are reasons why it is difficult to do business in the Japanese country, but more It is because of the attitude of the whole country.

The Japanese people saw that the power of the big country next to them was getting stronger and stronger, and their military capabilities made them frightened. Naturally, they were very afraid in their hearts. They also wanted to learn the advanced culture and technology of the captain, but the captain was very resistant to the Japanese. Not to mention sending people to the captain to study and communicate like the previous dynasty, even when ordinary Japanese people came to the captain and asked a few questions about technology or national conditions, they would be suspected, hostile or even driven away.

Wei Beicui naturally understands why Tai and Zu are hostile and even hostile to the country of Wa. Now that the captain is fully capable of suppressing the country of Wa, Wei Beicui is naturally secretly happy.

Now the captain's national power is so much ahead of the Wa country, and he has imposed a technological blockade on the Wa country. Not only does he not teach them advanced technology, nor does he allow talents or technologies from the West to flow to the Wa country, but he also sent spies to the Wa country to find out what is happening in the Wa country. As long as the talents are willing, they will be extradited to the captain, change their appearance and become a captain, and contribute to the development of the captain.

Nowadays, there are frequent civil wars in the Wa Kingdom. On the contrary, the Great Wei Dynasty is a country that is strong and the people are rich and stable. We don't care if Wei Guo's heart is in the Japanese.

However, such patriots are often not taken seriously in the country of Wa, and they often die unfortunately in various accidents. Whether there is any credit for the captain's spy, Wei Beicui said, this is not important at all.

Wei Beicui can fully foresee how big the gap in national power, military power and technology between the two countries will be after decades or even hundreds of years. The difference is absolutely worlds apart. The small island country will never dare to think of committing crimes. If the head shows off, if it dares to come, just beat the shit out of it.

Feel cool just thinking about it!

But this comes from the feelings of Chinese people in later generations, people in this era don't understand.They have the pride of being the first upper kingdom, and they don't take that backward barbarian island country seriously. The literati in the previous dynasty even felt that they had the responsibility to educate them, but some pedantic literati still think that the captain The general approach is really self-cherishing, and it does not have the grandeur of the upper kingdom.

However, there are not many such people and they cannot hold important positions, but they just make some sour remarks.They should be thankful that the captain did not engage in literary inquisition, otherwise they would suffer.

After eradicating the Japanese pirates, it is not easy to sit back and relax. After all, the bad weather and sea conditions at sea will still cause great harm to the fleet, which cannot be completely eliminated even in modern times hundreds of years later.

However, the captain's shipbuilding technology is undoubtedly in the leading position in the world, and every time the maritime merchant fleet sails together, there are always navy warships escorting it. And the pirates that are rampant along the coasts of Western countries, once they encounter the captain's fleet, they often can't get any cheap.

Unknowingly, the captain has faintly achieved the status of the overlord of the sea. When people in Western countries mention that mysterious oriental country, they all yearn for it very much. Some people even think that it is a country full of gold.

The rulers were very afraid of the captain's strength, and they scrambled to make friends with the captain, hoping to learn their advanced technology.

What followed was that people from all over the Western countries came to the Great Wei Dynasty through the captain's merchant ships, some came to preach, some came to study, and some came to pan for gold.

The people of the Great Wei Dynasty saw all kinds of "strange" races, and people with blonde hair, blue eyes, and dark skin were no longer incomprehensible monsters in their eyes. No more fuss.

Wei Beicui and the others were allowed to visit the shipyard when they came to Tianjin this time, and they were also able to experience it for a few days on a naval warship cruise in the offshore area. This is naturally very exciting for the boys. Girls are also curious.For many people, even the sea has never been seen before, and what kind of experience is boundless is beyond imagination, and they now have the opportunity to go to sea.

The chief admiral of the captain's navy is Prince Rui, but he is not in Tianjin during this time, but in Fujian.

When everyone arrived in Tianjin, the sun was about to set, so they first went to rest in the courtyard of the house arranged by the person who played the front station.

Most of them have no experience of traveling far, and they are really exhausted after sitting in the carriage every day.

Boys especially, at first they were interested in racing bicycles, and later they mostly rode horses and carriages. Fortunately, they didn’t rush all the way, and they just walked all the way to enjoy the scenery, experience the customs, and see scenes of farming and construction. I will also stop to watch the experience and talk about my impressions.

Those who are good at calligraphy write with a pen, and those who are good at painting use a pen to record what they see and think.

Wei Beicui feels that although it is not as convenient as a camera, this method can actually deepen the impression and feelings, which is much better than taking pictures and leaving without distracting anything.

Today they draw with pencil and charcoal.It is really inconvenient to use a brush and ink during travelling. It is better to use a hardwood board covered with paper for simple painting like modern sketching.Nowadays, pencils, charcoal pencils and even pens are not rare things, but people still prefer to use brushes.

Daiyu is good at calligraphy and painting. After a few days, she has accumulated several sketches, thinking that she can take them back to show to Jia Min and Lin Ruhai.Even wrote a few poems. In the team of study tours, everyone communicated together. From Wei Beicui's point of view, the poignant beauty of "The Song of Burying Flowers" was no longer there. But he became more open-minded.

In Wei Beicui's view, if the classic poems are to be exchanged for a miserable situation, it is better not to be a famous artist who has been famous forever.

He really is a layman!