Chapter 3515 Extra Story 48

Zhou Man replied to Bai Shan: "It's fruit pulp, it can be eaten, I heard that it can be stewed with meat, it would be great if there is chicken."

"There are no chickens, but fish?" Yin You pointed to the beach and said, "They caught fish."

Zhou Man turned his head to look, eager to try, "Try it? Maybe you can just stew the fish with the shell."

They wanted to eat it, so they encouraged Lu Zongzi, "There are still some in it, but they are all clump after clump. As long as you can climb a tree, you can get more than a dozen. Zongzi can also take someone to try it." .”

He also generously gave him a Xu Yu to taste first.

Lu Zongzi thanked him, thought about it, and asked someone to pick it.

A group of people rested on the island, and Bai Shan intentionally contacted the savages on the island, and made deals with them with items, and was regarded as a guest of honor and took him around the island. Zhou Man dug a lot of wild vegetables and medicinal materials .

Of course, in the eyes of Lu Zongzi and others, what Zhou Man dug was not only wild vegetables and medicinal materials, but also a lot of good things on this island. Keke was very happy, and Zhou Man was also very happy.

Lu Zongzi, who was going to avoid the savages, saw Bai Shan and his party looking for the savages, first fought with them, almost shot them through with an arrow, then used a few steamed buns to gather them together, and took them directly. and traded with men for the linen and cotton they brought.

Lu Zongzi slowly let go of his heart, and couldn't help but said to the left and right: "As expected of a person who has been a prime minister, do you think I can dance in front of him with my small thoughts?"

The left and right confidantes stopped talking.

In the evening, Lu Zongzi went up to find Bai Shan on purpose, and talked directly.

Bai Shan slightly raised his eyebrows, and after sending Lu Zongzi away, he called his partners, "At first, we planned to squeeze out money to build two ships after we went back, and we would build a fleet by ourselves, but when a ready-made ship came, Lu's Company invited us to become a shareholder. "

Yin He said, "The Lu family is neither short of money nor lack of people, what are they planning?"

"Picture the crossbow weapon on our ship."

Mingda: "It's okay to have one or two ships like this. If it's bigger, won't it cause trouble for the court?"

Bai Shan smiled and said: "So I didn't agree directly, but what if the royal family also invests in the shares?"

Mingda was taken aback.

Bai Shandao: "Nowadays, sea trade is flourishing. As long as the ship does not capsize when going out to sea, there are very few people who lose money. Your Majesty can do this business."

Zhou Man: "You are not afraid of the imperial censor's words and pens for tying the emperor to fight for the interests of the people."

Bai Shan didn't care, "I don't tick, people in the royal family also participated in the maritime trade, not to mention the princes and princesses of the late emperor, among the current princes, whose hands are not more or less involved in it?"

That is, the emperor and empress themselves did not intervene in person.

Mingda's heart moved. Now that the princes have grown up, although Yingnu's position as prince is very stable, disputes are inevitable, and sea trade is now one of the most profitable ways. Yingnu is not easy to intervene too much. If The emperor's brother directly took over, which could make the other princes calm down.

Mingda nodded, "I agree."

Bai Er naturally listened to Ming Da.

Yin Li has already retired, and Yin or his heart moved, "Maybe I can be your majesty's private army."

Bai Shan nodded approvingly, "I also have the same intention, there are... a lot of good things overseas."

It is not easy for the imperial court to take action, and it is easy to raise ambitions if it is handed over to private individuals. It is not good for the imperial court if it is powerful. If the emperor's private army...then there are too many things that can be done.

Zhou Man turned around and left, "I'll take some people to pick some Xuyu, I promised Alu, they will pick the fruit for us, and I will teach them how to deal with medicinal materials and some sick wounds."

Alu is the savage they met in the past two days. They can't understand each other, but they can make gestures.

Body language is very mysterious, anyway, they all feel that they understand each other's meaning.

Zhou Man decided to lay a friendly foundation for them here first, so that they can come and go frequently and communicate with each other in the future.

In the end, they harvested a lot of Xuyu and boarded the boat. Not to mention, when they were on the boat, they stewed fish and Xuyu pulp together. It had a special flavor, and it was much better than eating fish dry.

The group experienced wind and rain, sickness, and even encountered pirates, but finally arrived in Tianfang safely.

Tianfang, a foreign land completely different from Dajin, Zhou Man and Ming Da just set foot on this land, they were attracted by the same color blue of sea and sky, and the bright colors in the city, Zhou Man could not help but exhale, " It's so beautiful..."

Mingda nodded approvingly.

He stayed at sea for too long, and Bai Shan was a little embarrassed. He leaned slightly on Zhou Man, looked up at this foreign land different from Da Jin, and said with a slight smile, "Let's go, let's go into the city and have a look."

The people here welcome the merchant ships from the east very much. As soon as their fleet landed, they were surrounded by people. Even if Bai Shan and the others did not bring any goods, they were still surrounded by people. Some people waved gold beads and precious stones. To exchange silk and satin cloth from the East with them.

It took a lot of effort for Bai Shan and the others to break out, but Lu Zongzi had already been submerged in the crowd.

Bai Shan and the others let out a sigh of relief, turned their heads and glanced sympathetically at the direction where Lu Zongzi was, then patted their sleeves and left.

Bai Shan and the others don't like to reveal their identities when they go out. Except for Lu Zongzi and a few stewards in the fleet, no one knows their origins, but they can be guessed as nobles.

Mingda has no intention of acting in the name of Princess Dajin, otherwise it would be too troublesome.

Da Jin is now well-known, if she reveals her identity, she can get a lot of advantages and benefits, but there are also a lot of things to give up.

Not to mention freedom, as the princess of the Shang Kingdom, when she goes to a country, she is not allowed to give national gifts?

Therefore, it is better to remain anonymous, and it is not too late to use the identity of the royal family when there is no other choice.

But that's it. After a few years, as they visited more and more places, and traveled between Dajin and overseas more frequently, rumors began to spread outside that there was a royal princess living overseas in that mysterious country in the East. travel.

If you can catch up with this oriental princess, you might be able to reach that mysterious country through her. I heard that there are silk and gold everywhere, everyone is very rich, and they live a life like heaven.

After the emperor understood that they had returned from Tianfang safely and brought him back a letter of advice on the royal family's sea trade, he stopped stopping them from running out.

Forget it, even Tian Fang has gone, where else can he stop them from going?

The royal family took a stake in the sea trade, and cooperated with the Lu family to build a fleet, achieving maritime hegemony, and even pirates stayed away.

Since then, even if the imperial power of the Jin Dynasty was ups and downs on the mainland, this private army at sea has always existed, and it has been directly dominating for three hundred years.

Three hundred years later, even if the Great Jin Dynasty is not as good as before, it will still be number one in the world, and no country can surpass it in terms of economy, culture and maritime trade.

In later generations, Bai Shan and the other five were also well-known in the history of navigation, especially the books written by Bai Erlang on sea navigation, which became an important reference for studying the history of navigation in Daxia.

And their Great Xia was able to be at the forefront of world navigation for more than a thousand years, and the nautical charts left by Bai Shan and Yin played an important role.

This is an era of rich colors, an era of talents, and an era in the history of Great Xia, except for the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, where many outstanding talents can appear for more than a century.

In this era, Daxia's culture, economy, and technology are all developing rapidly, as if a god is pushing it forward, and it doesn't stop for a long time.

Many historians later researched and found that these fields are more or less related to the classics left by Zhou Man, Bai Shan and others.

Many manuscripts have been lost in the torrent of history and are no longer available for research, but we know from some records left by later generations that the inheritance of some skills first came from the manuscripts of Bai Shan, Zhou Man and Bai Chengyin.

Because of this, the four of them, including Princess Mingda, were all called the most outstanding talents of that era. Their knowledge was so rich that it was difficult for many people to match.