Chapter 846 Great Profits

The word "Southern Song Dynasty" deeply stimulated Su You. He wrote several times and wanted to change it, but it was agreed in advance that the naming rights belonged to the discoverer.

I could only comfort myself bitterly, don't panic, if this trend continues, the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Western Song Dynasty will appear soon, don't panic.

Although Shao Bowen's scientific expedition team is small in number, they are all elites. They are different from the group led by Zhang San who only care about money.

The ideals are much greater, the consciousness is much higher, and the scientific examination materials are much more complete.

Moreover, they are all specially selected people with one specialty and many talents. When Shao Bowen was sailing, the scientific expedition team was not idle either.

They discovered various mineral deposits in the protruding part of the northwest peninsula of Nansong Island to the west of Ming Island.

With the mechanical equipment brought by the scientific research ship, the team members quickly started to play on their own using the discovered mineral deposits such as bauxite, coal, iron, copper, manganese and so on.

Use alumina to make high-temperature bricks, refine high-manganese steel and refined copper! We even started building ships!

This is not the plot of "Captain Grant's Sons and Daughters"! This is "The Mysterious Island"!

In the eyes of the local aborigines, these people were gods. After the first harvest of wheat was harvested, they were overjoyed by the taste of steamed buns and pies, and they reveled for several days while beating wooden drums.

However, out of caution, Shao Bowen went to the bay to hunt two whales before setting off, and after obtaining a large amount of oil and meat reserves for the islanders and those left behind, he led half of the group on the return journey.

In addition to specimens, Shao Bowen also brought back some living animals.

Following in the footsteps of Su You and Mu Ke, Shao Bowen also raised a gibbon, which was completely black but had white cheeks.

The little ape is very smart and has been taught many moves by Shao Bowen, but it is still inferior to Muke in sign language.

In addition, the ship also brought many types of parrots, as well as several beautiful birds that are now called "upside-down birds" by the Song Dynasty people - members of the Bird of Paradise family.

This thing is very delicate to raise and needs to be fed with fruits and honey. The princes and nobles in Indochina like to raise white elephants, peacocks, and upside-down birds, which are even more precious than white elephants and peacocks.

The name was so unpleasant that Su You changed its name to Bird of Paradise.

Shao Bowen unfolded a large map: "This is a navigation map drawn based on the collected information on the way back."

Looking at the familiar northern and eastern coastlines of Southern Songzhou, Su You expressed his appreciation: "When passing by Guangzhou, remember to throw a copy of these materials to Shen Cunzhong. His "Kiuzhou Yu Gong Tu" is too difficult for me to finish.

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Shen Kuo is now the prefect of Xuanzhou, which is located at the junction of Guangzhou and Guangnan West Road, adjacent to Wuzhou, the county of Suyou. He was so bored there that he could only draw maps and play.

Another thing is to learn from Wang Anshi and practice calligraphy every day, turning over and over three words - "Fujianzi".

In August, the Jiaozhi County Ning Navy was completed.

This is an amphibious force.

In addition to Sun Neng, Wu Kui, and Wang Dejia, the generals under Wang Shao also included local Liu Ji, Huang Jinman, and Wei Shou'an.

Wang Shao's military use has always been based on intelligence and strategy, and his subordinates have always been a mixture of Han and Tibetan people.

This man seems to have a charm that can unify all kinds of chaotic troops.

Moreover, such troops under his command are quite effective and can always win battles.

With a four-point situation, for Wang Shao, the battle has basically been won.

This aspect is different from Su You. Su You is somewhat similar to Guo Kui. He likes to compete for strength, strives to make fewer mistakes, and then creates various illusions for his opponent. After the opponent makes a mistake, he will push him all the way.

In fact, Wang Shao's command and control, always defeating the large with the small, the weak defeating the strong, can be called the art of war. Su You is a scumbag.

However, Su You had a strong background in science and engineering. For example, in this battle with Jiaozhi, he used the schooner battleship, the pinnacle of science and engineering, to win a war that Wang Shao thought was inevitable.

Sometimes history is so unreasonable. Whenever Wang Shao despised Su You, Su You would compare Li Guang and Cheng Bushi.

This curse was quite vicious, and Wang Shao was so angry that he couldn't do anything about it, because this analogy was quite appropriate.

In the end, Li Shun, the supervisor of the army, came out to be a good man, and the new army of land and water was treated according to Ming Run's rules, with strict regulations and good pay, which was regarded as the guarantee of the strength of the Jiaozhi Road army.

The old army will train according to Wang Jinglue's wishes. If you say that the Cochin people are strong and good at fighting, then recruit some of them to defend the states.

After mediating between Su You and Wang Shao, Li Shunju wrote to the court.

"Wen Yong, Qin, Jiao, Shun Zhuzhou Dongding, these people are quite brave, but they are not well trained and have no skills in persuasion.

If you want to appoint the Economic and Strategic Department to elect talented and honest people to the Capital Department for inspection, etc., and promote and train them, they will be reviewed every quarter.

By the end of the year, Zhudong has a strong number of people with strong martial arts skills, and the leader will be given a salary according to his rank;

The promotion officer will be rewarded if his martial arts proficiency exceeds five points.

Still order those who are close to five people to form a guarantee, and those who are close to the five guarantees to form a team.

Each team relies on each other to protect each other; as for fighting, they help each other.

Bravery and cowardice are divided into three grades: those with military exploits or outstanding martial arts are considered superior and exempt from military service;

Talents are classified as medium and exempt from subject placement;

The rest are inferior.

On weekdays, you may as well work on the farm and learn martial arts. When you are promoted to an official, you can gather in a village to pass the test, and you don't have to go to the border.

If there are thieves, let the leader report them."

The court agreed.

According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, a state can have 700 security forces, but Wang Shao was not prepared to let these people serve as police.

There was no shortage of food in Jiaozhi. With this edict, he turned these troops into real professional soldiers, numbering tens of thousands.

In name, these 10,000 people are just countrymen who are willing to protect the army, while the remaining six generals each have 3,000 regular troops.

Calculated in this way, the total army of land and water along Jiaozhi is about 40,000, and they have been battle-hardened for a long time.

There are no shortages, and there are enough soldiers and food. Wang Shao feels that with such an army in hand, he can fight 150,000 without any problem.

Wang Shao and Su You often murmured behind closed doors, but there was no military action, just drills, and the results were very good, so Li Shunju didn't bother to care.

Li Shunju felt that Su Mingrun was really a genius. All he had to do was crush the army's logistics. The rest of his time was mainly devoted to the affairs of Huangsong Bank and the Shipping Department.

It's a pity that I am a middle-ranking official, and I carry original sin in the eyes of civil servants. Even great talents such as Zhang Xiaoqi, Su Fu, and Shao Bowen are not recommended to officials.

To do so would be to take the path of eunuchs and tarnish their reputation.

There was a group of people under Su You who were not enthusiastic about official careers, such as Chen Zhaoming, Shao Yong, Shao Bowen, and Lin Sui, who were far more interested in mathematics, physics, and chemistry than being an official.

However, these people were really capable of troubleshooting. The publication of Shao Bowen's "Star Map of the Southern Sky" shocked the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xu commended all the members of the scientific expedition team and prepared to let Shao Bowen serve as Si Tianjian, but Shao Bowen refused.

First of all, Shao Bowen has not yet taken the imperial examination and does not plan to become an official until he passes the Jinshi examination.

Secondly, Shao Yong was seriously ill and he had to rush back to Shaanxi to see his father for the last time.

Zhao Xu was very sorry and had no choice but to let him go.

However, for a time, books on science and engineering were prized in the houses of scholar-bureaucrats.

Let’s not talk about whether you understand it or not. It is necessary to have a set at home to show off.

Moreover, some of the phenomena recorded in "Erotic Records" are indeed quite interesting, such as the principles of music and skipping the square root section. It is actually very interesting. How did Su Shaobao figure it out back then...

In August, Zhao Bian reported on Liangzhe Road that the large fleet organized by the Hangming Shipping Department returned to the port smoothly.

During this overseas trip, the total amount of goods organized was 37 million guan, and the profit was 45 million guan.

Among them, the profit of 10 million guan belongs to the royal family, and the remaining 35 million guan, 60% of the profit goes to the shipping organizer Hangming Shipping Company, Sitong Company, Huangsong Bank, and Liangzhe Road Maritime Merchant Guild, in total

Twenty-one million dollars.

The remaining 14 million yuan went to businesses in various industries in the two Zhejiang and state capitals.

According to Su Mingrun's rules, except for the royal family, everyone else has to collect taxes, and the Liangzhe Road Transfer Department also made a fortune.

Of course, this is only an estimate, and the final profit will not be determined until the sales are completed, but in general - Your Majesty, this is amazing, this is equivalent to another Jiaozhi!

In addition, the fleet also brought back credentials and envoys from more than a dozen Western countries, and they are now waiting for His Majesty's summons in Hangzhou.

All the way by sea, the harvest in one year was equivalent to the accumulation of the imperial court in three years. In addition, the four borders were proclaimed favors, and many countries came to court.

This is indeed a feat unique to the Han and Tang Dynasties. Your Majesty, please reward the meritorious officials!

Zhao Xu was overjoyed. In July, the Yellow River broke through Cao Village in Zhengzhou and downstream again. It was a time of great shortage. He immediately ordered Zhao Xu to send a canoe to transport the precious metals to Bianjing first.

Then an edict was issued, specifically promoting Zhang San to join the Western Shangmen Envoy, under the jurisdiction of Jing Haijun, under Li Xian's banner, and to control the East China Sea.

Qian Kejiu was a descendant of King Wu Yue, and his reward was quite special. He was promoted to the Zhu Kingdom, and the feudal state was promoted from Qiantang to Wu County, and he was the founding candidate of Wu County.

Ku Luo and Erpu were profound in knowledge and devoted themselves to China. They searched for books and instruments, recruited Tibetan merchants to surrender, and achieved fruitful results. They were specially given to be born with the same Jinshi, and were appointed as supervisors and ministers of the Ministry of Industry.

Pu Li was the leader of the Haixi tribe. This time he organized trade and found two precious stallions for the Song Dynasty. For his outstanding achievements, he was awarded the title of General Gui De and the governor of Jiaozhou.

It just so happened that the large fleet could transport more than 2,000 tons of cargo at a time, and there was a favorable wind. He ordered the Liangzhe Road Transfer and Appeasement Department to lift the Changping Warehouse, open a warehouse, transport rice, and go to Mizhou for disaster relief!
Chapter completed!