Chapter 373 Zhu Biaos preparations to deal with Zhu Yuanzhang!
A whale falls and everything comes into being.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has become the largest whale slaughtering country.
Whales are full of treasures. Today, before the development of electric lights, kerosene lamps are the most commonly used lighting tools. As for candles... they can only be used by rich people.
But now, a whale has appeared, and the fish oil on his body can be made into candles, which directly drives down the price of candles.
Whale bones, fish meat...these are very useful materials, including internal organs, which are also in demand.
Most of the whaling fleets were official warships, which used giant crossbows to hunt whales. Hundreds of whales were captured by Ming warships and transported to the coast for carving up.
Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong set sail on the sea, many of which were fishing teams, just to catch whales.
Zhu Han listened to Liao Yongan talking about his discoveries at sea, drank wine, and felt extremely comfortable. He said to Liao Yongan: "Brother Liao, the whale has another treasure. Its feces are the famous ambergris, which secretes ambergris."
The salivary whale is called a sperm whale. If you have the opportunity, you can capture a few and raise them for use."
Ambergris?
Although Liao Yongan was a rough man, he had heard of the name ambergris, but that was not what surprised him.
Looking at Zhu Han, he asked curiously: "Qiwu, you, have you been to Stinky Island before?"
"Stinky Island?"
Hearing what Liao Yong'an said, Zhu Han immediately understood what was going on. He smiled and said: "Ambergris will emit a fishy smell when it is wet, but it will emit aroma after drying. There is something about it in medical books.
The explanation of ambergris can be understood by paying a little attention."
"Yes, that's it."
Liao Yong'an said with a smile, and then explained to Zhu Han the reason for the smelly island: "In the southern ocean, there are many islands surrounded by such smelly things. I didn't have a medical officer on the ship at the time, and I didn't want to go up there because it was so smelly.
But there were two boys who didn't believe in evil. When they saw the smell in the sea around the island, they wanted to see what was in it. Who knew they found ambergris. We didn't know until we took it back and let the medical officer see it.
, Now when I go to sea, I always take a medical officer with me. If there is anything I haven’t seen before, let them take a look first. If it is valuable, we will bring it back."
"This is a good idea, but there are some things they can't see."
Zhu Han thought for a while and asked Liao Yongan: "Brother Liao, when you were sailing in the South China Sea, did you ever see islands covered with feces?"
"I've seen it."
Liao Yong'an nodded and said: "The excrement almost covered the entire island. There were bushes on it and birds were everywhere. There was no way I could stay in that place."
Faced with Liao Yongan's complaint, Zhu Han shook his head and said with a chuckle: "Those excrements are also treasures. The excrements of these birds are very good fertilizers. If you dig them up and bury them in the ground, many barren lands will gradually become fertile."
Come on, of course this is a farm matter, I don’t know much about it, this kind of professional thing needs to be done by professional people.”
Liao Yong'an smiled bitterly and said: "Qi Wu, I can't tie two more peasants to my warship, right? How can we fight in this way?"
Zhu Han shook his head. The brothers Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong were good at everything, but their brains were not very sharp. They were strong generals when fighting, but their rank was a bit low when doing other things: "Why send people there? Just send those people
Wouldn’t it be nice to collect the bird droppings and enclose a thousand acres of land as a test field?”
Zhu Han told Liao Yongan the plan for the experimental field, but to Liao Yongan, these words were in vain, and Liao Yongan could not understand Zhu Han's plan.
However, it’s not bad to be able to plant a seed in Liao Yongan’s heart.
Liao Yong'an is more traditional. He is a very simple person. He believes in Zhu Han and sells his life to Zhu Han. As long as it is an order given by Zhu Han, he will unconditionally accept it.
For example, the experimental field was something that Liao Yongan had never heard of, but since Zhu Han mentioned it, he would follow Zhu Han's orders.
Zhu Han then said to Liao Yong'an: "There is also ambergris, this thing is a huge profit, there is no need to consume anything, not even time is wasted, as long as you catch a net when you are sailing again, it is money... This
The gadgets are very precious, but they cannot become widespread now."
"understand."
Liao Yongan nodded vigorously and said to Zhu Han: "I still know the principle that rare things are valuable. The value of this ambergris is quite high now. Qiwu, you are worried that once there is too much ambergris, it will
The price has come down, right?”
"Well, that's the truth."
Zhu Han clenched his fists and said to Liao Yongan: "You can save these ambergris and release them for a few hundred yuan a year. The price of ambergris will only be higher, but once you release the ambergris,
If we go out and show a relatively large scale, then there is no need."
"understand."
Liao Yongan also heard that Zhu Han would not go into the ambergris business. The money earned from this thing was too low, so he did not care about it, but was going to leave it to himself: "Please rest assured, your highness, I am sure that this business will
I will work hard and live up to your trust, Your Highness."
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Seeing that Liao Yongan understood what he meant, Zhu Han did not continue, but nodded: "That's good. If this business is done well, your Liao family will be worry-free for a hundred years."
Ambergris is now mostly used in medicinal materials.
But Zhu Han knew that the effect of ambergris was on women, and as for the medicinal materials... that was a trivial matter.
Is there any better business in the world than making money from women?
Zhu Han thought that he was very clear about what he meant. Liao Yongan understood what he meant, so Zhu Han was relieved. Then he said to Liao Yongan: "Brother Liao, I want to build a port in Qiongzhou. This is a military base.
But he should also assume another important role: research and development!”
R&D?
What is this stuff?
Liao Yongan didn't understand what Zhu Han meant, but after Zhu Han explained it, Liao Yongan understood.
What Zhu Han means is... The navy of the Ming Dynasty must take on the task of promoting the development of the Ming Dynasty's ocean industry. Civilian ships are not as good as military ships, but the ocean business is a very important business of the Ming Dynasty. It is related to the development of the Ming Dynasty.
development, so that the civilian ships of the Ming Dynasty will gradually grow stronger, it needs the guidance of the Ming Navy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Ming Dynasty Navy must maintain its advanced nature, and then convert retired and obsolete ships to civilian use, or build ships with larger drafts for civilian ships to transport
Cargo capabilities become stronger.
Therefore, if the Ming Navy wants to establish a port in Qiongzhou, the surrounding supporting facilities must be in place, as well as the research and development of ships.
Zhu Han described to Liao Yongan what the Ming Dynasty's ships would look like in the future, which made Liao Yongan dazzled.
Install the engine that drives the train onto the ship. The ship is made of iron, and its draft is ten or even twenty times that of the five thousand material ship... It sounds reasonable, but Liao Yongan always feels that Zhu
Han is thinking wildly.
It is already very difficult to build a large ship with three thousand materials. A large ship with five thousand materials already requires skilled craftsmen working day and night to build it, and there is also enough wood to complete... But now? Zhu Han actually said that the ship needs to be made of iron and powered by an engine.
Promotion does not require manpower at all... If Liao Yongan didn't trust Zhu Han so much, he would definitely think Zhu Han was joking.
Let the iron float on the water, and it is a big ship weighing ten thousand pounds of material... It is just a dream, right?
Liao Yong'an exhausted his imagination and couldn't imagine whether the ship Zhu Han mentioned would appear.
"Forget it, you have no brains, there's no point telling you."
Zhu Han decided not to tell Liao Yongan about his guesses about the future, and then said: "When will Liao Yongzhong come?"
Even if you get beaten, there will be a time, right?
Zhu Han had heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was already on his way back and would be back in less than half a year. Naturally, Zhu Han would not stay in Qiongzhou any longer.
He wanted to hear what Liao Yongan meant, at least to know what the two brothers were thinking. Liao Yongan said: "Your Highness, Yongzhong and I are both rough guys. We don't understand the research and development and creation you talked about, so you just said you need us."
What to do, just tell me directly, and we two brothers will guarantee to complete the task."
"..."
Zhu Han needs people who can ensure the completion of the task, but he does not need people without brains. Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong... are obviously not the people Zhu Han needs.
"Forget it, let me think about what to do."
Zhu Han did not continue to pin his hopes on Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong, but he did not give up completely. No one knows what will happen in the future, right?
"My brother is coming back soon. He probably won't be able to stay in Qiongzhou for too long. You and Yongzhong... build the port first."
Zhu Han expressed his thoughts and continued to say to Liao Yongan: "Don't just focus on what you need now, but also think about what you need in the next twenty or thirty years. There is no benefit in being complacent."
Liao Yongan vowed: "Don't worry Qiwu, I know what to do."
He said that he might not have time to wait for Liao Yongzhong to arrive in Qiongzhou, but Zhu Han still waited until Liao Yongzhong arrived. The three of them had another drink, and then Zhu Han embarked on the journey back to Yingtian.
Zhu Han's original intention of coming to Qiongzhou was to have a good rest and take his wife and children out for fun. However, when he arrived in Qiongzhou, Zhu Han had little time to spend with his family. Instead, he wasted a lot of time on Qiongzhou's development plan. Liu Sanniang
, Zhou Zhiruo and others were dissatisfied with Zhu Han's actions. Although they did not say it directly, they looked at Zhu Han with helplessness in their eyes.
Seeing this, Zhu Han wanted to explain but gave up in the end. There was no way to explain... Besides, for a woman who is resentful, a man's explanation is to cover it up. He simply doesn't speak or even mentions it, so as to deal with the situation unchanged.
Change and take the waterway directly back to Yingtian.
At this time, it was Zhu Han's turn to perform.
When Zhu Biao learned that Zhu Han was back, he would definitely call Zhu Han as soon as possible. However, facing the eunuch who came to invite him to the palace, Zhu Han refused sternly: "I didn't see that my concubine is tired from traveling and traveling. Do you need to rest?"
?Ask the prince to wait for me, and I will go see him after taking care of the family."
It just said that you should take good care of your family, but it didn't say how to take care of it or how long it would take before going to the palace.
Sure enough, after Liu Sanniang and others heard Zhu Han's words, the resentment in their hearts suddenly became much less. Zhu Han stayed with them for two days, and after satisfying his beloved concubine, he came to the palace with his hands on his waist.
.
It's not that Zhu Han is not very capable, it's just that he does too much activity every day, and his waist is indeed a bit unsupportable.
When Zhu Biao saw Zhu Han coming back, he suddenly felt lifeless and complained to Zhu Han: "Uncle, you are finally back... I think if my father hadn't come back, you would definitely not have come back from Qiongzhou."
"You kid, what are you talking about!"
Zhu Han was exposed by Zhu Biao about his true thoughts, but he did not admit it at all. Instead, he hit Zhu Biao on the head and said: "I am busy in Qiongzhou without touching the ground, all for the development of Qiongzhou.
I have neglected several of your aunts, and now they are angry with me, and you dare to complain about me."
Zhu Biao: "...Why am I complaining about this?"
It is clearly saying that Zhu Han does not want to respond to Tian. He stays in Qiongzhou and does not want to respond to Tian. These are two different things, right?
Seeing that Zhu Han was pretending to be Hu Tu without knowing it, Zhu Biao was also helpless. His uncle wanted to pretend to be Hu Tu, but few people in the world could pretend to be Hu Tu, so he simply stopped worrying about it and said to Zhu Han: "I
Dad will be back soon, you know, right?"
"I know."
Zhu Han began to condemn Zhu Yuanzhang, "This brother of mine is really no business... We are so busy now. He has been away for a year and a half. When he comes back, our uncle and nephew will definitely not let him go."
With that said, Zhu Han said to Zhu Biao: "When your father comes back, how about we go out to play?"
"……forget it."
Zhu Biao chose to refuse immediately, and then said to Zhu Han: "When you went to Qiongzhou this time, you neglected several aunts for the sake of the development of Ming Dynasty. If you let them know that the two of us went out to play, will they let me go?"
Forget it.
Zhu Han's woman is a tiger and must not be offended.
"Haha... I guess you are wise!"
Zhu Han looked at Zhu Biao and said with a smile: "Don't worry about me, think more about yourself. With such big changes in the court, the king's power has been seriously reduced. When my brother comes back, he will definitely not let him go.
you."
"Hehe...it's been solved."
Zhu Biao chuckled and said confidently: "I have already told Mr. Han, Yang Xian and others that when my father comes back, everything they do will have to cooperate with my father's actions and no mistakes will be made."
Zhu Han asked, "Are you sure they can listen to what you say?"
"certainly!"
Zhu Biao seemed very confident and said to Zhu Han: "They cooperated very well with me. If my father couldn't find any problems, he might take my mother to travel around the world again."
"Is it?"
Zhu Han looked at Zhu Biao and said to him with a half-smile: "Biao'er, don't think too simplistically of the ministers in the court, especially Li Shanchang, Yang Xian and others, and don't think too simplistically of power. This power is
What can change a person most is that Li Shanchang and others can enjoy the satisfaction that power brings to them by following you. But who is my brother? Can he watch his power be distributed to his ministers? It's okay if they make trouble once, but if they don't make trouble
...My brother will be more afraid of them, and it is not impossible to kill them!"
