Although eunuchs must live in the palace, eunuchs with high positions must have private residences outside.
Gu Dayong touched the silver coins in the box and asked very straightforwardly: "How many are there?"
"Three thousand taels." Zhu Hai replied.
Gu Dayong smiled and said: "You made a lot of money this time."
"It all depends on the support of the Governor," Zhu Hai said, "Actually, I don't even need one or two of the golden sands of Fushan. Except for those dedicated to His Majesty, they are all distributed to the accompanying crew."
Gu Dayong obviously didn't believe it and said with a smile: "You are quite loyal."
Zhu Hai explained: "Duke, please tell me the truth, because there is no need to ask for the gold. I returned to Beijing from Nanyang and used the gold sand distributed to the crew to purchase spices and sell them in Hangzhou. Then I purchased porcelain, silk and other items in Hangzhou.
, shipped to Liaodong for sale. From these two transactions alone, I made a net profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver (fake, more). I distributed the principal to the crew, and then distributed some profits to them. I kept most of the earned silver.
The Governor said, do I still need to reach out and grab the gold sand?"
"There is no such thing as too much gold and silver," Gu Dayong said.
Zhu Hai said: "If the water flows slowly, your majesty will be happy. Will you worry about making money in the future?"
Gu Dayong smiled and said: "You are honest and honest. Our family has never hired the wrong person."
Zhu Hai said: "We have just opened this year, so we can only repay the Du Gong three thousand taels of silver. From now on, we will have five thousand taels of silver every year. I hope the Du Gong will always say a few kind words in front of His Majesty."
"We are all our own, so if you don't give me any money, our family will also say good things to you." Gu Dayong was very happy. Because he recommended Zhu Hai, not only did he get more attention from the emperor, but he also got thousands of taels of silver every year.
It can be regarded as the most brilliant move he has made in recent years.
Zhu Hai said flatteringly: "It is necessary to respect the governor."
Gu Dayong said: "You should also be more filial to Wang Shilang, so that you can honor him in the future."
Zhu Hai had a strange expression and said, "Shilang Wang doesn't want any money, he just wants me to work diligently."
Gu Dayong was stunned and said with emotion: "Everyone says so and so is an upright official. I think Wang Shilang is the real upright official. Although our family is also corrupt, we admire honest people from the bottom of our hearts. There are fewer and fewer such people.
Already."
Zhu Hai also said: "Shilang Wang is so upright, but standing in front of him makes me feel ashamed."
After chatting with Wang Yuan for a few more words, Gu Dayong suddenly asked: "Is there really so much gold in the Far East?"
Zhu Hai said: "There are many, but if we have to exchange human lives, more than 40% of the accompanying crew members are really dead."
Not only did more than 40% of the crew members die, but the crew members who came back alive refused to go to America again because they had been given gold. So Zhu Haicai did not take any of the money himself, but gave more gold to those crew members. This will be his support in the future.
Even if they don't go to America with him, they will at least hang out with him in Nanyang. Zhu Hai wants to have his own territory in Nanyang and no longer has to rely on people like Zhu Ying, Man Zheng, and Ning Botao.
The six ships in Zhu Hai's hands were all assigned to him by the emperor's warrant, begging Jin Yiwei Hai to allocate them to him. There will be no such good thing in the future.
Zhu Hai must use his current capital to do business and make profits while going to America to complete his mission. He wants to build more ships, build more guns, occupy several islands in Southeast Asia, and then send people back to his hometown to visit relatives. Although the whole family suffered a disaster, everyone
Although he died, he should be able to find a brother of the same clan, adopt a nephew as his son, and pass on the incense to build up the family business.
Maybe, his son Zhu Hai can be the king of Nanyang!
Zhu Hai chose to castrate himself at first, and he was considered a ruthless person. He climbed up the ladder all the way, and fell into the eyes of Gu Dayong. He was considered smart and capable. He even looked down on Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Jiang Bin, and Qian Ning.
People are crazy about making money without any regard for the consequences, and they don’t even know how to plan for their own aftermath.
After bidding farewell to Gu Dayong, Zhu Hai went to the School of Physics again. Wang Yuan was honest and did not accept money, but Zhu Hai couldn't really deny it, so he decided to donate money to the School of Physics.
"Wang Zhangyuan, please accept your kindness." Zhu Hai's posture was very low, and he bowed down in front of Wang Yan and smiled to apologize.
Wang Yan passed the Jinshi examination long ago, but he resigned after serving as an official for a few days. While studying academics, he also spread physics. He is now the dean of the School of Physics and the editor-in-chief of "Acta Physica Sinica". He is the senior among Wang Yuan's disciples.
High (based on the time of entry, the seniors ranked more than 30), but the prestige is well-deserved first.
Wang Yan glanced at the silver coins and said with a smile, "Isn't this a few thousand taels?"
Zhu Hai said: "It's only three thousand taels. It's a trivial matter and not a sign of respect. Wang Zhangyuan led his disciples to study the art of water storage. He is a benefactor to all the crew members. I really have nothing to repay."
Wealth can lead to the gods, so Wang Yan was very pleased with Zhu Hai at this time: "Master Zhu, you're welcome. Your Majesty and the teacher have a destiny, and I and other disciples should do our best. Since the master donated three thousand taels, I will take out
One thousand taels, set up a 'Water Storage Technique Experimental Group'. Ordinary team members will receive monthly salary, and those who achieve results will also receive bonuses. This will definitely stimulate motivation. As for the remaining two thousand taels, it will be entered into the accounts of the School of Physics.
.With this arrangement, Sir, can you still feel at ease?"
"Now that the donation has been made, it is entirely up to Wang to handle it," Zhu Hai said with emotion, "Everyone in the Physics School is indeed honest and selfless!"
Wang Yan smiled and said: "That's not true. There are many selfish people, and I don't mind the money. It's just that, if I really want to make money, why not become an official? Since I choose to resign, I have a higher
The pursuit is to spread the avenue of physics! Except for the avenue of physics, the rest are all secular affairs. It is gratifying to get it, but you cannot indulge in it."
Zhu Hai flattered him: "Sir, you are a great Confucian!"
Wang Yan laughed loudly: "I am not a great scholar. Among my fellow disciples, there are many who are better learned than me and countless who have higher moral character than me."
"Sir, you are too humble." Zhu Hai said with a smile.
To be honest, there is really nothing to research on water storage technology, at least with the current theory and technology it is difficult to make major improvements.
Under normal circumstances, fresh water stored on ocean-going ships will grow green moss in three to four weeks. If it is stored for more than two months, come closer and smell it, congratulations, you will smell the smell of sewers.
During the last voyage, Zhu Hai himself had no experience at sea, and the crew had no experience in deep-sea voyages. He could only rely on Magellan's logs to find out. But those logs mostly recorded various strange experiences, as well as lack of water and food.
Various situations and navigational details are rarely shown.
Boiling rotten water can kill most microorganisms, but the smell will still be that of sewers. Moreover, if you drink boiled rotten water for a long time, you will have a certain chance of getting sick.
What's worse is that ordinary crew members have no habit of drinking boiled water!
Chinese people have known for a long time that drinking boiled water is healthy. The Eastern Jin Dynasty's "Health Preservation Essentials" records: "Anyone who boils water and drinks it will avoid the occurrence of all diseases."
However, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the rapid increase in population and serious damage to vegetation, ordinary people in the city basically drank boiled water. This was purely to save money on firewood, because the cost of burning firewood every month was too high, and over time they ran out of boiled water.
habit.
In addition, since the sea-going ship is made of wood, it seems troublesome to light the fire at regular intervals and at fixed points to prevent fires. Drinking boiled water for all of them seems troublesome.
Zhu Hai fell ill when he went there, probably because he was not acclimated to the climate. When he came back, he was not ill because he kept drinking boiling water and often drank tea, using the smell of tea to cover up the smell of sewers, thus preventing scurvy.
Neither will.
Zhu Hai went to the School of Physics and walked around. There was no water storage technology yet, but there were many water purification technologies.
The students suggested that he prepare charcoal to filter impurities, and also prepare realgar and alum, which can sterilize. Although the students did not know what bacteria were, the ancestors said that these two things can purify water.
Then, Zhu Hai was advised to prepare more firewood and all crew members must drink boiled water.
Immediately, Zhu Hai went to visit Wang Yuan again, and Wang Yuan said: "Prepare more tea leaves and make tea for the crew. Don't think about saving money."
Zhu Hai said: "Then we have to change to a bigger ship!"
Why are there often shortages of water and food during European ocean voyages? It's because captains are too stingy. Because their ships are generally small and they have to carry as much cargo as possible, they prepare very compact food and supplies. If something unexpected happens, there will be a shortage of food.
I couldn't bear to load more firewood, boil water for the crew, and even give them tea.
As long as everyone in Zhu Hai changed their ships to larger ships, prepared enough firewood and fresh water, filtered the magnesium with charcoal, sterilized it with alum and realgar, boiled everything before drinking it, and even made tea every day, the number of sick people and death rate would be minimized.
Zhu Hai immediately went to the palace to see the emperor and explain everything clearly.
Zhu Houzhao was also very happy and directly allocated one hundred thousand taels of silver to Zhu Hai to buy or build a large ship. The goods immediately went south to make preparations. There was no rush for the time being. He planned to set off for America next spring.
As for the Inca envoy Vaccu, he stayed in Beijing to study Chinese. He was already able to carry out simple daily communications. He was also very interested in the mathematics and astronomy of the Ming Dynasty, and even went to the Institute of Physics to ask for relevant knowledge every day - the Inca Empire
The level of astronomy is very high and it also has its own mathematical symbols.
And our Mr. Zhu Houzhao, after the Leopard House and Tiger City, built an alpaca house specifically for grass and mud horses.
Well, Princess Zhu Xuanzhen likes alpacas very much and comes to feed the alpacas in person every day.