Wang Ji felt that he was not welcome at home, but when he left the capital, he was regarded as a living ancestor in the eyes of many people.
Fang Lingxi secretly contacted the "Guangyuanhui" business in Fukuoka and told Wang Ji that he was going to Yinzhou. The shop owner was so frightened that he sent a ship that was not full of goods to sail to Tianjin immediately.
While reporting the news, I wanted to ask a respected senior brother to come and stop him.
But there was no time, the ship heading to Yinzhou arrived in Fukuoka earlier.
The person in charge of the Japanese company of Guangyuanhui had no choice but to grit his teeth and overstep his authority to make the decision, get a ship most suitable for ocean-going, and follow Chen Li's fleet to Yinzhou.
There is only one purpose, to escort the young master of the Taifu family all the way!
This is an improved bird boat.
There are two types of traditional bird boats in the Ming Dynasty. One is a single-deck, small in size and shallow draft, and is an offshore ship. The other is a double-deck, large in size, and has a deep draft. It is an ocean-going merchant ship, and was built by Zheng Zhilong, Liu
The favorite ship of the pirates.
The bird ship responsible for protecting Wang Ji has a total of three decks and a displacement of about 600 tons. It is equipped with eight artillery pieces and various other long-range weapons. To put it bluntly, it is an ocean-going armed merchant ship!
The leader of Chen Li's fleet was still Lu Fang. This time he felt very puzzled as to why the "Guangyuan Society" suddenly sent a ship to follow him.
It wasn't until we were resupplying at Japan's easternmost port that anyone came to contact Lu Fang.
"Brother Lu, I'm going to meet Li Ji in Guangyuan." The visitor cupped his fists and said.
Lu Fang cupped his hands and said, "I have long admired the name of Brother Li."
Li Ji got straight to the point and said: "Brother Lu, let's not talk more. The young master of the young master's family is on your ship at the moment. He went to Yinzhou privately to make a living."
"What?"
Lu Fang was shocked. The Taifu's son was on his boat. If something happened to him, he would never return to Ming Dynasty to do business. Lu Fang asked hurriedly: "I brought a total of eight boats to Yinzhou this time. Mr. Wang
On which ship?"
Li Ji said: "The young master is with Mr. Fengyi (Fang Lingxi)."
"That's okay, that's okay," Lu Fang felt relieved, "Mr. Fengyi is on my ship. I will definitely protect the safety of the young master. Otherwise, I will ask the young master to get off the ship now and you will take him back."
Ming Dynasty pays homage to Taifu?"
Li Ji smiled bitterly: "The Grand Tutor once sent a letter to Guangyuanhui, saying that as long as the young master does not commit adultery or commit any crime, no one can interfere with the young master's every move unless his life is in danger."
Lu Fang said: "The journey of thousands of miles to Yinzhou is very life-threatening."
Li Ji was helpless: "This doesn't count."
Lu Fang could only say: "Well, since the young master is on my ship, as long as I, Mr. Lu, don't die, I will ensure that the young master is safe."
Li Ji added: "Brother Lu, please keep quiet and don't let others know the identity of the young master."
"Definitely, definitely." Lu Fang nodded.
Wang Ji, Zhou Fei and his master and servant headed to Yinzhou in this way, accompanied by Fang Lingxi and more than a dozen Japanese ronin.
Only one month after entering the Pacific Ocean, Wang Ji had some regrets.
There is not even an island in the vast sea, the scenery is horribly monotonous, the days are horribly monotonous, and there are not even storms to be seen. It is a hundred times more boring than his previous Sino-Japanese trade.
Fortunately, after many years of ocean voyages, water storage technology has improved a lot, and a large amount of rum can be carried as a backup water source.
When the fruits are no longer fresh, they use slightly deteriorated water to grow bean sprouts. Ordinary sailors certainly cannot eat bean sprouts often, but Wang Ji definitely has a portion. He can even drink tea frequently. This supplement of vitamins prevents him from getting septicemia at sea.
Finally, after more than sixty days at sea, Wang Ji encountered his first storm.
The storms in the North Pacific either don't come or are terrifyingly powerful. After a lot of trouble, three crew members fell into the water and died, hundreds of other crew members were injured, and one ship was seriously damaged. It was not known whether they could successfully reach Yinzhou. .
But there was also a gain. Taking advantage of the storm, the sailors risked their lives to catch the rainwater, and the fleet had enough fresh water again.
Wang Ji was also injured. He accidentally hit the bulkhead and almost fainted on the spot.
"What a terrible storm!" Wang Ji was shocked, but then became a little excited.
Zhou Fei said with a bitter face: "Master, you have been troubled since you were a child, but this time you have gone too far. If not, you can go to Nanyang, why do you have to go to Yinzhou?"
Wang Ji smiled and said: "What does Nanyang mean? Since you want to go to the sea, you should go to the farthest sea."
When Wang Ji was about to turn 15 years old, the ocean-going fleet successfully arrived at Yinzhou Fushan (San Francisco). The fleet passed directly through Fushan Bay and arrived at the town of Oakwood on the opposite side, where they urgently repaired the damaged ships at the dock.
Not only can Oak Town make its own salt, it has even built a dock to build some offshore boats and help repair ocean-going ships.
This matter was done under the order of Tanhaihou. Fushan is the first stop in Yinzhou, and a shipyard must be built to repair the hull. Quemu Town has a large oak forest and is on the seaside, so it is naturally a natural shipbuilding base. Immigrant hundreds of shipbuilders at high prices.
"Is this Yinzhou?" Wang Ji said excitedly.
Lu Fang said: "Young Master Haojiao knows that the bay we just sailed through is exactly the Fushan Bay that was discovered by the sea explorer. To the south of Fushan Bay, there is Fushan Town (San Francisco City), and on the other side of Fushan Bay is the oak tree. Town. Further upstream to the northeast is Shuanghe Town, and further east there are Flash Gold Town and Liujin Town."
Wang Ji's public identity was that he was a disciple of Mr. Fengyi Fang Lingxi. He didn't know that his identity had been exposed. He thought it was because of Fang Lingxi's reputation that he gained special respect from Lu Fang. He said with emotion: "There are actually five buildings here." This small town seems to have a large immigrant population."
Lu Fang explained in detail: "Oak Town is engaged in shipbuilding and salt boiling, and also grows some crops. Fushan Town is engaged in planting, fishing and hunting. After we leave Oak Town, we have to go to Fushan Town to replenish food and supplies." Drinking water. As for Lianghe Town, Shanjin Town and Liujin Town, I do not recommend that Young Master go there. The immigrants there are all Shandong bandits, and their leader is the bandit leader Wei Duyan. They make gold mining their business, killing and capturing native slaves everywhere. The children born are all mixed-blood mongrels. If they were not afraid of Tan Haihou, they would have come to attack Oak Town long ago."
While he was repairing the ship in Oak Town, Wang Ji took Zhou Fei and went to Oak Town to hang out.
The population of this town has exceeded 3,000, 60% of which are children under the age of 14. Oak Town was originally very short of women, and there were no indigenous tribes nearby, so they boiled seawater into salt and brought it to Shuanghe The thieves in the town trade women, and the women of the thieves are of course snatched indigenous women.
Wang Ji was allowed to visit the shipyard and found that many children aged 12 or 13 were already working as master shipwrights and would surely grow into experienced shipbuilders in another ten years.
There is even a school in Oak Town, and the principal is the mayor Zhang Zhuo.
Zhang Zhuo was born in a Zaohu household and had been cooking salt for generations. He was originally a government official. Because he was involved in a fraud case in the imperial examination, Zhang Zhuo voluntarily exiled himself to Yinzhou in order to save his wife and children.
So Oak Bay has a mayor, Oak Bay has a school, and Oak Bay can cook sea salt.
Zhang Zhuo set a rule that children over five years old, regardless of whether they work or not, must set aside an hour to study every day.
This is in stark contrast to the small town created by the bandits.
In Lianghe Town, Liujin Town, and Flash Gold Town, almost all the people practice martial arts, and gold mining and farming are all done by indigenous slaves. Slaves who perform well can kill slaves of the same race as a certificate of submission, and they can officially join the gang and be assigned women. In this way,
The power of these bandits grew bigger and bigger, forming three small towns in more than ten years.
However, the core leaders of the bandits all sent their children to Oakwood Town to study. Even if these murderers were thrown into Yinzhou, they still believed in reading and literacy from the bottom of their hearts. It was probably the result of Confucian education.
Half a month later, Wang Ji took advantage of the fleet's supplies to visit Fushan Town.
There is no gold sand to be mined in Fushan Town, and they don't know how to boil salt. Fortunately, they are built near a lake and are rich in farming, fishing and hunting resources. They are developing the slowest, but they also have enough food and clothing, but they are a bit short of women, and they are exploring the inland indigenous tribes.
Continuing southward, the fleet arrived at Xinquan Town (Los Angeles).
Wang Ji was very surprised that this town was rich in rice, and a large amount was exported to Shengzhou in the south.
Xinquan Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. It is located on the flat land of a river mouth delta and has a typical Mediterranean climate.
The Mediterranean climate has different periods of rain and heat, so it is not suitable for growing rice. However, the Mediterranean climate is dry and hot in summer. As long as there is sufficient water, rice can be grown. For example, rice is produced in Italy.
Although Xinquan Town receives very little rainfall, its water source is extremely abundant. The forests along both sides of the river were burned down, creating dense rice fields.
When Wang Ji came here, it was the harvest season in late summer. The sight was golden and the heavy ears of rice were very pleasant.
What's even more interesting is that two nearby indigenous tribes have begun to be assimilated by the Han people in Xinquan Town.
The number of Han people here is not large. They are just immigrants who were abandoned by maritime merchants. Their fathers do not care for them, and their grandmothers do not love them. They can only rely on themselves. They first exchanged gifts with nearby tribes, gradually began to marry, taught the indigenous people to grow rice, and even organized the indigenous people to start farming.
Dig aqueducts.
The indigenous people were therefore very friendly, and even elected the mayor Yang Fu as their chief, and regarded the Han immigrants as descendants of gods.
There is no killing, no conspiracy, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the Han and indigenous people coexist peacefully, and there is endless rice and vegetables, just like a paradise in a dream.
Of course, this is because there is no government exploitation, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, allowing for cultivation everywhere.
When the governing body is established in the future and the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the land (the basin suitable for farming is only over a thousand square kilometers), various conflicts will break out.
Wang Ji repeatedly compared the development models of these small towns. The more he thought about it, the more interesting it became, and his horizons quickly broadened.
Until he came to Shengzhou, Chen Li's territory, and Mazu City, Tan Haihou's territory, Wang Ji was completely shocked. The former developed through colonial assimilation and war, while the latter supported the civil war of the Inca Empire and continued to immigrate and encroach on the territory of the Inca Empire.