I am the king of the dead

"You really don't show mercy at all." Yuan Bin leaned on the bell tower of Nanya, watched the Tiriders ride away, and said with emotion: "Aren't you afraid of being shot again?"

Li Xian said with a smile: "I'm afraid, but Your Majesty will avenge me."

Yuan Bin was taken aback for a moment, Li Xian is in Nan Ya, is he a bait?

Chapter 438 Survival and Development Are a Luxury

Just like how Liu Ji dealt with Zuo Ding and Lian Gang, Li Xian's etiquette couldn't fault it, but he immediately cornered them.

"Governor Li, Zuo Yushi is ill!" A clerk hurried to the government office.

Yuan Bin asked a little strangely: "Such a coincidence?"

Li Xian said with a smile: "It's not a coincidence, I asked him to interrogate Jinshi and Juren from Ji'an, and let him talk."

A layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on Yuan Bin's back, this Li Xian is really poisonous.

Zuo Ding and Lian Gang never expected that from the moment they went to the banquet, they would fall into Li Xian's serial tricks.

This series of tricks is called killing and punishing one's heart.

Li Xian forced the two of them to stand in the same trench with him.

The officials impeached by Zuo Ding are naturally in charge of interrogation by Zuo Ding, which is very reasonable.

Scholars are always the ones who are best at dealing with scholars. Just like Yu Qian used Guanzi to subtly reduce the influence of Confucianism, Li Xian asked Zuo Ding to interrogate his fellow villagers.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Xian asked with a smile.

Yuan Bin shivered and said, "You are too insidious."

"Is it insidious?" Li Xian was full of doubts, but he didn't feel insidious at all.

Yuan Bin sighed heavily, he would have gone to the Ryukyu Kingdom if he knew it earlier, and catching Japanese pirates there would be better than staying with Li Xian.

Li Xian was swinging the pendulum clock sent by the capital. This pendulum clock was assembled again in Nanjing City, but after it was assembled, the time was not very accurate.

For this reason, the clockmaker has carried out various adjustments to make it more accurate, but the length of the pendulum needs to be adjusted, but the specific adjustment needs to continue to experiment.

It is not only the local acceleration of gravity that affects the pendulum clock, but also the temperature, which makes the clockmaker busy and confused.

Yuan Bin asked curiously: "What's the use of you messing with this?"

Li Binyan spent the whole day in Songjiang Mansion doing the same.

Li Xian said with a smile: "It's nothing, just to verify some thoughts in my heart, what the world looks like."

Li Xian looked at Yuan Bin's half-understanding expression and said with a smile, "It's like I'll never understand how you caught Xining, the three brothers from the Qu family, and Zhao Mingrui."

"It's your military victory that guaranteed my actions. Therefore, these ghost tricks of the literati are just ghost tricks."

"Your Majesty said that no matter how dilapidated the house is, you have to kick it to completely collapse."

Li Xian stood up straight and said, "We need a clock that is not affected by temperature and does not need to be vertical to the ground, otherwise this kind of watch will require repeated adjustments by the watchmaker."

"This pendulum clock is useless."

There was some resentment in Li Xian's words.

Yuan Bin took out the flintlock pistol hanging from his waist, twirled it in his hand and put it on the table, saying, "Governor Li, at the beginning of the firecracker, a bamboo pole was used as the chamber, and the gunpowder of fireworks was used. The main purpose was to scare off the Mongol horses."

"The earliest firecracker was just a firework, but now, it is a murderous weapon."

Li Xian was a little stunned, and said with a smile: "I'm impatient."

He was actually taught the principles of development by a soldier.

Li Xian thought for a long time and said: "However, I have to think of a way to speed up the process. For example, our uncle Xiang Wang provided a good solution."

"Sharp handle."

"Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. I am going to use [-] silver coins to offer a reward for an accurate timepiece. Whether it is an hourglass, it is enough if the error does not exceed one hour within two years."

Yuan Bin asked dully: "Fifty thousand silver coins? Is this too much?"

Li Xian shook his hand and said, "No, no, no, it's not expensive. I believe Your Majesty will be willing to pay this reward to build a watch that can get rid of this kind of perpendicular to the ground. We need it to keep accurate time."

"Even if it's just an idea."

"Because Li Binyan wants to see the sky, he needs this kind of clock."

Li Binyan needed a clock with precise timing in order to calculate his own longitude, because at this time Li Binyan firmly believed that there was a ball under his feet.

So if he wants to accomplish an unprecedented feat, this clock is what he needs most.

At this time, Li Binyan was building the Songjiang Observatory at the Shipbuilding Department of Songjiang Prefecture, because a large number of brand-new armillary spheres, simple spheres, armillary spheres, Sanchengong sundials and other astronomical instruments were sent from the capital. star.

His star observatory finally turned into a large observatory.

Li Binyan stared dejectedly at the pendulum clock with inaccurate time, and could only sigh, turning a tilted sphere in his hand.

This is a sphere with an earth axis, a slanted sphere, but dense lines are drawn on the sphere, which are latitude and longitude.

Since receiving the information from Ulugh Beg, he has easily calculated his own latitude, but he has been unable to calculate his longitude.

"Actually, we can measure the degree of entry and exit, the longitude and latitude of the earth's wheel according to the method of Tang and Yuan Dynasties, so as to determine the length of day, night, morning and evening, and the number of orthogonal eclipses." Beilen put forward her own idea.

What he meant by this passage is that, relying on the practices of the Tang and Yuan dynasties, the determination of longitude can be checked with solar eclipses and moon events.

Specific implementation methods-all localities should report the time of the lunar eclipse, make detailed predictions, and make changes as they happen.

Astronomical phenomena are an important means by which longitude can be calculated.

Li Binyan shook his head and said, "18 years is too long."

Every 18 years, the sun and the moon will be above the sun and return to a similar position. There will be 18 solar eclipses and 43 lunar eclipses every 28 years.

As long as the 18-year star map of the land under his feet is made, and the position of the moon is marked on the star map, then the star map and the position of the moon can be used to determine the time of departure.

This method is one of the lunar distance methods of star-stretching. Of course, the actual calculation is more complicated. In addition to the star map, many other calculation rules are required.

It requires long-term observation, consistent recording of star maps, accurate depiction of the position of the moon in the celestial palace, determination of the cycle, and a heavy star map to the ocean.

And it will take at least 18 years to fully draw a star map.

Of course, if he joked about the fate of himself and his fleet, he could set off directly, after all, he had the star map recorded by Zheng He's voyage to the west.

Belin argued: "During those 18 years, we don't know if there will be an accurate clock."

Calculating the longitude is extremely easy, you only need to know the time of Tai'an Palace at this time, and you can do it.

The 0°longitude line passes through the Tai'an Palace, so to calculate the distance and longitude, just add east and west and subtract.

But they don't have an accurate clock and now they're stuck here.

"Li Xian has already offered a reward of [-] silver coins." Li Binyan said very confidently: "Even if it is an idea, as long as there is an idea, so many craftsmen in Ming Dynasty can make this kind of clock with accurate timekeeping."

Belin spread her hands and said helplessly: "But where can I find such an idea?"

"I don't know either." Li Binyan looked at the bulky pendulum clock and hated it for being indisputable. If it could keep time accurately, Li Binyan could prepare the global fleet at this time.

A Tiqi hurried into the Wanguo City Observatory, panting and said: "Tang commanded him..."

"What's the matter? Is something wrong?" Li Binyan asked with a changed expression.

"No, Commander Tang is back. He brought his own machine, that is, the national teacher of the Ryukyu Kingdom is back." The Tiqi finally finished speaking.

Only then did Li Binyan know that it wasn't that Tang Xing was causing trouble outside and was finally punished by God, but that he brought back an important person.

The Prime Minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Huai Ji.

Huaiji was a scholar who failed the exams. He went out on a boat to help the Zhongshan Kingdom unify the Three Mountain Kingdoms and became the Prime Minister of Ryukyu.

Li Binyan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "As long as nothing happens, go and have a look."

He changed his clothes, came to the Bingmasi Yamen in Wanguo City, and met Tang Xing.

"Commander Tang, I'm really glad to see you are fine." Li Binyan greeted with a smile.

Tang Xing sat on a chair with a golden knife, and a monk sat beside him. Huai Ji was the abbot of Changshou Temple. Of course, neither Li Binyan nor Tang Xing regarded him as an abbot.

Huaiji manages the fans of Tianshou Temple. These fans are an important force to protect the Ryukyu king Shang Jinfu at this time.

"Master Daoyuan." Li Binyan sat on the first seat and said solemnly: "This is not the time for paying tribute. According to the requirements of Ming Dynasty, even if paying tribute, you should go to Mizhou Bosi."

There were several small boxes beside Huaiji. He opened the small box and said, "This is the Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book of the Ryukyu Kingdom. There are 37 surnames in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Before Emperor Taizu Gao moved here, there were no surnames in Ryukyu."

Fujian people have 36 surnames and Wang Shang's, a total of 37 surnames.

Li Binyan took the yellow book and the fish scale book. The Ryukyu Kingdom has a total of 25 hectares of land, [-] households, and about [-] men, women, and children.

"Master Daoyuan, what's the purpose of this move?" Li Binyan asked after taking a sip of tea.

Huai Ji said straight out of his heart: "Naturally, I want to invite my father's country to garrison troops for the official. Ryukyu's heart is towards the king. If it is directly in the county, my king begs to enter the court and never return to the Ryukyu kingdom."

In the early years of Yongle, the Annan king, the Chen family, was annihilated by the Li clan, and more than 120 elders in Annan invited Annan, the county of Daming County.

The meaning of Huaiji is very clear. The king of Ryukyu and the people hope to follow the example of Annan's past and become a naturalized Ming Dynasty.

Huai Ji clasped his hands together and said, "We already have the same language and the same species. What's the use of setting up another country? Wan Guohai Liang, extending in all directions, will be of great benefit to Ming Dynasty, if His Majesty does not intend to shut down all the shipping departments."

The importance of the Ryukyu Kingdom to the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty is self-evident. You can see how important it is when you see the pirates entrenched on it.

Li Binyan shook his head and said: "Ryukyu is a country that will not be conquered. This is not something I can decide. Please send an envoy to the imperial court to express your feelings after meeting the saint."

"The main reason is that the Daming Zhou Shanshui Division has just started, and there is no way to station troops."

Li Binyan's previous words were of course Che Jilu's nonsense. Such a big matter was obviously not something that he, the governor, could decide, but he also explained the real reason. The Daming Navy now has no ability to station overseas.

Huai Ji hesitated and said, "Can you send two hundred generals and one hundred commanders to train soldiers for my king?"

"Of course, I, Wang Yili, will be responsible for all the courtesies. It will definitely make the soldiers feel at home, as if they were returning to their own home."

Tang Xing said impatiently: "You scholars, you talk around the bush."

"This is the current situation in the Ryukyu Kingdom."

"Wang Shizi Zhilu has the support of Daming's overseas abandoned people. These people include many pirates, about [-] people. Before Yuan Bin captured the thief chieftain Zhao Mingrui, the pirates were in chaos."

"King Shang Jinfu of the Ryukyu Kingdom has a younger brother, Buri, who covets the throne and colludes with Japanese pirates to take the king's... throne."

"It can't be suppressed anymore, and civil strife is almost about to erupt."

"The King of Ryukyu is unable to suppress the rebellion, so he wants to invite the Ming army to go. If it is not convenient for us, then please invite two hundred generals and one hundred commanding officers to train the army. After this period of time, the Daming navy will become prosperous." Say more."

Huaiji nodded hurriedly and said, "Indeed, this Tiqi is right."

Li Binyan said with a strange expression: "Master Daoyuan, I don't know who Tang is in command of?"

Huaiji's words were inside and out, as if he didn't know Tang Xing's identity at all, but thought he was Jinyiwei just like Yuan Bin and the others.

"Ah?" Huai Ji looked even more confused, wasn't it Jin Yiwei's Ti Qi?

"He is the grandfather of the Third Prince of Ming Dynasty and the father of Concubine Tang Gui." Li Binyan did not hide much, revealing his identity.

Since they want to cooperate, this identity obviously needs to be informed to the other party.

"Ah! Disrespect and disrespect!" The pregnant man was dumbfounded. The third prince's grandfather was by his side, yet he still wanted to ask the governor. Isn't that a long way?

Tang Xing also had no choice but to cooperate openly and honestly. Li Binyan didn't say anything at this time. If the generals and commanders were invited, they would also have to reveal their identities.

"It's boring, it's really boring. I'm Commander Tang. Why don't you just use my status as a foreign relative to say it's all right?" Tang Xing poured a pot of tea and said very angrily. Obviously, a pot of tea couldn't quench his anger.

Game time is over.

He became the third prince's grandfather again, instead of the pirate Tang Xing, which became boring.

Tang Xing loves to play, but he doesn't dare to play around in state affairs, and he just complains verbally.

"Two hundred concubine generals and one hundred commanding officers?" Li Binyan made some calculations, and said with a frown: "This is at least [-] soldiers and horses. Can you support so many soldiers?"

The strength of a battalion.

Huai Ji bowed his head and said: "We have food, although there is not much land, but Champa rice and Vietnamese rice are cheap, so it is no problem to store food, about 200 million shi, and we also have silver taels, Japanese silver has about 50 taels."

Li Binyan did not speak. Before the defense of the capital, the capital did not have so much food. The Ryukyu Kingdom is not big, but it is really rich.

"Why did you ask Daming to help form an army instead of building it yourself?" Li Binyan said with a strange expression.

Huai Ji said helplessly: "I have practiced before, but it turned out to be training for pirates. Even Shuri's pro-army is theirs. Alas, it's hard to say."

Li Binyan, as the governor of the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, could not understand the sorrow of a small country. The current Ryukyu Kingdom is just the leader of the army, and it is only a second-class rank that is better than the last rank.

A world dominated by second-rank military leaders is a world out of order.

Survival and development itself is a kind of luxury, and people who live in this kind of luxury don't realize it (excerpted from John Khan's quotations).