I am the king of the dead

Hu Wei continued: "The ancestors of the Great Qin Kingdom were really rich, but as the territory continued to shrink, the size of their army gradually shrank, and they had to rely on foreign mercenary corps."

"It's like during the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty. The Eight Kings hired Hu people as their army, and they were finally backlashed. The Yongjia Rebellion occurred and the Western Jin Dynasty perished."

"Ottoman is the main source of mercenaries for Great Qin, and so is the Roma Sultanate."

The origin of the Ottomans is not Turkic, they are always borrowing the name of others, today is Turkic, tomorrow is Mongolia, and the day after tomorrow is Rome.

Because they don't have it themselves.

This is also the reason why Yexian used the seal of Da Ming's obedience to the king, Yexian is not even a Khan, he has to rush to Batu Sarai before he can inherit the position of the Great Khan.

Printing and ribbons cannot be used just by carving a seal with a radish.

When recognized and embraced, even a seal carved with a radish will be recognized.

Even jade and gold and silver seals are useless when they are not recognized.

This is also the same as when Sun Zhong only borrowed a period of orthodox great treasure, he immediately replaced it with Zhu Wengui's seal.

Because in Daming no one recognizes the orthodox great treasure.

Zhu Wengui's seal was supported by the Advisory Council established by Li Xian.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Ma Huan, who was over 50 years old, but still had extremely capable eyes.

Ma Huan presented Ming Xuanzong with a well-known gift, the Qilin Ruishou, which is the giraffe.

Since the ninth year of Xuande, Ma Huan has been writing "Yingya Shenglan". The Yingya is the sea; the Yaya is the land.

This is not only a travel and sightseeing guide, but also the geographical features and cultural customs of the countries that went south to the West during the Yongle period.

There has always been a debate in Ming Dynasty about whether to open the sea or not to open the sea. It lasted until the Chongzhen period of the late Ming Dynasty.

Ma Huan, Guo Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry Wang Xie, etc. are all Kaihai School.

Ma Huan has been writing for 17 years. He wants to tell stories to let people in Ming Dynasty know what a foreign country looks like: there is land that can be harvested three times a year; The spices all over the mountains were knocked down by the wind, swallowed by the land and turned into dust; there are Java and Krumus that emit oil when they step on it.

Ma Huan wants to arouse Daming Kaihai's interest again by telling stories.

In the second year of Jingtai, Ma Huan finally finished writing "Yingya Shenglan", and came to the capital to seek publication, but to no avail.

"Can I still go to the sea?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Ma Huan and asked.

Ma Huan thought for a while and said loudly: "Yes!"

"Cultivate more experts, and we will open the sea in the future. If you need it, Xing'an, give me money." Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to take the money.

Xing'an took out a ticket. This piece of paper can be exchanged for [-] silver coins in Daming's inner warehouse, and it will be used as a training fee for opening the sea.

This amount of money can support about 110 Jiuzhongtang in Yu Shaobao.

A very huge sum, which is also Zhu Qiyu's determination to open the sea.

The Ministry of Rites is responsible for the construction and management of Tongshitang, the specific accounts are checked by the Ministry of Accounts, the appointment and dismissal of officials is selected by the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for building shipyards, city ship divisions, and wharves, and the Ministry of War and the Five Army Commanders are responsible for training sailors.

Jinyiwei, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division are in charge of rumors and rumors, impeaching and inspecting lawlessness.

In order to open the sea in Ming Dynasty, various ministries are closely cooperating.

Tickets are bills such as banknotes made by Zhu Qiyu with cotton paper, with ink and stamped on them.

The steel seal of this kind of bill is a screw press steel seal, which is difficult to imitate, and it is used in a small range, in order to facilitate the withdrawal of large silver coins.

Zhu Qiyu all said with emotion: "One hundred thousand silver coins, after I take out the money, the Imperial Academy, Guozijian, and Fengxian officials are afraid to scold me again, what waste of state money, learning the language of the barbarians, arguing against the barbarians wind."

"Another hat of a subjugated king."

The subjugated king, fishing, fighting crickets, overthrowing the house, and being lenient when predicting the enemy are all one of Ming Dynasty's political jokes.

The envoy from Rome, Nikolaoz, could barely understand several other jokes, but the joke of the subjugated king, Nikolaoz couldn't understand at all.

This is a political joke unique to Daming. To understand the joke, one must have a deep understanding of Daming's culture and politics before he can smile knowingly.

"I made an interesting thing." Zhu Qiyu took out the watch he made and said with a smile: "The balance with hairspring replaces the isochronous pendulum as the timing unit, and the power element is the mainspring. The better the quality of the reed, the better the quality of the reed. With a uniform texture, precise timekeeping can be achieved.”

A pendulum clock with a thickness of a bamboo tube nearly half a foot high was placed on the table.

It doesn't have hour, minute and second hands, instead it is a five-layer chronograph unit, which is why it is half a foot high.

"It is coated with heavy oil, which can effectively prevent rust. The only disadvantage is that it is not anti-magnetic, which is unsatisfactory." Zhu Qiyu was a little dissatisfied with this precise timing watch.

He tried to use tin-bronze alloy or cupronickel to make the hairspring, and the anti-magnetism became better, but it was too soft, and it became very bad after a few days.

Antimagnetism requires a breakthrough in basic materials, and Zhu Qiyu has no choice.

Zhu Qiyu added a compass as thick as a needle to the top of the clock. Once it starts to spin around, it means that the nearby magnetic field is unstable and you need to leave immediately.

This is Zhu Qiyu's positioning tool for Li Binyan's global voyage.

"Can I give some of these watches to Shang Lu? They are making an annals of the world, so naturally they want to measure the world." Hu Yi held the cylindrical watch weighing about one catty and looked at it for a long time.

The ticking sound is fascinating, and each sound is one second.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Okay, wait until the New Year is over."

Zhu Qiyu will make and calibrate the watch, and after more than ten days of checking and calculation, the watch that has never been faster or slower by one second will be sent to Nanya by a special person, a total of more than a dozen accurate clocks.

Thirteen days later, Li Binyan received an accurate timepiece from the capital.

At noon, through the time difference, Li Binyan measured and calculated the latitude and longitude of Songjiang Shipping Division, and marked it on the map.

"It's almost the same as our long-term calculation. The latitude of Songjiang Prefecture's shipping department is 5°54' east longitude and 31° north latitude." Belin recorded the longitude and latitude of Songjiang Prefecture, and took a very thin needle and stuck it in the copper on the globe.

The longitude and latitude of Tai'an Palace are 0°, and the north latitude is 39°54′.

Beilene continued to record and said with a smile: "The clock sent by His Majesty is accurate. The latitude and longitude of Nanjing is 31°14' north latitude and 2°52' east longitude."

Li Binyan and Bei Lin determined after a long period of astronomical observation that the longitude of Songjiang Bosi was exactly the same as the longitude of the precise clock sent by His Majesty.

This means that the clock sent by His Majesty can be simply used to measure longitude.

This is good news for Li Binyan. He also sent a bunch of books, which were naturally written by Ma Huan and others.

"Send these two clocks to Yuegang Shipyard, and test the sea along the way to see if they work well." Li Binyan sent the clocks in his hands.

Daming's first four seas test kicked off, but the difference is that this time the four seas test is measuring the earth, not looking at the sky.

The Ming Dynasty should change the method of drawing geomancy maps, using latitude and longitude instead of the traditional method.

The longitude is measured through the more accurate clock and watch, and the dimension is observed through the sextant.

On the latitude and longitude scale, to describe the mountains, rivers, cities, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, and then bypass the degrees.

The bypass of degrees is one of the achievements of the great speculation in the cultural field of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Binyan is on the observatory, and most of the time he acts as an astronomer, looking up at the starry sky and thinking about the universe.

After he stepped off the observatory, he was an official of Daming and the governor of Liangjiang.

Li Binyan held a letter from Ryukyu in his hand.

"Where is Commander Tang? Go and gather Commander Tang, Commander Yuan, Dudu Yue, and Commander Ji." The letter in Li Binyan's hand weighed a thousand pounds.

Because in Ryukyu, Ming's influence has not completely disappeared.

How did Shang Taijiu, the younger brother of Ryukyu King Shang Jinfu, leave Ryukyu and seek refuge in Daming?

At the beginning, Yuan Bin's trio raided and captured Zhao Mingrui, the Pu family who cheated the three thousand children of Zhao Song's clan. Later, Li Daitao stiffened and changed his surname to Zhao.

They don't deserve the surname Zhao.

Zhao Song was sorry to everyone in the world, but not to the Pu family. The Pu family killed three thousand children of Zhao Song's clan and surrendered to Hu Yuan.

Emperor Taizu Gao banned the Pu family from taking the imperial examination, so they changed their surname to Zhao.

The three of Yuan Bin were in Ryukyu, leaving a Tiqi beside Shang Jinfu to protect Shang Jinfu's safety.

When there was turmoil in Shuri Castle, Shang Jinfu handed over his younger brother Shang Taijiu to Tiqi and was buried in a sea of ​​flames.

In the end, this skilled Tiqi sent Shang Taijiu back to Daming.

This Tiqi is still alive.

It is worth noting that this Tiqi was originally not a military household, but a craftsman named Chen Wusan from Wang Gong Factory.

Before the battle to defend the capital, Chen Wusan responded to the emperor's call and transformed from a blacksmith to a soldier in the Ming Dynasty's capital camp.

Then he changed his name to Chen Fuyin, which was the time when the Ming sergeant changed his name on a large scale.

Chen Fuyin fought against the vanguard of the Wala people outside Guangqumen, cooperated with His Majesty in seizing the Dragon Banner of King Jili outside Deshengmen, supported Sun Ting who was beaten to the corner outside Xizhimen, set up an ambush at Qingfengdian, and fought to the death If you don't retreat, you will be inseparable from Agadorji and Yexian first.

Then he went to Jining and Hetao, and finally became a hundred households of Jinyiwei.

Chen Fuyin followed Yuan Bin, Ji Duo, Yue Qian, and his majesty to suppress the rebellion, fought through the north-south post road and the post road leading to Huguang, and then went to Ryukyu to capture Zhao Mingrui.

Chen Fuyin, who was born and died for Daming, has received a basket of first merit cards. He can return to Daming with Shang Taijiu.

But Chen Fuyin did not leave in the end, but returned to Ryukyu.

Because there are Ming people on Ryukyu Island, the Kume gentry living in Kume Village, they are originally Fujian people with 36 surnames.

Li Binyan called Tang Xing, Yue Qian and others over, precisely to support the Kume gentry in their fight against Japanese pirates.

Chapter 468 The Most Dangerous Men in Ming Dynasty

"We don't know anything about the situation in Ryukyu now, but the atrocities committed by the Japanese pirates have reached the point of wrath."

Li Binyan convened a special meeting to help the people of Ryukyu fight against Japanese pirates.

His tone was very angry, because the rampant Japanese pirates and pirates brought disaster to the people of Ryukyu.

"Ryukyu has a total of 27 counties in three prefectures and five prefectures, and Chen Fuyin is in Kume Village in Nanshan Prefecture. He cooperates with 36 Hokkien surnames in Kume Village to fight against Japanese pirates." Li Binyan introduced the situation, pulled out a map, and clicked Said on an island: "This is Kume Village."

Kume Village is not a village, but an island.

It takes 20 days to go to the sea from Ningbo Shipsi. The people on this island are the gathering place of the Kume clan and the cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Yue Qian and Ji Duo frowned and looked at the positions of the Kume gentry, they didn't trust these gentry.

To be precise, soldiers from the orthodox years have a natural distrust of literati.

Li Binyan continued: "According to the information we received, the five counties of Beishan Prefecture in Guotou were all captured by Japanese pirates, while the five prefectures and eight counties of Zhongshan Prefecture in Zhongtou were in the hands of pirates, and Nanshan Prefecture in Daowei was in the hands of the rebels."

"But Nanshan Mansion is being eroded step by step. We must send armaments to Kume Island as soon as possible. According to His Majesty's decree, we must find a way to arm the local people."

"So, who's going?"

What Li Bin said was very general.

How many pirates are there?How many pirates are there?What kind of dangers will there be on the route?What is the situation in Nanshan Prefecture at the end of the island?

I don't know, my eyes are darkened.

"I'll go." Yuan Bin nodded immediately.

Chen Fuyin, who is stranded in Ryukyu, is a member of their Jinyiwei. If he doesn't go, who will he go?

Yue Qian immediately said: "I am with you, you can fight, but when it comes to Antu herdsmen, you are far inferior to me."

"I'll go too." Ji Duo didn't hesitate, and didn't talk nonsense.

The three of them have always acted as a group, and Yuan Bin went through life and death alone, and Ji Duo couldn't stand it.

Tang Xing said excitedly: "I'm going too! How can you not bring me with such a lively event?"

Tang Xing likes to take risks. It's really unreasonable not to take him with such a fun thing.

Everyone looked at each other and did not refuse, because Tang Xing was a relative, and it was inconvenient to communicate with Daming on the island. If something happened, Tang Xing's presence could be regarded as an extension of His Majesty's will.

In other words, when the sky is falling, someone taller is holding it up.

"Well, Your Majesty ordered two hundred generals, one hundred commanding officers, and five hundred elite soldiers to cooperate with you." Li Binyan finally nodded for confirmation, and took the fire card from Zhongguan Wang Yin.

Yuan Bin, Yue Qian, Ji Duo, and Tang Xing will take four three-masted ships and carry a large amount of military supplies to Kume Island, including gunpowder, artillery, firecrackers, armor, etc., which can arm a 2 People's camp.

There was no shortage of armaments in the Ming Dynasty, even in the great era of prospering Wen and Wu, the arsenals of the Nanya and Beiya were full of all kinds of armaments, piled up like mountains.

Three days later, Yuan Bin and others left the Shipping Department of Songjiang Prefecture by boat, first arrived at the Shipping Department of Ningbo City, and then headed for the vast ocean.

Li Binyan frowned as he looked at Kanyu map.

Because on the map, there is an unprecedented large island, Jilong Island.

This is the island that appeared in front of Li Binyan for the first time after changing the mapping method. It is too big!

Jilong (TW) Island, also known as Xiaoliuqiu Island, belonged to the Penghu Inspection Department in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Penghu Inspection Department was established in the Ming Dynasty.