I am the king of the dead

The Ryukyu Kingdom always thought that Jilong Island belonged to Ming Dynasty, so they never went south to occupy the island.

However, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the country of non-expropriation was set up, and the Penghu inspection department was abolished. Emperor Taizu Gao once asked: Why was the Little Liuqiu Kingdom not accessible and did not pay tribute?

Song Lian said to him: "The sea and the sky are far away."

The Ming Dynasty never surveyed and mapped the Great Liuqiu Kingdom and the Little Liuqiu Kingdom, so they only used two fairy mountains to represent them on the geomancy map.

However, with the changes in the drawing method of the new map, it was gradually discovered that under the same latitude, this Jilong Island actually spans five longitudes and five dimensions.

Songjiang Mansion and Nanjing Mansion are in the same dimension, and there are only about three dimensions. Songjiang Mansion and Wenzhou have about five dimensions.

And the closer you get to 0° of latitude, which is the equator, the greater the difference per degree of longitude.

That is to say, less than [-] miles overseas from Fuzhou Prefecture to Zhangzhou Prefecture, there is a large island that is about one-third the size of Zhejiang. Adding the Ryukyu Islands, it is more than enough to build a province.

Li Binyan decided to take people to the north and south to observe the sky, roughly measure its size, and then report it to the court.

The King of Ryukyu is ready to take root in Tianjin, and the establishment of prefectures and counties by Ming Dynasty in Ryukyu Kingdom has become a certainty. Then, whether Ryukyu is an independent province or belongs to Zhejiang and Fujian has become a problem.

If Xiao Liuqiu Island is also counted, the Ryukyu Kingdom and Jilong Island are enough to set up a new province.

The answer to Emperor Gao's question was also given. It wasn't that the sea and the sky were far away as Song Lian said, but that there was no king or political power on Jilong Island. How to pay tribute?

Li Binyan was extremely excited, this is a really big fish!

His Majesty's watch the size of a bamboo tube confirmed that there was an island similar to Qiongzhou Island in front of Daming's house.

Because once it is determined that there is still such a place where he can gain a firm foothold in the sea within less than three hundred miles outside the Yuegang City Shipping Department, then a persistent disease that plagues Daming may be completely solved once and for all.

Japanese plague.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invasion has always been a headache for the Ming Dynasty. On the coastline, there are many inspection departments densely dotted.

Once the Ryukyu Islands and Jilong Island can be turned into prefectures and counties, the Japanese pirates problem that plagued Ming Dynasty will no longer be a problem. Instead, it should be the Japanese country that should be worried.

There are mountains of gold and silver in the country of Wa, and the maritime merchants who went to the country of Wa kept bringing the silver back to Daming, which also shows that the country of Wa really has mountains of gold and silver.

No matter from the military significance, political significance or economic significance, the emergence of Jilong Island is very important.

Opening of clocks and watches?

Li Binyan's expression was a little strange.

There is no political power on Jilong Island. The Ryukyu Kingdom exists, but the Little Liuqiu Kingdom does not exist.

Beilin's surveying and mapping fleet left Songjiang Shipbuilding Department a little more than half a month later than Yuan Bin and the others.

But Beilen was traveling light and fast, and he had been measuring the latitude and longitude around Jilong Island for several days.

However, Yuan Bin and the others arrived at Kume Island [-] days after their departure, and they were not disturbed by any pirates along the way.

A three-masted ship is already a large ship at sea. In the current world, no one can build it except Daming.

The pirate's ship saw the three-masted ship and could only run away.

The arrival of these four three-masted ships means that Kume Island will no longer be troubled by pirates.

After the accompanying boat masters were about to disembark, they started mapping. Yue Qian planned to send some people to protect them.

The boat master knows geography, observes the stars at night, the sun during the day, and the compass in the dark. He can combine hydrology and geography to determine his own position and navigate according to the needle meridian of the sea.

In Daming, the one who was in charge of watching the sky was called Huo Chang.

Now the fire chiefs have a new task, to measure latitude and longitude and draw a map of Daming.

The soldiers of Daming are untying the belts of the supplies and preparing to unload.

Yuan Bin stepped on the ground under his feet. The last time he came was Jingtai four years to hunt down Zhao Mingrui. This was the second time he set foot on Kume Island.

Fujian people with 36 surnames knelt at the port to welcome the Heavenly Army of Ming Dynasty.

"Where is Chen Fuyin?" Yuan Bin asked carelessly.

The patriarch of the Kume gentry is called Cai Wenghe, Cai Wenghe looked a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "It's in Nanshan Mansion, not on Kume Island."

Yuan Bin frowned and stopped talking. Although he was not the smartest of the trio, he immediately realized that there was a problem.

Yue Qian was also taken aback when he heard that Chen Fuyin was not in Kume Island, but in Nanshan Mansion at the end of the island. He knew with a little thought that there might be some problems.

Yue Qian immediately interrupted the soldiers who were about to unload, and said with a smile: "Since we are not here, let's go to Nanshan Mansion."

"Sail!"

The boat masters immediately returned to the boat, the soldiers tied up their belts again, and the generals signaled for everyone to load the guns with medicine and lead.

Cai Wenghe still wanted to stop, but the firecrackers in the hands of the Shubian generals were all loaded with gunpowder, and aimed at the pier. There was a creaking sound, and the eight accompanying warships aimed their artillery at the port.

Yue Qian and the others took out their flintlock pistols and played with them in their hands.

Ji Duo looked at these Kume gentry, and said with a smile: "Why, is patriarch Cai planning to stop us?"

The enemy is lenient.

Although Yue Qian and the others disdain the fighting power of Japanese pirates and pirates, when Oceanwide came, Yue Qian and the others still positioned themselves as a lone army.

Even the Kume gentry are not necessarily trustworthy.

Obviously, Chen Fuyin had friction with this group of Kume gentry, and left Kume Island for Nanshan Mansion.

"Where is Chen Fuyin?" Yuan Bin's eyes had changed from amiable to ferocious. Coupled with the scar on his face, he looked very scary.

This Ming Dynasty's most dangerous trio has already noticed that Cai Wenghe's attitude is a bit hesitant.

Obviously, the resistance of the Ming Dynasty to Ryukyu's prefectures and counties did not only come from Japanese pirates and pirates, but may even include these Kume gentry who were originally from the Ming Dynasty.

"Several angels, this is how it happened." Cai Wenghe knelt down on the ground in fright, and told the whole story.

Things are not complicated, the Kume nobles don't really want to fight for the Ryukyu people, pirates, and Japanese pirates.

The Ryukyu people in Nanshan Prefecture at the end of the island are still resisting, and the Kume gentry feel that they will wait and see whether the Japanese pirates will win or the pirates will win.

As for Chen Fuyin, a veteran of many battles, he had a disagreement with the Kume gentry. In the end, Chen Fuyin went to Nanshan Mansion at the end of the island to organize the Ryukyu people to resist.

"Cowardly as a mouse." Yue Qian glanced at these Kume nobles with disdain.

Waiting to see the outcome, isn't it just a fool?

Yue Qian stood in the sea breeze, the wind in the first month was still bitterly cold, he thought for a long time and said: "Unload the cargo."

"Commander Yuan, are you taking a dozen or so scouts to scout the way?"

Yuan Bin nodded solemnly and said, "Okay."

Kume Island is a foothold and cannot be given up. Moreover, although the Kume gentry are suspected of both snakes and rats, they did not vote for the Japanese.

The most important thing now is to gain a firm foothold on Kume Island, contact Chen Fuyin, and thoroughly understand the situation of the Ryukyu Islands.

Yuan Bin took his people across the sea and headed for Nanshan Mansion, a hundred miles away.

Yue Qian looked at the direction of Nanshan Mansion at the end of the island with a little worry, he was more worried about Chen Fuyin's situation.

Chen Fuyin's situation at this time was not bad. He rescued Shang Taijiu, and sent Shang Taijiu safely to Kume Island, and then sent him to Daming from Kume Island.

Therefore, Chen Fuyin has won great prestige in the minds of Ryukyu people.

And another group of people, that is, the Fanzhong of Tianshou Temple, is also an important force in Chen Fuyin's hands.

At this time, Chen Fuyin was forging iron with a hammer.

The combat power of war is divided into will and means. The purpose of war is to make people lose their ability to resist and destroy their will to resist.

The Ryukyu people's will to resist is high.

But the lack of weapons is the most embarrassing situation at present.

Chen Fuyin, who participated in the Battle of Hetao and carried out the Anmin in Jining and Hetao, understood one truth, that is, do it yourself and have enough food and clothing.

There are no long and short soldiers, no bows and arrows, no chariots, and no armor. He can make it himself.

A hammer can hit everything.

So after a little inventory, he began to take Fanzhong and Ryukyu people to do it himself.

Before joining the army, Chen Fuyin was a craftsman. He quickly tossed out a simple iron furnace and began to forge farm tools and forks.

The fork is a kind of fork used to stir up straw when it is turned over or stacked.

There are no soldiers in Ryukyu, only civilians. They can use farm tools, and these forks can support the enemy's long and short soldiers.

The second weapon is the harpoon. There are many fishermen in Ryukyu. They are very skilled in using the harpoon. The harpoon has a barb and is very sharp.

The third is the large wooden truss, which is fixed with iron bars inside and outside, and is usually placed on a row of carts to form a circular array.

The Hecha in the first row is responsible for setting up the enemy's weapons, and the fishermen in the second row are responsible for stabbing the enemy like a fish.And the round chariot formation of Damuyu is a battle formation with well-founded advances and retreats.

These three weapons are completely sufficient to deal with Japanese pirates and pirates who also do not use firecrackers and have no cavalry.

Moreover, after several collisions, it also proved that in the absence of firearms, the vehicle formation is the most important location in encounters and positional warfare.

Chen Fuyin didn't want to attack, he just wanted to defend, keep the people's rations, and prevent the tragedies in Jining and Hetao from happening again.

That is hell on earth.

And Chen Fuyin quickly organized hunters and began to train archers, teaching them to disguise themselves, cover their faces with leaves, and paint their faces with grass green, like a mandrill, and shuttle through the mountains and forests.

They are the scouts, the eyes and ears of the Ryukyu People's Resistance Army.

These hunters are also responsible for passing the news around, and if there are small groups of Japanese pirates and pirates, they will also shoot them.

And Chen Fuyin changed their bows and arrows to recurve bows, improved their bowstrings, made arrowheads, organized Ryukyu women and children to cut wood into strips, and made arrows.

Chen Fuyin organized the people of Ryukyu, from one village at the beginning, to one county, then to three states, and finally expanded to the fourteen counties of Nanshan Prefecture at the end of the island.

Chen Fuyin even formed the Ryukyu Navy, which was composed of fishermen. They attacked a port at the end of the island by pirates and stole more than 20 boats. Together with the existing fishing boats, they formed a small boat. Team.

The resistance army can be described as strong and strong.

It was easy for Yuan Bin to find Chen Fuyin, but who in Nanshan Manor didn't know his name?

Chapter 469 The Coconut King

Chen Fuyin's code name is King Palm, to be precise, he should be called King Coconut.

Because he made full use of all the coconuts on the island.

Qiu Jun, the current Juren of the Ming Dynasty, once said: Coconuts are suitable for ten uses.

As the most famous political visionary in Ming Dynasty, Dameng came up with many ideas, but his ideas could only be partially realized in Ming Dynasty.

Coconuts are full of treasures.

Copra can be used for oil extraction, and the oil yield is as high as [-]%, while that of soybeans is only [-]% to [-]%.

Of course, this is copra, which is the oil yield after the coconut meat is dried in the sun and removed from the water.

However, Ryukyu people cannot extract oil from this kind of dry and hard coconut, or they do not have tools to extract oil at all.

But Chen Fuyin can not only squeeze, but also make tools. The principle of the screw press is not complicated.

So, the copra was in his hands and became one of the sources of oil.

In the eyes of the Ryukyu people, this is simply a magical skill.

After the copra has been squeezed out of water and oil, the remaining bran can be used to make ropes, brushes, brooms, etc., and can also be used in house construction, which is not damaged by wind and rain.

Coconut juice is an important raw material for wine making, and it can also benefit qi, invigorate the spleen and stomach, and moisturize the face.

As for the outermost coconut shell, dried and crushed, it is also a good fire starter. It is smokeless and ash-free, and has a coconut aroma.

When Zhuge Liang captured Menghuo seven times, he found coconuts in Yunnan, and said: Don't let Xiaobang have some foreign objects, eat more to make you angry.

And Su Shi once put a coconut shell on his head, calling it a coconut crown.

At this time, Chen Fuyin was drying some seaweed and burning it into fine ashes, sprinkled it in coconut oil, sprinkled in sulfur powder and stirred well, the coconut oil gradually solidified, forming a piece of gray-black pancreas.

Soap, His Majesty has used it and said it is good.

It's just that the pancreas used by His Majesty is not made of plant ash, but special Xu noodles (fire soda). The pancreas is crystal clear, and different spices are added to have different colors and different aromas.

But the sulfur soap is an accidental invention of His Majesty.

Sulfur soap can effectively prevent malaria, and it is a must-have in the smoky place written by Hu Shang in "Simple Prescriptions for Prevention and Sanitation". (119 chapters)

As the Tiqi of Ming Dynasty, prevention and hygiene are simple and easy, so I have to read it.

Bathing with sulfur soap after mosquito bites can effectively reduce diseases.