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Xue Pan and Xia Gui looked out over the vast sea, and when they left the mouth of Temple Street City, the Sakhalin Island to the west was exactly the goal of their group.This team included a crew of [-] people in total. The old captain was an old man from Xue's family. He often ran business in the south, and even went to Nanyang with a foreigner's big ship.

"Old Fu, is this thing really that powerful?! With it, we won't get lost in the sea?" The helmsman on one side looked at the navigation clock in the hands of the captain Lao Fu. With such a small clock, you can know where you are.

Lao Fu also said with emotion, "I just heard that foreigners wanted to build such a thing. I heard that the English even offered a reward of [-] pounds for finding a way to measure the distance at sea. I don’t know how much it would be in silver.”

The helmsman is also a person who often sails on the sea, but he is from Xun, and he also helped run the boat in Fujian. This time he was assigned to Xue Pan's boat.Those who came were all our own people, as well as a small group of dark guards, in order to do a very secret thing.correct!They were there to dig for treasure.Speaking of which, the helmsman also knew that the foreigners in England like to float on the sea, but they didn't expect to spend so much money to find the latitude and longitude.It's not that the helmsman has never seen good things, he just finds it strange.It is rare for the state to offer so much money to the people as a reward in Daqing. "Is it worth so much money?"

Lao Fu was not very clear about it, but Xue Pan mentioned the reason once, but he couldn't remember clearly, so he asked Xue Pan on the side, "Master, which two countries did you say were fighting last time, and who later? I lost, so I paid out such a sum of money and offered a reward for such a nautical clock. Hehe, the old man is not very clear."

Seeing their interest, Xue Pan satisfies their curiosity and said, "More than ten years ago, the English defeated the French in a naval battle, but they encountered There was heavy fog, lost their way, and then four warships crashed into the island and sank, many people died. A few years ago, England passed the "Longitude Act" and began to offer a reward to Europeans, who can find a way to measure longitude at sea, Just give him [-] pounds. In fact, not only England, but also Holland, Spain, and France have such rewards."

The helmsman nodded half-understood, and the vast sea didn't know where it was if he was not careful.In the past, they could only determine their location by observing the height of the sun and the North Star, which all depended on the experience of the sailors.But it seems to be different now. As long as you know the time difference between the two places, you can know where they are.

What Xue Pan didn't say is that this principle is related to the rotation of the earth. Twelve hours make a circle of 360 degrees, and half an hour is fifteen degrees.In this way, the difference in time is correlated with the difference in longitude.However, the manufacture of the nautical clock is not easy. It is not an ordinary clock, but a precise astronomical instrument to locate the geographical location and measure the interval of time.Don't think that it is enough to simply move the clock to the ship. The sea and the land are two worlds.The nautical clock is like a guiding light on the ocean. Westerners started to make it 100 years ago. The ones they made all the time were big. not allowed.This problem that has plagued Westerners for many years, did not expect Yan Shi to be able to take the lead and make a successful nautical clock.

This was unexpected by Xue Pan. He had already made preparations and relied on the experience of the crew to land on Sakhalin Island. It was a surprise.It's a pity that no one except himself and Xia Gui can know the true value of such joy.Xue Pan came from later generations. He was not a foreign affairs minister for nothing in those years, and he remembered the nautical chart lines very clearly, let alone Xia Gui, who had personally stayed in the navy.With this nautical clock, which is comparable to positioning function, and the nautical chart they are familiar with, as long as they have a decent fleet, they can go anywhere!Controlling the command of the sea in this era will control the future hundreds of years. There is nothing more exciting than this.

Originally, for such a thing, Xie must be happy for a while, and Xie must also go to sea with him, but the death of the Supreme Emperor disrupted this pace.In fact, the Taishanghuang's illness had already been prepared in his heart, and it was not easy to delay it for such a long time.But even with preparations, the passing of a generation of emperors still brought great shock to the government and the public. The most affected are those old forces. They know better than ever that Daqing is no longer their world. up.

The courtiers and the emperor have always kept each other in check, either you step forward, or I step back. Some people choose to retreat bravely, while others think that since the emperor can't hold them down now, it's better when the old and the new are changing. Fight for the fight, fight for the last time.Maybe it will go one step further.

"Did King Dongping's appetite grow a little bit, and he even extended his hand to the northeast? He helped to suppress the affairs in the outer north. We just turned a blind eye and it passed. What does he want to do now?" ?” On the day Xi Yan received the news of his father’s death, he hurried back to the capital. On the one hand, he was worried that his father would execute his mother and concubine if he didn’t keep his promise. , You need a person who does not care about things to calm down.

But when Xi Min returned to the capital and saw Concubine Hui, he realized how unnecessary his worries were.Concubine Hui didn't know the Supreme Emperor's deep hatred for her, and she was still annoyed that she didn't take this opportunity to give her little son, that is, she didn't give the Eighth Prince any benefit.Concubine Xi was completely ignored by Concubine Hui, and Concubine Hui told him the helpless news that Concubine Hui was already suffering from chronic and severe poison. Concubine Zaihui is about to come to an end.

Xie Yan looked at his mother who regarded himself as air at all, and his younger brother who was not at all sad for his father's death. He left the Eight Princes' Mansion without saying a word, maybe that's it.Xie is also benevolent and righteous, maybe he knows that his mother and concubine will die soon, so he doesn't pay attention to her deeds.

After that, Xi Yan devoted himself wholeheartedly to the government. He didn't know what Xia Gui and the others built the big ship for, and where they were going this time, but such a big ship would definitely not be hidden, but would be dispatched. Useful.The emergence of a new thing will inevitably arouse the welcome of some people and the resistance of others.All he had to do was to make those chirping sounds a little less.For example, King Dongping, who is also engaged in shipping trade on the Bohai Sea, would definitely not be friendly to Xiao Guizi.

Xie was looking at the news about King Dongping at hand. This old man had been messing with Shao Qin for a while. He thought he was a clear-headed man who just wanted to make a small fortune in Shandong, so he let him go first. .There are a lot of things going on in Daqing, and Xie hasn't freed up his hands to take care of these complicated old guys.But this time the commotion was a little bigger.

Xie squinted his eyes. The grain in the Northeast was smuggled to Shandong, where he stowed the grain. Shao Qin also falsely reported the grain reserves in the official warehouse. What did they want to do?Although King Dongping didn't have soldiers in his hands, the geographical location and his power on the sea were too close to the capital, so close that it made people feel dreadful.If one is not careful, there will be a nine-door military coup, and they will all be finished.Xie put the booklet on the table, actually laughed, and said in a good mood, "What King Dongping did this time is a bit too much. If that's the case, why not give him a big surprise."

Xun Yan didn't know what Xun was thinking. Is this going to kill King Dongping?Although they found evidence from the information brought back from the Northeast when Xie Mu kept harassing Shao Qin, after all, King Dongping has been operating in Shandong for a long time, how can they not startle the snake?

"Brother Huang, do you have any good ideas, can you take the old guys like King Dongping and Shao Qin together?" Yan Yan asked curiously, and then leaned forward cheaply, "If it's convenient, let me Go join in the fun."

I thought that Xie would refuse in a righteous way, but I didn't expect him to think for a while and nodded in agreement, "Go to the Northeast Army Camp. Although we know that Shao Qin and the others can't make waves, we still need to prepare."

Xi Yan just wanted to shake his head, what to do in the Northeast, it's not the main battlefield, he wanted to go to Shandong, to see how Xi dealt with that old guy, King Dongping. "Brother Huang arrange some challenging work for my younger brother! Shaoqin can handle it with Xie Mu, so you don't need to use heavy weapons like me. There is still a lack of deterrent people in King Dongping, right? "

"When my father was still there, why didn't I see you pick and choose half of the errands." Xun looked at Xun Min with disgust, and became more and more disobedient. He even dared to sneak out of the capital. I haven't seen Pan'er for several years, so why should he go to see Xia Gui? "No choice! Just go to the Northeast Military Camp. Don't be picky, you must stabilize the Northeast. There will be Xia Gui leading the team there in Shandong. You stabilize the Northeast, so that he has no worries. Do you know! "

Huan Min didn't refute when he heard this.Well, if it is for Xiao Guizi to stabilize the rear, of course he is willing to do so.This can also be regarded as being separated from the two places, but fighting together with a tacit understanding!Maybe after this matter is settled, Xiao Guizi's attitude towards herself will change, and she will feel that he is also a reliable and good man.Thinking about it this way, Huan immediately cheered up, and he went to the northeast immediately, and surrounded Shao Qin and those who were eating inside and out.However, his imperial brother still hasn't said how Xiao Guizi is going to surround King Dongping. Can Waibei go directly to Shandong?

of course can!

Xue Pan and Xia Gui successfully landed on Sakhalin Island, where the Luo family's treasure is located.According to those two clear maps, they can be said to have found the treasure place without hindrance.

"If there is no treasure map, it is estimated that no one will be able to find this place in a lifetime." Xia Gui watched the last box of treasures being transported to the boat. It took them a day and a night to evacuate the cave, which was full of gold and silver. Jewelry, and a collection of books in more than a dozen large boxes, Xue Pan looked back and studied slowly.

Originally, they planned to go directly to the capital without staying too long after returning to the voyage, from the Tatar Strait to the Dongying Sea, enter the Koryo Strait, cross the Yellow Sea into the Bohai Sea, and go straight to Tianjinwei.

I was worried that there would be deviations along the way, but with the nautical clock, I am not afraid.As for those blind people at sea, if they want to try the power of artillery, Xue Pan doesn't mind either.

On the night Xue Pan returned to Temple Street City, he received a secret decree from Xie Shi, asking Xia Gui and his party to deal with one more small matter.Log in to Qingdao first, to see King Dongping who has been thinking about him for a long time, and bring him to the capital as well. He is the best alive. In case the other party dies and the net is broken, then the corpse is also acceptable.