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Chapter 69 Du Si

Li Dan brought Huayu and followed Chen Mu to discuss military procurement with the three kings of Sulu. He took a boat back to Ryukyu. There were a lot of merchants in Japan who wanted him to take care of him, but he couldn't escape.

Chen Muze was involved in the matter of compiling books and teaching the prince in Su Lu, which was of great significance to him.

He didn't know that God had such an idea because he was worried about showing his timidity. He would be happier if he knew about it.

Books are the ladder for people's progress, but on the other hand, many times books are also the best channel for spreading ideas. What does it mean to Chen Mu by Professor Zhang Juzheng's reign to Wanli in the future?

He can not only influence the heirs of the empire in the future, but also broaden his horizons for the actual rulers of the empire for more than ten years thereafter.

Is there anything better in the world than this? He really doesn't have that talent to govern the country, but he can teach all his knowledge to these two people. The sooner they realize the world pulled into by the ocean, the sooner they have a better impact on the Chinese world.

This is far better than Chen Mu fighting alone overseas.

Chen Mu saw it very clearly at this point. This is actually a cultural exchange. He is the holder of another culture, and he is the only one in the world. Guangdong is now the product of his integration with this world. If the entire Ming Dynasty can integrate with him, then the short-term result will be no matter whether it is good or bad.

Haiquan, the history of Western countries, the Greater China Empire Circle, the new era of respecting kings and expelling barbarians, world wealth, corn, sweet potatoes, new weapons and tactics, encourage technological progress, and even Chen Mu even ate the bear heart and leopard gall to leave Zhang Juzheng a topic - how to improve the living standards of overseas wealth to the people in the middle school.

Because he would only bring money to the Ming Dynasty, gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, yellow, and even gems, tortoiseshell pearls would join the ranks of the Ming Dynasty's treasure ships, but he didn't know how to transform these things into actual national strength.

He had no experience in governing the empire, but Zhang Juzheng had. If Zhang Juzheng knew enough, these wise ministers would be the ones who could really lead the empire to the steam era.

In April of the seventh year of Longqing, Chen Mu, who met with the envoy of the Borneo Ni Kingdom in the Sulu Islands, also received a letter from Nanyang Guard. The Taoist priests from the Xinhui Dragon and Tiger Xuantan Zhenjun Taoist Temple exploded countless alchemy furnaces but did not produce anything useful. Instead, the Taoist priest adopted by the Taoist temple made up a strange phenomenon while playing with copper wires and magnets. The Taoist priests of the Shanchang made up a set of cathode and anode theory, called Tai Chi Zhengyi.

I sent me something that looked like a fan leaf, put magnets on all four corners, put iron leaves on them and then push them on.

Chen Mu looked through the book sent by the Taoist priest and looked at it in accordance with the big fan, but he didn't understand what was written on it.

This made him feel that it was not possible to rely on Taoist priests to make a fool of themselves. It was too difficult to support all this without theory. He simply sent the thing to the Ministry of Works, accompanied by information about carbonized bamboo silk that he knew, and offered a reward of 500 taels of silver if anyone could make a light bulb and light up the thing.

Then Chen Mu left this matter behind his back, because the letter from Guan Yuangu told him that the steam engine had been put into use, and the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau made a very huge, bulky but heavy steam engine at Qianhu Station in Xiangshan that could drive twenty-six looms to make silk day and night.

The factory located in the barracks only requires nine workers to check the wiring three shifts, and the output may be compared with twenty-six workers.

But it is still in the trial stage, because the water and fire consumption of a steam engine is equal to the food wages of seventeen workers - the steam engine is still at the level of meaning but uselessness.

Compared with this kind of machinery that seems to be too ambitious, the development of water turbines in Guangdong merchants is extremely gratifying. Water conservancy machinery has grown wildly on this land for 1,600 years. This time it was vigorously promoted by Guangdong localities and even spread to the surrounding area from Guangzhou Prefecture as the center.

After the promotion first showed results, smart merchants began to study how to use hydraulic power to a greater extent. They made rapid progress with the government funding to encourage improvement. People began to spontaneously study how to use hydraulic power more advantageously and improve wheels.

This way of working together is far better than in the past Chen Mu's silent efforts alone, and the productivity of all walks of life has been slightly improved based on this.

What made Chen Mu most happy was that the official wool workshop in Xuanfu had sold all over the world, and even Guangdong could see the wool produced in Xuanfu last winter - of course, not many people wore it.

It’s not the temperature. The winter in Guangdong is quite cold. The key lies in the price. Those who want to wear it can’t afford it. Most people who can afford it also have better measures to keep the cold.

This spring, Chen Mu lived a good life in Sulu. Not only did he establish the Three Kings of Sulu, but he also granted the commander of the Three Kings the Ming Dynasty, as they gave the commander of the East, West and Dong of Sulu, and summoned the envoys of the Wuni Kingdom in Sulu, as they conveyed their own meanings, and at the same time established the Three Kings in the Wuni Kingdom.

There were many people leading the training of troops, with hundreds of households serving as thousands of households serving as commanders. Sulu State promoted more than a dozen small households, while Wuni State directly sent Fu Yuan over and asked him to take his thousands of households to train troops on the spot.

Chen Lin had another official position, with the title of commander of the Nanyang countries, governing Luzon Macheng, and controlling the four countries and ten guards under his jurisdiction. The Nanyang Metropolitan Division contained seven or eight commander commanders, such as the Ming commander commander Suleiman, the Luzon King; the Ming commander commander, and the Sulu Eastern Guard commander.

This is the only Dusi who commanded the magistrates of the Ming Dynasty.

The treasure ships from Nanyang Guard to Nanyang Dusi were constantly traveling, and these ships were all blessed by local merchants in Xinhui. The advancement of gunboat technology allowed local ships to further innovate their technology and create larger sea ships to carry cargo. Vessel merchants with good reputation escort cannons and bird guns, and were protected by the coastal fleet to transport baggage.

In the reorganization of coalition forces in various places, Chen Mu received another letter from his adopted son from the Ryukyu Kingdom in late May of the seventh year of Longqing, but this time it was intelligence.

The plan could not keep up with the changes, and the Spaniards intervened in the Japanese melee.

"Last year, Chen extended his middle finger to Xiyi, and this year they also returned his middle finger to Chen."

On the Chihai ship, Chen Mu handed it to Xu Wei with a letter and said, "Their governor, on the other side of the ocean, did not see the treasure ship from last year, and sent a fleet to inquire about the situation. When he arrived in Japan, he seemed to have known the whole story. He forced Ryuzao Temple to imprison our merchants and sold artillery to Ryuzao Temple - it was the right way to let Hachiro go to Ryukyo."

Xu Wei looked roughly and said to Chen Mu: "They want the harbor to replenish supplies, which is most likely the same as Chen Shuai's idea of ​​supporting the princes."

Xu Wei talked about the point, which made Chen Mu very interested.

To the west of him is old Spain; to the east is New Spain; in the middle is the ten guards of the Nanyang Dusi of the Ming Dynasty being trained, and huge warships are sliding into the ocean from the dock.
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