Compared to the storm and storm I encountered when I first came, the journey back was much calmer.

Because compared to the large fleet full of personnel and supplies at Bijinggang, Zhou Huaian led some elite troops to another maritime Grand Canal line; that is, the Tanpeng Canal from Haimen Town (now near Haifang, Vietnam) to the north to Qinzhou (near Crescent Bay, Fangchenggang, Guangxi).

Because most of this river channel passes through several coastlines from the inland, there is almost no risk of wind and waves or trouble of turbulence. And in the wide and deep winding river channel, there are now a stream of civilian ships and commercial ships coming and going;

Among them are Qianzhong (now northern Guizhou) and Lingnan business trips, as well as Tu men and women with heads wrapped around the head, and even some snail-tubled tin tanks or shirtless Zhenla and Nanzhao and other foreign tourists. People can't help but sigh that the charm of money and goods directly transcends the barriers of the nation and the country of this era.

While sailing, in addition to all kinds of merchants and travelers and the diverse Tu people's scenery along the way, we also enjoy the graceful and changeable scenery of the Indochina Peninsula.

Sometimes you can see that on one side is the surging sea surface, the waves are like tides and the sounds are still vague, while on the other side is the parallel inland canal, and the calmness is unpredictable under the wind and sun; then this sharp contrast of movement and static sometimes reunites at a short estuary at some point, becoming a clear and green color of water and sky that transitions away.

Sometimes there are hills full of ups and downs, like Daiyuan Mountains and villages dotted among them. Sometimes there are strange and steep mountain walls and rugged cliffs that are close to you. Sometimes, there are sudden enlightenment in the narrow and mountainous turning points, a spacious valley in the stream or a wilderness like a peach blossom land;

Sometimes, in the dark willows and flowers, the bright style of the flowers, suddenly flows out a river with spirals and turbulent rapids, or the high waterfalls and deep streams flow down the mountain, and the wetness of rain and fog is pouring out in the air.

Sometimes, in the vast or lush forests, they will be surrounded by wild animals such as monkeys and leopards that are constantly moving at night, and they will be inadvertently across the river and face each other, then there will be noises and noises, or indifferent indifferentness.

While mooring and resting near the Hekou Fishing Village in the middle, Zhou Huaian also visited the place called "Tianweiyao" and "Xianrenlong" and visited and explored the rocky beach blocking the estuary. Unfortunately, all he saw were the broken stone edges washed by water and obvious traces of the cone and axe, but no traces or clues that could prove the use of gunpowder.

As for the obvious traces of smoke and fire on the big rocks, they were the pedestrians and merchants who had passed by this place in the past dynasties, and the villagers living nearby had visited and worshiped and worshiped the ruins here, leaving behind the results. Finally, on the old riverbed and stone beach exposed after the local diversion, Zhou Huaian discovered many things similar to paleontological fossils, which were some kind of souvenirs and souvenirs that passed through this time.

However, this discovery also aroused his thoughts. In fact, Zhou Huaian has always been hesitant about another thing, which is whether to release part of the navigation technology he knew in later generations;

For example, after nearly three hundred years of great exchanges with the outside world since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people of this era actually had a water compass as a direction navigation, and also a star-pulling board introduced by the Arabs to assist the ancient star-locating method to ensure the direction and positioning of navigation.

When the world calendar was reorganized and the zodiac meridian was measured during the Kaiyuan period, there was a "fumo" invented by the famous astronomer and classical scientist Monk and his team; the geodetic technique of measuring the heights of the north and south distances could be used to determine the changes in the north and south distances.

There is also a geographic navigation method that uses geographic coordinates along the way. It is the "Island Calculation" commented by Li Chunfeng and others. The "repeated difference method" used to measure land marks by using the Pythagorean theorem and the corresponding sides of similar triangles to measure the "repeated difference method" of two observations.

In addition, the Tang people have initially established the concept of quantitative navigation related to trade winds, not only mastering the laws of the arrival of the monsoon, but also accurately calculating the time when the monsoon in the northeast; and formulating a timely voyage cycle.

On this basis, Jia Danshi, the famous prime minister of the previous dynasty, even compiled the "Pictures of Chinese and Barbarians in the Sea", "Stories of Four Barbarians in the Ancient and Current Counties and Counties", and "Stories of Four Lords in the Huanghua" to describe the specific situations and time required to leave from Guangzhou by boat and arrive in the East Africa region where the Persian Gulf and Kunlun countries are located.

During the Battle of Talas, he was captured by the Great Food, and traveled to the Abbasid Dynasty, the Eastern Roman Empire, the Frank Kingdom, Egypt, Nubia, and many countries including the Aksum Kingdom in Ethiopia. After finally returning from the port of Emasawa in Shunai (now southern Somalia), the "State Records of the Tang Dynasty" which was comparable to Xuanzang's "The Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty" opened a window for the Tang people to understand the foreign lands thousands of miles away.

In addition, there are keel structures such as the hull, watertight compartment technology for sealing tung oil and lime, copper-covered hull, original sea charts and star maps made of copper plates. Use long ropes to measure the depth of the sea, and judge the navigation position and condition from the sediment adhered to the bottom of the sea. Use carrier pigeons as sea transportation tools. It can also use fish glue and sawdust to repair the ship underwater to prevent leakage and sinking.

Some series are enough to beat the advanced shipbuilding and nautical technologies in most civilizations and countries around the world.

Just like the treasure ship of Zheng He in later generations, there was also a kind of ocean-going giant ship called the "Mulan Boat" in this era, which was said to be able to carry six or seven hundred people and lasted for more than half a year. Therefore, it is common in many Tang poems; the Tang Dynasty poet Jia Dao's "Send to Han Chaozhou Yu" says, "This heart has been with the Mulan Boat until the tide in the south of the world."

In this case, calcite that can be used to observe the position of the sun and sextant meters that measure the angle between the sun or other celestial bodies and the sea or horizon at a certain moment are not so necessary. On the contrary, some sailing ship designs, canvas manufacturing processes with better maneuverability, cable pulley sets, etc. in the Age of Discovery seem to be more useful.

The use of multiple strands to weave thick canvas (tight weaving) and fine canvas (fine weaving) is actually not technically difficult in this era; there were similar prototypes used in the ancient Roman era; it was just that before the birth of hydraulic textile machines, it took more manual labor to make them.

All of this buds will be restored and developed to the extreme in the Southern Song Dynasty after a long regression and loss in the wars of the Five Dynasties; so should I play the role of a behind-the-scenes pusher and let it go further on another road?

With this kind of thought, Zhou Huaian arrived at the Baiteng Riverkou in Qinzhou, and relocated from the local area to the sea; he also received the latest news from the government again.

For example, the Left-behind Office did indeed adopt his suggestion and formed many armed expropriation teams to inspect and collect religious places in various temples and temples under its jurisdiction. Although it quickly included a lot of money, grain and materials in a short period of time, it also aroused many rebounds and resistance;

It’s okay to say that the temples in the cities are nothing more than losing money and eliminating disasters or non-violence and non-violence. However, the temples in the local area that occupy fertile land and many tenants are not so easy to talk about. In some places, new land groups called for temples have appeared again to fight against the collection team of the left-behind department. The situation of these bees rising makes the left-behind department a little overwhelmed and powerless to take care of.

Moreover, under the activities of these collection teams, many women were rescued from these temples by accident, and many rare objects that were contrary to the identity of monks were collected, and even the government had to explicitly prohibit the armor and weapons. Among these hidden women, some were the wives and daughters of tenants who were privately occupied, some were victims of robbers, and some were bought or sold by human teeth while taking advantage of the world's turmoil;

It can be said that in addition to the areas with relatively high levels of enlightenment along the coast, there are still some major people who truly practice asceticism and preach the Dharma; the taint and dirt in the inner temples outside the ridge is actually not much better than those "masters" in the inland who deserve to be destroyed; there are even more. Because of their remoteness, some temples in the mountain simply become robbers wearing monks' robes and disguised tyrants.

Originally, Zhou Huaian planned to stay for the end of these temples. After the rebels gained a foothold in all aspects, they would boil the frog-stained fat sheep slowly and fabricated in warm water; now they could only throw it to the left-behind department as some alternative and bait;

This is also a dignified method of open conspiracy. We cannot help but rush to meet the needs of the left-behind authorities in the front and do not work hard to deal with and plan. However, if the person who came up with this idea is leaked in the future, he will undoubtedly be a "heterodian and Buddhist enemy" in a sense that he will not be able to escape his reputation.

At least the Annan land seen in Zhou Huaian was better, at least the Buddhist and Taoist practices were promoted, and Confucianism also had corresponding influence; the existence of temples was more of an important support for the missionary and naturalization of the Tuman Manchus. On the other hand, there was not so much accumulation of fertile land, so it was quite late in Zhou Huaian's handling sequence, but only ordered some things to be donated to help the army.

However, the upper Hinayana Buddhism of the adjacent Linyi (Zhanpo Dynasty) and Luzhenla (Jimi/Khmer Dynasty) are simply the other extreme; monks are a natural privileged group and class in the local area. As long as they wear cassocks, they are regarded as inviolable people. They are not taxed or servile, and they cannot be detained. They use temples as the core to gather land and slaves to enjoy the unlimited offerings.

For example, the Linyi Kingdom was deeply influenced by the legacy of Brahmins in the South China. From the kings and noble families to the common people, there is a tradition of directly giving women to temples, which is called "Buddha Offering" among officials and private people. The Zhenla Kingdom is even more awesome. The girls from wealthy families are 7 to 9 years old, and the daughters of poor families are no more than 11 years old at the latest. The monks must be asked to take their child's body, which is called "array blanket".

At dusk that day, the monks had to beat gongs and drums to take the monks home. On this night, the monk and the girl lived with him until dawn. After that, the master would use cloth to redeem the girl's body, otherwise the girl would be owned by this monk for life and could not marry anyone else. Before the "Branch Blanket", the girl lived with her parents and would be unrestrained in the future. (See "Zhen La Teng Tu Ji" in later generations)
Chapter completed!