Chapter 77: The Agreement on the Split of the Two Brutals (Class)

Pu Yian smiled: "The transit station for world goods - you have a very good tone, I hope your abilities will contrast with your ambitions.

Well, I can provide two hundred shipbuilders who are well versed in the skills of making Arab ships, and now you need to provide the venue. We need a place that is undisturbed and make what you call a new ship."

Pu Yian's suggestion was ill-intentioned. He heard that Zhao Xing had a new ship design, so he sent craftsmen to participate, preparing to find an opportunity to steal the new ship production technology. Originally, Zhao Xing did not need his shipbuilders to participate, because there were three ships launched in Quanzhou every day, and there were tens of thousands of shipbuilders.

However, this was the era of Sinbad's legendary seven seas. In this era, the Arabs invented the "piercing sail" and invented the huge four-masted ship... Then, because the Christ world controlled Jerusalem, the demand for Arab shipbuilding was not strong, and navigation technology began to decline. Venice and Spain took the opportunity to learn their technology and sailed to China instead.

There is only one picture of Zhao Xing's "new ship" - it was taken out from the suitcase of the travel enthusiast. The picture is a photo of the Gothenburg visiting Guangzhou, and a cross-sectional picture of the ship surface.

He had this picture, but he knew nothing about how to build a ship. But when Spain and Britain competed for hegemony, the shipbuilder stole designs from other countries based on a model of the same proportion, so he planned to: the specific details would cause trouble for the shipbuilder. But because many revolutionary technologies on the ship came from Arabia, in order to speed up the development, he had to rely on Pu Yian's participation.

Cooperating in a hidden place to build ships, and at the same time out of the wishes of both parties. Zhao Xing did not want the Arabs to discover the secrets in advance when building ships. Pu Yian also had this meaning, so the two parties agreed: Zhao Xing provided shipbuilding grounds and auxiliary craftsmen; Pu Yian provided technicians and technical support; the materials required for shipbuilding were shared by both parties.

Zhao Xing had long considered this. He grabbed Pu Yian's quill and began to list a long list of materials.

Pu Yian felt a little dizzy when he saw the list. The list was full of mechanical equipment. These equipment was inconspicuous, but it covered too wide. He pointed to a name on the list and asked in surprise: "Metal wire drawing machine - shipbuilding, what do you need this thing for?"

Zhao Xing's answer was very sincere: "I heard that you all use wooden nails to make iron nails. For our career to develop, we need tens of thousands of iron nails, so I need metal wire drawing machines."

Pu Yian looked down and smacked his lips: "You are a strange Song man, it's very strange. I have only heard of many of the equipment listed here, but how did you know it? This is a bit shocking...

Lathe technology, thread joint technology, and metal riveting technology (China's thread joint was introduced in Qing Dynasty, so I don't know about riveting. However, these two technologies were found in the cultural relics of the Pan-Hellenicization period, and the appearance of lathes was earlier). I understand these, riveting can make the ship bigger... But why do you want Greek thread grape juicer and Roman thread coin minter? What does this have to do with shipbuilding?"

When Pu Yian said this, he suddenly muttered a lot of Arabic, but Zhao Xing smiled, as if he didn't understand the other person's words, but he seemed to understand it, but he was pretending to be confused.

Pu Yian waited for a long time, and saw that Zhao Xing had no reaction, he returned to Chinese and sighed and said, "I doubt it, really, I doubt you can understand our language and read our books... Allah, is there really a prophet? These things are so wide that I don't believe: you can actually obtain this knowledge from the State of Song."

Zhao Xing was still smiling. Pu Yian woke up and sighed: "Ah! I am full of confidence in the prospects of cooperation now. I believe that I have made the most correct choice in my life. Perhaps, this will make my family prosperous for a hundred years. OK! I promise you that there are some things here that I cannot satisfy alone, please allow..."

"No!" Zhao Xing's answer was firm: "I only cooperate with you because I only trust you. If a second person participates, then I would rather give up this cooperation... I don't want much, maybe it takes some time to accumulate, but I think: as long as I can afford time, I will eventually get all this."

This is the truth! Pu Yian was stunned for a long time, and thought carefully, thinking that the other party's words were reasonable. Indeed, since Zhao Xing knew about the existence of these things, he would always have a way to get it, just spend more time - if Zhao Xing really understood Arabic, then he would dress up and mix in with the Arabs, and one day he would secretly learn what he wanted to learn.

But now, neither of them has time. Zhao Xing needs to use the fastest time to open up the Nanyang route, because once the imperial examination is passed in three years, he will not have much time to manage his own industry, and only by obtaining a single official and half a position can he have a certain influence on this society; Pu Yian, because the war in his hometown is approaching, must find a new way out for his family as soon as possible.

Neither of them had time. Since this was the case, Pu Yian had nothing to do, so he could only do his best to cooperate with the other party's actions.

In just one breath, Pu Yian had made a decision. He folded the paper with words and put it in his arms, and slowly said: "It seems that I need to go back to China too... I forgot to tell you that my son is learning Song language now, maybe he will take the imperial examination... It's called the imperial examination. Maybe, a few years later, my descendants are also pure Song people - although our beliefs remain unchanged."

Zhao Xing laughed happily: "I asked you to cooperate because of this. You are an Arab, but you like to learn our culture. You are very proficient in Chinese. I heard that you even know how to write poetry... This is better than me, and I haven't learned it yet. But in this way, my cooperation with you is a cooperation between the Song people and the Song people - isn't this very good? Let's be a transit station for the world and join forces to sell goods to the Qihai!"

Pu Yian also smiled: "You didn't learn to make lyrics because your mind was too lively. Allah, if I had learned so many side-minded ways like you, I wouldn't be able to do poetry..."

The two chatted a few times about poetry issues. When they heard that Zhao Xing's teacher was Su Shi, Pu Yian begged Zhao Xing to recommend it. The talks gradually went too far towards the wind and snow. Finally, Pu Yian's concubine accompanied Cheng Azhu, indicating the end of the meeting.

"You just said that you planned to go back to your hometown - I will go to sea in three days. Can you go with you... That's great. I'll say goodbye first and see you in three days." Zhao Xing stood up with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!