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- Going from San Francisco to the East would take at least three months according to the speed of sailing ships in this era. The voyage to the Pacific Ocean was not short.
" However, Zhao Hongyu's battleship is equipped with propellers and engines after all, so it definitely does not take such a long time.
Therefore, it only takes one month to reach the east from San Francisco.
"A month, that's my personal estimate." Seeing Sara asking him, Zhao Hongyu made a rough estimate and replied. "This is also my first time traveling from the Pacific to the East, so I can't give you detailed data."
After hearing this, Sara nodded silently.
"Is the East really a golden country as described in the travel notes?"
Sarah asked again.
The kingdom of gold?
Nonsense!
This is complete nonsense.
Zhao Hongyu complained in his heart, but he thought about it seriously, and then replied to Sarah: "This is unrealistic. The East is very rich compared to Europe, but it is not full of gold and wealth as described in the travel notes. Spices, the ones described in the travel notes are a bit exaggerated, you must not believe them."
Of course Sarah believed what Zhao Hongyu said, because Zhao Hongyu was her little man.
"Oh, so that's what it is."
Sarah was a little disappointed.
However, she has never seen what Dongfang is like, so she still has some expectations in her heart.
Zhao Hongyu saw that Sarah was a little disappointed, so he said to her: "Of course, you shouldn't be so disappointed. In fact, the East is cleaner than Europe, and there are many cities with a population of over one million. And before arriving in the East, We need to arrive in a country first, and this country does have a lot of gold and silver, so it¡¯s not wrong to call it a country of gold or silver.¡±
In fact, the country Zhao Hongyu is talking about is Japan.
Japan, because it has large gold and silver deposits, has no shortage of gold and silver.
It is precisely because of the existence of Japan that the shortage of gold and silver on the mainland has been greatly alleviated.
Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, the gold and silver the Ming Dynasty obtained from Japan accounted for almost 70% of domestic production, which shows how much gold and silver there was in Japan.
In this era, in addition to Japan, through the Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese merchant ships, the world's gold and silver were concentrated towards the Ming Dynasty.
Until the early Qing Dynasty, it can be said that gold and silver all over the world were flowing to the east.
This is a very terrible thing.
Logically speaking, since the East has so much gold and silver, its national power should be very strong.
But in fact, this is not the case.
Because the political system in the East is completely different from that in Europe.
In order to monopolize trade rights, the scholar-bureaucrats who had the right to speak in the Ming Dynasty deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors, causing gold and silver to fall into their own pockets. The ancient empire did not benefit from the accumulation of gold and silver to the east at all.
On the contrary, the royal family is still very short of money, and even military pay has been released.
And there is another bad thing about Easterners, that is, after they earn gold and silver, they don¡¯t hesitate to spend it. Their biggest hobby is to store gold and silver or bury it underground.
¡°As a result, the gold and silver that flowed into the Ming Dynasty could not be circulated at all.
If gold and silver cannot circulate, it will lose its due role.
And wealth is in the hands of a few people, which made the Ming Dynasty even more short of money.
A small number of people control 90% of the wealth, which makes it impossible for ordinary people to enjoy the dividends brought by business, and may even become poorer as a result.
In fact, the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was basically caused by those scholar-bureaucrats.
However, history was written by these scholars, so of course they would not record this matter. Therefore, the Zhu family took a big blame for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
But, this is not the case.
The truth is that it was the greed of those officials and scholars of the Ming Dynasty that led to the collapse of the huge empire.
If it weren¡¯t for them, it would have been impossible for the ¡®Qing Dynasty¡¯ to rise or even invade the Central Plains.
¡° Moreover, the officials and businessmen of this era, in order to make money, even collude with ¡®the Qing Dynasty¡¯, there is nothing they dare not sell.
¡®We, the Qing Dynasty¡¯ have taken overAfter the original, the imperial merchants who were rewarded were the original officials and merchants of the Ming Dynasty.
It is precisely because they betrayed the interests of the Ming Dynasty that "we, the Qing Dynasty," have the capital to peer into the world.
The sale of ironware prohibited by the imperial court would be facilitated by these officials and businessmen, as well as the officials in the DPRK and China, as well as the generals on the border.
It can be seen that these officials of the Ming Dynasty were really not as upright as described in history books.
After retracting his wandering thoughts, Zhao Hongyu set his sights on Sara.
"I'm telling you so much now, but you actually won't understand it. What kind of situation the East is like, you have to see it with your own eyes to have a deep understanding of it."
Zhao Hongyu felt a little depressed when he thought about the domestic situation of the Ming Dynasty in this era.
¡°I got a little bit of information from Mrs. Wang and others. It seems that the Ming Dynasty has been very turbulent in recent years. Floods and droughts have occurred every year for five years, so most of the people have become bankrupt.¡±
After Zhao Hongyu thought about it for a while, he decided to tell Sara in advance, so that Sara would be disappointed and collapse in the end when she saw the real Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it also depends on where Zhao Hongyu wants to take her.
If you go to places like Nanning, Yangzhou and Beijing, then Sarah will definitely not be disappointed.
Because these places are cities where many wealthy people live in a life of luxury and wealth.
In a city like this, Sara can definitely understand what it means to live in a life of luxury and spend money lavishly.
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Unless Zhao Hongyu deliberately took Sara to cities full of disaster victims and people fleeing bankruptcy.
Emma is not very interested in this. In her opinion, the East is probably similar to Europe. Maybe the cities are also so smelly that it makes people feel sick.
Therefore, her main purpose is to see the new environment and its transitions, and to increase her knowledge.
The little girl¡¯s purpose is completely different from Sara¡¯s.
"It's getting late, let's have dinner."
Emma looked around and looked very bored. Seeing that Zhao Hongyu and Sara were chatting endlessly, she interrupted the conversation between them.
Zhao Hongyu looked at the sky and found that the sun at this time had already sunk into the sea level.
There are already a few stars in the sky.
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At this moment, Zhao Hongyu¡¯s stomach felt like thunder.
"Oh, yes, it's getting late. Let's finish our meal. After dinner, I'll tell you a story. It's about a fat man. It's called "Interstellar Farmer"."
Before arriving in San Francisco, Zhao Hongyu had been telling stories to the two of them. The content of the stories was basically the content of YY novels from later generations.
During these days in San Francisco, Zhao Hongyu has been staying on the shore, so he hasn¡¯t told Emma and Sara stories for a few days.
Now that she heard that Zhao Hongyu was going to tell them a new story, Emma immediately cheered happily.
Sarah is still not used to the style of these stories told by Zhao Hongyu.
However, this does not prevent her from finding these stories interesting.
Besides, a long sea voyage is very boring. Thanks to Zhao Hongyu telling them stories, Emma and Sara have something good to kill time.
Otherwise, she wouldn¡¯t know how to spend the boring days at sea¡ª¡ª
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Japan, Osaka Inland Sea
The fishermen made three wells and were fishing about three nautical miles away from the shore.
¡°God, open your eyes, if you can¡¯t catch fish today, you will be hungry.¡±
Iguchi Zozo is very unlucky today. They have not caught any fish since they went out to sea in the morning.
If he doesn¡¯t gain anything today, he will definitely be hungry.
Iguchi Zouzo was wearing a tattered Japanese-style sleeveless men's top, but he did not wear pants on his lower body. He only used a crotch to cover his vital parts. This is a typical Japanese fisherman's dress.
Jingkou¡¯s skin is very dark. It can be seen that he has been fishing at sea all year round and has been exposed to the sun.
The fishing boat of Jingguchizosan is not big, in fact, it is just a small sampan.
¡°This ship is already one of the three most famous ones built by Jingkou.Wanted property.
Actually, as a fisherman, Iguchi Zozo feels that his life is pretty good.
At least, it¡¯s better than those bumpkin farmers.
Although I worked hard, I was able to eat fish and some seafood.
"But the farmers who cultivate the land are not successful. Most of the food they grow has to be handed over to the gentlemen, and the little food left is simply not enough to fill their stomachs.
As for eating meat?
That¡¯s even more unthinkable.
Therefore, Iguchi Zozo has always believed that he is very lucky to become a fisherman.
Now that the world is at peace and the Tokugawa shogunate has been established, the era of chaotic war results is over.
I am really grateful that I live in this era, instead of living in the Warring States Period decades ago.
Jingguchi sighed as he put away the fishing net.
The fishing net was empty, which made him very disappointed.
¡°I don¡¯t know what happened today. He hasn¡¯t seen a single fish since morning.
Has your luck run out?
There was a bitter taste at the end of the well.
At this moment, Iguchi Zozo suddenly discovered that a small black spot appeared on the sea level in the distance.
He raised his right hand, placed it on his forehead, and looked at it carefully.
"It's not a pirate, is it?"
Jingguchi felt a little uneasy.
Yes, despite the fact that Japan has finally been taken over by the Tokugawa family, as they came to power, many frustrated or defeated samurai and daimyo fled to the Ming Dynasty or became pirates.
These people became the new force of the pirate organization between Ming Dynasty and Japan.
The long coastline of the Ming Dynasty was often attacked by pirates, and Japan could not avoid it.
It was better before, after all, the pirates still had some rules.
However, in these years, the two pirate leaders Zheng Zhilong and Li Xiang were competing for maritime hegemony, so the war inevitably came to Japan.
Zheng Zhilong¡¯s fleet will invade Japan from time to time.
Because this place in Japan is Li Xiang¡¯s territory.
And Li Xiang was not to be outdone. From time to time, she would do things to Taiwan, Macau and other places, which made Zheng Zhilong feel pain.
Therefore, the Ming people and Japanese fishermen living on the coast have become accustomed to this.
In short, when they see them, if they encounter pirates, they just run away.
It¡¯s a sea ship! It's just that from the outline of this kind of ship, it doesn't seem to be the style driven by pirates?
As a fisherman who makes a living at sea, Iguchi Zusan has seen a lot of seagoing ships.
The naval battleships of the Ming Dynasty, the armored battleships of Japanese pirates, and even the battleships of the Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese, Iguchi Zusan had seen them all.
But this time, the warship he looked at looked larger than any warship he had ever seen before, and it was also traveling very fast.
Under the circumstances of uncertainty, Iguchi Zosan decided that it would be better for him to return to the shore as soon as possible. This is the only choice to save his life.
No matter what force the other party belongs to, you can¡¯t fish here anymore.
"However, I don't know if God is kidding me. The originally sunny sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds, and heavy raindrops began to fall.
The weather changes faster than a child.
Along with the torrential rain came bursts of howling wind.
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His boat is just a small sampan, and in such a situation, his boat becomes very dangerous.
Especially under heavy rain, visibility becomes very low.
With the gloomy sky and heavy clouds, Iguchi Zozo climbed down on his small boat, while the small fishing boat swayed back and forth with the waves, surrounded by dangers.
Now, Iguchi Zozo no longer has much energy to pay attention to the warship approaching in the distance.
All his thoughts were on how to save his life by lying on the boat.
You must know that this is at sea. If the ship capsizes, there is absolutely no way for him to survive.
Therefore, at this time, Iguchi Zozo did not notice that the strange warships that appeared behind him were quickly approaching here.
If Iguchi Zozo saw it, he would definitely be shocked.
because of thisThe speed at which these battleships sailed on the sea was completely beyond his cognition.
What¡¯s more, this sea area is covered with dark clouds and the wind direction is completely wrong.
An ordinary warship would not be able to sail this way in such a wind direction.
Because, because this is a fucking headwind.
"It's a pity that Jingkou Zaisan didn't see all this.
Phew!
A gust of wind roared again, bringing up a high wave.
Jingguchi Zuosan, who was praying for the blessings of the gods and Buddhas in the sky, was suddenly covered by a giant gun, and even his fishing boat was discovered one by one.
Help!
When Iguchi Zaozo emerged from the water, he found that the small fishing boat had been hit by the waves and had been hit by the waves.
At this moment, a huge warship sailed past the place where Iguchi Zozo was floating. Iguchi Zozo didn't care much at this time, and he quickly shouted at the top of his voice.
"It seems like someone is calling for help?"
A gene man who was checking the cable on the deck vaguely heard Iguchi Zozo¡¯s cry for help, and turned around to ask his companions if they heard it. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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