Chapter 3514: Extra Chapter 46
This is what they do when they come back, organizing the things they have on hand.
Zhou Man, not to mention, not only had to compile medical books and compile new species into volumes, but he also occasionally went out to see patients and treat illnesses;
Bai Erlang even devoted himself to writing his own storybook, which was mainly based on his experiences along the way. Some of the things he couldn't write about had to be left out, and some were his own guesses and imaginations.
Bai Shan and Yin Huo have recently become very interested in maps and various minerals, and are also compiling their observations and atlases along the way.
However, these observations and pictures could not be made public and could only be submitted to the emperor and kept in the Chongwenguan and Hanlin Academy.
The emperor was very interested in this. "I never thought that there would be so many species on the scattered small islands outside of my Great Jin. It's really unheard of and unseen."
Bai Shan also said: "It can be seen that the universe is vast, and our knowledge is still limited."
The emperor nodded and was also looking forward to the world overseas. He wondered when he could go out and see it.
Before the emperor had time to ask this question, after the New Year, Bai Shan and his companions quietly packed their bags and left.
When the emperor heard about it, they had already left Yongzhou and were halfway to Qingzhou.
Emperor: "...Didn't you say you were going to Yongzhou to escape the summer heat?"
The guard who came to report knelt on the ground and dared not say a word.
The emperor was very angry, "It's only been less than a year since I returned to Beijing..."
The queen beside him corrected him, "Exactly one year."
The emperor slammed the table and asked, "Is it very long?"
The Queen poured him some tea and soothed him, "Mingda is already a grandmother, how can you stop her just because you want to? You have so many sisters, and I've never seen you stop anyone from going out. Your Majesty, please control your temper. Otherwise, those who know you will think you're worried about and doting on your little sister, while those who don't will think you're trying to imprison her."
The emperor rubbed his forehead and said, "The one that my father was most concerned about before he left was Mingda. He repeatedly told me to take good care of her. She has been in poor health since she was a child. How could I not be worried?"
The Queen complained in her heart: It was obvious that the late Emperor was most worried about Prince Gong, and he also told you to treat Prince Gong well, but I haven't seen you care about him in all these years.
However, the Queen didn't dare to speak. She smiled and said, "Isn't complying with her wishes also a form of concern? When she returned from overseas, I saw that she was in good spirits. With her husband by her side, she felt at ease. Isn't that the best thing?"
He added, "Besides, I have Zhou Man. I feel safest by her side."
The emperor stopped complaining and endured it, and in the end did not send anyone to bring the person back.
Bai Shan and his friends found a boat to Tianfang by themselves.
At first, they were not familiar with maritime trade, so they followed Zhou Silang's advice and started from nearby.
But after a year of traveling on the sea, they knew and experienced everything they should know and experience, and it became much easier for them to find a ship to go out to sea.
Because of the convenience of their identity.
Since they are in high positions, it is very easy for them to find out the ins and outs of the matter.
All ships going out to sea are under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Affairs Office, which is divided into the north and south. Not to mention the one in the south, the one in the north is mainly located in Qingzhou.
Not only was Bai Shan once the left prime minister, he also started his career in Qingzhou. He has other connections here, not to mention his relationship with Zhou Man.
In recent years, many sea merchants have been competing to send rare flowers, plants, insects and animals to Zhou Man, so they quickly found a fleet willing to take them on a voyage to Tianfang.
Those who dare to go to such a far place as Tianfang and form such a large caravan are certainly not ordinary people.
The surname of the business is Lu, of course, not the Fanyang Lu family, but the Bingzhou Lu family. Speaking of which, this business has some relationship with Zhou Man.
It is said that the person who bought Zhou Yin and gave a bag of grain to the Zhou family was the steward of their family.
This is naturally according to Zhou Silang.
Back then, Old Zhou often asked the merchants about Zhou Yin's news. Zhou Silang had heard about it from his three brothers when he was a child, and he kept it in mind.
Later, he did overseas business in Qingzhou and had some cooperation with businesses from all over the place. When he saw Lu's business, he remembered it.
But he didn't ask, and the other party didn't say, so no one knew whether it was true or not.
But he had come into contact with the steward of the Lu family, and Zhou Silang had a feeling that they probably knew about it. Even if his uncle was just a small figure back then, the steward who bought him should have had an impression of him. When his deeds became known throughout the world, as long as the steward was still around, he would not be unaware of it.
However, Mrs. Lu probably wasn't sure whether they knew about it, and whether they had a good or bad attitude towards this matter, so she didn't dare to bring it up easily.
However, in the past few years of dealing with Zhou Silang, the Lu Company has given him a lot of benefits.
Zhou Silang naturally wouldn't take advantage of others for nothing, otherwise if he took advantage of them, Lu would probably ask Zhou Man and Bai Shan to take it back.
So Zhou Silang would also give some conveniences to the Lu family business. You speak well and I speak well, and our relationship has been good over the years.
When introducing merchant ships to Zhou Man and others, he deliberately excluded Lu's ship because the Lu family was too rich and their ships sailed far and wide, especially long-distance ones.
What he was afraid of was that they would take Lu's boat and run away. Who knew that the devil is always stronger than the master? Bai Shan started directly from the Maritime Office and still found Lu.
He also bypassed Zhou Silang and directly negotiated the conditions for going out to sea with the Lu family.
In fact, if shipbuilding wasn't too expensive, Bai Shan and his friends would have wanted to form a merchant caravan themselves.
But forget it for now, it's too late now. If Zhou Silang is interested, they can join in.
Because they knew the identities of Bai Shan and others, the Lu family attached great importance to this voyage and directly sent their eldest son to join the ship.
This trip required drifting on the sea for a long time, so Bai Shan and the other four simply pooled some money and chartered a ship from the other party's fleet. Except for some crew members, everyone else on the ship was brought by them. This way, they would not only be able to live comfortably, but also be more secure.
To be on the safe side, Yin Huo also asked his father to add four crossbows to the ship, and directly moved the merchant ship closer to the warship, not to mention the ordinary bows, crossbows and arrows on the ship.
The eldest son of the Lu family came to take a look around, and when he returned, he was filled with envy and said to his confidant: "If we had two more ships like this, we could sail across the sea."
Apart from natural disasters, they are not afraid of man-made disasters.
The confidant said, "How could it be easy? Not to mention the guards and servants on the ship, even those four crossbows are beyond our reach."
Zongzi pondered, "If we can persuade them to invest in Haimao, with the connections of the Yin and Bai families, and the princess being among them, all of this will be within our grasp."
"Over the years, many people have tried to win over Zhou Silang, some offering large bribes, but Zhou Silang never relents."
The Zhou family was getting richer day by day, but their financial resources were still much smaller than those of the big businesses and aristocratic families. Zhou Silang had thought about building his own ship and going out to sea, but whenever he made a move, people would come to him, offering him money or connections with craftsmen.
(End of this chapter)
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