Chapter 3516: Extra Chapter 48
Zhou Man replied to Bai Shan: "It's the flesh, you can eat it. I heard it can be stewed with meat. It would be great if there was chicken."
"If there's no chicken, will fish do?" Yin Huo pointed to the seashore and said, "They caught fish."
Zhou Man turned his head to look, eager to try, "Try it? Maybe we can just use the shells to stew the fish."
Not only did they want to eat them themselves, they also encouraged Lu Zongzi, "There are still many in there, and they are all in clusters. As long as you can climb a tree, you can get more than a dozen. Zongzi can also take others to try."
He generously gave him one to try first.
Lu Zongzi thanked him, thought about it, and decided to ask someone to pick them.
The group rested on the island. Bai Shan also deliberately contacted the savages on the island and traded things with them. He was treated as a guest of honor and was taken on a tour around the island. Zhou Man dug a lot of wild vegetables and medicinal herbs.
Of course, that was in the eyes of Lu Zongzi and others. What Zhou Man dug was not only wild vegetables and medicinal herbs. There were many good things on the island. Koko was very happy, and Zhou Man was also very happy.
Lu Zongzi, who originally wanted to avoid the savages, saw Bai Shan and his group going to find the savages. He first fought with them and almost shot them with an arrow. Then he used a few steamed buns to gather the savages together and directly traded with them with the linen and cotton cloth they brought.
Lu Zongzi slowly let go of his worry, and couldn't help but say to his left and right: "He is indeed a prime minister. Do you think I can dance with my little tricks in front of him?"
The trusted managers on both sides were silent.
In the evening, Lu Zongzi went to find Bai Shan and talked to him directly.
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows slightly, and after sending Lu Zongzi away, he called his companions over. "Originally, I was thinking of finding enough money to build two ships after returning and forming our own fleet, but now we have a ready-made one. The Lu's Trading Company has invited us to invest."
Yin Huo said, "The Lu family is not short of money or people, what are they after?"
"Picture the crossbow weapons on our ship."
Mingda: "One or two ships like this are nothing, but if they become too large, won't it cause trouble for the imperial court?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "That's why I didn't agree directly, but what if the royal family also invests?"
Mingda was stunned.
Bai Shan said, "Maritime trade is booming nowadays. As long as the ship doesn't capsize, there are very few losses. Your Majesty can do this business."
Zhou Man: "You are colluding with the emperor to compete with the people for profit. Aren't you afraid of the censor's criticism?"
Bai Shan didn't care. "I'm not involved. The royal family also participated in maritime trade. Not to mention the princes and princesses of the previous emperor, among the current princes, who hasn't participated in it to some extent?"
Only the emperor and empress themselves did not intervene personally.
Mingda's mind moved. Now that the princes have grown up, although Yingnu's position as the crown prince is stable, disputes are inevitable. Maritime trade is now one of the most profitable ways, and Yingnu cannot interfere too much. If the emperor takes over directly, it may make the other princes more restrained.
Mingda nodded, "I agree."
Bai Er naturally listened to Mingda.
Yin Li had already retired, and Yin Huo had an idea: "Perhaps I could serve as your Majesty's private soldier."
Bai Shan nodded approvingly, "I had the same idea. There are a lot of good things overseas."
It is not easy for the imperial court to take action. If it is handed over to private individuals, it will easily lead to their ambitions becoming too powerful, and it will be bad for the imperial court. If it is the emperor's private army... then there are so many things they can do.
Zhou Man turned and left. "I'll take some people to pick some more fruit. I promised Aru that they would pick fruit for us, and I would teach them how to treat medicinal herbs and some wounds."
Aru is a savage they met in the past two days. They can't understand each other's words, but they can use gestures.
Body language is very mysterious, but they both felt that they understood each other's meaning.
Zhou Man decided to first lay a friendly foundation for them here so that they could visit each other frequently and communicate with each other in the future.
In the end, they harvested a lot of Xu Yu on board. Not to mention, when they were on the boat, they stewed the fish with Xu Yu pulp, which had a unique flavor and was much better than eating fish alone.
The group experienced storms, illnesses, and even encountered pirates, but finally arrived safely in Arabia.
Tianfang, a foreign land completely different from the Great Jin, had just arrived. Zhou Man and Mingda were captivated by the blue of the sea and sky, as well as the vibrant colors of the city. Zhou Man couldn't help but exhale, "It's so beautiful..."
Mingda nodded in agreement.
Having stayed at sea for too long, Bai Shan felt a little embarrassed. He leaned slightly against Zhou Man and looked up at this foreign land that was different from the Great Jin. He smiled slightly and said, "Let's go into the city and take a look."
The people here welcomed the merchant ships from the East. As soon as their fleet docked, it was surrounded. Even though Bai Shan and his crew had no cargo, they were still surrounded. Some people waved gold beads and gems and wanted to exchange them for silk and cloth from the East.
Bai Shan and his men took great effort to break out, but Lu Zongzi had already been submerged in the crowd.
Bai Shan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, turned their heads and looked sympathetically in the direction of Lu Zongzi, then patted their sleeves and left.
Bai Shan and his companions did not like to reveal their identities when they went out. Except for Lu Zongzi and several managers in the fleet, no one knew their origins, but they could guess that they were noble people.
Mingda had no intention of acting under the name of Princess Dajin, as it would be too troublesome.
The great Jin Dynasty is now well-known. If she reveals her identity, she can gain many advantages and benefits, but she will also have to give up a lot.
Not to mention freedom, as a princess of a superior country, when you visit a country, shouldn’t you be given state gifts?
Therefore, it is better to keep your identity secret. It is not too late to use the royal identity when it is really necessary.
But even so, after a few years, as they visited more and more places and traveled between Dajin and overseas more frequently, word began to spread that there was a royal princess from that mysterious country in the East traveling overseas.
If I could catch up with this oriental princess, maybe I could use her to reach that mysterious country. I heard that there is silk and gold everywhere, everyone is rich, and they live a life like in heaven.
After the emperor learned that they had returned safely from Tianfang and brought him a letter of royal maritime trade proposal, he no longer tried to stop them from leaving.
Forget it, even Tian Fang has gone there, where else can he stop them from going?
The royal family participated in maritime trade and worked together with the Lu family to build a fleet, achieving hegemony at sea, and even pirates retreated.
From then on, even though the imperial power of the Great Jin Dynasty rose and fell on the mainland, this private army on the sea continued to exist and dominated for three hundred years.
Three hundred years later, even though the Great Jin Dynasty was not as strong as before, it was still the number one in the world, and no country could surpass it in economy, culture, and maritime trade.
In later generations, Bai Shan and his five companions also became famous in the history of navigation, especially the book about sea navigation written by Bai Erlang, which became an important reference book for studying the history of navigation of Daxia.
The fact that Daxia was able to be at the forefront of world navigation for more than a thousand years was largely due to the nautical charts left by Bai Shan and Yin Huo.
This was an era of great significance and a time when talented people emerged in large numbers. It was an era in the history of Daxia that produced many outstanding talents for more than a century, except for the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
In this era, Daxia's culture, economy, and technology developed rapidly, as if there were gods pushing them from behind, and they moved forward without stopping for a long time.
Many historians later conducted research and found that these fields were more or less related to the classics left by Zhou Manbaishan and others.
Many manuscripts have been lost in the torrent of history and cannot be traced, but from some records left by later generations, we know that the inheritance of some skills first came from the manuscripts of Bai Shan, Zhou Man and Bai Chengyin.
Therefore, the four of them, including Princess Mingda, were called the most outstanding talents of that era. Their knowledge was so rich that many people could not reach it.
(End of this chapter)
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