A few days later, when Prince Xin set out on his journey, he took Yan Shitu with him.
Yan Shitu has become more calm now, but after all, this is his first time traveling far away, and his family is worried about him, so they held him and gave him instructions for a long time.
Two days later, Yan Yunwu also set out with his men. Although he was young, he was not someone who had never done anything before, so he was very calm. Huo Qijing also gave him personal soldiers to assist him, and the eunuchs who were delivering imperial edicts from the palace also followed him. They would come back after the pearl farm was initially built.
Of course, they also followed the shipbuilding team sent by Yan Shiyue.
Yan Shiyue led the people in the Ministry of Commerce workshop to make a compass and a sextant. These two items can be said to be basic equipment for sailing.
Needless to say, the compass is important, but what is a sextant?
It can be used to measure the angle between two distant targets. The most common use is to measure the angle between the sun and the sea level, or the horizon, and then the position of the ship can be calculated.
The sextant is fan-shaped and consists of a small telescope, a semi-transparent and semi-reflective fixed plane mirror, also known as the horizon mirror, and a movable reflector connected to the index, also known as the index mirror. It is not complicated.
When the sextant was first invented, the maximum measuring angle was 90 degrees. At that time, it was called an octant. Later, it was improved to 120 degrees, which was the sextant she wanted to make.
In addition, she plans to save some more rubber for next year to make some lifebuoys and small boats. They should be better than the "floating rings" of the Song Dynasty. However, she can't make many. One for each person is definitely not enough. It is only for emergency use.
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While he was busy, Emperor Ming Yan sent someone to summon him.
Yan Shiyue entered the palace and went to the imperial study room as usual. She saw the crown prince sitting at the table under the imperial desk in the imperial study room, reviewing memorials. Emperor Mingyan was not there.
In the past two years, Emperor Ming Yan often brought the Crown Prince to the study to discuss matters with court officials. After the Empress Dowager's affairs, he often asked the Crown Prince to review memorials.
Yan Shiyue looked at him and said, "Brother, where is Aye?"
The prince was speechless at her sympathetic look and said, "It should be in Ronghua Palace."
Yan Shiyue went over.
Emperor Ming Yan was indeed there. When he saw her, he asked someone to bring out an apple and said with a smile, "Yue'er, look."
Yan Shiyue took a look and saw a slightly dry apple on the tray. The main reason was that the local apples were not big to begin with, and they looked particularly ugly when they were dry. There was a word on it that looked very much like "福".
Emperor Ming Yan had never attached much importance to auspicious signs, but this word was too clear.
He said excitedly: "This is a naturally formed character that was offered as tribute from below. It can be a good omen."
Yan Shiyue just looked at him like that.
Emperor Ming Yan quickly understood, waved his hand and asked someone to take the apple away, and said, "Hmm?"
Yan Shiyue said with a grin, "Father, just tell me what characters you want, and I'll get them for you later. Or I can get a few more, like the Analects or the University?"
Emperor Ming Yan: "..."
He glared at her unhappily and said, "Let's talk about it later. You can do it when I want it!"
Yan Shiyue agreed with a smile. Emperor Mingyan returned to the imperial desk and sat down, saying, "I am going to tour the south next month. You should prepare."
Yan Shiyue's smile disappeared.
Southern Tour? If it were any other time, she would definitely want to go, but now... she could take the two little ones with her, but the four kittens were only a little over two years old...
Emperor Mingyan said: "If you are worried, take them all with you."
Yan Shiyue asked: "Who's going?"
Emperor Mingyan said with a smile: "This time I will only bring your mother and you two. Our family of four will go out to have some fun and relax."
I see. So the prince and the four, five, seven, eight, nine, and ten are not going?
Oh yes, there is no Eighth Prince anymore.
The eighth prince "died" of "excessive grief" the day after the Queen Mother passed away. He was then secretly sent out of the palace and given a new identity. He was not allowed to act as a prince for the rest of his life and was not allowed to utter a single word, otherwise he would be immediately killed by the shadow guards who were monitoring him.
Compared to the third prince who was renamed Yan Siguo, it is not known whose situation is better.
Yan Shiyue said, "Then I'll go back and discuss it with A Jing."
So they returned home and started discussing it.
Not only children, but adults also need to discuss who will go and who will not.
You know, the southern tour is different from going to the temporary palace. Going to the temporary palace is equivalent to moving the entire political center there, but the southern tour leaves the crown prince to supervise the country. Emperor Ming Yan will still review memorials, but most of the affairs will be left to the crown prince to handle.
After final discussion, they decided to only bring dumplings and rice cakes this time, leaving the four little ones behind. The adults took Xu Wenqu and Qu Sinian with them, handed over the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce to Han Qi and Ren Zenan, and took Zhou Jianwei away.
Then Huo Qiyang said to her, "Sister, please ask the Emperor to leave the imperial sword at home."
Yan Shiyue thought about it and it was possible.
Logically speaking, if the four children stayed behind and were taken care of by the crown prince, and with Huo Qiyang and Su Ji at home, they would be completely safe. Others would have to be fools to mess with them.
But, what I am afraid of is that there really are stupid people out there!
Therefore, it is better to keep the imperial sword, so that you can execute first and report later, which is absolutely safe.
Yan Shiyue told Emperor Mingyan about it the next day, and Emperor Mingyan agreed.
But we can't just leave at a moment's notice; we still need to prepare. The tentative plan is to leave on the 16th of next month.
Before leaving, Emperor Mingyan summoned the crown prince and said to him, "This time when I leave, unless it is a serious matter that cannot be decided, you don't have to report to me. You can discuss and deal with it with the cabinet."
The prince was slightly startled and asked, "Father?"
Emperor Mingyan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Zuo'er, I am old... I want to take a good look at my country."
Emperor Mingyan had not called his name for a long time. The prince heard the implication of his words and could not help but feel tears in his eyes. He knelt down and said, "Father." He paused and whispered, "Your son will definitely protect this country for your father."
After he finished speaking and the prince left, he suddenly felt that what he said was inappropriate.
Emperor Ming Yan only expressed this idea, but did not say anything clearly. He was so impatient to say such a sentence... Isn't it too unfilial? He should have said that he was not yet grown up and still needed his father's guidance!
I got anxious after all.
After more than ten years of waiting, he finally became anxious when he finally reached the last step.
The prince was very upset. After thinking it over again and again, he finally came quietly to find Yan Shiyue.
Although Yan Shiyue felt that she had to think over every word and it was really exhausting, the change of power was a big deal, so she thought about it seriously: "Haven't you seen the forms of our Ministry of Commerce before? I think you should do the same in the future. Don't report the memorial in writing, but list the place and the person who submitted the memorial, classify them, and then explain them in one sentence."
The prince's eyes lit up.
Yes! It is useless for him to rush to grab power, he must show his loyalty. But if he still sends all the memorials, what if Emperor Ming Yan really doesn't want to take care of it? What if he really wants to take a vacation? That would be bad, and it would be hypocritical to deny it too much.
It would be better to do as Yue'er said, Emperor Ming Yan would save energy and keep the overall situation in control.
The prince smiled and said, "Thank you, Yue'er."
Yan Shiyue said: "No need to thank me, I'm not in the capital, just help me take care of my four kittens."
The prince said, "Don't worry."
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