Have a meal and pay your wife. Ouyang and Liang Hongyu have an agreement. If ** steal the baby, Liang Hongyu will have to resign and become his wife. This matter has not been completed yet, why are you going to travel far again? Ouyang was depressed and fully realized that when Liang Hongyu was his wife, he ran away for a year and a half. In fact, Ouyang was unwilling to think deeply. Dangers are everywhere after traveling half of the earth. Typhoons, tsunamis, diseases, mutinies, etc. may occur. Not to mention that the route is simply a blind eye. Although there is a map he drew, there may be fewer things or more things. At least, I have definitely drawn the African shape wrongly, because it cannot be an elliptical bottom.

If it comes to business, this navigation has many benefits. Interaction between the east and west, familiar with the hydrology of the currents, opening up official routes, stabilizing Yuzhou, and being friendly to Europe. Bring back technology, resources, materials, seeds, etc. If it weren't for your wife, it would be fine, but... Ouyang left the palace and wanted to go back and tell Zhao Yu that I would go too. Unfortunately, he knew that Zhao Yu would not agree. Zhao Yu didn't know the danger, so he could send someone else to take the risk, so he couldn't. This person was related to the fields of economy, military, diplomacy, etc. It was not comparable to Liang Hongyu, a general.

Ouyang now has an imperial edict. This was the imperial edict issued by Zhao Yu yesterday afternoon after convening relevant departments to study. He appointed Ouyang as the Hangzhou Military Road Observation and Disposal Envoy to contact a department. The Observation Envoy was also a central government dispatched by the central government of the Song Dynasty. His name was a false title, no position, no fixed personnel, and he was not stationed in the country. His main task was to investigate military officials. It was also a difficult task for Zhao Yu, and he could not make a position as a teaching envoy. After thinking about it, only this profession seemed more appropriate.

The observer belongs to the official position of the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of War, and is incomparable to the position of the imperial court to directly dispatch patrol envoys. Ouyang does not even have to receive senior civil and military officers on the way. Generally, a chief of staff is sent to receive. Because there are regulations, military generals cannot have too much contact with the observer or in public.

So I could only trouble a few familiar yamen runners to be younger brothers. When I was about to board the boat and go to Hangzhou by water, Ouyang suddenly remembered something and returned to the Ministry of Revenue. What to do when I go to the Ministry of Revenue? Get the wages. The county was directly deducted by the county under the magistrate of Song's salary, and Ouyang was essentially a central official sent. His salary could be sent by the Ministry of Revenue every few months, but he did not explain it after he sent the dispatch. This time, he went to the Ministry of Revenue officials, but the Ministry of Revenue officials were stunned for a while, and then began to find information. The person who had only come to get the salary for so many years was the first in the Song Dynasty.

More than a dozen members of the Ministry of Revenue sorted out for two and a half hours before roughly calculated. The salary for seven years was 1,392 jin, and there were also other regular salary sent, including the official salary for the imperial envoy, the official salary for the military supervisor, etc., and then there were 620 jin of pork and 21 shi of grain. In addition to these, there were also vocational money, public money, field, tea candy money, roll money, kitchen materials, firewood, and charcoal. There were also Qianren (servants), Qianren clothing, winter cotton, silk, spring and winter clothes, firewood (fire) money, carbon, salt, horse materials... Not to mention that the Ministry of Revenue was scolding Ouyang Niang,

Even Ouyang was deeply sorry. It would be fine if he replaced others. Ouyang was a few dispatches, the imperial envoy gave the law, the military supervising the law, the patrol commander gave the law, and the patrol commander gave the law, and the law had to calculate how long it took. The examiner also had to do it, and the money for the closure of the courtyard was calculated. Even worse, Ouyang had been married for some time, and he had to calculate the amount of Liang Hongyu. Even worse, Ouyang had done both sixth and eighth ranks, which was another algorithm. Ouyang saw dozens of pairs of busy blood-red eyes that if he changed any magistrate, he would not want to go out alive today.

After everyone has finished sorting it out, Ouyang will run away long ago. More than a dozen people did nothing today, and they all helped a small county magistrate to do chores. They didn't know that it was so tedious that Ouyang wouldn't come to kill him. Because Ouyang knew that if he was so tedious, the Ministry of Revenue would definitely wear small shoes for him. For example, salt and firewood were usually given away money, so these people would definitely put them in real things and play with them. Just say that the salt servant's wife added together for seven years was thirty-one stone, which was equivalent to several thousand kilograms of salt. It was illegal to resell official salt. How long would you take to eat thousands of kilograms of salt?

...

The Bian River comes out, and now the traffic flow of Song waterways is fast. Look at the counties that have become rich first, they do not rely on the sea or river. Of course, relying on the stream is another matter, so you can only fold a paper boat to play. Yangping merchants and Hangzhou merchants also established river transportation companies. In addition, some cities with economical advantages have set up ship sites. Not only cargo, but also passenger ships, and even Ouyang's small chartered boats. The river transportation also led to the development of the boat industry. After all, the river is not the sea, and the water current has a serious impact. After seeing the boater inquired, Ouyang learned that in addition to some locals, these boaters were also illegal immigrants from Jin, Liao, Japan and Goryeo.

Although Ouyang is a modern person, he has no intention of stopping his illegal immigrants after meeting them. He is thinking about how to regulate this market and allow illegal immigrants to get a certain reward after giving their youth and a certain amount of labor. He also considers the contradictions arising from labor competition. However, according to Ouyang's idea, these illegal immigrants are relatively low and have no relatives. After really settled in the Song Dynasty, he is also welcomed.

Ouyang has brought Zhang San and Li Si recently. Wang Wu and Zhao Liu have wives and children. Bailian girls are best left to stay in the place to see if they can produce some sparks of love. Even in modern times, they are still left-handed women. Zhang San and Li are in their early 40s and 20s, unmarried, have good martial arts skills, are clever, loyal and reliable, and are the choice of guardians on both sides.

...

Hangzhou Junlu has received official documents and appointment edicts. Official documents are arranged by the court, and the imperial edict is appointed by officials. According to the above, this time it is not just a simple matter of commercial goods. Some royal workshops have begun to produce precious and exquisite gifts that represent the Song Dynasty. This time, the principle of sea routes is to communicate diplomacy through business. There are more than 40 civil servants on board. This is also the benefit of feudal society. The emperor sets up his ideas and does not have to go through cumbersome procedures such as meetings, discussions or voting. The people below will start to implement them directly. Zhao Yu decided to join the business association, and the Ministry of Rites naturally had to come out, the Ministry of Revenue also had to inspect foreign situations, and the Ministry of Works had to see the world... Except for the Ministry of Justice, all officials from the three provinces and six ministries participated in this long voyage.

In this way, the preparation time will naturally be extended a lot. It will take months to make exquisite gifts by hand. Jade carvings and gold-inlaid jade cannot be made, and those things cannot be obtained in a few years. In the Hangzhou military road, ship personnel must be selected. Supply ships to Temasek must also be on the road. Ouyang only then learned that the United States has only one month to attack Iraq, so why has to be prepared for half a year in advance.

The Southeast Business Association received instructions from Ouyang that it must conduct a thorough inspection of the merchant ships that are about to sail and start purchasing goods. It is expected that the long-distance fleet will not be able to complete the journey in three months. The first thing Ouyang needs to do is training.

The first lesson of the training was language training. All of them were Ouyang's students and the captain of the fleet to be traveling this time. The explanation of Ouyang's language is very simple, it was learned when he was in Yuzhou. How did Yuzhou communicate with foreigners? It is also very simple. Devrois was a child born to Han people left behind on the Silk Road in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so he roughly understood Chinese.

Ouyang said: "Our goal is to learn a hundred common words in the three languages ​​of morality, France and the English language. The minimum requirement is that after we say it, the other party can understand it. We can't understand it. Today we learn English first, and the first sentence is hello, my name is Liang Hongyu. There is a standard saying on it: Harrow, sell it and kill the red jade beam."

"..." Ninety percent of people below squirted.

"Don't laugh, this is introducing yourself." Ouyang said, "Tell me the name of Xiao, and you are not allowed to eat at night."

Ouyang used the most alternative method, labeling common short sentences in Chinese. In fact, it may not be possible, because there are already settled in Tokyo, and businessmen from France are willing to serve as translator and follow the fleet. Ouyang actually looked down on the English teaching method of the Ministry of Education of China. At the beginning, he taught students the most annoying grammar and vowel letters, etc. Ouyang himself learned English by saying that he would not write and speak first. He did not memorize any words, and became an illiterate English-speaking first. In a folk structure survey, 80% of students who hate English lost interest in English because they did not understand grammar and other issues. In the survey, these students did not hate speaking English. It was just that they could not accept that writing an extra s and writing an less s in the exam was a gap of zero and one hundred. Moreover, various grammars made them feel troubled.

The most unacceptable thing for Ouyang was heard in a middle school in the mainland. A teacher demanded that students read the right words completely, including tongue-to-tonguing movements, etc. But Chinese people know that southerners are not used to using nose sounds and do not care about the existence of g in Chinese. British people also know that even in the UK there are various English in dialects. However, requiring people who do not pay attention to Chinese to pay attention to English that they do not understand at all is really an inverted approach. Do those who have accents have to stand aside when reading Chinese classes?

For example, in Chinese, we often use inappropriate words. However, middle school English is very harsh about using inappropriate words. Ouyang thought, how to learn Chinese when learning English is the same. He can speak first, and then learn. After he has achieved success, he will focus on correcting grammar errors. It doesn’t matter if he has an accent or an error. The most important thing is to say one sentence and whether the other party understands it. The foreigner said: This girl is so beautiful, will the Chinese not understand the meaning?

One general was incompetent and exhausted 1.4 billion people.

Ouyang said in class: "Language is for communication, but it is also a tool to increase one's own value and other people's opinions. For example, when a foreign envoy came, their boss spoke to the emperor in Chinese: Hello, Your Majesty. Maybe he only knows this sentence, but from this sentence, we can also see the sincerity of this envoy. Therefore, as a general about the Song Dynasty to visit, one or two sentences is not only a manifestation of respect for other countries, but also a shortcut to increase our favorability for us. No matter how powerful the Song Dynasty is, it is impossible for me to really occupy all the countries in the world. As the saying goes, as the senior representative of the Song Dynasty, you will inevitably be received by some countries. You are embarrassed by the Song Dynasty, and you are insulted by the Song Dynasty. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understand" the students in the same voice, and then they felt that they were not simply escorting. Instead, they were in national honors, which put a lot of pressure on these soldiers. Throughout history, soldiers have regarded honors not as life, but they also valued it very seriously. Ouyang told them that you now represent the country.

Under Ouyang's guidance, all the generals of the fifth rank were working hard to learn some simple daily terms.

The next course is etiquette course. Originally, the Minister of Rites taught etiquette, but after saying a few words, Ouyang kicked aside. What kind of gentleman's virtues are nonsense. Ouyang said: "It is taboo to have guests come to your house to be a guest, so of course you welcome them. But if the guests say and do things and violate your taboos, you may not be very welcome. For example, if you eat fish, you have to eat the lower part. You will say: 'Put the fish'. If an ignorant person says 'Put the fish', I am afraid that the brothers who are about to go out to sea will feel a little unhappy."

"It is the most taboo to ask about **. For example, if you ask about how much someone else's income is, what is the relationship with his or her more intimate women, where his or her parents live, etc. Many of them seem to be polite, but they are impolite to Mediterranean countries. Of course, we have to live in Buddhist countries like India, and the big food will stop, and the customs in different places are different. It's not that I scare you, if you pull a woman's veil in Da or look at it, you will be regarded as a public enemy and beaten up. Of course, respect his nation and don't belittle our nation."

...

The students were tired of Ouyang's hard work. Because all the staff gathered, Ouyang didn't even have the chance to have a secret meeting with Liang Hongyu in Hangzhou for two months. Not only the court, but also the Royal Daily and the people were very concerned about this long voyage. Such a large-scale official maritime voyage visit and commercial exchange is definitely the first time in history. If it goes well, three to four permanent ports will be opened in the Song Dynasty and the Mediterranean, and the Maritime Silk Road will be extremely brilliant in the future. Of course, there will be bloody sights of several ports behind the glory.

For example, Temasek was a pirate village in the eighth century. Then in the Song Dynasty, a similar tribe called "Dragon Yamen" formed a group life. Tens of thousands of residents sold freshwater food, and some of them became guest-stars pirates. According to research, even in modern times, pirates in Southeast Asia were more cruel than pirates anywhere in the world. They robbed property instead of asking for ransoms, and once captured, they would not leave any chickens or dogs.

After the Hangzhou fleet transported 4,000 people to land, it used its weapons advantages and combat literacy to bloodbath Temasek, and the young and strong men were basically killed. All the property obtained was divided by soldiers. Then the port was built and the troops were stationed. However, this matter was not instructed by the court, but the merchants colluded with the army. The army had no place to sell the property, but the merchants had a way to exchange it for Song money. The merchants got this land, which could carry out shipping, planting, exploit the surplus value of local laborers, and the population plundered nearby.

Capital Theory said, what would happen if the benefits would be a hundred times. Now Temasek is completely under the control of the Southeast Business Association. The Song people who were given guilty can choose their own partners among local women, and these criminals have a higher status than anyone else in the local area. Otherwise, some people say that Temasek is a good place to be given a military service.

Of course, Ouyang also knew what methods would be used to control Temasek. He also heard about Temasek's population plunder of residents of surrounding islands. The court also knew that it was specially sent to verify the censors. But when he arrived at Temasek, he only saw a lot of busyness and ports.

Of course, the Southeast Business Association is not a fool. Due to the influence of trends and climate, ships from many nearby countries docked in Temasek. The Southeast Business Association also specially set up a commercial wharf. Neighboring countries still praised the Song people for occupying Temasek. Some merchants went from the Maritime Silk Road to the Song Dynasty, and these praises naturally came to the ears of the court. So the bloody side was blocked.

The soldiers stationed in the port not only receive the military pay of the Song Dynasty, but also receive red envelopes from the Southeast Business Association. As a soldier said, the money given by the imperial court can only be fed a cat, and the money given by the merchant can be fed two big tigers. After eight years of transfer, they returned to Song Tu and became a standard little rich family.

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With all parties ready, in mid-August, the first fleet of long-distance fleets were about to leave the port. Hangzhou City was empty of people and gathered in Xiaoshan. Looking from the shore, hundreds of ships covered the sea in front of them, and they were in order. A flag of the "Great Song" was erected on the rail poles of all ships. Cai Jing, on behalf of Zhao Yunian, read a manifesto, followed dozens of second- to fifth-rank officials from Beijing. Finally, the cannon was fired, and the main ship ordered the anchor to raise sails. At the sunrise, it was very majestic.

Zhang San sighed: Finally, there is no need to run between Yangping and Hangzhou.

Li Si asked: What should I do if I have a relationship in Hangzhou?

Ouyang was still a little sad when he watched the fleet disappear in the sky. This time he set out, Liang Hongyu was the main general and Li Bao was the deputy general. Zhou An, a woman, Zhou Ping and a nephew, were the heads of merchants on the ship, and there were another hundred vendors who dared to take risks. The first stop was a small team visiting Siam, and the main team went straight to Temasek. The second stop was divided into two teams of Tianzhu and Dashi. The third stop was a small team of Dashi. The large team passed the Cape of Good Hope and looked for a port in Africa to rest and rest in the small team waiting for a visit to Dashi. Then he headed north to the Mediterranean. This was the highlight of the voyage, and it was expected to stay for about half a year. The last stop was Yuzhou.

Among the three lines outlined by Ouyang, this one is the first. When the fleet returns, Li Bao will take the second one, heading north from the Mediterranean to continue to visit Nordic countries, then heading east, along the Russian sea line, and establishing a simple non-garrison port in Alaska on the east side of the Bering Strait. Then heading south to return to the Song Dynasty.

The third line is the American Line. This line has a low commercial value, and we have to wait until these two lines come back before making a decision.

Zhou Andao: "Master Ou, this grand occasion is indispensable to the great achievements of the master."

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Shopkeeper Zhou, you have to come back to know if it is a merit or a demerit."

Zhou Andao: "Sir, I'm too worried. According to me, even if you can't reach the Mediterranean, you will benefit a lot from the business association."
Chapter completed!