Chapter 292

Jin Ping Mei finally ends with aster running out of the main hall with a red face.

Naturally, Xiao Ming didn't talk about Jin Ping Mei for the sake of feudal ethics. He just took the opportunity to say a dirty joke and take advantage of Aster.

As a matter of fact, Xiao Ming was not in a hurry to change the feudal ethics and so on. He could only cook frogs in warm water and take his time.

And the Renaissance in his eyes is not just a simple theater, deliberately unable to bring his expected results.

His sudden interest in theater is also to increase the entertainment projects in Qingzhou and the income of the government, which is also part of urban construction.

Of course, he can't say this purpose in a dignified way, because people with mediocrity and elegance are bound to poke his spine and despise him.

In his opinion, drama can help him spread some ideas among the people, but the foundation of the Renaissance is still in the school of liberal arts and education.

As long as the students of Bowen college accept his knowledge, half of the Renaissance will be completed, because the Western Renaissance is only reflected in higher talents, from top to bottom.

Therefore, for Xiao Ming, drama is only a small card in his management of the fiefdom. Now the three most important issues are commercial construction, universal education and military construction.

When he left all the affairs of the troupe to aster, Xiao Ming threw himself on another weapon of war after the artillery, the flint gun.

In his knowledge, the first tubular metal firearm appeared in Europe in the modern 1430s. At this time, the firearm was known as the fire gate gun, which was later known as the fire rope musket. The history of this kind of firearm in Europe lasted until the 16th century.

At this time, the same as the 16th century, this period of the torch from the Portuguese into the Japanese time in Jiajing 22 years.

Therefore, the origin of bird blunderbuss in Ming Dynasty has always been controversial. One is the theory of bird blunderbuss' self creation, the other is the theory of Japanese introduction, and the other is the theory of direct introduction from the West.

But anyway, since the 16th century, the world has basically entered the era of firearms, and in the mid-17th century, Flint guns have become the mainstream.

As for why the state of Dayu didn't come into contact with muskets, Xiao Ming always wondered. According to the normal track, Dayu should have at least come into contact with muskets and artillery.

But the fact is that this concept does not seem to exist in Dayu. The only reason he can find is that Dayu attaches great importance to the ocean, and the coastal waters of Dayu have now become a place where Japanese pirates run rampant, which further prevents the external communication of Dayu.

In addition, Chang'an belongs to the inland, if it comes into contact with foreigners, it is also the first contact between the king of Wei and the king of Chu.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming frowned.

In any case, he can't wait now. After the normalization of artillery production, the production of this flint gun must be put on the agenda. There is not much time left for him.

One is to cope with the possible invasion of the Japanese three years later, and the other is to expel the barbarians in Youzhou before the invasion of the Japanese, and drive them out of Shanhaiguan. In this way, he can avoid being attacked by the enemy on his back and on his back at that time, and at the same time, he can let the firearm team have practical combat experience.

Just thinking about it, suddenly the shy aster came back, "Your Highness, Liang Dahai is back."

"He's back? Let him in Xiao Ming said excitedly.

At the beginning of winter last year, he sent Liang Dahai to the grassland to buy slaves. Now he doesn't know how to harvest them?

After a while, Liang Dahai, dressed in a purple round collar robe, came in, "Your Highness, I'm back."

"How about going to the grassland this time?" Xiao Ming asked with a smile.

Liang Dahai said: "as your highness expected, there are a lot of cattle and sheep frozen to death on the grassland this year. In order not to go hungry this year, many barbarian tribes secretly trade slaves with us. In recent months, my highness has bought 12000 strong slaves on the grassland. Please review them."

"No, it's very good. I'm short of manpower now." Xiao Ming pondered for a moment, "you give these slaves to Qian Dafu immediately."

Then he continued: "Liang Dahai, you also know that the population of Qingzhou has come out. My king is really short of labor, so the business of buying slaves on the grassland can't stop. In addition, you need to open up another way to buy slaves, such as going to Dengzhou to buy slaves from pirates."

"Buy slaves from pirates!" Liang Dahai's eyes turned and he said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is also a way, but these pirates need real money to deal with. They are not like the barbarians. Now they can only get rid of them by giving them some old food?"

"Money is used everywhere in Qingzhou now. I have no money for you." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Liang Dahai looked bitter. "Your Highness, aren't you making trouble for me? In the past, the officials had more experience in dealing with pirates. These outlaws are not so easy to cheat. "

"Don't worry. I won't give you anything. Well, it's late today. Go back first, and tomorrow I'll give you the things to buy slaves."

Liang Dahai hesitated and nodded.The next day, Xiao Ming directly informed Liang Dahai to go to the glass workshop. In the workshop, Xiao Ming pointed to a large wooden box and said to Liang Dahai, "here, this is the capital I gave you to buy slaves."

Looking at the big wooden box on the ground, Liang Dahai walked over. When he opened the wooden box, the whole person was silly, "Your Highness, this This It's precious. "

At this time, the wooden box was full of glass balls. This kind of glass ball was the simplest kind with green color. Xiao Ming used this kind of glass ball when he was a child.

He grabs a glass ball and rubs it in his hand to make a pleasant sound. Xiao Ming says with a smile, "it's because it's precious that I let you trade it for slaves. Is it OK to use this one?"

What is the value of glass? Xiao Ming is naturally clear. Having mastered the glass technology, this box of glass beads is not worth 100 taels of silver.

But now glass is a real luxury in Dayu. He believes that the Japanese pirates who roam abroad have not even seen the glass ball made of this kind of technology. With the glass ball, the pirates will be a treasure.

"No No The problem. " Liang Dahai has stammered. This box of glass beads is a huge fortune.

Xiao Ming continued: "be flexible. This glass bead can not only be exchanged for slaves, but also can be exchanged with these pirates for gold, silver and so on

Liang Dahai used to deal with pirates when he was selling slaves. Knowing that these glass balls would certainly make pirates crazy, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, you can rest assured that I will replace this box of glass with something equivalent."

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. The West once traded a few glass balls for a large area of Indian land, and he could not fall behind. Taking advantage of his own advantages, he had to use it immediately.

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