Shuntianfu, Tianjin Beiyang, Dagukou Customs.

The green tile cornices of the customs defense are built out of the second floor, and Chen Mu relies on the green carved green pillars of the lion tower to look at the two temple towers on both sides of the customs defense.

said that he came here to invite Sean to drink, but it seemed that Chen Mu didn't have much desire to accompany Sean to drink, and he kept holding a wine jug by himself and standing on the side of the green pillar next to the railing, taking a sip of turbid rice wine.

To the sound of the lute played by the servant, he was looking at the fleets that were covering the ocean one after another in the distance.

That was his fleet and the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, and the name of this fleet was the Great Eastern Ocean.

The baggage fleet had set sail one after another, scattered between the Golden State Wei and the four thousand miles and hundreds of households, and the long route was divided into several sections by his staff, alternating supplies to transport the baggage in a more efficient manner.

The few remaining lucky ships are the baggage ships that actually sail with the fleet when it sets sail.

Baggage boats, horses and boats are all docked on the shore, on both sides of the Dagu Kou Gate stop out of the continuous ship line, the baggage ship is painted with red lacquer, lime plastered belly, and two fish-eye-like black spots are dotted on both sides of the bow, although a large part of the collection of civilian ships is obtained, but the ships of similar size are very neat.

The warships at sea are another shape, there are flat heads and pointed heads above the waterline in the bow, and the waterlines are all streamlined, among which the double-deck gunboats are all pointed, and most of the three-deck gunboats above the thousand materials use flat heads because of their captains, and there are murals, stone statues and decorations.

The development of affairs is mutual, and it seems that the various shipyards have tried to show their personal aesthetic preferences in order to accommodate these things, and the hull and butt of the ship are generally larger, so that the hull can still be balanced after decoration.

In particular, Chen Mu was pleasantly surprised by the transfer of ships from the South Seas, and the trend of nailing nails in the hull of ships by Shao Tingda in the South Seas has made some of the Nanyang ships have become semi-ironclad ships, and the ships are like the old lock ships that spontaneously made Portuguese hulls and Chinese sails in the early days.

Lanterns hung on the front and back of the ship to guide the front and rear fleets, and the ship's paint was painted in white and black, looking majestic.

Fortunately, Sean didn't dare to let him accompany him, and of course he didn't need to let him accompany him, as the only foreigner authorized by the emperor to live in Beiyang, Shuntian Mansion, no, he was no longer a foreigner at this time.

The emperor just canonized him with an edict a few days ago, named the king of Ailan, and added the character Zhu to his surname, his name is Sean O'Neill, and his Chinese name is Zhu Xiaoen.

Not to mention the treatment of the county king, even if it is the treatment of the prince, Uncle Chen should be an uncle or an uncle.

"It's amazing!"

Zhu Xiaoen held a pair of delicate porcelain reflux jugs in one hand and a rice wine jug in the other hand and poured them to the bottom of the reflux jug, and his mouth was full of surprise.

This is the product of the Beiyang pottery factory after absorbing the porcelain craftsmen of Bozhou, Shandong, imitating the Yaozhou kiln of the Song Dynasty, the pot can not be opened without a lid, the opening of the pour is at the bottom of the pot, through the porcelain pipe in the pot to the top of the pot, and the spout has a layer of partition pipe extending to the bottom of the pot for three minutes.

Through the two layers of partitions, the water in the pot will not leak out of the spout, and the pot will not be spilled after the bottom of the pot is filled.

The principle is very scientific, the workmanship is more exquisite, the spout is lying on the lion, the body of the pot is peony flowers, and the top handle of the pot has a phoenix spreading its wings, and the three kings of the world imply might, wealth and auspiciousness.

Beiyang Ceramics Factory divided this batch of porcelain pots into three colors, divided into white porcelain, celadon and red porcelain.

There are also five fair cups, and the wine in the cup cannot be filled, and all the wine will leak and drip if it is full.

This kind of wine glass was first produced in Jingdezhen during the time of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

For both kinds of utensils, Chen Mu didn't order the craftsman to make any improvements, as long as they were made.

But there are some things that he doesn't need to order, for example, when he says that he wants to inoculate himself, not only the folk doctors who have gathered on Kuwu Island and now live in the Beiyang Medical Academy, but even the doctors of the Imperial Hospital feel at a loss.

People are scrambling to find a safer way, and this attitude makes Chen Mu very dissatisfied - if he says that the real purpose is to inoculate the Beiyang flag army, will no one care?

Now the Beiyang Medical Academy is trying to find a way to get from the cow infected with smallpox, and the idea is naturally Chen Mu's idea, but no one can be sure whether cowpox can be used directly on people, and whether it can really immunize people from smallpox after use.

Chen Mu didn't understand the principle, and he couldn't be sure if it was 100%, so he could only try, and the time was still relatively tight - he couldn't miss the departure date, let alone the imperial court parade.

However, for the time being, cowpox is indeed safer, at least after being infected from smallpox-infected cows, they only feel slightly unwell, and there is no fear of life.

At least this means that if smallpox can be prevented, no one will die in the future even if the vaccination fails, and the cost is much smaller than vaccinating the pox.

As long as the Beiyang III Banner Army is vaccinated, more than 10,000 vaccinations will be enough for doctors to gain enough experience, and then the imperial court will fully implement it, and it is hoped that the smallpox virus will be eradicated from China in a few decades.

Zhu Xiaoen's emotion interrupted Chen Mu's thoughts, this guy is simply a child, he has a feeling of being too awesome and cool when he sees everything, he saw a hat in the rain a few days ago, and he wore it all day long when the rain stopped for half a month.

Even Chen Mu later felt that the flamboyant shape of the coat and hat was too stylish.

Zhu Xiaoen thinks that the best thing about China is not in the whole thriving army such as guns or Beiyang, but in everything he sees on weekdays.

Through the mouth of a foreign person, Chen Mu felt that this land was full of divinity.

"The lantern on the ship, a candle in the middle of a layer of oiled paper, will not burn out, and how is the oiled paper made?"

"There are also drains on the side of the street, carved in the shape of a beast's head, and when it rains, water spurts out of the beast's mouth...... We're going to make a kid's cock over there. ”

Prince Zhu Xiaoen shook his lips, a man with a big red beard and five big and three thick sounds uncomfortable to do this kind of action, he said: "Although it is also interesting, it is ......"

"The court is good everywhere, but you, some people are too proud, when the eunuch sent His Majesty to canonize me, I put on a very beautiful silk python robe, I heard someone say that Mu monkey and crown, is this common saying, Mu monkey and crown."

Chen Mu walked to the table, lifted the backflow pot and poured no more or no less wine into Zhu Xiaoen's fair cup, and said with relief: "People in this country are very proud, and you will become proud in the meantime." For hundreds of years, from the common people to the officials, all of us did not have the slightest curiosity about our surroundings. ”

"Some people say that pride comes from ignorance, but I think pride comes from happiness, and even though they don't feel happy, I think it's very happy. They are all so ignorant, no one can bully them, this kind of drawing the sword and looking around at a loss is precisely the embodiment of happiness. ”

"A hundred years ago, the Three Treasures repaired weapons to build giant ships, and the treasure fleet spanned the four seas, who could fight with them?"

"The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and this generation worked hard to expel the southern and northern captives, so that the next generation could be carefree. As long as you honor the court, your people will have this pride within ten years. ”

Zhu Xiaoen spread out his hands noncommittally, hid the wine that Chen Mu poured for him, and clapped his hands: "Speaking of respecting the imperial court, after the fleet sets sail, can the imperial court send some artists to the Ailan Kingdom?" ”

Chen Mu's steps that had already taken him paused, slowly retracted, turned his head and neck a little stiff, and repeated: "The imperial court sent to the country of Ailan, artist?" ”