Chapter Ninety-Two: Journey to Liuqiu
One day in February 1265, this small fleet set out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
They can be regarded as officially starting the action of developing from the mainland to overseas, and this may be another curtain of history and another big drama will be staged.
Six people just want to live a good life, and they have to make such a big change to this space, which is really speechless.
Happiness will not fall from the sky, nor will it be given to you by others, you can only fight.
In the history of this nation, it is not easy to live a normal life.
During the Southern Song Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty, the population of the entire south of the Yangtze River exceeded 100 million.
But historical sources say that there are more than 80 million ...... However, according to the observation of smugglers in time and space, not only these household registrations, but also a large number of people returning to the south may not be counted, and they do not register themselves, but they are still living well, of course, temporarily.
In the early days of the Great Song Dynasty, after the war had just subsided, there were only about 6.5 million households in the country.
In the third year of Song Daguan, the number of households reached 20.88 million, and the population was about 112.75 million, exceeding 100 million.
After the Jurchen invasion of the south, there was a large migration of people from the north to the south.
At this time, the population in the south was mainly concentrated in Liangzhejiang, Jiangnan East and West, and Fujian Four Roads.
These four roads account for half of the population in the south, with the two Zhejiang roads being the largest.
If we look at it with the algorithm of the Bureau of Statistics, there is still no shortage of agricultural fields in this space-time.
However, due to the long-term war against Jin, the population of the Great Song Dynasty was in a state of abnormal distribution.
Of course, even this is not a shortage of agricultural fields, so the Great Song Dynasty did not inhibit the annexation of farmland.
Moreover, there was no large-scale famine during the Southern Song Dynasty.
In fact, no matter what time and space it is, the land issue is not the core issue, and it has another purpose to always talk about land.
Just count the four roads of Zhejiang, Jiangnan and Fujian, and now there are still a large number of barren fields that have not been developed.
This time and space lacks the ability to open up a large area of wasteland, and there is no suitable driving force.
The six space-time smugglers have the ability to organize the reclamation of wasteland, but if they can open up the wasteland on the mainland, it is better to go to Liuqiu Island and do the same work.
The gap between the two, in their opinion, is not very large.
Moreover, they are very well prepared.
When the seagoing ships reached the surface, the entire seagoing fleet formed a column formation.
Now the sea conditions are good, the wind is four or five magnitude, and the waves can look like two or three meters.
The sky is cloudless, and it seems that it may be sunny at night.
Everyone got out of the cabin, they were relieved, and felt that the level of these sailors in maneuvering the sea ship was better than they imagined, and after pulling the sails, they were riding the wind and waves to the southeast, which was quite imposing.
Their fleet does not appear obtrusive at sea.
In this time and space, from Huainan in the north, through Hangzhou Bay and Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in the middle, to Guangzhou Bay and Qiongzhou Strait in the south, the entire coastline of the Great Song Dynasty is open to the outside world, and the development of commercial trade with Western and Nanyang countries is carried out.
It's a real self-confidence.
Wan Shida led everyone out of the cabin, and the rest of the entourage stood on the deck to watch the scenery.
It was still dark in the cabin, and they turned on their flashlights and discussed them on a large-scale chart.
Wan Shida said: "The islands along the road will not change much, and the historical gap of more than 700 years cannot change greatly...... Therefore, it is not easy to get to Liuqiu Island on this way, if a lighthouse is erected on these islands in the future, then even if it is cloudy weather, it can sail at night, which is conducive to us to accommodate the labor force of the Great Song Dynasty in the future. ”
Of course, this is their plan in the middle and late stages.
At this time, not only the entire coastline of the Great Song Dynasty was open to the outside world, but the Great Song Dynasty also set up many lighthouses on the corresponding coasts to guide the way for the merchant ships sailing at night.
Of course, the sea voyages in this time and space are still close to the coast, so it makes sense when Captain Cai Erlang said that Naliuqiu Island is not on the main route, although judging from the charts, it is only a narrow strait.
Their sea vessels must have sailed on the mainland, and they may not have even reached the middle line of the strait, let alone followed the west coast of the strait.
Wu Dapeng was really a little worried, and said, "Do you think the Tainan Plain can be very different from the world over there?" ”
Zhang Guoan pointed to the Tainan Plain on the chart with his finger and said, "Don't be afraid." Just like Fa Tsai said, the basic plate is almost done, and we are not mainly engaged in food production in the first place......"
Wang Defa said: "There is no problem with self-protection in the early stage...... I still say that the population base of 500,000 to 1 million is too low...... Five million is a good node. ”
Wu Dapeng, who originally set this population base, said: "Ah, you have to change your thinking, the difference between this time and space is that the people on the mainland have not been locked by the household registration system of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Doesn't the northerners run to the south and live alive?
Think about that Hou Dongfang, he is supposed to be from Hebei, you see that after running south of the Yangtze River, he is quite harmonious with the southerners, right?
They have not experienced being locked by the hukou system, so they are unlikely to have a sense of region!
Therefore, when we develop it here, the Great Song Dynasty labor force may come by itself, and we don't have to worry about it, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely not lock up the country, in that case, they will lock themselves up. ”
Song Ziqiang watched them discuss the future crookedly, a little annoyed, and said: "Don't think so far ahead, those wasteland daredevils are the most critical, without them pulling these eggs, it is better to go back to the original world." ”
This is right, of course, Wu Dapeng and Zhang Guoan have already made meticulous arrangements.
At this time, the wind and waves were a little stronger, and everyone felt that the sea boat was bumping up, and the ups and downs were a little big.
Wang Defa went to the deck and shouted: "Okay, let's get off the cabin quickly!" ”
The twenty and a half sons, as well as the people they bought in Lin'an City, and the ten palace maids who had left the palace, all returned to the cabin with a grin, and their attitudes were not nervous at all.
The captain Cai Erlang and the sailors also laughed, this wind and waves, it is the best time to sail, what is there to fear?
Wang Defa looked at the fleet behind him, and they were all sailing behind normally, very good, nothing unusual.
Gu Jianshan's little face turned a little pale, and he said stiffly, "Why don't you see pirates?" Someone wants to shoot a bed crossbow! ”
"Pull it down, where can a pirate come and rob the fleet of so many ships...... Hurry back to the cabin! ”
Previously, he led twenty and a half children to practice shooting with bed crossbows.
This is a product of the Great Song Dynasty Bow and Crossbow Academy, and they were directly allowed to use it, but the method of twisting the stick on the bowstring was changed to using a pulley group, so that it only took a quarter of the original strength to complete the action of the bowstring, and the two and a half sizes could be compared to two strong men.
The crossbow of the bed crossbow they asked for was as thick as a baby's arm.
Wang Defa had asked them to test shoot before.
Wang Defa found that the elasticity of the back of the wooden crossbow of this rack crossbow is still amazing, and it can easily reach 100 meters.
This isn't the longest-range bed crossbow on this plane.
According to the records of Song Renzong to Song Shenzong, the largest one at that time was called the three-bow and eight-cow monnieri crossbow, with seventy strong men to open the hair, its arrow is called one gun and three sword arrows, can shoot and three hundred steps away, one step is five Song rulers, according to each Song ruler is about 0.31 meters, the range is about 465 meters, it is indeed a long-range weapon at that time.
The bed crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty was used to defend the city and field battles, and on the eve of the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Khitan general Xiao Tzu Rin was killed by the crossbow arrow of the middle bed, which greatly damaged the morale of the Khitan army.
In the era of Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, Du Gao, the general of the anti-Mongolian resistance, also built a large crossbow that could reach a thousand steps, with a distance of about 1,550 meters.
Of course, this bed crossbow is large and bulky, and the crossbow arrows are light, so I'm afraid it's not of much practical use.
The bed crossbow they picked was smaller, but it didn't take up space and was easy to handle.
It's just that for the maintenance of the crossbow bowstring, it is a problem at sea.
They set up a drying room in the cabin, and borrowed charcoal powder and white ash to store it, and they asked for a lot of spare ones.
If you encounter pirates, install it again, and the time is enough.
The half-sized boys had fun, and the object could be shot straight or thrown at the head.
Wang Defa prepared a gunpowder bag that could be temporarily tied to a crossbow arrow and ignited with an ordinary gunpowder fuse.
He asked the half-sized children to practice with sandbags of the same weight, and found that they could shoot directly within fifty meters, which was enough.
In fact, their most important weapon is their modern weapon, even if they are on the undulating sea, even if their quiet lady may strafe with her eyes closed, I don't believe that they can't deal with the pirates of this plane!
As the curiosity passes, as the wind and waves increase. Some of the people on their ship soon began to get seasick.
These were all prepared in advance, but fortunately, only a third of them vomited, another third were pale and sweating, and in the end, nothing happened.
Hou Dongfang, Bao Wei, Mei Lezhi and others, happily carrying wooden basins and boiling water, were busy going in and out.
Spit it, spit and spit and get used to it, and seasickness will not be dead.
After Song Ziqiang finished vomiting, he lay on the bed and said, "It's over, I feel like I'm going to die...... My hundreds of millions of family assets, you must not confiscate them, and then sell them cheaply and become your own, if you can go back, bring them to my son and wife......"
Wan Shida smiled and said, "What you said is really bad...... None of us can go back without you...... You spit it out again, just spit out the bitter gall. ”
Song Ziqiang could only scold in a subtle voice: "You go to me...... Dead ......"
It was only more than 400 kilometers from Lin'an City to the northern part of Liuqiu, and according to such a smooth situation, it would take four or five days to arrive, and then along the west bank to the southern plain of Liuqiu, it was only a matter of three or two days, but they were prepared dry food and other food according to the share of ten days.
But I didn't expect that seasickness cost dry water, but saved food.
Sure enough, they vomited, vomited, and when there was nothing to vomit, the northeast monsoon was noticeably weaker, not as strong as before.
The vast majority of people have returned to normal, Song Ziqiang didn't vomit, but started a fever.
Wanshida was really convinced, this cargo has the greatest power on land, and it didn't have to be at sea, it turned out to be this level.
Everyone hurriedly fed him seasickness medicine and used physical therapy to reduce his fever.
It's not that I am reluctant to give seasickness medicine, because if you take medicine as soon as you get seasick, it is easy to develop dependence, and if you don't take it next time, you are more likely to get sick.
Fortunately, he was young after all, there was no problem with his physical fitness, and after eating some fruits, he quickly got better.
Wan Shida said: "I haven't heard of you being seasick before?" ”
Song Ziqiang's face turned pale, and he said in a weak voice: "I haven't been a boat for such a long time before, at most it's a sightseeing yacht......"
After a few days, I heard a sailor shouting: "I have seen the big island, I must have arrived at Liuqiu!" ”
Song Ziqiang suddenly came to his senses, and Wan Shida and Wang Defa helped him to the deck.
A piece of land appeared in front of them.