"Golden Vase Plum" finally ends with Aster running out of the main hall with a red face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Ming naturally didn't talk about the golden bottle plum for any feudal etiquette issue, he just took the opportunity to say a meat joke and take advantage of the aster.

In fact, Xiao Ming is not in a hurry to change things like feudal etiquette, and deep-rooted things can only boil frogs in warm water and take their time.

And the Renaissance in his eyes is not just a simple theater, deliberately not bringing the results he expected.

His sudden interest in the theater was also to increase the entertainment projects in Qingzhou and increase the income of the government office, which was also part of the town's construction.

Of course, he can't say this in a grand manner, because the vassal and elegant will inevitably poke his backbone 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 liberal arts academy, in education.

As long as the students of the liberal arts academy accepted his knowledge, the Renaissance was half completed, because the Renaissance in the West was only embodied in the higher talents, from top to bottom.

Therefore, for Xiao Ming, drama is just a very small card in his governance of the fiefdom, and the three most important issues now are commercial construction, universal education, and army building.

Leaving all the affairs of the troupe to Aster to deal with, Xiao Ming threw himself on another weapon of war after artillery-flintlock pistol.

In his knowledge, in the thirties of the modern fourteenth century, the first tubular metal firearms appeared in Europe, and the muskets at this time were called muskets, which later became arquebuses, and the history of this firearm in Europe continued until the sixteenth century.

At this time, also in the 16th century, the arquebus of this period was introduced to the Japanese by the Portuguese in the 22nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, there has always been controversy about the origin of the bird gun in the Ming Dynasty, one is the theory of the bird's own creation, the other is the theory of the introduction of the Wa Kingdom, and the other is the theory of direct introduction from the West.

But in any case, since the sixteenth century, the world has basically entered the age of firearms, and in the middle of the seventeenth century, flintlock pistols have become mainstream.

As for the question of why Dayu has not been exposed to muskets, Xiao Ming has always wondered, according to the normal trajectory, Dayu should have at least been in contact with muskets and artillery.

But the fact is that this concept does not seem to exist in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and the only reason he can find is that the Great Chongqing Kingdom does not attach much importance to the sea, and the coastal waters of the Great Chongqing Kingdom have now become a place where the Japanese invaders are rampant, which further prevents the foreign border of the Great Chongqing from coming and going.

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

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming frowned.

But in any case, now he could not wait, after the normalization of artillery production, the production of this flintlock pistol had to be put on the agenda, and there was not much time left for him.

One was to deal with the possible invasion of the Wa Kingdom in three years, while the other was to prepare to expel the barbarians of Youzhou before the Wa invasion and drive the barbarians out of Shanhaiguan, so that he could avoid being attacked by the time of the time, and at the same time allow the musket team to have actual combat experience.

Just thinking about it, suddenly Aster, who ran out shyly just now, 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, and now he doesn't know what the harvest is?

After a while, Liang Dahai, who was wearing a purple round-necked robe, walked in, "Your Highness, the lower official is back." ”

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

Liang Dahai said: "As His Highness expected, there are a lot of cattle and sheep frozen to death on the grassland this year, and the barbarian tribes in order not to starve this year, but there are many tribes who secretly trade slaves with us. ”

"No need, it's good, this king is short of manpower right 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, and this king is really short of labor, so the business of buying slaves on the grassland cannot be stopped, and you have 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 rolled, and he smiled: "Your Highness, this is also a way, but these pirates need real money to deal with, they are not like the barbarians who can only give some old food now?" ”

"Now Qingzhou is using money everywhere, and this king has no money for you." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Liang Dahai showed a bitter expression, "Your Highness, aren't you making things difficult for your subordinates?" In the past, Xia Guan had a lot of experience dealing with pirates, and this group of outlaws was not so easy to deceive. ”

"Don't worry, it's not like this king won't give you things, so let's do it, it's not too early today, you go back first, and tomorrow this king will hand over the things to buy slaves to you."

Liang Dahai hesitated, but nodded.

The next day, Xiao Ming directly informed Liang Dahai to go to the glass workshop, where Xiao Ming pointed to a large wooden box and said to Liang Dahai: "Well, this is the capital that this king gave you to buy slaves." ”

Looking at the big wooden box on the ground, Liang Dahai walked over, and when he lifted the wooden box, the whole person was stupid, "Your Highness, this... This... It's too precious. ”

At this time, the wooden box was full of boxes of glass balls, this kind of glass ball was the simplest kind of green glass ball, and Xiao Ming's carbon marble was used when he was a child.

Grabbing a handful of glass balls, the glass balls rubbed in his hand and made a pleasant sound, Xiao Ming smiled: "It is because it is precious, so I let you exchange it for slaves, it's no problem to use this." ”

The value of glass Xiao Ming is naturally clear, and he has mastered the glass process, and this box of glass beads is not worth a hundred taels of silver.

But now glass is a real luxury in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and he believes that those who wander overseas have not even seen this kind of glass ball, and those pirates who hold this kind of glass ball will inevitably be a treasure.

"No... Not... Issue. "Liang Dahai has already stammered, this box of glass beads is simply a huge fortune.

Xiao Ming continued: "Be flexible, this glass bead can not only be exchanged for slaves, but also for some gold, silver and the like with these pirates. ”

Liang Dahai had also dealt with pirates when he was a slave trader before, and he knew that these glass balls would definitely make the pirates crazy, so he took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, the lower officials will definitely exchange this box of glass for something of equal value." ”

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, once the West exchanged a few glass balls for a large area of land for the Indians, and he couldn't fall behind, and he had to take advantage of it immediately.

(To be continued.) )