There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 239 So Many... Sea Charts.

"How can this kind of thing be available outside?" Zhou Ying smiled and said, "Do you know how much money you can buy outside now?"

"That's why you want to open a restaurant and sell these things." Wu Youwei also said with a smile: "Sell high prices, and then gradually promote this kind of things."

He told Zhou Ying, "I learned about the various benefits of overseas crops.

Zhou Ying was really moved.

Wu Youwei hurriedly sent Xiao Xiao to invite Shang Ming to the nearby Huangzhuang, and ordered the kitchen to cook overseas delicacies for Mr. Zhou Ying Zhou.

Shang Ming came very quickly. He thought that Zhou Ying was bullying Wu Youwei, but when he arrived, he realized that was not the case.

Zhou Ying didn't know this Eunuch Shang very well, but both of them had a good relationship with Wu Youwei, especially when Eunuch Shang came, Wu Youwei had already shown a business plan.

It is to open a restaurant, but the dishes and staple foods bought and sold are mainly overseas delicacies.

Although things like potatoes and peppers are everywhere overseas, in Daming, they say they are delicacies, and they are delicacies.

Anyway, no one has the opportunity to go overseas to confirm.

Peppers, tomatoes, etc. are indeed not available in Daming.

Stir-fried pork with chili is a delicacy, why not!

Shang Ming looked at Zhou Ying: "It turns out that Master Wu mentioned it, but it's not convenient for our family to show up in Huangzhuang, and there are few things, so there are enough seeds now, and they can be planted in the warm house in winter.

"There are dried peppers, just grow some green peppers." Wu Youwei said: "Chilis can be used for many things, especially hot pot, which will make people fall in love with it in the severe winter!"

Together, the three of them ate another very fresh meal at night, which finally gave Zhou Ying the motivation to do one thing: "At that time, I will ask for ten taels of silver for a dish!"

"Pull it down!" Shang Ming said, "You can ask for one tael at most for a dish, and pay back ten taels? When there are more of these things, those who have eaten wronged dishes will not be able to settle accounts with you?"

Zhou Ying also thought about it: "Then change it to a dish of one hundred and one taels of silver?"

"Isn't it too expensive?" Wu Youwei said: "These things are very common in normal times...."

"It can be sold at this price in winter, and it can be halved in summer." Shang Ming said not greedy: "Even if ordinary people can grow it in the future, it is worthwhile for them to eat it in advance."

So if you want to get something back, it's out of the question.

But if the price is too high, it will not work. It will make people feel that they are at a disadvantage when they think about it in the future.

Not good for their restaurant.

"But this restaurant requires someone to participate." Zhou Ying said: "I can't do it alone, I have to get a share." Wu Youwei said: "That's fine, find some nobles, have a good reputation, and a clean net worth, you have to understand Pretend to know how to point fingers."

"Why don't you invite some wives to participate?" Shang Ming said: "After all, it is a matter of business, if it is a female family member, it will be better, men are famous....

Wu Youwei understands this: "But the Zhou family doesn't...have any female relatives?"

Zhou Ying's mother passed away a long time ago, and now his father only has a few concubines left, one of whom is older and unfavored, and now takes care of the family affairs.

"Then find some people who are similar to Zhou Ying." Shang Ming said: "Don't look at the high status of nobles, there are still families who can't make ends meet."

"This is fine!" Wu Youwei was the first to agree.

He wanted to find such a person to do business with. First, such people are generally old-fashioned nobles, old-fashioned, and loyal; The house is tidied up.

Furthermore, they have their own influence, and they must have their abilities to be able to stand in the Ming Dynasty for so many years.

So the three of them had a discussion, but the three of them were marginal figures and couldn't know the specific situation of the nobles. Wu Youwei said, "I'll ask Wantong in a few days."

To ask Wantong is actually to ask Emperor Xianzong what he meant.

After all, if these nobles join hands, Emperor Xianzong will also notice.

In the evening, Shang Ming returned to Huangzhuang. He is an outside prison, the kind who has an errand, and usually does not stay outside. , On the second day, Shang Ming came to Mo Ling Villa early in the morning. He still had something to ask Wu Youwei, so he came here without breakfast. After the three of them had breakfast together, Zhou Ying left.

"I'll go back and find a good place first." With something to do, Zhou Ying, who was broken in love, finally came back to life, no longer pretending to be a literary youth, and walked away alive and kicking.

After he left, Shang Ming sighed: "Why are you bothering?"

"After all, they are blood relatives." Wu Youwei said: "The emperor is not good and can't reuse the Zhou family. It's better to let the Zhou family stand up on their own. The emperor also has glory in his face, right?"

"The Zhou family... what can they offer?" Shang Ming said: "But can the emperor not reuse everything that has been made?"

If it is not reused, it is useless.

Even if the Queen Mother Zhou cried and wiped away her tears, it was useless. The emperor could even grant the Zhou family a marquis, but he could not give the Zhou family real power.

Often the rewards are generous, but they are not announced.

What is the use of merely giving rewards?

How often do you see the emperor throughout the year?Not as much as he has seen.

"There are benefits to not being successful." Wu Youwei said: "Besides, the emperor will be happy if my natal family gets benefits.

Not long after saying this, Wu Youwei received a message from Wantong, asking him to come to Beijing to go to the courtyard next to the Fushi Mansion.

The sea chart has been moved out of the Ministry of War!

The word "move" did not catch Wu Youwei's attention.

He just noticed the "sea chart", and it was the original chart for the record, that is to say, it was the same as the original chart?

That's just wonderful.

Immediately, he went to the capital in a small car, but when he got there, he realized that his new house was filled with more than a dozen large boxes.

"What are these?" Wu Youwei frowned.

"It's something you asked to move in." Wanfu steward said: "My lord personally ordered it to be watched all the time, and I can't leave it until you come."

Several people took turns guarding it, and they didn't know what treasure was inside.

Wu Youwei was even more confused: "Did I bring anything in?"

"These are the things you want." Wantong came back from the outside, and answered Wu Youwei's question by the way: "Go and have lunch first."

At the end of September, the weather has already started to get cold, and it is only hot at noon. This climate is suitable for drying vegetables and pickling things.

"Wait!" Wu Youwei asked Wantong tremblingly, pointing to several large boxes: "You said, these are all charts?"

"En." Wantong nodded and said, "So I want you to watch these after lunch and nap."

Otherwise, it would be easy to not eat, drink, or take a nap, and just waste time with the chart.

Wu Youwei was completely speechless...! ! "

In a daze, Wantong took him into the main room of the Fushi Mansion next door, and he hadn't recovered yet.

"Those are all?" The sea chart in Wu Youwei's memory should be a piece of parchment. Of course, in Daming, it might be a piece of rice paper, a very large rice paper.

"Well, it's all." Wantong took him to wash up, and soon, the butler Wanfu asked someone to set up lunch.

Because I knew that the master was coming, the meals in the kitchen were very light, and the pumpkin stew was all thin....

Of course, adults can’t be left behind, braised pork in brown sauce is quite suitable for adults, and the staple food is rice.

Because the kitchen found that the master prefers to eat rice, he can eat two bowls every time, but if it is steamed buns, he can only eat one.

Wu Youwei came to his senses while eating: "Why are there so many?"

He was so surprised just now that he didn't realize that he was hungry. Now he felt hungry after eating rice. He picked up a lot of braised pork belonging to Wantong in one go, but the lean meat was eaten by himself, and the fat meat was thrown to Wantong. .

"I don't know either. I only know that there are always so many. This is a spare, but it is drawn according to the original picture." Wantong ate the fat that Wu Youwei didn't eat: "There are still several boxes in the back. I'll have someone move it for you."

"Oh my god!" Wu Youwei supported his forehead: "I thought there was only one piece, at best it would be bigger...

How big is the world map?There are several boxes of this stuff...

After eating, I took a stroll for a while to digest my food, and then went to take a nap, which was just right for a nap.

But Wantong just waited for Wu Youwei to fall asleep, and then went out. He didn't have the habit of taking a nap, and went to Beizhen Fusi.

After Wu Youwei woke up, he found that there were eight more boxes.

Xiao Xiao touched the box curiously: "Master, what's in it?"

"I don't know either." Wu Youwei then opened a box and found that there were several scrolls inside, and the scrolls were all very large. He opened one and found that it was a sea chart drawn by ancient people, which was a map of an island. The floor plan is only drawn more abstractly, but it can be seen that the people who drew it are very dedicated.

Even what is produced on the island is marked.

This is an island called "Bone Island", which looks like a bone with flesh. The reason why this island is painted is because there is a small freshwater lake on this island, which can provide fresh water for the voyage.

At the same time, the island is also rich in a kind of fragrant wood, which has a unique taste and a hard texture. It is said that it should be something like iron wood.

There is also a pure white seabird on the island, which flies as beautifully as snow.

Wu Youwei immediately became interested, so interesting!

It's just that there is no sea mark on this island, so I don't know how to find it.

Another picture of the sea is a place called "Elbow Island". There is no one on it, but it is rich in agate, but it is not too big, and there is fresh water on it. It is a spring, which can be used as a place for sea ships to replenish fresh water.

Wu Youwei picked a larger blueprint and opened it, and it was much larger.

It is a small country called "Yajia". It is in the depths of the sea. It is recorded that it was found after getting lost. The country is very small, only as big as a county. The king needs to go to the field to farm, and the queen has to weave cloth. clothing.

There are only about 1 people in the country.

The leaves are used as containers for serving rice, and sea fish are also used as fishing objects.....

What I said above is very interesting, they have never seen such a big ship, at that time they thought that Daming's fleet was the descending of the sea god.

But in the end, they were received. Although the language was difficult, the silk of Daming made these scholars stare straight at the eyes, and the ordinary porcelain almost made the king invite him to the Taimiao, which was dedicated to the ancestors.

And their funeral customs are also very unique. A big pit is dug, and the whole family is buried in this pit, and the ancestors are at the bottom...

Wu Youwei laughed when he watched it. He remembered that he had watched a travel show before, and there really was such a custom, especially on the islands, where there is less land and even less can be cultivated. So in order to save land, they can bury, Sea burial, tree burial, etc.

It is more yearning for future life, such as tree burial, it is said that the tree grows taller, and the dead will go to heaven to enjoy happiness.

However, there is still no sea mark, and it is just vaguely written about how long it takes to travel from a certain place, which is very unscientific.

Because the speed of ocean currents will change according to the seasons, this requires careful study, and there is no mark on this chart, and the north and south can be distinguished, but Wu Youwei feels that it is not careful enough.

Wu Youwei decided to go out to buy paper. He wanted to draw a map of the world based on sea charts.

Thanks to his career as a teacher in his previous life, he was also a substitute for geography at that time. Since it was not the main subject, teachers were allowed to substitute for 200 yuan per class.

In order to make money, Wu Youwei spent time preparing lessons, and he was able to draw the world map silently. This skill shocked many stubborn students, and his geography scores increased, so Wu Youwei still has confidence in himself. Yes, it's just that his world map can detail the provinces at most. As for the cities, districts, and counties, that's impossible.

But he remembers the big rooster map of his country clearly...

However, it seems that the present is not the same as the later generations, at least the Inner Mongolia side is still outside the customs.

Some places have not yet been built. Shanghai is still called "Songjiang Mansion", and Guangzhou is still called "Lingnan Mansion...