Li Ke once thought that ancient Chinese sailboats could not sail against the wind, but after careful communication with Yu Wenlin, he realized that the ancient Chinese hard sails were actually far smarter than Li Ke thought, and hard sails could also sail against the wind. Sailing, it's just that it makes slightly less use of the headwind and the angle it can turn is smaller.
Obviously the ancients were far smarter than Li Ke thought, and now the books Li Ke gave to Yu Wenlin have made his improvements to sails almost the same as those of nineteenth-century sailboats, including but not limited to the use of horizontal and vertical sails. It’s just that the materials of sails cannot keep up, but this is not Yu Wenlin’s problem. This needs improvement in the weaving industry.
"Your Highness, if you keep doing this, no one will help me." As soon as the fleet sailed on the sea, Sun Simiao came over with a look of helplessness.
Speaking of which, Sun Simiao was not brought along by Li Ke, but by Lao Sun himself. He said that he had not had the chance to go overseas to look for medicinal materials yet, so he had to follow him, and Lao Sun also brought a team of dozens of people.
These dozens of people were all doctors brought out during this period after Sun Simiao came to Chang'an. They were not all brought by Sun Simiao. Some of the hygienists were trained by Yuelai Trading Company before.
"I don't think the shipyard here might have enough doctors, so I left three for them. There are not many people." Li Ke said. "By the way, those death row prisoners are fine, right?"
"There is no problem at the moment, but Your Highness, are you sure this food theory is normal?" Sun Simiao looked at Li Ke with some suspicion.
"Of course, let me tell you, if you only eat meat and pickled fish, you will suffer from scurvy in the long run." Li Ke said with a serious face, "If you don't believe it, why don't you just follow us this time?" Got it, anyway, I gathered five death row prisoners for you to do the experiment, and they all ate the same food. You will know after two or three months."
"Okay." Sun Simiao nodded, but did not refuse. Anyway, these death row prisoners deserved to be punished for their crimes. Sun Simiao did not have any psychological pressure. He was almost a hundred years old, so there was no so-called moral pressure in this regard.
Speaking of which, Li Ke knew for the first time that Sun Simiao had actually dissected human bodies in this era, and he did it secretly himself. After all, in this era, no family member would let you do this, even if you were Sun Simiao.
Obviously, Lao Sun spent more money on medical research than Li Ke.
What Li Ke reproduced for Sun Simiao was naturally the research on scurvy. It cannot be said that it was research. In fact, it was just a lack of vitamin C. But in fact, it did not mean much to the current Tang Dynasty, because with the continuous popularity of potatoes, Planting, as long as potatoes are added to the voyage food in the future, this thing will not be obtained.
Potatoes are the only food that people can't die from and won't lack nutrients if they just eat them. No other food will do. Of course, you will definitely not survive well, but compared to other foods that can cause problems if you only eat one kind for a few months, potatoes are an unprecedented food.
Today's wind and waves are a bit strong. Changle, Li Yan and others who originally had no problems along the way are a little uncomfortable. After all, the wind and waves experienced by ships on the ocean and inland rivers are not at the same level. But Sun Simiao is so awesome. He is over ninety years old. , I was stunned and didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.
Li Ke looked envious. Let alone ninety, he was thankful to have such a body when he was eighty.
But I don’t know if it’s a problem with exercise over the years, but Li Ke doesn’t get seasick at all. Although seasickness actually has nothing to do with exercise, it’s mainly a problem with the human brain.
The fleet went all the way south. After arriving near Hudu, the loaded fleet quickly joined the queue, while the few empty ships that followed from the Bohai Sea stayed here and continued to load supplies.
The fleet, which expanded to more than 20 ships, quickly moved south. About 8 days later, the fleet arrived at the outskirts of Guangzhou Port!
This speed made Li Ke nod with satisfaction. After using modern sails, the speed of the ship was indeed much faster than that of this era. Of course, the small resistance of the pointed bottom ship was also one of the biggest reasons.
The arrival of Li Ke was naturally a big event for the Guangzhou government, especially when the King of Qin with the flag of the Tang Dynasty entered the port. Everyone on the dock was shocked. When had they ever seen such a huge ship? , what shocked them even more was that the bottom of the ship seemed to be made of steel! And a steel collision angle was added to the front of the ship!
Under the pier, the senior officials of Datang Lingnan Road were actually here. Li Ke narrowed his eyes slightly. These people... are not simple.
Lingnan Road is different from other roads. Lingnan has been a barren land since ancient times. The reputation of the families that have been passed down here from ancient times to the present is not obvious, unlike other aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty. But in fact, Lingnan Road has its own local wealthy families.
Lingnan Road's surrender to the Tang Dynasty was resolved peacefully. During the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, most of the wealthy families here knew their strength and surrendered one after another. One person has made the greatest contribution here, and this is the current Gaozhou governor, Feng Angang, Duke of Geng of the Tang Dynasty.
Feng Ang was a famous general during the Sui Dynasty. He followed Yang Guang and led an army of millions to the north to conquer Goguryeo, so he had seen the world. It was precisely because of this that he knew very well that his 30,000 to 40,000 troops in Lingnan were relatively small. For the Central Plains army, it was just drizzle, so during the Wude period, Feng An surrendered.
Later, Li Ke's grandfather Li Yuan awarded Feng Ang several times, divided Lingnan Road into nine prefectures, and appointed local wealthy families as general managers to control Lingnan Road.
These nine prefectures are Guangfu, Xunfu, Nankang Prefecture, Gaofu, Guifu, Nanyin Prefecture, Qinfu, Jiaofu, and Nande Prefecture, respectively corresponding to the eight major forces and the most important town in Lingnan and the port of Guangzhou.
Among them, Guangzhou Prefecture was directly managed by the Tang Dynasty, and the remaining eight prefectures were owned by local wealthy families, such as Li Xizhi, the general manager of Guizhou, Qiuhe Jiaozhou, general manager, Li Jun, the general manager of Nandezhou, Li Guangdu, the general manager of Nanyi Prefecture, etc.
For example, Li Xinzhi was also born in the Li family of Longxi, and his fifth generation ancestors fled and migrated. After Xiao Xianxian was wiped out by the Tang Dynasty at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was Li Xizhi who encouraged more than sixty states in Lingnan to submit to the Tang Dynasty.
Today, the eight major local forces and others have arrived, including Dang Renhong, the governor of Guangzhou.
After getting off the ship, Li Ke had already changed into his prince uniform. Naturally, Chang Le was beside him, followed by Li Yan and Wu Jue, while Yang Anning and others did not get off the ship.
"I have met His Highness King Qin and His Highness Changle." The governors in the front row all saluted Li Ke and Changle.
Li Ke has never seen any of these people. Guangzhou is really far away from the emperor. It takes at least several months to go to Chang'an to report on work. Therefore, many officials here may not return to Chang'an for several years after taking office.
And Dang Renhong had just moved to the post of governor of Guangzhou.
