The chart is very large, not made of ordinary paper, but a silk book measuring one foot square.
The so-called silk books are books written on silk. Perhaps to prevent water and insects, the best silk was carefully selected to make the nautical charts. This is why Yang Lin discovered it.
At first, Yang Lin thought it was a piece of fine cloth and shook it out in his hand. Zou Run had explained the affairs of Tamluo Kingdom to them before and had written the word Tamluo Kingdom in front of them.
So once he found out, Yang Lin immediately threw away all his valuables and chose to report to Zou Run immediately.
Yang Lin, who knows the development strategy of Shanzhai, understands the importance of this chart!
And Zou Run knows better!
He suppressed his excitement and carefully opened the chart with trembling hands.
On the silk surface, rough and abstract brushwork is used to roughly depict Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road, as well as the outline of the coastline of the coastal states and counties of the Liao Kingdom, the geographical location of the Koryo Kingdom, and the Tamna Island that he cherishes. , the relevant geographical location names along the way are marked very carefully.
Zou Run followed the arrows marked on the silk with his fingers and figured out the rough sea route map.
Combined with the nautical knowledge of later generations, the obscure sun, moon, stars, complicated lines, islands and weights marked on the sea map in the eyes of ordinary people appear to be particularly clear in Zou Run's eyes. This clearly indicates the direction of the monsoon on the sea surface, and identifies the direction based on the stars and islands, as well as the sea depth values of various sea channels.
With this map, Zou Run's strategy of two villages and one island can be quickly upgraded to the strategy of two villages and two islands!
Zou Run, who was in ecstasy, suddenly thought. Since the Mao family has this chart, it means that there are sailors and boatmen who have been to Tamluo Kingdom!
The latter was a living map, a more precious existence than the former. In excitement, Zou Run slapped his thigh fiercely and immediately ordered the man to stay under his sword.
But it was too late. The public trial had just ended. The Mao family father and son, who had been guilty of many crimes, were all executed in public, and Jie Zhen Jie Bao personally carried out the execution.
Looking at the two bloody heads, Zou Run had no choice but to order all the captured bankers to be gathered together, and he would be responsible for the interrogation himself.
This question was very fruitful. It turned out that the Mao family and his son actually had a large fleet and had been running the Korean route privately. Once, they encountered a sudden strong wind at sea and were accidentally carried to Tamna Island by the wind and waves. Just made this chart.
Zou Run quickly asked where the sailors and boatmen who had been to Tamluo Island were. Having seen the powerful combat power of Dengyun Mountain, Maojia Zhuangke did not dare to hide anything, and immediately handed over all the information like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.
The Mao family has been adhering to the principle of relying on the sea since the generation of Mao Taigong and his father. After making a fortune selling private salt on the seaside, they immediately turned their attention to the increasingly prosperous maritime trade. At that time, Dengzhou was still the largest foreign trade port in the north of the Song Dynasty, undertaking commercial activities from Liao Kingdom, Korea, Japan and other countries and regions. But after the fourth year of Xining (AD 1071), the imperial court gradually closed the port and implemented a sea ban in the name of Dengzhou port being close to the Liao Kingdom and the coastal defense being unstable.
However, in the face of high sea trade profits, the imperial government's official maritime ban was nothing more than a piece of paper. Private merchants at sea were rampant, so the imperial court ordered the establishment of saury inspection villages and peaceful navy military villages in several states and counties on Jingdong East Road. Thousands more Chenghai crossbowmen were added later to strengthen the armaments along the eastern coast. Since then, large-scale maritime trade has been basically cut off. However, once the monsoon comes, the one-way journey from Dengzhou to Goryeo can even take less than two days. At that time, there were many small fleets on the sea.
The Mao family's fleet is following this path. As long as it prepares best-selling goods, the profit from one trip to sea can be said to be enough to last for a year if it is not open and a year if it is open.
As for the current season, these ships are all taking the southbound route from the mainland, that is, traveling between Dengzhou and Hangzhou and Zhejiang. Hmm... What's interesting is that this domestic route was also banned by the imperial court. The reason was that Dengzhou was too close to the Liao Kingdom and was an important coastal defense town. Merchants were not allowed to traffic goods to Dengzhou by sea.
Domestic air routes are banned...it's so outrageous...
Anyway, according to the account of the leading banker, it was known that although several boatmen and sailors heading to Tamluo Kingdom were killed, some of them happened to go to the south to do business and would return to Dengzhou in about ten days. Zou Run Then he breathed a sigh of relief and no longer looked as nervous as before.
After the interrogation, Zou Run carefully wrapped up the drawing and took it with him personally. At the same time, he ordered Yang Lin to end the public interrogation quickly and follow the previous method to distribute money and food to the villagers according to their hair. Those who are willing to go up the mountain will be brought with them. If not, it doesn't matter. , Anyway, get along well with each other first, and you will be able to see people's hearts over time.
Everything that could be taken away from the Mao family manor was taken away, and what could not be taken away was distributed to the people in the village. Yang Lin was very good at doing this, and he had the thoughtful and flexible Sister-in-law Gu and Lehe to help him. Sun Xin, Xie Zhenjie Bao and his wolf-like minions were responsible for maintaining order, and the task was completed quickly. .
Gradually, the sky turned yellow and the red sun set in the west. Zou Run checked the people, horses and property in the grain drying field and listened to everyone's reports.
Due to a mini siege, the number of casualties this time was higher than before. Eight of the lightly and seriously wounded had been initially bandaged and treated. Six people were killed in the battle, including two who were killed by arrows and three who were killed in fighting on the wall. The reason was actually related to the low armor rate of the team.
This casualty ratio has accounted for one-tenth of the total number of people in this team. This means that if the gangsters of Dengyun Mountain were replaced by ordinary troops, let alone win, it would be Amitabha if they did not cause a huge rout on the spot. From this we can see , the current high morale of Dengyun Mountain can be seen.
But the reason for the death of one of them is rather embarrassing to say. This person was a cavalryman responsible for covering the battlefield. Due to his poor riding skills, he accidentally fell from his horse while chasing a banker who was out delivering a message. The enemy did not catch him. He said that he broke his neck and died.
Hearing this, Zou Run's face darkened, and he secretly remembered it in his heart, preparing to improve the training quality of the copycat cavalry when he returned.
In general, a lot of money was seized in this battle. The Mao family is indeed a wealthy family with money to invest in maritime trade. The gold, silver, copper coins and other goods looted from various parts of the manor are equivalent to more than 80,000 yuan. This is just cash. There are also many calligraphy and paintings, antiques, coral gems and other rare treasures that cannot be valued on site, which are also loaded into two large carts.
Unfortunately, the amount of grain seized was relatively small. After being distributed to the villagers, there was less than 10,000 dan left.
This amount of food, based on the current daily consumption of Dengyun Mountain, can only last for four months at most.
Excluding the bulk of money and food, among a large number of regular seizures, the two categories of livestock and weapons were an unexpected surprise. There were more than 30 cattle and beef cattle in total, and 18 horses. According to Yang Lin's preliminary analysis, there could be Those who serve as war horses can reach half. In terms of weapons, thanks to Dele and Xinxin, a wall was discovered during the search.
The wall between walls has been around for a long time. In order to avoid war, political persecution, hiding property or deliberately treason, wealthy dignitaries throughout the dynasties would build double-walled structures in their buildings, and then set up an extremely concealed secret door or Secret passage for entry and exit.
Hidden in the wall that Le He discovered were fine treasures each worth more than a hundred dollars, as well as a horrifying number of weapons. The reason why I say horrifying is because they were all weapons that the imperial court prohibited private individuals from making and possessing. stuff.
There are a total of twenty serious military crossbows, twenty infantry bows, several large bundles of various arrows such as armor-piercing arrows, willow leaf arrows, and shovel-head arrows, and authentic standard military infantry armor. Five paintings, each weighing more than forty kilograms, Zou Run felt heavy when he held it in his hand. With a slight shake, the iron leaves on the armor made a pleasant collision sound, which almost knocked Yang Lin and Sun Xinliang away. People were so greedy that they drooled on the spot.
