Fan Zhi opened the wood-carved window of the Zhengshitang study. The wind became louder, and snowflakes were flying outside the piles of desks. A plum blossom was budding in the wind and snow. A clerk behind was busy putting his things out, and several officials stood behind.

He turned around and sighed, "I was actually humiliated by the eunuch named Cao."

The officials said: "Is he just a eunuch? How can a gentleman be wise? Mr. Fan does not need to be as knowledgeable as him."

Fan Zhi said sadly: "I owe the last emperor a life."

Several people were silent. When Guo Shao proclaimed himself emperor, he had already seized the throne. They did not sacrifice their country for the late emperor, but lived a life of silence. Now they are extremely reluctant to mention the old things.

After hearing this, Fan Zhi said, "Now the great achievements of the world, the great situation cannot be violated. Taizu (Guo Wei) had the kindness of knowing the ministers, and I lived in the temple. I only hope that the ministers can treat their predecessors well."

The official next to him said: "The court once received the favors from Taizu, and there were many people in the late emperor. All the officials had this intention."

...The emperor's tolerance encouraged Li Xin and let him see hope. He wrote the letter to the front and did not die, and his name must have been remembered, and his career prospects were not stopped.

At the end of the third year of Xuanren, Li Xin rushed back to Tokyo from Jiangning Prefecture and wanted to present a chart.

Guo Shao personally summoned Li Xin in Yangde Palace.

Li Xin was taken to the place where Guo Shao was resting after working and saw that Guo Shao was the only one who summoned him alone, and he was very excited.

Guo Shao did nothing, there were only chessboards and chess pieces on the tables in front of him, and he did not bring in the memorials. He asked Li Xin to take pictures and see them. Li Xin hurriedly took out a large stack of files from the cloth bag he brought in.

"Sit, you can sit for a while." Guo Shao pointed to the soft couch opposite and said casually.

Guo Shao looked through the things on the paper with pictures and texts, with a lot of content.

After a long time, Li Xin said: "Jiangning Shipbuilding House has been trying to build such sea ships. The structure of the large-food ships and the Central Plains ships is completely different. The shape is different from that of our ships, and the hull is narrow and long, with a pointed bottom; the mast and sail are also very different. The large-food ship sail is a longitudinal sail, and the full sail is like a triangle, like the wings of a bird.

According to the officials of Jiangning Shipyard, this kind of ship is more suitable for sailing at sea, and the key is sailing."

Guo Shao looked roughly and also casually expressed his temporary feelings and some opinions, "I have many rivers in the east, and ships are often used in inland rivers, so the flat bottom is not easy to strand, and the wide body reduces the draft. Moreover, the inland rivers are different in width and narrow, and the wind direction is uncertain. The ships cannot flexibly utilize wind power, so they mainly use cross sails, supplemented by oars, water wheels, and boaters."

Li Xin said: "Your Majesty has a lot of knowledge. The officials of the shipyard have a very consistent opinion with Your Majesty. The big food ship is not good for rivers and is beneficial to the sea. The sails are flexible and adaptable to all wind directions. It is said that the speed of sailing against the wind is also very fast."

The Zhou army navy can also walk against the wind, but it is indeed a bit bulky and is only useful in wide areas with wide water surfaces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

While reading the file, Guo Shao thought about it... He had some insights: Whether something is advanced or not depends on whether it is consistent with the situation of the times. Too much advancement is not conducive.

For example, this ship's power. There is a kind of ship in the Central Plains that uses water wheels to drive ships. The development direction seems to be very advanced, because Guo Shao knew that there will be ships in the future... But in the era where human and natural wind power are the main force, the development direction of ships seems to be biased; the direction of large-scale ships that attach importance to the development of sails may be correct.

Li Xindao: "The ships in Jiangning Port have some changes in the structure of the big food ship. Our shipbuilding techniques have changed the structure of the big food ship. Our ships do not need to use sailors to climb the masts. This structure is fast and easy to avoid, so we still use the mast sail structure of the ship to change the shape.

There is also a cabin structure, and the large food ship is connected to each other in front and back, and no benefits are seen. Once the hull is damaged, it is very easy to sink.

And we built the cabins in front and back, and one leaked, and the cabin was closed in time, so it would not sink easily and facilitate repairs."

Guo Shao took the paper and said, "I will first watch it for a while, and then send it to Han Tong for him to see it."

Guo Shao was born as a martial artist, and he thought about how to use the military skills first. Once he got this ship, he thought about equiping the navy without exception.

At this time, he couldn't help but look at Li Xin's bulging cloth bag again. Because Li Xin came to meet the saint, it was impossible for him to bring some irrelevant things in. He asked again: "What else do you have in your bag?"

Li Xin hurriedly took out a stack of papers: "Weichen seized the sea boat of the Great Cannibal. When he collected things, he got two books. At first, he thought it was a record of the Great Cannibal's sailing, so he asked Lu Yongzhen to translate some, but found that it was a classic written by the Great Cannibal, and I don't know if it was useful."

Guo Shao looked through it and saw that the author was called "Aristotle". He was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: Aristotle?

After a closer look at the chapter, he found that it was some Greek philosophical explanations at the beginning, but he was confused and his sentences were very strange... It must be a question of translation into Chinese, so Lu Yongzhen might not be very expert in big food writing.

"This is not a book written by the cannibals." Guo Shao concluded.

The Great Food and Greece are apart from 100,800 miles apart, and are not on the same continent.

Li Xin bowed and said, "I was stupid and found on the boat of the Great Cannibal. I also wrote the Great Cannibal's text, thinking it was a book from the Great Cannibal."

"It may be a translated book." Guo Shao guessed.

The great cannibals of this era were really enlightened and were also made from Greek things. In Guo Shao's impression, they seemed to have learned the four great inventions of China and then spread out... The great cannibals not only learned Western philosophy, but also Eastern rules. It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, people were sent to Chang'an to learn the system of the Chinese emperor governing the country.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said casually: "The land of China has been leading since ancient times. But all races have their own strengths and weaknesses. We do not need to belittle ourselves, nor do we have to be arrogant or arrogant. If we have strengths elsewhere, we can learn from it. Learning its strengths and preventing its weaknesses will benefit the country."

Li Xin listened carefully, because it was what the emperor said, he had to pay attention to whether it was right or not, and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Guo Shao glanced at him: "These books may be written by countries further west. The Great Food Country lives far away from the west and the east, and has a very long way to and from. It is more beneficial than disadvantages to keep in touch with them. As a guest envoy, Li must keep the Great Food People and do not drive them away."

Li Xin hurriedly said, "I will definitely obey Your Majesty's will. However, I went to the Southern Han Kingdom to capture their people and detain their ships. The cannibals seemed very angry."

Guo Shao said: "If you let go, give some benefits, and exempt them from all the commercial taxes for three years, and give them comfort. It is profitable, and the great cannibal should value profit." He patted the translation in his hand, "This thing is useless. The guest province has recruited some southern Han scholars who have had contact with the great cannibal to specialize in learning the great cannibal and re-translate the manuscript. If the imperial court has officials who are proficient in the language and writing of the great cannibal, it will be convenient for exchanges in the future."
Chapter completed!