Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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But further east, there is a place that Zheng Yiguan has never been to.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Wen put down the brush in his hand, pointed to the map on it, and said to Zheng Yiguan, "This is Daming, this is Japan, and this is America!"

What Zhao Wen drew was a rough map of America.

"America? I've heard about this place from the Francophones on the sea before, but I've never been there." Zheng Yiguan looked at the map drawn by Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

The colonization of America by Western countries can be traced back to 1492, especially during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, when the colonial activities reached their peak, and Zheng Yiguan often dealt with Frangji people before, so he also heard of this place.

It's just that Zheng Yiguan has only heard of it, has never been there, and is not interested in this America.

Since Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, Western countries began to colonize the Americas.

It is now the seventh year of Chongzhen, which is 1634 AD, which is the beginning of the seventeenth century.

At this time, the colonization of the American continent by Western countries became more frequent.

Most of South America was colonized by Francesco, and England also began to colonize North America. From the middle of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century, England had established thirteen colonies in North America and was preparing to colonize North America aggressively.

On the current North American continent, England has begun to establish colonies, preparing to fully colonize the North American continent.

Although Zhao Wen has not yet unified the world, Zhao Wen cannot just sit back and watch the rich returns brought by colonization.

Therefore, Zhao Wen wanted to let Zheng Yiguan go to America after solving the Liaodong issue.

After all, after solving the Liaodong issue, Zheng Yiguan is also free, so it is better to let him go out for a while, so as not to stay at home with nothing to do.

It doesn't matter whether you can occupy the land now, the important thing is to lay a good foundation first and prepare for the future march into the Americas.

In addition to this reason, Zhao Wen's bigger reason is to let Zheng Yiguan go to the American continent to find rubber.

Now Zhao Wen has asked Song Yingxing to start trial production of the generator with the blueprint he drew. If the generator is successfully manufactured and there is no rubber by then, it will waste a lot of time.

Zhao Wen is not surprised by Zheng Yiguan's answer. It will be 100 years from now. During this period, it is the peak period of the colonial activities of Western countries, and the fleets of Western countries began to appear in various countries around the world. So it's not surprising that Zheng Yiguan knew about this America.

"This continent is a good place. There are silver mines, gold mines, and copper mines everywhere. And this place is especially suitable for growing food. Even the Central Plains has some shortcomings compared to it.

We have to grab this good place quickly, lest we be too slow and be snatched away by people from other countries.The reason I asked you to stay is to let you personally lead the fleet to this place.

After you go, you should draw out the hydrological data, chart routes and other things along the way to prepare for the future.

Apart from this, the main thing is to make you look for something called rubber. "Zhao Wen patted the drawings on the table and expressed his thoughts.

"Rubber? What is this thing? Didn't Daming have it? How about going all the way here?" Zheng Yiguan asked.

"If Daming had one, I wouldn't let you run so far. As for what rubber is, let me tell you in detail.

This rubber is obtained from a tree called rubber tree. This thing is very important to me, even as important as the weapon in my hand.

Rubber trees can grow up to about ten feet tall, and they are rich in sex. The main characteristics are..."

In the following time, Zhao Wen described the main features of the rubber tree to Zheng Yiguan in detail.

"After you go there, don't come back in a hurry, first get some rubber. After you get enough rubber, get some seeds back. Remember, these seeds are very important to me, and there can be no mistakes.

As for how to get rubber, I will write a detailed booklet later, and then you can get rubber from rubber trees according to the booklet I gave you. "

Zhao Wen is a college student of engineering, and rubber is a very important raw material in engineering, so Zhao Wen does not dare to say that he knows rubber very well, but he knows a lot.

Whether it is getting rubber from rubber trees or industrially manufacturing rubber, Zhao Wen knows a lot about it.

"The main distribution place of rubber is here, and you will look for it here. As for the specific location, I will draw a map for you later, and you can follow the map to find it when the time comes.

By the way, in addition to rubber and rubber tree seeds, you can find me a tree called cinchona tree, which is also very important. "

Zhao Wen patted the location of South America and said to Zheng Yiguan.

Rubber trees are mainly distributed in South America, so Zhao Wen directly pointed out the location.

The cinchona tree is an important raw material for making cinchona cream, which is also a good medicine for treating malaria.

Although the malaria of later generations has begun to be resistant to Cinchona Cream, that is later generations, and now it is the seventh year of Chongzhen.

Although artemisinin is better than cinchona cream in treating malaria, with Zhao Wen's current level, there is no way to extract artemisinin.

Zhao Wen couldn't get out the solvent ether used to extract artemisinin alone.

Cinchona is different. Cinchona exists in large quantities in the bark and roots of the cinchona tree, and there is no need for a complicated extraction method. You only need to clean the bark and roots of the cinchona tree and let it dry. Dried, crushed into powder on the line.

If there is no such condition, directly peeling off the bark of the cinchona tree to make soup can also have a good effect.

The main distribution area of ​​cinchona tree is in South America, not far from the distribution area of ​​rubber, so Zheng Yiguan can take it with him when looking for rubber trees.

In fact, at this time, Frangji already knew the importance of the cinchona tree, and at the same time monopolized the cinchona tree.

But there are treasure ships and Zhao Wen's weapons, Zhao Wen still doesn't think that Folang can stop them.

"The appearance of cinchona trees and rubber trees, their main distribution areas, and the way rubber is produced, I will compile a pamphlet later, and then you can take the pamphlet I gave you and look for it." Zhao Wen saw Xiang Zheng Yiguan said.

"In that case, I will take the order!" Zheng Yiguan clasped his fists at Zhao Wen, and led the task decisively.

Although this journey is difficult, Zheng Yiguan understands that Liaodong has been taken down now, and it will only take a year or two to take down the entire Ming Dynasty.

The new dynasty is about to be established. If there is no credit for it, how can I and my Zheng family gain a foothold in the new dynasty?

Although this attack on Liaodong has made some contributions, these contributions are nothing at all.

A mere Liaoyang city was only breached when Zhao Wen sent reinforcements, and apart from the merits of Liaoyang city, there was no other credit.

It's not going to work like this, if you don't make the credit you can get, how can you and the Zheng family behind you still be in the new dynasty?

So in order to be able to make a good contribution, Zheng Yiguan took Zhao Wen's order without even thinking about it.

Now that there are treasure ships and powerful weapons, Zheng Yiguan doesn't think there are any difficulties to stop him.

"In this case, then you go down first. I can get out all the things I gave you tomorrow morning at the latest." Zhao Wen waved at Zheng Yiguan, indicating that Zheng Yiguan can go out.

Zheng Yiguan didn't stop, he saluted Zhao Wen, and then walked out.

Just as he walked out, Zheng Zhihu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, greeted him.

"Brother, what is your lord looking for from you?" Zheng Zhihu looked at Zheng Yiguan and asked hastily.

"Haha!" Zheng Yiguan first laughed twice, and then said: "My lord gave us a great credit!"

"What? Really? Did it really give us a big credit? If that's the case, it would be great."

When Zheng Zhihu heard that Zhao Wen had given him a great credit, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

"Relying on the strength of your lord, it is estimated that we will be able to rule the country in less than three years. At that time, the new dynasty will stand. If our Zheng family does not have the credit for it, how can our Zheng family gain a foothold in the new dynasty?

We haven't been with you for a long time. If we don't get the credit, our Zheng family will be marginalized soon after the establishment of a new dynasty.If we can make a great contribution this time, then our Zheng family need not be afraid. "Although Zheng Zhihu looked carefree, he was not ambiguous in this kind of matter.

These people have been with Zhao Wen for a relatively short time, and they have been surfing the sea all the time. Except for this time, it is difficult to meet them again in the future.

And the new dynasty will be established, and when the time comes to reward hundreds of officials, it will depend on the merits of the establishment.

If there is no one or two credits that can be taken out, there will be no way to gain a foothold in the new dynasty.

"Who says no? I was quite anxious about this before, but this time I don't need to worry anymore. Let's go first, and I'll talk as we go." Zheng Yiguan walked forward as he spoke.

Zheng Zhihu hurriedly followed behind Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan walked and talked, telling Zhao Wen's instructions.

"Hey, this thing called rubber and golden rooster is so powerful, it can be compared to the weapon in the hands of adults? If we find this, it will be a great achievement."

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Chapter 519 Rebuilding the Nuer Gandu Division

"I don't know what rubber and cinchona trees are, but according to what the Chief Soldier said, they should be the same. Anyway, the Chief Soldier said that these two things can even be compared with the weapons in the hands of the Chief Soldier.

It can be compared with the weapon in the hands of Lord Zongbing, do you think it can be worse?If we really find these two things, then our Zheng family will make a great contribution. "

Zheng Yiguan was walking on the road, looking at the sun hanging in the sky, he suddenly became more confident.

After Zheng Yiguan walked out, Zhao Wen came to the study.

The condition of Laozhai Hetuala is not comparable to that of Xuanzhen, but it is better than the destroyed Shenyang City Palace.

Zhao Wen sat in the study, lying on the table and drawing the specific appearance of the rubber tree.

Now that there is no ability to extract oil and develop oil, rubber trees have become the only source of rubber.

If there is no rubber, even if the generator is manufactured, there is no way to transmit electricity over a long distance.

And without rubber, even if a generator is built, the efficiency of the generator will be very low.

Zhao Wen sat in the study, quietly drawing the appearance of the rubber tree.

After painting the rubber tree, Zhao Wen began to write about the main characteristics of the rubber tree, its distribution area, and how to make rubber from the rubber tree.

After writing all these things, the sun has already set in the western mountains.

Zhao Wen lit the candles in the study and continued to write.

This time, Zhao Wen wrote about the main characteristics of the cinchona tree, its distribution area and the appearance of the cinchona tree.

Cinchona cream is miraculous in fighting malaria, and it can be extracted without too complicated a process.

This is very important to Zhao Wen. In Zhao Wen's plan, after unifying the entire Ming Dynasty, he will attack places like Annan.

And these places are in the tropics, the weather is hot and humid, mosquitoes are everywhere, and they are areas with high incidence of malaria.

If there is no Kinney cream, once a soldier in the army suffers from malaria, the combat effectiveness of the army will be severely hit.

Almost every dynasty of the Central Plains Dynasty attacked Annan, but the reason why they failed to take it down completely was because of Annan's environment.

Time passed quickly, Zhao Wen sat in the study and kept writing until midnight.

When Zhao Wen finished writing everything, it was Yin time, that is, three or four o'clock.

Zhao Wen put down the writing brush in his hand, yawned, sorted the materials on the table together, then found a needle and thread from the study, and stapled them together.

In ancient times, there were no staplers, so the staples were basically stitched with needles and threads.

Although not as fast as a stapler, the quality is better than a stapler.

After binding the booklets together, Zhao Wen stretched his waist, walked out of the study, and came to his room, planning to take a rest before dawn.

The room where Zhao Wen slept was not far from the study, and Zhao Wen specially asked someone to vacate it.

At this time when Zhao Wen was sleeping, the soldiers and horses stationed in Laozhai Hetuala began to get up.

Because Zhao Wen made the order to raise troops today, the soldiers in the army had to get up early and pack their things.

Time passed slowly, and the sun jumped out of the horizon.

Zhao Wen dressed neatly and walked out of the room.

At this time, he had two thick dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep.

Zhao Wen walked into the study, took the things he got out last night, and walked outside.

As soon as he walked out of the backyard, Zhao Wen saw Zheng Yiguan waiting in the front yard.

Zheng Yiguan looked at Zhao Wen who came out, and rushed to meet him.

Zheng Yiguan has been waiting here for a long time.

After all, this matter is related to Zheng Yiguan's future status in the new dynasty, and Zheng Yiguan has to be cautious.

"This is what I sorted out last night. After you take it down, let someone copy it a little more, so as not to lose it." Zhao Wen handed the things in his hand to Zheng Yiguan and ordered.

Zheng Yiguan took the booklet from Zhao Wen with excitement.

Although it is just a thin booklet, to Zheng Yiguan, this is not an ordinary booklet, it is a guarantee for his Zheng family to get rich in the future.

Zheng Yiguan stuffed the booklet into his arms, and said to Zhao Wen, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely make this matter beautiful for you."

Zhao Wen looked at Zheng Yiguan and said slowly, "Now the matter in Liaodong is almost done, and it's useless for you to stay here."

Before Zhao Wen finished speaking, Zheng Yiguan hurriedly said: "My lord, I understand. After today, I will lead my men and horses back to the teacher, and go to sea as soon as possible to do the things my lord entrusted to me."

"This is the best. This time is different from the previous ones. Before going to sea, I have always been active in the offshore area, and the waters are also clear.

The destination this time is America, which I have never been to before, so be careful on the road.

Bring more living supplies when going to sea this time. As for artillery ammunition, it is almost enough.As for fleet configuration and personnel entourage, you can figure it out yourself. I leave this matter to you. "

On the surface of the sea, Zhao Wen didn't think he had the experience of Zheng Yiguan. Zheng Yiguan had spent such a long time on the sea and had rich experience, so Zhao Wen didn't need to point fingers.

"Okay, you go down. Hurry up and deal with this matter!" Zhao Wen looked at Zheng Yiguan.