Technology Spreads So Quickly
"You are Zheng Da?"
Yangzhou City, Grand Governor's Office.
Cheng Yaojin was sitting on a chair with a golden knife in his hand. Standing in front of him was a man wearing a silk robe and a square scarf on his head. However, his face was as black as a Kunlun slave's. When he opened his mouth, he even revealed a few big golden teeth.
This made Cheng Chumo, who was behind Cheng Yaojin, frown.
This person was a great merchant from Quanzhou, and it was said that he was extremely wealthy. His ships had sailed to Arabia to trade.
The reason why Cheng Yaojin found this person was to deal with Zhang Xun.
Now, Cheng Yaojin had received news that Zhang Xun had occupied Surging East Island. Other than the Black Tiger Navy, he also had more than ten thousand Manichaeans under him.
And because Yuezhou's navy had been destroyed, the Great Tang could not produce a decent navy for the time being.
At this moment, in Yangzhou City, Cheng Yaojin was strengthening the warship, but he also felt that he couldn't let Zhang Xun get too comfortable.
Therefore, he looked for this sea merchant Zheng Da.
"High Duke, I am Zheng Da.”
In the early Tang Dynasty, although merchants were at the bottom of the four people, they could not take the imperial examination and were considered a cheap industry.
However, due to the long-term foreign war, the Tang Dynasty army often needed merchants. Therefore, in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, the status of merchants was relatively high.
"You said that you have a way to deal with the Black Tiger Navy?”
Cheng Yaojin asked with interest.
"As for the returning Duke, the Black Tiger Navy is just a navy that can sweep across rivers. The sea and rivers are like stars compared to the bright moon, not worth mentioning! The wind was strong and the waves were strong. These bandits who roamed the rivers might not be very powerful at sea.”
Zheng Da said with a smile.
"Oh?" Cheng Yaojin looked interested.
"High Duke, my ships have traveled ten thousand li south, and the furthest they can go is Arabia. Unlike the Central Plains, the Arabs are extremely skilled at naval warfare! The warship they found was extremely sturdy. Furthermore, to the west of Arabia was a large country called Great Qin in the Han Dynasty. Great Qin's territory was extremely vast, and there was even a sea called the Mediterranean Sea, which had become its inner lake. Smoke rose from the Mediterranean Sea. Since ancient times, the surrounding area had been filled with warring states. They specialized in naval warfare, and the Central Plains could not compare to them.”
Zheng Da said.
"You're saying that the Abbasid Caliphate and the Great Qin are both formidable at sea, even more formidable than our Great Tang?”Cheng Yaojin said.
"The Great Tang is a celestial empire, but it has its strengths and weaknesses. Arabia and the Great Qin are both great naval experts, especially Arabia, which has a mighty ruler in its court. It has the momentum to swallow up Persia and suppress the Great Qin!”
"If that's the case, they're ten thousand li away from the Great Tang's borders, so how can they help?”Cheng Yaojin shook his head.
"High Duke, this lowly one knows a few great Arabian merchants. This lowly one can contact them. They only need the right to trade in Yangzhou to eliminate this giant bandit for our dynasty!”
"Are you serious?"
"Really!"
"Good! Then I will promise you that as long as that Arabian man brings Zhang Xun's head to Yangzhou, I will agree to their trade request!”Cheng Yaojin said.
Behind him, the faces of Cheng Chumo and the others changed slightly.
Cheng Yaojin was the governor of Huainan Province, but he had to report to the central government before he could do business with foreign countries.
After Zheng Da left.
"Abba, allowing the Arabs to trade in Yangzhou…" Cheng Chumo hurriedly said. Should I report this to His Majesty?”
Cheng Yaojin pursed his lips." Why bother Your Majesty with such a small matter? Besides, after Zhang Xunna dies, I'll go back on my word. How dare the Abbasid Caliphate touch the tiger whiskers of the Great Tang?"”
Cheng Chumo was speechless.
As expected of a bandit, his father's ability to turn his back on his words had long been perfected.、
"I'm afraid that the Arabian people will fly into a rage out of humiliation and wreak havoc on the coast…"
Li Chongyi, the son of King Hejian, said worriedly.
"It's fine! In three months at most, I will have a hundred galleys equipped with ramming horns that can be used. We can also use the red-hot iron bullets as incendiary bombs. At that time, if they dared to cause trouble, he would show them how powerful he was.”Cheng Yaojin waved his hand.
That's right, the Tang Dynasty is not our Qing Dynasty that doesn't know how to improve after being beaten up.
The Tang had a strong learning ability.
Zhang Xun's galley and the incendiary bomb.
It was not difficult to learn and imitate these two techniques.
The reason why the galley was fast was mainly because the paddlers of the multi-deck machine were like centipedes. The Tang Dynasty also had a similar ship called the Centipede Ship. It was just that the Centipede Ship was enlarged and then built with multiple decks to place more oarsmen.
It was very easy to create.
The Tang quickly came up with their own version of the flaming iron bullet after seeing it for themselves.
Although its range was not as high as the Torsional Rocker.
However, with the centipede boat's speed, Yuezhou's navy would never be completely suppressed.
"Find the large centipede ship in a hundred! Even if the Arabs couldn't finish off Zhang Xun, Zhang Xun would die a graveless death!”
Guangyi Lu gritted his teeth.
He could redeem himself with meritorious service now. No matter what, he could only keep his official position by getting rid of Zhang Xun.
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