"It's just a bird of paradise, what a phoenix!"

In the warm palace of the palace, Yang Qing looked at the gang of ministers surrounding the bird cage and said.

This is indeed an unexpected surprise.

The bird of paradise was actually discovered by Spanish colonists more than a hundred years ago.

Of course, it's feathers.

Spanish merchant ships purchased by the indigenous peoples of New Guinea. At this time, they were still doing this. They then went to Europe to sell them at high prices to the nobles who liked to decorate themselves with feathers. But there were no living people, and those merchants deliberately did not bring the living people to Europe, at most they could hollow out the bird skins, and then chop off all their wings and claws. The story says that this is a divine bird living in heaven will never fall to the ground...

This is called a gimmick.

I don't know how they explained how they captured it.

But it has not been sold to the Ming Dynasty so far.

After all, this thing is popular in Europe because the nobles like to put brightly colored feathers on their hats.

But who would interfere with that thing in the Ming Dynasty?

"Isn't this really a phoenix?"

Ma Shiying said with some profound eyes.

"It's really not. It's ridiculous that the Phoenix Bird can make a few soldiers put in cages. This is a kind of bird in the rainforest, and there are many in number and there are not only this one color. There are several islands in the eastern part of the Spice Islands."

Yang Qing said.

Of course he understood that Ma Shiying wanted to create a story about Phoenix coming to visit and flatter Queen Madrid.

The Queen of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and immediately came to pay homage.

How appropriate this is!

But this thing really doesn't work. When you go to New Guinea Island in the future, it will leave a joke.

Since he didn't want to play like this, Ma Shiying immediately lost interest in the Bird of Pleasure. After all, he was well-read the books of sages. He was not interested in a bird with beautiful feathers. Other things brought back by Han Tao's fleet were what really attracted him and the ministers of the cabinet.

"It's just too far!"

Gu Yanwu lay on the map, measured the distance with a ruler and sighed.

Not only him, but all the cabinet ministers, including Ma Shiying, all looked at the large blanks from the Ming Dynasty to Nauru on the map and sighed. They were really sad. For these old guys, their love for bird droppings is beyond doubt. This thing has a very obvious effect on the increase in rice yield, and even had an exaggerated record of 40% increase in yield, especially the soil in Jiangnan is most suitable for this thing. The rice price in Nandu has dropped to six cents all the way. In addition to new crops and the ban on rice wine, the most important thing is the bird droppings transported back by ships. There is another more important reason, that is, the fat tickets for bird droppings have largely solved the fiscal deficit of the court, especially in recent years, in other years, the large-scale infrastructure construction, that is, roads, bridges and dams are built everywhere, and the fat tickets sent to migrant workers are all given.

The latter also like to ask for fat tickets.

Where transportation is convenient, you can directly get fertilizer. The grain that increases production is more important than silver. Where transportation is inconvenient, resell it. After all, bird dropping mining is still official and not sold in the market. The only channel to obtain is fertilizer tickets. Infrastructure that must use a large amount of labor, if it can no longer be forced to recruit civilians, the employment system can be adopted. The fertilizer tickets ensure that farmers can all go to these construction sites by themselves during the slack farming period.

Just for the fat ticket.

People don’t like to give money or money.

But the bird droppings in the East China Sea are almost dug up.

There are not many near the Diaoyu Islands, so how can I hold on to this crazy mining?

Now, the white slaves and Japanese slaves and Jiannu on the Diaoyu Island have all begun to move to Lindao, and then just like the workers who were forced to be recruited by the Japanese army during World War II in history, they consumed their lives on this small island. They drank bitter water rich in magnesium sulfate, and under the intimidation of the supervisor's bayonet, they dug out bird droppings with shovels and put them in their pockets, wade through waist-deep sea water and then poured them onto the boat, and then fantasized about...

Actually, it's not a fantasy.

After all, slaves cannot be wasted.

Usually they can change to other positions after working in Lindao for three years, such as going to Hainan Island to dig iron ore. Although mining is also very tiring, it is at least better than digging bird droppings.

Of course, they need to live for three years.

I have to say that these slaves have become an important force in the construction of the Ming Dynasty. The only regret now is that the war has been fought and there is no Jiannu to catch them in the future. What should we do after these free slaves are consumed? It has become a concern for those with knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty. Although this seems to be a bit wrong, the Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. But the problem is that these slaves are really useful. They don’t even have to give clothes when thrown on the island. They eat sweet potato noodles and cakes every day, catch some fish nearby, and don’t even need to supply fresh water. Then isn’t bitter water fresh water? What’s wrong with magnesium sulfate? Magnesium sulfate is beneficial to the body...

Well, it's okay to drink less.

After all, the Japanese army also gave this to the workers.

But the bird droppings on Lindao are also limited!

The thickness of the bird dropping layer there is limited, basically no more than 1 zhang. Although it can be considered a large mine compared to the Diaoyu Island, it is five zhang here! Lindao currently estimates that it can be mined for at least twenty years, so this island can be mined for at least a hundred years. This is simply a treasure given by heaven...

But it's just ten thousand miles away.

Then this number made the cabinet ministers sigh at the same time.

"Everyone, be happy, at least we have enough time."

Yang Qing sat there, looking at the entangled expressions on their faces, and said with a very unkind smile.

Of course he would not tell them that the solution had been available long ago. As long as the steam power and propeller technology were solved, the rest would be to build ports along the way. His steam paddle ship could actually enter the Yangtze River, but in order to cooperate with his railway plan, he deliberately placed it there and waited. Once his railway was exhausted and the landlord's financial plan was completed and the public field law was officially implemented, he could drive the steam ship out.

In fact, he can also make propellers now.

That doesn't necessarily have to have rubber sealing rings or something. The best thing about marine stern shafts is the shaft sleeve made of iron plow wood. Vulcanized rubber must use stainless steel to protect the tail shaft because it contains sulfur. Moreover, rubber is not resistant to high temperatures. Iron pear wood is the best and is also the most traditional material.

But there are some minor troubles.

Because Asian iron pear wood is not suitable.

The iron pear wood sleeve for marine stern shaft is actually a special wood in South America. It is not the same as the iron pear wood used in China for furniture and ship keels. Not to mention the species family, it is different from the order. In addition to being hard and super corrosion-resistant, the most important thing about this wood is that it will produce a layer of mucus in the water to form a self-lubricating effect. Therefore, even if modern technology is so developed, this wood is still an important material for making the stern shaft sleeve...

Of course, it's very expensive.

Of course, the cabinet ministers would not know that the Duke of Guarding had already had a complete plan, but it was unrealistic to develop the bird droppings there at this time. Fortunately, there were bird droppings in the South China Sea, and Lindao gave the Ming Dynasty twenty years.

As for twenty years later...

Who knows?

The cabinet ministers left the greenhouse with regret. As soon as they walked out, Her Majesty the Queen stood up, quickly removed her graceful and noble disguise, and couldn't wait to run to a small pocket and quickly opened it. Then, with excitement, he grabbed a handful of seeds from it and let them fall in his hands. The expression seemed like a wealthy slave counting gold coins...

"Gentleman, please note that you are the queen!"

Yang Qing sat there and said speechlessly.

"Hmph, what can the queen do? You have delayed eight years to do this for me?"

The queen said.

OK, this is her cocoa seed.

The American Task Force bribed Spanish officials in Mexico with a full ton of high-end silk fabrics and exchanged them for the bag of seeds.

But it's not just this.

"What is this? Why is it like wolfberry?"

Her Majesty the Queen grabbed the dried fruit in another pocket and said in confusion.

"I know, the captain said that this thing can be used as medicine. They just chew the leaves. Many diseases along the way were cured, such as headaches, stomach problems, injuries, etc., and they can chew the leaves. And they can refresh themselves by chewing them normally, which is more effective than smoking. However, the leaves cannot be preserved for too long. They broke halfway through, and only these dried seeds are brought back."

Her sister said aside.

"That's a good thing!"

The queen said with satisfaction.

Then she saw the Duke of Guardians reaching out his hand, and there was a strange smile on her face.

"What's wrong?"

She handed the seed in her hand over and asked.

"Nothing, it looks a bit kind!"

Yang Qing said.

He really didn't expect that a ton of silk would be exchanged for such a gift, but it would be no big deal to just chew leaves. After all, Americans can use it to create a beverage empire. Moreover, this thing is indeed very useful to sailing crew members, at least to avoid their loneliness during long-distance voyages.

"Plant it!"

He sighed and said.

It is useless if he doesn't plant it. The next step to explore the Americas must face it. The Spanish have long regarded it as an important goods, and even drink it as tea. It is impossible for them not to sell it to the Ming Trail Blazers who colonized the Americas. Besides, this thing is not another after all. The purification of the latter is very simple, and it can show its power without even purifying it. However, this thing must be purified to truly show its power. The technology required for its purification is more complex, and there is no need to worry about its real use being discovered in the short term. Or you can also make soda in the future, just add various sweet and sour ingredients, make some of this, and then lock the formula to pretend to be mysterious...

"Get paper and pen!"

The Duke of the Guardian suddenly became excited and rolled up his sleeves and shouted.

The palace maid quickly brought him paper and pen.

"What are you going to write?"

Her Majesty the Queen said strangely.

The Duke of the National Guard quickly wrote the names on the paper without raising his head, then slapped the brush on the table and said, "Go and put these things in place, then find a cabinet to lock the paper, and get some seeds of this thing, soak a bottle of water for me to use, and see if I make a good thing for you. By the way, bake a heater and drink soda in winter, this is a great joy in life!"
Chapter completed!