The opening of the sea is extremely important and is related to the future of the entire country and nation.

Now the Xu family is the first to bear the brunt of the attack, and Xu Jie even went south in person as soon as possible.

Lightweight, a carriage, and several knights.

There is no way. Even Xu Zhong doesn't understand anything like opening seas and building ships at all, so only Xu Jie can arrange it personally.

The spring in Hangzhou is so beautiful. Hangzhou already has a natural bay and is also an excellent natural port.

Hangzhou also has another geographical advantage, that is, the water system is developed, and all the inland materials from north, south, west and east can be gathered here from the river channel. If there are materials transported from sea to Hangzhou, they can also be easily sent from Hangzhou to various places.

So the node in Hangzhou was originally selected by Xu Jie after careful consideration.

Shipships, ship workers, ship arming, and charts. These are things Xu Jie wants to prepare with his own hands.

It’s okay to say that the private shipbuilding industry is already extremely developed. Since the Wu of the Three Kingdoms, the shipbuilding industry in Jiangnan has been extremely developed. In history, the sea trade in the Song Dynasty was also extremely developed. The sea bans of all dynasties, regardless of the singularity, have never been cut off from the people’s going to sea.

Therefore, sailors and ship workers are not unattended. Violations become legal, and it will not be difficult to recruit those who can actually go to sea.

So the problem lies in the arming of the ships and the charts.

The Dahua Dynasty was not without firearms, and even the army was equipped with a small number of firearms. However, the power of firearms in this era is really not satisfactory, it is no different from firearms, and it is even worse than that of firearms in later generations.

Even Xu Jie has never really used firearms after several rounds. It is because these firearms are really useless, and Xu Jie does not have the time and energy to seriously study the transformation of firearms.

The transformation of firearms is not just about improving black gunpowder. The key is the firearm manufacturing process. To put it bluntly, the gun barrel is the real key issue. The processing technology is extremely difficult, and the processing of tubular metals has always been a difficult problem.

In ancient times, the most dirt-like method was used to produce tubular metals, which was to create a solid iron rod and then use tools to hollow the middle into a hollow bit by bit. Not to mention the accuracy of the digging, this process was also time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The casting method is even less developed, and bubbles are a difficult problem to solve.

These things are not really unsolvable, but it is not a simple matter to really start solving them. Not to mention the casting problem, just talking about the improvement of gunpowder, it seems like a recipe can solve it, but it is not the case.

Xu Jie knew that the formula ratio of black gunpowder was relatively perfect, 1 nitrate, 2 sulfur and 3 charcoal, but this ratio was actually said, not really one to two to three, but one pound of nitrate, two taels of sulfur, and three taels of charcoal. One pound is sixteen taels, but actually sixteen to two to three.

But these are not the real focus. The focus is on the production process. It is not as good as the production of charcoal in this era. Most of the charcoal produced is smoldering. The charcoal produced is actually extremely impure, and even can burn thick smoke on the brazier.

The production process of this charcoal largely limits the power of gunpowder. As for the purity of ore raw materials, such as nitride, it is even more difficult to guarantee.

These are important issues that limit the power of firearms. If you want to truly develop and mature the firearms, the work in them is not something that Xu Jie can truly solve the problem by teaching a skill to anyone.

This requires the common progress of many things. If a technology or discipline is truly mature, it is far from something that a person can accomplish overnight.

Fortunately, Dahua Dynasty is still an extremely advanced civilization compared to people in other places. Even if there is no truly mature firearm, it will not really hinder Xu Jie's plan to start the sea for the time being.

Thick armor, exquisite weapons, advanced crossbows, and mature throwing weapons are enough to crush most of the civilizations of this era. As for those territories where most of the uncivilized nations grow, let alone.

Navigation charts are also the top priority, which is what Xu Jie needs to do seriously, including the South China Sea archipelago, Indochina Peninsula, India and other places, the Luzon Islands, and the Malay Islands.

Xu Jie can make a lot of contributions to the rough islands and coasts on this sea route.

In surprise, Xu Zhong slowly cooperated with Xu Jie to do things and gathered those capable people who could build sea boats and truly go out to sea.

Most of these people are illegal business, and most of them are hidden. If the government comes to search for it, these people’s first reaction is probably to hide quickly. However, if the Jiangnan Blood Knife Hall comes to search for it, it is really accurate to search for it.

The forces in the martial arts world really have great advantages at this time.

Xu Jie also began to take the firearm seriously. The skilled craftsman also asked Xu Zhong to send someone to recruit him. Even the Taoist priests who practiced the elixirs were looking for many. The Taoist priests who refined the alchemy would really help in this matter.

Xu Jie has been in Hangzhou for a few months, and summer has arrived. Everything has just gotten a clue, and the dock on Hangzhou Bay has also begun to break ground.

The busy Blood Knife Hall and Xu Jie's grand plan have little impact on others.

In Hangzhou city, literati and talented people are still keen on the first floor of the world, and the common people are still busy with their lives every day.

On the island in the middle of the West Lake, Yang Sanpang stood by the dock from time to time in a daze. He knew that Xu Jie was in Hangzhou, but he only saw him once, probably looking forward to Xu Jie coming to the island to accompany him.

Yang Sanpang, who is extremely martial arts, is now just such a lonely old man. No matter how high his martial arts are, he cannot change his loneliness. In this world, except Xu Jie, there is no one else that can make him look forward to.

Walking in the world is meaningless to him, and his martial arts is meaningless to him.

This faint sorrow is beyond words.

If someone asks, what is the greatest significance of a person in his life?

Some people ask what to do to climb the top, strive for self-improvement, and be proactive. But in the end, what is the greatest meaning left in a person's life?

Maybe it's the one around you.

Today, Yang Sanpang still didn't wait for Xu Jie, so he could only sit in front of the hut, with a few plates of side dishes and a few pots of old wine, and was half drunk and slept.

The busy Xu Jie returned from the seaside dock and passed the tide-watching place in the past. After a while, he stopped and didn't know what he remembered. He rode a horse and passed Qiantang and then returned to Hangzhou City.

In fact, there was still someone in Hangzhou looking forward to Xu Jie, and that was the courtesan, Jie Bing. Jie Bing was in the boudoir, frowned slightly, and sometimes there were a few grievances.

At the door of the first floor, there was a servant who did nothing, just standing there, hoping for it. The person he was looking forward to, that is, the person Jie Bing hoped for, was also Xie Bing who told him to wait all day long at this door and not to do anything.

If Xu Jie came, the servant would rush to Jie Bing's boudoir as soon as possible and bring this good news to Jie Bing.

It is really hard to explain clearly between people.

Xu Jie and Jie Bing can't say that they are in love or are in love. Because they have not reached this point at all.

But there are some things that need not be said. In the final analysis, Jie Bing was able to come to Hangzhou, the world's first floor, because of Xu Jie. Whether Jie Bing had those thoughts about Xu Jie was actually not difficult to answer, but it was not easy to answer.

Where is Xu Jie? Maybe I really haven’t thought about it in a certain direction.

If there is no other thing happening to these two people in the future, it is probably like this, and it is unlikely that there will be any love and love happening between the two people.

Maybe it’s a bit regretful, but it’s also natural.

Xu Jie, who returned to Hangzhou City, sat down in the small hotel of Zhong Shidao.

Zhong Shidao sat inside the counter, and Xu Jie stood outside the counter. The two looked at each other and smiled. Zhong Shidao gave Xu Jie a drink and served side dishes, smiling non-stop.

The two were chatting, and Master Zhong also had to come and see him off from time to time.

"Old man, do you want to go out in the world? I'm almost busy, and I'm ready to go around the world. Should I go together?" Xu Jie still had his thoughts on the world, his friends and companions in his heart.

He didn't want to be a master and didn't understand the style, and replied: "I don't want to know what's good about the world? Is it better for the family?"

Xu Jie was a little disappointed and said with a smile: "Prefer sex to friends."

Mr. Zhong was also laughing, smiling honestly, just like an old farmer in the field, saying, "Hehe... My baby is about to be born, and you have to give him a name at that time."

"Your surname is born, if you give birth to a son, you should call him a stallion." Xu Jie smiled badly.

"Still horses? It's okay. Although the name is not generous, it is also regular and easy to grow." Mr. Zhong replied seriously.

Xu Jie smiled even more evilly and said, "This name makes you feel better."

Mr. Zhong didn't care, so he took the time to pick up the wine glass and drink with Xu Jie, and seemed to be really satisfied.

After sitting for a while, I suddenly heard a noisy intersection outside the door.

Xu Jie turned around and took a look. Two gangs of young men, each of whom were holding wooden sticks and iron rulers, confronting each other, and cursing endlessly.

After cursing for a moment, the fire suddenly broke out. Passers-by hid far away, and the streets were in chaos.

Some people have some martial arts skills and show great power. Some people are hiding everywhere, and even hide in the small hotel of Zhong Shidao.

Of course, someone chased in, and the customers in the store immediately fled, and the tables, chairs, benches fell to the ground.

Blood naturally emerged from under the wooden stick and iron ruler.

Xu Jie frowned slightly and turned around to drive him away and stop him.

However, Xu Jie's hand was grabbed by Master Zhong, so he heard Master Zhong speak: "Don't worry too much. There are always fights at the intersection of this street every month. If you can't control it, just let them fight, and someone will come to pay."

Xu Jie looked at Master Zhong when he heard this and suddenly laughed: "Old Zong, you look old and arrogant, it seems like you are living out of your realm."

"Is that true?" Mr. Zhong asked back, and then said, "What realm?"

Xu Jie, who was standing by the counter, had not answered yet, suddenly flashed and almost avoided a person who rushed in outside the door. The man saw that he almost bumped into Xu Jie, waved the iron ruler in his hand and scolded Xu Jie: "Hide aside, don't get in the way of my own hands and feet here."

At this time, Master Zhong suddenly looked dark and was about to walk out of the counter. But he suddenly saw Xu Jie actually hiding aside. Master Zhong stopped seeing this and laughed and said, "Wen Yuan, this is not like you."

Xu Jie nodded: "Learn from you, learn some realm."

Mr. Zhong didn't say much, so he just poured wine for Xu Jie.

The fire ended, and the arrogant and complacent wailed slowly.

Zhong Shidao slowly came out of the counter, packed the tables, chairs and benches, and said to himself: "This time the loss is heavy, I will have to pay ten taels."

"Ten taels? It's a bit dark!" Xu Jie replied.
Chapter completed!