There were not many people who agreed with the decision of the prince to stay in Nan'an before. After traveling in the past few days, many people's views on the Nan'an Marquis Mansion have greatly improved.

The officials are smart and capable, and have good management of the local area, while the military soldiers are even more powerful, with strict military discipline and not very well-equipped equipment, but they exude an elite aura from top to bottom.

This kind of aura is not something that is experienced and well-trained army cannot be pretended.

In addition, the large-scale recruitment of new martial arts soldiers showed Xu Zixian's ambitions. This is a rising local force and is likely to really affect the overall military and political situation of Fujian Road and then affect overseas.

A counselor said solemnly to Luo Fangbo: "The decision of the prince staying is very correct. If he could have the support of the Marquis of Nan'an, even if the Wei court did not send troops, when the Marquis of Nan'an is more powerful, there might be changes."

"It's easy to say." Another adviser said: "We want to be close to others. What reasons do we have to be close to us, and what reasons do we have to support us?"

"Of course it's money." The previous adviser said: "I think Nan'an's foundation is just starting to prosper, and I'm sure I'm still short of money. If we take out money to support it, this good fate will be settled."

Lanfang Kingdom is not short of money. Although this country is small, it is only part of Borneo's seaside. It is smaller than Fujian Road, with a population of less than tens of millions of people, of which 60% are natives and about 40% are Chinese Han people.

Due to the good business and the prosperous trade, although the country is small, its annual income is over 10 million coins, which is about one-tenth of that of the Great Wei Dynasty.

It doesn't seem to be much, but the country is small and has little expenses. The army is only 50,000 or 60,000 people. There are also some tribal private soldiers. After years of accumulation, the copper coins in the national treasury have accumulated like mountains.

They have no ability but have wealth, which is also the reason why Sanfoqi and Lanfang are cared about by the sting.

I dare not say that if Xu Zixian really had potential, it would affect Fujian, and even the Wei Dynasty's national policy, and even gave real support to Lan Fang, and invested hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan in capital, it would not be a big deal for Lan Fang.

This kind of advance investment is also uncommon in Lanfang's century-old history, and has been in the Great Wei and the Three Buddhas.

But whether Xu Zi could really be able to compete with King Qi, King Zhao and the appeasement envoy, and then influence the foreign national policy of the Wei Dynasty. This is still doubtful.

"Nan'an Hou is quite enterprising and hates pirates very much." Luo Fangbo said calmly: "I expected his next goal to build a powerful water camp, or even a private navy. The Great Wei was trapped in the north and was powerless to the navy. Instead, local forces could succeed. Nan'an Hou may not be able to do it, but it is indeed a variable that needs attention. I mean, if he wants, we can provide help in shipbuilding."

"This is considered a heavy bet."

Shipbuilding is the most expensive national behavior, and even the national strength of the Great Wei court is powerless and cannot afford it.

A schooner with a draft of 500 tons costs at least 300,000 guan. With the supporting weapons and sailors, it is normal for 500,000 guan to 600,000 guan.

Only such large ships are the main force of the ocean navy. The central warships of the Wei Dynasty, the dragon spirit ships, the watercraft, Fujian, Guangdong ships, and Nanjing sand ships, all have this function.

If it is the local navy of Jiandawei, a medium-sized warship of about 300 tons is a large ship, and the cost of 150,000 tonnes is enough, including weapons.

A lucky ship warship, about 100,000 guan.

A watercraft, sixty thousand straits.

The other large and small ships, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 to 30,000.

Even the local fleet is quite expensive. Moreover, if it is to be useful to Lan Fang, of course, it is necessary to build ocean-going warships, a soft-sail battleship will form a combat power of at least 300,000 guan, and a deterrent fleet, with at least more than ten large warships and a number of small and medium-sized warships.

If you don’t have tens of millions or even tens of millions of coins, it’s better not to play this idea.

Although Lan Fang has the ability to build ships, his financial resources cannot support it. The navy of his country is not as strong as Pu Xingfeng's fleet. Compared with Kang Tianqi and Wang Zhi near the seas of Japan and the Great Wei, Pu Xingfeng's strength is obviously better than that.

Fortunately, the area where it mainly operates is west of the South Ocean, and in the Mughal area, it competes with the maritime power of the countries of Taixi. If its strength is entirely in the South Ocean or the sea outside the Wei Dynasty, Wang Zhi and others will not be able to suppress Pu Xingfeng, so they don’t know how many murders they will commit.

"Of course we don't have this ability..." Luo Fangbo said: "If there is, of course it will be used by our own navy. However, it is always possible to help them build ships at a low price, help them with some money and help them."

This is a side help, and everything depends on Nan'an himself. The favors are not small, and at least one million yuan of investment is required, which can be said to be a heavy bet.

Luo Fangbo felt a little uneasy. Can Xu Zixian take such help?

Nan'an is full of vitality now, but who can determine which step it can take?

But when he looked around in a daze, no one could help. Nan'an's son did not fall, could he just return empty-handed?

"That's how we decided." Luo Fangbo said decisively: "Send someone to hold my famous post and formally ask for a visit as Prince Lan Fang, and the Marquis of Nan'an meets me."

Seeing that someone hesitated, Luo Fangbo smiled and said, "As long as Marquis of Nan'an is interested in eliminating pirates, developing the navy is his must-do. In addition to the matter of developing the East Vanguard, how could he give up the opportunity to meet me?"

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After a busy day, I passed many assessments and checks and decided to have half of the candidates.

I will have to be busy for at least two to three days next, and I can basically determine the candidates for 3,000 martial arts soldiers.

This time, there was a lot of noise. Fortunately, there was an excuse for elimination. In addition, Xu Zixian was popular, so the political affairs hall in the capital would not be too difficult. Otherwise, the local squad recruitment would recruit thousands of people at once, and Lin Douyao could find excuses to waive Xu Zixian's squad training and guard position.

But this regiment commander had already reached the Heaven Ting, which was considered a great achievement of the court to appease Xu Zixian in the capital to quell the rebellion, which was equivalent to giving Xu Zixian all the towns in Nan'an.

Of course, the court was not short of guard and vigilance, otherwise it would not have been an excuse to graze in the Dongfan, and to bring Xu Zixian's fiefdom to the Dongfan Island.

If the six thousand official households continue to be placed in Nan'an, plus the original official households and hidden households, the entire town near Nan'anjia would be considered a real land grant to Xu Zixian. This action would be quite dangerous and the court would not do this.

Everyone was very tired. Xiuniang cooked some porridge in the back house and brought it over. Everyone thanked him and sat down with Xu Zi first to drink porridge.

"The Lord and Hou also have the position of taking charge of horse politics. Guan Yin reported himself and took it down from the Political Affairs Hall." Li Yi pondered: "I don't know what happened to the Dongfan horses, how should the Lord and Hou start?"

Xu Zixian did not answer immediately. Xiuniang added a lot of seafood to the porridge, which was extremely fresh. It was cooked with chopped green onion and rice. It was fresh and fragrant. After a day of tiredness, he seemed to have relieved his fatigue as much as he drank the hot rice porridge.

There were not many people in the signing room, and everyone was busy, with only Fang Shaoqun, Li Yi, Kong and a few people sitting next to accompany them.

Xu Zixian said: "Are there any Thai businessmen here in Nan'an or Fuzhou?"

Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Taixi and Tianfang are hostile to each other. I heard that fierce fighting is endless on the Mughal side, because the business road to the Great Wei was controlled by the Tianfang people, and the Taixi people are controlled by the Malacca channel and generally cannot pass. Pu Xingfeng and other thieves will not let go of any Taixi ship when they encounter it."

Kong He also said: "I saw Taixi Maritime Merchant when I was young, and I have never seen a ship in the past decade."

Xu Zixian pondered without saying a word, and after a while, he said, "Are there any Tianfang merchants who have a bad relationship with the Pu family?"

"This should be there." Li Yi hesitated for a while and said, "But we have to search slowly."

Fang Shaoqun said: "It seems that Junhou is planning to buy Tianfang Horse?"

"That's right." Knowing that it was impossible to hide Fang Shaoqun, Xu Zixian did not intend to hide his ideas. He said: "The green horse is not conducive to flat ground. Although the northern horses are good for long-distance raids and have good endurance and can endure hardships, they are generally short and cannot bear weights. Not to mention the southwest horses, it is only suitable for horses. The Tianfang horses are tall, with poor endurance but strong strength, and have strong weights. If you can buy hundreds of high-quality horses, you can develop a large horse of more than 10,000 within a few years."

Li Yi said: "I'm afraid the price is not expensive."

The court's enthusiasm for raising horses in the southeast was really limited. Xu Zixian was not the candidate for the emperor and the two governments. Giving him the title of Fujian Ma Zheng was nothing more than to calm his emotions. In addition, Xu Zixian's Ma Zheng's letter was indeed meaningful. The court was to treat the dead horse as a living horse, and gave him a policy, so that Xu Zixian would do it himself.

In addition to the 30,000 guan issued, it is unlikely that the court will provide any specific support. Hundreds of breeds and horses can be at least tens of thousands of guan, which is of course a considerable expense.

"We must first develop cotton fields and large-scale textile machines. At the same time, we must choose a site and set up a pile. These things can be done first." Xu Zixian remembered that the Tainan Plain is about 4,000 square kilometers, which is the largest plain area in Taiwan. Taiwan's terrain is uplifting in the middle, and there is no flat land to the west. Only Taipei, Taitung and Tainan have plain areas. The entire island has 30,000 square kilometers, which is about one-quarter of the size of Fujian Road. The entire island has many mountains, forest resources, wild animals, and minerals. The climate is subtropical and tropical monsoon climate. Generally speaking, it is humid all year round and extremely hot in summer. In later generations, Taiwan started with the light industry electronics industry, and agriculture is mainly fruit, sugar and tea industries. Due to the lack of large plain areas, the agricultural achievements on the island are actually quite limited.

Now it is different. Tainan has a plain of several thousand square kilometers, with only a small amount of hilly landforms, not to mention sufficient water sources, but also a large amount of wasteland.

Undeveloped wasteland and large grassland shrub landforms are suitable for horse running training. You can also feed the horses with food and chew it.
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