Jiang Kui said to Li Guozhu, who was sitting in the carriage: "Young Master, this is also the official road to the capital, and it is also the pass of the Taihang Eight-Path Army. We came from the Feihu Path, and the iron tools in Lingqiu came out from the well path. There was a straight road across the mountain, which was much more convenient than walking from here."

Li Guozhu sat in a comfortable carriage with a copper stove at his feet and a copper stove in his hand. Even so, he was so cold that he shrank his hands and feet, and frostbite were on his face and hands... No one made fun of Li Guozhu's fragileness. Jiang Kui and others had been to the sea. The coastal areas of Japan are not like Hokkien, and the climate is much warmer, especially in Taiwan and Penghu. Even in the Little Ice Age, the climate is low, and it is still much higher than that in Shanxi.

Jiang Kui went to Japan once in April, and later returned to Tianjin. What he expected was that there was already a large amount of cargo stored at the Tianjin port. As soon as the ship arrived, it only took some time to repair and maintain it. Then he went into the sea again. This time, there were two ships, and he did not go to Jiangnan, but went straight to the port of Wa.

Zhang Han was very brave, of course, he was also aware of the importance of maritime trade. This era was a great era of navigation, a colonial era, and the beginning of global trade. At this time, North America, Australia, Canada, the entire South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa, these places were either already European colonies or quasi-colonies. All countries were scrambling to plunder the wealth of these places to be used for the development of their own industrialization. In the following two hundred years, most of the wealth in the world was acquired by Europe and North America. Britain began to enter modern times in the 19th century. In 1863, the subway was already in London. At that time, the Chinese didn’t even know what the train was like.

This era is a time to strive for the first step. China is already a little behind. Fortunately, with Li Dan and others, the country's territory outside the sea is still there and its vitality is still there. Chinese people also have a large population and territory in Southeast Asia. The strength of the Chinese on the sea is also very strong. The white-skinned man also thinks that China is a civilized country and a strong opponent, with many respect and cooperation.

Even for nothing else, for the benefit of maritime trade, Zhang Han had to increase investment and deepen his layout.

All he needed was early news to deduce the situation in Nanyang, the profit margins of trade, future returns, and more detailed strength of countries on sea and land in Nanyang and other places. Jiang Kui's return happened to start tutoring for Zhang Han, which also helped him make up for greater determination.

Of course, the two sea ships were hired, transporting 200,000 cargo to Japan in mid-June. This time, the northern route was faster. After receiving the two ships of cargo, Li Dan and his son finally made up their minds to cooperate seriously with Zhang Han.

In August, Li Guozhu set out and took Jiang Kui, Wen Zhongfa, Wang Zhang and others to Taiwan first. When he met Yan Siqi, he explained that he and Yusheng were going to build a village in Bengang. Of course, Yan Siqi had no objection. The territory was given by the Li family, and he only needed to recognize this group of outsiders coming to Bengang.

Penghu was briefly occupied by the Dutch during the Wanli period and was later driven away by the Ming navy. At the turn of spring and summer, Penghu was in the shallow water period. The stationed navy returned to Fujian. When Jiang Kui and others came to the island, there were only some fishermen on the island, and some villages built by fishermen without towns. The houses in the village were mostly made of wooden except for a small amount of stone. This kind of house is very afraid of typhoons. However, except for a few fishermen who have been stationed in Penghu for a long time, most of them will return to Fujian during the typhoon period.

Jiang Kui and others' experiences in Taiwan and Penghu were also eye-opening. At that time, there were about 20,000 Han immigrants in Taiwan, and there were only a few thousand fishermen in Penghu. The place was very rich, with beautiful natural scenery and extremely rich resources. The crops in tropical places were particularly lush and had high yields. Those natives did not need to work hard to get food, including natural edible plant fruits, various preys, and fishing catches. This was called Jiang Kui and others who were extremely envious... A place like Taiwan is enough to be a "treasure island".

"Brother Jiang," Li Guozhuo was cold, but he was also very energetic. He immediately made fun of Jiang Kui and said, "It's so happy to see you like Taiwan more. Didn't you say you prefer Taiwan?"

"Taiwan is good. I have seen many deer herds alone, and there are only a few hundred of them. This is impossible in our Datong." Jiang Kui said calmly: "The climate is also warm, the sugar cane is planted and sweet, and it squeezes out a lot of white sugar! People in our Datong live too hard... But this is my hometown!"

Li Guozhu understood that he smiled, but the creed was hard to leave his hometown. This creed is not so unbreakable to Fujian people... In the South China Oceanic territory, whether in Manila, Malacca, or Batavia, there are Chinese who have moved and taken root everywhere. This immigration to the North China Eastern China has begun since the Southern Song Dynasty. By this time, more than one million Chinese have lived in the entire South China Ocean. These Chinese are mainly Fujian people and Guangdong is second to Guangdong.

"What team are these?"

The attention of Lee Kwok-jo and his subordinates was attracted by the huge convoy again.

In front of me is a convoy of more than 100 large trucks. All the trucks are almost all kinds of materials such as food and cloth. The body of the truck is very heavy, with the front and rear wheels pressing deep in the official road. The rut marks left are clearly visible, and it can be seen that there are countless materials installed in the carriage.

"The sixth!"

The guard Song Feihu was born as a pirate. I don’t know how many storms he has seen. He is old and cannot continue to make a living at sea. Because his martial arts and courage are outstanding, Li Dan picked him out to be a personal guard for Li Guozhu. At this time, he stared at him very big and felt extremely shocked!

The six fleets, the smallest one is more than ninety big cars, and the most one is the stock in front of you, more than one hundred and ten!

The supplies transported by these six convoys were hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain and tens of thousands of pieces of cloth!

"Brother Jiang," Li Guozhu couldn't help but say, "I really am an ordinary businessman?"

"It's not ordinary anymore." Jiang Kui's face was silent, and his tone could not hide his complacent feeling: "My elders are already guarding the Acropolis, commanding the two guards, and a third-rank military official in the State Council."

"Well, with his high age and strength, I'm afraid he will be promoted again in the future."

"Thank you the eldest son Ji Yan."

Lee Kwok-joo didn't say anything for a moment, sat in the car and stared at the big cars in a daze.

The shape of these cars Li Guozhu has seen them in Manila. The same looks of those white-skinned cars and trucks tow trucks, but the workmanship of those cars is far less than the big cars in front of you, and the shape is even smaller. The big cars in front of you, whether in size, fine workmanship, or body design, are several grades better than those big cars in Manila.

Of course, Li Guozhu didn't know that these big cars were tested, finalized, and finally finalized after several years of continuous experimentation, finalization. With strong financial support and superb technical support, Zhang Han has always invested heavily and has achieved immediate results. It can be said that no country or institution in this era has paid attention to the carriage industry like Zhang Han... Of course, the result is just like this. Now, the carriage of He Yusheng can be said to be unique in the world. Even a well-informed person like Li Guozhu has seen such a fleet in front of him for the first time, and the impact he had on him was of course not an ordinary big deal.

"Okay, there is the No. 3 Lizi South Road store in front of me." Jiang Kui called people to stop. Many people started to get out of the car. The person in charge and the guys in the branch also came out of the store. They had already received a message, skillfully unloading the horse and putting the cart together.

Li Guozhu got out of the car and took a look outside the store first.

There were quite a lot of large cars parked on both sides of the shop. The outer side was a tall wall more than ten feet high, which surrounded the entire shop. There were corner buildings around it. Several guys holding message guns patrolled and guarded the police at a high place. Li Guozhu was a little surprised. The shop in front of him was as tight as a military fort.

"Brother Jiang," this time it was Song Feihu who asked, "Is it not peaceful here?"

Jiang Kui looked at the bird gunner patrolling high places. He smiled and explained: "I used to make trouble with bandits, but they have long since subsided. Now this level of alert is very low, just daily security."

If Li Guozhu had a clear understanding in his heart, there were merchants and business names of this size in the mainland of Daming, there would probably be many people who were coveting them secretly. The bandits were only openly and there were still many people who made secret ideas. Now it seems that Zhang Han had such a level of defense in such an ordinary branch. In other places, in larger and more important bases, there might be more hidden force.

"Your boss," Li Guozhu said to Jiang Kui: "How many merchant troops are there on the surface?"

"Now there are ten departments, and two more departments need to be expanded." Jiang Kui did not hide it from Li Guozhu. Both families have a strong desire to cooperate and needless to deceive.

Li Guozhu lowered his head and calculated silently, and said, "The guards and commands of the two guards in the acropolis, there are more than 10,000 guard troops and garrison battalions available on the books, but what is the reality?"

"In fact, there is not one." Jiang Kui grinned and said, "The original generals and servants asked them to keep them, either they would be dismissed. The guards were just a group of farming people. We should not take the military responsibilities. Don't make things difficult for them. Just farm honestly at home. The adults plan to build a garrison battalion next year, and with the name of the servants, they will be more than enough to support two thousand people."

Li Guosuke nodded thoughtfully. Zhang Han's subordinates had a high military power. After walking along the way, there was a small team of bird gunners who rushed over to guard. They were well trained and the bird guns were also well-made. They were far from the garbage goods in the hands of the Ming army in the south. The ranks and fragments of the body were uniform. Li Guosuke had never seen them in officers and soldiers. People were also very energetic. Li Guosuke was also very surprised when talking to these archers. Most of these people had read books and knew some words, and some were a lot of words. Li Guosuke felt like a child who had been a monk... He later learned that the more archers the merchant group knew, the more likely they were to be promoted and reused. Officers had to study in school. They not only had to learn literacy, but also read military books, mathematics, drawing, etc. Only when they were qualified could they be qualified to be an officer.

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