Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Liu Changchun's face is full of pride. A fleet of his size is in the upper middle position in the Maritime Association.

"So many ships? Yuanwai Liu has made a lot of money in recent years, right?" Zheng Yiguan said with a smile.

"Don't dare, I just make a little money. The top few in the Maritime Association bought a lot of land in Java, planted spices there, and opened mines. The money I earned was just some hard money.

If it wasn't for the commander-in-chief who opened up the sea route to Java, where would we have such a day now?All of this is due to the commander-in-chief. "When Liu Changchun mentioned Zhao Wen, his face was full of excitement.

Although Liu Changchun had never met Zhao Wen, he also knew that Java was attacked by Zhao Wen's troops.

In fact, these merchants in the Maritime Association basically knew about this matter, and even many people and officials in the southeast coast knew about these things, and they all knew that Java was attacked by Zhao Wen's troops.

Zhao Wen did not deliberately conceal this, so it is very normal for these people to know.

Although they knew it, it was only limited to them internally and kept silent to the outside world.

Those officials on the southeast coast are inextricably linked with these maritime merchants, so it is impossible for these officials to tell the court about this matter.

In other words, the entire southeast coast now knows that Zhao Wen has opened up the sea route to Java, but the imperial court does not know.

"General Zheng came back today and was exhausted. I will set up a table of wine in the Qinggong Tower to clean up the general. I wonder if the general would like to show his face?" Liu Changchun looked at Zheng Yiguan expectantly.

Zheng Yiguan just wanted to refuse, but he thought of something, so he pushed the boat along, "In this case, let Liu Yuanwai arrange it."

"Thank you, General Zheng, for your kindness!" Member Liu thanked him, and then hurriedly said to the butler who was following behind him, "Hurry up to Qinggong Building to wrap up their best private room, and then ask them to hurry up and prepare the best one." Food, just say that I want to treat General Zheng to dinner today, hurry up."

"Yes!" The housekeeper nodded at Liu Changchun, and hurried towards the city.

"General Zheng, please!" Liu Changchun stood on the spot and extended a gesture of please.

Zheng Yiguan laughed loudly and said, "If that's the case, then I won't be polite."

With that said, Zheng Yiguan walked towards the city.

Liu Changchun hurriedly followed Zheng Yiguan and walked towards the city.

Not long after, Zheng Yiguan, Liu Changchun and others were sitting in the private room in the best part of Qinggong Building.

Zheng Yiguan sat at the head seat, and Liu Changchun sat at his lower head.

"Liu Yuanwai's business is very big now, and now he has so many ships in his hands." Zheng Yiguan looked at Liu Changchun with a smile.

"It's all thanks to the commander-in-chief and the general. Without the commander-in-chief and the general, how would I have so many ships now?" Liu Changchun said modestly.

While the two were talking, the food was served.

The two exchanged cups, ate and drank wine.

When the food was over five flavors and the wine had been around for three rounds, Zheng Yiguan put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "I have something to do here, I wonder if Yuanwai Liu is interested?"

When Liu Changchun heard this, he became interested. He looked at Zheng Yiguan and asked, "I wonder if the general needs my help?"

"This matter was entrusted to me by the Chief Soldier. It is a very big event. I originally thought about doing it myself, but after thinking about it, I still want to get some people to do it together."

What Zheng Yiguan said was nothing else but what Zhao Wen had entrusted to him.

Originally, Zheng Yiguan wanted to do it by himself, but when he heard Liu Changchun outside the city gate just now that he had dozens of ships, his thoughts suddenly came alive.

If you do it alone, even though you have a lot of ships in your hands, it is impossible to transfer all the ships there.

As the saying goes, more people are more powerful, so it is better to bring some businessmen to go there together, and it will be more convenient to find rubber trees and cinchona trees at that time.

And even if the businessman found these things, but Zhao Wen entrusted him with this matter, and he also found these businessmen, so the credit would naturally be on his head.Besides, Zhao Wen didn't say that Zheng Yiguan was not allowed to find a businessman before.

If you really find a rubber tree, once the rubber is produced, you can let these merchants transport the rubber back, leave it there, and then make the rubber.

The Chief Soldier said before that this rubber is very important, and the more it is sent back, the greater the credit.

Although the seeds of the rubber tree will be brought back, this is a tree after all, and it is impossible to produce rubber in the first few years, so in the last few years, the source of rubber must rely on the Americas.

In this way, it is better to give these merchants some small profits and let the merchants help transport the rubber.

In addition to letting businessmen help transport rubber, these businessmen can also be allowed to establish rubber plantations locally and let these businessmen produce rubber locally.

In addition to rubber, cinchona trees can do the same.

And I can free up my hands to do other things. This is a win-win situation.

Zheng Yiguan used to be a pirate, but he was also a businessman.The greatest ability of a businessman is to reduce costs and strive for maximum benefits.

"I don't know what the general is talking about?" Liu Changchun suddenly became interested, and looked at Zheng Yiguan with great interest.

Zheng Yiguan lowered his voice, asked Liu Changchun to close his ears, and said in a low voice: "This matter was entrusted to me by the commander-in-chief. It is a very important matter. As for what it is, I can't give you details. Say, I can only give you a general idea!"

As he said that, Zheng Yiguan told him what Zhao Wen had entrusted to him. He only gave a general idea, and at the same time gave a rough outline of his own plan.

Listening to Zheng Yiguan's voice, Liu Changchun kept thinking.

"Since it's something that the commander-in-chief entrusted to the general, wouldn't it be a violation of the commander-in-chief's order if the general takes me?" Liu Changchun kept beating his heart, not knowing whether to agree or reject for a moment.

"Don't worry, I believe the Chief Soldier will agree. As for whether it will be successful or not, I have to ask the Chief Soldier, but I think the Chief Soldier will definitely agree.

How about this, for the next month, you stay here and don't leave, and at the same time tell the maritime merchants on the island not to leave, I will write a letter to ask the commander-in-chief for instructions, and if possible, I will take you to do it.

If this can be done, maybe you can earn more money than running Java. Believe me, I won't lie to you. " Zheng Yiguan said in detail.

"In this case, then follow the general's arrangement." Liu Changchun's heart became hot when he heard that he was earning more money than running in Java.

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After eating, Zheng Yiguan returned to his subordinate yamen.

After returning to the subordinate yamen, Zheng Yiguan drank some tea to soothe the hangover, then went to the study room, wrote his thoughts on rice paper, and put them in an envelope.

Early the next morning, Zheng Yiguan asked people to send the letter to Liaodong by express boat.

During the period after sending the letter, Zheng Yiguan was not idle, and began to purchase a large amount of supplies in preparation for going to America.

In addition to purchasing materials, Zheng Yiguan also asked people to escort the commercial tax collected in the recent period to Xuanzhen.

When the Maritime Association was established, Zhao Wen formulated the regulations. The first article of the regulations was that anyone within Zhao Wen's sphere of influence, as long as they were doing business, had to pay taxes.

Although these businessmen are unwilling to pay taxes, they also know that if they don't pay taxes, then they don't want to do business on the sea, especially in Java.

As a result, these businessmen also had to pay taxes.Compared with the money earned from doing business, the money paid in taxes is really nothing.

When Zheng Yiguan's letter was floating on the sea, Zhao Wen had already led his troops to the place where the later Changchun was.

Zhao Wen stood on a hillside, looking at a dilapidated small city in front of him.

"The small city in front is called Long'an Station. It used to be under the jurisdiction of Yidonghewei, the capital of Nuer Gandu, and then it became the territory of Wuliangha Sanwei, and then it became my Horqin's grazing land.

After falling out with Jiannu, we also left here.This place was also occupied by Jiannu, and the city in front of us was built during the Yongle period, more than 200 years ago.

In the past, this place was under the jurisdiction of Daming, and Daming would carry out repairs every year.But later, Wuliangha Sanwei occupied this place, and it has never been repaired since then.When I, Horqin, were grazing here, this small town was my residence.At that time, I also had people repair it a few times, but not many times. " Buhe pointed to the small town of Long'an station in front of him, and said to Zhao Wen.

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Chapter 524 Su Saha's strategy of attracting troops

"Do you think this small city in front of you is suitable for expanding into a big city?" Zhao Wen pointed at the small city in front of him and looked at Buhe.

Bu He pondered for a while, then said, "I'm not sure about this, anyway, the terrain here is good, in my opinion, it's a more suitable place to build a city."

"In this case, let's go in and take a look." Zhao Wen said, looking at Li Xiaosan who was following behind him, "Send down the order to let everyone camp on the spot, and at the same time give away all the Ye Bushou in our hands." Go out, check around the city, draw all the terrain around the city on paper, and bring it to me when the time comes."

Ye Bushou in Zhao Wenjun has all received special training, and I dare not say that he is proficient in all eighteen martial arts, but for them, drawing pictures is not a problem.

Li Xiaosan nodded, and walked towards the back,

Zhao Wen stood on the hillside for a while, and then led the guards and Bu He who were following behind him towards the small city ahead.

Not long after, Zhao Wen came to the front of the city.

Outside the city at this time, the water in the moat had dried up, and the banks of the moat were covered with weeds.

The suspension bridge above the moat lay flat on the moat, covered with dust, leaves, bricks and tiles.

There are also footprints of some wild beasts, some fresh and some that are about to disappear.

The city gate was also open, and there were messy bricks and tiles and dust everywhere on the ground.

There are three big characters "Long'an Station" written on the top of the city gate, but it is covered with dust. If you don't look carefully, you really can't tell what the words are.

Originally, there was a Niulu Jiannu stationed in Long'an Station, and there were more than 100 households and nearly [-] Jiannu people in Long'an Station, but Huang Taiji dispatched all the people here to defend Shenyang City. In the city of Shenyang, there is only an empty city left.

Many parts of the city wall have been broken into bad shape, and even the rammed earth inside is exposed.

Zhao Wen walked on the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge creaked and creaked non-stop, like a door shaft that hadn't been filled with oil all year round. It sounded like a toothache.

Zhao Wen walked over the suspension bridge, leaving behind rows of footprints. When the guards behind him walked past, the footprints became messy.

Zhao Wen came to the gate of the city. He looked at the gate in front of him and stretched out his hand to touch the gate.

A handprint appeared on the city gate, and Zhao Wen's hands were also covered with dust.

Because no one took care of the city gate, it was cracked, and there were still a few rows of messy paw prints on the dust in the gate hole.

These paw prints looked very fresh, and it was obvious that the beast hadn't been there for a long time.

Bu He looked at the paw prints on the ground and said hurriedly, "I'm afraid there are wolves inside!"

As soon as Bu He said this, all the guards guarding Zhao Wen became nervous. They took off their weapons, opened the insurance, and walked forward with vigilance.

Zhao Wen walked behind the guard, showing no expression.

After passing through the city gate, he came to Wengcheng.

Although Long'an Station is not big, the sparrow is small, but it has all internal organs, and it has everything that a city should have.

The ground in Wengcheng is always rammed and compacted. If it is properly taken care of, no weeds will grow on it.

But because no one took care of it for a long time, weeds had grown on it.

Only three or four months have passed since Huang Taiji transferred the people here, but even in such a short period of time, weeds still occupied the place.

Weeds grow very fast. When the wind blows the grass seeds here, it may be a rain, and the weeds will grow.

The weeds in Wengcheng grow very tall, reaching halfway up to the waist.

Although most of the weeds are blue, there are still some weeds that have begun to wither and turn yellow, covered with grass seeds, just waiting for the strong wind to blow and blow in the wind.

"Swish!"

At this moment, a piece of weeds in front suddenly moved, and then, the sound of wild beasts walking through the weeds was heard.

"There are wolves!"

A gray shadow flashed through the weeds, and a guard hurriedly roared and fired several shots at the place where the shadow flashed.

With his shot, the surrounding guards fired at the grass in front.

For some reason, whenever human beings face wild beasts, their first reaction is still a little fear.

Even fighting on the battlefield, the reaction is not so great.

"My lord, I think we should burn these weeds in Wengcheng to avoid any wild animals." Bu He looked at the weeds in front of him and said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen shook his head, "No, if it burns, if a gust of wind blows, it is very likely that the wooden structures on the city wall will be ignited, and if the fire causes a fire in the city, it will be bad.

Although the city was bankrupt, it could not still be engulfed in flames.If we don't care and the fire cannot be controlled, then the surrounding woods will be burned.

If we manage it, it will take a lot of time. The main purpose of our trip is to go to Nuergan, so we can't delay here for too long. "

When Bu He heard this, he couldn't say anything more. He stood still and looked at the guards who kept shooting in front of him.

"Da da da!"

The gunshots kept ringing, and soon the screams of wild wolves came from the grass.

As soon as the screams sounded, the guards aimed their guns at the place where the screams sounded.

After a burst of bullets poured down, the screams stopped.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, a gray wolf suddenly sprang out from the grass next to Zhao Wen and rushed towards Zhao Wen.

Seeing this, Bu He hurriedly pulled Zhao Wen back, stepped forward with his right foot, and pulled out the waist knife with his right hand, slashing towards the wild wolf.

The wild wolf Xu was afraid of the waist knife in Bu He's hand, and hurriedly twisted in the air, landed on the ground ahead of time, and then ran towards the gate of the city.

"Boom!" At this moment, a guard next to Zhao Wen pulled the trigger on the wild wolf.

However, the speed of the wild wolf was too fast, and there were wild wolves running around in the grass, so the soldiers couldn't hit it at all, and it escaped.