"However, the power of Fuzhou Mansion has reached its limit, and any further expansion will cause trouble. Du Xu smiled and looked at the lifesource point and thought secretly, the expansion of the Haijiao Gang in Fuzhou Mansion in the recent period has aroused the vigilance of the government, and the prefect has secretly mentioned it several times.

Coupled with the resistance of other prefectures and counties, they often find some small troubles for the Haijiao Gang, so that each prefecture needs to send some good hands to maintain and manage. Although there is "Xiangyang Duel", a technique that can quickly cultivate masters, after all, the time is short, and the number of people who can manage one side is limited, so the status quo can only be maintained at present.

The warm sunlight pierces the clouds and sprinkles the earth, making the plants on Hulu Island full of life and fragrant flowers.

Along a concrete path, Du Xu entered the largest building in Huludao, where most of the members of the Haijiao Gang were waiting.

"I called you here today to summarize the gains of the gang during this period of time and the next development direction. ”

After Du Xu entered, he stretched out his hand to suppress the saluting crowd, and asked everyone to sit down and speak directly.

"Helper, during this period of time, our restaurants, inns, cloth workshops, and horse-drawn carriages and other industries have affected the clothing, food, housing and transportation of Fuzhou Mansion, and have made a lot of profits. ”

"In addition, the glass, soap, and furniture products produced by our workshop are very popular, and the demand exceeds the supply. ”

But the cost of this time was also staggering, the gang leader researched cement, guns, built a shipyard, and set up a new gang rudder, etc., and now the gang has very little money left. ”

Wen Jingming, as the chief manager of the gang, naturally reported the general situation of the Haijiao Gang during this period of time. In this process, he was not only happy that the Haijiao Gang could obtain benefits, but also pained by the speed at which Du Xu spent money.

Du Xu looked at Wen Jingming's expression and smiled, then nodded to Xiong Zhengyang and motioned for him to follow.

"Gang leader, after this period of training, the four hundred brothers recruited have become proficient in naval combat, plus the quick success method provided by the gang leader, there are already more than five hundred elite brothers in our naval department. ”

"As long as the warships in the shipyard are produced, we can trade overseas again, or track down the traces of the Demon Cult. ”

Xiong Zhengyang was in high spirits and looked excited, he had been holding his breath since the Demon Sect had plundered the merchant ships of the Sea Jiao Gang and disappeared.

So during this time, he trained with the people of the Navy Department on the beach every day, and with the effect of "Xiangyang Duel", their current strength is not the same as before.

"Very good, the shipyard in the gang can already imitate 1500 materials of sea ships, which is more than 500 materials larger than our current ships, although it is not as big as the imperial court's ships, but for us at present, it can already play a role. ”

"Recently, overseas pirates have become more and more rampant, some coastal counties have been breached, property has been looted, and the people in the city have been wantonly slaughtered and bullied, which is unbearable. ”

"I suspect that there are people from the Demon Cult behind this, so you have to increase the training of manpower and recruit more good hands to come in. ”

Du Xu was very happy to see Xiong Zhengyang's mental state, revealed some news to him, and encouraged him at the same time, hoping that he would make persistent efforts.

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"Shao Dart, our Firearms Department has improved the power of ** after many tests according to the ** formula you provided. ”

"At the same time, after the research of several masters invited, it has been able to build a firecracker, and the range can reach 250 steps, which is better than the imperial firecracker. ”

"As for artillery, it can be produced in the same way, but there is not much improvement, and as for some of the ideas provided by the less darthead, it is being studied. ”

The last report was Lin Si, the head of the firearms department that was established not long ago, he and Lin Wu were interested in craftsman technology, and they had been helping the inner workshop to learn until Du Xu established the firearms department and the shipyard, and they were arranged to manage these two departments.

"Haha, yes, you have to continue to improve according to the ideas I provided, and you have to improve the treatment of craftsmen who have made great contributions, not only to give money, but also to improve their status, and let him take people to take charge of some work. ”

"Two new departments will be formed in the gang, namely the musket department and the artillery battalion, and in order to do a good job of secrecy, we will develop the next island as a training ground. ”

"Next, we have to recruit a large number of people, and on land, because the influence of the imperial court is still there, and the development is affected, the power will gradually transfer overseas. ”

With Du Xu's explanation, everyone's faces were also very excited and expectant, Xiangyang, but as soon as the last command was finished, everyone's faces immediately froze, and they were a little puzzled.

"Helper, why is that? We are fine on land, so why should we move overseas?"

"Yes, there are so many forces in the rivers and lakes, and those big factions have more influence than our Haijiao Gang, and they don't necessarily know what the court does to them. ”

"Overseas is a barbaric place, please think twice!"

Looking at the people who were like a fried pot, Du Xu just smiled and watched them tell that as the manager of the Haijiao Gang, there was no need to doubt his loyalty, so he still understood everyone's doubts.

This is related to the experience and vision of the people of this era, since ancient times, the Chinese people have believed that their territory is the center of the world, and outside of China is a barbarian land.

Unless forced to do so, who is willing to build their forces overseas, so when they heard Du Xu say that they want to transfer overseas, they will be so puzzled.

"Ahem, don't make any noise, it's not that you give up everything on land, it's just that the focus of development will shift for a while. ”

"On land, we must also do a good job, and we must slowly penetrate and develop into counties, villages and other lower-level areas. ”

"We're going to expand our workshops, mass-produce cloth, ceramics, glass, and develop wasteland to grow tea trees, all of which are popular overseas. ”

"These require a lot of manpower, and we can not only provide a large number of jobs to feed more displaced people, but also continue to increase the wealth of the gang. ”

"In addition, the center of our important overseas base in the future is Dongfan, I call it Taiwan, I believe some of you have heard of it, the area is very large, and the land is fertile. ”

"Now the imperial court does not pay attention to this place, it is occupied by some indigenous people, scattered here in the form of tribes, quite backward, this is the best treasure for our development. ”

"When enough ships are produced, we will first occupy this place, recruit displaced people to reclaim wasteland, build workshops, and no one will stop us from developing what we want. ”

"You know? I guess I have some ideas to realize, but I'm too constrained on land, and I want to accumulate strength overseas before I come back. Du Xu was still a little puzzled when he heard the end of everyone's hearing, and immediately expressed his intention in one sentence.

"Well, although I don't really understand what you are doing, but we believe in you, and it would be good if you had any arrangements. The crowd immediately responded.

"Okay, that's all for today, you go down and prepare, don't hurry and take your time. Seeing this, Du Xu ended the meeting.

"Shao Darthead, Hengshan sent an invitation to invite you to participate in the Golden Basin Handwashing Conference. After the meeting, Lin Da stayed and handed Du Xu an invitation.