In Nanyang, the European colonizers were quite jealous of the Chinese, and at the same time, they also vigorously blocked the flow of seeds and technology into China. For example, the introduction of sweet potatoes to China was not natural, and the Spanish colonizers at that time brought sweet potatoes from South America to the Philippines, which they always regarded as "strange goods" and "forbidden to leave the country". In the 21st year of Wanli, Chen Zhenlong, a Fujianese who went to Luzon to do business, and his son Chen Jinglun saw that the sweet potato tubers were "as big as a fist, the skin color was vermilion, the heart was crisp and juicy, both raw and cooked were edible, the yield was high, and the wide variety was barren". The amount of effort and risk taken is enormous.

The group left Manila by boat and was also subjected to strict scrutiny by the colonial authorities, even more so than when they arrived. Simply, they had been prepared, they had done a full set of plays, and they didn't carry anything that might be considered forbidden - except for the shipbuilding knowledge in Pan Xuezhong's head. Of course, if the Spaniards want to discover this, they have to learn to read minds first.

Leaving the Spaniards' sphere of influence, Pan Xuezhong began the process of reproducing his memories. Staying alone in the cabin, when he was tired, he either lay down and rested for a while, or chatted with Chen Yuanliang and Tang Xingyuan, or went on the deck and looked at the sea.

The boat sailed quickly to the other side, and when it arrived in Qiongzhou, Pan Xuezhong's work was far from over. However, the appetizer for the next stage of his work has been prepared for him - a visit to the Qiongzhou government shipyard in order to get him into the state as soon as possible.

The Qiongzhou government-run shipyard was a government-run enterprise that Chen Kai decided to set up at the beginning and was vigorously supported by Zheng Xingying, the subsequent prefect of Qiongzhou. Today, a large number of warships and merchant ships of the Zheng Group come from here, and most of the raw materials for shipbuilding come from Qiongzhou, such as the giant wood that is needed is cut from the inland mountains, transported down by rivers, and dried for a long time in a special drying field.

Some of the members of the Guangdong Business Alliance were involved in trading giant wood with the Li Min Tusi and had close business dealings with the Qiongzhou government-run shipyards. The matter of visiting was finalized without much effort, just waiting for Pan Xuezhong to arrive.

After the reception banquet, after a two-day rest, the visit officially began. From drying, unraveling wood, to keel and skeleton, the process does not have to be read at one time, as long as you find the feeling, you can put it into the work. After Tang Xingyuan set off, the members who invested in the shipyard have also established the relevant enterprise organization, the location of the shipyard, the purchase of raw materials, and the employment of craftsmen, many aspects have been done impressively, just waiting for technical talents to be in place.

After seeing all this, Pan Xuezhong signed a contract with the Haikou Shipyard of the Guangdong Business Alliance. Many things have to start from scratch, and he is also full of energy, but a few days later, he took a half-day off, because Chen Yuanliang was ready to leave for the return, and he always had to send it off.

Speaking of which, Chen Yuanliang's ship originally did not go to Manila, but it turned out to be because of Pan Xuezhong. Fortunately, the matter was done, and when he returned to Qiongzhou Mansion, Tang Xingyuan spoke, and Haikou Shipyard immediately offered to make up for its losses, but he politely refused. In his words, both sides are friends, and he went to Manila to help his friends, so there is no need to be so careful. But on the other hand, Haikou Shipyard will naturally not let him really suffer losses, and after repeated invitations, a tacit understanding was finally reached, and the connection between them became closer.

Chen Yuanliang set off to return to Nanyang, and a group of people naturally came to see each other off. Pan Xuezhong was close to him, and later he left room for them to talk. It's just that compared to Chen Yuanliang, who has a big stone in his heart, although Pan Xuezhong is officially joining, he still has a lot of different feelings, and he can only talk in front of his friends for many years.

"The government-run shipyard has seen it, and they are all Guangzhou ships and Fu ships, and I heard that the country surnamed Ye also purchased some Taixi merchant ships for refitting, but they are all done in Fujian, and this side is only responsible for new construction." Speaking of this, Pan Xuezhong shook his head slightly, and a breath of air erupted from his nostrils: "Sooner or later, they will still build a Galen ship, on the sea, giant ships and cannons are king!" ”

Pan Xuezhong has always held such a view, and Chen Yuanliang also knows a lot about this friend who is more than ten years older than him, especially after talking freely in Manila.

Comfort, it is nothing more than emphasizing the word "future", and it just so happened that Pan Xuezhong also said the same. More importantly, he is willing to make a lot of effort in this, and he also has to take advantage of favors, in addition to the commercial benefits, the most important thing is that he really believes that this Guangdong business alliance can really succeed. Because, over the years, he has seen too much as a bystander.

"With Chen Fujun here, my brother will be able to get what he wants sooner or later."

"Chen Fujun is naturally a hero, and Fujian's national surname is even more of a jade pillar." Speaking of this, Pan Xuezhong said a new news that arrived yesterday: "Brother Ying Longxian, don't go to Manila in the near future, just yesterday came from Guangzhou, saying that it was a very unpleasant quarrel between the national surname and the Francophone man......"

Tang Xingyuan had already told him this kind of news last night, but it was far less detailed than Pan Xuezhong's. In this regard, Chen Yuanliang asked Pan Xuezhong's family again, because they did not come with them this time and were still in Manila. With the fierceness of the Spaniards towards the Chinese, it is easy to harm the pond fish.

"Tang Yuanwai has already started to contact, and a boat will go to Manila in the afternoon to pick him up. In addition, there are also some craftsmen who have to be pulled over one after another. ”

The Qiongzhou shipbuilding industry led by the Guangdong Business Alliance officially kicked off, and the people involved in it are fighting for it in their respective identities. Like other areas in Guangdong under Chen Kai's actual control, the prosperity of Qiongzhou is also visible. In contrast, the other core control area of the Zheng Group, which is also the base camp of the Zheng Group, Fujian, is still steadily recovering people's livelihood, but the war is still becoming more and more frequent, making everything seem inconspicuous.

Fujian in the Yongli eight years of destruction and decay has been basically recovered, and so on to Chen Kai's soldiers into southern Jiangxi, Tingzhou capital city was soon also owned by the Ming army, now the Qing army in Fujian is only a few passes separated from Jiangxi and still hold in their hands, Fuxian Chengchi is all in the control of the Ming army.

In this way, the battles on the Fujian side basically took place in Zhejiang, except for the occasional attacks and harassment of the Qing army at the border. Since the recovery of Fujian, Zheng Chenggong has been preparing for the next step in Zhejiang. First, Zhoushan was recovered, and then Taizhou was seized with the help of Ma Xin, and then in order to stabilize the control area of Taizhou, the sailors of the Ming army then controlled the coastal area of Wenzhou Province, which was the stronghold of Zhou Rui and Zhou Hezhi brothers, and connected these areas with the sea as a link.

During this time, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought in Taizhou Mansion, in the territory of Quzhou Mansion outside Xianxia Pass, and even in the coastal area of Wenzhou.

The Qing army in Zhejiang was very busy, but it seemed that the Qing army in Huguang, Jiangxi, and Guangxi was very idle. However, when the latter was so busy that he was about to hang himself, the Qing army in Zhejiang was idle and panicked, thinking about it this way, the Ming army was still impartial, after all, there will always be an off-season and peak season in the industry, and it was not that the Ming army deliberately occupied the rest time of the Qing army.

However, this humanistic spirit probably ends here. In Fuzhou, in the camp outside the city, more than 2,000 Ming troops have been divided into two towns, Zheng Chenggong specially gave the name of the military town, which is the left tiger guard town and the right tiger guard town. Don't look at these two towns in terms of the scale of the army is far inferior to the other towns that have been expanded, and even the two towns have to be combined to be strong and on par with one town, but the officers and soldiers of these two towns are specially selected from each town.

Fighting is not as simple as which strength is greater. However, this kind of selection is actually a hard condition, because these soldiers have to wear heavy armor with full coverage, from helmets, face armor, neck guards, armor, to iron gloves, leg armor, and iron boots, from top to bottom, not to mention that they also have to fight with heavy Yunnan sabers, as if they were cast in iron.

The Iron Man Army, after a flash in the pan of Ganzhou's victory, Fujian's headquarters also followed suit, today is the day when the training is completed, and even Zheng Chenggong personally came to the scene to see the results of the training.

On the school field, the iron army of the two towns was wearing a full set of armor and holding a Yunnan horse chopping knife, and the end was a shocking momentum. In this regard, Zheng Chenggong has invested a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and in addition to the production capacity of the Fuzhou Ordnance Bureau, which has been roughly completed, the iron armor has been customized from Guangdong, and even specially prepared a margin, thinking that it will be replaced after the armor and weapons are damaged, which is obviously a great expectation for it.

In addition, according to the report of the great victory in Ganzhou, Zheng Chenggong adjusted the establishment of the new Iron Man Army in these two towns, and the operation method has also been improved to a certain extent, which is the experience gained from actual combat, and there is a certain degree of difference between the two in the use of the Iron Man Army.

"In the great victory in Ganzhou, he used this Iron Man Army as a killer weapon, and used the towns to deliberately create a narrow passage, and relied on a small number of Iron Man Army to directly break through the Eight Banners Army in front of him, and completely crush the fighting spirit of the captive division, which can be said to have been calculated to the extreme."

commented on Chen Kai's use of the Iron Man Army, and Zheng Chenggong naturally wanted to adjust his mind. Because, the Iron Man Army has been exposed to the eyelids of the Qing army, and it can basically be said that it is impossible to copy Chen Kai's tactics. After all, being able to defeat the troops of the Eight Banners Army in one fell swoop is the least famous.

It's just that looking at the Iron Man Army in front of him, Zheng Chenggong inevitably remembered Chen Kai. Earlier, regarding the establishment of an advisory bureau in Guangdong, Chen Kai did write to him to explain. There is only one sentence about the purpose, that is, to coerce the will of the people to gain self-respect and prepare in advance for ZTE.

At first glance, ordinary people will only think that it is very absurd, because the Qing court occupies most of China, and the Ming army is competing with it in a few provinces in the southwest and southeast. At this time, talking about ZTE in vain, and even preparing in advance for ZTE, how to see how it is unrealistic. However, Zheng Chenggong is not very human, of course, he understands the reason that the national player is falling and will consider the next ten steps clearly in advance. Chen Kai does things with a similar rhythm, which is nothing new.

"Coercing the will of the people to gain self-respect, this is not only for the court in the future, but also for this group."

Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knows that political struggles have always been about you and me, and he was able to kill Zheng Lian and attack Shi Lang back then, which was also determined by political factors. Now, Chen Kai wants to protect himself, which is understandable. And such a method, as long as it does not involve the army and does not cause a split in the Zheng group, as far as he is concerned, will not disrupt his established rhythm.

The officers of the two towns have already been appointed, Chen Kui, the chief military officer of Zuohuwei Town, Lin Feng, the deputy general of the Left Association, Wang Jun, the deputy general of the Right Association, Zheng Ren, the deputy general of the former Association, and Chen Python, the deputy general of the Later Association; The chief military officer of the Right Huwei Town is Chen Peng, Huang An, the deputy general of the Left Association, Lai Xing, the deputy general of the Right Association, Wan Hong, the deputy general of the former Association, and Chen Chong, the deputy general of the Later Association. These officers were drawn from various towns, and they were known for their bravery in battle, and Zheng Chenggong wanted to further sharpen this sharp blade.

"One of my life's achievements must be the greatest in ZTE."

Expelling the Tartars, this is the basis of everything. Zheng Chenggong thinks clearly, and he is continuing to work hard for this. After two years of recovery, the situation in Fujian has continued to improve, especially the promotion of sweet potatoes, so that the food needs of the people in Fujian have been satisfied. As for whether eating sweet potatoes often will cause other diseases, that is after filling the stomach, and now I can't take care of it anyway.

The improvement of people's livelihood is not only the basis of military conquest, but also the confidence of maritime trade. In recent years, Zheng Group and the Spaniards have been dirty in maritime trade, Zheng Chenggong was already unbearable two years ago, but Chen Kai fought an economic war and harvested a dilapidated Fujian, so he could only be patient and focus on the recovery of Fujian first. Now that Fujian has recovered from the ruins of years of war and economic warfare, Zheng Chenggong has naturally become more and more impatient with the Spaniards.

"Da Mu, if you do this, those red hairs may not be willing to give in."

"It doesn't matter if they are in line with the things between us and the Francophiles. I just want them to know my attitude, so that the life of the Dayuan and the Han merchants of Batavia can be better. ”

Talking to Zheng Tai like this, Zheng Chenggong's face is not only as unswerving as ever, but also a little helpless. And this is exactly the limit of what he can do at this stage.

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Since the resumption of the update, the writing has been super slow, and yesterday I wrote again to the point that I couldn't open my eyes, and I went to sleep directly if I couldn't hold it.