Southampton, coveted by the elders, is indeed not much developed now, but is just a small fishing village, and in this era, there are many places that were originally small fishing villages, but because of their perfect geographical location, they finally became rich cities.

At this time, the "Xinxiang" in the United States, oh, is New York, but it is still a village, but who would have thought that in the future, the output value of the narrow strip of Manhattan can crush a small country, and because of the policy of the Presbyterian Church, opening the sea is an inevitable choice, and it will inevitably bring more coastal cities, at least the three major urban belts in Li Xiangqian's planning, that is, the three coastal areas, are also the trend of the times, of course, the inland is connected by rail, in fact, it is also coastal.

The security of the Guangdong Plain naturally depends on the security of the sea and land, from a historical point of view, the ambition of the small country of Vietnam has never been hidden, the place where the kapok is opened is the land of Vietnam, which is the same as the Indians just after being freed from the British colonization, immediately shouted Hindustanism, that one breath will annex most of China's Tibet, Yunnan, Xichuan, you don't let me annex, you are not a good person!

When it comes to breaking the sky, we still have to fight.

"Will Cromwell agree?"

"Don't worry, as long as Cromwell is a reasonable candidate, he will choose to agree, there is no Southampton, there are other places, it really can't be, I still have a killer idea, he must agree."

"So confident?"

"Okay," Li Xiangqian pointed out for a while how the others fooled the British princess, and turned around and said: "In the sixth year of Qingfeng, a regular provocation by the Indians, you know, the forward policy of the Indians, the land of my neighbors is my land, if you refuse to give it to me, it is an unfriendly neighbor, you should kill them all, you know, after Sikkim was annexed, the local population was basically slowly fleeing by means of killing and economic persecution, basically it was over, their strategy was very simple, I have many untouchables, and there are many people who don't want to die, There are many people who stutter like a dog, and there are many desperate people with you, constantly rubbing on the border, there are many others, and they will occupy the places that they can't take care of, you see, it is still good for Indian lives to be worthless, but this kind of thing is already the norm. ”

"India isn't that big right now."

"India is a geographical term, at least this time and space, it is to be divided into at least ten provinces, eh, the population is not so much, the caste system thing, hehe, by the way, where is it, by the way, the Indians provoked, but someone tried to fight, to be honest, don't care about India, this country is congenitally defective, as long as there is no war, just wait for him to be exploded by the domestic population, but some people just don't listen."

Zhao Jiaren said suspiciously: "I don't know much about this matter. ”

"Let me make such an analogy, it's not good to say it too clearly, now within the Presbyterian Church, someone is engaged in a female secretary, and his wife finds out, he is afraid that the grape trellis at home will fall down, and he will be ugly, so he simply, go south to Jiangnan, solve the humanitarian crisis in Jiangnan, you see, daughter-in-law, they are all fighting, what are the people in Jiangnan being bullied by the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party should die, I have to go to war."

Li Xiangqian talked eloquently and said: "People who have always held military power and have problems like to do this, internal contradictions are introduced, everyone is busy, and no one will pursue him, this is the so-called self-respect, in Cromwell's case, his first choice is to entangle external contradictions and internal contradictions, fight the Dutch, fight the Dutch, continue to fight the Dutch, and at the same time come up with all kinds of tricks to make money, starting a war means huge military expenditures, you know, this is stability maintenance." ”

Zhao Jiaren said: "It seems that it is enough to fish, at least I know that the kid's son has a lot of Zhuangzi, but unfortunately it was confiscated." ”

Li Xiangqian said: "That's also a process, after all, the little emperor is back, what are you waiting for, but this also makes us understand Cromwell's situation, he is really short of money now, and Southampton means that you can circle a lot of money." ”

The elders expect to open a soap factory and cement factory in Europe, which is also an inevitable way, not to mention that in order to make money, or brush the Chinese's scientific and technological advanced consciousness, just to take Europe, do not do a good job of hygiene, who dares to go, Xu Hao himself complained, the lice problem in the place where he lived, it took several days to clean up the potion.

"You can send someone over, let Xu Hao pull it out, make a detour to the north, and pick up Charles II's family, it's really troublesome, you see, the Vietnamese, we can go straight to work, they are part of us, and they haven't really been civilized, and these Europeans who are already understanding people have to work hard, how troublesome."

"Yes, against the Europeans who have their own scientific research system, how hard you work, against the Vietnamese who are easy to bully, you will directly send the little girl to help you choose a concubine, hum." As he spoke, Zhao Jiaren's face immediately became dissatisfied.

Li Xiangqian saw that the beauty was angry, and immediately reassured: "Don't worry, she took the initiative to go to Vietnam to make meritorious service, the little girl's eyes are poisonous, she knows that it is a place to brush up on military merits, and after she comes back, her net worth has doubled, and she is irresistible, of course, it is ruthless enough, or else, the biggest enemy of a woman is, another woman." ”

Zhao Jiaren laughed and said: "Bully the soft and fear the hard." ”

Li Xiangqian said: "Don't say it, people are like this, but Vietnam is really not a soft persimmon, at least the situation in Murong Shan is very bad." ”

"First of all, the problem of returning to Nantian, if this problem is not solved, don't think about letting me be stationed in Vietnam, hum, the problem of Vietnam is very simple, there is no life in China, but there is a disease in China, can it not be chaotic."

Mu Rongshan already had an intuitive impression of Vietnam at this time, at least these Han businessmen almost pleaded with him as a grievance meeting, which also caused some twists and turns, the local officials heard about the big people from China, and they didn't believe it, in the Ming Dynasty, the situation of Chinese officials visiting foreign countries was too little, and they almost played themselves to the point of being close to ignorance, where did they hear about Vietnam?

But it seems to be true, not quite like liars, naturally questioned, they are not closed and ignorant of my Qing Dynasty, of course, I understand that China is still in a state of civil war, no one knows how far the civil war has progressed, after all, the distance is so far, it is possible to fight for a few years.

Zheng Xiaqi was very attentive, and continued to introduce: "It is said that it is a person from the Zheng family, who happened to go south to inspect the armament, and after passing by, he knew that you were here, so he came to ask to see you." ”

Mu Rongshan said: "What are you kidding, I already snickered if they didn't ask for money, well, please come in." ”

Zheng Zhiwen is a scholar in Vietnam, and Vietnam itself also has imperial examinations, but as Mu Rongshan commented, there is no life in China, and he has the disease of China, so he has not been reused.

The "Zhengsoft" war is a ridiculous war, the two sides seem to be fighting one after another, but it is almost equivalent to the Iran-Iraq war in the Middle East, it is the ancient people equipped with modern equipment, of course, this era is the era of the elders who seek to teach literacy classes in the army.

In the 1630s, after the Nguyen clan in the south began to play bunker tactics, the Truong clan began to continue to rush to this iron line, no way, the land of Vietnam is so narrow, and there is no opportunity to learn the Führer's backstabbing around, however, this also caused a great burden, Zheng Zhiwen heard about a big man in China, and at first thought that he was a liar, but when he thought that since he was a liar, why not go to China, which is so rich, to be a liar, and come to our poor Vietnam?

It is also possible that the side that fell in the Chinese civil war came here, which is very likely, under the information asymmetry, Zheng Zhiwen does not know what this war is like, only that the emperor of the Celestial Empire was martyred, and this is the stage of confrontation between the north and the south.

However, this "Chu Liuxiang" doesn't look like an exile.

The tea set is the famous porcelain of Jingdezhen, the room has a fragrance, the person who serves the tea is still a sweet beauty, and the person is also dressed up in excellent beauty.

"Dare to ask if the lord is from the imperial capital or from Jiangnan."

"Imperial Capital."

"Ah, I don't know what your position is in the Ming Dynasty."

He thought crookedly and regarded Mu Rongshan as an exile of the Ming Dynasty.

"I, from the imperial capital, am just a person from the new court, but there is nothing administrative here, but to conduct research, the new dynasty needs to revise the commercial law, I came to the South China Sea to see the situation, you don't have to worry too much about me."

"Research? Commercial law? ”

"Yes, this time, I don't have any official mission, mainly to watch other people fight and kill, I feel bored, I'm a freespirit, Fenghua Xueyue prefers it, so I invited this task, mainly to see how the local businessmen operate, how to implement, and how to go."

Zheng Zhiwen is a little "understood", he knows the change of dynasty in the Celestial Empire, and the person in front of him is only afraid that he is a figure in the new court, maybe he is still a second generation, but he is unwilling to fight for power in the imperial capital, so he travels at public expense under the banner of "research", so he came to their poor and remote place, which is a reasonable explanation.

Such a person really doesn't have to care, but it should also be flattered.

"Then you can take a look at it."

"Oh, you know, I'm going to write something back, and there are some things I don't understand."

"Tell me about it."

Mu Rongshan said: "The two of you are fighting, and it is common sense that the imperial capital can't control you now, but this battle you are fighting is not a way, at least I look at it, it is not a way." ”

Zheng Zhiwen was embarrassed, he did feel that he had failed year after year, and he felt very depressed: "However, the southerners are unsettled and rebellious. ”

Mu Rongshan said: "Can you not be rebellious, think about it, now the Ruan family is in the south, I also inquired, do a good job, feed a large number of people, you fight over, if it really happens, then it is not necessary to send troops over, a plunder, that is to destroy the family, besides, the north-south traffic is not smooth, at least I heard, a large number of people have to be conscripted to transport, this is simple." ”

At this time, Vietnam was only two-thirds of the size of the later generations, and some of them were still independent dynasties, and these were still civil wars after the split, in fact, the size was just a few county towns, and that's it, it was still like this.

Zheng Zhiwen said: "This is also something that cannot be helped. ”

Mu Rongshan said: "I can't say anything, don't interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, however, I suggest you go to the imperial capital to have a look, although I also came out, but you see, the way there is right, eh, specific to your Vietnam, the key is that the way is not right, instead of dying on that flesh and blood grinding plate every year, why not change the way of playing." ”

Zheng Zhiwen thought he was talking about something at first, but at this time he said helplessly: "The water war is not an advantage." ”

In this era, there is basically a lack of experience in naval warfare and landing warfare, at least in both the East and the West, cross-sea operations have more losses and fewer victories; as far as the "positive and soft" wars are concerned, there have indeed been wars on the sea routes, but the results have not been great.

The reason is very simple, there is no modern landing equipment, if a small boat slowly leads people like that, even if you take a piece of coast, if you want to land, you will be a dead man.

Mu Rongshan said: "Well, I understand, then I won't say anything, by the way, I plan to open a building in this Hongji, live for a while, this is the right day, do you want to go and see together, by the way, cut the ribbon, today is the auspicious day of the zodiac." ”

Zheng Zhiwen is the son of Youzai, and it was impossible to get involved with these things, but he was also convinced, and it is also the rule of this era that Huang Li does things, and no one should do anything bad.

Zheng Zhiwen's Chinese is already good, and the education he has received is enough, and this yellow calendar is naturally available, and today is indeed a good day.

In this winter, itself, the major projects in the north have stopped, but in this Vietnam is not concerned, directly started, Mu Rongshan did not carry any engineering team on this trip, so his dream of the big house is impossible for the time being, in such a rainy place all year round, wooden houses are the mainstream, however, it is not difficult to recruit some talents who can build in Fujian.

However, when some workers began to level the soil and mud on the land they bought from Murong Mountain by the Hongji Sea, it was obvious that they were building roads, but they did not look like they were building roads.

"Mr. Chu, what are you doing here?"

Mu Rongshan was already used to people calling him Chu Liuxiang, and when he heard this, he immediately reacted and said, "Oh, I have a lot of things to move over, this road is too difficult, so let's smooth the road first." ”

"What's that dirt?"

"This is called cement, which is produced in my north, and it hardens when exposed to water, and it is the perfect item for building and building roads."

"What, just throw it over like this, can it be turned into a road?"

In this era, in fact, everyone knows the truth that "if you want to get rich, you must first build roads".

What's the matter, this road construction costs a lot.