Everyone's support is the driving force for the update, recommendation, reward, etc., Hanxin's approach, the more the merrier!

Subordinates would like to congratulate the general! ”

With a bit of reserve, Li Peilin picked up his wine glass and toasted to Li Shouhan.

On the table in front of you, the water and land are mixed, taking into account the north and south. In just three days, several chefs brought back by Li Peiting recovered their bodies, became familiar with the ingredients of Annan, and arranged such a table of banquets as a celebration banquet for Li Peiting and Zuo Tianpeng.

The skills of these chefs are really good, a chef Li Fatzi's tiger tail, a big hot dried silk, Li Xiuxiu who eats is dazzled and smiling, and then tears ripple. The people around the bluff were all in a hurry, and she was still the only old servant woman left in the Li family, her nurse Yu Shi understood the mind of this young lady, and after a few comforts, she made Xiuxiu burst into tears and laughed.

"It's okay, Miss just remembered my aunt." Yu said.

The ballroom is newly built and has enough space for dozens of tables. Today, the people who attended the banquet here were all the henchmen and important ministers of the Shouhan Dynasty.

Looking at the account book of expenditure income sent by Li Peiting and the contract signed with the two gangs of Yancao, Shouhan couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

He patted Li Peiting on the shoulder, "My Young Master Li, you are my God of Wealth!" ”

Then, Li Shouhan found Fu Bo and Wu Cunjie very righteously and calculated the profit distribution that the Li family in Liaodong deserved.

"My lord, this?!" The list in his hand reads, Longyoutang, oh, that is, the hall number of the Li family, should share the profit of 100,000 taels of silver.

"Is there a mistake?!"

"That's right, this is what you deserve from Brother Zong. If there is a mistake, it is just that the silk, raw silk, tea and other things you shipped back have not been fully realized, and these silver taels are only estimates. ”

That night, the two brothers had a secret discussion together.

"Big brother, have you made up your mind?"

"Not bad!" Li Peilin is categorical. "Second brother, when you went north this time, you saw the benefits of the gunfire of the clippers under the adults, and I also saw the advantages of the adults' armor in the Hajing Mansion."

"Of course, those quick guns, as soon as they go down, an enemy ship will catch fire and sink. When the salt embankment was bombarded, it only took a few shots to go down, and the salt embankment, which was said to be stronger than the city wall, collapsed, and the sea water immediately poured in. ”

"Yes, I've seen guns tested here."

Half a month ago, the Gun Institute pulled the newly produced 10 bronze cannons and 10 rocket launchers (Congreve rockets) to the beach for artillery tests.

The straw men tied with straw in the distance on the opposite side are neatly arranged according to the three-fold array common to the Ming army, the forward, the left and right wings, and the middle army. Four neat and tidy parts.

"Ready!"

Several officers and soldiers of the artillery division who participated in the test quickly inserted the feather tube filled with gunpowder into the initiation hole, which was the construction of a gunner, selected the goose feathers that met the specifications, removed the feathers first, and poured gunpowder into the feather tube. After testing, such an initiation device is faster than a fire rope. It is about one and a half times that of using the arquebus, that is, the time it takes for the arquebus to fire two shots, and the pipe can fire three shots. Shouhan has ordered that all artillery in the artillery division will no longer be triggered by fire ropes.

"Put!"

After a few strange sounds, a distant burst of fire came into people's eyes, followed by a series of explosions crashing into people's eardrums. With the spread of the sound, those straw man targets tied with straw and simulated limbs also flew in the air with flames.

If such artillery fire is fought against the officers and troops in the mainland, what will be the result? Li Peilin kept asking himself in his heart. Those border troops, the so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry, the so-called Xuanda Army, will withstand several bombardments under such artillery fire?

Soon, the miscellaneous men of the gun station set up a new formation on the beach.

Horn formation!

It is exactly the formation used by the Jiannu outside the gate when the cavalry is attacking!

Although he is not a general with troops, because he is responsible for sorting out the correspondence for his uncle, he often deals with generals from all over Liaodong, and he cares about the newspaper, Li Peilin still knows a little about the cavalry impact formation of Jiannu outside the Guan.

"Target: Enemy cavalry formation! Blocking Shot! ”

After a round of artillery fire, someone went up to conduct an assessment, which resulted in about one-third of the target being damaged, and ruling that one-third of the hypothetical enemy was killed or wounded.

With such a sharp weapon, coupled with the youth of the leader, the courage of the soldiers, and the abundance of money and food, what can't be done?

Li Peilin decided to officially join Li Shouhan.

"Brother, to tell you the truth, when I was fighting with pirates at sea, I saw the advantages of our ships and guns, and I also decided to serve General Li. to avenge my family's blood and hatred. By the way, if the luck of the Ming Dynasty is exhausted, the general can also win the Central Plains, and at that time, we will not be people who have made meritorious contributions to the dragon, and they will leave their names in history, and the image of Ling Yan is unknown. Even if it doesn't work, at least, you can keep your whole family rich and prosperous in Annan. ”

"Very good. There is one other thing I want to consult with you. Although you and I are quite tired in front of the general, we are far from the old people around him. I intend to ...... my little sister."

Before the banquet began, the Li brothers were in Shouhan's study, formally allegiance to Li Shouhan. became a newcomer in the Shouhan group, and he was also an important minister.

At the banquet, Li Shouhan officially announced the appointment and duties of the Li brothers.

Li Peilin's position is like the office director of later generations, known as Changshi in this era, in charge of clerical work, money, food, account expenses.

Li Peiting, on the other hand, had no official position, and his position was that of the commercial representative of the Han and Yuan firms in the mainland. He is responsible for the commercial development of the entire Ha Tinh area to the mainland, as well as the establishment of various commercial outlets, and intelligence gathering.

"Another thing about Pei Ting is to immigrate with the sailors. Immigrate from Fujian and Guangdong provinces! ”

During the days when Zuo Tianpeng went north to sell illicit salt, Xu Huanshan was not idle, and took his fleet to Pingba Port in the south, oh, which is the Cam Ranh Bay we are familiar with. Surveying and mapping were carried out, and some manpower and weapons were left in Pingba, as for the more southern Shui Zhenla, it was Xu Huanshan's mind.

"The fertile fields here are thousands of miles, and the land is flat and fertile, even in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. The natives call it Puriango. And there are big rivers running through it, so it is named Shui Zhenla, mainly two big rivers, the local natives call the front river and the back river, our 2,000 sea boats can pass unimpeded. Nowadays, most of the people here are native to Annam, and there are also a small number of Chinese. If we occupy this area, according to the current standard of fifteen acres of land per person, tens of thousands of miles of plains can supply millions of people to cultivate here. And the farmland here is extremely fertile, and only the rice cultivated by the natives can be obtained here seven times in two years. My lord, imagine that if millions of households were to be resettled here to cultivate the land, three crops a year, and seven crops in two years, then the military and civilian food would be extremely sufficient. ”

Looking at Xu Huanshan's eyebrows dancing, Li Shouhan glanced at Li Peilin, this guy is really a little good. I actually saw the strategic location and strategic significance of Cam Ranh Bay and the Mekong Delta at a glance.

Looking at the map of Cam Ranh Bay drawn by Xu Huanshan and others, here are two inner and outer bays that are hugged by two peninsulas into a gourd-shaped, the outer bay is Pingba Port, the water depth is about ten zhang, the mouth of the bay is seven or eight miles wide, and the water depth outside the mouth is more than ten zhang. The inner harbor is Jinlan, with a radius of more than 100 li, the water depth is about 12 zhang, the width of the bay mouth is less than 3 li, the bay is 40 li long, the width is 12 li, and it can berth 2,000 sea ships and thousands of ships.

In particular, Xu Huanshan marked the signs of several forts at the entrance of the port, "The entrance of the harbor is narrow and the terrain is dangerous, if the forts are erected on both sides of the entrance, it is enough to shelter the ships in the port to rest and replenish and fight." More than 10 times better than Hongji Port! ”

"Less than a day's voyage south out of the port of Pingba is the route to Manraka, which is now occupied by the Portuguese and is often infested with plywood boats."

Shouhan nodded with satisfaction, he had been out for more than a month, and it was rare to be able to feel the situation so clearly.

As for the grain production in the Mekong Delta, Shouhan has a roughly number in his mind, and the output of rice in just one summer and autumn rice harvest season has reached an astonishing nearly 10 million tons, and Vietnam's annual rice exports are more than several million tons. That's a terrifying amount!

If the Mekong River can be controlled and developed in its own hands, it will not only reach the level of future generations, but it will be able to reach the level of millions of tons of total output, and the Jiannu outside the border can be heaped to death with money and grain!

But, at the end of the day, to achieve such a goal, it is still necessary to have people, a large working population!

"Gentlemen!" Li Shouhan picked up his wine glass, "For the longevity of all the monarchs!" ”

"Congratulations to the General!!" Under the leadership of Li Peilin, the people present intentionally or unintentionally ignored Li Shouhan's official title and changed his title to general.

Similarly, in a house inside the city of Ha Tinh, Spaniards such as José and Gonzalez were eating. The sailors sat around the dining tables, sipping the sweet wine poured from the barrels, "I didn't expect to be able to drink rum here." A sailor wiped his mouth contentedly after a toast. However, the atmosphere in which Jose and the others ate was not as lively as that of the sailors.

To José, Ha Jing was a city full of gold and silver, like Pizarro's Inca Empire, except that the city's owner had unimaginable force that allowed him to trade as a Spanish merchant.

"Bolívar, if we can transport the precious silk fabrics, tea, porcelain, cotton cloth, and sugar from General Lee's hands back to Madrid, how much profit will we make?"

Bolívar is the accountant and head of finance for this small trading group, and he is much more skilled in commercial trade than the others in front of him.

"The most expensive gold I've seen and bought in Canton is 7 silver pesos to 1 gold peso, and I've never seen anything higher, whereas in Spain, 1 gold peso is usually worth 12 silver pesos, so it's clear that buying gold from China means generating 75 to 80 percent profit. However, the price and profit of raw silk are much higher than those of gold and silver. If we had bought Governor Lee's raw silk and silk here, we would have made at least two or three times as much profit if we had shipped it to Batavia in Dutchmancy or to America or Japan. Although the Spaniards in the Americas could make eight to ten times the profit, we could make up for the loss by using the guò gold and silver exchange rate. ”

"Damn it! But we don't have that much, much silver! Jose cursed.

"But Lieutenant Colonel, at least we see the spot here. The trade between the lowlanders and the Chinese in raw silk, tea, and silk was paid in advance, but they often only obtained half or even one-third of the goods, and the time was difficult to grasp. It could be three months, or it could be half a year. However, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, these three months or half a year have been a great loss to us. ”

José walked around the room irritably, unable to whet his appetite for the sight of Chinese food on the table.

"Gonzalez, are you in a hurry? Are you indifferent to the huge wealth that is almost at your fingertips?!" José was a little angry.

"Lieutenant Colonel, I would be more interested in the swift and heavy artillery fire of Governor Lee's warships in good condition for the huge sums of money that might be obtained. You know, I'm far more interested in these things than in money and women. ”

José snorted with his nose, this Gonzalez in front of him, from a family of warship designers in the Spanish Navy, his grandfather died in the Battle of the Invincible Armada, and from that era, every man in his family wanted to be able to build better warships, faster and more powerful cannons, to deal with those damned Albiang pirates.

"My captain, I ask you to sober up and think about it, those cunning Chinese, having such weapons and ships is his capital, do you imagine, we will tell the secret of chocolate to the French?!"

"Oh, I really want to be the captain of Governor Lee's navy, and it is my dream to be able to pilot and command a warship like that."

"My lieutenant colonel, don't you really want to take a bite of this delicious and crispy roast suckling pig? Pair it with a glass of rum and praise the Lord! I can actually drink rum here, although it is not as good as Cuban, but if I can drink it so badly, I naturally will not have more quality requirements. I can guarantee that every dish you eat here will be ten times more exquisite than that of your relatives in Manila. ”

"Wait! What did you say? My dear Bolívar! ”

"I said ...... better than your relatives in Manila"

"Oh! It's just wonderful! Let me kiss you! This voice is more beautiful than the voice of an angel. José kissed Bolívar's cheek violently with his red beard, much to the bewilderment of several others.

Alfonso reverently drew a cross on his chest, "Forgive this crazy sinner!" ”

"Mr. Governor, please apply to the Governor on my behalf, and I ask him to receive us and our party, because I have the means and means to pay him all the money, but there is a small problem that we need to negotiate and settle together."

After saying this, Jose sat down in his seat and tasted the Chinese food sweetly.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, what do you have to do?" Unlike Gonzalez, Bolívar's quest for wealth is as mad as González's quest for technology.

"Oh! My Bolívar, the Chinese say that the heavens must not be divulged, but you can now think about what you will do with your wealth when you return to Madrid, and how you will face the women who are crazy about pursuing you. ”

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