A month later, a fleet of five fortune ships headed for Wuzhushan Island.

The sentry on the Black Stone Corner immediately discovered this information and informed Qi Wen, the garrison and chief instructor of Wuzhushan Island.

Qi Wen also came to Heishijiao for the first time and took out a telescope to inspect it.

When he saw the flotilla flying the Suzaku flag, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

It seems that Zhao Guangning and they have returned from Nanyang!

He immediately sent someone to Xiangshan County to inform Ning Xiu, and on the other hand, he led a group of personal soldiers to the dock.

There are many good harbors on Wuzhushan Island, but only two harbors on the west and east sides can accommodate five ships at the same time.

Zhao Guangning and his entourage stopped at Luluo Bay in the east according to the flag.

Before the ship could completely stop, Zhao Guangning impatiently walked onto the deck to greet Qi Wen. When the gangplank was laid, he jumped on the pier first.

"Haha, General Qi hasn't seen you for a long time. Looks like you're doing a good job of supervising the recruits. Although a certain does not understand soldiers, but looking at the appearance of these soldiers, they should all be strong elite soldiers! ”

Qi Wen's original impression of Zhao Guangning was not very good, and he thought that this guy was just a swagger.

But Ning Xiu has always said that talents like Zhao Guangning are needed. Therefore, Qi Wen was a little polite to Zhao Guangning.

After Zhao Guangning volunteered to buy several lucky ships for Ning Xiu, Qi Wen began to change his opinion of Zhao Guangning.

After all, he could only buy two big fortune ships and one small fortune ship with all his might, while Zhao Guangning bought five or six in one go. The energy of this guy in sea trade is indeed extraordinary.

Later, the county respected the intention of going to Hainan, and Zhao Guangning even recommended himself to go to the route, which made Qi Wen feel good.

It turns out that businessmen are not all unprofitable and can't afford to be early.

"Mr. Zhao is back, can this trip to Nanyang go smoothly?"

Qi Wen hugged his fists at Zhao Guangning and smiled slightly.

"Haha, that's a long story."

Zhao Guangning sighed with emotion, and walked along the trestle side by side with Qi Wen.

After walking to the garrison mansion, Zhao Guangning cleared his throat: "Can the county be on the island?" ”

Zhao Guangning shook his head: "The county lord will come to the island every three or five days to see the situation of military training, but now he is not on the island. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said, "But I've already sent someone to invite you, Mr. Zhao might as well take a rest first." ”

Although Qi Wen felt that it would be more appropriate for Zhao Guangning to go to Xiangshan County to meet Ning Xiu in person, he also knew that with Ning Xiu's temperament, he would definitely come to Corporal Lixian on Wuzhushan Island in person. What's more, there is a shipload of Nanyang goods, Lord Ning must want to see it with his own eyes.

"How can Zhao be so virtuous, he actually bothered the county lord to come in person!"

Zhao Guangning sighed: "However, relying on the blessing of the county lord, Zhao can be regarded as fulfilling his mission this time." ”

Qi Wen sighed, but didn't ask any more.

First, he didn't know much about maritime business, and it was in vain to ask.

Second, of course, this kind of thing should be reported to Ning Xiu by Zhao Guangning first.

Qi Wen and Zhao Guangning chatted with each other, and finally felt bored and found an excuse to leave.

Zhao Guangning, who was idle, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He sipped cup by cup of tea, and then lay back on his back in the chair with great enjoyment.

On the way to Manila, they drank all the tea they had brought, and they couldn't drink the tea bricks they sold, so they had to endure it.

Now Zhao Guangning can finally drink happily.

After two hours, it was getting dark.

Zhao Guangning, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up by Qi Wen.

He rubbed his eyes in a daze, and when he looked at it, he saw Ning Xiu standing in front of him.

"Ah, Zhao visited the county lord."

Zhao Guangning almost instinctively bounced up and was about to worship, but was supported by Ning Xiu.

"Haha, Runtian has had a hard trip. There is no need for so much courtesy between you and me, sit. ”

"Zhao obeys!"

Zhao Guangning answered, and after seeing Ning Xiu sit down, he sat down cautiously.

Ning Xiu picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "Runtian, let's talk about it, this trip to Nanyang can be smooth." ”

"Relying on the county's respect for Fuwei, this trip to Nanyang was a success. The tea, silk, and lacquerware they brought with them were sold for more than ten times the price. Zhao also bought pearls, spices, corals, etc., which are abundant in the local area, at a reasonable price. These can be sold several times the price when they are taken back to Daming. ”

Ning Xiu nodded.

"So how much can you earn on this trip to the South Seas?"

"Well..."

Zhao Guangning pondered for a moment and said, "According to Zhao's estimate, the profit is about 500,000 taels of silver!" ”

500,000 taels!

Ning Xiuzhi was stunned.

Thanks to the fact that he doesn't have tea in his mouth now, otherwise he would really have to spray Zhao Guangning's face.

"In this way, the profit of five ships and one ship is 100,000 taels, and the profit of Nanyang Maritime Trade is really considerable."

"What the county lord said is extremely true!"

Zhao Guangning gave a sycophant, and then said: "Zhao has only gone to Manila, and if you go further south, it is estimated that the profit can be higher." But..."

Seeing that Zhao Guangning's face was a little melancholy, Ning Xiu hurriedly said: "Runtian has something to say, there is no need to scruples, all the people in this house are their own people." ”

Zhao Guangning nodded and said with emotion: "I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Manila in the future." ”

Ning Xiu frowned, puzzled.

Originally, he was thinking of expanding the fleet and getting a fleet of more than a dozen lucky ships to go to Manila for sea trade, so that the profit from this trip would exceed one million taels, which was very considerable.

But now Zhao Guangning said that he can't go to Manila to the sea.

"Why is that?"

Zhao Guangning sighed and said, "Zhao also heard the news by accident. Sanchez, the current governor of Manila, intends to invade the Ming Dynasty. ”

The lethality of this sentence was very great, and everyone in the room gasped.

"Mr. Zhao, don't talk nonsense. There are only a few thousand francs of people in Manila City, and they dare to invade the Ming Dynasty? ”

Qi Wen was shocked.

"General Qi, listen to me."

Zhao Guangning swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "There are indeed only a few thousand people in the Franc machine, but they can recruit local soldiers, and they can also recruit soldiers from the Dongying people. ”

"Dongying people? Our Lao Tzu followed Qi Shuai to beat the Japanese and couldn't find the north, how many of them came, how many of them came, how many of our Lao Tzu killed. As for the native soldiers, they are a rabble, and there is nothing to fear. ”

Ning Xiu pressed down with both hands, signaling Qi Wen to be calm and not to be impatient.

In his previous life, he had seen an article about the fact that the governor of Manila in the sixteenth century did have a plan to invade the Ming Dynasty, and even had a complete plan, and won the support of the king of Spain at that time. It's just that in the end, this plan didn't come to fruition, so little is known. Ning Xiu was also very interested in the history of the Ming Dynasty, so he knew a little about this matter.

I never thought that in this plane, the Spaniards were still ambitious.

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