Luo Fangbo also felt something, but his identity had scruples, but he couldn't be as outspoken as Xu Zixian, so he laughed dryly at the moment, and opened the topic: "I don't want the prince to play, but I just want to ask the prince and the marquis something." ”

Xu Zixian said: "Please speak." ”

"The prince intends to run the Eastern Domain?"

I am afraid that the person in charge of a big force like Luo Fangbo, who has lived overseas for a long time and is very concerned about the management of the island, will ask, other people, even if it is King Qi, Lin Douyao, or Chen Dujing, I am afraid that no one will think about this aspect.

You must know that the Great Wei Dynasty has been operating the Eastern Domain for more than 200 years, from a barren and uninhabited island with only indigenous mountain people, to now there are only more than ten villages and more than 10,000 residents, and its scale is not as good as the big towns outside Fuzhou.

In the case of Nan'an Town, there are 100 commercial houses and hundreds of shops in the town, and there are more than 10,000 residents in the town, plus more than 100 villages attached to the town, there are tens of thousands of residents in Nan'an Town.

Shuikou and Gukou are all such prosperous towns.

There is no commercial house in the Eastern Domain, only a few small shops, and there is no large-scale trade, only sea ships are there to replenish the draft water, because there is Penghu, there are not many ships to replenish the draft water, only every once in a while there are ships to collect beans, furs, and sand gold, which is also the only specialty of the Eastern Domain.

It is no wonder that Chen Duzhong, who served as the defense envoy of the Eastern Domain, complained bitterly, such a big island is said to be in the form of a military state, but in fact it is not as good as a town in Fuzhou, which is so desolate that being an official there is really like exile.

Such an island has not been developed for more than 200 years, but Xu Zixian intends to do something on this island, which is of course unimaginable for normal people.

It was Li Yi, Qin Dongyang and others, until this time they knew that Xu Zixian was actually interested in developing the Eastern Domain, and everyone was slightly surprised, but with their unconditional trust in Xu Zixian, no one questioned it.

Kong Hedu was forced to hold back, in his opinion, it was okay to grow cotton in the Eastern Domain, and to put horses together, if he invested heavily in development, it would be to throw copper money into the sea, which of course was something to speak out against.

But there are outsiders present, Kong He is not as good as he was at the beginning, and he finally knows that he wants to save face for Xu Zixian, and after changing last year's Kong He, I am afraid that he has already stood up and sprayed Xu Zixian's face.

Xu Zixian was also worried, and glanced at Kong He not far away, and saw that Kong He was silent with a straight face, so he said to Luo Fangbo: "Shizi guessed some truth, I am interested in the Eastern Domain." ”

Xu Zi first looked at Kong He, who was about to go violent, made a hand gesture, and said: "Once Pu Xingfeng frees his hands and subdues the Three Buddhas Qi and Lan Fang, I am afraid that he will deliberately concoct it in the coastal area of Great Wei." The geography of the Eastern Domain is extremely important, it is only more than 400 miles away from Fuzhou, it can be reached in two days with a smooth wind and water, a large number of pirates to the Eastern Domain, the villages of the Eastern Domain can not be stopped, more than 10,000 residents can provide drinking water to the pirates, and it is not guaranteed in the Eastern Domain, Penghu, if it is operated in this way, the southeast half of Fujian will never have peace. Even if it is for the sake of the imperial court, I have to do something in the Eastern Domain and lay a foundation. ”

Luo Fangbo praised: "The prince and the marquis are really very hilly, and they are not as good as that. ”

Xu Zixian said: "Of course, what matters is the development of Nan'an Hou Mansion itself...... Fuzhou is densely populated, and there are many people along the coast, so it is too difficult to do something here. The Eastern Domain is barren, and barren also has the benefits of barrenness, no one wants to fight, and the imperial court has sealed my 6,000 households in the Eastern Domain because of all the things of raising horses, isn't it a gift from God? Heaven and not to take, but to suffer its stinginess, in terms of the interests of the Hou Mansion of Nan An itself, the development of the Eastern Domain, is also a great benefit to the Hou Mansion, of course I do intend to this. ”

Xu Zixian looked at Luo Fangbo again and said, "I don't know how the prince deduced it?" ”

"Others only say that the prince intends to open up the wasteland to grow cotton." Luo Fangbo said with a smile: "I have spent a lot of money from the monarch to constantly repair the ship and install a crossbow on it, and I found that the prince is not only going to plant cotton, but also attaches so much importance to the sailor, so he naturally wants to run an overseas business, so I inferred without authorization, and please don't blame the monarch." ”

Xu Zixian smiled bitterly, since this kind of thing has to be done, of course it can't be hidden, what he hopes is that the Eastern Domain will admit this matter after the pattern has been formed, even if it is as close as the Changwen Marquis Mansion, it is not better not to mention it at this time.

After all, the two families want to cooperate, but Xu Zixian is to include the Eastern Domain first, and there is such a plan, so that Chen Dujing, Chen Duguang, Chen Duguang and others know about it, I am afraid that they may not be happy.

In-laws are in-laws, allies are allies, interests belong to interests, at this point, the more big the family, but it can be clearly understood.

"Since the prince really intends to develop overseas, then he will also speak out." Luo Fangbo said with a straight face: "Lan Fang is willing to help the prince and marquis." ”

Lan Fang's plan is to provide the technology and personnel of ship construction, and can also provide some sailors and veteran captains, etc., in terms of funds, Luo Fangbo admitted that he can't provide too much, but in the early days, he can lend Xu Zixian hundreds of thousands of start-up funds, but Luo Fangbo also said frankly that a sailor will take millions of dollars to take shape, and the financial help that Lan Fang can give is still quite limited.

As for the development of the Eastern Domain, Lan Fang will not interfere, but in the future, Lan Fang's merchant ships can trade through the Eastern Domain, which can be regarded as another level of support for Xu Zixian.

On the military and political side of Fujian Road, Lan Fang had no way to give too much support, so he waved his flag and shouted a few times for Xu Zixian, and with the danger of Lan Fang, he increased Xu Zixian's overseas strength without being restricted by the imperial court, which was about something that could be done.

Other than that, there's not much to support.

Li Yi and Kong He, Qin Dongyang, Fang Shaoqun and others did not say anything.

In such a major event of cooperation, it was Luo Fangbo who spoke out on the other side, and no one else spoke, and Nan'an, of course, could only be considered and answered by Xu Zixian alone.

Throwing out the conditions in person and proposing an alliance, this is also a test for Luo Fangbo to Xu Zixian, Nan'an is rising too fast here, Luo Fangbo wants to see how Xu Zixian himself is, this large foundation, is Xu Zixian's own ability, or relies on the team left by his father.

This is actually a misunderstanding of an outsider, if it is a local in Fuzhou, they will know that except for a Li Yi, Lao Nan Anhou can be described as poor and white, and he did not give Xu Zixian any help.

Even if it was Li Yi, if it weren't for Xu Zixian's own efforts, I am afraid that he would have left a long time ago.

"Lan Fang's support for me is not too strong." Xu Zixian said in a joking tone: "Look at this strength, it's like laying out an idle chess, it is best to be useful, and the loss is not too big if it is useless." ”

Luo Fangbo was slightly embarrassed, but when they discussed in private, they really used such a description.

It is indeed the same, at least with Xu Zixian's current realm pattern and strength, he can really only be an idle move.

"I wouldn't ask for more." Xu Zixian said to Luo Fangbo: "How much strength you have, how high the treatment you require, this is the basis for qualification, if my strength goes up in the future, of course the prince will modify the scope of cooperation with me, this is not to be said." I only have one additional request right now, and I would like to ask Shizi for a hand......"

Luo Fangbo said: "The prince, please say, as long as it is not too difficult, I will definitely agree to it." ”

Xu Zi glanced at Fang Shaoqun first, then turned his head and smiled at Luo Fangbo and said, "Buy a horse." ”

Luo Fangbo reacted quickly and said, "Do you want to buy Tianfang breeds and horses?" ”

"Yes." Xu Zixian said: "The prince knows that I have been on the horse government, and I also know that I am the herd of Fujian Road, so there is no need to say more, the number of hundreds of pairs of breeds and horses, please help the prince to complete." ”

If it was normal times, Xu Zi made such a request first, and Luo Fangbo would probably refuse.

The heavenly horse was not difficult to buy before, the heavenly caravan has been constantly coming and going to the countries, and the high-quality horses were originally a specialty of the heavenly horse, and there were not a few dignitaries and nobles in the countries who bought the heavenly horse.

In the past ten years, due to the rise of Manchu and Jia, the trade route has been almost monopolized by his country, the sea bandits are raging, and trade has become more and more difficult, which is also the reason why Luo Fangbo personally came to Great Wei regardless of the period of tribute.

According to the current trend, even if he can withstand the attack of the full thorn in terms of force, his national strength will not be able to support such a war attrition, and before the enemy comes to attack, Lan Fang is likely to collapse by himself.

"It's hard." Luo Fangbo explained a few words, laughed as he spoke, and finally said: "But it's not something that can't be done, in the final analysis, it's a small thing." ”

It is indeed a trivial matter, the price of Tianfang horses is not low, but a pair of high-grade breeds and horses is only a few hundred, and a hundred pairs are tens of thousands, which is really just a trivial matter for the two sides who have just formed an alliance in front of them.

It's not that Nan'an's side doesn't give money, and Lan Fang's side has to make some effort, so that's it.

"That's a gentleman's promise." Luo Fangbo said to Xu Zixian: "How long does it take for Nan'an to act?" ”

"After three months, we can almost be vaccinated, and after half a year, we can trade normally, and in the early days, cotton cloth and raw silk are the main ones, cotton cloth is our own production, and raw silk we purchase in the past, and count it as an explanation for your fleet. Later, it will be made into ironware, sugar, tea and other materials, and porcelain will also be fired. ”

"The prince is really ambitious." Luo Fangbo laughed, Xu Zi first wants to develop the Eastern Domain, of course, he wants to produce everything, but the time he said seems to be too urgent, if Xu Zi is such an unreliable person, he has to think about it, is it worth betting on Nan'anhou.

"Please wait and see." Xu Zixian didn't explain much, three months later, the land was opened up and immigrated, and the house was built, it was almost really done, the ranch was also being opened up at the same time, and the war horses were raised as soon as they arrived, what was there to delay?

Since you have to do something, of course, you have to do it vigorously, and you have to delay yourself, isn't it a mistake for your own time?

The cotton fields are planted in March and April, and harvested in July and August, plus you can hoard some cotton cloth in these months, and divide them according to the quality and weight, and you can trade with them as soon as the Lanfang ship comes.

Lan Fang gave Xu Zixian all kinds of support, maybe they thought that giving some money or helping to build a ship was the biggest help, but Xu Zixian didn't think so.

In fact, in terms of shipbuilding, Fujian Road is not weak at all, before the ocean trade is launched, Xu Zixian does not care whether to build a soft sailing ship or not, and even he does not plan to build a soft sailing ship!