There were not many people who agreed with the prince's decision to stay in Nan'an before, and after traveling in the past few days, many people's views on the Hou Mansion of Nan'an have changed greatly.

The officials are shrewd and capable, and the management of the place is quite in place, and the military guards are quite strong, the military discipline is strict, and the equipment is not very sophisticated, but from top to bottom they exude an elite atmosphere.

This kind of breath is not something that has been experienced in a hundred battles and a well-trained army cannot be pretended.

Coupled with the large-scale recruitment of new military soldiers, it shows Xu Zixian's great ambition, which is a local force that is emerging, and it is very likely to really affect the overall military and political situation of Fujian Road, and then affect overseas.

A strategist said solemnly to Luo Fangbo: "The decision of the prince to stay is very right, if there is the support of Nan'anhou, even if the Great Wei court does not send troops, when this Nan'anhou is more powerful, it is likely that there will be changes." ”

"Easy to say." Another adviser said: "We want to befriend others, what reason do they have to befriend us, and what reason do they have to support us?" ”

"Money, of course." The previous adviser said: "I look at the beginning of the foundation here in Nan'an, presumably there is still a lack of money, if we come up with money to support, this good fate is over." ”

Lanfang country is not short of money, although this country is small, it is only a part of Borneo's coastal area, smaller than Fujian Road, and the population is not large, less than 10 million people, of which sixty percent are indigenous, and about forty percent are Chinese Han people.

Due to the good management and prosperous trade, although the country is small, the annual income is more than 10 million copper coins, which is about one-tenth of that of the Great Wei.

It doesn't seem like much, but the country is small, the expenditure is small, the army is only 50,000 or 60,000 people, and there are some tribal private soldiers, and after years of accumulation, the copper coins in the treasury are piled up.

has no ability, but there is wealth, which is also the reason why Sriwijaya and Lan Fang are full of thorns and worries.

I don't dare to say that if Xu Zixian really has the potential to affect Fujian, or even Dawei's national policy for Lan Fang, and even give realistic support, investing hundreds of thousands, or even millions of yuan, it is not a big deal for Lan Fang.

This kind of advance investment is not uncommon in the history of Lanfang for a hundred years, and it has been seen in Dawei and Srivijaya.

It's just that it is still doubtful whether Xu Zixian can really take the initiative to fight against the King of Qi and King Zhao and appease the envoys, and then affect the national policy of Great Wei to the outside world.

"Nan Anhou is quite aggressive, and he is extremely hateful of pirates." Luo Fangbo said quite calmly: "I expect that his next goal is to establish a powerful water battalion, or even a private water division. The Great Wei was trapped in the north and could no longer do anything against the sailors, but the local forces could succeed. Nananhou may not be able to do it, but it is indeed a variable that needs to be paid attention to. I mean, if he wants, we can help with shipbuilding. ”

"That's a big bet."

Shipbuilding was the most expensive state act, and even the national strength of the Great Wei court could not afford it.

A schooner with a draft of 500 tons costs at least 300,000 guan, plus supporting weapons and sailors, 500,000 or 600,000 guan is a normal situation.

Only such a large ship is the main force that constitutes the ocean-going naval division, and the Chinese warships of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Longling ship, the water bow ship, the Fujian and Guangdong ships, and the Nanjing sand ship do not have this function.

If it is a local naval division of the Great Wei Dynasty, a Chinese warship of about 300 tons is considered a big ship, and the cost including weapons is enough for 150,000 or 60,000 yuan.

A fortune ship battleship, about 100,000 runs.

A ship on the water, 60,000 runs.

The rest of the large sentinel ships and small sentinel ships ranged from 20,000 to several thousand.

Even the local fleet is quite expensive, not to mention that if it is to be useful to Lan Fang, of course, it is necessary to build ocean-going warships, a soft-sail warship, forming a combat power of at least 300,000 or more, forming a deterrent fleet, at least more than ten large warships, with several small and medium-sized warships.

If there are no tens of millions or even tens of millions, this idea is better not to fight.

Although Lan Fang has the ability to build ships, the financial resources cannot support it, and the sailors of his country are not as strong as Pu Xingfeng's fleet, compared to Kang Tianqi and Wang Zhi in the coastal waters of the Wa Kingdom and the Great Wei, Pu Xingfeng's strength is also obviously superior.

Fortunately, its main area of activity is west of the South Seas, and in the Mughal area with the sea power of the Taixi countries, if its strength is all in the South Seas or the sea off the Great Wei, I am afraid that Wang Zhi and others will not be able to suppress the Pu Xingfeng, and they do not know how many killings they will create.

"Of course we don't have this ability......," Luo Fangbo said, "If there is, of course it will be used by our own sailors." However, it is always possible to help them build ships at a low price, to help them out, to provide some financial help. ”

This is regarded as a side help, everything has to rely on Nan'an itself, and the favor is not small, at least more than one million yuan of investment, which can be described as a heavy bet.

Luo Fangbo was a little uneasy in his heart, could Xu Zixian be able to deserve such help?

Now Nan'an is vibrant, but who can be sure where it can go?

But looking around blankly, there is no one who can help, Nan'an is not left behind, is he just going home empty-handed?

"That's it." Luo Fangbo said categorically: "Send someone to hold my name and officially ask to see me as the son of Lan Fang, and Nan Anhou will meet me." ”

Seeing that someone hesitated, Luo Fangbo smiled and said: "As long as Nan Anhou intends to eradicate the pirates, the development of the sailor is the only way for him, plus the development of the Eastern Domain, how could he give up the opportunity to meet me?" ”

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After a busy day, through many assessments and checks, half of the candidates were decided.

In the next two to three days, we will have to be busy for at least two to three days, and we can basically determine the candidates for the three thousand warriors.

This time the movement is not small, fortunately, there is an excuse for elimination, plus Xu Zixian is popular, the political hall of the Beijing division will not be too difficult, otherwise, the local group training will recruit thousands of people at once, and Lin Douyao can find an excuse to exempt Xu Zixian from the post of group training guard.

But this regimental training envoy has already reached the heavens, which can be regarded as a great contribution of the imperial court to appease Xu Zixian in Beijing to calm the chaos, which is equivalent to giving Xu Zixian all the towns in Nan'an to toss first.

Of course, the imperial court is not lacking in vigilance, otherwise it would not have used the excuse of grazing in the Eastern Domain to get Xu Zixian's fief to the big island of the Eastern Domain.

If the 6,000 official households continue to be placed in Nan'an, plus the original official household hidden households, the entire town near Nan'an is equivalent to giving Xu Zixian a real land, this action is quite dangerous, and the imperial court will not do this.

Everyone was very tired, Xiuniang cooked some porridge in the back house and sent it over, everyone thanked them, and sat down with Xu Zixian to drink porridge together.

"The prince also has the position of managing the horse administration, and the official seal was brought down directly from the political hall." Li Yi groaned: "I don't know about the release of horses in the Eastern Domain, how is the prince going to start?" ”

Xu Zixian didn't answer immediately, Xiuniang's porridge added a lot of seafood, all of which were extremely fresh, boiled with green onions and rice, fragrant, he was tired for a day, drinking piping hot rice porridge, it seemed that the fatigue on his body had been reduced a lot.

There were not many people in the signing room, everyone was busy, only Fang Shaoqun, Li Yi, Kong and a few people sat down to accompany them.

Xu Zixian said: "Here in Nan'an or Fuzhou, are there any Taixi merchants?" ”

Li Yi thought for a while and said: "Taixi and Tianfang are hostile to each other, and I heard that there is no more fierce fighting on the Mughal side, because the trade route to Great Wei is controlled by the Tianfang people, and the Taixi people are controlled by the Malacca waterway, and they generally can't get through." Pu Xingfeng and other thieves will not let go of the Taixi ship when they encounter it. ”

Kong He also said: "When I was young, I also saw Taixi maritime merchants, and I have almost never seen a ship in the past ten years. ”

Xu Zixian was silent, and said after half a sound: "Is there a Tianfang businessman who has a bad relationship with the Pu family?" ”

"This, there should be." Li Yi hesitated for a while and said, "But you have to search slowly." ”

Fang Shaoqun said: "It seems that the prince is planning to buy Tianfang Horse?" ”

"That's right." Knowing that he couldn't hide it from Fang Shaoqun, Xu Zixian didn't plan to hide his thoughts, he said: "Qingtang horses are not conducive to flat land, although Beiyu horses are long in long-distance running, have good endurance and can endure hardships, but they are generally short and can't bear weights. Not to mention the southwest horse, only suitable for pulling horses, the square horse is tall, the endurance is slightly poor but the strength is large, the load is strong, if you can buy hundreds of high-quality breeds, horses, within a few years, you can develop more than 10,000 large horses. ”

Li Yi said: "I'm afraid that the price is expensive." ”

The court's enthusiasm for raising horses in the southeast is really limited, and Xu Zixian is not the favorite candidate of the Son of Heaven and the two governments, giving him the title of Fujian Ma Zheng is nothing more than to appease the emotions, and Xu Zixian's Ma Zheng Zazi does have something to say, the court is a dead horse as a live horse doctor, give a policy, and Xu Zixian will toss it himself.

In addition to the 30,000 guan issued, it is unlikely that the imperial court will give any specific support, hundreds of breeds and horses, at least tens of thousands of guan, of course, it is not a small expense.

"We have to develop cotton fields first, build textile machines, and at the same time select sites and erect piles, and these things can be done first." Xu Zixian remembered that the Tainan Plain is about 4,000 square kilometers, which is the largest plain area in Taiwan, Taiwan's topography is the middle uplift, and there is no flat land to the west, only Taipei, Taitung and Tainan have plain areas, the whole island is 30,000 square kilometers, about a quarter of the size of Fujian Road, the whole island has many mountains, many forest resources, many wild animals, and rich minerals, the climate is subtropical monsoon and tropical monsoon climate, and the overall season is humid, and the summer is unusually hot. In later generations, Taiwan started with light industry and electronics industry, and agriculture was dominated by fruit, sugar, and tea industries.

Now it is different, Tainan has thousands of square kilometers of plains, only a small number of hilly landforms, not to mention abundant water, and a large amount of wasteland.

Undeveloped wasteland, large grasslands and shrubs, suitable for war horses to run and train, can also be fed with concentrate, for war horses to eat and chew.

Therefore, the barrenness of the Eastern Domain is a good thing, and it is really a very easy little thing to set aside the area where more than 10,000 immigrants live, and to set aside a radius of hundreds of miles of open space for raising horses.