In the past, at this time, Li Zhang would definitely stay at home, and I don't know when he didn't like going out anymore, and he could almost be called an otaku in the future, but today Li Zhang went out with a gift, because he sent his worship sticker to the Zhou Mansion a few days ago, and made an appointment to visit today.

Zhou Mansion is also Zhou Liang's home, his father Zhou Ningguan worshiped the Japanese generals, praised the Japanese army and Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei The three armies are collectively called the forbidden army on the fourth army, which is considered the elite of the forbidden army, of course, over the years, the Beijing forbidden army has degraded greatly, and Zhao Zhen vigorously rectified the forbidden army in the first two years, not only reduced the size of the forbidden army, eliminated a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, but also made the Beijing forbidden army and the border army exchanged, which made the forbidden army recover some of the past weather.

Li Zhang's carriage soon came to the gate of the Zhou Mansion, although the Zhou family was not prominent in the gate, although a Japanese general sounded majestic, but in fact it was only one of the four armies, and there were three officials on it, plus the forbidden army in the capital would not be able to go to the battlefield for the rest of his life unless he encountered a rebellion or the emperor's personal conquest, so Zhou Ning, a general, actually mainly relied on his background and mixed qualifications, and there was no way to compare with Zhao Zhen and Liu Ping, who had made great contributions before.

Although the Zhou family is not very conspicuous in the generals, it is very famous, because the Zhou family is very rich, although the Zhou family is a general, but not everyone enters the army as an official, some Zhou family members mainly run the Zhou family's industry, such as Zhou Ning's eldest brother Zhou Hai, the other party is a concubine, can not inherit his father's title, but is very interested in business, and it turns out that he is also very talented in business, so Zhou Hai is also a famous businessman in the capital.

Although Zhou Ning and Zhou Hai are half-brothers, the two feel very good, and the Zhou brothers are very united, so Zhou Hai's wealth is actually equivalent to the wealth of the Zhou family, which also makes the Zhou family a famous rich man in the Jiangmen, although money is not omnipotent, but it can also bring a lot of convenience to the nobles, for which many people want to marry the Zhou family, but except for Zhou Liang, this guy's reputation has long been stinky in the aristocratic circle, and no one dares to marry his daughter to him.

Li Zhang got out of the carriage, and Zhou Ning was already waiting at the door at this time, and saw Li Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The Marquis of Dingbei is here, and the humble house is also full of brilliance!" ”

"General Zhou is polite, if you have a humble house here, then my home can only be called a thatched house!" Li Zhang also smiled at this time, and looked at the Zhou family's mansion, which was quite resplendent as he spoke.

Zhou Ning's mansion is extremely extravagant, even if you stand outside the door, you can see the carved beams and paintings inside, it is said that people with good deeds lined up a top ten mansions in the capital, among which Zhou Ning's mansion is among them, you must know that this is the capital, rich and powerful people are like carp across the river, and the mansion of the Zhou family can be ranked among the luxury of their family.

Zhou Ning also laughed when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then invited Li Zhang into the house, although the two did not have a deep friendship, but they had met many times before, especially Li Zhang and Cao Wei's father and son were friends, and Zhou Ning was the son-in-law of the Cao family, so the two also sat together and chatted at the family banquet in Cao's house, but unfortunately Cao Wei finally left last year, and Li Zhang was also sad for a long time.

Li Zhang and Zhou Ning entered the mansion together, and then sat down in the living room, and Zhou Ning also exchanged a few words with Li Zhang at this time, and then asked tentatively with a worried expression: "Dingbei Hou, you came this time, but did I make trouble for you again because of my unsuccessful son?" ”

Zhou Ning has four sons, and the other three sons are very good, especially the third son is also a martial arts graduate, and he also made contributions when he attacked Yanyun before, and now he has become a middle-level general in the army, the only thing that worries him is Zhou Liang's youngest son, in fact, since Zhou Liang was handed over to Li Zhang, Zhou Ning has never asked about this son, let alone know that he has gone to Nanyang now.

"General Zhou, rest assured, Zhou Liang is doing well now, and he can be regarded as helping me a little, I came here today, but it has something to do with Zhou Liang." Li Zhang smiled again at this time.

"What's the matter?" Hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhou Ning also showed a concerned expression, although he seemed to be very disgusted with Zhou Liang's son, but the other party was his son after all, and the nature of father and son still made him very concerned about Zhou Liang's affairs.

I saw that Li Zhang hesitated for a moment at this time, as if he was organizing the language, and then asked, "I don't know how much you know about maritime trade, General Zhou?" ”

"Haimao?" Zhou Ning was also stunned when he heard Li Zhang suddenly talk about the topic of sea trade, but he quickly reacted, and then replied after pondering for a while, "I don't know much about sea trade, but my eldest brother often deals with businessmen, and seems to know some sea traders. ”

"Brother Ling is well-informed, and the risks of sea trade are indeed not small, but the profits are beyond imagination." When Li Zhang said this, he suddenly picked up the tea bowl in front of him and gestured to Zhou Ning, and then said, "For example, the tea bowl in front of you, if it is transported overseas, it may be exchanged for the same weight of gold." ”

"Is porcelain so valuable overseas?" Zhou Ning was also startled when he heard Li Zhang's words, although he used the best porcelain to entertain guests, it was still too bad compared to gold.

"Not only porcelain, silk, tea, cotton cloth, etc., are all very popular goods overseas, overseas businessmen are almost rushing to get it, there is no worry about sales, it can be said that as long as the goods can be shipped out, at least ten times the profit of one back and forth!" Li Zhang immediately affirmed that in this era of traffic congestion, it may be difficult for future generations to imagine the value of some items.

Zhou Ning's eyes widened when he heard this, although their family was not short of money, but no one would have too much money, not to mention that the Zhou family had a large population, and if he wanted to maintain this luxurious life, he had to have more money, so when he heard the huge profits of Haimao, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Li Zhang also smiled secretly in his heart when he saw Zhou Ning's expression, and then spoke again: "The reason why I mentioned sea trade is actually to tell General Zhou that Zhou Liang actually went to Nanyang, and also helped the imperial court build a seaport there. ”

"South...... Nanyang? Zhou Ning's eyes widened when he heard Li Zhang's words, he only knew that Li Zhang sent Zhou Liang to the south, and the farthest he thought about was Leizhou and Qiongzhou, but he never expected that his son would run away to Nanyang, which seemed to him to be the end of the world.