Then Zheng Sen translated the words to the dog, and the dog was startled. "Young Master Zheng Sen, this is not good, they are all first-class masters, although they are injured now, they can't save one day...... You can't joke with the lives of our family. ”

Zheng Sen gave the dog a blank look. "It's really not an insult to say that you are a stupid dog, let's think about your young master's mind in the future! It's not so simple to be a henchman, I'm leaving, tell my eldest brother, tomorrow my father's ** appointment ceremony is late. ”

The dog nodded involuntarily and sent Zheng Sen away. Guards, you look at me, I look at you, and finally you look at the dog. "Look what I'm doing! Hurry up and call a doctor to treat them! From now on, we will all be our masters! After the dog finished speaking, he immediately lowered his body and said to the five women as he gestured with his hands, and loosened the rope very neatly.

The five women were very good, thinking of the question they had just translated, they naturally understood what the Shen Xing follower in front of them wanted to express, so they nodded and thanked them. The dog also learned to nod his head and waved his hand again and again, "Eh, a few new young grandmothers are too polite, too polite, this is what dogs should do, please follow me!" ”

Zheng Zhilong's inauguration ceremony was very grand, those Japanese nobles who were more familiar with current affairs were basically present Shen Xing as the ** of the Chinese Empire was naturally particularly eye-catching, after promulgating the official seal written document to Zheng Zhilong, he also changed his usual sad speech, the content was roughly to condemn the various evil deeds of the former Japanese authorities, and the reason why his Chinese Empire was overwhelmed, and finally expounded many reconstruction plans after the war, as well as the detailed operation of recruiting a large number of young Japanese laborers.

The most important thing is that he invited the Japanese emperor to have friendly exchanges, and invited their whole family to visit and study in Beijing, China, the appearance of the emperor once made the scene out of control, and many Japanese people wept bitterly and rejoiced. Zheng Zhilong's performance was even more remarkable, and he repeatedly promised in front of the emperor and Shen Xing.

As long as they are in power for one day, the Japanese people will definitely have a house to live in, clothes to wear, and food to eat...... The newly run Edo Morning Post was very cooperative, printing millions of copies of the day's speech and distributing them free of charge as soon as possible, and it was also very careful to accompany the pictures of the friendly meeting between the emperor and others and Shen Xing**.

Whether it is mobilization or illusory promises, or coercion and temptation, anyway, when Shen Xing and his party embarked on the journey back to China, the Japanese husband who accompanied him amounted to 1.5 million. In addition to the grain and cloth that were seized and plundered, the old land was distributed to help the local people, and the Shen Family Chamber of Commerce loaded 100,000 boxes of gold, silver, copper and iron.

Such a large-scale material plunder, made Zheng Zhilong, the newly appointed **, bitter, Japan, a province with scarce resources and poor land, and the successive wars are now being made worse by Shen Xing, not to mention that reconstruction is a headache to eat.

He put on the friendship of his father-in-law, and the predicament of the current facts, and repeatedly complained and begged Shen Xing, hoping to get help.

"Xing'er, you pat your ass and leave like this, leaving such a mess to clean up for your father-in-law, this is not a reward, it is simply a merciless punishment, if you insist on being your father like this, you will break the jar and break the ugly words, this Japan is now also a province of China, if there is any mess in the future, you don't turn your face and don't recognize people!"

On the dock of Yokohama, Zheng Zhilong, as the governor of a province, actually learned the practice of scoundrels in the market, squatted on the ground and smoked cigarettes, and refused to get up for a long time, Shen Xing was also in a dilemma for a while, Zheng Zhilong said that he knew better than anyone else that this ghost place in Japan was useful except for some labor, so it could be said that there was nothing left.

It is even more difficult for such a place to develop at this moment than to ascend to the sky, he looked at the vast sea and thought for a long time, and silently squatted on Zheng Zhilong's side and smoked a cigarette. But soon the rough sea opened his mind, as the old saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea.

Although Japan is poor and white, the shipbuilding industry and fishing industry are still quite developed, but due to the limitations of technology and conditions at the present stage, the vitality of these industries has been greatly reduced, and there is no solution to the refrigeration of aquatic products without anything else. No matter how much fish you catch, you won't be able to keep it fresh, and you won't be able to sell it for a good price. Thinking of this, Shen Xing slapped his thigh and suddenly became enlightened.

"Father-in-law, many islands in northern Japan bordering Tsarist Russia have been experiencing low temperatures for many years, why don't you mobilize people to mine a large amount of ice to store live fish, and the Japanese province is surrounded by sea and has very rich fish resources. As long as you use it properly, you can make a difference! Zheng Zhilong's face was embarrassed.

"Xing'er, not to mention the time-consuming and labor-intensive production of ice cubes, as far as how much fish and meat can be stored by the small fishing boats in Japan at the moment, I'm afraid I won't be able to make ends meet by then!"

Shen Xing touched his forehead and thought to himself, the manpower required for this kind of thing is unimaginable, if a large number of laborers are mobilized to participate, not to mention anything else, this daily food and drink expenses can be said to be a lot of expenses. If there is an imbalance between income and expenditure, simply oppressing cheap labor does not seem to be a long-term solution.

I also have a little understanding of the technology of saltpeter ice-making, and it is still cost-effective to drink some cold drinks by myself, but if it is used for refrigeration on a large scale, it is really a bit of a feeling of turning the head with gold, not to mention that saltpeter is still a strategic substance for making **, and it is absolutely impossible for this kind of thing to flow out.

But after thinking about it, the method of digging up ice and refrigerating is not completely impossible, isn't Zheng Zhilong worried that he can't make it? But if the ship is big enough to be transported once, won't the cost slowly come down? The winter in the north of China is not a joke during the Xiaoice River period, as long as the daily operation of Japan's usual three seasons is solved, there is no need to travel long distances to the north to transport ice in winter.

Shen Xing asked the dog to bring his own special pencil, spread the paper on the ground and lay down to draw it, and after a while, a hull drawing similar to that of the aircraft carrier of later generations was completed.

"Father-in-law, look at this big ship, three hundred meters long, more than one hundred meters wide, ten meters high, just one floor, as long as you build a few such sea giants to transport ice and fresh fish, are you afraid that you will not be able to recover the cost? As long as the fish is fresh, the price will naturally rise, and as long as your civilian shipbuilding technology continues to improve, the shipbuilding industry in the Japanese Province will definitely be a good way out in the future! ”

Zheng Zhilong touched the picture and hurriedly threw the cigarette butt aside. "Good boy, it is worthy of being a business family, what kind of thing can become a money-making treasure in the hands of your kid, as long as we create such a big baby, let alone fishing, it will be a pot full of money for you Shen Family Chamber of Commerce to transport goods in the future!"

Looking at Zheng Zhilong's happily departing figure, Shen Xing's mind was a little overwhelmed, Zheng Zhilong, this old thing, is so adaptable, he came up with the idea of fishing and digging ice, and he can actually turn the sea freight upside down. It's a headache! Shipping is the only business of the Shen family, and now this bastard has actually hit the idea on this.

Shen Xing shouted in his heart, now this situation is simply eating inside and out to lure the wolf into the house, but thinking that the Japanese province is all Chinese, even if you Zheng Zhi Longya's income is not your own family, it is just a big deal to increase taxes in the future, and the small Japanese province has thought about it better than the Chinese people, dreaming.

If he hadn't seen the familiar Shen Tiankuo, he couldn't believe that the Han girl in front of him, dressed in a medieval English dress and wearing a small flower umbrella, and with an extremely slender figure, would be his cousin Zhao Minmin, who was once so obese that he would be out of breath when he walked a few more steps.

Seeing that he was introducing something to a large group of foreigners with a fluent English accent, Shen Xing consciously stood aside and didn't talk, but seeing that this fat girl could return safely and soundly, and such a big change had occurred, Shen Xing had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know whether it was guilt or joy.

"Brother Xing, I heard that you have become the ** of the Chinese Empire, do you want to let the eldest brother and I follow the light to seek an official position or something!" Shen Tiankuo was dressed in the standard dress of a foreigner, wearing a black top hat like a spittoon, and joked to Shen Xing intentionally or unintentionally. Shen Xing smiled and patted Shen's eldest cousin's chest with a smile on his face.

"With your talent, cousin, it is more than wrong to be a trade minister, if you are really interested, I will naturally help you arrange it, but in this way, according to the policy of the Chinese Empire, the iron law that all officials can do business, the business of the Shen family's shipping will have to be changed to others, and you can't just ask!"

Shen Tiankuo saw that Shen Xing was serious, so he quickly shook his hand and smiled, "What about joking with you?" I'm lazy to be a Chinese official, there are too many rules, and I have to lose my head if I'm not careful, or the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Shipping is at ease, by the way, when did you get in touch with Sir David in England? He also handed over the tobacco business to him! ”

Hearing that Shen Tiankuo and David actually knew each other, Shen Xing suddenly felt that the down-and-out David Lord last time was really not an ordinary person, and took advantage of the conversation to narrate the incident to Shen Tiankuo, but he didn't expect him to laugh when he heard it. "Brother Xing, this guy David is really interesting, a good architect is not right, he can actually think of finding your way to do business, when he came to the door in London with your edict, I thought he was a liar, but now he is in the mix, and he has become the queen's guest of honor......"

Hearing that the tobacco business had been spread all over Europe by David in less than a year, Shen Xing also felt novel, although the Jiangnan General Factory had also sent documents to establish a new factory in England, but he was busy with other things at that time and didn't care at all. Now he heard Shen Tiankuo say that the annual profit alone is 200,000 gold coins, he is very surprised, you must know that this gold coin is converted into the silver taels of the Chinese Empire, one is 100 taels of silver, and 200,000 pieces are enough to withstand the taxes paid by the two southwestern provinces.

Tobacco is indeed a lucrative industry in ancient and modern times! After Shen Xing's thoughts, Shen Tiankuo threw an account book into his arms. "Brother Xing, I heard that you not only built a new province in Japan, but also made more than 100 million silver in financial income, although the eldest brother can't compare, but in the past few years, he has earned a lot, in addition to the cost of expenses, the net profit in the past three years is more than 90 million taels, how about it!"