As the bell rang for the end of class, the door of Yulinwan School opened, and a group of children of all sizes ran out in a swarm. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Lin Chao walked back to the office with his textbook in his hands and three shakes in his hand.

"Mr. Lin, how does it feel to teach these days?" In school, Cheng Yiyi and Xu Lang no longer call Lin Chao Lin Gongzi, but directly call Mr. Lin.

Lin Chao's face was slightly red, and Lin Chao was still a little uncomfortable with the fact that both men and women, whether they were gentlemen or students, attended classes and worked together in Yulinwan Academy: "It's okay to ask Mr. Cheng." However, I think that we should still teach more Chinese classics, those arithmetic, physics, chemistry, etc., although they are magical, but after all, they are not fundamental, just some skills. ”

"Hehehehe." Xu Lang, who was sitting on the side, put down the "Zuo Chuan" in his hand and said with a smile, "Brother Pengfei wants to say that those are obscene skills." ”

"No, no." Lin Chao hurriedly argued, "That's not what I mean. ”

"Brother Pengfei, don't be nervous." Xu Lang lit a cigarette with his hand, and Cheng Yiyi frowned, "I said can you not smoke in the office, now that there are 2 ladies, you can't pay attention?" ”

Zhao Zhiruo, who was on the other side, lowered her head and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, Mr. Xu can smoke if he wants." ”

Xu Lang spit out a smoke ring and tilted his head to look at Cheng Yiyi: "Didn't you smoke too?" ”

"That was before, and besides, your cigarette is too choking." Cheng Yi glared at Xu Lang angrily.

"Brother Pengfei." Xu Lang picked up the topic just now, "Let me ask you a question, do you know how the thief chief ** Hachi died?" ”

"I've heard of it." Lin Chao replied, "I was injured and killed by the red-clothed cannon in my Daming Ningyuan City." ”

"Not bad." Xu Lang then asked, "Then Brother Pengfei knows where this red-clothed cannon came from?" ”

"This, I would like to hear about it."

Xu Lang was interested: "This red-clothed cannon is not made by my Daming, but it is purchased from the Franc machine man in Haojing." But even this kind of artillery that is extremely powerful in Ningyuan City is still very insufficient compared to the artillery of the Westerners. Brother Peng Fei once said, I am an important town in the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, and now it is full of holes, and I let the Tartars come and go freely. So Brother Pengfei, if my Ming Dynasty Nine Border Towns are equipped with this kind of red-clothed cannon, can those Tartars still come and go freely? ”

"Naturally not. If it is really like what Brother Xu said, then I am solid on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Not bad, not bad." Xu Lang clapped his hands and shouted, "But does Brother Pengfei know this kind of artillery, how many taels of silver per piece?" ”

Lin Chao smiled slightly: "Brother Xu, a gentleman doesn't say anything about business. ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled, "I'll tell you, one thousand taels of silver." But if it is made by the Westerners themselves, it will only cost two hundred taels of silver. That is, for the money we buy one of their guns, they can build five of them themselves. ”

Lin Chao didn't understand what Xu Lang meant: "Brother Xu is saying that there are officials who are greedy for ink?" ”

"That's not what he meant." Cheng Yiyi interjected, "What he means is that if this cannon is made by us, more cannons can be made for the same money." ”

"Yes, that's what I mean, or Mr. Cheng knows me." Xu Lang made a gesture at Cheng Yiyi, making Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo laugh, "Brother Pengfei also saw our artillery in Yulin Bay at sea a few days ago, which is more powerful than the red-clothed cannon in the West, and this kind of artillery in our Yulin Bay, the cost of each one is no more than 100 taels of silver." ”

"Does Brother Xu mean that Yulin Bay is going to sell artillery to the imperial court?" Lin Chao asked.

"Why don't you understand?" Cheng Yiyi was more anxious than Xu Lang, "We can make this kind of artillery, and the cost is low, so we can equip a large number of this kind of artillery to the nine-sided towns to resist the Tartars, so that the Ming Dynasty is really impregnable." But if you want to make this kind of artillery, you need the knowledge of arithmetic, physics, and chemistry, and you can't make a cannon if you don't want to make it. Do you understand? ”

"Oh, I seem to understand a little bit below." Lin Chao thought for a moment, "What Mr. Cheng means is that as long as you learn arithmetic and physics well, you can build a red-coated cannon, and if you build a red-coated cannon, you can repel the Tartars and defend my Daming Jiangshan Sheji." ”

Xu Lang patted Lin Chao's shoulder: "You can be considered to understand it, we're tired to death." ”

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the Yazhou finally returned to Yulin Bay with Sun Tianhao and others. Sun Tianhao took another trip to Macau on the Yazhou before coming back. Silveira was completely devoid of Portuguese arrogance this time, and the disappearance of the Empress caused a great shock to the entire Portuguese Far Eastern stronghold. From Goa to Malacca to Macau, and even Manila in Spain, fleets were sent to search for the whereabouts of the Queen, which amounted to tons of gold and silver. Silveira, who was crying and sad, had to formally sit down and start negotiations with Sun Tianhao and others on the issue of sugar trade. It's just that this time Sun Tianhao showed a rare generosity, agreeing to provide 30,000 quintals of sugar to the Governor's Office of Macao every year, without having to pay in advance. In exchange, Sun Tianhao could set up an office in Macau, and ships from Yulin Bay could freely enter and leave Macau.

However, Munirio's 20,000 taels of silver Sun Tianhao got it, and the Portuguese businessman worked hard to get the 20,000 taels of silver, and happily took the Yazhou to Qiongzhou to inspect the production of the sugar factory. As a result, as soon as he arrived at the sugar factory, Sun Tianhao pushed him to Huang Yuansheng, and he took the Yazhou number and went home for the New Year.

Everyone in the Qiongzhou office has not been back to Yulin Bay for half a year, and on the night they came back, they went their separate ways, and they were invited by friends to eat and drink.

Xu Lang and the others had already booked the best private room in the Yulin Bay Hotel, waiting for Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai to come back. Yulin Bay Hotel is a restaurant opened by the traveler himself, and the chefs on the Pearl of the East China Sea saw that Huang Yuansheng's Xiangyi Restaurant was open every day, and he made money every day, so he also applied for a loan from the committee to open this modern restaurant.

Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai sat in the private room and felt a little dizzy. "Brother Xu, I'm not mistaken." Zhang Hai asked Xu Lang, "Are we really in the Ming Dynasty?" Not back to the 21st century? ”

"Can't be wrong, it's the Ming Dynasty." Xu Lang smiled, "Don't talk about you, I'm the same now, as soon as I sit in the private room of this Yulin Bay Hotel, I think I've crossed again." ”

"Luxury, extravagance." Sun Tianhao turned the glass turntable on the table and said, "Do you know how much silver this glass sells for in Qiongzhou Mansion, and how much it sells in Guangzhou, you use it as a turntable, it's really extravagant." ”

"Alright, alright, don't sigh, all sit down, all sit down." Shi Xianyang greeted everyone, "Okay, let's not get drunk tonight." ”

"Sister Yiyi, why didn't Miss Zhao come?" Zhang Hai asked, "Guannan, your Miss Xu didn't come either." ”

"They and Xiao Jiayi are in Lu's hometown." Cheng Yiyi replied, "It's just us today." ”

"Lu Lao is not coming?"

"Lu Lao never attends such a party." Jiang Beiming said, "Lu Lao and Aunt He are now true self-cultivation. You can take the time to see them tomorrow, they often talk about you. ”

The guy in the restaurant brought the food, and Shi Xianyang, who was sitting on the main seat and was going to pay the bill tonight, was interrupted by Sun Tianhao as soon as he counted the wine glass: "You wait first." ”

Sun Tianhao took the chopsticks and flicked the dishes on the table a few times, then put the chopsticks into his mouth and smacked twice: "You made soy sauce and vinegar?" This tastes much better than what I ate in Qiongzhou. ”

"You're a pretty good mouth." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile, "Not long after the Industrial Bureau came out, the formula was improved. Now all restaurants are trying it out to see how it reacts, and if it's popular, these 2 things will be the main products next year. ”

"Not bad, not bad." Sun Tianhao gave a thumbs up, "This thing is transported to Qiongzhou Mansion and Macau, and it is another way to make money." ”

"I said if you drank it or not." Shi Xianyang, who had been holding a wine glass, expressed his dissatisfaction, "If you don't drink again, I won't pay the bill tonight." ”

"Drink, drink, dry, dry." Everyone raised their glasses.

Jiang Beiming put down his wine glass: "Tianhao, Zhang Hai, you won't be able to go back to Qiongzhou after the year." ”

"Is it settled?" Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai asked at the same time.

"It's almost settled." Jiang Beiming replied, "I was worried about money, but if I was short of money, the Vietnamese plan might be shelved." But now that the problem of money is solved, and we are still on the line with Vietnam, and the army has been expanded, it is imperative to go to Vietnam. ”

"Have you decided who will take over our job?" Sun Tianhao asked again.

The committee preliminarily decided to let Liu Jun go, but this will have to wait for the final vote of the crossing conference after the year. Although Wei Yang can now be on his own, after all, he is too young, and he may replace Liu Jun. ”

"Tianhao." Xu Lang diverted the topic, "You have been to Macau, what is the relationship between the Portuguese in Macao and the Ming Dynasty government, and the Ming Dynasty government is keeping an eye on them?" ”

"Basically, it doesn't matter. Portugal only paid 500 taels of silver to the Ming Dynasty every year as the cost of renting land, and even the Dutch attacked Macao, Guangzhou did not care, and now Macao is all up to the Portuguese. After answering, Sun Tianhao asked again, "Don't you know the history of Macau, why did you suddenly ask this?" ”

"I have an idea, tell it and give it to the staff." Xu Lang picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it himself, "We have been developing in Yulin Bay for a year and a half, and now Yulin Bay has a population of more than 10,000, an army of more than 1,500 people, and artillery warships are better than those of the Ming Dynasty." And we also have our own laws and patrol houses, which are basically semi-independent. According to the opinion of the last crossing meeting, the army will continue to expand after the year, and now that the problem of silver is solved, I estimate that the development will be accelerated in the next few years. But the problem is here, whether it is Yazhou or Qiongzhou, they are all turning a blind eye to us now, of course, there is a lot of interest in this, but after all, it is not right. Beiming bought the title of 100 households, and according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, there could only be 112 military households under 100 households. We borrowed this name for the last army expansion, but we recruited 500 new soldiers at once, and Chen Mincheng came to Yulin Bay again. Now I feel that although the Ming Dynasty government didn't say anything, it has always been suspicious of us, which can be seen from Li Shuang's unification of the Qiongzhou private salt market. I think so, can we learn from Macao and rent Yulin Bay, if we can, not only will our right to act freely be guaranteed, but Yazhou and Qiongzhou will also have an explanation for the imperial court. ”

Xu Lang spoke at length, but saw that no one spoke: "What's wrong?" Why don't you speak, isn't my suggestion feasible? ”

"It's not impossible." Liu Guannan was the first to speak, "It's just that I never thought about this problem, you have to let me think about it, I can't figure it out all of a sudden." ”

"Xu Lang, can't you write." Shi Xianyang continued, "Write your thoughts out and submit them to the conference for discussion. But I can declare in advance, how to do it, don't look for me, don't become my business again, now I'm about to get tired of the court alone, this Wu Zhenhan, push everything to me. ”

"There are too many aspects of this problem you said, and it is not clear in a few words, but your idea is very unique, come up with a specific plan." Jiang Beiming made a concluding speech and then said, "Guannan, I will leak a message to you first, you may have to go back to the patrol room in the next year, and your work will be reversed with Wu Zhenhan." ”

"Really? When was it decided, and how did I not know? Liu Guannan was a little surprised.

"Beiming, how did you know this news, you are not from the committee." Cheng Yiyi explained to Liu Guannan, "This is what the committee meant. Wu Zhenhan really has no ability in terms of public security, the security situation in Yulin Bay has been very bad in the past six months, the committee has received many complaints, there are people from the Ming Dynasty, there are Ye Yan, Li Xiao and those who patrol and arrest detectives, and there are also our own people, so the committee decided to adjust your work at the next crossing conference, you just have a psychological preparation. ”

"Okay, don't talk about work, the dishes are cold." Shi Xianyang raised his glass again, "Cheers to the new year!" ”

Everyone drank the wine in the cup one after another, and Xu Lang said: "Tianhao, Zhang Hai, prepare the silver, Li Fuqiang is going to get married on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year." ”