Xu Lang was taken aback when he saw this venue, this building can be regarded as the largest building built in Yulin Bay over the years, covering a total area of twenty or thirty acres. In addition to the exhibition hall, Di Chong also built a hotel and a restaurant to entertain merchants from all over the world. Although it has not yet opened, there are already various cries of selling outside the venue. All the merchants in Yulin Bay have occupied a place here early, just waiting for the opening of the Qiong Fair to make a big profit.

Xu Lang and others walked around the exhibition hall, nothing else, but everyone appreciated the layout and lighting of the exhibition hall. In this exhibition hall, as long as it is not cloudy and rainy, the brightness in the hall is basically the same as the outside, and it is rare for Di Chong to think of such a good way.

Some exhibits have been placed in the exhibition hall, and Xu Lang circled around the printing and sewing machines of the Industrial Bureau for a while: "This thing is good, I guess at least Westerners can be interested." ”

"Xu Lang, Xu Lang." Shi Xianyang pulled Xu Lang to a Westerner's exhibition hall, "Look at what this is?" ”

Xu Lang looked at it for a while: "This is a clock, who brought it here?" ”

A Westerner next to him replied in stiff Chinese: "Dear gentlemen, this is what I brought to you from distant Germany to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Really?" Xu Lang asked, "You can also speak Chinese?" ”

"Sir, I am trying to learn your language in order to be able to participate in this fair."

Xu Lang took a closer look at this clock, there were no pendulum clocks and clocksprings in Europe at this time, and in 1657, Huygens discovered that the frequency of the pendulum could calculate time, and made the first pendulum clock. In 1670 the Englishman William? Clement invents the anchor escapement.

So this clock is still in its original form, with only one needle, and the clock face is divided into four parts, so that the time is accurate to the nearest 15 minutes.

"Sir, is your clock selling well in the Ming Dynasty?" Xu Lang knew that this would definitely not be brought over just now, because it would take at least half a year to get from Europe to Yulin Bay, and the news of the Qiong Fair had only been spread for a few months.

"It's a pity, sir." The Westerner replied, "You Ming Dynasty people don't like this thing of mine very much, so I brought it here, hoping that someone will recognize the goods." ”

"Sir, I'll show you a way." Xu Lang pointed to your Roman numerals on the watch and said, "We Ming Dynasty people can't understand these signs of yours, change it and replace it with our hour, maybe someone will like it." ”

After hearing this, the Westerner bowed to Xu Lang: "Sir, your idea is so good, I didn't think of it before, thank you Sir for helping me." ”

Xu Lang smiled and went to other places with Shi Xianyang and the others.

The whole hall was noisy, and there were people arranging exhibits everywhere. Xu Lang and Shi Xianyang walked to the front of a booth full of goods from Japan, from katana and lacquerware to armor and folding fans. A Japanese man in a kimono stood aside and bowed to the passers-by.

"Zheng Zhilong also found a Japanese to sell things." Shi Xianyang asked.

"This booth is not Zheng Zhilong's." Sun Tianhao walked over from a distance, "Zheng Zhilong's booth is much bigger than this, over there." ”

"Are they really Japanese businessmen?" Xu Lang asked.

"Yes, they came directly from Japan. There were not many people, there were two boats in total, and there were not many things to bring, so they couldn't be compared with Zheng Zhilong. ”

Xu Lang suddenly had an idea, and he didn't ask how these Japanese knew about the Qiong Fair: "Tianhao, can you think of a way to make these Japanese things unsellable." ”

"Why?" Sun Tianhao and Shi Xianyang both asked strangely, "If they can't sell it, they may not come in the future, which will have a bad impact on our trade, how can you have this idea." ”

Xu Lang didn't know how to explain it for a while, he wanted to buy all these Japanese things in Yulin Bay when they couldn't be sold. Then these Japanese will definitely be grateful to Yulin Bay, and Xu Lang plans to use this method to inquire about the current situation in Japan.

But Xu Lang thought about it again and felt that this method was not very reliable: "Forget it, it's nothing, how to do business or how to do business, I didn't say it." ”

"Director Sun, Director Sun, there's something over there for you to go over and take a look." A person from the Commercial Bureau came and called Sun Tianhao away.

"Labor, let one go, let one go." There was a sudden uproar at the door of the exhibition hall, and Chen Yan led a few people directly into the exhibition hall with an ox cart.

"Stop, stop." The two industrial bureaus stepped forward to stop, "Why did you drive all the ox carts in, you can't get in here." ”

"It's convenient." Chen Yan hurriedly said, "We have too many things, and it is too troublesome to carry them one by one. You two raise your hands, and we'll take it off and go. ”

The Industrial Bureau recognized Chen Yan, and it was not good to stop him: "Master Chen, then you have to hurry, it is not okay for our director to know." ”

"Understood, understood." Chen Yan shouted, "Hurry up, go out after unloading the car." ”

Xu Lang walked in front of Chen Yan: "Chen Yan, why are you here, are you also doing business?" ”

"Hey, hey." Chen Yan smiled, "How can I have that hobby, this is to help my father-in-law work." ”

"Chen Yan, you can do it." Shi Xianyang said with a smile, "I am not at home to watch the children, but I am busy here, I am really a good son-in-law." ”

"I'm not going to talk to you, I'm going to have to get busy first." Chen Yan spoke, and then commanded the ox cart to walk in the direction of the booth.

Xu Lang, Shi Xianyang and others didn't finish the entire exhibition hall after shopping for most of the day, everyone was a little tired, Shi Xianyang suggested finding a place to eat something and rest.

Xu Lang walked out of the exhibition hall and suddenly found a problem, the people here are basically merchants who come to the exhibition, but there are not many people in Yulin Bay who come to visit. If there is only what is sold and not bought, and there is not even something to see, then this Qiong fair will be considered a failure.

Xu Lang told Shi Xianyang and others about his thoughts, and Shi Xianyang also realized this problem: "This is indeed a problem, it is said that this exhibition hall and this Qiong Fair are also a major event in our Yulin Bay, and they are about to open, why are there so few people coming?" ”

"It's not easy." Xia Yang next to him said, "The location is not good, this place is not close to Yulin Bay and Yazhou, I originally asked, call a rental carriage to come over and ask for 5 yuan of silver, some also need one or two, few people can afford it." ”

"That's not going to work." Xu Lang calculated in his heart, "The reception capacity of this exhibition hall is almost five or six thousand people a day, if only one or two hundred people come a day, it won't be able to bring the atmosphere, we have to find a way to attract some popularity." ”

"How do you want to attract popularity?" Shi Xianyang asked, "It's five or six miles away from Yulin Bay, and it takes nearly an hour to walk. ”

"Tianyang." Xu Lang asked, "How many rental carriages are there in our Yulin Bay?" ”

"It's not a lot, maybe seventy or eighty."

"You see if this will work." Xu Lang said, "I suggest to the committee that all the carriages be gathered, and there is no need to wait for the opening, and from now on, they will start to the Qiong Fair, and they will leave if they have enough cars, all for free." A carriage can run back and forth more than a dozen times a day, and if it is squeezed, it can pull seven or eight people in one trip, and the capacity of one day is almost enough for the reception capacity of the exhibition hall. If it's free pick-up, I guess there will be a lot of people who can come. ”

"But are people willing to do it?" Xia Yang asked, "Doesn't this delay people making money?" ”

"Tianyang, why don't you open your mind." Xu Lang said with a smile, "Let Sun Tianhao's commercial bureau pay the money, discuss it with Zhang Lao Wu, and charter their car." We're giving the Commerce Bureau an idea, and of course they'll have to pay for the money. ”

"I think Xu Lang's method is good." Shi Xianyang said, "If it is free of charge, there should be a lot of people coming." ”

"Let's find a place to eat first, and then discuss it with Tianhao later."

After listening to Xu Lang's statement, Sun Tianhao also felt that this was a solution. I have worked hard to prepare for the past few months, and if I am really not popular, I will be smashed. Sun Tianhao did not delay, and immediately thought that the committee had submitted an application, and the committee immediately approved it, instructing Liu Guannan's patrol room to solve the problem within two days. Of course, the subsidy is very high, and a carriage is subsidized according to the standard of 4 taels of silver a day, and Zhang Lao Wu still accepts this price.

When Xu Lang returned to the General Staff after shopping, it was just the point of getting off work, and Leng Tianbing had not yet returned home.

"TechnoAlpin, why haven't you left yet?" Xu Lang asked.

"You're idle, where are you going to play today?" Leng Tianbing smiled, "You threw all the work to me, I can't finish how to go home." ”

Xu Lang knew that Leng Tianbing was joking: "What did you live to the time when you were still busy in the hands of Colonel Leng, you are a great talent of our General Staff." ”

"Go to the side, I don't need you to slap my ass." Leng Tianbing scolded with a smile, and handed a top-secret document to Xu Lang, "Dong Fei and Han Wantao came to me today, this is their plan to change the guard with Vietnam." If you don't have any opinions, our General Staff will sign them and report them to the Military Commission for the record. ”

Xu Lang took it and looked at it, Han Wantao made this plan in detail. At present, the reorganization of the new First Army has been completed, and the commanders of all units are in place. The newly recruited recruits have been training for more than a month, and in another half a month, they will complete their training and be added to various units. Therefore, Han Wantao suggested that starting from November, it would take ten days to half a month or so to slowly change the Vietnamese soldiers of Jinpu and Puliango back to Yulin Bay, and let the troops of Yulin Bay go to garrison these two places.

Considering the problem of transportation capacity and material and equipment at sea, Han Wantao believed that the time when the new First Army would all arrive in Jinpu should be around the end of December. Therefore, he suggested that the military offensive of the Annam landing operation should be officially launched on the first day of the first lunar month next year, and strive to catch Zheng Jie's surprise and take Thang Long Province within half a month.

Xu Lang closed the document: "I have no opinion on this plan in principle. But there is one more thing, we have to wait for Li Fuqiang's news. He should have proposed to Zheng Jie to attack South Vietnam by now, if Nguyen Qi Neng went to the south and was not in Thang Long Mansion, we would be much easier, Nguyen Qi was very good at fighting. ”

Leng Tianbing thought for a while: "Okay, I'll write your opinion and let Han Wantao look at it, anyway, one of you is the commander and the other is the chief of staff." ”

Xu Lang stood up to leave: "There's nothing else, I'll go home if it's okay." ”

"You wait." Leng Tianbing took out two cigarettes and threw one to Xu Lang, "Dong Fei asked me today, what do we think about Japan." ”

"It's not easy." Xu Lang sat down again, "Zheng Zhilong will definitely not go to Japan by himself, so I don't even need to mention it to him." We need to focus all our energy on Vietnam now, and we can't think about Japan until we get Vietnam under control next summer. ”

"That's what I said to Dong Fei." Leng Tianbing said, "But the committee is very worried that once Tao Min takes Japan first, then we will have a lot of trouble in the future." ”

"The possibility that Tao Min can control the whole of Japan is actually not very large." Xu Lang analyzed, "Although he has now laid down Phi Dao, it will take time for him to build a navy, and I am now worried about another problem." ”

"What are you worried about?" Leng Tianbing asked with a smile, "Why do you always have so many questions?" ”

"Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. If we successfully win Vietnam, this news will be immediately transmitted to Beijing. Chongzhen will never be reassured, I'm worried about whether we will turn against Chongzhen before we destroy the Manchu Dynasty. ”

"Do you think we're going to turn against Chongzhen?" Leng Tianbing felt that Xu Lang's idea was a bit unrealistic.

"All I can say is that it's a possibility." Xu Lang said, "After we take Vietnam, our first step will definitely be to expand our army." If our army reaches fifty or sixty thousand, and we control the entire Hainan Island, do you say that in Chongzhen's heart, can we make him unable to sleep or the Manchu Qing and Li Zicheng make him unable to sleep. ”

"But if we really have 50,000 or 60,000 troops, Chongzhen may not turn his face with us, because first, he has no ability to turn his face, and second, our goal is the Manchu Qing, not Chongzhen."

"But don't forget one thing, Tao Min has been thinking about a truce with Chongzhen. Last time, we were lucky to be able to find out Yue Tuo, but Tao Min will not give up, he will definitely find a way to contact Chongzhen again. If we defeat Vietnam, this may be another opportunity for Tao Myint. ”

Leng Tianbing thought about what Xu Lang said, and was silent for a long time.

"You don't have to think too much about it." Xu Lang extinguished the cigarette in his hand, "You can do a good job of landing Annan now, I will think about this issue again, and I will take out a report and submit it to the Military Commission." Alright, I'll go home if it's okay. ”

Xu Lang said hello to Leng Tianbing and left the General Staff. 71129