In the middle of last year, Xiao Ruxun arranged for Chen Longzheng and Matteo Ricci to set off from the port of Yangon to Europe to recruit skilled craftsmen, especially blacksmiths and firearms craftsmen, more than a year later, the two of them finally returned with a full load, in this era without the Suez Canal, to arrive in Europe from Asia must pass through the Cape of Good Hope, Matteo Ricci originally came from this route, as an experienced navigator, Matteo Ricci was appointed to accompany him, as an interpreter to Chen Long's proper deputy.

Chen Long is the only one of the scholars who arrived in Myanmar to assist Xiao Ruxun because of Yuan Huang's letters, and he is also one of the only three scholars under Xiao Ruxun, the other two are naturally Yuan Huang Yuan Yan's father and son, and the third is Chen Longzheng, in addition to Xiao Ruxun's officials, all of whom are Chinese with no merit gathered from Southeast Asian countries, Yuan Huang is responsible for overseeing government affairs, and Yuan Yan is focused on training by Xiao Ruxun and arranged to be the mayor of Yangon.

Xiao Ruxun's business district is actually just a narrow coastal strip, he built a city on the edge of the estuary of the Irrawaddy River, named Pinghai City, and then took this as the western starting point, along the coastline all the way to Mawlamyine City, a total of four cities, equivalent to four treaty ports, merchants from all over the world can only arrive around these four treaty ports, and merchants from the Ming Dynasty can not enter the mainland at will without Xiao Ruxun's permission.

The Bago line is the northernmost point that Westerners and merchants from all over the world can reach, and all commercial activities and merchants' actions can only reach Bago, and the further north is the place where merchants are forbidden to enter, because there have been merchants who have come to Bago to buy land from the farmers who live here, so Xiao Ruxun issued a ban.

The land is owned by the peasants, but it is not allowed to be bought and sold at will, and the purchase and sale must be approved by the Hou Mansion of Zhennan.

Xiao Ruxun hated this kind of bad thing in the enclosure, he couldn't control the affairs of the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, but here, he Xiao Ruxun is the king's law, you can't control the sky and the earth, and you can't control the town of Myanmar, no matter who it is, they will all go back, and if they dare to disagree, they will issue a blocking order in the entire Southeast Asian region, prohibiting the sea ships of the relevant chambers of commerce of this person from doing business in various countries.

After the three major battles to kill pirates, Xiao Ruxun's prestige among Southeast Asian countries is not as loud as the average two, and he has almost become the spiritual leader of all countries, and his words still have a bit of weight, especially after the four major treaty ports have become the commercial hub of this region, which maritime merchant who does business here has to give Xiao Ruxun three points of face.

It was also at this time that Xiao Ruxun felt the charm of power, at the moment when the Ming Court ignored the Burma Town, everything in the Burma Town was Xiao Ruxun's final say, and if he dared to disagree, he would first ask Xiao Ruxun's army if he agreed, not to mention the army, the five thousand policemen alone were enough for these maritime merchants to drink a pot, and if they dared not to abide by the rules, they would be sent down directly by a team of policemen, and if they were caught, they would be beaten and not given any face.

The so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, Xiao Ruxun is the largest head snake in this large sea area at this moment, the government of a small country can't beat him, the government of a big country is too far away, and he is powerless, for a long time, whether it is a Westerner or an indigenous businessman in Southeast Asia, he honestly abides by Xiao Ruxun's ban, does business honestly, and does not dare to make a mistake.

In addition to these four treaty cities, the remaining four cities are in the interior, including Bago City, which are all settled by agriculture, and farmers are settled in these four cities, Xiao Ruxun is also sending people to build roads, connecting these four cities to form the first ruling center area, and then slowly expanding to the no-man's land.

However, although the environment was generally peaceful, Xiao Ruxun couldn't relax, the big stone of Shenzhou Lu Shen pressed on his chest, which could make him worry every moment, he knew what he had to do, so although he was in a relatively safe environment, he still invested the main money in weapon innovation and army equipment.

For this reason, he insisted on asking Chen Longzheng and Matteo Ricci to go to Europe to recruit craftsmen and firearms-related technicians to contribute to his musket production line.

The first person recorded in Chinese history to arrive in Europe, called Lieban Saoma, lived in Mengyuan, was a Uighur, not a Han, if you extrapolate further, it was the Qing Shen Fuzong, who arrived in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century, met with King Louis XIV of France, became a European figure at that time, and later went to England and Belgium, and was considered one of the first Chinese to contact Europe, but unfortunately, this person died of illness on the way home.

Now that Chen Long is under the influence and arrangement of Xiao Ruxun, he is honored to leave a strong mark in the history books, and Xiao Ruxun can't wait to meet him and ask him what thoughts and opinions he has on his trip to Europe.

The two soon arrived in Bago City, and the team of Western craftsmen was taken to the designated place by the people sent by Xiao Ruxun to rest and pack up, while Xiao Ruxun mainly met with Chen Longzheng and Matteo Ricci.

Chen Longzheng is still a rare scholar, no prejudice, enough respect for Xiao Ruxun, after seeing Xiao Ruxun's generosity and foresight, and even glad for his original decision, he was deeply influenced by Yuan Huang, the most disgusting thing is the "giant" put on paper and pen, and the most admired is the person who practices it.

For this reason, he also made a personal person, although many people in his hometown did not understand him, and felt that he was a promising scholar Why should he give up the channel of the future in the poor and remote wilderness, he doesn't care, he has his own ideals and pursuits, strictly speaking, he and Yuan Yan are the same people, one is too old-fashioned, the other is too idealistic, and neither of them is a person who can gain a foothold in today's corrupt Ming officialdom.

But their luck was very good, they met Yuan Huang and Xiao Ruxun, which changed the trajectory of their lives, Yuan Yan was the mayor of Yangon, after a period of hurry, he stood firm and kept Yangon in good order, Yangon has 100,000 resident population and 200,000 floating population, which is the most of the four major treaty ports, Yuan Yan can still manage it in an orderly manner, without the talent to govern the country, but it is more than enough to govern the place.

As early as when he first came, he was arranged by Xiao Ruxun to go around by boat to contact small countries in Southeast Asia, and became a diplomat-like figure who connected countries to form a loose alliance, and now the whole of Southeast Asia knows that he Chen Long is the diplomatic envoy of Marquis Xiao, and he has a thin face in the whole Southeast Asia.