Zhu Lao Er said: "In the back, it is estimated that it is almost there." ”

"Let's go, let's go home."

Li Chuan waved his hand and immediately returned to the Jinshan Acropolis.

Half an hour later, the dusty Meng Koujie and Huang Tianxiang arrived.

went to Taiwan, both of them tanned a lot, although their faces were dusty, but their spirits looked good.

"How, is there a catch?"

Li Chuan ordered the family to serve tea, and asked quite unexpectedly.

Huang Tianxiang hurriedly put down the teacup, thought about it and said, "Let's talk about Boss Kou!" ”

Kou Mengjie sorted out his thoughts and said, "After we went to sea from Ningbo Mansion, we floated at sea for six days to the chicken coop. The chicken coop was occupied by the Spaniards, who built a castle in the chicken coop, probably two to three hundred soldiers, the number of which is unknown. ”

"In addition to the Spaniards, the most people in the area of chicken coops and freshwater are aborigines, dozens of villages, and the number of mouths is not very easy to explore, but from some local Ming people, the number of mouths of the nearby natives should not be less than 10,000."

Li Chuan asked, "How many Ming people are there in Taipei?" ”

Kou Mengjie said: "There are thousands of people, all of whom are people who fled in the past, but these Ming people are not doing well, the natives ostracize them, the Spaniards also treat them as slaves, and the dirty work is all done by the Ming people." ”

Li Chuan said with a sigh: "Our Han people are the most industrious, but those bureaucrats and gentry do not give the people a way to live, and the forced people would rather flee to a foreign land to be slaves than come back, why is this?" ”

Kou Mengjie was silent, not knowing how to answer.

Of course, he knows the reason, but there are some things that he can't say casually.

He was just a businessman and could not afford to offend the bureaucratic gentry of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the lord in front of him is an anomaly, he has scolded the bureaucrats and gentry of the Ming Dynasty in private many times, and it is not easy for him to casually agree with some words, otherwise he will develop a habit and one day he will be heard.

I walk a lot at night, how can I not meet ghosts.

Li Chuan didn't expect him to answer, and said to himself: "The people who are living abroad don't want to come back, because even if they come back, they have no way to live, and although they have lived a lot outside, they can at least survive, which is really a huge irony." ”

Meng Koujie continued to be silent, he also had a little sympathy for those Ming people who were living overseas, but there were too many people in this world who couldn't survive, and they couldn't sympathize at all, so they were just sympathetic.

"Did you get in touch with the Spaniards?"

Li Chuan changed the topic and asked, not continuing to dwell on the suffering of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Kou Mengjie said: "After a few contacts, those ghosts are very cunning, no matter how much silver they give, at most they will inquire about some irrelevant news, and it is difficult to find out the real secret news." ”

Li Chuan asked again: "Have you figured out the route and terrain?" ”

Kou Mengjie said: "A map has been drawn, and it is at the Yellow Leader's place." ”

"That's good!"

Li Chuan got up and paced a few steps under the hall, and said: "These news are enough, it doesn't matter if the core is not the core, not to mention a few hundred soldiers, even if Spain has tens of thousands of troops stationed in Taiwan, it is just a number under the guns of this official." ”

Kou Mengjie's heart skipped a beat and he didn't answer.

Li Chuan asked again: "Did you lose money in trading with those Spaniards, and the official will make up for you?" ”

Kou Mengjie hurriedly said: "There is a lot of profit, but there is no loss." ”

"That's good!"

Li Chuan waved his hand and said, "You go down and rest first!" ”

Kou Mengjie didn't say much, and immediately retreated, knowing that Li Chuan still had to ask Huang Tianxiang about it.

Huang Tianxiang did not say anything until Kou Mengjie left, and he gave Li Chuan a detailed report on the process of this trip to Taiwan, which was consistent with what Kou Mengjie said, but in more detail.

"How well are the sailors trained?"

Li Chuan is most concerned about sailors, in fact, the Spaniards are secondary, and the biggest task of this trip to Taiwan is still on Huang Tianxiang, which is to train a group of sailors who can go to sea as soon as possible, and by the way, they are familiar with the route.

There is modern artillery, not to mention a few hundred Spaniards, even if there are tens of thousands, it is not enough to bombard, and his only shortcoming is that he does not have a group of skilled sailors, otherwise he will be able to go to sea in the future and go to Taiwan to grab territory.

Huang Tianxiang replied: "The state is not very good, if it weren't for the medicine given by the young master, two of them wouldn't be able to survive." ”

Li Chuan silently, for people in this era, the sea is too dangerous, even if Taiwan is not far away, only a six-day sea journey, but there are still people who almost can't survive, if it weren't for the life-saving medicine he gave, it is estimated that people will die.

It can be seen that the difficulty of navigation is far from being as simple as words.

On the other hand, think about it, those Europeans have crossed the sea, the world is running horses to occupy territory, regardless of the nation, the pioneering spirit of Europeans in this era is indeed convincing, compared with the Ming Dynasty is a little unenterprising.

If you think about it, it was too wishful thinking to think about some things before.

After asking some details again, Huang Tianxiang was sent down to rest, Li Chuan closed the study and went to Taobao.

"Dear Lee, what can I do for you?"

Levine is no longer what it used to be, his face is full of red, and it is obvious that he is living a good life.

Li Chuan asked, "Are things ready?" ”

"Of course!"

Levin exaggeratedly said: "You are my God now, no, I am not so devout to God and his old man, as long as it is arranged by you, I will complete it with more than 100% efficiency and attitude." ”

"Okay, don't be a sycophant, give me something."

Li Chuan was impatient and interrupted his ass very rudely.

Levine's smile did not decrease, and he hurriedly traded a large number of albums to him, and then asked cautiously: "Dear Li, have you really returned to the seventeenth century?" It's not that I'm talkative, it's unbelievable. ”

"Nonsense, otherwise what am I doing with a sail on the ship?"

Li Chuan squirted, ignored the goods, and withdrew directly from Taobao.

There are more than a dozen albums, and the above are the designs and renderings of the ocean-going ships that Levin got for him, and in order to get this thing, he had to tell Levin the truth, and asked Levin to design a seagoing ship suitable for this era for him according to the actual situation.

Modern sea boats are powerful and can run fast without sails.

But the fuel consumption of that thing is really scary, and once it fails, there is no other way but to return to the factory, and it will kill people at critical moments, so after considering the actual situation, it is still necessary to install the sails.

Since you have to install sails, you can't make them bigger, and you have to deal with your own weight.

Iron ships are not as good as wooden ships, the tonnage is too large for the wind to drive.

More than a dozen color albums, each album, is a different design scheme, a total of more than a dozen, from detailed design data, to interior renderings, do a very comprehensive job, obviously Levin is attentive.

The album marked the shipyard, which was in German, and Li Chuan did not know it.

Li Chuan looked very carefully, one by one, and kept comparing with each other.