Wan Youqing and the seven quickly calmed down, and their minds began to come alive.

"Do you want to develop as a big person?"

A businessman asked, with an inexplicable look in his eyes.

Li Chuan nodded: "Taiwan is the Taiwan of the Ming Dynasty, how can it be occupied by a group of ignorant ghosts." This officer intends to send troops to collect Taiwan after the soldiers and horses are well trained, and if he is willing to explore the way for his own officer, this officer will not treat him badly. ”

The spirits of the seven people were lifted, and the interests of the maritime merchants were definitely eye-catching, and the powerful people of the Wang clan in the south of the Yangtze River all made a fortune by operating maritime trade, and the first one belonged to the Zheng family, who occupied Fujian and dominated the sea frontier, with an annual income of tens of millions of dollars.

Wan Youqing and others have always had the intention of going to sea, but they have no choice but to be weak, and although the profits of maritime merchants are amazing, the risks are also not something that ordinary people can afford, so they have never dared to take the first step.

If you can take advantage of the big part, the benefits will naturally be self-evident.

Dazhi had a favorable geographical condition, and it was a necessary place to go to Luzon and the South Seas countries, and among the merchants they knew, many merchants went to Taiwan to do business with those Dutch, and the profits were amazing.

However, it is not so easy to collect Taiwan.

Wan Youqing said cautiously: "My lord, the Zheng family also has power in Taiwan. ”

Although the words are not explicit, the meaning is clearly expressed.

Everyone knows that Li Chuan has a grudge against the Zheng family, and he has clashed with the Zheng family several times. The Zheng family, who was born as a pirate, is quite difficult to mess with, it is definitely a behemoth on the sea, and even those arrogant ghosts have been deflated in the hands of the Zheng family several times, which can be seen.

"No matter how strong the Zheng family is, what can I do?"

Li Chuan sneered and said, "Where did the official's ten boats come from, you don't know it, right?" ”

The seven of them were stunned for a moment, exchanged a look, and they were all a little moved.

There is no airtight wall in this world, especially the ten big ships that have been moored next to the naval camp for so long, with a little energy, all know that the Zheng family has invaded Jinshanwei in a big way, but Li Chuan took dozens of family members and used artillery to beat the Zheng family's fleet more than ten miles apart, and some people have been inquiring about the origin of those cannons.

With such sharp artillery, if the ammunition is sufficient, the Zheng family is indeed not afraid.

If you can really occupy a place in the big people, it may not be impossible to go to the Nanyang countries to do business.

What's more, there is Uncle Li behind the mountain, and the future is bright when you think about it.

Rich and dangerous, the seven people quickly weighed the pros and cons, and hurriedly said: "I'm going to wait!" ”

"Good!"

Li Chuan finally smiled, clapped his palms and said: "You don't need to worry about the ship, this official will lend you the three smaller warships, what you have to do is to find a group of sailors who are familiar with the waterways of Dayuan and guides who are familiar with Taiwan, organize people to go to sea as soon as possible, and find out the situation of the chicken coop to me clearly, including the situation of the local natives." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, we will not disgrace our lives."

The seven of them were busy giving up, and their minds were already thinking about organizing the crew.

After discussing some details, the seven of them hurriedly left.

Li Chuan was distracted for a while, then stood under the map again, looked at northern Taiwan and thought about it.

Taiwan is a good place, but the island of Taiwan in this era, the vast majority of places are still barren, and have not been effectively developed at all, compared with Taipei, the current Taiwan is actually much better, and the Dutch built the city of Geranza there.

And the Zheng family's base is also in southern Taiwan.

But Li Chuan is really short of people, and his background in this area is really far worse than the Zheng family, and it is not a wise choice to fight with the Zheng family now.

In the European countries of this era, he checked a lot of information and knew some of it.

The once powerful Spanish dynasty has gone into decline, the Dutch are rising, and the base camp of the Spaniards is in Manila, the Philippines, and the power in Taiwan is not strong, and with the decline and poor management of the Spanish dynasty, the Spanish chief has little interest in Taiwan, even if he does not go to Taiwan, the Spaniards will evacuate in a few years.

As for the specific situation, we will not know until a businessman has been there.

This year's year is a bit long, and after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the military families are still visiting their relatives.

In the past, I was most afraid of the New Year, because it was too bleak, and it was not easy to have a good year.

This year has finally been a good time, so naturally I want to have a good New Year and take the opportunity to visit more relatives.

Li Chuan felt that the first year in Daming was not bad or good, he couldn't understand the desolation and hardship of the military household, but the loneliness in his heart could not be resolved, even if he was accompanied by Su Xiaomei, he still felt that this family was not complete.

On the sixth day of the new year, a piece of news came from the north.

Just a few years ago, Huang Taiji personally led the army to attack Korea.

Da Ming breathed a sigh of relief, only if the Tartars don't come to harm our Da Ming.

Li Chuan's heart is clear, once North Korea is destroyed, Huang Taiji will concentrate all his forces on the Ming Dynasty, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are now rejoicing, maybe it won't be long before they will find that the real disaster is still to come.

Out of the first month, the cold winter finally passed, and the weather gradually warmed up.

There are more people in the fields, and the military households have to go to the ground every once in a while to have a look, and once the land begins to thaw, they have to prepare for spring ploughing. But what is more important than sacrifice and war is the spring planting and autumn harvest.

It was also at this time that another decree was issued by the yamen of the guard.

When the soldiers received the order, they almost scolded their mothers.

Good rice is not allowed to be planted, and what kind of corn is allowed to be planted.

I've never heard of corn at all.

Although the commander said that the production capacity of this kind of corn per mu reached 2,000 catties, how could this kind of thing be careless, in case what corn could not be eaten or could not be planted at all, would everyone still have to eat grass roots?

The soldiers were not happy, and they all thought that the adult liked to joke.

Fortunately, Li Chuan's population is okay, and since he took office, he has not said that he has poured out his heart and lungs to the military households, at least he is the best commander of the military households since the establishment of Jinshanwei, and the military households have not greeted the ancestors of his Li family.

Fortunately, news came from the yamen again, and those who are willing to plant will plant, and those who are unwilling to plant will not be forced.

The military households breathed a sigh, but Li Chuan sighed.

"It's hard to reform!"

For the first time, Li Chuan deeply felt the resistance from below, some things are not something that can be changed by casually patting his head and saying that change, even if he treats the military household well, this kind of thing cannot be achieved overnight.

"Husband, can that corn really yield 2,000 catties per mu?"

Su Xiaomei also felt a little suspenseful, after all, the matter of agriculture and mulberry is too important, at the big point, it is about Sheji, and at the small level, it is also about the rations of more than 100,000 military households in Jinshanwei, how can you joke nonsense, it is right to be cautious.