If Zhang Han has a clear understanding in his heart, he thinks that this is Li Dan's arrangement, this time Li Guozhu came over, it may be finalized in the next few decades to cooperate with a super big business house like He Yusheng, Zhang Han is young, Li Guozhu is not big, and the attaché with him is best also young people, so that they understand each other and establish friendship, and they will not easily turn their faces into enemies for small reasons in the future, and the good situation is in vain.

"It's an old fox that roams the seven seas." Zhang Han secretly praised in his heart.

When Zhang Han looked at everyone, Zheng Zhilong and others were also observing him.

In front of him is a typical northerner, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall figure, none of Li Guozhu and his party are taller than Zhang Han, and his size alone can give people a sense of oppression.

However, Zhang Han's smile is very gentle, kind, giving people a sense of intimacy, and not domineering.

It's just that there is an occasional flash of light in the bottom of the eyes, and there is a high-ranking aura displayed with every gesture, which makes people know that this is not an easily offended person, but a big man who holds a lot of power and can easily decide people's future prospects and even life and death!

Zhang Han retracted his gaze, no matter what happened to Zheng Zhilong and the others in the future, they were still a group of young people who had just started, and it was too early to evaluate them by historical records, and it was not fair, so it was better to treat them as ordinary Li Guozhu's deputies.

Zhang Han raised his glass and said to the audience: "The eldest prince and you have come from afar, it is really hard, please drink this cup." ”

"Under Zheng Yiguan, respect your lordship." Before others could react, Zheng Zhilong was the first to call out, and his tone was also very sincere, and Zhang Han also saw a little admiration in his eyes.

There was some surprise at the beginning, but after thinking about it carefully, although Zheng Yiguan is now Li Dan's son, he has not been put in Taiwan, nor has he been appreciated by the Dutch, he has no money, no food, no one in his hands, and he has not made friends with Yan Siqi, just a young man who is messing around Li Dan and Li Guozhu, has potential, but has no strength, he is about the same age as Zheng Yiguan, but he has already made such a big career, Zheng Yiguan's admiration is of course true.

Everyone drank the first round of wine, and then Zhang Han respected Li Guozhu, Li Guozhu returned the salute, Zheng Yiguan respected Li Shenming, He Bin and others respected Changwei and others, and the cooperation with the Li family is the general policy set by Zhang Han, and the operation of the sea is not lower than the grand strategy of Jingluo grassland, the people present are Zhang Han's core team, and the importance of this matter is very clear, both sides are interested in forming a good relationship, although one is south and one north, one is based on land, and the other is dominating on the sea, but those present can be regarded as young elites in the two groups, and their age and mind are not bad. Under the deliberate acceptance of each other, the scene is also very lively.

At the moment when he was busy, Zhang Han saw Li Mengnian push the door in and make a hand gesture.

Zhang Han put down the cup, walked to the door and asked, "Is it the Russians who are making trouble?" ”

"Yes." Li Mengnian wanted to laugh a little, but he still said very seriously: "I started to keep serving them wine, rice wine, shochu, and rice wine according to what the adults said, and these people were very happy to drink, but now it seems that they are drinking high, and they want to see the adults by slapping the table and playing the board." ”

"These guys." Zhang Han said: "Bring a team of guards over, and calm it down first." ”

Li Mengnian was a little surprised and said, "My lord, is the person who came?" ”

"Listen to me."

Zhang Han didn't say much, he didn't know much about the temperament of the Russians, the so-called courtesy exchanges between the Chinese are useless to these guys, if it is useful to them, these guys are willing to help you how they want, if it is beneficial to them, they can force you to start, these people have no face and no bottom line.

This matter is not Zhang Han's prejudice, and it is very clearly written in the modern history of China.

It's useless to be polite to this group of old hairymen, he will treat you as a soft egg, and be moderately tough, but it's okay, and you can get good results.

After Zhang Han returned to his seat, Li Shenming, Chang Wei and others looked over with an inquiring eye.

There is nothing to hide about this, Zhang Han told the Russians.

Li Guozhu drank a few glasses of wine, his heart opened, and then he couldn't help but smile: "I heard that these people are here to ask for trade with Brother Wenlan, but they can't figure it out, the land route is far away, and I heard that the territory of the Russians is still far north of Transkhalkha, how can this trade be done?" ”

"So I'm probably going to say no." Zhang Han smiled: "They came from Tomsk, and they had to pass through a two-month no-man's land in the middle, and we were separated by the Sayan Mountains, and our caravan also went to the Trans-Khalkha Third Division, but it was east of Hangai Mountain to the west of the Sayan Mountains, and it was the southernmost section, so we had to go north from Qingcheng for more than half a month, and we couldn't go after winter, and the blizzards often covered it were half a man's depth of snow for thousands of miles, and we wanted to go to Tomsk to trade, and it was also a two-way journey from Mobei to the north. I don't know what these guys think in their heads. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Zheng Yiguan joked: "It's better to trade at sea, even if you go at sea for a month or two, the loss is limited." ”

Zhang Han took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "It's just that people at sea have to work harder." Next year, I'm going to go to the sea and experience it for myself. ”

Zheng Yiguan didn't know that Zhang Han was going to Taiwan, so after listening to the expedition, his face showed joy, and he said loudly: "You must serve by the side of the adult and serve the adult." ”

Li Guozhu nodded, and said happily: "With an official you following, Master Zhang's trip will definitely go well." ”

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Most of the unrelated people left after drinking, and only Li Shenming and Chang Wei accompanied Zhang Han and Li Guozhu and Zheng Yiguan to drink tea and chat.

At this time, specific cooperation was already involved, and Zhang Han was not polite, and said directly: "First of all, we mainly buy ships, and civilian ships will not be built by ourselves for the time being, and we will build our own ships and warships." What the Li family wants to help me is to give me a base in Bengang where I can build ships and settle down, and help me recruit a large number of shipbuilding talents, as well as the captains I need, talents who can lead the fleet, and reliable sailors...... With these teams, I will recruit people from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangzhou. ”

Although he knew that Zhang Han's ambition was not small, Li Guozhu still took a breath, and Zheng Yiguan and the others on the side were even more solemn.

Li Guozhu said: "Brother Wenlan's plan, I'm afraid it will cost a lot. ”

Zhang Han raised a finger and said with a smile: "I have already asked the Military Administration Department to draw up a specific plan, and here I will only say an approximate detailed number...... Next year, our investment in Bengang, Taiwan is expected to be 1 million taels. ”

"A million?"

Li Guozhu gasped, Zheng Zhilong, Gan Hui, He Bin and others looked at each other wildly, almost blinding their eyes.

"Brother Wenlan is really generous." Li Guozhu calculated his net worth and complimented him with some difficulty.

Zhang Han smiled and said: "From this year to next year, we will also increase investment in the grassland, personnel, materials, guns, artillery, most of them are inclined to the grassland, and one million should be the limit of what I can take." Of course, most of the money here is to buy ships and build ports, build villages, and recruit manpower, and then store timber and make preparations for shipbuilding, and by about four years of the apocalypse, we can ease our efforts and build ships on a large scale, and before that, we still buy ships. ”

Zhang Han paused and added: "Personnel are also a top priority, and we hope to recruit a large number of qualified talents first, just like storing wood. ”

Li Guozhu felt a little difficult, talking about things here in Zhang Han, he felt that his previous experience was not very useful, the way to talk about things here was so direct, but it was very meticulous, there were many things he hadn't thought about yet, Zhang Han had already put out a package of plans, one ring after another, making him a little at a loss.

At this time, Zheng Yiguan made a timely move, and he smiled at Zhang Han and said, "I don't know where to buy the ship?" What kind of boat do you like? ”

He Bin, who has not spoken much, said: "There should also be a suitable place to buy wood, to be honest, if you want to build a ship, you need a lot of wood, and there is not much in the south or in the country." ”

It is also true that there is a lack of big wood in the south, Zhang Han glanced at He Bin, this person is in his twenties, not tall, black and thin, typical Fujian appearance, although the official speech is standard, it is also mixed with an obvious southern accent, his eyes are very soft, revealing shrewdness, and he is a shrewd and gentle character.

"I've already thought about the timber, and I have a place to buy it." Zhang Han said lightly: "The ship I bought is for trade, so it's best to use a lucky boat." ”

"My lord."

Li Guozhu was originally worried that Zhang Han was not good and wanted to buy a messy boat, but when he saw that Zhang Han only bought a lucky boat, he was relieved at the moment.

At that time, there were actually two main types of ships in the South China Sea and the Wa Sea, one was the Fu Ship, and the other was the Manila galleon from Spain, also known as the Galen Ship, whether it was the West or the Netherlands and other countries, the ships used were of this type. The Fu ship uses a hard sail, which is not easy to use to seize the upper hand in battle, and it is limited to the hull structure and cannot put more guns on the ship, and the firepower is very limited, unlike the Western merchant ships that can be equipped with more than a dozen guns for self-defense.

Fujian's advantage is that it has a watertight cabin, the hull is firm and stable, easy to sail and not so easy to sink, and it is very suitable for being used as a merchant ship.

"If you use the items to Bengang in the early days," Zheng Yiguan pondered, "You can also buy some sand boats and double canopy boats, which are light and flexible, and can also transport a lot of goods, but it is not suitable for long-distance travel, and it can also be changed into a combat ship, which is very convenient." There are also some eight-oared boats and four-oared boats, which are used to pull ships into port and load and unload goods, to deliver messages, and to load some small sentinel boats on large ships, which can be used to deliver messages if several large ships go to sea together. ”

Li Guozhu said at this time: "The Guangzhou ship is made of teak, which is very strong, and Brother Wenlan does not have to use all the lucky ships, if it is suitable, the Guangdong ship can also be used as a large merchant ship." ”

"Well, that's what Kunisuke said." Zhang Han nodded, he knew that the Guangdong ship was a little smaller, but the workmanship was very good, the materials were better than the Fu ship, and the price was about the same.