Less than a hundred years after Zheng Chenggong's death, the British ships and guns came again, where were the Chinese navy and naval divisions at that time? Those small boats, seeing the huge sail battleships and the black hole of the cannon port, what use is there but to flee from the wind?

"Yiguan, you are proficient in all kinds of Yi languages," Zhang Han looked at Zheng Zhilong and said, "Can you go to the Nanyang Territory and recruit talents who can build ships for me?" ”

Whether it is the Spaniards or the Dutch, the warships are all made locally, including the British who have just entered Asia and do not have much power, the technology and talents needed to build ships locally, including wood, and funds are very convenient, and it is inconvenient to build ships overseas, so these Europeans have cannon casting workshops in Macao and Nanyang, but there are no shipyards for shipbuilding, more maintenance factories, even small dhows are also made in the country, and only small sampan boats can be manufactured in the Nanyang.

Zheng Zhilong knew it in his heart, and replied: "The shipbuilders are still mostly for various ships such as the Benefit Ship and the Guangdong Ship, and it is very easy to ask for hundreds of people. If you want to build a Western-style ship, then there will be fewer people to use it, and there will always be some in the Nanyang realm, and if you trust it, you are willing to do it for you. ”

When Zheng Zhilong spoke, Gan Hui, He Bin and others also looked at each other.

Zhang Han's investment is not only a million, but may be a few million taels, depending on the meaning of this lord, millions of silver smashed out a fleet of warships competing with the Dutch East India Company.

None of He Bin and others thought that they would succeed, and they thought that Zhang Han was a little overconfident.

If it weren't for the fact that such a huge foundation in front of them was like a dream, these people would simply think that Zhang Han was a madman.

Li Dan's identity, decades of time, did not save a real large fleet, Li Dan's Chinese warship is slightly modified, put a few more guns, or do everything possible to improve the test, and finally rest assured to add these guns, those Hongmaoyi's shipbuilding technology and the use of soft sail technology, with cannon technology, is it easy to overcome the difficulty?

If nothing else, just a rope skill with a soft sail, there are few Chinese on the coast who are experts.

He Bin glanced at Gan Hui, and the meaning was very clear: don't care about anything else, take the errand first.

Everyone present was also a human spirit, they all looked at each other, and some people began to speak, all of them supported Zheng Zhilong and said that they must work for Zhang Han.

Li Guozhu looked at these attachés and knew their thoughts, he frowned, and said to Zhang Han: "Big wood, rigging, talents, this is the most rare, and there is also a large amount of refined iron to make ships, don't worry about this layer, I think Wenlan, you should first solve the shipbuilding tools, talent matters, don't worry about it, take your time." ”

"Well, that's true," Zhang Han glanced at everyone present, especially Brother Zheng Zhilong, and said with a smile: "It's not early, everyone rest early." ”

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The next day it was rare to rain, and Zhang Han practiced martial arts in the drizzle in the morning.

He has now completely given up on his plans to play...... No one can take his turn, the whole group needs him, no member of the team will agree to Zhang Han going to the battlefield in person, if he goes to the battlefield, it can only be a decisive battle or a death fight related to fate.

However, Zhang Han has been insisting on practicing martial arts and strengthening his body.

If he can, he will also run laps with the recruits to exercise and make the recruits accept themselves faster.

Zhang Han played a set of punches, practiced a set of knife techniques, and after a thin layer of sweat appeared on his body, he took the style, took a bath and changed clothes.

Li Mengnian and the others in the attendant division were waiting for him, and everyone held a thick stack of papers.

Zhang Han looked at them and scolded with a smile: "Just rush like this? ”

Li Mengnian said with a smile: "It's all urgent items sent from all over the country, and adults can slowly open it, but we don't dare to delay, otherwise the Judge Advocate General's Department will not let us go." ”

Zhang Han here, both civilian and military positions are subject to military law, so everyone knows that the end of unruly is very bad.

The punishment is actually not strict, compared with the Ming army's frequent beheading, the difference is that the beating of fifty military sticks is fifty, not more, not less, not to mention not beating.

"Hmm."

Zhang Han quickly finished breakfast, and then opened these urgent items.

The situation is different in different places, the account bureau, the mule and horse shop, the grain store, the chamber of commerce in various places, and the merchant group stationed in various places, the matter is really complicated, and what is sent to Zhang Han is already the highest level of affairs, of course, it cannot be delayed.

"What happened to those Russians?" Zhang Han did the reply, he dealt with some things directly, and some things were handed over to the Attendant Division to distribute to the divisions or military directors, in fact, more miscellaneous matters were directly handled by the Divisions, and only after the monthly report came up and Zhang Han read it, it was filed by the Attendant Division.

The whole group has worked well, forming a virtuous circle.

Li Mengnian smiled: "They were all drunk last night, and they hadn't woken up when they came over. ”

Zhang Han snorted and said simply: "These old hairy people are like this, they just come with their heads and drink, and they don't care about anything when they drink." ”

He said, then looked at the paperwork in front of him.

Recently, the plate is really too big, and it can be said that these things that Zhang Han has dealt with are more complicated and important than Zheng Guochang, the governor of Datong.

And Yusheng has successfully extended its influence to southern Jin, and has set up semicolons in several prefectures such as Taiyuan, and the tax card recently set up by King Jin in northern Jin must have seen the strength and income of Taiyuan and Yusheng, which is also one of the costs of expansion.

In the whole of Shanxi, half of Jifu, Xuanfu, Datong, Yansui, and directly arrived in Guanzhong, there are more than a dozen prefectures connected to it, more than 20 health offices, more than 100 counties, and nearly 200 mule and horse shops and account bureau branches.

The number of mules, horses, trades and accounts has exceeded 5,800 and is approaching the 6,000 mark.

Chambers of commerce have also been established in Taiyuan and other places, but their influence and strength are far less than that of Datong, and Zhang Han can't act at will there, so he can only take his time.

The manpower of the dart division has not increased much, the place from the north of Jin to the south of Zhangjiakou Jingshi and Jifu is very peaceful, and there are merchant archers stationed in various places, Zhang Han often sends cavalry to patrol everywhere in order to exercise the cavalry, which is an opportunity for long-distance training and looking for training, but it is almost impossible to find it, even the bandits in the mountains have been suppressed, and now the recruits want to fight and kill, they can only engage in fake fights with Zhou Daniu, the staff department has prepared a plan, Zhou Daniu comes out and wanders around, and the recruits do not know that they think it is a war, In fact, in the end, there were not a few people who died, just long-distance weight-bearing cross-country and quasi-combat training.

More than 3,000 of the 8,600 soldiers are now on the grasslands, nearly half of which are already being dispatched; in accordance with the spirit of the last meeting, the General Staff Department and the Military Order, Military and Political Affairs Divisions have drawn up plans for the urgent transfer of seven bureaus to the grasslands.

There are more than 20,000 miners in Lingqiu, and so far this year there have been more than 40 million catties of iron, and the weather is getting colder and colder, and most of the blast furnaces will be closed, and they will resume again in the spring of next year, and it is expected that the output of up to 50 million catties can be reached.

Most of these pig iron are smelted into refined iron, and they are continuously sent to the workshop on this side of Lizhuang, and there are more than 10 million pig iron that are sent to the south and Shaanxi of Jifu Henan for sale, Lingqiu iron has become the representative of the North Railway, and even some businessmen from Guanzhong, driving a few donkey carts also ran to Lingqiu to buy iron, there are already several towns under the east mountain of Lingqiu, there are hundreds of restaurants, many small and medium-sized businessmen can't wait for the delivery of the big car here in Lingqiu, and it is still cost-effective after converting the freight, so they ran over to buy iron.

This can also be seen how serious the iron shortage in the Ming Dynasty is!

It is already October, and Zhang Han wants to set next year's output, personnel figures, and new blast furnace figures before the year. Although Zunhua has been mining for two hundred years, there are still some easy mining areas, and Zunhua also has an output of more than 10 million catties It is estimated that it can meet the use of the Great Northern Region to a minimum.

Next year, I plan to buy a large number of ships and export ironware, which will also become a big source of income, and the income will definitely be more than one million, but when calculated with the investment, this income is nothing.

In addition, it is necessary to increase investment in the grassland...... Zhang Han pinched his eyebrows, a little distracted.

With an income of more than two million a year, it is estimated that the left hand will enter and the right hand will go out.

The amount of deposits in the account bureau for more than three months is still small, and the amount of deposits is now floating around 200,000 to 500,000 yuan, and the time is rarely more than half a year.

Needless to say, the creditworthiness of the Yusheng Account Bureau can only be said that people's concepts are difficult to reverse in the short term.

Think about the fact that hundreds of years later, there are still many people who hide their cash in their homes, are gnawed by rats, and rot for a long time, and there is a lot of news about this.

Other things are easy to do, and things that change people's attitudes are difficult to do, and they can only be slowly figured out.

Because of the relationship between the horse market in northern Jinbei, there are many wealthy businessmen, and Zhang Han used to think that he could easily raise millions of money, but now it seems that he is too optimistic.

Li Mengnian smiled at this time: "Xuzong, Xuwen is here." ”

Zhang Xuzong and Zhang Xuwen are rare relatives around Zhang Han, Chang Wei is a relative family, not surnamed Zhang, and Xuzong and Xuwen are serious relatives.

Xu Zong and Xu Wen are both in the Attendant Division, and their previous position was to be a book, and later the Attendant Division was established, which was at the level of Flag Captain according to the rank...... Zhang Han has never rebelled, only a few of his subordinates are willing to serve in the Department of Experience or the Qing Military Department, and the position of the military guard, as long as there is a little bit of talent, will not be willing, which is cheaper Li Dongxue and other people from the guys, they are not showmans and even more people, they can have an official position, the whole family will feel honored.

From Zhang Han's point of view, the ability of Xu Zong and Xu Wen can only be said to be normal, showing his identity, but he doesn't have much spirituality in doing things, and it is not like the rest of the people who can put down their shelves and give them all their allegiance, and put them by their side, but it is an explanation of Puzhou's hometown, Zhang Han's current status and power, in fact, can be used by more people in Puzhou, but after inspecting a few people, I found that the ability is very ordinary, and the expectations are too high, so it is better not to ...... Send the money back.