After that, coal mine coking, and then iron and steelmaking, although Zhang San does not know much about steelmaking, but he still knows the method of introducing preheated air to increase the furnace temperature, plus he has a complete coking technology.

Therefore, Zhang San believes that as long as they explore for a while, these people will be able to refine high-quality steel, of course, the current steel is much better than the previous steel quality, but the steel that can be used for continuous fire of muskets and artillery has not yet been made.

So now Ling Zhen's laboratory can only make wrought iron muskets and bronze cannons, this first-generation product Zhang San has no interest in equipping at all, so now Ling Zhen is leading craftsmen to study machine tools.

Zhang San hoped that he would at least study the production process of the Mini gun, but it was a pity that the rifling of the wrought iron Mini gun would be smoothed out after a few shots, so it could not be put into actual combat at all.

After the steel was not studied, Ling Zhen can only improve his technical reserves by studying basic technologies, but fortunately, now batches of children have graduated so that these studies have begun to transition from blind experiments to find patterns.

The most important thing in front of Zhang San now is not these, but the question of whether the Ryukyus will go south or north next, since the Ryukyu grain harvest, the islanders have completely stabilized.

The settled islanders began to write letters to their relatives and friends who were still living a hard life in their hometown, telling them that not only did they get a share of the land, but there were no exorbitant taxes or levies, and that it was a paradise life.

In this way, Ryukyu was able to obtain a population from Fujian, and this part of the population Zhang San was not arranged in Ryukyu but sent to Luzon for resettlement, where there are very few Han people, and they are many times larger than Ryukyu, and there is no problem in resettling tens of millions of people.

Through the efforts of the Ryukyu islanders, 120,000 people eventually arrived in Luzon from all over Fujian, and Zhang San's prospecting team also found a large copper mine in the southern part of Luzon, which made Zhang San's original northward expansion strategy waver.

Southeast Asia is rich in resources, especially commercial resources, and occupies Malacca, which can be collected by taxes alone, and the Champa in South Vietnam and the Mekong Plain in the Cochin Wax Kingdom in North Vietnam are important granaries.

There are also high-quality coal mines and iron-rich ore in Cochin, oil in Sriwijaya East Island, tin mines in Java, etc., seizing these areas, Zhang San can accumulate enough strength to push all the way to the north, the key is that there are almost no enemies, only Zhang San needs to work hard to prepare for one or two decades.

Zhang San is only in his twenties now, and he is only in his forties after waiting for twenty years, and ten years is enough time to push the Great Song Dynasty and the rising Jin Kingdom, and he has completed his dream without danger along the way, but he has also laid a great foundation for China in Southeast Asia.

Rising from Shandong to the north, he not only had to face the crazy counterattack of the Great Song Dynasty, but also faced the flanking attacks of the Liao State and the Jin State, and was always in the midst of a war, which was not comparable to the comfortable life in the south.

Zhang San hesitated about this issue, and finally Zhang San decided to convene a think tank conference to see what the ancients thought about this issue, and now there are Wen Huanzhang and Lehe on Ryukyu Island, Gongsun Sheng in Hangzhou, and Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu in Shandong.

Zhu Wu has not yet gone to Liangshan, but served as a military advisor in the Third Fleet, after all, Liangshan has not had any major events recently, and it would be too wasteful to arrange such an important talent on the mountain, so Zhang San first let Zhu Wu experience in the Third Fleet.

Now is the time to convene a conference to clarify the direction of the goal and by the way, to talk to you about the founding of the country. Zhang San issued a convening order, in addition to the three important think tanks, Zhang San also asked Yang Tai, Qian Jin, Huo Yuanyi and Li Si in Tokyo, Du Xue in Hangzhou, and Yan Qing in Shandong to come back to participate in the meeting.

Half a month later, everyone arrived on Ryukyu Island one after another, and Zhang San also held the first plenary meeting. Many people here know for the first time that Ryukyu Island, with its huge population and perfect army, is like a country.

In the conference room, on the left is Gongsun Sheng, followed by Wen Huanzhang, Le He, Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, Hu Ge, Li Si, Huo Yuanyi, Hou Zheng (monkey), Zhou Feng, Shi Qian, Qian Jin, Ling Zhen and other scholars.

On the right is headed by Yang Tai, followed by Gan Xingtai, Wang Jin, Zhang Yuanba, Shi Wengong, Wang Yin, Wang Huan, Li Jun, Shi Bao, Zhang Shun, Pang Wanchun, Du Xue, and other super-first-class generals composed of a group of military generals.

Zhang San looked at the Wenchen military generals in the room and said first: "Zhao Ji, the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, is absurd and unreasonable, reusing traitorous ministers and eunuchs, the people at home are complaining, the smoke is everywhere, the sixteen states of Yanyun are still in the enemy's hands, and the Jurchens are rising in the northeast. ”

Zhang San looked at the stunned crowd and said, "Yang Tai! ”

Yang Tai immediately got up and clenched his fists: "Here!" ”

Zhang San nodded and said, "Now I will award you General Zhendong and the rank of major general." After saying that, Zhang Sanyi waved his hand and entered Yang Tai's body, Yang Tai immediately felt the change in himself, and the super-first-class generals sitting there felt even more keen.

Yang Tai was officially promoted from a super-first-class to a great grandmaster, and the temperament of the whole person changed by leaps and bounds, and Yang Tai knelt down on one knee and said: "Obey." ”

Zhang San looked at Wang Jin again and said, "Wang Jin!" ”

Wang Jin has not yet recovered from Zhang San's sudden change, of course he already knew that there would be this day, but he didn't expect it to be so soon and so sudden, Wang Jin saw that Yang Tai was also envious when he was named the general of Zhendong, that was the general.

Wang Jin got up and said, "Here!" ”

Zhang San opened his mouth and said, "Now I will grant you the rank of major general from General Zhennan." After speaking, Zhang San waved his hand again and awarded a star to Wang Jin, and Wang Jin, who was originally stuck in the super-first-class martial arts, immediately broke through.

Wang Jin has been looking forward to this day for a long time, originally thought that there was no hope of breaking through in this life, but he didn't expect to break through at this time in such a way, originally thought that Zhang San was the reincarnation of the god was a rumor, but now Wang Jin saw that something happened to him and immediately believed it.

Wang Jin knelt down on one knee and said, "Obey!" ”

Then Zhang San looked at Gan Xingtai and said, "Now I will award you General Zhenxi and the rank of rear admiral." Then Gan Xingtai also successfully broke through to the super-first-class promotion to the Grand Master.

Now Zhang San still has two generals in his hand, and now the most valuable targets are Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong, and Gongsun Sheng and Le He have their own generals Zhang San can't be awarded.

Zhang San looked at the two, the two didn't understand martial arts and couldn't see the changes in the three, they only felt that the temperament of the three had changed greatly, Wen Huanzhang had arrived on the island for nearly a year, and with his wisdom, he already knew that Zhang San would rebel sooner or later, so Zhang San seemed that he faced it calmly.

Zhang San nodded and said, "Wen Huanzhang is now granting you the position of Minister of the Interior. After speaking, Zhang San also gave him a star.

Wen Huanzhang finally felt the shock of the other three now, although Wen Chen didn't have that feeling of breakthrough, but in an instant, his mind became clearer, and he felt that his body had also changed to a certain extent, which he could clearly feel.

Wen Huanzhang looked at Zhang San in shock, got up and bent over and hugged his fists and said, "Obey." ”18310