Xu Fugui smiled, and even Zining knew that he had finally tied up the two eunuchs with silver, as long as he went to Fusang this time with a full load and gave them a lot of silver taels, then they would naturally be desperate to do things.

After talking for a while, he described the prospect of going to Fusang to do business, Xu Fugui said goodbye, accompanied by the officers under Lian Zining, eating and drinking together, in short, in the few days that Xu Fugui was in Leling County, he always had to serve him well.

Lian Zining went back to the inner house, in the house, the Kang Su sisters were sorting out the materials by themselves, this time the crisis scared Kang Ling half to death, and he no longer dared to make trouble with Lian Zining, but relied more on pestering him than before, and at this time he was immediately tired of it, and he hugged Lian Zining's arm with both arms and took a sip on his face.

Lian Zining pinched his little nose and asked Kang Su, "How is it, can we catch the gopher in our house?" ”

Kang Su shook his head: "There is no news coming. ”

Lian Zining smiled: "I'm not in a hurry, I think it's something like this, and I've become a lot more cautious." By the way, now I will write to the counties and urge those squires, the military uniforms, swords, grain and grass, horses, etc., formulated from them, should be in place, and our silver has been beaten, why are they still grinding and chirping? ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Also, write to them to explain the situation this time, ask if anyone is willing to do business with us, if there is, then prepare the goods, and when the time comes, we will load the people and goods on the big ship, if you feel that it is risky and do not want to go, you will not force it."

This is another strategy of Lian Zining to win over the squires of the six counties, in addition to issuing them a large number of orders and letting them taste the sweetness from Wu Yijun, it is to do business together and tie everyone to the chariot of interests.

In this way, it is also stable.

Su Su quickly responded and began to work on the paperwork.

Time flies —————— —————— dividing line, and in the blink of an eye, three months have passed.

In March of the lunar calendar, the northland has melted the ice and snow, everything has recovered, and the fields are also paved with a layer of tender green color, which makes people feel cool and cleanse in their hearts.

In three months, the entire land of the six counties, under the jurisdiction of Lian Zining, has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Due to the joint efforts of Lian Zining and the squires from all over the country, coupled with the huge consumption of Wu Yijun, the employment and economy of the six counties were driven, and throughout the winter, only no one in the six counties died of cold and starvation - this is very rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty. As long as there are not too many deaths and too much trouble, no one will pay attention to it.

When the news reached Jinan Prefecture, even the officials of the Shandong Political Envoy Department were shocked. And the manpower arranged by Lian Zining in Jinan was also hyped up, saving some of Lian Zining's reputation in Shandong that was degraded because of the student tide incident.

After learning about it, he even came to thank him, and he ate and drank for a while before leaving.

Lian Zining's prestige in the land of the six counties has reached a peak, and there is no one who can replace it, and even in the land of the six counties, people talk about the government not being called the official government, but replacing it with the town guard government.

However, the biggest change is still Wu Yijun.

In the past three months, Wu Yijun has a thousand cavalry offices and five infantry troops with a thousand households, and they have trained hard and never slackened. In three months, the 6,000 recruits have grown into elite and brave soldiers, and the entire officer system has also been run-in, with orders from above and down, and the command is very handy.

Three months, a lot of nutritional supplements, and arduous functional training made their bodies stronger and stronger, and they were strong with calves.

And they are not recruits who have never seen blood - these horse thieves and bandits on the ground in Shandong can be regarded as blood mold, Lian Zining wants to train the army, but he is worried that there is no war, so he has to use these miscellaneous fish to open the knife.

No matter how small it is, it's meat, isn't it?

First of all, all the bandits in the land of the six counties were exterminated, and then the states and counties in other regions of Shandong heard the news, and they all immediately exploded!

What the? You don't need money to suppress the bandits, as long as you provide food and accommodation, where can you find this good thing?

So the Lufu Prefecture and counties around the country have extended an olive branch to Wu Yijun, inviting him to the jurisdiction to suppress bandits, Shandong is worthy of being a place where the people are fierce, there are really a lot of bandits, Dongchang Mansion has Pingshan Guard, Yanzhou Mansion has Ren Chengwei, that is someone else's territory, Wu Yijun did not go. Just in Jinan Mansion, Qingzhou Mansion, and the northern part of Laizhou Mansion, all the heroes add up, and they have to count tens of thousands of dollars! Wu Yijun encircled and suppressed for three months, killing these heroes, and each infantry cavalry took turns to fight, and almost every soldier saw blood in his hands!

This is a great piece of good news, if you see blood on your hands, you can be called a veteran, and recruits are two completely different concepts, it can be said that compared with before March, the overall combat effectiveness of Wu Yijun has increased by more than three times!

Another benefit that Lian Zining didn't expect was that when the Laizhou Prefecture Pingdu Prefecture was conquest of the horse bandits, those horse bandits were beaten by the 1,000th household of Xiong Tingbi's infantry army, and after being surrounded, they all surrendered, so Wu Yijun suddenly had more than 700 brave knights and the same number of high-grade war horses. Lian Zining put them all under the command of Yang Husheng of the Thousand Households of the Cavalry, and finally made this Thousand Households full.

This result is a double win with one stone - Wu Yijun has trained its troops, expanded its forces, and greatly enhanced its combat effectiveness, and there are no bandits in Shandong, and the civil officials who defend the territory everywhere have a bright face.

Through this incident, Lian Zining's relationship with the entire Shandong civil official system has eased, which is also what he wants to see, after all, in the national dynasty, it is the last word to be with the light and dust, and to accumulate strength in secret.

On March 14, the 51st year of Zhengde, a fast horse galloped into Leling County.

The next day, the 1,000th Household of the Infantry Army and the 3,000th Household of the Infantry Army, a total of 2600 households, and nearly 3,000 soldiers pulled out of camp and moved in the direction of Lijin County.

On the evening of March 15, Lian Zining saw an old acquaintance at the north gate of Lijin County.

"I've seen Lord Lian, and I'm polite." When Kang Lu saw Lian Zining dismounting, he hurriedly strode over, clasped his fists and saluted with a smile.

"Master Kang, is it you?" Lian Zining raised his eyebrows, helped him up, and said with a smile: "Brother who has fought bloody battles between you and me, why should you be so polite?" ”

"I haven't seen an adult for three months since I said goodbye, but my adult's name has never been broken." Kang Lu laughed.

Lian Zining laughed at himself: "Lian has no other ability, just a little, he can toss, haha!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

At this time, the large army behind had already rushed over, and seeing this dense forest of spears that stretched for several miles, Kang Lu couldn't help but be taken aback, and said: "My lord is a well-trained soldier, it seems that it is stronger than the last battle of white robes, and I don't know how much!" ”

Lian Zining smiled faintly: "It's just that I recruited some new soldiers and exchanged a few new weapons." ”

Kang Lu was a paper soldier, so he looked carefully, and when he saw the spearmen, he asked, "These spears are so long, how should they be used when they are in formation?" And the opening of the casting? ”

Lian Zining knew that he also knew the military, and this time he acted with the Marquis of Shouning, and there were some secrets, so he couldn't hide them, so he smiled and told them the functions given by these spearmen.

After listening to this, Kang Lu couldn't help but be amazed, and sighed: "Even adults are scholars of heaven and man, and the rumors in Beijing are not false, and they even know the affairs of those barbarians in the extreme west. If these Francophiles fall into the hands of others, women become playthings, and men are estimated to be killed, but in the hands of adults, they can create such a strong army! ”

Lian Zining said with a smile: "We people of the Ming Dynasty just look down on the surrounding areas too much, the extreme west is also the people, and there is also a prosperous civilization, some places, but we can't compare." ”

Kang Lu nodded yes.

When he saw a tall and healthy wrestler holding a halberd behind him, he couldn't help but be amazed again, and asked, "Like such a strong man, how many people do you have?" ”

Lian Zining said: "It's only five thousand households, didn't the imperial court give a guard?" ”

This time, he didn't tell the truth, the problem of his recruitment to 8,000 people had already been solved by Dai Zhangpu, the regular army establishment was 5,560 people, and the other 2,500 people were classified as the establishment of servant soldiers such as horse grooms, firehead soldiers, and baggage soldiers, and the military salary was only half of that of ordinary soldiers. However, Lian Zining didn't care about this military salary at all, and the silver allocated by the imperial court every month was not even enough for the soldiers' food expenses. All he wants is a name.

Kang Lu nodded, and secretly said in his heart, the strength of this Lord Lian's subordinates is really amazing, but in just a few months, the number of soldiers has doubled, and the equipment is so sophisticated, this kind of spear and halberd is really powerful!

He secretly thought in his heart, if he led three thousand Hou Mansion soldiers and rushed straight to the large array built by these foot soldiers, he would be very unsure!

At the back of the procession, there were dozens of large carts, all wrapped in thick quilts, and heavily guarded.

Kang Lu asked, "What is this?" ”

Lian Zining smiled mysteriously: "You'll know later." ”

Conduit laughed and stopped asking.

chatting all the way, Lian Zining learned that this time Zhang Yanchang's fleet was extremely large, and the goods in it were also very valuable and very valuable, so he sent Kang Lu to escort him with a thousand personal soldiers. Lian Zining nodded secretly, these thousand soldiers, if it is at a critical moment, even if they can't be sent at will, but having them sweeping the formation next to them is also a great threat.

The two of them put their arms into the city, for Lian Zining's visit, Lijin County naturally could not turn a blind eye, and had a reception banquet together at noon, this civil official who was only thirty years old hurriedly said goodbye, and seemed unwilling to spend a moment with these generals.

Even Zining didn't care at all, and lived in the mansion prepared for him by Meng Fanqian, where he summoned all kinds of wealthy merchants and squires in Lijin County.

This time, in addition to the local squires, there were more than 30 other counties who came to Lijin County to meet, all of whom were ready to go to sea with Lian Zining this time. They escorted the goods they had prepared and rushed to Lijin County, almost every one of them was a dozen or dozens of carts, and now they stopped in the square in front of Mengfu.

These businessmen have been in Shandong for a long time, and there are a lot of overseas businessmen, but they have no strength to go to sea before, but now they have the opportunity of Lian Zining, and they know that Lian Zining will send a large army to go to sea with them, and there is almost no danger. Therefore, they showed great enthusiasm, and the strength they showed also made Lian Zining's heart tremble - the goods outside were worth three million taels of silver! And if it arrives and all of it is sold, the price will quadruple!

Three hundred percent profit is enough to drive people crazy!

Mengfu Annex, in the lobby.

Lian Zining glanced at the squires sitting below, and immediately quieted down, and he said slowly: "Everyone, since we are doing business together, we have to make a charter, right?" ”

Everyone nodded, and Meng Fanqian said, "My lord, what you said is, we should all do it." ”

After that time, these squires knew that Lian Zining was not greedy, so they were very relieved of him.

"This can't be done." Lian Zining waved his hand and said with a smile: "We are all partners now, not the relationship between Shangguan and the people, everyone should take it easy, if you have any suggestions, but it doesn't hurt." ”

Everyone laughed out loud when they heard this, and the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became much more lively.

Everyone discussed for a long time, but they didn't say one, two, three, Lian Zining just smiled slightly and didn't speak.

Meng Fanqian watched from the side without saying a word, the old man knew very well in his heart, and secretly sighed, even the adults became more and more proficient in playing with people's hearts, and he knew that these people couldn't tell one, two, three, and finally he had to make up his mind.

Finally, Meng Fanqian saw that it was almost over, so he coughed and said, "Let's not talk nonsense here, we can't come up with a charter after making a lot of noise, or let Lord Lian give us ideas, right?" ”

His prestige was very high, and everyone was convinced, so they said: "Yes, even the adults have to make up their minds about this matter!" Let's just listen. ”

Lian Zining didn't shirk it, and said: "Since you are promoted by everyone, then the official will talk about it." ”

"When the official was still an official in the capital, he also organized a chamber of commerce, the meaning of the official, this time it is still to organize a chamber of commerce, the name is called the floating wave chamber of commerce, take the meaning of our line on the sea, maritime business."

"Floating Wave Chamber of Commerce, this name is wonderful, even adults deserve to be celebrities, not we can compare." Everyone said.

Lian Zining continued: "This chamber of commerce, there is a president, a number of owners, and you are among them. ”

"As for the Chamber of Commerce's sharing model, that's it. In the future, you will buy goods from all over the country, and then transport them to Lijin County, and then load them on big ships to Fusang for sale, you only need to buy them, and then sit at home and wait to get the money! But," Lian Zining changed his words: "However, this official is not doing it for nothing, your goods, the price sold in Fusang, this official wants to take one from it, how about it?" ”

"For example, for example, Meng Lao, you have a hundred taels of silver in your hand, and you transport it to Fusang and sell it for four hundred taels of silver, and the official wants to draw forty taels from it, and Meng Lao's net profit is two hundred and sixty taels. What do you think? ”

Everyone looked at each other, calculated in their hearts, and they were all a little moved.

Draw one percent, and it is drawn from the selling price, not the net profit, this price code, there is no doubt that it is a bit high, but the problem is that everyone has no ability to organize a caravan to go to sea! And even if so many caravans can be organized to go to sea, there are no soldiers to escort them, and they can't say that they can't meet pirates. Wouldn't it be miserable to end up with no return? And after adding the chamber of commerce and agreeing to these conditions, it is necessary to ship the goods and then sit at home and wait for the money to be collected.

The businessmen are the most calculating, and after thinking about it, they all feel that they take what they need, but they also give it.

Meng Fanqian was the first to speak: "My lord, these conditions, I think these conditions are still very reasonable. It's just that the problem with this book ......"

Everyone is looking at Lian Zining, this is also a problem they are worried about, what if Lian Zining cheats on the books?

"Elder Meng, there is no need to worry about this," Lian Zining said with a smile: "All parties who contribute can send an account office in the caravan to take care of the price of their own goods. This point, the official will not interfere, there is one one. ”

He paused and said: "The president of this chamber of commerce will not be the official in charge, but in the role of Meng Lao." ”

"The old man is responsible?" Meng Fanqian's face was full of surprise that he couldn't hide.

"That's right." Lian Zining said with a smile: "To tell the truth, you must be a little uneasy about this official, no need to be embarrassed, if I am a businessman and cooperate with the official, I must also be worried, for fear that one day people will eat it." Except for Meng Lao, there is no one more suitable to be the president. Meng Lao, don't shirk. You say, "Isn't it?" ”

The crowd was amazed.

Meng Fanqian said indignantly: "Since the adults can trust it, and you can trust it, then the old man will take responsibility!" ”

The articles of association were decided, and the agreements were signed by each other, and the pledges were drawn, and everyone dispersed, ready to transport the goods to the dock.

The hall was instantly quiet and deserted, and Qi Wei turned out from behind the screen, looked at Lian Zining, and said puzzledly: "Compared with being an official, you seem to be more like a businessman." Are you so short of money? I have heard that you have 500,000 acres of land in your country, and oh my God, that's almost the size of three Zurichs, and they are the most fertile fields, and I don't know how much grain is harvested every year. Are you still trying to figure out how to make money? ”

This time, Qi Wei also came over, Lian Zining didn't refuse, anyway, it was useless for her to stay in Leling County, just to add chaos. Staying around is also a good thug, and it looks very eye-catching. On the contrary, the Kang family sisters did not come together, but stayed in the mansion, and now the operation of the six counties is inseparable from these two sisters. When the shopkeeper is at the level of Lian Zining, it is also rare.

"You don't understand!" Lian Zining stretched out and stood up from his seat: "Master, am I the same as you?" Have a place to eat and drink every day? I have such a large group of people under my hands, thousands of people and horses eating, drinking, and Lazar, don't they all have to worry about me! Now the team is getting bigger and bigger, and the supply in the capital is becoming more and more insufficient! Oops, you don't understand these things that tell you, forget it, forget it! Alas, Gonzalez's gang of people didn't want to talk about it after working for so long, and they didn't even have a flintlock pistol. ”

Lian Zining yawned and turned to the back hall, leaving only Qi Wei standing behind angrily, snorting dissatisfiedly, stomping his feet, and following.

—————— dividing line—————— "If you look good below, these should be soldiers of the Honjima Temple!" Kang Luzai carefully looked at the things placed in front of him, and said to Lian Zining with certainty.

In front of him, he slowed down all kinds of clothes, weapons, and trinkets on his body, all of which were ripped from the bodies of the Fuso slaves who died in Jiushan Town. Lian Zining also brought these things with him this time, originally planning to find someone to identify them after going to Fusang, but suddenly thought that Kang Lu had been to Fusang many times with the fleet, and maybe he could recognize them, so he invited him.

Unexpectedly, there was a result now, Lian Zining was overjoyed, but the stakes were high, although he knew that Kang Lu had always been cautious, he still asked: "Are you sure?" ”

Kang Lu nodded: "There will be no mistake. I have been to Fuso with the fleet since I was fifteen years old, and I have been there once in the past ten years, as far as Ezo Island. Adults, please see,"

As he spoke, he picked up an ornament and said, "This ornament is made of the teeth of a black-toothed shark, it is as warm as jade and as black as ink. And the clothes and even the tattoos on the body are all in the style of the temple family. ”

Lian Zining nodded, hugged his fist to Kang Lu and said, "Thank you Brother Kang!" ”

Kang Lu smiled: "This is out of sight, isn't it?" ”

Lian Zining asked again: "What is the power of the family in this temple, how many soldiers are there, but are they elite?" Does Brother Kang know about this? ”

"But that's not clear." Kang Lu shook his head and said: "I just heard that the family in this temple is a famous name in the western part of Fusang, and it eats millions of stones, so if you think about it, it is also quite powerful!" ”

"The name of the million-stone Shilu?" Lian Zining pondered for a moment, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a sneer: "So what, if you dare to provoke my Wu Yijun, you will have to pay the price of blood!" ”

On the second day, Lian Zining led the 3,000 elites of Wu Yi's army, as well as all the squires, to welcome the arrival of the fleet at the dock of Lijin County.

The Yellow River in this era is completely different from the time and space of Lian Zining, in the twenty years of Zhengde, the heavy rain did not stop for a month, the Yellow River burst its banks, and the outbreak of the flood flooded most areas of Shandong and Henan, affecting Shanxi and North Zhili, and even South Zhili was affected! In the whole of North China, the flat land is three feet deep, almost becoming an ocean, more than eight million people have become disaster victims, displaced, starving all over the wilderness, the stars are gone, almost make people think that the ocean world before Dayu ruled the water reappeared! The flooded areas are the most fertile land in the Northland, and as a direct consequence of this flood, the entire Northland has no crops for a year.

More than a million people starved to death, and even several small peasant uprisings broke out as a result, and the imperial court took a lot of effort to suppress them.

After this cataclysm, the imperial court finally made up its mind to govern the Yellow River.

In the seventeenth year of Zhengde, Pan Jitaming Pan, who was a member of the Ministry of Works, presided over this protracted battle to control the river.

From the seventeenth year of Zhengde, until the thirty years of Zhengde, in the thirteenth year, Pan Ji traveled all over the Yellow River from Qinghai to the mouth of the Yellow River for thousands of miles, coordinated with various provinces, requisitioned and sent migrant workers 8 million times, built embankments for 5,000 miles, and dug silt into mountains.

In this era, the damage in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River is not very serious, and the Weihe Jing River basin in Shaanxi Province is even densely forested, so after the Yellow River is dredged, the amount of water becomes larger, and the downstream river surface is also wider, and the giant sea ships can even swim up from the mouth of the Yellow River to Kaifeng! The river surface of Lijin, Shandong Province, is even wider for dozens of miles, and it looks like a vast soup like a sea.

It is not an exaggeration to make such a great achievement, which can be said to nourish all the people, and it is not an exaggeration to give birth to Buddhas in ten thousand families. On the court, Pan Jitao was directly promoted from the five-grade staff to the three-grade Ministry of Labor, this old man is now the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and has been in charge of the Ministry of Industry for more than 20 years. The emperor tried to let him enter the cabinet several times, but he was resigned, only saying that he could only run the fortifications, but he was not good at government affairs, and because of such conduct, the prestige between the government and the opposition was the same.

And on both sides of the Yellow River, from the shore of Weishui to the mouth of the Yellow River, the people on both sides of the river do not worship the Dragon King but worship Pan Jitao's birth, and the banks of the Yellow River do not know how many of his ancestral halls have been built!

When it was about noon, Lian Zining finally saw the sail shadows in the sky.

When the fleet got closer, it was really visible, and with Lian Zining's knowledge, he couldn't help but gasp.

The fleet is composed of dozens of large ships, in the front, is a kind of giant ship with eight masts, sharp bow, according to the standards of Lian Zining's later generations, this giant ship is afraid that it is not more than 100 meters long, the big ship has five floors, more than ten zhang high, looking from a distance, it is like a mountain pressed over! The mast is as thick as a giant tree, and the sails are like clouds, and it looks very oppressive!

Everyone only felt that it was dark in front of them, but it was the huge hull and the huge sails that obscured the sun!

Man is really small in the face of this great creation.

Dozens of these huge ships are connected together, and it looks like a city on the water, and you can't even see the edge at a glance!

Don't talk about Lian Zining, even people like Meng Fanqian, who have lived by the Yellow River all year round, have never seen such a huge ship, and a squire exclaimed: "These are all big boats, and the river boats are not so big!" ”

As for those soldiers, they were already dumbfounded.

The shock was not over, and after the huge ships had passed, five more colossal ships appeared on the river, and these ships looked a little bloated compared to the smooth streamlining of the ships in front of them. The hull was tall, wide, and looked very fat, and it was huge, twice as long and three times as wide as the previous ships! And there is a wooden city built on it, and it is not a layer, but more than ten steps after one layer, and another layer, a total of three layers! When I reached the top layer of the wooden city, it was almost twenty zhang higher than the water surface!

Where is this ship? It's clearly a moving city on the sea!

The appearance of this floating city on the sea made all the people silent, the crowd was first quiet and audible, and then it became noisy and abnormal, everyone was talking loudly, talking excitedly, it is conceivable that today's experience will become the talk of their lives!

Lian Zining's heart was even more shocked, just from the size of the body, such a giant ship is no less inferior to the aircraft carriers of later generations, and even surpasses! The shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty has reached such a level! It's really jaw-dropping.

Kang Lu said proudly on the side: "This is the fleet of our house." My lord, please see, the big ship in front, called the Horse Clipper, has eight masts, 47 zhang long and 21 zhang wide, mainly used to transport war horses, quartermasters and soldiers, and is also a large ship with extremely strong combat effectiveness! At the beginning, it was equipped with artillery and firearms, but now it is equipped with a giant crossbow, trebuchet and a slapstick, which can shoot from a distance and can also be used in close combat, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong! When Emperor Yongle was the time of the Three Treasure Eunuchs, they went to the Western Ocean, and the big treasure ship they took was actually a large horse clipper! ”

"Now the horse clipper is the main force of our Daming Sailor, Guangdong Sailor, Fujian Sailor, Jiangsu-Zhejiang Sailor, Yangtze River Sailor, each with a horse clipper thirty! But there are also 30 of them in our house! ”

Lian Zining was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in his heart that Zhang Yanchang has been sitting in Guangdong for more than ten years, and he has not worked in vain, and he has bought such a big family business! Kang Lu is qualified to be proud, a Shouning Marquis Mansion, just the strength of the naval army, is equivalent to one of the four main battle fleets of the Ming Dynasty!

What is a wealthy family? What is everyone? What is the real rich rival country, rest with the country! Wealth and luxury, it is simply overwhelming!

The Hou Mansion of Shouning has taught Lian Zining a good lesson again!

Kang Lu pointed to the huge ship behind him like a city and said, "This kind of bigger giant ship has a name, it is called the Fushan Ship!" ”

Lian Zining praised: "This fame is good! From a distance, it looks like a mountain and a city, and it really deserves its name. ”

"This kind of big ship is specially designed for logistical baggage. The hull is huge, and it can hold a lot of supplies, and the materials carried by several Fushan ships are enough for a fleet! In addition, it can also be covered with floating soil, raising livestock, growing vegetables, and equipped with fishing gear to catch aquatic products, which is a necessary supply ship for ocean wars. This kind of Fushan ship has little combat effectiveness, but if there are archers lined up on all layers of the wooden city, it should not be underestimated. He smiled: "Speaking of which, the name of this Fushan ship was obtained by Akami himself!" At the beginning, the emperor was furious and wanted to raise a large army to expedition to Fusang proper, so he ordered the Longjiang Shipyard to supervise the construction of such large ships as supplies. But then, the matter was over. This ship is also idle, and when it comes and goes, it has become the property of our Hou Ye. Hehe, although this ship is slow, it is better than loading a lot of things, and it will be transported to other houses three times. ”

These things were really unheard of by Lian Zining, he closed his eyes, took a long breath, and then slowly opened his eyes, only to feel a tremor in his heart: "The Ming Dynasty of this era is so strong!" With such a powerful ocean-going sailor, anyone who tries to blow my heavenly power can be immediately attacked by the army without mercy. With such a huge fleet, with the Fushan ship as a supply, our Ming army is to continue to the west is also as easy as a hand, if the war is fed by war, in the occupying country to supply on the spot, then the Ming Empire is the same as the Yuan Empire in the past, the whole world will tremble under its feet! ”

The Ming Dynasty in this era does have the strength and capital to overlook the world!

The big ships were already slowly approaching this way.

Kang Lu said: "These boats are too big to go into the Grand Canal at all, and if it weren't for Master Pan to dredge the Yellow River, they wouldn't even be able to go through the Yellow River." Thirty horse clippers and eight Fushan ships have always stopped at the intersection of the Yellow River in the Dongchangfu Canal. This time we only had 30 horse clippers, and 30 horse clippers were enough to carry the cargo plus 2,000 soldiers! But I didn't expect that the adults brought so many soldiers, and your boss Yu also bought a lot of goods, plus there were merchants and goods from Shandong, so Hou Ye simply dialed five Fushan ships! These five big ships are enough for the three thousand soldiers plus those goods. ”

Lian Zining smiled: "In this way, thank you so much." I don't thank you for my kindness, and I will do my best to repay it! ”

Kang Lu said: "Your Excellency is polite! ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent.

This time, Zhang Yanchang did Lian Zining a great favor, if it weren't for his fleet, Lian Zining would not have been able to complete the task on the Holy Decree, let alone take revenge. It's not too much to say that it's too much affection, Lian Zining remembers this clearly, and knows that he must reciprocate!

What Zhang Yanchang wants is also for him to come up with tangible benefits.

The big ship had already slowly landed, and Lian Zining and the others hurriedly greeted it.

The ship was too big and the draft was too deep, that is, it could only be accommodated in the center of the Yellow River tens of meters deep after dredging, and it could not dock at all. Fortunately, Lijin County is also the largest river port north of the Yellow River in Shandong, and it is the first port above the mouth of the Yellow River.

The horse clipper in front of it leaned against the trestle, and the gangplank stretched out from it, and many figures in clothes and armor came down, striding over, and before they arrived, they bowed down deeply, and said that they would see the adults.

Lian Zining looked at it, but it was some of the generals in Zhang Yanchang's personal army, there were about a dozen people, among which Tang Yidao was also impressively listed.

Lian Zining knew that the reason why they worshiped themselves was not because of their official position, what was a fourth-grade official in their eyes? Just because of his relationship with Zhang Yanchang, he waved his hand and smiled: "Everyone, please get up, we are familiar with it, we don't have to be so polite." ”

Everyone got up and exchanged pleasantries, and at this time, several large ships of Fushan behind also stopped on the trestle behind them, and a group of people surrounded a girl in plain clothes and walked over to this side. Lian Zining didn't care at first, until those people walked in, and they saw clearly that they were all their own guys, and at this time, the woman in plain clothes threw herself into Lian Zining's arms and hugged his waist tightly.

A small person in his arms, full of the warm aroma of his daughter's home, Lian Zining lowered his head, took a closer look, and said incredulously: "Chengyu, why are you here?" ”

The person in his arms, wearing a snow-white plain clothes, with long hair like ink, draped around his waist, big eyes, and long eyelashes, like a cartoon beautiful girl in later generations, is looking at Lian Zining without blinking, who is it not Cheng Yu?

"Huh? Not coming? I'm not here yet? How many women are you going to get into your house? Are you right about my future sister-in-law? Cheng Yu nodded at Lian Zining with one hand, crossed his waist with the other, and reprimanded: "Before I came this time, I went to meet with Miss Dai, and she said, you must let me keep an eye on you." ”

The people around him were sweating profusely, and when they saw that Lian Zining had a lot, they immediately turned around, shrugged their shoulders, covered their mouths and forced them to laugh, and endured it very hard.

Those officers and squires saw Lian Zining either majestic, or cold, or approachable, but they never thought that the majestic Lord Lian would be pointed at by a little girl and scolded angrily, which is really incredible.

Lian Zining just smiled bitterly, of course he knew that with Dai Qinglan's sensibility and gentleness, he would definitely not say such a thing, most likely it was Cheng Yu, the girl, who pulled the banner and pulled the tiger skin.

He reached out and rubbed Cheng Yu's head, and said with a straight face: "I'll clean you up when I get on the boat later!" You discussed with Yu Susu and this guy to lie to me, didn't you say that you would let her come? How did you come here and not know that this line of work is dangerous? ”

Cheng Yu gave him a blank look and snorted softly.

Kang Lu said with a smile on the side: "Even the adult brothers and sisters are so devoted, it is really enviable. ”

Lian Zining smiled slightly: "Our brother and sister have depended on each other since childhood, how can the relationship be bad?" ”

He said to Cheng Yu: "Cheng Yu, this is Lord Kang Lukang. ”

Cheng Yu always looked like a good girl in front of the outside, and bowed obediently: "I've seen Master Kang!" ”

Then he saluted the officers: "I have seen your lordship. ”

Those officers hurriedly avoided it, and some of the low-ranking ones hurriedly returned the salute, with embarrassed expressions on their faces. The Ming Dynasty's men saluted women really didn't like it, but the question was that now even the adult's sister's salute, can anyone stand it?

Lian Zining slapped his forehead and laughed loudly: "I'm sorry, it's the official who wants to go wrong, haha, wait for the boat and make amends for you!" ”

The ship has docked, it's time to get down to business, Cheng Yu brought a hundred and ten guys from the Lian family this time, some of them are old people of the Lian family, and some of them are new recruits, but they are all capable and useful.

Cheng Yu transferred the regiment commanded by one hundred and ten people, these people could see that they had been specially trained before they came, some were responsible for reviewing and inspecting the goods, some were responsible for registration, some were responsible for valuation, some were responsible for guiding the way and greeting guests, and commanded the men and women brought by the squires to transport the goods that were transported to the dock to the cabin of the Fushan ship. I saw that the mountain of goods piled up on the dock was rapidly disappearing, and the floating mountain ship was like a giant beast that could never be fed, devouring these goods, God knows how much it could carry in its big belly!

(To be continued)