Zhao Lie greeted the guests with a smile. He is not very clear about the purpose of Meng Guangshan's arrival, but he attaches great importance to Meng Guangshan, among the businessmen in Shidao, the most powerful and the most widely distributed is Meng Guangshan, and Zhao Lie of course also hopes to increase cooperation with Meng Guangshan.

After the two sides finished greetings, they each sat down.

"My lord, this contemptible person came to Shidao, and Shidao has been completed. Congratulations, sir. Meng Guangshan arched his hand and congratulated him wholeheartedly.

"Mr. Meng has an overreputation, Shidao is still far from enough, and the jurisdiction is limited, but this official will open up overseas territories in the near future, and there will be many general affairs for Mr. Meng to worry about." Zhao Lie was not afraid that Meng Guangshan would know that Meng Guangshan had already boarded his ship, and he must know that the copper, gold and silver of the Wa Kingdom were not so easy to take, and this was a smuggled goods. On the contrary, at that time, the purchase of goods on Jeju Island will have to trouble Meng Guangshan and other giants, although the price is not very high, but the quantity is not large, and the profit is still huge.

"Oh, congratulations to you like this, I don't know where it is?" Meng Guangshan was surprised and delighted, happy that there were many more items, and what surprised me was that your speed of development was too fast.

"It's just a few big islands overseas, and Mr. Meng will know it at that time." Of course, Zhao Lie can't say it all. "I don't know, what happened to Mr. Meng." Of course, Zhao Lie understood that Meng Guangshan must have something important to do here, otherwise a big businessman came to the desolate small port of Shidao just to chat, well, don't lower his IQ.

"My lord, is it true that I have heard that Shidao can produce salt?" Meng Guangshan asked, originally he planned to go to the salt field to have a look, but the salt field was already on alert and did not see it.

"This matter is true," Zhao Lie smiled slightly, he did not sell it for a long time, because the salt is lucrative, which is eye-catching, and it may attract all kinds of predators from officialdom and shopping malls to come, and his expectations of low-key development for a few years have been disappointed, and he has fallen into an unfavorable situation in Daming, he doesn't think that the current small body of the Zhao family can withstand such a super predator as the salt merchant in Daming. At the moment, his financial resources are still supportable, so he doesn't have to get into trouble first. As for the future, he will definitely enter this lucrative market, which will give him a steady stream of money.

"My lord, I wonder if the trumpet will have the honor of distributing Shidao salt goods." Meng Guangshan was excited.

"Oh, Mr. Meng doesn't know if he can tell Zhao how to cooperate." Zhao Lie asked, as a former businessman, he roughly understood Meng Guangshan's plan, which was also in line with Zhao Lie's low-key plan, to use Daming's genuine salt to cover his own private salt into the salt market, distribute it to all parts of Daming, and make money unknowingly, so as to strengthen his own financial resources.

As soon as Meng Guangshan said his plan, Zhao Lie smiled and bowed, as expected.

"My lord, in addition, when the contemptible people went to the Shidao refugee camp to watch, they really admired the hearts of the adults and the Bodhisattva, and the living people did not count, and the contemptible people were deeply impressed, and they decided to donate 50,000 stone of rice and grain for the refugees, and I hope that the adults will accept it."

Zhao Lie looked at Meng Guangshan with a smile, the world of businessmen is really famous, they are different from the so-called celebrities, with a few sour articles and a few poems, everyone can be famous, but the actual general affairs are ignorant and prestigious. The success of businessmen must have their way to success, Meng Guangshan's way of investing in people is really profound, at a glance to see his desire for population, to see his own ambitions, but also to see his own weak financial weakness, it is really spicy, but he is not afraid of the more the better, and he also sees that Meng Guangshan's situation is not too good, otherwise a big salt merchant would not have made such a decision.

Zhao Lie thought about it for a while and readily agreed.

Meng Guangshan was overjoyed, and Zhao Lie called Du Li.

"Du Li, this is Mr. Meng of Yangzhou," Zhao Lie introduced the two to each other.

"Mr. Meng, there will be grievances in the mall from now on, you can find Du Li, and he will help you solve them." Zhao Lie accentuated his tone on the words that couldn't get by.

Doolisch agreed.

"Your Excellency has bothered a lot." Meng Guangshan was overjoyed, bowed down and thanked him, he understood what Zhao Lie meant, this was a new reliance.

As for the specific price of salt, Zhao Lie invited Zhao Meng, Wan Ji and Meng Guangshan to discuss specifically. Zhao Lie didn't participate. Zhao Lie also asked Meng Guangshan to buy alfalfa seeds in Yangzhou, which is the key to Zhao Lie's improvement of the pasture, he just wants to occupy Jeju, Ezo land, improve the local pasture, grass seeds, after all, alfalfa provides nutrition is incomparable to local weeds, and the cost of alfalfa feeding is also greatly reduced, you must know that due to the lack of nutrition of weeds, you need to add a lot of miscellaneous grains when feeding horses to ensure the growth of horses, but alfalfa feeding is only an appropriate amount of miscellaneous grains, greatly reducing the cost of feeding. Of course, Meng Guangshan agreed.

The Alexandra sailed briskly out of Shidao Bay and headed south. Alexandra is a large flying shear merchant ship trial-produced by the shipyard, nearly 40 meters long, more than 300 tons, the speed can reach 13 knots in the case of side backwind, three mainmasts, oblique sails, upper sails are available, there are six deck guns installed on the upper deck, three on one side, respectively, 24-pound cannons, 24-pound Tiago guns, after testing, Zhao Lie finally willful, named it Alexandra, and painted its ship number on the side of the ship.

The Alexandra is much inferior to the Galen ship of the same tonnage, after all, in order to pursue the speed of the ship, the deck of the clipper ship is low, which is inherently inferior to the thickness of the Galen, but its speed is one-third higher than that of the Galen ship, which is suitable for quickly transporting soldiers and baggage.

Today, when Zhao Lie brought Alexandra and Marta to the berth of the dock Alexandra under the pretext of fishing, Alexandra was pleasantly surprised and offered a fragrant kiss, and Marta was also curious to take a good look at this strange big ship.

At Zhao Lie's suggestion, the three of them went out to sea by boat to experience the speed of the clipper ship, when Alexandra stood on the deck and experienced a much lower sailing experience than Galen and Fu boats, its maneuverability was more flexible than that of Galen's boat, and it was closer to the sea surface of the fast gliding.

Alexandra happily shuttled through the cabin, scrutinizing the ship that bears her name, and her smile never stopped. Zhao Lie and Marta have always been by his side, of course, Zhao Lie desperately hopes that this big light bulb will disappear immediately, but obviously Marta is deliberate, just afraid that Alexandra will do something inappropriate before getting married, Zhao Lie has no choice but to give in.

An hour later, Alexandra finally stepped onto the deck, she was tired from wandering, and Zhao Lie's gift knocked her unconscious, and she didn't wake up until then.

Alexandra took Zhao Lie's arm, rested her head lightly on Zhao Lie's shoulder, looked at the sea water split by the side of the boat with half-closed eyes, smelled the air that smelled the smell of the sea, and didn't speak for a long time.

Zhao Lie stretched out his arms and hugged her for a long time, smelling her hair and reveling in it.

Marta's big tail stayed faithfully behind their side, without the slightest intention of disturbing their intimacy, but he just didn't leave, which was very speechless.

"Lie, as early as after my parents were killed, my brother and I came to Macau in a daze, you know, our family turned out to be devout Catholics, but I didn't expect that another nobleman bribed a few priests and deceived some congregants to rush into the house and kill our parents in the name of my family being Protestants, burned down our house, and finally left us with our loved ones away from home," Alexandra's blue eyes were soaked with tears and trembling all over, obviously this was a painful memory, Zhao Lie learned about Alexandra's background from Marta, but it was a commercial competitor who bought off the bishop and several priests of Faro Cathedral, and framed the López family for converting to the Protestant religion of Jesus that prevailed in the Netherlands, and the López family did have trade with the Netherlands, and called on the congregation to come to the door, at this time, the competitor found someone to mix in the crowd and incite the ignorant congregation to do it, and the result was that the crowd killed Alexandra's parents and set fire to their house. Alessandra and his brother were visiting Aunt Porto and were lucky enough to escape, but in the situation of Faro, they had no family to return to, they had been labeled Protestants, and their aunt did not dare to let them return home, fearing that such atrocities would happen again, so the brother and sister were arranged to go to Macau on the family ship to join their only uncle. Zhao Lie was deeply sympathetic to Alexandra after learning about it, but Alexandra didn't mention it, and Zhao Lie wouldn't take the initiative to mention it, this is a bloody scar, obviously, Alexandra didn't want to look back, today Alexandra took the initiative to mention this, Zhao Lie understood that he really walked into Alexandra's heart, and he couldn't help but hug Alexandra tightly, giving her strength and warmth.

"It's just a matter of money, the power of religion is used, and the bishops and priests of Faro are even more abusive, which makes me shake my faith in Catholicism, this feeling is terrible, but I have to deal with the Dutch people and be killed as heretics, this is not the righteous and fraternity of the church I know, and the cold-bloodedness of the neighbors and parishioners who meet and greet me on a daily basis is even more frightening, which makes me at a loss." Zhao Lie wiped the tears from Alexandra's face, stroked her back, and comforted her. "Lie, it wasn't until I met you that I had confidence that there are still more good people than bad people in this world. Thank you for being there for me. Now you are my dependence. Alexandra looked at Zhao Lie gently, and snuggled her body comfortably in Zhao Lie's arms.

"Don't worry, everything is with me, I will protect you in the future, and I will never let you be hurt again." Zhao Lie's feelings for Alexandra are undoubted, but he is not sensitive to her belief in Catholicism, and he is happy to see her wavering in her belief in Catholicism.

Zhao Lie gently kissed Alexandra's red lips, the two kissed for a long time, knowing that they couldn't breathe before parting, the two hugged each other with a panting smile, and their hearts were closer than ever.

Of course, the whole process was under the watchful eye of a big light bulb, and Miss Marta stubbornly held her ground, fearing that some unscrupulous person would succeed.

ps Thank you for having me, Assassin 11, a little busy this summer, Yu Jia, there are dates without dates to poke a shot, thank you for the world for my great suggestions on this book, thank you.

Cheeky to recommend the collection, thank you for your support.