In a timely update, Van Pugui, the ultimate sailing ship with a full load displacement of 2,400 tons, equivalent to 4,000 materials in the old days, sailed into the Liangzhengdao Strait (the Fuca Strait and the Georgia Strait in another dimension) and arrived at the port of Liangzhou in late June of the 43rd year of the Holy Dao.

The name of Liangzhou comes from Liang Zhengdao, who was originally a fisherman in Shandong, and was one of the pirate leaders that Nian Qianyao entangled in Shandong when he was young. During the British Northern Expedition, he changed his name to "Zhengdao" to show his heart to wash his hands in the golden basin, and relied on his long voyage to serve in the Shandong Coast Patrol.

The Anglo-Chinese colonial trend was great, and Liang Zhengdao was unwilling to be lonely, so he also organized an exploration company, bought the old sea carp ships eliminated by the navy, took over the work of the Beiyang Company and the Beiyang Fleet, and traveled around the waters of the Beiyang.

The news of the discovery of Jinshan by Nanzhou and Dongzhou spread, and the tide of colonization in the country rose again, and most of the immigrants and exploration companies went to Nanyang, but Liang Zhengdao set his sights on Dongzhou. Turning the exploration company into a trading company, transporting immigrants and commercial goods between Dongzhou and the mainland, and becoming a close partner of Puzhou.

In this wave of colonization, the hot-spirited Liang Zhengdao felt that if he ran a business like this, he could only leave money, not reputation, and not a century-old foundation. Taking Fan Sihai as an example, he resolutely resold the trading company and organized a group of old men to explore the land north of Puzhou, hoping to open up a new colony in Dongzhou.

At that time, Fan Sihai was still alive, and he attached great importance to Liang Zhengdao and fully supported his actions, not only taking a stake in his company, but also mobilizing Li people to help through Pu Balang's connections.

In the thirty-second year of the Holy Road, Liang Zhengdao explored the big strait more than 1,000 kilometers north of Puzhou, and found that although it was a little northerly, it was surrounded by mountains, the climate was mild, and several seaside plains were particularly suitable for reclamation, and there were not many natives around. So he established a foothold in a plain on the north coast of the front of the Liang Strait. And this is Victoria, the capital of the British Province of Canada, Vancouver is 100 kilometers northeast and Seattle is 120 kilometers south.

According to the French language that whoever established the colony had the right to name it, Liang Zhengdao named the place Liangzhou. And the development of Liangzhou's vein. has the resources of his hometown in Shandong, plus the support of local products in Liangzhou.

Liangzhou is rich in forests, and the oak produced is the first-class material for shipbuilding, although it is not as much as the east coast of the Americas and the three major lakes, but it is a rare rich forest in the place where Dongzhou is located.

Liang Zhengdao recruited a large number of shipwrights from Shandong, and shipwrights were a hot business in Yinghua at this time, but they were heavily invested. There are also 100 acres of fertile soil, many tax exemption clauses, and even shipyard dry shares, coupled with the relationship between fellow villagers, Liang Zhengdao still pulled up a shipbuilding team.

Relying on the shipbuilding industry, in less than ten years, Liangzhou has developed from a small village of a few hundred people to a seaport with a population of 30,000 or 40,000. In the fortieth year of the Holy Way, gold mines were also discovered here. But for Liangzhou, this was just the icing on the cake, and the Anglo-Chinese overseas colonies were full of gold mines. Everyone is numb.

At this time, the shipbuilding industry in Liangzhou was already famous, not only the Dongzhou Company built small and medium-sized merchant ships here, but the navy also listed it as a place to build ships, and many auxiliary ships of the Ocean Fleet, and even small warships came from here. For the seagoing ships that sail across continents on the northern route, Liangzhou is an important place for supply and maintenance.

Liang Zhengdao, who is over fifty years old, came to the wharf and personally greeted Fan Pugui, not only for the friendship between Fan and Liang, the trade between Puzhou and Liangzhou, but also for the goods brought by Fan Pugui.

"Two thousand thirty-year-old rifles. 20,000 grenades. Four four-pound guns, ten six-pound flying cannons, rifled guns? Uncle Liang, these guns are enough to arm the volunteers of the entire Liangzhou, and the four rifled guns on the ship are for Tangzhou. ”

Van Pugui brought a large number of munitions from the mainland, and watched as boxes of guns and ammunition were brought down the ship. Liang Zhengdao rubbed his hands excitedly, still unsatisfied: "Isn't it okay to divide one door?" Britain and the French are having a good time fighting in the east, and our exploration team has also bumped into the white ghosts, and it's hard to tell when the white ghosts will come to the door to grab the territory. ”…,