Meng Guangshan after breakfast the next day, he took the guards to turn around in Shidao Bay, looked east and west, and touched for two whole days, when he traveled to the eastern suburbs of Shidao one of the largest houses under construction, he heard the results made him dumbfounded, this is the Martyrs' Shrine, Meng Guangshan recalled, yes is indeed the largest house in Shidao, here is the Martyrs' Shrine, the Martyrs' Shrine is not uncommon in Daming, the Daming Guards have built the Martyrs' Shrine, the generals who died in the war and the tablets after the night do not collect the death of the war enter the Martyrs' Shrine, and enjoy the sacrificial incense during the New Year's Festival, but, The scale of the Martyrs' Shrine is so large, but it is far above the official office, but Meng Guangshan is the only one.

On the third day, Meng Guangshan finally left by boat with a full of doubts, of course, leaving 10,000 catties of iron and leaving with tens of thousands of catties of copper. Zhao Lie hoped that Meng Guangshan would help find saltpeter mines in the west and south of Nanjing, which could be mined and sold to Zhao Lie, who knew that there was saltpeter mines because of the association of medicine in later generations, because of the associated miscanthus salt, and miscanthus nitrate was a Chinese medicinal material. There is not much saltpeter in the Central Plains, this is the only place that Zhao Lie knows, and in the future, firearms are popular, and saltpeter still needs to be reserved.

Two days before Zhao Lie was about to set off, Huang Han and Wang Quan returned by boat, and returned with a full load, bringing back nearly 100 shipwrights, more than 40 blacksmiths, a large number of corn seeds, sweet potato seeds and even old farmers who would grow corn and sweet potatoes brought back more than 10 people, more than 40,000 catties of Fujian iron, Zhao Lie was very interested in this sweet potato, and took a look at the potatoes that turned out to be the later generations, although there was no high yield of sweet potatoes, but potatoes can be eaten as food and can be cooked, killing two birds with one stone.

Zhao Lie was overjoyed, I feel that things are still very smooth recently, this trip to southern Fujian brought back are the talents and objects that Shidao urgently needs, Zhao Lie immediately arranged for corn and sweet potatoes to be dried and put into storage, the blacksmith entered the craftsman's office, the boatman entered the shipyard, temporarily adapted to the climate of the north, and the silver was opened, that is, the climate such as raw materials, a few days ago Zhao Qin's letter has been opened with several local partners in Dengzhou to open three coal mines, build a coking plant, and open a limestone mine, built two gold mines, of course, there are a lot of profits, At present, most of the domestic servants in the family are busy with this matter, and they will soon supply to Shidao, so Zhao Qin's family is also sitting at home, and he can't come to Shidao, and he misses his two sons very much.

Zhao Lie instructed Wan Ji and Zhao Meng to be responsible for all matters in Shidao Bay, especially pay attention to the heating of the refugees, do not cause any damage, if the coal and iron arrive, try to make iron first, look for suitable coal and iron, the first to arrive are unknown coal and iron, I don't know whether the internal content is suitable for refining refined iron, only after trial production can determine what kind of coal and iron to use in the future.

When he heard that he was going to Macao, Huang Han said that he would go regardless of his hard work, saying that the sea in Fujian was very chaotic and that he had encountered a large number of people and horses, and if it were not for the fact that the fleet was quite large and well-armed, he would definitely start to rob. After all, I have been there once, and I am more familiar with it. Zhao Lie understood that Huang Han was a person who was unwilling to be lonely, and he felt uncomfortable not joining in this excitement.

Zhao Lie took Li Hu, Zhao Da, Huang Han, Yu Dabao, Zhang Gusheng, Tang Xianwen, Qi Wei and others, as well as thirteen warships, to Macao in a mighty south. The ship was equipped with four times as many sailors, a total of nearly two thousand people, Zhao Lie planned to make a big harvest this time, of course, to prepare more. On the road, the trainee sailors operate the boat, the old sailors teach, and the new sailors are also making rapid progress, of course, rookies are rookies after all, when the wind and waves are calm, they can't be seen, once there is extraordinary weather, I am afraid that these people will be exposed.

After more than ten days of sailing, the weather is getting warmer, the sea is calm, the seabirds are flying, the soldiers on board have just prepared for the routine morning exercise, the news comes from the lookout, there are a large number of ships approaching, Zhao Lie ordered the fleet to be on alert, three horns sounded, the fleet of ships approached, after the meal, four sea ships approached the fleet within three miles, only to see that all of them hung the uniform black flag "Li", one of the four ships is a fortune ship of more than 100 tons, and two are nearly 100 tons, and there is a sea ship of dozens of tons, Zhao Lie looked at it from afar with a telescope, I saw that everyone on the other side was dressed in short clothes, their clothes were different, their hair and beards were scattered, and there were two Qianjin Franc machines on the ship, Zhao Lie ordered the gunners to be on guard, and Lu Yuan led the gunners to prepare for battle.

When the two sides approached two miles, Zhao Lie ordered to fire a cannon warning, a thousand gold francs on the side of the Fuhai ship fired three points of cannon fire at the empty space on one side, the dull sound of cannons will spread, the four ships turned to the side, the fleet passed in the opposite direction, Zhao Lie knew which maritime merchant or pirate fleet this was, at this time Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong coastal should be a group of heroes, Zhao Lie only remembered that there were Zheng Zhilong, Liu Xiang, these pirates fought each other for sea power for nearly ten years, Zheng Zhilong only unified the South China Sea, monopolized the sea trade, Now these pirates are Zhao Lie's good helpers, without them, Zheng Zhilong would definitely come out earlier.

In the following days, the fleet encountered maritime merchants and pirates almost every day, and even a few merchant ships followed the rear of the sailor fleet in order to safety, and the pirate ship also stayed away from the sailor fleet that marched in formation, and the fleet finally approached Macao safely, after parting ways with several merchant ships, Zhao Lie ordered the fleet to change its clothes, lowered the battle flag of the sailor, and the personnel changed into the attire of ordinary maritime merchants and servants. Zhao Lie had already made the idea of plundering the Portuguese in Macao before coming here, at this time, if Zhao Lie had a lot of money, of course, he could recruit all kinds of Portuguese craftsmen and buy Portuguese Western-style sailing ships to imitate, but with Zhao Lie's existing financial resources, he could only sigh at the sea, and time was the most unwilling to lose by Zhao Lie, so looting became the only possibility, Zhao Lie brought 20,000 taels of silver to fill the façade on this trip, and entered Macao as a maritime merchant.

"Li Hu, you take four sea ships to enter Macao every other day with me, Huang Han, you and I enter Macao every three days, remember, don't expose the face of the sailors, try not to get off the ship, only leave the necessary personnel on deck, don't remember." Before parting, Zhao Lie told again, and Li Hu and Huang Han took the order.

There were four days left before the Lunar New Year, and Zhao Lie led five merchant ships into Macao, and Zhao Lie ordered all sailors, gunners, and armor to stay in the cabin, and strictly ordered not to go out.

Near Sai Wan in Macau, you can see a fort in the distance, and at this time, a Portuguese boat approached to ask.

Krishto. Since arriving in Macao as a merchant sailor ten years ago, because the Maritime Committee of the Macau Council recruited the navy, Dalma has flowed down, and has been marrying a wife and having children in Macao, and his parents and brothers in Coimbra, Portugal, have a vague memory.Chinese New Year's Eve Some time ago, near the Spring Festival of the Chinese, the number of merchant ships to buy goods in Macao increased greatly, Dalma made a small fortune, today he led eight sailors to patrol in small boats, watching from a distance five large and small fortune ships approaching, Dalma smiled as if he saw some gold and silver flying towards him, many Daming maritime merchants are smugglers, many guns and guns prohibited goods must be bought and sold to avoid the Daming government, like Dalma, a Portuguese who knows a lot of language, that is an indispensable tooth man, and the income is quite rich.

Zhao Lie watched the dinghy leaning over with interest, and saw the Westerners hundreds of years ago, which was also a scene.

Krishto. Dalma shouted in that half-baked Chinese,

"You have gone to the waters of Macao, and the ship has been stopped for inspection."

Zhao Lie ordered to lower the soft ladder and let them up.

Zhao Lie watched Krishitto and another soldier climb onto the bow of the boat, only to see that the two of them were wearing small round iron helmets with brims, blue tops with waists, large folds on their chests, a sheathed scimitar on their backs, fat knee-cinching bloomers, black stockings under their knees, and black leather shoes.

"Akito, we're going to check your cabin for prohibited items." Cristo has a businesslike posture.

Zhao Lie Nunu mouthed, Tang Xianwen handed over a cloth bag with a smile, and Cristo weighed it with his hand, well, it's quite heavy, dozens of taels of silver are available, not bad, big tyrant.

"Ahem, well, Pinto, the ship is empty, there is nothing." Krishtto said.

Another Portuguese soldier with long black hair and a short stature nodded yes.

"Mingren, the fortune ship will enter the harbor after me, and do not enter the naval anchorage of the Kingdom of Portugal." Crissto arrogantly ordered the newly arrived Daming Tu buns.

Zhao Lie watched the two get off the boat and return to the dinghy, looking at Macao in the distance, there was only one impression, the concession, well, to be exact, the prototype of the concession, after all, there is still the Ming Yamen here, but it can only manage the small things of the Ming people, and the military and political affairs of the entire Macao are controlled by the Portuguese.

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