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"Congratulations to Lian Guogong for adding new achievements, this Lian Guogong is also lacking, it's better to be like this, I will come to do the east, how about we go to my house to talk about it then?"

Coming out of the palace, Zhang Heling, who was a little drunk, pulled Liu Chengfeng's sleeve with a smile and said goodbye at will. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That Chengguo Gong Zhu Fu happened to come over, originally wanting to come forward to say hello, but after thinking about it, he walked away again.

Liu Chengfeng didn't get drunk, and he cleaned up Zhou Cheng fiercely today, but in his opinion, this matter is far from over, so Liu Ji is still alive.

Seeing that Zhang Heling was leaving, Liu Chengfeng grabbed Zhang Heling and couldn't help asking: "Don't go, I have something to ask you." ”

Zhang Heling had no choice but to stop and said with a smile: "What kind of friendship you and I have, what do you have to say." ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "Is Zhou Cheng's impeachment serious? ”

Zhang Heling asked: "What happened to Zhou Cheng's impeachment?" ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh, and scolded: "You thief, you still don't want to tell the truth, naturally it's the business of Jubao Firm, I've been very busy in the past two years, and I haven't had time to take care of the firm, I really didn't expect that so many things have happened in just over a year." ”

Zhang Heling also became serious and said: "It's not convenient to talk here, it's better to be like this, you and I are in the same car, just send you back, and we will talk in the car." ”

Liu Chengfeng had no choice but to respond, Zhang Heling's car is the latest model customized by the Yongchang car shop of the Beijing Division, the carriage is not only made of Nanmu, the outside is brushed with a layer of red paint, in addition, some of the key parts are also pasted with copper sheets, the volume of the carriage is not small, the inside is very spacious, it is said that this kind of car is specially customized for the rich family, the lower head is four wheels, sitting in it is not only comfortable, there is no bump at all, and the line of sight is also excellent.

Liu Chengfeng didn't pull the curtain of the car, and sat side by side with this Zhang Heling, Zhang Heling said: "I won't hide it from you, what Zhou Cheng said that was a truth, but in fact, what he said was just some skin." There are many things that the envoys don't know. Zhang Heling, a hippie smiling person, actually sighed rarely, and said: "But this is also a matter of no way, a huge trading house, up and down hundreds of thousands of mouths, if this trading house does not take a little means, and does not say anything else, I can build a fleet, can't others?" Let me tell you the truth, since the Lianzhou fleet went to sea, whether it is the Wa Kingdom, Korea, Annam, and Luzon countries, they have all tried to trade on their own, and want to follow the example of our Jubao caravan, although they are far inferior to us in scale, but they have also hindered our business. If they are left unchecked, how can our caravan earn money? ”

He paused and continued: "Besides, these feudal countries, people who don't know still think that they have bathed in the kindness of my Daming, and admire my Daming, in fact, ......" Zhang Heling showed disdain, and said: "Actually, they are a fart when I Daming, and they think of us when they have something, but if we touch them a little benefit, they will breed dissatisfaction, the year before last, the caravan went to sea, to the country of Manobachet, this country is not small, the population is very large, our fleet entered the port, and handed the Guan Wen to its kingAt first, they also allowed us to let go, but later saw that our fleet had a lot of goods, full of fine porcelain, silk and other things, so they became greedy, so they called the officials to ask us for a rest tax, good fellow, as soon as we opened our mouths, we naturally refused, and negotiated with them, this King Manopachet did not dare to be rude to our Ming fleet, but let the officers and soldiers pretend to be thieves, to rob us, if it were not for the bravery of our guards, these incoming thieves were killed, I don't know what's going to happen. ”

Zhang Heling saw that Liu Chengfeng's face softened a little, and knew that his words moved Liu Chengfeng: "So later, the firm also figured it out, I and several major shareholders combined, the fleet docked, and it was impossible to have a foothold, so it could only be leased." But it is not easy to rent, but in the country of Manobachet, we have learned the method of a group of Baiyi, this group of Baiyi people is said to be from the far west, called the Grape People, these people have laid down a piece of land in the country of Manobachet, built a castle, and their weapons also have guns and artillery, but they are different from my Daming, but the other party seems to be afraid of us, so they dare not provoke us without authorization. These people are just a fleet of warships, a total of only more than 1,000 people, they can settle in the country of Manobache, not only that, but also repelled the attack of the country of Manobacher, and divided several islands, and then we totaled, even this Baiyi can be like this, why can't we? So the surname Suo moved strongly, directly occupied a deep-water inlet, built some ports, warehouses, and trestle bridges, and let some men and guards be stationed there. ”

Liu Chengfeng's heart moved, knowing that the country of Manopachet mentioned by Zhang Heling was actually the Indonesian archipelago, as for these Baiyi, most of them were Portuguese, three or four years ago, that is, when Hongzhi was about ten years old, the Portuguese had laid down a lot of colonies in East Africa and Indonesia, and they should be right.

However, he didn't say anything and continued to listen to this Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling continued: "There is still something to sell women, this is also excusable, to be honest, there is no way to do this kind of business, the various feudal domains on the side of the Japanese country have been fighting for years, wantonly borrowing from our money bank, competing to buy guns and artillery, we started out, and we also responded to our needs, who knew that this group of damn guys borrowed money but couldn't pay off the loan, so they used the mine to pay off the debt, that's it, they are not enough, some of the feudal towns that do not have gold and silver mines in the jurisdiction are also red-eyed, so they take women to pay off the debt, Lian Guogong ......" Zhang Heling smiled bitterly: "Some of this business house is a business, and the grandson is willing to sell women, but people insist on taking this to resist, what can you do?" ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh, and said: "Okay, I'm just asking casually, anyway, I can't spare time for the business house now, it's best to be a little more restrained, it's really when there is no way, sometimes I can only do some extraordinary things." The most important thing is that you and I are willing. ”

"Naturally, it's all your willingness." Zhang Heling said shamelessly.

Liu Chengfeng shook his head, and in this slightly shaking carriage, he said, "As for those Bai Yi, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Heling said: "They don't seem to be here to do business, but they keep transporting troop ships to occupy land everywhere, and then use the local natives as slaves to build ports and castles for them, and their guns and artillery are very different from ours, but they seem to come from the same source." Our firm has had some negotiations with them, these people only say that the world is vast, everyone has nothing to do with each other, I pondered, they are afraid of us, but on the other hand, we have no ambition for our firm, to be honest, our caravan, which shipment is dozens or hundreds of ships full, which does not salivate, so I thought to myself, maybe they feel that their own strength is insufficient, so they dare not act rashly for the time being, once the time is ripe, they will not do anything to us. A few months ago, our shareholders got together to discuss this matter, and Cheng Guogong and a few wealthy people in Lianzhou thought that they could take the opportunity to knock them out, and in the name, they could go directly to the lord of the country of Ma Baxie, and said that we were willing to drive away these people for them, as long as they nodded. If we really want to fight, our firm can hold it down. It's just that I heard later that although these people's artillery and guns are sharp, we still have a way to deal with them. However, the most powerful thing for them was to build fortresses, and it was not easy to conquer those fortresses, but they were afraid of heavy casualties, so everyone dispelled this idea. ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "Do you want to hear my opinion?" ”

Zhang Heling smiled bitterly: "My Lian Guogong, I just want to hear what you mean." ”

Liu Chengfeng thought for a while and said: "Keeping them for the time being, you can even do business with them, have some exchanges with them, and they also have some unique features in manufacturing firecrackers, artillery, and warships, you can learn from them, learn from them, and maybe you can use this to improve our artillery, guns, and ships, but then again, the heart of defense is indispensable, these people are ambitious, but they must also be careful." ”

Many technologies in the East and the West, in fact, have many complementary surnames, at least in this era, it is difficult to distinguish the superior, such as the Ming Dynasty, the manufacture of fire guns can be described as varied, what three eyes, five eyes, pear blossom guns, son and mother guns, etc., and even in the late Ming Dynasty, it actually played out a fire gun similar to a machine gun. However, the current West does not have so many diverse surnames in the firecracker, but focuses on the improvement of range and accuracy, if you can learn from it, it is very beneficial to the improvement of the Ming firecracker.

There is also that shipbuilding, in fact, the distinction is also very large, because there is no strong sea hazard, so most of the shipbuilding is based on merchants, from the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the ship is getting bigger and bigger, especially the lucky ship, its volume is large, no one in the world can match. The bigger the ship, the more goods it loads, but in terms of the construction of warships, Daming is a little backward, the reason is very simple, Daming has no enemies from the sea at all, in the coastal waters of Daming, the so-called enemy is just a group of pirates, to deal with them, there is no need to specialize in manufacturing warships. The West is different, where there are many island countries, perennial naval battles, and warships are becoming more and more refined, and in this regard, they are far more clever than the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Chengfeng's words made this Zhang Heling a little incomprehensible, how did he know that Liu Chengfeng just wanted to use the Portuguese as a window between the East and the West, and use them for the time being, and when they were no longer needed, they would be served in a pot. However, Zhang Heling never had any doubts about Liu Chengfeng, and hurriedly responded: "This is easy to say, what Lian Guogong says, I will do." ”

(To be continued)