The captured Western girl, in fact, when she was escorted back, Zhang Hongbin went over to join in the fun. After all, he really hadn't seen any foreigners in this time and space, even if there were some missionaries, who were already active on the eastern coast.

It's a pity that the people who were brought back were all adult women, at least over 20 years old. This kind of Western woman, more than fifteen years old, feels old, the skin is very rough, not to mention, but also because she does not take a bath all year round and stinks, this is not counted, in order to cover up the smell, but also a strong wipe perfume, the result of the smell mixed with doubles, people who are not used to it can be directly stunned when they get close.

At least, that's what the navy soldiers said, and there really was one soldier who was directly stunned by the smell. And the subject is not small, but he is still the secretary of the governor, in fact, his mistress.

Westerners don't take a bath, Zhang Hongbin knows a little, mainly because of the Black Death. At the time, I don't know who said that not bathing could prevent the Black Death, and as a result, not bathing became a more popular behavior in Europe. But if you don't take a bath, it stinks, so you have to use a lot of spices to cover up the smell, so the main goods of the ocean trade have become spices.

After seeing these Western mothers-in-law, Zhang Hongbin returned to his home with some regret. Then he looked depressedly at Xu Hui, Liu Rushi and Sun Tingfang, who were peeking over in the corner, and looked relieved...... Are you really afraid that you won't be able to bring one back?

In the next few days, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce received applications from private business unions, and to put it bluntly, they also wanted to sail to Southeast Asia.

When I saw their application, the first thought was: He was all stimulated by the navy?

And then soon, there was a second thought: don't you know that the navy is directly robbing? If it is sea trade, how many times can it be earned to this point?

But the people are willing to go to sea to see the world, and Zhang Hongbin still expressed his support.

So the equation was set: shipbuilding could only be built, but only improved versions of the Fuchuan and Manila galleons could be built, and flying clippers and steam ships could not be built. And the artillery can only use the obsolete old artillery, if there is a new artillery, there will naturally be internal guards to come to the door to ask for tea. As for the price, it must be at least twice the cost price.

After all, the most suitable thing now is to compete for hegemony on land, or something in the sea, and it's a little too early.

But Zhang Hongbin and the Congress still underestimated the ambitions of the rich businessmen to make a fortune, not to mention twice the cost price, even if it was three times the cost. If one person can't do it, more than ten or twenty people will form a group to operate, playing the joint-stock system, some people are responsible for leaving the sales channels, some are responsible for going to sea, some are responsible for naval warfare, anyway, the division of labor is detailed, even if you don't do anything, with a little molecule in the merchant fleet, you can earn some dividends.

The Congress was speechless and could only approve their applications, and then soon received a second and third batch of applications, all to form a fleet to go to ocean trade.

Well, Zhang Hongbin has reacted, this is not about ocean trade, this is about going out to be a pirate......

However, Zhang Hongbin said that this is not bad!

It's difficult for the shipyard, even if the materials used only need to be assembled, but with more lists, it can't be completed in a day or two.

In desperation, Congress sent a letter to Xiao Yao, the governor of Burma Province, demanding that docks and shipyards be built in two other suitable places in an effort to fulfill the orders of the big businessmen. After Xiao Yao received this letter, he was depressed for a while, but he quickly devoted himself to this work.

Zhang Hongbin is also somewhat busy, making so many raw materials in the supermarket, and distinguishing them one by one, and ensuring secrecy, this matter is very troublesome......

The treasure ship on Daming's side seems to have begun to go to sea, Zhang Hongbin didn't expect that Daming still retains the construction drawings of the treasure ship. The internal guard has already sent someone over to find a way to get it out, and I don't know if Jinyiwei's side is good to deal with.

According to the information at hand of Zhang Hongbin, Li Luo's gang will turn a blind eye to some things that do not harm the fundamental things of the Republic of China, and I don't know if it is to curry favor with the Republic. Therefore, there may still be a chance to get something like the treasure ship blueprint.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty has built a treasure ship, and they are still groping for how to go to sea, at least they don't have the knowledge of ocean navigation, and Zheng Zhilong, who is proficient in this knowledge, is now serving Nanzhili, so the ocean is still a long way ahead, and the Ming Navy at this moment can only sail in the offshore sea, inspect smuggling, and ensure the stable income of tariffs. However, using treasure ships to detect smuggling is indeed too extravagant, and it has directly reached the realm of Lang Fei.

During this period when the materials are transported to the shipyards and assembled by new and old workers.

The Manchus sent another batch of Japanese slaves, and apparently their troops in Japan won another battle during this time, and they don't know where they fought. If you have to find a way to get some relevant information, you have to think of a way from Zheng Zhilong, otherwise this feeling of being blind makes people very unhappy.

As last time, many of them were Japanese dignitaries and high-ranking samurai, but at the moment they were just lowly captives and slaves. There is no special situation among them, after all, they have been screened by the Manchus once before they are transported, and they can only be regarded as pure labor roles.

There is one difference, that is, there are many more young and beautiful female slaves, and there are still many of them are still original.

According to Sony, this was ordered by some merchants of the republic, and in line with the principle of cooperative trade in response to demand, the Manchus naturally helped to take care of these merchants. These young, good-looking little girls were sold to the merchants for more than three times the price of male slaves.

Sony even asked Zhang Hongbin if he wanted to buy some, you can buy them at half price!

I'll buy you big. Father! Zhang Hongbin thought about the three granddaughters of Zong Mao in the family, and he already felt a headache.

At the same time, they began to be vigilant, and the merchants seemed to be too rich and had begun to learn to enjoy. Supposedly, this is normal, but if someone else catches the weakness and slowly infiltrates it, it will be troublesome. In this part of the situation, the internal guard must follow up and pay close attention.

In fact, Zhang Hongbin is also cocooned and self-bound, he attaches too much importance to the Chinese people, and only hopes that every Chinese person is a superior person, and everyone can enjoy a social status superior to any barbarian. Probably because of the relationship between the upward and downward effects, many officials don't like to see those who sell themselves into slavery, after all, there are jobs everywhere to support themselves, so why bother to be willing to degenerate?

Today, there is no human market in the whole republic, and the great family has consciously changed the death contract of the subordinates to the living contract, which is equivalent to the subordinates giving them long-term work. The difference is that future generations do not have to remain employers.

People always like to be high, since the people of China can't do it, it's always okay to buy a few slaves from the Japanese Kingdom to go back, right?

Zhang Hongbin didn't say no, so it naturally became popular.

The Manchus were finally gone, and then another thing followed, and that was the return of the fleet that had gone out for the second time.

He brought back a large amount of blood-stained booty, a large number of prisoners, and a paperwork for the addition of two steamships and an application for an expansion of the army.

Happiness came too suddenly, Zhang Hongbin said it was really difficult to accept...... The most depressing thing is that it is clear that his fleet can sweep across the four oceans, but no one can immigrate there to sing about conquest......