"Food is a big deal, you can rest assured. Third, there is one more thing, didn't you let that Jiang Shu explore the waterways everywhere first? I have a secret copper road here, which was also made by Yunnan Tongguan. ”

Dealing with the copper officials of the past dynasties, the Yang family made a windfall, and many hidden things were also dug up by Yang Shiqin.

"The Hidden Bronze Road? Could it be the Pearl River? ”

There is only one main stream of the Yangtze River copper road, there can be no secret to say, the Pearl River water system, in Yunnan and Guangxi, the river is criss-crossed, could it be that those copper officials took the first step and did the thing of connecting the Pearl River waterway?

"It's not! It is the Red River waterway, this waterway is wide and slow, and it is very convenient to go back and forth to Yunnan, which is the financial road of Yunnan copper officials!

Why did I say Yunnan white copper has attracted the attention of foreigners, it turns out that this root is here, Yunnan's white copper is a valuable thing, this white copper is a good thing, but it is also a flaw, the Qing Dynasty only Yunnan produces white copper, probably because of the foreigners, the copper officials are afraid of attracting the attention of the imperial court, so they dare not send out. More than 20 years ago, foreigners had nickel silver, that is, white copper, the sales of Yunnan white copper is getting smaller and smaller, and now more than eighty percent of the inventory of Yunnan copper is white copper.

And the mining area that produces white copper, but also by these copper officials to seal most of the half, they through Yunnan copper but made a lot of foreign money, we got this floating wealth, mostly foreigners' gold bricks and silver nuggets, this source has, you want the Red River waterway also has.

I also asked your foreign master, and he said that this white copper is also a rare object in the West, and there must be no problem with casting cannons, so these things will be left to you. The route map of the Red River waterway, I also gave Jiang Shuxian. But how to open up. You have to be cautious.

These copper officials back then. It was only by waterway that they traveled most of the way, and when they reached the dazzling territory, they all transported copper through horse gangs, so they could hide the Red River copper road for decades. ”

If it weren't for the third child mentioning Yanjin, Yang Shiqin would have almost forgotten about it, otherwise the old man Jiang would have to do useless work.

"The Red River waterways? Cupronickel? Shipyard? Good! The news came in time, and I delayed it for another day. This waterway is a very important matter, let the eldest brother last for a day in western Yunnan! ”

Shipbuilding and cannon casting are also important matters, and the East India Company's conspiracy in the Pearl River channel, if they weren't bold enough to send river gunboats, they would have become water ghosts a long time ago.

The Red River and the Lancang River can be used by gunboats, and this boundary must be watched, and the British and French colonies are in these two major waters. The clouds and smoke spread to the waters of the Red River and the Lancang River. I will definitely pay more attention to it, and I have to prepare first. If someone knocks on the door and prepares, then it's too late.

"Hmmm! Your eldest brother is in western Yunnan, with Boqing's assistance, there will be no problem in two or three months, and he is not afraid of a little mess, Boqing's kid is ruthless, kill some people, kill some people!

Your eldest brother's Yunnan Chamber of Commerce was blocked by several big merchants in Yunnan, I ran a group of copper merchants and tea merchants, and I didn't want to start with Bai Yi Zhuang Miao and other merchants, you also want to find a way to govern them, otherwise according to your eldest brother's temperament, it will only make these people gain an inch.

With these people in the way, the Yunnan business will never be able to do it. ”

The third child's thoughts are different from his own, Yang Shiqin didn't force anything, the matter of western Yunnan, said that it was urgent and urgent, and said that it could be slow if it was not urgent, since he valued the Red River waterway, let the third child plan by himself!

But the Yunnan business is the Yang family's financial road, although it has made a windfall, but the Yang family's business road can not be broken, once there is no entry, sit on the mountain and eat the empty land, such a glory can not pass three generations, as long as the Yang family's business road continues, three or five generations should still be possible.

"This matter is simple, you put these people on the list, if the new governor Li Xingyuan asks you to solve the military expenses and salaries, just stab them, expand their assets, and make Li Xingyuan's knife more ruthless."

Xu Ziwei mentioned this matter just now, and Yang Meng also sold it now, not to mention that the live monkey is really useful.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate! Most of the Yi merchants are the leaders of various tribes, and they are levied for military expenses and salaries, and they are recruited, can these people be convinced? If the levy does not come, will the new governor give up? Isn't this instigating all ethnic groups to oppose the Qing Dynasty?

Besides, let's talk about this business war, and if you do this, it's vicious! ”

The third child's way is too poisonous and too wild, and it is just a business war, and if the court deals with them, it will be a ruin and a death.

"Anti? Zhang Bilu hasn't left yet, the Yunnan Green Battalion has 10,000 usable soldiers, in the past two or three months, he can train three or five thousand people, and those people are afraid of dying faster.

Business war is the most cruel, we only need the result, as for the process is good or bad, it has nothing to do with us, anyway, it is not our hands. Don't hand this list up, just talk about it, don't let Li Xingyuan play us again. ”

Yang Meng was a brave and ruthless family in his previous life, let him come according to the rules, he really has no idea, he can only follow his own ideas, that is, those who follow me and disobey me will die.

"That's it! Yunnan will do as you say, other places can't be so vicious, this matter can't be seen now, and when the Yunnan business and other provincial businesses are established, our goals and means will be clear at a glance.

Reputation is still very useful in the Qing Dynasty, our reputation is bad, who dares to ride in the same boat with us? ”

He has his own money about the third child, and Yang Shiqin doesn't want to get involved more, so it's over with a few words.

After negotiating with the old man, Yang Meng did not hesitate, took Xu Ziwei and Pan Gui, and went to Xishan, it seems that the casting cannon is going to be put on the agenda, the power of the twenty-four-pound mortar cannon, Yang Meng has personally experienced, the ordinary wooden boat can't stop it at all, and the powers have other heavy artillery, once the waterway is not guaranteed, there will be no gateway to Yunnan.

Guarding the four main waterways of Yunnan, then Yunnan will keep half of it, mountain battles, artillery has become a burden, no artillery, fighting jungle warfare, mountain warfare, Yang Meng is definitely an expert, whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the great powers, dare to come! Yang Meng can make them unable to go back.

The Yangtze River, the Pearl River, the Red River, and the Lancang River are easier said than done, so how to defend these four waterways?

The warships of the Qing Dynasty can go up and be artillery, and they want to use the warships of the Qing Dynasty to defend the four major waters. Blocking the Qing Dynasty is not a problem. But when you meet the great powers, you have to take a break.

River gunboats. Yang Meng wants it, and the money in Yunnan is enough, but there is nowhere to buy it, and it is impossible to build it for ten or eight years.

If the ship can't work, you can only build a battery by casting cannons. As long as it can be cast into giant cannons and heavy artillery, according to the method of the Pearl River, warehouses are built in various rivers, and heavy cannons are placed to lock the river.

Ge Shiyang knew some of the skills of cannon casting, and Renlei provided some English technicians. Coppersmiths in Yunnan, these are integrated. I wonder if it can be cast into a giant cannon?

"Brother Gui, you sent someone to find Master Ge and tell him that he is going to live in Xishan recently."

Recently, my brother-in-law Pan Gui received a letter from his father-in-law Pan Shicheng and became his own scholar, but it is a problem to be called, the influence of calling his brother-in-law is not good, and the two have discussed, Yang Meng calls Pan Gui Brother Gui, and Pan Gui calls Yang Meng the third.

Yang Meng took a turn in the West Valley, the poison field had begun to relocate, and the gourd mouth where Wei Huozi trained his troops was the new site of the poison field. The English mechanics who were recruited also began to familiarize themselves with their skills and make the tools they needed.

Most of these people are skilled blacksmiths, and the number of other craftsmen is not much, Yang Meng also understands that these people are responsible for manufacturing guns in India, and because of the retirement of Brown Bes, the Indian arsenal does not need too many technicians, and these people are dismissed.

They originally wanted to find another way out in India, but they happened to encounter a riot in India, which allowed Pan's stewards to take advantage of them and even coaxed them to the Qing Dynasty.

The skills of these people can only be regarded as average, if they are top craftsmen, they will not be easily dismissed, but they are familiar with the process of making guns, which is enough for Yang Meng.

After turning around the West Mountain for half a day, Yang Meng found that there were really a lot of things missing here. Iron smelting, here is the Qing Dynasty's soil method, a small blast furnace. Yang Meng inquired, the output of this kind of blast furnace is okay, but the requirements for the master of the furnace are relatively high, and the quality of pig iron produced by a little carelessness is not high.

Not to mention wrought iron, which is all made manually, which is much worse than Western techniques. As for steel, there is but the cost is too great, and the refined steel is worthy of its name, and it is just a luxury to use it in large quantities.

The gunpowder workshop of the Yang family here in Xishan has made some achievements recently, although the technique stolen from the Minghu side is a bit half-baked, but the gunpowder produced is already stronger than the powder gunpowder of the Qing Dynasty, and the smoke is not much different from the foreign medicine.

In terms of manufacturing volume, although it is much worse, the formula is there, and everything else is trivial. The machinery sent by Guangzhou has also been moved into the cave, and the western valley is so good, there are several large old karst caves, which are considered ready-made warehouses.

In half a day, Ge Shiyang also rushed over from Yiliang, but this goods brought a few people who shouldn't have been brought, his little sister-in-law, and his pair of daughters, Lao Ge brought them to see him, this is not a good heart!

"Brother Gui, Chief, how about you try that foreign woman?"

The chief is Xu Ziwei's font size, the ancestor of this Xu Wei is long, and this Xu Ziwei made a font name of the chief by himself.

"Third child, I'd better forget it! Let Lian'er know the way, and you still have to be embarrassed to kill me? ”

In Guangzhou, because of the woman who caused trouble, Pan Gui had a long memory, and when he heard this, he immediately refused.

"Third master, let's think about it! It's just that we look like this, we have to rob our daughter-in-law, and if we go over, we won't be beaten back! Master Ge is a big man, we can't afford to mess with him. ”

"Useless thing!"

In this regard, Yang Meng could only scold and force the two of them to go up, but don't mess up your own affairs.

"Master Ge, why did you bring your female dependents here, it's not very convenient here in Xishan!"

"Lord Lord, Tiffany is proficient in accounting and is now my right-hand man, and Pauline and Wendy, who are also familiar with many Chinese, can be my assistants, how?" Aren't you welcome? Tiffany is ......."

Ge Shiyang has also learned to play tricks, and he is playing a sharp edge openly and secretly.

"Why are we going to get married?"

Tiffany is good, Pauline and Wendy are also very young, but Yang Meng has too many things to do, and he doesn't have much energy to do this now.

"Of course it's the best, our family crossed the ocean to the Qing Kingdom, and the family can't go back, if we want to live well in the Qing Kingdom, we have to have the support of the lord.

The three of Tiffany also have a good impression of the lord, and a foreign marriage is also a beautiful thing. ”

Yang Meng missaw Ge Shiyang, this media puller is also a good hand, this missionary background, but gave him a good eloquence.

"Don't you advocate monogamy? This seems to contradict God's commandments. ”

Regarding Ge Shiyang's sect, Yang Meng is still very clear, and God doesn't seem to advocate much about doing this.

"This is Daqing!"

Okay! This person really doesn't achieve his goal and vows not to give up, is this something clearly said?

"Forget it! This matter will be discussed later, but now there is an important matter, which is to prepare for the construction of an iron factory and the casting of cannons. I don't want three-pounder guns or six-pounder guns, I want huge cannons and heavy guns that can destroy gunboats.

After overcoming these technical difficulties, you will have to build hidden forts in the four major waters of Yunnan, and I will block the waterways of Yunnan. For these things, I will arrange for someone who is familiar with the land of Yunnan to help you, do you have any questions about building forts or something? ”

After seeing the situation in Xishan, Yang Meng decided to go to western Yunnan first and handed over the affairs of Xishan to Ge Shiyang, the foundation of Yunnan is too poor, and staying here by himself can't help much.

"No problem, it will take a long time to build an iron factory and cast cannons, and the construction of the fortress horse can be carried out, so let's do the three things together! This will be a little faster overall. ”

"Good! According to what you said, I'm going to go to western Yunnan recently, and the time is uncertain, those three women can play near Xishan, but they must not enter the city, you have to control this. ”

"That's a pity, we're just here waiting for the lord to return." (To be continued......)