Batches of cloud smoke were sent out of Xishan, Yang Meng was also planning what he needed, all this batch of goods was exchanged for silver, and it cost two or three million taels, he had already scraped a lot in Guangzhou last time, and it was not a good way to always hold silver like this.

What are foreign devils doing business with guns? Not because of the trade deficit? 50,000 catties is only a very small part of the goods, and when the waterway is opened, millions of catties of clouds and smoke will go down the river to Guangzhou, and then it will be the ports of the Yangtze River waters.

Silver can't be made like this, in case the great powers and countries attack the Qing Dynasty again, coupled with the huge profits of the clouds, the Yang family in Yunnan is likely to become the target of public criticism, and the great powers plus the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to lock Yunnan with the current strength of the Yang family.

Now in Yunnan Province, only Yiliang is the hardcore of the Yang family, and the Yunnan Mansion is still alive, and other places are not within the scope of the Yang family's power.

Although I have made some plans, if I want to be effective, it is not a matter of a short time, and in order to gain time, this transaction must be done slowly.

Now that the Qing Dynasty is closed to the country, it is not impossible to cooperate with foreign devils. The combination of the interests of the Yang family and the foreign devils is in business, the foreign devils want to get the huge market of the Qing Dynasty and sell their goods for profit, while the Yang family wants to use business to continuously develop Yunnan and occupy Yunnan, and there is no conflict of interest between the two.

Matches, cloth, cotton yarn, these daily commodities can be imported by themselves, these things are cheap and good, and they also play a great role in opening up the trade routes of Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu and Shaanxi.

Now that the Qing Dynasty is open to trade, the merchants of the Qing Dynasty will not be unable to see the huge profits contained in it, how to squeeze these merchants, make their goods unique, and squeeze out the territory of Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Guangzhou, Yunnan and Guizhou, which is also exquisite.

The monopoly right is Yang Meng's means, relying on Yunyan Yang family will become the first giant merchant in the Qing Dynasty, small foreign merchants collect cash, and foreign merchants barter goods. The English East India Company, which had its own armament, became the best partner for Lu.

Let the Yang family act as an agent for all the goods of the East India Company, including opium, and then slowly develop arms and technology trading. Millican, on the other hand, was an early supplier of arms, and they were not very vigilant and vigilant in this regard, and they should be able to get some weapons that fit themselves.

As for the other powers, they are mainly based on technology and various machinery, so that the goal of equalizing interests has been achieved, and with huge interests, I think that the great powers will safeguard the interests of the Yang family.

Yang Meng had a general goal in his heart, but how to choose, it also depends on the strength of the great powers in the Qing Dynasty, the strong barter, and the weak loot gold and silver.

And this information is exactly what Yang Meng doesn't know very well, but he has a foreign devil think tank, and in seven or eight days, he should have some gains from coming to Wei Wu's side! Otherwise, you can only act according to your instincts.

The raw materials have been prepared by themselves, and they don't need to always be on the side for the next work, so they can assign the work down, and let the knife hands of Xishan monitor it well, and they should be able to spare two or three days to return to Yiliang.

But there are still some things that have to be done in advance, although there is a lot of opium obtained from Zhou's cattle, but it takes years to make cloud smoke, and the inventory of about 5,000 quintals is a bit thin.

And this production of Yunyan is too bundled, I should also find a few people to be helpers, as for the candidates, they will come out of those singles in the epidemic prevention camp, and find some people who are not easy to control, just to be their own stand-ins.

Before returning to Yiliang, Yang Meng found his eldest brother's former subordinate Yang Fuliang, who was keen on robbing homes and houses, and was also an old man of the Yang family, and there was no problem in loyalty, so he just asked him to bring a group of knife hands to fight drugs around Yunnan.

"Fuliang, the third master has a deal and wants you to do it, but ......"

Looking at Yang Fuliang kneeling in the bamboo building, the third master of the Yang family tried to play the agitation method.

"Third master! Fuliang was elected by the old man, for five or six years, he has been following the uncle to do things, the Yang family has too much favor to Fuliang, just want Fuliang to die, let's have nothing to say! ”

Hearing that the third master hesitated, Yang Fuliang was in a hurry, the old man of the Yang family is a good man, the boss is a businessman, only the third master has the most appetite for himself, but since he followed the third master, except for a deal with the Huang family, he has been idle, this bone is going to give birth to maggots, and if he doesn't do something, he is afraid that he will be wasted.

"Go out to rob the opium caravan, can you do this well?"

"Hey! What kind of business is it that makes the third master so difficult? Fuliang should do this thing, and ensure that it is done properly for the third master, so that the third master can see Fuliang's ability. ”

"Good! Don't miss the Yang family's heels, I'll leave this matter to you, how to do it You have your own ideas, and if you do a good job, the third master will use you a few more times in the future......"

"If you can't do it, Fuliang will never come back alive!"

"Good! The third master will believe you once, follow me to Yiliang, you can choose the hands yourself, remember! They are all brothers in life and death, how to bring it out and how to bring it back, even if a brother loses his life, he can't let him expose the corpse in the wilderness, our Yang family is not a wolf's den, and we must be benevolent and righteous in doing things! ”

Yang Fuliang, Yang Meng has tried many times, although he doesn't take the right path, but he doesn't say anything to the Yang family, like a watchdog. searched and killed the Huang family, broke seven knife hands, they did not die in the hands of outsiders, they all died in the hands of Yang Fuliang, these people were wrong in not being entrained, and Yang Fuliang was wrong in concealing this matter, Yang Meng also opened his eyes and closed his eyes and skipped over.

returned to Yiliang Manor, and asked Yang Fuliang to choose people, equipped with short guns and foreign knives, this grinning man with a hundred and ten swordsmen quietly went on the road.

Yang Meng originally wanted to take Lian'er's girl to Minghu Academy to play, but this girl has recently become obsessed with playing with knives, staying in the backyard horse farm all day long, watching her play energetically, Yang Meng will not be the villain.

When he came to Minghu Academy, Wei Wu, the old traitor, did a good job, letting Qin Ziqi and Sun Boqing sit in the academy, and he took a few interpreters to the Minghu Translation Library.

Qin Ziqi this**, recently in love. Traitor. Feeling. Hot, most of his anger has dissipated, and his spirit is already available. And Sun Boqing wrinkled his head into a sack, doing learning is really not a human thing, and he complained to the third master, but he was kicked back.

After walking around the academy and listening to a few classes, Yang Meng recognized Wei Wu's actions, and things were not much different from what he planned, which Wei Wu was attentive to.

When I arrived at the Minghu Translation Library in the mountains, I saw a group of scholars sitting in the open field, learning English from the missionaries! And Wei Wu, the old traitor, also sat in the pile of people seriously, holding a charcoal pen and learning together!

The missionary who was lecturing in blunt Chinese, seeing Yang Meng coming, actually learned the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty, gave Yang Meng a slap, and called 'Lord Lord'.

"Ha Lu Ha! Not bad! In the future, the third master is willing to see this! Mr. Wei, come with me. ”

After praising the missionary, Yang Meng took Wei Wu away.

"Old Wei, can you find the right person?"

"Hmmm! A Belgian missionary had a good temperament, was honest and erudite, and was willing to be the master of the third master. As for the things you ordered, I also made a list, and this Belgian master also crossed out some impractical ones, and I will read it to the third master later, and you can make a choice.

It's just that he has a request, he wants to take his family to Yunnan, and I didn't dare to agree to this easily. The West Ocean is far away from the Qing Dynasty, and it is not our territory that has crossed the ocean, so I am afraid that the third master will make it difficult. ”

"What's so hard about that? Let him write the address, no matter how many people he has, the third master has to handle this matter, what is the name of this Belgian missionary, I will tell him. ”

Wei Wu's words made Yang Meng overjoyed, this is a great thing! Such a foreigner with a family concept, Baba handed the pigtail to himself, and he was a fool if he didn't agree.

"I named him Ge Shiyang, and I have something in common with his foreign name, Golis."

"Ghost Servant Yang, Lao Wei, aren't you scolding? In the future, if he knows Chinese, won't he be in a hurry with you? No, give him a new name! ”

Wei Wu, an old killer, does not forget to harm people when he gives people a name, and the viciousness of the reader, this thing is a perfect trick.

"I explained it to him, and he's very happy with it! said that it was to influence the wilderness, I really don't know what to say! He should also be damaged. Five thousand years of glorious China, in the eyes of this foreign ghost, it is barbaric, it is tolerable but unbearable! ”

Wei Wu also made Na Ge Shiyang angry, otherwise he would not use his name to damage this Belgian missionary who was bent on taking refuge.

"You old traitor has a black heart, so be it! Isn't Liu Yitie some disciples in the academy? Let them dye this Ge Shiyang's beard and hair black, and I will take him to Kunming. ”

Under Wei Wu's arrangement, Yang Meng met Ge Shiyang, who was none other than the missionary who had just given him a gift.

returned to Kunming with Wei Wulie's list and Ge Shiyang, who had dyed his hair and beard, and after he came back, Yang Meng didn't do anything else, so he was busy arranging a residence for Ge Shiyang.

"Third aunt, thank you, don't bother, let's start class!"

Hearing that the third master was called the third aunt, Yang Meng hurriedly came out of the black line in his head, how can this tongue be neat!

"Forget it! Master Ge, you still call me lord! Let's not be busy with classes, let's talk about your origins! Let's get to know each other too. ”

Corrected dozens of times, with no effect at all, this pronunciation of the third aunt is getting better and better, Yang Meng can only helplessly choose to retreat.

"Yes! Your Lord! ”

With the cooperation of this Ge Shiyangge's big tongue and interpreter, Yang Meng was able to understand Lao Ge's life experience, this Belgian missionary was not simple, he joined the Brussels Revolution in his twenties, fought for the independence of Belgium for ten years, and was sent to the Qing Dynasty as a missionary at the age of forty-five.

A missionary who became a revolutionary party is obviously not what God wants to see, and this old comrade Ge has been ostracized from the church in his own country, and coming to the East to preach is one of the means to exclude him.

And this Lao Ge's family is not doing well in their own country, their family has made a death force for the independence of the country, and an elder brother was born in the military, but he became crippled on the battlefield, and the whole family almost couldn't eat.

He himself is not good, because he was excluded, the wife and children at home also ate the last meal but did not have the next meal, and he was supported to the Qing Dynasty, and his own family did not know whether he died or not, which was also his biggest helplessness.

This Master Ge's knowledge is also what Yang Meng needs the most, he is proficient in coal mining, he has designed roadways by himself, and other physics, chemistry, machinery, and munitions knowledge are involved, this is definitely a treasure!

"Master Ge, how about we make a deal?"

"Deal?"

"That's right! It's a deal, I'll take your family, including your brother's family, I'll give you the best life, and you'll do your best to assist me, and as for the missionaries, don't do it, it's impossible for you to preach! ”

After the translator finished speaking, Ge Shiyang was silent for a while, got up and took off his priest's robe directly, wearing only a white shirt, and knelt on one knee in front of Yang Meng.

"Ge Shiyang is willing to serve the lord!"

"Get up! Write down the address of your family, and I will arrange for the businessman to do this, as for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on the will of God, and my ability can only do these at most. ”

Ge Shiyang also knew that things were not easy to do, so he nodded reluctantly, and agreed.

"That's it! Master Ge, I do business with various countries, mainly for the development of Yunnan, this manifest, you have to give me a detailed reference, and also talk about the general situation of the great powers. ”

Ge Shiyang also didn't have a good impression of England, Fa Baxi, and Rakshasa Lao Maozi, and told the general situation of the powers in detail, because he had participated in the revolution, Ge Shiyang was extremely familiar with the situation of the major powers, and listening to these also made Yang Meng feel a sense of surprise.

The previous strategy was good, but in terms of ordnance, Ge Shiyang put forward his own opinion.

The most advanced giant artillery technology will not be easily transferred by all countries, but small artillery is different, if the great powers are allowed to process some small and micro artillery, the most advanced artillery technology is not untouchable.

And in the Yang family's manor, those small tiger squat cannons have become Yang Meng's target.

Technical equipment for making shells and gunpowder, mining equipment, crucible steelmaking technology and some necessary equipment, hydraulic machine tools, mother beds, steam machine tools, rails, trains, and steamers are all listed in Yang Meng's order.

These things, which country is the most advanced and which country is easy to buy, are also marked one by one.

The overall cutting of artillery, as many as there are, the tiger squat cannon made with the most advanced technology, how much can be done, the military patents published or eliminated by various countries, as well as some necessary patents, are listed in the first place.

In order to convey his news most accurately, in addition to a letter of more than 50 pages, Yang Meng also spent three days with Ge Shiyang, supervising a Xiucai to memorize these things, as well as many annotations.

In addition to Yang Meng's shipping strategy, it is the address of Ge Shiyang's family, and the goods at this address are the most important goods on this order.