Under the leadership of Fan Wucheng, Jia Run'an spent two months before and after, and finally walked through the major states and counties of the Beiping Army, and had a relatively complete understanding of the industries, trading and shops in all aspects of the team. While thanking Fan Wucheng for his tireless work in accompanying him throughout the Beiping Army, he also sighed at the current industrial strength of the crossing team and the depth of its operations in the states and counties of the Beiping Army. In his own words, it is after these two months that his understanding of the crossing team has risen to a new level, and he feels very honored to be able to join such a team.

The two-month "Beiping Military Trade Parade" certainly made Jia Runan gain a lot, but Fan Wucheng, who accompanied him back and forth, also took advantage of this God-given opportunity to successfully complete a major event in his heart and fulfill his promise to his sweetheart.

A few days after the start of the "parade", just after visiting several large shops and industries in Luxian (Tongzhou) of the crossing team, Fan Wucheng set the next stop of the "parade" in Wuqing County, which was not the focus of the crossing team's operation, and then very "accidentally" contracted some wind chill in Wuqing County, so he had to temporarily stop the "parade" that had just begun, and stayed in Wuqing County for a few days, until the "sick body" healed before continuing on the road.

It was also during the few days of "recuperation" in Wuqing County that Fan Wucheng once again staged his best trick - under the guise of being unwell and unfit to meet guests, with the cooperation of a group of henchmen, he disguised himself and sneaked out of the Wuqing branch of the "Tianfu Building" where he lived many times, and went to Liuyin Lane in Nancheng to meet Liu Yunyan, who lived there. Moreover, Fan Wucheng also took advantage of these meetings to successfully persuade Liu Yunyan to obey his arrangement and move his shelter from Liuyin Lane in the south of Wuqing County, one hundred and fifty miles away from Beiping City, to the house that he had only recently bought on Huaishu Street in Beicheng, Lu County, which was only sixty miles away from Beiping City.

Although the closer it is to Beiping City, the more manpower, material resources, and energy the "Dark Feather" and the local government invest in preventing infiltration, and the more attention will be paid to the gentry and ordinary people living in the local area, especially the outsiders who have not moved into the local area for a long time, the greater the chance that Liu Yunyan, who is still on the "Dark Feather" Class A wanted list, will be discovered by others. However, considering that the focus of the crossing team's work is now on consolidating the scope of shili, developing the economy, and accumulating liliang, although Liu Yunyan's name is still on the Class A wanted list, whether it is the committee or the Ministry of Intelligence, Liu Yunyan, who slipped through the net a year ago and is still unheard of, and has not much real threat to the crossing team, has not paid as much attention as it did when he carried out the "Sticky Net Operation", unless he met an old person who knew and was familiar with Liu Yunyan on the streets of Lu County. Otherwise, even if Liu Yunyan showed up in Lu County, it would not attract the attention of others; Considering that Lu County is only sixty miles away from Beiping City, if you hurry up, there is no problem at all in running back and forth between Beiping City and Lu County in one day, which is not only conducive to meeting you and Liu Yunyan, but also conducive to the transmission of various news on both sides, and when there is any emergency on Liu Yunyan's side, you can rush over to deal with it in a very short time. Therefore, after some weighing, Fan Wucheng decided to take a little risk and let Liu Yunyan live closer to him.

After settling Liu Yunyan, Fan Wucheng's heart was a lot more steady. As the problems that worried him were solved and he no longer interfered with himself, Fan Wucheng did his best in the subsequent "parade" process and completed the tasks assigned by the committee. And as Fan Wucheng, Jia Run'an and his entourage returned to Beiping City after a two-month "tour", it was time to give Jia Runan a formal appointment and a position where he could display his talents. …,

So, on the 22nd day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar of the sixth year of Xiande, that is, the third day after Fan Wucheng and Jia Run'an returned to Beiping City after their "cruise", the crossing team committee officially announced that Jia Run'an's internal position was the head of the overseas trade section of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, responsible for the overseas trade of the crossing team.

The reason why the committee let Jia Runan be in charge of overseas trade instead of assisting Fan Wucheng in operating domestic trade is that, on the one hand, considering that after several years of development, the crossing team has already formed a relatively complete system and structure in domestic trade, and the affairs that need to be handled by members of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade are very limited. On the other hand, the people from the modern era are well aware of the tremendous benefits that overseas trade can bring to the team, and how important it is for a country and an organization to control the seas. In the committee's view, arranging Jia Run'an to be in charge of developing overseas trade would have a much greater role to play in assisting Fan Wucheng in handling domestic trade. Therefore, after careful consideration, the committee decided to set up a new overseas trade section in the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, with Jia Runan as the head of the department, to expand the commercial space of the crossing team.

Since it is to develop overseas trade, the necessary conditions of commodities, trading partners, and means of transportation are naturally indispensable.

It stands to reason that the goods should be the least worrying or bothering to prepare for the crossing team, after all, the crossing team has been doing business with others for several years, and there are really a lot of commodities that can be used for trading. But in reality, it's not that simple at all. On the one hand, due to the original agreement with the Cui family in Shandong and the Qi family in Jiangning, unless the crossing team wants to break the contract or persuade the other party to re-sign a new contract that does not include overseas monopoly rights, the most classic product of the crossing team, glassware, cannot be used for overseas trade. In doing so, it significantly limits the ability of the crossing team to make huge profits, at least certainly for the last year or two. On the other hand, the Beiping Army was located in the north, and the most common foreign trade products for the Chinese, such as silk and tea, were not produced here, and if they wanted to trade overseas, they had to purchase from the south, which increased a lot of costs. In addition, the Beiping Army does not produce any famous porcelain here, and the crossing team does not have any geographical advantage even if they want to engage in porcelain trading. It can be said that what kind of goods to choose for overseas trade is the first problem to be solved urgently for Jia Run'an, who has just taken office.

In addition to commodities, the issue of trading partners also requires Jia Runan to make a choice. Goryeo in the north, the Wa Kingdom in the east, Southeast Asian countries in the south, and Europe in the west are all targets for Jia Run'an to choose from. As a general rule, the farther apart the two places, the greater the margin for the merchant to transport goods for sale, especially those that are popular at the destination but have little or no output at the destination. But the same rule also shows that if the two places are farther apart, the more difficult it will be to transport goods. As the distance increases, the possibility of encountering various accidents during the caravan transportation will gradually increase. This is also the weishenme China's trade with European countries far away in the land of Taixi, although it has gained a lot, but there are not many merchants who are really willing to travel back and forth on this tens of thousands of miles of waterway - ocean trade is very profitable, but it also has to be fateful. In addition, there is already a partner in the direction of Goryeo and the Japanese Kingdom, and the name of the Jiangning Qi family in Southeast Asia is also very loud, which makes Jia Runan have to be cautious when choosing overseas trade routes. …,

As for the means of transportation, Jia Runan is even more at a loss. Although after clearing the pirates who attacked the Tanggu salt works, the crossing team obtained a number of ships, including three large sea ships that could be used for ocean voyages. But on the one hand, whether it was the pirates at the beginning or the crossing team that planned to rely on these large ships to build the first batch of armed Liliang that could fight at sea, they all built and transformed these sea ships according to the standards and uses of warships, which were not suitable for cargo transportation. In order to use these ships for overseas trade, it was necessary to completely refurbish the seagoing ships. As a result, at least a few months can be spent on ship modifications, which seriously affects the time it takes to conduct overseas trade. On the other hand, as the only sea liliang owned by the crossing team, these sea ships can almost be called the backbone of the sea combat liliang of the crossing team, and the training of the "Flying Dragon Army" navy and marine corps depends on these ships. If they are transferred for overseas trade, the training of the "Flying Dragons" Navy and Marine Forces will inevitably be greatly affected, and this is absolutely impossible for the Military Department, which is bent on strengthening the military strength of the crossing team, which is absolutely impossible to accept - because the training of the Navy and the Marine Corps is not sufficient, so that they cannot participate in the Battle of the Clouds, which has made the officers and men of the Navy and the Marine Corps deeply regret, and if they take away the sea ships on which they rely for training, it will almost be equivalent to declaring the "death sentence" of these two new teams. How could they possibly accept it?

Commodities, trading partners, means of transportation, Jia Run'an had to face a series of problems as soon as he took office, which made Jia Run'an, who had just joined the crossing team and wanted to make some achievements to report to the committee and the acceptance and trust of the brothers, felt great responsibility and pressure.