The hundreds of workshops in the city are one of Wang Jinlong's proudest achievements.

Most of the urban population in this era was engaged in the service industry, and there were even many cities with farmland, and the people living in the cities were also farmers. Even if there are a few blacksmiths and carpentry workshops, they account for a very small proportion of the population. The city established by Wang Jinlong was the first city dominated by industry.

But it's a pity that no one can understand Wang Jinlong's pride. When he introduced these to Bao Xiqiao, Yang Kang and others, they all felt inexplicable, what was the use of having so many workshops? Will you run out of what you've built?

For people who don't understand at all, Wang Jinlong doesn't know where to start if he wants to explain, so he has to take them to see something that is easy to understand.

The most spectacular scene of the new city is the digital head area. This is originally a natural harbor, and after the development, the large ships that enter and leave every day can be discharged more than ten miles away. Just looking at these ships is shocking enough.

If someone who is well versed in government affairs sees this, he will definitely be shocked by the prosperity of the city. But in the eyes of Bao Xiqiao and others, it was just a little spectacular, and they didn't expect what the busy port meant.

Since showing off these aspects is playing the piano to the cow, Wang Jinlong had no choice but to stop playing and take them to see their simplest things, such as the army.

The army established by Wang Jinlong is also very different from the army of this era, but no matter how big the difference is, it is still a cold weapon army, and he can't equip hot weapons in advance, so others can still understand it. Just as soon as he entered the barracks, he clearly felt the murderous aura that soared into the sky, making people's hairs stand on end.

First came to the training ground of the infantry, although Wang Jinlong was not there, they were still training in full swing. With 500 people as a unit, there was a neat phalanx, forward, backward, turning, and charging, all in unison, as if one person. This hand alone stunned everyone. The point is that this is not something that can only be done by the most elite army, but all phalanxes are like this, and they seem to know that the combat effectiveness is amazing.

Then I went to the cavalry training ground and found that the advantages of a neat queue also continued here. The horses were also well-trained, and they knew how to stay in formation when they charged. Such a cavalry charge gives people a feeling of overwhelmingness, and anyone who stands in front of them is afraid that they will be paralyzed with fright.

After turning around for a while, Yang Kang suddenly asked, "Dad, how many soldiers and horses do you have under your command?" ”

Wang Jinlong said: "There are 25,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and 2,000 sailors, a total of exactly 30,000 people." ”

Yang Kang asked again: "Then how many households are there on your territory?" ”

Wang Jinlong said: "So far, there are about 400,000 households. ”

Yang Kang exclaimed: "400,000 households? How can it be? There are not so many people living on such a small area! ”

Wang Jinlong smiled and said, "How do you know that my territory is small? The islands I occupy overseas add up to at least half the size of the territory of the small court of Lin'an. ”

It's not that he's bragging, it's true. Wanwan Island and the Philippine Islands alone are very intimidating, not to mention the countless other islands. Over the years, Wang Jinlong has occupied almost all the islands north of the South China Sea, and the next step is to occupy the Strait of Malacca.

Yang Kang was dumbfounded when he heard this, he thought that Wang Jinlong was at most a small warlord, occupying three or two cities, and claiming hegemony behind closed doors. Unexpectedly, Wang Jinlong would make such a big force, leaving Yang Kang speechless for a long time.

Mu Nianci pursed his lips next to him and smiled: "Do you think that our father only has such a little territory, the population must be very small, and he has raised an army of 30,000 people, it is a reckless army, right?" You're too unconfident in our father, are you stupid now? ”

Yang Kang smiled bitterly: "I admit it, I did underestimate our father." I used to think that he was just a martial artist, but I didn't expect that there would be such a talent. ”

Talent or something, Wang Jinlong really doesn't dare to be. He was able to do this, firstly, by relying on his strong martial arts, and secondly, by having insight far beyond this era. If you want to talk about real talent, he is also an ordinary person, and any modern person who comes here is probably not worse than him. Therefore, Yang Kang's praise was well deserved, and he didn't dare to really think that he was a great talent.

After a day in the city, Wang Jinlong took them out to sea by boat the next day, and went to see the nearest islands. The first island was set up as a salt drying field by Wang Jinlong, and the beaches of the entire island were all large salt pans, and the salt produced every day required several large ships to be transported. Even people who don't know how to do business can see that what is salt, it is clearly white silver, and it is not enough to describe it with daily gold.

The second island is nothing special from a distance, but when you get to the island, you can smell the rich aroma of wine. After entering the hinterland of the island, you will see that dozens of wineries have been established here, and a steady stream of fine wine is brewed as clear as water. Yang Kang tasted it curiously, and immediately coughed, this wine was too strong.

On the third island, you can see the smoke billowing from a distance, and when you go to the island, you find that the smell is also terrible. After seeing what was produced, everyone was even more confused, what is the use of this off-white powder? When they saw the pavement made of this powder, their jaws dropped.

There is also a fourth island, which is also full of smoke, but the things that are burned out are much more beautiful, and they are extremely valuable glass. Wang Jinlong originally wanted to burn glass, but unfortunately he didn't know the process of burning glass, so he asked the craftsman to study it, and it took a lot of effort to only burn light green or light brown glass. Although it is far from being colorless and transparent, it is much stronger than glass, and the price is of course much higher than that of ordinary glass.

After seeing the industries on these four islands, Yang Kang was silent a lot. He found out that Wang Jinlong was not only a very powerful warlord, but also a super rich man, and his wealth was not enough to describe him. With these four industries, even if you spend money to buy them, I am afraid that you can buy them all over the world. It's just that his City Lord's Mansion is so shabby, making Yang Kang think that his life is very poor.

Except for Yang Kang, everyone else didn't feel anything, because they were not greedy for money, and they didn't care about Wang Jinlong no matter how much money he made, so he naturally looked normal. Because of this, Yang Kang's abnormality was very conspicuous, which made Wang Jinlong notice.

Yang Kang is the smartest of these children, and he also has the most thoughts and desires. In the original plot, he was able to turn his back on his ancestors in order to inherit Yan Honglie's throne, but now even if there is a change, I am afraid that it will not change much, and he is still greedy for power and wealth. If you want to completely subdue his heart, the best way is to let him see that Yang Tiexin's own father is more powerful than Wanyan Honglie's fake father, and he naturally knows that it is time to lean over there.

After playing with them for three days, Wang Jinlong returned to the City Lord's Mansion and continued to be his warlord. Although he has already delegated power, after all, he is still the head of an army, even if he doesn't do anything, as long as he sits there, he can stabilize the morale of the army.

The reason why he dared to delegate power was not because he had a lot of talents, but because he was very tired of his busy life. Besides, his subordinates are not strong in the first place, and no matter how much he worries about everything, he will have no chance to exercise. So as long as it's not a big deal, he doesn't care at all, at most he will make up for it after something goes wrong.

After a few more days, Guo Jing suddenly came to say goodbye. It turned out that he came with him this time, not only to visit Wang Jinlong, but also to go to the prairie. His Antarore and he had not been seen for many years, and the letter invited him to go back and see. At the same time, the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan also want to revisit their old places and are willing to accompany him.

Wang Jinlong was having a headache about complicated affairs, and after hearing about it, he didn't think much about it, so he let him go. Since he has the Jiangnan Seven Monsters with him, there will be no problems. As long as Li Ping doesn't go, they can escape even if something goes wrong.

After Guo Jing and the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan left, Bao Xiqiao suddenly proposed to go out for a walk. Her goal is Peach Blossom Island, and she misses her goddaughter Huang Rong.

In the past four years, Bao Xiqiao has actually been to Peach Blossom Island several times, after all, Lin'an and Hangzhou Bay are still very close, and it is only a few days to go back and forth. But Wang Jinlong didn't follow, Bao Xiweak, a married woman, always went to Huang Yaoshi's old widower's house, it was too unusual, even if she took Yang Kang and Mu Nianci with her every time, so she only went once a year at most.

Seeing that another year had passed, and it was time to make an appointment with Huang Rong again, Bao Xiweak wanted to take Wang Jinlong with him. In the past, Wang Jinlong didn't go, she could only come and go in a hurry, if Wang Jinlong followed, she would be able to stay for a few more days.

Wang Jinlong had just reunited with Bao Xiweak, and it was when the love affair was hot, of course he didn't want to separate again immediately, so he immediately agreed to accompany his wife. After a brief explanation of the affairs, the family went to sea together.

It's not the first time that he has thrown affairs to his subordinates and gone to sea by boat. Wang Jinlong's overseas territory is too large, and the southernmost place takes half a month by boat. He went on an inspection tour and couldn't come back for three or two months, so his men were used to his occasional absence.

As for taking advantage of his absence to make trouble, it's not like no one has done it before. There was once a guy who sold the entire city to the Kingdom of Jin. As a result, when Wang Jinlong came back, he didn't care about the army of the Jin State, and directly killed the Central Capital, assassinated more than a dozen high-ranking officials one after another, and the Jin State who was directly killed gave in and took the initiative to withdraw the army. And that traitor didn't use Wang Jinlong to make a move, and Jin Guo beheaded him all over the house. Since then, no one has dared to betray again.

It is precisely because of this confidence that Wang Jinlong, the head of the rebel army, can live freely under the nose of the Jin country, and go wherever he wants. It can be said that the two sides have reached a tacit understanding, Wang Jinlong will not expand his territory on land, and the Jin Kingdom will not come to exterminate him, and everyone will live in peace.