"I gave the general three sets, including bulletproof military boots, one for self-protection, and one for giving away. I believe that those commanders and generals in the army will not refuse. Tang Wendao.

"Lord Tang, you have written down this love Jiang Mou." Jiang Xuan said solemnly.

"It's worth a lot of money, isn't it?" Tie Wenjing asked.

"These are the equipment of the elites in the Western army, and they can't be bought outside. I also got a batch through some means, and of course the good things are expensive. Tang Wendao.

"How much?" Jiang Xuan asked curiously.

Tang Wen stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty thousand taels? If it is in terms of life-saving, it is not expensive. An elite set of armor in our army also costs several thousand taels. Jiang Xuan said.

"It's expensive or not, but, alas, it's a pity ......" Tie Wenjing said with a greedy face.

"Lord Tie is my senior brother, I'll give you a set." Tang Wendao.

"How can this be made, it's too precious." Tie Wenjing said that, but his eyes were staring at the equipment.

"Yes, yes." Tang Wendao.

"Lord Jiang, the lord has made such a great contribution to the court, we can't let him suffer, can we?" Tiewen Mirror Road.

"That's natural, the bulletproof vests donated by the lord are all for the country, and I will fold them into war merits and deliver them to the lord. A set of more than 200 military exploits, can the lord be satisfied? Jiang Xuan asked.

"I don't have an opinion on what Master Jiang counts." Tang Wendao, as a result, nearly a thousand combat exploits were in hand again.

"Sir, I heard from Lord Tie that your Koh Samui is often attacked by pirates, and you have encountered it three times.

In this way, you are the deputy envoy of the regimental training of the Jiangzhou Mansion, and I will apply for a few cannons from the Imperial Court Foundry Mansion for you.

When the pirate ships want to attack the island, you can just bombard it. After a few bottles of wine, Jiang Xuan said.

"That's a good dare, I'm worried about this." Tang Wen said.

"Of course, you have to pay for it yourself." Jiang preached.

"It should be, it would be better if I could get a few more." Tang Wendao.

"Ten doors." Jiang preached.

A few days later, the Wolong Lake Dam was finally completed after more than eight months.

Tang Wen personally checked it several times, and after confirming that it was correct, he issued an order to store water.

Below, when the tumultuous flowing water flew straight down from Chaotian Peak and went straight to Wolong Lake, thousands of servants of the Tang family all exclaimed in surprise and screamed.

They hugged each other and burst into tears, because this was the result of their joint efforts, full of a sense of accomplishment.

Of course, it is estimated that it will take about a month for such a large lake to fill the entire Wolong Lake.

In the evening, hundreds of tables of banquets were set up in the camp, and Tang Wen made everyone drink happily and eat a refreshing meal.

At the same time, after the great low tide once in a decade, the sea and land shelves were finally exposed, and the continental shelf connecting Koh Samui to the mainland was fully exposed.

Zhan Dongwen immediately sent someone down to measure it, and found that the water depth under the stone bridge was about ten meters.

What surprised Tang Wen even more was that the continental shelf of Baihu Island, which was three or four miles away from Koh Samui, was also exposed.

"Yiwu, Dongwen, our plans have changed." Tang Wendao.

"Change, isn't it about building bridges right away? If you don't build it now, you'll have to wait a few years to start construction. Zhan Dongwen was stunned and asked sincerely.

"It's not that we don't want to build, we not only want to build a bridge connecting Koh Samui to the mainland, but also start construction of a bridge connecting Koh Samui to Baihu Island.

In this way, the two islands can be fully connected by two bridges.

In the future, it will be much more convenient to get to Baihu Island. Tang Wen shook his head and said.

"White Tiger Island is overgrown with terrible man-eating trees and man-eating flowers, and birds don't dare to on this island, so what's the use of spending so much money to build a bridge to the island? What a waste. Zhan Dongwen said.

"Yes, according to your plan, master, this bridge is about twenty meters wide, and it is three or four miles to Baihu Island, and a bridge cannot be taken down without a few million taels of silver.

Coupled with Koh Samui, the two bridges add up, and that is five or six million taels of silver.

Master, although you have made a lot of money selling wine and mirrors, the sales of plum blossoms are too big.

The main thing is that it is a waste to build a useless bridge. Luo Yiwu also said.

"Yiwu, Dongwen, you two have to take a long-term view.

Who said White Tiger Island was useless? What is a man-eating tree man-eating flower? We can get rid of them in a month with a powerful grass shoveler.

At that time, we will still have to open up the wasteland for farming, and it will be a pity not to reclaim it.

Although it costs a lot to build the bridge for a while, in the long run, we will make a lot of money.

There is no need to discuss this matter, so it was decided.

Dongwen, you immediately arrange for manual measurement, and officially start construction in a few days, and the personnel are divided into two batches.

Our main task in the next stage is to build the two bridges. Tang Wendao.

"We've built the road to this side, and although it's not wide, it can be used. However, there is still a way to the White Tiger Island, which is a lot of money. Zhan Dong Wendao.

"In the future, we will build it, and when the time is ripe, we will also build a ring road.

It is surrounded by the whole of Koh Samui, and the houses will be built on both sides of the ring road in the future.

Therefore, according to the map, it will be built first to connect Baihu Island and Wolong Lake.

Further, in the future, we will connect the White Tiger, Sumei and the mainland to create a huge home of our own. Tang Wendao.

"Master, isn't the Turtle Island on our right also exposed to the bottom of the sea.

This island is only three or four miles away from our Koh Samui, but unfortunately Turtle Island is not our own.

Otherwise, if we build it together, three bridges will connect the three islands, and then the scope of our Tang family will be added to the sea.

It is two or three hundred miles long from east to west and two hundred miles from north to south. Li Quan smiled stupidly.

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, you can't bear the two bridges, and you build a third one, and you tire the old man to death?" Zhan Dongwen said angrily.

"That's tens of millions of taels of silver, where can I take it? Dreaming is pretty much the same. Luo Yiwu also said.

However, Tang Wen was shocked in his heart and said, "That's right! Li Quan, your proposal is good. ”

"Yes yes, yes, where did the money come from? Even our richest man in Dachu, Shen Wansi, also has a headache, right? Li Liao couldn't look at it, and he was not angry.

Shen Wansi can take it out, it is said that his family's property and silver are as rich as the country, no less than hundreds of millions of taels. The monarch married all the princesses to the Shen family, which shows how powerful the Shen family is. Dongfang Ming said.

"Is Shen Wansi really that rich?" Tang Wen was stunned.

"Of course! A few hundred million is still small, estimated at no less than a billion taels. "Dongfang Mingdao.

"How much can we collect in a year?" Tang Wen asked.

"We have a vast land and abundant resources, with a population of more than one billion, and the annual tax is estimated to be no less than 5 billion taels in a good year. In the past two years, there have been famines, but there are also three or four billion taels. "Dongfang Mingdao.

It seems that Da Chu is really rich, and the tax of the Qing Dynasty is only one or two hundred million taels a year.

Of course, excluding the taxes collected by the provincial government, and Da Chu is dozens of times his own.

Of course, it has something to do with silver minerals.

"Actually, your idea of building a bridge is wrong." Tang Wendao.

"What's wrong? It doesn't cost money to build a bridge?

Although the laborers are all members of the Tang family, the master also has to take care of them eating, drinking, and bathing.

The elixir for practice, the weapons equipped, tell me, which point does not cost money?

Don't talk about anything else, just the monthly money every month has reached tens of thousands of taels, and that's all money.

Over the course of a year, the master's expenses were not a few million taels that he could not get. Ge Ziyun said unconvinced.

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