Yang Xin continued: "Since no one objected, the matter was settled, where is Zhao Yuan?" ”

Zhao Yuan hurriedly stood up and walked out of the ranks.

Yang Xin said: "How is the purchase of sea vessels? ”

Zhao Yuan hurriedly said: "Two three-masted ships have been purchased, ten zhang long and three zhang wide, each of which can accommodate 2,000 soldiers, and it has been handed over to General Jiao for training." ”

Yang Xin was depressed and asked, "Why is the speed so slow?" It's been so long to buy two? ”

Zhao Yuan was so frightened that he knelt down, his head was full of cold sweat, and said: "King Huixing, the construction speed of this large sea ship is extremely slow, there is only one village that can be built in Denglai, and it takes more than half a year for more than 1,000 people in the village to build one, these two ships, one of which is just built by the village for a Jiangnan maritime merchant, was forcibly requisitioned by Weichen, and the other is a second-hand ship that has just been purchased from the fleet of Jiangnan maritime merchants through the relationship of Lord Okoliou, the prefect of Laizhou. ”

Yang Xin frowned, Quandenglai is a shipyard, it is estimated that the shipyards are concentrated in Jiangnan, these local tyrants who are maritime merchants must have a relationship to be able to buy, but they obviously do not support passive sabotage, and the positive ones are these local tyrants who do not do maritime business, these people have no way, and they have already done it if they have a way.

This thing is a bit difficult to do, without the support of the local tyrants, it is really difficult to move an inch, he is not short of silver now, the silver of Daxing Qianzhuang is lying down and is going to be moldy, it is impossible to do such a small business, and it is too small for two sea ships to go out to trade.

But all this, he is helpless, Zhao Yuan obviously did what he should have done, and if he did it himself, maybe he wouldn't be able to do it so well.

So he said: "Get up, don't be nervous, you have done a good job, you go to the village you just mentioned, bring all their people over to take care of the servants, double the salary, build a port near Weihaiwei, a shipyard, recruit more people, pay a little higher, the sooner you complete it, the better, and make every effort to build sea ships for Daxing!" ”

Zhao Yuan hurriedly got up and promised.

Yang Xin thought for a while, and added: "Send people to the south, dig the craftsmen of the shipyard at a high price, and use three times their salary to dig people, as many as you want!" ”

Zhao Yuan was overjoyed to promise, and Yang Xin did this, and the status of his Maritime Safety Bureau in Daxing was greatly improved, and a port and shipyard could be managed.

Yang Xin is very anxious, now to snatch back the princess as quickly as possible, it is necessary to exert enough pressure on Daming, at present, Chongzhen has gathered as many as 250,000 troops in Huai'an, and the food will be an astronomical amount, his biggest reliance now is Zheng Chenggong's financial support, as long as he cuts off Zheng Chenggong's financial route at sea, then Chongzhen can only come over and beg himself, thinking of this, he already has a detailed plan.

For a period of time in the future, his main focus will be on the sea, and before that, he still has to stabilize the situation on the border, and not let the Qing and Ming Dynasty take advantage of it.

……

When Shi Kefa and Daniel Zhang came to the camp outside Laizhou City, they saw the pennant fluttering from a distance, the momentum was solemn, the barracks were neatly arranged, and the morale was high.

Daniel Zhang walked straight to the front of a phalanx of thousands of people, a thousand households were leading soldiers to drill the formation, Daniel Zhang waved his hand, only to hear all the soldiers shouting at the same time: "Revive the Han family, dominate the world, kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

The voice soared into the sky, deafening, Shi Kefa was taken aback coldly, and almost jumped up, he had never seen a strong army, he couldn't help frowning, and thought to himself, although there are not many small soldiers in this Daxing, but they are all elite soldiers and strong generals, if the 30,000 army has such military might, then at least it can block the 100,000 male soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

And in terms of the soldier's equipment, it can be said that it is rich to describe it, the military uniform is not only unified, but also new clothes at a glance, the armor is bright, and the weapons are all high-quality.

Daniel Zhang secretly sneered, he just did it on purpose, just to scare Shi Kefa, he didn't have a good impression of Daming, when Chongzhen was in the capital before, his whole family couldn't eat, his parents were starved to death, and there was only one sister left to depend on each other, and then followed Yang Xin, his master was bullied by Chongzhen, and there was a bad anger towards Daming in his heart.

Daniel Zhang smiled and said, "Lord Shangshu, what do you think of our Daxing Army?" Are you qualified to fight with the Ming Dynasty? ”

Shi Kefa suddenly changed color, he didn't expect that the high-level of the Daxing army was already thinking about starting a war with Daming, so he said coldly: "Daxing is a strong army, but after all, it is my Han family's son, now that the foreign enemy is current, the general still thinks more about how to resist Jiannu, don't do the kind of thing that the relatives and enemies are happy." ”

Daniel Zhang sneered: "My Daniel Zhang's life is King Xing's, where King Xing wants me to fight, I will fight, even if King Xing asks me to kill into Nanjing City, Lao Tzu will not frown, I don't care about any foreign tribe, when my whole family starved in the capital, when my parents starved to death, no one from the inner tribe helped me." ”

Shi Kefa vomited blood angrily, and scolded in his heart, you reckless man without a country and a king! However, he was not stupid enough to go home, and he knew that Xiucai couldn't explain the reason when he met Bing, so there was no need to have a senseless dispute with him, so he said: "Okay, the old man has seen it almost, let's go back to King Xing to restore his life!" ”

Shi Kefa's face was blue and he returned to the court with Daniel Zhang, at this time Yang Xin was still discussing the details of sea trade with the ministers, but the most active at this time were those local tycoons who did not participate in sea trade, they had long wanted to get a piece of the pie, and the bare-ass people did not know how scary the profits were, nor did they understand, they only knew blind optimism.

"The old man agrees to the conditions of King Xing and trades with Daxing!"

Shi Kefa no longer insisted, he felt that King Xing's request was not too much, it can be said that it is very low, if it can be changed to Daxing neutrality, Daming will definitely make money without losing money, at least he can reach a preliminary cooperation, and then take his time in the future.

Yang Xin was overjoyed and said: "Very good, since Lord Shangshu agrees, then we will conclude a formal contract, and the Ming Emperor will stamp the seal, and the two sides will officially trade." ”

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment and said, "You don't have to be so formal for such a small request, right?" As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Lao Yu also became the master with his words. ”

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, an ordinary scholar can be tax-free as long as he has a meritorious name, which is not a big deal at all, Shi Kefa feels that the emperor can't be embarrassed for himself.

Yang Xin insisted, saying: "This matter is a trivial matter in the eyes of Lord Shangshu, but I am very prosperous to establish a country with commerce, and trade can be regarded as a major task of the country, this king not only wants to make a formal contract with the Ming Dynasty, but also sends an envoy to Huai'an with Lord Shangshu to meet the Ming Emperor and get the contract." ”

Shi Kefa was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said: "Okay, since King Xing insists, and the old man will not stop him, I don't know who King Xing is going to send to accompany the old man?" ”

Yang Xin turned his head to look at the court hall and said, "Sun Liang, Kong Dali is out of the ranks!" ”

Sun Liang has been promoted to the prefect of Laizhou as a senator because of his meritorious service in breaking the city last time, while Kong Dali has been working as a helper under Bai Youcai and doing some sundries.

The two stood up at the same time, but their expressions were very different, Sun Liang was reused, his eyes were full of joy, and he looked eager to try, Kong Dali was afraid to die, he was timid, he traveled thousands of miles to envoy Daming, and his heart was nervous.

Yang Xin said with a smile: "Order Sun Liang as the ambassador, Kong Dali as the deputy envoy, lead five hundred elite soldiers to escort Lord Shangshu to Huai'an to meet the great tomorrow, after getting the contract, don't rush back for the time being, just send someone to send the contract back, you go to Nanjing to establish a business name, and prepare for trade between the two sides." ”

The two hurriedly knelt down and agreed.