The sky is clear and the blue waves are sparkling, this is a rare good weather at this time, but on this calm sea, there is a small fleet of boats moving forward. The fleet is composed of three medium-sized boats, one in front and two behind, in the shape of a pint, cleaving the waves. Occasionally, a few seagulls, flying from nowhere, perched at the top of the ship's mast, startled by the people walking on deck, fluttered their white wings, and flew away along the surface of the sea, not knowing where they had gone.

On the mast of the first ship, there is a huge sailor dragon flag, which is a "Yu" word, if some sailors who run away from the old ship can be distinguished at a glance, this is the ship of the Daming Dengzhou Sailor, but unfortunately, the glory of the Dengzhou Sailor is only a thing in the memory of these people at sea, on this sea, the flag of the sailor is obviously far less awe-inspiring than the flag with the word "Zheng".

Under that banner, there were a few people standing, the first one, with a Sven look on his face, but he was dressed in soft armor, dressed as a martial artist, and his eyebrows were not happy or worried. Quite a bit of Confucian demeanor, but his gaze did not stay on those seagulls and small fish that jumped out of the water from time to time, but looked carefully ahead, and in front of him, at the end of the sky and water, a black horizon was faintly visible.

This person is the Daming Dengzhou guard guerrilla Yu Feng, he guarded Dengzhou, and naturally accepted the only few remaining ships of the Dengzhou Navy Division that existed in name only, but this Dengzhou Navy Division, counting on combat, is not reliable, but, as a transport ship, it is still barely qualified.

His ship and the two ships behind him, most of them are carrying people, and the rest of the space is the latest firearms produced by some firearms battalions, this time to Xincheng, Yu Feng in addition to bringing soldiers who rotated with the original Shenji battalion stationed in Xincheng, more importantly, he got a report from Yun Qingshan that copper ore was actually found in Xincheng.

Whether it is to lead the rotation of Xinding, or to deal with the matter of this copper mine, it is understandable that he personally led the team to come, of course, the more important reason is that he, the actual controller of the new city, has not inspected his territory once, which is inevitably a little unreasonable, and the current strength of Velasco's gang is not inferior to the strength of hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Tianji Battalion according to Yun Qingshan.

Those who are not of my people will have a different heart!

It is necessary to use him, but also to beware of them, naturally you can't wait until something goes wrong to clean up the mess, so it is imperative to prevent trouble before it happens, Yu Feng simply led the team over, this move shows the meaning of sovereignty and beating, it is very obvious, it depends on whether Velasco understands it or not.

"Master, the sea is windy, you better go to the cabin to rest first, to get to the port, I'm afraid it will take two or three hours, or wait until I call you!" From behind several people in military uniforms, a man in a brown robe walked out, and from the title, it can be judged that this person must not be a member of the army.

"It's okay to blow the sea breeze, I'm not so delicate, and I've been a little aggrieved in the cabin these days!" Yu Feng smiled and waved his hand and said, "Salary, these days at sea, have you thought about what kind of charter we should come up with when we get over there, and set up our business name as quickly as possible?" ”

The person in this brown robe smiled a little flatteringly, his eyebrows and eyes were almost squeezed together, this respectful face, isn't it who is the dragon salary who ran before and after Anqiu ran with the afterwind that day?

The discovery of a copper mine in Xincheng is a great event for Yu Feng, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a big pie falling from the sky. Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even the previous dynasties, this copper and iron are strategic materials monopolized by the state, and they are not allowed to be touched by private individuals. Daming Tongbao is without copper, it can't be cast, think about it from another angle, as long as you are not afraid of death, there is a copper mine, it is equivalent to having a mountain of gold, you can cast a lot of copper coins, into the market circulation, which is currently expanding a lot of soldiers and very poor Yu Feng, is there anything more exciting than this?

Xincheng is his territory, and this copper mine appears on his territory, which means that this copper mine is his, no matter what kind of profitable business in this world, can it be faster than directly minting money by himself? What's more, whether it is Bi Maokang's new-style firecracker or the cannon he thinks about day and night, this copper is the main material, and owning the copper mountain himself is much more cost-effective than buying copper everywhere with silver or buying bronze ware on the market for refurnace, and this cost is almost nothing.

As soon as he received the news, he was excited, he was really shocked, you know, from the map, this new city is not far from Changyuan, if the news reaches Changyuan, those Goryeo sticks have thoughts, repeatedly, so what can be done, even if they don't repeat, justifiably ask for a piece of the pie, he can't stand it, when he gets the things in hand, he doesn't want to take them out and share them with others, and it won't be very cool to change anyone.

At that moment, he immediately ordered Mu Haitao, asking him to order Yun Qingshan to block the news around the new city to prevent leakage, and the stakes were very high, for the sake of all plans, he also planned to give an order to Velasco in the training camp, asking him to send people to cooperate with Yun Qingshan to act together and supervise each other. Unexpectedly, Mu Haitao, who had stayed in North Korea for a while, explained to him very carefully, and then he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, knowing that he was overreacting.

It turned out that this copper in the Ming Dynasty, it is an out-and-out strategic material, very important, but in Japan, in North Korea, it has not been so valued, the reason is very simple, the reason why the Ming Dynasty attaches importance to copper, is mainly used for the economy and military. These two points, these two countries are basically blind, as the most important use of copper, minting copper coins, these two countries, their own circulating currencies are the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty, and then gold and silver, what is the use of this copper coin, casting out is not accepted by their own people for the time being, in case the kingdom knows that they mint copper coins privately, I am afraid that the benefits will not be obtained, the army of the Celestial Empire will be killed, Japan is far away, and it is not easy for the army to go, but I cut off your trade, and you are not allowed to pay tribute, still next to the Celestial Empire, it must be trampled to death you without discussion. Of course, whether there is a copper mine in Japan or not, even characters like Oda Nobunaga lost their lives for dinner with a few stinky little fish, and it is hard to believe that they had anything worth getting their hands on at that time except for a silver mountain in charge.

As for casting weapons, it's even more nonsense, North Korea, as soon as I say this, tears will be in my eyes, this kid is bitter, the tattered clothes and armor weapons that Liao Zhentao replaced can be exchanged for a few beautiful daughters-in-law from them, what good things do you expect them to make? If any of their firearms factories can really make a cannon comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be that Cui Yanhao will be entangled with each other when he sees Yun Qingshan, what do you say they want copper, to make a vase?

Japan, don't say anything, even if it is now the old turtle of Tokugawa who rules Japan, and his subordinates are known as tens of thousands of iron cannons, (by the way, in Japan, fire guns are all called iron cannons, as for cannons, they have a more fashionable name - big tube, you see this name obtained... Salute to the intelligence of the Japanese people at that time! Personally, I understand that the barrel of the cannon is really big compared to the musket! If you really want to be more serious, don't say too much, just draw ten from the most elite iron artillery team in Tokugawa to see, among the ten, at least six are smuggled from the Ming Dynasty by the great pirate Wang Zhi, whether it can be fired is difficult to say, and there are two, maybe they are from the coastal guards of the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining two, the ten and nine are the so-called Southern Barbarians in Japan, and the name of the Ming Dynasty is Western muskets! It's such a patchwork iron artillery team, the ammunition is not enough, there is no way, whether it is to make guns and cannons or gunpowder, for the Japanese, it is almost as difficult as asking the Syrian people to carry out a moon landing project!

In Japan's trade requirements, directly put forward the request for the circulation of the Ming Dynasty's copper coins, it is said that the idea of the Ming Dynasty's household is also serious, from this point of view, it is estimated that in addition to a lot of silver, copper is all over the place in Japan, and it is also for nothing, and people will not use it at all.

After listening to Mu Haitao's explanation, Yu Feng calmed down, he knew that nine times out of ten, this copper mine was already in his bag, if the officers and soldiers of the Tianji Battalion stationed in North Korea were rotated once every three months according to his regulations, and the time was about the same, he simply took this opportunity to come out in person, and by the way, brought the obscene shopkeeper Long Salary who gave him a deep impression in Anqiu.

Yu Feng has a good impression of this dragon's salary, he is a clever person, and he also has the ability to do business, which is now in North Korea, when it comes to soldiers, whether it is a teaching camp or a Tianji camp, I am afraid that they are all top quacks, but when it comes to mining, trade, business, and even future coinage, transportation, procurement, etc., I am afraid that a decent talent can not come out, this dragon salary in the past few months, borrowed the momentum of Yu Feng, and gradually grasped Anqiu, and also saw that there is a certain vision of the means, and, Mobilizing a regional shopkeeper will not hurt the layout of the Four Seas Commercial Bank in various places, so Yu Feng simply chose him, but it made Long Salary, who received the news, a little flattered.

Obeying the orders of the owner, and obeying the orders of the owner, those are two concepts, Yu Feng's move is equivalent to giving him a golden avenue, which greatly exalts him. He is also a scheming person, and when he went to sea, Yu Feng told him the purpose of the trip, in addition to gratitude, he proposed at that time that he would come up with a charter on the ship in the past few days, and wait until he arrived at the copper mine, and then combined with the local situation, he made a detailed "policy policy" for Yu Feng to decide, his attitude, quite a bit of seeking truth from facts and acting resolutely, but also made Yu Feng look at his eyes a little more appreciative, looking at his rather "ancient" appearance, but also felt very pleasing to the eye, This is the scene where several hundred households behind Yu Feng are standing like mountains, but he dares to step forward to persuade Yu Feng to go to the cabin to rest as a person.