British Mansion.

"Liu Bowen can't do it."

"Such a large fleet suddenly became Meng Yuan's, but it's not easy to get it."

Zhu Biao said to Xiao Han with some concern.

"Relax."

"After all, he is Liu Bowen, and he has been entrenched in Panyu City for so long, if he wants to do something in Panyu City, we may not have the advantage of him, this little thing is no problem."

Xiao Han leaned on the recliner, the old god was there, holding a cup of tea in one hand, drinking it to himself.

"That's right."

"With his ability, there won't be any big problems in the future."

"By the way, why are Qingling and Miaoyun busy in the past two days?"

"Why does your little maid go shopping every day?"

Zhu Biao nodded slightly, and then asked with some curiosity.

"Oh, the British Mansion is quite big, and there are a lot of things."

Xiao Han said, rubbing his eyebrows slightly.

For this matter, Xiao Han can guess even if he doesn't check it out of his way, it is obvious that Chang Qingling pulled Xu Miaoyun and didn't want Xiao Han to get too close to Ruoyi, so he arranged for Ruoyi to purchase items in the house every day, and he took Ruoyi's original job with Xu Miaoyun.

To be reasonable, now Ruoyi is a maid, and she is actually doing the goods of the big housekeeper, to a certain extent, she can be regarded as a promotion, and Chang Qingling really didn't treat her harshly.

This is also the reason why Xiao Han didn't say a word knowing what was going on, Ruoyi is also a big girl, it's time to get married, it's really not good to be too close and intimate with herself.

However, Ruoyi, as a maid, surrounded by Xiao Han, her work is not easy to do, Xiao Han thought that Chang Qingling and Xu Miaoyun, the two eldest ladies who do not touch the spring water with their fingers, would hand over the matter to the other maids if they insisted on one day, but they didn't expect that they would really persist until now.

If Xu Da and Chang Yuchun see this, I'm afraid they won't have to beat him.

It's hard to do.

Either wait for Ava and Bago to collect the nets and personally direct the battle, or simply fight with the remnants again.

Anyway, throw away the things at home and go out to avoid the limelight.

This trick is a skill that Zhu Laosi has tried and tested many times since then.

Once the state affairs feel bored, the direct universal formula is seconds.

Son, you are in charge of a country, and your father wants to go on a northern expedition.

Swinging the big fat boy to the court, managing the money, grain, and logistics, and directly fighting with peace of mind, it is indeed beautiful.

"Really?"

Zhu Biao narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Han suspiciously.

"Really."

"By the way, how have these stinky boys behaved lately?"

"Ruoyi has been with me for a short time, just like my sister, I plan to find a young talent from our Ming Dynasty to marry her, who do you think is more suitable?"

Xiao Han asked at Zhu Biao.

"No one is suitable."

"Isn't the strongest young talent in our Ming Dynasty just Ling?"

"I see that your little maid likes you too, why don't you do it yourself?"

Zhu Biao said to Xiao Han.

"Me?"

"No, no, no!"

"First of all, I watched Ruoyi grow up, and I really treat her as a sister."

"Secondly, I already have two wives, it's too wronged to let her be a concubine, if she marries, with my face, no matter who she goes to, she is also a wife."

"In the end, my body doesn't allow it, I'm with Qingling and Miaoyun now, I feel that my energy is not enough, one person for ten days a month, I still have to rest for ten days before I can go, doesn't another one kill me?"

Xiao Han opened his mouth and came and directly listed three reasons.

"Okay, okay."

"It's really worthy of dominating the world, Xiao Fengxue, with a clear mind and good reasons."

"As long as you want to, opening your mouth is an argument that can be put on the temple test, I can't mean you."

"I can only say, how to be, you have to think about it yourself, do you want to think about it, what your little maid thinks."

"Let's go, don't stay, Yao Guangxiao does have two hits, with his help, it's only been a few days, and half of the first river channel has been dug out, and I have to deal with the matter of deploying iron ore."

"Remember to pay attention to the purchase of iron ore over there, otherwise the stock in Shuzhong may not be enough to support it for a long time."

Zhu Biao got up and left.

"Jiang right."

"How is the matter with our purchase of iron ore in Shuzhong?"

Zhu Biao left, Xiao Han's eyes narrowed.

"Back to Your Highness, the latest news, the progress over there is not smooth, at present, only three iron mines have successfully entered our hands, and those three have heard that we are the British government, and they are directly given to us at a price three percent lower than the normal price."

"As for the other families, they are not very cooperative, they either simply say that they will not sell at all, or the asking price is more than half higher than the normal price."

Jiang You opened his mouth and replied.

As a member of the Secret Guard Organization, he was only responsible for helping Xiao Han collect the news, and was not directly involved in this matter, so he did not give any subjective evaluation.

"I don't know how to lift."

"Jiang You, let your people go to the local area, pick a few of the most uncooperative families, and directly investigate their old cases."

"Which of the three most cooperative families are the three?"

Xiao Han asked at Jiang You.

"The Ma family of the Shuzhong business family, the Yu family of the Shuzhong business family, and the Zhang family of the Shuzhong business family."

Jiang You opened his mouth and responded.

"Merchant."

"Yes, those who know the times are Junjie, which is much cuter than those annoying literati families."

"Send your people over and ask them if they are interested in joining the business system under my father's command."

Xiao Han waved his hand.

"No!"

Jiang You responded and retreated.

"Hmm..."

Xiao Han stretched slightly, picked up the pen, and began to continue writing.

The matter of iron smelting has basically been completely determined, so it is time for the Ming industry to continue to push downward.

Xiao Han planned to increase the power of the Great Ming Firearm this time and get the more powerful yellow powder out.

Originally, Xiao Han didn't have such an idea, but during this time, the skills of the craftsmen who were responsible for purifying the wine for Xiao Han became more and more mature, and according to the diagram drawn by Xiao Han, the pottery chemical instruments already had a certain ability to purify acid and alkali, but it was very troublesome to get it, the possibility of failure was not small, and the cost was very high.

However, since he already has the initial ability, if Xiao Han takes some time, he may be able to achieve stable chemical synthesis ability.

At that time, it is not impossible to find a way to synthesize picric acid, the originator of yellow powder.

So... What Xiao Han is writing now should be regarded as the chemistry of Daming industry and the method of Daming chemistry.

This is also fortunate that Xiao Han popularized the Ming alphabet in advance, and he can use letters to write chemical equations, which would be hard to write in Chinese characters.

You know, this thing in the Ming Dynasty is not simplified, it is really difficult to write.

Panyu City.

After a few days of sailing, Wang Jing and Yu Tongyuan finally arrived at Panyu City with a fleet.

"Lord Liu, this Panyu City, why are there so many Mengyuan merchant ships in the past few days?"

Wang Jing looked at the Mengyuan merchant ships everywhere on the port of Panyu, and couldn't help but be amazed.

"Nonsense."

"If you don't get more Mengyuan merchant ships, how can this official make you become a Mengyuan fleet reasonably?"

Liu Xiang rolled his eyes.

In the past few days, Wang Jing and Yu Tongyuan are blowing the sea breeze, eating hot pot and singing this song on the deck, Liu Xiang is very busy, in order to prepare, a large number of Mengyuan merchant ships appeared in Panyu Port.

This is also the great development of Lingnan during this time, and Liu Xiang's political envoy Si Yamen is still rich, otherwise he may not be able to get this meeting.

"Haha."

"Lord Liu has worked hard, come, you can accept these two jars of Jinling high wine."

Wang Jing said, took out two jars of Jinling good wine from behind him and handed them to Liu Xiang.

"How?"

"You're going to pay a bribe to this officer?"

Liu Xiang looked at Wang Jing and did not reach out to take it.

Liu Bowen has always been wise to protect himself, and this obvious gift-giving behavior will naturally not be accepted easily.

"Huh!"

"This adult, you have wronged the grass people."

"Giving a gift and asking you to do something is called bribery, and you have done it, I am simply expressing my respect out of personal admiration."

"And although this wine is a fine product, it is not the top in Jinling, which is a little rare here in Lingnan, it is not a valuable object, you just accept it."

Wang Jing said with a smile.

"What's that your name?"

"What does it mean that this official business is done?"

"This official is for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the British Duke, and for the imperial court!"

"How can it come out of your mouth, so strange."

Liu Xiang suddenly looked at Wang Jing vigilantly.

"Yes."

"We are all working for the imperial court, for the British duke, for the crown prince, although I am a small businessman, and you are a political envoy."

"Then I'll put a gold on my face, since the people who do things are the same, it's not too much to say about colleagues."

"My lord, you have a good governance in Lingnan here, which is the blessing of the people of Lingnan, but this liquor is indeed not much, but in addition to some of the best in Jinling, it is not uncommon, like this, a tael of silver worth of Daming treasure banknotes can buy a jar, at best, it is a local specialty sent by colleagues."

"Moreover, this is a deal of the British Princess, my lord, you said that His Royal Highness the British Duke can bring us here, what does this mean?"

Wang Jing continued to smile hippie.

"Alright."

"This official accepts it, you don't have to pull the tiger skin of the British Duke here."

"Don't do this in the future, you still know that this thing is worth a tael of silver, do you know how long this money is enough for ordinary people to spend?"

"Speaking of which, this good wine of the British Mansion in Jinling, the official has indeed not drunk it for a while, and I will ask the people in my family to send you two taels of silver when I go back."

Liu Xiang took the two jars of wine.

With his Liu Bowen being smart at the beginning, Wang Jing must not believe this kind of nonsense about tiger skin.

But... What if?

Xiao Han, Liu Xiang has never seen through it, once he thought he had seen through it, until that day, Liu Bowen died on the execution ground, Liu Xiang came to Lingnan, only to suddenly find that Xiao Han is bottomless.

For ordinary people, two taels of silver is a huge amount of money, but for a political envoy, it is indeed not a lot of money, so Liu Xiang didn't want to bet on whether Xiao Han would tease him, so he simply paid two taels of silver to buy a peace of mind.

(End of chapter)