Yuejiang Tower.

It was a real building at this time.

And it is not made of wood, but is directly put on concrete.

To be precise, Yang Feng actually built a second floor on the platform of Yuejiang Tower, and then built a bunker with blue bricks and concrete.

As for the small matter of cement, there is some limestone in Mufu Mountain, which is nothing more than experimenting.

The inside of this bunker is still on three floors.

It seemed like a cannon building was inserted on the platform of Yuejiang Tower.

But this bunker has effectively protected the heavy artillery below. Any attack on the turret with infantry must face the downward fire of the bunker. The outer wall of the bunker itself is extremely thick, and it is designed to withstand direct fifty meters of twelve-pound cannons, as for within fifty meters...

This thing is on the top of the mountain, and it is impossible for the enemy to push the twelve-pound cannon to within fifty meters.

At this moment, in the rustling autumn wind on the rooftop, Yang Feng picked up the wine glass and looked at Li Dan...

"Brother Li, please!"

He said.

Li Dan smiled and hurriedly drank.

"What does Kaiyuan Bo have to ask for instructions? All the officials follow suit."

The Pirate King said.

He is a real pirate king. Although he can also be said to be a maritime merchant, the two identities are no different these days. From Nanyang to Japan, from Nanyang to Japan, whether it is Minnan, Guangdong, Japan, Ryukyu, and even colonists from Europe, they must give him face to a certain extent. His biggest stronghold in Manila, his brother Ouyang Huayu, and his second official in Japan. The main trade route is to import various Ming commodities from Macau and Yuegang to Manila.

Cotton, linen, raw silk, sucrose, etc. and even ironware.

The trade of these commodities even completely destroyed the textiles of the native Luzon, so that the natives there could no longer weave cloth.

The Manila sailboat connecting the Americas transported his goods to the Americas. The Indians wore the Ming-made linen he sold. The Spanish colonists even made iron nails in Foshan, so his name was spread throughout the Americas. According to American legend, there was a Kabidan sitting in Manila with Golden Mountain. In the end, his wealth made the Spanish unable to control his greedy desires and ended his control of Manila's business with a bloody massacre...

The Ming Dynasty was not without overseas development.

In fact, the Ming merchants and European colonists fought as fierce and bloody in the South China Sea.

And it lasted for centuries, from the late Ming Dynasty to the mid-Qing Dynasty.

However, behind the European colonists was the support of the state, and behind these Chinese people, not only did not have the support of the state, but in fact, both the Ming and the Qing Dynasties regarded them as rebellion. This was not bad for the latter. The main force of Chinese in Southeast Asia in the later period was the failure of the anti-Qing Dynasty and fled. As for the final result of this struggle, it is actually hard to say that the Chinese failed, because the ultimate situation in Southeast Asia became that European colonists had the right to rule, but the Chinese were responsible for developing the economy under their rule to pay taxes.

struggle.

But also cooperate.

Actually, the same is true now.

"Then let's be more cheerful, what does Your Majesty ask you to do?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Kaiyuan Bo, have you never read Your Majesty's imperial edict?"

"You are unhappy now. What I'm asking is your Majesty who has any secret mission for you?"

"Kaiyuan Bo, the lower official doesn't understand."

"Brother Li, you and I have no conflict of interests. You are the dragon on the sea, I am on the land. What you want is to make money and silver on the sea. What I want is to implement the new policy so that all the farmers of the Ming Dynasty can eat a lot. It can be said that the well water does not violate the river water. You are smart people like you, and you will understand these. Our Majesty has some misunderstandings about me and always suspects that I have the intention to usurp the throne.

See you poorly!

If I had such thoughts, how could I wait until now?

However, I don’t want His Majesty the Emperor to do something stupid sometimes, which makes each other very embarrassed at that time.

So, are you willing to tell me the secret mission that Your Majesty has given you to you in order to preserve the harmony between the monarch and the ministers between me and Your Majesty?”

Yang Feng said sincerely.

"Kaiyuan Bo, I am a businessman."

Li Dan said with a smile.

"It's easy to say!"

Yang Feng simply threw a map over.

"There are all on this map from the north of the South China Sea. Those arrows are currents, that is, the dark tides of the Japanese. You should know these, but there should be no one on the map, right?"

He said.

Li Dan looked at the obviously hand-drawn map with a serious expression.

Of course, at this time, the maps of these maritime merchants were almost as simple as that. This kind of thing was the treasure of the captains throughout the era of navigation. A chart might even determine a country. For example, Portugal controls maritime trade because of the maps drawn by explorers. Columbus's voyage relied on a modern nautical chart that could not be understood by the painters.

This hand-painted version of Yang Feng must be simple, but no matter how simple it is, it is real geography, rather than the maps that look weird in this era.

At least he painted it more accurately.

The pictures of Kunyu Wanguo can hardly see the Shandong Peninsula.

"Is there anything else in Kaiyuan's hands?"

Li Dan said seriously.

"Of course, there are the South Ocean, the Little Atlantic Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope that the Red-haired people walked, the Atlantic Ocean, and even the Atapulco and the Great East Ocean, Amelica, and I even know many islands and lands that no one knows at this time."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

The small Western Ocean is the Indian Ocean, and the East Ocean is the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

"Your Majesty asked me to go to the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Dai Yi to train the new army in Guangdong. Matteo Ricci promised to hire a thousand red-haired soldiers from Taixi to teach this new army. They were all veterans who came out of the real battlefield. In addition, he also proposed to buy a large number of black slaves and use these black slaves to train a Jing army. He said that many foreign countries in Taixi did this. In addition, His Majesty asked the eunuchs of Guangdong to hand over the taxes collected in Guangdong to me to train the navy and build new warships. Once His Majesty needed it, he would carry the new army to serve the king."

Li Dan said.

"Your Majesty is so naughty, then have you agreed?"

Yang Feng said.

"Kaiyuan Bo, I am a businessman and pays attention to fair trade. Your Majesty can give me so much. I will not give you more than what Your Majesty can give me. Your Majesty is just a random thought. Whether it is a new army or a navy, it will cost money.

And it costs a lot of money.

If you don’t have money, you can’t do anything. Does Your Majesty think that eunuchs from Guangdong can still collect taxes? Before I came, the people of Guangzhou had just beaten up eunuchs from taxation. It is said that they were beaten into the government office and cried for help. More than a dozen tax collectors under them were thrown into the Pearl River. So who else can pay?

Can a flying fish suit allow me to pay real money?”

Li Dan said with a smile.

"Didn't you give ten thousand taels?"

"That was not my offer, it was handed over by Dai Yi."

"Then did you agree?"

"Of course I agreed. Your Majesty is at the moment of confidence. How can I not agree? It's just a matter of comforting me."

Li Dan said.

"Talk to comfort Yier, haha, I feel comfortable. Indeed, we as ministers cannot discourage His Majesty's pleasure. We agree to what he likes, and I feel comfortable!"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Then he raised his glass again...

"drink wine!"

He said.

Of course, Li Dan couldn't really tell the truth.

However, he understood one thing very clearly. No matter what His Majesty the Emperor wanted to do, he would have to pay for it. At this time, a flying fish suit would definitely not make people work hard. Li Dan is a businessman, and these guys have no national concept, so they just accept the money. No matter what His Majesty the Emperor wants him to do, the most important thing is to pay the money in the end. They would not really work hard for His Majesty the Emperor to give his Majesty the official titles engraved on the monument after their death.

I have to say that His Majesty the Emperor is a little naive.

Of course, it may also be a bit whimsical after holding it in for a long time.

What's more, the groups of people around him who talked about it on paper and had ulterior motives could not really give him any good plans.

Jiao Yu is a pure scholar. Li Zhi was the one who was the governor of remote areas at most, and he liked to ignore anything during his prefect. Matteo Ricci was a cunning person, but his cunning was limited to trying every means to make His Majesty the Emperor rely on them. He dared to brag about one thousand mercenaries. At this time, the death rate of ocean-going voyages came here. One thousand mercenaries set off from Europe to two thousand. The current number of Portuguese people in Macau is actually only a thousand...

two thousand?

You also need to have combat experience.

I'm afraid their father will do it himself.

As for buying black slaves, it is indeed a good choice. In fact, this thing is not rare in Southeast Asia. Even the Portuguese in Macau are also available. Jingjun was used by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

but……

The same sentence.

No money is a big deal!

And just as Yang Feng and Li Dan were drinking, a new storm had begun.

Among the trees in Danyang Jingshan, Tang Gongsheng looked at the distant mountain with hatred eyes. In the golden color of the harvest were happy figures. They were harvesting mature rice, women were laughing, children were running with bundles of rice, and men were busy.

"Thieves, they are all thieves!"
To be continued...