The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 199 Not a Good Stubble
Tiger is the king of beasts.

The newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, because the calf does not know who the tiger is, and dares to fight the tiger, but the tiger hesitates.

Jia Lian took Li Wen around Jinzhou.

From everyone's mouths, not only did they have an understanding of the strength under the rule of General Jinzhou, but they also learned about the Great Zhou and the barbarians.

It is also clearer what kind of person Jinzhou General is.

Therefore, seeing General Jinzhou again, Li Wen was full of eagerness.

He thought he had found what he was looking for.

"General, people from all countries in the West are chasing and killing us Han people, the general wants to make decisions for us."

Li Wen cried.

The general is a man who loves his people like a son.

This is something that everyone tells.

A family of eight, after last autumn's harvest, left only ten shi rations, which made him extremely astonished.

Can this be enough?

Hearing the outsider's question, the farmer didn't take it seriously.

Every month, three catties of fresh fish, three catties of frozen fish, and pork, venison, and rabbit meat from the mountains will be distributed.

Also send some dried fruits and vegetables from time to time.

The family told him one by one.

This is not enough to eat.

Li Wen looked at the farmer, who had no complaints at all, with disbelief on his face.

"We escaped from the hands of the barbarians. We farmed the land for the barbarians. We only gave four liters of grain a month, and less than five buckets a year."

"What if there is not enough food?"

Li Wen was stunned.

One stone is equal to ten buckets, and one bucket is equal to ten liters, which is really a fantasy.

"Buy it, one liter of grain sells for one tael of silver."

"Who can afford this?"

"If you can't afford it, you either run away or wait to die."

After listening to the farmer's words, comparing the two, it's no wonder that the farmer in front of him didn't have the slightest complaint, but was grateful inside and out.

"Two light meals a day, one dry meal during the coolie month, fish every month, some meat, and dried fruits and vegetables during the New Year's Eve.

Although sometimes I am too hungry to sleep, I can still live. "

The family said happily.

"We used to eat meat less than once a year, but now we can eat meat instead. What's the point of dissatisfaction?"

Ok.

Li Wen saw the situation clearly.

I think that the general's rule is indeed better than the surrounding ones.

Tang Qing'an couldn't help shaking his head when he heard Li Wen's words.

Overseas people have more knowledge than the people in Dazhou, so they are more daring, but this person is extremely cunning.

"How to decide? Can I still send a large army to help you fight other countries?"

Hearing the general's reply, Li Wenxing looked excited.

"Why not? As long as the general is willing to stand up for me, there are millions of people overseas who can be sent by the general."

Jia Lian was shocked.

Is this person's big talk true or false?
If there were millions of people under Tang Qing'an's command, it would be fine in the future. He has seen these overseas people.

Although they said that they lived in hardship, compared to the people in the country, they are still very rich.

Tang Qing'an's face turned cold.

This man took him for an ignorant fool with no knowledge.

It is true that there are millions of Han Chinese overseas, but these millions of Han Chinese are not of one mind.

Thoughts are very complicated.

If it is really united and millions of people work together, there will be no such domineering businessmen from Western countries.

Although the ships and guns of various countries are powerful, how much strength can they display if they are hundreds of thousands of miles away.

Not to mention.

As long as one tenth of these millions of overseas Chinese can unite as one, it will be enough for people from all over the world to drink a pot and dare not try their edge.

"There is a kind of people who, because of their knowledge, are used to cheating and cheating, just like the feet and teeth of the car and boat shop.

There is also a kind of person who will become more self-denying when he has more knowledge, and will not treat others as fools. I don’t know what kind of person you are? "

Although the general's tone was calm, Li Wen's heart was like thunder, and he was so frightened that he was incoherent and unable to explain.

Sure enough, inhuman achievements must have inhuman vision.

After all, I underestimated the hero.

"Forgive me, General, I was the one who spoke out, because the Spaniards occupying Luzon have massacred us Chinese twice.

I have seen Spain's actions in Luzon in the past few years, and I know that the next massacre will definitely come.

That's why I can speak nonsense, and I want the general to help me out. "

Of course Tang Qing'an knew about the evil deeds done by the Luzon Spaniards, and also knew that the third massacre would be 14 years later.

Liaodong was flattened for ten years.

This is Tang Qing'an's plan for himself, and he is also striving towards this goal.

It took ten years to level Liaodong before he could spare his energy and make more arrangements, otherwise he would only be stuck in Liaodong.

"I am a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is impossible for me to disregard the imperial court and send troops to attack overseas without authorization. This will make me extremely passive. This is one of them.

You people overseas don't understand the magnitude of the food and salaries needed to ferry thousands of miles away.This second also.

The Jinzhou navy is just a navy, and the warships are also sandships. They are not suitable for oceangoing, and they have never fought naval battles.

There are barbarians behind me watching over me, even if I don't consider the above three points, I can't draw out the army, and this is the fourth. "

Tang Qing'an explained to this person seriously.

Jia Lian didn't say much on the sidelines.

In my heart, I think that Brother Tang is still too good-tempered, and he is too gentle about this person, which will easily make people look down upon him.

Human nature is like that.

Fear power but not virtue.

Hearing Tang Qing'an's detailed reply, Li Wen didn't agree with the person in front of him as Jia Lian thought.

Like General Jinzhou, he was recognized by many people at a young age, and he was not arrogant.

Not angry, not arrogant, not lying.

Based on his understanding of the officials of the Great Zhou, General Jinzhou's attitude towards overseas is unique.

"General Gao De, I am very grateful for not taking the crime of my villain. When I was in Macau, Lian Ye said that the general is willing to sell us weapons and firearms. Is that true?"

"can."

"May I ask how much the general can sell? What is the price?"

"Large Frang machine gun, 40 taels a piece, small Furlong machine gun, 20 taels a piece, bird gun [-] taels a shot.

Lead is one qian per dendrobium, and gunpowder is five qian per catty. "

After listening to the general's words, Li Wen became thoughtful.

"Five thousand blunderbusses, one hundred large Frang machine guns, three hundred small Frang machine guns, one hundred thousand catties of lead, one hundred thousand catties of gunpowder, a total of 8 taels of silver, we are willing to pay."

Hearing Li Wen's lion opened its mouth wide, Tang Qing'an was not angry.

These arms and weapons are not expensive for him to sell, and the production cost has only doubled or tripled.

If it is really sold to the outside world, it is reasonable to turn five, six, seven, eight, or even more than ten times, just like Macau sold him the Hongyi cannon.

The cost was only over a hundred taels of silver, and each door was sold to him for 1000 taels of silver.

He couldn't afford the money at that time, it was paid by the court.

The reason why he offered Li Wen a low price was that he supported them as much as he could for the sake of his fellow clan, but he asked for too much.

It's not that he doesn't want to sell, it's that he doesn't have so many.

In his current army, there is a big gap in combat.

"One thousand blunderbusses, twenty large Frang machine guns, sixty small Frang machine guns, 3 hu of lead, and [-] catties of gunpowder. Let's do business for [-] taels of silver."

Before Li Wen could speak, Tang Qing'an smiled.

"Now my army is also short of weapons. These things are still squeezed out for you. I don't pay attention to these 3 taels of silver."

Hearing what the general said, Li Wen knew that there was nothing to be done, although not much was better than nothing.

"Is it sold every year?"

"can."

With the gradual increase in the production capacity of each ordnance institute, there will be more and more every year.

"You have also seen the situation in Jinzhou, and I know your situation too. We are all from the same root and should support each other.

As for food, you can ship as much as you can, and I can also provide you with the commodities you want from Dazhou.

Not only will it allow you to earn more profits, but it will also restore the previous business path. "

After several words, Li Wen was completely convinced of General Jinzhou.

Others can't understand these words, why can't they understand the maritime merchants.

Isn't it because Da Zhou blocked the country and only engaged in tribute trade, so they couldn't get Da Zhou's goods.

Why do they hate the envoys of various countries the most, and often rob the envoys of these countries.

The Zhou Dynasty only blamed them for their presumptuousness, but did not understand their difficulties.

These commodities that enable ships to bring back to Dazhou are equivalent to doing a monopoly business, which not only affects the business of overseas people, but also seizes their business.

In the past, overseas people also had spices from Bayaba, Java and other places, and they could obtain profits from Siam, Annan, Chenla and other countries in Southeast Asia.

After these lands were occupied by Westerners, they lost the source of the most profitable spices except for the commodities of Dazhou.

Now Westerners occupy Luzon, Macau, and Taiwan. The two ends of the largest sea trade profit, Dazhou commodities, and spices have all fallen into the hands of Westerners.

They couldn't cope at all, and watched their hometown's business go bankrupt.

Each of them can only do some fragmented business, and the risk of ocean-going trade is high, and news of shipwrecks and deaths can be heard every year.

Without the support of Dazhou commodities and spices, the Han merchants in Southeast Asia could no longer survive.

"But I heard that the general did not restrict Western businessmen from trading in Jeju Island?"

Lin Wen asked tentatively.

It would be best if the General only did business with them.

"Jeju Island treats merchant ships from all countries who come to do business and abide by the law equally, and will not treat them differently."

Tang Qing'an said with a smile.

"Dazhou's goods are what all countries in the world want and are the most profitable. I'm afraid Jeju Island's goods are not enough.

But one thing never changes.

Merchant ships that can transport grain, as much grain as they have, can be exchanged for Dazhou commodities of the same value, which takes precedence over other trades. "

Li Wen's eyes lit up, and he understood what the general meant.

This time, he had no extra thoughts.

After sending Li Wen away, Jia Lian looked worried.

"Brother An, if you support them like this, will you cause trouble? Don't look at the respectful expression on this man's face now, these overseas businessmen are not good at it."

"If you don't support them, I'm afraid they will disappear in a few years."

Jia Lian didn't understand Tang Qing'an's words.

Tang Qing'an did not continue to explain to him.

The support he can do now is just to let them breathe a sigh of relief. If you want to deal with those businessmen who are endorsed by countries in the West, the overseas people will not be able to deal with it without a unified leader.

(End of this chapter)