In Haixing Port, a sea ship is slowly leaving the port, and on the bow of the ship, Jin Mantang is waving frequently, saying goodbye to the people who came to see him off. After meeting Li Ze, Jin Mantang, who was more confident, was ready to do a big job, this time he not only ordered two new big ships in Haixing Shipyard, but also prepared to order a few more big ships after returning to Jiangnan, and set up a huge fleet, not only to run the Jiangnan line, but under Li Ze's encouragement, he had more plans to sail to the ocean.

When he was in Luzhou, when Li Ze talked to him about the cause of Xingzhi, he picked up his pen and drew a huge map for him, which shocked Jin Mantang.

He heard for the first time that he lived on a ball, for the first time he heard that the world was so vast, for the first time that the sea was far wider than the land, and for the first time that he heard that in the middle of the sea, as long as he kept going in one direction, one day he would return to the place from which he had been.

Of course, he doubted, and even felt that his seriousness about this world all along was shattered by Li Ze, but as a successful businessman, when he thought that he had stood at the top of what this world's businessmen could reach, he found that he had only climbed halfway up the mountain. The element of adventure hidden in his bones suddenly exploded.

He wants to explore, wants to go to more distant places to get more wealth, and wants to verify whether what Li Ze said is true?

Li Ze strongly supported his idea.

To the west, to the west.

There is a Silk Road on land, so he also wants to open up a new Silk Road on the sea, and he has to go farther.

"Jin Mantang is a madman." On the dock, staring at the deteriorating sea ship and the increasingly blurred figure on the boat, Wang Mingyi turned to look at Xia Hedao beside him.

Jin Mantang is not an ordinary person, for Wuwei, he has a very special significance, the first time in Wuwei when the most lack of funds, it was he who injected a large amount of money, so that Wuwei ran as expected, this time, when Wuwei fell into a possible economic crisis, it was he who opened up the sea trade route, with a boatload of grain arrived in Haixing.

These grains can only be said to be a drop in the bucket for the current food shortage in Wuwei, but they are of great help to boost Wuwei's economic confidence and market confidence.

It is precisely because of his meritorious service that Xia He, the director of the Du Branch Division, and Wang Mingyi, the president of the supply and marketing cooperative, personally accompanied him all the way from Wuyi and sent him to Haixing.

"Madam, what Taifu said, are they all true?" So far, Wang Mingyi is still skeptical.

Xia He chuckled, "Didn't I show you a detailed map of this world?" It was drawn by Childe himself. The only people who have seen it, besides me, are you and Jin Mantang. Those words are only known to you and Jin Mantang, and others such as Tu Lichun and others don't know. ”

"Why does Taifu trust me and Jin Mantang so much?" Wang Mingyi was a little puzzled, he felt that he was far inferior to Tu Lichun and others.

"Because you're merchants!" Xia He said: "Gongzi said that in the blood of businessmen, there is always a spirit of adventure, and businessmen dare to be the first in the world in order to pursue wealth. Childe also said that his statements, in the eyes of others, may think that Childe's brain is wrong, but in the eyes of businessmen like you, it is another good opportunity to chase more wealth, whether you believe it very much in your hearts or not, but you will definitely give it a try. ”

Wang Mingyi was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he say: "Taifu knows us people very well. Madame, you are right, I do want to go and see far away. ”

"A person who doesn't even have a history of stabbing will certainly have such courage." Xia He teased: "But President Wang, now you can't learn from Jin Mantang, he can go, but you can't go." ”

"Even if I can't go in person for the time being, I'll send a caravan. Since Jin Mantang has taken the sea route, then I will take a different path, I will take the land route. The caravan will also keep heading west, and I want to see if they can make it back to Wuyi at the end. Wang Mingyi rubbed his hands and said.

"Let's do what is in front of us for the time being!" Xia He pointed to the distance, Haixing Port was still expanding, countless young and strong, dragging pieces of polished square boulders to the predetermined position with thick ropes, and then hoisting them up and putting them away little by little.

Not far from the port, rows of huge warehouses have been completed, some under construction.

"Haixing will become the starting point of the new Silk Road advocated by Taifu, and I am ready to spend one to two years to make Haixing Port replace the ports in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places and become the largest foreign trade port in Datang, madam, this needs your support." In the first two years, we may not make too much money, but we have to look farther, I believe that in three years at most, Haixing will bloom with huge energy. Wang Mingyi said.

"Don't worry, I'll take that into account when budgeting." Xia He nodded. "But President Wang, it will only be two years at most, and after two years, we need Haixing to bring us huge benefits."

"Madame, rest assured, this time will only be advanced, and will never be postponed. A series of preferential policies for maritime merchants by supply and marketing cooperatives are already in the making and will be introduced soon. When the time comes, it will inevitably attract profit-seeking merchants to come to us like flies. There is no other force in this world that can give such status, power and benefits to merchants as we do. ”

"Childe's plan is to rest the army for two to three years, the first two years, mainly to vigorously develop the economy, develop people's livelihood, accumulate strength, and in the third year, he will prepare for future battles. You also know that when Childe was arming the army, he spent money without blinking an eyelid. Now that the territory is larger, the army is larger, and of course the enemy is stronger, it is conceivable that the cost of armaments in the future will inevitably be a huge number. Your supply and marketing cooperative, which holds the lifeblood of our economy, if something goes wrong, it will affect the overall strategy of Gongzi, and then your head will be hanging. Xia He said.

Wang Mingyi smiled: "Madam, please rest assured." As an official, I Wang Mingyi is powerless, but as a businessman, especially a businessman with a strong backstage as support, then I am like a fish in water. ”

Xia He laughed: "President Wang, is your Lao Tzu still scolding and beating you when he sees you?" ”

"It's been a long time coming." Wang Mingyi's rare old face flushed: "Now my father has slowly understood." The position of the president of the supply and marketing cooperative is much stronger than the history of a state. Now that he sees me, he's embarrassed, and probably thinks I'm wrong. ”

The supply and marketing cooperatives now control all the industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood under the rule of Wu Wei, and Wang Mingyi is the top official of the supply and marketing cooperatives.

Now Tu Hu, although he is still in the position of vice president of the cooperative, is more and more biased towards intelligence. Wherever the caravan went, Wuwei's intelligence system was deployed there, and under the rule of non-Wuwei, there were some underground armed forces established by commerce, under the rule of Wuwei, it was a supply and marketing cooperative, and after going out, it still used the name of Yixingtang. In many places, Tu Hu even quietly funded some mountain bandits and river bandits, quietly cultivating the underground power of Wuwei. Tu Hu and Tian Bo are in charge of the internal security system, and the business operations are basically all taken over by Wang Mingyi.

"Yao Jing and Pei Ju, but they both brought the complaint to me. It is said that Luzhou, Weizhou, these places, were originally poisoned by the war, the people's livelihood is difficult, the supply and marketing cooperatives supply the materials in these places, it should be appropriate to reduce the price to take care of it, but you still have a long price, which makes them very angry! Xia He said.

Wang Mingyi snorted: "What do they know?" The more this is the case, of course, the higher the price, and now that there is a lot of construction there, and where the wife invests a lot of money, of course I have to find a way to get some back. When they're back to normal and can cycle on their own, I'll of course bring the price down. Madame should understand this. ”

Xia He nodded: "Of course I understand, but you still need to explain to them well, Yao Jing is an old man, it's better to say something, even if he complains, he won't make radical remarks, Pei Ju is different." Moreover, Pei Ju is a favorite character of the son, don't offend people ruthlessly, be careful to clean you up in the future. ”

"It's all for Taifu, why am I afraid of offending him?" Wang Mingyi thought about it, seemed to realize something, and continued: "If one day he can really climb on top of me, then he will also read all the books of Taifu, then he must also understand what my actions are for today, and he will not trouble me." ”

"You have a point!" Xia He agrees. "Today we will leave for the first place, take a look at some of the big workshops there in Texas, and then rush back to Wuyi."

"In such a hurry?" Wang Mingyi was a little dumbfounded: "Madam, can your body withstand it?" Just arrived today and left in a hurry? Why don't you take a day off before leaving! ”

"I need to rush back!" Xia He shook his head: "Madame is coming back soon, I can't be where Madame is when she arrives in Wuyi." ”

"Madame will come back first!" Wang Mingyi asked.

Xia He nodded.

She is the director of Wuwei's degree branch, and she is also the future secretary of the household department of the small court in Zhenzhou, and she will be a minister as a woman, even in the Tang Dynasty, it is also the first case, which is unprecedented.

But she also has another identity, she is Li Ze's wife.

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