On the way back, Xu Jinghai remembered Zhang Yu's words when he passed through the Red Sea.

"The lord said that this place is very important, and it must be controlled in the future, and it is indeed important that this place has easy access to the Mediterranean."

Xu Jinghai didn't know that the importance of what Zhang Yu said was oil, but the role of oil may not be used until at least a thousand years later.

Either way, it's always right to take this place first.

Xu Jinghai did not return to China, and traveled to South Africa, where a large amount of goods were hoarded, and they would rest on land for about a month before heading to the Mediterranean again.

Naturally, the ships would bring back their gold and silver, as well as a large amount of merchandise.

This trade is a lot of money, if converted into silver coins. After deducting all the costs, there are also thirty or forty million silver coins.

It's just a trade, and they only go to South Africa for a year. Can be traded four times.

Zhang Yu gave Xu Jinghai many missions, and he could only travel between South Africa and Europe, otherwise many things could not be done.

First of all, cultivate a group of translators from both sides. Cultivate not only yourself, but also each other.

Second. Cultivate the market, and the market is cultivated. In order to continue to sell them goods.

Thirdly, to buy large quantities of wheat to provide South Africa with reserves and to provide food for the fleets that come and go.

Fourth, it is to do intelligence work, but also to monitor them, so that they will never be able to go to sea, as long as they dare to build ships. And when it reaches a certain size, it is destroyed.

Of course, there are more missions to follow. But now, there is only such a mission.

"This is the tobacco that the lord advocates?"

"There's nothing magical about it, why does the lord keep emphasizing that it must be promoted. Even if it costs a certain amount, it needs to be promoted. ”

"If you don't understand, you don't want to, anyway, what the lord said must be right."

Yes, Zhang Yu brought a lot of tobacco to Xu Jinghai. asked him to promote it in Europe, and in Huaxia, Zhang Yu also began to try to promote it.

However, in Huaxia, he only promoted it in some government-run stores, and at the same time advertised for the first time in a semi-monthly magazine.

The advertisement occupies two pages, introducing the characteristics and usage of tobacco, followed by the harms, prices and places to buy and sell.

This is promoted by the government, and there are always curious people who are willing to try.

Zhang Yu first used it for free in all brothels, and all brothels must provide it for half a year, and all Zhang Yu provided it free of charge within half a year.

Zhang Yu plan. As long as the rich and the people with status start to smoke, others will slowly start to smoke.

To put it bluntly, although Xu Jinghai was the first trader, he brought them more than 30 million silver coins for the first time.

This is more important than income, and it can bring a huge effect to Zhang Yu.

Today, many of Zhang Yu's innovations rely on these overseas funds.

The overseas capital is very huge, accounting for half of the empire's income, and this large amount of income can allow Zhang Yu to complete a lot of ideas.

After Xu Jinghai rested for a while, the ship was also repaired and maintained, and they will sail again, from South Africa to the Mediterranean, there are two routes, one from the Atlantic, and the other is their original route.

This time, Xu Jing's soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to the Atlantic coast, that is, Spain, Grape Seeds, England and other places in the future, they only had eight ships, and they went to develop the market first.

Xu Jinghai opened up the situation and traded with Rome, which greatly affected the world.

The world will change because of trade.

In Liangzhou, Zhang Yu's army began to slowly assemble, and three hundred and eighty-thousand troops had been gathered, and more troops had been gathered.

In Zhang Yu's barracks, the defense was tight, and at the same time, he made a look like he could attack at any time.

The situation on Ma Chao's side is similar, Ma Chao, who is gradually at a disadvantage, does not dare to retreat, if he retreats, Zhang Yu may directly advance hundreds of miles, directly to the hinterland, and the soldiers will come to the city.

In Zhang Yu's barracks, as usual, Zhang Yu would gather the generals who had no tasks.

"Lord, now that the father and son of the Ma family have lost the hearts of the people and the army, the time for the decisive battle has come, we must not let Ma Chao go back, and we must leave the Romans behind." Xi Zhicai said.

After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, the generals deeply agreed, they had been aggrieved for a long time, and they suffered a lot of losses under Ma Chao, and now they want him to return them.

"Don't worry, wait for another news, and when the news comes, we can act."

Zhang Yu is not in a hurry. Because Zhao Yun succeeded, he was the winner in his hands, and there was not much suspense.

"Fengxiao, you immediately rush to Jingzhou, cooperate with Chen Gong, attack Shuchuan, and wait for me to solve this place, it is time to deal with Liu Bei."

Zhang Yu suddenly asked Guo Jia to leave before the big battle. This was a great surprise to everyone.

But I can understand it. Zhang Yu is already very sure of Shuchuan, and there is no difficulty, so he must solve Shuchuan as soon as possible.

Originally, Liu Bei wanted to ally with Ma Teng and send troops to kill Shuchuan. But they didn't take action for a long time, not because Liu Bei didn't want to do it, but because the conditions didn't allow it.

Liu Bei is critically ill, and it is very serious.

Liu Bei has been smoking Fushou ointment for a while, and now he has been deeply poisoned. In addition, she was a good woman before, and she hollowed out her body, but this time she was seriously ill, and she was about to die.

Under such circumstances, Pang Tong had no choice but to send troops.

Once Liu Bei returns to heaven when the troops are dispatched, it will be dangerous at that time.

Therefore, Pang Tong did nothing. He didn't dare to send troops at this time.

"Alas, the wind and rain are shaking. Even if Sun Wu is alive and Wu Qi is reborn, I am afraid that there is nothing he can do. Pang Tong came back from Liu Bei and said with a sigh.

At this time, Pang Tong was completely disappointed, and what disappointed him was a "rebellion" case they arrested half a month ago.

A family was found to have fornicated with Zhang Yu. has the intention to assist Zhang Yu in the case of Shuchuan.

The reason is very simple, a head of the family is more mean, often beats and scolds his subordinates, and once he gets drunk and scolds his subordinates again, but the person is not angry and denounces him.

This person was accused of being disrespectful to Liu Bei and many officials, and often said that he would welcome Zhang Yu into Shuchuan.

This was said a lot, many people heard it, and under the intentional investigation, the charges were quickly confirmed, and the charges were confirmed, and then the arrest and seizure of family property were made.

Through this matter, Pang Tong didn't know how many people in Shuchuan were facing him, after all, many people relied on Zhang Yu to make a fortune, and Liu Bei cut off the wealth of many people.

In this case, if Liu Bei is not critically ill, they can still send troops, Liu Bei is critically ill this time, Pang Tong does not dare to leave with his troops, otherwise once Liu Bei dies, there may be many families who rise up.

However, if they do not send troops, they will also gradually weaken. In the end, it was cleaned up by Zhang Yu.

Liu Bei was critically ill, the building was about to collapse, and Zhang Yu received the news, so he asked Guo Jia to plan.

Zhang Yu did not need Guo Jia to send troops, but wanted him to corrode Shuchuan.

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