It's late at night, it's not really late, it's only half past nine in the evening, and if it's the twenty-first century, it's just the beginning of nightlife. But in this day and age, there is no television, there is no entertainment, and it is already very late at half past nine in the evening. Wang Xinyu sat under the lamp and looked at the map of Nanyang that Pan Liu gave him.

Pan Ying didn't sleep either, in fact, she had just gone back to lie down, but she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, so she got up again and came to Wang Xinyu's big tent.

Following Wang Xinyu's fingers, Pan Ying seemed to see that Nanyang Company had shipyards, steel mills, gun factories, plantations, gold, copper, and iron mines.

"Wang Gongzi, how much do you think our Nanyang company can develop?" Pan Ying stared at the black eyes, supported her cheek with one hand, and tilted her head to look at Wang Xinyu. Before she knew it, she had changed General Wang to Prince Wang.

"I'm going to make the whole of Nanyang ours!" Wang Xinyu replied confidently.

Pan Ying's eyes turned crescent-shaped again: "If you can do this, grandpa doesn't know how happy he will be!" ”

The two talked about the company's prospects, but Pan Ying pointed to the location of Nadingguo Bay and said, "Prince Wang, the shipyard you built here can only build merchant ships and small boats. If, as you say, you want to build your own oak battleship, you want to build a shipyard here! As she spoke, Pan Ying's fingers stopped at the position of Singapore in the future.

"Why?" Wang Xinyu asked.

"Because the Sultanate of Aceh is rich in oak! We build a fortress on this island, build a shipyard, and we can take local materials, cut oak and transport it to the island to dry, and then build the battleship you call it! You don't have to go to the British to buy oak! The Sultanate of Aceh that Pan Ying mentioned was later Malaysia.

Wang Xinyu really didn't know that Malaysia was actually rich in oak, because he only knew that the British battleships were the most powerful, and Britain was rich in oak. Since it is a plant that grows in cold regions, it is probably not found in tropical regions. But when Pan Ying said this, she realized that there are actually many oak forests in Malaysia!

"Great!" Wang Xinyu was so excited that he almost stood up, "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!" Oak is abundant here, and then we will be able to produce our own battleships! It's just that we have to defeat the Dutch before we can build cities and fortresses here. ”

Pan Ying nodded, and continued: "Grandpa told me that Annan is rich in coal and iron ore, and you can build a steel mill and a gun factory in the location of Dingguo Bay. And our company can also open a branch in Annam. There is an escort, and the people of Annam dare not touch us! Moreover, the Qing court did not know that this was a company belonging to the Ming Dynasty, and they would definitely not send troops to the vassal kingdom for the sake of a company, so that we could safely transport the iron ore and coal to Dingguo Bay. ”

"And what about Borneo? What can be opened here? Wang Xinyu asked again.

"Borneo, there are gold and copper mines, we mine gold and copper here, we build plantations here, we make farmland, and this is the production base for guaranteed food."

The two chatted late at night, and Wang Xinyu was indeed very surprised by this woman's talent. In fact, because Pan Liu particularly doted on this granddaughter, and told her about the products and customs of various parts of Nanyang, plus Pan Ying Bingxue is smart and has a special talent for language, so she is not only a translator, but also a living map of Nanyang.

The Pan family has financial resources, but they are suffering from a lack of manpower. And Wang Xinyu has soldiers in his hands, and he proposed a novel way of cooperation, so that the two hit it off, established Nanyang Company, and established the company's armed escort team, which is a nail on the iron plate and an ironclad thing.

The framework of the company's escort team has been drawn, and although the Nanyang company's escort team is nominally managed by Chairman Pan Liu, the real power is completely in the hands of Wang Xinyu. The position of manager of the company's security team was named by Wang Xinyu: manager of the security department of Nanyang Company, and he served as the first manager of the security department of Nanyang Company.

The convoy is divided into the navy and the army, with Navy Commander Albert and Army Commander Wang Xinyu himself concurrently serving as Commander.

The reason why he was willing to give Albert such a high position was because in this era, among all the Westerners, only the British could cooperate. The British, in order to break the monopoly of the Dutch and the Spaniards, constantly challenged these two countries. In the end, the British will have a long way to go to replace them. And Wang Xinyu, who wants to develop, has a common enemy with a Britain that wants to develop, and can naturally become allies.

Although this alliance is temporary, and there will definitely be a conflict in the future, it can at least have a period of cooperation for several decades.

On the 14th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the sign of "Nanyang United Trading Company Escort" was hung at the gate of the Ming army camp. A banner with the words "Nanyang Company" was also hung in the camp.

Regardless of whether Pan Liu's side can persuade other Chinese to join the shares, this Nanyang United Trading Company Wang Xinyu must be established. Because of this, before the establishment of the company, Wang Xinyu first set up an armed escort team.

"Nanyang United Trading Company Escort?" People came and went to see the wooden sign at the door.

Some people even saw the banner of "Nanyang Company" fluttering in the camp of the Ming army.

Curious people gathered around and asked what was going on with Nanyang.

Li Rui stood on the wooden platform at the door and explained to the people who came to inquire: "Fellow villagers, this Nanyang Company, as the name suggests, is a money-making company!" The British and the Dutch, both had the East India Company, and they started a company to make money, and we did the same to start a company to make money! Their company has a navy and an army, and ours has a navy and an army! The so-called company escort is the navy and army of our Nanyang company! ”

Someone asked, "What are the benefits of joining your company's escort team?" ”

Li Rui replied: "The headquarters of our company's escort team is located on the island of Borneo! In the future, we will start various industries on the island of Borneo, and this company escort team will not only protect our company, but also protect all the Han people on the island of Borneo! If there are barbarians who come to rob and plunder, our company escort will attack decisively and give them the most severe punishment! ”

At this time, a person who looked like a scholar said: "Good iron does not hit nails, good men are not soldiers, this company's escort team is not the same as being a soldier?" Don't look at it! ”

"What did you say?" Jiang Zhiping, who was in the crowd, suddenly rushed out and grabbed the scholar by the collar, "Without them as soldiers, I came to slaughter you, and you were killed by them like pigs and dogs, and they cut off the meat and roasted it!" If you don't serve as a soldier, your money will be robbed! If you don't serve as a soldier, your wives and daughters will be a**! ”

The scholar was very stubborn, and pushed Jiang Zhiping away: "Hmph! If I had been a soldier, I wouldn't have come here far from home! It's not that those who were soldiers didn't stop the Tartars! The Tartars forced us Jiangnan scholars to shave their hair and change their clothes, and we had no choice but to come to this place! When the Tartars came, what were the soldiers doing? They all surrendered to the Tartars! Green Battalion Soldiers? It was all those Ming troops who surrendered in the past, and when they were transformed, they became green battalion soldiers who slaughtered our Han people! ”

"You!" Jiang Zhiping was very angry, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Li Rui jumped down from the platform and said to the scholar: "This son! Who said that the Tartars came and we did not resist? We resisted! And how many Tartars did our King of Yanping kill! Why did everyone surrender, not those who were in charge of the lead in surrendering? They became retainers, what about the soldiers below? If you want to talk about surrender, those people in the Donglin Party have benevolence and morality in their mouths, and the speed of surrender is faster than anyone else! If the literati were like Shi Kefa and Zhang Cangshui, would those who were soldiers surrender so quickly? ”

"This military master is right! But Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi these people surrendered with their own soldiers, are they literati? This Xiucai sneered, "Like myself, in order not to surrender to the Tartars, in order not to shave my hair and change my clothes, I don't even want fame, and I dragged my family to this Borneo!" In contrast, who has more backbone? ”

Li Rui still wanted to argue, but he couldn't speak.

This Xiucai continued to reprimand angrily: "Company escorts? This is the merchant's private soldier! Those profiteers, they don't even want face for the sake of silver! If it weren't for the eight families in Shanxi, how could the Tatars easily enter the customs? It was the iron, the grain and the salt that they provided for the Tartars! Otherwise, why did the Tartars give them the imperial merchant after entering the customs! ”

"This little brother!" Wang Xinyu didn't know when he came out, "Since you are so backbone, why don't you give up your pen and follow Mr. Cangshui to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and strive to restore the country as soon as possible?" ”

The scholar said sadly: "This general, who said that I didn't abandon my pen and follow Rong? Xiaosheng gave up his pen and joined Mr. Zhang Cangshui's rebel army. But what did King Yanping do? The Northern Expedition was defeated, and he left Mr. Cangshui behind, only caring about his own life! Now that the King of Jin has also been defeated, the Tartars are about to occupy the whole world, and they have nowhere to go in their later lives, so they came here! ”

"Not bad! This son, you have a lot of backbone! Being able to drag your family here with your mouth at least shows that you are not willing to bow to the Tartars! Wang Xinyu was not angry at this scholar when he said that King Yanping was not good, "May I ask this son's name?" ”

"The surname of the late born is Yang, the name is Runqing, and the word is Canghai." Scholar hugging fists.

Wang Xinyu nodded slightly and smiled: "Not bad!" Mr. Yang is a true Ming scholar! But have you ever thought about it, there is no government here, what do we use to protect the rights and interests of our Han people? So we're going to build our army! But what do we feed our army with? Only money can be made to feed the army! If there is no company, do we let our army drink the Northwest Wind? If there are no factories for the production of weapons, let our soldiers fight with the enemy with stones and sticks? General Ben is in business, not only in business for the sake of making money, but also for the sake of recovering my Ming Dynasty! How do you restore my enlightenment? First of all, there must be a foundation! Without a foundation, how can we talk about recovering the country! ”

"If the general is really ambitious, why is he here?" Yang Runqing was still not convinced.

Wang Xinyu said: "General Ben came here just to let the Han people here survive better!" Only one more person survives, and when the Qing Dynasty regains sight, there will be one more strength! ”

Seeing that Yang Runqing couldn't say anything, he saluted and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of Yang Runqing's departure, Wang Xinyu thought: This person still has some opinions. If it weren't for the literati who were truly loyal and patriotic, it would be impossible to come here. Scholars have been working hard for ten years, in order to be promoted and make a fortune. It is also rare for this person to be able to give up his fame and come to Nanyang!

Near noon, the Nanyang Company escort team had dinner in the camp.

The food of the escort was quite good, with fragrant rice, shiny braised pork, steamed fragrant sea fish, tofu and egg soup, and fresh vegetables.

The smell wafted out, luring many people who could not find anything to do in Pontianak and did not dare to go out of the city to reclaim the wasteland.

From the afternoon to the evening, the convoy had already recruited more than three thousand people.