Because of this embarrassing situation, the Russians found Zhang Han after it was like a treasure, the governor of Tomsk has written several letters to the tsar, requesting to send an envoy to contact Zhang Han again, and give the envoy full powers, in the governor's opinion, this matter is more important than meeting the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, and the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will not open the trade route, even if the Ming Emperor allows it, there is no such strength, on the contrary, although Zhang Han is a businessman, but this is a businessman with strong strength, in the letter, Petrin and the governor and others insisted that the interaction with Zhang Han is very important, And urgently, when all the Mongols were affected by Zhang Han's caravan radiation, and the upper echelons were all subjugated by Zhang Han's silver bullet, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult for the Russians to influence the Mongols and expand in the Far East.

Four months earlier, the men had finally received a reply, and the Tsar had allowed them to do so, and had given them full authority to do business and trade.

Although they did not give the gang the privilege of setting up any large companies such as the Dutch East India Company, Petrin and the others were very satisfied.

At this time, the enterprising spirit in Russia was very strong, especially in the Far East, and those who grabbed a large piece of territory or won the war with the Tatars were all awarded the title of heroes without exception, and they were also given knighthoods, and fame and wealth were all at once, so the Russians at this time had a strong adventurous and enterprising spirit.

Petrin hoped to negotiate trade with Zhang Han, whose caravan had already arrived in Mobei, and it would only take two to three months to travel back and forth from Tomsk to participate in Mobei's trade.

"Is this the sound of muskets?"

The bearded Madoff chewed on his cigarettes, and the tobacco flowed down his beard, and when he heard a burst of gunshots, he immediately stood up, looked closely at the monocular, and then handed the telescope to Petrin.

The Russians watched separately for a while, and their faces were as ugly as dead ashes.

They were confident in the establishment of the trade route, and in addition to furs and ivory, they prepared a large number of muskets to be used to participate in the trade.

Zhang Han's expansion in Mongolia These Russians were well aware that Zhang Han's caravan needed a large number of guards and weapons, and Petrin took it for granted that the crude muskets of the Ming Kingdom could not satisfy Zhang Han, an ambitious big merchant, and as long as a considerable number of muskets were taken out, it was likely to finalize a contract for mutual cooperation.

The roaring sound of artillery and gunfire seemed to hit Petrin's heart, and for a time the ambitious and enterprising Russian fell into a state of complete confusion.

"Here, is it still the Ming Kingdom?"

……

After Li Guozhu and others entered the territory of Li Zhuang, their performance was no better than that of the Russians.

All the people who came from the country of Japan or Taiwan had a look on their faces, sluggish, or surprised, and no one exclaimed, even if they were insincere.

It's not that the guests are not polite, the two sides are already quasi-allies, if Li Zhuang's impact on them is not as big as it is now, Li Guozhu will say some polite words of appreciation, but because the impact is too great, it leads to the temporary aphasia of the guests.

After half a ring, Li Guozhu said: "Under the father and son, there are Hirado Foundation and Bengang Foundation, tens of thousands of people are under our command, and there are more than 1,000 large and small ships, I just think that we are the king in the south of the overseas, but compared with the current situation, our foundation is really a frog at the bottom of the well." ”

Li Guozhu is not modest at all...... To put it bluntly, the foundation of Hirado is still the land of the Japanese, and the Li family only controls a few ports, because it is a guest, of course, it is impossible to talk about establishing a real foundation, the Li family's mansion is only built in a place similar to a small town, but the port is large and densely populated, and Bengang is only a transshipment port and storage base, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 Han people in Taiwan, most of whom are still in the primitive state of slash-and-burn farming, that is, some farmland has just been reclaimed, some villages have been built, and there is still a long way to go for real prosperity.

Lizhuang in front of you is full of dense crowds, bustling passing by, military camp area, factory area, living area, and a large area of well-run farmland, countless carts and horses full of all kinds of goods passing by...... Li Guozhu came all the way from Ulzhou, thinking that he had seen too much of Heyusheng's carriage team, but when he arrived at Lizhuang, he realized that the real center was still here.

Jiang Kui said at this time: "The carriages and horses here are all vehicles that bring together Lingqiu and Guangling, and then to the northeast is the Tiancheng Acropolis, where it is a real large storage area, to Xinpingbao, Zhangjiakou, Jingshi, there are many people who go there, pure ironware, from Lingqiu through Taihang Mountain to Jifu There are also a lot." ”

Zheng Zhilong, who had been silent, said: "Is there a specific number for the carriage of your firm?" ”

"Oh, I don't know about this, there should be, but it belongs to the highest level of secrets, and with our identity, it is inconvenient to inquire."

At this time, Li Guozhu already knew that the Military Orders Department, the Military Administration Department, the Military Justice Department, the Attendant Department, the Staff Department and other institutions, and also knew that each department had its own jurisdiction, and Yusheng was a completely integrated whole, and the carriages and horses of the commercial bank and the chamber of commerce were ultimately under the jurisdiction of the Military Administration, and the matter that Zheng Zhilong asked should indeed be a high-level secret.

Zheng Zhilong saw Li Guozhu wink, he hurriedly smiled: "I just thought of so many carriages, endless, bustling to and from all over the north, just like the noble Zhang Daren turned the mainland into the sea in his life, so many chariots and horses are ships transporting goods, and to be able to do business to such a point, Lord Zhang is simply a celestial." ”

Jiang Kui laughed when he heard this, if people praise him, he might as well be humble, but if he praises his own adult, he can't be humble.

Everyone continued to move forward, at this time the cuirassiers of a bureau just rode back to the barracks, the carriages and horses and pedestrians all got out of the way and ran, Li Guozhu and Zheng Zhilong and others were also waiting for the cavalry to pass first, everyone's eyes felt that there were clusters of silver light flashing, more than a hundred cuirassiers were like a silver long snake, dazzling, in the place where the cavalry passed, people's eyes almost had no way to see anything else.

"It's all self-made fire!"

Zheng Zhilong was first shocked by the demeanor of the cuirassiers and the strength of the representatives, and then found something that shocked him, and this scheming young man suddenly cried out.

Li Guozhu also found that every cuirassier was armed with a firecracker, but it was not a bird with a firestring, but there were very few spontaneous firearms in the South Seas.

"Li Zhuang here, has it come to this point?"

As if in line with Li Guozhu's thoughts, not far to the north, there was a sudden loud sound of cannon roaring.

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When passing by the barracks, Li Guozhu specially asked to go in and see, but this request was not approved, the battalion officer on duty was the general Zhao Shiwen, Zhao Shiwen has always been steady, and after hearing about it, he refused: "The guests should go to see the adults first, the military camp is a military aircraft important place, and people will not be allowed to come in without the approval of the adults." ”

Jiang Kui smashed his mouth when he heard this, and said regretfully: "Since this is the case, there is no way to bring the eldest prince in." ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, you are the leader of your lordship's close guards, is this battalion general so faceless?" ”

Jiang Kui said quietly: "We don't talk about identity, we only talk about rules...... Of course, the biggest rule is to listen to our adults, and the rules to be obeyed in the military camp are also set by adults, and Zhao Jiang always just obeys the rules. ”

Li Guozhu said: "I heard that there are nearly 700 people in a division on your side, all of whom are elites, how can the general be a general?" ”

"It's not an actual teaching, it's just our internal name." Jiang Kui said: "Now only our adults are in the third rank of martial arts, and everyone's official positions have not yet been decided." ”

Zhang Han is not only the commander of the guard, but also the garrison, he can build a city guard camp, and many subordinates can completely get some command affairs, thousands of households, thousands of generals in the barracks or the chief officer to do it, the reason why it has not been appointed until now is, of course, Zhang Han did it deliberately.

Only Li Dongxue and others either serve in the Qing Military Department or in the Department of Experience, but they are only in name, and Zhang Han will not use his most important person in these two places, but has another appointment.

If the Acropolis is not managed as a real territory that is completely impenetrable, the civilian officials of Li Zhuang will not enter it on a large scale.

Li Guozhu thoughtfully, although he could not enter the interior, but only from the periphery it can be seen that the scale of the Li Zhuang military camp is extraordinary, and there are a large number of very well-trained soldiers, only from the appearance, demeanor, military uniform and posture is a rare elite soldier, not to mention that Li Guozhu clearly saw that the infantry of the brigade were wearing chain mail, and the weapons in their hands were also very sophisticated, and the infantry used a large number of firearms, as well as artillery, such an army, with Li Guozhu's knowledge, it was really unprecedented.

If this was not the case, how could he be so interested in a local regimental training arm under the name of the Inspection Division and the Chamber of Commerce?

Since it can't be seen, everyone is moving forward, Zhang Han's current public hall is between the military camp and the large factory area, quite independent and secretive, this is also because the stall is too big, there are too many people to see, it is not good to let everyone in the barracks, so simply move out and set up a separate official residence here, usually there are ten days a month, Zhang Han wants to sit in the Tiancheng Acropolis, he is now busier than before.

Zhang Han's mansion is surrounded by lush trees, the leaves fall off in early winter, but it can make people look fast, you can see that there are many people in the official residence, the soldiers in gray robes and the officials in green robes are running back and forth, people are very busy, many people are holding documents in their hands, even the soldiers are the same, Li Guozhu clearly saw a few soldiers who looked like small officers were constantly signing documents, and then their eyes almost popped out after confirming each other with the officials...... At that time, China's literacy rate was only 5 percent, and the literacy rate in the army was even lower than this value, and a battalion of several thousand people might not be able to find a dozen or so literate soldiers, and there were more illiterate generals, but Zhang Han's army was almost literate, and for Li Guozhu, this was simply subversive.

Zheng Zhilong focuses on the human spirit, in his eyes almost every person in Li Zhuang has an obvious temperament, compared to foreign businessmen, Li Zhuang people seem to move faster, more urgent, but the look on the face is very calm, there seems to be nothing and someone can make them in the eyes, but there is no obvious arrogance in dealing with people, very friendly, and very polite.

Zheng Zhilong made a judgment in his heart, the people and things here in front of him were something he had never seen before, and there must be something he didn't understand, and Zheng Zhilong judged that once the development period passed, the power that erupted here in Li Zhuang might be much stronger than that of the Li family in the far away country.