Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 761 Gao Mengnan

In the east of Shenglong City, not far from Xiangfu Gate, there is a newly built cement pier.

Cement is Jinghua's monopoly product, and it has been in short supply for several years since it came out. It can be said that it is extremely tight. With the financial resources of the Annan people, it is impossible to buy cement, so it is obvious that this wharf can only belong to Jinghua Group.

The "Jinghua Group" in today's Annan is equivalent to the "second royal family", or to be precise, it is more like the "ruling party" in the future, and the Annan royal family...

Like a constitutional monarchy royal family under one-party rule, it is basically a mascot.When needed, it is displayed for people to visit; when not needed, it is kept in the deep palace as a pig feed.

Therefore, Xiangfumen, the former "imperial gate", is just an ordinary gate in the eyes of Jinghua Group.However, when Jinghua used it up and down, they still had a little bit of scruples. They didn't go in and out through the main entrance of Xiangfu Gate, but through the small gates on both sides.

Because that main entrance was the one that Gao Yushi walked through when he entered Dragon City for the first time.

The Annan royal family is not regarded by them at all, but the master must respect them.In their view, their master's status should be above anyone except the Ming emperor, so only the master can walk through the main entrance of Xiangfu Gate.

In fact, Gao Yushi has never issued any instructions on this kind of issue, and he doesn't care about this kind of thing—it's just a door, once it's built, it's for walking, why can't you build it?waste.

On today's Xiangfumen Jinghua Wharf, a large number of new troops called "Thang Long Guards" are nervously lining up on both sides of the No. [-] Wharf to prepare for the welcome ceremony.

Gao Yushi is still in the city, who came to Shenglong to have such a big show?
This person is none other than Gao Mengnan, Gao Mengnan, the second elder brother of the big house.As the director of Guangzhou Private Port, he has not personally commanded any troops during this southern expedition, including the Jinghua Fleet, which is dominated by the Guangzhou Port Transport Fleet. They are all led by the transport fleet leader Gao Jing, but Gao Mengnan The number one contributor to the Southern Expedition in terms of material security!
In addition, his identity is different from that of other private Hong Kong executives. His surname is Gao, not Gao Yushi's Gao, but Gao Jie's Gao. He is Gao Yushi's elder brother.

This is even more important. At least Gao Yu, the commander of the "Thang Long Garrison", took it very seriously and personally brought people to greet him.

Gao Yu, who was transferred from Dafang to Gao Yushi back then, Gao Jie was kind to him.

A fleet of fleets traveled upstream from the east, including about 20 armed transport ships from Jinghua, and more than 30 large and small merchant ships from other sea merchants.

As Jinghua's "Sixteen Points" began to be implemented in Annan, these Daming sea merchants affiliated with Jinghua Guangzhou Private Port also made profits, and their business in Annan began to expand rapidly. Since the "boss" of Guangzhou Port is coming , then of course it will come together, which is equivalent to Jinghua providing free escort, so why not do it?
What's more, if you come with Jinghua's fleet, you can also enjoy the envious and fearful eyes of those Annan people, which makes you feel as if you are floating in the clouds.

The flagship of the fleet docked at the No. [-] pier. Naturally, there were special personnel to handle matters such as anchoring and releasing ladders. After Gao Mengnan stepped on the ground, Gao Yu smiled and bowed to him: "Young Gao Yu, I have seen Dafang Er master."

Gao Mengnan grabbed Gao Yu's arm and laughed loudly: "Come on, you are already a 'commander', so don't always be a 'little one'. By the way, how many people are you in charge of as a military commander now?" ?”

Gao Yu smiled and said: "According to the request of the master, the establishment of the Thang Long Guard Army is 5 people."

Gao Mengnan was taken aback: "Such a large establishment? How many troops has Annan arranged in total?"

"There are only two in total." Gao Yu said with a smile: "In addition to the Thang Long garrison, there is also a Jingang garrison with a staff of 3 people. However, because the construction of the Golden port has not officially started, the Golden port garrison is currently Also stay in the north, not yet south.

The second master may not know that the Cen and Huang families now have one divided into the west of Thang Long and the other in the east of Thang Long. They are both very large areas. They each only keep 2 people in Annan. Although their combat power is strong, However, more people are still needed to suppress the ground, so the Jingang Guards are now helping them guard some places. "

Gao Mengnan sighed in admiration: "Wow, you are stronger than the general army of a town now. I have never heard of a general soldier in my Ming Dynasty who can have [-] direct descendants... It is really entrusted with a heavy responsibility and trust, you must be careful in your actions, and remember not to have no scruples in doing things just because you have a man in your hand, you must ask for instructions, and you must report what you need to report, although you will seek the truth in the future You must return to Beijing, but you must have a plan in your heart, what should be decided temporarily, and what should be approved by him first... You must grasp the proportion of this, understand?"

"Yes, the little one understands." Gao Yu said: "If the little one can't make a decision for a while, I can ask you what you mean first."

"Don't, don't, don't!" Gao Mengnan quickly waved his hand: "Don't ask me what I mean, you have to make up your own mind about military matters, or send a fast boat to Tianjin Port to ask for instructions from Qiuzhen, what should I do? I don't understand military affairs."

Seeing his expression, Gao Yu suddenly understood that Gao Mengnan didn't understand military affairs, but he avoided interfering with military affairs - he was Gao Jie's adopted son, and when he was young, he also fought Japanese pirates with Gao Jie, the admiral of Caojiang.

He is avoiding suspicion.

Although in terms of status, he is Gao Yushi's elder brother, but since the position Gao Yushi gave him has nothing to do with military affairs, he is a prudent person, so he will definitely not interfere with military affairs.

However, Gao Yu knew that the new position that Gao Yushi planned to give him would inevitably have something to do with military affairs.

But he can't mention this to Gao Mengnan now.

Who knew that Gao Mengnan himself changed the subject, and while reviewing the military appearance of the Shenglong Guard Army who came to meet him with Gao Yu, he asked: "Qiuzhen asked me to meet him this time, do you want to transfer me to Annan? "

Gao Yu was taken aback, and looked at Gao Mengnan suspiciously: "This..."

"Looking at your look, I must have guessed right." Gao Mengnan smiled wryly and said, "Actually, I don't care where I work, but Guangzhou Port has a lot of tasks right now, and I've only just started, and now I'm suddenly transferred, no Those who know who will take over... Oh, I'm not doubting whether others can do a good job, but I'm just worried about the time to get started... I heard that Pragmatism has big plans in Annan, and these plans must need the assistance of Guangzhou Port... I I'm afraid it will delay things."

In fact, the arrangement for Gao Mengnan itself was not a secret. The reason why Gao Yushi did not make it public was mainly because he was worried that Gao Mengnan himself did not understand the "distribution of Nanman".

Seeing that Gao Mengnan didn't seem to have that kind of intention now, Gao Yu let it go, and said with a smile: "Master's plan in Annan is indeed very big, Second Master, I'm afraid you can't guess how big this plan is."

"Really?" Gao Mengnan was a little surprised, but also a little cautious: "Don't tell me... I'm really planning to change Annan's surname, right?"

Gao Yu was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of Gao Mengnan's words. He shook his head and said, "How could such a thing happen? The master didn't mention it, not at all."

"Oh?" Gao Mengnan thought to himself: Could it be that I wanted to go wrong?

Gao Yu took the initiative and said: "Second Master, don't look at the fact that the Master is releasing 5 people in the north, and it is estimated that only 3 people will be released in the South, but if I am not wrong, the Master's center of gravity may be in the South."

Gao Mengnan's heart moved, and he pondered: "South? You mean the Golden Port City?"

Gao Yu nodded and said: "I always feel that the master may sooner or later attack the Champaigns and even the Cambodians."

"Cambodia? Is it Chenla?" Gao Mengnan said in surprise: "This place is not like Annan, it is a completely barbarian land. Although it is said to be a vassal of my Ming Dynasty, the influence of Ming Dynasty is there... I am afraid Isn’t it big? How could he be interested in that place?”

Gao Yu shook his head: "I'm not very clear about this small one, but I heard from the master that Cambodia is very suitable for growing rice, with three crops a year, and the plain area is very large. If it is well developed Well, it might be even more productive than Huguang."

Gao Mengnan was taken aback, terrified and moved, his voice changed a bit: "Is the grain output higher than Huguang? Is this true?" It seems that Chinese people have always attached great importance to food.

"Yes, the master said it himself."

Gao Mengnan took a deep breath and said after a while, "Zhenla...it seems to be over soon." Then he asked: "What's the matter with Champa? It's also suitable for rice cultivation?"

"Champa, I don't know very well, but... the master and Gao Jing seem to have talked about this issue, and it probably has something to do with the port."

"The port..." Gao Yu was a little surprised: "Isn't the Golden Port just about to be developed? I heard that this place is very good. Otherwise, it would not take so much effort to build a new city on a piece of white land. How can it occupy the city?" Is there a better port around?"

Gao Yu didn't know much about these things, so he shook his head to express his ignorance.

"No, no." Gao Mengnan thought for a while, and said: "When I came, I heard from Gao Jing that Qiuzhen would build a port on the south side of the mouth of the Luhe River, which means that the main port in North Annan will be It is there, and there is Golden Port in the south, and two main ports, one south and one north. In terms of Annan's size, this should be enough. But he is still thinking about occupying the city, which should not be for business. I went to Hong Kong... besides, there are not many people in Champa, right?"

Gao Yu smiled wryly and said: "Second Master, you should go and talk to the master about these things. The young one really doesn't understand very well. The main task of the young one now is this Shenglong garrison. According to the master's plan, this Shenglong garrison Although the army is based on Annan people, many of the middle and high-level officers are servants of our Gao family. The master said that he would transplant some systems of the guards of the servants to completely master this army. I am a child these days. I'm so busy, I don't have time to think about other things!"

Gao Mengnan laughed loudly, patted Gao Yu's shoulder, and said, "Okay, okay, it's not hard for you, I'll ask the truth myself."
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