My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 157 Do you still remember Long Weizhi, the Minister of Household Affairs?
When the Pandaers set sail again, the base on Ceylon Island was also declared completed and officially put into use.

Major chambers of commerce have settled in and traded the goods they brought with the Tamil people.

Commercial resources such as gems, mahogany, and ebony, which are abundant in Ceylon Island, can be traded by major chambers of commerce on their own. They can be brought back to the Ming Dynasty and resold to earn huge price differences and make a fortune.

However, only the Zhuji Chamber of Commerce can collect various mineral resources, and other chambers of commerce cannot touch them.

Because mining requires a large number of manpower, and Ming Dynasty is currently in a period of rapid development, it is naturally impossible to mobilize manpower to come to Ceylon Island for mining.

Therefore, the cooperation model between the Ming Dynasty and the Tamil Kingdom is that the Ming Dynasty factory sends people to explore for minerals, and after the exploration is completed, the Tamil people go out to mine manually.

After pricing the mined ores, they exchanged supplies of equivalent value with the Ming Dynasty that the Tamil people needed.

Although the benefits from mineral resources are huge, other chambers of commerce do not dare to be jealous at all.

Because the "Zhu" in Zhu Ji used to represent Zhu Fugui, the living god of wealth, but now the "Zhu" represents the Ming Emperor.

Now Zhu Ji's major shareholder is Zhu Jianshen, while Zhu Fugui and Li Tianxin are only small shareholders. Zhu Ji is almost no different from a state-owned enterprise.

Another thing is that it is useless for other chambers of commerce to ask for those minerals. The most high-end and cutting-edge technologies and industries of Ming Dynasty are basically completely in the hands of Zhu Ji.

Various technological products were invented by the Daming Factory. Needless to say, those for military use were left to Zhu Ji to manage, which was a monopoly industry.

It's like the son created the father's business, and the emperor sat back and counted the money.

In this era, this is simply the strongest iron triangle combination. No one can break this combination except the three parties themselves.

Therefore, only when the resources are in the hands of Zhu Ji, can they be transformed into various scientific and technological products and supplied to the whole country.

Even if others get those resources, they don’t have the relevant technology to use them.

After all, it was a feudal dynasty. Under the social background of the family world, it was almost impossible to develop into a capital society like later generations and let private merchants control the country's economic lifeline.

All resources and technology-related industries are firmly controlled by Zhu Ji on behalf of the emperor.

Not to mention private merchants, even clan members find it difficult to get involved.

Zhu Jianshen regards Zhu Ji as his lifeline. This is the basic guarantee for his descendants to rule the country forever. He will cut down whoever dares to stretch his hand without mercy.

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After settling the matter on Ceylon Island, Wang Zhi and Wang Lianhua continued their journey.

They sailed northwest along the Tianzhu coastline to the Persian Gulf and arrived in the Persian region, which was later known as Iran.

The structure of the Middle East today is completely different from that of later generations.

Pakistan was part of the Delhi Sultanate of India, while places like Iran and Afghanistan were ruled by the Aries Dynasty established by the Turks.

Because the capital of the Aries Dynasty, Diyarbakir in Turkey, is more than 2000 kilometers away from the coast of the Persian Gulf, and it may take three or four months to come and go, Wang Zhi did not go there in person.

He sent an accompanying official, along with some members of the envoy, escorted by two hundred households, to Diyarbakır to meet the emperor of the Aries Dynasty and submit his credentials.

He himself was in a coastal city, taking charge of communicating with local officials and building a fort base, so that he would not waste time.

By the time the envoys return, the fort will probably be almost complete.

As expected, when the envoy came back with a trade agreement with the Aries Dynasty, the fortress base had been built and trade could be carried out directly.

Wang Zhi made a large circle in the Persian Gulf. From the east coast to the west coast, he drove nails in all the Middle East, including Persia and China.

No country would refuse to establish trade with the Middle-earth dynasty, because the silk, porcelain, tea and other specialties of China are indeed very fragrant.

The rich oil resources in the Middle East will definitely become the possession of Ming Dynasty in the future.

Zhu Jianshen would naturally not trade the advanced technological products of the Ming Dynasty, and strictly prohibited private merchants from reselling them. Anyone who dared to touch them would have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated without mercy.

After all, you can get a lot of wealth with local products, so why let high-tech products go out?
Moreover, the main purpose of establishing trade relations is to install spies and prepare for future conquests. The exchange of supplies is just a cover.

After leaving the Middle East, there is the continent of Africa. This continent must be occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

Africa has 30% of the world's mineral reserves, 12% of the oil reserves, and 8% of the natural gas reserves. It is recognized as the continent with the richest natural resources. How could Li Tianxin let it go?

It is a pity that in this era, the Suez Canal does not yet exist, and the Red Sea and the Mediterranean have not yet been connected.

Therefore, if Wang Zhi wanted to reach Western Europe, France, France, Great Britain, the Holy Roman Empire and other places, he had to bypass the entire continent of Africa.

While Wang Zhi's fleet was still in the Persian Gulf, Panda'er's fleet had already passed Ceylon Island and headed straight for Somalia, so the two sides failed to meet this time.

The pandas set off in mid-May and arrived in South America again in early August.

Still dozens of kilometers away, Panda'er successfully contacted Li Tianxin using a shortwave radio. When they docked, Li Tianxin, Shen Lang and others personally brought soldiers and aborigines to greet them.

After not seeing each other for more than half a year, the two sides exchanged pleasantries.

When Li Tianxin saw Li Xunhuan, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Xiao Li, why did you come to the New World?"

Li Xunhuan smiled lightly and said, "It's a long story, let's talk about it later."

Li Tianxin looked at him with a strange expression, and kept saying "No way" in his mind.

The plot of this world has been changed beyond recognition by him. It is impossible that Li Xunhuan still encountered those things, and then changed from staying away from the customs to staying away from overseas.

However, he was not in a hurry to ask at this time, but patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, now that you are here, work hard, and let me see what level you have learned in science over the years."

Panda'er joked: "That's not a low level. Xiao Li is the top scorer in the new department."

Li Tianxin couldn't help but laugh, so this guy really only had a chance to be a flower.

After everyone exchanged greetings, Li Tianxin began to arrange people to help unload the goods.

This time the pandas not only brought livestock and poultry, but also a large amount of rice, flour and rice seeds.

As people of the Ming Dynasty, they still prefer to eat rice. Although potatoes and sweet potatoes are not unpalatable, it can be seen that Tian'er cannot bear to eat them.

After all the goods were shipped, thousands of people transported various supplies and led various livestock and poultry to the original tribes.

On the way, Li Tianxin told Panda'er about the development in the past six months.

The original tribe is no longer a tribe, but has developed into a small city, named the original city.

In the past half year, they have successively annexed several tribes, and now the original population of the original city has exceeded [-].

Among them, there are more than 4000 young adults and nearly 5000 young and old. Among the young adults, there are only more than [-] men and [-] women.

None of the tribes that were annexed in the past eight months used killing methods. Instead, Li Tianxin and others used acupuncture to restrain the warriors of the other tribe.

Then let the aborigines of the original tribe speak to them and tell them the benefits of following the gods.

In the end, the indigenous people of these tribes chose to follow the gods and merged into the original tribes without any bloodshed.Since all tribes have more women than men, after integration, the ratio of men to women will be further increased.

Every Ming army officer got a woman, and there was still a surplus of more than 300 men.

Just in time, Panda'er brought more than 400 men, but this time it was not enough, and he had to continue to annex other tribes.

The original city was built on a plain not far from the original tribe, and no city walls have yet been built.

Li Tianxin planned to wait until the city reached a certain scale and was ready to build a second city before building the city wall.

At present, the Ming army mainly relies on soldiers to guard the periphery to prevent other tribes from attacking and causing damage to the original city.

In the original city's design plan, Li Tianxin adopted the model of Chang'an City. All houses are horizontally and vertically arranged. The main purpose is to be neat and easy to manage.

The City Lord's Mansion was built in the north of the city in accordance with the custom of China. The layout is similar to that of the Zhu Mansion, but not as exquisite.

The situation at the base is similar. Currently, the main problem is the lack of manpower. It will take at least ten years to truly lay the foundation.

However, there is no need for Li Tianxin to lead people to annex tribes everywhere. As long as the existence of the original city gradually spreads, the aborigines will take the initiative to surrender.

And the further back they go, the more aboriginal people will defect to them, so Li Tianxin and the others' top priority is to build houses like crazy.

As long as there are enough houses and food, there is no need to worry about not being able to gather enough people.

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In the city lord's mansion, Ruyi went to arrange the kitchen to prepare for the reception banquet, while Li Tianxin took Panda'er and others to sit in the hall.

The cook in the back kitchen is temporarily served by the Huotou Army.

Although many aboriginal people have learned cooking skills, they are not familiar with the language and have difficulty communicating without barriers.

But in the future, the servants in the city lord's mansion will eventually be replaced by aboriginals. After all, the Huotou Army is also a soldier of the Ming Army. Being a cook is a waste of talent.

After Li Tianxin and others reminisced about old times with Li Xunhuan, they asked him about the reason for coming to the New World.

Li Xunhuan did not hide anything and told Li Tianxin everything.

After everyone listened, the women had similar thoughts to Bai Ling before. They felt that Li Xunhuan only cared about brotherhood and completely ignored Lin Shiyin's feelings, which was disrespectful to women.

Li Tianxin stood up thoughtfully and walked around the hall.

Everyone looked at him strangely, a little confused.

After a while, seeing Li Tianxin pause in front of the door, Bai Feifei asked: "Tianxin, what did you think of?"

Li Tianxin turned around, looked at Li Xunhuan with a solemn expression and said, "You'd better go back quickly, I hope it's not too late to stop him."

Li Xunhuan was startled when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"

Li Tianxin said seriously: "If I'm not wrong, you should have been set up by someone. Everything is too coincidental and too deliberate."

"You are obsessed with the authorities, and coupled with the information asymmetry, you naturally cannot see the situation clearly."

Li Xunhuan's expression changed drastically, his eyes flashed rapidly, and the process of getting acquainted with Long Xiaoyun began to replay in his mind.

Shen Lang also agreed: "Tian Xin is right. The timing of Long Xiaoyun's appearance outside Zhangjiakou was too coincidental, and the timing of his falling in love with girl Shiyin was also coincidental."

"The most coincidental thing is that when you were about to tell him that you were going to get married to Miss Shiyin, he happened to tell you first that he fell in love with Miss Shiyin."

"If it is a coincidence, it can be explained by fate, but if it is such a coincidence every time, it seems too deliberate."

The blood on Li Xunhuan's face gradually faded and became whiter and whiter.

But I heard Li Tianxin continue: "Besides these, what's even more coincidental is that he stopped vomiting blood earlier and later. He happened to vomit blood just when you went to find him, which made you feel even more guilty."

Panda'er on the side frowned and said: "Tianxin, do you mean that Long Xiaoyun did all this on purpose just to steal Sister Shiyin?"

Li Tianxin shook his head and said: "Taking away Sister Shiyin is just a means, not an end. His real purpose is to torture Xiao Li and take revenge on the Li family."

"I took your lover away, defrauded you of my family property, and watched you suffer so much, but I still want to be the sworn brother you respect."

Everyone present took a breath, this was simply too vicious.

"Old Li, Da Li, Long Xiaoyun and others are out of reach. The only target that can be attacked is Xiao Li."

"Who in the world knows about Xiao Li's character that attaches great importance to love and justice? He formulated this conspiracy just based on your character."

Li Xunhuan's face turned pale, he looked at Li Tianxin and said with a trembling voice, "But why would he do this?"

This is what makes everyone strange. Everyone looked at Li Tianxin, waiting for him to give the answer.

Li Tianxin sighed: "It's actually very simple. In the seventh year of Tianshun, your father had a minister of household named Long Weizhi. Do you still remember?"

"Tian Shun seven years ago, that was... 13 years ago..." Li Xunhuan recalled briefly, and then he remembered, everything was connected.

"Back then, Long Shilang was corrupt, perverting the law, and abusing power for personal gain. My father had a copy of the late emperor's copy. After verification, he had his house confiscated and was exiled. That Long Xiaoyun..."

Li Tianxin looked at Li Xunhuan and confirmed his speculation: "It's almost certain that Long Xiaoyun is Long Weizhi's son. Everything he is doing now is to take revenge on the Li family."

"Go back and find out all this for yourself before there is time to recover. If Long Xiaoyun really succeeds, it will be a disaster for sister Shiyin."

Shen Lang stood up and said: "I will go back with you. Now I suspect that he also found the three murderers outside the pass and your enemies. Otherwise, how could he appear by such a coincidence?"

Li Tianxin nodded and said, "I will write a handwritten letter. Then you can take the letter to Xichang and ask them to help find out about this matter."

"If it is determined that all this is Long Xiaoyun's conspiracy, there is no need to show mercy."

Shen Lang nodded and said, "I understand."

Li Xunhuan bowed deeply to Li Tianxin and said gratefully: "Thank you, brother. Fortunately, I came here to meet you. Otherwise, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life."

Li Tianxin squeezed his shoulder and said warmly: "Brother, please say thank you. Go back and apologize to Sister Shiyin, and don't do such stupid things in the future."

Li Xunhuan nodded and said: "I will. If my cousin is willing, I plan to bring her here. After all, I have already served an imperial edict and cannot change it."

Li Tianxin smiled and said: "That's fine. With your talents, you can play a greater role here. If you manage this continent well, it will not be a problem to become a prince in the future."

Just like that, Li Xunhuan, who had just arrived in the New World, got on the boat back to the Ming Dynasty.

This time Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi went back with him on two other warships. This time they still brought back four hundred soldiers and their Indian wives.

　The weather has changed drastically recently, and I accidentally fell into the trap. I have been feeling groggy all day. I finally managed to hold on until the end of the month, and I got full attendance. I really can't stand it anymore. I'm going to take a day off tomorrow. I'm sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)