Chen Zhitang widened his eyes and stared at the towering and majestic city wall of the Black Mountain Fort, trying to find a gap of bricks from the integrated wall.

"Brother Chen, how did this wall be built? Why didn't there even be a crack in the brick?"

Yang Yexing, who was standing beside him, was also amazed at the wall.

Chen Zhitang shook his head: "How do I know? It doesn't look like it's a piece of dust, but it can't be a whole stone, it's still empty inside, and there are many arrow holes. By the way, Brother Yang, didn't you see this wall when you came last time?"

"No, when I came last time, I was digging this moat. In just over three months, a wall was built. It was incredible."

"Hahaha, you two don't know that this city wall actually took only one month." A hearty laugh suddenly came from behind.

Yang Yexing looked back and hurriedly bowed: "The villain has seen the general."

Although Chen Zhitang had never seen anyone, he could guess that this person was causing the turmoil in the three major areas of Jin Xuan. Qin Chuan, who was famous throughout the Ming Dynasty, quickly bowed his head and bent down, and shouted respectfully: "The villain has seen the general."

"No gift, no gift."

Qin Chuan walked over with a smile and helped the two of them up in person.

"Let's go, let's talk inside."

"Thank you, General."

Qin Chuan led the two into the Heishan Fort and went straight into the inner courtyard, leading to the reception room of the Commercial Bureau Office.

Although Yang Yexing and Shen Zhitang were very curious about the city wall, they knew that this was Qin Chuan's military secret and did not dare to explore it at all.

Qin Chuan naturally would not reveal the secrets of cement on his own initiative. Before unifying the country, this thing must not be circulated, so as not to resist the enemy's fortresses built with steel and cement.

After a few greetings, he asked straight to the point: "You two are here to visit, but for the sake of shipbuilding?"

Yang Yexing hurriedly bowed and replied: "Report to the general, we are indeed here for this matter. We only hope to discuss carefully with the general and settle the matter as soon as possible."

"Um."

Qin Chuan nodded: "This matter is simple. You and I have jointly established a new business, mainly engaged in maritime trade, and I will pay for shipbuilding. You just need to do the work for me."

"As for joining the group, we have eight or two points, we have eight or two points."

Hearing this, the expressions on Yang Yexing and Shen Zhitang's faces froze.

Obviously, they were disappointed with this share ratio.

Unexpectedly, Qin Chuan only gave them 20%.

Qin Chuan smiled and asked, "You should know the East India Company, right?"

"What the general said is, what the Red Hair fleet?" Chen Zhitang walked through the sea all year round, so he naturally knew that there was such a group of forces.

Qin Chuan nodded: "That's right, but there is not only one red-haired fleet, which entrenches in the South China Sea, called the Dutch East India Company, which is the red-haired one you call."

"There is another one that is poisonous, called the British East India Company."

"You should know that the red hair in the Southeast Asian region is still safe, but the British East India Company is not so safe."

"Those people are doing business of killing and robbing people and siegeing cities and territories. Now that their body poison has fallen into their hands, it is almost time to change the dynasty."

"What I want is a fleet that is stronger than the Red Hair and the British East India Company. It not only does maritime trade, but also takes into account killing and robbing goods, and... expanding territory and destroying all the other forces at sea."

"Working for me, I earn not only money, but also the prosperity and prosperity of your two families for generations. You can think about it carefully."

After saying that, Qin Chuan picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Neither Yang Yexing nor Shen Zhitang spoke, but just looked at each other from time to time.

However, their faces seemed to be getting more and more excited.

"Or the two of you want to discuss carefully, and it will not be too late to make a decision after the agreement."

As he said that, Qin Chuan got up, smiled and bowed to the two of them, and then walked out of the door.

Not long after he walked, a low whispering sound rang out in the room.

Qin Chuan called Luo Wentian and explained it carefully.

Not long after, the two finally agreed and asked to see Qin Chuan again, expressing their willingness to join the gang and obey Qin Chuan's instructions.

Qin Chuan was very satisfied. After chatting with them for a few more words, he asked Luo Wentian to discuss with them the specific research on where the shipyard is located, as well as a series of issues such as management and transportation. He himself asked Lao Huang to call him.

Since Jiannu retreated, Lao Huang has continued to train with Zhao Wu to whistle, and has been in Loufan recently.

Of course, Qin Chuan would not hand over everything to Yang Yexing and Shen Zhitang. He wanted to send someone to take charge of this East China Indian company, and everything from finance to decision-making must be in his own hands.

It's time to build a real intelligence system.

Zhao Wu and Lao Huang trained a total of 500 Ye Bushu and Sharp Whistlemen, nearly half of whom could be sent out to perform the mission immediately. This time, Qin Chuan wanted to spread some of the Sharp Whistlemen out, so that they could build a huge intelligence network outside to collect the latest and most complete types of intelligence.

The team will be composed of twenty whistles and one hundred and eighty whistles, led by Lao Huang, to protect officials from the Finance and Commerce Department.

If necessary, this whistle team can still carry out the beheading operation. If you see any unhappy or any hindering their development, you will kill them.

There is also the task of robbery. If any big family has a lot of money and food, and does a lot of evil, they will change their clothes at night.

...

After handing Yang Yexing and Shen Zhitang to Luo Wentian, Qin Chuan rode a tall horse again, left Heishan Fort, and went straight to Heishan Mining Area along the railway.

As a secret location, Montenegro has been blocked, with dozens of trunks built around it. The Imperial Army patrolled day and night, and did not allow any unrelated persons to enter Montenegro.

Because the Guandi army is heading towards Hetao, they will inevitably occupy the Hetao area next year and open up the Kharkha. They will also increase their sales channels for iron pots in Yerkand, and sales will inevitably increase sharply, especially in Kharkha Mongolia, where they will need as much iron pots as they have.

Therefore, Yan Sanqi has greatly expanded the production line of iron pots. Now it can produce at least 2,000 iron pots a day, and the production line is gradually increasing.

The production lines of cement plants and steel bar plants have also increased significantly. In addition to supplying military fort plans in the Hetao area and supplying additional local defense facilities on each border, a small amount of steel and cement is also supplied to the people of nearby prefectures and counties to build buildings for them.

Due to the limited land in Heishan, Qin Chuan decided to move the steel bar factory to the Hongqianshan Mine. Anyway, the confidentiality level of the steel bars is not high, so the remaining open space is given to the pot factory and cement factory.

During this period, Yan Sanqi has improved the crucible three times. According to Qin Chuan's instructions, he changed the crucible to a converter. The iron smelting process still requires the Dajian furnace to melt the iron ore, but the quality of the iron refined is getting better and better, and it is very close to modern "steel".

The quality of iron has been improved, and the quality of flintlock guns, cannons, etc. has also improved to a certain extent, and even the iron pots have benefited from this.

There was nothing important about Qin Chuan coming to Heishan, he just came to inspect, so he went anywhere and pointed at him.

At dusk, when he was about to return to Heishan Fort, he went to the Yancheng subordinates of Pingyang Prefecture and brought back several yellow and white crystals from mules and horse carriages.

According to the subordinates, there are so many such stones under the salt lake in Yancheng, but the local government and salt peddlers do not know what the use of these stones are, so they have not been mined and the stock is still very large.

I heard that Qin Chuan wanted to buy this kind of stone, so the officers and soldiers of Si Yancheng generously gave several baskets because they all got the big iron pots for cooking salt from Qin Chuan.
Chapter completed!