Zheng Baozhi heard Dou Jiande's question and replied: "Brother, the Central Plains are too far away and there are too few exiles. It is also unsightly to earn the people to do slave labor. Therefore, the company is mainly to buy young and strong people in Tianzhu and open up land in Australia."

"Why did you get involved in Tianzhu again?"

"Brother, you don't know that although Tianzhu is a big country and has a large number of households, it has not stopped for hundreds of years. It is divided into many vassal states and conquered each other, and it is full of lively."

"Didn't the company always buy cotton and incense medicine from Tianzhu in recent years? After a few rounds, they became familiar with the princes of the coastal areas of Tianzhu. They often fought wars and there were prisoners from time to time. So it would be very convenient for the company to buy prisoners from the other party."

"The slave workers in mining are not bad now, but they are lazy without supervisors and other slave workers. They also have to protect the mines, otherwise they will not be able to die if they are attacked by evil spirits..."

"Also, now that this Australian fur has opened up sales in Central China, we plan to expand our staff and have to recruit people..."

"However, whether it is a supervisor in the mine, guarding the mine, hunting giant crocodiles or kangaroos, the risk is not small. If you regret wanting to come back, you may not be able to come back at any time."

Speaking of this, Zheng Baozhi smiled apologetically: "Of course we can't let everyone tread this muddy water."

"This is not right? Recruiting people, why did you run back from afar to recruit? Is there no one there on the Lingbiao?" Dou Jiande asked, and the others nodded silently and looked at Zheng Baozhi.

"In the eyes of the southerner, our mouth is just an outsider. If I were a brother, would he easily obey the control of an outsider?"

"Let's use those southerners as their left arms and right arms. OK. In a few years, they will join forces and exclude us together, or work alone with their wings. What should we do?"

Zheng Baozhi served Dou Jiandeman and said, "This time I went out to work hard for my family business. Apart from my friends and relatives, I rely on my relatives and the village party. The ghostly place in Australia is far away and the risk is too great, so I spent money to recruit some fellow villagers who I didn't know to go there to support the scene, and there is also a way to take care of them."

"We are back because we spend money on our lives and are willing to work hard. We go to Australia and die in a foreign land in the future. We are not afraid of being scolded."

"So that's it..." Dou Jiande raised his glass and drank the wine, patted Zheng Baozhi on the shoulder: "Hey, it's really not easy for you."

When Liu Heita heard the whole story, he immediately toasted Zheng Baozhi and accused the abruptness just now: "We are just a rough man, with a bad temper, I'll accompany you!"

The atmosphere at the scene was relaxed and I became happy again. Zheng Baozhi talked about every detail of Australia:

Australia is actually a huge island with a large desolate desert in the middle. Judging from the experience of several strongholds, the climate of its region does not have a clear distinction between four seasons. It is said to be dry season and rainy season is more appropriate.

The winter in Australia is not cold, and there is no miasma of the Nanyang Islands, but hurricanes will blew from time to time during the rainy season. The Nanyang Trading Company is located in several strongholds in northern Australia, but it was almost flattened by hurricanes the year before yesterday.

The place was really desolate. The natives basically did not grow crops and made a living by fishing and hunting.

Originally, everyone thought that Australia was useless. Nanyang Trading Company was located in several strongholds in Australia, which was to exchange some gold, silver and specialties with the locals nearby to have the value of existence.

As for treating it as an exile, it is just a matter of course.

Later, everyone discovered that there were a large number of crocodiles at the entrance of the nearby Haihe River, and there were many alien beasts "kangaroos" inland, which could be peeled and used as fur trading, which opened up the situation.

Local natives sometimes hunt crocodiles and kangaroos peel them. When they see that they can exchange crocodile skins and kangaroo skins for many good things, they start to concentrate their efforts on hunting. The Nanyang Trading Company also organized a team to hunt crocodile and kangaroos.

Hunting kangaroos is relatively easy, and hunting crocodiles is very risky. The crocodiles in Australia are huge in size and are extremely flexible in the water. A ship full of more than ten people will be knocked over by a crocodile if you are not careful.

After the people on the boat fall into the water, they will be shared by crocodiles that flock to them, which is so miserable.

However, the transaction of crocodile skin was really profitable, so the owners of all ships organized brave people to hunt crocodiles, and more and more teams gathered to Australia, and the scale of those strongholds gradually grew.

With the company's efforts for several years, farmland was reclaimed around each base and rice and wheat began to be planted. The surrounding native tribes saw that there were benefits here, and gradually gathered to do business and live in the business.

Now, gold mines and some iron mines have been discovered. The situation in Australia has been barely opened up, but because it is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, it is more like a place of exile, so ordinary people are not willing to go to Australia to open up land.

Nowadays, the company mainly sells slaves to Australia to open up land and mine, and strives to make various trade bases self-sufficiency in food.

At the same time, the ship owners were asked to find ways to team up, either hunt crocodiles in the bay or organize hunting teams to go deep into the inland kangaroos. At the same time, they were constantly sending expedition teams to enter the hinterland of Australia to see what other places with rich resources in Australia are suitable for setting up trade strongholds.

"So, we think that if the villagers want to go out to Liaodong, it is much better to go to Australia. You can go to Yanjin by boat to Liaokou in just a few days..."

"It's cold in winter in Liaodong, but at least there are cotton coats and hot kangs, and there are many people. If you don't want to stay or have urgent matters at home, it's easy to come back."

After Zheng Baozhi finished speaking, he raised his glass to apologize to everyone: "It's not that we don't take care of relatives and friends, it's too risky, so when we come back, we spend money to buy our lives, and we dare not buy everyone's lives."

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"We've figured it out and go to Australia to make a try!"

"Heita, have you really figured it out?"

"I thought it through clearly. Erlu is right. Australia has great risks. You can stay in your hometown and work hard for two meals a day. How can you live this life?"

Next to the oil lamp, Liu Heita was talking with Dou Jiande. After hearing what Zheng Baozhi said a few days ago, Liu Heita thought about it for a few days and finally decided to follow Zheng Baozhi to Australia. More than ten other partners were also moved and wanted to go to Australia with them.

In response to this, Dou Jiande wanted to persuade the other party not to be anxious, but he didn't know how to persuade him, because Liu Heita was a person who was unwilling to be lonely and had been thinking about making a name for himself.

Since the Yongji Canal was opened to navigation, the steamships were shuttled, and the coastal areas were prosperous, everyone had seen more prosperity and could no longer calm down.

Not to mention that Liu Heita was unwilling to accept it, Dou Jiande was not willing to live like this for the rest of his life. He really wanted to go out and make a fuss, but his father was ill on the bed and couldn't bear his wife and children, so he couldn't get out.

Now, Liu Heita is expressing his thoughts to him and planning a big deal.

"Didn't Erlu say that with his hometown's helper, his business can be even bigger. At that time, he can speak in the company and make some arrangements. We will peel the skin in Australia and transport the freight back to the Central Plains. My brother will receive the goods in his hometown and resell it. This fat will not flow to outsiders' fields, which is great!"

"We are on a long journey and my brother is taking care of us at home. I feel very at ease. We will make a living in Australia. Life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky. As long as we don't die, we will make a name for ourselves. At that time, we will make our industry come out and let our relatives and friends go there, which is better than hard work in our hometown!"

"You can use muskets in Liaodong, and you can use muskets in Australia. Using muskets to bomb the giant crocodile that has landed on the shore is safer than hitting a tiger. I don't believe that where can the fish that has landed on the shore jump to!"

Seeing Liu Heita becoming more and more excited as he spoke, Dou Jiande quickly said, "Okay, okay, don't always be crocodile or crocodile. You are not sure when you will come back now. Have you really thought it through?"

"Think it clearly!"

"Isn't it good to go to Liaodong?"

"Liaodong is not bad, but no one leads the way. When will it last? " Liu Heita drank a bowl of tea, breathed a sigh of relief, and then patted his knees with his hand: "We just don't accept it!"

"Why do some people have to be born with wealth and wealth? We will be poor all our lives!"

"In recent years, the grain has been hurt by the farmers. If you can't live a life, you can only do the work and do nothing! I also have to wear silk and have fun every day, and there are many wives and concubines! Let's start the team and save enough money. If there is chaos in the world..."

"Okay, okay! What are you saying!" Dou Jiande quickly interrupted his friend, "The more you say, it becomes more outrageous. Your mouth is tighter, you must know that disaster comes from your mouth!"

"Hehe, brother doesn't say it, who will only know." Liu Heita didn't care. "We must make a name for ourselves when we go. If the situation is stable, we will be a rich man. If it gets messy..."
Chapter completed!