Wu Chongyao's upper court has a high forehead, while his lower court narrows rapidly.

A young man with such a face will have a great career in middle age, but will have no late luck and no profitable descendants. This seems to indicate that the Wu family will be in decline.

"Thirteen lines, of course there were thirteen in the beginning. How many are left now, and how many of them were the original thirteen?" Dong Liang didn't seem to hear Wu Chongyao's reply, but continued to ask.

These words were not for Wu Chongyao to answer, but for them to think.

Wu Chongyao naturally heard it, so he didn't speak.

The businessmen behind him were all bent over and thinking.

"If you are destined to be harvested from the beginning and your family is destined to be ruined, why do you work so hard to accumulate your family fortune?" Dong Liang's words were like a thorn in the hearts of these people.

No one has ever asked this question, but everyone knows that this is the truth.

Such a harsh reality was now spoken from the mouth of a young and powerful man.

This makes them feel a little uncomfortable.

"Is there a longer-term model?"

Dong Liang's words are very tempting.

These businessmen, not to mention practicing with the country, would not be able to achieve wealth for three generations.

Wu Chongyao and others felt like they were being tickled. He wanted to urge Dong Liang to hurry up and say that it was very uncomfortable to be tempted by someone like this.

At this time, he seemed to be on the execution ground. The executioner never ordered the execution, and even told them to give you a chance to live.

But they don't know how to survive. This makes people feel more uncomfortable than death. At this time, Wu Chongyao wanted Dong Liang to directly give them a price, and then several companies would pool the money to eliminate the disaster.

"Do you know about Minhua Company?"

Minhua Company is a public-private joint venture established by Dong Liang in Fujian Province based on the East India Company.

Its main business is foreign trade and overseas colonization.

The overall idea is similar to the colonial and industrial policy adopted by the Japanese after the Meiji Restoration.

The registered capital of this company reaches tens of millions of silver dollars.

It is still in the preparation stage.

However, because the connection between Fujian Province and Guangdong Province was blocked, these businessmen from the Thirteenth Industry did not know the existence of this company.

Seeing the expressions of Wu Chongyao and others, Dong Liang knew that they didn't know.

So Dong Liang talked about the East India Company and told these people the organizational structure and operating model of the Minhua Company.

Wu Chongyao and these people are not human beings. After listening to Dong Liang's description, his eyes suddenly lit up. The government was taking them to play with them. Aren't they all considered emperor merchants?

If the head of state keeps his word, then it is really possible for them to retire with the country.

But if the Chinese are like the Manchu Qing court, they will eventually be harvested.

What can they do? At least they have provided a solution that seems very reasonable.

Use the credit of the country to play with these people.

They seemed to have no choice, Wu Chongyao and others cursed in their hearts.

However, looking at the attitude of this Chinese leader, he is very sincere.

Dong Liang's young face does give people the illusion that he is a simple young man.

"Führer, we are willing to obey your orders." Wu Chongyao glanced at the people behind him and agreed.

They had already agreed on how to make eye contact.

Obviously, these people all agreed to cooperate with the Chinese to establish a company.

Dong Liang actually looked down upon these thirteen businessmen. They were good at running a business, but lacked backbone and national integrity.

But then again, in an environment like the Manchu and Qing Dynasty, it would be difficult for those merchants with integrity to survive. The key is that the Manchu and Qing court did not look at these merchants seriously, so why did they want to serve the country with their lives?

The main purpose of establishing Yuehua Company in cooperation with these Guangdong businessmen was to create a competitor for Minhua Company.

Of course, there may be more Chinese companies appearing in the future.

Dong Liang preliminarily agreed on the framework of the Yuehua Company with these people. The Chinese paid 10 million Chinese dollars for the confiscated British property and took a controlling position, but they still did not care about the business.

Wu Chongyao serves as the general manager. In addition, each company sends a representative to the company's board of directors.

Su Wencan hid in Qiongzhou and was not here at this time, but Dong Liang still left a seat for the Su family.

This time, the city of Guangzhou was successfully captured, and the Su family made great contributions.

Moreover, the rubber plantation run by Su Wencan for Dong Liang will have a huge impact on the Chinese people in the future.

The initial investment in rubber planting is very large. You must first buy seeds and saplings at high prices, and then cultivate them locally. It will take five or six years until the saplings grow.

But when Dong Liang told Su Wencan, the other party accepted it without hesitation.

Of course, Dong Liang can do this himself, but the energy of the Chinese people is limited after all. Moreover, the Chinese people do not have the same connections as Su Wencan.

The biggest mistake the British army made this time was to separate the navy and army.

The army played the main role in the occupation of Guangzhou City. The navy saw that they had not achieved much success, so the navy commander, General Carden, sent a shallow-water gunboat to Bao Ling to accompany the army in the battle.

The main fleet could not enter the narrow inland river, and it was useless to stay idle outside the city of Guangzhou. Therefore, General Carton decided to go to sea to find the naval escort of the escort force for a decisive battle, and strive to eliminate this pirate maritime force.

For a pirate, the navy is its foundation.

Carden did not underestimate the strength of the escort navy. He knew that the escort navy had a large modern fleet.

The main force of the fleet is the Perry fleet captured from the Americans.

Thinking of this, General Carden couldn't help but feel a little more contempt for the Americans. He actually handed over an entire fleet to them.

He also knew that this navy was very skilled in using rockets.

However, these tactics were useless in front of the British Empire's battleships.

With the intensive firepower on the battleship, those pirate rocket boats had no chance of getting close.

However, these flea-like boats now made General Carden very upset.

Heading north from Guangzhou, as soon as they reached the border of Zhangzhou, the British expeditionary fleet was targeted.

Those small rocket boats are very flexible, and even if Kaden sends out the fastest frigate in the fleet, it will be difficult to catch up with them.

They are like flies, cruising around the fleet. When you reach out your hand and try to swat the opponent to death, they will fly away quickly.

It's just that Kaden has never found the opponent's main fleet.

He had no intention of finding the opponent directly. General Carden had already figured it out. He planned to attack Xiamen Island and then force the escorting navy to come out for a decisive battle.

Xiamen Island is an outlying island and a trading port operated by the British for many years. The Royal Navy of the British Empire is very familiar with the sea conditions around the island.

The British fleet sailed into Gulangyu Island very skillfully.

The fortress on the port has been expanded and reinforced by the escort army.

The originally open turrets have now become semi-open, and some of the turrets even adopt fully enclosed structures, leaving only a 120-degree horizontal opening in the front.

The naval gun on the turret has also been replaced with a naval gun base. After firing, the recoil will bounce the shore defense gun back into the turret, so that the gunner can complete the filling in the turret, and then push the coast defense gun out again.

This is indeed very troublesome, but the safety of the gun position is fully guaranteed.

The Chinese breech-loaded gun is still under development. In the design of the breech-loaded gun, Dong Liang plans to use a bolt breech. The main problem now is that the quality of the steel is not up to standard.

This problem includes breech-loading guns. As long as the Chinese steel problem is solved, the equipment level of the Guards will make a qualitative leap.

After the time-travelers came to ancient times, the biggest problem they encountered was the problem of basic materials. If basic materials cannot solve it, no matter how many ideas you have, they will not be realized.

Rubber and steel are basic materials that cannot be avoided.

Just as the Guards were attacking Guangzhou, the artillery battle in Xiamen also began.
Chapter completed!