To be fair, no one would actually pay attention to Panyu, because His Majesty's current maritime expeditions mainly take the Hangzhou route. Not only is Hangzhou connected to the railway, but it is also connected to the wonderland gifted to His Majesty by His Majesty the Holy King.
Using the "telephone" technology, His Majesty can get news from Hangzhou at any time.
This means that the imperial court's control over Hangzhou can be said to be almost superb. In this case...even if it is known that His Majesty is increasing his efforts from the South China Sea in the game with Rome, one has to speculate on what will happen to the Panyu area.
That's still too hasty...it's better to say that it's just an open mind.
but……
This rumor has been popular in Hangzhou for a long time, but just like other rumors, although it is true that it has become popular, there are many strange and weird rumors in Hangzhou... they are circulated every day. In Hangzhou
In hundreds of taverns, there are no less than 20 or 30 maritime businessmen every day claiming that they have a friend who has been to America and brought goods back. Brother, do you want to take a look at blabla...
In other words, it is not really news, but because a good port was discovered on the southernmost coastline of Panyu, this matter became popular. Of course, China has many ports.
This place in China has always lacked everything, except for all kinds of fancy and complex terrain, and there are naturally many ports. But this time the location of the port is so superior and the terrain is so exquisite that it makes people doubt that this is someone sent by His Majesty.
It was built there - all the maritime merchants who have been there to transship and resell goods are all amazed by its topography, and it is simply amazing in terms of the shape of the mountains and rivers.
Such a good place has been ignored for thousands of years and has only been developed recently... Although the maritime merchants who dare to seek wealth in the wind and rain are all outstanding people and have a lot of experience, and they all know that Panyu is not an easy place due to its complex terrain.
Farming, and being far away from the war-torn areas in the north, has always been ignored by people. It is natural that something rare in the world has not been discovered, but it is still amazing.
...In fact, China's maritime trade power has developed and grown, and the maritime trade industry has prospered, and many industries have quietly rolled up. Taking the shipbuilding industry as an example, although the core steam engines and internal combustion engines have always been used by His Highness the Holy King.
The West Lake Industrial Zone can produce, but other things... such as canvas, masts, and matching ship nails, rudders, etc., Hangzhou has long been full of workshops and factories, and now there is almost no profit.
In other words, under such circumstances, many maritime merchants who gave up their business had nowhere to go, so they naturally decided to run ports and land.
The best port in China is naturally Hangzhou. However, with the increasing prosperity of sea trade and the expansion of the maritime merchant community, this port is naturally... gradually becoming insufficient - in fact, this is what Li Er decided to open up.
One of the main reasons for the second marine fortress, it can even be said that there is no "one". And of course the maritime merchants also know this...or rather, the reason why the melon-eating people in the Hangzhou city guessed that His Majesty wanted to colonize goods
The Panyu area was aware of this situation.
Of course, the maritime merchants were also aware of it, so during this year, there were maritime merchants everywhere along the East China Sea coast of China. They drove their ships around when they had nothing to do, and they did not traffic in goods, but simply surveyed the terrain!
I'm just waiting for the chance that I find some good port, hehe... When the time comes, I will rent it out first, wait until His Majesty comes to move in, and then sell it back to His Majesty. This business will be a sure profit. Of course... it will make money for the court.
Money, this is somewhat unsafe, but maritime merchants are all local heroes. Often no one in their family is an official in the court, and they are not afraid of causing criticism. At the same time, because they are "heroes" rather than powerful, they also have a tacit understanding with Li Er, so they are also
Don't worry about anything.
With such soil, news of the discovery of a god-level port in Panyu spread immediately.
And such news...
Originally, the spies under Wang Jing and others were snooping around Hangzhou, and they heard about 800 times a day, if not a thousand times. However, Wang Jing and others got such news not only not every day, but also 1,800 times a month.
It has long been ignored, even...
Because his servants reported too many useless and repeated false information, Wang Jing and others punished these idiot slaves many times, which led to the fact that many of the spies raised by the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes were
I didn’t dare to report the news, for fear that there would be false news and repeat the news to make the boss angry, of course, including the recent popular port search business in Hangzhou. At the same time...
Although most of the domestic slaves under Wang Jing and others are timid and often do not dare to report any news, Wang Jing and others are local powerful people with great hands and eyes after all. Of course, they have received news many times - but the same repetition rate is too high.
Gao, as time went by, everyone would not accept it. But this time... Wang Jing and others found that the situation was different.
Of course, it's not because of how true the news is, but because Wang Jing and the others are discussing how to give Li Er twenty pounds of eye drops. To do this kind of thing, of course, you need to collect intelligence, and in the end, naturally, they collected it here in Panyu...
In another episode, I checked all kinds of information about Li Erjun, and immediately discovered this important piece of information that was both true and novel, and completely different from the coquettish bitches circulated in other teahouses and restaurants.
And realizing that Li Er wanted to pass through Panyu and use this as a basis to expand his maritime power... Wang Jing and others immediately became a little worried. Damn it... Li Er's navy was already outrageous enough, and now he wanted to expand his military power.
Isn't it just a case of militarism?
Is this Erlang of the Li family really not afraid of draining the treasury? If he becomes an emperor like this, then he is simply a despicable emperor in the world.
Just because they want to confront the Romans, they have to work the people to this extent. Aren't these emperors unqualified in the world? I don't know what the people under Li Tang's rule think, but they don't want to rebel. In short, Wang Jing and others
After people understood the situation clearly, they scolded Li Er and Li Tangfumin in a style similar to this. But scolding is scolding... After scolding, the problem was placed in front of them.
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...Do you want to go up?
Now Li Er is expanding his navy, which is so unusual. It is even unfounded to worry that with this new naval base in the future, Li Er's ships and navy may be able to rush to the New World in the south. Although this probability is not high.
, After all, the New World... In the eyes of Wang Jing and others, the New World is almost like a different world. Going to the New World is equivalent to traveling through time. Can Li Er still chase him through time?
But after all, Li Er is so arrogant and domineering. If he doesn't give the younger generation of the Li family a lesson, it will be hard for everyone to let go of their hatred.
Finally, after much deliberation and repeated meetings... Wang Jing decided that he had to go!
