Chapter 1215 South African Stronghold

On the way back, Xu Jinghai thought of Zhang Yu's words when he passed the Red Sea.

"My lord said that this place is very important, and we must control it in the future. It is really important that this place can easily enter the Mediterranean Sea."

Unbeknownst to Xu Jinghai, the importance Zhang Yu mentioned was oil, but the role of oil may take at least a thousand years before it can be utilized.

In any case, it is always right to occupy here first.

Xu Jinghai did not go back to China, but traveled to South Africa, where a large amount of goods were stockpiled. They will rest on land for about a month, and then go to the Mediterranean Sea again.

The ships coming and going will naturally bring back their gold and silver, as well as a large amount of goods.

This trade has earned a lot of money, if it is converted into silver coins. After deducting all costs, there are thirty to forty million silver coins.

This is just a trade, if they only transit to South Africa for a year. Can be traded four times.

Zhang Yu gave Xu Jinghai a lot of missions, he can only travel between South Africa and Europe, otherwise many things cannot be done.

First, train a batch of translators for both parties. Not only train yourself, but also train each other.

second. Cultivate the market and cultivate the market. In order to continue to sell products to them.

Third, buy a large amount of wheat to provide reserves for South Africa and provide food for the fleet.

The fourth is to do intelligence work and monitor them so that they will never go out to sea, as long as they are found to dare to build ships. And it will be destroyed when it reaches a certain size.

Of course, there are more missions to follow. But now, there is only such a mission.

"This is the shredded tobacco advocated by the lord?"

"There's nothing magical about it. Why does the lord keep emphasizing that it must be promoted. Even if a certain cost is paid, it needs to be promoted."

"If you don't understand it, don't think about it. Anyway, the lord must be right."

Yes, Zhang Yu brought Xu Jinghai a lot of shredded tobacco. Ask him to promote it in Europe, and in China, Zhang Yu also began to try to promote it.

But in Huaxia, he only promoted it in some government-run stores, and at the same time, he advertised for the first time in the semi-monthly magazine.

The ad occupies two pages,

It introduces the characteristics and usage of shredded tobacco, and then introduces the harm, and introduces the price and where to buy and sell.

This is promoted by the government, and there are always curious people willing to try it.

Zhang Yu is free to use in all brothels first, and all brothels must provide it for half a year, and all Zhang Yu will provide it free of charge within half a year.

Zhang Yu's plan. As long as the rich and prestigious start smoking, other people will slowly start smoking.

Long story short, although Xu Jinghai was the number one trader, he brought them an income of more than 30 million silver coins for the first time.

This is more important than income, and it will have a huge impact on Zhang Yu.

Today, many of Zhang Yu's innovations rely on funds from overseas.

Overseas funds are huge, accounting for half of the empire's income. This large amount of income allows Zhang Yu to fulfill many of his ideas.

After Xu Jinghai rested for a while, the repair and maintenance of the ship was completed, and they will sail again. There are two routes from South Africa to the Mediterranean Sea, one is from the Atlantic Ocean, and the other is their original route.

This time, Xu Jinghai's soldiers split into two routes, going all the way to the Atlantic coast, that is, Spain, Grapeseed, England and other places in later generations. They only had eight ships, and they went to develop the market first.

Xu Jinghai opened up the situation here and started trade with Rome, which greatly affected the world.

The world will be changed by trade.

In Liangzhou, Zhang Yu's army began to gather slowly. It has already assembled 380,000 troops, and there are more troops to gather.

Inside Zhang Yu's barracks, the defenses were heavily guarded, and at the same time, he made an appearance that he was ready to attack at any time.

The situation on Ma Chao's side was similar. Ma Chao, who was gradually at a disadvantage, did not dare to retreat. If he retreated, Zhang Yu might directly advance hundreds of miles, directly kill the hinterland, and approach the city.

In Zhang Yu's barracks, as usual, Zhang Yu would gather generals who had no missions.

"My lord, now that the Ma family and his son have lost the hearts and minds of the army, the time for a decisive battle has come. Ma Chao must not be allowed to go back, and the Romans must be kept behind," Xi Zhicai said.

After Xi Zhi finished speaking, all the generals agreed deeply. They had been aggrieved for a long time and suffered a lot under Ma Chao's hands, and now they want him to return them all.

"Don't worry, wait for another news, when the news comes, we can act."

Zhang Yu is not in a hurry. Because Zhao Yun succeeded, he was sure of winning, and there was not much suspense left.

"Feng Xiao, you rush to Jingzhou immediately and cooperate with Chen Gong to attack Shuchuan. When I finish here, it's time to deal with Liu Bei."

Zhang Yu suddenly asked Guo Jia to leave before the big battle. This really surprised everyone.

But I can also understand. Zhang Yu is very confident about Shuchuan and there is no difficulty, so he wants to solve Shuchuan as soon as possible.

Originally, Liu Bei wanted to form an alliance with Ma Teng and send troops to fight out of Shuchuan. But they didn't act for a long time, not because Liu Bei didn't want to do it, but because the conditions didn't allow it.

Liu Bei is critically ill, and very serious.

Liu Bei has been smoking drugs for some time, and now he has been deeply poisoned. Coupled with the fact that she was a good woman before, she emptied her body, and this time she was seriously ill, and she was about to die.

Under such circumstances, Pang Tong had no choice but to send troops.

Once Liu Bei dies when the troops are sent out, it will be dangerous at that time.

Therefore, Pang Tong did nothing. He did not dare to send troops at this time.

"Alas, the wind and rain are precarious. Even if Sun Wu is alive and Wu Qi is reborn, there is nothing he can do." Pang Tong came back from Liu Bei and said with a sigh.

At this time, Pang Tong was completely disappointed, and what disappointed him was the "rebellion" case they caught half a month ago.

An aristocratic family was found to have adultery with Zhang Yu. Deliberately assisting Zhang Yu in the Shuchuan case.

The reason is very simple, a patriarch is rather mean, he often beats and scolds his subordinates, and beats and scolds his subordinates again once when he was drunk, but in the end he was not popular enough, so he went to report him.

This person was told that he usually disrespected Liu Bei and many officials, and often said that he would welcome Zhang Yu into Shuchuan.

This is too much to say, and many people have heard it. Under the deliberate investigation, the charges were soon confirmed, and the charges were confirmed, followed by the arrest and seizure of property.

Through this incident, Pang Tong didn't know how many people in Shuchuan turned to him. After all, many people made money from Zhang Yu, while Liu Bei cut off many people's money.

Under such circumstances, if Liu Bei is not critically ill, they can still send troops. This time Liu Bei is critically ill, and Pang Tong dare not lead his troops to leave. Otherwise, once Liu Bei dies, many aristocratic families may rise up to rebel.

However, without troops, they will gradually weaken. In the end, it was cleaned up by Zhang Yu.

Liu Bei is critically ill and the building is about to collapse. Zhang Yu just received the news, so he asked Guo Jia to plan.

Zhang Yu didn't need Guo Jia to send troops, but wanted him to corrupt Shuchuan.

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