Chen Liang looked at Jiang Kui sitting opposite him. Jiang Kui's talent was beyond doubt, but it was obvious that he could no longer keep up with his own ideas at this moment. Well, Brother Jiang Kui still lacked in keeping with the times.

Chen Liang and Mao Geng spent a long time together day and night. It can be said that they were influenced by Mao Geng and their thinking was obviously ahead of the curve.

Moreover, Chen Liang is writing "Aliz in Wonderland" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one is a fantasy novel and the other is a historical novel. Chen Liang is now able to switch freely between fantasy and history. At the last moment, he can feel the cruelty of history and enjoy the beauty of fantasy in the next moment. A heart wanders between reality, history and the future. Chen Liang feels that he has opened a wonderful door.

Chen Liang naturally could not agree with Jiang Kui's opinion, so he explained:

"Brother Yaozhang, do you know that Dali seems to be very close to my Song Dynasty, and is adjacent to Sichuan and Guangxi, but it is difficult to travel between the mountains and rivers! Humanitarian road is difficult to reach the sky than to reach the sky. It is said that the transportation in Dali is even more difficult than that in Sichuan. From Lin'an to Dali, it seems to be close, but it is actually far away! In comparison, maritime transportation is very convenient. From Lin'an to Annan, it takes only 40 or 50 days, and from Guangzhou to Annan, it is faster, and from Annan to Kra Isthmus, it takes only 20 or 30 days. The Song Dynasty looks far away, and the Champa and Kra Isthmus are actually very close."

Jiang Kui also admitted that Chen Liang was right, so he nodded slightly.

Chen Liang began to introduce new technologies from Mao Geng:

"And you don't know that Mao Geng is building a kind of fastener ship. It is said that it can sail at least 300 miles a day, and it can sail more than 1,000 miles a day at the fastest. According to Mao Geng, in the future, this kind of ship will only last 21 days from India to Guangzhou. Oh 21 days! Brother Yaozhang, although the sea is far away, it is actually a road. Haha, when Tang Monk went to India to obtain scriptures, if he took the flying boat, he would be able to travel back and forth in half a year."

Most of what Chen Liang said was from Mao Geng's indoctrination. The statement that it only takes 21 days to travel to Guangzhou was occasionally read when Mao Geng was reading historical materials about the Opium War in his previous life. In the 1830s, in order to transport opium, the British Jardines Foreign Company and another foreign company jointly opened a fast flying boat-shearing route between Kolkata and Lingdingyang. It only takes 21 days to transport opium to China.

This was heard by Jiang Kui, but he didn't believe it anyway. Jiang Kui looked at Chen Liang for a long time and found that Chen Liang was not joking, so he had to smile bitterly:

"Brother Tongfu, have you written too much that fantasy novel? Even I believe it myself! My fastest boat in Song Dynasty travels less than two hundred miles a day on the sea. It's okay to write a boat that travels thousands of miles a day in your fantasy novel, but Brother Tongfu must not write it while writing it. If you are not careful, you will mistakenly take this fictitious thing as real. This is not right."

Jiang Kui thought that Chen Liang had the imagination of science fiction writers, and even believed it himself.

Chen Liang shook his head. Jiang Kui seemed to be accustomed to the traditional ideas of land development and was still a little resistant to the blue ocean strategy. So he advised him to drink:

"Brother Yaozhang, come and drink. I'm still sober. There's no problem with Brother Yaozhang to drink a few more glasses."

As soon as the wine glass touched, it dries when it reached its mouth. Chen Liang sighed and said:

"Brother Yaozhang, during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the land Silk Road was opened in the northwest. My Song Dynasty lost the northwest, so I could only rely on maritime routes. This maritime route was the maritime route that replaced the Silk Road in the past. This maritime route was crucial to our Song Dynasty. Previously, our maritime merchants were slow to say that they could not get involved in the trade in India. Even the Three Buddhas were mostly unable to catch up. The maritime Silk Road was mostly controlled by the great cannibals, and the great cannibals made the most profits. Brother Yaozhang, you can't always do this! Anyway, since I, Chen Liang, understand the benefits and interests of it, I will not ignore it anyway."

When Jiang Kui saw that Chen Liang had made up his mind, he was not willing to be too concerned about Chen Liang, and just reminded him:

"Since that's the case, I want to remind Brother Tongfu that you should do what you can. I see Mao Geng doing things, making money is the top priority. I have never seen Mao Geng do that stupid thing. Brother Tongfu, we are alone overseas and making money is fine. If we involve overseas territory, even if our ideas are not bad, we are afraid that our strength will be insufficient. We should be cautious."

Jiang Kui also admitted in his heart that sea trade is indeed a huge profit. In addition, Annan has also dug up a huge coal mine, which is constantly creating wealth. As long as there is no trouble, it is better than anything to do. It is just that Chen Liang is obsessed with blind expansion and must not cause trouble.

When Chen Liang saw that Jiang Kui had put his opinion in favor, he said relievedly:

"Brother Yaozhang, Dali can also plan something. However, Dali Duan's family has been operating in Dali for a long time, so it is not as easy as operating between the sea and the peninsula here. Brother Yaozhang can rest assured. As long as he frees up his hands, Dali will still go. Next year, it will be the main one. I think it will be better to repair the Kra Road next year. In addition, I believe in Mao Geng's scissor ships, after Mao Geng's scissor ships are built, I plan to order a few more to travel between India and Kra Isthmus, Kra Isthmus and Dasong. In the middle, you can also settle in Chameng, Xialong Bay, and Brother Yaozhang. When the scissor ships start, we can go to the Special Administrative Region from time to time to see, right?"

"Brother Chengtongfu's kindness, haha, this is of course a good thing. I just wanted to meet Brother Xiangshan several times."

"Go together, go together."

Next, Chen Liang simply stayed in Halong Bay for the New Year. There were more and more people from the Song Dynasty here in Halong Bay, and there was no shortage of beauties and Qiong wine. Chen Liang and Jiang Kui were both enthusiastic and enthusiastic. They recited poems and wrote lyrics, and there were also beauties singing and dancing, so they were naturally happy to be free.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the first day of the New Year. He Zhu came to pay New Year's greetings early in the morning, but this guy was very active!

"Director Chen, we can gather more than 1,000 people, and there are more than 30 large and small ships. Director Chen, look, when will we go to the Isthmus of Nakra?"

"He Zhu, don't worry, go after Lantern Festival. In addition, I have to take a good look at your ships. I tell you that you will not treat you badly. In the future, I will order a kind of fast ship for you, which is much faster than the one you are now, and the speed is two or three times. As long as you do it well, it is not impossible to get you an iron ship."

Just as I was talking here, Lin Gui is here:

"Director Chen, I, Lin Gui, wish you a New Year! Director Chen should take care of me at that time. Don't forget that I, Lin Gui, are." Lin Gui heard Chen Liang's promise just now, and naturally he did not forget to ask for equal treatment.

"Come on, sit on, sit on, sit on, treat you two equally, both of them, both of them, and they have to pay the money by themselves."

He Zhu quickly responded:

"Okay, Director Chen will do whatever he wants. There are still a few dollars."

Lin Gui refused to admit defeat and said:

"I'm the same, I listen to Director Chen."

Chen Liang was happy. Of course, it would be better for these two people to pay. But Chen Liang wanted to test Lin Gui's determination, so he asked intentionally:

"Boss Chen's subordinates, I wonder how many people can gather to participate in Malay Holdings?"

"Report to Director Chen, there is no problem with one thousand and two hundred people."

It seems that Lin Gui and He Zhu will make full use of the policy. One Song man is paired with two temporary workers in Annan. Well, there are two thousand and two hundred people on both sides of Lin Gui and He Zhu, which is a small scale.

Chen Liang was very excited. He decided to cheer up the guy who was willing to follow him, so he put out the sand table he made:

"You two come to see."

Lin Gui and He Zhu glared at each other and walked to the sand table.

Chen Liang smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter how angry you two are. Now that the New Year is coming, let go of your grudges first, is it OK!"

When the two heard this, they felt that this was the case. They laughed awkwardly, showing a little kindness.

Chen Liang then happily waved the slender wooden stick in his hand and pointed at the sand table:

"This is the Isthmus of Kra, on the east coast, here, there is a port, and on the west coast, here, there is also a port. Between the two of us, our Malay Transport Holding Company, will build a road, and you two, each send half of us to participate in the road construction. He Zhu's people will build from the west to the east, and Lin Gui's people will build from the east to the west. These people must listen to Song San's."

"Where is the other half?" He Zhu asked hurriedly.

"Didn't I say I want to order a fast ship and an iron ship for you? Don't think about it, why? I tell you, your other half of you have to do is escort. He Zhu's fleet will escort the sea area to the west, Lin Gui's fleet will escort the sea area to the east, you two escort fleets will only obey my command, do you understand?"

Chen Liang wanted to have a naval fleet commanded by himself. Speaking of which, the threshold for the naval fleet in this era was indeed not high. Chen Liang believed that after equipped with the Clippers and Iron Ships, the patchwork of naval fleet under his command was also the leader in the era. As for whether Mao Geng would agree to build an iron ship for the Chen fleet, whether Zhao Han would allow it or not is another matter.

Lin Gui and He Zhu may not be willing to listen to Song San, but they are very happy to be directed by Chen Liang. The boss is Chen Liang at the beginning! This means that they are very qualified. Who is Chen Liang? People know five hundred years ago and five hundred years later. Compared with the most awesome Zhuge Liang in history, Chen Liang's light is also very bright, which is not inferior anyway. So the two of them nodded and agreed to keep saying.

"Then, can we ship goods too?" Lin Guixin said, "I'll get a share of the Tianzhu Sea Trade."

"It's not impossible, but it cannot affect escort. That is to say, if the merchant ship is robbed on the sea where you are responsible for escort, I will only ask you."

Suddenly I remembered that the two of them were not dealing with each other. If they were escorted, it would be fine if the river water did not violate the well water. But if they were transporting the goods, they would not be able to avoid cooperation. So I mentioned:

"I have to explain it to you first. This route is a water-land transportation. If you want to ask about the Tianjin-Tianzhu trade, the two of them may not have to join forces."

The maritime blueprint built by Chen Liang will adopt the model of sea-land transport. Of course, there is no problem for Taiwan-Songhai Trade and Industry. It can be inserted into the end. But for other merchants, there is a problem of segmented transportation, so in Chen Liang's design, the east and west ports of the east and west ports of the Isthmus of Kra will eventually be built into two east and west commercial ports.

In the blueprint constructed by Chen Liang, in the future, whether it is the Song Dynasty, Zhenwax, Annan, or Chameng, if you want to buy goods from Tianzhu, you just need to go to the port commercial port on the east coast. And if the merchants from Tianzhu and Dashi want to buy goods from the Song Dynasty, you just need to go to the port commercial port on the west coast.

In this way, the commercial port on the east and west coasts of the Isthmus of Kra became a hub of the Maritime Silk Road.
Chapter completed!