Young Master Meng thought about it, what Xuan Zonglu said also made sense, if Xuanzong showed up, it would be clear that he would tell the Qing court and the Koreans that this Danzhou belongs to the Xuan family, and then it has the current power, which is not enough for a showdown."
You don't have to come forward openly, I can contact the senior officials of the North Koreans first, your strength in private contact with Danzhou is still too weak, I am worried that it is useless, if you, the governor of Liaoning, are the intermediary, you should be able to reach a certain kind of secret agreement."
Xuan Zonglu smiled and said to Young Master Meng: "You, you are too anxious, you are so anxious to have a relationship with the North Koreans, can't you let your grandfather live a quiet life for a few days" Young Master Meng frowned, Xuan Zonglu had no sense of urgency, "Do you think that if I don't develop, your position as the governor of Liaoning will be stable, don't you forget, we have no backer, the situation in the northeast is so chaotic, when the time comes, what is this General Shengjing, once General Ruilian finds out that Danzhou is controlled by me, you, the governor, I'm afraid I'm going to be squeezed out. ”Xuan Zonglu nodded and said: "Okay, I know, you can do it, you can contact the North Koreans privately first, but be cautious, I think you can slow down first." ”Young Master Meng snorted, "I'm not in a hurry to find out what my current strength is, it's difficult to even keep the colony, let alone expand by force, I want to get in touch earlier, finalize the trade matter as soon as possible, and speed up the development, don't worry, I will depend on the situation." ”Xuanzong Luqi said: "Yue Meng, do you want to go to North Korea by yourself North Korea is very chaotic The Qing State said that it was the suzerainty of North Korea, in fact, it was not much contact, but every time the North Koreans had something, they came to the Great Qing Kingdom." ”Young Master Meng nodded and said: "I know, you don't have to worry about me, I will let people go once as an envoy, just to take a look, have a preliminary contact, and I will look at the situation." ”Xuanzong Lu saw that Yue Meng had already made up his mind, knowing that his little grandson was a person who would do what he said, and it was useless to persuade him, so he let Yue Meng rest for two more days.Young Master Meng proposed to Xuan Zonglu to form a cavalry battalion and asked Xuan Zonglu to provide help in purchasing horses, and Xuan Zonglu agreed.Young Master Meng has his own office in Shengjing, as long as he has money, there is no problem in buying supplies, the key is that war horses are not ordinary materials, and it is not possible without Xuan Zonglu's help, to form a cavalry battalion, at least five hundred or so war horses, without a more than a year of effort, it is not possible at all.The vigor of planning everything from scratch has passed all of a sudden, and Young Master Meng is now in a hurry, and he can't wait to have a strong military strength tomorrow, and he will kill whoever he can't get used to, and Comrade Young Master Meng was angry by a few bandits.In ancient times, trade was so inconvenient that if you could do business directly with the Mongols, it would not take you a year.Another day, Young Master Meng and Qiu Yun, Princess Katrina Kafu walked around Shengjing, Young Master Meng was in no mood to hang out because he had something on his mind, so he asked Xuan Zonglu not to disturb the Shengjing barracks, but just sent a horse team composed of soldiers from the governor's yamen to go back.This time, a total of more than 30 war horses were purchased, and Young Master Meng also had his own carriage.All the way back, it was very peaceful, and I didn't encounter bandits again.As soon as he returned to Danzhou, Young Master Meng immediately asked Prince Richard Harris to go to Pyongyang with a few foreign members of the foreign bank first, and sent a request to the North Korean royal family to establish a consulate and establish diplomatic relations.I found the locals to understand the situation of the bandits, there are three main bandits in this area, they knocked out one this time, there are still two left, the total number of bandits is about 1,000 people, the bounce is very large, the key bandits are convenient to recruit people Ah Half a month, there are two batches of transport ships to send people and materials, with more and more people, the whole Danzhou has gradually become angry.But large building materials, either need to be ordered from overseas, or can only be transported from the customs with land first, very troublesome, the construction progress of Danzhou Port is very slow, which makes Master Meng very anxious, if you can build an iron bridge, you can make North Korea's manpower flow to Danzhou, but also make the transportation route greatly shortened, can be transported from the Dading River in North Korea Master Meng is anxious to establish contact with North Korea Master Meng is not much time, his plan is to charter a ship to the Americas in April, It is already the beginning of March, and the various construction sites in Danzhou are in full swing, mainly by Zhao Qingluo, the project matters, Catherine assisted Zhao Qingluo to deal with it, Dazhi and Dali, Xuan Yuewen and others are running back and forth, both are responsible, mainly to do a lot of manpower and material coordination work."
Young master, otherwise, let's go to North Korea first, who will tent Chengtian, I'm worried that the young master's body can't bear it."
Although it has entered March, it is still cold in the north, Qiu Yun asked Young Master Meng worriedly, "Young Master, how is it" Young Master Meng sighed, put his arm, and looked outside, his tent is on a newly sorted out high platform in the military fortress of Danzhou Port, which is convenient for Young Master Meng to observe the whole picture of the large and small construction sites near the entire Danzhou Port, "Wait for Prince Richard Harris to send back the message, if you can't receive any more news today, you will leave for the Dading River tomorrow, and then go to Pyongyang from the land" Princess Katrina Kafu couldn't understand Chinese, so she could only use the most basic words with Qiu Yun and the two of them to do simple communication, and looked at Young Master Meng inquiringly.Young Master Meng said the meaning just now in English again.Princess Katrina Kafu clapped her hands, "Okay, I don't know how my brother went to talk, I have also carefully read the news about the North Korean side that I have collected in the past few days, it seems that this matter is very difficult Except for Japan and the Qing Dynasty, North Korea does not buy Western accounts." ”Young Master Meng nodded, the North Koreans are still very appreciative of Young Master Meng, no matter how domineering the powers are, they just can't pry open the door of North Korea, however, North Korea is very barren, and there is a certain relationship, if North Korea is rich in land and resources, and the standard of living is very high, the great powers will definitely have to bombard it with heavy troops, this is not an era when you want to not establish diplomatic relations, the Qing Dynasty was closed even more at the beginning, and the doors were not forced to open one by one.On the second day, Prince Richard Harris sent back the news that the North Korean royal family rejected his request for trade and diplomatic relations, and Master Meng was surprised and decided to go to North Korea to see, this small and wild country is really troublesome, and Master Meng wants to develop, and it is inseparable from the desire to possess this land, and only by swallowing North Korea can we provide enough manpower and material resources for Master Meng, at least, we must gradually exercise control over North Korea.t1706231537: