Chapter 2161: Opportunity

In the past, there was basically no such thing as the inland waterway shipping boats of Cao's firm, and the surrounding associations

They are not fools with gangs or anything. It is impossible for them not to know how powerful Cao's House is. If they go to Cao's House

It is estimated that their own ancestral graves will have to be dug up, but as time goes by, their business is also declining.

Then some people who took the risk started to do things, and each of these people felt that the defensive power of the merchant ship of Cao's House was actually

The volume is not very strong. In fact, Li Cong is also planning to fight an empty city at this time. Most of the cargo transported on merchant ships is cargo.

How could there be too many people? The speed has increased, but if they lay in ambush and wait for you, things will definitely happen.

It's not as simple as you think, so recently, especially when fighting the Southern Empire, they don't care

The inland river shipping has caused the people of Cao's firm to lose a lot, but some valuables and so on are

There is nothing wrong, after all, it can be said that those who are armed are very powerful, but a lot of food and so on have been robbed

Yes, take the inland waterway shipping on the Meng River in the Eastern Empire as an example. In one month, it was robbed 115 times, and there were about 1,200 ships

Thousands of tons of food on board were robbed, and the money lost was not much, and Li Cong would not notice it, but

But the problem is that many people see that the defense force of Cao's House is not very strong, so they will have other thoughts. ; now

What I saw was your grain merchant ship, it's nothing, if you want to rob it, you can just do it, but tomorrow I saw it

It's not this, but it's something else that I'm looking at. This kind of thing makes many people feel surprised.

Especially some high-level executives of Cao's House, they feel that if they are really robbed, the loss will definitely not be small.

So this time, Cao's Navy expanded the largest number of ships on inland river shipping, although some rivers are similar to those on the sea.

of. Such a big river can basically be escorted by naval ships. Because they don't need to be remodeled anymore, the ones in the inner river

The river is very wide,

The navy's large-tonnage ships basically don't need to say anything when they come in. Those who want to do it along the way can see

Look at this and know how they should choose. Moreover, the navy of Cao's House also told the government along the way. if we

The words of being robbed. You must arrest the people who robbed us within a week. If you don’t have that ability, explain to you

This place has already been controlled by bandits, we can come to rescue you. Because of this problem, people everywhere don't

Let the boats of the Cao's House of Commerce land, the local officials have passed on the word, whoever dares to do anything to the boats of the Cao's House of Commerce

If you don't give face to the court, as long as you don't give face to the court, the court will definitely not give you face, what?

Strict strikes and other things will definitely go up to you, you have no possibility to run, you can only be beaten passively,

This is something that can be determined, and because of this reason, the boats of Cao's House have saved a lot of trouble.

However, this is not a long-term solution. It is still necessary to fundamentally prevent such things from happening, that is, to expand

Team, this time I chose a small gunboat for the Inland Fleet, because the ammunition and people transported are relatively small.

, so their speed is very flexible. In fact, to deal with those pirates in this world, it is best to use a speedboat

The best way, but if that thing appears here, it seems a bit too advanced, even Li Cong

Feeling that something is not very comfortable, so this Jianghe A-type escort boat came out.

The escort boat with a displacement of only 300 tons is considered a relatively large ship in the eyes of these ordinary people outside.

They also felt very shocked when they sailed west, but for the navy of Cao's House, this was an absolute shock.

That's right, kid, Li Cong expanded this to more than 10 million ships with a swipe of his pen. This number is very important for the Cao family

The fleet of the trading company is not very large. Li Cong requested that ten cargo ships be equal to one escort boat.

Only in this way can they all feel the threat of Cao's firm, so that they dare not do anything, such a escort boat

It is 60 meters long and 24 meters wide, with 16 cannons on both sides of the top, two on the bow and two on the stern, and each cannon is equipped with 110 rounds of ammunition.

Due to the relatively small tonnage of the ship, this kind of ammunition load is already very large. In addition to the 119 crew members, there are 50

As a member of the Marine Corps, it can be said that there is no space on this ship, but this is the case in this era.

The design skills are good. If it is bigger, it needs to maintain firepower, so there will be more people on it, and some places will not be able to drive in.

, there are two 5-meter-long boats on board, each with a super serial crossbow, which is also the result of Li Cong's transformation

He thinks that these pirates in this era have to be exterminated. If you show them hope, then in the future

There is no hope for your goods in the end, these people are not fuel-efficient, they have spent their entire lives in robbery

, of course they want all of you, so you can't give them all of you, so that you can take them one by one

They were all intimidated, otherwise they would be at a disadvantage, and these people will never thank you.

Another very important function of river escort boats is their ground attack capability. If they are allowed to support land attack

As for the attack on the ground, they are all fine, as long as they adjust the position of their artillery, more than thirty

Among them, the bow and stern of the ship, as well as several cannons on both sides, are all 127mm large-caliber heavy cannons.

people. Cannons of this caliber are no longer something they can resist, so they want to attack the Cao family firm.

There are still a lot of difficulties for the people doing something, on the deck, there are ten super chain crossbows on both sides, the bow and the ship

There are also two tails, such things are very useful for these pirates now, these pirates now

They will never sink the ship casually, because what they need is what is on it, if the ship goes straight down

If they don't, they won't benefit at all, and they definitely won't do such a thing. they will all want to chase

come up. Then board the ship and control some of the people on it. Many merchant ships of Cao's House were arrested by them for this reason.

Those who were robbed, each of these people is still very capable, and some rely on their own diving skills. some are self

Own Jump City. Anyway, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and each showed their magical powers. As long as you can board the opponent's ship, this is your victory.

Good, of course. It's not that they didn't fail. After encountering these ships of Cao's House, one by one

Just the teacher, those super serial crossbows can kill them all before they think clearly, this

Some people have finally realized that the Cao's firm is powerful, and they won't mess around. After all, the current situation is not for them to

When he came here, but Li Cong just frightened them, and didn't drive them all to death.

Less than two hours after Li Cong and Wu Zuoxi left, Ersha and his rebel army were all killed by the army of the Southern Empire.

It can be said that they don't even have the ability to resist. The regular army of more than 4 million Southern Empire has already surrounded these people

Enclosed, their combat effectiveness is more or less acceptable when facing the local army of the Southern Empire, but they must

When facing the elite army of the Southern Empire that came down from the battlefield, their abilities were not very good. Each of these people

Everyone will feel that they are powerless, and they have all kinds of weapons in their hands. The most important thing is their army.

The heart is gone, and their bosses and fools have not cleared their minds, and basically started to attack from the army of the Southern Empire

I haven't issued a very useful order until now, and I am in a confused state. I still want to rush to this state.

It is absolutely impossible to go out, his military adviser cousin died in the first round of arrow rain, this

Compared with the serial crossbows of Cao's House, the rain of arrows is really not that useful, but to deal with them now

It is still more than enough, mainly because these people of them are very powerful, they have a large number of people, and the number formed

The quantity advantage is also very powerful. Sometimes when such things happen, they think they are dreaming, but when

When they feel the pain in their bodies, they will understand that what they are all facing now is the real thing, absolutely

That's right, it didn't happen in a dream. They all knew that their so-called rebel army was finished.

There is no room for turning around. Although they still have a lot of troops in their occupied areas, they all know that

The most powerful people have already come here, and the rest of them can't block the attack of the Southern Emperor Army.

When Ersha was caught, this person had already lost consciousness. It looked like this guy was a brain on the street.

For those with faults, the people in the Southern Empire did not make things difficult for him, and directly handed him over to the people in Cao's House, Li Congneng

What I did was to keep this guy, as for other people, I'm sorry, in fact, Li Cong is also a bit of a woman

Well, according to Wu Zuoxi, such a person should be killed directly, leaving such a person is not easy for them.

It's a terrible thing, what should I do if this guy has huge hatred in his heart? absolutely impossible

, this person has very deep feelings for his brothers. He saw that his brothers were all dead.

It is definitely a huge blow in his heart, the thing he wants to do most is definitely to avenge his brother,

Although his brothers didn't die directly under the hands of Cao's House, but there was a big reason, it can be said that

is the main reason. The people from Cao's House betrayed them, don't look at him as a fool now, but when this person understands

After coming here, he will understand what the people of Cao's House of Commerce have done to him and his brothers. If the memory of his saber is given to Jue

If you wake up, it will make Li Cong even more troublesome at that time. Of course, Li Cong has gone through a lot of investigations, and he doesn't know this.

This guy is actually from Saber. The disappearance of Saber has not been investigated until now.

There's a case for brains. I will not mention that matter now. Ersha was taken to another seal by the people from Cao's House.

The closed space, I hope it can be of some use to this guy, that is, the most advanced kind of psychological education, if so

if possible. Everything will be fine. If not. That can only be like that, this is what Wu Zuoxi said

Yes, once you find out that there is something wrong with this guy. That is absolutely unacceptable, and this home must be immediately

It’s only good to kill the guy, otherwise, the people from Cao’s House will be the ones who lose, then

The people of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire also feel very much about the series of events between the Cao Family Firm and the Southern Empire.

Disgusted, how come you are full of food, we have no intention of eating like that, you all do it one by one

What's the matter, we just want to drink soup with you, the Southern Empire was richer than their two empires before

There are a lot of them, mainly because there are more merchants in the Southern Empire. As the economy develops, there will naturally be more rich people.

In fact, the Great Empire didn't want to get much territory from the Southern Empire, because they knew that they didn't have the same level as Cao's House of Commerce.

With such financial resources, they can't afford the so-called subsistence allowance system. Without such a system, those ordinary people in the occupied areas

surname would not cooperate with him, those people were ruled by the people of the Southern Empire for a long time, and in their eyes

Only the Southern Empire will not work with other empires, that is, because of such things, what they think is from

It is enough to get some silver from the Southern Empire, who knows that even such a small matter is impossible, the Southern Empire

It is impossible for the people to give them any money at all. I didn't see that the army of Cao's firm had already reached the border area between the two countries.

What, what are you talking about as observers? Damn, they all went there with weapons, and these people are all

Among the armies of the Southern Empire and the other two empires, there are not many people, but the deterrent force is there, and

The coastal areas of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire have been in emergency several times, and the warships of the Cao Family Firm are about to come one at a time.

For exercises or something, they just fired bombs for a while, and this kind of bombing made them all feel terrible.

The government of the Southern Empire is not a fool. They know that at this time they will definitely not be the joint forces of the Northern Empire and the Western Empire.

If they are all united, the Southern Empire will definitely suffer a big loss, and then I don't know where to cry

Yes, these people are very cunning people, and their officials immediately changed their relationship with Cao's House.

At that time, all the people in the mainland were dumbfounded. When the enemy can be so friendly, each of them can become

Good friends, but half a month ago, didn't they still fight very hard, each of them wanted to eat each other

Similarly, how could it be so good now? People from the Cao’s House actually dispatched so many airships to the Southern Empire.

One terrible thing is that they were amazed at the transportation capacity of Cao's House, and two divisions of more than a hundred thousand people could go from

The Holy Light City was transported to the northern border area of ​​the Southern Empire, what kind of fucking speed is this, for something like an airship

There is nothing they can do. People on the entire continent have thought that if something like an airship lands on them

What the hell should we do if we are in the capital? Hundreds of thousands of troops suddenly appeared around him, and his day

How should the child live? Because of the Holy Light City, they all began to set up a lot of iron railroads at the junction of the inland river and the sea.

Lock, I hope that this kind of thing can be used to block the warships of Cao's firm. In many cases, such a thing is just a

Psychological comfort, in the end there is no use. It is estimated that they themselves know that such a big rock is very important for their boats.

It's only useful, but if the cannons of Cao's House are fired, such things will be useless at all

Yes, they can kill that one directly, but they have no other way, this is the only one they came up with

The best way, this thing may not be useful, but many people may be able to fall asleep at night.

Just at this time, Li Cong didn't think about continuing to expand, and he was also concerned about their series of actions at the mouth of the sea.

There is nothing else to do. The reaction of Cao's House was something that none of them expected. But Cao's House

There are many boats on the river, and each of them has some other ideas. In the end, the people from Cao's firm finally

One rule has been fixed, that is, the inland river escort boats of Cao's House can enter. But all ships must

registered. All the above weapons also need to be registered. Li Cong also agreed to this, in fact, there are these ships

Just going in is already very powerful, let's talk about it. As long as you want to do it, you can use the airship to put some big mouthfuls at any time.

You can block the sea roads, but you don’t have that ability in the sky, you guys

Want to fight? That's okay, although I just ended a war here, but I still have the strength to continue fighting with you

The next thing is, I don’t know if you have the ability, or if you have the courage, let alone, these big

The empire really doesn't have such courage. For them, such things make them feel scared, yes,

It's just fear. For them, Cao's Commercial Bank is now something that cannot be provoked. Such a huge thing is very important to them.

Their suppression is also very terrible. They are afraid that they will be like the Southern Empire. It is nothing to lose such a little territory.

Yes, the important thing is that the people from Cao's House have extended their hands here. This is a bad thing. Now

It is impossible for these territories to be exchanged for peace. If the people in Cao's House were not feeling well that day, they might start a war

Well, the defeated Southern Empire simply didn't have that kind of ability to resist, and there are a series of such laws and such things

In the end, the Southern Empire will slowly weaken. They are all worried that they will become the next Southern Empire.

In addition to the people from the Four Great Empires, people from the Four Great Sects also began to contact people from the Cao’s House of Merchant.

Contact is completely different. Daozong was already a member of Cao's firm long ago, and the young master is now

He has completely mastered Daozong, although there are still some unstable factors inside, but speaking of it, there are still bigger

The thing they had to face was that the people from Cao's House helped Daozong to become the fastest rising sect among the four major sects.

Now, Daozong suddenly has a lot of resources inside, and some pills and so on are thrown down as if they don’t need money.

Many disciples of the sect are only fast, which is definitely the envy of the other three major sects. According to the current development

Speed, Daozong will definitely be the same as them in a hundred years, and return to the previous level. You know, Daozong is because of

Their suzerain is dead, and it is very likely that they will change from a first-level power to a second-level power. Who knows that they can survive in such a short period of time?

Everyone knows that this is all because of Cao's house, and they are not fools. They are so good.

A friend of mine, if you don’t hurry over, it’s because you have a problem with your brain, and the people from Cao’s House are not

They will exist at any time, and their opportunities are not so easy to grasp. Each sect sends their own important

Characters go to Li Cong to show their loyalty and tell what they can do, for example, some people from Cao's house are inconvenient to sell

Things, they can take action to get rid of this matter. If it was before, the people from Cao's House would be very willing to do it

This matter, but I'm sorry now, we need to pick and choose, and you must be the people we need.

The contract between Cao's House of Commerce and the Southern Empire has never been disclosed, and all major forces have tried their best to know about this contract

What is the content of the content, but in the end what they got was a broken news. It must be fake news.

, but some rumors are flying all over the sky. As the saying goes, rumors stop at the wise, and these people can just fool the common people

It’s just the last name. For other things, it’s simply impossible. Many people wouldn’t believe such a thing.

, for them, these things should be said honestly, but they forgot. if they want

Do something secret. It is estimated that they do not want such things to be known, since it is you

If you don't want your secret to be known by others, why would the people from Cao's House and the Southern Empire let you know?

Woolen cloth? Anyway, what they can know is that the Southern Empire should be very satisfied with this contract this time. Because they didn't

angry. He didn't say anything about retaliation against Cao's firm. Perhaps the people of the Southern Empire have seen clearly that their real enemy is not

The people from Cao's House, but the other three empires. Especially the matter of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire taking advantage of the fire, if it weren't for Cao

If people from a business firm help them, they may lose more territory now, people from the Western Empire and the Northern Empire

Sometimes I was wronged too much, damn it, I didn't get any benefits at all, but in the end I was punished.

The inside and outside of you are not human, they are all depressed to death, but there is no way, Nan

The people of the empire hate them anyway, no matter whether you have benefited or not, anyway, I think you have already

It's good, and you want to do that, so this is not a very good thing.

The chaos on the mainland will definitely continue. It took about a month for the Southern Empire to wipe out those peasant rebels.

After everything is suppressed, some people have gone through a series of calculations, and the comprehensive national strength of the Southern Empire has dropped by at least about three

One-third, the strength of such an empire has dropped by one-third, no one would have believed it before, but

But now this is the fact, the Southern Empire is basically not doing any big things now, the royal family of the Southern Empire is already

Start to be frugal. The emperor of the Southern Empire has already issued an edict to reduce his annual activity funds of 8 billion taels of silver.

Reduce it to 4 billion taels of silver, and eat two dishes for each meal. The money saved will be used to rebuild the Royal Guards Cavalry Legion, the emperor of the Southern Empire.

The emperor did that, and everyone else from top to bottom also has an attitude, no matter what they do in normal times.

How do you live? Everyone says they want to cut their food and clothing expenses by half. As for the common people

I don’t have such an idea anymore. Damn, it’s not necessarily enough to eat without shrinking. The affairs of the empire don’t have much to do with us.

We don't want to go with the empire either. You didn't care about our stomachs when you were great. At this time

At that time, we will not donate our money to you foolishly. Such a thing is a sign of immaturity, I

We are still teachers and just live our own lives. If you are not used to it, there is nothing you can do about it.

So low, the frugality from top to bottom also allowed the Southern Empire to save about hundreds of billions of silver a year, but open source

Throttling is very important. If you want to solve the problem once and for all, open source is the most important thing.

All you do is save money, money cannot come out of thin air, no matter how you save, if you have no money, everything will be

It's nonsense, but the current Southern Empire really can't figure out how to get the money out.

Cao's House of Commerce gave a lot of money to the Southern Empire, but it was all borrowed, and these contracts can be announced

Yes, these loans are like vampires, directly controlling the economic lifeline of the Southern Empire, although the Southern Empire

Some businessmen and people of insight here don’t want to be like this, because if it continues like this, the people in Cao’s House will

It is easy to control their economic lifeline, although no one in this society has said that the economic base determines the superstructure

Yes, but everyone understands this truth, it’s just that what they say is a little different. Many people in the Southern Empire

They all understand this truth, but now that the war is over, everything is waiting to be done, and everything needs to be carried on. All these things are inseparable from money, if there is no money, there is no way to do all the things

, the lack of money in the Southern Empire has reached a very serious level, just take those who died in the war as an example

, Fuxuejin is a huge number. The Southern Empire has more than 300 million casualties due to various reasons, even if it is 22 taels per person

The amount of silver and blood gold is not a small amount. The treasury of the Southern Empire can't even get this money out. The other three emperors

People in the country say that people in the Southern Empire have no backbone. Said they didn't know anything at all. But people from the Southern Empire also said, I

They are about to lose their fucking food, how can we manage so much? You all stand and talk without back pain.

Goodness, if you also have such a war with the people of Cao's House. See how you all talk. if you also

Same words as us. We also want to see your skills, if you don't have such skills, hurry up

shut his mouth. Save yourself the nonsense and embarrassment.

After a series of incidents in the Southern Empire, the reputation of Cao's House of Commerce has been released. Now many people definitely dare to mess with people from the Four Great Empires, but for the people of Cao's House of Commerce, they really don't have the guts. To put it bluntly, the people in Cao's House are amazing. If they really have that idea, the people around them will probably hold this guy back. If they die at this time, don't implicate the brothers. Just taking advantage of this opportunity, since everyone in the world is afraid of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu simply went too far. In the past, the grain stores and trading houses of Cao's Commercial Bank only covered 75% of the entire mainland. It has reached 90%, and the investment involved is as high as trillions of dollars, but Li Cong will never be short of money, and the money has been spent, and the effect is very good. Some large forces in the empire are also very respectful of the expansion of the Cao's Commercial Bank. In their view, the people of the Cao's Commercial Bank can be considered to be able to prosper their own economy when they come to their own area. What they did It's possible, but what they are worried about is that with the economic invasion of Cao's House, they may not have the final say on this place in the future. They must have resolutely resisted it before, but now it seems that they don't have that at this time. If you're brave, the people from Cao's House aren't even afraid of people from the Southern Empire, so they're afraid of us? If it is not done well, it may cause fire. Forget it, let’s not worry about these things, it is because they all think so, so the expansion form of Cao’s firm in the past six months is not even believed by Li Cong himself. How could such a thing happen? This is how it all came about.

Wu Zuoxi originally thought that the expansion of Cao's House would take at least two years to complete, but now that half a year is enough, they thought of a sentence, that is, the more powerful a person is, the more powerful he will be On the other hand, if a person is very weak, it will be very difficult for him to become strong, and basically he may be unsuccessful. Cao's House is now the largest business snobbery on the whole road, and they have monopolized many Buying and selling, but they are still not satisfied. Half of the property needs to reach 75%, and those accounting for 75% need to reach 90%. Those who account for 90% directly I want everything, although it is a bit domineering, but how about I take advantage of this time to develop myself well, and when I lose this advantage in front of me, I have nowhere to cry. With the growth of economic strength, the Cao family The commercial bank's 2 billion army expansion plan has been completed, and the 20,000 reorganized divisions have already started their recruit training. Originally, people from the four empires thought that the people from Cao's commercial bank were trained by some local troops. They are some field troops. You must know that there is still a big gap between the local army and the field army. In half a year, 20,000 reorganized divisions have been produced. The ability of Cao's firm is really impressive. Several of his training camps and The people of the Ouyang family can see at this time that a large number of officers are forces above the third-level fighters. They can make the army more stable in the army. Everyone knows such things. Originally, the four empires Everyone thinks that the expansion of the Cao's Commercial Bank must have been in a hurry and did not have much combat effectiveness, but now it seems that this should not be the case, and the people of the Cao's Commercial Bank will not take this path.

The 20,000 reorganization divisions said that Li Cong himself felt very scared, but then there is another more powerful thing, that is, the people on the 10 million escort boats, and each escort boat counts 50 of the Marine Corps. Each guard also needs nearly 150 people. This is an army of 1.5 billion. Although many people are called sailors, everyone knows that the sailors in Cao's House are better than serious soldiers. Yes, their training will not be slack at all. How could these people be civilian personnel? They are all military personnel, but now you stand up and criticize others? They don't have the guts. Now Cao's House is strong and powerful, and they have all spoken out. As long as anyone dares to pierce him, they will definitely make them look good. Everyone's words have reached this level. Well, if I don't know what's good or bad, then my life will be over in the future. These people will definitely kill me, so it's better not to worry about it. These Marine Corps people are very easy to deal with , but these people on the ship are not easy to deal with. Everyone knows that running a ship is a hard job. It is not so easy to say, leaving my home, parents and children are the most important things in my life, but because I can only be on the ship for various tasks of Cao's House, Li Cong decided to carry out double shifts for them The system, that is to say, at least four months a year in the station, the other eight months to go out to perform tasks, this is something that has never happened before, and all the soldiers are happy with it Done.

People outside are lamenting that the economic strength of Cao's House is too strong. Even a group of 1.5 billion sailors may not be able to bear it. You must know that these people may eat and drink on board. Invisibly, it will increase a lot of costs, and there will be some other problems on board, so there is an extra expenditure on medicine, which is why the navies of the four empires do not have so many people. Well, these people just know that the navy eats too much money, so they won't get too many people here, as long as there are shopkeepers there to support them, there is no need to think about other things, just wait That’s it, anyway, it will come when the time comes, and it’s useless to calculate if it’s not the time, so they were all punished, and the people from Cao’s House directly gave them a good course, letting them learn one by one. You all understand that some things are not as simple as you think, and you all understand that Wu Zuoxi can be said to be the big housekeeper of Cao's house. If he used to say that Li Cong spent money recklessly, the two of them Personally, I often quarreled because of such things, but this time Wu Zuoxi didn't say a word. People outside were studying what was going on. They can be considered to understand what's going on. Damn, there are two shifts now. After training for a year, if the people of the Cao's firm have a large number of ships, it is estimated that there may be twice as many navies. The people in the Cao's House of Business really calculated things too clearly, but they only spent half the money to get two navies. I really don't know how Li Cong calculated such a thing.

Because of the large number of ships built by Cao's House, the shipyards of the Four Great Empires also received orders from Cao's House, and the secret service agencies of the Four Great Empires also began to study the warships of Cao's House, which made them a little depressed. However, there was no ship on board. What's different, it can be said that what is made is an empty shelf, and the rest of the people of Cao's Commercial Company are all installed by themselves. They also got a lot of that big iron gada, but that thing is made Not good, and the thing will explode after the people of Cao's House know about it, and they don't know what to do about such a thing, how did the people of Cao's House get such a thing, it makes such a loud noise With the sound, they can make their boat run so fast. They also want to do such a thing, but they don't have the opportunity.