Guo Wenying took Kite, Hengsan and Pi Xiaosan on the boat, as well as four or five sailors, all of whom were very water-based. She thought that Jiang Mao should also go to the island to have a look, and asked someone to call Jiang Mao over overnight.

When Jiang Mao came, the sky had already brightened, and they had breakfast before they followed the sailors on the ship.

It was a four-masted ship with a rather large hull that could carry quite a bit of cargo. The ships were loaded with some porcelain and silk, which were the best sold on Shuangyu Island.

Shopkeeper Yang told her that in the past, their ships also came to Shuangyu Island, but the imperial court had a sea ban, so they didn't dare to go to sea at will, and they could have the opportunity to come at most twice a year. Now that the ban on the sea has been lifted, it is possible to go to sea every day.

Guo Wenying asked him who the owner of the ship was, and it was inconvenient for him to introduce him.

Shopkeeper Yang smiled: "Don't say it, our owner is now on Shuangyu Island, and you can really see it." ”

Guo Wenying came this time to learn about the situation of Shuangyu Island, and by the way, to see how the merchants traded, so as to provide some powerful help for the establishment of the maritime yamen in the future.

She smiled and nodded, "Just about to meet your shipowner." ”

They talked all the way, and after two days, the boat arrived at Shuangyu Island.

Shuangyu is two long islands, sandwiched between more than 20 miles of a harbor, north-south direction, big belly and small mouth, like a mouth ready to kiss. The north entrance faces the mainland, the south entrance is wider and has a bit of a trumpet shape, and people have built stone dikes to reduce the force of the waves.

At dusk, the Shuangyu mutual market opened, occupying six miles of street. Recently, ocean-going ships have been arriving in Hong Kong, and the market is extremely rich.

The island is brightly lit and full of people. The port is especially unbearable, with countless sideboards, sails, masts, mountains of goods, tarpaulin, and huge trees supporting the wind and rain greenhouses, and the porters and sailors who come and go in a hurry, and the shopkeepers and cargo owners who bargain slowly, constitute an extremely chaotic picture.

When they went to the island, Shopkeeper Yang wanted to talk to someone about business, so they walked around the island on their own.

There are many items on the island, Guo Wenying is most interested in weapons, and saw a stall selling firearms, with a short gun, which is very exquisite. But when I bought it, I found that this thing took up a lot of space, and I went to buy a silk bag to hold it. Then I saw a jade piglet, delicately carved, very rare, and immediately bought it.

At this time, she was a little excited, and bought another clairglasses and half a roast duck. She stood on the roast duck stand, eating and looking around with a clairglass.

Even if she becomes a big official, she is still a girl in the end, after all, she is only twenty years old, and it is normal to have some curiosity. Jiang Mao couldn't help but laugh when he looked at her like this, and only at this time did he feel that she was a real woman.

Growing up on the sea, she is no stranger to Shuangyu Island, and she also followed her parents to this island when she was a child. She saw a seller of glass balls, and the transparent and crystal appearance was very cute. She took one in her hand and looked it in the eye.

Suddenly, a young Japanese ronin walked up to her, smiling and saying many words he didn't understand.

The kite didn't understand a word, she asked him what he was talking about, what was he doing with himself? The other party still spoke Japanese, and the two of them said one sentence to you, and one sentence to me.

Zhang Qiang and Pi Xiaosan saw it and hurriedly blew the Japanese ronin away.

The kite is beautiful, and watching her shopping is a sight, and from time to time some people want to get close to her. Another ruffian wanted to get closer to her, twittered crookedly, and interfered with a stall owner. Then a middle-aged man followed silently, and as soon as she stopped to look at the goods, the guy got closer and closer, and sometimes stood behind her.

Several stall owners could see that he wanted to rub oil, but the kite avoided him again and again, and he couldn't pull the distance, so he couldn't help but be annoyed. At this time, a bearded sailor came over, slammed his shoulders and stepped on his feet, and harassed the middle-aged man without saying a word. He saw that it was indeed rare to succeed in broad daylight, and walked away.

Kite was a little scared, and hurriedly hid behind Guo Wenying, and didn't dare to walk away casually.

Guo Wenying glanced at her and wanted to remind her not to cause trouble, but she was a girl who cared about face, fortunately, nothing happened, so forget it.

After looking around for a while, there are people from all over the country on this island, and the goods are also very diverse, and it is indeed a very good place to buy and sell goods. You can buy and sell novelties here for nothing, or you can buy and sell goods in large quantities.

She asked some of the vendors who did business here, and she had heard that the island was owned and that various countries had to charge a fee to do business here. Their organization was called the Braun Society, and it included the Wa, the Koreans, and the Spaniards.

Guo Wenying listened and couldn't help sneering, this is the land of Southern Qi, the territory of Southern Qi, but foreigners collect taxes here, it is simply unreasonable.

She whispered to Jiang Mao: "What do you think we can take back this place and return it to the maritime yamen in the future?"

Jiang Mao was shocked, he didn't expect Guo Wenying to have such thoughts, he was really inferior to her, she had only been on the island for half an hour, and she had already thought about it so much.

He said in a low voice: "It's good if it can be taken back from the country, but foreigners have been in business for many years, and it has long been in their pockets, and it is not easy to take it back." And if the force is used, if it is too drastic, I wonder if it will destroy the fortifications on this island?"

Guo Wenying nodded, although she was not afraid of destroying the fortifications on the island, but it was not the best strategy for the soldiers to suppress the realm after all. If only we could get rid of all these people.

When it was dark, Shopkeeper Yang came back and said that their host had come, and he had heard that the young lady was going to see him, and he was already waiting.

Guo Wenying said: "Then please ask the shopkeeper to lead the way." ”

Shopkeeper Yang took her to a place near the east of the island, which is full of warehouses of various merchants, this Braun will be very good at doing business, and built some houses on the island as warehouses, and rented them to merchants to collect rent, I heard that the rent is very high, and they have to charge a commission.

This is really a business without capital, such a big island, so many houses, so many merchants, and the rent alone earns a lot of money every year. It's no wonder that these foreigners occupy the territory of Nanqi and don't want to return it.

Shopkeeper Yang led her to one of the rooms, where in addition to the storeroom, there was also a rest room.

Guo Wenying was about to go in, but Pi Xiaosan came over and said in a low voice: "Boss, do you want me to go in and have a look." ”

Guo Wenying shook her head, "No need." "If they were really malicious, they would have done it a long time ago, and they wouldn't have waited until now.

She stepped into the room, and inside sat a young man of twenty-five or sixteen, who looked rather calm, and with a serious expression on his face, looking at the ledger in his hand.

Seeing Guo Wenying coming in, she raised her eyes slightly, and saw that it was a very beautiful woman, and she couldn't help but be stunned, "Did the young lady say she wanted to see me?"