Quanzhou Harbor Restaurant is the most high-grade restaurant in Quanzhou.

Relying on the gold-swallowing monster of Quanzhou Port, and connecting the local wealthy merchants of Daming from various countries in Tiannan, Haibei and Beibei, the business here is naturally extremely hot, even if his price is extremely expensive.

The wisdom of businessmen cannot be underestimated, even if there is no modern vision like Zhu Yunwen, even a group of local businessmen in the Ming Dynasty can still create a one-stop gold cave.

It is said to be a restaurant, but it covers a wide area and involves many entertainment projects, which can be called the top club of the Ming version.

Catering, green houses, fishing, vacations, all the top leisure and entertainment that this time and space can provide, are the favorite of all dignitaries and dignitaries in Quanzhou, oh, including those foreign businessmen, who are also eager to come here.

can open such a restaurant, the background of this restaurant is naturally extremely complicated, it is impossible for an ordinary businessman to do this business, otherwise there will be no bones left after being eaten.

In addition to the two transshipment envoys, the Quanzhou Mansion, the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, including the Quanzhou Wei, the Quanzhou Sailor Yamen, and the Quanzhou Huangshang Branch, each occupy a share in this restaurant.

This restaurant is such a place where all the resources of Quanzhou's government and business are gathered.

As the Si Cheng of the Shipping Division, Geng Jiang was naturally the highest courtesy as soon as he arrived, and after the two main doors were opened with a width of two zhang, there were two rows of young girls on the left and right, and they pounced on Geng Jiang as soon as they saw it.

"Master Si Cheng is here."

The fragrance of the beautiful woman went straight to the heavenly spirit along the nostrils, and Geng Jiang felt that he was several years younger when he played a thrilling kung fu.

Sure enough, men should still come to this kind of occasion more often, always burying themselves in the yamen.

"Are Chairman Gu and General Lu here?"

Hugging left and right, Geng Jiang said hello to the reception in the lobby, and the latter hurriedly bowed over.

"Give back to the master, General Lu has already arrived, and in Haiqing Pavilion, President Gu has not yet arrived."

Geng Jiang frowned.

The commander of the dignified Quanzhou Navy Division has arrived, a small businessman, even if it is an imperial businessman, is also a businessman, and the partial shelf is not small.

Thinking of dealing with this President Gu a few times before, Geng Jiang was upset for a while, as the leader of the Shipping Division, he didn't know who was the master and who was the guest when facing this President Gu?

But if you want to do this thing today, you really have to rely on President Gu.

The matter of reselling slaves and maids, the sailor yamen may not be so bold, unless the imperial merchant takes the lead, because the sea ship that picks up people from Nantianzhu belongs to the imperial merchant, and the imperial merchant is willing to raise his hand, and the sailor yamen will pass with one eye open and one eye.

Walking upstairs, before the person arrived at the door of the Haiqing Pavilion, a foot away, Geng Jiang heard a burst of women's gasps in the room, and immediately felt hot and dry.

strode over and pushed the door, and saw that the general surnamed Lu was holding a woman in his arms, and he was gnawing hard.

The movement of opening the door frightened the two, Lu Dahu opened his mouth and was about to scold, when he saw that it was Geng Jiang, the anger on his face receded, and he slowly tidied up the clothes on his body.

"Geng Sicheng is a cultural person, unlike me Lu Dahu who is a rough person, why don't you even understand the etiquette of knocking on the door?"

Geng Jiang walked over and sat down by himself, and glanced at the amorous girl: "You go out first and close the door." ”

After the drama retreated, Geng Jiang poured himself a glass of wine: "I asked the general to come to talk about business, and when the business is over, there will naturally be time for recreation." ”

"What could be more important than doing this?"

Lu Dahu, who was not having fun, scolded and scolded twice, poured himself wine, and touched a glass with Geng Jiang.

"Let's say, what is the use of the dignified shipping division, Geng Sicheng, who is a high-ranking person in Quanzhou, came forward in person."

"Wait a minute, there's one more person who hasn't arrived."

Geng Jiang was not in a hurry now, walked to the pavilion and pushed open the window, looking at the blue waves not far away.

"I also made an appointment with Gu Yu from the Quanzhou Imperial Merchants Branch, wait for him."

It's good that Geng Jiang didn't mention this, but as soon as he mentioned it, Lu Dahu scolded like a lit cannonball.

"What's the matter, a businessman, five people and six people all day, and dare to let the two of us wait for him, damn it!"

Before he could scold, the door of Haiqing Pavilion was rudely pushed open again, and a thin and weak young man walked in.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, a friend came to the sea today, just came back from overseas, I'm so busy with greetings and forgetting the time, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Don't look at Lu Dahu's scolding just now, as soon as the main lord arrived, he fell silent instead, snorting coldly and not even making a fart.

The General Association of Imperial Merchants, the power of the Zongren Mansion, this brand can be eaten anywhere in the world.

To put it mildly, this Zhu Ming's country is not yet the turn of these foreign surnames to show off their might.

"President Gu is here, sit down, sit down."

Geng Jiang greeted warmly, and then sat down himself, and added wine to this Gu Yu attentively: "Since it is your President Gu's friend, it is also the friend of everyone in our Quanzhou realm, why don't you invite you to have a drink?" ”

"It's coming."

Gu Yu raised his eyebrows: "He is in the Qingshan Pavilion next to him, and he is also a group of buddies over there, I am afraid that I will not be able to sit down when I call over, and I will let him come to toast later." ”

"Since I just came back from overseas, it seems that the business is not small."

Geng Jiang intended to inquire about the news, so he saw Gu Yu waving his hand there and being modest.

"He's not in business, hey, he should be the same as General Lu, a military general."

Generals?

Geng Jiang and Lu Dahu glanced at each other suspiciously, except for the Fujian and Zhejiang naval divisions commanded by Xue Ke in Yongcheng in the past two years, I haven't heard that the imperial court has also sent troops overseas.

Although they can't guess the identity of this person, since they are also officials of the imperial court, then everyone is in the same camp, and the two of them are afraid of this Gu Yu in their hearts.

Although this President Gu is young, it seems that he really has a lot of energy.

"Don't talk about him, wait for me to let him come over and you'll know each other, let's talk about business first."

Gu Yu was not polite, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat, without taking the two of them in his eyes at all.

"Geng Sicheng is also a large and small official of the shipping department, since he has made an appointment with the two of us today, it must be a big deal."

Geng Jiang smiled hard to hide his anger, and said, "There is a fortune deal, Geng wants to ask General Lu and President Gu to do it together." ”

"A profitable deal?"

Gu Yu's hand moving his chopsticks paused, and then he raised his head and looked at Lu Dahu who was sitting not far away: "This is a job to make money from trading, how come Geng Sicheng even informed the Quanzhou Sailor Yamen?" Is it that the military salary of the General Staff Office is not enough? Or military law is not strict enough! ”

If you can't speak, just shut up?

Lu Dahu almost lifted the table angrily, and only then did he remember that the table in the Haiqing Pavilion was a solid wood table where more than a dozen people sat together, and he couldn't lift it.

This kind of Fire Land Tiger can't stand it, so he simply slapped the table and stood up, pointing at Gu Yu: "President Gu, Lao Tzu respects you three points when I look at the signboard of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce on weekdays, don't be embarrassed." ”

Gu Yu still looked lazy, picked up a handkerchief to wipe the oil-stained wine on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Geng Jiang directly in disregard of Lu Dahu's intimidation.

"Geng Sicheng continues, I love to make money the most."

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing, Geng Jiang didn't dare to sell Guan Zi anymore, so he glanced at Lu Dahu, motioned for the latter to sit down, and hurriedly explained.

"At present, although I have not explicitly abolished slavery in the Ming Dynasty, but all provinces are cutting down the servants of the local rich businessmen and powerful mansions because of the five-year plan, which has caused these landlords and big households to be nervous about employing people, this morning, Ma Boliang, the president of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, found Geng and wanted to buy a batch of maids to his house to keep them."

"Buying a maid?"

Gu Yu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head: "The cabinet and the provinces and localities have made it clear that it has been completely forbidden to change the people's nationality into slavery, and all the so-called selling themselves into slavery will be eliminated, and the men who can't survive will be sent to Hebei or Liaodong by the local county government to give land." The woman was sent to the weaving bureau to spin and make clothes, in short, she could find a job to survive.

Now all over the world, even the deed of sale of the Qinglou has been changed to an employment contract, and the Qinglou is not allowed to continue to operate without a business license. ”

"It's because it's not easy to get slaves now, so Geng said that this is a good way to make money."

Geng Jiang smiled, raised his glass, and the three of them drank it all.

"Some of the sea ships that go to Nantianzhu and Nanyang are the emperor's merchants, that is, the ships under your President Gu, you know best how many mouths are pulled on these ships, and a few fewer people on a boat are not easy to catch?"

Gu Yu laughed at that time and shook his head lightly: "Geng Sicheng, what you think is too simple, how many people this boat pulls, there are numbers before getting on the ship, when getting off the ship in Quanzhou Port, the eunuchs of the Imperial Front Division will count, if the number is not enough, they will lose their heads." ”

"But every time it's not enough, is it?"

Geng Jiang spread his hands: "Some of these women in Nantianzhu are unwell, some are not suitable for the sea, and some are sick on the ship, aren't they all thrown into the sea in the end?" There are not enough left and right, so how many more? ”

Although there was nothing wrong with what Geng Jiang said, Gu Yu still shook his head: "That's not good, it's the father-in-law of the Imperial Front Division who counts Quanzhou Port, and he wants to steal people under their noses, do you think it's possible?" Or do you even buy the Imperial Boss? Or are you related to the grandfather-in-law in Nanjing? ”

"President Gu, you are laughing at Geng again."

In addition to Sun Shuangxi in Nanjing, which other grandson can there be.

Geng Jiangxin said that if I can have a relationship with that person, Lao Tzu still needs to look at your Gu Yu's face?

You don't deserve to lift shoes for Lao Tzu.

"Since the Imperial Commander is not familiar with it, how can it be operated?"

"Stop the ship in Guangdong and get off first, and I will arrange for someone to pick it up."

As soon as Geng Jiang spoke, he stunned the two of them.

Stopping a ship in Guangdong?

"The sea ships of the Chamber of Commerce were protected by the Quanzhou Navy Division along the way, so I specially invited General Lu to come."

Geng Jiang turned his head to look at Lu Dahu, and said with a smile: "As long as General Lu controls the hundreds of households under his command and asks the officers and soldiers of the sailors along the way not to talk about this matter, Geng will naturally have a reward here, and he can give the officers and soldiers more salary." ”

Today, Ma Boliang's 10,000 taels made Geng Jiang smell business opportunities!

There are so many wealthy merchants along the coast, is it only Ma Boliang's family who lacks slaves and maids?

Every province needs it, and selling them slaves and maids is not a lucrative deal.

The slave trade is a huge profit!

"Smack, smack, smack."

In the silence, Gu Yu had already applauded.

"Geng Sicheng is really amazing, this kind of way to make a fortune can be found, Gu admires it, and admires the five-body throw."

"Let's discuss the profits, how about it?"

Geng Jiang stood up, poured wine glasses for Gu Yu and Lu Dahu one by one, and said with a smile: "In the boundary of Quanzhou, the matter above the sea can be decided, it is nothing more than you and me, as long as we join forces, how much silver can we make in this?" I, Geng, boldly said, at least one million taels a year! ”

One million taels!

Rao is Gu Yu, as the president of the Quanzhou Imperial Merchants Branch, couldn't help but gasp.

This amount of silver, but the treasury is one hundred and one years old.

"Not to mention anything else, after a year of work, even if both legs are broken, the rest of your life will be happy to death."

Geng Jiang said with satisfaction, he felt that he was sure to win the two of them.