After explaining the precautions, Zhao Gongzi asked Jin Xishan with anticipation: "How is it?" Can the first shipment be shipped before the year? This trade has been cut off for almost half a year, and the Japanese have already seen through the autumn water. ”

"Don't worry, Childe, it will be shipped this month, just in time for those daimyo to purchase New Year's goods." Kim Hee-sun hurriedly smiled.

In this era, both Japan and the Li Dynasty used the Ming calendar, and naturally celebrated the New Year of the lunar calendar. The daimyo had to win over their retainers and give them generous gifts during the New Year. If you miss this chopping festival, their desire to consume will drop all at once.

"Really?" Zhao Gongzi blurted out suspiciously, he was really afraid of Li Chaoren's love of big words.

But this time, Kim Hee-sun really didn't say much.

Since last month, every time the Jiangnan Group transports grain, it will piggyback on several boatloads of raw silk, silk and cloth, and when it is stationed in Xingang City, it will unload the goods to the warehouse of the Tamna Chamber of Commerce at the wharf.

On the return trip from Tianjin, the ship's capacity is more abundant. Moreover, all kinds of products in the north of the Ming Dynasty are cheap and cheap, and the same items are much cheaper than those in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are trapped in the inconvenient transportation between the north and the south, so they cannot be transported to the south.

As soon as the goods from the north are transported to the south of the Yangtze River, they will be snapped up by merchants from all walks of life in an instant, even if they do not deliberately raise prices, they can easily make more than double the profit, and some rare goods are even several times more profitable, which is no less than selling goods to Tamna Island.

The shrewd and capable Sister Chen, working closely with the newly established Xishan Trading Company of Xishan Group, with the strong logistics network of Xishan Group, can use nuts and hazelnut mushrooms, ginseng, deer antlers, gastrodia gastrodia ganoderma and mink tiger bones from Liaodong every time to make all cabins; Shochu halva, jade glass, Beijing embroidery lacquer carving, amber tapestry produced in Beizhili; silk fan porcelain, old wine bacon, inkstone candles, dried scallops, sea cucumber and abalone from Shandong; Chengni inkstone Liu brush produced in Henan, Du Kang wine Maojian tea, dog skin plaster Daokou tinware; and even the aged vinegar, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, white vinegar, laba vinegar produced in Shanxi...... Fill it to the brim.

On the return trip, the fleet will also dock at the new port to unload some of the cargo needed by the Tamna Chamber of Commerce. Then load the livestock, citrus, dried seafood and other goods from Tamna Island and return to Jiangnan. Sister Huaixiu is worthy of being a genius in warehouse management! That's really the extreme use of capacity, and there is no waste of space at all.

At present, the newly built warehouse of the Tamna Chamber of Commerce is already full and about to burst, just waiting for Zhao Gongzi's nod, he hurriedly sent the first shipment.

"Speaking of which, at the end of the month, the fleet of Royal Shipping will arrive at the port again, and the warehouse of the second phase has not been repaired yet, and the Chamber of Commerce is worried that there is no place to stock." Kim Hee-sun smiled happily: "This is great!" Hurry up and strive to leave the warehouse and load the ship one day in advance, so as to make room for the newly arrived goods! ”

"Oh, is the group's fleet going north or south?" Zhao Gongzi's heart moved, he also missed Sister Huaixiu.

"Go south." Jin Xishan hurriedly replied: "Normally, I will arrive in Xingang after three days." ”

"Do we still have an itinerary?" Zhao Gongzi asked Secretary Ma behind him.

Secretary Ma smiled and said, "Have dinner with Li Zhoumu." ”

"Then let's go to Newport today, and I'll invite him to dinner on the ship." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "Follow the large army back to Jiangnan, and the provincial garrison area will have to send a fleet to escort you." ”

"Yes." Secretary Ma responded and immediately arranged it.

~~

Zhao Gongzi said that he would leave, and left Chengshan Port on the same day.

The 101st ship was repairing in the dockyard, and he was on the Oriental Beauty Galen, which was loaded with the indemnity knocked back from Japan.

In this punishment operation, a total of 120,000 taels of silver and 8,000 taels of gold were transported back; There were also 40,000 taels of gold that Omura's family lost, and later 100,000 taels of silver. 180,000 taels of gold paid by the Mishima Wako; He also found 50,000 taels of silver and 3,000 taels of gold from the ruins of Jiangchuan City.

In addition, the Shimazu family also paid 30,000 taels of gold in addition to the sale of Tanegashima. plus 100,000 taels of silver donated by Tanegashima Shiyao. and 200,000 taels of silver paid by the Otomo family under the Oita Treaty. and one million taels of silver paid by the Maori family under the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

As for the two million taels of silver paid by Sakai City, Zhao Hao asked them to pull them back. Half of this was used to buy timber, and the other half was used as an investment in the group's purchase of half of the shares of Sakai Sho Co., Ltd......

In the end, a total of 1,570,000 taels of silver and 261,000 taels of gold were obtained. According to the price comparison of the Ming Dynasty, the equivalent of silver is about 3.65 million taels. After deducting all the costs of this operation, even including the cost of subsequent ship repairs, recasting cannons, and replenishing ammunition, there is still a profit of 3 million taels!

According to the agreement, a quarter of it has been distributed to the soldiers who participated in the war as a bonus. Another quarter is owned by the garrison area and is used for various construction projects in the area. The remaining half, that is, 1.5 million taels of silver, belongs to the group's income.

But only half of the real money was left for the garrison, and the tickets issued to the soldiers were all silver tickets...... They also had to sail home across the ocean, and they were willing to ask for silver tickets, so most of the gold and silver were transported back to Jiangnan by this Galen ship.

The sum of gold and silver is actually less than 60 tons, which is nothing to the Oriental Beauty with a displacement of 600 tons, and it is all ballast.

~~

After more than a month of training, the coast guard members have roughly mastered how to operate this behemoth. At present, all you need is a few Southeast Asian sailors to guide you, and you can complete the basic sail rope operation.

For the sake of insurance, Zhao Gongzi also brought Major Alfonso, the original captain of the Oriental Beauty.

Major Alfonso was not like Colonel Pinto, he did not need to take responsibility for the capture of the fleet, so he was not so easily convinced. It wasn't until Colonel Pinto became Mr. Ping, who became the highest-ranking of the captives, and began a glorious career of pouring night incense, that he gradually figured it out under the influence of the smell of night incense.

No matter how fragrant the loyal aristocratic spirit is, it can't resist the smell of golden soup. That damn night fragrance can actually cover his body odor, how stinky do you say?

Alfonso took the initiative to ask to see Zhao Gongzi, expressing his willingness to cooperate and accept all arrangements from Gongzi, as long as he didn't pour that damn night incense again.

Zhao Hao gave him three tasks, one was to serve as the chief professor of Chongming Navigation School to impart relevant navigation knowledge; the second is to temporarily serve as captain of the Galen ship, and bring out several reserve captains; The third is to assist Jiangnan Shipyard in imitating qualified Galen ships.

Of course, there is a time limit for all this, and when an agreement is reached with the Macao side, he and his crew will be released as soon as possible. During this period, as long as he obediently cooperated, Zhao Gongzi would naturally give him the treatment and respect that a noble officer deserved. And based on his performance, when he leaves, he will be given an uncapped bounty.

Major Alfonso also knew that this kind of thing would take a long time, and it would not take a year and a half to talk about it. In order to live a little more comfortably, he agreed to Zhao Gongzi's request. This time, after he sent Zhao Gongzi back to Jiangnan, he would stay on Chongming Island to teach and help build ships, which fully reflected Zhao Gongzi's consistent purpose of making the best use of his resources.

~~

Tang Youde sat in the soft sofa wrapped in brown calfskin and carved luodian, looked at the luxurious Renaissance-style captain's cabin decorated with dark brown walnut with delicate carvings, and couldn't help but sigh: "Fuck, the red-haired ghost is quite good at enjoying it." ”

Li Zhoumu on the side also stepped on the carpet under his feet and said, "Yes, this carpet is worth a few hundred taels." ”

But what he said was to lead to the second half of the sentence: "There is one in Xiaguan's house, which is slightly bigger than this, and it cost me a whole thousand taels of silver, and I am afraid that the insiders are distressed." ”

Li Chaoren's love of showing off can't be changed at any time.

"It's a Persian carpet." Zhao Gongzi took a sip of the sweet and fragrant rum while holding the glass wine glass made in Italy, and said with a faint smile: "I heard that when Kurumus bought the goods, the largest one only cost a mere twenty ducats, that is, ten taels of silver. ”

The corners of Li Zhou's mouth twitched, and he couldn't breathe in distress.

"Wow, these Nanban are really dark." Tang Youde took a sip of port wine and made a fuss: "His grandmother's, back and forth, all the money in the world has been made for them!" You have to take it! ”

"Yes, it must be recaptured!" Li Ruotong gritted his teeth: "Can't let them make any more black money!" ”

"Well, we're going to take back this trade route sooner or later." Zhao Hao nodded, and continued: "So sooner or later, we will fall out with the Europeans, but before we can defeat them in strength, we have to follow them first." ”

"Understood." Lao Tang deserves to be the person who knows Zhao Gongzi best. "Either you can subdue them at once, or you can deal with them first, and how will you do business if you make them into a pot of porridge?"

"Yes, that's what it means." Zhao Hao happily patted Old Tang's thigh and said with a smile: "The Jesuit is a good adhesive, which can make it not so easy for the two sides to break up." So I promised to be the protector of the Chechitan religion in the East, and I also promised them to go to Tamna Island to preach in the spring of the next year......"

"Oh?" Both of them looked solemn, and the matter of making trouble by preaching was not uncommon in both the Ming Dynasty and the Li Dynasty. Especially Li Zhoumu, he has the responsibility of a herdsman, and he looks good when he makes a mess.

"Of course we can't let them succeed, or else we will make wedding clothes for others?" Zhao Gongzi said and glanced at Li Ruotong, what he was most worried about was the people of the Li Dynasty, the people of this country were too easy to be bewitched.

"Don't worry, Childe! The lower officials have a way to get in the way! Li Ruotong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that the son was making trouble! It's a lot simpler.

It's not that Li Mu is boasting, there are not enough successes and more failures, but there are few places where Li Dynasty officials are better than blue.

Moreover, the most people on the island are officials, slaves, maids and wanderers, all of whom are under the strict control of the state pastor and the two counties, of course Li Ruotong dares to say this.

"Very good, the merit of doing this well is in the future, and Li Mu will make it limitless in the future." Zhao Gongzi first gave him a cake without any expense, and then said to Tang Youde: "Xingang is more troublesome here, if you come hard, the missionaries will see that we are playing tricks." And I guess they have to build churches, so you can't offend them, and you can't let Cheechtanism spread in New Port. ”

"Uh-huh." Tang Fatzi nodded, and said with a sly smile: "I'll give him a poison to fight poison!" ”

ps. There is also ha at night