Chapter 146: Testing the Waters (3)
Bathing and changing clothes to show solemnity, Du Yonghe was very satisfied with Chen Kai's attitude, at least in this civil official of the foreign department, he could find some self-confidence to be a governor. Not to mention, at least he is much more respectful than those old brothers who go their own way, as well as the princes, ministers, and even many ministers and courts in the court, who are born as military generals.
There is a good feeling, and even with Huang Yingjie and Zhang Daocheng lowering their tartars, they are working hard to help Shang Kexi deal with him, and even the contradictions between the factions have been put aside for the time being. However, business is business, and there is no room for the slightest side thing, so that when Du Yonghe entered Zhenhai Tower, he was already ready to fight with Chen Kai.
On the upper floor in the north of the town, Du Yonghe, Li Yuantai, Li Jianjie, Wu Wenwen, Yin Zhirong, Fan Chengen and other generals gathered, and even Song Yukun and other generals from other prefectures and counties who came to help were also present. However, none of the local civil officials and the officers of the local guard in Guangzhou came to the banquet, and it seems that Du Yonghe had no intention of sharing the profits with them at all.
At the beginning of the banquet, the host welcomed, the guests thanked each other, and everyone present passed a round for the great tomorrow and for the Jiangshan Society.
Chen Kai is much more familiar with this kind of scene than when he first arrived, etiquette, scale, and some habits and rules of the upper class society in this era at banquets, many of which were learned from Zheng Chenggong, and now they are just coming in handy. At the banquet, there were all male guests, and as soon as a few jokes with a little meat came out, they immediately became enthusiastic.
Men, in a sentence that Chen Kai was tired of watching on the Internet at the beginning, his pursuit is nothing more than waking up to the power of the world, drunk and lying on the knees of beauties, there is no ordinary person in the world, but it is not uncommon to pursue it in general, especially for these troubled warriors in front of him who hold real power.
Complimented the generals' martial arts, wished the generals to defeat Shang Kexi under the leadership of Du Yonghe, and after Shang Kexi's fiasco, the generals would be added to the official and entered the knighthood, Du Yonghe and the generals entered the phase, after a brain-filled imagination, there were many such rectums among the generals, and they had already begun to talk about brothers with Chen Kai, and they wanted to put their hearts up.
Chen Kai's set, even Du Yonghe was smiling, especially when he thought of whether he would be able to have the prestige of Li Chengdong after defeating Shang Kexi, Chen Kai's words seemed to have entered his heart.
However, Li Jianjie, who was watching from the sidelines, was far less optimistic, or Chen Kai's infinite imagination was really unable to substitute for him as Li Chengdong's righteous son and Li Yuanyin's righteous brother, and when he saw that the atmosphere was about to follow Chen Kai down, he who was sitting in Du Yonghe's hand simply coughed lightly, and then finally dragged Du Yonghe back with a look.
put away the embarrassment, Du Yonghe also felt as if he was a little less Chengfu, so he simply coughed to hide the embarrassment, and waved away the female music and the servants who were waiting.
Nothing to do with the retreat, that is, to get down to business, Chen Kai obviously hasn't played yet, but he has to do whatever he wants, after all, he is also here to do serious things, not to train the generals in Guangzhou into the Institute of Abnormal Humans for people to study.
"The matter mentioned by the Governor Chen a few days ago, the Governor has thought about it carefully, and has also discussed it with the generals, and the Governor Chen must have seen it in the past few days, the important town of Tiannan in Guangzhou, there are endless business and travel exchanges, even the Yi merchants are not less, Your Excellency's proposal is beneficial to us, but it will not have any weight......
Du Yonghe said this, seeing that Chen Kai's expression did not produce even the slightest ripple with his words, he couldn't help but secretly praise his composure.
"However, we can also see the grandeur of the Chaozhou Wangshi, especially the mind of this loyal monarch and the king of Qin, even the imperial court will be greatly rewarded. However, the court's salary is not as good as it was back then, and there is no way to give support to the king of Chaozhou. In the end, after all, it is a good thing for both of us. ”
said a lot of things freely, which can be called a cluster of flowers, Du Yonghe transferred the leading power to his hands, as if they were giving Zheng Chenggong. Chen Kai, however, was not angry about this, and after listening to these words plainly, he handed over a copy of the text. But Du Yonghe glanced at it, but his color immediately changed, and even from the beginning to the end, and from the end to the head, this surprise did not fade.
"Du Zhijun, the lower official, is more afraid of trouble and doesn't like to bargain. This price was given to Weiyuan Hou by the lower officials, and today it was also given to Du Zhijun, if it is successful, it will be done, and if it is not successful, the lower officials sent the music, and also made friends with the marshals in Guangzhou, which is already worth the trip. ”
"This price is still a bit high......
"It doesn't really matter whether it's high or not. The important thing is that our Chaozhou Wang Shi is willing to support the Guangzhou Wang Shi to fight against the captive master, but you can also give us some soup. If you can't even drink the soup, the deal won't last long, don't you say? ”
Seeing that Du Yonghe, who was frighteningly high just now, only fell down in an instant, Li Jianjie and the others were stunned. Chen Kai was in full swing, Du Yonghe thought about it, and then agreed, but his promise was not achieved directly, but after putting forward a lot of conditions.
"The freight, the lower official can negotiate with Weiyuan Hou and reduce it appropriately, but it's not that he can't try to talk about it. However, this list of prices is limited to local products produced in Teochew, with the exception of other royal divisions and other royal divisions, as well as Japanese merchants, Ryukyu, Korean, Nanyang, and Taixi maritime merchants who have been contacted by our department. At least, you can't let my ministry lose money, right? ”
"It's not going to happen."
Du Yonghe was very angry, and then Chen Kai continued to answer: "The goods will be resold to the firms in which you have a stakehold, this is no problem, anyway, we are also supporting the Guangzhou Wang Shi to fight against the captive division this time, make less money, make friends, and fight side by side in the future, this point can be the master." ”
"It's just a matter of insufficient money, Xia Guan thought that if it was on credit, it would really damage the prestige of the marshals. It's not as good as this, aren't there many beggars in the city, and the lower officials will take them back to work and mine, and they will be exempted from some of the money. But the words can be made clear in advance, but not too much, without the turnover of silver, the lower officials will not be able to purchase the goods. ”
A wine banquet was tossed in a cheerful atmosphere until the dawn of the day. Chen Kai yawned and said goodbye, planning to go back to Lin Cha's ship to catch up on sleep. However, Du Yonghe and others, after saying goodbye to Chen Kaiyi, got together with sleepiness and alcohol, and were dumbfounded for a while at the price list.
"Rice, a tael of silver and a stone; cotton, three coins and a pound of silver; tide blue cloth, five coins of silver; Green shuttle cloth, six dollars a horse......"
"This is the usual price!"
"Of course, otherwise I would have knocked it off in one bite."
"There's no going to be a scam here, is it?"
Not only Li Jianjie, but also all the generals present were surprised by this price list that was much lower than the market price. Not to mention, at this price alone, Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai will not lose money, but the profit is also very small, far less profitable than directly selling these things to Japan or Nanyang.
"Whatever, the goods were sent by him, and when the time comes, we can still suffer a loss?"
When Du Yonghe said this, all the generals were relieved. But Rao is like this, but Li Jianjie still doesn't dare to have too much confidence in this.
"Chen Kai is not a good stubble, if you don't get it right, we will all have to be sold by him in the end."