Guo Zhiyuan guessed their thoughts as soon as he saw the faces of the maritime merchants, and smiled casually: "Dongfan Mansion has just been created, and the conditions are simple, which makes everyone laugh......

The maritime merchants were a little embarrassed and didn't even dare to claim that they didn't dare to sit down, after sitting down, you look at me, I looked at you, and refused to speak first, and finally Chen Jintai, the oldest of them, stood up first, the Chen family is a veteran maritime merchant in Fujian, inherited for several generations, the number of ships issued by Haichengyue Port is scarce, and the maritime merchants often break their heads in order to compete for a ship, but no matter how nervous the ship is, there is always a part of the Jintai business, which can also be seen that the Chen family has the status and power in the Fujian maritime business, So Chen Jintai does have the qualifications to be the first to stand up and speak.

"The prefect summoned me and others, I don't know what to see? ......" Chen Jintai politely arched towards Guo Zhiyuan.

Guo Zhiyuan knew that these maritime merchants had a deep background, and they couldn't be suppressed just by virtue of their status as the prefect, so if they were willing to pay for the silver, they had to lure them to profit first, so he smiled slightly: "I think you have all heard that the Holy Lord has given me permission to open the sea ban and open the sea trade in Dongfan, and you are all experts in maritime trade, so this government invites you to come and discuss the plan......

These are all clichés, the maritime merchants are not interested in listening, and even a few arrogant maritime merchants pouted, although the opening of the sea ban and sea trade in Dongfan can bring them the opportunity to make money, but it is not enough to attract them to come to Dongfan in person, a young man with a beard is even more unceremoniously and directly questioned: "Lord Guo, you better say something practical, we came all the way to come here not to listen to you talk about clichés......

Guo Zhiyuan had already done a detailed collection of information on the maritime merchants invited this time, and just now on the road, he quietly asked Sun Chuan to identify them one by one, and matched the people with the collected information, knowing that this bearded young man was called Yang Tiansheng, Yang Tiansheng at this time was not outstanding among the maritime merchants, and he was relatively low in terms of financial resources, but Guo Zhiyuan did not despise him because of this, because Yang Tiansheng was still not famous at this time, but in the original historical time and space, This Yang Tiansheng will also become a man of the year in Fujian's maritime business, and become sworn brothers with the famous "Kaitai King" Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong.

can mix with heroes like Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong, this Yang Tiansheng's personality is naturally unruly, especially when he is still young and vigorous at this time, so it is no wonder that he can't wait to jump out and question Guo Zhiyuan.

Guo Zhiyuan didn't care, those who can be maritime merchants are those who dare to take risks, and if they want to convince themselves, of course, they have to come up with some real materials, and said with a slight smile: "Yang shopkeeper is not in a hurry, and listen to this mansion slowly, this mansion has been ordered to send an envoy to Luzon, for my Ming Dynasty in Luzon businessmen were innocently killed and mediated with the Daxi people, although they were lucky enough to live up to their mission and rescued hundreds of innocent businessmen who were unreasonably detained by the Spaniards, but those Ming businessmen who have been killed can never return home, it is really a sigh, This sea trade business is really not easy, although it seems to be lucrative, but it has to risk losing your life from time to time......"

This is said to be said to the hearts of the maritime merchants, although they are all a huge rich, but this money is really not earned, to the sea, you can only resign yourself to fate, you may encounter looting at any time, and you have to be careful when dealing with the people of Daxi, if you unfortunately encounter a big storm at sea, the ship is destroyed and people die, it is even more of a catastrophe, and it is not for nothing that the family road fell overnight, so listening to Guo Zhiyuan's words, they all feel related, and nodded again and again, Guo Zhiyuan sent Luzon to rescue the Ming businessmen and people They also heard about it, I also have some admiration for this young man who dares to wrestle with the Spaniards, after all, everyone has times when they are in trouble, and the court officials who can stand up and help at this time can be regarded as the master of the blue sky in their eyes.

Yang Tiansheng also stood up with some shame and apologized to Guo Zhiyuan: "Lord Guo sent an envoy to Luzon to rescue my Ming businessmen and people, strengthen my Ming national prestige, the people all praised, the villain was rude to the adult, and please forgive the adult!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan had no ill feelings towards him, nodded at him, waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and continued: "I don't know if you have thought about it, I am a great Ming, a vast land, and a lot of heroes, why do my people of the Ming Dynasty go to the sea to do business, but they have to be bullied by Fanyi, and even have no one to protect their lives?" ……”

The maritime merchants looked at each other, although Guo Zhiyuan's question said what was in their hearts, but they were not easy to answer, because the root cause was because of the corruption of the imperial court, the decline of national strength, and the closed maritime ban policy, and the surrender of sea control, this situation would occur, and they did not dare to openly slander the imperial court, so they could only remain silent.

At this time, Guo Zhiyuan suddenly waved his hand vigorously, raised his tone and said: "There is a good saying, a chopstick is easy to break, a chopstick is difficult to break, a penny is difficult to cross the sea, everyone paddles a big boat, only all our Daming maritime merchants unite and twist into a rope, so that Fanyi does not dare to underestimate us, so that my Daming merchant ships are all over the sea, and they will no longer be bullied!" That's why we invite you to come! ……”

The maritime merchants were infected by Guo Zhiyuan's impassioned words, and there was a feeling of blood boiling, and Yang Tiansheng even applauded: "Your Excellency is good!" We suffer losses and suffer losses in disunity, always fighting in the nest, I Yang Tiansheng has nothing else, I still have backbone, count me in! ……”

Chen Jintai is relatively old, naturally not as impulsive as Yang Tiansheng, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "My lord is right, I and other people who are engaged in maritime business, often feel that the power is weak, if the adult is willing to work for us and other businessmen, it would be great, but what kind of joint law, the adult should first get a charter?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan was moved by affection just now, but businessmen are pursuing profits, and it is not enough to just move them with affection, and then they still have to tempt them to make profits, so he smiled slightly: "You have all dealt with the people of Daxi, do you find that they are different from us in business, they are doing business with us in the name of the country!" We are fighting against a country with our own strength, and we are naturally in a weak position, so this government wants to follow the example of the Daxi people, and set up the East China India Sea Trade Company in the name of our Dongfan Province, and unite to do business with the Daxi people, so that we can not only take care of each other, but also improve our bargaining power, so that our goods can be sold at a higher price and earn more profits......"