"Governor Chen really does what he says."

"Du Zhijun has an overreputation, not to mention the righteousness of supporting friendly troops to resist the captive, even if he only talks about business, it should be regarded as a spit and a nail, how can there be any reason why it doesn't count."

It was probably confirmed that Chen Kai had transported the goods as promised, and he was much more enthusiastic than the last time. In terms of price, it was negotiated properly, and the payment of money and delivery on the dock were also agreed early, and Chen Kai and Du Yonghe did not plan to hand over things to each other first. This is tacitly understood.

"Du Zhijun's business and warehouse are ready, right?"

"Well, it's almost, it's mainly the elders of the court, and they still have to be taken care of."

Du Yonghe looked very embarrassed, in fact, he had planned to wait for Chen Kai to come over with the goods before making preparations, and at this price, he didn't really believe that Chen Kai would really bring too many goods. Unexpectedly, Chen Kai not only came, but also brought a lot of goods, and now he can only use those "big shots" as an excuse.

"It's okay, the lower officials are not in a hurry to go back. After all, it will take a long time for Dingguo Gong, Yongshengbo, and the goods from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Waguo, Ryukyu and Korea to be properly contacted. ”

Chen Kai's empathy made Du Yonghe very satisfied, and next, there was another round of drinking and feasting, but this time Chen Kai did not drink with these guys for a night like last time, but left early, stayed until the next day, and got up early to hang out in Guangzhou City.

Compared to the last time I came, there were more beggars in the city, but the flow of people in the shops was relatively less. Walking on the streets, regardless of men, women, young and old, there are more and more people in a hurry, which is not because the pace of life is accelerating, at least not like the acceleration of the industrialized society in later generations, it seems to be more like being forced to make a living.

"The price of rice is rising."

The people live on food, and the rise in grain prices will have the most direct impact on the people's living standards. Chen Kai bypassed the long queue but still sold in limited quantities, and before he could turn the corner, the sold-out sign was hung up. Then, the resentment and scolding of the people who came to the door, the packing and the queue followed, and those who were lucky enough to buy food also hugged their pockets and hurried home, not daring to stay on the street for even a minute longer.

In the movie, it is said that you can meet love in the corner, and in the game, there is a chance that you will encounter monsters in the corner. Turning the corner, I turned my head to see that the grain store had been completely closed, and some grumpy people vented on the door panel, and they also dispersed step by step, as if they were still pinning their hopes on the conscience of the grain store shopkeeper. Turning his head again, the bookstore on the other side of the street corner was not closed, but the shopkeeper was powerless to drive away mosquitoes and flies, and Chen Kai suspected that when he encountered a fly with more strength, who would fan whom out.

"Childe doesn't dare to say what he needs, but on our Gaodi Street, the books in the small shop are the most complete."

The shopkeeper's enthusiasm proved that his strength must be greater than that of a fly, and Chen Kai walked into the bookstore and began to look through the books on the shelves by himself, looking for what he was interested in.

Chen Kai was dressed as a Confucian student, but the few "subordinates" accompanying him looked a little unangry and arrogant. The shopkeeper is a clear-eyed person, and he probably saw that Chen Kai was not an ordinary Confucian student, but he couldn't guess the way out, so he simply followed not far away, not only not disturbing Chen Kai to read, but also listening to orders from time to time, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

After rummaging for a while, Chen Kai didn't find anything practical, so he simply told the shopkeeper that he wanted some books about Western studies. The shopkeeper didn't hesitate, and quickly found a bunch of them, and then picked and chosen, Chen Kai really found a few books he needed, but he also saw something on the side.

"Do you have anyone reading these books?"

The Bible, the Koran, and the Persian Book were placed in front of the shopkeeper, and the latter did not show any surprise, except that some merchants, foreigners and religious locals who had settled in Canton would come to buy them, and threw them on the shelves.

"I see."

Guangzhou is the largest city in the north of the South Seas, the southern gate of China's foreign exchanges, and a truly international metropolis in the 17th century. However, these books are rarely left unmentioned, and Chen Kai also noticed that the shopkeepers all threw them in some inconspicuous places, not to mention that compared with the treatment of Confucian classics, even the Tao Te Ching and Buddhist classics were much more conspicuous than them.

"Sure enough, the market is everything."

After wandering around for two days, Chen Kai had almost collected the things he wanted to buy. Guangzhou is worthy of being a metropolis, and it is more complete than Chaozhou in many things, as long as you look for it with your heart, you can always gain something. It's just that Chen Kai hopes to be able to move the whole city away, and when he has the opportunity to get rid of Shang Kexi in the future, and then move the city back, it seems a little too unrealistic.

However, Chen Kai didn't plan to move the entire city, but Du Yonghe seemed to see that the increasing number of beggars in the city became more and more obstructive. In just the past two days, Chen Kai has seen several times of the detention of beggars.

It's just that the beggars who were caught, but they don't seem to be the original beggars in the local area, but most of them are new beggars who have entered the city but can't find a livelihood and are finally forced to become new beggars, but those professional beggars who seem to be "skilled" at a glance seem to have stopped working on vacation recently.

Two days later, Du Yong and the other side were also ready. The two sides began to trade on the dock, which Chen Kai had to be present.

Tide porcelain, tide smoke, tide sugar, tide blue cloth, pewter and other bulk goods, plus military uniforms, rattan plaques and gunpowder made by the Ordnance Bureau. Ignoring weapons, let's just talk about these civilian goods, a shipload of silver costs four or five thousand taels of silver when sold to Japan, but those military uniforms, rattan brands, and so on account for too much share, which has depressed the overall profit margin. Because, these things, Du Yonghe kept for his own use.

"Governor Chen, now that the captives are besieging the city, the domain is really not very rich......"

Go to the account, go is the business name jointly established by the generals, but the money used to purchase the goods is from the treasury, Du Yonghe said it as a matter of course, and Chen Kai also responded as a matter of course.

"Then use the beggars in the city to compensate for part of the shortfall, Du Zhijun, still the same sentence, not too much, no disabilities, and it is best to take it away with a family and a business, otherwise you can't settle down, and it is impossible to put all your thoughts on work. In addition, I only pay to strong men and strong women, and you can give it away for the old and weak. ”

"This Governor Chen, please rest assured, this governor naturally understands. Speaking of which, the governor also pities them for not being able to eat, at least under the command of Governor Chen, they always have enough to eat. ”

"Du Zhijun's benevolence in governing Guangdong is really a blessing for the people of Guangxi and Guangzhou."

Between the bragging, whether Du Yonghe, who was smiling, really understood, or thought he understood, Chen Kai didn't know, but the way he worked like the Ordnance Bureau was also something that Du Yonghe couldn't imagine. Well, it doesn't matter, it's the closing of the deal that's the key.

The beggars were driven onto the ship, and Chen Kai did not rush to let them into the cabin, but requisitioned several courtyards on Henan Island on the other bank, and first let them wash and change into clean clothes before going on the boat, so as not to breed germs.

Compared with Guangzhou, the population density of Chaozhou is indeed much lower, but like Chen Kai, the idea of using beggars to work is also a rare novelty. However, Du Yonghe didn't feel that he had suffered any losses, and he was happy to use these road corpse reserves to save some silver.

"Governor Chen, can you bring another batch of weapons?"

Du Yonghe asked, Chen Kai nodded, and replied: "There may not be too many in the last one or two months, and the lower officials will go to supervise when they return to Chaozhou this time." ”

During the siege, Du Yonghe didn't seem to care too much about the profit margin. Next, Chen Kai said that he would quickly contact the goods from all over the world to increase the flow of trade, and at the same time, after purchasing a batch of local goods and a large amount of fresh water in the city of Guangzhou, he returned directly to the ship without any intention of stopping.

"Lin Hou, in the next two months, I will send a batch of goods to Du Yonghe every month, exchange so many beggars as usual, and send a ship back to South Australia, everything is like this time."

"Chen Senjun rest assured, Ben Hou is here, and he will never miss this big plan."