After many years of intersection, Chen Kai knows very well where Zheng Chenggong's bottom line is. Therefore, as long as his actions did not threaten Zheng Chenggong's control of military power, especially those old teams of the Zheng group, such as Lin Cha, Chen Bao, Zhang Jin and others, as well as the towns established by Zheng Chenggong since he raised his army, the rest of the matter was not without room for negotiation. Because, the split is a real lesson for the Zheng Group.

Of course, this does not include those troops that have been incorporated since Chen Kai presided over Guangdong's military and political affairs, such as Li Jianjie, Ma Bao, Hao Shangjiu, Wang Han and others, and such as Lin Dezhong, Jiang Meiao, Nie Yiniang, Zheng Chenggong will not easily touch, it can be regarded as a tacit understanding between each other.

After writing the letter, Chen Kai sent someone to Chaozhou. It was the place where he and Zheng Chenggong first recovered, and it has always been the most stable base of this Ming army, the food produced there kept the army from starvation, and the silk, porcelain, tin and other handicraft products produced there were sold to various places on the ships of the Zheng group, in exchange for gold, silver, and those raw materials were also the nourishment for the continuous development and growth of this army.

In the same way, the Zheng Group's long-term defense of the territory in Chaozhou has made this prefecture stand out from the crowd among its peers who are constantly tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The letter was sent to the capital city of Chaozhou along the post road Pegasus, and entered the boundary of the Chaozhou capital, spreading on both sides, and people were farming everywhere. Seeing the messenger wearing the uniform of the Ming army galloping on his horse, Mo said that he hid in a panic, most of them just raised their heads, took a look, and immediately lowered their heads and continued the work on hand, which was completely strange.

Such a scene can be said to be the most uncommon thing in Chaozhou. In the early years, when Chaozhou was surrounded by the Qing army, there were still some thoughts about whether the Qing army had fought again. Up to now, not only Fujian and Guangdong provinces have been recovered by the Ming army, but even most of southern Jiangxi has been held in the hands of the Ming army. Since the local area has become a hinterland, even if the sky falls, it will not be the junction of Fujian and Guangdong provinces that will be smashed first.

On official roads, the messenger is fleeting in the lives of the people, and has ceased to be a topic of attention. The countryside is like this, and the closer you get to the left of the county seat, the more limited the speed of the horse will be. The city gate cave is an endless stream of people, business travelers, as the valve of the city gate pawns have already practiced a pair of discerning eyes, as long as a glance, the identity of the person has a rough estimate, and then you can respond differently according to different situations. This feeling formed by being well-informed is often more accurate than a famous post, and speed is especially superior.

Of course, the messengers did not dare to stop them, not only did they not dare to stop them, but they even tried to make way for them, so as not to delay military affairs. Even though Chaozhou has been a hinterland for many years now, the long-term strict system and habits have made them like a conditioned reflex, and they have done it even more smoothly.

The messenger naturally went straight to the Chaozhou General Town Mansion, where Chen Bao handled military affairs, and it was also the place where the military flavor was the deepest in the city. In contrast, Dongmen Street, near the left side of Guangji Bridge, has always been a place for business travelers, and it is not a festival or a celebration, and it is also full of people, and the crowded trucks cannot move. So the merchants of the city simply converted the goods into small carts outside the city before entering the city, and the men and hired men crossed the streets and alleys, striving to get the goods to the warehouses and shops as quickly as possible, so as not to delay the progress of business.

A three-storey restaurant on Dongmen Street with the word "Xilou" in the book, which was originally built by a merchant who did tin trading, and the name imitates the place where everyone knows the "Fan Lou" in Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty. It's just that this was just a two-story restaurant at the beginning, but in the past few years, it has been handed over to a businessman who specializes in restaurants, and it has made a name for itself in this Chaozhou city in the continuous expansion.

It was not as elegant as the usual meeting place of some literati and scholars, but it was deeply favored by local merchants. In particular, since the establishment of the Guangdong Business Alliance, local members of Chaozhou often gather here, which makes the business atmosphere here more and more intense.

The streets are still full of people, so it's not lively. A private room on the third floor, standing by the window, can be condescending. A middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian looked down for a moment, turned his head, and there was still some unfinished meaning in that look, and the other two people who were still sitting at the table drinking wine couldn't help but smile.

"Brother Ren hasn't returned to his hometown for many years, but now I can see that Chaozhou City is only a little more prosperous than when he traveled away from home, right?"

That Confucian student has been away from home for more than ten years, initially to study the world, and later caught up with the Qing army to enter the customs, killing corpses in various places, and can only live in a friend's house temporarily. When the first wave of the Qing army was over, he was already preparing to return to his hometown, but he didn't know that before he left, he got the news of Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai's recovery of Chaozhou from some familiar mouths. In this way, it is bound to become the target of the Qing army's attack, and it will inevitably fall into danger, so it can only continue to travel abroad, who knows that this Chaozhou not only did not fall again, but became the starting point of the Ming army's recovery of Fujian and Guangdong.

After many years of separation, I remember that when I left home, the Chaozhou government's loss of control over the grassroots led to the division of the strong and the local bandits. The frequent wars between each other caused great damage to the countryside and made the business travel even more sluggish. At that time, Chaozhou City had already begun to decline, and I thought that it would not be able to slow down in a few decades. Unexpectedly, when he returned to his hometown, what he saw was completely different from what he imagined, but it was a little familiar with the peaceful years when he was young, which made him sigh.

"I have heard for a long time that Chen Fujun is unparalleled in governance, and I can see it today, and he is indeed a man of great fame."

Admiration naturally points to Chen Kai, because from recovery to management, Chen Kai is the most contribution, and his influence on the local Chaozhou is extremely huge. However, Confucian Sheng is like this this time, also because he had already learned before he went to the banquet that the two people present are now all in the Guangdong Business Alliance, one of them was still not elected in the Consultative Council election, but he still got the title of an alternate member, who is behind the Guangdong Business Alliance and the Advisory Bureau, even the people of the Confucian family know that he naturally wants to do what he likes.

"Yes, Chen Fujun has said many times that he knows etiquette when he is sufficient, and he knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing, so the development of the economy, whether it is agriculture, handicrafts, or commerce, is for the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country."

"It's a good person who is rich and the country is strong, and the dynasty can have a figure like Chen Fujun, it is really Emperor Taizu Gao's manifestation."

Confucian scholars traveled to various places, and the most common thing they saw was corrupt officials and corrupt officials exploiting the people, and the Ming court was also eager to squeeze out the control area so that it could gather greater strength to compete with the Qing court for a day.

Now it is still a troubled time, and the Ming and Qing dynasties have to fight their last breath to strangle their opponents to death. Under such an environment, Chen Kai is still focusing on developing the economy and restoring people's livelihood, and even the Zheng Group is completely stable and steady under its influence, which is rare.

The people's livelihood in Chaozhou went through the loss of control in the last years of Chongzhen, and the Qing army "passing by", under the joint efforts of Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai, swept away the heroes, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Even, because Chaozhou's psychological positioning of the Zheng group has changed from a historical undefendable military grain producing area to a stable base area that can be defended, the original policy of collecting grain and wages with a targeted and predatory nature has not been implemented. Over the years, the wise saying of "not suffering from poverty but suffering from anxiety" has been effectively confirmed in Chaozhou.

As local merchants in Chaozhou, they naturally made great progress in this process by cooperating with the Ming army. When it comes to wealth, Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty took Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Qiongzhou as the top three.

Guangzhou, as the provincial capital, has always been a battleground for soldiers, and the slaughter of the city, coupled with the conquest and tyranny of the two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan, has long been ruined and landless. And that Qiongzhou, although it is located in the middle of nowhere, but still could not be spared between the Ming and Qing wars, Li Chengdong took Guangdong, Li Chengdong anyway, Shang Geng's two feudal strategies against Du Yonghe, Chen Kai Fuhai recovered, before and after many times, Rao is intensity is far from being comparable to Guangzhou, but there is no lack of local chaos, so that the level of people's livelihood in Qiongzhou is inevitably declining.

In contrast, Chaozhou has a unique advantage in this regard. The long-term stability has led to the growth of the population, the entry of displaced people, and the reclamation of large tracts of wasteland; Backed by the Zheng Group, and located at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, once the place is blocked, business travel is endless, and the handicraft industry that does not worry about sales has naturally been further developed.

In recent years, the whole of Guangdong has been regressing, only Chaozhou has quickly recovered to the level of Chengping after a short decline, and even further improved. Among the Guangdong-Hai business alliances, the financial resources of Chaozhou merchants are the most abundant.

The Confucian family also had a business background, to be precise, their family belonged to the kind of gentleman merchant family who used business to support the imperial examination. There were not many such families in the Confucian scholar class in the Ming Dynasty, and more of them were such families that cultivated and read heirlooms and poetry heirlooms, and on the economic basis they mainly farmed, collected rents, and taught, even if they planted cash crops, which were very different from such pure business.

Originally, the family behind Confucianism was cooperating with the Ming army, but it was not obvious that after all, the children of the clan who were fully supported at the beginning were always in the area controlled by the Qing court, and there was no lack of intention to bet on both sides.

However, now it is the momentum of the Ming army, coupled with the birth of Chen Kai's Advisory Bureau. is also a bet, at most he is an official in the Qing court, and according to his fame and connections, it is probably not high; But here, as long as there is a stable position in the advisory board, it will be of great benefit to the family to rely on influence alone to eat in the future. So, he returned, and the first thing he did was to try to get in touch with some old friends. For example, these two people are acquaintances with him when they were young, and the three families have business contacts, so there is no need to talk about friendship.

After talking about the current situation, the Confucian turned to the thing he wanted to know the most. Unexpectedly, not only the alternate member's face was smug, but even the other friend was full of smiles.

"After all, Brother Ren has read the books of sages, and he got to the point as soon as he asked." Flipping his hands and praising him, the friend immediately turned his attention to the alternate councilor, and the latter also replied unhurriedly: "The size of the advisory bureau, Chen Fujun has already made it clear that the advisory bureau in Guangzhou City is only a system, and it will evolve into a provincial advisory bureau in the future. The staffing of the Provincial Consultative Bureau and the Provincial Consultative Bureau will not be the same as the current dozens of people, but will only increase, not decrease. ”

If there were only a few dozen people, even at the provincial level, then Confucius would not have been able to enter the Advisory Bureau with his personal prestige and family background. However, it sounds like there is still no hope at the provincial level, but once he reaches the advisory bureau at the provincial level, he will still have some opportunities to ask himself with his dual identity as a Confucian scholar and a businessman.

This is also what the family behind him considered, and after getting the answer, his heart was down-to-earth, and he praised Chen Kai's foresight. Immediately afterwards, while trying to learn more about the relevant system of the Consultative Council, he did not forget to pay attention to the development of local business, especially how to join the Guangdong Business Alliance, which was his greatest concern.

"Well, there are regulations in the rules of the association, generally three official members are required as introducers, and the family and personal background must be investigated, and it is naturally easy to say that there is a cooperative relationship with Wang Shi, but it is difficult to say if it is related to the Tartars......

The conditions for joining the association, Confucian scholars think about it carefully, basically the family's business name can also be achieved, the hard conditions are not a big problem, and the formalities are not understood at one time today. As a result, the direction of the conversation soon shifted to the operation of the Guangdong Business Alliance in Chaozhou.

"Compared with other provinces, our Chaozhou is the most financially abundant. In the past two years, the local pewter, ceramics and silk industries have received a large amount of capital injection, and the development is very rapid. ”

When it comes to business matters, he has made a lot of money in the past two years, especially the alternate congressman who had the opportunity to attend the meeting in Guangzhou because of the Guangdong Business Alliance, and he was even more energetic.

"Speaking of which, it is indeed not as flamboyant as the silk industry in Shunde, but with this Guangdong business alliance, the internal competition is reduced, and the external competitiveness is enhanced. If it is not as good as the place, it is that the local foundation of Chaozhou is too good, unlike Guangzhou, where a large amount of land can be purchased at a low price, and the monthly income of workers does not need too much. ”

Chao porcelain, tide embroidery, pewter, these are all local fist products, has a strong competitiveness in the market. It's just that the cost is not as lower than that of Guangzhou, and the profit will inevitably be limited, which is inevitable.

Now, the Teochew members of the GDB Business Alliance are already studying how to further tap the potential of the industry. At the mention of this, the alternate member suddenly gave another person a look, and the man stood up in the midst of Confucianism's puzzled gaze, quietly pushed open the door, and observed for a moment before returning to his seat.

The former shook his head, and the alternate parliamentarian lowered his voice and said some things that could and could not be said in front of these two young friends: "Mrs. Chen's side is now in charge of the Chen family's business, and the Shunde silk mill in Guangdong, as well as the cotton spinning workshop in Qiongzhou, have all invested silver. The governor's wife is the daughter of the Duke of Dingguo, and she has a good business vision, and these two investments are constantly profitable. When the younger brother went to Guangzhou this time, Mrs. Chen said that she would invest in the business in Chaozhou. Specifically, there is news that it is necessary to work the golden silk. ”