After a deep conversation, Dongmenqing returned to the main ship, and only then did he reveal his identity to his subordinates. Everyone heard that the chief owner turned out to be a person from a large place in Quanzhou, and he had won the examination, which inevitably added a little admiration. East 'Gate' Qingdao: "My East 'Gate' is the word 'East Gate', and it doesn't hurt to call it in Japan." But after going to sea, especially in the Jiangnan and Fujian-Guangzhou waters, everyone still says that my surname is Wang. ”

It is also common for people to change their surnames on the sea to avoid the legal net, so their subordinates do not care.

On the second day, Lee personally led the fleet and introduced the fleet of the East Gate Kei to the harbor of Hirado Island.

Hirado Island and Matsuura Peninsula across a narrow strait facing each other, since the Chinese and Francophone merchants have come here to open up a trade base, the Ming Dynasty goods and Franco-machine treasures are flooded every year, Kyoto, Kaigang and other merchants from all over the country have heard the wind, and within a few years it has formed a prosperous port, which is called "the western capital" by the Japanese!

Because of their rarity, the Franco-Rang people are easily remembered in this East China Sea trade. However, if we calculate the number of 'delivered' goods, goods from China account for the lion's share. Although the goods from Europe are called "treasures", in fact, most of them are not valuable, only because they come thousands of miles away and are scarce and expensive, which is rare, but when it comes to the mainstream goods of "trading", most of them are still raw silk and silk fabrics from the Ming Dynasty, as well as silk cotton, splendor, linen, red thread, mercury, sewing needles, iron pots, ceramics, copper coins, ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, black and white sugar, musk, soil and other 'medicine' materials. Even the merchant ships of the Francois machine sell most of these - and their sources of goods are mainly from Shuangyu, earning the price difference between Shuangyu and Pinghu.

With the help of Li Guangtou, the ship of the Kei Hua Xiang Sho took up a good position in the port of Hirado Island, and the East Gate Kei 'handed over' the resettlement of the fleet to Wu Ping, and before the ship was stopped, he saw that the shore was crowded with people, including merchants, porters, and even monks and 'women'! Three religions and nine streams, the crowd is surging, and all of them seem to have been thirsty for three days and three nights, and when Qinghuaxiang is like rain falling from the sky! Dongmenqing didn't know what the situation on the shore was, so he didn't dare to go up for a while, so he came to ask Li Guangtou how to get ashore and settle down.

Li Guangtou said: "Although I have a shop in Hirado, you don't really have to beg me. ”

East 'Gate' Qingqi said: "Why? Before Li Guangtou could answer, he saw Chen Baifu and Zhou Dafu come to tell him that someone on the shore was asking to see him, and Zhou Dafu 'interjected' and said: "Chief owner, this person is mostly a liar." ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing asked: "Why do you say that?" ”

Zhou Dafu said: "He just asked to see him, and said what is his own family - we just arrived in Pingdo, where did his own family come from?" ”

Before the East 'Gate' celebration could respond, Li Guangtou smiled and said, "It's so fast!" "Dongmen' Qing heard him say this, and knew that there must be a mystery in it, so he asked Zhou Dafu to invite him on the boat.

What I asked to see was a middle-aged fat man in his early forties, wrapped in a scarf and tied his hair, dressed as a Fujian businessman, without half of the Japanese style, and when he saw the East 'Gate' Qing looked at it several times, he finally shouted: "Fourth son!" I'm finally looking forward to you! ”

Dongmen' Qing was stunned for a while, listening to his accent full of Quanzhou flavor, and then looking at him carefully from head to toe, he actually felt a little familiar, so he said: "You ......."

The man said: "The fourth son, the little Du Guoqing, is the shopkeeper of our East 'Gate' family in Japan!" Before I went to sea, I went to the house once, and several sons also visited them, and the sons were only fourteen or fifteen years old at the time, right? But it's been five years, and I don't know if Childe still recognizes the villain? ”

The east 'gate' celebrated, and then I remembered that my family also has a store in Japan! The Chinese have opened shops in Hirado, Hakata, Kai and other places, which have a long history, and have developed especially rapidly in the past two decades! There are many records in the Chinese and Japanese historical books on this matter, but the Chinese and Japanese cultures are of the same origin, the races are similar, and it is very easy to assimilate, and the Chinese businessmen who live in Japan only need to change their names, and after two or three generations, they will forget their origins, and even if the names remain the same, they are just bringing a Chinese surname into Japanese society. During the Zhengde and Jiajing periods, Chinese maritime merchants came to Japan, and some of them only walked once or twice, and then left, and after making a fortune once or twice, they did not come again, and generally only those who decided to stay in Japan and not go back opened shops here. However, some of the more distant southeastern families will consider setting up shops here as a response to their caravans.

Five years ago, when Du Guoqing came, Dongmenqing was fifteen years old, he was a teenager who was an early adult, and he had already helped his father and brother take care of some housework, and he had to learn to remember people if he wanted to learn to be a director, so Du Guoqing immediately remembered that he was the shopkeeper of the Dongmen's family here, and he had a sense of intimacy in his heart, pulled him closer, and whispered: "Old Du, I was kicked out by the old man this time, do you know this?" ”

Quanzhou Hirado is separated by the sea, even if there is any news, it spreads so far that it will change whether it is serious 'sex' or taste, and the reason why Dongmen' Qing was kicked out of the house was a big news in the East China Sea two years ago, and everyone passed it on as an anecdote, and there were not many people who didn't know! Du Guoqing had also heard of it, but at this time he said: "Fourth son, I heard that the master chased 'quite' tightly in Fujian, but his order didn't cross the sea, so I don't know." Besides, how can father and son have an overnight feud! I see that you have gone back this time, and when the lord sees that you have a chance, most of his anger will calm down - if it doesn't work out, at most please ask your grandfather Lord Lin to come forward and persuade you to say two sentences, then it will be even more stable. ”

The east 'gate' celebrated the great joy and shouted: "Lao Du! If I knew you were so reasonable, I should have come two years ago! ”

In fact, if he really came two years ago, he might not be able to be treated so favorably by Du Guoqing! This time, Du Guoqing flattered the East 'Gate' celebration like this, in fact, for his own gain.

When the East Gate family wanted to open a shop in Pingdo, considering that Du Guoqing was going to operate in a foreign country, he could not but be treated with kindness, so although the store was invested by the East Gate family alone, it was agreed that the store was shared by both parties, and the usual income belonged to Du Guoqing, and only when the merchant ship of the East Gate family came, the store returned to the hands of the people sent by the East Gate family, and a certain percentage of the trade proceeds would be distributed to Du Guoqing. Despite this, Du Guoqing is still looking forward to the merchant ships under the East 'Gate' every day, because although the income from weekdays is monopolized, the amount of 'trade' is not large after all, and when the merchant ships arrive, although they only get a small part, it is a big fortune! What's more, because of the sea breeze this time, many follow-up caravans missed the schedule, and Japanese businessmen were worried that this year's 'smuggling' merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty would not be able to come again, resulting in a huge shortage of supply and demand in Hirado! The price of 'trading' is rising every day! So Qing Huaxiang's ship has not yet entered the port, the news has been spreading, Du Guoqing's own power in the Hirado business community is not even second-rate, originally did not expect to be able to grab the new goods in the port at the first time, but I didn't want to get the news from Li Guangtou, saying that the fourth son of the East 'Gate' family is also on the ship, this surprise is really extraordinary, and he hurriedly came to meet.

Dongmen' Qing didn't understand the truth at this time, but he was overjoyed that he had a foothold, Li Guangtou said: "The people of your family have also come, and they have seen each other, so you don't have to worry about it in the future!" You're busy, we'll see you on shore! ”

Dongmen' Qing respectfully sent him off the boat, and then pulled Du Guoqing and said: "Come!" Lao Du, look at the capital of the fourth son! "But he didn't take him to see the goods, but took him to see the people, the ships, the swords, and the cannons!

Du Guoqing didn't take the East Gate Qing very seriously, but just said where did this *** drag a shipload of goods, and then saw the four stormtroopers led by Li Rongjiu, Chen Ajin, Shingoro, and Shinrokuro, and looked at the musket team led by Kavala and Brapa, the more I looked at it, the more frightened I became. Dongmen' Qing called Wu Ping, Yu Buci, Yang Zhizhong, Anthony and other leaders to introduce them to both sides, and Andrew and Lasso were also called to accompany them! There was a lot of talent on deck for a while! Du Guoqing bent his waist two points unconsciously, he didn't dare to talk to Wu Ping, and Yu Buqi Yang Zhizhong only talked two words to know that these two people were veterans, and then looked at Andrew and Lasso honestly listened to the call of the East 'Gate' celebration and was even more surprised, and said with a dry smile: "Fourth son, the power of our family is getting bigger and bigger, I haven't been back for a few years, and I have become a hillbilly." ”

Dongmen' Qing laughed and said: "What is our family, these brothers have nothing to do with the family in Quanzhou!" This net worth was all fought by me with my bare hands! ”

When Du Guoqing wants to wait for disbelief, look at the attitude of Yu Buci, Li Rongjiu and others towards the East 'Gate' celebration, which is by no means the attitude of his subordinates towards the second generation of children, but the loyalty to the entrepreneurs! I didn't dare to disbelieve it in my heart, so I was even more in awe, and I didn't dare to bully the young man of the East 'Gate' in my heart, and bowed down and said: "The fourth son is really good at his ability, and he is stronger than his father and brother!" ”

Dongmenqing patted him on the shoulder and said, "No need to compliment. I called Wang Qing on the sea, but when I came here, I was not afraid to mention the word "East Gate" again! If you dare to call the east 'gate', you still recognize the home in Quanzhou. You are an old courtier of our family, and I will also treat you as my own family. You know our family style, and we never treat our family badly. ”

Du Guoqing said: "Yes, yes." He added: "Since the fourth prince said so, then Guoqing is gone." Fourth son, the rules of our family have always been the priority of official affairs. Although I prepared a good 'bed' in the store, I didn't expect the fourth son's career to be so big! It seems that this business matter needs to be reconsidered. How to cook, please show the fourth son. ”

Dongmen' Qing said: "I want to go ashore first and take a look at the store." How to cook, you go back and discuss with them. ”

Du Guoqing said very well, this time he hurried over, he didn't expect the east 'gate' Qing to have such a big pomp, only brought two companions, at this time to see Qing Huaxiang business so magnificent, I felt that it was too lazy to let the east 'gate' Qing go back like this, and he couldn't show his own majesty, so he said the situation, and said: "It's better for me to hire a sedan chair first, and then pick up the fourth son." ”

Dongmen' Qing waved his hand and said, "You can arrange it." "I made a 'look' with Zhou Dafu and asked him to follow, but he gathered the leaders of the fleet and ordered Li Rongjiu and Kavala to dress up first, but here they discussed important matters with a few big leaders.

Cui Guangnan said: "Chief Owner, is this Du Guoqing credible?" ”

Dongmen' Qing smiled: "It should be credible, even if it is not credible, I am not afraid." He should have been restrained just now. When we get to the store, we assign people to occupy the store, and the place is our decision. The master is strong and the servant is weak, what is there to be afraid of! ”

Yang Zhizhong said: "I heard that Pingdo is quite prosperous, but compared to Yuegang, everyone has been suffering for a long time, but we are new to the place, we are not familiar with the place, and we are most taboo to indulge, but we can't be 'fascinated' by the sound of 'lust' dogs and horses as soon as we come here!" ”

Dongmen' Qingdao: "You also know that everyone has been suffering at sea for a long time, how can they still be like old monks when they arrive here?" I already have a reason in my heart: divide the staff into three shifts, those who are on duty need to abide by the rules, and those who are not on duty should be happy! However, we need to be cautious in the first three days of disembarkation, and the leaders of all places must take care of the people, and only after we have 'familiarized' the place and contacts can we have fun. This truth of first bitterness and then sweetness needs to be carefully explained to the people below, so that they will not have 'chaos' when they have hope. He asked Yu Buzhi again: "Listening to the news that Uncle Li gave us the 'dew' that day, at the moment Hirado is in short supply of goods, what do you think this business should do?" ”

Yu Buxi smiled slightly and said: "Chief owner, this trick 'door' for doing business, the first one is without it, and it is just four words!" Now it is a situation where there is more money and less goods, and the goods are in our hands, what is the hurry! ”

Dongmen' Qingdao: "I understand this truth, but I'm afraid that the follow-up merchant ships will come, then we won't be able to sell it at a good price!" ”

When Yang Zhizhong heard this, he said: "Although the master of the general ship is smart, after all, he is still a little tender. You must know that this four-character mantra of "calm down" has been heard by everyone in the world, but there are not many people who can really do it when encountering a situation! Dongmen' Qing's sentence just now was clearly a little unbearable, but Yang Zhizhong didn't say anything.

Yu Buxi smiled slightly and said, "Even if the follow-up merchant ships arrive tomorrow, we can't be in a hurry!" Otherwise, those buyers will be able to push the price to death for this! ”

Yang Zhizhong saw that the East 'Gate' Qing was not strong-minded, and said: "Don't worry, the chief shipowner, I don't think this follow-up merchant ship will come." Even if he comes, it will not be within ten days and a half months. ”

Dongmen' Qing was stunned and said, "Why is this? ”

Yang Zhizhong ordered someone to take the sea chart, and said: "Ship owner, from China to Japan, there are two general shipping routes, one is to take the Ryukyus first, and then go north along the archipelago, this is the old channel, both winding and far, in recent years, few people have left. There is another one, which is from the area of Zhejiang, adjusted the direction, and directly arrived at the five islands - take this road, if you have a tailwind, it will only take a few days and nights, or ten days! Since the opening of this waterway, it has become the main route for Chinese to come to Japan. ”

Dongmen' Qingdao: "But we are taking the old road. ”

"Yes!" Cui Guangnan said: "We were 'disrupted' by the outpost of the gale, but by mistake, we went to the Ryukyu area first, and then turned here, because we avoided the main force of the gale, the road was quite smooth." As for the ships behind us that have not yet arrived, I guess they have either been blown by a strong wind, or they have seen the strong wind and dare not come! Therefore, Yang Lao said that the follow-up merchant ships may not come, and I also agree. ”

Tang Xiuji was overjoyed and said: "If this is the case, then won't the merchants of Hirado be slaughtered by us this time?" ”

Dongmen' snorted and said with a smile: "Why are you saying so ugly?" What slaughter! We're just going to sell the goods for a reasonable price. Haha, haha, haha......"

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