"Governor Li, there are only two things to discuss with you here."

Zhao Jingyong said politely, but what he said was unquestionable.

"One is for the agreement between my family and the Zheng family, from today, the Zheng family will withdraw from the trade between the two Guangzhou, and the thirteen lines will also be taken over by my family, and all goods exported from Guangdong must pass through my family."

Li Xingfa's face was bitter and he wanted to argue, but Zhao Jingyong hurriedly waved his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, Li Taishou, I don't want to be difficult for the two small officials, how much money the Zheng family gave you, I will not lose a cent in Luzon." ”

"Huh, hahaha, Luzon is particular about things, and this official has replaced me with the people of Liangguang."

As soon as he heard that the annual filial piety remained unchanged, Li Xingfa's face was no longer bitter, and his heart did not have to hurt.

The corners of Zhao Jingyong's mouth raised and waved his hand to stop: "Don't be in a hurry, I haven't finished speaking, in order to facilitate trade, my family plans to buy a piece of land in Xin'an County to build a seaport, this matter must not be difficult, right?" ”

Xin'an County?

Li Xingfa thought about it carefully, that ghost place is all fishing villages, so what if it is all given to the Luzon people, not to mention that people still say that they are buying.

Now it is only right to be able to send these great gods away.

"Okay, this matter is easy, this official is in charge and sells it to you."

"Hahaha, Li Taishou understands the righteousness, I admire it, I Luzon is overseas, and I have some special products, this time I brought some to Taishou, and I asked Taishou to smile."

Zhao Jingyong clapped his hands, and a group of Luzon officers and soldiers waiting in the courtyard of the yamen immediately walked in with two large boxes.

Li Xingfa walked straight over and opened the lid of the box to take a look, and immediately closed the lid with a smile.

"Good, good, good, this specialty is good, since it's just some specialty, it's not good if the official doesn't accept it, but it's not an example, hahaha."

What kind of bullshit specialty, it is clearly white silver in it, and the two boxes add up to at least two thousand taels, how can Li Xingfa refuse this temptation.

Zhao Jingyong smiled and didn't say much, but asked Li Xingfa for personal favors, asking him to help tell the officials in the city, asking them to send their families to the dock at night to receive the "local products" that Luzon gave to the officials.

At present, Luzon mainly wants to open up trade routes, and there is no desire to get involved in the local affairs of the two Guangzhou, and it is naturally the easiest to use silver to open the way.

Luzon is clear about the virtues of these Ming officials, as long as the sky does not fall, Ming officials have always been able to conceal the report, which is indeed in line with Luzon's mind.

As for the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong, needless to say, Zhao Jingyong took the soldiers and horses to Xiguan for a turn, and the head of the Thirteen Lines, that is, Wu Guodong and Bai Shi, who had previously asked the Guangdong Navy to pursue the British merchant William, had already nodded and waited there.

As usual, Luzon's control over the Liangguang Sea Trade was declared, and the original status of the Thirteen Lines was announced, and Wu Guodong and others almost knelt down to thank him.

After this operation in Luzon, within a day, the Zheng family's arrangement in Guangzhou was completely dissipated, and from then on, the trade between the two Cantons would be taken over by the Liu family.

That night, Li Dafu, the deputy deacon of the commercial house in Guangdong, sent by the Liu family to quietly board the Wuqi with several shopkeepers of the Han Yuan firm and the Hengshun firm in Guangzhou.

"Jing Yong, I haven't seen you for many days, you are more heroic, hahaha."

It has been nearly two years since Fubo Shi went to sea, and Li Dafu, as a commercial real estate manager, was already familiar with You Degao, and he was even more excited to meet again at this moment.

Zheng Gang, the shopkeeper of the Han Yuan firm, who followed, quipped: "Deacon, now it should be called Deputy Governor Zhao." ”

"Hahaha, it's extreme." , Captain Wu Qi's room, there was a burst of laughter.

Seeing that Luzon is growing little by little, everyone in the Liu family is naturally honored.

Especially after the opening of the Luzon Mansion, the Liu family and a group of managers had a rush in their hearts, and their enthusiasm was at the highest point, and they were full of enthusiasm when they started to do things.

After all, there is such an opportunity to seal the shadow of his wife in front of him, and it seems that he can pick it up with a jump, who can not be tempted.

After some reminiscence, Zhao Jingyong coughed lightly and pulled everyone's emotions back.

"Uncles, I am a junior, I am grateful for your care in the past, but we will have the opportunity to catch up in the future, so let's talk about business now."

Zhao Jingyong's face was straight, and his sitting posture was suddenly raised, "Su Xiang has an order, in order to facilitate the control of the trade between the two Guangzhou, and also to facilitate the introduction of mainland population in Luzon, our side has decided to open a port in Xin'an County." ”

"The opening of the port has been negotiated with the Guangzhou prefect Yamen, Xin'an County is named Xin'an, obviously with my second brother, so this port will be named Ergang, and all the goods of my Liu family will be shipped from Ergang in the future to avoid being discovered."

Xin'an County is actually the area of Shenzhen and Hong Kong in later generations, which is a rare harbor, and Liu Ximing set sail here when he led You Degao and others to the sea, so he was worried about it.

As for the child port, hehe, it's not bad if it's not called Unfilial Piety.

Li Dafu and the others were beaming with joy, this was a historic moment for the Liu family's forces to return to the mainland again.

"It's long overdue", Li Dafu slapped his leg and laughed, "Jing Yong knows how much silver our family loses every year because we don't have our own export channels?" ”

"At least 800,000 taels", Li Dafu exaggerated his face and compared the figure with his right hand.

As Xu Wei's control over the county was further strengthened, the Liu family's cotton cloth business expanded rapidly, from 60 million horses a year ago to 80 million horses.

Because the sea trade is still controlled by the Zheng family, so many cotton cloths of the Liu family can only be sold inland, but the six southwestern provinces add up to more than 40 million people, and the supply of goods from the Liu family can only reach some prefectures and counties, so the sales are not very smooth.

For this reason, the Liu family had to adopt the strategy of selling at a reduced price, and it was precisely because of his family that the price of cotton cloth in the entire southwest and central south was beaten back to the retail price of one dollar and six cents for fine cotton cloth and eight cents for coarse cloth.

In the current period when the cost of cotton has risen sharply, the Liu family's hand is simply demonic.

It was also from the twelfth year of Chongzhen that the cotton cloth produced in Jiangnan gradually lost the market in the six southwestern provinces, and the entire Ming Dynasty and the opposition did not notice it, and the bankrupt small merchants and farmers in Jiangnan were quietly increasing.

It is that all the wealthy families and gentry in Jiangnan have vaguely noticed that life is starting to be a little tight.

For this reason, Jiangnan and other places had to increase the export of goods to Japan, Korea and other places, and at the same time, the local gentry also began to increase the process of land annexation, and the life of the people in Jiangnan began to become difficult.

Zhao Jingyong had previously heard Cliff, a senior merchant of the Dutch East India Company, complain in Taiwan that the Dutch merchant houses in Japan were now full of goods, and the whole of Japan was full of Chinese fabrics, so he had to lower prices.

The Liu family's industrial system has begun to quietly affect Northeast Asia.

Of course, the gentry in the southeast didn't know something even more terrifying, with the Zheng family being subdued by Luzon, the Liu family was about to personally get involved in the trade between Japan and Korea!

Others don't know about these things, but the Liu family has a military intelligence agency.

In addition, because of the initial popularization of mathematics and statistics, in the past few years, as various data have been summarized, Li Dafu and others have a deeper understanding of the operation of the economic system.

Li Dafu's exaggerated expression made everyone in the captain's room laugh, and Zhao Jingyong smiled on his face:

"From now on, this will not be the case, the Dutch occupy Taiwan in order to control the trade in Northeast Asia, and now this key node is already in our hands, You Dudu has decided to go to Japan next month at the latest, and I hope that Uncle Li and you can cooperate closely."

"That's nature"

"In addition, there is the most important thing, the immigration issue should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and Su Xiang also wants to know, how is the family preparing for this at the moment?"

"Please tell Su Xiang", Li Dafu's face was radiant, "Everything is in the house, because the rogues rebelled again, a large number of displaced people have gathered in Henan and Huguang at present, and Dengzhou, Guanghua and other prefectures and counties are already a little overwhelmed, just waiting to be transferred south." ”

"As long as the port opens, we can transfer at least 50,000 to 70,000 people in half a year. In addition, we have been operating Liangguang for nearly a year, and we can recruit at least 30,000 to 50,000 landless people here. ”

"Okay, I'll ask the second brother for credit for everyone when I go back."

"Hahaha"

The Zheng family in Fujian has long wanted to immigrate from Fujian to Taiwan, but the work has not been going well for several years.

The main reason for this is that although Xiong Wencan and other civil officials appeased Zheng Zhilong, in their eyes, the Zheng family is still just a pirate leader and belongs to the object of strict vigilance.

But there is no problem with the Liu family doing this, first, the relationship between Luzon and the Liu family has not been exposed, and the recruitment of displaced people is done by the middlemen of the Han Yuan firm and the Hengshun firm, and the vigilance of the Ming government has been greatly reduced.

Second, it's also because of Liu Ximing's relationship.

Liu Ximing, the current member of the Zhengsanpin, Liu Ximing of Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, seems to have become a popular candidate for the next first assistant of the Minister of the DPRK and the Central Government, plus he has good friends with Hong Chengchou and other Cantonese officials.