The rising sun in the east leaps up from the sea, shooting ten thousand rays of light into the world, making the sea and river of Hangzhou Bay jump with golden dazzling light. The people carrying vegetables on the shore and the vendors selling breakfast gradually increased.

The teahouse in the Hangzhou business district was bustling with people as usual. In this era, the teahouse has the function of communication and contact, and the peers have their own fixed assembly teahouse, as a place to contact feelings, exchange quotes, and transfer goods and capital positions to each other.

Of course, it is also a place where all kinds of people in society gather. Otherwise, there will be no so-called "eating and talking about tea".

The rising morning sun in the east shines through the glass window on the lattice and hits Yang Shinian's face. After a few days, the face of this silk tea merchant, who had lived a very comfortable and comfortable life, became much thinner.

He hoarded a large amount of raw silk and tea in the warehouses of the Hangzhou Business District. Almost all of his net worth was pressed.

"I originally thought that these tens of thousands of bags of raw silk and more than a dozen boats of tea could catch up with the market when the war had not yet reached Hangzhou, but I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty was so rotten."

Sitting in the teahouse where the silk tea industry gathered, Yang Shinian complained to his peers about his disappointment and dissatisfaction with the Ming court.

"Yes! Who would have thought that they would actually surrender without firing a single shot at the Tartars. And then turned around and attacked the people and the city of the Ming Dynasty so ruthlessly? A fellow shopkeeper held a crab shell yellow baked cake in his hand and scolded angrily. The goods he hoarded in his hand were more than twice as many as those of Yang Shinian. Not to mention anything else, tea alone is almost equivalent to the output of several states and counties in southern Gansu. Originally, it was also planned to use the channels here in the trade area, either to sell in the north, or to sell to those Franco.

Now, this is almost a huge profit at your fingertips, and it is about to become fuel in a fire. Those soldiers who are not even as good as bandits, regardless of whether they fight under the banner of the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, in their eyes, whether it is raw silk or tea, they are all not as real and direct as gold, silver and silk!

"Alas! Originally, everyone bought land and built houses in this business area, the picture is that it is convenient to do business here, and the picture is that it is stable here, there are no military disasters and bandits, and there is no need to worry about ruffians and hooligans. But look. ”

The other shopkeeper sitting opposite Yang Shinian also sighed. In the past few days, a dark cloud hanging over the heads of everyone in the trade zone is the first decree issued by King Lu after the eunuch of the country, that is, the trade zone will be taken over by the inner government and the household department, and the affairs here will be in charge of the city in the future.

"Phew! Who doesn't know that the shitty household squire was appointed by the long history of his Luwang Mansion?! Take over? Can you get some face, just say it's here to grab it! ”

The day after this decree was issued, a group of people who felt that they had the sword in their hands came to the trade area in great form, and demanded that the steward hand over the keys and accounts, and wait for the dispatch. Originally, I thought that getting rich was just around the corner. The business area, everyone has gone in and shopped, and it is a sea of gold and silver, and a little bit is drawn into your own hands, which is the wealth that has been used inexhaustibly for generations. As a result, it was a nail.

"Hangzhou Business Zone is the holy purpose of Liang Guogong to enshrine the great tomorrow in Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou and other places. If you want to carry out the establishment and transfer and change the yamen, you should still ask the lord to go to the command of Liang Guogong. Please give us an order from the old man, so that we can handle the handover. Otherwise, his old man will lose his temper, and this crime of being taught without permission and privately will be investigated, and military law is not easy to play! You know his old man's temper. ”

The words with guns and sticks were thrown out by the officials of the trade area, which made the officials of the Luwang Mansion who were originally excited to receive the fortune suddenly become angry. These people, since they fled to Huzhou with King Lu, and later came to Hangzhou, have always been despised by people in various ways, and finally have a chance to turn over and be masters today. As a result, when I arrived at the gate of this business area, not only did I look at the gold and silver inside but I couldn't eat it with my mouth, and I didn't even give a sip of hot tea.

"Bastard thing! You have opened your dog's eyes and looked! Emperor Hongguang is in trouble now, and he is hunting in the north. This is the order of King Lu, who was ordered by the Queen Mother Yi to supervise the country, isn't it as good as the military order of your Liang Guogong? The household officials shouted fiercely, hoping to scare the people of the business district with this big hat.

"Hey, hey! We people eat a salary from Liang Guogong and wear robes given by Liang Guogong, so we naturally have to listen to his old man's orders. So, please go to Liang Guogong. He didn't open his mouth, don't talk about everyone, even His Royal Highness King Lu is here, and we can only do business. ”

In the words, there was no room for King Lu.

"You! You dog-eyed minions! The chief historian of King Lu's Mansion was a little angry, he didn't expect that the signboard of King Lu's prison country was so goldless.

"My lord, the lower official has dealt with you. I don't know if you still remember, His Royal Highness King Lu ordered you to handle the money borrowed from several businesses in the business area, and the account period will be due at the end of this month. Whether to repay the principal and interest, or to re-mortgage, I would like to ask your Highness for advice. ”

This is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the Luwang Mansion in public. Don't scream in front of us, what kind of prison king's score, you still owe money to Lao Tzu!

When the first King Lu was inducted, his mother Empress Dowager Li was reluctant to leave this little son, so she forced his elder brother Emperor Shenzong Wanli to give him 40,000 hectares of fertile land in Henan, Shandong and other places as his Wang Zhuang. As a result, Luwangfu in Henan Weihui can be described as extremely favored, poor and extravagant. After Li Zicheng's righteous army entered, the Luwang Mansion and the Fu Wangfu and the other eight feudal princes in Henan became the best assistants of the peasant army, providing endless soldiers for the peasant army.

Under the threat of the stormy peasant uprising, Zhu Changshu had to escape from his feudal land like Zhu Yousong and fled to Huzhou, south of the Yangtze River. However, those Wang Zhuang fields could not escape to Jiangnan with him. In order to maintain the life of the past, he supported the style of a prince, and had to pawn and borrow money in private to live. A lot of the loans were borrowed by this chief historian, relying on King Lu's face and credit from the businesses in the trade area, often borrowing new debts to pay off old debts.

But today, the debt was taken out and slapped in the face.

The chief historian was a little annoyed and angry by being slapped in the face, waved his hand, and ordered his subordinates to rush in with the Jinyi captains, wrestlers, soldiers and officials of the Hangzhou Mansion to rush in and forcibly take over the trade zone. The captains and soldiers were about to rush inward.

"What, you're going to use a strong one?" The head of the business zone put away the smile on his face, "You don't want to think about what kind of place this is!" How did my Nanyue Army get here! Come! ”

With an order, a number of firebolts stretched out from the perforation of the wall of the trade area, and behind the gun emplacement, the big Buddha machine and the six-pounder cannon were pushed out, and the gunners looked coldly at these clamoring guys under the city.

"If you want to taste the taste of the musket artillery produced in my southern middle school, just come up!"

Looking at the guns and muzzles of the black holes, and thinking about the "murderous name" of the Nanyue Army in the past, the soldiers and servants present shouted in their mouths, but they did not move at all, and even more, they quietly moved their positions backwards. In desperation, the officials could only drop a few cruel words to explain the scene, and left with people and horses.

"Although King Lu can't take over the trade zone for a while, but after all, all of the trade zone is counted, but there are more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, I heard that now several general soldiers in front of King Lu are shouting there to make up the arrears, what soldiers and food to go to war, and so on. Our eyes are still on the place beneath our feet! ”

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. In this troubled era of social decline, you have a huge amount of wealth in your hands, which is the root and seedling of trouble. Yang Shinian and his peers also heard that Li Chengdong went all the way south, attacking cities and seizing land, burning, killing and looting.

Sitting in the city of sorrow, how can this be good!

Suddenly, there was a clamor and shouting in the street, and the sound became louder and louder from far to near.

"What's the situation?" All the shopkeepers' hearts couldn't help but fall downward. "Could it be that King Lu really forcibly rushed into the trade zone?"

Someone couldn't hold it back, got up and went to the street to grab a chengguan who was shouting and cheering excitedly, "This little brother, what happened to make everyone so happy?" ”

"Look over there! Navy! Our sailor is here! ”

On the Qiantang River, there are several small fishing boats and sand boats that act as volunteer guides, and the people on board cheer and jump, conveying exciting news to the boatmen on the shore and on the river.

"It's our sailor here!"

Behind them, to the east of the river, the silhouette of a ship loomed. Just like the tide of the Qiantang River, the huge fleet carries great power and swarms from the mouth of the Qiantang River!

On the vast and wide river, a huge fleet of ships flying black and red military flags symbolizing iron and blood is full of sails, riding the wind and waves up the river! Under the strong river breeze, on the mast of the forest, the sails cover the sky and the sun. Under the reflection of the rising sun, the entire fleet of the huge fleet was gilded with a dazzling red light.

In the center of the fleet, on the main mast, fluttering the flagship of the commander of the navy "Zheng", under the escort of several giant ships like the stars holding the moon, it was majestic. The entire fleet used signal flags and brass as communication tools, and formed an array of three or four parallel ships to swim upstream.

The fleet of the naval division of the Nanyue Army is extremely large, with huge sea ships like hills, high masts pointing to the sky, overlapping white sails shining solemnly golden light under the reflection of the rising sun in the east, and the sharp bow plows the rolling waves of the Qiantang River. Three or four ships marched side by side, with only two or three hulls between the front and rear rows, covering almost the entire surface of the river. The bow and tail of the fleet were dozens of miles apart! The first brig gunboat has anchored in the sight of the people in the trade area, and dozens of miles away in the salt officials, old salt warehouses and other places, there are still ships coming against the current without head and tail! The simple streamlined hull, the sky-piercing mast, and the rows of black holes on the side of the guns all show great force and unprovoked majesty.

Countless people ran frantically along the riverbank and followed the direction of the fleet, cheering. The sailor is here, how many soldiers and horses should come to such a large sailor fleet! Hangzhou City, as well as our days, can be safe!

However, the real purpose of the trip of the Nanyue Army Navy Division was only clear to Zheng Zhilong, the Ming Admiral who was carefully calculating the transportation capacity and transportation plan on his ship "Chang Sheng", and was also the Admiral of the Nanyue Army Naval Division.

"In addition to dozens of large and small gunboats, the remaining nearly 1,000 ships are all cargo ships, and I don't know how long it will take to empty the trade areas of Hangzhou and Ningbo.

In addition to emptying the trade area, Zheng Zhilong also has another messenger.

"Brother Peiting, do you think that old lady can follow us willingly?" Zheng Zhilong was not sure, he looked at Li Peiting, who was sipping this year's new tea with Lin Kunlin, a wealthy businessman who was traveling in the cabin.

"Brother Feihuang, why worry so much. We have been in business in Hangzhou for some time, and we can be regarded as having people who want money. Not to mention that she is an old lady who has a dead husband and no son, it is Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, as long as the lord is willing, we can also get him on the boat and take him away! Li Peiting was a little unimpressed.

"It's just a pity. If you want to drink authentic Hupao Shui Longjing tea again, I'm afraid it will take some time. ”

"However, at that time, I'm afraid that the identity of the lord will also be on a higher level."

A few bold fellows unscrupulously discussed their plans in the cabin.

"There are priorities, and things are divided into three, six, nine, and so on. Even if you want to empty Hangzhou, according to the meaning of the lord, it is necessary to distinguish it. Anything that is hungry or cold is not to be taken away in a hurry. The first things are grain, cloth, oil, salt, and so on. Secondly, raw silk and tea, which are the raw materials needed in our factory, are also to be transported away to Mongolia, Wusizang, and the main part of the Franco-robot trade. Again, it is porcelain, tung oil and other things, which are also related to the national economy and people's livelihood and military needs. ”

"The most important thing is people!" Zheng Zhilong interrupted Li Peiting's endless list of types of goods, "According to the lord's will, the workers in Hangzhou's raw silk processing, silk reeling, silk machine workshops and other industries must be all transported to Guangdong for resettlement. Also, the tea farmers adjacent to Hangzhou should also take as much as they can! ”

"Good my Admiral Zheng! The human factor comes first! This is what the lord always talks about and puts in his heart! I'd rather not transport a grain of rice or a single grain of rice away, and take all these people away! Can't let them become obedient people who pay taxes after completing their grain under the rule of the Eastern Nu Tartars, let them provide food and wages to the Qing army to fight the Lao Tzu, and there is no door! ”

"Besides, the tide on the Qiantang River has always been the source of a good sailor! If you don't wrap them all away, won't it be left to the Qing army to build their sailors?! Lin Kun put down the teacup in his hand and replied to Zheng Zhilong with a smile.

While talking and laughing, a few guys decided that one after another matters related to the future and fate of countless people, and related to the increase or decrease in the strength of the two armies.

"To accomplish these many things, we have to stay in Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing for at least half a month. During this time, the Qing army and those former officers and soldiers who surrendered to the Qing army could climb here even if they learned to climb the turtle. What shall we do then? Li Peiting asked a question and asked two companions for advice.

"What to do, just fight!" Zheng Zhilong pursed his lips. "Not to mention anything else, just on our current ship, the lower gun deck is a long-barreled thirty-two-pounder gun, the middle gun deck is a long-barreled twenty-two-pounder gun, the upper gun deck is a long-barreled twelve-pounder gun, the top stern is arranged with a short-barreled twelve-pounder gun, and the top bow has two twelve-pounder guns and two sixty-eight-pounder mortars, not counting the twelve pounder guns temporarily listed on the top deck! Any cannon can hit Hangzhou City from the river, no matter who he is, if he wants to do bad things about Lao Tzu, first ask Lao Tzu if he agrees to the cannon! ”

Sure enough, I saw that the large and small ships that stretched for dozens of miles on the river broke anchor one after another, lowered their sails, put down the traffic boats, and shuttled back and forth on the river. Hundreds of ship's chiefs went to the shore with handymen to purchase vegetables and meat, and the hearts of the people in the trade zone immediately settled down.

"That's it! As I said, this business zone is where the hard work of many Nanzhong businessmen is located, and Grandpa Guo will never let it go! You see, isn't this the sailor coming? ”

Yang Shinian was quite proud in the teahouse, showing off his vision to several peers.

"Yang Da is in charge, but I am not as optimistic as you. God knows how this situation will evolve right now? Let's get rid of the goods as soon as possible, and turn the goods into cash, even if it is not cash, the tickets issued by several big firms in Nanzhong to us will also be paid! Then, let's take this wave of sea ships and follow the sailors to Guangzhou! That is the fundamental place of Grandpa Guo, and it is much more peaceful than this Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other state capitals! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Lao Wang is right! Let's go to the hall together to find a few big shopkeepers in Nanzhong and let them eat our goods! We took the silver, and we can go to Guangzhou Mansion together and do some Taiping business there! After a few days of peace, this fucking worrying day is really not a taste! ”