＆#160; Kunlun slaves mostly came from the South Seas, hard-working and honest, especially in the southeast and other places in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many rich families who were rich and enslaved. Zhao Dangshi also saw a lot of Kunlun slaves in Chen Hongfan's manor in Xiangyang, but most of them were short and weak, like hungry ghosts. The three people standing on the platform right now are as big as oxen, and their complexions are as black as charcoal, which is even more terrifying. A small peony dog barked softly in a circle around the three of them, and seemed to be frightened as well.

Pang Xingong said: "This black ghost is not comparable to Kunlun Nu. His subordinates often sent his forts to repair ships, and even used their cannons to fight, beating the white ghosts. ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Brother Pang has an extraordinary vision. These three black ghosts were all given to Zheng by the Franco machine people in the area of Trench Ao, who are good at handling firearms, hand-to-hand combat, and are loyal. ”

Su Gaozhao straightened his chest and said proudly: "The Francophone wants to open the trade route between Manraka and Nagasaki, but the southeast sea has been planted with the banner of my Zheng family, so I can only humble myself and ask Zheng Ye to nod." ”

Zheng Zhilong flicked his hands and said, "It's over." The old man of the Franc machine has a friendship with me, and he should have helped each other and fought against the red-haired ghosts. ”

Su Gaozhao said: "What is the red-haired ghost, back then in Liuluo Bay, it wasn't that Zheng Ye was beaten to pieces. Recently, I heard that their trading house in Hirado could no longer be opened, and that this is the end of being the enemy of my Zheng family. ”

When he said this, Zheng Zhilong's life was proud, and he smiled silently. Zhao Dangshi, Pang Xingong and others echoed and said for a while, and Zheng Zhilong invited everyone to sit down.

"Lord Zhao traveled thousands of miles to come to Hangzhou to get together, and Zheng was very moved. Today, Zheng is the east, so that Lord Zhao and his party are satisfied! After sitting down, Zheng Zhilong said, "Wu Yue is greedy, there is no surplus, and only things are desirable." It is divided into three sessions today, one is called Fang Wu, two is called delicacies, and three is called Dim Sum. Fang Wu moistens the mouth, tastes fresh and filling, and snacks clear the mouth and soothes the mind. He raised his hand to the waiter, "Serve the food." ”

The guy took the order, looked ahead and shouted, "Something above." Then in terms of wadding, "Suzhou Mansion has bone-in abalone snails, white rounds, and preserved olives; Jiaxing Mansion Majiao fish breast, Taozhuang yellow finch; should be set of cherries, peach dates, ground chestnut groups, and bamboo shoot groups; Hangzhou chicken beans, lotus root, leek sprouts, bamboo shoots, tangqi tangerine; Xiaoshan County bayberry, lettuce, dove, green carp, persimmon; Zhuji County civet, cherry, tiger chestnut; Shengxian fern powder, fine quint; Linhai County pillow melon; Taizhou Mansion corrugated cockles, Jiang Yaozhu; Pujiang County Fire Meat; Nanjujube, Dongyang County; Shanyin County Potang bamboo shoots, Xie Ju, Dushan Ling, river crab, Sanjiang Tunjian, white clams, river fish, anchovy, Lihe ...... "each report, that is, there are servants from the secret door to transfer out, one after another, put the small dish in their hands on the table, not a short time will be a huge table of cups and mountains, dazzling.

Zheng Zhilong touched the jade wrench and said: "Those who may have seasons in this are all stored in the Hangzhou ice cellar of our bank, which is delicious as usual, and can be enjoyed." While inviting others to move the chopsticks, he drew a cross on his chest, squinted slightly, and prayed softly.

Su Gaozhao secretly said to Zhao Dangshi: "Zheng Ye believes in God, and it is necessary to have a scripture before eating. ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "Zheng Gong is sincere and sincere, and he will be blessed by the gods." ”

There are a large number of square objects, and Zhao Dangshi only moves the chopsticks once per plate, and after a circle, his stomach is full for five or six points. During the conversation, Xiong Wencan was mentioned, which aroused Zheng Zhilong's interest, laughed and talked about the past, and his words were quite reckless, and there was no shelf. With this beginning, coupled with Su Gaozhao's encouragement, the atmosphere gradually became lively, Zheng Zhilong, Zhao Dangshi, Teng Xinliang and others were all people who rolled out of the bushes, laughing and scolding, boasting about their abilities, and the original slight restraint and estrangement were completely unknown.

The wind laughed for a long time, and before I knew it, Fang Fang actually gave everyone a meal of seven or eight tenths. The red-faced Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and said, "Collect the prescription and delicacies." ”

Zhao Dangshi sighed: "The appetizer is so grand, and the delicacies are a little unblessed." ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Wu Yue cuisine is light, the food is tasteless, and there are two masters in this Yingjiang Building who can cook Huaiyang cuisine, but it is not as good as Yangzhou and Nanjing." When the dish is served, if it is not the right taste, throw the river to feed the fish, and it is good to have an eye addiction. As he spoke, he picked up a fish and threw it on the ground, which immediately attracted the peony dog wagging its tail under the table.

Zhao Dangshi said with a smile: "Then you don't have to destroy the heavens, just a few less." ”

Zheng Zhilong stroked his palm and said: "Adults are guests, just eat and drink, and the way of hospitality is handed over to Zheng." ”

Fang Wu was accepted, and as the newspaper guys reported Huaiyang's famous dishes such as "crab roe lion head" and "oil-poured squirrel fish" one after another, the table in front of Zhao Dangshi only passed a short window period, and was soon filled with all kinds of delicacies.

Hua Qing looked at these mountains of vegetables and shook his head slightly, Zhao Dangshi knew what she meant. After the first dish is eaten, most of the people at the banquet are actually full, although the delicacies are good, but no one cares, and in the end it is inevitable to cook the crane and burn the qin. Zheng Zhilong's personality of being good at arranging scenes and liking extravagance is well deserved.

The atmosphere of Xi gradually improved, and Zhao Dangshi began to try to introduce the topic into business.

The road must be taken step by step, and things must be done one by one. Although Zhao Ying has a city department to operate the southeast, but now it is just a grass platform team supported by Zhao Hudao, Li Pichao and Pang Xingong, and there is no sense of existence in Zhao Ying, let alone foreign regions. The military in the camp was busy, and Zhao Dangshi forcibly squeezed out time to come to Hangzhou to meet with Zheng Zhilong, not wanting to work in vain.

In short, there are four things that Zhao Dangshi hopes to rely on the Zheng family to do.

First, to help build the guild hall.

The responsibility of the guild hall lies not only in the market, profit and loss, and evaluation, but also in the accommodation settlement and reception transactions. Zhaoying City Bo Si is adrift in the southeast and other places, like a tree without roots, and it is of course difficult to continue with Pang Xingong's running call. With the guild hall, you can recruit gangsters, and even store and transport goods. The hundred-story platform begins with the soil, and the hall is the cornerstone, just like the Fan River of Zhao Ying, and the Anping of the Zheng family.

Zhao Dangshi himself is not familiar with the geography of the southeast and the maritime market, and Pang Xingong has more contact, but he is still small compared to the Zheng family, which is huge in scale and has wide influence. The location of the hall, the mode of operation, the matching of personnel, etc., must still be supported by veterans to get twice the result with half the effort. The Zheng family is the best choice.

Second, the promise of asylum for navigation.

Since Zheng Zhilong defeated his last rival Liu Xiang and his ally Hongmao in the Battle of Liuluowan in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Zheng family has dominated the southeast sea. Ships from all over the world were ordered to plant the Zheng flag, and those who did not have a flag were not allowed to come and go, with a tax of 3,000 gold per ship, and an annual income of 10 million, which was no different from the inland sea of his home.

If the soil is compared to the hall of the Zhaoying City, then the navigation trade is the water and fertilizer that is constantly watered, and it is a necessary means to promote the seed of the city to take root and sprout, flourish and develop. At present, Zhaoying City Bosi does not have a paddle board under its name, but it does not mean that it is not in the development plan. The soldiers and horses went first before moving the grain and grass, and they were protected by the Zheng family in advance, and they could be guaranteed to go to the sea in the future.

Third, introduce trade channels.

Although the Ming Dynasty is very strict in the sea ban, in fact, the people are driven by huge profits to go to the sea to do business in an endless stream, "summer to autumn, the rate is normal, the income is not good, tithe nine starts, so shoot the foolish people, the spokes turn to compete, think that it is a strange goods", various sea trade channels have also been gradually explored. The objects of maritime trade include Korea and Japan in the east, Ryukyu and Luzon in the southeast, Annam and Champa in the south, and Manchuka and Siam in the southwest. The line goes north to Ningbo, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jinzhou, south to eastern Guangdong, crosses Taiwan, and goes back and forth several times a year. Outside to Luzon, Sulu, Strength, Graba, winter to summer, once a year. A profit can be several times, dozens of times, so there are shipbuilders, but suddenly rich and poor, easy to rise and fall, helmsmen and so on in order to work for tens of thousands.

The Zheng family's current trade mainly relied on this route from Manchuria to Japan and then to Luzon. As a result, the main route is launched, and it also involves Fujian Yuegang, Taiwan Bengang, Xiaogang, Ningbo Cen Port, Liegang and other lines, so there are business contacts with people from all over the world. Among them, Japan is the first and foremost, and "the profit of selling Japan is twice as high as that of Luzon".

This is the foundation of the Zheng family's life, Zhao Dangshi will not expect Zheng Zhilong to be generous enough to share all the family wealth, he only likes two places - the Franc machine man in the trench area and the red-haired man in Taiwan. Trench Macao and Taiwan are biased towards the middle and upper reaches of the entire trade route, and the precipitated funds and goods are not much, which is completely different from Japan and Luzon downstream. Drilling camps at these points will not bring much embarrassment to the Zheng family. Moreover, Zhao Dangshi's intention to develop the city is not to make huge profits at present, and Zhao Ying's focus is still on the mainland.

Fourth, provide large loans.

Zhao Ying has Zaoyang as the base, and the difficulty of money and food has been improved, but after all, he lacks time to operate, and he is very lacking in cash. Lending on credit is a common practice for traders, especially in large quantities. There are many examples of non-credit between the Zheng family and the Francophone and the red-haired people, and it should be more suitable for this model. Zhaoying City Boshi started with nothing, whether it was to build a guild hall, purchase seagoing ships, purchase goods, etc., it would require a large amount of capital turnover, and Zhao Ying would not be able to take out so much money at one time. If Zhao Ying's industry and Zhao Dangshi's credit can be used as an endorsement to raise the initial money from Zheng Zhilong, it will undoubtedly be a relief for Zhao Ying.

These four points are not much, Zhao Dangshi toasted, and at the same time put forward his own hopes to Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong appeared to be light-hearted, talking and laughing freely, but looking at the unpredictable faces of his two younger brothers Zheng Zhibiao and Zheng Zhibao, he knew that this matter was by no means so easy to advance. The reason is also very simple, doing business requires equal value, the four points proposed by Zhao Dangshi are a drop in the bucket for the Zheng family, and they can be done with their fingers, but the key is that the business is big and small, and the principle is no different, out of principle, the Zheng family has no reason to agree to Zhao Dangshi. In other words, Zhao Dangshi traveled thousands of miles to Hangzhou Mansion to visit Zheng Zhilong, and there was no problem at all in making friends, but once the matter rose to the partner level, the foundation of trust between the two sides was actually minimal. Unless Zhao Ying can provide the same amount of value to the Zheng family, Zhao Dangshi's verbal oath and sincerity in his heart alone will never be able to impress Zheng Zhilong, who is old enough for accidents.

can make requirements for the Zheng family, and Zhao Dangshi, who has also been through ups and downs for a long time, is not the kind of stunned young man who has no self-knowledge and no one in his eyes. Zheng Zhilong's hesitation was expected, he came prepared, and was about to continue. As soon as the words came to his mouth, one of the people in the banquet suddenly stood up, "brushed" and pulled out the sword at his waist, and stabbed out.