The trial process of Liu Haiqian and Huang Yidao proceeded quickly, and Ning Xiu made his attitude clear to them, saying that as long as they bowed their heads and confessed to all the smuggled money, they would be punished lightly.

After receiving the promise, the two confessed without a struggle, and they didn't even use the big punishment.

As for Han Qi's daughter, she was naturally rescued. Liu Haiqian took people to balance Han Qi, and naturally did not act excessively towards his daughter.

This time, 1 million taels of silver were confiscated at Liu Haiqian's house, and 200,000 taels of silver were confiscated at Huang Rudao's house, and all the silver obtained was confiscated.

Of course, Ning Xiu set a part of the money as a firearms development fund, which was used for the recruitment of mercenaries, the employment of craftsmen, and the production of firearms.

Ning Xiu also wanted to set up a firearms institute to imitate Western firearms.

Originally, Ning Xiu had to spend his own money to do this, but after having this huge amount of money, he didn't have to worry about silver money for a long time.

As for the punishment of Huang Yidao and Liu Haiqian, Ning Xiu also focused on the middle and light, and only confiscated the two of them into the army, and did not affect their families.

Through Zhao Guangning's mediation, Governor Silva also expressed his attitude and agreed to the conditions proposed by Ning Xiu, and the cooperation between the two sides was officially opened.

After this incident, Ning Xiu reacquainted himself with Zhao Guangning and expressed his surprise at the amazing energy he contained.

He naturally wants to win over such a capable person, and Zhao Guangning is also happy to make friends with an emerging magnate like Ning Xiu, and the two sides hit it off.

The net profit of Nanyang Maritime Trade is tens of thousands of taels of silver, which can be described as a huge profit.

Ning Xiu only needed to prepare silk, tea, porcelain, and lacquerware, and then transport them to the trench through Zhao Guangning's hand, and transport them to Nanyang through the Franc fleet.

In this regard, Ning Xiu resolutely opposed cooperation with Haikou.

First, this needs to be divided again, and secondly, it also violates the moral standard in his heart.

A gentleman has something to do and something not to do, but he still has to have a bottom line.

A Haikou like Li Dan will do everything to kill people and goods, and Ning Xiu will never cooperate.

On this day, Ning Xiu was invited to the Governor's Palace.

He changed into a civilian robe and came to the Governor's Mansion under the guidance of Zhao Guangning.

Looking closely, Ning Xiu found that except for him and Zhao Guangning, everyone present was all Yiren.

Governor Silva was a tall man with deep eye sockets.

He prepared a rich banquet to welcome Ning Xiu, and when he saw Ning Xiu coming, he immediately greeted him warmly.

"Haha, Venerable Lord Ning, welcome to the Trench Realm, please take a seat."

Silva gave Ning Xiu to the top, and Ning Xiu accepted it after some humility.

"Lord Ning, the goods you bought have been loaded onto the ship, and you will go to sea the day after tomorrow, why don't you go and have a look after the banquet?"

Ning Xiu bowed slightly: "In this way, Ning Mou is respectful, it is better to obey his fate." ”

With that, he took a sip of wine.

Silva clapped his palms, and immediately a singer came to help.

These singers jumped and jumped to the side of these adults. Ning Xiu also came to his side.

Ning Xiu was not interested, and drank and ate by himself.

After a glass change, the banquet came to an end, and everyone was a little drunk, but it did not hinder the good interest in the slightest.

Silva pulled Ning Xiu out of the Governor's Palace and headed for the docks, followed by the Franc Machine.

There are a total of three large ports in the trenches, and the port that Silva brought Ning Xiu here this time is called Heiwan Port, and it is also the largest one.

Ning Xiu wasn't actually drunk, after all, the alcohol content in this era was very low, even Ning Xiu, a person with an average amount of alcohol, felt that it was trivial.

He looked around and saw that the harbor was full of ships.

A few were merchant ships, and the rest were all warships.

Ning Xiu knew that the Francophile had a blood feud with the Dutch and the Spaniards, especially the Spaniards, who often clashed with the Francophile at sea.

So Silva formed such a fleet to compete with these sea lords.

Seeing such a powerful fleet, Ning Xiu felt very envious and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Once upon a time, the Ming Dynasty had the most powerful fleet in the world.

When Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, went to the Western Ocean, the fleet was mighty, and the flag covered the sun.

However, in the past 100 years, the imperial court has closed the sea and banned the sea, resulting in most of the non-governmental sea trade being smuggling, and the official ocean is almost extinct.

It is already difficult for the imperial court to form a strong sailor.

And the absence of a sailor is obviously not in line with the law of the development of the times.

Not to mention far away, let's just say that the Franc Machine, which is not very conspicuous among the countries of Europa, also has such a powerful fleet.

Ning Xiu didn't dare to imagine how powerful the fleets of the English, Spanish, and Dutch were.

Ning Xiu felt that it was necessary to make a proposal to Zhang Juzheng and the emperor at the right time, and asked the imperial court to open a sailor, and the location was best set in Guangdong.

This place is close to Macau, and it is easiest to learn the experience of the Franc machine.

Of course, this is not something that can be done with a pat on the head, it needs the right time, and Ning Xiu has to wait slowly.

Before that, Ning Xiu could only make a fuss about maritime trade, and it would be good if he could pull out a maritime trade fleet of his own.

Seeing that Ning Xiu's eyes were stupid, Silva laughed and said, "How is it, Lord Ning, my fleet is not bad, right?" ”

"How does this fleet compare to the Dutch and the Spaniards?"

Ning Xiu didn't answer directly, but asked Silva rhetorically.

Silva's face immediately became a little gloomy, and he coughed dryly and said, "The fleet of the Spaniards and the Dutch is certainly larger, but we are not afraid of them. ”

Ning Xiu said with a smile: "Neither the Spaniards nor the Dutch can legally do business in Daming, does the governor know why?" ”

"Please also ask Lord Ning to clear up your doubts."

"It's because they lack respect for me. I am a country of etiquette and have a tradition of hospitality. Therefore, we welcome guests like yours. But..."

Ning Xiu's words changed abruptly and said: "If they are as arrogant and arrogant as the Spaniards and the Dutch, blindly showing off their strength, I will not be afraid, and will only stop them from the country." ”

Ning Xiu's slap to a sweet date obviously had an effect.

Silva swallowed and foamed, "That's nature. ”

He originally wanted to scare Ning Xiu by waving his fists to show his strength, so as to take the initiative in the future cooperation.

Who would have thought that Ning Xiu moved out of the Spaniards and the Dutch, and used them as an example to show that the Ming Dynasty was not afraid of strong enemies.

The absolute strength of the Francophiles is not as good as these two countries, but they can lease in the trenches because of their respect for the Ming Dynasty.

Silva secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't say too much just now, otherwise if he offended this Ning County Commander and let him make trouble with the Ming Emperor through the relationship between the DPRK and China, the strong Ming people would probably expel them.

Unlike the Dutch and Spaniards, who still had a stronghold in the area, they only had a place in the trenches, so they must not lose it.

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