Yang Rong was really frightened by his grandson's idea, replacing the maritime tycoon and monopolizing the maritime business, can he do this kind of thing?

This is not a one-sentence matter, the interests involved in the middle are too great, and the maritime giants are willing to give up.

The Yang family is not short of money, and it seems that there is no need to offend such a terrifying force as a maritime tycoon.

He thought for a while, but still shook his head and dissuaded: "Cong'er, you have been ranked as a squire in the military department, the governor of Zhejiang, and the future is immeasurable, besides, our Yang family is not short of money, and the profit of the salt introduction is enough for our Yang family to enjoy all the glory, we don't need to risk the business of the sea with the maritime giants." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Alas, grandpa, the benefits of the salt lead area are not enough, now there are 50,000 elite guards recruited by Nanzhili alone, and there are 10,000 officers and soldiers of the naval division in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, and these 60,000 horses alone will have a monthly salary of more than 100,000 taels, and we will continue to build ships and continue to expand the naval division, without 2 million taels a year, these will not be able to sustain at all." ”

When Yang Rong heard this, he was stunned again, because at this time, the Yang family is basically Yang Cong in charge, and he doesn't care much anymore, especially the salt lead, which is all Yang Cong's father and son are busy, he only knows that he can earn more than one million taels in a year, and he didn't ask if the money was spent.

What does Yang Cong mean, do you have to pay for all this money yourself?

What are you kidding, why does the imperial army want the Yang family to raise it!

He couldn't help but ask: "Did the imperial court organize the elimination of pirates and pirates without providing food?" ”

Yang Cong still shook his head and sighed: "Alas, how can the court have money at this time, the south and the north have been making trouble for more than ten years, and the court has long had no balance, and corruption is rampant at this time, everyone is thinking about making money from the court, the court is so taxed, where is enough for the thousands of corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the court." At this time, it is already good that the imperial court can afford tens of thousands of officials, and the imperial court can't get a penny out of the food and salary of the pirates and pirates in the southeast! ”

This!

The imperial court would do such a thing!

Don't give a penny, let people go to the pirates and pirates!

Yang Rong stared at Yang Cong with a shocked face for a while, and then said with difficulty: "Your position as governor won't be bought, right?" Two million taels a year, our Yang family can't afford it! ”

Fainting, what a mess.

Yang Cong hurriedly shook his head and said: "Grandpa, you think too much, my position as governor was not bought, and the emperor didn't let me recruit so many people, and the court did not provide food and salary, it was indeed said a long time ago, but I have the final say on how to clean up these pirates and pirates, if we don't have money, I can only recruit a few thousand people and horses to clear them slowly." ”

The Yang family has a little money, but they don't have money to this extent.

Yang Rong couldn't help but ask: "Two million taels a year, where did you get so much money?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but smile proudly: "So, I said that I want to clean up the pirates and pirates and do my own business, if this business on the sea is done well, not to mention two million taels a year, it is possible to earn twenty million taels a year!" ”

Earn 20 million taels a year?

Forget it, it is estimated that this grandson is comforting himself with this, Yang Rong is not "naïve" enough to think that the business can really make so much money.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and then said with an ugly face: "What do you mean, you were forced to have no choice but to snatch this maritime business from the maritime giants?" ”

This grandfather doesn't seem to believe that the sea business can make so much money.

Forget it, this kind of thing is too difficult to explain, so don't explain it, he will naturally understand it when he does it in the future.

Yang Cong shook his head slightly and said: "I am not forced, I think this is an opportunity, a rare opportunity, if we grasp it well, the fate of the Yang family, and even the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty will be changed because of this." ”

Even an old Jianghu like Yang Rong couldn't understand this, but he knew that his grandson had no way out, because the 60,000 troops had already been conscripted and stationed in the coastal provinces.

Now, he can only break the kettle and sacrifice his life to accompany his grandson to the end.

Thinking of this, he said solemnly: "Our Yang family must have no problem doing business with us, the problem is that people won't do business with us, Cong'er, you should know that nine times out of ten, merchants in Zhejiang and Fujian are used to doing business with maritime merchants controlled by maritime giants, and besides, because of the obscenity of maritime giants, they are very likely to dare not do business with us, have you considered this?" ”

Yang Cong nodded and said: "Of course I have thought about this, the power of the maritime giants in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces is indeed deep-rooted, but their power in the DPRK is not as good as before. ”

When Yang Rong heard this, he was a little worried: "Haven't they already taken refuge in Yan Song, a member of the Cabinet University, isn't this still capital?" ”

Yang Cong said confidently: "What about Yan Song, after all, he is not a person from a wealthy maritime family, it is impossible to fight with me for a wealthy maritime family, and even if he is desperate, I am not afraid, this time, I will destroy the prestige of the Zhangpu Lin clan, and at the same time knock and knock on the Longxi Chen family, so that the local tyrants and squires and peddlers in Zhejiang and Fujian can see, now this Zhejiang and Fujian is my Yang Cong's world or his maritime giant's world!" ”

Yes!

Yang Rong felt that he didn't know his grandson a little, so he extinguished the prestige of the Zhangpu Lin clan, and at the same time knocked on the Longxi Chen clan!

This is not a joke, people are not persimmons, you can pinch round and flatten.

He couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said with difficulty: "Can you really clean up the Zhangpu Lin clan and the Longxi Chen clan?" ”

Yang Cong nodded, and said proudly: "Grandpa, don't worry, my governor is not in vain, and the 60,000 army is not raised by the imperial court in vain, and it is not a problem to clean up the Zhangpu Lin clan and the Longxi Chen clan." ”

Yang Rong also doesn't know how his grandson can clean up the terrifying maritime tycoon, he still doesn't know much about officialdom, but since Yang Cong is so sure, he believes that there should be no problem, after all, his grandson is not relying on bragging to get to where he is today, people have real talent and real learning.

He pondered carefully for a while, and then nodded slowly: "Since this is the case, then this matter will be easy to do, as long as everyone knows that our Yang family is capable of suppressing the maritime merchants, I believe that most merchants will soon turn to cooperate with our Yang family, after all, they all want to make money." ”

Next, the grandfather and grandson began to think about how to replace the maritime tycoon and monopolize the business at sea.

In fact, the Yang family does not need to go to the sea to run, Wang Zhi on the sea, and Hong Tiezhu, newly arranged by Yang Cong, is enough, they only need to buy the goods produced by merchants in Zhejiang and Fujian.

At this time, Yang Rong's business talent is reflected, from negotiating business to purchasing goods and then transshipment goods, these do not need Yang Cong to worry about, and even the person in charge of various places has arranged it, just waiting for Yang Cong to suppress the arrogance of the maritime giants, and the goods will continue to be concentrated in the place designated by Yang Cong and sold overseas.