Shangguan Lie has also followed Zhou Zhengdong to run around in the past few years, he has no position, he has changed back and forth, but he has the most personal guards.

Now this is an official brother-in-law, and in front of the Shangguan family, he naturally can't be stingy.

Zhou Zheng thought about it seriously and said, "Go to Tianjin Wei, there are many things over there, you can make up a county." ”

Shangguan Lie actually wanted to enter the imperial court, but he didn't have a reputation, so he smashed his mouth and said, "It's okay." ”

Shangguan Xun didn't care, Shangguan Lie only had something to do. Shangguan Xun has been working with Zhou Zheng for four or five years, and he has never been treated badly, not to mention that he is a family now, and he will not worry about this aspect.

Zhou Zheng and Shangguan Xun's son-in-law changed their identities, which was a little embarrassing, and the two casually made an excuse and ended the conversation, and Shangguan Qing led Zhou Zheng back to the room.

Zhou Zheng was lying in Shangguan Qing's boudoir, smelling the fragrance, turned his head to look at Shangguan Qing who was cleaning up, and said, "Do you also want to go to Tianjin Wei?" ”

Shangguan Qing has followed her father since she was a child, and her heart longs to be a female general, and this dream has become half of it. She was given the title of Guerrilla General. It's a title, not really a general.

Shangguan Qing nodded and said, "Where are you and where am I." ”

Zhou Zheng laughed and said: "Now that the country is in turmoil, and I will not stay in the court for long, I estimate that by the beginning of next year at the latest, I may lead troops to quell the rebellion." ”

With the continuous outbreak of civil unrest, the generals of the Ming Dynasty continued to emerge, such as Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Yang Sichang, etc., all showed extremely terrifying abilities, and made great achievements in the suppression of bandits, and their reputation spread far and wide.

Of course, this also includes Zhou Zheng, who fought twice as a prisoner. Zhou Zheng's two battles actually have no technical content, but compared with the suppression of bandits, they are more 'military merits', and their reputation is also loud.

Zhou Zheng has the ability, soldiers, money and food, and when he encounters difficulties, the court will not let him go.

Shangguan Qing just hummed casually, then turned around suddenly, and said with a serious face: "I'll go where you are." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at her and nodded, "Okay." ”

Shangguan Qing saw that Zhou Zheng did not fool her, and turned around again and continued to sort out her things.

Zhou Zheng stayed at Shangguan's house for two days, and then returned to Zhou's house.

He began to entertain some relatives and friends, as well as Zhou Ji, Zhou's Chamber of Commerce, Jiujiang Pavilion, etc., his men, and even some partners.

The banquet naturally has to be welfare, and almost every person in Zhou Zheng's hands has been rewarded.

The owner got married and was rewarded, and the Zhou Chamber of Commerce was overjoyed and worked hard.

Zhou Zheng took advantage of this time to step up the adjustment of his business deployment and accelerate the pace of business development, especially in the sea trade, although Zhou Zheng could not do it himself, but he has been keeping an eye on it.

Chongzhen five years, January 18.

Cheng Jing, with the Zhou Chamber of Commerce and 16 trusted merchants, and more than 40 merchants from Xiyi, Korea, Waguo, Ryukyu, etc., secretly held a business conference in Tianjinwei.

In this trade conference, in line with the principle of 'mutual exchange', Chengjing signed agreements with overseas countries to import up to 200,000 stone of grain, and export of tea, silk, porcelain, etc. up to 300,000 taels, and intends to further expand the scope and amount of trade.

The conference lasted for three days, and Cheng Economy finalized the specific details of the transaction, and rushed to the capital to report to Zhou Zheng.

In Zhou Zheng's study, Cheng Economy sat opposite Zhou Zheng and said: "Owner, these Xiyi people are very eager to trade with us, and they are also very cooperative, probably out of worry, but also for the first time, they buy relatively little, if it is a year or two, I am confident that I can earn at least one million taels a year!" ”

The Ming Dynasty is a vast land, there are a lot of things that Europe is extremely eager for, if it is really liberalized, the trade volume will be extremely considerable!

Zhou Zheng listened and said, "Well, take your time." What we want is food and firearms that I don't have or better, we don't lack silver, as long as they have it, we will let it go, don't be stingy with silver......"

Cheng Economic agreed, said: "Our chamber of commerce and the people who cooperate are very excited, many people are ready to set up a commercial bank in Tianjin Wei, and even some people are ready to organize a fleet, the profits of sea trade are indeed amazing, and only the shipment, one hand of goods and one hand of money, very worry-free......"

Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "I read your report in detail, are there any problems?" ”

Cheng Jingjing pondered for a moment and said: "Dongjia, as soon as we come, we are far away from Xiyi, and this transaction process may be more than half a year at a time, so a transaction is basically a year." Second, Tianjin Wei is a little far away, Xiyi people have to go around a long way, I also heard that Shandong has not been calm recently, they are worried about danger, and hope to set the delivery location in Guangdong. ”

Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup with a thoughtful expression.

The first point of Cheng's economic theory is that it cannot be solved for the time being, and the navigation tools are still very primitive, and it is impossible to shorten the navigation time between the two places in a short time. The second point is that Zhou Zheng needs to think about it seriously.

Shandong is indeed not peaceful, in the last year when Jianlu surrounded Youtun, Shandong's Kong Youde and others rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, took refuge in Jianlu, now Jianlu is short of clothing and food, Kong Youde and others led the army to cross the sea, broke through many prefectures and counties, and plundered a large number of people and grain.

The imperial court is mobilizing people from all walks of life in Shandong and nearby to clean up, and the sea from Shandong to Liaodong is very dangerous, and the entire Bohai Bay is unstable.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the Xiyi people to be worried. But if the place of trade is set in Guangdong, which Zhou Zheng and others are not familiar with and cannot control, then the risk for them is too great and uncontrollable.

Zhou Zheng thought about it and said: "For the time being, I am still in Tianjin Wei, I will let Lao Wei send troops to escort me, as long as you are careful, it shouldn't be a big problem." In the future, we will discuss it slowly. ”

Cheng Jingye also knew that this matter was a little troublesome, so he said: "The owner, our total profit last year was 2.7 million taels, and it will be further expanded this year, but the owner's army and various developments, especially the ticket number, require a lot of silver, and there may be some things to delay." ”

Doing business in Daming, even if there is official support, there will still be all kinds of troubles, Zhou Zheng expected this, and said: "Mainly focus on the key points I listed, and the others, with a little bit of noodles, slowly draw it, don't pursue eating fat in one go." ”

Cheng Jingdao: "I also think so, after I go back, I will discuss with the Shangguan shopkeeper and others, and make a specific way to strive for the expansion of trade with Korea, the Japanese and the South Seas, shorten the trading time, if necessary, you can set up a secret trading point in Guangdong." ”

Zhou Zheng thought about it and said, "Yes, you must pay attention to safety." If this matter is known and stabbed to the court, it will be a big trouble, and I can't hold it, you know? ”

In fact, overseas smuggling activities are now very common, and the imperial court and local governments have no control over them at all, so they can only pretend not to know. But Zhou Zheng's large-scale 'smuggling', it is impossible for the imperial court to continue to pretend, once it is pierced, it will inevitably be a thunderstorm.

Cheng Economy naturally understood, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, we must be very careful, if the East Window incident happens one day, we will also resist everything and never affect the owner!" ”