"If I'm not mistaken, you should have come to kill me, right?"

After sitting down in the cabin, Yang Xin said very directly.

"It was before I was lifted up by Your Excellency, but not after that, we are merchants, and we are destined to lose money."

Chen Xinji said calmly.

"I like your canddy."

Yang Xin said with satisfaction.

Chen Xinji was hired to intercept and kill them, it is likely that their pirate and maritime merchant fleet was active in this area during this time, and those gentry who originally traded with them simply paid for it, and after the previous operation failed, Chen Xinji did not leave.

In this area, he has a place to hide.

It must be understood that the Yangtze River at this time was very different from modern times.

Below the Yingkou of Yangzhou Sanjiang, the whole Yangzhong Island has not been formed, but a bunch of large and small sandbars separate the river water, these sandbanks are separated by water when the water rises, and the water retreats to connect, they make this river surface dozens of miles wide like an ocean. And after the sandbar area of Yangzhong and then downstream, followed by Jingjiang Island, which is completely part of the land in modern times, at this time it is no more huge island than the modern Yangzhong area, and the river is very wide between Taixing and Jingjiang River.

Of course, Jiangyin is still a throat.

Because the water in the north is shallow, large ships still have to pass through the Huangshan Fort.

But Jiangyin is also different, Zhangjiagang at this time is really a port, because the river has been expanding south to Yangshe, and the north is not much different from modern times.

The entire river is still nearly 20 kilometers wide.

And it has been maintained at this width until Chongming.

At this time, Chongming is also not a complete island, and it is also a series of sandbanks that are much smaller than modern times to form a sandbar group, but at this time, the width of the Yangtze River estuary is not comparable to modern times, and the entire Qidong half of the sea gate is all water, and the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary is in Lusigang.

That is, Liao Kok Tsui.

The entire Yangtze River estuary is more than 100 kilometers wide.

It can be said that from the downstream of Sanjiang Yingkou, the width of the river surface of more than 200 kilometers has not fallen 15 kilometers, and the dry season is the same, because the sea water will be poured back when the tide rises during the dry season, and the tide can form a countercurrent until the Zhenjiang section, and the surging river water is turbulent in summer, so it is really a vast ocean. In such a place, small groups of pirates come and go completely freely, and there is no defense at all, because there is no way to prevent it at all, at least thirty miles wide of the river, countless sandbanks and waterways, how to defend at this level?

Not to mention that there are countless gentry and merchants along the coast, relying on these fellows who are also merchants and thieves for smuggling.

Therefore, there is nothing strange about the joke that the Japanese went directly to Nanjing, because they walked casually after crossing Zhenjiang.

Chen Xinji was indeed hired to intercept and kill.

Even when Yang Xin got on the ship, he didn't change this purpose.

It's just that he lacks understanding of Yang Xin, and he doesn't know that he can't put it in front of him, but then he knows it, but it's too late, and Yang Xin, who got on the boat, can't deal with it at all, and after finding out that this transaction is not only hopeless, but even possible to fold in, he immediately made the most beneficial choice for himself.

He is a businessman.

He doesn't make a loss-making deal.

"Indeed, I don't like to do loss-making transactions, so we can talk about a business that is beneficial to us, the emperor has decreed the establishment of Tianjin Customs, the customs station Gegu, and my identity is to be the governor of Jinyi Weidu and the commander of the Dangkou army and the coastal defense battalion.

Gegu is my territory.

I have the final say in the entire Dagukou area.

I welcome any merchant ships to come over, although the Ming Dynasty has so far refused to pay tribute from the Japanese state, but fortunately, our trade with Korea is legal, so I don't need to teach you what to do, Tianjin has all the goods you need to purchase, I admit that the price is definitely higher than here, but you are legitimate merchants there.

There is no need to take any risks.

There is no need to bribe those officials to deal with the generals of the naval forces in coastal defense.

All you need is to get out there, buy whatever you want as a legitimate merchant, and pay the taxes according to my standards, and here's a tax rate, and I can guarantee you that you won't have to pay a single copper coin in addition to those taxes. ”

Yang Xin took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it to him.

It is said that he is now like those who attract investment, sparing no effort to attract merchants.

After all, his conditions there are not as good as those in the south.

At this time, sugar was the fist product of the Ming Dynasty, and the first batch of merchant ships from Britain arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and 80% of the goods purchased were this kind of thing. The sugar industry in Southeast Asia or the Caribbean has not really started, and Daming is the world's main supplier of sugar, but the problem is that whether it is white sugar or something else, Yang Xin actually shipped it from the south.

The price can't be too low.

Unless he can supply the products he makes in the future.

But the most important thing now is to establish trade routes, after all, he is still blind to maritime trade.

Chen Xinji just looked at it casually, and then handed it over to his subordinates.

"Not interested?"

Yang Xin said suspiciously.

"Yang Yanshi, I'll send a boat over to try it."

Chen Xinji said perfunctorily.

"Don't you want to set foot on the Ming Dynasty as a legitimate businessman?"

Yang Xin said.

"Yang Yanshi, if I want, I can set foot in Daming at any time as a legal businessman, at most it is just a change of name, you don't think that Daming's ports are closed to us, right? That's a joke, we ship so many goods out every year, where else can we not load at the port? The Ming Dynasty did prohibit trade with the Wa Kingdom, but would the merchants and officials in those ports care about this? Will they refuse us to come to the door with silver?

Indeed, you have a good place to try.

But it's just worth a try, not to mention that I have to go to North Korea to get to you.

I have to sail from Fukuoka to the south of Korea to wait for the wind, and then go to Dengju, and from Dengju to you, even if it is really like you said, I don't need to deal with your officials, but I still have to deal with North Korean officials to dock on the Korean coast, otherwise their navy will deal with me. ”

Chen Xinji said with a smile.

"That means you actually lied to me to kill you."

Yang Xin said.

"Yang Yanshi, although it's not good to say this, but before you show your strength, it's true, someone paid 50,000 taels to buy your head, and they only need your head, I think this business can be done, it just so happens that the brother you put is back, so I will simply try to let him trick you." But now I've given up, because you're too powerful for me to kill, so we'll make friends, and I'll send a ship to you to try it, and if it's really profitable, of course the best."

I'd love to have a friend like you, too. ”

Chen Xinji said with a smile.

"That's how you don't do it to me."

Yang Xin said.

"Wouldn't it be nice to have an extra friend?"

Chen Xinji said with a smile.

His smile was already stiff.

"But I can smell the burning arquebus behind me."

Yang Xin said.

The moment he said this, Yang Xin suddenly leaned back, and almost at the same time kicked his legs up, and his huge strength made the table in front of him, which was originally fixed on the deck, fly directly up, and flew out behind him with a whistling. The next moment, a gunshot rang out behind him, and three bullets, accompanied by a spray of flame, flew out from the muzzles of the three guns that were secretly aimed at him, swept over his head, swept past Chen Xinji, and then hit the wall panel. But before the gunners who were attacking from behind could dodge, the table smashed the window, knocking down all three gunmen at once.

"Kill!"

Chen Xinji's roar then rang out.

The pirates on both sides drew their swords forward and slashed at Yang Xin's body.

But it's a pity that all they gained was a series of slashing sounds on the steel plate, and before they could retract their knives and cut them down again, Yang Xin's body took the stool below as the fulcrum, and suddenly began to rotate, he was like those inferior martial arts movies while spinning, his hands supported the deck to change positions, and his legs kept kicking out all the time.

Then there was a scream all around.

The hapless pirates couldn't hold his strength, and all of them who were kicked by him screamed and flew upside down.

In the blink of an eye, he swept around, and there was no one standing around.

Then he jumped to his feet.

"The stool is sturdy!"

He said to the stunned Chen Xinji.

Almost at the same time, the two muzzles behind Chen Xinji stretched out, accompanied by the sound of the arquebus falling, spewing flames at him at the same time, Yang Xin's head tilted to avoid the bullet fired at the head, and at the moment when the other bullet hit his chest, he jumped forward at full speed and directly crashed into Chen Xinji.

The latter drew his sword and slashed it down with a roar.

But only half of it was cut off.

Because Yang Xin's right hand ghostly supported his hands......

"You've made a big mistake, you shouldn't have let someone as dangerous as me set foot on this ship. I actually came with sincerity, if you are useful to me, I can forgive you for your deception, but you are useless to me, so why should I spare your life again? ”

Yang Xin said.

Chen Xinji roared like crazy, and the sword in his hand went down with all his might.

However, it was in vain.

Yang Xin's right hand was like steel, imprisoning his sword.

"Why can't you make use of yourself? Ah, am I destined to die of talking like those big villains? ”

Yang Xin dragged him as he spoke, and turned around suddenly.

Gunshots rang out again.

Two bullets entered Chen Xinji's back at the same time, and Yang Xin, who could easily hear the sound of the arquebus clip falling, just watched Chen Xinji shake in the impact of the bullets.

However, the power of the Japanese iron cannon was not enough to penetrate the human body.

Chen Xinji lowered his head in amazement, looking at his chest, which was not unusual, and then Yang Xin kicked him in the chest, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and flew out of the window that he had smashed before. And at the same time, Yang Xin ghostly retreated, instantly squeezed into the two sword-wielding pirates, one hand and one head collided suddenly, and the next moment he carried two dead corpses and threw them out directly, and the pirates who were pouring in outside were smashed into a scream.

"Those who descend will not die, Chen Xinji is useless to me, but you are useful to me!"

Yang Xin shouted in Hokkien.

Then he repeated it again in the Japanese language.