Guangzhou is almost a copy of Quanzhou, but Li Zhang did it more carefully, and did not give anyone a chance to escape at all, and compared to Quanzhou, the situation in Guangzhou is much better, at least all the local officials have not been corrupted, but there are still many officials who have been dismissed.

And when Li Zhang left Guangzhou, there were countless Hu merchants who fell to the ground, no matter how big or small their crimes were, there was only one death penalty here for Li Zhang, because as far as Li Zhang knew, that Pu Shougeng's ancestor moved from Guangzhou to Quanzhou, but Li Zhang couldn't tell who his ancestors were, so he simply killed them all, anyway, when he left the capital, the fate of these Hu merchants had already been decided.

"Master Hou, you have killed these Hu merchants now, although many people deserve it, but these people have a lot of sea trade, and after killing them, it will also affect the foreign sea trade of the Great Song Dynasty, so that the taxes in Guangzhou and Quanzhou and other places will be greatly reduced." On the boat on the way back, Dong Qing said to Li Zhang with a worried face at this time.

Because his whole family died at the hands of these Hu merchants, he had an inexplicable hatred for all Hu merchants, but he still felt a little inappropriate for Li Zhang to massacre those Hu merchants like this, especially now that his identity is a little different.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a few Hu merchants, before I killed them, I had already let people interrogate the routes in their hands, and the ships were confiscated by the imperial court, as long as it took a little time, I could always take over the sea trade in their hands." Li Zhang didn't care about it, he wasn't a person who liked to kill people, but for the future of the Great Song Dynasty, these people had to be killed, sometimes for a country, human life is nothing at all, not to mention that these are not the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

"However, the influence of these Hu merchants is not only in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but the most important thing is their overseas relations and influence, such as Ah Gese and others have their own channels and relationships in Nanyang and Tianzhu, and can even send goods to Dashi and other places, but it is difficult for us to do business so far." Dong Qing patiently explained again at this time.

Li Zhang smiled calmly when he heard this, and did not answer Dong Qing directly, but asked rhetorically: "What are the main goods in my Great Song Dynasty's sea trade?" ”

Dong Qing was also stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he still replied honestly: "Our Great Song Dynasty's foreign goods are mainly silk, tea and porcelain, and the recent cotton cloth has also been selling well, and some valuable goods such as spices, gems, and corals are mainly imported from overseas. ”

"That's it, silk, porcelain, tea, and cloth?" After listening to this, Li Zhang smiled and said, from these imported and exported commodities, it can be seen that the Great Song Dynasty mainly exports some handicraft products, while imports some valuables, and has an absolute trade surplus, so the Great Song Dynasty can get huge profits from the sea trade every year.

"Of course, there is no worry about sales, and even very sought-after, an ordinary porcelain bowl may only be sold for a few pennies in the Great Song Dynasty, but it can be exchanged for the same weight of gold when shipped overseas, and silk and tea are more sought-after, but compared with these traditional goods, I think the profits of cotton cloth are greater, because porcelain and silk are generally only bought by nobles and wealthy people, and the price of cotton cloth is lower, the demand is greater, if the output can come up, the sales will only be greater than porcelain and silk." When it came to overseas trade, Dong Qing also seemed a little excited.

"That's it, I've done business before, our goods don't have to worry about sales, as long as we can transport them out, and I don't lack manpower in Da Song, let alone shipbuilding technology, as long as it's profitable, there must be countless people who are willing to take the risk to go to sea, in that case, why give the opportunity to make money to those Hu merchants?" Li Zhang asked again at the moment.

Li Zhang's words seemed to make sense at first glance, but Dong Qing frowned again at this time and said with some embarrassment: "But...... However, although the profits of sea trade are large, but safety is a big problem, not to mention the natural disasters of sea storms, most of the people overseas are very barbaric, and it can even be said that they forget their righteousness, sometimes we transport the goods out with great difficulty, but we cannot guarantee the safety of the goods in other people's ports, such as in the ports controlled by the natives in the South Seas, the goods are often robbed. ”

"Are those natives strong?" Li Zhang asked rhetorically again.

"It's not strong, in fact, many natives are not civilized at all, and they can't even build a decent ship, but they are numerous and occupy the port, we need to enter the port to replenish supplies, and even trade goods, so even if they are robbed, they can only break their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs." Dong Qing replied helplessly again at the moment.

"Remember the task I gave you?" At this time, Li Zhang suddenly asked again with something else.

"Of course I remember, Lord Hou, you said that the imperial court should rectify the maritime trade, strengthen the imperial court's control over the maritime trade, and at the same time expand outward, eliminating all the obstacles that dare to block the footsteps of the Great Song Dynasty......"

Dong Qing was also suddenly frightened into a cold sweat when he said this, but then he felt extremely excited, because he had vaguely guessed what Li Zhang meant.

"The ocean is the future of the country, whoever controls the ocean will control the future of the country, and your task is to open up the channel of the Great Song Dynasty to the outside world, as for those who dare to block it." Li Zhang also glanced at Dong Qing coldly when he said this, and then he spoke, "Those Hu businessmen are their role models!" ”

"Villain...... The villain got it! Dong Qing replied half excitedly and half fearfully at this time, excited because he knew what a great thing he was going to do, and fear because he knew that from today onwards, countless heads would fall to the ground, and these people would all die at their own hands.

Dong Qing did not ask Li Zhang why he didn't come forward by the imperial court in person, but handed over this matter to a businessman like himself, because he knew what Li Zhang meant, there are many things that are inconvenient for the imperial court, especially some dirty work needs someone to do for the imperial court, and he is the one who helps the imperial court do these dirty work.

"Very good, you are a smart person, and you have enough ability, I am very relieved that this matter is handed over to you, if you succeed in the future, the court will never treat you badly!" Li Zhang was also very satisfied with Dong Qing's reaction, originally before he came to Quanzhou, he didn't think about handing over this matter to Dong Qing, but later he found out that Dong Qing's ability was outstanding, and Haimao was not something that could be played by just one person, so the most suitable person was only Dong Qing.

Dong Qing also nodded heavily when he heard this, but then he said with some hesitation: "But...... However, if you want to remove obstacles, you need a lot of manpower, especially those who can fight and kill, almost all the old people before our Dong family are gone, and the newly recruited manpower is not enough to be trusted, so I'm afraid it will take a long time to recruit enough people. ”

"You don't have to worry about the problem of manpower, the imperial court is going to rectify the sailors recently, and many unqualified sailors and soldiers will be cleaned up at that time, although these people are not suitable for staying in the barracks, but at least they are better than ordinary people, plus the temptation of heavy money, it is enough for them to work hard for anyone."

Speaking of this, Li Zhang paused for a moment, and then said again: "In addition, the northern border army will also reduce a part of the army, and some of the old, disabled and other problematic soldiers will withdraw from the army, although these people have a lot of problems, but most of them are people who have seen blood on the battlefield, although the court will give a settlement fee, but this group of people are used to licking blood from the knife, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be ordinary, if you need it, I can help you recruit a batch!" ”

Hearing these two groups of people proposed by Li Zhang, Dong Qing couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, originally he thought that the imperial court might just let him occupy a few ports, but now Li Zhang actually wants to arrange those retired soldiers in the army to his subordinates, if these people go to lawless overseas, God knows what they will do, and he obviously feels that Li Zhang's ambitions are probably not only some ports, and there may even be greater attempts, but these are not what he dares to ask.