Dong Qing was interrogating these local officials, while Zhou Liang led three thousand men to clean up the entire port, the army of the local people had been quickly defeated by them, these local people were not only poorly equipped, but also had no fighting spirit, after all, Gantuoli Port had been peaceful for too long, and the only threat to them was the Zhuluo people, but the combat effectiveness of the Zhuluo people was also half a catty and eight taels with them, and the two sides had not made any progress after fighting for so long.

In the face of Zhou Liang's gang of fierce outlaws, the organized native army was defeated after only resisting less than a cup of tea, and then Zhou Liang led people around to clean up these remnants of the defeated generals, and there were also many native nobles living in Gantuoli Harbor, these people also had private soldiers, and when they encountered the natives who dared to resist, they were also executed, and the entire port soon fell into a sea of blood, and the streets were full of corpses.

This kind of cleanup lasted for a day and a night, and it was not until the evening of the next day that Zhou Liang completely controlled the entire Gantuoli Port, Dong Qing also got off the ship at this time, and then took over the entire port from Zhou Liang's hands, just like the division of labor they discussed before, Zhou Liang only had to kill people, and other things had to be handled by Dong Qing.

The port of Gantoli changed hands in one day, and the news also shocked all the merchants in the docks, when Zhou Liang slaughtered the native army everywhere before, these clever merchants all ran to the merchant ships, and even many people wanted to escape, but Dong Qing's fleet blocked the port, and none of the ships could escape.

However, although Zhou Liang was red-eyed, he still remembered Dong Qing's instructions, so he did not attack the merchants in the port, unless the other party took the initiative to resist, and at this time, all the merchants were also trembling and waiting for the news of the port.

After Dong Qing took over the port, the first thing he did was to come to the wharf in person, and then inform all the merchants, telling them that the port had been taken over by himself, and that future merchant ships could dock at the port, and the tax collected by the port would be reduced by three percent in the future, and the services provided by the port would not change at all.

For Dong Qing's announcement of tax cuts, all the merchants also cheered happily, after all, the tax in Gantuoli Port is too heavy, every time you pass through here, you have to be stripped of a layer of skin, and thanks to the huge profits of the island, otherwise you can't afford such a heavy tax, and Dong Qing, who occupies the port, looks like a Song person, and with the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it is easier to gain their trust.

However, just after Dong Qing pacified the maritime merchants, a group of businessmen immediately came to ask for a meeting, these are all merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and they never dreamed that this Dong Qing would build a port in just one day, and some of them had vaguely heard of Dong Qing's name, but the Dong family had been wiped out for several years, and the Dong family's business had also failed, so many people didn't know Dong Qing very well.

It was still the high-rise building where Chali lived before, but now it has become Dong Qing's residence, and the stewards and men he brought with him have also become the managers of the port, and they are all busy downstairs or on the dock at this time, while Dong Qing met with those merchants from the Great Song Dynasty on the third floor.

See Dong ...... Dong City Lord! The six merchants of the Great Song Dynasty came together, and when they saw Dong Qing, they immediately saluted, they didn't know what to call Dong Qing, and they thought that the other party had conquered Gantuoli Port, and they were also the lord of a city, so they called Dong Qing the lord of the city.

"Haha~, you don't have to be polite, but I'm not a city lord, you can call me Dong Qing or Dong Shopkeeper, as for Gantuoli Port, I will temporarily manage it in the future, and we are both Song people, and we have to take care of each other outside, and in the future, your merchant ships will come here to dock, and you only need to pay half of the original taxes!" Dong Qing said with a smile at this time.

The maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty generally only operated in the Nanyang area, and rarely crossed the strait to Tianzhu and other places, mainly because it was too chaotic over there, and they had no foundation there, even if they were killed, no one would know.

Hearing that the Song people still have such a discount, several businessmen were all shocked, and they became more cordial to Dong Qing, only to see one of the old men with gray hair looked at Dong Qing a few times at this time, and then said: "Dong shopkeeper, you are the son of Dong Liang, a sea merchant in Quanzhou?" ”

"Yes, Dong Liang is my father!" Dong Qing immediately replied, just mentioning his father, his expression was also a little gloomy, because he thought of the tragedy of his family being wiped out.

"I see, sure enough, it is a tiger father without a dog, in Xia Xu Song, a native of Guangzhou, he also had some dealings with Ling Zun back then!" I saw that this old man Xu Song also introduced himself to Dong Qing and said that he had actually heard some things about the Dong family, after all, Li Zhang killed Hu Shang in Quanzhou and Guangzhou and other places, which scared many people at that time, and these were caused by the Dong family, but he was afraid of causing Dong Qing's sadness, so he didn't dare to mention the tragedy of the Dong family.

"It turned out to be Uncle Xu, I have also heard of the name of the Xu family in Guangzhou, and I have always wanted to get acquainted with you, but I didn't expect to meet in this situation." Dong Qing also said very politely at the moment, maritime merchants are all mixed in a circle, and there are often some business contacts, so for some famous businessmen, even if they have never seen each other, they have heard of each other's names.

Seeing Dong Qing speak so politely, Xu Song and the others were also relieved again, although they were all Song people, but in this lonely overseas place, there was no law at all, especially Dong Qing still had heavy troops in his hands, and the entire port was under his control, if he really wanted to be unfavorable to them, they would not have any chance to resist at all.

"Nephew Dong Xian, why did you suddenly conquer Gantuoli Port, although you now control this port, but the island is the territory of the natives, and there may be a large army of natives coming soon, can you hold this place then?" Xu Song is also an old fritter, and when he heard Dong Qing call himself uncle, he immediately approached the distance between himself and the other party, and asked with concern at this time.

Xu Song also asked what other people were thinking, as Song people, they actually looked down on these natives in Nanyang from their bones, but they had to bow their heads under the eaves of people, for business, they came to the port to smile and give gifts to the natives, in order to ask for a peace, now that Dong Qing occupies the port, they also have a sense of arrogance, but at the same time, they are also worried about Dong Qing and them.

"Don't hide it from Uncle Xu, the natives of the Buddha's death are really too deceitful, we just entered the strait before, we encountered a group of pirates, fortunately I brought more guards, so I repelled the pirates, and I saw the pirates flee into the port, but the natives in the port not only did not admit it, but also forbade our ships to enter the port, so I killed the port in a rage, but I didn't expect the natives to be too weak, and my men occupied the port so easily." Dong Qing explained indignantly at this time.

Dong Qing may only be able to deceive children when he says this, but Xu Song's group of maritime merchants all have a hellish expression after hearing this, because they have seen with their own eyes that thousands of people have been killed in Dong Qing's fleet, as maritime merchants, their ships are mainly loaded with goods, but with so many people like Dong Qing, with the carrying capacity of his ship, I am afraid that there is no cargo on the ship at all, so they can almost conclude that Dong Qing must have come to Gantuoli Port.

Dong Qing didn't intend to let Xu Song and the others believe in his nonsense, but there are some things that can only be said and not done, and some things that can only be done but not said, anyway, now it is the natives who pretend to be pirates to attack them first, which has enough reasons for him, even if the Buddha dies and reports to the Great Song Dynasty, he doesn't have to worry.

If you don't see through it, of course Xu Song's gang of people understand this truth, so at this time, I saw Xu Song cough dryly and said again: "It turns out that Dong Xian's nephew has also encountered this kind of thing, don't you say, our gang is also suffering from the exploitation of the natives, this time Dong Xian's nephew, you can beat away the natives to occupy the port, which is also a great thing for our Song people!" ”

As soon as Xu Song's words came out, others also said yes again and again, and expressed their praise and admiration for Dong Qing. Seeing that these people knew so much, Dong Qing also nodded secretly, and then spoke again: "But although we have unintentionally laid down this port, since we have beaten it, there is no reason to give up. ”

Hearing Dong Qing's words, Xu Song and the others were all taken aback, thinking that Dong Qing was going to establish himself as the king here, although the Great Song Dynasty didn't care much about overseas affairs, but if the Song people established themselves as kings overseas, it would be equivalent to breaking away from the Great Song Dynasty, and I am afraid that it would be a little difficult to return to the Great Song Dynasty in the future.

However, I saw that Dong Qing paused at this time and then said: "However, Dong's virtue is too shallow, so I plan to go to the court and ask the court to send officials to take over here, so that when we Song people pass by here in the future, we don't have to pay the money but can't guarantee our safety like before!" ”

Dong Qing's last sentence also said to the hearts of Xu Song and others, as long as they are businessmen who have walked through the Buddha Strait, there is no one who does not hate the local natives, but they are too strong to suppress the ground snake, and they don't dare to offend each other at all, and now someone finally spoke for them.

"Brother Dong, we don't talk in secret, although we can say a few words in the officialdom, but it is limited to localities, like yours to say this kind of thing, I'm afraid it will have to be reported to the capital, are you sure about this?" At this time, I saw a young maritime merchant hesitate for a moment, and finally asked the doubts in his heart.

Although their maritime merchants are very profitable, their status is very low, and there must be a way to report such a big thing as Dong Qing's occupation of the port to the imperial court, so he is actually suspicious of Dong Qing's way.

Dong Qing was waiting for the other party's words, in fact, the reason why he saw Xu Song was that he needed to pass on some news through their mouths, so as to attract more Song merchants to come, so he saw him smile calmly at this time: "Don't worry, I have been helped by a noble person in the capital." ”