Lion City is not only the capital city of Linyi, but also the most important trading port city of Linyi.

At the same time, it is also the largest trading port to the south after Cochin Port in Quang Nam. At the same time, it is also the largest Chinatown in Linyi. As early as the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were already many Central Plains Chinese who were engaged in business here to take root here, and the Chinese have multiplied here for hundreds of years, gathering more and more.

Especially after the establishment of Daqin in recent years, it attached great importance to maritime trade, made every effort to develop the maritime Silk Road, and improved shipbuilding technology and navigation technology, so that more and more merchants began to take the maritime Silk Road.

The Lion City has more merchants coming here.

Now it has gradually formed a prosperous Chinese community, with many guilds, such as Huaxia Guild, Nanhai Guild, Jiaozhi Guild, Guangling Guild, Ningyue Guild, Guilin Guild, Donglai Guild and so on.

At the same time, Guandi Temple, Guanyin Temple and various ancestral halls are also all over here, and each guild hall is built majestic and magnificent, full of Chinese Han family style, and extremely magnificent.

Even in the Lion City, according to the origin of the merchants, the Nanhai Gang, the Guangnan Gang, the Jiangnan Gang, the Jianghuai Gang, the Shandong Gang, and the Central Plains Gang were formed.

Guan Gong Temple and General Fubo Temple are the most revered here.

The Qin businessmen are here and very united.

"Are we really going to do it?" Zhang Baozai was very excited and suppressed his voice. After all, he is a young man, although the eighteen-year-old young man has lived in Linyi since he was a child, he has been instilled by his father since he was a child with the concept that Central Plains Huaxia is the root, so that he never regards himself as a Linyi person, and always thinks that he is Central Plains Huaxia.

Because his father used to be from the Central Plains, and later he went to work with Cui Liulang, a businessman of the Central Plains Gang, and slowly because of his reliability, he became a person who Zhang Liulang believed.

"Our business gang has been planning this matter for a long time, the people of Linyi have exploited us too ruthlessly, all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, apportionment at every turn, and even blatant blackmail, if they don't comply, they will set up a name, and even impose crimes, we have thousands of compatriots in Linyi, how can we let them bully? Now that the Sunset King's righteous son is willing to unite everyone to do this great thing, of course we have to do it. ”

Cui Liulang was also very excited when he said this, in fact, the maritime merchants are very hard.

Cui Liulang's family used to be very poor, their family was in Guanzhong, there were many people in Guanzhong, and the average land was not a few acres of land, and there were many people in the family, so there was no way but to come out and be a businessman. At first, he was a shop man, and then he wanted to make more money, so he went out to be a merchant and ran goods with the caravan. Ran to the back, simply ran to the sea.

More money is earned at sea.

Later, he was sent by the firm to stay in Lion City for a long time, tens of thousands of miles away from home, and it was rare to return once in several years, and even a letter from home had to be delivered once in half a year.

Money is more than in the past, but the loneliness in a foreign land is heavier.

"I received a letter from home yesterday, my brother has made meritorious service in the army in Longyou, and was selected to enter Luoyang Yulin Palace to ride for Yulin." When he said this, Cui Liulang's eyes were full of relief and joy.

This brother is a little naughty, but because he is a younger brother, the brothers love this younger brother very much, and if there is anything to eat, give it to the younger brother first.

Cui Liulang has earned money from doing business abroad over the years, helping the family, marrying wives for his brothers, buying dowries for his sisters, and later buying land for his family, sending his younger brother to study and go to school, and then his younger brother joined the army and was selected as a government soldier. It can be said that without the support of him and his brothers, the younger brother would not have had the opportunity to be selected as a soldier.

"Congratulations!"

"Luoyang Yulin rides, the Son of Heaven is servant, although it is not Yulin Lang, it is not easy. After three years of Yulin cavalry training, how can you go down to the army to be a team leader or even a deputy, and the future is promising. However, Luoyang is a Beijing teacher, and it is not easy to live in Luoyang for three years, the price is high, and it is not easy to live. When you arrive in Luoyang, you always have to dress decently, and you usually have to go out with your companions to play or something, and you always have to spend money, although we are said to come out of the small portal, but since we have entered the Yulin Palace, we can't let people say that they are stingy. Cui Liulang hopes to make more money and send it to his younger brother.

It's just that it's not so easy to do business in this Linyi City, not to mention the heavy taxes, especially the countless extortions of all kinds, where you haven't found it, you can't do it.

This made him very unhappy.

And now there is an opportunity in front of us, and if it succeeds, everyone will be able to get rid of it in the future.

"When we succeed, the Lion City will be ours in the future, and we will set our own taxes and collect them ourselves." Cui Liulang said with a smile.

Zhang Baozai is a hot-blooded young man, worthy of trust, and his father is the head of the forbidden army of Fan Fanzhi, the king of Linyi, Zhang Peng also has many familiar brothers in the forbidden army, those are left behind when the Sui army conquered Linyi, and later all defected to the king of Linyi, or the head or officer.

They were very helpful to Cui Liulang and their plans.

Cui Liulang also tried to contact Zhang Peng through Zhang Baozai a long time ago, and the final result was good, although he had lived in Linyi for nineteen years, Zhang Peng did not forget his homeland, especially now when Linyi and the Central Plains resumed the war, Zhang Peng was willing to contribute to their plan.

"This is a secret letter to your father, help me convey it."

Zhang Baozai took the letter and carefully hid it.

"Liulang, how many soldiers can that Li Xiancheng bring?"

"Definitely quite a few."

"Why didn't the Royal South Sea Fleet send troops directly?"

Zhang Baozai was a little puzzled, the strength of the Royal South China Sea Fleet was strong.

"The South China Sea Fleet has a large target, which is easy to be targeted, and it is difficult to act. Besides, Li Xiancheng is the son of King Yi of Ninan, and his fleet is also under the South China Sea Fleet. ”

Cui Liulang explained again, and then asked Zhang Baozai to prepare the weapon.

"When the time comes, the city will do something, and each of us will have to contribute. When Linyi City is taken, then this will be our own territory, and we will no longer have to look at people's eyes and act. ”

The South China Sea Fleet was busy doing business, running to Linyi, Funan, Kunlun, Tianzhu, Persia, and even trading with the Romans, the Franks, and even the barbarians.

For the attack on Lin Yipu, they are willing to support behind the scenes, but they are not willing to do it themselves. A direct attack on Linyi City would damage the reputation of the merchants of the South China Sea Fleet, and it would be easy to add trouble to merchants in other places in the future.

Therefore, they are willing to support Li Shimin and the Qin merchants of Linyi, and it is also beneficial for them to become them, and there will not be much loss if they are defeated.

Even if it is Li Shimin, he will not come publicly as a public person, he will not come as a Cheng of Nantang County in Sunset County, but will come with the pirates as the leader of the Sunset Pirates.

"Work together, brothers!" Cui Liulang clenched his fists.

The young Zhang Baozai also clenched his right fist and slammed it on his left chest, "Work together, brother break gold!" ”

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