At this time, Luo Hunmiao, a Zhejiang maritime merchant and seaman, was immersed in the joy of success and the joy of the New Year. This year, he made a lot of money, not only did he earn a lot of money from North Korea's trade, but he also grabbed ten northern merchant ships, and he made a lot of money. And he left five of the better ships behind, so that he had twelve large sea ships under his name.

Before the Chinese New Year, he released the northern merchants and merchant ships he caught, and gave the merchants forty percent of the trade payment. He didn't really want to be a Haikou full-time, he knew that Haikou's business would not last long, and even Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to be recruited by the imperial court, let alone him.

His purpose is to be the monopolist of the northern route, and anyone who wants to do the northern maritime trade must be called a protection fee. He put these Shandong maritime merchants back, and let these people be his mouthpiece. He told these maritime merchants that in the future, if they wanted to do maritime trade between Korea and the north, they would be limited to 200 seagoing ships, and those with more than 200 materials would pay 1,500 taels a year, and if they were less than 200 materials, they would pay 800 taels a year. As long as you hand over the money and receive the sea flag he issued, you can carry out sea trade safely throughout the year. Otherwise, if there is one, he will grab one.

As for the court in the north, he didn't care much. Not to mention that the scale of the Northern Sailor is still very small, even if Li Yan really unifies the whole country, doesn't he still have a way to go in Zhao'an. He is very clear about Zheng Zhilong's strength, maybe Li Yan can be invincible in the north, but when it comes to the southern coast, as long as Zheng Zhilong does not recruit An, Li Yan will not be able to easily pacify the south.

And he just learned from a maritime friend that Zheng Zhilong was waiting for the price to sell, and with Li Yan's past treatment of the demoted generals, Zheng Zhilong was unlikely to switch to Li Yan. In this case, it is possible that the war will continue on the southern coast, which is a great blessing for a man like him who is begging for a living in the northern seas. Maybe Zheng Zhilong and Li Yan are in a bitter battle, and he can also get a piece of the pie on the Japanese route.

Luo Miaohyun thought of this, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned upwards again. In order to reward his brothers and to be able to win over the islanders of the four overseas islands, he brought a large amount of wine, meat, cloth and other goods to the sea a year ago to celebrate the festival with the brothers on Dongji Island.

Of course, his family remained in the city of Ningbo. Although he is a maritime businessman, compared to those big families who have been in business for several generations, he is just a rising star, and he is not on the stage. Even though when he left Ningbo, Daliang's troops were not far from Ningbo, but he still did not bring his family out.

This is his backhand, even if he makes more money, he must have a place to spend it, right? He is not like Zheng Zhilong who can settle in Japan, his roots are still in Ningbo. No matter how far it can develop in the future, accepting the imperial court's recruitment and returning to the hometown is the ultimate direction. Therefore, leaving his family in the mainland has become a bridge of communication with the imperial court.

As for the safety of his family, he is not worried. He only plundered merchant ships, and did not even kill anyone, which is not the most vicious. is to fight with the imperial court sailors in the future, as long as he defeats the imperial court, he believes that the imperial court will not dare to rashly dispose of his family. After that, he had to rely on his family to contact him.

Luo Hunmiao picked up the wine glass and said to the brothers in the water village: "Brothers, today is the first day of the new year and the beginning of the new year. Last year, we made a few transactions at sea, and the harvest was not small. However, this year, our deal will be even bigger! The Baihualou on the island not only has Korean girls, Jiangbei, Jiangnan, but also plugged in the future, grassland, Japan, Nanyang, and even Western red-haired girls! ”

The hundreds of men in the hall were instantly ignited with enthusiasm and shouted and cheered. The Baihualou on the island is their only pastime besides the casino, especially now, the soldiers of the Great Liang have arrived in Ningbo, even if they want to go to the mainland in the future, they have to be careful. However, these people fought at sea, lived on the island, worked hard to earn money, still wanted to have fun in a prosperous place, or wanted to make their families comfortable, so slowly there began to be worried voices.

Luo Miaohyun pressed her hand to calm down below. After that, he continued: "But don't worry, everyone, we won't be pirates for the rest of our lives!" Zheng Zhilong in the south is now the grandfather of the Ming Dynasty, even if Daliang wins the world in the future, as long as Zheng Zhilong is willing, he will also be the humerus minister of Daliang. Therefore, as long as we have a fight with the sailors of the new dynasty, we will be able to recruit An as an official army in the future. At that time, if you wanted to go to the mainland to have fun, whether it was Ningbo or Hangzhou, you walked sideways, and no one dared to stop you. ”

The sailors began to cheer again, they all knew the advantages of being an officer and soldier, and it was much more comfortable to be able to enjoy it in the state capital of the mainland than to be coddled on a small island far from the mainland.

However, there were also calm people who asked loudly: "Boss Luo, since you are going to recruit An, why do you have to fight with the official army?" Although the naval division of the official army does not seem to be very strong, if it angers the Liang court, it will not cut off the way to recruit An. ”

"Brother Xie's question is unwise." Luo Hyun Miao said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, killing officials and rebelling will be recruited. If we go up the pole to talk to the court about Zhao'an, it will become a surrender! Don't talk about the identity of our officers and soldiers, it is not impossible to arrest us all and cut off our heads. But if we defeat the official army, it will be different. If the imperial court wants the sea route to be smooth and the sea border to be peaceful, he has to come to recruit us. When the time comes, the court will give us a thousand presidents, and we are still unwilling to give in! At the very least, it has to be a guerrilla! When the time comes, one of you brothers will be counted as one, and at least one of you will be appointed as a captain! ”

"Good! Boss Luo is really benevolent! ”

"Haha, our Hei San'er can also have a half-official position! The graves of our ancestors are all smoking! ”

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Everyone shouted happily, as if they had been officially awarded an official position by Da Liang at this time.

Luo Miaohyun said loudly: "Okay, brothers, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone will not return home if you are not drunk!" Within three days, Baihualou will be free, and you brothers can go and have fun! ”

"Boss Luo is righteous!"

"Righteous enough, Boss Luo!"

The crowd shouted happily again. No matter how much money they have in their hands, they are still excited to go to Baihualou for free.

Luo Hyunmiao hurriedly reminded loudly: "But there is one." The girls are also raised by their fathers, so they can't do mixed things! You have to discuss it with the girls, and you can't mess around! If anyone is crazy about drinking in Baihualou, I, Luo, will not be polite! ”

Everyone agreed loudly, and then began to shout for five and six to drink and eat meat, draw fists, and wrestle competitions, and the hall suddenly became lively.

In the noisy crowd, Luo Xunmiao found the master boatwright and instructed them to start work on the fifth day of the new year and strengthen his five boats. Although I know that the sailors of Daliang are not very good, after all, they have to fight, and they still have to be prepared.

Since we know that the imperial court's fleet is all old ships, a collision is also a good way. Although he only had two small Frankie guns on each ship, he didn't count on them either, and his killer weapon was to jump into the gang. He believes that in a face-to-face fight, the officers and soldiers are definitely not opponents.