Chapter 589
Zhejiang's sea ships are coming, and more than 20 of them are coming at once!
Zheng Cai was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and then his face changed greatly. This is definitely not a good thing for the Zheng family's fleet.
If the Zhejiang sea ship did not come, the raw silk in Zheng Cai's hand was enough to determine the price of raw silk in Nagasaki, and he had the vast majority of the goods in his hands, not as much as he said. However, as soon as the Zhejiang sea ships came, the number of commodities supplied in the market increased significantly, and the price would inevitably fall.
Originally, he wanted to sell raw silk for a sky-high price of five hundred taels of silver, but now it seems impossible.
"Damn, how come this Zhejiang ship wasn't destroyed by a hurricane!" Zheng Cai gritted his teeth and scolded. Now he regrets that he didn't seize the opportunity to sell the raw silk at a high price.
"Come on, go and invite the owners of merchant ships in Zhejiang to come to Wudao!" Zheng Cai thought about it and felt that he couldn't wait, so he had to communicate with the group of maritime merchants in Zhejiang, and everyone discussed pushing up the price of raw silk.
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"Zheng Cai asked people to invite Guogong to go to Wudao? What kind of thing is he Zheng Cai, and what qualifications does he have to let his grandfather pass? Hearing that his subordinates had reported it, Chen Yan, who was guarding on the side, was furious and scolded.
"Zheng Cai's people didn't directly say that they would invite their grandfather, but asked the proprietors of various maritime merchants in Zhejiang to discuss the five islands." Subordinates.
"Vice General Chen, don't be impulsive, how does Zheng Cai know that Guogong is here, their Zheng family is used to being domineering on the sea, and they have always been dictators to various maritime merchants." Sima Nan comforted on the side.
With the understanding of Zhoushan's forces along the way, Sima Nan, a man who ran the sea, realized Chen Yue's strong strength and status in the Ming court, and faintly had the idea of surrendering. What Chen Yue lacks most now is talents who know how to navigate, and he is also interested in wooing Sima Nan and Guo Linfeng and others, and now Guo Linfeng and Sima Nan have entered the core of the discussion.
With the continuous exploration of Sima Nan and the people, Chen Yue has learned about the current price market of various prices in the Wa Kingdom, and this year's prices are generally two to three percent higher than in previous years, especially raw silk, because the monopoly is in the hands of the Zheng family, basically in the stage of price and no market, and the supply of goods in the market is in urgent need.
Therefore, the reason why Zheng Cai sent someone to call is also clear, it is nothing more than agreeing on a unified price and jointly monopolizing the Japanese market.
understands and understands, but it is a little difficult to send who to send to see Zheng Cai. With Chen Yue's identity, it is naturally impossible to see Zheng Cai. However, Fu Chun has too much hatred with the Zheng family, and it is even more inappropriate, Wu Ping only pays attention to the matter of sailing and fighting on weekdays, and does not understand business at all. Guo Linfeng and Sima Nan's status is too low, Zheng Cai can see their details at a glance, and they are not qualified to represent Zhejiang businessmen at all.
"Grandpa, if you don't worry, let me go!" Gu Junen, who had been silent on the side and had no sense of existence, spoke.
"You're going?" Chen Yue looked at him with some hesitation, not knowing why he took the initiative to ask for his life.
Gu Junen didn't speak, just looked at Chen Yue with a calm face.
Should you trust him? Chen Yue hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth, "Then please Mr. Gu!" ”
can assist Li Zicheng to achieve a great cause, Gu Junen's ability is undoubted, Chen Yue's most lacking thing now is capable talents, and he also knows that if he wants Gu Junen to truly belong to him, he must be fully trusted.
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"Who are you? Why are you alone? Zheng Cai looked at the stranger in front of him and asked in surprise. What are the famous maritime merchants in Zhejiang, everyone deals with Zheng Cai all the year round and naturally knows it, because if these maritime merchants want to go to sea to trade safely, they must pay the Zheng family to buy the road, and the people in front of him are so unfamiliar, Zheng Cai can be sure that he has never seen it.
"Under Gu Junen, Xi is the steward of the Qiyun, and he was ordered to come to General Zheng to discuss the Nagasaki trade." Gu Junen arched his hand slightly, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although Zheng Cai was a smuggler, he held the position of guerrilla general in Zheng Zhilong's army.
"Gu Junen, Qi Yun firm, I haven't heard of it." Zheng Cai shook his head.
"Qiyun Business is a business name that has just been established this year, and it is normal that General Zheng has not heard of it." Gu Junen said with a smile.
"Are these more than twenty ships your ships, how did I not know that such a huge force suddenly appeared in Zhoushan!" Zheng Cai asked with a sneer.
With the power of the Zheng family, they can only organize a dozen or so sea ships to trade with the Japanese country every year, because although the Zheng family has many ships, the goods are difficult to obtain. But this Qiyun merchant has organized a huge fleet of more than 20 sea ships, which is more than twice the size of the Zheng family's caravan, which makes Zheng Cai unable but to be frightened. He originally thought that it was many maritime merchants from Ningbo, Shaoxing and other provinces in Zhejiang, but he didn't expect that there was only one. If a family can have such a huge strength, it will definitely challenge the Zheng family's maritime hegemony!
"The so-called Qiyun Merchant is just a union of the various maritime families in Ningbo Prefecture and Shaoxing Prefecture, that is, it has just been organized recently, and it is not surprising that General Zheng has not heard of it." Gu Junen said with a smile.
"I would like to hear who has such a great ability to organize all the maritime merchants in Zhejiang?" Zheng Cai sneered.
Compared with the sudden appearance of powerful competitors, how much silver can be sold for a few hundred quintals of raw silk is insignificant, and the reason why the Zheng family dominates the southeast with its wealth is because of its absolute control of the East Ocean and South Sea Shipping Lanes. It relied on successive attacks to extinguish other competitive forces at sea in the name of exterminating pirates, and relied on the hard steel with the Dutch to make it succumb.
If a powerful force suddenly appears in Zhejiang, it will pose a great challenge to the Zheng family! Compared to this, the trade in raw silk is nothing.
"Has General Zheng of Qi Guogong heard of it?" Gu Junen smiled and put it away, his face became serious, "It is the Duke of Qi who saved the emperor for thousands of miles, defeated the rebellion of King Fu and supported the current capital of His Majesty Nanjing, and the Duke of Qi who defeated the two southern invasions of the Manchurian Tartars and tried his best to protect the Ming Dynasty." The Qiyun was built by him! ”
"Z...!" Zheng Cai gasped!
The Manchu Tartars sent troops to invade the south, Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, sent 20,000 troops to Qinwang, Zheng Sen in Nanjing suddenly broke out, and took the Zheng family army to make great contributions in the battle with the Manchu Tartars, Zheng Sen was therefore named the prefect of the four products, Zheng Hongkui was named Dingyubo, and later considered that the official positions of the brothers and sons were above Zheng Zhilong, and the Fujian army was Zheng Zhilong's one-handed training and dispatch was also considered meritorious, Chongzhen Fu named Zheng Zhilong as Nan Amber.
With two counts in one family, plus a four-rank prefect, the Zheng family can be described as extremely glorious. But in glory, it is not comparable to Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi who turned the tide, and Zheng Sen highly respected Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi Guo, in his letter to Zheng Zhilong.
This Qiyun business was actually set up by Qi Guogong, and it actually included most of the maritime merchants in Zhejiang at once, Zheng Cai was shocked and felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that the imperial court has already had other thoughts about the sea? Or is this Qi Guogong thinking of attacking the Zheng family's profits at sea?
With the power of Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, where would the Zheng family dare to charge him a toll of three thousand taels of silver in the future. And if you ignore it, with the power of Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, you can easily pinch together the maritime merchants of Zhejiang, and the Zheng family will no longer be able to dominate the sea in the future!
Thinking of this, a trace of killing intent flashed in Zheng Cai's eyes!