Although the outlying island is the garrison of Zheng Zhibao and the four surnamed pirates, after all, it only existed for a month, and it is not the real nest of the four surnamed pirates, so Wang Yan did not gain much in silver in addition to capturing four thousand pirates and obtaining hundreds of warships, but after this battle, it completely changed the situation in the Guangdong Sea.

In order to open up the situation in Guangdong, Wang Yan escorted 4,000 pirates back to Guangzhou, and held a grand celebration ceremony outside Guangzhou, and the people of Guangdong watched like a tide.

After the ceremony, Wang Yan selected another 100 pirates and paraded through the city, led by Zheng Zhibao, who was tied to a prisoner's car, so that the whole of Guangzhou would know that the Cantonese sailors had defeated the pirates entrenched in the Guangdong Sea.

Among the maritime merchants in Guangzhou, some people knew the existence of Zheng Zhibao, and when they saw Zheng Zhibao who was ashamed to die in the prisoner car, they were immediately terrified.

They never expected that the Zheng family, which was crisscrossing the world, would actually lose to the newly established Guangdong Naval Division and Wang Yan, the general town of Guangdong.

These merchants originally thought that Wang Yan would be defeated, so they all fell to the Zheng family, but now Wang Yan has gained a firm foothold in Guangdong, and Yuehai is also controlled by his sailors, and their future trade must be allowed by Wang Yan before they can trade in the Guangdong Sea, but the original Zheng family cannot give them protection.

In this case, some maritime merchants began to give him gifts after Wang Yan returned to his home, releasing his intention of taking refuge, but Wang Yan did not accept them.

When Wang Yan first entered Guangzhou, he had such an attitude towards Chen Bangfu, Ma Jixiang and others, and finally all four of them were kicked out of Guangdong, and now the same is true for the maritime merchants.

The status of the merchants is low, although they all have the figure of the big family behind them, but Wang Yan has a large army in his hands.

The army of the Ming Dynasty is ruthless, but it is famous, whether it is Zuo Zhen and Jiangsi Town, who have been cleared, or Fang Guoan under the command of King Lu, or He Tengjiao of Hunan, they are all good at abusing the people, and they will plunder when they have no money, but no matter what big clan is not big.

After Wang Yan entered Guangdong, he was purged of military discipline and did not abuse the people, but the crows in the world are as black as black, how can there be a cat in the world who does not steal fish?

Perhaps, Wang Yan will prepare to serve them in a pot.

On November 1, when the maritime merchants were panicking, they received invitations from Wang Yan to go to the Mansion of Chu for a banquet, and some people immediately trembled with fear, but a maritime merchant surnamed Huang Mingcheng said: "We are all in Guangzhou, and the Duke of Chu really wants to be unfavorable to us, and it is useless to hide!" ”

After Huang Cheng finished speaking, he left the guild hall, and ordered his subordinates to prepare gifts, and went to the Guogong Mansion, and the other maritime merchants had to follow when they saw this.

In the evening, the Guogong Mansion held a banquet, Wang Yan did not refuse the gifts of the maritime merchants this time, so that the maritime merchants felt a little at ease, but he did not say anything about maritime trade and piracy, just let people eat vegetables, but how could the maritime merchants eat?

A banquet, in an extremely strange atmosphere, ended with Wang Yan putting down the bowl quickly.

At this time, he stood up and looked around at everyone, "Since you all have no appetite, then move to the side hall and discuss business." ”

After saying that, Wang Yan got up and left, and only appeared in the side hall a moment later, and behind him, followed by an exotic woman holding a tray.

After Wang Yan took his seat in the side hall, he asked the woman to put the tray covered with a yellow handkerchief in front of the table, and then he lifted the yellow handkerchief with one hand, and dozens of letters appeared.

When the maritime merchants saw this, they were immediately shocked, and the side hall fell into a dead silence.

After a while, Wang Yancai stood up and broke the dead silence and said: "Today, with the heart of saving the country and the people, this governor is ordered by His Majesty to manage the land of Guangdong, which is to collect taxes and raise troops for the imperial court, and also to ensure the peace of the land of Guangdong. Since the governor entered Guangdong, he has pacified the rebellion in Guangxi, resolved the dispute between the Turks and the Turks, lightly punished the people, purged the Haikou, and opened up trade routes. The Governor was bent on the development of Canton and the opening of the sea to expand trade. For this reason, the governor did not hesitate to risk his own life, personally raised troops and horses to sweep the Guangdong Sea, and spent his own money to add ships and cannons to the sailors. What did the Governor do? It's not so that all of you here, who are not exploited by pirates, can make maritime trade bigger. The Governor thought that he should be supported by many maritime merchants in Canton by doing so, but these letters slapped him in the face. ”

Wang Yan said very excitedly, but the maritime merchants in the hall looked like ashes.

At this time, he had already achieved the desired effect, and after a pause, he slowed down his tone and said: "These letters were all obtained by the Governor on the outlying islands, and they are all letters of fornication between the maritime merchants of Guangdong and the pirates. The Governor will admonish the Governor and arrest him according to the letter, but the Governor does not want to know who is writing it. ”

Many maritime merchants, who were originally pale, couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Wang Yan's words, and they all looked at him.

Seeing this, Wang Yan continued: "The Governor knows that there will be people who write letters among you, but the Governor does not ask about them, and now more than 40 letters are here, and the Governor will let people go to the hall and burn them to the public. I only hope that some of you will reform from now on, and those who have nothing will be determined to do their best to run the Cantonese trade with the Governor. ”

After Wang Yan finished speaking, the maritime merchants couldn't help but look at each other, their mood was really up and down to the extreme, until the foreign maid took the brazier and burned the letter in public, and then slowly came back to their senses.

At this time, they couldn't help but have a new understanding of Wang Yan, although they knew that it was a move to buy people's hearts, but there was still a shock in their hearts, and they bowed down with Qi Qi and said: "Grandpa Guo is wise, we will definitely assist Guogong wholeheartedly and do a good job in maritime trade." ”

Wang Yan nodded when he saw this, but he knew that merchants valued profits, this was their nature, and they just relied on their feelings, but it was not of much use, and if they wanted to be truly attached, they also needed to have the strength to ensure the safety of their maritime trade, so he continued: "You can have this heart, and the governor is very relieved, but the governor also knows that you are a businessman, and after all, you still have to consider the benefits and the safety of the sea." Today, the Governor told you that the Governor and the Duke of Pingguo had reached an agreement, and from now on, the trade between Canton and the Nanyang countries would only need to be planted with the banner of the city, not the small yellow flag of the Zheng clan. And your safety in the South China Sea will also be the sole responsibility of the Cantonese Naval Division. ”

Many maritime merchants in Guangdong are most worried that Wang Yan and Zheng Zhilong are so strong, but Zheng's maritime power has always been stronger than Wang Yan, which is very likely to make them pay taxes to Zheng on the sea after paying taxes in Guangzhou, but now Wang Yan's words have dispelled their doubts.

Although it was limited to the South Seas, the trade between Japan and Korea was already monopolized by the Zheng family, and Guangzhou had always been dominated by the South Seas trade, so they couldn't help but feel a surprise in their hearts.

Wang Yan watched the maritime merchants follow his words, which made the atmosphere in the hall warm, and he knew that his strategy of waiting for Chen Bangyan to negotiate with Zheng Zhilong before summoning the maritime merchants was right.

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