Wakoku, five islands, located in the west of the Nagasaki Peninsula, there are five main islands and dozens of affiliated islands, which is what the Ming people call the five islands, 100 years ago, the owner of the five peaks Wang Zhi once rowed land here to claim the king, calling himself the king of Hui. For a long time, it was also a gathering place for Daming maritime merchants, and now it is the base camp of the Zheng family in the Wa Kingdom.

On the five islands, there are hundreds of houses built, most of them are the style of the Ming houses, and the people who come and go are the Ming people wearing the Ming costumes, and it is rare to see the bald bun of the Japanese people, which is the base camp of the Ming people.

On the largest island of the Goto, Zheng Cai is receiving Japanese businessmen from Nagasaki in the house.

Zheng Zhilong held the post of the commander-in-chief of Fujian, so naturally he would not do such things as coming to the Japanese State to trade, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen were called by the imperial court to lead the troops to leave Fujian, and Zheng Cai was in charge of the trade with the Japanese State.

But who would have thought that as soon as the fleet passed through Zhejiang, it encountered a huge hurricane, and the sea ships full of goods were as fragile as toys in front of the power of heaven and earth. Five of the ten ships were overturned by the waves, and half of them were lost before they could reach the Wa Kingdom. What's even more heart-wrenching is that one of the five ships sunk was full of raw silk, which was worth a huge amount of money!

Although the Zheng family is strong, it can only dominate Fujian, although the entire East and the West have been respected by the Zheng family, but it is not without competitors, such as the Dutch entrenched in Dongfan Island, according to the agreement signed by Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch, the Dutch must provide thousands of loads of raw silk to the Dutch every year. The Zheng family's land power is limited to Fujian, and the raw silk that can be purchased every year is only more than 2,000 quintals.

In addition to the Dutch, there are many other maritime merchants, each of which has a gentry background behind it, although the Zheng family dominates the sea and wants to monopolize all the maritime trade business, they can only make rules, and each ship draws three thousand taels of silver.

Each ship draws 3,000 taels of silver, which alone brings a lot of income to the Zheng family every year, of course, they will not give up direct trade, and the merchant ships of the Zheng family come and go between the Ming and the South Seas every year, bringing a lot of wealth to the Zheng family.

But this time, a hurricane overturned half of the Zheng family's sea boats, which made Zheng Cai feel distressed to death.

However, the Zheng family fleet suffered losses, and other maritime losses were also huge, the monsoon has been more than a month, from the coast of Daming to the Wa Kingdom is half a month's sea journey, and now there are more than 20 sea ships that have arrived in the Wa Kingdom, at this time of year in previous years, there are nearly 100 sea ships from Fujian and Zhejiang!

With fewer ships coming and less in supply, the prices of all kinds of goods can soar a little, and at least they can make up for some losses......

It had been a few days since they arrived in Goto, and Japanese merchants from Nagasaki had come to visit one after another, hoping to buy goods as soon as possible. Zheng Cai sold some other goods at a high price, but Shengsi was firmly in his hands and refused to sell easily.

"Zheng Sang, the price of two hundred and eighty taels of silver is not low, it is already two percent higher than last year, so you can agree with it." The Japanese merchant Inuyoichiro spoke proficient Chinese and persuaded bitterly.

"Inu-kun, drink tea!" Zheng Cai just smiled, and didn't mention the price of raw silk at all, let alone bargain with Inukai Ichiro.

The Dutch on Dongfan Island must have been unlucky in the hurricane, and he had the most raw silk in his hands among the maritime merchants who came to the Japanese country, as much as 600 quintals, which was enough to determine the price of raw silk this year, so he was not in a hurry, and was waiting for the Japanese merchants to automatically increase the price for him.

Inukai Ichiro wasted his tongue for a long time, and when he saw that Zheng Cai was unmoved, he sighed and went.

In the next few days, other merchants came to visit, and the price of raw silk rose all the way from two hundred and eighty taels to three hundred and fifty taels of silver, but Zheng Cai did not let go, and the reserve price in his heart was five hundred taels and one load!

Five hundred taels and one quintal, this price is already twice as much as in previous years, at such a price, where do the merchants still have money to make, of course they are not happy.

Several businessmen got together and decided to advance and retreat together, and the price could not be controlled by the Zheng family.

"Gentlemen, Zheng Caijun is already crazy, he actually wants to sell five hundred taels and one load, this is already a robbery! We must not let him lead the nose, and the price of raw silk cannot be decided by him! Inukaiichiro shouted.

"That's it, let's not buy the goods, let him pull back to Daming the same way!" Li Che, a businessman, shouted, but his eyes were a little wandering. Li Che was originally a Ming man, but he had lived in the Wa Kingdom since his grandfather, and his dress, speech, and demeanor were no different from the Wa people.

"Agreed, our Great Wa Kingdom is the land of the Emperor, and it can't be decided by the Ming people!" Taro Aso also followed.

As a result, the three formed an alliance to fight against Zheng Cai together, and at the same time threatened other small businessmen not to trade with Zheng Cai privately.

So, things came to a stalemate.

Zheng Cai is not in a hurry, because he will not set sail to return to Daming until winter, and he has time to play with these widows. Although the Wa Kingdom was poor, there were thousands of nobles such as daimyo castle lords and samurai, and compared to the Wa farmers who wore tattered clothes and did not cover their bodies, these nobles were very extravagant and did not wear non-colorful silk clothes. There are hundreds of thousands of millions of nobles like the Wa Kingdom, and thousands of quintals of raw silk are consumed every year, and these raw silks are produced by the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, as long as there are still these extravagant nobles in the Wa Kingdom, raw silk will not be able to sell at all, and Zheng Cai is really not in a hurry at all.

The business field is like a battlefield, and although these businessmen form a temporary alliance, in fact there is a serious competition between them. If it was in previous years, it would be enough, and the supply of raw silk is sufficient, and everyone has a business to do. But this year, there was a tsunami along the coast of Daming, and most of the merchant ships sank to the bottom of the sea or could not come to the Wa Kingdom, and the raw silk in the hands of these Ming merchants who arrived in the Wa Kingdom now could not even satisfy one of the three of them, so each of them hoped that the others would get the raw silk in Zheng Cai's hands. After a long time, this short-lived alliance will inevitably break down, so there is also a relationship of intrigue between several Japanese merchants.

Li Che walked back and forth in the room of his residence, and even his beloved Wakoku courtesan was not interested in paying attention. Zheng Cai's lion's big mouth made him very dissatisfied, but most of the raw silk of the Ming people was in Zheng Cai's hands, and he was helpless.

I can't say that I can only secretly go to see Zheng Cai and agree to his conditions, Li Che said secretly. Although the purchase price of 500 taels is expensive, there are also some earnings, and it is a big deal to pass on the cost to the user.

Just when Li Che made up his mind and decided to go to see Zheng Cai privately, his servant broke in in surprise.

"Master, boats, lots of big ships!"

Li Che Huoran turned around, kicked and beat the clogs and ran to the dock, looking into the sea, he saw a huge fleet of ships coming towards the port of Nagasaki.