The scale of the port, which can be seen from the number of wharves, is the most direct embodiment of the commercial city with developed water and land transportation.

In addition, there are more than a dozen private wharves in Guangzhou Port, which shows that its trade throughput is enough for the imperial court to set up the only city envoy here.

The seven wharves have their own uses, such as Nanba Wharf, which is mainly used for loading and unloading goods, and similar purposes, as well as Jingpingzhuang Wharf, Guoluoba Wharf and Wuhou Wharf.

These four terminals are classified by use and use rights, and are divided into public cargo terminals, container terminals, oil terminals, mineral terminals, inland river freight terminals and general cargo terminals.

This meticulous division alone can make the struggle between the various families break down, after all, there is a huge difference of interest between specific loading and unloading and simple cargo storage.

Therefore, why is Li Zhi surprised, how these people made the final deal.

In addition to these four wharves, two or three are Ganchi Road Wharf, Pingshafang Wharf, Suikang Wharf, which in principle belong to the passenger wharf, but also undertake a small part of the freight business.

The Ferry Terminal is also divided into a public pier, a ferry pier and a cruise terminal.

The public pier is open to all boats, depending on the depth of the water, and boats with a draught deeper than the water level near the pier are not allowed to enter the pier.

Ferry terminals are usually dedicated to fixed routes, and multiple routes can share the same ferry terminal.

Cruise terminals are usually used as cruise berths, and most of them are equipped with complete supporting facilities such as customs, immigration counters and health and quarantine offices, baggage handling areas, ticket offices, rental carriage parking areas and pick-up and drop-off areas.

From this point of view, it can be seen that there are countless business opportunities in Guangzhou Port, and the imperial court is currently just paying attention to this place, and the official reference to Guangzhou Assassin Mansion has nothing to do with Chang'an City.

At that time, it was not uncommon to say that there were cruise ships, and at that time, the current situation of extremely simple transportation methods, the scale of cruise ships that could connect to sea transportation was the culmination of all the top architectural designs of that era, and the volume and luxury were beyond imagination.

It is often built with three or four layers, more than ten zhang long and several zhang wide, as the main means of transportation for diplomatic exchanges between countries, it is such a behemoth like a cruise ship.

Compared with ordinary cargo ships, in addition to daily necessities, money, treasures, letters, and even the ink cinnabar that can only be used by the imperial seal, the value of those who can deal with these people cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, compared with the freight terminal, the potential benefits of the passenger terminal are more huge, and the surrounding derivative businesses are more diverse, so the Chidao wharf, Pingshafang wharf, and Suikang wharf are the places that each cares about the most.

Because under the corruption of Li Xiang and his family in the Assassin's Mansion, the official influence was only manifested in the control of the nature of the entry and exit customs, and all the specific affairs in the port, big and small, were actually controlled by the gangs.

The purpose of these people coming was to urge Li Zhi to start the clean-up work of the foreign gangs at the wharves as soon as possible.

In comparison, Nanba Wharf was completely taken by Li Zhi almost quietly, and the current operation has not seen great changes, which is far faster than using strong expulsion methods, and there is no need to work too hard to mobilize the people, and there is less right and wrong and bloody disasters.

The more they listened, the more they realized the meaning, and they felt that only in this way could they successfully complete the handover under the premise of maintaining the existing trade.

There are nearly 5,000 expatriates in the seven docks, and these people are fierce people who are used to licking the blood of the blade.

Most of them were pirates, wild and notorious, and even if there were not many cultivators among them, it would not be easy to use force to drive them away, and it would cause the city of Guangzhou to fall into chaos for a long time.

Once the social order is in turmoil, ships from afar will choose to call at other ports, which is not what everyone wants.

Therefore, they will completely surrender to Li Zhi's solution, and they can't say that they bow and worship, at least they are shocked in their hearts, no less than ecstasy on their faces.

This also makes Li Zhi have a very important voice in everyone's hearts, so that he can fully control the next port affairs.

And the Bei family is the spokesperson appointed by Li Zhi unabashedly, Li Zhi's expression of intentions first pointed to Bei Yun: "The head of the Bei family, the city is in charge of the overall situation, and the specific operation of each family will not change, but your Bei family needs to stand up in time and assume the responsibility of convening and unified management between families!" ”

Bei Yun did not hide his gratitude, "Thanks to Mr. Li's trust, and thank you for your efforts, Guangzhou Port has finally returned to the hands of the Han people, and the Pei family, on behalf of everyone present, solemnly expressed their gratitude to Mr. Li!" ”

Everyone also stood up as Bei Yun stood up, and thanked him before he continued: "Only when the commercial trade of the port nature is operated in an orderly and benign manner, will there be an all-round development of the entire Guangzhou City!" Li Xiang and others have caused us a lot of harm, and everyone here must know in their hearts who will reverse all the situation. ”

Gan Yinghao, the head of the Gan family, also came, "Of course, it is Mr. Li's work, the coming days will be long, how to repay Mr. Li's great kindness does not need to be expressed in words, just look at their respective performances in the future!" Master Pei, hurry up and tell what you mean! ”

In the midst of laughter, Bei Yun's voice rose again: "I don't know how much you know about Mr. Li?" Does anyone know the main reason why the imperial court built the first city envoy here? ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked left and right, and fell into the middle of each other for a while.

Bei Yun waved his hand to suppress the chaos, "The reason for the geographical location of Guangzhou Port is only one of them, and the key lies in Mr. Li's other identity. Among his wives, there will be a princess of the Arab Empire in the future, and this princess is the beloved daughter of the fifth caliph and the supreme emperor of the Umayyad dynasty, Abdul Malik, for the princess of Afifa, the imperial envoy Mahdi has come to our Tang Dynasty and signed a non-aggression alliance treaty between the two countries! ”

"Boom!"

This remark completely triggered the excitement of the scene, although some people knew some, but they were far from knowing that it would be of such great importance.

The Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire are the only two superpowers in the world today.

Needless to say, the strength of the Tang Dynasty has swept across the Eurasian continent in the past few decades, with its territory stretching from the Indus River in the east and the western border of China, to the Atlantic coast in the west, to the Caspian Sea in the north and southern France, and to the Arabian Sea in the south.

But such a powerful imperial force was only firmly blocked by the Tang army when it attacked the Tang Dynasty in the eastern territory.

Now, once the two superpowers join forces, not only will the fighting on the border be greatly reduced, but there will be no major foreign wars for at least the next few decades.

As the largest port connecting to and from Southeast Asian countries and the most important foreign trade and shipping center, the future development of Guangzhou City will only become more prominent.

Once there are no major wars and disputes in the country, the prosperity of foreign trade will exceed that of any previous dynasty, how can they not be excited.

Gan Yinghao is another insider, he took Bei Yun's words and said: "There is another reason why the imperial court sent Mr. Li to Guangzhou to set up a city envoy, and the entire foreign trade of the Tang Dynasty will also be entrusted to him. In Chang'an City, Mr. Li's Zhengqing Wenqitang is responsible for half of the local foreign trade. Chang'an City is Kyoto, the most concentrated place of trade between all parties, once Zhengqing Wenqitang products are exported through Guangzhou Port, you say, our business is not very promising? ”

Produced by Zhengqing Wenqitang, the first perception that it brings to people is unique, high-end quality, and unattainable profits.

Gan Yinghao's implication attracted everyone's attention at the time, and it was also instantly associated with the circulation channels of Zhengqing Wenqitang's products in Datang, so they became hot when they were neutral.

Although Bei Yun was very dissatisfied with Gan Yinghao's repeated snatching of his right to speak, with Li Zhi's early approval, he was actually not worried that the identity of Li Zhi's spokesperson for the Pei family would be left behind.

As for the super power Qiguan family behind the Gan family, he didn't think that he could overpower Li Zhi, just his personal cultivation, he was already the kind of legendary transcendent existence, and there were several people with the same ability around him.

The Qiguan family is unfathomable, and it is not half a star worse than Li Zhi.

Even if the official identity is competed, the Qiguan family enshrines the Danshu iron coupon, and Li Zhi does not have Shang Fangjian in his hand, don't forget, he himself is also the first-class loyal king among the ten kings.

In fact, Gan Yinghao did not deliberately steal the limelight from Bei Yun, but couldn't suppress his desire to express himself.

The great changes brought about by Li Zhi are not only in port and trade, but also in the overall development of Guangzhou City in the future.

Li Xiang's forces, which have been entrenched in Guangzhou for many years, are not so shocking in strength, but it is not difficult for various families to unite and eradicate them.

But in this way, it will completely damage the prosperity of the foreign trade of the port of Guangzhou, in this case, what is the use of them earning a half-dead port?

It was precisely because of Li Zhi's arrival that not only did he not use much battle to overturn Li Xiang's forces to the ground, but he also had the ability to quietly take over Guangzhou Port, which was Gan Yinghao's excitement.

After the atmosphere of the scene calmed down a little, he spoke again: "Since Mr. Li has appointed the Bei family as the core of management, we just need to do things around the Pei family." And Zhengqing Wenqitang early Guangzhou and even the entire Guangdong boundary, the entire Lingnan Road, there must be only the Pei family as the local general spokesperson, if you want to get a share of the Zhengqing Wenqitang product sales in the future, I think you should know how to do it? ”

At this moment, Bei Yun knew that Gan Yinghao did not mean to replace him, and the smile on his face was even stronger: "Before Li Zhi instructed me to convene all families, it was aimed at benefiting everyone!" Xuan paper alone has at least decades of business to do, and the demand and demand level are infinite, and it is by no means a single company that can do it. Next, we have asked Mr. Li to give further guidance on this matter! ”

It is said that in ancient Rome more than a thousand years ago, among a barbarian tribe at war with Rome, there was a habit that when the leader finished speaking or making a call, the soldiers would knock on their weapons and make a sound in support of them.

Datang also applauded, but it was not a welcome, but an expression of approval, happiness or indignation, as evidenced by the idiom of clapping and laughing.

This is related to the ancient drumming, which represents the meaning of encouraging progress, and later gradually extended to high-five, clapping.

So in a burst of applause, Li Zhi talked eloquently: "Just as the rice paper is concerned, as the head of the Pei family said, the demand is infinite, and in the future, it will live well with the common people and enter ordinary people's homes." At present, Chang'an City and its surroundings, there are dozens of paper mills opened by Wenqitang in the Zhengqing Dynasty, even so, only to provide to the imperial court at all levels of the yamen, it takes twelve hours to organize production, which shows the horror of its demand! ”