Because Guangzhou Port is the forefront of Daming's overseas trade, the trading merchant ships from Shanghai and Fuzhou have to gather in Guangzhou Port, so Guangzhou City is very lively at this time, and many foreign merchants come to see the excitement.

Officials of the Customs Department set up relevant cards at the port to register the personnel who had landed or left their posts, and Li Hongyu and others, who held the customs clearance documents issued by the General Office of the Customs Department, passed through the customs smoothly.

Chen Adaa led people to wait outside the pass, and when he saw Li Hongyu and his party, he immediately greeted him, and he was chatting and laughing with Li Hongyu.

Since knowing Li Hongyu's true identity, Chen Mingzhi has deliberately let Chen Ada's approach to Li Hongyu, he is not ready to tell Chen Mingzhi's identity about Li Hongyu's identity, it is better to let Chen Ah naturally understand the truth.

Although he knew that Chen Ada's real name was Chen Renyang, Chen Renyang used "Chen Ada" to get acquainted with Li Hongyu, so Li Hongyu used to call him by this name.

Chen Adaa has rented a small courtyard for Li Hongyu in the city of Guangzhou, and the environment is quiet and can avoid being disturbed by the outside world.

Li Hongyu came to Guangzhou this time under the banner of watching the excitement, after all, overseas trade is a grand event in the Ming Dynasty, and it naturally has a very great attraction.

In addition, Li Hongyu also came to see what business opportunities there were on behalf of the people of Jilong Port, and the people of Jilong Port ate the bowl of rice of the maritime business, and they must know the huge profits in it, so they naturally want to get a piece of the pie.

In the agreement with the people of Jonlong Port, Li Hongyu promised them an additional business quota, after all, Jetch Port is a barren land, so the local economy needs business to prosper.

Among those people in Jilong Harbor, they are good at fighting and killing, but when it comes to doing business, naturally no one can compare with Li Hongyu.

The restaurant that Shi Hu gave to Li Hongyu is now open, and because of the delicious and unique dishes it launched, it has a booming business as soon as it opens, and it is very popular with people, so that those who left before regret it too late, who would have thought that the restaurant could come back to life?

The first person Li Hongyu wanted to meet when he came to Guangzhou this time was definitely Han Wenkui, the two were not only friends for the New Year, but Han Wenkui was also one of the twenty maritime imperial businessmen, and their friendship was naturally very close.

Han Wenkui is now a hot figure in Guangzhou City, since he became a maritime imperial businessman, he has become a leader in the business world, and even the people in the government treat him with three points, you must know that the identity of this imperial merchant is not a joke, even if Han Wenkui commits a crime, if he wants to punish him, the emperor must nod.

In the final analysis, Han Wenkui is the one who runs errands for the emperor, and the emperor will naturally defend him, so this means that even the governor and the governor in Guangzhou will be difficult to move him.

In fact, Han Wenkui didn't know that there would be so many benefits after becoming an imperial merchant on the sea, he just thought it was profitable, and he didn't know the importance of the identity of the "imperial merchant" after the official appointment letter from the imperial court came down.

Prior to this, Han Wenkui's identity was at best a middle-level figure in Guangzhou's business community, and it was difficult to enter the circle of those big businessmen.

But now is different from the past, Han Wenkui not only entered the circle of big businessmen, but also had a decisive influence in it, who would have thought that the imperial court would really open overseas trade?

And under the arrangement of Zuo Chunfang Scholar Li Daxue, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, and now the cargo ships have gathered at the dock, just waiting for an order to go west.

In fact, it was the Customs Department and the Sailor that really put pressure on the merchants in Guangzhou, and as these two yamen became more and more perfect, the maritime smuggling business would become more and more difficult.

Although the Customs Department and the sailors have not yet carried out anti-smuggling, they have put a lot of psychological pressure on the merchants in Guangzhou, and on several occasions when they were engaged in smuggling transactions, the sailor ships equipped with artillery appeared in the surrounding waters, cruised for a while and then left, frightening the souls of the people present at that time.

Therefore, the merchants in Guangzhou have sought new ways to do business, but unfortunately the quota for overseas trade is full, even if they pay more money, it will not help, and they have to trade through Han Wenkui, the imperial merchant, which is the power of the monopoly power, which is equivalent to monopolizing the local overseas trade market.

In the stage of accumulation of primitive capital, monopoly is inevitable, otherwise how to obtain the funds needed for exhibition?

In addition to being a maritime emperor, Han Wenkui also has another important identity, he is the president of the Guangzhou branch of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and those businessmen in Guangzhou City have all joined the Guangzhou branch of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, it is not easy to become a member, the first entrance fee is as high as 200,000 taels, even so, those big businessmen in Guangzhou are still scrambling to join, if you can exchange 200,000 taels of silver for the opportunity to trade overseas, this is definitely a cost-effective business, as long as there is a business, then no matter how much money can be earned.

Han Wenkui naturally did not leave those entrance fees, but quietly handed over the huge amount of money to the Guangzhou Customs Department and the Guangzhou Navy Division, and now the daily expenses of these two camps are those entrance fees, but few people know about it.

This also means that Li Hongyu really has no money left in his hands, his stall is very large, and there are places to spend money everywhere, so he has to find a way to find funds to maintain the operation of the stall.

Han Wenkui knew very well that the reason why those merchants were willing to pay this entrance fee was because the customs department and the sailor and the opening of the first overseas trade had touched their hearts a lot, so they panicked and looked for a way back.

In addition, Han Wenkui is now in the same boat as Li Hongyu, so he naturally has to help Li Hongyu do things, if the overseas trade matter is smashed, then everything he has now will be lost.

At night, a green building in Guangzhou City, backyard.

In an elegant room, Li Hongyu and Han Wenkui sat at the wine table and chatted, and the table was full of sumptuous Cantonese dishes, all of which were carefully prepared by Han Wenkui for Li Hongyu.

"You have to serve my brother well tonight, as long as I serve this brother well, I will reward you with a gold ingot."

While talking and laughing, a group of young girls entered the door, Han Wenkui stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Hongyu and said to them with a smile.

These girls who came in were specially prepared by Han Wenkui for Li Hongyu, and the top cards selected from various Qinglou in Guangzhou City were his territory, so he naturally wanted to entertain Li Hongyu as a landlord.

Originally, it was not easy to find these red cards in Qinglou, but Han Wenkui is not what it used to be now, and those Qinglou naturally want to sell him this face.

"Childe, the slave family is waiting for you to drink."

"Childe, the slave family will give you a beating on the back."

"Childe, the slave family pinched your legs."

……

When the girls heard this, they immediately rushed up, chattering around Li Hongyu, beating their backs, pinching their legs, and being very busy.

"Brother Han, there is a fierce wife in the next family, and it is really unblessed, so let the girls retreat." Li Hongyu had never experienced this kind of formation, and in the face of those enthusiastic girls, he seemed a little confused for a while, and hurriedly said to Han Wenkui.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Li Gongzi is a celebrity, you have to be dignified, and you can't frighten Li Gongzi."

Seeing that the first genius of the Ming Dynasty was forced to be at a loss by those girls, Han Wenkui suddenly laughed, "If you let Li Gongzi write a song for you, you will immediately be worth a hundred times!" ”

"Childe can also write tunes?" Hearing this, those girls immediately became interested, and a girl looked at Li Hongyu with a smile and asked.

"I know a little bit about it." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and replied quietly.

"Listen to Gongzi's accent is Huguangren's clan, do you know Li Sheng and Li Gongzi?" At this time, another girl asked Li Hongyu with great interest.

"It's not ...... Familiar. Li Hongyu groaned for a moment when he heard this, and replied with a smile, he can't say that he is Li Sheng.

"In this case, presumably Childe's song must also be unique, I wonder if I can write a song for the slave family?"

The girl who asked the question was in the eyes, and hurriedly said earnestly, now the new style music made by Li Hongyu can be said to be popular, if there is an excellent new song, then it will attract a lot of customers, and its reputation will rise a lot.

"Let's make a song for the slave family too." When the rest of the girls heard this, they immediately surrounded them, pushing Li Hongyu's shoulders and making a coquettish voice, which made Li Hongyu can't help but have a cold war.

"Li Shenggongzi is coming to Guangzhou, everyone go and ask for music!" At this moment, a woman's excited shout suddenly came from outside the door.

"Li Sheng Gongzi is here?" Hearing this, the girls who were pushing Li Hongyu suddenly stopped what they were doing, and their faces showed surprise.

"Li Shenggongzi?" Li Hongyu's brows furrowed slightly, it was obvious that the "Li Sheng Gongzi" in the mouth of the woman outside the door was not referring to him.

Han Wenkui, who was about to drink, couldn't help but put down the wine glass in his hand, his eyes showed a look of surprise, he naturally knew that Li Hongyu was "Huguang Li Sheng", could it be that the other party just had the same name, but I didn't hear that there was another Li Sheng who was good at composing?

"The two masters, the slave family and others want to see the demeanor of Li Shenggongzi, and I hope that the two masters can agree." The girls at the scene glanced at each other, and then a girl blessed Li Hongyu and Han Wenkui with a smile.

For the women of Qinglou, "Huguang Li Sheng" is their idol, and every girl hopes to be favored by "Huguang Li Sheng" and then get ahead.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please." Without waiting for Han Wenkui to speak, Li Hongyu had already answered first, and reached out to make a gesture of invitation to those girls.

The girls did not leave when they heard this, but looked at Han Wenkui in unison, their eyes were full of expectation, after all, they were found by Han Wenkui, so it naturally depends on Han Wenkui's attitude.

"Go ahead." Since Li Hongyu had already nodded, Han Wenkui couldn't refuse anymore, so he waved his hand to those girls, and at the same time wanted those girls to go to explore the situation and see where the other party came from.

"Xie Han Ye, Xie Li Gongzi." When the girls heard this, they immediately cheered, saluted Li Hongyu and Han Wenkuifu, and then left in a swarm, going to see the "Li Sheng Gongzi".

Waiting for those girls to leave, Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile at Han Wenkui, if the girls knew that the deity of "Huguang Li Sheng" was here, I am afraid they would regret it.

"Why didn't you go with them to see the show?" Then, Li Hongyu suddenly noticed that there was a girl standing next to him, and she did not leave with the women, so he asked with some surprise.

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