Chapter 255: Here's the Opportunity

"General Zhao, save the merchants near Quanzhou!"

Zhao Tianyou said: "What does this mean, what's wrong with the merchants in Quanzhou?" What does Mr. Wei mean by that? ”

Wei October was emotional, and told the things he had encountered and seen in Quanzhou recently, which made Zhao Tianyou frown.

As the port of Quanzhou, which accounts for ninety percent of the maritime trade of the entire Song Dynasty, it can be said that it is full of gold, as long as you are willing to bend down to pick it up, there will be no hungry poor people. Even if it is now in the midst of the war, the trade of Quanzhou Port has been affected to a certain extent, and the scale has declined, but the new routes opened every year and the increase of new traders have made Quanzhou Port never deserted.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Pu Shougeng, the manager of Quanzhou Port, and the prosperity of Quanzhou Port has half of his credit, although it was this Chinese hot land that gave birth to him and raised him, and was an official of the Great Song Dynasty, but he always thought that he was the blood of the Hu people outside the territory.

The Hu people outside the territory developed under the protection of Pu Shougeng's intention, and settled down in the settlement of Quanzhou, and now the scale has exceeded 100,000, they are engaged in all the industries related to shipping, of which about three adults are directly working for the Pu family, it can be said that these hundreds of thousands of people are living by Pu Shougeng's power in Quanzhou.

For more than ten years, these Hu people and the local business district of Quanzhou have been interdependent, developed and strengthened together, each has its own division of labor, and there is no contradiction, but this situation has been broken for decades after Pu Shougeng descended to the yuan.

The new warship requisitioned by Zhang Hongfan, the money used for the construction was not Pu Shougeng's own pocket, and Dong Wenbing's expenses in Quanzhou, which were the inventory silver taels left by the Guangzhou government in the past, which belonged to the succession of dynasties, even if they were all used, it is understandable.

However, after Boyan arrived in Quanzhou, he led the troops to attack Guangzhou and accompanied the equipment supplies, and spent a lot of silver, and this time the remaining treasury silver was a little insufficient, so Pu Shougeng moved to let all the merchants and people in Quanzhou share the military expenses.

The first levy was quite smooth, everyone knew that the dynasty would bleed no matter how much it changed, and it was fortunate that Quanzhou's business was not affected by the war, so everyone was still grateful for the money to be made, so they quickly collected a large sum of silver.

However, after the news of the defeat of Zhu Qingshui's army came back to Quanzhou, Pu Shougeng thought in his heart that he would continue to build warships, so why not take this opportunity to collect another round of silver, so as not to have enough money in the future.

The difficulty encountered in this collection was not because the merchants in Quanzhou were unwilling to pay money, but because in the two military expenditures, they gave up the business of these Hu people, and did not pay a single tael of silver from beginning to end.

There are also some Hu people with big mouths, deliberately showing off that their backer is Pu Shougeng, and they don't have to pay money at all, which can make the Han merchants in Quanzhou anxious, originally these Hu people's business is squeezed out of the Han people's mouths, and the Han people's jobs will not be handed over in the future.

Conflicts erupted, and Han merchants banded together to form an alliance to try to challenge Pu Shougeng's unfair practices and try to protect their rights and interests through strike negotiations. But they were wrong, in Pu Shougeng's eyes, the status of Han merchants was not high, as long as the port management power was in his hands, he was the boss of the king, and no one was allowed to resist.

"How many people have you killed?"

"Thousands of people have been killed, and now the merchants of the Han people in Quanzhou are all in danger, and some of them are cowardly and leave the trading houses and goods, and flee with some gold and silver to save their lives, and the rest quickly bow their heads and beg for mercy, and hand over a large amount of silver to survive."

Zhao Tianyou nodded and said: "It turns out that there is such a thing, no wonder the price of materials in Quanzhou has increased several times, is it all handed over to the Hu Ren Commercial Bank?" ”

"It's not all, the price has risen wildly because it has been chaotic recently, there is a shortage of foot men and laborers, the unloading fee has increased several times, and the port has been delaying the import and export of goods. Pu Shougeng has brains for governing the port, and he knows very well that his people can't do business, so most of his people are engaged in shipping, storage, loading and unloading, etc.

The specific goods to sell, which country to import, and what price are still made by the Han merchants, but this time he was killed so much for collaborating with the enemy, and he needed to start a new group of merchants to do it, and this time he also collected a huge amount of silver. ”

Zhao Tianyou said: "Jiang Gongzi was originally of mixed Hu and Han blood, and he couldn't be involved in this dispute at all, and now that the business has been transferred away from Quanzhou, the life or death of the Han merchants in Quanzhou has nothing to do with your family, what is Mr. Wei asking for?" ”

"General Zhao, please don't be careful, there is no other intention in October, although he is begging for food in Jiang's house, Wei is also of Han blood after all. Seeing that the Hu people were bullying and dominating the market, the Yuan people were ferocious and violent, and they wanted to set aside a three-foot sword in their hearts to kill all the demons in the world.

General Zhao, although Quanzhou Port is not as good as Hong Kong Island, but now it is also an extremely important place, Zhu Qingzhi's Yuan army and naval division have been destroyed, and the warships on our island can go all the way to Quanzhou Port. Pu Shougeng's original Quanzhou sailor was taken away by Zhu Qing, there were only 10,000 township troops in the city, and 2,000 cavalry of the Yuan army.

In the past, all the merchants and people of Quanzhou had a wait-and-see attitude towards the war, and they all served Pu Shougeng that Pu Shougeng was not very interested in the Song court, thinking that he opened up trade and brought foreign merchant ships, and the court would only ask for money from Quanzhou. Now that they have tasted the bitterness, they will no longer go all out to help Pu Shougeng, the hearts of the people in Quanzhou have been lost, and if they start a war again, I think it should be a situation where General Zhao will win! ”

"Haha, Mr. Wei is thoughtful and strategic, and he doesn't let go of the situation and subtleties in the world, I'm afraid it's not just the Jiang family's diners!"

Wei Yue hurriedly bowed his head and said: "General Zhao, Wei is really clumsy, and his views are not comprehensive enough, I hope the general will not blame me for talking too much." If Quanzhou and Guangzhou are used as fulcrums to control the coastal ports and rich lands, the general will want people to ask for money and money in the future, and the hegemony of the world can be expected. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Wei, I'll consider these, but ......"

"Wei immediately returned to Quanzhou, while inquiring about intelligence, while looking for help."

"Mr. Wei is a smart person, I have wronged you by staying in the Jiang family, why don't you come to Guangzhou in the future, I will help introduce you, there is no problem with a half-official position."

Zhao Tianyou said so, but he was just testing Wei October, with the industrial base on Hong Kong Island, if he wanted to seek hegemony in the world, it was only a matter of time, and there was no shortage of smart people.

"The general doesn't want to laugh at me, Wei has long lost the heart of fame and fortune, I owe the Jiang family a life, and I can only use the rest of my life to pay it back."

Zhao Tianyou glanced at Wei Yue, and said after a while: "Thank you, Mr. Wei, one day in the future, sail to the boat at the end of the sea, I hope to have your place." ”

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