Chapter 71: The Arrogant Zheng Family (2)
Although the conditions put forward by Zheng Zhibao seem to be a little unreasonable and arrogant, it also means that they have the strength to be arrogant and unreasonable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the entire Ming coast, even the naval fleet of the Ming Dynasty could not compete with Zheng Zhilong, and the Zheng family, which had a large number of ships and monopolized the foreign trade of the Japanese shogunate, could be said to be the largest maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty.
Since he made a request, no one in the entire Daming coast dared not agree, and the business that the Zheng family looked up to, either give him a piece of the pie, or you don't do it, otherwise it is possible for your family to be ruined.
Of course, Zheng Zhibao met Australians, Australians are not local Ming businessmen, they may not be afraid, but the feeling in his heart is that Australians also want to give them face.
"Why, you don't want to, you know how many people in the coastal gods of the Ming Dynasty want to partner with my Zheng family."
Zheng Zhibao showed a trace of displeasure on his face, and glanced around at Zhou Yang and others with fierce eyes and asked, what he said was indeed true, there are indeed many people who want to partner with the Zheng family, and cooperating with the Zheng family, the overlord of the sea, is the same as buying an insurance, whether it is at sea or on land, almost no one dares to make up their minds.
It is for this reason that many maritime merchants hope to cooperate with the Zheng family, even if they suffer some losses, it is much better than being hijacked by pirates.
"Lord Zheng, this agency still needs to be discussed in the long run, we are in business, the most important thing in this business is to pay attention to reputation, who will dare to do business with you after this reputation, right?"
Zhou Yang's words have been clearly refused, agency is not what the Zheng family wants, Australia has signed contracts with businessmen from all over the world, and there are clear provisions in the contract, even if there is a threat from the Zheng family, those businessmen dare not say anything, but the credibility of Australia will be greatly discounted, which is not a good thing.
"Hmph, if you don't agree, then there's nothing to talk about, I just hope that you won't ask for cooperation then." Zheng Zhibao snorted coldly, shook his sleeves, put down his cruel words and left.
Zhou Yang and Wu Zhengdao and Yang Yuzhou in the hall looked sideways, what does this mean, this is going to take revenge.
"It seems that Zheng Zhibao is very dissatisfied with us, I think it is necessary for us to report the situation here back, and we must make some preparations, the Zheng family is the overlord of the sea, and all members of the Perfect should maintain a high degree of vigilance."
"Well, what Lao Wu said is right, you must be cautious, this guy must be planning to retaliate, it's better for us to make some preparations than nothing, but he shouldn't choose to go to war with us directly."
Yang Yuzhou asked with some uncertainty, in his opinion, it was just that the business was not done, but it would not be a direct war, if it was really a direct war, the old Zheng family's temper would be too hot.
"There are all kinds of possibilities, be prepared to deal with it, we must attach great importance to it, inform all security personnel to defend day and night, and forcibly shoot when encountering unknown identification."
Here Wu Zhengdao and others were discussing how to deal with the old Zheng family, and Zheng Zhilong also started to act immediately after leaving the overseas consular office in Hong Kong.
"Fifth master, the little one has already sent someone to inform him, whoever dares to cooperate with the Australians is the enemy of my Zheng family, I believe it won't be long before the Australians will be able to see these people come to return the goods, and then the Australians will cry and beg us."
A house slave of the Zheng family reported his situation to Zheng Zhibao with a flattering face, hoping to be praised by his master.
"It's a good job, these Australians don't know how thick the sky is, this time let them see the strength of our Zheng family."
The sinister and cunning Zheng Zhibao did not choose to use other violent means, but only used a threatening means to send letters to various merchants, asking them to return the Australian goods that had not been sold to the Australians, otherwise they would be enemies of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family would not dare to guarantee the safety of their merchant ships at sea.
This threat is very effective, almost all the sea merchants have one or several of their own private ships running, if the Zheng family says such a thing, it means that your ship is likely to disappear into the vast sea, and you can't even find a bone.
So some maritime merchants who are doing maritime trade, both angry and a little helpless, this Australian goods are a steady and profitable business, it seems that the Zheng family also wants to get a piece of the pie, it is estimated that no agreement has been reached, so they will be angry and issued a blocking order.
On the one hand, there are high profits, and on the other hand, there is a threat from the Zheng family, what to do They know very well in their hearts, compared with the threat of the Zheng family, the high profits are tempting and useless, if you want to eat a bite at sea, you must listen to the Zheng family, otherwise you will be the one who will be blocked.
No one dares to gamble with their own lives, after all, the Zheng family is the local overlord, and Australia is an outsider, so the next day, some people returned the knives and glasses they bought, and even some of them had to be returned at a loss.
In fact, there are not many things sold, except for the merchants in the far mainland who have not returned the goods, the merchants in Guangzhou, Fujian, and Zhejiang have basically returned the goods, and even some people have kindly reminded them to let the Australians cooperate with the Zheng family.
After the inventory of the goods is completed, the loss is nothing, even if this batch of goods can not be sold in Daming, it can be sold in Batavia, Manila and other places, but Australia wants to open the entire Daming market, paving the way for the future of industrialized goods, if this time is blocked by the Zheng family, Australia must find a new market.
Looking for markets all over the world, in addition to Daming, there are only Europe and Southeast Asia, but this will inevitably affect Australia's reputation.
is saying that Australia needs immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be able to give up here, so there are only two possibilities for the Zheng family, either compromise or war.
A major event like a war must be authorized by the local executive committee, otherwise Wu Zhengdao and others would not dare to choose war lightly, unless they were the first to be attacked and they could fight back, and they would be punished for easily provoking a war.
Compromise means that Australia will lose most of its interests, and it may be difficult for those bigwigs in the country to accept it!
For the blockade of the Zheng family, the members of the executive committee should fight back strongly with King Xu Ren's iron hammer, and the weapons and equipment equipped on the Perfect are enough to blow up a Zheng family fleet, as long as there is no land war, no one can defeat the Perfect.
But if you choose war, it also means that you must take a certain risk, after all, the old Zheng family can also suppress and block Australia through official channels, and they are serious court officials.
At the end of a meeting, the fighting and peace parties had their own arguments, and both sides expounded their reasons, and after a day of discussion, there was no result.
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