"Mr. Zhao, what are your countermeasures?"

In the midst of everyone's discussions, Liu Dahai asked Li Hongyu in a deep voice, since Li Hongyu pointed out the dangers that Jilong Port and even Xiaoliuqiu would face, then he must have dealt with it.

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent again, and people invariably looked at Li Hongyu, wondering what Li Hongyu had to solve the current predicament.

"The world has changed, and the imperial court has now opened overseas trade, and the biggest enemy is no longer us, but those Hongmaoyi who have crossed the ocean from the West."

Li Hongyu was naturally prepared, and after hearing this, he looked at the people at the scene in an orderly manner and said, "As early as the Jiajing Dynasty, Jiajing Ye fought with Hongmaoyi who tried to attack in Tuen Mun, Guangdong, and the other party lost his armor and fled. ”

"The country of Hongmaoyi is small and lacks materials, so they can only accumulate wealth through overseas plunder, which makes their naval navigation and weapons develop rapidly, and now except for our Ming Dynasty, almost all other countries in the world are under the colonial rule of Hongmaoyi."

As he spoke, the expression on Li Hongyu's face became solemn, "I think you all know that in the past hundred years, Hongmaoyi has invaded and occupied the Nanyang countries by force, and these former vassal states of the Ming Dynasty were all controlled by Hongmaoyi, and their people were enslaved and exploited. ”

"Mr. Zhao is right, Nanyang has now become the world of Hongmaoyi."

"Our business with Nanyang has taken a lot of dividends from it!"

"I saw with my own eyes that those Hongmaoyi cut off the heads of the local rebels and hung them on trees, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil."

"Not long ago, Hongmaoyi, who laid down Penghu, occupied Clawwa, and I heard that many people were killed in Clawwa back then."

"They became a firm called the 'East India Company,' which was a bad thing."

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Li Hongyu's words immediately resonated with everyone, and the scene became commotion again, and people talked about what Li Hongyu said, and they were very disgusted and vigilant, and even fearful of Hongmaoyi.

Because of the bowl of rice in the sea business, the people of Jilong Harbor have more or less dealt with the Hongmaoyi, and the two sides have not been involved in conflicts over control of the sea.

However, the advanced ships and sharp firearms of the Khmauri often beat the pirates and armed smugglers to the ground, and many lost their lives in vain.

Over time, the Ming Dynasty's route to the South Seas was controlled by those Hongmaoyi, and pirates and armed maritime smuggling groups were no match for them at all.

Because of their control over the Nanyang countries, the smugglers had to pay high taxes to the Hongmaoyi when they did business with the local people in Nanyang, and endured the exploitation and plunder of the Hongmaoyi.

Now, Hongmaoyi has extended its tentacles to Penghu, and not long ago captured Penghu under the banner of trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Although the regime of the Hongmaoyi who did not move Penghu was just huddled in the base in Penghu, the people present knew that this was just a delaying tactic by the Hongmaoyi.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was a powerful Eastern Empire, far from being comparable to those vassal states in the South Seas, and the Hongmaoyi did not have enough strength to invade the Ming Dynasty, so they retreated to the second best place to trade with the Ming Dynasty to gain benefits from it.

After the Hongmaoyi have accumulated enough strength, they will gradually encroach on the Ming Dynasty and turn it into a colony like the Nanyang States.

Li Hongyu secretly paid attention to the reactions of everyone at the scene, and as he guessed, after his "kind reminder", people had realized that Hongmaoyi was the primary enemy of the imperial court, and they were only in second place at best, which invisibly eliminated their wariness of the imperial court a lot, making it easier for him to act in the future.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Hongmaoyi from the Western Netherlands has occupied Penghu, as far as I know, the Ming army was defeated by Jiannu in Liaodong, and has now retreated to Liaoxi, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of Penghu in a short time."

After pondering for a while, Li Hongyu spoke again and said solemnly, "The imperial court will definitely not sit idly by and watch Hongmaoyi occupy Penghu, otherwise how can Daming have face?" In this way, it gives me the opportunity to wait, and the court will definitely appease the people on our Xiaoliuqiu, and we need everyone to make a decision on where to go! ”

"Fund?" Hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but glance at each other, and there was a complicated look in their eyes, which seemed to be a little resistant.

"Mr. Zhao, the government's appeasement is just a trick to take the opportunity to eradicate us, and it will definitely let us beat those red-haired people to death at that time!"

Seeing that the people present fell silent, Shi Hu pondered for a while and then said to Li Hongyu, "In the words of your literati, accepting the appeasement of the government is tantamount to 'seeking skin with the tiger'!" ”

The people in the hall nodded their heads when they heard this, the court's appeasement trick has been around for a long time, and its ultimate goal is nothing more than to eliminate those forces that have been appeased, which everyone naturally knows, so they are full of vigilance about it.

"If it is not my race, its heart will be different, Hongmaoyi is the henchman of the Ming Dynasty, and the best way for the imperial court to deal with Hongmaoyi is to unite all the forces that can be united to fight the enemy together."

Seeing this, Li Hongyu smiled helplessly in his heart, this is why he chose to stay in Jilong Port, just like the people in Jilong Port who are wary of the imperial court, the people in Jilong Port don't believe in the imperial court, and then Zhengse said:

"From what I know about Zuo Chunfang, a scholar sent to Jiangnan by the imperial court, he will concentrate his efforts on dealing with Hongmaoyi and adopt a lenient policy towards our people in Xiaoliuqiu."

"A policy of tolerance?" Hearing this, everyone at the scene immediately showed a curious look, not knowing what Li Hongyu meant.

"As far as I know, when Scholar Li was not yet in the imperial examination, he talked to people about Xiaoliuqiu, and thought that the people of Xiaoliuqiu were willing to join the army after accepting the appeasement of the imperial court, and those who were unwilling to join the army were for the people, and if they lived in Xiaoliuqiu, they would be given preferential treatment of tax exemption for ten years and tax reduction by half for ten years."

Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and solemnly told everyone at the scene about the preferential treatment policy he formulated, "In addition, this policy is also suitable for inland people, as long as people who settle in Xiaoliuqiu can enjoy it, and there are a series of other preferential measures to build Xiaoliuqiu into a bright pearl on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, so that the problem of Xiaoliuqiu can be solved once and for all!" ”

After hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but look at each other, and were shocked by Li Hongyu's words, no one thought that Li Daxue would want to develop Xiaoliuqiu, which is isolated overseas.

"Mr. Zhao, is your information reliable?" In the silence, a middle-aged man couldn't help but ask nervously, and the rest of them also looked at Li Hongyu with concern, this news was very important to them.

Once Scholar Li really wants to develop Xiaoliuqiu on a large scale, then Jilong Port will become the most prosperous and busy port in Xiaoliuqiu, and they will also become the magnates of Jilong Port and even Xiaoliuqiu after being appeased by the imperial court, which is a great thing that cannot be sought.

"I heard this news from a senior who has a close relationship with Scholar Li, and at the time everyone thought Scholar Li was joking, but now it seems that this matter is very true."

Li Hongyu answered the middle-aged man in an orderly manner, anyway, no one could verify the truth of what he said, so naturally he was allowed to make up reasons.

"But...... We are burdened with a serious sin, will the court appease us? At this time, another middle-aged man said worriedly that in addition to pirates and armed smuggling groups, there were many fugitives on Xiaoliuqiu.

"Anyone who has not committed a life lawsuit in the interior, or who has killed an evildoer, is pardoned."

Of course, Li Hongyu can't pardon all the people on Xiaoliuqiu, although now he wants to make concessions in order to appease the people of Xiaoliuqiu, but there is also a bottom line, that is, those who have killed the people of the Ming Dynasty must be punished, so he said to the middle-aged man in a deep voice, "If the people who are no longer pardoned take the initiative to surrender to the official, the crime will be reduced, and those who have made great contributions will be punished with merit!" ”

"Atonement for merit?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but ask eagerly, "Dare to ask how to redeem the crime with merit?" ”

"It should be to atone for the crime with military merits, and the imperial court will inevitably touch the interests of those Hongmaoyi if it wants to open up overseas trade markets, so there will be a war between the two sides, and those who have won war merits will use their merits to atone for their crimes."

Li Hongyu saw that the middle-aged man was so interested in this matter, and knew that he might have committed something that was not included in the pardon, so he explained in a deep voice:

"Of course, Scholar Li will not let people die in vain, Daming needs every citizen to contribute to fight against Hongmaoyi, so everyone should use it in the most critical place!"

"Will he really treat us well and not let us die?" Everyone at the scene couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, and then a pot-bellied man asked suspiciously, obviously a little disbelieving.

"As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, I also listen to the words of others, if you want to confirm it, you can only ask Scholar Li for verification in person."

Li Hongyu knew that freezing three feet was not a day's cold, and the people of Xiaoliuqiu would not relax their vigilance against the imperial court because of his words, so he said after a deep groan.

"Ask Scholar Lee for verification in person?" The pot-bellied man was stunned for a moment and then said, "Mr. Zhao means to go to Scholar Li?" ”

"Scholar Li is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he is willing to nod and agree, then this matter will be done!"

Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, glanced around at the people who were watching him at the scene and said, "This matter is not trivial, and we must let Scholar Li answer the promise to take insurance." ”

"But Li University is an auxiliary minister of the court, and he is in a high position, can he meet us?"

At this time, another man raised his concern, and such matters were usually run by the officials below, and it was not permissible to send them a petty official who did not enter the ranks.

"Mr. Li and I have a friendship with the country, and I am sure he will not turn me away at that time." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, "If the rumors were true before, he would definitely personally deal with this matter, and the people have already made up his mind!" ”

After listening to Li Hongyu's words, there was a sudden commotion in the hall, and people were talking about what Li Hongyu had just said, which was closely related to their vital interests, and they could not be careless.

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