(Recommended reading: After listening to Yang Li'er's questioning, the two brothers and sisters-in-law of the Lu family and Yang Li'er who were present subconsciously agreed, in their opinion, Daming is the most powerful empire in the world, and those overseas barbarians dare to provoke Daming, aren't they looking for death?

"Those red-haired people dare to fight our Ming's idea?" However, Yang Xiaotian was not so optimistic, and asked Li Hongyu with a slight frown, looking a little surprised.

As the leader of the Cao Gang, Yang Xiaotian knew more things than Yang Li'er and the Lu family, not only did he know that the southern coast of the Ming Dynasty was indeed harassed by the Hongmaoyi, but also knew that the Hongmaoyi was indeed showing off his might in Nanyang, specifically bullying the people of the Nanyang countries.

Although the Ming Dynasty has been forbidden to the sea since Emperor Taizu, due to the rampant smuggling of the people and the gradual development and growth, the Ming Dynasty has not severed its ties with overseas, so Yang Xiaotian has heard about the Hongmaoyi.

But then again, considering the backward communication conditions, there are very few people in Jiangnan who know about Hongmaoyi's harassment of the Ming coast, let alone Li Hongyu in Huguang.

In addition, even fewer people know about the Hongmaoyi's invasion of the Nanyang countries, and no one cares about this kind of thing, except for those who have dealt with the smuggling merchants, the rest of the people do not know that the Nanyang has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Therefore, Yang Xiaotian was shocked when Li Hongyu said something related to Hongmaoyi, as if Li Hongyu knew more about Hongmaoyi than he did.

"Gang Leader Yang, do you know the Battle of Tuen Mun a hundred years ago?" Li Hongyu knew that Yang Xiaotian was surprised by what he said, but he didn't mind, and asked Yang Xiaotian after a deep groan.

"The Battle of Tuen Mun?" Yang Xiaotian fell into contemplation when he heard this, looked at Li Hongyu for a long time and said, "Is it the battle that Jiajing Ye ordered to fight in Guangdong?" ”

"It was in this battle that because Lord Zhengde had a good impression of Hongmaoyi, it was not until Jiajing Ye succeeded to the throne that he ordered to fight with Hongmaoyi, who occupied Tuen Mun, and then drove him away in one fell swoop."

Li Hongyu nodded when he heard this, and said to Yang Xiaotian with a solemn expression, "The achievements of the Xiyi people in navigation are not inferior to the Ming Dynasty, because the Xiyi people live in poverty, they began to plunder by boat a hundred years ago, and the prosperity and wealth of the Ming Dynasty will not let go of its greed, and it will definitely come in groups over time, and the descendants of the future generations will undoubtedly break out a big war with it."

”

"Dad, do you really dare to offend our Daming?" Yang Li'er naturally didn't know about the Battle of Tuen Mun, and after listening to Li Hongyu's explanation, she couldn't help but ask Yang Xiaotian in surprise.

"The Battle of Tuen Mun was the first battle after Jia Jingye ascended the throne, I heard that dozens of sea ships and nearly 10,000 soldiers were mobilized to encircle and suppress, and successfully subdued Tuen Mun and drove out the Hongmaoyi."

Yang Xiaotian nodded to Yang Li'er when he heard this, this is what he heard from his grandfather when he was a child, it was the famous "Tuen Mun Victory" back then, but because of the long time he has forgotten about this matter, he only vaguely remembered it after Li Hongyu's reminder.

"And this kind of thing?" Yang Li'er's eyes flashed with surprise, she didn't expect those red-haired Yi to really dare to provoke Da Ming.

"After the overseas trade is opened, the Ming Dynasty can grasp the movements of those Hongmaoyi and prevent them from invading the east by ship."

Li Hongyu smiled when he saw this, he had already surprised Yang Xiaotian enough tonight, and then Yu Feng turned to Yang Xiaotian and said, "Gang Leader Yang, what I said earlier is just a family's words, it is really a bit unfounded, don't take it to heart." If the helper is not clear about overseas trade matters, it is better to wait and see what the next plan of the Customs Department will be. ”

Yang Xiaotian suddenly bowed his head slightly when he heard this, thinking that Li Hongyu was reasonable, he didn't have the slightest clue about overseas trade before, so the best way was to stay still and see what others could do.

"Master, this Li Gongzi knows a lot of things!"

After the dinner, the night was dark, Li Hongyu got up to say goodbye, Yang Li'er volunteered to send him out, at the door of the reception hall, Lu glanced at the background of Li Hongyu and Yang Li'er's chatting and laughing, and couldn't help but sigh to Yang Xiaotian on the side, even she knew about Hongmaoyi.

"Li Gongzi is thinking about the world, it seems that we really underestimated him before, maybe he will step into the officialdom with the title of the gold list in the future.

”

Yang Xiaotian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and then said to the Lu family in a deep voice, "This person can be called an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and he is old and stable, if he can enter the official career, his future is limitless, and he is better than Lord Qincha." ”

"He's even more powerful than Lord Chincha?"

Lu didn't expect Yang Xiaotian to speak so highly of Li Hongyu, and asked with some surprise, Li Hongyu was not only born as a champion and made great achievements in Liaodong, but also deeply favored by the royal family, but he is the most promising young official in the current imperial court.

"In Weifu's view, Lord Qincha and Li Gongzi will be a moment of Yuliang, both of them belong to the kind of ambitious young Zhuang faction, and they are both from Huguang Xiangyang, and they are ten likely to come together in the officialdom, if this is really the case, it is also our luck for the Ming Dynasty."

Yang Xiaotian smiled and gave his comments on Li Hongyu to the Lu family, I have to say that his vision is still very unique, and he can connect Li Hongyu with Lord Qincha, and he really deserves to be the leader of the Cao Gang.

"In this way, we have to move around with Li Gongzi from time to time, and if he is an official above the court in the future, he can take care of us."

Hearing this, Lu Shi couldn't help but show a look of regret on his face, "It's a pity, Gongzi Li has already married, otherwise he would have been able to become our son-in-law." ”

"I can't force this matter, Li'er was saved by Li Gongzi three times, and pulled us out of danger, we should be content." Yang Xiaotian laughed, although he also felt regretful, but everywhere in the world could be taken up by them, so the matter between Yang Li'er and Li Hongyu could only depend on the will of heaven.

"How do you know about the Red-haired Empire?"

When Yang Xiaotian and Lu talked about Li Hongyu, Yang Li'er put her hands behind her back and asked Li Hongyu curiously as she walked, this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can know.

"The matter of overseas trade is so big, many smugglers also come to Yangzhou to join in the fun, and they can say anything after a few glasses of wine.

”

Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and found an excuse to answer, speaking of which, his acquaintance with Yang Li'er was really thanks to the smuggler, if it wasn't for Li Hongyu mistaking Yang Li'er for a smuggler at that time, the two would not have known each other.

"Brother Li, I find it more and more difficult to see through you now, you are not only both civil and military, but also concerned about the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and you came all the way to Yangzhou and did not participate in the bidding."

Yang Li'er stopped, stared up at Li Hongyu for a while, and then said seriously, "I don't think you are a businessman, but like an official. ”

"If I were an official, I would first treat you for the crime of forced abduction, and I was taken to that fishing village so well that I almost scared Naya to report to the official."

Li Hongyu was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Yang Li'er to guess his identity, but he definitely wouldn't admit it, so he laughed and pretended to be unimpressed.

"I'm just talking, you take it seriously, if the officials of the imperial court are like you, then our Daming will have no future at all."

Yang Li'er actually didn't suspect Li Hongyu's identity, just now she was just subconsciously moved, seeing Li Hongyu joking casually, she naturally didn't take it seriously, and after hearing this, she rolled her eyes at him and said, she has never seen such an unscrupulous court official.

Li Hongyu saw that Yang Li'er did not go to his heart, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, talked and smiled side by side with him and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

The next morning, 20 suppliers of overseas trade rushed to the residence of the Customs Department and sat down on either side of a long table in the living room under the guidance of their subordinates.

Because they are both leaders in the business world, and they have been walking around each other in Yangzhou these days, almost all the people present know each other, and the atmosphere of greeting each other seems very relaxed.

Naturally, the businessmen who had a good relationship in private sat together and whispered about why the people from the Customs Department had summoned them.

After the number of people arrived, the merchants in the living room had formed four camps according to their origins in the business world, namely the merchant camp from the Jin merchants, the merchant camp from the Hui merchants, the merchant camp from Zhejiang, and the joint camp of merchants from other regions based on the Huguang merchants.

Among these four camps, the largest is the joint camp based on Huguang merchants.

The reason why it is based on Huguang merchants is not only related to Li Hongyu's birth in Huguang, but also related to the fact that businessmen from Guangdong merchants and Sichuan merchants are in a weak position in the Ming business community, and they cannot compete with Jin merchants, micro-merchants and Zhejiang merchants.

In this way, the number of people in the united camp is the largest, more than half.

After all, the Jin, Hui, and Zhejiang merchants all had stable and lucrative economic resources, and few wanted to toss around the thorny overseas trade ahead.

This gave a rare opportunity for merchants from the Cantonese and Sichuan merchants, who were certainly not opponents of the Jin, Hui and Zhejiang merchants if they fought for money.

Among the 20 suppliers, Huguang merchants have the largest number of merchants, with a total of five suppliers, namely Qin Yue's Qin family, Li Hongyu's Li family Sanfang, Li Hongyu's uncle's Li family clan, Chu Wangfu, and Xiangwangfu.

Therefore, the dominant position in overseas trade is the merchants of Huguang, not only the merchants of Guangdong and Sichuan and other places are attached, but also secretly have the support of Jin merchants, which makes the Hui merchants and Zhejiang merchants who dominate the business circles of the Ming Dynasty and call for wind and rain in overseas trade at a disadvantage.

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