Three days later, Li Dan suddenly visited Zhu Hui at night and brought a trade list, Shen Qi suddenly became interested, he prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, took out an abacus, and carefully calculated the transaction price of each commodity according to the market of Yuegang and the mainland, with many years of experience.

Taking advantage of this effort, the four young people talked about the tortoiseshell port, and Li Dan, who could speak well, talked eloquently, starting from Lin Feng letting go of Ma Wu and his wife and Xu Ling'er and others, to Luo Amin personally leading the villagers, working together and striving to establish a huge market at the mouth of the Renyayin River, until Xu Ling'er and Guo Yi went to the tortoiseshell port and saved thousands of lives, and everyone listened to it sometimes with enthusiasm, sometimes sighing, condemning Lin Feng's behavior, and regretting that he could not keep the tortoiseshell port......

After talking for more than two hours, Shen Qi also calculated the trade list and showed it to Li Dan, Li Dan thought that the price given was very reasonable, so he carefully calculated it again, and admired Shen Qi so much that he told his true intentions.

It turned out that because all the Western merchants were placed under house arrest by the officers and soldiers in the Red Hair Pavilion and forced to trade with a local bully, the members of the merchant group were very disappointed, and Li Dan was entrusted by his employer Felipe to go out to investigate the market of goods and find suitable trading partners.

Unconsciously late at night, Wanxi prepared a supper, everyone chatted while eating, so far, I have heard the whole story of the Tortoiseshell Harbor incident, and I don't know why Li Dan followed the Westerners? So, Zhu Hui asked why.

But Li Dan didn't seem to want to mention more, but simply told everyone that on the day when the Western army burned down the tortoiseshell port, as a broker in the market at the port of the Renyain River, in order to keep the account books, he delayed the best time to escape, became a prisoner, and was sent to Manila to become a slave, because he believed in Catholicism and had a clever force, so his fate was much better than that of other compatriots. Felipe, a wealthy Western businessman, took a fancy to him and became a servant for him.

Li Dan's employer, Felipe, was the leader of the merchant community, he was born in Putosi, the New World, his father was a wealthy silver miner, he was sent to Acapulco in the New World to study at an early age, under the tutelage of Father Juan González de Mendoza, as a saint joined the Franciscan Order, at the age of eighteen, by his father's good friend Perez to Manila, during this time, began to learn to do business, the governor of La Vizares was so gracious to him that he immediately gave Felipe the two merchant shipping tickets he had just received.

The origin of these two citations has been explained in detail in the third volume of this book, Governor Pang Shangpeng learned that Elder Yuekong was trapped overseas, in order to support his ocean-going career, he personally asked the political envoy to come, and asked Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er to give it to the elder, just because Lin Feng made a big disturbance on Luzon Island, which led to the crazy revenge of Westerners, Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi, who returned from the Western Regions, were arrested, and in order to save their compatriots in Luzon, he handed over these two quotations to Mark and Louise, and sent them to Manila to save people.

In order to pry open the gate of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of Lavizares can be said to have tried his best, hoping to use the exiled pirate forces to blackmail the imperial court, and almost steal chickens and rice, so he made a painful decision to send troops to the tortoiseshell port and completely eliminate the Lin Feng group.

As early as the Longqing Dynasty opened the sea ban and allowed the sale of the East and West two oceans, the city shipping department only issued a total of eighty-eight ship guides, and in the fourth year of Longqing, it increased to one hundred and ten, which shows that it is difficult to find a vote, and what the Spaniards have not done for many years was actually done by the little Dutch missionary, and also got two at once, Governor Lavizares was ecstatic and decided to take this opportunity to pry open the door of the Ming Dynasty.

Filled with ambition, Felipe immediately formed a merchant group and led two galleons to sail from Manila to Moon Harbor under the protection of the Western Muskets.

The activities of the Lin Feng clique basically ceased, and the guerrillas who participated in the "suppression of bandits" in the Netherlands were also driven out of Luzon by the authorities, and the sea route was very safe; the two Manila galleons passed through the bay of Penggasland, went around to the port of Apari in northern Luzon, sailed directly to Maobijiao in the southernmost part of Taiwan, and then passed through Penghu Island and Taiwu Mountain in the outer ocean of Zhangzhou, and arrived at Yuegang on the bank of the Jiulong River, which took less than 10 days.

After the Manila galleon entered the port, it was surrounded by local merchants, and Zhang Biao, an official of the Municipal Shipping Department stationed in Yuegang, personally checked their merchant ship tickets, although he did not find any problems, he was still quite cautious, and sent troops to send the merchants on the ship to the Hongmao Pavilion.

After the Western merchants moved in, they hoped to welcome local merchants to discuss business, but they did not expect that all the merchants, brokers, and brokers were all driven away by the officers and soldiers, and they were already isolated from the outside world, until the next day, a local wealthy businessman came, with an interpreter appointed by the government, to meet Felipe and others.

This wealthy businessman's name is Liu Qian, and the translator sent by the city department to Yuegang is called Jia Wang, and after the two of them entered the Hongmao Pavilion, they were arrogant and arrogant, and looked at the trade list provided by Felipe, and without saying a word, they directly cut the price in half.

Of course, the Western merchants did not do it, and immediately expressed a strong protest, asking Zì Yóu to trade, and the two sides argued a few words, which caused Liu Qian to be furious, Felipe and others were very afraid, protesting to protest, and the business still wanted to be discussed, but Liu Qian stopped talking, let them think about it for two days first, if they did not trade according to his price, let them have no return, and then left.

So, Felipe quietly sent Li Dan out of the Hongmao Pavilion and asked him to try to find the local supreme governor to complain, although Li Dan is from Quanzhou, but he has been living in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, how can he know any high-ranking officials? Therefore, he came to Zhu Hui to complain.

Shen Qi looked at the trade list provided by Li Dan, and the two of them quickly reached a consensus on the prices of various foreign goods, and Li Dan decided to report to Felipe as soon as possible and chose Shen Qi as the main trading partner.

The next rì early in the morning, Zhu Hui and Song He came to the Hongmao Pavilion, only to see that the surroundings were heavily guarded, and outsiders were not allowed to approach, just when they were about to evacuate, suddenly there was the sound of a gong opening the way, and after a while, the two sedan chairs were escorted by the bodyguards, one after the other stopped, and at this time, a scholar came down from the sedan chair in front.

The scholar bowed to the big sedan chair at the back, greeted, stepped forward and opened the sedan curtain, and then, a gorgeously dressed middle-aged man got off the sedan chair, judging from his demeanor, like a wealthy businessman with a lot of money, I saw him nod reservedly to the scholar, surrounded by bodyguards, and walked towards the red hair pavilion.

Zhu Hui looked at it fixedly, and was taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed Song He and asked, "Look, isn't he the Liu account room of Xingji Qianzhuang?" ”

"Yes, it must be him." Song He couldn't believe it, and sighed in surprise: "When did this grandson come here?" What did he make a fortune on? There is such a force! ”

"Brother, did you forget? Now the governor here is the huge treasurer of Xingji Money Village. Zhu Hui replied.

"It's really a person who has attained the Tao and the chicken and dog have ascended to heaven, no, I have to ask this grandson." Song He ran forward as he spoke, and a few bodyguards stopped him, don't look at this group of people with big shoulders and round waists, where is the opponent of the Quanzhen disciples, a sweep leg overturned a large area......

The scholar immediately ran over and asked menacingly, "Who are you, do you want to die?" ”

While the bodyguards got up to besiege Song He, Zhu Hui took a closer look again and confirmed that the wealthy businessman was undoubtedly Liu Account, so he stepped forward and shouted: "Liu Account, Liu Account!" Do you remember me? ”

The happy Liu Shufang was holding his fat chin, watching Song He and his bodyguards fight, and found that so many bodyguards were not opponents, and thought to himself, if this kid is invited, he can sit back and relax in the future......

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting Liu Accounting, and I was immediately furious, and I just wanted to open my mouth to scold, but I found that the person who came was an acquaintance, and recognized him as the chief flag officer of Jinyi Wei who lived in Tang Jing's house, and suddenly my heart was shocked, and I felt bad.

Of course, Liu Qian will not forget that Huang Bingwen, the criminal officer in charge of the Dongchang back then, framed Pang Shangpeng for secretly hiding anti-books, and sent someone to raid Xingji Qianzhuang, and he was also taken to the Yamen of Shangyuan County.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Qian hurriedly greeted him with a smile, and asked the scholar to stop the fighting bodyguard, and he arched his hand and said: "I really didn't expect to meet the Chief Flag Officer, and Liu Qian will greet you in the next place." ”

Now this Liu accountant is really not small, Zhu Hui smiled slightly, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't come to Liu, Daguan Liu, when will you arrive in Yuegang?" ”

When Liu Qian heard this, he shuddered, what he was most afraid of was that Pang Shangpeng would be involved, and he mistakenly thought that Zhu Hui had come for a private visit, and replied cautiously: "Please Zhu Zongqi don't have to be polite, call me Liu Qian, since Nanjing, my brother and I have run over the rivers and lakes, wandering around, working hard to earn a little money, and I have fallen so far." ”

Knowing that this young man turned out to be Jinyiwei, the scholar didn't dare to be rash anymore, and found that Liu Daguan was so polite to him, he couldn't help but be in awe, and bowed in front of Zhu Hui, and said: "In Xia Jiawang, he is the translator sent by the city boss here. ”

The two people in front of him verified Li Dan's statement, no matter what, they didn't expect that the bully in Yuegang turned out to be the cautious Liu Accountant, at this moment, Zhu Hui couldn't help but close his eyes and shook his head silently.

found that Zhu Hui's action was quite meaningful, as if to remind himself not to be too arrogant, and it seemed that he was compassionate and compassionate, but Liu Qian was frightened, and his intuition thought that he was here to investigate himself, calmed down a little, stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and said with a cheerful face: "People are happy to meet their old brothers, come, come, come, come, please get on the sedan chair, and follow the old brother to the mansion to talk about it." ”

Zhu Hui glared at him reservedly, and asked deliberately: "You still can't talk about this profitable deal?" ”

"Let's not talk about it today." Liu Qian said, picked up Zhu Hui and left.

"Don't delay my brother's business, please hurry up and get busy." Considering his own situation, Zhu Hui didn't want to provoke Liu Qian, so he pushed his hand away, wanted to knock him a few words, and then said: "When I came to Lingnan this time, I was supposed to go to meet the huge people first, but I arrived in Yuegang first, hehe, but my brother will stay here for a few more days, and I will definitely come to visit." ”

Liu Qian came to give an ultimatum to the Westerners, preparing to buy and sell by force, at this time, he had to retreat, and hurriedly ordered Jia Wang to go home, wanting to investigate Zhu Hui's origin clearly.

After they left, Zhu Hui and Song He also left the Hongmao Pavilion, and came to the two docks of Xiangguan and Hailong together, and asked about Liu Qian's situation when they met people, whether it was a merchant or a peddler's pawn, when it came to Liu Hezi, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and they hated it so much that their teeth itched, until this time, they still couldn't connect this villain who bullied the market and did all kinds of evil, and the cautious Liu Accounts Back then, and couldn't help but scold Pang Shangpeng......

Liu Qian's bodyguards followed them secretly until they reached the warehouse, at this time, Li Dan was sent here again, and was discussing business with Shen Qi, he told Zhu Hui that Felipe had clearly rejected Liu Qian and was ready to trade with Shen Qi, but received a threatening letter, asking them to go to Liu's mansion to talk, if they didn't go, they would die and have no place to be buried.

Shen Qi and Li Dan talked late at night, and finally drew up the first draft of the contract, Zhu Hui and Song He escorted Li Dan out of the door, and suddenly, a group of scoundrels came from outside the door, surrounded them, and some even tried to rush into the warehouse......

So, Wanxi was responsible for protecting Li Dan, taking care of the family, Zhu Hui and Song He went on a killing spree, and in a moment of effort, they beat this gang of splatters to the point of farts and urine......

Leaving Song He and Wanxi to look after the house, Zhu Hui escorted Li Dan to the vicinity of the Hongmao Pavilion, only to see that the pine torches outside the hall were as bright as day, and a large group of strong men dressed in black and wrapped in black scarves, all holding steel knives, confronted the dozen or so Western soldiers opposite......

These Westerners were dressed in red and white sè pants on the bottom, all of them were holding arquebuses, doing aiming and shooting, and they screamed in their mouths......

At this time, Li Dan told Zhu Hui that the soldiers were calling out to the merchants inside, telling everyone to quickly pack their luggage, and be sure to leave the Hongmao Pavilion tonight and return to their galleon, so as not to be plotted by others.

Through careful observation, Zhu Hui found that this group of strong men was different from the sprawling scoundrels just now, they were all dressed as officers and soldiers, and he was immediately furious, and suddenly remembered Huang Bingwen's words: The world is as black as a crow!

Felipe, who was trapped in the museum, was like an ant on a hot pot, although Li Dan found a very suitable trading partner, but he couldn't go out, and even the villain who bullied the market didn't come, so he decided to forcibly escape tonight, but was blocked by a group of gangsters of unknown origin.

The two sides confronted each other for more than an hour, and no one dared to make the first move, suddenly, from the direction of the Sea Dragon Pier, there were several gunshots, and then, the crying and shouting were heard in the sky, Felipe decided to let go, and immediately ordered the Westerners to shoot.

So, someone fired a few shots into the sky, and at this time, the strong men in black also moved seriously, brandishing steel knives and rushing forward, seeing that a bloody fight was inevitable......

(End of chapter)