Ye Chengjing introduced Zhoushan Island and the nearby islands he was familiar with as if he were pretending, and the introductions were as detailed as a few treasures. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Huang Sheng was surprised and asked, "How could Ye Gongzi be so familiar with these barren islands?" ”

Li Wenyou said with a smile: "Lord Huang doesn't know, this Brother Ye likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, especially likes to go to inaccessible places to play, for this hobby, I don't know how many times he has been punished by his father." ”

No wonder, it turns out that this Ye Gongzi is a travel friend, like Xu Xiake, who likes to explore, climb mountains, and traverse. His family has a son who is an official in Dinghaiwei, so he naturally went to play all over the mountains and rivers there.

In fact, Huang Sheng didn't want Ye Chengjing to introduce him, and he also knew a lot about the Zhoushan Islands, so he decided to take an island first and then seek to seize the Zhoushan Islands later.

Immediately north of Zhoushan, less than five nautical miles away, there is an island that is more than ten times the size of Huangjiawan Island, Daishan Island, and there are only a few small fishing villages on the island of more than 100 square kilometers, and the population does not exceed 1,000 people.

Daishan Island is relatively large, the population there is small, there are many natural harbors, Ye Chengjing introduced that the fishermen who settled there live in poverty, they don't even have pants to wear, there are no rich people willing to live there, and the government does not care.

A group of officials and businessmen took a bath to solve the ownership problem of Daishan Island, and Ye Chengjing patted his chest and promised to take the title deed within a month.

Huang Sheng said that he asked the Ye family to concentrate the goods that needed to be transported to the South Seas in the thousands of households in Zhoushan Island under the jurisdiction of Ye Baishi, and a month later the Huang family's fortune boats, grass skimming ships, and horse ships went to be shipped.

Let the Ye family help prepare 10,000 people for two months' supplies on Daishan Island just in case, after Ye Chengjing's introduction, it turned out that Yu Zhigao was convicted and retained because the Ye family helped him go the way, and this Fujian general soldier has always had a close relationship with the Ye family.

Huang Sheng asked Ye Chengjing to contact Yu Zhigao and asked him not to mention his name, only saying that he had gathered several powerful pirates active in the Sea of Japan, and would soon take more than 100 warships south to teach Zheng Yiguan a lesson, and if he had a catch, he could talk to Yu Zhigao about how to deal with it.

Wu Xiang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "Chief Officer Yu Zhigao has a hard time, if he doesn't make any achievements, the imperial court will take him to Zhao Prison sooner or later, Lord Huang, you are going to save the suffering this time!" Don't be polite to him. ”

Ye Chengjing couldn't imagine that this adult was not only preparing to be armed to escort him, but also seemed to have to take the initiative to find Zheng Yiguan's bad luck, and he was a little excited and a little worried.

Said: "Lord Huang, Zheng Yiguan's man has 30,000 men and horses, and seven or eight hundred warships, which should not be underestimated!" ”

Wu Xiang said disapprovingly: "Ye Gongzi, you have never seen the Huang family's horses, they have never lost a battle, because Lord Huang knows the measure, and he is not completely sure that he will not make a move." ”

Li Wenyou also interjected: "Yes, yes! Lord Huang's men and horses are too powerful, they don't fall behind one-on-one with the real widows, and robbing the pirate's warship is like playing at home. ”

Huang Sheng said: "Ye Gongzi rest assured, our army will only negotiate terms with General Yu Zhigao if we win the battle against Zheng Yiguan, if he doesn't buy it, then beat him." ”

Where is this like a civil official from the fifth grade of the imperial court, alive and free from a rogue and pirate! However, Ye Chengjing liked it a lot, and Le Zizi agreed to contact Yu Zhigao and let him do his part.

The Huang family sent a warship to escort to the South Seas, and the transport ship was also the Huang family, so Li Wenyou and several partners were concerned about how to settle the expenses?

Everyone wants Lord Huang to quote and order things while the iron is hot, after all, there have been several batches of goods backlogged, and Wang Gong's shop is distributing goods again, and if you don't get rid of it, your cash flow will be affected.

Huang Sheng smiled and said: "The freight will be settled in both directions at 20% of the value of the goods, but if the goods are destroyed or looted by pirates, the Huang family will compensate with the value of the goods." ”

As soon as Huang Sheng opened his mouth to ask for the price, several partners felt that the price was too high, but there was one more attractive, Huang Sheng offered to compensate for the value of the goods, which means that all investors except the Huang family can make a profit.

Because running in the South Seas is more than three times the profit, you can make money by going to two ships and losing one, and now you are facing a major problem, pirates are rampant, and you can't go.

The Huang family not only dared to go, but also confidently offered a price code to compensate for losses. In the past, when Lord Huang said this, everyone listened to it and laughed it off, who can afford such a large cash flow?

Now it is different from the past, the strength of the Huang family is the latecomer, and the Huang family really has the ability to compensate, and the real estate in the Wang Gongchang business area alone should be worth millions of taels of silver.

After all, Wu Xiang had a relatively strong relationship with Huang Sheng, and he was the first to raise his hand in favor and said: "My lord, the lower official thinks that the price you offer is reasonable, and the lower official agrees to this price if you take a lot of risk!" ”

People are like this, with the others who take the lead, they can't bargain anymore, they think about it and think that it's okay, all the risks are borne by the Huang family, they will find ways to send more warships, and the risks will be much smaller.

Huang Sheng is not worried at all that these merchants hide the value of the goods in order to save freight, because they are a multi-person partnership, it is too easy to break them individually, the fake is fake after all, and it is not easy for everyone to lie in unison.

Besides, if they dare to quote 300,000 taels worth of goods worth 500,000 taels, the Huang family will not be able to take these goods directly, just give them 300,000 taels according to their quotation, and they will not be able to find a place to reason with them.

The agreement was reached, and the drafting of the following documents and contracts was naturally handled by Mr. Bookkeeper, and there was no need for them to do it at all, Wu Xiang was enthusiastic and asked Li Wenyou and Ye Chengjing to play billiards after taking a few baths.

Huang Sheng was also very happy, he was going to go to the South China Sea, if he had a good opportunity today, there would be a ready-made trade route available, and he would be able to earn a lot of freight. If the value of the goods is 500,000 taels and the value of the goods returned is 1 million taels, the single freight can earn 300,000 taels.

The Huang family is not stupid, they always have to bring one or two hundred thousand taels of goods, of course, they are mainly ceramics, they can also bring some cottage Songjiang cloth, and glass products can also compete with Westerners for the Nanyang market.

The cost of dispatching 10,000 people to run for four months is only a hundred thousand taels of silver, and it seems that you can earn a lot. Anyway, their own warships need to go to sea for training, and the input cost of the ships does not need to be calculated.

It's just that safety comes first, and if you really can't beat pirates, the losses will be immeasurable.

Huang Sheng was also happy to ask everyone to play billiards, and said: "Everyone, it's just boring to play, let's gamble on a lottery, a game of one hundred taels of silver is good?" ”

Several people applauded, they didn't care about this little bit of color, and after the last dozen or so rounds of play, Wu Xiang won a few hundred taels of silver, and he must go to the new 'Nine Heavens' to invite everyone to drink flower wine.

Huang Sheng has a newlywed beautiful lady waiting at home, of course he didn't go, he slipped away.