Dai Yan and Huang Fu Yong briefly talked about the precious resources he had found on the ocean, and when he first talked about the whaling industry and the huge benefits it could produce, Huang Fu Yong immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No, this is absolutely not good!" ”

When Dai Yan asked the reason, Huangfu Yongcai said: "Cao Gong doesn't know, the whale you are talking about, in the eyes of the people here, is a kind of divine fish called Kun!" Everyone says that they are the descendants of the dragon, and if we hunt them without permission, I am afraid that we will be punished by the dragon in the future! ”

As soon as Dai Yan heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Brother Clan, I don't know, according to the research of biology scholars of the scientific school such as me, in the eyes of the people, this divine fish called Kun is actually not a fish, but an animal similar to a cow and a horse!" The people say that they have the blood of the dragon, but in our opinion, they don't think so. www.biquge.info In our eyes, it is just a wild horse raised in the sea, so why should we hunt it? If the clan brother is really worried that the whale hunting will be punished by the gods, then the clan brother can not participate in the whaling matter, as long as the port near Yancheng is provided to us and others for use, and the people of my Taoqiu will hunt and kill, and the profits will not be swallowed by us alone, and we will definitely share a share of the clan brother, how about it? ”

As soon as Huangfu Yong heard this, he saw that he could benefit from the whaling of Taoqiu without contribution, so he half-pushed and half-said that he would discuss it with the local nobles, but in fact, he had already agreed in his heart.

He also knew that if Dai Yan was really optimistic about the whaling industry, even if he didn't provide a port in Yancheng, Dai Yan would definitely find other ports that could be opened!

Soon after, Dai Yan returned to Taoqiu, and when he convened the Heze Club again, he deliberately chose to gather these merchants in the evening.

When the big businessmen of Tao Qiu entered the venue invited by Dai Yan, they were slandering why Tao Qiu Jun wanted to discuss matters in such a dark environment, they were immediately shocked by the layout of the entire venue!

The whole venue was as bright as daylight!

Of course, they don't ignore the source of the light, which is the light that hangs throughout the venue. To put it bluntly, these lamps are actually clay pots, except that a copper lamp head is placed in the place of the lamp mouth, and the lamp head part is tied with a cotton wick.

And all the light in the hall came from these cotton wicks.

For such a simple whale oil lamp, Dai Yan is still a little dissatisfied. In his opinion, there is basically no problem with today's oil lamp for indoor use, and the only defect is that there is no lampshade installed and some safety hazards. But this is already a great step forward in dispelling the darkness of the night and bringing light to people.

While the people in the hall were shocked by this light, suddenly a merchant shouted there, "What a smell this is, it smells so good!" I'm afraid that the best flower of time does not have such a good aroma! ”

When the merchants heard this, they immediately focused their attention on their noses, and it was only then that they noticed that the smell of aroma was permeating the whole room.

The whale oil lamp that brought them light, they could find it at a glance. However, the source of this aroma is not so easy to find. When a businessman with a keen sense of smell walked around the entire venue, he found the source of the aroma on an object emitting a faint green smoke!

At his beckoning, the merchants came over one after another, looking at this small cloud of green smoke object, their eyes full of greed!

Everyone knows that if you get this kind of thing and sell it to the princes and nobles, it will definitely be a profitable industry!

Just as they were guessing what this thing was, Dai Yanfang appeared on the stage, and as soon as he entered the venue, he said to everyone: "What do you think of the whale oil lamps and ambergris in the venue today? ”

As soon as the merchants saw the lord appearing, they immediately gathered around, patting Dai Yan's ass one by one, and they all praised these two things as rare on the ground and unparalleled in the world. The merchants present agreed that both commodities were of great interest! A powerful businessman then asked, "Gong Cao said that the two things in today's venue are called whale oil lamps and ambergris, I don't know where these two things came from?" ”

When the merchants heard someone ask, they also remained silent one by one and began to listen to Dai Yan's answer. In this regard, Dai Yan said to everyone without concealment: "Since you are interested in these two things, then I will also say it directly." These two things are the things I got from the whale by killing a whale at sea on my trip to Yancheng in the land of the East China Sea! ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately knew what the lord was going to do. Whenever Tao Qiujun has a profitable business in his hands, he will never take it alone, but immediately take out this business, share it with everyone, and then gradually make the business bigger! Like the grain shops and money shops that they are gradually spreading all over the world, as well as the salt shops that are about to start, they are all doing this! This also made the recognition of Taoqiu gradually strengthened by these merchants, and their loyalty to Dai Yan also deepened with the binding of this interest!

The strongest relationship in the world has always been a relationship of interests! After many cooperations, the Heze Club has formed a solid alliance of interests, and Tao Qiujun is undoubtedly the absolute center of this alliance of interests!

Subsequently, under the call of Dai Yan, the merchants of the Heze Club once again began a large gathering of the whaling industry. At the initiative of everyone, Dai Yan and all the merchants of Taoqiu gathered together to fund the establishment of a huge giant whale trading house.

This firm is not directly involved in whaling, it will buy whale oil, ambergris, whale skin, etc. obtained in the whaling industry and sell them in a unified manner!

As for the whaling industry, Dai Yan handed it all over to the merchants present and authorized them to form their own whaling companies! These whaling comptoirs will be supported by the Whale Comptoir, which will provide them with sufficient ships and weapons in the early stages!

Moreover, Dai Yan also told the merchants present that in the near future, he would also issue a notice to the entire Taoqiu and Fengyi, encouraging the local rangers and common people to go whaling in the East China Sea!

When some businessmen questioned whether such behavior would cause damage to everyone's interests, Dai Yan said to the businessmen present: "Everyone, what am I announcing to you about such a lucrative industry? Isn't it that I alone can't occupy the entire market, and gather everyone's strength to gradually expand this market? Don't be so short-sighted, it seems to me that as soon as whale oil and ambergris start to sell all over the world, then countless merchants will go to the beach to participate in this business! Aren't you worried about the threat of the Qi people? ”

As soon as they heard the Qi people, the faces of the businessmen present changed slightly. Of course, the merchants present were not afraid of the official power of the Qi State, but also from the power of the merchants.

In Dai Yan's view, the Taoqiu Money Alliance he formed at the beginning has financial knowledge beyond this era, and there should be no obstacles to the world. However, when it was actually implemented, Dai Yanfang really realized that he underestimated the heroes of the world!

People of this era may not have seen what a real central bank looks like, but the best of the merchants know that they cannot let other businessmen control the settlement system! And when the business of the Qianzhuang Alliance marched towards various countries, and gradually spread to the surrounding Wei State, Zhao State, Korea and even Qin State, it encountered an unprecedented blow in the Qi State near Taoqiu!

The merchants of Qi were very interested in the business of Qian Zhuang, and when they knew that Tao Qiu had such a new thing, these merchants spontaneously began to form another Qian Zhuang Alliance! The headquarters of this alliance was in Linzi, and its business was initially only in the Qi country, and then they followed the Qi state of influence and gradually spread it to the nearby states of Lu, Teng, Zhongshan, and even Yan in the north!

In terms of strength, the merchants of Taoqiu have begun to partially monopolize the world's food supply, and they should have strong strength. And through the bundling of grain futures and five-baht coins, the value of five-baht coins is also quite stable!

When the merchants of Qi saw Taoqiu's practice, they immediately drew gourds in the same way, unified the management of the knife coins issued by various countries, and directly linked them to the salt produced by Qi State! The value of the sword coin also stabilized, and the alliance formed by the merchants of the Qi country was also spread out in the countries centered on the Qi country!

In this way, the merchants of Taoqiu and Linzi really began to be evenly matched, and no one could help anyone!

Subsequently, when Taoqiu began to produce a large amount of steel, these Qi businessmen did not know what to think, and immediately began to go to South Korea, began to provide financial support to South Korea's iron mills, and expanded production on a large scale.

Dai Yan later summoned Taoqiu merchants to Yancheng to mine salt, in fact, he also had the intention of hoping to find another way to crack down on Linzi merchants!

And once the large-scale whale oil and ambergris spread in the market, then Linzi merchants will definitely not give up this market! The Qi country is located on the Shandong Peninsula, the coastline is far longer than the land of the East China Sea, and the Qi people have a tradition of boats that benefit from fish and salt, if they do their best to mobilize the Qi people to participate in whaling in the sea, Taoqiu merchants will not be confident that they can compete with the Qi people in this regard!

After this meeting of the Heze Club, the merchants of the entire Taoqiu were attracted by the whale oil and ambergris displayed by Dai Yan, and they had no doubt that these two commodities would be able to bring rich returns!

As a result, these merchants began to organize merchant fleets and purchase a large number of crossbows produced by the Taoqiu Divine Crossbow Factory and the fine weapons produced by the Iron and Steel Factory. This behavior made the shipbuilding and military industry of the entire Taoqiu more and more prosperous!

Shortly thereafter, Dai Yan also issued an act throughout Taoqiu and Fengyi to encourage everyone to go whaling in the East China Sea, and gave loans to some reputable people through Taoqiu Qianzhuang to support!

Such an initiative did not work at first, but when the first merchant ship to return to Taoqiu from Yancheng carried a large amount of whale oil and ambergris incense, and sold it in the Taoqiu market through the Giant Whale Trading House, thus reaping extremely rich returns, the whole Taoqiu became a sensation!

The brave merchants in Taoqiu, and even the rangers and low-level commoners who came to Taoqiu from all over the world, everyone began to gather and went to Yancheng for whaling!