"I have to send someone to Jiangnan." Chang Wei pondered: "The position is high, it is easy to be valued by those big merchants and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not Fujian, most of the maritime merchants are serious people, and behind the people who run the sea are all gentry, and they can't be easily offended." ”

The power of the Jiangnan gentry is enough to shake the dynasty and shake the world, which Zhang Han has said again and again with Chang Wei and others, plus there are many contacts with Jiangnan maritime merchants, Chang Wei and others are not ignorant of the situation in Jiangnan.

Speaking of which, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are not only rich and powerful, but also connected by sound and atmosphere, and because of the scholarly heirloom, there are people in the next generation, show talents, or jinshi, and the officialdom is a dense net.

Even if those born in Jiangnan are not necessarily Donglin, but above the imperial court, there is always some incense in the Jiangnan lineage, and other things are fine, if it involves the interests of the Jiangnan gentry family, most of them can put aside the party struggle, and everyone stands on the same position to the outside world.

Just like Emperor Shenzong sent the mine tax supervisor to the world to loot, it was very smooth in other places, only tens of thousands of people broke out in many places in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was not uncommon for the tax envoy to be beaten to death.

Afterwards, a few people were thrown to pay for their lives, but the family behind them had nothing to do, and the Son of Heaven had no place to reason with others.

Although there are many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, can they kill the gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River?

Jiangnan is the top priority of the country's financial endowment and imperial examination, and if Jiangnan is ruined, half of the foundation will be gone.

Even if it is as strong as Hutchison, you can't mess with the Jiangnan gentry before the time comes, and if you provoke them, they will sting their heads, even if it is not fatal, it is still a lot of trouble.

Li Pingzhi smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said: "Over there in Jiangnan, I received the insurance money from others, but after going to sea, I told them that it was inconvenient to go to sea again, and the insurance money could be refunded, and safety could not be guaranteed...... I remember that the people who were sent at that time came back and said that the noses of several insured people were crooked. ”

Chang Wei also smiled bitterly, of course, this matter is no wonder that the people over there in Jiangnan are not emotional, people buy ships to stock up and not to buy that bit of insurance, it is an additional safety guarantee for Hutchison Nengmu, and the merchant ships that have always run the sea should be able to come back safely, making money is a certain thing, just making more money and earning less. But three sea vessels, proportionally speaking, at least one will not return, maybe this ratio is a bit exaggerated, but the probability of shipwreck is indeed too high.

If it weren't for this, with the social atmosphere after the opening of the sea in Longwan, I am afraid that the gentry families in Jiangnan who have some surplus wealth will go to the sea to trade, but in fact, there are many businesses related to sea trade, such as destroying fields everywhere and planting mulberry and raising silkworms, for the sake of the valuable raw silk, and the raw silk is marketed all over the world.

Jiangnan people in order to make more money, even the land is not planted, the so-called land of fish and rice has long been unable to self-sufficiency, are in Huguang to transport grain, Jiangnan people grow mulberry silkworms, cotton weaving, the most profitable silk and cotton cloth business in their hands, if there is no risk in sea trade and can make a lot of money, who will turn away this good business?

It is because the risk is not small, so not all the gentry in Jiangnan are willing to take silver out to buy sea ships to stock up, at most they invest less silver to support those who run the sea standing behind them.

"Qian Muzhai...... Zhang continued: "It's a pity that I'm really not free, otherwise I should have taken a trip." ”

Qian Qianyi was the first to buy insurance among the gentry in Jiangnan, if nothing else, Qian Qianyi's status should lead a large number of people.

As long as the record is repaired, the imperial court can directly enter the cabinet, and at least the young uncle can be added, that is, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and it is also a sure thing to enter the cabinet.

It's a pity that Donglin and the eunuch struggle failed, Qian Qianyi's Cotai Avenue became a road to the black, he is a rising star of Donglin, many bigwigs are optimistic, and his literary name is also high, such a person has no way to change his court to serve other forces, he can only wait for Donglin to turn over, Donglin can't turn over, so he can only ask for land at home.

Qian Qianyi was one of the leaders of Donglin in the future, and later became the leader of the literary world, and now he is also going on this road, he has a wide range of contacts in Jiangnan, and has an excellent reputation.

As for the one that wanted to buy it with the trend, of course it stopped.

Fortunately, Hutchison's land insurance business has been stable and there is hardly any trouble, and the number of land insurance customers from Yanshen to Nanjing has been increasing, which is very good, which also offsets the adverse effects of some marine insurance cessation.

After the defeat of the Dutch fleet, these people in front of them hardly cared about happiness, but frowned and considered all kinds of aftermath, some things cannot be delayed, it is not an exaggeration to say that a day's delay is a considerable loss.

In peace, you can earn at least 1.2 million or even 1.5 million a year.

Trade with Japan and other places is at least 1.5 million taels a year.

Coupled with the impact on marine insurance, it is too little to say three million a year, and it can only be counted more.

A one-day delay here is a loss of 10,000 taels, who dares to delay?

Chang Wei and the others were discussing more and more excitedly, and their tone was getting more and more high-pitched, almost feeling like they were dancing.

I don't blame them, this time has been too depressing, and the responsibilities and burdens on them are too heavy.

With the algorithm just now, suppressed by the Dutch until now, the Taiwan side has lost at least 1.5 million to 2 million taels, plus the firearms and various materials invested by the military department, such as iron and wood, plus cash, one out and one in, how much investment and loss is this?

Coupled with the funds used in the development, the investment is really too high and too high.

"Can you stay and have a formal meeting?" Sun Jingting said with a smile: "At this time, let's go down and be happy with the soldiers." ”

Chang Wei laughed, nodded and agreed, and Zhang Xuwen also smiled: "We still lost our breath...... In fact, it's all because I'm happy. ”

Sun Jingting said: "Actually, I'm really happy, your side has opened up the situation, and the pressure on our side is much less." ”

Although Chang Wei was calmer, Sun Jingting also had a smile on his face.

Now that autumn is approaching, it is estimated that Taiwan will not be able to draw any silver before the year, and the situation here is too big, and the military department has been supporting it, and since the situation has been opened, it is estimated that by the end of the year, it is estimated that the support of the headquarters will not be needed, but if it is necessary to say that the silver will be sent to the north, it is estimated that it will have to wait for the middle of next year.

At that time, the trade with Russia will open up and it will begin to make a lot of money, and if Taiwan sends silver back, the problem of Hutchison's deficit will be completely solved, and it will not only be able to solve the current deficit of 2 million 21 years, but it is estimated that there will be a surplus.

Then the insurance business will promote the development of the account industry, and the whole chessboard will come alive as soon as marine insurance is re-launched.

This is a great joy, and Sun Jingting can't help but be unhappy and unhappy.

Everyone is beaming and going down, when the tower comes up, I feel very high, fortunately, everyone is exercising physical fitness every day, and they are all young, the oldest Sun Jingting is more than 30 years old, and it is far from the time when the energy is declining, when the tower is down, there is a feeling of spring breeze and horseshoe disease, everyone is almost like flying, and soon walked to the tower door, pushed the door out, and the front is a piece of snow.

Chang Wei and Zhang Xuwen and others all have Yuan Sui rationing, each of them lit a pine torch, from the base area to the port originally had a road, there were light poles on both sides, and large wind lanterns were hung all the way, and now they are all lit, and more are the soldiers of the fourth regiment and the port officials and workers with torches, and I don't know which middle-level good thing, and they took out hundreds of thousands of torches in the warehouse at once.

Chang Wei really doesn't care too much, he was pressed hard a while ago, and all kinds of expenses on Taiwan's side can be reduced, and if they can be saved, they will be saved. After today, Taiwan's two or three million a year is counted less, and this is a mere thousand torches, is it a fart? In the end, he was born as a gentleman, and this little money is really not in his eyes.

Besides, today's victory should have been publicized with great fanfare! Conceal it, the bloody merits of the soldiers are not worth some torches?

The whole port area has been as bright as day, the first wave of seriously damaged ships have been towed back, after the port area is a large number of people heard the news, in the daytime war, in order to avoid chaos and conspiracy, the people are gathered in the fort or hide in the base defense circle, and then the news of the victory came out, the whole base and the forts are boiling, of course, it is impossible to release all the people, this time is more than 100,000 people, how can they all flock to the shore.

Even then there are quite a few people, on the beach, in the harbor, on the trestle, from the storage area to the slipway of the shipyard, on the seawall separating the reclamation area from the firearms bureau and the coast...... Everywhere there was a crowd of people rushing over after hearing the news.

Officers, officers, officers, soldiers, soldiers in the forts, men, women, old men, boys, children, all sorts of things, almost the entire beach was full.

People were all smiling and talking about what was happening in front of them in a variety of accents.

All the men praised Chang Wei and the others with the loudest voices, envied the martial arts of the soldiers at sea, and hated that they could not go into battle to kill the enemy.

They have been in Taiwan for at least half a year, and even the people of Liaodong regard this place as their new home, and they no longer have the idea of returning to Liaodong.

This great victory is like a steel knife hanging over the door of the head has been taken away, and the big stone that has been pressed on the heart has been carried down, this kind of satisfaction is really indescribable.

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