"There it is!" I saw Zhou Zhong sitting there pondering for a long time, and suddenly said with a happy face, "Uncle Camel, I don't think it's as good as this, the City Shipping Division is now going to take over the entire Shuangyu Port, but the manpower is greatly insufficient, although they have been trying to recruit manpower on a large scale, but it will take at least a few months to really familiarize themselves with the management of the port after the personnel are recruited, so I think it is better to let our people go to the City Shipping Division to apply, and then these people will directly turn into the small officials of the Municipal Shipping Division, so that we don't have to worry about their livelihoods, and also solve the manpower problem of the Municipal Shipping Division, It's a win-win! ”

Hearing that Zhou Zhong actually came up with such a solution, Uncle Camel finally turned his worries into joy and said: "This method is good, I heard that the small officials in the city department are well paid, and they are not much worse than our chamber of commerce, and they can continue to do their old business, presumably everyone has nothing to complain about." ”

Seeing that Uncle Camel also agreed to his own method, Zhou Chong was also happy, and asked him to inform the people in the Chamber of Commerce at the moment, and he called Yang Tong to the city shipping department, and then told the other party about it, but Yang Tong was also very happy after hearing it, because their city shipping department is indeed very short of people, and it is naturally better to be able to accept the original port management personnel now, and this can also reduce some of the resistance to them taking over the port, which can be said to be a few in one fell swoop.

Just after dealing with this matter, before Zhou Zhong could take a breath, Xie Da came to him again, only to see that as soon as the other party entered the living room, Xie Da immediately complained to Zhou Chong: "Virtuous nephew, you can make us miserable this time, now the port is all under the management of the city shipping department, and we will drink the northwest wind in the future!" ”

Hearing Xie Da's words, Zhou Zhong smiled and said, "Uncle Xie, don't make jokes about your little nephew, if others can't understand the benefits of taking over the port, it's okay to help." But with the intelligence of Uncle Xie. It can certainly be seen that the benefits of this matter outweigh the disadvantages. And we lost a little income from the port, but we also got rid of a big burden, and even in the future we can exchange for the protection of the imperial court's sailors, this is a good deal to make a lot of money without losing money! ”

"Hahaha~, I know that you will say that!" I saw that Xie Da also said with a smile after hearing this, but then he said with some worry, "Virtuous nephew, what is the attitude of the imperial court now?" On the one hand, the imperial court did not lift the sea ban. On the one hand, the imperial court appointed you as the governor of the four seas, and officially classified Shuangyu Port as the port of the Ming Dynasty. ”

After hearing this, Zhou Zhong smiled strangely and said: "Uncle Xie, in fact, it doesn't matter what the imperial court thinks, the key is to see what our emperor thinks, in the opinion of the little nephew, His Majesty the emperor does not want to abolish the sea ban, but there are too many things in it, and His Majesty can't make up his mind for a while." That's why I was appointed as this admiral, although nominally a military position. I can't interfere in local government affairs, but in fact I have put Shuangyu Port under my jurisdiction, and all military affairs are under the management of the Admiralty's Office. ”

Zhou Zhong paused here when he said this, and then said: "In this way, it has also created an established fact, that is, Shuangyu Port has actually completely got rid of the sea ban and has become a very special existence in the Ming Dynasty, so the next thing to see is what our Shuangyu Port can bring to the imperial court?" For example, the imperial court is very short of money now, if our Shuangyu Port can pay a large amount of taxes in a year, then Your Majesty will have a reason to open the sea ban! ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's explanations, Xie Da's eyes widened in shock, he didn't expect Zhou Chong to have such a major task, and even the development of Shuangyu Port was related to whether the sea ban was lifted, he always thought that this matter was the matter of those ministers in the court, but he didn't expect that now it was related to his own businessmen.

After a long while, I saw Xie Da sigh and said: "I see, the imperial court wants to lift the sea ban, but it is afraid of the resistance when the sea ban is opened, so it regards Shuangyu Port as a pilot, as long as Shuangyu Port is successful, then the resistance will be much smaller." ”

Zhou Zhong also nodded at this time, and then he suddenly thought of one more thing, and asked at the moment: "Uncle Xie, you must have been under a lot of pressure during this time, has there been any action on the Xie family's side?" ”

The reason why Zhou Zhong asked so is because in the resistance to the release of the sea ban, the Yuyao Xie family is one of the representatives, think about it, the Xie family used to control the Xie family Chamber of Commerce and made huge profits from smuggling, if the sea ban is lifted, then the profits they earned by smuggling in the past will inevitably drop greatly, so the Xie family will naturally not be willing to see the imperial court release the sea ban.

Of course, the Xie family is only one of the representatives, and the same is true of other families with smuggling interests, who are also the most opposed to the lifting of the sea ban. Originally, Zhou Zhong also belonged to one of this group of people, but now his identity has changed, as the governor of the four seas of the imperial court, he can use the release of the sea ban to make his chamber of commerce make greater profits, and Xie Da will also not suffer, so the two of them are not afraid to release the sea ban, but they will even wave their flags and shout for the release of the sea ban.

Hearing Zhou Zhong ask about the Xie family's side of the matter, Xie Da also shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Even if you kid still have a conscience, at the beginning when you stationed a sailor in Shuangyu Port, the Xie family continued to put pressure on me through Xie Ke, hoping to prevent me from taking over Shuangyu Port, but I have not paid attention to it, during this time, the Xie family has been sending people to see me, every time it is just a few words, I can only perfunctory them on the surface, what to do in normal times, anyway, the Chamber of Commerce is controlled by me, no matter how anxious they are, it is useless!" ”

"Uncle Xie has suffered, and when he makes some achievements in Shuangyu Port in the future, he will definitely invite credit for his uncle in His Majesty!" Zhou Zhong stood up at this time and bowed to Xie Dashen. Now the three major chambers of commerce in the entire Shuangyu Port stand side by side, among which his Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has the greatest influence, but the remaining Xie family and the Hong family Chamber of Commerce are controlled by Xie Da, and now Xie Da is fully assisting himself, and the remaining small and medium-sized chambers of commerce do not dare to say anything, after all, their business has not been greatly affected for the time being, so Zhou Zhong can take over Shuangyu Port so smoothly.

However, Xie Da smiled when he heard Zhou Chong's words: "I'm old, I don't care if I invite credit or not, as long as you marry Lingyun in the future, don't treat her badly!" ”

"Uncle, don't worry, don't you know the character of the little nephew, and Lingyun and I have shared weal and sorrow, and we are heart-to-heart with each other, in the future, I will treat myself badly, and I will never dare to treat Lingyun badly!" Zhou Zhong said a little flamboyant at this time.

"You still say that you don't treat it badly, then let me ask you, when do you plan to marry Lingyun?" Xie Da was stunned when he heard Zhou Chong's words, and said with some annoyance, originally his daughter was Zhou Chong's wife, but because of the obstruction of the Xie family and a holy decree issued by His Majesty the Emperor, Lingyun only ended up with a flat wife, which was also one of the reasons why he hated the Xie family the most.

Zhou Zhong heard Xie Da mention the marriage between himself and Xie Lingyun, and immediately patted his thigh and said: "Uncle Xie, my little nephew is trying to tell you about this matter, originally I planned to marry Lingyun after the New Year last year, but it was delayed because of my busy official business, and now the affairs of the Admiral's Mansion are finally on the right track, and I am also idle, so I want to discuss the marriage date with you, what date do you think is appropriate?" ”

Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun's marriage should have been done a long time ago, but it was delayed because of some miscellaneous things, so Xie Lingyun already had some complaints, every time he saw Zhou Chong, he would complain, and he didn't even have the heart to take care of the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, so Zhou Chong was also guilty, so now as soon as he took time out, he immediately discussed the marriage with Xie Da.

Xie Da was also overjoyed when he heard Zhou Chong's words, and he slapped the table without thinking about it at the moment and said: "The wedding date is naturally as soon as possible, it's already March, I think we will set it for next month, and we will prepare for the rest of the nearly a month, we must make the wedding beautiful, and we must not let Lingyun suffer the slightest grievance!" ”

Although a flat wife is also a wife, in fact, her status is still inferior to that of a regular wife, so Xie Da was worried that her daughter would be wronged, so she gave a month to prepare, after all, a huge wedding can also show the strength of her mother's family, and when others want to bully Xie Lingyun in the future, they will naturally have to weigh it.

Zhou Zhong can also understand Xie Da's thoughts, although he thinks that with Jinxuan's character, he will definitely not bully Lingyun, but this kind of talk is useless to Xie Da, so it is better for everything to follow him, anyway, the two families are not short of the money for the wedding, so after hearing this, he also nodded again and again, and then he discussed some details of the wedding with Xie Da, and then sent the happy Xie Da away.

After returning home, Zhou Chong found Jinxuan and Aunt Wang, and then told him and Xie Lingyun's wedding date, for this matter, the family had already been prepared, so Jinxuan and Aunt Wang also nodded in agreement, and even Aunt Wang specially found Sanniang, and then discussed what Zhou needed to prepare for the wedding.

In the next month, Zhou Zhong has been running on both sides of Shuangyu Port and the barracks, although he handed over all the drills in the barracks to Shen Ying, but he still is not at ease, so he often runs to see, the takeover of Shuangyu Port is also very smooth, especially after the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce and the Hongjia Chamber of Commerce took the lead in handing over the management of the port, and other small and medium-sized chambers of commerce have also taken the initiative to hand it over, after all, the people are not as good as the official fight, and they now have to rely on the three major chambers of commerce to eat, so they dare not offend Zhou Chong at all.

The wedding preparations are also very smooth, when the news of Zhou's important wedding came out, it not only caused a sensation in Shuangyu Port, but also made the entire Zhejiang officialdom look sideways, with the last Zhou Chong and Governor Xie Di's fighting method, has made many people pay attention to this young admiral, so when they heard that he was going to get married, these people immediately found Ningbo Governor Yu Wenyuan, and expressed their willingness to make friends with Zhou Chong through him, Zhou Chong was not stupid, and immediately issued wedding invitations to these people, and even Governor Xie Di had one, Anyway, his invitation was delivered, and it was the other party's business whether he came or not. (To be continued......)