Chapter 181 Take the initiative to withdraw from Shuangyu Port
After a period of intense busyness, Zhou Zhong finally dealt with most of the backlog of affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, and the remaining less important matters could be dealt with slowly, and he rarely slept this morning, and then accompanied Wang Jinxuan and them to have breakfast, and when it was almost noon, Zhou Chong rushed to the port to see off Jin Wenxian's Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce.
Jin Wenxian is also a very shrewd person, he also saw that Zhou Chong wanted to drive all of them out of Shuangyu Port, so after getting Zhou Chong's promise to let him be a Korean distributor, he immediately asked the people of the Chamber of Commerce to pack up his things, and finally left the port this morning, and the station of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce and those port interests that could not be taken away, Jin Wenxian also gave it to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce very generously, which also won Zhou Chong's favor, in order to show his sincerity, he came to personally see the other party off.
"President Zhou, Jin has been coming to Shuangyu Port for decades, although he often takes a boat back to North Korea, but most of them are deliveries, and he has not lived for a long time at all, so I regard Shuangyu Port as my home from my heart, and I am about to leave now, and I am really reluctant to do so!" I saw Jin Wenxian standing on the pier, holding Zhou Chong's hand, very reluctantly.
"Chairman Jin rest assured, now our chamber of commerce has organized a batch of goods, now waiting for you to find a place to settle in North Korea, as long as you find a place to stay, our goods will set sail immediately!" Zhou Zhong also said with a smile. In fact, he also knew that Jin Wenxian said this not to show how deep his feelings were for Shuangyu Port, but to tell himself that the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce paid a lot of price for leaving Shuangyu Port, so the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce must not cross the river and tear down the bridge. It will not be recognized in the future.
Get this assurance from Zhou Zhong. In addition, there are quite a few people around the dock watching them. This made Jin Wenxian believe that Zhou Chong would not lie, so he was finally relieved, and then he was polite to Zhou Chong, and by the way, he slapped Zhou Chong a few times, and finally got on the boat and waved goodbye to Zhou Chong.
Seeing that the fleet of the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce was getting farther and farther away, Zhou Zhong turned to Uncle Camel next to him and asked, "Uncle Camel, has the news of the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce's departure from Shuangyu Port spread, and what is the reaction of those foreign chambers of commerce?" ”
Hear Zhou Zhong's questioning. I saw that Uncle Camel's wrinkled old face also said with a little smile: "Don't worry, the news has been released, and many small and medium-sized chambers of commerce of Koreans and Japanese people have begun to send people to contact our chamber of commerce after hearing the news, hoping to get the same treatment as the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce!" ”
Zhou Zhong also nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, Shuangyu Port is too close to Daming, and the large number of Japanese and Koreans gathered in the port are really not very safe, so he has long wanted to drive all these people out of Lu. Now the departure of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce is only the first step, as Zhou Zhong spreads the news, coupled with the news that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is looking for a distributor. It's sure to attract a lot of people, and it seems to be working pretty well now.
"Good. This time, Uncle Camel, you will take care of it, and strive to make all the chambers of commerce that are larger in North Koreans and Japanese people leave Shuangyu Port, so that the remaining small chambers of commerce will not be able to make any big waves at all! Zhou Zhong said very proudly, after the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce carried out cooperative smuggling, the living space of those foreign chambers of commerce has been almost squeezed, and now he shows them a way to live, so as not to worry about those Koreans and Japanese people not being fooled.
"My subordinates understand!" Uncle Camel is also very excited, for the Koreans and Japanese people in Shuangyu Port, almost all the Ming Chamber of Commerce is very disgusted, after all, these people join, it is equivalent to snatching food from their mouths, in addition, these Koreans and Japanese people are almost all outlaws who escaped from their country, and they have always done things by unscrupulous means, not only often looting at sea, even when trading in the port, there are often forced buying and selling, and now they can see them leaving, which is a good thing for the Ming Chamber of Commerce in Shuangyu Port.
Just when Uncle Camel was about to leave, Wu Shan, who had been standing behind Zhou Chong, stepped forward and said: "Childe, can you let the villain follow his father-in-law, after all, now that Jinyiwei has the Ma brothers and the second brother, I don't need to interfere at all, but my father-in-law is old, and I have been studying with my father-in-law for so long, I can always do something for him!" ”
After Wu Shan and the other brocade guards came to Shuangyu Port, Zhou Zhong arranged for them to be next to the chamber of commerce, and even built a barracks-like courtyard for this purpose. It is also worth mentioning that Wu Shi, who is very similar to Wu Shan, is Wu Shan's younger brother, and the ancestors of the two have always been from Jinyiwei, which can be described as a family of Jinyiwei.
Hearing Wu Shan's request, Zhou Zhong and Uncle Camel were stunned, but soon Uncle Camel showed a somewhat relieved smile, he had always regarded Wu Shan as his own son, and at the same time wanted to train him to be his successor, but unfortunately later because Wu Shan was Jinyiwei's business, he also cut off contact with Wu Shan, and at the same time gave up the idea of letting him take over himself, but he didn't expect that now Wu Shan would take the initiative to stand up and follow him to do things.
I saw that Zhou Chong hesitated for a moment, and seemed to think about this matter very carefully, and then he spoke: "Okay, anyway, Jinyiwei is okay now, you can continue to follow Uncle Camel!" ”
Seeing Zhou Chong's agreement, Wu Shan and Uncle Camel were also very happy, and the two left together at the moment, and Ma Liang and Wu Shi were responsible for the safety of Zhou Chong's side.
Zhou Zhong returned to the Chamber of Commerce and accompanied Wang Jinxuan and them had lunch, it is already the height of summer, the weather is very hot, and people are easy to get sleepy, so Zhou Chong, who has eaten lunch, is about to take a nap, but suddenly received a report from someone that Ashikaga Kazuki of the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce actually came to visit him, which made Zhou Zhong very strange, although he and the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce did not have any major holidays, but there was no interaction, and the last time Koji Kamizumi attacked him, Zhou Chong also suspected that Ashikaga Kazuki was behind the support.
Although he couldn't understand the reason why Ashikaga Kazuki came to visit, Zhou Zhong still dismissed the idea of taking a nap, and then came to the hall in the front yard, only to see the short Ashikaga Kazuki sitting there drinking tea.
"The presence of President Ashikaga really makes our Nanyang Chamber of Commerce shine!" I saw Zhou Da Yan walk in with a smile, and at the same time looked up and down at the same time the only person among the widows who could compare with himself. I saw that Ashikaga Kazuki's appearance was very ordinary, and he was dressed like an ordinary Japanese person, if it weren't for Zhou Chong's secret meeting of the other party, I am afraid that I really couldn't believe that the other party was the president of the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce.
Ashikaga Kazuki saw Zhou Zhong coming in, and stood up very politely at the moment and said: "Zhou Gongzi is serious, being able to meet Zhou Gongzi you, this is a contemptible blessing!" ”
Seeing that the other party was so polite, Zhou Zhong couldn't guess the other party's intention for a while, so he sat down and said a few polite words to the other party, and then asked directly: "President Ashikaga, I don't know if you came to see Zhou, but what is the important thing to discuss?" ”
I saw that after Ashikaga Kazuki heard Zhou Chong's words, he hesitated for a moment, and finally smiled at the end: "Qi Zhou Gongzi, the contemptible person came here this time, in fact, he wants to talk about a business with Zhou Gongzi!" ”
"Business?" Zhou Zhong raised his head and squinted at the other party, and then said with a smile, "I don't know what business President Ashikaga wants to talk to Zhou?" ”
"Hehe, in fact, it's not all right to say that it's business, I heard that Zhou Gongzi just sent off Kim Wenxian and his Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce today, and it is said that they went to North Korea to make a front station for the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and the goods transported by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in the future will be handed over to the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce to be sold in North Korea, I don't know if this matter is true or not?" Ashikaga Kazuki did not directly say that he wanted to contact Emperor Shotoku through Zhou Zhong, but talked to Zhou Zhong about the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce.
Zhou Zhong was also surprised to hear this, although he used the example of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce to lure the foreign chamber of commerce in Shuangyu Port out of the city, but a big chamber of commerce like the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce, they have a deep foundation in Shuangyu Port, even if they use cooperative smuggling to attract many cargo owners, but for the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce, it is not enough to be fatal, so now Ashikaga Kazuki proposes the matter of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce, how can Zhou Chong not be surprised?
However, surprised to surprised, Zhou Zhong still nodded very sincerely and said: "Yes, the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce did get my promise, they found a place to settle down after returning to North Korea, and then the goods we shipped to North Korea will also be given priority to them to trade, it can be said that the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce is one of our distributors in North Korea." ”
After listening to Zhou Chong's introduction, Ashikaga Kazuki's eyes flashed, and at the same time he admired Zhou Chong's business talent, before the cooperative smuggling has made them these foreign chambers of commerce suffer heavy losses, and now there is a distributor, I am afraid that there are many chambers of commerce that can not support the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will take the initiative to contact the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and then return to China to become the distributor of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, in this way, the number of Koreans and Japanese people in Shuangyu Port will be greatly reduced, even if it is a small number of people who stay, I am afraid it will not be able to form any climate.
"Zhou Gongzi, I don't know what you think of our Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce, are you qualified to become a distributor of your Chamber of Commerce in Japan?" Ashikaga Kazuki suddenly asked a question at this time, he now has to ask for Zhou Chong, so naturally he has to come up with his own conditions first, and now he can see that Zhou Zhong wants to drive the North Koreans and Japanese people out of Shuangyu Port, so Ashikaga Kazuki thinks that the only thing that can impress Zhou Zhong the most is probably his own initiative to withdraw from Shuangyu Port.
Zhou Zhong heard that Ashikaga Kazuki suddenly proposed to be the distributor of his own Chamber of Commerce in the country, that is, to take the initiative to withdraw from Shuangyu Port, which made him also surprised, although the distributor can make a lot of money, but compared with the huge profits of smuggling, there is still a gap, and now the foundation of the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce has not been shaken, but Ashikaga Kazuki took the initiative to withdraw from Shuangyu Port, which is really abnormal in his opinion, so Zhou Zhong also hesitated for a while. (To be continued......)