It was the first time that Master Yan learned that Master Zhao and Third Master Feng were actually uncles and nephews, but he was quite a city man, so of course he would not show this surprise on his face. What's more, at the moment, he cares more about such news than his own relatives. Thinking of the fact that most of the people who went to the appointment on time today were the Chaozhou Gang, he suddenly realized.

"Brother Zhao means that we have been negligent before, and we can't make up for it alone, if we can hurry back to Haojing and talk about this matter, I believe that those other people will know the importance of the matter as we are now, and then gather in Xiangshan County, not only will the momentum be huge, and the six families who wanted to eat alone before will be able to retreat, but also be able to atone for their sins to this Wang Ye. As long as Wang Ye doesn't want to expel the Francophile from Haojing, nor does he send more officials to Haojing, but to set up a council, it is indeed a good thing for us and others. ”

"So that's what my uncle meant!" Zhao Sanye didn't care about anything else, and immediately said anxiously, "Since that's the case, let's go back quickly, I'm afraid of changes!" Don't take the boat, let's ride back. Don't look at the lotus stem gate that is only opened six times a month, but as long as you give up a lot of money, you can definitely get through! ”

Everyone knows that it takes time to come back and forth, and if the six families really come up with something to impress Wang Fulin and decide on the candidates for the council, it will really be too late. But at this moment, the three of them couldn't compete with the six families no matter what, so even if they regretted it again, they had to hurry back immediately. Although Zhao Sanye is young, he is a son who is not diligent, after all, Master Zhao and Master Yan are in their early forties, this time they hurried and hurried, and when they arrived at Haojing, all three of them almost collapsed, but they had to go to visit their families separately.

Almost overnight, the Cantonese and Fujian merchants who were originally as stable as Mount Tai could no longer sit still. I don't know whether it was intentional or not. This news actually leaked out, and even several merchants learned the information, and now it was a stone that stirred up a thousand waves.

The next day was no coincidence, it happened to be the opening day of the lotus stem gate, and throughout the day, from Haojing to Xiangshan, a road that was definitely not called a first-class official road. I don't know how many galloping carriages and horses. So the inns and hostels in Xiangshan County were originally full, and they were completely filled by these new guests. In the evening of this day, the concierge of the county government handed over a thick stack of worship posts to Master Cai, and when Master Cai entered the room with a smile on his face, he happened to see Wang Fulin spreading out a map and poking one of the points to say something to Gu Jing.

"Haojing used to be leased to the Portuguese in the name of drying goods, but now Haojing has Portuguese warships in addition to merchant ships. It's like the rebellion on the dock before, if I hadn't sent people on the boat early to save people from the chaos, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Therefore, Xiangshan County also needs the power to contain the Francophiles, Xiangshan has a staff general, and when the garrison is suitable in the future, it can be directly placed in Haojing. Now it is stationed in Yongmo, which is to deter the Portuguese at the same time. It doesn't make them feel too insecure. ”

When Master Cai heard this, his ears couldn't help but prick up, but then Wang Fulin didn't say anything, he had a little regret, after all, when he turned back to inquire about the news. Every word is worth a thousand gold. He hurried forward and presented a large stack of prayer posts with both hands. He was about to explain who didn't come, but he didn't expect Gu Jing to take the lead.

"Tell me, over there, is there any other family with a head and a face who hasn't come?"

"It's all here." Master Cai's eyebrows fluttered when he saw Gu Jingdeng, and Wang Fulin had a flat face. Obviously, he had expected it, and he added another sentence, "Even many small and medium-sized merchants came together, all to ask to see Wang Ye." ”

The so-called request of these businessmen from Haojing is, of course, by no means empty-handed, but full of filial piety. For this reason, Wang Fulin asked Master Cai to help receive the gift, and Chen Bingchang transcribed the gift list, which was exactly the one who did not refuse. However, most businessmen were not surprised by his bold way of receiving gifts, but felt relieved.

After all, in addition to the six representatives who attended the meeting on time that time, even the three of Master Zhao, who were three quarters of an hour late, were more or less negligent before, and they were afraid that Wang Fulin would settle old scores. Even if Wang Fulin's performance may not be approved by the cabinet, it can still be regarded as thinking about them who make a living from maritime trade. Moreover, there is the newspaper that Wang Fulin threw out as a comparison, as well as those conservative officials who stubbornly hold on to the ancestral system of the sea ban and refuse to let go, and there is a businessman who is willing to speak for the maritime merchants of Guangdong and Fujian, which is of course a great good thing.

You must know that the businessmen are rich, and they can now train Jinshi, or cultivate agents who will wave the flag and shout for themselves in the DPRK, but they still can't come to the front of the stage after all, even if they donate crowns and belts, they can't really be officials. Now, if they can really set up a council and be elected as the governor of Macao, even if it is just in the Hao Jing rented to the Francophile people, they still have to obey the orders of Xiangshan County, but they can justifiably come to the front of the stage, which is also a big breakthrough!

And when Wang Fulin gathered these Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang businessmen together, and then made an opening remark, even a few old men who still had a cautious attitude in their hearts and had been dealing with the Francophone people for more than a day, had to admit that those words were quite demagogic, and even at their age, they couldn't help but have a feeling that they had been scolded for many years and profiteers, and now they finally got their names.

As the saying goes, Guangdong is seven mountains and one water and two fields, Fujian is eight mountains and one water and one field, as for the Huizhou Mansion where I was born, some people say that it is eight mountains and one water and one field, and some people say that it is seven mountains and one water and one field, one road and manor, or eight mountains and half water and half fields, one road and manor, but in any case, Guangdong and Fujian, Huizhou Mansion, it is precisely because the cultivated land is not enough to make a living, this is why there are Huizhou businessmen all over the world, and this is why there are Guangdong businessmen and Fujian businessmen who dominate Tiannan.

An uncle in my family used to say, 'The city in Japan and China is caused by Shennong, and the cover and the plough are prosperous, and each other is important. 'In today's Guangdong, the people in the countryside are busy farming and weaving, and the city is full of hundreds of workers, prosperous, and rich not to go down to the south of the Yangtze River. If it weren't for the real money of the Franco-Rang merchant ships pulling boatloads of silk, porcelain, tea, etc. from this place, how would those workers and city dwellers who could not make a living from farming make a living? How can we have today's Guangdong prosperity? Therefore, some people in the DPRK and China clamored for the expulsion of Fanyi and the ban on maritime trade, completely unaware that although the merchants were in the middle of the trade, they had stimulated all kinds of demand, and even enabled the peasants to have an extra income in addition to cultivating the fields. It's a win. The truth of losing both! ”

Wang Fulin's family background is not a secret, everyone knows that the Wang family of Songmingshan is not the most outstanding among the Huizhou merchants, but he is also a quite successful Huizhou businessman. As for the uncle Wang Fulin said, everyone knows that he must be referring to the spokesperson of the Hui merchants, Wang Daokun, who promised to write epitaphs to the Hui merchants in the past years when he was at home.

And Wang Fulin saw that this simple and single sentence had shortened the distance between each other, and he was very satisfied, and immediately preached back to the truth: "Among all of you here, many people have traded with Francois people for more than a day or two. It's been ten or twenty years, and in contrast, although it is the first time I've been to Haojing, I've also heard a lot of things with the blessing of Hui merchants going south and north. ”

"There is a saying in the court that the Tao is that this country is close to Manchuria, so it was only during the Zhengde period that Manchuriaga could be destroyed, and once paid tribute under the name of a person. But as far as I know, this country's fleet has not only destroyed Manraka. He also captured a southwestern city-state of Goa in the hands of India, and after defeating the Indian fleet, took control of a large part of India's southwestern coast. It is said that many years ago, when the Francophile had just arrived at the coast of Daming, he once regarded Daming as India, which was a big country but not as strong as Erer. Until he was repeatedly frustrated and defeated, he once wanted to play tricks after the loan transaction of Haojing. But because of the strength of our country, we have to bow our heads. ”

It was originally thankless to analyze the country, history, and military with a group of profit-seeking businessmen, but because Wang Fulin had previously put on the attitude that I was also a businessman's child and I supported the opening of maritime trade, a group of businessmen did not feel that what Wang Fulin said just now did not matter. Contrary. Even though many people have earned a lot of gold and silver from the hands of the Franc Machine, and know that the Franc Robot has captured Manchuria, it is the first time that the Franc Robot has occupied a lot of territory in India. This is why Wang Fulin never mentions that the Portuguese still occupy a lot of Africa.

Journey to the West is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people know that India is the place where the West learns scriptures, but how many people know which corner of Africa is in these years?

Therefore, after making sure that his words had at least been listened to, Wang Fulin changed his words; "In fact, as far as I know, the Franc Men are not from the South and Western Seas where the Three Treasure Eunuchs once went down, they came from more distant places and occupied the west coast of India, that is because Goa, India is the best bridgehead to the real East, that is, to come to our Ming Dynasty, Japan and Korea, and the silk porcelain shipped back from us, through Goa and then to their homeland, can be sold for ten times or even a hundred times the price, as for the trade to Japan, the Franc Robot people account for eight or nine times tenth.

Of course, I am not trying to encourage everyone to venture out to sea from Zhangzhou Prefecture in Fujian, if you are not native to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, you will not be able to go out if you want to, and you will not gather in Haojing. I just want to say that just as you want to sell these silk and porcelain to the Franc Robot to make gold and silver, the Franc Robot also needs to ship these goods back from us and sell them to Japan, the South Seas, India, and even further afield to make a huge profit. That's why they will be on loan to Haojing after repeated defeats and battles against our Daming and finding that they can't win at all, but this is just like a tenant and a landlord, just renting, but now they obviously have a tendency to be anti-customer-oriented. As I said, let the 36 banks push the guarantor, form a council, and take back the land lease rights of the Francophone people, precisely to redefine the host and guest, and let them know who is the real master. ”

Seeing that the merchants were all concentrating, Wang Fulin nodded at Gu Jing, and the Xiangshan County Commander cleared his throat and said: "The Franc Machine has customs taxes in Manraka and Goa, India, according to what the county has learned before, the Franc Machine's own merchant ships have to pay taxes when they pass through Manraka (Malacca) and Goa, and it is about 60,000 Benyang a year through Manraka, and Goa is about 50,000 Benyang a year. The annual net income of the customs in these two places is 50,000 or 60,000 taels.

Judging from the previous riot that Wang Xunji encountered in Haojing, the Francophile did not have anyone to manage in Haojing, so once such a riot was transmitted back to China, coupled with the fact that my Ming Dynasty was prosperous and rich, and the merchant ships made a lot of money coming and going here, they would of course consider sending officials here to govern. If you send an officer, what is the first thing you do? “

"Tax!"

This time, it was Feng Sanye who blurted out these two words. However, not to mention him, the others didn't care whether it was rude or not, and they all thought about it urgently.

Tax evasion is the nature of merchants, so in the past, during the transaction with the Franc machine, these local merchants would often help bribe the officials in charge of the pumping to help them evade taxes. It is conceivable that if those Franc people really set up an official office here, even if it is only to tax the Franc Machine's merchant ships, and do not dare to attack them, the Ming merchants, then what kind of means will the other party take after the increase in operating costs? Will this be used as an excuse to lower the price when buying their goods? Moreover, if the other party has an official office as a backstage, regardless of whether it is a Cantonese merchant or a Fujian businessman, even if it is a Zhejiang merchant and a Huguang businessman, he will fall at a disadvantage in the transaction.

Of course, if the imperial court is allowed to send officials to Haojing, they will also be subject to others, so Wang Fulin's previous package of articles is undoubtedly very suitable for the needs of these businessmen!

However, in the business business, most of the merchants were seated according to their respective business gangs, and at this time, they had to whisper to each other and discuss urgently. They all know the approximate value of the goods traded each year, and such a huge amount of transactions, plus what kind of bishop has been set up by the Franc machine, and he will get some kind of official to come out one day, of course, it is very likely - even if there is no big case on the Lisbon before, it will be sooner or later. What's more, now that it is said that Captain Franco is seriously injured and only has one breath left, it is even more impossible to be good!

After some discussion, several major merchant gangs pushed one person out to speak, but it was Huang Qi, the master of the Chaozhou merchant gang. After Huang Qi stood up, he first arched his hand at the four seats, and then looked at Wang Fulin very cautiously and said: "Wang Ye saw that the first thing he did after taking office was to come to Haojing first, and he mentioned in the book such a good proposal that benefits the businessmen and hundreds of workers. We have just discussed and are willing to voluntarily donate 20,000 yuan to finance the military. ”

Wang Fulin smiled secretly. It seems that many people have guessed, or they simply know their greatest responsibility as the governor of Guangdong! It's a pity, of course, you can't laugh at such a thing!

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