Xu Liang didn't listen to Zhang Ru's advice at all, he left Nanjing directly the next day, and went straight to Fujian, where there were the most maritime merchants, with a dozen henchmen.

After arriving in Fujian, he found his hardcore brother Chen Dafu for the first time.

Chen Dafu was quite surprised to learn that Xu Liang was coming, you must know that this brother is an official person, and he rarely takes the initiative to come to him.

After leading Xu Liang into the house, he immediately asked people to make some food, and after letting his subordinates lead Xu Liang to bathe, Chen Dafu asked the words he was holding back: "Brother Xu, but something happened in Nanjing, why didn't you come over without saying hello to my brother?" ”

Xu Liang held a greasy chicken leg in his hand, opened his mouth to bite off a large piece, and said vaguely while chewing: "Big deal." ”

"What's the big deal?" Chen Dafu asked.

Xu Liang swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of the wine glass, and said: "Grandpa said that he wanted to meet you maritime merchants, and this time I came just to let you contact someone who can talk to the merchant and go to Nanjing together." ”

"This year's filial piety has been given, is there anything else on Grandpa's side?" Chen Dafu was a little puzzled, every year in addition to the filial piety, there will be a few shopkeepers to go to Nanjing, under normal circumstances, they will not leave the coastal one acre and three points of land.

Xu Liang said: "There are people from above, and the origin is not small, the imperial court seems to have deliberately opened the sea ban." Don't blame my brother for not telling you, the one above can be said, the people who can be invited are naturally invited, don't worry if you don't come, there will naturally be a brocade guard****. ”

Chen Dafu was shocked: "Could it be that the imperial court wants to thoroughly investigate maritime merchants?" ”

He didn't think that Xu Liang's ban on opening the sea would become a reality, the Ming Dynasty had closed the country for I don't know how many years, and every time someone proposed a ban on opening the sea, it would basically be pressed down by those civil officials. Even some generals are reluctant to open the sea ban, because that means they will face more unknown enemies.

Xu Liang nodded: "It's not an exaggeration to say that it is a thorough investigation of maritime merchants, but this time the one above seems to be determined to open the sea ban, so he wants to meet you shopkeepers." Which people can be used by the court and which ones cannot, he will always know after he has seen them. Brother, I came to you first this time, just to tell you that you must arrive in Nanjing first this time, no matter what, at least you can give a good impression to the nobleman in Beijing. ”

Chen Dafu smiled bitterly: "Brother's kindness, how can the younger brother not know, but once the sea ban is opened, I am afraid that our income will plummet, and those shopkeepers are all iron roosters who are not pulling out a dime, and it is difficult to make them bleed!" ”

Xu Liang said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about this, the sea ban hasn't been opened yet!" Tianjin is now building large-scale ships and supervising the training of the navy, and the ships over there are not built, that is, you want to make a stumbling block, but I am afraid that there will be no chance. When the ship is built, the advantage of you people will only be those overseas businessmen you are familiar with. And that lord will not let the maritime merchants sit big, and the maritime merchants who do not go to Nanjing this time are afraid that they will be unlucky. ”

Chen Dafu frowned and said, "Who is the one you are talking about?" Is he really that powerful? ”

It is very difficult to establish rules, and it takes several generations or even dozens of generations to operate, but to break a rule, it is even more difficult, and even several generations cannot break it.

If there is no certain energy, let alone really do the ban on the sea, it is to propose the ban on the sea, but I am afraid that it will be drowned by the saliva of the civil officials.

Xu Liang took a sip of wine and said directly: "That master can be regarded as a person above 10,000 people in the capital. In just a few years, he left a notoriety of King Zhang Yan in the capital, and then quietly pressed an undercurrent against the crown prince's accession to the throne. In terms of ability, not to mention the capital, there are few people in the entire Ming Dynasty who can be compared with him, in terms of ruthlessness, who is comparable to Jinyiwei? ”

"Are you talking about Zhang Wenxuan?" Chen Dafu let out an exclamation.

Zhang Ru's great name is that these maritime merchants who relied on the high mountain emperor to make a fortune are like thunder, you must know that a young man in his twenties can do this, which is something that others dare not think.

Now, Chen Dafu somewhat believes what Xu Liang said, it is really the one who proposed to ban the opening of the sea, Mo said that His Majesty will not oppose it now, but I am afraid that many civil officials in the capital will not dare to oppose it too much.

"Brother, don't worry, tomorrow the younger brother will set off." Chen Dafu said solemnly.

Xu Liang waved his hand and said: "You can't leave tomorrow, you have to contact those shopkeepers, and you can go to as many as you can." Once Tianjin's ship is built and the sailors are trained, our Jiangnan advantage will soon be replaced by Tianjin. ”

Chen Dafu nodded with a heavy face: "Okay, don't worry, big brother!" ”

The next day, Chen Dafu immediately sent out seven or eight posts, and several of the people he notified were all maritime merchants who were stomping their feet in the coastal area and could shake the Quartet. Strange to say, among these seven or eight people, except for one who is a local, the others are all outsiders without exception.

Four people from Anhui and three people from Shanxi.

Several people are quite face-saving, after the greeting post was sent out, they all arrived at Chen Dafu's house at night, and those who knew Xu Liang greeted him very warmly after seeing him, and those who didn't know him would smile and nod at him.

After all, the maritime merchants who can gather thousands of family fortunes are not stupid, and the characters who can make others nod their heads are naturally not offended.

After all, they are the emperors of the coastal area, and ordinary officials will not take them seriously at all, but they will not easily offend the court officials.

A small banquet had already been prepared, and after entering the table, the eight people who came were quite bearable, and none of them asked Chen Dafu about the purpose of this banquet.

In the end, halfway through the banquet, Xu Liang couldn't help but open his mouth: "Grandpa has ordered, I want you to go to Nanjing this month, and Grandpa has something important to discuss." ”

If someone else said this, maybe these maritime merchants would not turn their faces on the spot, but secretly they would not care, but when Xu Liang said this, everyone present was convinced. It's just because this person is a henchman around Wei Guogong, and at the same time, he is also a military general who controls a guard and horses.

A well-dressed maritime merchant with a slightly obese figure and a very big head smiled and said, "Lord Xu, I don't know what happened to the little ones summoned by the Duke of Guo?" ”

Xu Liang said with a cold face: "Except for letting you go to Nanjing, I don't know anything else, if you are busy, you can not go, but you will bear the consequences." ”

People who knew Xu Liang finally realized the seriousness of the matter, Xu Liang had never talked to them like this before, after all, no one would be angry with the God of Wealth.

The amount of silver they give to Xu Liang every year is not a small amount, and these silver are just to buy the news in Xu Liang's mouth.

A maritime shopkeeper who looked very shrewd immediately said, "Lord Xu, I'm too busy this time, can you delay for a while and then go?" ”

Xu Liang said coldly: "Guo Hansheng, I have made it very clear what to say, you can not go because the business is busy, but you will bear the consequences." ”

Guo Hansheng's face turned blue and white for a while, and he glanced at Xu Liang with some resentment, and then his tone became cold: "If Lord Xu is short of silver, tell us that one hundred and eighty taels of silver, we really don't care about it." Don't use your grandfather to pressure us for everything, even if the little boy talks to us, he is polite, don't think that if I call you Lord Xu, you will really be an adult. ”

The temper of the maritime merchants is not very good, although they are businessmen and know the truth of making money with harmony, but for them, the wealthy local tyrants, they may not be able to offend the people at the level of Xu Huaiyuan, but the people at the level of Xu Liang, they can still handle it.

Not to mention anything else, just the tens of thousands of taels of silver given to Xu Liang by various firms every year are enough to make Xu Liang throw a mouse.

Xu Liang said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Guo is really hard, this time I came to Xu to tell you something, there are a lot of benefits from you over the years, after you go to Nanjing, Xu will return the silver." ”

Guo Hansheng stood up and said, "Xu Liang, what do you mean!" ”

Seeing that the two of them had already fought out, Chen Dafu hurriedly said: "If you have something to say, you have something to say, they are all your own people, why bother to be angry." ”

The seaman with the big head also stood up and said, "It seems that today's banquet is really not a good banquet. Since Lord Xu has made everything clear, Yang might as well tell you the truth. If the little boy doesn't speak, none of us will go to Nanjing. ”

Xu Liang's gaze turned around on several other people: "How many of them are this idea?" ”

Several people looked at each other, but they all closed their mouths and did not speak, and the meaning was already very obvious.

Xu Liang stood up and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I don't have anything to say, everyone, please!" ”

Chen Dafu, the host, has not said to send off guests, he has already made a decision on behalf of Chen Dafu, and the other eight people looked at Chen Dafu with a little unkind eyes, but they didn't say it on the spot.

After a stalemate, Guo Hansheng took the lead and walked away, followed by Shanxi businessman Yang Yiyu and two other Shanxi businessmen.

In the end, Xu Liang and Chen Dafu were left in the huge hall, and there was also a local businessman from Fujian.

Xu Liang looked at the Fujian local with a smile: "Shopkeeper Qin, why don't you leave." ”

The Qin shopkeeper of the great name Qin Luo is the youngest of the eight shopkeepers, and judging by his face, he should not be thirty years old, and he inherited his father's career to have the opportunity to appear on this occasion. Today, it was also the first time he met Xu Liang, a big man in Nanjing.

Hearing Xu Liang's question, Qin Luo was a little embarrassed and said: "Lord Xu, forgive me, I am not just a businessman, a businessman pursues profits, and never fights for a moment, this is my father's teaching." Lord Xu can rest assured, he will bring people to Nanjing tomorrow, and he will never embarrass Lord Xu. ”