Chapter 296 Bloody Case at Sea

Wufeng maritime merchants reached an agreement with the Cao Gang to cross the sea and land in the future, and the commercial empire with the eastern and western oceans and the Yangtze River canal waterway as the backbone has shown its embryonic form.

Previously, Qin Lin and Li Qiu, the governor of Caoyun, and Gui Muguang, the prefect of Yangzhou, where the headquarters of the Cao Gang was located, had negotiated in advance that this huge business plan would be fully supported by them.

The business empire built by the two sides is already a de facto monopoly with a huge scale and enjoys substantial tax incentives, and it is conceivable that in the future, this business empire will expand like a balloon.

However, although Huang Zhixiao, the admiral and the eunuch of the city, could evade taxes and evade taxes despite the care of Huang Zhixiao, the eunuch of the city, Qin Lin demanded that they be paid in full, and if necessary, they could even be overpaid -- it is conceivable that when a large amount of taxes and silver from the Hangzhou City Shipping Department arrived in Beijing, Zhang Juzheng's policy of opening up the sea ban was unanimously praised by the government and the public.

This is also part of the fulfillment of the agreement with the Gangneung Prime Minister's Office.

The first trade event after the opening of Hangzhou ended successfully, and Wufeng Maritime Merchants defeated the competitor Sea Shark Club by an overwhelming margin.

With the assistance of the Cao Gang, who mastered water transportation, and Huang Zhixiao, the eunuch of the Admiral City, and Huo Chonglou, the foreman of the East Factory, it was only a matter of time before the Wufeng Maritime Merchants completely defeated the Sea Shark Society.

At this point, the goal of Qin Lin's trip to Hangzhou has been basically achieved, and he can prepare to go home, but he is not in a hurry to return to Nanjing, but gives Fat, Niu Dali and the pro-soldier captains a three-day vacation, asking them to visit the West Lake in Hangzhou, worship Yue Wang Temple, and buy some strange things from the two oceans.

"Haha, don't win the marriage, our Chief Qin is going to have a few more days with Chief Jin," Lu Fat's mouth did not cover up, and he whispered to the brothers in private, and everyone's admiration for Chief Qin was like the Yellow River flooding out of control.

Of course, Qin Lin didn't stay for a few more days for the sake of his children's personal affairs - to be precise, not all.

Wufeng Maritime Merchants and Cao Gang both asked to give Qin Lin 20% of their total profits, not only because of their previous kindness, but also because he promoted the alliance between the two sides with his keen business insight, and only he could make Cao Yun Governor Li Qiu and Governor City Eunuch Huang Zhixiao provide convenience, as well as build a connection with Zhang Juzheng, the first auxiliary emperor, to promote the opening of Hangzhou port, appease maritime merchants and other matters...... It can be said that this business empire was built by him at all.

Qin Lin was by no means a person who sold his name and sold his name, and he did not hesitate to accept this astronomical profit, because of the drastic reduction in bad rules and the de facto monopoly position, it is estimated that the contribution from the Cao Gang will reach 80,000 taels of silver in the next year, and the Wufeng Maritime Merchants will provide him with 150,000 taels, and more and more will go over time.

He was not going to ask for this money, but asked to deposit it with the Wufeng Maritime Merchant.

Hearing this request, Tian Qiye's smile was particularly ambiguous: the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, and the silver should be placed in the hands of the housekeeper's mother-in-law.

Jin Yingji looked at Qin Lin's gaze, and there was a little more tenderness.

However, Qin Lin was not prepared to use her as a housekeeper, and after Tian Qiye left, he would say his plan.

"Train sailors and shotgunners with that silver?" Kanesahime's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes," Qin Lin nodded, "You now have the golden signboard of the Yingzhou Chief's lawsuit, and you have the right to openly recruit and train Tusi soldiers, since you are at sea, of course it is to form a sailor, as for the shotguns, they will definitely be used in the future, and when I return to Nanjing, there will be a pattern of a kind of shotgun for you." ”

Jin Yingji's eyes fluttered, and she covered her small mouth and giggled: "Chief Qin is so relieved, isn't he afraid that the slave family will swallow your sailor?" ”

Naughty again? Qin Lin stretched out his salty pig hand without seeing it at all, scratched Chief Jin so much that he trembled, and repeatedly told him to spare him.

In fact, Wang Zhi was even a key figure in the introduction of Western firearms to Japan -- on the one hand, he overwhelmed the Western colonizers, and on the other hand, he held the 36 islands of Dongying hostage, and all firearms transactions had to go through his hands, thus monopolizing the sale of shotguns, Franc machines, and other weapons.

Therefore, to this day, the Wufeng maritime merchants still have a large number of shotguns, Franc machines and Hongyi cannons, and carry out armed trade in the east and west oceans.

But after all, maritime merchants are maritime merchants, armed merchant ships are not warships, fighting pirates, dealing with the Shimazu family such Japanese second-rate princes can still deal with, to fight with the future unification of Japan will be overwhelmed, in addition, the ships and guns of the Western colonists will also come one after another, at present their strength is still small, but with the establishment of the East India Company in European countries, the greedy black hand will be more and more deep to the East. ,

Qin Lin did not have the power to command the imperial court sailors, and he did not want to be constrained by the party struggle of the imperial court, so he was determined to establish a small but fine sea force that belonged entirely to himself - Xu Wenchang said "borrowing strength" and "exerting force", Qin Lin also had the need to cultivate his own strength.

In fact, the Wufeng maritime merchants also felt the pressure from the East and the West, especially the aggressive Western colonists, and also had the need to form a special sailor.

What's more, most of Qin Lin's requests, Jin Yingji couldn't refuse at all?

In the next few days, Qin Lin discussed the specific issue of the water master with Jin Yingji.

In terms of equipment, Qin Lin demanded that the traditional firearms such as bowls and barrels be abandoned, and Hongyi cannons should be used for long-range artillery battles, and Franc machine cannons should be used for close-range personnel killing.

The ship itself, because the Chinese Fu ship has a wide hull and slower speed, is suitable for passenger and cargo transportation and is not suitable for ocean-going naval warfare, so it adopts the ship type of the Franco-man, and the Wufeng maritime merchants have fought with the Westerners more than once, and now there are captured Western-style ships in the fleet, which have the advantages of flexible speed, and use it as a blueprint to enlarge and copy it.

Shipbuilding technology still adopts Chinese style, such as the balance rudder, watertight cabin, the use of tung oil asphalt splicing method, are the world's advanced shipbuilding technology, Columbus, Da Gama used ships only a few dozen tons, more than 100 tons of displacement, and Zheng He's first-class treasure ship is as majestic as a mountain, the big ship of the Wufeng maritime merchant can carry 2,000 people, the deck can gallop horses, it is simply the contrast between mice and elephants.

Qin Lin didn't need to bother with how to train sailors and how to build ships, firstly, he didn't know naval warfare at all, and secondly, the Wufeng maritime merchants were originally professional, from shipbuilders to sailors and gunners, and they had a lot of experience in naval warfare.

After arranging this matter, Qin Lin was about to leave Hangzhou, and Tian Qiye arranged for him an extremely beautiful official ship, which would take the canal back to Nanjing.

That night, Qin Lin lay on the bed and tossed and turned, thinking that Jin Yingji was next door, he couldn't help but feel itchy, and repeatedly considered whether to touch the question of whether to attack in the night.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Jin Yingji actually entered Qin Lin's room wearing only pajamas and a cocoon silk cloak on the outside.

Hey, it's not shallow! There was an evil voice in Qin Lin's heart shouting: Push down, push down!

"No, no!" Jin Yingji walked to the head of the bed, she didn't know that Qin Lin hadn't slept in the first place, so she reached out to push it.

"Very good, very good!" Qin Lin smiled evilly and took the beauty into his arms, and the strange hand reached through the neckline, caressing the delicate buds.

Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his shoulder, and Qin Lin screamed and pushed Jin Yingji away.

The female One Piece's face was crimson, and she grinded her teeth viciously: "Get up, something is wrong!" ”

What's the big deal? Qin Lin still wanted to play tricks to see if Jin Yingji looked like a joke, so he had to listen patiently to her a few words, and his face changed when he landed, and a carp jumped up from the bed, pulling her and running out.

In the main hall outside, Quan Zhengyin was covered in cold sweat, pacing constantly, like an ant on a hot pot.

Seeing Qin Lin and Jin Yingji coming out, he didn't talk nonsense, and hurriedly reported: "It's not good!" Our Tusi Yamen on Daqushan Island came to report that an official boat had drifted onto the beach of Daqushan Island and was discovered by fishermen. The ship was empty, there was blood stains on the deck, official cabins, etc., and the holy decree canonizing the king of the Ryukyus was found in the official cabin! ”

As soon as the maid went in to report, Qin Lin and Jin Yingji already knew a little about it, but at this time, they were still surprised to learn from Quan Zhengyin's mouth.

A few days ago, I also went to see two envoys who canonized the king of the Ryukyus, a Huke Xiao Chongye, and a pedestrian Xie Jie, they went to sea two days ago, why was there no one on the ship, and they drifted to Daqushan Island, where the Yingzhou Tusi Yamen is located?

Thinking of the bloodstains on the ship, I know that these two are probably not good, Qin Lin and Jin Yingji don't have much friendship with them, but Hangzhou has just opened its port, and Wufeng maritime merchants have just accepted the appeasement, so it is conceivable that it will definitely not be a good thing.

"What should I do about this?" Quan Zhengyin said worriedly: "We finally have such a situation, the murder of the canonized envoy is very likely to set us on fire, whether to push the ship back to sea, or simply burn it, so as not to affect us." ”

Jin Yingji was still hesitating, and Qin Lin preemptively said, "No!" There is something strange about this matter, I suspect that it is for the Wufeng Maritime Merchant, if we pretend not to know, we will be tricked! ”

"What then?" Jin Yingji nodded, and said without hesitation: "I listen to you." ”,

"Where is the nearest yamen?"

"Qiantang County Ya, there used to be only half a mile away."

Before the words fell, Qin Lin had already dragged Jin Yingji and ran out.

At the entrance of the Qiantang County Yamen, two people were holding spears, dozing off little by little, and suddenly the sound of drums frightened the two of them and almost fell down the steps.

"Who? Drumming in the middle of the night? "The two people almost thought that the people who came were crazy.

It was Qin Lin and Jin Yingji who beat the drum and shouted grievances.

"I'm going crazy, I'm still restless in the middle of the night, it's really thunderous to do this county!" The magistrate of Qiantang came out of the back office, his face was a little blue, and he was determined to beat these Diao people first and then interrogate them.

But seeing that it was Qin Lin and Jin Yingji, he was taken aback, and when he asked the reason roughly, the county master's face became whiter than the wall of the brush.

"This case is too big, and the lower officials can't handle it, so I'll accompany the two of you to see Li Buzheng and Liu Xunji!" Qiantang County was not polite, and hurriedly walked out with Qin Lin and Jin Yingji.

At this time, there was a crowd outside the county ya, and Liu Tidao, the patrol of the imperial history, led people to pass in front of the yamen, and suddenly Liang Can and Wei Rong rushed out of the crowd, pointing at Qin Lin and Jin Yingji and said angrily: "Thief, where do you want to go!" ”RO！ ~！