Tang Ming had originally intended to get involved in maritime trade, so he would naturally agree. But he also knows that the annual gathering of maritime merchants is not today www.biquge.info There must be a reason for this, and this is likely to be related to the recent complete closure of Daming Port and wharf.

Old man Ye Yan obviously had a lot of status among these maritime merchants, and under his leadership, Tang Ming was directly led to the small high platform in the hall.

There were only five chairs in the small space above, and Ye Yan was very respectful to Tang Ming, inviting him to sit down on the main seat, and Tang Ming was not polite. Since he has come to this throne today, he will not sit on this throne, and no one else will dare to sit on it!

The hall gradually calmed down in a whisper, Ye Yan nodded and smiled at Tang Ming, and then got up and pressed his hands weakly, and said loudly: "Why did you have an early gathering this year, I believe everyone knows why, Ye Mou won't say much!" I am very fortunate that Chief Tang can be here today, and I believe that the problems of all of us will be well solved today! ”

The people in the audience were very cooperative with Ye Yan, and applauded as soon as his words fell. The eyes that looked at Tang Ming had a strange light.

The Ming Dynasty's complete ban on the sea was not a big blow to them, who were still bright and had status before. In the past, their ships could freely enter and trade in Moon Harbor, but now all the ships are detained, and they have to go to sea secretly. Once found out by the officers and soldiers, in addition to detaining your goods, they will also not let go of the ship.

After all, maritime trade is a high-risk industry, and its benefits are also high-income. If they can avoid the officers and soldiers on one of the three times, they will not lose money, and they will be able to make some profits. If you are lucky enough to succeed twice out of three times, then they will make a lot of money.

Therefore, there is nothing to detain the ship and detain the goods, the main reason is that Zhu Gaochi is too ruthless, not only to detain the goods and detain the ship, but also to let go of people. Once caught, a large ransom is required, otherwise he will be sent to work as a coolie, and he will not be released until he can collect enough ransom.

As a result, the maritime merchants have almost no way to live, so these merchants who have been trading on Jeju Island will meet in this Tang Dek Building today to discuss how they should deal with the Ming Dynasty's forbidden sea issue next.

Ye Yan chose to gather in Tang Delou on Jeju Island, the reason was naturally that they wanted Tang Ming to think of a way for them, and now that Tang Ming was here, they were naturally overjoyed.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he took advantage of the discussion with everyone, and insisted on guiding everyone to talk about the problems and difficulties they faced. In the end, he turned to Tang Ming and said, "Chief Tang, you see that everyone is completely unable to survive in Daming now. It is almost impossible to transport Daming's items out of the trade, I don't know what solution Chief Tang has, and I hope to give advice! ”

Tang Ming also probably understood at this time, these maritime merchants were actually unable to mix in Daming, and now they came to him for help. But that's good, Tang Ming doesn't lack anything here, only these businessmen who specialize in making a living at sea.

"Hehe, I've heard almost everyone's problems, in fact, the solution is very easy, but I don't know if you dare to do it." Tang Ming smiled and threw out a bait.

These merchants are almost desperate, unless they all change careers and don't work as maritime merchants, Tang Ming is not afraid that they won't do it.

Ye Yan seemed to have become the representative of all maritime merchants at this moment, and after exchanging a look with everyone in the audience with his eyes, he said respectfully: "Chief Tang, please speak bluntly, it has not been a year or two for us maritime merchants to come out to run the sea. To do our own high-risk industry, no adventurous spirit can do this, as long as there is a profit, there is no one we maritime merchants dare not do! ”

For such an answer, Tang Ming was obviously very satisfied, and this was what he admired most about maritime merchants. These people are the most receptive to new things, after all, when they are broadened, they will not be as traditional as those people who live deep in the interior.

Tang Ming no longer sells anything, and said with a smile: "Everyone should also know that I don't lack anything here, only businessmen who really dare to dare to do it." It is estimated that no one here can know how big the sea is, so it is not that without the Ming Dynasty, everyone here will lose their livelihood. ”

As soon as everyone heard Tang Ming's words, they immediately felt reasonable, and after the small whispering sounded, they all nodded in agreement with Tang Ming's statement.

The smile on Tang Ming's face deepened again, but the performance of these maritime merchants was really good, at least he only needed to say it so roughly, they could understand what they meant.

After the whispering quieted down, Tang Ming continued: "Then everyone should look outside, like the Dutchman who was killed by me just now." They can come to Daming from thousands of miles away to trade, so why can't we, the merchants, who are also not inferior to them, sail to where they trade? ”

As soon as Tang Ming said this, there was immediately a buzzing discussion below, and it was obvious that most of the people's faces were dead gray.

Ye Yan also had a little embarrassment on his face, and he explained to Tang Ming with a wry smile: "The chief doesn't know, in fact, these foreign merchants who sailed to the Ming Dynasty to trade. Most of them were sent by the government, and there are very few people like us who do not have official status. ”

"Probably only one out of 10 foreign businessmen is private, and the others have official backgrounds. This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty will directly ban the sea now, and the government wants to trade directly with them. And we were directly abandoned, without the protection of the official family, we can't even deal with pirates, let alone carry out any long-distance trade, it is estimated that we will be targeted by pirates if we can't go out of the open sea. ”

Only then did Tang Ming remember that there was such a thing, and Zhu Gaochi thought that he was going to swallow the big cake on the sea. In addition to not allowing himself to profit from it, he can also make more benefits from it.

As for these dispensable maritime merchants, Zhu Gaochi should think that it is better to collect their taxes than to do it himself. After thinking about it like this, it is logical that he would order the forbidden sea. It was these unlucky maritime merchants who were now almost cut off from their livelihood by Zhu Gaochi.

However, this also gave Tang Ming and the others a great opportunity to absorb these maritime merchants, aren't they just afraid of pirates? You only need to provide them with the power to protect, and let them play the rest, and they can benefit from it. I don't understand why Zhu Gaochi doesn't want this kind of good thing, since that's the case, then he's not welcome.

After discussing a few words with Ye Yan in a low voice, Tang Ming informed him of his intentions, and then he went to talk to the rest of the merchants. Tang Ming didn't stay any longer, he flashed people first, he believed that Ye Yan would bring the final good news to himself. (To be continued.) )