Mr. Cheng Er didn't care, but some people here couldn't stand it, and the pot-bellied man sneered: "What a big show, what kind of place do you think this is, can anyone come in?" Let's wait for you for so long, and if you come, you won't say a good word, you have to look at the seat, and you won't pee to see your identity! ”

Mr. Zhao was not annoyed when he heard this, and said to the pot-bellied man: "The surname Zhao is wealthy, but he is walking in the curtain, and there is still a little tea trading in his hands, Mr. Cheng Er has something here to discuss with you, as for letting you wait, it is not a big support, but the friend behind me looks strange, if you go on the boat with you, I am afraid that someone will see it and cause trouble, please forgive me!" At this point, he turned to the man with the hat and said, "Mr. Silva, this is all your own, take it off!" The man in black took off his hat and revealed his face below, with a high nose and deep eyes, and a pair of light-colored eyes, which were very different from the appearance of the Chinese people.

Everyone saw that what Zhao Youcai said was reasonable, and he had the identity of Ke Dusi's friend behind the scenes, so they didn't mention it, but the big-bellied man still didn't let go: "Okay, you and this Yiren are fine, what about the rest of the person?" Why is he qualified to sit with me? ”

This time, without waiting for Zhao Youcai to speak, the rough man sneered, and arched his hand: "The next surname is Du Minggu, but he is a subordinate of Ke Dusi, leading the adult's personal soldiers, I don't know if I am qualified to sit down and have a drink with you?" “

Hearing Du Gu's answer, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. According to the status of the late warriors, although the commanders are second-rank officers, they have long been reduced to subordinates in front of the political envoys and the envoys, let alone a leader of the pro-soldiers. But most of the things they do are related to the coastal guards, and they all know that the guards in the interior like Liangzhejiang have long been sparse, and the few troops with a little combat effectiveness are the personal soldiers around the generals. Characters like this, how can a few of them be offended by doing foreign business?

At this time, a green-robed man stood up, and while pulling Du Gu into the table, he smiled and scolded the pot-bellied man: "Wen Er, this is yours, today's master is Mr. Cheng Er, who is a pawn of a peddler, he said that if he can enter the table, he can enter the table, and you are too lenient!" Don't pay a glass of wine to Lord Du! ”

The pot-bellied man was not a fool, he knew that his words not only offended the guests, but even Mr. Cheng Er's face was wiped out, although he was a little reluctant in his heart, he still got up and toasted each other, Du Gu drank a glass with him, and finally rounded the scene.

Everyone sat down and drank a few glasses of wine, and the atmosphere gradually became lively. Everyone found that Na Dugu and Yi people rarely spoke, but although this Mr. Zhao was not amazing, he was very knowledgeable in conversation, especially in business. All of you are businessmen, and when you hear it, your perception of it is gradually getting better.

After three rounds of drinking, suddenly the green-clothed merchant smiled and said: "There has been a strange thing in the past few days, there are suddenly a lot of goods from the north on the market in Hangzhou, furs, gems, pine nuts and the like, the price is not cheap, but the goods are really good, I bought a good fox fur for my father, since the Liaodong military incident, but I haven't seen such a good goods for a few days!" ”

"Not bad!" A person next to him responded: "You also know, my family has a crude medicine shop in the city, and many medicinal materials from the north have long been out of stock. ”

"Well, it's all to blame for the incompetence of the imperial court! I can't even beat a single Dongyu, so that we traders can't even do serious business! “

The green-clothed businessman saw that Zhao Youcai had been smiling silently, and was afraid of snubbing him, so he hurriedly smiled: "Let's talk some gossip, don't take it to heart, sir!" ”

"It's okay!" Zhao Youcai smiled: "I don't know what color Zun Weng's fox fur is?" ”

"Pale yellow, what's wrong?"

"Then I will send another one of the same color to the honorable man, make a pair, take an auspicious omen, please don't refuse!" Zhao Youcai saw the stunned appearance of the green-clothed merchant, and said with a smile: "Those goods in the north should be sold in the following firms, if there is a need for the ranks, you may as well open a list, and the trumpet will naturally be served, and the price is easy to say!" ”

"Is that you?" The green-clothed merchant was stunned for a moment and asked, "Didn't you just say that you would do some tea trading?" Why is there still this northern goods? ”

"Oh, it's all down there that I didn't make it clear!" Zhao Youcai said with a smile: "It's right that I do tea trading, but those who do this long-distance trafficking business pay attention to having contacts and contacts, so as not to go back empty-handed." I'll collect tea from here and go to the Northland, and by the way, I'll bring some goods from the North, and I'll also press the boat! ”

After listening to Zhao Youcai's explanation, everyone on the boat exchanged glances, and the eyes cast on Zhao Youcai and his party were very different. These people on the ship are all old in the business field, naturally know that these northern goods are produced in the Ming Dynasty very little, most of them are from outside the Saiwai, behind this kind of business not only must have a big guy to take care of, but also must be a powerful role, the current battle between the court and the East is not known how many years to fight, Liaodong goods in the market has long been interrupted, if you can grasp this source of goods in your hands, it is the silver of the white flowers flowing home. Thinking of this, the green-clothed merchant who had the fastest thought had already smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I'll thank Brother Zhao first, but this gift can't be accepted in vain." In this way, one day Brother Zhao is free, and the younger brother is the east, so he invites Yuelou to prepare a table of water and wine, and conspire to get drunk? The others didn't agree when they saw it, and the pot-bellied man stood up: "The boss of the Yu family, Brother Zhao and I hit it off at first sight, can you give it to the younger brother this time, you can postpone it once!" ”

"Hey, my surname is also Zhao, and Mr. Zhao must have been the same family five hundred years ago, so don't rob this with your younger brother."

In front of him, everyone on the boat was about to quarrel over who to do, Zhao Youcai stood up, made a group gesture to everyone, and said with a smile: "The sincerity of the ranks, I have already understood it in the next place, if it is for this little thing, how can I go if I am hurt and angry?" It's better to be like this, three days later, or on this boat, please get together again in the next east, if you are interested in this northern goods, it will not be too late to talk about it! ”

When everyone saw Zhao Youcai say this, they knew that it was not possible to monopolize this financial road, so they retreated to the next best thing, and it was not bad to get a piece of the pie, and they were all friends in the mall on weekdays, if they tore their faces but didn't get the benefits, it would not be beautiful, so they nodded and said that they would definitely come. This time, the atmosphere on the boat is also a lot lively, the green-robed man surnamed Yu felt that Mr. Cheng Er was a little cold, and hurriedly smiled: "Today, I bothered Mr. Two for a drink, and I also met Mr. Zhao and other good friends, I really didn't want to go, a few days ago my friend in Yangzhou sent a pair of thin horses, and his appearance was ordinary, but his mother has been training for a long time, and he also knows some warmth and cold, so he will send one to Mr. Er's house tomorrow to wait for life." His words came out easily, and everyone on the ship was a wealthy family, and he couldn't help but be speechless. It turned out that at that time, the folk customs in Jiangnan were extravagant, and the rich people often kept concubines for lewd pleasure, and some people bought the handsome young girls of the poor people's families, trained them, taught them singing and dancing, piano and chess, calligraphy and painting, and sold them as concubines to the rich or entered the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion when they grew up, so as to make a profit from it. Because the poor girls are so thin, the name "thin horse" comes from this. In the late Ming Dynasty, due to the abnormal prosperity of the Jiangnan economy, a small number of merchants and gentry had huge wealth, and the price of thin horses also rose, and the first-class thin horses could be sold for 1,500 taels of silver. But Mr. Cheng Er's face was only faint, and he nodded: "It's okay for me, but Mr. Zhao is new to here, and there must be no one waiting around, so you should send it to him!" ”

The green-robed man didn't expect Mr. Cheng Er to answer like this, he couldn't help but be stunned, as the saying goes, "it is difficult to get into the sheath of shame", how can he take back the things sent out by others, he gently patted his head with a folding fan, and said with a smile: "What Mr. Cheng Er said is, in this way, I have exactly two there, one is for Mr. Zhao to accept, and the other will be sent to Mr. Cheng Er's house, how about it?" “

Hearing the green-robed man say this, Mr. Cheng Er nodded slightly, and said to Zhao Youcai: "Mr. Zhao, you are from the Northland, you must be used to tasting the Northland rouge, and you can also see the children of Jiangnan!" ”

Zhao Youcai was originally a womanizer, and he had heard of the reputation of Yangzhou Thin Horse for a long time, but the wealth of his family was far from that of the southern gentry. ”

After three rounds of drinking, Mr. Cheng Er suddenly slapped his palm twice, and said to the singer and servant on the ship: "You all stand down, we have some things to discuss, if you don't have a call, don't come up!" The singers and servants took the order in unison and retreated, and there were only a dozen people left upstairs. Everyone knew he had something to say, so they put down their glasses and held their breath while waiting for him to speak.

Mr. Cheng Er didn't speak immediately, he poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip and put down the wine glass, and then spoke: "Everyone in the ranks knows that I, Xiuning Cheng Er, was originally a seed of study, and it was only because of the middle of the family path that I gave up studying and started business to reorganize the family business." Now he is over forty years old, although the family also has a small property, but in the dead of night, there are often regrets in his heart: a manly husband was born in the world, he must make a difference, leave a name in history, and let go of this dignified seven-foot body. But even though I, Cheng Er, left behind thousands of family fortunes, I can't take half of it with me after I die? Who will remember me a hundred years from now? “

Listening to Cheng Er's words, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, for the ancient Chinese, going out and leaving a name in history is the highest pursuit in life. Merchants like them, even though they have accumulated thousands of family fortunes, the reputation of later generations is nothing, in the history books of the dynasties, except for the "Historical Records" in the "Commodity Colony Column", there is no special for the merchant's tree monument to erect a biography. Merchants like these merchants on the ship have reached a considerable point in the accumulation of goods and goods, and their material enjoyment has also reached a limit, and those who pursue it a little will feel a kind of emptiness and powerlessness.

"Mr. Two, you can't say that!" The green-robed man just now persuaded: "Not to mention Xiuning Fangzhi, if Mr. Big leaves his name in the history books, he will definitely mention Mr. Two!" “

"If you dare to love me, you still want to touch his light!" Mr. Cheng Er laughed: "That's not necessary, just to leave a name in the history books, and I Cheng Er don't have to borrow other people's strength?" Mr. Zhao, take the picture out! ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Zhao Youcai, Zhao Youcai nodded to Silva on the side, Silva took out a scroll, walked to the wall and hung it on it, the scroll unfolded, revealing a nautical chart. Many of the people on board were engaged in maritime business, and they immediately recognized it as a chart of the southeast coast, but the scope was much larger, and the pattern drawn was very different from that used by the Ming people at that time, and it looked much more detailed.

"Rank, I invite you here today, just to ask you to do something that will leave a name in history together, and at the same time to lay an unswerving foundation for each of our families for hundreds of generations!"

"Leaving a name in history? Hundreds of generations? Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, for these businessmen who learned from practical profits, these two words were too far away, Mr. Cheng Er seemed to see everyone's doubts, and nodded to Zhao Youcai. Zhao Youcai stood up a little awkwardly, walked to the chart, pointed to a big island on the chart and asked, "Do you know where this is?" ”

"This should be Yizhou (China's ancient name for Taiwan)," the businessman surnamed Yu asked.

"Not bad!" Zhao Youcai nodded, he stretched out his hand and pointed to a small point in the south of Nayizhou Island and said: "The Dutch occupy a stronghold here, called Dayuan, they built the city of Gerancha here, collected taxes from the local natives, and also traded with the Japanese and our Ming merchants, and made a lot of profits. At this point, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Silva beside him: "This Mr. Silva is a Spanish officer who knows how to besiege fortresses and command naval battles. Spain and the Dutch had a feud, and the Spanish governor in Luzon ordered him to come to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to join us in besieging the Dutch fortress. According to the agreement, after the capture of this city, it will be owned by us. “

Listening to Zhao Youcai's words, which contained a lot of information, everyone couldn't help but be speechless for a while, and after a while, the pot-bellied merchant asked hesitantly: "Mr. Zhao, you probably didn't plan to attack this Dutch stronghold, right?" ”

"Not bad!" Zhao Youcai nodded: "There are three benefits to get its land: first: Yizhou is rich in water and soil, and the climate is mild, it can be three crops a year, if it is taxed, you can get 200,000 stones of grain and rice a year, the fields in the south of the Yangtze River are narrow, and you need to plant flowers (cotton), tea, mulberry, every fierce year, you must transfer grain from Huguang, if you get the land, transfer it by waterway, according to one stone and one tael, you can get 200,000 taels of silver, which can be described as a heavy profit. (To be continued.) )