Zheng Zhilong's people came quickly, and they arrived before night. Hot 【Love to Go】

The five big and three thick people came, especially the face, which is quite round, which is completely different from the thin face of ordinary Jiangnan people.

"This is the fourth master!"

He Mingyu said.

Yang Chao arched his hand casually.

"This is Lord Yang, a brave general who killed 10,000 Tartars in Haizhou!"

The other party also arched his hand, and there was a different kind of eagerness in his eyes, as if he was meeting an opponent in chess, and he wanted to play a game immediately, or he regarded Yang Chao as an opponent and wanted to try his skills.

"I've admired the name for a long time."

Yang Chao nodded lightly.

After a few people sat down, Yang Chao didn't want to be polite with this fourth master, and almost directly made his intentions clear.

"This official knows that Zheng Zongbing's maritime trade business is very large, and he also has to handle a lot of goods in Jiangnan, so I am afraid that there will be many inconveniences. This official happens to have some connections in Jiangnan and wants to do a big business with Zheng Zongbing! ”

Zheng Zhilong is a legendary figure, with the power of the people, he has formed a huge sea fleet that generally requires national strength and needs the strength of the country to build, and even the sea carriages of the Netherlands and the sea ships must fly the Zheng flag, otherwise they will not dare to do business in the East.

But Yang Chao has a stiff tone, with the emperor standing behind him, standing Shi Kefa, the first powerful minister in Jiangnan, and a hundred elite soldiers in his hands, if he is not tough, he does not conform to the image, of course, more importantly, Yang Chao must enter the market with a tough attitude, to put it bluntly, he joined the sea trade, that is, to fight with the Hao family and the Zheng family.

Anyway, it is impossible to satisfy these people, so simply be tough and give them a dismount directly, maybe there will be less trouble.

Therefore, there is no need to be false and wronged with Zheng Zhilong's people, just start the case directly, and give the leader of the Zheng family a dismount first, and it will be easier to deal with the wealthy families below.

After listening to Yang Chao's words, the fourth master smiled noncommittally and said, "I don't know what big business Lord Yang wants to do with my eldest brother?" ”

Yang Chao said: "In the future, I will arrange for Zheng Zongbing for the silk, porcelain, tea and other things in the south of the Yangtze River, and I will have as many goods as I want." ”

Although Zheng Zhilong can get goods from Jiangnan through smuggling. But the smuggling method is always not enough, so Zheng Zhilong often needs to pay twice or even three times the price for procurement.

The fourth master laughed: "Lord Yang is Lord Yang, and speaking is atmospheric." But Lord Yang is afraid that he is not the kind of person who helps for nothing, so let's make a condition. ”

Zheng's group endures several times the price difference, but suffers from the inability to get enough goods in Jiangnan, Zheng's ships of all sizes are thousands, and only a dozen or even fewer cargo ships can go to Japan every year. And in order to get such a source of life and death, I even have to get the goods in a country like Vietnam, what grade is the Vietnamese goods, what is the grade of Jiangnan goods, everyone knows in their hearts.

Therefore, Yang Chao claimed to be able to provide sufficient supply, and this alone was enough to make Zheng's heart move, and promised Yang Chao some additional benefits, and he was willing to accept it, so he took the initiative to mention it.

Yang Chao also laughed: "Happy! The fourth master went back to send a message to General Zheng. In the future, he will have to raise his hand and raise the price of all the goods in Jiangnan. Latest Chapters"

It turned out that he wanted to raise the price, the fourth master couldn't help frowning, the Zheng family had already paid a high price for the goods from Jiangnan, and now they have to increase the price, so what profit does the Zheng family have for all his hard work.

But he was still patient: "I don't know how much Lord Yang wants to mention?" ”

Yang Chao simply said: "Three times!" ”

The fourth master's face changed suddenly, the Zheng family took goods from various wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River was already very expensive, twice or even three times that of the market, and now Yang Chao will triple it. is more than six times, and the Zheng family's profit is only ten times, which is equivalent to cutting off the Zheng family's profits, and they have to get one percent. It's like stealing money from the Zheng family, the Zheng family is a pirate, they have never been the only ones who robbed others, when was it their turn to rob them.

But the fourth master laughed out loud and arched his hand: "Lord Yang is magnificent, my fourth child admires it very much." But everyone can say big things. But what about the ability? But not necessarily! ”

Yang Chao also laughed: "Let's wait and see if you have the ability, anyway, the goods from my hands in the future, then the price will have to be increased by three times, as for the goods in other people's hands, I'm afraid there will be no more in the future!" The official's army will blockade the Yangtze River, and without the permission of the official, not a single silk will be transported to the Zheng family's ship! ”

The fourth master applauded, stood up at the same time, and suddenly lay on the table with his hands, staring at Yang Chao's eyes.

The fourth master said coldly word by word: "Lord Yang, let's see, I want to see who can stop the Zheng family's boat on the river." ”

Yang Chao smiled: "Don't be busy yet, you better bring what I said to your family leader, whether you agree or not to let him think about it." ”

During Zheng Zhilong's tenure, Yang Chao became more amiable, Zheng Zhilong's strength at sea is indeed very great, but on the Yangtze River, Yang Chao really doesn't need to be afraid of him.

Zheng Zhilong dominates the sea, with 200,000 troops, including Han Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, African blacks, etc., and they are all outlaws, with more than 3,000 large and small ships fleet, and Da Ni, Huni, Champong, Luzon, Yonggang, Beigang, Dayuan, Hirado, Nagasaki, Mumbai, Banten, Old Port, Batavia, Malacca, Cambodia, Siam and other places to trade, across the Strait of Malacca is Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence, no one can do business here without hanging the Zheng family flag.

Zheng Zhilong's wealth is not false, and the history records that "all those who are not allowed to order the flag of the Zheng family cannot come and go." Each ship earns 3,000 gold, and the annual income is 10 million, so as to enrich the enemy country and build the city of Anping Town"; "Since then, the sea atmosphere is quite breathing, selling foreign goods, domestic and foreign businessmen, all using the Zheng banner, no example, businessmen have 20 times the benefits, Zhilong to Haili traffic court, to show greatly."

But so what, even if Zheng Zhilong dominates the sea, even if he is rich and rivals the country, but the real ruler of the Ming Empire is the civil class, and people don't look at him at all, and in the emperor's compromise, he bluntly calls Zheng Zhilong a pirate.

This inherent contempt for pirates and pirates makes it difficult for Zheng Zhilong's forces to move on land, except for some influence in Fujian, people in other places don't take the Zheng family seriously at all, especially Jiangnan, where the literati are the most powerful, not to mention the civil officials, even those wealthy families don't take the Zheng family very seriously, otherwise they won't blackmail the Zheng group on the source of goods, they can't do it without a big background for smuggling, so they ate the Zheng family to death.

For this kind of discrimination, Zheng Zhilong Group is annoyed. But there is no good way, after all, they can develop to this extent, or rely on the huge economic strength of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise how can they afford to raise such a fleet. Therefore, even if they are discriminated against, they can only endure the humiliation with hatred, but with the temperament of those pirates, I am afraid that they really hate to come to Jiangnan.

It is precisely because the Zheng clan does not dare and does not have the strength to invade Jiangnan. So Yang Chao dared to pinch them at will.

He really dared to intercept the Zheng family's ship on the Yangtze River, and even specially intercepted the Zheng family's ship until the Zheng family relented.

Therefore, Yang Chao had no fear, and asked the fourth master to bring a message to Zheng Zhilong, and let Zheng Zhilong decide whether to fight or to peace.

But the fourth master said coldly: "No need." I said it and forget it. ”

Yang Chao was stunned in his heart, and he always regarded the so-called fourth master in front of him as a small leader under Zheng Zhilong or something, thinking that he was sent to Jiangnan to handle goods, so he would see him immediately in Nanjing, and now listen to his tone. I'm afraid it's not something that a small boss can dismiss.

Yang Chao asked directly: "Dare to ask the fourth master's surname?" ”

The third master said: "The surname is Zheng." ”

Last name Zheng? Zheng Zhilong is also surnamed Zheng!

Yang Chao asked, "Zheng what?" ”

The fourth master said: "Zheng Hongkui! ”

Zheng Hongkui! The fourth child of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong's younger brother, and Zheng Chenggong's uncle.

He also has a name, called Zheng Zhifeng, and is one of the eighteen Zhizhi cadres who started Zheng Zhilong's family.

Knowing that this is the core leader of the first force in the entire Eastern Sea, Yang Chao naturally understands that this is not a small boss who does some kind of business, but also a heroic man who crosses the sea.

So he immediately put away his indifferent attitude and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Siye, it's really disrespectful!" ”

Seeing that Yang Chao finally put away the arrogance that he had always wanted to set up a horse might, Zheng Hongkui's face finally softened. Heartily laughed.

"I don't know how much the name Zheng Hongkui Zheng Zhifeng can be worth?"

It's good to negotiate the price, Yang Chao's so-called three-fold price increase is just a sky-high asking price. After all, the goods in the south of the Yangtze River do not necessarily have to go through the Yangtze River.

If the price is high enough, you can go south to Hangzhou Bay to smuggle, but it is more convenient to take the canal into the Yangtze River, just like Jingdezhen porcelain in Jiangxi, which can enter the Yangtze River from Jiujiang through the Ganjiang River. You can also go south through Meiling to the sea in Guangdong.

The threefold price increase is obviously to force the goods in other directions, which is not Yang Chao's original intention.

Zheng Hongkui is now making a counteroffer.

Yang Chao immediately said: "Then raise the price twice." ”

Zheng Hongkui shook his head: "Zheng Zhifeng's name is not valuable, so Zheng Zhilong's name can always be worth some money." ”

Obviously, Zheng Hongkui is not satisfied with the double price reduction, so his name is not valuable.

Yang Chao smiled: "Then double the price." ”

Doubling the price also means doubling the price in the past.

Zheng Hongkui smiled: "Lord Yang is so sure, he will eat our Zheng family." ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "No, the Zheng family is naturally not easy to mess with, but the sailors of this battalion will not be afraid." After three months, the army of this official will march along the east of the river, and it is up to your Zheng family to fight or make peace. ”

Zheng Hongkui twitched his cheeks, Yang Chao's record of 600 and 10,000 is really bluffing, now this guy has a battalion of soldiers in his hands, it is really not easy to mess with, but the Zheng family is not afraid, the Zheng family has been crisscrossing the sea for decades, it is a knife to fight it out of blood, not to rely on others to reward it, if you want to use a knife to see blood, who are you afraid of!

But that's only at sea, and the Zheng family in Fujian also has some foundations, but they don't have much say in Jiangnan, otherwise they don't have to smuggle from Jiangnan at a high price.

Although the Zheng family can import silk from Fujian, Guangdong and even Southeast Asia, these silks are also fooling the Dutch who have not seen the world, the real big deal of the Zheng family is still with the Japanese, Japan is the same as the Ming Dynasty, it is also a place where silk is produced, but first, the Japanese like the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese silk is indeed not as good as the silk in the south of the Yangtze River, so Japan is the largest buyer of the Ming silk.

And raw silk has become the core trade of the Zheng family, if Yang Chao can control the products in Jiangnan, it will really choke the neck of the Zheng family.

"Three months?"

Zheng Hongkui's tone softened.

"Three months!"

Although Yang Chao has some respect for a maritime hero like Zheng Hongkui, his attitude is still tough.

Zheng Hongkui suddenly smiled: "But I can't be the master in the future, I still have to discuss it with my eldest brother." ”

Yang Chao said: "Those three months are enough. ”

Zheng Hongkui snorted: "Okay! Three months is three months, but there are a few brothers in the next place, trapped in prison, and asked Lord Yang to fish them out, and I want to see these brothers in the next three months. ”

Zheng Hongkui's tone was actually about to agree, not that he could really be Zheng Zhilong's master, but that Yang Chao's proposal was within the acceptable range of them.

Yang Chao only doubled the price, the Zheng family used to use double the price to get the goods, double that is, quadruple, and there will be ten times the profit when they are shipped to Japan, and only one-third of them were robbed by Yang Chao, and the bulk is still the Zheng family.

But another advantage of cooperating with Yang Chao is that they will not be affected by the supply of goods, they can have as much as they want, so there is no problem in doubling the business, and they will make more money than in the past.

As for whether Yang Chao has this ability, Zheng Hongkui really doesn't doubt it, if Yang Chao really has a battalion of soldiers in his hands, and they are all the same as the six hundred elite soldiers, I am afraid that he will dare to go sideways in Jiangnan, even a giant like Zuo Liangyu, not to mention selling goods, it is directly robbed, I am afraid that no one can do anything.

Therefore, Zheng Hongkui felt that Yang Chao's conditions had to be agreed to by himself, and he had to agree if he didn't agree, he didn't believe that Yang Chao called him here to talk big, with Yang Chao's reputation today, he couldn't fool the Zheng family with nonsense.

But Zheng Hongkui still had to say: "Lord Yang, you have to know that it's not the Zheng family that is afraid of you, the Zheng family's men haven't been afraid of anyone on the water." It's just that I respect Lord Yang and is also a man, and everyone earns money together. ”

Yang Chao also accepted it when he saw it: "That's right, this official doesn't think that the Zheng family is afraid of me." You wait for the news, as long as you negotiate with the official, you can get someone in three months. I am bringing a message to Zheng Da's master, saying that I also admire him as a man, and I hope he will always be a man. ”

Yang Chao remembered that Zheng Zhilong later surrendered to the Manchus, and for fear that people would not accept him, he surrendered very actively and actively, but the family was placed under house arrest in Beijing, and only his son Zheng Chenggong refused to surrender in the south, and he fought with the Manchus for decades.

Maybe it's old, maybe it's scared, Zheng Zhilong at the time of surrender doesn't look like a giant who has been across the sea for decades.

Hearing Yang Chao's words, it seemed to have a taste, but he couldn't hear anything strange, Zheng Hongkui could only nod coldly: "I'll bring the words." (To be continued...... ）。