The old man quickly adjusted his mentality, and in the face of Tang Ming's attitude at the moment, he was very sure of what he was going to talk about next. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info immediately after the politeness, he introduced himself to Tang Ming first: "The old man is the president of the Fujian Maritime Chamber of Commerce, as a Fujian navigator, of course the old man is also a believer of Mazu, I heard that Hou Ye also worships Mazu, so the old man came to visit." ”

Tang Ming raised his eyebrows, stared at the old man meaningfully for a while, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the president is disrespectful and disrespectful, so is the president just here to visit me this time?" ”

As soon as he heard that the old man was the so-called guild leader, Tang Ming immediately guessed his intention, which was nothing more than to support them here in the island country. Originally, this was understandable, after all, everyone was Han Chinese, and this was just a gesture for Tang Ming at this time.

But he Tang Ming is not a person with a good heart, and if he wants to get shelter from him, he has to pay something. For the sake of the same Ming people, he can not embarrass the old man too much, but if the old man doesn't know how to express it and wants to get benefits from him, then Tang Ming can only send him four words 'wishful thinking'.

The old man seemed to be a person who liked to be straightforward, and when he saw Tang Ming asking about his intentions, he squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Presumably Lord Hou also knows that it is really difficult for us prodigal sons who are wandering overseas. In this island country, it is even more excluded everywhere, and it has reached the point where it is difficult to move forward. And Hou Ye's prestige in the island country this time is far and wide, thanks to you, we overseas prodigal sons who make a living here, are rarely respected. Therefore, the old man implored Hou Ye to come and be the president of our Daming Maritime Merchant Association in the island country, I don't know how? ”

A president wants to contribute to his own efforts, the old man is indeed an old man, Tang Ming put away the smile on his face, and said expressionlessly: "The old man seems to have forgotten something?" Dare to ask the old man to know that now the emperor has explicitly forbidden maritime merchants to trade with island countries, and your so-called guild halls are actually illegal organizations of sea smuggling. The old man thought of his identity again, how to say that he was also an upright prince, and he was ordered by the emperor to take the imperial grain and eat the royal meal. Now my husband wants me to be the president of an illegal organization in my eyes, do you think I will agree? ”

The old man's face turned pale suddenly, what Tang Ming said he really didn't expect, and he was also stunned by the sudden happiness. Knowing Tang Ming's official identity, but he didn't have any preparations to win over Tang Ming, isn't this a sheep seeking his own death?

The old man, who was full of confidence just now, was beaten speechless by Tang Ming's words. Tang Ming still seemed to feel that the beating was not enough, so he snorted coldly and said: "I don't know if the marquis of this country arrests all the people in the island country, that is, those of you who continue to trade with the island country despite the emperor's ban, and sends them to Nanjing, the emperor doesn't know how to reward me!" ”

The old man's calmness just now was thrown into that corner, and at this moment, big drops of cold sweat were constantly breaking out on his forehead, and he didn't know what to do when his lips kept rambling. In addition to regretting this, the old man will even have the heart to die, as Tang Ming said, if he really does that, then those of them who have managed to gain a foothold here will die in an instant without a place to bury.

At this moment, the old man fully understood that the young man in front of him, who looked very good-looking, was actually a master who ate people and did not spit out bones. He no longer dared to hope that Tang Ming would be able to protect the island country's Daming maritime merchants, including himself, and at this moment the old man could think about nothing but how to get out.

When the old man was racking his brains, Tang Ming suddenly changed his tone and lowered his voice and said, "Actually, it is not easy to think about your uprooted people working hard overseas. As for me, the Hou Ye, I don't care about the affairs of the Ming officialdom now, if I really talk about it, I am no different from you now, if I really want to say that there is, that is, I still have the identity of a Daming Weihaihou. ”

Tang Ming changed too quickly, the old man was stunned and couldn't react, he opened and closed his mouth a few times, and he didn't know what to say. After holding back for a long time, the old man asked intermittently, "That...... Hou Ye means ....... ”

Seeing that the old man's little heart no longer seemed to be able to withstand his own toss, Tang Ming also put away his thoughts, and said bluntly: "It's not impossible for you to ask me to be the president you said, but it's just a nominal president, I don't do anything but ensure that you have the respect you deserve here, and don't care about anything else." Also, help me recruit about 10,000 immigrants to Ryukyu Island in your hometown in Fujian within a month, if my husband can do this, everything will be easy to discuss, if not, then we will stop here. ”

Everything else is easy to do, only the immigration of 10,000 people makes the old man feel deeply embarrassed, but the opportunity in front of him is fleeting, and he does not want to give up. After pondering for a while, the old man hesitated and said, "Master Hou wants a lot of people, and this matter is definitely not something that the old man can do alone." I implore Hou Ye to allow the old man two days to go back and discuss with other maritime merchants and then reply to Hou Ye, I don't know if this is possible? ”

Tang Ming laughed, nodded and picked up the Longjing tea that Fei Xin had sent him in the morning, and the old man who served the tea to the guest understood at a glance, got up and saluted and left alone.

Looking at the figure of the old man disappearing outside the door, the corners of Tang Ming's mouth hooked up an inexplicable smile, the old man is a Fujian maritime businessman, which is the person Tang Ming is looking for at present. If Ryukyu Island wants to develop, it is absolutely inseparable from Fujian, and the reason why the two places are too close can be easily taken care of by Tang Ming. Taking advantage of the wind, he pulled some maritime merchants from Yuegang to set up a stronghold on Ryukyu Island, but his ideals were shattered due to official interference.

Later, with the addition of Zhu Gaoxi, he dragged the ports of the entire southern Fujian region into his hands, and now they don't come to Tang Ming's trouble, Tang Ming will burn high incense, and he will take the initiative to find trouble and go there to pull people. But the old men in the island country are different, they are not subject to the constraints of Zhu Gaoxi and many officials in southern Fujian, as long as they subdue the old man, it is equivalent to breaking into the interior of southern Fujian, although some things cannot be done openly, but secretly it still works.

And in the island country, if they want to shelter the old man, these maritime merchants smuggled from Daming, it is easy for Tang Ming at this moment. He only needs to explain things like this to the Watanabe family, and I believe that they will be happy to serve him. (To be continued.) )