In the courtyard of the Zhao family in Guangzhou Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Tianwen was dressed as a Confucian in the Ming Dynasty, shaking a folding fan in his hand, and Ruan Tiantian was standing behind him.

"Master Zhao, this is the Goddess of Mercy and Mazu you ordered, as well as the statue of the Buddha, see if you are satisfied." The folding fan in Zhang Tianwen's hand pointed to a large wooden box in the center of the living room, and then an attendant quickly opened the box.

"Good things, good things, Lord Zhang, this batch of goods will definitely be sold at a good price, I don't know if the Zheng family also ordered it." Zhao De looked at the treasures in the box, but he didn't forget to ask if his competitors had also ordered a batch of such goods.

Since Zhao San brought back the statue of Jesus, Zhao De immediately asked him to send a letter to Australia to ask if he could make a batch of ancient statues of gods.

The letter was not sent directly to Batavia, but to the Australian Consulate in Xiamen, and when Zhang Tianwen received the letter, he should be honest that he could do it, and as long as they wanted to do it, they could do it. This made Zhao San very happy, if he succeeded this time, his status in his uncle's heart would definitely be much higher.

"Master Zhao, don't worry, the Zheng family doesn't know the goods you ordered this time, you can sell them at a high price with confidence, and this time you can take revenge on that arrow." Zhang Tianwen refers to the revenge of one arrow, not that the Zheng family sent someone to kill Zhao De, but the Zheng family's price reduction behavior in the mirror market, as the exclusive agent of Fujian Zhejiang, and other mainland identities, the mirrors sold by the Zheng family have always been two hundred to three hundred taels of silver lower than those sold by the Zhao family, and the Zhao family had to follow to lower the price.

Zhao De was very angry about this, if it weren't for the Zheng family's power being too big, he would have to clean him up a long time ago, if it was just the price of the mirror that made him angry, then what made him even more angry was that the Zheng family's flag fee for him was three times that of others, this situation began last month, with more and more goods exported from Australia, the Zhao family's merchant ships ran Batavia more and more times, and the original shipload of goods could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver, but after the Zheng family did this, the fee rose sharply, and the profit fell to the lowest point.

This kind of suppression made Zhao De have to turn to the Australians for help, after all, his relationship with Australia is not ordinary, although Australia has a giant ship, but there is not much deterrence along the coast of Daming, and the Australian Consulate only put forward some warnings to the Zheng family, hoping that they will not do things too much, after all, the Zhao family is supported by Australians.

However, as the overlord of the East China Sea, the Zheng family, of course, turned a blind eye to this kind of warning, you have a huge ship in Australia, and what about sharp artillery, this is my territory, how about you and me.

The Zheng family did not seem to buy Australia's warning at all, and even in order to show the Zheng family's supremacy in the East China Sea, the Zhao family's cargo ships were subject to stricter inventory and higher flags.

In this regard, Zhang Tianwen had to warn the Zheng family that if the Zheng family still disrupts the market, Australia will consider canceling his exclusive agency agreement.

Originally, I thought that if I threatened the Zheng family, the Zheng family would have restraint, but I didn't want the steward of the Zheng family to send someone directly to give a message, the meaning is obvious, if Australia really does this, we must consider the consequences, and together with the exclusive agency rights in the two Guangzhou, this meaning is obvious, to the Zhao family will hand over the agency rights in these two places to the Zheng family to operate, he wants to engage in exclusive management, become the only pricer of Australian goods in Daming.

Of course, Zhang Tianwen will not agree, even the local committee members will not agree, if the market is completely controlled by the Zheng family, it will be very unfavorable to Australia, and even the committee members have thought that the Zheng family will lower the import price of goods at that time.

After an urgent meeting, the executive committee finally discussed a plan to give a small knock on the Zheng family, and the Hailan has been refitted, just in time to drive to Daming to deter the Zheng family and let them be honest.

"Lord Zhang, I heard San'er say that the Australian giant ship will sail to the coast of my Daming Dynasty to fight against the Zheng family's fleet."

"It's true, the Zheng family's behavior of disrupting the market has aroused the opinions of many people in China about him, and they unanimously asked the navy to beat the Zheng family's fleet, and you can watch a good show this time." Zhang Tianwen smiled proudly.

"So, very good, very good, the Zheng family is too deceitful, since you don't even want to leave a mouthful of food for my Zhao family, you should knock and knock," Zhao De clapped his hands, but he made a greater determination to the Australians in his heart, as long as he followed closely behind the old Australian, there must be nothing wrong.

"Master Zhao, this is the letter that Minister Liu asked me to pass on to you, you can take a look," Zhang Tianwen took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao De after answering Zhao De's question.

The letter was written by Liu Yun, and the content of his letter was that he hoped that the Zhao family would build a merchant ship of their own armed army, and that Australia could help in this regard.

"Lord Zhang, is what Lord Liu said in his letter true," Zhao De is very tempted to establish his own sea power, once the Zhao family has strength on the sea, it will be impossible for the Zheng family to collect their own flag fee.

"Master Zhao still can't trust my minister, of course this is true, as long as you want, we will ship Australian firearms to Guangzhou through the Portuguese, and then help you debug it, with my Australian artillery merchant ship, it is definitely a nightmare for the Zheng family."

The sharpness of Australian artillery, Zhao De knows, it is not comparable to the kind of artillery on the Zheng family's ship at all, if it is really equipped with a few such artillery, maybe the Zheng family's ship is really not his opponent at all, I didn't expect that I thought that the Zhao family would have to endure for decades before it had the strength to compete with the Zheng family, and the Australians sent their own strength.

"Lord Zhang, although this method is good, but my Zhao family has too few merchant ships after all, if you really meet the Zheng family's ship at sea, you will definitely be defeated by the Zheng family with more victories and fewer victories." Zhao De was not dizzy about the temptation, but saw that his strength was not enough.

"Master Zhao doesn't need to worry, this time Australia sent a giant ship in addition to knocking and deterring the Zheng family, but also to establish a stronghold in the Far East, which will be more convenient to manage the affairs of the Far East, and in addition, next year Australia will have two new warships in service, and there will definitely be one stationed in the Far East for a long time."

This news is indeed not small for Zhao De, with Australia's warships here for a long time, I believe that the Zheng family will definitely have some scruples, this is really the rise of the Zhao family.