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The head of the Gu family received Geng Jingzhong's order, and sent people to set sail again, and continued to transport the remaining 12,000 jin of ascending immortal powder to the Wa Kingdom. At present, the Ascension is only scattered on the island of Kyushu, and has not yet spread to the entire territory of the Wa Kingdom. When this batch of goods arrives in the Wakuni Kingdom, at least the entire island of Kyushu should be able to spread completely.

From Fuzhou to the port of Nagasaki on Kyushu Island, the sea route is only a little more than 1,000 kilometers, and the sea ships are full of sails, and they can generally arrive in three to five days. When the second batch of ascending immortals arrived on Kyushu Island, the younger brother of the Gu family owner had already reached a cooperation agreement with several big businessmen on Kyushu Island, and the Gu family would supply them in the future, and they would not have to worry about sales.

Although the current Ascension Immortal Powder does not have the poison of high purity in later generations. The product is so powerful, but its essence is the same, they are all powerful stimulants. After the ascension to the immortals, the spirit is uplifted, sober, alert, talkative, interested, active, emotional, concentrated, and there is no fatigue or hunger for a long time. All kinds of pleasure made more and more Kyushu nobles join the ranks, and many samurai classes also began to learn. Anyway, the price of Ascension Immortal Powder is not expensive, they can fully bear it!

Slowly, some people discovered that after pumping the Ascending Immortal San, they also became very brave in bed, and they even worshiped it as a sacred object and became an indispensable item in life. It's no wonder that drug addiction is on. After the product, it can indeed stimulate people's adrenaline and enhance the user's stamina, which is unparalleled for men in the island country.

Although Kyushu Island seems to be only a small part of the Japanese country, its area has reached more than 40,000 square kilometers, that is, one-third of Fujian Province. With such an area, the population of Kyushu Island is not too far behind the population of the whole of Fujian, reaching 3 million, and the total population of Fujian at this moment is only a little more than 4 million.

The total population of the Wa Kingdom has exceeded 20 million people at this time, while the land of China has gone through natural and man-made disasters for several decades, and the total population is only 80 million, but the land area is nearly 30 times that of the Wa Kingdom, and the gap can be imagined. However, it is their large population that is a huge market. For Geng Jingzhong, if he doesn't eat such fatty meat, he is really sorry for himself.

In the face of such a huge market in the Wa Kingdom, the Zheng family in Taiwan and the smuggling merchants along the coast of the mainland have very little annual transaction volume with the Wa State. Thirty years ago, the "Shimabara Rebellion" of the Wa Kingdom, that is, a great rebellion of the Japanese people against the shogunate and feudal domains, as well as the persecution of religious beliefs, was ultimately defeated in the face of the powerful shogunate army. The failure of the rebellion eventually led to the final completion of the shogunate's system of seclusion, so that the Tokugawa shogunate only retained the port of Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu as a semi-open trading port, and the shogunate also ruled Nagasaki directly through guò and monopolized all foreign trade.

During this period, trade was severely restricted by the Japanese state, and the Portuguese were expelled more than fifty years ago, then the British, and finally forty years ago the Spanish ships were banned. With the exception of Dutch, Chinese, and North Korean ships, it has completely cut off contact with the rest of the world. Not only that, but the shogunate also forbade Dutch sailors and Japanese people from traveling with Korea, with the exception of Chinese merchants. Because their culture was learned from China, they traded with Chinese merchants and could get a lot of useful books. As a result, the talents of the Gu family made friends with the merchants on the island of Kyushu and some nobles.

The largest number of these merchant ships to the Japanese were still Chinese ships, and the combined merchant ships of the Netherlands and Korea were less than half of those of Chinese merchant ships. Ironically, the Qing court closed off the country, and it is recorded in the history books that only a few merchant ships went to the Wa Kingdom every year, but in fact, the maritime merchants from all over the country did not know how many times they made in private.

Marx taught us: "As soon as there is a proper profit, the capitalists will be bold." With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on the laws of the world; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of being hanged. This is a principle that is common in all times and in all nations, and cannot be stopped by a mere law. What's more, the benefits obtained by maritime merchants are at least twice as much, and no one is willing to give up such a channel for money.

Since the completion of the ceremony, the place has fallen silent. Except for some workers from the commercial port who come to shop, there is no one else in the business district. From the shopkeeper to the young guys, everyone has nothing to do, chatting and farting together. Only a small number of ships of the offshore formation were moored at the wharf outside the commercial port, and most of the others were sent to the north, along the Yangtze River to the west, to sell Fujian specialties to Suzhou, Hangzhou and the inland areas, and at the same time to buy a large number of goods from the north on the way back. In recent days, there have been no ships sailing on the sea, except in the morning and evening, when the Mawei Navy can be seen.

Today's Houyu Port is a little different from the past, the naval fleet has already gone to sea for training early in the morning, and a fleet of ships suddenly appeared on the originally empty sea. Looking at the scale is not small, there are more than 50 large and small merchant ships, followed by a few Mawei Navy warships, it seems that they are escorted. The masts of these ships were all flown with Western flags, and merchants who had been dealing with Western caravans for many years immediately recognized them as the flags of Great Britain, the Netherlands, and the Francois (Portugal).

The nearby waters were all monitored by the Mawei Navy, and the Red Army fleet, which was training at sea, also spotted the Western caravans from afar early in the morning. Wang Zhenbang immediately sent people close to the caravan to investigate, and after confirming that it was correct, he led them to Houyu Port. Speaking of these dozens of Western merchant ships, it is also the credit of Geng Jingzhong. On the eve of the completion of the Monkey Island Port, he had already sent a number of people to the Yuegang and Guangzhou areas to contact the Western caravans and promote the latest Monkey Island Port to them. What goods are complete, good quality and low price, etc., all the good things to say, and finally said that a few caravans came to Houyu Port to have a look. In fact, the most attractive to Western caravans were the products ---- perfumes of Princess Fang.

The perfume sold at the Princess Fang shop in Yuegang has always been limited, but now Houyu Port can supply it on a large scale. When the Western caravan heard the news, they took the initiative to come and take a look. In the vast lands of Europe, perfume has become a symbol of the upper class and an indispensable item. Many European businessmen racked their brains to make their own perfumes of this quality, but unfortunately they could not extract them due to poor technology.

"Guests!" The shops that guarded the wharf every day saw the Western merchant ships coming from afar, spit out the toothpick on the tip of their mouth, shouted happily, and then quickly returned to the shop to report to their shopkeeper, so as to prepare early.

Coincidentally, the three caravans were originally in different places. The Portuguese merchant ships were originally anchored in Macao, the Dutch merchant ships were anchored in Guangzhou, and the British merchant ships were anchored in Yuegang, and the three caravans departed from their respective ports and met on the sea. They sailed in the same direction, so they went to Houyu Port together. When sailing on the sea, the fleets still kept their distance from each other, but when they reached the periphery of the Minjiang River estuary, the three caravans began to merge under the guidance of the navy and entered the port of Houyu together.

"Boss, shopkeeper, the ship is coming, several, dozens of Western merchant ships, hurry up and receive them!" Out of breath, he ran back to the shop and reported to his shopkeeper.

"Really?" The shopkeeper was a little surprised, they had been idle for more than ten days, and they were looking forward to the door of the merchant ship, which was the main customer of their shop in the port. When the caravan actually came, they were a little unconvinced.

The job finally took a breath and replied, "How dare I lie to you!" Really, the three Western fleets, the British, the Dutch and the Furlong planes, there are about 50 ships, it must be big business! ”

"Let's go, let's go!" With so many merchant ships, there must be a lot of cargo loaded at one time, and being able to negotiate a business can make them make a lot of money, and they must actively deal with it.

Such a scene is staged in every store. The large merchants dispatched the chief shopkeeper on the port to negotiate, and the small merchants went into battle in person. Dozens of merchant ships had not yet approached the dock before the shore was already full. The shopkeepers were looking forward to it, and the young men behind were holding their own banners.