197. Transactions
/newmessage.php?tosys=1&title="Ming Zhengzhi I am Zheng Kezang
Chapter Errors/Click here to report
After Li Shizhen became the acting governor of Liangguang, he planned a strategy to recover Qiongzhou with great fanfare. (If you like this book, please collect biquge.info) but to prepare for another southern expedition, more troops, more food and more ships, but these three are all extremely lacking in Guangdong Province. In addition to recruiting some of the villagers in Guangdong Province, the Qing court was trying to transfer troops from Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places to Guangdong, but the problem of food and ships was not so easy to solve, so the snowflakes of the pay fold flew to Beijing.
To this end, in July of the 25th year of Kangxi, the Ministry of Household Clearance levied three points (3%) of the floating grain from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Henan, and Shandong. Because this move only increased the Qing court's tribute rice income of less than 500,000 stones, which was not enough to pay the huge military expenditures of the three southeastern provinces, the Qing household department restored, rebuilt, and newly built Jingshi Chongwenmen, Jingshi left and right wings, Zhili Tianjin, Zhangjiakou, Longquan, Liaodong Fengtian, Shanxi Kill Tiger Pass, Shandong Linqing Pass, Jiangnan Huai'an Pass, Fengyang Pass, Wuhu Pass, Yangzhou Pass, Xixinguan, Hushu Pass, Zhejiang Beixinguan, Jiangxi Jiujiang, Ganguan, On the basis of Fujian's Min'an Customs, eight new banknote customs, including the Min'an Customs, have been added to the Zhili Grain Department, Shanhaiguan, Liaodong Zhongjiang, Hubei Wuchangguang, Sichuan's Dajian Furnace, Kuiguan, and Guangdong's Taiping Customs.
Seeing that the household has a lot of money, so in order to share the worries of the "holy monarch", the Ministry of Industry of the Qing Dynasty is not to be left behind, so in the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Industry bamboo and wood and bamboo and wood products on the basis of the establishment of the Gongguan, a total of Shandong Linqing, Jiangsu Longjiang, Anhui Wuhu Pass, Zhejiang Nanxinguan, Hubei Jingguan, Hunan Chenguan, Sichuan Yuguan, etc. Linqing Pass 3,800 taels, Suqian Pass 7,800 taels, Wuhu Pass 47,000 taels, Longjiang Pass 55,000 taels, Jingguan 13,000 taels, Tongyongdao 3,900 taels"
The problem of money has finally been preliminarily solved, but the ship will not be able to get together for a while, this is not a problem of Guangdong Province alone, you must know that the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong are now speeding up shipbuilding, but the wood suitable for shipbuilding in the southeast region has already been cut down, even if you can get suitable wood from Liaodong and Yunnan-Guizhou mountains, but this freight is enough to scare people to death. As a last resort, the naval divisions of the three provinces could only retreat to the second, and when the gunboats of the Zheng army were getting bigger and bigger, they could only use small boats of 1,000 or even 800 or 500 materials to fill the number, trying to frighten the Zheng army back in terms of numbers.
However, Li Shizhen himself did not know whether the small boat could defeat Zheng's naval division in a naval battle -- Guangdong, unlike Zhejiang Province, had to guard against the landing of Zheng's army, nor was it like Fujian Province, although it was responsible for the main attack on Dongning, but because he had the prince's command, he could fight steadily and steadily, and he was forced to take Qiongzhou as quickly as possible, and he did not continue to delay or risk attacking and ultimately failed -- so contacting the Portuguese in Macao again became his most advanced choice among the options.
Of course, the Macao side also saw Li Shizhen's embarrassment clearly, so it did not hesitate to offer a very high price, trying to demand that the Qing court close the customs of Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces and grant Guangdong the exclusive right to trade, the right to set prices for silk and raw silk, porcelain and tea, and the re-establishment of Macao's status. In response, Li Shizhen responded to the-for-tat demand that if he did not send ships to escort the Cantonese sailors, he would withdraw Macao and cut off trade with the Portuguese
"Shopkeeper Sun, you invited these ships on the sea?" Someone who had agreed to make a deal with Sun Fei had an annoyed look on his face. "What? Is it because you can't believe this number? In that case, please go back, there are more people who want to do business with this number, and it is not a big deal to have one less of you. ”
"Why is Ruan Dongzhu making some fuss?" Sun Fei unceremoniously pushed the other party back. "The first time you do business, you have to be careful, I don't want to chase all the way to Thang Long to ask for this batch of goods." Sun Fei stared at Ruan someone's eyes tightly. "Could it be that there are some problems on Ruan's side?"
"There is no problem with this number, but I'm afraid you have a problem." Ruan Dongzhu responded coldly. "In case you and I are trading, the Yichuan has been killed, won't this number be a chicken and an egg, and if you want to trade, you can let the Yichuan retreat two miles back."
Sun Fei's face was blank, and then he stood up: "Don't you speculate, then it's okay to shoot and scatter." ”
Seeing that Sun Fei was leaving, the guards over there pressed the handle of the knife with their hands: "Why did you see the poor dagger?" ”
Sun Fei had a strange smile on his face, and then his hand flipped over, and the fire fold lit up, and the people on the other side saw that it was not good, so they hurriedly pounced to grab it, but how could it be in time, a fire meteor immediately rose into the air.
Although the trajectory of the meteor was not very obvious during the day, the trailing white smoke still gave a good hint to the dog-fighting team who were preoccupied with the situation at sea, so the lightest notification ship flew straight over. However, although it was the smallest load in the detachment, it was still a behemoth compared to the small wooden boat of the Beihe people, not to mention that there were four black holes of cannons on board.
"Shopkeeper Sun, your body is precious and you are tiles and jade with us." Ruan's Chinese was sharp, but the threatening tone was understandable to anyone. "If there is a jade burned, you will lose it."
"Sun is just a small shopkeeper under the big boss, so why talk about gold." Sun Fei smiled faintly, not caring at all that he was in the other party's hands, but just said frankly. "But if we move, our proprietor will definitely be furious, and when the time comes, we will retaliate, and we will send Ruan Dongzhu and the people behind Ruan Dongzhu to bear the guilt."
Ruan Dongzhu acquiesced, that's right, a business that can take out hundreds of birds in the shortest time at once, and can hire a plywood boat to be a bodyguard, you can imagine the depth of its heritage. However, although he had some scruples about the forces behind Sun Fei, Ruan Dongzhu couldn't decide for a while whether he should give up threatening Sun Fei's life.
Ruan Dongzhu has not yet made a decision, and someone here chooses for him. The speeding announcement ship drew a large arc on the surface of the sea, and soon aimed the guns on the side of the side at the sea area where the transaction was made, and then the red light flashed, and the rumbling cannon sound was accompanied by the sound of the water column that rose into the sky. One cannon, two cannons, and then the hull was turned around, and then one cannon, two cannons, the landing point of the cannonballs was getting closer and closer, and the last excited column of water even poured Sun Fei and Ruan Dongzhu.
"Shopkeeper Sun, I just lost my respect." Ruan Dongzhu, who was able to stretch and bend, immediately signaled his subordinates to let Sun Fei go. "Look, this is all a misunderstanding, and I also ask Shopkeeper Sun to restrain the actions of Yi Chuan, so that you and I can save up and trade."
"Continue trading?" Sun Fei glanced at Ruan Dongzhu with distrust. "Can you continue trading?"
"Yes, yes, people, this number is ready, it is hidden on the sandbar at the mouth of the river, it was just a misunderstanding." Ruan Dongzhu tactfully called what he had just done a misunderstanding, of course Sun Fei scoffed, but before it was Sun Fei's turn to accuse the other party, Ruan Dongzhu, who saw the announcement boat turned back again, couldn't care about it anymore, only to see him eagerly requesting. "Shopkeeper Sun, let's stop your boat first, otherwise everyone will be finished."
Sun Fei hesitated for a moment, and when Ruan Dongzhu was already anxious to jump on both feet, he suddenly spoke: "I just searched for my cannon, so find it and put three in a row."
Before Sun Fei's words could speak, the people of Beihe who were in a hurry hurriedly lit the fire meteor, and when they saw the fire meteor rising almost at the same time, the notification boat, which was already preparing to fire again, terminated the original figure-eight circular voyage, and then set sail away and anchored a little farther away.
"How do you trade people with firearms?" Sun Fei looked at the frightened Ruan Dongzhu and said. "I don't trust you anymore, I don't know if you let five hundred people come over, I'll give you a hundred birds, and when the last five hundred people are sent to the inspection, I'll give you gunpowder and lead here, I don't know if that's okay?"
"Yes, very good." Of course, Ruan Dongzhu will do the same, so that no one will suffer too much. "That's it"
A small wooden boat carrying a girl with her hands tied behind her back docked on the nearby boat, and the sailors on the boat inspected them one by one, not only to count the heads, but also to check the situation of the binding, but let these water men who had been away from home for a long time take advantage of it, but they did not dare to really follow the sword, after all, this business was dominated by the military.
However, the result of one inspection after another was a slow speed, and Ruan Dongzhu was very impatient with this: "The speed is too slow, can you trade five boats together?" I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that the news will leak out."
"Lord Ruan, we are not even worried about the approaching typhoon, will you be afraid of news leakage on land?"
Sun Fei looked at Ruan Dongzhu with a sneer, the other party dared to use so many women to return the firearms. Naturally, the North River has been leveled up and down, worried about the leakage of news? Using such an indiscriminate excuse, it shows that the other party must still have some kind of ulterior motives, of course, Sun Fei will not point out him, but just say firmly.
"Be steady, I believe it's good for everyone."
As soon as Sun Fei said this, Ruan Dongzhu naturally didn't dare to say anything more, so the two sat speechlessly opposite each other, letting the sun move little by little. Finally, the deal was completed, and the ships of both sides, laden with people and weapons, disappeared into the depths of the river and moved to the side of several brigs.
"Ruan Dongzhu, the deal has been completed, so let's break up."
"Shopkeeper Sun, wait a minute." Sun Fei was stunned for a moment, and saw Ruan Dongzhu say something to his subordinates, and after a while, two stunning women walked out of the cabin. "This time it's reckless, these two are still virgins, and they are an apology to your owner, I hope we will have the opportunity to make a few more deals in the future."
"Ruan Dongzhu is fully prepared, and he knows that he wants to apologize." Sun Fei chuckled. "Okay, I'll take it, as for the next business, I'll talk about it next time."
Aishang Novel Network would like to thank all book friends for their support biquge.info