The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to let the two ships of goods dock in Guangzhou City was not only because he was the closest to Jiaozhi in Guangzhou City, but he also wanted to take this opportunity to contact the merchants in Guangzhou City.

However, Li Yuntian soon discovered that the two cargo ships were extremely conspicuous in the Mingding fleet, so he gave up the idea of unloading the goods at the Guangzhou City Ship Company and chose the nearby Quanzhou City Ship Company to go ashore.

Two days later, the Mingding fleet arrived at the port of Quanzhou in Quanzhou Prefecture, where the plan was to replenish supplies and water.

The appearance of the Mingding fleet attracted many local residents to come and see the excitement, and they gathered on the dock in a black manner, pointing to the huge Mingding with great interest and discussing.

Since Zheng He's sixth voyage to the West in the 19th year of Yongle, the residents of Quanzhou Port have not seen such a majestic fleet as the Mingding for six years, let alone witnessed Zheng He's treasure ship.

Since Zheng He's treasure ship only appeared when Zheng He went to the West, the residents thought that Zheng He was sitting on the Mingding, and privately wondered why Zheng He only brought so few ships to the West this time, but there were as many as two or three hundred ships in the fleet before.

It wasn't until Li Yuntian, who was wearing a straight black military dress and had the gold-handled gold-sheathed embroidered spring knife from Emperor Xuande on his waist, that he strode down from the Mingding surrounded by everyone, and the onlookers were surprised to find that it was not the famous Sanbao eunuch who led the fleet this time.

Obviously, the Three Treasures Eunuch was much older than the young man in the strange black costume.

The prefect of Quanzhou Prefecture and the commander of Quanzhou Wei had already received the news that the fleet was coming in advance, so they led the officials of Quanzhou Prefecture to the dock to greet Li Yuntian.

Because of the need to replenish supplies and water, the fleet had to stay in Quanzhou Port for one night, and the prefect of Quanzhou Prefecture had already prepared a banquet for Li Yuntian, and in the evening he would wash the dust for Li Yuntian in a restaurant.

Although Li Yuntian did not have any intersection with Fujian, the official document of the imperial court asking the Fujian political envoys, the inspection envoys and the capital to arrange for the reception fleet of the coastal prefectures under its jurisdiction had already been issued, and Li Yuntian was a rising star in the Ming political arena.

Therefore, the Quanzhou prefect and the Quanzhou Wei commander did not dare to slack off, and led the officials of Quanzhou City to the port to greet Li Yuntian.

After Li Yuntian was surrounded by officials such as the Quanzhou prefect and the Quanzhou Wei Commander and went to Quanzhou City, Yamashita Yuandao, who had changed into a Ming Dynasty costume, and several military attachés made a clear number, and quickly went to the Quanzhou City Shipping Division set up in the port.

The highest official of the Quanzhou City Bo Division is to promote, which is an official position from the five grades, because the grade is not qualified to accompany the wine at the table, so he did not go to Quanzhou City with the people, but returned to the Yamen of the Bo Division of Quanzhou City.

When Liu Tiju of Quanzhou City learned that Yamashita Yuandao and others were here to handle the registration of the two ships of goods, the whole person couldn't help but be stupid there, and he thought that he had heard it wrong: When did the Ming Dynasty allow Ming to conduct overseas trade?

Later, Liu Tiju figured out what was going on, it turned out that Yamashita Yuandao was a native of the Japanese Kingdom, and when he returned from the Nanyang trade, he was chased and killed by pirates from Jilong Mountain in Xiaoliuqiu, and it was Li Yuntian's fleet that saved him.

In order to express his gratitude to Li Yuntian for saving his life, and at the same time to avoid worrying about pirates on the way back to the Wa Kingdom, Yamashita Motomichi sold his two ships of goods to Jiangwutang at a low price, and the profits obtained were used as military expenses for the Jiaozhi counterinsurgency army.

Liu Tiju has worked in the city for so many years, and he has never encountered such a thing, but since a captain of the Xiaowu Army who came with the Yuandao under the mountain took out the purchase document covered with the seal of Jiangwutang, and it was also stamped with the seal of General Dingnan of Li Yuntian, he naturally did not dare to disobey, and went through the warehousing procedures for the two ships of goods in accordance with the official process, and carried out an inventory.

Li Yuntian and the accompanying Xiaowujun were not familiar with the place in Quanzhou, so it was naturally impossible for them to sell those goods by themselves, and it was also to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, in accordance with Li Yuntian's request, the Quanzhou prefect posted a notice in the prefecture and county to which it belonged, preparing to bid for the two ships of goods in the Quanzhou Wei Command and Envoy Yamen seven days later, and the highest price would be won, and the bidding process would be supervised by Jiangwutang, the Quanzhou Prefect's Yamen, and the Quanzhou Wei Command and Envoy Si Yamen.

As for the proceeds of the auction, in addition to the money paid to Yamashita Motomichi and 3. In addition to the commercial tax of 3, in the remaining net profits, the Quanzhou prefect Yamen and the Quanzhou Wei Commander Yamen, who raised the bidding matters, each received 1, and the other 8 went to the Wutang as the military expenses for the counterinsurgency.

The reason why Li Yuntian did this was because he was well versed in the way of being an official, so naturally he would not eat alone in this matter, and letting everyone get wet with rain and dew was the royal way to be an official.

Moreover, if someone wants to make a fuss about this matter in the future, he will have the Quanzhou prefect Yamen and the Quanzhou Wei Commander Si Yamen to help him speak, and share the risk of this matter.

Li Yuntian estimated that the two ships of goods were in demand in the Ming market, and the net profit should be about 300,000 taels of silver.

This means that the Quanzhou Governor's Yamen and the Quanzhou Wei Commander can each divide 30,000 taels, which is undoubtedly a huge temptation and motivation for the two, and they will definitely find a way to organize this auction, which will save him a lot of trouble.

As for how the Quanzhou Prefecture Governor's Yamen and the Quanzhou Wei Commander's Envoy Si Yamen used the 30,000 taels of silver dividends, this was not Li Yuntian's concern, all he needed was the receipts issued to him by the two yamen to receive the dividends.

The Quanzhou prefect and the Quanzhou Wei commander never imagined that Li Yuntian would save Yamashita Yuandao on the way here, and he would get two ships of goods for nothing, nor could he have imagined that Li Yuntian would engage in a bid with the highest price in Quanzhou City to sell the two ships of goods, let alone that Li Yuntian would give the prefect yamen and the guard commander a bonus of one percent each.

Although the origin of the two ships of goods is somewhat unknown, and the identity of Yamashita Yuandao is also quite suspicious, since Li Yuntian is in front, and he is raising military funds for the counterinsurgency army under the banner of Jiangwutang, it is legally tenable, plus the dividend of one percent, so the two of them have no worries, and tell their subordinates to hurry up and plan the auction.

Li Yuntian stayed in Quanzhou City for one night because of the reception dinner of the Quanzhou prefect, and the next morning, accompanied by the Yangzhou prefect and the Yangzhou Wei commander, he returned to the port and continued to set off for the south.

Qin Kun, the general of the counterinsurgency Jiaozhi army, did not go to Qinzhou with Li Yuntian, but was left in Quanzhou City by Li Yuntian, responsible for taking care of the two ships of goods, and then went to Jiaozhi after the bidding of the two ships of goods was completed.

Before parting, Li Yuntian specially instructed Qin Kun that if anyone wanted to fight the idea of the two ships of goods, once it was verified, no matter who they were, they would be arrested and imprisoned in the prison of the Quanzhou Wei Command Envoy Si Yamen on the grounds of colluding with the Jiaozhi rebels and sabotaging the Jiaozhi counterinsurgency, so as to give those who wanted to move the two ships of goods with crooked thoughts a dismount to ensure that the auction could be held smoothly.

Obviously, those two ships of goods will definitely arouse the covetousness of many people, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the bidding, Li Yuntian must take precautions and make arrangements as soon as possible.

As for what to do with the people who are caught, then wait until the auction and then deal with it slowly, how can you have to teach the other party a lesson, so that the outside world knows that the martial arts hall is not easy to mess with.

Sure enough, just as Li Yuntian guessed, a big businessman in Quanzhou City wanted to swallow the two ships of goods at a low price, and then make a fortune from them, so he let out the news and did not let other businessmen participate in the auction.

Qin Kun was born in the Beijing army, and he didn't take these local businessmen in his eyes in the first place, and he got Li Yuntian's military order, so after verifying the "criminal evidence" of the businessman, he was arrested and thrown into the prison of the Quanzhou Wei Command Envoy Si Yamen.

Since Jiangwutang is a yamen directly under the military cabinet, after the businessman was arrested, even the Fujian capital department had no good way, after all, colluding with the Jiaozhi rebels and sabotaging the Jiaozhi counterinsurgency is a serious crime, and if it is not good, it will be beheaded all over the house, and no one wants to be involved in this matter.

This undoubtedly deterred those who wanted to buy the two shipments, so that the bidding went smoothly, and the amount of money obtained from the auction was as high as 41. 3,650,000 taels of silver.

Except for the 80,000 taels of goods in Yamashita Motomichi, and 1 in the commercial tax. 3.65 million taels, and the net profit was as high as 320,000 taels, which was 20,000 taels more than Li Yuntian had expected.

According to the previous agreement, the Quanzhou Prefecture Governor's Yamen and the Quanzhou Wei Commander's Envoy Yamen can get 3 this time. 20,000 taels of dividends, but they only got half of them in the end, and the other half was handed over to the Fujian Political Envoy Division, the Inspectorate Department and the Capital Division.

It turned out that they learned that Li Yuntian was going to hold an auction here, and that the Quanzhou Prefecture Governor Yamen and the Quanzhou Wei Commander could share a percentage of the dividends from the Yamen, so the Fujian Third Division sent people to the auction site to supervise the formation, and then got a piece of the pie, which can be regarded as a great joy.

After the auction ended, Yamashita Motomichi left the port of Quanzhou with his two ships.

However, he neither went north nor south, but went to Xiaoliuqiu, on the other side of the Yizhou Strait, and sold the two cargo ships to a smuggler he knew, so that from now on he would completely bid farewell to his smuggling career at sea, regain his former identity, and no longer have to live in such a state of hiding his head and tail.

After disposing of the two ships and settling the crew that followed him, Yamashita Motomichi changed into Ming Dynasty clothes, sneaked into the Ming Dynasty from the coast of Zhangzhou in one night, bought a carriage, and traveled overland to Ningbo Mansion to visit his wife and children.

Since then, there is no such person as Yamashita Yuandao in the world, and when Yamashita Yuandao appeared in front of Li Yuntian again, he had changed back to his true identity - Zhao Yuancai.!^!