Chapter 420: Negotiation

With scriptures in one hand, a sword in the other, and A Furong as an Olympic aid, Li Yanqing believes that in this era, it is not a problem to rely on the White Lotus Sect to win Catholicism. When things were arranged on Wufeng Island, Li Yanqing boarded the ship and set off for Guangzhou after a ridiculous night.

His contribution this time can be said to be great, the three stubborn diseases of the Ming Dynasty, the white lotus in the south and the north, which was except for one by him. After Zhang Ruolan's pen, this great contribution has become a miracle that has not been seen in the past hundred years. Under the wise leadership of Wu Guifang and the unified arrangement and dispatch of Liu Chaozuo, our Ming soldiers used their lives, and the three armies fought bravely, killing 400,000 white lotus thieves.

Ryan Stein held the White Lotus Sect Leader Sun Invincible, Yu Dayou beheaded the left envoy of the White Lotus Wuweizi, and Li Tianliang beheaded the right envoy Mu Linsen. The White Lotus Demon Sect vanished, and all the disciples were slaughtered. It's a pity that the road is dangerous and inconvenient. In addition, the equipment, especially the Wansheng Thunderbolt Divine Spear, has suffered a lot of losses, so please make up for it as soon as possible.

He also offered a set of special seals for the leader of the White Lotus Sect, a number of tools in the White Lotus Sect, swords, guns, weapons, and treasures. This time there was a lot of harvest on Wufeng Island, and there were about 40,000 taels of silver bars from Iwami Silver Mountain alone. Li Yanqing took 4,000 taels and handed them over to the imperial court, 8,000 taels as a reward, and the rest went into his pocket. As for the other savings of the Holy Treasury, it took four boats to load the bucket in front and back to pull it clean.

Shi Aoshuang wants to rebuild the white lotus and open a mountain and set up a cabinet in Nanyang, which is inseparable from funds. Li Yanqing promised to give his full financial support, but he scavenged the savings of the White Lotus Sect for many years. It's just that according to Shi Aoshuang's request for money, he made a 20% discount, and the rest of the money was in his hands. As a need for war readiness.

The Spaniards are very quiet at the moment, but Alfonso has always paid attention to the importance of intelligence warfare. Mobilize all the spies under his command to find out the news. So the whole of Guangzhou became busy, and the grain and ordnance in the Spanish warehouse. It was all exchanged for silk, tea, and finally the private income of those spies.

Li Yanqing, on his side, devoted all his thoughts to the gold mine of the city. At present, more and more merchants are arriving in Guangdong, and everyone's eyes are fixed on the ship guide and the salt of Guangdong. Li Yanqing's salt management method and the promotion of the city's shipping department can be regarded as taking the two largest financial resources in Guangdong, so they have naturally become the target of these businessmen.

The ship guide can be seen as three parts. The first part is the nobles, the great officials and lieutenants among the civil ministers. These men divided the majority of the ship's lead, and were also the majority shareholders of the East India Company, so they could enjoy the most benefits. Whether it's the ship leading the red list, or those sea vessels. All give priority to their service.

The second part is the wealthy merchants. These people all have a court background behind them, and they can find the relationship in Jingli in the end, which is also not a force to underestimate.

The third part, the second-class merchants, has the largest number of merchants, but the least number of quotes to be distributed, and the competition is particularly fierce. Li Yanqing went back and forth to socialize, and he had to be tested by alcohol. Raise the prestige of our country.

These merchants also felt that they had heard that Master Liu had received a lot of tributes from various countries from the Beijing Division, and they were now serving as military garrisons, and they were most worried about the lack of military salaries. He offered to buy the tribute. Li Yanqing is generous, like the Su wood and pepper in the Zheng He era, no matter how you look at it, they have to be regarded as antiques. But he considered the suffering of the people. It is not easy for a merchant to sell all these things at market price. The moved businessman burst into tears and kept greeting the eight generations of ancestors.

There are also people who heard that Mr. Liu strictly collected commercial taxes when the former opened the market. I had to endure the pain and take the initiative to agree to the tax. Seeing that these tax-paying merchants were always given priority to get the ship's guidance, the other merchants gradually opened their minds and expressed their willingness to pay taxes, and the banknotes and tariffs in Xiangshan regained their past vitality.

There were also clever businessmen who, after seeing the situation in Guangzhou, did not say a word, and immediately borrowed a sum of money to bring boatloads of rice from Zhejiang to provide military rations for the army. Not only did the merchant who carried the grain get a guide to the ship, but even the sea ship was stronger than the others', and he also had a discount on the purchase and sale of goods. Others followed suit, and the price of grain in Guangzhou fell again and again, which made the local grain merchants vomit blood.

Li Yanqing's original intention was to release water to raise fish, but now when Zhang Juzheng is still recruiting people at the head of the mountain, the matter of tax collection cannot be rushed, so as not to force the civil officials to the side of the high arch. Anyway, as long as they taste the sweetness of opening the sea, they will insist on doing maritime trade business, and at the critical moment, they will take him a ticket or detain a few boats, and they will not be afraid of not getting taxes.

However, with this trend of tax collection and distribution, even those noble families took the initiative to come to the door and expressed their willingness to pay taxes. The tax amount of thirty taxes is not high, for such a small amount of money, if the friendship with Liu Gongzi is broken, it will not be worth it. Especially the principals sent by everyone here are most afraid that they will offend Master Liu, so they will remove their positions with a letter. This is a treasure land with tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, far from being comparable to a little tax.

As for the Zhongguan, he was instructed by Feng Bao to pay taxes more diligently than anyone else. This tax is nothing more than a transfer from the left pocket of the heavenly family to the right pocket, so why should I do anything about it?

That Zhong Deyong Zhong Gonggong also understood the situation, he didn't dare to take it big in front of Li Yanqing, he only did everything as a sound worm, and the two worked together very happily. It's just that Zhong has to spend three days and two ends to always hold a family banquet to invite Master Liu as a guest, and one drink is an all-nighter. His wives also became more and more radiant, which made the women of the Li family quite dissatisfied.

More than three months have passed, and Li Yanqing's life has been very free. In the yamen of the city's ship, Zhong De explained to the merchants who were waiting for the ship to be led with a sweaty head: "I'm really sorry, these have to be decided by Master Liu in the end, and it's useless for you to kill me." ”

In the back garden, Li Yanqing proudly lay on the rocking chair with his eyes half-closed, Qingyun Nuanxue fanned him left and right, Liu Yeqing threw the grapes into the sky, opened his mouth and caught them one by one, and finally spit out the grape skins everywhere. The two legs were erected very gracefully, and the toes were swaying proudly.

Yuan Xueyi gently sent the peeled grapes to her husband's mouth. Li Yanqing didn't open her eyes, rolled the grapes with her tongue, and licked her fingers on the way, making her blush with shame.

Not far away, Zhen'er's cheerful laughter and the voice of "Aunt Yang is so good" came, and Li Yanqing opened her eyes and said: "I didn't expect Christine, a foreign woman, to get along well with our little cutie, I thought Zhen'er would be afraid of her." ”

Zhang Ruolan over there raised her hand and patted Liu Yeqing's leg, "Although it is in the inner house, it also gives me some rules." He said to Li Yanqing again: "Zhen'er is such a lovely child, who doesn't love her when she sees her." But this foreign woman is wearing so ...... So...... In short, not a good person. ”

Nuan Xue said: "Miss, we also have her dress that night." ”

"Let's put it on together at night, and it's guaranteed to look better than the foreign woman."

"When the time comes, let Xianggong be pampered together, and Xianggong will be happy."

Zhang Ruolan's face turned red with anger, "If you talk nonsense again, I will tear the mouths of the two of you." Liang Baozhu is also about to give birth, you hurry up and serve me. Aunt Qin and the Zi family have bodies, and they all keep an eye on me, and if something happens, see if I don't teach you a lesson. ”

After driving away a few girls, she suddenly blushed and said, "If Xianggong really likes that Western dress, I will wear it at night." You haven't been here for four days, by the way, there is another day when you just sleep in Shui Linglong, don't think I don't know about you, what is good about her, she is not as beautiful as a few girls, but you spoil her so much. Isn't it just a little jasper, what's the big deal, you have to sleep with me today. ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "My Ruolan is jealous, good lady, don't worry, I will definitely sleep with you today, even if you use a big stick to catch up, you can't get rid of it." Just when he wanted to make love with Zhang Ruolan, Hua Xixiang suddenly walked in quickly, "Xianggong, there is an envoy from the Spanish side, saying that he wants to negotiate with you." ”

Li Yanqing shook his head and said, "It seems that our comfortable days are coming to an end, and this Spaniard is still coming to the door." ”

Zhang Ruolan thought about it: Most of the time, tonight it is the foreign woman and the fourth sister Hong who can get grace, and as soon as the war starts, these two are inseparable arms, if they don't envelop them, who will they envelop? (To be continued!)

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