Chapter 10 Opening of Nanri Island
Li Yi hurriedly nodded and said: "I don't dare to discuss, if there is something in charge of the family, just ask for it!" As long as you do your best, you will do your best to do what the master commands! ”
Yu Xiaotian shook his head and smiled: "In this way, Yu Mou will thank Shopkeeper Li!" In fact, this matter is not difficult to do, now Nanri Island has been under my control, and the shopkeeper Li also knows that in fact, in the Fuzhou area, Dalian Island is not an excellent place to do business, it is too close to the mouth of the Minjiang River, and it is too close to Fuzhou City, which is always easy to attract the attention of the government.
You and I all know that Zhang Hu used to set up a warehouse here on Nanri Island before, and Merchants Jia came here to do business, but unfortunately Zhang Hu was not good at management, and only knew that the desperate exploitation made the businessmen unprofitable here, so they could only retreat from this and gather on Dalian Island.
Now that Zhang Hu has gone, Yu has entered Nanri Island, naturally he can no longer follow Zhang Hu's old road, Yu plans to reopen Nanri Island, recruit merchants from all walks of life to set up a warehouse here, so that my sea wolf tribe will provide protection for those who come here to trade, and provide water and food supplies for the merchant ships that come here for free!
Now it's just an idea of mine, and if you want to implement it, someone has to settle here first!
And you and I are old acquaintances, so I would like to ask Shopkeeper Li to take the lead in setting up a warehouse here, so as to drive other businessmen from the south to the north to stop here! I wonder if Shopkeeper Li is willing to come? ”
Yu Xiaotian has long seen the geographical advantages of Nanri Island, which is adjacent to the mainland in the west, guarding the Nanri waterway, and the Taiwan Strait in the east.
So in addition to being a place where he settled, it was also a good place to do business.
At present, the Dutch attacked the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian several times, and even did not hesitate to fight with the Ming Dynasty, the purpose of which was just to obtain a place to settle down on the coast of China and carry out trade activities with the Ming Dynasty.
Wouldn't he be a fool if he didn't take advantage of that now? This matter began to brew in his heart from the day he set foot on Nanri Island, and he even took some time out of his busy schedule to go around the island, survey the topography of the island, and select a place to be used as a place for future merchants to set up a business inn.
If Li Yi didn't come to him this time, he would also take the initiative to find Li Yi in the next step, first introduce the Li family to Nanri Island to set up a business inn, and then gradually recruit maritime merchants from Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to come here to set up a business inn, and operate Nanri Island into a commercial port that is dependent on the Ming Dynasty, but is relatively independent of the Ming Dynasty.
If his plan is successful, then money will not be a problem for him in the future, and just by collecting protection fees, tolls, and rakes on Nanri Island, it will basically not be much of a problem for him to feed a thousand people.
So after seeing Li Yi today, he mentioned it directly to Li Yi.
After Li Yi heard this, his heart suddenly jumped a few times, he had already seen that this Yu Xiaotian was a relatively smart person, but he didn't expect that Yu Xiaotian had just taken Nanri Island, so he thought of developing Nanri Island into a place to do business, it can be seen that Yu Xiaotian is not only bold, but also not weak in terms of making money, at least his mind is much stronger than other peers.
After Li Yi thought about it for a while, he didn't shirk it, and said to Xiaotian: "This matter is actually a good thing, Dalian Island is a small island after all, the land is limited, and it can't accommodate many commercial inns, and the waterways on both sides of the east and west are very narrow, and it is too close to Fuqing County, but it is not as big as the pattern on Nanri Island!"
But if you want to recruit businessmen to come here, this matter is not very easy, although the local businessmen and the shark gang have intersections, but Zhang Hu never misses these feelings, for the businessmen who come here, one set is secretly another, many businessmen have suffered his losses.
Now although Yu Dangjia has taken over here, it is not easy to want a merchant to come over, at least Yu Dangjia has to make a few things clear in advance, if you come here to set up a business inn, what should you do with this land? If there is no clear explanation about whether the safety of the ships that come here to do business can be guaranteed, whether your subordinates will blackmail and harass us, and whether you have come here to set up a trading house, how your ministry will pump water, and so on, I am afraid that we merchants will not dare to come easily! ”
Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "What Shopkeeper Li is worried about is exactly what I think, you are the best to come this time, and I just happened to discuss this matter with you!"
It's easy to set up a business inn here, I've already thought about it, it's not necessary to collect money, I will carve out a piece of land on the island, cut it into pieces, and give it a free trial for merchants who come here to set up a business inn!
According to Zhang Hu's old rules, he used to buy road money from merchants in the Fuzhou area, and this rule remained unchanged, but in the future, all merchant ships that came here to do business or often passed through this place only needed to pay 50 taels of silver per quarter for each ship, and they could obtain the right to pass through this area unimpeded.
In addition to I can guarantee that we will no longer harass their merchant ships, I can also ensure that other colleagues in this area cannot harass them, I can guarantee this, as long as the ship is paid on time, I Yu will never be like Zhang Hu, backtracking, once someone's ship has an accident in my territory, I can not only stand up for him and find the goods, if I can't find it back, I Yu will also compensate them for silver!
As for your fear that my subordinates will blackmail and harass you, you don't have to worry about this matter at all, my sea wolf is by no means comparable to the original Shark Gang, I will restrain my subordinates and treat those who come here to do business well, if anyone dares to secretly disadvantage you, just let me know, the people of the Torture Hall will stand up for you, as long as you come here and do things according to my rules, I will never let you suffer the slightest grievance here!
As for the pumping, I would also like to discuss with you whether it is more appropriate for us to pump according to the value of the goods or by boat, you are an old expert in this regard, I want to hear what you mean!
Of course, for you, the shopkeeper Li, everything is easy to say, and in the future, if your Li family's ship passes by on my territory, all of them will not be charged! If there is valuable goods passing by, I will also send a ship to escort your ship, which can be regarded as a little reward for Yu Mou's help to the shopkeeper Li for so long!
As for the pumping, your Li family's can be halved, as long as you don't let others know the way! ”
Li Yi was immediately overjoyed after hearing this, nodded his head again and again, and said after thinking about it for a while: "This land use matter, Yu Dangjia said that it is not appropriate to pay for it!"
The most taboo thing for our businessmen is to get things for nothing, if the big boss gives it away for nothing, it makes many people feel uneasy, and even if they come, once there is a stir, they don't spend money on this place anyway, and they will not feel distressed if they abandon it!
Therefore, if you want to let the people who come here and the big bosses be of the same heart, you have to collect money from this land, and the collection should not be too low, so that they know that if you want to come here to do business, it is not so easy, but if you want to come, you must make up your mind to stay here for a long time, otherwise, it is better not to let them come!
Now we are on Dalian Island, although there are people from the government and Fuqing County secretly pumping water, but the pumping is not high, if the big boss wants to recruit us here, the pumping should not be too high, otherwise my peers will not be willing to come here!
In addition, the business we do is very miscellaneous, there is everything, if the water is pumped according to the goods, it will be quite troublesome, so I think it is better to pump the water by ship first, so that it is easy to calculate, and it is not easy to cause any trouble! ”
Yu Xiaotian touched the freshly trimmed beard on his chin, thought for a while and then nodded, "Yes!" What Shopkeeper Li said is that this land use really can't be given away without money, otherwise, they can abandon it at any time!
But the matter of pumping, I think it can also be discussed, it is okay to pump water by boat, but it can't be too low! I can take a shipload of goods no matter what they load or how much they carry, I draw twenty taels to fifty taels of silver according to the size of the ship, whether they want it or not, this thing must be done! Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to support so many brothers!
Of course, you don't have to worry, I will take special care of your Li family, and it will not affect your business! ”
Li Yi hurriedly asked, "Does the big boss want to give them a disgrace first?" ……”
"Not bad! In the past two years, there was a rule on the island of Dalian, and generally we don't go to them for trouble, but now I have opened Nanri Island and invited them to come, if they don't come, then it's a toast and no food! Then you can't blame me for being unkind to them! As long as Dalian Island is sealed, whether they are willing to come or not when the time comes, it is naturally up to them to have the final say!
The government has only opened Moon Harbor now, so I don't believe they will move to Moon Harbor to do business! You must know that Lu Dao is outside the Moon Harbor, I don't know how many people are staring at Lu Dao, they should also know this very well! So since I want to do this, I think it's much better to have a soft hand and a hard hand than to invite them! I don't know what Shopkeeper Li thinks? A cold light flashed in Yu Xiaotian's eyes and looked at Li Yi.
Li Yixin is abrupt again, secretly saying that this Yu Xiaotian is really not an ordinary person, since he has thought of it, he has to do it, as for how to do it, he is unscrupulous!
Now Yu Xiaotian has made it clear that he wants to operate Nanri Island into a commercial port along the coast of Fuzhou, and Dalian Island has become an obstacle for him, and today's attitude of Yu Xiaotian has shown that as long as he makes up his mind, Dalian Island will not be peaceful in the future!
Seeing this, Li Yi had to nod and say, "This is too!" Now that the big boss has made up his mind, this is the only way to do it! Playing with one hand and pulling with one hand, they naturally know how to choose!
However, this time I came down, and I also heard about some things about the Fujian Governor Yamen, recently Nanda people have just taken office, it is said that this time the Holy Lord sent Nanda people to Fujian to sit in the town, mainly to let Nanda people deal with those red-haired people of the Lan country!
Recently, I heard that after the arrival of Nanda, he mainly focused on the red-haired people who occupied Penghu, and he was dispatching troops from all over Fujian to deal with the red-haired people in Zhangzhou! It seems that Nan-sama is planning to completely drive out the red-haired man this time!
Before I came, the Fujian Governor's Yamen also heard about you, and now the Fuzhou Governor Yamen and the Governor's Yamen are more concerned about you, and they are worried that after you have just killed Zhang Hu recently, you will make waves in the coastal area of Fuzhou!
So it's better to be a little more restrained in the way of being in charge recently, otherwise, once he angers Nanda, he will definitely come back to find you trouble after dealing with the red-haired people! ”