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October 18, 9th year of astronomy.

It has been a few days since they returned to the territory, and the Ishihara family finally resisted the attack of the Huzi family with the assistance of the Luo family, and the Luo family avoided direct conflict with the Huzi family too quickly, and the Luo family also gained a lot of benefits from it, which can be described as a great joy.

On this day, it was already evening, and Masahiro was looking through the territory account books sent by Dongxiang Pingji, as a lord, he still needed to know the income and expenditure of the territory. It is worth mentioning that these account books have been sorted out by Juhime, and many places have used the numerical calculation method taught by Masayo.

Suddenly, a cry from the small surname Yoshinomaru sounded outside the door: "Your Highness, there are guests outside the mansion asking to see?" ”

Hearing this, Masashi put down the book and looked at Yoshinomaru suspiciously. The so-called guest generally refers to the guest who comes in from outside the territory. Because of the people in the general territory, these small surnames will directly tell the name. However, at present, the territory has a lockdown policy that only allows people to enter and is not allowed to go out. There are only three guests who can be brought directly outside the lord's mansion, one is Master Genji who resounded with a benevolent voice, one is Shenya Shaoce, who has business dealings with the Luo family, and the last one is Wang Hai. Which of these three people came to visit so late?

"Where do the guests come from?" Masara asked.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, according to the escort lord, the guest is a merchant from the Ming Kingdom," said the small surname.

Wang? It turned out to be him? After thinking about the time, it should also be time for them to come from the Ming Kingdom again.

"Quick, please" Thinking of this, Masahiro immediately said.

The two met in the council hall outside the lord's mansion.

"Hahaha, Brother Wang Hai! I really didn't expect to meet again so soon," Masarashi said enthusiastically as soon as they met.

"I haven't seen you in January, Your Highness's demeanor is still the same," Wang Hai also replied warmly.

"How? How has it been since the last time you returned home? After handing over the tea, Masashi continued.

"Well, it went well. It's a lot of profits," Wang Hai didn't hide it, and said directly, "It's just that all the capital departments and yamen have to take care of it, and there are really not many left." "Although they are engaged in the smuggling business, it is inevitable that they will not be able to move an inch without a certain backer on land. What's more, there are a large number of local tycoons on the coast who control the trade routes.

"By the way, I came this time, and I also brought a gift for His Highness" Wang Hai did not continue to introduce the situation after returning to the voyage, but instead changed his mind and took out a long wooden box from behind him.

Zhengliang took the wooden box handed over by the other party and opened it, and immediately became surprised: "This is?" Communicatory? ”

Masara recognized at a glance that the gift of Hezhong was the one that was heavily equipped with the Ming army. The musket technique from the West had just been introduced to the Ming Kingdom, and the craftsmen of the Ming Kingdom were still studying it, so the musket system invented and continuously improved since the Yuan Dynasty was still the main equipment of the Ming army.

"Your Highness has really seen people" Wang Hai didn't expect Zhengliang to recognize the fire in front of him at a glance, and the evaluation of Zhengliang in his heart once again raised a notch.

"Hehe, Brother Wang Hai is such a valuable gift, it is really deserved", the political conscience also looked at Wang Hai differently at this moment. Being able to bring the fire, which is strictly forbidden to sell, here, it seems that Wang Hai must have something extraordinary.

"Your Highness doesn't have to care," Wang Hai said, "This time, I also brought two boxes of gunpowder equipped with it to use it with this firearm. ”

"I would be ashamed to accept such a great gift. Brother Wang Hai came this time, presumably there must be something important to discuss, right? Not a few words," asked Masaara. The other party came to visit in the evening, and he did not hesitate to pay a heavy salute, so there must be something important to discuss.

"Your Highness Hui," Wang Hai saluted, "I came here this time to ask His Highness for help." So Wang Hai slowly said the purpose of this trip. …,

It turned out that on the way back to the Ming Kingdom this time, Wang Zhi became acquainted with a so-called Japanese envoy who went to the Ming Kingdom to trade. After some familiarity, Wang Zhi actually decided to take refuge in this Japanese envoy. The people who had just received the sweetness were willing to give up the opportunity to make a fortune by smuggling goods from Japan, and some of them immediately expressed their unwillingness to follow Wang Zhi to join the Japanese. And Wang Hai is one of them.

It can be said that there is a reason for his decision. On this return voyage, they encountered pirates entrenched in the coast of the Ming Kingdom, and Wang Hai was ordered to lead people to negotiate with the pirates, but the negotiation failed, and he was taken hostage instead. And Wang Zhi not only did not pay the ransom to save everyone, but even gave the order to sail and escape. If it hadn't happened to encounter another team of pirates who came to fight, and were able to escape by snatching a small boat in the chaos, Wang Hai would have died in the sea. After this incident, Wang Hai knew that in the face of interests, their lives were not worth a penny, and he was relieved. So, when he found Wang Zhi's fleet and learned Wang Zhi's intention to defect to the Japanese, he resolutely decided to go it alone. But there are risks associated with going it alone, and the biggest risk comes from pirates at sea. After thinking about it, he thought of a solution, and this solution was the Luo family.

"You mean, you pay a fee for the protection of your ships by force?" Masara asked.

"That's exactly what it means" Wang Hai took a sip of tea, nodded and said, "Your Highness should know that starting from Yangzhou Mansion in the Ming Kingdom and arriving here all the way is not very peaceful." ”

"Do you think that's okay?" After thinking about it for a while, Zhengliang said, "Why don't you and I join forces to undertake this trade route, and our family can also introduce a local merchant to cooperate." Compared with Wang Hai's method just now, Zhengliang wants to adopt the method of joint cooperation. There are several main reasons, one is that you can train the navy by escorting merchant ships, and at the same time be familiar with the route from Japan to the Ming Kingdom; the second is to earn profits through partnerships; The third is to share risks together, so that cooperation will be more enjoyable and more benefits can be obtained.

"This ......" Wang Hai didn't fully understand what Zhengliang meant for a while.

"Hehe, it means that you and I jointly operate this route, you are responsible for the sale of goods, provide escort here, and at the same time sell some of the items of our family to the Ming Kingdom, and obtain some materials over there, of course, these materials are used for our own family, and will not flow out of the territory of our family. In addition, we can also introduce a local merchant store below, and let them buy local materials on our behalf and assist us in selling items from the Ming Kingdom", Masarashi saw the other party's doubts and introduced it in detail.

"This ...... It's really good," Wang Hai was so happy that he stood up all of a sudden. He was originally worried that the Luo family would dislike him as just a small businessman who didn't even have a foothold, and was unwilling to help, but this time he was really helpless to come here, but now he has received a promise from the other party to cooperate together, of course, he is very happy.

"His Royal Highness Zhengliang, there is still something to explain in detail in the next place" After calming down, Wang Hai sat down again, and then looked at Zhengliang and said frankly, "Actually, in Yangzhou Mansion of the Ming Kingdom, I also found a guest to cooperate with. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Zhengliang looked up at Wang Hai. This guy's connections are really not simple, no wonder he dared to come to seek cooperation alone.

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