The battle was not just a conflict between the Japanese maritime merchants and the East India Company's office in Taiwan, but the hidden interests behind it were the key points. Because of the Ming Dynasty's trade ban on Japan, it was difficult for the Japanese to buy Chinese goods directly from China's trade ports, so they could only make a big detour to buy them from the Dutch, the second-way dealers, and they would inevitably be heavily ripped off, and the Japanese must have considerable resentment in their hearts. The Dutch were also quite dissatisfied with the fact that Japanese merchants who came to Taiwan never paid taxes, and there was a precedent before that Japanese merchants were confiscated by the Dutch for refusing to pay taxes.

However, for the Crossing Group, the conflict between the two is an opportunity to take advantage of. It's just that due to the limitations of its own shipping capacity, the current crossing group does not have enough ability to reach out to the Taiwan Strait and even Japan, so this great opportunity can only be cheaper than Xu Xinsu first.

Originally, among the three parties, the Netherlands was the middleman, and Japan and the Ming needed to trade through the Dutch. And after Japan and the Netherlands turn their faces, it can be said that there will be a huge gap in the Japanese market, and whoever starts first will benefit. If the Japanese want to buy Daming's goods in the next few years, almost the only way to solve it is to cooperate with Xu Xinsu. Although the Ming Dynasty had a ban on trade with Japan, this ban could not control Xu Xinsu, who started as a pirate and smuggler, as long as he was willing to do it, there were places along the coast of Fujian that could be used to conduct private transactions with Japanese merchants.

Xu Xinsu now monopolizes the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch, and if he controls the trade relationship with Japan again, it will really be a big stride towards the goal of "being a rich country". According to the original history, from 1628 to 1632, trade between Japan and the Netherlands would be interrupted for nearly four years, and as long as it was well managed, it was enough for Xu Xinsu to earn several mountains of gold and silver.

Of course, the Executive Committee will definitely not let Xu Xinsu's family sit on the throne, and after its own maritime power is gradually enriched, it is only a matter of time before Haihan intervenes in the Northeast Asia route. As for the possibility of Xu Xinsu's backlash in the future due to conflicts of interest, the Executive Committee is not particularly worried that Xu Xinsu's subordinates should have been equipped with a large number of weapons produced by Haihan by then, and the Crossing Group will be enough to jam the opponent's neck in terms of ammunition supply and maintenance, not to mention the huge generation difference in the performance of the weapons themselves.

Ning Qi didn't say it thoroughly, which made Dong Yanyun a little foggy. However, he has also been an errand boy by Xu Xinsu's side for many years, although he has never been to Japan, but he is still very clear about the dirt between Japanese businessmen and the Dutch East India Company. It's just that he really can't figure out how the Haihan people who live in the southern corner of Qiongzhou Island got the news about what happened on Dayuan Island.

If someone else said such a headless and endless thing, Dong Yanyun probably wouldn't be able to listen to it and sneer directly. The annual transaction volume between Japan and the East India Company is around one million taels, and both sides have been very careful to maintain such a large business, even Xu Xinsu has never had a very good way to intervene, otherwise he would have directly sold raw silk to Japan at a high price. The entanglement of interests between the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and the East India Company is extremely complex, and how can an outsider comment on it?

However, it is a high-ranking person among the Haihan people who said this, so it is another matter. This is not only because the Fujian side now has a demand for the Haihan people, and should pay enough attention to the opinions of the Haihan people, but more importantly, before coming to Shengli Port, Dong Yanyun also heard some shocking rumors in Guangzhou.

It is said that before the death of Emperor Tianqi and the accession of Emperor Chongzhen, the Haihan people gave some hints to the Li family of "Fu Ruifeng", so that the Li family could draw a clear line with the local eunuchs in Guangdong. The reliability of this rumor is not credible, but in recent months, during the nationwide investigation of the eunuch party, many businessmen in Guangzhou have been dragged into the water because of their close contacts with the eunuch party in the past, and the "Fu Ruifeng," who has a wide range of contacts in the local officialdom, has miraculously escaped.

Dong Yanyun can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, if he just stays in the rumors in the market, he may not care. However, "Fu Ruifeng" has not made any form of clarification on such rumors on any occasion, but recently did something that Dong Yanyun couldn't understand, Li Nai, the third son of the Li family, had a dispute with Li Fengjie, the governor of Liangguang, because of a trivial matter in a restaurant, and it is said that he almost made a move. Afterwards, there were no aftermath measures on the side of "Fu Ruifeng", neither an apology on the surface, nor a private peace, and it seemed that he was not worried about offending the Governor.

Who is Li Fengjie's eldest son, Dong Yanyun doesn't know, but Li Nai has seen him, he visited the Guangzhou Office twice, and he saw this third son of Li who is said to have a close relationship with the Haihan people, and talked and laughed with the Haihan people. Although he had no direct contact, Dong Yanyun also knew that this Li Sangongzi was a well-known scholar, and he had traveled to many places, both in terms of cultural level and ideological insight, how could a rich second generation like him, who was well-known in Guangzhou City, be so unwise to offend the eldest prince who was the number one in the Liangguang region?

In view of the fact that some local officials who had befriended "Fu Ruifeng" before this were dismissed in the eunuch investigation, Dong Yanyun believed that Li Nai's actions were very likely to be intentional and deliberately created such an incident, so as to show that he and Li Fengjie, the governor of Liangguang, were not all the same. This kind of behavior is very dangerous, almost dead, if Li Fengxing stays in this son for another year and a half, "Fu Ruifeng" will have a hard time. Even if Li Fengjie can't hold the big handle of "Fu Ruifeng" for a while, but he is also the governor of Liangguang, the right attendant of the military department and the right servant of the imperial history, so many positions in his body, he will always find other tricks to slowly consume "Fu Ruifeng".

But if Li Fengjie really fell in the near future, then "Fu Ruifeng" would be right again. This situation is not impossible, and in recent years, the governor of Liangguang has been like a marquee, and the speed of rotation is rare in history. This rhythm began when Chen Bangzhan handed over the seat to Hu Yingtai in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and then Hu Yingtai was taken over by He Shijin that year, and He Shijin did not sit for too long, and handed over the seat to Shang Zhouzuo in the fifth year of the Apocalypse. Shang Zhouzuo was promoted to the secretary of the military department in the second year of his power, but he asked for retirement that year and gave up all public office, so in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he was succeeded by Li Fengjie, who is now in power.

In four years, no one dared to accept the ticket for how long Li Fengxing sat in the post of governor of Liangguang, maybe the new emperor's mind was hot, and the holy decree of removing him from his post would come to Guangzhou one day. But the problem is that no one dares to gamble on their net worth, but "Fu Ruifeng" did it, Dong Yanyun thinks that there must be some reason that he doesn't know. According to the intimacy between "Fu Ruifeng" Li Sangongzi and the Haihan people, Dong Yanyun has to admit that the rumored Haihan people's guidance to the "Fu Ruifeng" immortals actually has a certain degree of credibility.

However, after all, those are all Guangdong affairs, Xu Xinsu's industries are almost all in Fujian, whether the governor of Guangxi and Guangxi is changed or not, it will not affect Xu Xinsu's family business, but if there is a conflict between Japan and the East India Company, then it really has a vital interest relationship with Xu Xinsu. If you want to change the trade relationship with Japan and the Dutch East India Company, then the sooner you prepare for many things, the better, and this kind of preparation must take some risks.

Out of prudence, Dong Yanyun felt that he should still inquire about a little more inside information, at least to convince himself that this guy surnamed Ning was not fooling himself at will. Dong Yanyun pondered for a moment before saying: "When I was in Guangzhou, I heard that 'Fu Ruifeng' also received a lot of guidance from your side on the current situation, I don't know if it's true or not?"

"Yes, there is. Ning Qi made no secret of this, and when he was a god stick, he had to look like a god stick: "If we hadn't given the Li family directions in advance, 'Fu Ruifeng' would have been copied by Jinyiwei by now." ”

Dong Yanyun didn't expect Ning Qi to answer so directly, he was suddenly startled, and asked tentatively: "Then I don't know what do you think of the conflict between the third prince of Li and the eldest son of the governor of Liangguang recently?"

"Whatever conflicts, we asked him to do them. Ning Qi readily admitted this fact: "Li Fengjie has been an official for a few days, why are you sticking to him? It's better to fall out early, lest the next governor think that "Fu Ruifeng" is the same as Li Fengjie!"

"I don't know where Mr. Ning found out?" Dong Yanyun didn't know how to react to Ning Qi's statement.

"Heavenly Machine!" Ning Qi solemnly stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky: "There are some things, it's good to know a rough idea, you can't know too much, it's easy to have an accident." ”

Dong Yanyun said: "How can it be proven?"

Ning Qi sighed and said, "I don't particularly like people like Your Excellency...... Well, if I don't say something, I guess you won't be able to believe it, so let's talk about Li Fengjie's successor to Master Li!"

Tao Donglai next to him couldn't hold back a smile and cooperated: "Lao Ning, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven if you continue to leak the heavenly machine like this?"

Ning Qi sighed and said: "That's no way, it's for the benefit of the collective, and it's worth sacrificing me!"

As soon as Dong Yanyun heard that this was a dry product, he hurriedly held his breath and listened to Ning Qi's leakage.

"Li Fengjie will be out of class in a few months...... No, it's a recall. Ning Qi coughed dryly and said, "The person who succeeded him is Lord Wang Zunde, who was the former governor of Guangdong." ”

"No, no, no!" Dong Yanyun shook his head again and again: "If you talk about others, it's fine, but there is a fellow villager who is a servant in the family of this Lord Wang, and I know a little about him! During the Wanli period, he did serve as the governor of Guangdong, and he also served as the governor of Guangxi in the fifth year of the Apocalypse. A few months ago, he was appointed by the first emperor to be the right attendant of the military department, but he was deposed within a few days, and now he is idle at home, how can he suddenly come out and take over the position of governor of Liangguang?"

Ning Qi shook his head and said, "Mr. Dong, you just know what it is, you don't know why, those people used by Emperor Apocalypse, do you see how many people can sit well on the seat now?

Although Dong Yanyun was a smuggler, he still had the awe of imperial power in his mind, and he definitely didn't dare to talk about the emperor's approach like Ning Qi.

Ning Qi smiled and further spoilered: "This successor Lord Wang doesn't mean that he can do it in one step, Emperor Chongzhen will soon reactivate him as the right attendant of the Criminal Department, don't believe you just wait and see." Within half a year, Emperor Chongzhen would appoint him as the governor of Liangguang, and also the governor of Guangdong. If you want to manage the relationship, burn the cold stove now as soon as possible, and don't say that I didn't warn you when the time comes. ”

Dong Yanyun opened his mouth wide in surprise, and only after a while did he mutter: "So the third prince of 'Fu Ruifeng' Li Sangong just listened to your words and made this move?"

"Do you think the people of the Li family are crazy? After a few months, when Li Jifeng becomes a guest of the new governor of Liangguang, you will know whether they are crazy or not. Ning Qi said very calmly: "The governor of Liangguang will definitely be replaced, and there will definitely be a big conflict between Japan and the red-haired people, and after you go back, you can relay these two things to your master." Anyway, the results will be seen quickly, and it won't take long to verify. I hope that after that, neither Your Excellency nor Xu Daguan will have any more thoughts that question our decision. ”

Dong Yanyun was about to shut down at this time because of the amount of information he received. After he said goodbye and left in a groggy manner, Tao Donglai smiled and said, "Ning Qi, are you going to take the god stick route?"

Ning Qi said with a smile: "Forget it when you are a god, it is contrary to my image as a great educator in the minds of students." Appropriate spoilers can still be used, Schneider's spoilers in Guangzhou have a very good effect, I think this method can be used in a targeted manner in the future, you said that after this matter is verified, does Xu Xinsu still have the courage to question the decision we made?"

"Even if he doesn't believe it all, it will at least increase our prestige. Yan Chujie answered. When Ning Qi flickered Dong Yanyun just now, he was also holding back beside him, if it wasn't for Ning Qi glaring at him a few times, I'm afraid he would have laughed out loud.

Tao Donglai put away his smile and concluded: "The three most important things have basically been negotiated for the shipwright, silkworm seeds, and copper, and the next thing is to wait for implementation." However, Fujian is indeed too far away, and it will be at least another month or two before they come to Shengli Port when they have organized what we need. The cycle in Japan is estimated to be longer, and it would be good if Japanese copper could be shipped within half a year. ”

"Then do you want to sell them arms this time?" Yan Chujie also returned to business.

"Sell, but still in limited quantities. Guns can be sold a little more, and artillery for less. Tao Donglai already has a corresponding sales strategy for this: "Xu Xinsu is the one who defends the city, if the cannon is sold too much, the 'Eighteen Zhi' will not be able to continue to fight at all." ”

"But this guy brought 300,000 taels of silver, and he couldn't let him go lightly. Ning Qi touched his chin and said, "Why don't you hold a special product promotion meeting for him tomorrow?"

"This can be there. Tao Donglai nodded and said: "Although our production capacity is insufficient now, we can sell some samples to Fujian first, increase popularity, and brush out the storage of our Haihan commodities first." ”

In the next two days, in addition to visiting a series of infrastructure projects in Shengli Port under the arrangement of the Executive Committee, Dong Yanyun also ordered a lot of Haihan products through the product promotion meeting specially prepared for him by the business department. Most of these things have been seen in the Guangzhou market and on the product list of the Guangzhou Office, and even some glass stationery has been sold by merchants when he was in Zhangzhou. However, the origin of the port of Shengli, the shipping price, is indeed a lot lower than Guangzhou, and the variety of goods that can be selected is much richer than that of Guangzhou, many things in Guangzhou will be sold out quickly as soon as they are listed, and they have been in a priceless state of stock for a long time. As for Fujian, not to mention, there are basically only sporadic Haihan goods that can be trafficked, and so far they are only the collections of a few high-level people in society, and the reputation of Haihan goods is far less resounding than that of Guangzhou.

But Dong Yanyun is an old businessman, and he understands the truth that scarcity is expensive, even if these things are not very famous in Fujian, but the sales situation after they are trafficked back will definitely be extremely hot. It is not difficult to replicate the process of goods that can create a popular trend in Guangzhou, and how the popularity of Haihan goods has been hyped up in Guangzhou, he has already inquired clearly in the local area.

Dong Yanyun can even make up the scene of these Haihan commodities being robbed after they were shipped back to Fujian, and the rich people in the state capitals of Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, and Fuzhou really don't have too much, and they will really take out the same weight of silver to buy things like glass products.

Of course, the most important thing is the 200 arquebuses and two Haihan cannons purchased from Port Victory. Although the number is indeed a little less, at least it is not empty-handed, and Dong Yanyun will be able to give an account to his master after he goes back. As for how many arms he can buy next time he comes to Shengli Port, the Haihan people have already made it very clear, and it depends on how many useful things he can bring from Fujian next time.

In addition, Dong Yanyun also inevitably encircled a piece of land in Shengli Port and paid two years of land use money in advance. Although this matter was his own initiative, after seeing that many mainland businessmen were investing in enclosures to build business inns here, Dong Yanyun believed that his decision could also be recognized by Xu Xinsu. Of course, the most important thing is that the dense forts built on both sides of the approach channel here make people feel very safe, and Dong Yanyun even feels that even if the fleet of "Eighteen Zhi" arrives here, I am afraid it will not be good to go