When the fleet arrived with Lang Son Army, Hao Fenglou just got off the dock, and it was like a small stone smashed into the ancient well, and the whole Changxing Island seemed to be boiling water.

People from major commercial houses came to visit, Hao Fenglou and many of them were old acquaintances, and everyone met and went straight to the point.

In Langshan, no one likes excessive politeness, time is silver, and everyone has long been accustomed to pragmatism.

Hao Fenglou first saw, is the iron-making giant Wu family, the Wu family for Chongming Island is extremely important, the owner Wu Yinglong personally came, the Wu family used to be a businessman in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and later the family moved to Langshan, wealth accumulated a hundred times, now come to this Chongming Island, ambitious, have already built an iron mill here, take advantage of the civil strife, peddling ironware, in addition, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, agricultural production is also dependent on agricultural tools, large-scale production of agricultural tools, Is it comparable to the farm tools made in those ordinary shops? The Wu family wanted to occupy the market immediately before the other iron mills made a decision.

Therefore, a few days ago, through guò brokers, Wu Yinglong met many characters in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, these characters are just some businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who came on private boats on the surface, but the power behind them is amazing.

Originally, for the families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the imperial court sea ban was the most beneficial to them, after all, once the sea ban, then the unique silk and porcelain of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were not allowed to be exported, and ordinary people once they went to the sea, it was a dead end, but the family was different. Behind them is a relationship, and others can't go to sea. But they were able to buy many people to carry their goods out on private ships, and so on. These goods have become Xibei goods, they have monopolized the market, and they have the final say on what price they want to offer.

If the sea is opened, then the top silk is sold, at most a dozen taels of silver, after all, there are many such silks in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but once the sea is banned, no one goes to the sea. There are few people who go to the sea, but the price has increased tenfold, and there are always some overseas rich people who are willing to buy it, and they have turned this daily necessities into luxury.

However, in the past few years, they have suffered from the impact of Langshan silk, which has caused the profitability to drop sharply, and now the imperial court trade is imperative, and they can't stop it at all, so they simply began to make a new way out.

Wu Yinglong hit it off with these people. He needs to use the connections of these people, and these people also need Wu Yinglong. It's mutual exploitation.

It seems that because the conversation was quite good a few days ago, Wu Yinglong seemed quite happy, and now Hao Fenglou has arrived. And he immediately came to pay his respects.

The two are old acquaintances, Wu Yinglong saluted, and then smiled and said: "Your Highness has won a lot of successes this time." Lang Son was deeply encouraged, and now he is forcing the court to negotiate peace. It was even more morale-boosting, and the old man took advantage of this wind to come to Changxing to take a look. It's okay not to look at this, but after a look, I know that there are already mountains of gold and silver here, and His Royal Highness Hongfu is afraid that this time I will have some gains. ”

Hao Fenglou couldn't help laughing: "Senior Minister Wu is too polite, I can't talk about TOEFL, doing business is nothing more than vision and courage, and these are all available to Senior Minister Wu, and I am worried about not making a profit?" But I, who now only know how to lead troops, is a lot more unfamiliar with the way of economics. ”

After saying a few innocuous words, Hao Fenglou cut to the chase: "Senior Minister Wu is from Langshan, but I don't know what the situation of Langshan is now. ”

Of course, Wu Yinglong knew what Hao Fenglou was asking, he was the senior minister, and he had just participated in the senior political meeting and came on leave, so he was most clear about the things in the senior political bureau, so he said: "In the senior political bureau, there are not a few people who support the fight, and the old man said from his heart, even the old man also supports continuing to fight, but His Royal Highness the King of Pingnan suppressed the voice of the war, and after thinking about it, there is nothing wrong with it, when it comes to this part, the Langshan army can't even keep up with the supplies, and it is in vain to waste manpower and material resources, but it is really better to rest, Moreover, now Mrs. Xu is in charge of the overall situation, when the Langshan army rose up, it was under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and the traitorous ministers on the monarch's side and the faint monarch have collapsed. ”

Hao Fenglou pursed his lips and smiled, of course he knew that Wu Yinglong must be the main battle faction, of course this has nothing to do with Wu Yinglong's concept, just because for Wu Yinglong's iron workshop, the war continues, and it is most beneficial to his business, as long as the war does not stop for a day, the armament does not know how much it will cost, but steel is the mother of a qiē weapon, relying on this, the Wu family made a fortune, I don't know how much they made by taking this opportunity.

Hao Fenglou said with a smile: "Yes, there is Zhang and Chi, and the next thing is the construction of railways in various provinces, and then you will have to rely on it." ”

This means that although there is a truce, Senior Minister Wu does not have to worry, once the railway is built, the demand for steel will only be much more, so what is he worried about the business of this iron mill?

Wu Yinglong glanced at Hao Fenglou and said, "To serve His Royal Highness, the old man should do his best." ”

said a lot of things, all of which were about Langshan, so Hao Fenglou took this opportunity to understand some of the current situation in Langshan, and seeing that it was not too early, Wu Yinglong got up and left.

Hao Fenglou naturally received the next batch of guests.

The one who came this time was different, the signboard he was wearing was the banner of a trading house, but Hao Fenglou knew that this person was a member of the Huimen, and he was one of the leaders of the Huimen in Langshan. Jianghu's status is extremely high, and he has mastered a lot of the lifeblood of the gray area, originally Hao Fenglou has always been uninterested in such people, although they have been borrowed, but after all, it is better to stay away because of their identity, but now it is Changxing Island, and there is no need to abide by the rules of a qiē for the time being, and on the other hand, Hao Fenglou knows that here, the strength of these guilds, a certain Cheng dù is a lubricant for trade.

In other words, although the imperial court reluctantly agreed to Langshan's conditions, it does not mean that they will not take precautions, even if the imperial court allows it, but there are many stubborn people in the local officials who are openly opposed to trade.

This is the reason why Hao Fenglou sees guests.

This person was actually born with a fair complexion, not five big and six coarse, but quite elegant, he saluted, claiming to be a student, although he did not win Hao Fenglou's favor, but also made Hao Fenglou let down a lot of guard.

Immediately after chatting casually, he got up to see off the guest, this person didn't think Hao Fenglou was sluggish, but he seemed very satisfied, in fact, Hao Fenglou saw him, a certain kind of Cheng dù, in fact, it was already a kind of honor, showing an attitude, enough to make him happy, as for what he said, it didn't matter.

In the past few days, I have met all kinds of people, even the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom, Hao Fenglou.

Their intention is very clear, it is nothing more than to seek peace, hoping to bring the people on Chongming Island back, but Hao Fenglou just smiled coldly and said: "There are so many people from your country, and they are guests when they come here, and since they are honored guests, how can they just leave?" Besides, I heard that your country is in chaos right now, and even if they go back, I'm afraid that they will suffer from the fish pond, so I think they should stay here. ”

This Japanese envoy knew that it was not good, but in fact, he had already prepared, but he stopped making a sound, compared to the previous arrogance, but now he is much more honest, and he left again and again, and left with a heavy heart.

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Hao Fenglou is anxious to return to Langshan at the moment, digesting Liangguang, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou has become the first priority of the Hao family, and he also knows that the Langshan Political Bureau is also waiting for him to go back to explain the matter of peace.

Therefore, after a few days, Hao Fenglou got on the sea boat back to Langshan, and this time he went back, he brought only hundreds of guards, and the rest were all left on Chongming Island.

After driving on this blue ocean for many days, Hao Fenglou had no intention of enjoying the scenery along the way, and after a month, he arrived at Haiphong Port.

Haiphong Harbor is full of ships, some in and out of Chongming, some to Guangzhou, some from the West, large and small, seemingly chaotic, almost congested the harbor, but in order in the chaos, there are shuttle ships coming from afar, jumping on the pilot, holding a compass and a map in their hands, guiding the ships to dock at the vacant wharf.

The pilot was wearing a white uniform, looking extremely serious and professional, constantly signaling to the dock on land, Hao Fenglou looked at it from the side, and felt very fresh, this person glanced at Hao Fenglou angrily, and said, "Don't make trouble...... Forehead...... You are...... Your Highness ......"

Hao Fenglou smiled and said, "Don't be polite, you see, I didn't show my identity, don't blame those who don't know, let's lead the boat quickly." You're right to be a fun-loving guy. ”

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The first chapter was delivered, and I finally didn't have to go to the injection, which was gratifying. (To be continued......)