"Without the permission of our people, it is a dream to control Fujian Sea Trade!" Lin Rui said to Wu Huang with a smile.

Lin Rui and Wu Huang were the leaders of the Fuzhou Merchant Gang and the Funing Merchant Gang respectively, and after the Quanzhou Gang was destroyed, the Fujian Merchant Gang respected the two of them.

"They relied on the support of His Majesty, and relied on the soldiers and horses in their hands to do mischief, and they actually killed Huang Zheng and exterminated the Quanzhou Gang, which is simply audacious! I want to see, the entire Fujian gentry, who will cooperate with them? Without the cooperation of our people, they grabbed some goods this year, what about next year, where will they get the goods next year? The Royal Maritime Trading Company is nothing but a joke! Lin Rui sneered.

"Brother Lin, we have to be careful." Wu Huang said, "Now that Liu Mao has become the governor of Fujian, Li Yanzhi is the chief soldier of Fujian, and the two of them control the military and government of Fujian. ”

"What does Brother Wu mean?" Lin Rui looked at Wu Huang and said.

Wu Huang sighed: "Brother Lin, don't say anything else, what if they blockade the coast in the name of arresting pirates and attack the sea ships we send?" ”

Lin Rui frowned and said, "We are not pirates, it's a big deal to go to the city for the record and pay some taxes." ”

As long as you give a little bit to the officials of the city shipping department and pay some silver, you can obtain a legal maritime trade status. In many cases, the maritime merchants did not want to give even a small amount of silver, and organized their own ships to go to sea for trade.

Wu Huang said: "What if Your Majesty sends the city envoys again, they can strictly collect taxes and silver on the goods." ”

In that case, each ship would pay a large sum of silver, which the merchants were not willing to give.

"This is still a method at the court level, if Li Yanzhi is willing, he can even send his subordinates to pretend to be pirates and attack us overseas, after all, Zheng Zhilong himself is a pirate, and he is very good at robbery." Wu Huang continued.

If this is the case, there will be no return, which no one wants to see.

Lin Rui frowned when he heard this: "Do they dare to do this?" Aren't you afraid of offending the Fujian people to death? Aren't they afraid of annoying us, and Fujian will be in chaos? ”

Wu Huang sighed: "Brother Lin, now is not as close as the Jiajing period, the current Japan is closed to the country, there are not so many Japanese ronins who go to sea as pirates, and Zheng Zhilong has returned to the emperor, Li Kuiqi has also been defeated by them, where are there still pirates along the coast of Fujian who can compete with them, and if we really do that, we will be caught by them, what if they deal with us like they do with the Huang family?" ”

Lin Rui was speechless, the fate of the Huang family in Quanzhou shocked everyone, and no one wanted to be the second in the Huang family.

At present, the governor of Fujian and the general army of Fujian are all the emperor's people, and if they are caught, there will really be no good end.

"Can't we just surrender?" Lin Rui sneered.

The profits of sea trade are so big, and no one is happy to give a large piece to others.

"There's no talk of surrender," Wu Huang sighed, "We can compromise appropriately, negotiate with the Royal Maritime Trade Company, and agree to give them the benefits that originally belonged to the Quanzhou Merchant Gang, in exchange for everyone being safe." ”

In this way, it is equivalent to the Royal Maritime Trade Firm replacing the Quanzhou Merchant Gang, and the pattern of Fujian Maritime Trade is still the same as before. Lin Rui thought about it, and there was really no better way, so he could only agree.

"So be it." Lin Rui sighed.

It has been proved that fighting hard with the Royal Maritime Trading House can only be a lose-lose situation, which is something that all the gentry are unwilling to do. Since he couldn't defeat the Royal Maritime Trading Company, he had to compromise.

......

The southeast monsoon rose, and it was time to go to sea, but then there were only five ships of cargo, and Li Yanzhi, Mao Liangzhe and others were not happy.

"The trade to Japan, raw silk is the most profitable, but our raw silk is only more than 500 quintals, according to the market in previous years, at best, it will be sold to Japan for more than 200,000 taels of silver, and all the goods will not be sold to earn a million taels, which is far from His Majesty's expectations." Li Yan sighed.

Although he copied the Huang family and Xu Xinsu to millions of taels of silver, it was just a one-shot deal, and he would have to rely on sea trade to make money in the future.

"Two adults, there are still 5,000 pieces of silk in the Suzhou Weaving Yamen, and I have already agreed with the Suzhou Weaving Yamen, the silk will be transported to Hangzhou through the canal, and we can load it on a sea ship in Hangzhou." Mao Liangzhe, the big shopkeeper of the Haimao Commercial Bank, said.

"Silk is best sold to the South Seas or Luzon, and the Francis and the Dutch give higher prices, and raw silk is more profitable in Japan than silk." Zheng Zhilong, who is familiar with the market, said, "But if you go to Nanyang, you have to wait until the autumn and winter, and now the wind is not in the right direction." ”

"Then I will store the silk and transport it to the South Seas in the winter." Li Yanzhi said categorically.

"What about the goods to Japan?" Mao Liangzhe asked. Although he is the big shopkeeper, he has just taken over the Haimao Commercial Bank for a few days, and he is also confused about how to conduct business.

"It's best to contact the major merchants to see if you can bring some goods." Zheng Zhilong sighed.

Li Yanzhi sneered: "Contact them with a fart!" Didn't you sell our goods, Lao Tzu ordered to block the sea off the coast of Zhangzhou and Fuzhou, seize any ships going to sea, and directly rob their goods! ”

"That's not good, if we provoke them, we'll be in trouble." Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly, he didn't expect Li Yanzhi to be more robber than himself, a pirate.

At this moment, Wu Huang came on behalf of the merchants, expressing the reconciliation of the Fujian gentry, and promised to cede the interests of the Quanzhou merchants to the Royal Maritime Trade Company.

"The Quanzhou merchant gang is gone, and its interests were originally owned by the Royal Maritime Trade Company." Mao Liangzhe negotiated on behalf of the maritime trade firm and said to Wu Huang.

Wu Huang shook his head and said: "That's not the case, the Quanzhou merchant gang is only responsible for going to sea and sea trade, but the supply of goods is controlled in the hands of other gentry, you destroyed the Huang family, but you can't get the support of other gentry or can't buy goods, we promise to give you this piece of supply." ”

"Not enough!" Mao Liangzhe said, "I have to add another 1,000 loads of raw silk and the cargo of five sea ships." ”

"What do you want?" Wu Huang said angrily, "The raw silk shipped to Japan every year is only one or two thousand quintals, and you account for more than half of it at once, what are we busy with?" ”

Mao Liangzhe said with a smile: "Master Wu, you don't want to give it, General Li said that he will personally lead the fleet to patrol the coasts of various provinces and strictly investigate pirates." ”

Wu Huang sneered: "Whatever, it's a big deal that we don't go to sea." ”

Thousands of miles along the coastline of Fujian, full of excellent seaports, and countless overseas islands, Li Yanzhi wants to blockade the entire coast with the dozens of sea ships in his hand, it is a dream!

Wu Huang originally wanted to compromise with the Royal Maritime Trade Firm, but he didn't expect Mao Liangzhe to open his mouth and want to occupy more than half of the interests of the maritime trade, so he didn't talk about it!