Chapter Seventy-Seven: Transporting Grain
Uruci's words made U Li, the president of the Wigan Chamber of Commerce, fall into deep thought.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Spaniards were not defeated, and it was only a matter of time before they returned to Vigan.
The Vigan Chamber of Commerce did not cooperate with the Ming army, but would those Spaniards believe it?
He glanced again at the figure of the Ming man who was busy standing on the dock in the distance.
If the Spaniards returned to Vigan, those Ming people and wealthy merchants would inevitably be retaliated against by the Spaniards.
And what about the Vigan Chamber of Commerce?
What if these Spaniards really don't talk about feelings?
"Father can now understand my good intentions." Uruci took the black tea handed by the servant and tasted it carefully.
"Under the pretext of pirate raids on the port, they shelled the docks and killed and injured the Ming army.
There is a reason for this, and these wise people don't have much to say?
And if the Spaniards come back, we can take advantage of it. Uruci explained.
"So, what if Akito really blames him?" Old Wuli opened his mouth, as the president of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce, he naturally disagreed with Uluci's approach, but it was not easy to say anything more.
But after the dock incident, Akito was surprisingly quiet.
Aside from repairing the docks and treating the wounded, nothing was too big.
In particular, the Weigan Chamber of Commerce did not pursue it to the end, but calmed the matter, which couldn't help but make Wu Li feel a little unusual.
"Father, you're really old." Looking at Wu Li's sad face, Wu Luci shook his head,
"If it weren't for our Vigan Chamber of Commerce to maintain Vigan's stability, would they be able to easily occupy Vigan with these rogues?" Uru looked at Akito on the dock with a look of disdain.
"Whether it's these Akitoshi or Spaniards coming to Vigan, they need the support of us local merchants, even if the Akito knows that we are doing it on purpose?"
Seeing that Uluci was so conceited, Wu Li didn't say anything more, just sighed slightly, turned around and walked towards the shore.
Just as he was walking towards the shore in despair, a man with a rat-tailed pigtail was walking towards the dock looking left and right.
"Yo, isn't this the kid from the Zhao family, what kind of wind blew you to the Chamber of Commerce." As soon as he sent his father away, he saw a man with squirming and squirming towards him, and Uluci recognized the person at a glance.
"Alas, Master Wu." When the man saw Uruci, he hurriedly approached.
"What wind blew you to the Chamber of Commerce?" Uruci didn't have a good impression of this person, or maybe he had an instinctive dislike for Akito, and looked at the man in front of him with disdain.
The man was not angry when he saw that he was falling.
"Young Master Wu, I am also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, how can I divide each other?" The man laughed.
"Hmph," Uruci snorted coldly,
"Didn't your Zhao family join the Ming people's so-called Four Seas Trading House, shouldn't you divide each other? If the red haired son comes back in the future," before he finished speaking, Uruci looked at the man with contempt,
Looking at the man's originally smiling face, he suddenly turned white, and couldn't help but sneer.
"Young Master Wu, don't scare me, this red-haired ghost is still in Laoag." Zhao Ke's face turned pale,
"Besides, I'm a side branch of the Zhao family, and the red-haired ghost can't cut off my head when he comes back to liquidate." He shook his head, the pigtail of the money rat at the back of his head trembled, and he laughed as he looked at the servants beside him.
"I said Zhao Ke, for the sake of you being in my casino for a long time, I would like to remind you, get rid of the relationship with those Ming people as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame us Weigan people for not being merciful if something happens." Uruci said in a cold tone.
Listening to Uluci's words, Zhao Ke also smiled bitterly and couldn't help but shake his head.
"It's still the young master of Wu who is interceding, and now he still thinks about me Zhao, like those Ming people, who went to sea and were hijacked by the pirates and killed people without paying attention, and now they have taken seven merchant ships, and they are so angry." Zhao Ke's face was sad and indignant.
"Young Master Wu, I won't tell you that our Chinese businessmen have suffered a lot with the Ming army these days, that regret,"
"Okay, what the hell are you going to tell me straight?" Uluci didn't want to listen to Zhao Ke's nonsense anymore, and waved his hand impatiently to let him explain his intentions directly.
Seeing this, Zhao Ke said with a smile: "Young Master Wu, you also saw that the docks of our Chinese merchants were destroyed by pirates, and even the merchant ships were burned and burned more than ten ships, and our family master almost ran out of breath to turn his back, even I can see that these Ming people are afraid that they will not work, and the Zhao family naturally has to consider the way back, right?" As he spoke, Zhao Ke took out a cloth bag directly from his pocket, and the golden luster was faintly visible between the gaps in the cloth bag, and his eyes widened when he looked at the servants on the side.
Zhao Ke seemed to be deliberately showing off, and then handed it to Uluci.
"There are not many other things in this Zhao family, there is a lot of gold and silver in this place, and the three hundred taels of gold have been transported to the private casino opened by the young master Wu, and the eldest young master will inspect it."
Uruci grabbed the cloth bag and gently put it into his sleeve without making a sound.
"What do you Zhao family want to do?" He glanced at the servant with round eyes on the side, and when he was stared at by Uluci, several of them lowered their heads one after another.
"Our Zhao family sees that this Ming man is dying, and he really joined the Four Seas Trading House when he was blinded by lard, and now he naturally wants to go back."
"You're messing with red-haired ghosts, even if you ask the Weigan Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce can't help you." Uruci replied directly.
"Young Master Wu, you misunderstood." Zhao Ke smiled,
"The Zhao family wants to transport a batch of goods to Manila." Zhao Ke whispered in Uluci's ear.
"Oh, the delivery." As soon as he heard this, Uluci suddenly became interested.
"What is it," Uruche asked.
"Six ships of grain." Zhao Kedao.
"Hehe, this Ming man forbade Vigan to smuggle rice out to sea, smuggling a bucket to cut off a finger, smuggling a boatload of people's heads," Uruci said.
"That's why I want to ask the Vigan Chamber of Commerce." Zhao Ke said softly.
"I'm afraid it's not just six ships of grain, is it worth three hundred taels of gold?" Uluci looked at Zhao Ke coldly, and his face gradually turned cold.
"I still can't hide it from Young Master Wu, in fact, transporting six boatloads of grain is fake, and in fact, there are gold, silver, jewelry and porcelain hidden in the grain."
"Oh," Uruci was surprised,
"I also heard my uncle's gaffe after drinking, this Zhao family has been operating in Nanyang for more than 20 years, and there is naturally no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry.
"This ship is going to be transported to Manila, I heard that Governor Juan loves porcelain the most, if he transports six ships of gold, silver, jewelry, and his favorite porcelain, maybe he will be happy, and he will pardon our Zhao family." Zhao Ke explained with a smile.
"Oh," Uruci suddenly realized,
"That's why we found the Vigan Chamber of Commerce, and our Vigan Chamber of Commerce set out the ship."
"Yes," Zhao Ke nodded.
"You have also seen it, this Ming people are strict with our Chinese businessmen, and the ships have to be checked one by one, plus the pirates are very powerful, our Zhao family has several ships that have been robbed by the miscellaneous people of the Fish and Dragon Gang, and this is not just to find the young master Wuda, and the young master will take care of the Chamber of Commerce, and transport six ships of grain to Manila, there are armed merchant ships of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce, presumably the pirates do not dare to rob it." Zhao Kedao.