Chapter Forty-Eight: Going to Go

He Xi has finalized it here. Dai Mingshi is easy to talk about.

Dai Mingshi did not add oil and vinegar. just conveyed He Xi's conditions to the other party. Let the Chen family make their own offer.

For a while, Chen Zuxiao didn't know what to say.

How do you make a bid?

The recognition and official position of the Ming Dynasty are simply a golden signboard for the Chen family. With this signboard, Chen Jiahuo and Liang Daoming are justified. There are other benefits as well.

But what exactly is the price code. It's hard to say.

At the same time, Chen Zuxiao is not a fool, he is also worried about whether this is empty white teeth to deceive him.

In short, all kinds of concerns.

This contact can only be tasted. However, the most basic conditions were met. That is the ship of the Jinghai Merchants, which can reach the old port. The Chen family guaranteed the safety of these ships in the old port. But they don't guarantee safety on the way from Daming to the old port.

Similarly, the Jinghai Merchant guaranteed the safety of the Chen family's ships in Jingjiang. Safety on the road from Nanyang to Jingjiang is not guaranteed, including encountering the Daming Sailor.

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Back in Nanyang, Chen Zuxiao reported the conditions here to Chen Zuyi.

Chen Zuyi pondered for a while and asked, "Do you think we should agree, or not?" ”

Chen Zuxiao said: "If it can really be achieved, these conditions are nothing? Even if we privately give each other some more silver to open the way, it is not impossible. But what worries me the most is, do these people count when they talk? We only know now that there is the King of Jingjiang behind the Jinghai business. But although King Jingjiang is a prince, can he have so much power to change the decision-making of the Ming court? ”

"That's what I'm afraid of. The other party can't do it at all, but lie to us. ”

Chen Zuyi sighed and said, "This is also what I am worried about. However, it's because I'm worried about this. Decide on all kinds of demands they have for Nanyang, no matter how many they agree, as long as they don't pay real money. ”

Chen Zuxiao said: "Big brother, this is not good. Don't say anything else. Our passage to Tianzhu is all shared back and forth. A lot of the time it depends on their face. We will bring in Jinghai side. Can it really be done? ”

Chen Zuyi said: "It doesn't matter. The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit. The more they profit in the South Seas, the more they can't give up. And in the South Seas, only I can guarantee their interests. The less they turn against me. ”

"When the time comes, the host and the guest will change places, and it will be they who will beg us. It's not us asking for them. ”

"I can't bear the child, I can't trap the wolf."

Chen Zuxiao couldn't help but say, "Then what about our business?" ”

The main source of profit for the Chen family is actually to distribute the goods of the Ming Dynasty to all parts of the South Seas and even to the West. If the Jinghai firm is introduced. Then their interests will inevitably be divided.

Chen Zuyi said: "It's okay. They are outsiders, and they are no match for us in any way. Moreover, by cooperating with them, we have made a lot of profits and will not lose too much. Besides, we have other things to do. ”

As for what exactly is going on, press the table first.

Just said that Chen Zuxiao received Chen Zuyi's instructions, although he didn't understand it very well. But it was carried out anyway.

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months down. Under He Xi's hands, the new Jingjiang City has been built.

Jingjiang was originally another name for Guilin. Or for Jingjiang.

It's just that now it has been renamed Guilin. Now, the new character of Jingjiang may be removed in many years. There is only Jingjiang City.

Within a few months, Jingjiang City had been completed. Although they are all rammed earth buildings and have not yet been covered with bricks, it looks like an ordinary small town. There are only tens of thousands of people, and it is estimated that there are a little more than 10,000 households.

But the basic economy has begun to run slowly.

Inside and outside Jingjiang City, there are mountains of big trees. It will be sold here. Transferred to Fujian. Or, here directly ship a ship.

Big ships may not be able to be built. But fishing boats have already begun to be built. King Jingjiang is also preparing to recruit some fishermen. Specializes in fishing. As for the deerskins, the first batch of deerskins had already passed through the Jinghai business and were sold in Nanjing. King Jingjiang made a lot of money, and King Jingjiang set up a deer shooting team, all good bowers and arrows, to fight deer. If you can shoot a deer without hurting the fur. will be seriously injured.

At the same time, another kind of trade inadvertently flourished.

Nothing else, just medicinal herbs.

First of all, deer antler velvet is very popular as a medicinal herb. Sold along with the deerskin. Soon King Jingjiang found out. It's a real gem. Because of the original ecological situation, there are many continents that are difficult to find. Or the herbs that can't be found.

Moreover, King Jingjiang does not need to send someone to pick these medicinal materials himself. Just let the familiar barbarians as commodities, or tribute.

In the intervening months, King Jingjiang went on three expeditions. Almost subdued the major tribes in southern Taiwan. It has also made Jingjiang City the political center and economic center of Tainan. Many familiar barbarians traded in Jingjiang City. King Jingjiang organized a business to resell the daily necessities of the Ming Dynasty to the natives, and he could also make a lot of money.

In short, in the past few months, King Jingjiang's family is no longer empty.

Of course, the most important thing is arable land. Patches of cultivated land have been reclaimed, and there are tens of thousands of acres. Preparations are also underway for the project to harness the Jingjiang River. It is planned to fill in the wetlands in the lower reaches of the Jingjiang River as paddy fields. If this project can be completed.

The self-sufficiency of the Jingjiang Domain was not a problem, and it was even possible to sell grain to the imperial court.

There is still some distance from maintaining this stall.

However, the imperial court has promised to be in charge for three years. Now, the three guards of the king of Jingjiang have all eaten the court. But this was only the first year, and three years later, the foundation of the Jingjiang Domain was solid.

There is no need for He Xi to stay here.

Because He Xi presided over the matter of King Jingjiang's vassal being completed.

However, in He Xi's opinion, King Jingjiang has changed a lot during this period of time. Sometimes it helps a person to be involved in a thing in person, rather than dwelling on emotions.

He Xi had never seen the king of Nanchang who had been alone in Nanchang for three months. During Chen Youliang's nearly 100-day siege, there were various problems, and even once he entered the city, they were resolved by the king of Nanchang. But some old people around King Jingjiang, when they saw King Jingjiang like this, secretly wept, saying that King Jingjiang had the temperament of King Nanchang.

He Xi felt that this King of Jingjiang was not hopeless.

So, before He Xi left. I decided to have a good talk with King Jingjiang.

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On a high ground next to the Jingjiang King Wharf, He Xi and the Jingjiang King stood side by side. He Xi looked at the boats on the dock from afar. At this moment, the Jingjiang Wharf accepts about ten merchant ships a month. Some came from the South Seas, and some came from the mainland. There was even one time from Japan.

Although a dozen ships have some less. But a good start.

He Xi said: "There is a need for a lighthouse here. ”

King Jingjiang said: "Lighthouse? ”

He Xi said: "Lights are lit at night to guide the course of the ship. It is of great use to the port. I am also preparing to set up a lighthouse along the coast. It is best to have lighthouses along the coast of Daming. It allows ships to sail at night. ”

This is He Xi's truth.

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, some infrastructure is also very important. Many ports in China do not have lighthouses. And many ports in Western Europe have them. The reason is that the Ming and Qing dynasties did not attach much importance to shipping. And when the Westerners opened the country, it didn't take long for the radio to be invented. Lighthouses are no longer useful.

But in this day and age, lighthouses are used as a foundational measure. It's still very useful.

King Jingjiang said: "Lone knows. ”

He Xi said: "Life in the world, in fact, is also like on the vast sea, if there is a lighthouse to guide the direction, it will not deviate." Cause a big disaster. Does the prince think it's right or not? ”

King Jingjiang naturally heard what Li He Xi said, and said, "What does my uncle want to say." Let's just say it. ”

He Xi said: "Okay. I'm leaving. And as a vassal king, it is impossible to leave the fiefdom without permission. We don't know when we'll meet again in the future, and I want to be honest about some of the things I want to say, of course, if you don't want to hear them, just turn a deaf ear. I'm just doing my best to obey God's destiny. ”

King Jingjiang said, "Uncle, please speak." ”