Shen Youlong nodded slightly, feeling that although Lin Cha had a lot. is wrong, but in the end, it is from a military family, this is the way of officials, and it is still understood.

"Mr. Lin, Li Zhaoji is still very capable, although he was born in a reckless background, but he has a heart for the country and the people, and the old man also wants to promote him.

But he must have fear and loyalty. Shen Youlong said with a smile.

Lin Cha immediately understood, and immediately said: "What the Governor said is that there was indeed a slight disagreement with Li Zhaoji earlier, but in the final analysis, it was just some harmless trivial matter. If Li Zhaoji is really willing to serve the adults and contribute to the country, although he is not talented, he can also get along with him. ”

Shen Youlong smiled, becoming more and more satisfied with Lin Cha.

Lin Cha said again: "This time, the lowly position is to investigate the bottom of Li Zhaoji, to see his lawlessness, if it is just a harmless subsection, the governor will just beat one or two, if there is really a rebellion and madness, the lowly position must be made clear to the governor, and everything will be under the orders of the lord." ”

Shen Youlong praised Lin Cha a few words, leaving him to ask a few more questions about family affairs before letting him leave.

Contrary to the inherent impression of later generations, in this era, China, and even other feudal countries in the world, foreign relations were often determined not by the central government, but by local officials. Macau is a precedent, in fact, even in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, it was the same as the governor of Zhili, who managed the diplomacy of the Qing Dynasty.

Unlike when Weddell's fleet came to China, a sea route official was in charge of official contact, this time it was the Guangdong Commander-in-Chief, which was already quite a high standard, not to mention, it was backed by the Governor of Liangguang.

In the previous contacts, Lin Cha and Li Zhaoji not only made money from the English, but also gave the English a lot of sweetness.

For example, he authorized him to go to Guangzhou to sell goods, so that the English people could witness the prosperity here, and after 'agreeing' that they could borrow land for trade, Lin Cha also authorized the English to explore the hydrology in the Xin'an area.

A fast crab ship followed Lincha's fleet to Xin'an, which was previously agreed, and the English treaty port, according to the agreement, specific negotiations would also be carried out there, and the difference was that this fast crab ship was flying the flag of the Getting Federation, because it was the chief officer of William's fleet sitting on it.

"It's really hard to imagine that there is such a rich king in this world." On the fast crab ship, a sighing voice sounded, and the person who made this sigh was none other than William, the commander of the British fleet coming to China this time.

It's just that he is now just an ordinary businessman dressed up, and he doesn't use his identity as a commander.

This is because of safety considerations, because of what happened to Weddell's fleet before, William has been cautious when he came this time, he has already decided that as long as the Ming does not agree to trade, he will immediately launch a pirate war, take revenge at the same time, plunder a fortune and then leave.

However, because of Li Zhaoji's participation, the trade plan was gradually realized, and William kept listening to him talk about the affluence of Canton in his correspondence with Aaron, the Commissioner of Commerce, and asked William to pay more bribes in order to obtain more convenient treaty ports and terms, which moved William and made him come to see it.

It's just that as soon as the people arrived, they were forced to leave, because the local officials of Daming had decided that the negotiations would be held in Xin'an County.

"The salted meat (Spaniards) said that the Ming emperor could connect Canton and Manila by boat. Obviously, they weren't joking. William said.

For the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, William had already seen it once five years ago, but it was only to see the large and small ships coming and going on the Lingding Ocean, the fertile land on both sides of the Pearl River estuary, this time disguised as ordinary businessmen into Guangzhou, William knew what prosperity was.

It is a populous city, surpassing London in both size and size.

Aaron nodded heavily, although William had only been in Canton for less than four hours, he had already assessed his determination, and now the two of them had a common will to settle the matter of trade no matter what, so they both chose to compromise.

You know, William was employed by the Getting Federation, and Aaron himself belonged to the British East India Company. The two are not the same organization, but fortunately, Daming is big enough and the cake is enough.

"Let's work together to bring about trade, and the whole of London will be a carnival for us!" Aaron said.

William nodded, but said: "I really don't understand why that governor is reluctant to come to talk in person, let alone why the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom gave him such a rich land, could it be that he is the emperor's illegitimate son, or some relative." ”

Aaron's face changed drastically: "Your Excellency William, please be cautious when you speak. ”

William smiled faintly and said no more.

Of course, Aaron didn't know that Shen Youlong was much older than the emperor, and he would definitely not be an illegitimate child, but he knew that if he wanted to trade, he had to be humble. This is the successful experience of the Eastern Indian and Du companies in the East, and their success in the subcontinent depends on the mouth of the lotus flower and the precious metals of gold and silver, not on muskets and swords.

William, on the other hand, was a soldier who had fought the Portuguese in the Persian Gulf for many years, while the Gottin Federation was invested by the great nobles and even had shares in the British royal family, so he was somewhat arrogant.

Aaron felt that William was not suitable for negotiations with the Ming people, and he said carefully: "Your Excellency William, maybe you should apply to General Ming Guo again, the specific negotiations involve commercial details, and I can participate in them, which can improve efficiency." ”

At the last meeting, Lincha suggested that the English side should send a delegation to the county town of Xin'an to negotiate, while the rest stayed on board. The list of the main representatives of the delegation was determined by the Ming side, and William was naturally among them, but Aaron was excluded.

If it weren't for Aaron's constant contact in Guangzhou, he would have felt that this was the Ge Ting Federation that wanted to squeeze out Dongyin and Du Company.

William sighed: "Mr. Aaron, you are responsible for all the terms and conditions, and if this is the case, there is nothing I can do, you must know that I am also having a headache about this matter, such as the honor guard of 100 people, as well as firearms and artillery drills." ”

William is naturally happy to see the current situation, if he replaces Aaron in the negotiation to determine the result, then he will be able to squeeze out Dongyin later, and the company will be logical.

Xin'an County.

Xin'an County was built in the Hongwu period, and was called the Humen Waiya, the screen of the grand event.

Nearly 200 zhang from north to south, 220 zhang from east to west, built by the sea, at this time, Li Zhaoji and Lin Cha are standing under the south gate, Li Zhaoji looked up at the city gate with a small seal engraved Ningnan two words, is born.

"Brother Li, what are we doing here?" Lin Cha asked.

Li Zhaoji said: "Choose the battlefield and create a great victory for you, the chief soldier." ”

Lin Cha glared: "I really want to fight!" ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Otherwise, how can you end up with the English?" ”

Lin Cha said: "Brother Li, you also said that the strength of Yangyi is the first thing to do with the strength of the ship, even if we want to fight, we should let me dispatch sailors, and then let the Zheng family's fleet help." ”

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "Where is it so troublesome." ”

Li Zhaoji had seen it here yesterday, and pointed to the building near Nanguan and said: "Let's greet the English mission at this city gate, where we have a wide field of vision and can see the ships on the ocean." But the chief soldier had to take down the big car shop first. ”

Lin Cha asked, "Why?" ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Didn't we ask the English to prepare a guard of honor of 100 people? When they arrive, let them go there and settle them first. ”

"But I still don't understand why we have to let the English fight so much, they are few, so we can do it." Lincha said.

"The mussel has come out of the shell, let's go under the knife, cut off its tender meat, not only can it be a good meal, but it is also simple to clean up the mussel." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

Lin Cha's eyes lit up, and he already understood.

Lin Cha not only ordered someone to take down the cart shop, but also arranged for his own soldiers to take over in person, buried a lot of gunpowder in the building of the cart shop and the open space where the vehicles were parked, and connected the lead outside the cart shop, as long as it was ignited, the elite of England could be wiped out.

As for the personnel arrangements on the English side, it was Li Zhaoji who personally formulated them.

The simple reason is that the people he needs to know him are not present in the negotiating mission.

"Come, Brother Li, eat melons." After Lin Cha finished his work, he sat in a shed outside Nanguan with Li Zhaoji, and his own soldiers delivered cut melons.

Li Zhaoji thanked him and took the melon, but he muttered in his heart, Lin Cha's attitude towards himself has become more and more friendly recently, which is a little wrong. Although the two of them got a lot of silver from the English together, and they were also considered to have shared the spoils together, when they did this earlier, Lin Cha was not so attentive.

Lin Cha dismissed his own soldiers with a smile and asked Li Zhaoji: "Brother Li, how much goods do you say there are on Yangyi's ship?" ”

Li Zhaoji laughed and said, "There shouldn't be many goods, but there will be a lot of money." ”

Some time ago, in order to paralyze William and his party, Lin Cha authorized Aaron to sell goods in Guangzhou, and most of the goods on William's ship were purchased in India, Du, and Nanyang, and they were also popular here in Guangzhou.

Lin Cha asked again: "Brother, how can we report to the Governor when the English are finished?" ”

"When it comes to seizing cash alone, it must not be less than 12,000 taels of silver, and no less than 400 taels of gold." Li Zhaoji said in a low voice.

Lin Cha frowned, it was clear that the more he reported, the less he would get.

Li Zhaoji said: "This is the income of the English people from selling goods in Guangzhou, if they don't even have this amount, how can they explain the past?" ”

When Lin Cha heard this, he immediately understood and said, "Do you want to report more?" ”

"No, you don't." Li Zhaoji said in a low voice: "Only Aaron and the two clerks really know the accounts, and when the time comes, let's find an opportunity to kill them, isn't it my final say in the accounts of the English?" Moreover, I have already briefed the Governor on the situation, and he has decided that there will not be much cash on the ship. ”