Zhou Yang nodded slightly, he had a certain understanding of Li Zhaoji's situation, but he didn't care about it more.

And Lee Siu-kee arranged for Zhou Yang to go to Macao to build a galley fleet, which was also to make arrangements for the future.

The main reason for this arrangement is that the galleys fleet is not suitable for arrangement in Tamsui City, and the use of galleys requires a lot of manpower, and can only be used for coastal operations, and Tamsui is extremely short of manpower, and it is impossible to send a large number of elite laborers into the galleys fleet to serve.

In addition, Tamsui's shipbuilding industry is in the ascendant, and its production capacity is also very limited, and it is currently committed to the construction of armed merchant ships such as Yahat ships, and there is no capacity to manufacture galleys with relatively low technical level.

But the essence of this matter was to develop private armed forces in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zhaoji had to be careful, and even the Cantonese gentry, who had common interests, did not believe it, and did not attach this fleet to the training of the naval division, but cooperated with the Portuguese in Macao.

Since the Portuguese came to Daming, the pirate suppression at the mouth of the Pearl River has never been inseparable from them, so the Guangdong gentry engaged in group training, and the Portuguese in Macao understood it, and knew that they also had to contribute, but they were in a very contradictory state.

First of all, the trade withering for many years has prevented the Macau Council from coming up with the corresponding funds to build an armed force that meets the expectations of the Guangdong local government, and although Lee Siu-kei's fleet assisted it in reopening the trade route between Macao and Manila, allowing the Portuguese in Macau to return a wave of blood, the council still owes the Cheng family a large amount of money.

But the Portuguese in Macao did not dare to refuse, not even perfunctory, because Shen Youlong had just promised to resume the Canton Fair in winter this year, and if he refused at this time, the matter of the Canton Fair would be ruined again.

The cooperation proposed by Lee Zhaoji is undoubtedly a relief for Shi Luobao, and this cooperation model is actually equivalent to the Oriental Trading Company bearing the cost of building the galley fleet of the Macau Council.

Of course, neither the Macau Council nor Sch Luobao are fools, and the Portuguese know that Lee Siu Kee is not a good money boy, and he must have some intention in doing so, perhaps for the hegemony of the Guangdong Sea, but now the Portuguese have no choice.

The Oriental Trading Company controlled the route from Macau to Manila, the only source of silver for the merchants of Macau, and the Portuguese also heard about the Oriental Trading Company's cooperation with the Cantonese gentry to open up trade to Nagasaki, and they also wanted to intervene.

Perhaps Li Zhaoji is very threatening in the future, but now everyone depends on his talents to survive, and no one wants to deal with him at this time.

Zhou Yang agreed without thinking too much, and he quickly gave a plan, that is, to take his wife and children to Macau first, buy a bankrupt shipyard, and then recruit workers to build ships, Li Zhaoji is very satisfied with this, as long as Zhou Yang is willing to take his family there, then he can be handled.

As soon as the two agreed on these things, they saw Feng San's sloppy subordinates rushing over, bringing the IOUs that Zhou Yang owed money, and burning them in the furnace in front of Zhou Yang and his wife, and the matter was over.

"Shopkeeper Li, what you want to do is small, the small ones have already been done, can the small ones leave?" Feng San crawled in front of Li Zhaoji, with a smile on his face, and said in a flattering voice.

Li Zhaoji smiled and nodded: "Of course, you can leave." ”

Feng San was overjoyed, got up to leave, but at the door, he saw Tang Mu and his party, either carrying sticks or chains, looking at him with ill will.

"You ...... What are you going to do? Feng San screamed.

Tang Mu grinned: "I offended the big shopkeeper and wanted to leave, when I was a bully of the Oriental Trading Company." The big shopkeeper said that you can leave, but you are leaving this courtyard, and you should not disturb the peace here, but he did not let you go back and continue to plague the people.

Let's go, there is a shortage of people in fresh water, even if you want a splash, come with us. ”

"Fresh water? Isn't that Dongfandi, I'm not going! Feng San was also a little knowledgeable, and shouted.

Tang Mu lifted the stick: "It's up to you." ”

Although Tang Mu was young, he was ruthless when he fought, Feng San was already afraid of him, at this time Tang Mu brought another group of people, where were Feng San's opponents, they were knocked to the ground one by one, tied up and sent to the boat.

Freshwater City, the gate of the city.

Yang Yandi looked at the gathered people and said to He Bin beside him: "He Bin, it's okay, you come to execute." ”

He Bin carefully rolled up his sleeves, because on his left arm, there was a red armband, which was a symbol of the official member of the Oriental Trading Company and a symbol of his status.

Since that day he threatened Li Zhaoji and was captured as a slave in Tamsui City, He Bin did not want to flee all the time, but the heavy shackles and harsh punishments made him powerless, and later he entered the aquatic processing workshop, got rid of the unfortunate situation of dealing with dung and urine, started from an ordinary slave laborer, gradually regained his freedom, and because of his excellent performance, he officially joined the Oriental Trading Company.

Although he is still not allowed to leave Tamsui, he has become a full member, but he is once again accompanied by feces and urine all day long, but unlike the old boy who used to be an old boy who carried a wooden bucket on his back, he is now in charge of the collection of feces and urine in the whole Tamsui City, and at the same time is in charge of the sanitation work of the whole city.

And now on the bench in front of him lay a fat man, speaking with a Fujian accent, shouting for mercy, he was gorgeously dressed, he wore a wrench on his thumb, and several attendants helped to intercede. His identity is naturally good, he is a maritime merchant from Fujian.

With the development of Tamsui, more and more merchants from the Ming Dynasty came here to make Tamsui trade more prosperous, and the man lying on the bench was one of them, but yesterday, he had just negotiated a cotton cloth deal, which was to provide cotton cloth for the escort to change summer clothes.

This was a happy thing for everyone, not only to make money, but also to get in touch with Tamsui high-level officials such as Yang Yandi, but this Fujian businessman made a big mistake when he got carried away, he came out of the tavern in Tamsui City and on the street.

When someone stopped him, he pushed him a few times.

Open defecation, cane twenty, this is the rule of Tamsui City now.

After this rule was set, the first time it was implemented, He Bin personally implemented it.

He Bin picked up a one-person high killing stick, and hit the fat butt hard, the Fujian merchant let out a miserable wail, He Bin used the strength quite skillfully, and hit the other party's skin and flesh, but did not hurt the bones, after the fight, the blood-soaked killing rod was hung on the city wall again.

Yang Yandi nodded with satisfaction, stood on a cart that pulled dung, and shouted loudly: "It is strictly forbidden to defecate inside and outside the city, regardless of military and civilian men and women, all toilets are convenient, and the feces and urine in the city are collected by special personnel, and they are not allowed to be disposed of at will, which is the rule of the trading company."

It is the order of the great treasurer, and if you dare to disobey it, you will be punished. ”

The people were silent, He Bin's killing stick punishment was just the highlight of today, before that, Yang Yandi had already punished two people, a woman was fined two copper coins for using manure compost to grow vegetables in the yard, and an unlucky guy from Zhuangzi outside the city stole a cart of manure and urine, and was cut off with his little finger.

He Bin stood there and watched, he thought that it was a humiliation to appoint himself to manage the whole city, but now it seems that his position is very important and has considerable power.

It's just that He Bin really can't figure out why this position, which is contemptuously called the dung chief by the people around him, has so much power and what makes it so important.

After the execution was completed and the lively departure, Yang Yandi beckoned He Bin to a house at the gate of the city.

"Do you know why the big shopkeeper let you join the trading company and arrange you for such an important position?" Yang Yandi looked at He Bin and asked lightly.

At this time, He Bin is very different from a few months ago, he used to be an interpreter, and He Bin, who has a special status in the senior office, is well-dressed, his hair and beard are quite delicate, and his life can be described as meticulous. The work of the past few months, or the torture, has changed He Bin greatly.

His skin was rough and dark, but he looked very healthy, physically strong, and more tolerant. The whole person has also become more energetic, and his eyes have changed from arrogant to sharp.

"I don't think my own contribution can get such status, but the reality is that I have it, if I have to find a reason, it may have something to do with the Zheng family, after all, on the Dutch side, I am already a dead man." He Bin stood there, his posture straight, and said in a straight voice, this is the obedience habit formed in the slave labor career for several months.

In the slave labor camp, no matter what position he was in, no matter what position he had, he had to be upright and speak concisely, and these habits were engraved into his bones.

Yang Yandi nodded slightly: "You are right, it is because of the Zheng family, the relationship between the trading company and the Zheng family is very complicated, we may be competitors, and we may cooperate in some things, just like treating you, it can allow you to manage others and give you power, but you are not allowed to leave Tamsui." ”

He Bin's face was as usual, and he was not glad that he had guessed correctly, the reason why he guessed was because during this slave labor career, he was different from others in that he was often taken for questioning, and he asked about things related to the Zheng family.

"Actually, in my current state, if I want to escape, I can." He Bin hesitated for a while, but still said.

Now that Tamsui is prosperous, ships from Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong provinces often come and go, and the trading company does not have enough strength to check the passing ships, He Bin is now completely free, and it is possible to escape.

Yang Yandi smiled and said: "Of course, that's why you were asked to be this 'dung chief', do you think this is humiliating you?" ”

"It was like this at first."

Yang Yandi nodded: "Actually, feces and urine are very important to the trading company, because this is related to the core secret of the trading company - nitrate production. This core secret is enough to draw you here, at least in the short term. ”