"Don't misunderstand Shopkeeper Wei, we are not cannibal monsters, just your name....... If you look at this, you will understand. Li Zhaoji tried to explain, but after thinking about it, he greeted Tang Mu, Tang Mu knew what he meant, walked out of the room, and brought back a few porcelain bottles after a while, each with a piece of red paper on it, and each with three words: the source of taste.

"What is this?" Wei Zhiyu was puzzled.

Li Zhaoji motioned for him to open it and take a look, and after Wei Zhiyu opened it, a fresh smell immediately came, and he poured out the contents of the powder, which was a powder with a somewhat pink color.

"This is a condiment for cooking, it is a product of my trading company, Wei shopkeeper can take it to try, all kinds of dishes can be used, fried and put in, the usage is similar to vinegar, the effect is to improve freshness." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

Wei Zhiyu immediately understood that the heart was completely misunderstood.

What Li Zhaoji showed Wei Zhiyu was the fist product created by the trading company - Ajinogen monosodium glutamate.

This thing is actually sea intestine powder, the method is also simple, heat a tile, stone, put the sea intestine fished out of the sea on it, wait for it to dry, grind it into powder, it is a condiment for freshness.

Li Zhaoji saw that there were merchant ships coming from Shandong, and the trade was to let the merchants bring the sea intestines from Shandong, grind them into powder, and sell them mainly to Guangdong as a product of a trading company.

Chen Liuzi smiled: "Shopkeeper Wei, I heard that your accent is from Fujian, why are all Nanyang barbarians on your boat, how could your ship run to the surface of the water around Zhoushan?" ”

Wei Zhiyu said angrily: "It's all to blame on that damn Zheng Zhilong, if it weren't for him, how could I, Wei Zhiyi, fall to this step." ”

Wei Zhiyu spat and told the bad relationship between himself and the Zheng family clearly.

The Wei family is a family of gentry in Fujian, and many of his brothers and uncles are officials in the court, and Wei Zhiyu also takes advantage of this protection to do foreign trade, and the family's merchant ships lead to Nagasaki in the north and Annam in the south, so the family business is prosperous.

But since the Zheng family was attached to the Ming Dynasty, covering the sky in Fujian and monopolizing foreign trade, Fujian's ships going to sea had to buy the Zheng family's water flag, and Zheng Zhilong also openly and secretly suppressed the Wei family's business, and the Wei family was forced to relocate.

Wei Zhiyu and his brother Wei Zhiyan left their hometown of Fuqing, Fujian, and went to Annan, where they became the guests of the lord of Annan and were responsible for the trade between Annan and Nagasaki, Japan.

It's just that even if the merchant ships are not Fujian, if they don't buy the Lingqi, they will be harassed by the Zheng family along the way, but the Lingqi is too expensive, so Wei Zhiyu thought of a way to buy a horn tiger ship in Java to carry weapons, and use Annam sailors on board to go north to Nagasaki to trade.

The ships tried to avoid the Zheng family's fleet as much as possible, so they crossed the Heishuigou in the south of the Taiwan Strait, went north along the Taiwan Island, reached the north of the Taiwan Strait, and then returned to the mainland coastal route, and then continued north, taking the route of Shandong, Liaodong, Chao, and Xian, and arrived in Nagasaki.

Even if he was encountered by the Zheng family's fleet and questioned because he did not have a water command flag, Wei Zhiyu would ask the Annam sailors to disguise themselves as Javanese, just saying that they didn't know these rules, and they would be able to fool the past.

But Wei Zhiyu had never walked this route, and thought that the coast of the Ming Dynasty was owned by the Zheng family, who would have wanted to encounter pirates in the Shengsi area.

"Shopkeeper Wei, I already know your situation." Li Zhaoji said: "In the future, in my fleet, don't mention the Zheng family." The jade-faced young man you saw on the deck just now is the son of the Zheng family, and the fierce and brave general is the general of the Zheng family.

Although the fleet is mine, I have a good relationship with the prince of the Zheng family, and if he wants to kill me, I have no intention of offending him to save your life. ”

Wei Zhiyu's eyes widened, and he said in his heart that he was really lucky, if Fang Cai's words were heard by the Zheng family's son, his life would definitely be lost.

"Sixth brother, you come to ........" Li Zhaoji greeted Chen Liuzi, and the two discussed for a while.

From Chen Liuzi's mouth, Li Zhaoji learned that in this big battle, a total of 210 pirates were captured, and most of the seven pirate ships were sunk or destroyed, and the only one that was intact was the small lucky ship.

Li Zhaoji asked about the situation and said to Wei Zhiyu: "The pirates have a small fortune ship that can carry your goods, and when the rain stops, you will transfer your goods to that small fortune ship." My trip to Nagasaki for trade is quite dangerous, and if you go with my trading fleet, there will be no pirates to rob you, but when you arrive in Nagasaki, it will be difficult and you will be in trouble. ”

When Wei Zhiyu heard that Li Zhaoji wanted to give him a ship, he was moved to tears and wept, and with the strength of the Oriental Trading Company and the current environment, he swallowed all his goods, and outsiders did not know.

"Thank you for the gift of the big shopkeeper, Wei is willing to dedicate half of the goods to the big shopkeeper to repay your kindness." Wei Zhiyu said.

Li Zhaoji smiled, waved his hand and said: "Your goods are mostly related to the lord of Annan, this time you have encountered the Yangtze River pirates, and you have already suffered losses, send me half more, how to explain when you go back?" Then if the lord of Annan asks for sin, you will also lose your head.

You can take your goods and trade them, and my trading company will also go to Annam to trade in the future, and when the time comes, if you can make it convenient and help me, you will be repaid. Today's events, and you and I have a good relationship. ”

When Wei Zhiyu heard this, he immediately said: "That's right, in the future, the big shopkeeper will come to Annan, and Wei will help with the strength of the whole clan." ”

The Wild Goose.

Guo Xu stood in the stern of the ship, standing quietly in the light rain, letting the rain wet his body and face, he held a wine jug in one hand and rattled his fist in the other.

On the deck, Chen Huaiyu scolded and shouted, driving the sailors of Annan to quickly move Wei Zhiyu's cargo to the Xiaofu ship.

"The villain has a will!" Shi Lang appeared behind Guo Xu, patted Guo Xu's shoulder gently, and said his evaluation of Chen Huaiyu.

Guo Xu snorted coldly, drank all the wine in the pot in one gulp, and Shi Lang persuaded again: "Brother, don't be sad. ”

Guo Xu looked at Shi Lang, his eyes were red, and asked: "General Shi, you said that I fought twice and took the lead, but what did I end up with, and I am not to blame for the past?" ”

Just after dawn, the Xiaofu ship leaned towards the Hongyan and moved Wei Zhiyu's goods up, and Chen Huaiyu, who got on the ship, found that yesterday in order to make room for Wei Zhiyu's goods, the fleet's goods were scattered a lot, and the water brought in by Annan's goods also wet some silk and raw silk, causing losses.

You must know that all the goods carried on the Hongyan came from Guangzhou and belonged to several gentry families in Guangzhou, and the reason why Chen Huaiyu accompanied the ship was that he was the commercial representative of the gentry in Guangdong, and together with the accounting office sent by the gentry, he dealt with all trade issues with Nagasaki.

Chen Huaiyu sued Li Zhaoji, who heard that the goods in Guangdong were damaged, and no longer rewarded Guo Xu for his previous heavy damage to the Yangtze River pirates, and he was not to blame for the damage to the goods in Guangdong.

"Maybe Shopkeeper Li just listened to Chen Huaiyu's villain's slander, if you explain it to him, he will definitely not treat you badly." Seeing that Guo Xu began to be dissatisfied with the status quo, Shi Lang became a peacemaker, of course, he knew that this matter could not be reconciled.

Guo Xu sighed and said depressedly: "General Shi doesn't want to comfort me, I ended up in such a situation just because I am a Fujian person." ”

"How are the Min people?" Shi Lang asked.

Guo Xu said: "General Shi doesn't know the details of the trading company, Li Zhaoji he started from Nanyang, the sailors from the Nanyang are the most important among the trading companies, developed in Guangzhou, the Cantonese people fill the key departments, because of the use of foreign ships, the English and Macao immigrants are also appreciated, only we Fujian people, are crowded, charge ahead, meritorious service is rewarded last."

In these two battles, I was the first to act, but in the end, there was nothing. ”

Shi Lang was dissatisfied, and scolded: "In this way, the Oriental Trading Company really doesn't know what to do, my Fujian people go abroad, trade back and forth, and they are the crown of all provinces. ”

Guo Xu wiped the rain on his face: "Li Zhaoji is not not without the Min people, but against the Min people, don't look at him and your son-in-law as brothers, in fact, I am most afraid that the Zheng family will be unfavorable to him. ”

"Then brother, how did you become the master of a boatload at such a young age?" Shi Lang asked.

Guo Xu said: "That's because of my uncle, he communicated on behalf of Li Zhaoji on the Dutch side....... It's all about confidentiality, and that's why he reuses me. But you can also see that using me is only to make me serve my life, but you don't trust me at all. ”

"Your uncle is ........" Shi Lang asked carefully.

Guo Xu smiled: "Don't mention it, don't mention it." ”

Shi Lang nodded: "Although Shopkeeper Li did not reward his merits, but the Shopkeeper Wei promised you five hundred taels of silver, please brother and I have a glass of water and wine, it's okay." ”

Guo Xu sighed, invited Shi Lang into his room, and when his subordinates sent cooked food such as cut bacon, he personally poured wine for Shi Lang and said: "General Shi is brave and bold, and he is my Fujian countryman." To tell the truth, if you really give me five hundred taels, it will be to see the love between you and me who rushed into battle together to kill thieves yesterday, and I will also share half of you, but I haven't gotten a tael of silver.

I can only invite General Shi to eat a glass of thin wine, hoping for forgiveness. ”

"It's weird." Shi Lang took a cup into his throat and said: "Brother, I don't want to share your silver taels, I really think it's weird, the five hundred taels of honorarium was promised by Wei Zhiyi, and it wasn't Li Zhaoji's reward, why didn't I give it to you?" Could it be that it was confiscated by Li Zhaoji? ”

Guo Xu said: "He is so rich, how can he care about a few hundred taels of silver, Zuo is just taking my money, being a good person, showing a righteous Bo Yuntian, saying that asking for the money of the Wei shopkeeper is a plot, the previous rescue, all out of chivalry, not only do not want other people's money, but also gave the captured small fortune boat to the Wei shopkeeper."

He got a good name, and I, nothing. Yesterday, our brothers all heard that the shopkeeper Wei had a lot of money, and now they all come to me for a reward, but I can't give anything. ”

"I don't blame the brothers below, these five hundred taels were originally bought by our brothers desperately, how did he make Li Zhaoji a cheap favor, it's really shameless." Shi Lang began to add oil and vinegar.

Guo Xu laughed: "Good scolding!" It's shameless! ”

Guo Xu's sorrow is no longer something that can be extinguished by a glass of wine, he grabbed the wine jug, drank it bitterly, and talked about Li Zhaoji's with Shi Lang.

Talking and talking, he didn't care about any secrets, in Guo Xu's mouth, Li Zhaoji assisted Zheng Sen in ambushing the Friesian fleet, where was it for the Ming Dynasty, not for the love with Zheng Sen, but for the sake of interests, the Oriental Trading Company had a cannon foundry, and it wanted to sell artillery weapons to the Manchu Qing Dynasty by itself, and did not want to be robbed of business by the Dutch, so he designed to encircle Zheng Sen in this matter.

Use the information provided by Zheng Sen to destroy the Friesian fleet, share the revenge from the Dutch, and earn a reputation for loyalty.

Shi Lang listened to his drunken words, and said in his heart that this is indeed an important thing.

The Zheng family wants to kill Li Zhaoji, but the eldest prince Zheng Sen admires this outsider very much, if the eldest prince can know his ugly face, wouldn't it make the eldest prince and Zheng Zhilong have one heart, which is also a great achievement.

"He also does such insidious and shameless things, brother, do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence, there is a cannon cast by a trading company on the Lingding Island, and when I get to Nagasaki, he may order me to send it to Liaodong." Guo Xu said, but most of the people are already drunk.