Guo Xu sneered: "You say, let me do something, since I have fallen into your trap, I am at your mercy." ”

Shi Lang saw that Guo Xu's attitude softened, but he didn't have the arrogance just now, he patted Guo Xu's shoulder and said: "Brother Guo, why do you talk like this, even without me, you can't mix up your personal appearance in the Oriental Trading Company, but with me, you have one more opportunity."

Don't worry, after this time, I will be the head of the Ming family, and I will never treat you badly. ”

Guo Xu didn't pay attention to it at all, as if he couldn't accept Shi Lang's threat, Shi Lang said: "I tried to send people to Nagasaki several times to make contact, but they all failed. Obviously, Li Zhaoji has already made arrangements, since this is the case, I will simply not send someone, you take this letter to Nagasaki, find a way to hand it over to Lord Zheng Tai, and he will deal with it. ”

Guo Xu seemed to hesitate, Shi Lang said: "Why hesitate, this letter is not a threat to Li Zhaoji and Dongfang Trading Company." ”

"What do you mean?"

Shi Lang waited for Guo Xu to agree, but he didn't expect that Guo Xu was stunned for a while, and actually stretched out his hand to himself.

"Three hundred taels of silver." Guo Xu said.

Shi Lang smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Guo is really a lion's mouth." ”

Guo Xu said: "You don't want to see me when I am young, why will the head of the Zheng family not treat me badly in the future, this kind of talk is the same as Li Zhaoji, it is all a big pie, I don't believe it."

Now that I have been coerced and lured by you, I have betrayed the trading company, Li Zhaoji is so ruthless, I will not let it go if I know it, and I don't believe your words, so I ...... Silver, the only thing I believe in now is silver. ”

Shi Lang spread out his hand: "But I don't have so much silver with me." ”

"Then let's ask for another master." Guo Xu threw the letter to Shi Lang.

Shi Lang was helpless: "I still have one hundred taels of silver on hand, all of them will be given to you, and the rest, I will write another letter, and when I arrive in Nagasaki, Lord Zheng Tai will give it to you." ”

Guo Xu put the letter away and said: "This is still like a truth, General Shi, don't blame the small one, the small one is walking on the tip of the knife now, and you always have to think about one more step." ”

Shi Lang snorted coldly: "I will send the silver to your ship." ”

Half an hour later, Guo Xu, Mi Xin, and a bag of silver all appeared in front of Li Zhaoji.

Li Zhaoji opened the letter and read it, Shi Lang informed Zheng Tai of Zheng Sen's current situation in the trading company's team, and told Zheng Tai that he would not go to Nagasaki in person, but it was limited to that, Shi Lang did not mention anything, but only suggested that Zheng Tai act on the camera.

After thinking about it, Li Zhaoji quickly understood that Zheng Tai was a child of the Zheng family who was highly used by Zheng Zhilong among the younger generation, while Shi Lang was just a newcomer, and the identities of the two sides were very different.

After reading it, Li Zhaoji pushed the silver and the letter in front of Guo Xu, and said, "Guo Xu, act according to the plan." ”

"Big treasurer, I can't ask for this silver." Guo Xu said.

Li Zhaoji held down the silver, asked Guo Xu to accept it, and said: "You accept the silver, you can take as much as Shi Lang gives you, don't worry." My reward for you, I will give you another. In the past few days, many people have reported to me that you have a close relationship with the Zheng family, and some people are still angry with you, I know it.

For the sake of the trading company, you have bent down and suffered a great grievance, I can't let people suffer grievances in their hearts, and they can't get sweetness.

Moreover, your grievances may not be resolved only after the trip to Nagasaki. ”

Guo Xu said: "With the words of the big shopkeeper, I don't have any grievances." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know your grievances, and I will not treat you badly in the future." Do you remember the trip to Fujian, the people you picked up in Zhangzhou Mansion? ”

"Remember, it's the maiden family of Mrs. Dongyuan." Guo Xu thought for a while and said.

Li Zhaoji has four women, but only two can be called Mrs., because they live separately in the east and west courtyards, so they are called Mrs. East and Mrs. West.

Guo Xu said that the lady of the East Courtyard is Gu Jinniang, last time he and Chen Huaiyu went to Fujian to buy a water flag, and went to Gu Jinniang's hometown by the way, and picked up Gu Jinniang's family. It's just that the Gu family was pirated, and there are not many people left in the family.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Jin Niang's aunt and sister, you should have seen it, it is the girl named Liu Ming, fifteen years old." On the way to Tamsui, I have been taken care of by you a lot, and I have a very good impression of you. If you want to, I can make decisions for you. ”

Guo Xu remembered the little girl who asked questions on the boat that day, and he was a little embarrassed for a while, after all, he had never thought about it like this, and this kind of thing still had to be asked about Guo Huaiyi.

Seeing him hesitating, Li Zhaoji laughed out loud: "Guo Xu, you don't have to answer now, think about it carefully, if you want to ask your uncle, you should also respond, and when the matter in Nagasaki is over, you can respond, it's good." ”

Guo Xu nodded, and said in his heart Li Zhaoji really thinks about himself, and now he is ordered to cooperate with Shi Lang, but others don't know, there are repeated rumors, that is, he will return his innocence in the future, I am afraid that some people will take this life, after all, the Zheng family is always a big threat to the trading company.

The big shopkeeper can explain once and shelter once, not necessarily this time, but to marry his wife and sister to himself, which is a great attitude of trust.

Although the woman is only the aunt of Mrs. Li Zhaoji, Li Zhaoji has no relatives and nephews, and his wife is the closest, not to mention, the other three wives are all from Fengyue, and they don't even have a wife.

"The big shopkeeper is loved, Guo Xu can't repay it." After Guo Xu thanked him, he hugged his fists and said: "In the afternoon, I went to see Chen Si'an, that person is a good hand in trading, but he has never been to Nagasaki, and there are a few sailors in our trading company, so he is not familiar with it."

However, I corresponded with Shi Lang, and I heard him say that Nagasaki was the place where the foreign trade of the Japanese kingdom was located, and in the early years, there were cults and many rules. I'm worried that even Chen Si'an won't be able to deal with it. ”

Li Zhaoji smiled and said, "You have thought it through, but you are very lucky, I have prepared a helper for you." ”

As Li Zhaoji clapped his hands, a man dressed as a bookkeeper walked in, it was He Bin.

He Bin was under the command of the Dutch at the beginning, and he did not take Li Zhaoji seriously, and was imprisoned and forced by Li Zhaoji for several months, but considering his understanding of the eastern seas and his special relationship with the Zheng family and the Dutch, He Bin was entrusted with the important task of being responsible for the saltpeter production of the trading company.

As a former pirate leader, He Bin is very good at managing people, and manages the saltpeter workshop of the trading company in an orderly manner, and this time he was entrusted by Li Zhaoji to come to Nagasaki together.

"This is Mr. He Binhe, Zheng Zhilong's former sworn brother, and now he is the second-level shopkeeper of the trading company." Li Zhaoji said to Guo Xu.

With a look of dissatisfaction on his face, He Bin said: "Big shopkeeper, I am in charge of the saltpeter workshop in Tamsui, and I have just stepped on the right track, but you asked me to join the fleet and accompany Nagasaki. However, it seems that the current situation is very bad, and I can no longer be the representative of a trading company in Nagasaki. ”

When He Bin was first asked to accompany him, Lee promised that as long as trade was concluded in Nagasaki, He Bin would be the plenipotentiary representative of the trading company in Nagasaki, and it was clear that this was a position that He Bin was willing to accept.

Even the Dutch East Indo, Du Company, and Kapitan in Nagasaki, Japan, are all competing for positions, this position has a lot of money and little to do, and it is still in a prosperous city, except for the restriction of freedom, there are no shortcomings.

However, as He Bin got on the ship, he gradually discovered that something was wrong, and when he was assisting in the handling of the accounts, He Bin found that the Oriental Trading Company plus the Guangdong gentry had to sell more than 4,000 quintals of raw silk into Nagasaki, which was an astronomical amount and would definitely trigger a backlash from the Zheng family.

What's more, in the Zhoushan area, Li Zhaoji coerced Zheng Sen to Nagasaki, which was almost a hostage, which made He Bin believe that this trip was dangerous.

"Brother He, if this matter were easy, it wouldn't have fallen into your hands. I have a lot of people who want to be rewarded and promoted, and they are loyal and respectful to me, not like you, who wanted to kill me before. Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

He Bin was very helpless to bring up Li Zhaoji's old matter, after all, this is the truth, he said: "Okay, big treasurer, you said that if the trade was successful, I would be in charge of the business of the trading company in Nagasaki, but now it is close to failure, what should I do?" ”

"If you fail, you'll also be in charge of the trading company's trade in Nagasaki." Lee Siu-kee's voice was soft, but it was an irreversible attitude.

"Give me a boat, smuggler?" He Bin was surprised, he pointed to his face and said: "I'm not Guo Xu, I'm not a fearless young man, at my age, I may die on the ship at any time." ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "Brother He is a rare talent, how could I let you do that kind of rough work."

If the trade is successful, you will be in charge of the business because you are familiar with Nagasaki and Japan, but if the trade fails, you will also be in charge of the business, but because you are familiar with the Dutch. ”

He Bin suddenly realized: "If you fail, you want to trade through the Dutch?" ”

Li Zhaoji stretched out his hand: "Yes, Brother He." Nagasaki, Manila, and Batavia, all three locations have precious metals from Japan, the Americas, and Europe, and now trading companies can only trade with Manila, which is by no means sufficient for trading companies.

And if the trade fails, we need to let the Dutch be our next home, then the two trade points of Nagasaki and Batavia will be opened. In my trading company, I can't think of anyone else who is better suited to this role than you. ”

He Bin reminded: "But with the Dutch, I am already dead. ”

"Yes, but for the benefit of the trading company and the Dutch Toyin and Du Company, I exchanged you from hell with gold coins. As long as the Dutch can make money, I don't think Governor Paul of the Grand Authority doesn't care that you're dead, and that you're alive again, and you're still working for me. Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

He Bin laughed: "Four thousand quintals of raw silk is enough to make the Dutch crazy." ”

After thinking about it carefully, He Bin agreed.

After resting for two days, Guo Xu's Hongyan set off from the anchorage and headed for Nagasaki, where it was refurbished before the ship departed.

All the guns on board, whether they were cannons on the open deck or the whirling guns on the side of the ship, were unloaded, and all the crew's firearms were confiscated, because once they entered the port of Nagasaki, all firearms were confiscated and returned when they left, whether they were Kara ships or Dutch ships.

Since all firearms were to be confiscated, they simply did not bring them.

Secondly, everyone on board had to be questioned, because there were many sailors from Macao, as well as the Kishitan samurai, and there were also English and Portuguese people who served the trading company, and all those who were related to Western religion had to disembark from the ship, even if they were only casual believers.

And these are not what Guo Xu is worried about, what makes him most distressed is to write the 'Wind Story', which is a kind of information that Guo Xu wants to submit to the Japanese government as the captain.

It is necessary to write the crew of the Hongyan, the place of departure, the route, and the details of the cargo, which is enough, what makes Guo Xu distressed is that it is necessary to write some internal situations in the Ming Dynasty, all ships docking, must be submitted, and the wind story is collected into a book, as the information of the Tokugawa shogunate to understand the overseas situation.

Guo Xu really didn't know anything about this, so he could only turn to He Bin for help, but He Bin was at his fingertips, true or false, and wrote thousands of words to help He Bin pass this hurdle.