Shen Youlong knew that Li Zhaoji would not agree, even if he could have agreed, now that he has asked him, Li Zhaoji will raise the price.

"This is the ........ obtained by the old man and the Guangdong gentry through negotiation." Shen Youlong said.

Li Zhaoji directly interrupted him: "Don't lie to me, Lord Governor, Chen Zizhuang can't represent the Guangdong gentry now." ”

Shen Youlong looked at Li Zhaoji and said, "Then what do you think, you can say it directly at this time." ”

Zhao Wenji beat the side drum on the side and said: "Shopkeeper Li, Dong Weng, there is no one else, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Li Zhaoji raised his fingers, folded his fingers, and put forward his own demands one by one: "First, I don't want to go to Macao, I want Hong Kong Island." Second......... ”

"Stop!" Shen Youlong directly stopped Li Zhaoji's words and said, "Shopkeeper Li, do you think I put your club in Hong Kong to restrict you?" On the contrary, it's for the sake of thought. You are a businessman, and the Oriental Trading Company is only a trading company, under what name did the imperial court give you Hong Kong Island?

Even if you rent it, you should have a name. ”

Li Zhaoji shrugged: "Whatever, as long as the adults are willing to give it, I'll think about the name." ”

"You speak first!" Shen Youlong insisted.

Lee Siu-kee thought for a while, and then said: "I have two methods, one is to follow the example of Macao, the Portuguese can rent Macao, and other countries can naturally rent ....... ”

"Wait, you're not going to build a country in Tamsui." Zhao Wenji exclaimed, no wonder the last time he talked about Zhao'an, Li Zhaoji didn't even let him talk.

Li Zhaoji shook his head: "Most of the people in my trading company are Han Chinese, if you establish a country, you will be regarded as a threat by the Ming Dynasty, and even if the governor is willing to give you a chance, those scholars don't have to spit to drown you."

I mean lease Hong Kong in the name of the Tessie country, how about England? ”

Shen Youlong remembered that when Li Zhaoji saw through the Hongmen banquet and escaped from Guangzhou, he rescued all the English captured in the Battle of Humen, and now that a year has passed, there must be many people who are willing to work for him, find some foreign faces to do this, and hide people's eyes and ears and do this matter.

"Let's talk about the second way." Shen Youlong said.

Li Zhaoji said: "In Tamsui, there is a friend named Atta, who is the leader of the Tuman Kaida Gran clan, and Mr. Zhao also met him when he was in Tamsui.

That guy now owns the Jinguashi Mine, and he has requisitioned everywhere and ruled the land, which is equivalent to a county in Daming, and he rules no less than 50,000 people. With such strength, he can also be called the king in Nanyang.

In the next thought, he simply let him establish a country on his own, and then asked the court to pay tribute, and the court crowned him the king, and he was a vassal of the court.

You can also come to tributary trade, and the place of trade can be set in Hong Kong. Didn't Lord Shen still think that the trading company would send troops to the court in the future, so he simply took this as a name. ”

Shen Youlong saw that what Li Zhaoji said was the truth, but he couldn't think of the flaws in it, so he looked at Zhao Wenji, and Zhao Wenji said: "Let's discuss this matter with the gentry, after all, the gentry will do business with the trading company in the future, and the method chosen is directly related to their interests." ”

"Okay, then let's not decide about it for now."

Lee said: "The measures can be discussed, but Hong Kong cannot change them, and in addition, in the Pearl River estuary, the customs yamen must be set up in Hong Kong, and the ships traveling to and from the trade must go to Hong Kong to pay customs duties, and no other places can be set up."

In addition to Hong Kong, there are customs offices in Qiongzhou and Chaozhou, one east and one west. Among them, the Qiongzhou Customs, presided over by our trading company, of course, is naturally governed in the name of the imperial court. Both the sailors and the land divisions must be stationed. ”

"Okay, the old man knows your conditions, so he will naturally go to discuss with the gentry." Shen Youlong said.

Zhao Wenji said: "What about the rest of the conditions? ”

Li Zhaoji said: "I want 70% of the customs duties. ”

"Impossible, this one, don't agree." Shen Youlong refused very quickly and firmly.

Zhao Wenji was helpless, and directly persuaded: "Shopkeeper Li, what Dong Weng discussed with you is not a matter of three acres of land in Yuehai. Perhaps you also know that the north is now unstable, the east is plundering, the thieves are swarming, and the people are struggling.

What Dong Weng did was not for his own authority, but for the purpose of integrating the resources of Guangdong, organizing a strong army for the imperial court, and going north to support. This is a big deal for Kuang Fu Sheji, if there is no such goal, why should Dong Weng entangle a little interest with you.

And you also know that whether it is the reorganization of soldiers and horses or the use of soldiers and horses, it costs money. The customs revenue is all given to you, how will the salary of the army go north come? ”

Li Zhaoji said with a smile: "The adults are planning for the society, and they shouldn't be stopped in the future, but please listen to me." ”

"You say."

Li Zhaoji said: "First, with the extermination of the four surnames, the sailors of the regimental training can be disbanded, and the ships used for transportation in the future will be borne by the trading company, and the use of the sailors can naturally be saved and used for military salaries."

Second, if the imperial court really sends troops to the north in the future, the trading company is willing to participate in the grand event, and all the military salaries for the troops will not need to be allocated by Guangdong, and our trading company will bear it by itself.

How is it? ”

Shen Youlong and Zhao Wenji looked at each other, as if they were hesitating, Zhao Wenji said: "Shopkeeper Li, if you go back on your word at that time, I will have no sailors in Guangdong, and I won't even have the ability to go north." ”

Li Zhaoji laughed out loud and said, "You two, it's not that you don't give you face, you don't think that if you get together a few big ships, you will have the ability to sail directly from Guangzhou to the Bohai Sea."

Both of them were scholars and doctors, so they understood the difficulties of shipping.

I can't figure out what the wind is like in the north, what the water is like, and how well you build the ship, the boatmen will not be able to drive there.

Your Excellency Governor, your own family, Shen Tingyang in Jiangnan played to the Son of Heaven, and how effective was it to support Liaodi with grain and rice by sea? ”

"It's ......." Shen Youlong hesitated for a moment.

Li Zhaoji said again: "We are rough people, there is a saying, if you are cheap, you don't take advantage of it, bastard." Guangdong is transported to the north, and the sea is the imperial court along the way, so naturally there is no need to worry about the enemy water division. Therefore, ships should be transported.

Transporting people and goods, why bother building your own ship, just ask the Zheng family directly for it when the time comes.

He Zheng Zhilong refused to send troops for the imperial court, but in the end, he was also in control of a provincial water division, and he didn't even have a boat, so he couldn't say anything.

Isn't it a bit silly to have such a ready-made advantage not to take advantage of, but to think that you will spend money to build a ship....... Ha ha........ ”

When Shen Youlong heard this, he suddenly felt a little surprised, yes, everything I did was for the imperial court, and when the time came, he would ask Zheng Zhilong for a boat in the name of the imperial court, would he dare to help?

In this way, there is some truth to it. But there is one thing, in the future, you will send troops, you will bring your own food, which is excellent, but how much can you send troops? Shen Youlong asked.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Lord Governor, you are not an immortal, who can know the past, the future, and the future?"

Let me ask you, in what years and months will you go north? ”

Shen Youlong couldn't say it directly, but he didn't dare not entangle, after all, he couldn't let Li Zhaoji send someone casually.

"There's got to be a charter." Shen Youlong said.

Li Zhaoji nodded, whistled, Tang Mu, who was enjoying the joy of riding a horse in the distance, galloped over, and the frightened Li Zhaoji hurriedly covered the pot, and then shouted at Tang Mu: "Tang Mu, take a flintlock pistol and an arquebus." ”

Tang Mu sent an arquebus and a flintlock pistol, and Li Zhaoji said: "This is my trading company's musket, arquebus, which is the bird gun and flintlock pistol that Daming said, is Daming's self-generated firecracker."

Now in the north, whether it is the king's division, the thieves or the Qing army, they all rely on firearms, and if the guns are unfavorable, they will never be able to win. Can adults approve of this? ”

Shen Youlong nodded, although he was in Guangdong, he had a lot of newspapers and letters, all of which mentioned similar situations. Especially now the Ming army does not dare to fight with the Qing army in the field, and relies on firearms. Guangdong handled a lot of firearms for the imperial court, some of which were cast by themselves, and some of which were purchased from Franco.

"The benefit of muskets, flintlock pistols for the top, can be extremely rare, in the lower all, but also purchased from foreigners, then the arquebus shall prevail, Guangdong Department, whether by the king of the division, or group training, how many bird guns, my trading company will also send how many birds, in addition, artillery, knives, corresponding cooperation." Li Zhaoji said.

Shen Youlong was expressionless, this method of linking himself was indeed fair to both parties, but he was really puzzled about the ordnance, so he looked at Zhao Wenji.

Zhao Wenji thought for a while: "This method is excellent, excellent. ”

"Are you sure, sir?" Shen Youlong asked.

Zhao Wenji said: "The method of military training submitted to you by Chen Ping of Dong Weng Keji? ”

Shen Youlong nodded and said, "What Chen Ping said is quite detailed, but it is also complicated, these days I have been busy with the four surnamed pirates, and I have forgotten many details for a while. I only remember that he wanted to reorganize the battalion with the method of Qi Nantang, although the establishment was different, and he also mentioned that the required ordnance was similar.

In the battle of the Hunhe River, the Qi family army was killed and wounded, but it also caused huge injuries to the Tartars, and it was okay to prepare ordnance. ”

Zhao Wenji nodded: "Yes, what General Chen wants to emulate is not the old Zhejiang army, but the new one of the Qi family's army when they were in Jizhen."

The students still remember that General Chen wanted to organize and train the infantry battalion, the chariot battalion, and the cavalry battalion, but because there were few horses in Guangdong, the cavalry battalion was temporarily suspended.

Because of the inconvenience of transportation, the car battalion was also suspended, and in that step battalion, forty percent of the soldiers were bird guns. ”

When Shen Youlong heard this, he was quite pleased, and Zhao Wenji said: "And when the students were in Dongfandi, when they saw that the shopkeeper Li was fighting against the barbarians, the infantry battalion of the land division under his command only trained bird gunners and armored spearmen, but it was half and half, so the court took advantage of it." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "That's cheap, it's not counted."

There is only one thing, individual firearms, only bird guns are recognized below, and three-eyed guns, fast guns, etc., are not recognized below, and those firearms are arranged in the battalion, which is purely a matter of carelessness for human life. ”

"It doesn't matter, the firearms that General Chen mentioned are also based on birds." Zhao Wenji said.

Li Zhaoji naturally knew this, although Chen Ping had not been in the trading company for a long time, he had put a lot of thought into the military, and the trading company's use of troops, whether on the island or overseas, would form a report in order to sum up experience, but Li Zhaoji would let the generals familiarize themselves with it, and naturally he would send a copy to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping's experience from this is naturally that the bird gun is better than the three-eyed gun and the fire door gun.

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