"This Wen Bailing, what a big breath!" The pot-bellied man pushed away the skinny horse beside him, pulled the wine on his body with his fat hands, and said unceremoniously.

"I, Wen Bailing, not only have a big mouth, but also annoyance. Bai Xiuqing, if you are not convinced, you will also come out to speak. I don't know what kind of majesty you can do without the tiger of the Zheng family. Wen Bailing could also hear the words inside outside, and his response was even more provocative.

The businessman named Bai Xiuqing was about to get up, but Cheng Bi grabbed him and said, "Brother Bai, don't be angry, I'll deal with it." ”

Cheng Bi got up, patted the thin horse beside him, and said, "Warm my wine." ”

So saying, he opened the window, but did not go out. In front of him was a tall pleasure boat, and an old man in Tsing Yi sat on a recliner on the second floor, glancing at him obliquely, not taking Cheng Bi in his eyes at all.

"It seems that Mr. Wen doesn't want to go to Songjiang's appointment." Cheng Bi said.

Wen Bailing smiled indifferently: "What kind of thing is a mere Li Zhaoji?"

He wouldn't think that if he had a few ships, he could really take the Zheng family's place, joke! Lee Siu Kee is also a ........ ”

Wen Bailing sneered wildly, but when he heard a bang, he saw that Cheng Bi had closed the door and entered the boat, leaving him with an embarrassed face. The window next to him suddenly opened, Cheng Bi poked his head out, and said: "I thought that you were just arrogant, but I never thought to be so arrogant, if you know that you are wrong one day, you can come to Songjiang to find me." ”

After that, Cheng Bi ordered someone to drive the boat, sunk the wall cruise, and slowly went north.

"Foolish dreams!" Wen Bailing roared in response, but his voice was dispersed in the noise of the canal.

Like Cheng Bi, Wen Bailing is also a well-known wealthy businessman, especially in Zhejiang, in the early years, he had contacts with the Zheng family and cooperated with each other.

Zheng Zhilong has always wanted to go deep into the south of the Yangtze River, but he has never been able to, but because of Wen Bailing, he has great influence in Zhejiang. Zheng's Maritime Group has five merchants and five merchants, of which the five merchants are set up in Hangzhou, specializing in the purchase of raw silk and other goods from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then transport them to Xiamen, Fujian, and hand them over to the five merchants of the sea, go to trade in the two oceans, and earn high profits.

Wen Bailing is the Zheng family's largest partner in Zhejiang, and now that the Zheng family has fallen, Wen Bailing directly took over the Shanwu merchants in Hangzhou, connected six large ships, and went to Japan to trade, making up for the shortage of Ming goods in the Japanese market caused by the collapse of the Zheng family.

A year ago, the Ming Dynasty completed the change of dynasty, Wen Bailing contacted and ran around, and caught up with Liu Zeqing in the four towns of Jiangbei to carry out large-scale trade from Zhejiang to Huai'an.

Hongguang Dynasty Jiangbei Domain Town is numerous, as well as the supervision and control of the containment, from the Yangtze River to Xuzhou this section of the Cao Yun, each family is in the card to collect taxes, resulting in the Cao Yun trade is not as good as before, Wen Bailing so operated, big money and special profits.

He relied on Liu Zeqing's protection, and acted without scruples, this time Cheng Bi contacted the various countries involved in the maritime trade in southern Fujian and Zhejiang, and negotiated with the Oriental Trading Company, Cheng Bi had the intention to invite Wen Bailing and other big businessmen to participate, but Wen Bailing arrogantly refused.

Cheng Bi, who returned to the boat, said to a middle-aged man in the crowd: "Mr. He, you can hear it, I sincerely invited him, but he didn't know what to do. In front of Master Li, please help me tell me a few words of truth, it's not me Cheng Bi who is making trouble if he doesn't come. ”

The middle-aged man was holding a wine glass, he was already half drunk, he was He Bin. After the establishment of the Hongguang Imperial Court, he investigated the Zheng family's trade network and contacts in the Ming Dynasty, and it was he who raised the takeover. At this time, he laughed and said, "Brother Cheng, you are the guest of honor of the big shopkeeper, where will he suspect you."

Wen Bailing was so arrogant just now, so I don't have to hide it. As the saying goes, killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, he Wen Bailing is the chicken, what you just said is right, he will come to beg you, maybe not for long. ”

When Cheng Bi heard this, he laughed and said, "Then I'll wait, and when the time comes, I will kill his prestige." ”

And said that Wen Bailing was angered by Cheng Bi, and he had no intention of playing, and he saw two sedan chairs parked at the door of his home, which was also simple, Wen Bailing also thought, is it someone who came to the door for help, at this time he had no intention of receiving, so he ordered his entourage not to stop, and entered the house through the back door, but when he passed the sedan chair, he saw a few familiar faces.

"Is Wen Fu back?" Wen Bailing lifted the sedan curtain and asked.

When those people saw that it was Wen Bailing, they immediately said, "Not only is the second shopkeeper back, but the third shopkeeper is also here." ”

Wen Bailing's face was overjoyed, and he said, "It's really double happiness." No, Wen Fu is back, why can't we see our fleet at the outer dock. ”

"Something is wrong with the fleet...... The person who responded did not even dare to raise his head.

When Wen Bailing heard this, he jumped down directly despite the fact that the sedan chair did not stop, and almost fell to the ground, he ignored the support of the servants, threw off his sleeves, and went directly into the house.

"Wen Fu, Wen Fu, what the hell is going on, what happened?" Wen Bailing couldn't wait to roar, and for a while, the Wen family was filled with his voice.

When they arrived in the hall, the two shopkeepers were already kneeling on the ground, Wen Fu was the second shopkeeper, responsible for going to Yuntai Mountain to trade, the fleet took the canal, entered the Yangtze River in Zhenjiang, went to sea to Yuntai Mountain, and then went to Huai'an. The third treasurer Wen Suke is in charge of the sea fleet, last year to transport goods to Nagasaki, a total of six ships, a year ago sent a ship back, said that the trade is very smooth, the profit is very high, but because it is the first time to Nagasaki trade, the goods have not been cleared, so March will come back.

Wen Fu, who was kneeling on the ground, was thin and out of shape, with injuries on his face, hanging on one arm, extremely miserable, while Wen Zhu was not so miserable, but the whole person was panicked, kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Wen Bailing was too familiar with the two of them, and immediately understood that they must have suffered a great disaster.

"Master, our fleet going north to Yuntai Mountain has been robbed!" Wen Fu said as he rolled up his sleeves, revealing the whiplash wound on his arm: "It was robbed by the navy of the Oriental Trading Company, you can see that the little ones they beat are all wounded." ”

"Where did you rob it?" Wen Bailing asked.

"Just in Yuntai Mountain, our fleet is about to enter the port, and suddenly four ships came out and shouted for us to show the water token, where do we have that thing, if we can't give it, they will directly fire the cannon and let us surrender." Wen Fu cried out.

Wen Bailing slapped him in the face: "Idiot, won't you show the warrant given by the Marquis of Dongping?" ”

"The small one was shown, and the people directly tore the warrant to pieces, it's okay not to show it, it's because it was shown, and I was beaten violently." Wen Fu covered his face and told the story of the day with a face full of grievances.

"Damn Dongfan thief, he is so bold that he doesn't even take Dongping Hou in his eyes. Wen Fu, did you tell them that the cargo on the ship was determined by Dongping Houding? Wen Bailing asked again.

Wen Fu said: "I said it, but it is useless. They didn't care what happened to Dongping Hou at all, and sent the small ones to Huai'an. said that he had the ability to go to Dongpinghou to reason with him and let him call the shots. ”

When Wen Bailing heard this, he said angrily: "What did Dongping Marquis say? ”

Wen Fu had this memory in his mind, his face was full of horror, and he said: "Master, Dongping Hou listened to the little words, and he was beaten violently, and he beat him even more than the Dongfan thief. He also kept cursing you, asking why you didn't buy the water token of the Oriental Trading Company, if you did, wouldn't there be no such mess?

He also said that you must send 100,000 stone of grain to Yuntai Mountain before April, if you can't send it, you will only be able to see the corpse of the young master. ”

With a bang, Wen Bailing fell directly to the ground.

For Dongping Marquis Liu Zeqing, he really knows too well, this person is a scumbag villain, a scum with no bottom line, narrow-minded, and vicious, there is nothing he can't do, if it weren't for this shameless energy, he wouldn't be the Dongping Marquis of Jiangbei Four Towns.

But Wen Bailing chose to cooperate with him at the beginning, because he took a fancy to Liu Zeqing's boldness, as far as his domain and army needed, where did he need so much food and cloth, and he didn't want to smuggle it to Dashun. But I never thought that such a person who was not afraid of the sky, the earth, and was extremely shameless would be afraid of the Oriental Trading Company.

"Master, you dissipate your anger, you get up, lie on the ground, and break your body......." Wen Fu and Wen Zhu were on the side, helping Wen Bailing up.

Wen Bailing grabbed Wen Suke's arm with one hand and asked, "Wen Suke, what's the matter over there in Nagasaki?" The fleet won't be robbed by the Oriental Trading Company. ”

Wen Zhu shook his head slightly, Wen Bailing let out a sigh of relief, a burst of rejoicing, but Wen Zhu's next sentence made him almost faint, he said: "Our fleet is all blocked in the port of Nagasaki, because we didn't buy the Oriental Trading Company's water order flag, they said that one by one, one person, not a single board can come back to Zhejiang." ”

"How dare they blockade the port of Nagasaki?" Wen Bailing couldn't believe it at all.

Wen suke nodded: "Since November last year, the port of Nagasaki has been blocked. Day and night, there are two ships outside the port, both chopstick boats, and there are cannons on them, and our ships can't beat or run. The little one really had no choice but to take the risk with the fleet, so he got on the ship of the Cheng family and came back from Nagasaki to report that they had bought the water token of the Oriental Trading Company.

Out of Nagasaki Port, the ships of both sides approached, and after checking the tokens, they were released. ”

The chopsticks ship that Onsuke refers to is a brig, which is the main force of the trading company's navy, and it is an important force for maintaining the trading company's maritime presence because it is fast, excellent for sailing against the wind, can also house light guns, and has a certain cargo carrying capacity.

Not to mention that the trading company only has one Jeju Island heavy cruise, even if there are many ships in the future, such tasks that exist at sea will still have to be carried out by ships such as schooners.

"Xingshui token, Xingshui token, why do you want this token!" Wen Bailing said angrily, he kicked the two shopkeepers to the ground one by one, and scolded: "The Zheng family's Lingqi didn't have such great authority at the beginning!" doesn't care about our boat to Jiangnan, why is he Li Zhaoji! ”

Li Zhaoji dared to collect protection fees for ships along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, relying on the strength of the navy, which was the transcendent status of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong can be regarded as a strong and domineering man, but all domineering is also for wealth and wealth, no matter how strong his sailor is, he does not dare to blockade the Nagasaki port, otherwise how can Japan trade with him. Even though he was powerful in Fujian, he did not dare to make a move on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, otherwise he would not be able to cope with the pressure from the great doctors.

But Li Zhaoji doesn't have to care about this, he has long been hostile to Japan, and there are no consequences of blockading Nagasaki, as for the pressure of Jiangnan Shi Dafu, Li Zhaoji doesn't need to care, is it possible that these people dare to crush Mount Tai in Dashun, and then set up a strong enemy on the sea when the Ming Dynasty is not safe?

Wen Zhu said: "Master, now on this sea, the water token of the Oriental Trading Company is so powerful, how dare not buy it, do business, and make money with harmony, who wants to fight with them?" ”

Wen Fu also beat the side drum on the side and said, "Yes, master, don't talk about us." Dongpinghou's ship entering and leaving Yuntai Mountain also needs to have a token.

The little ones also heard about ...... I heard that the thieves are also on the side, and the old men who want to come to the north and south of Beijing also turn a blind eye to Li Zhaoji's fierce and domineering.

Master, hurry up and think of a way, the young master is still in Huai'an, and people like Dongping Hou ......... ”

The words didn't need Wen Fu to say too clearly, Wen Bailing immediately got up and shouted: "Prepare the boat, want a fast boat, go north along the canal, and go to the ...... of the cruise boat chasing Cheng Bi." ”

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