Chongwen smiled slightly and said, "Let's call the new route the Dragon King Island route, after all, it was discovered by Dragon King Island, and it is not a deception to the world." The route to Longwang Island is 3,000 miles long, and I plan to open at least one Macao port in 100 miles, about 40 in total. There is a city bureau at each port of Macao to provide fresh water food supplies, safety guarantees, and accommodation maintenance for merchant ships.

Any ship to take this route, must go to the Qicheng and Dongfan General Administration to buy water, the total price is 3,000 taels, get a dragon king flag, a license, the owner can enter the city with the flag photo free supply rest. In this way, each mouth and boat get 100,000 taels of silver, and more than 1,000 ships are 100,000 taels, and more than 10,000 ships are 1 million taels... This is an Australian port.

In addition, of course, the mayors of Macao can also operate others, casinos, brothels, and restaurants, all of which are the income of each Macao, and the General Administration of the People's Republic of China is not involved, but is only responsible for the distribution and purchase of mercury.

But then I also said that in the Ming place, the Kyushu Bandits, led by the Bozu Navy, have formed a large group, and I am afraid that they have already occupied Amami Oshima and are plundering the Ryukyu Kingdom. If they are lucky, they have already broken the three mountains of Ryukyu at this time, and the Aokou Shang Island is all occupied by them. You don't have any hope, because if nothing else, these guys are also going to join my East China Sea Merchant Group. ”

It's another bustle, and an Australian mouth has such a huge income, which is simply a cash cow, which is not red-eyed. Yan Shanlao shouted: "Joke, I can still let the servants take advantage of it, how many boatmen do the bureau need, and the rest of the city bureau I have a full package of Hong Kong businessmen, and I promise to kill all the unsatisfied islands." ”

Xu Chaoguang of Nanao Island said coldly: "Yan Shanlao has a big appetite, and he is not afraid of breaking your old teeth." ”

Yan Shanlao glared at Xu Chaoguang and shouted: "Doll, what are you doing, do you want to grab food in the tiger's mouth?"

Ye Zongman shouted: "The Pinghu Merchant Gang hasn't spoken yet, and no one can touch the Dragon King Island route!"

Wu Zhi suddenly laughed, everyone looked at him together, and the small-tailed guy Lin Guoxian asked, "Why is Wufeng Gong laughing?"

The old man smiled and said coldly: "I laughed at their shallow eyes, why didn't they ask me that the Hirado route was about to be abandoned, why didn't the old man be in a hurry or annoyed." ”

Lin Guoxian asked playfully, "Why is this?"

Wu Zhi said: "Because I know how big the sea is, only I risk my life to go, I don't know how many new routes and new financial routes there are, and what is a Hirado route." Since I can find the route to Longwang Island when I go to sea, can't I find the sea route to the east, south, and north?

With the support of the East China Sea merchant group, maybe the old man can really find Mount Meru, the Spice Country, and Ambergris, so how much gold and silver is there? Don't say anything else, let's just say that there are many Australian ports, how many islands, and how many business opportunities there are in this country, as long as we can enter the mainland of China, are we afraid that there will be no gold and silver, what is my Wufengtang anxious about. ”

Zhang Lian, the Flying Dragon King of Zhelin, nodded and said, "I heard that there are countless small countries in the Southern Barbarian Land, and there are treasures everywhere. However, the Yueyang Five Banners Gang at the mouth of the Pearl River is on the sea, which is really annoying, Dao Qian is in charge, tomorrow I will be the east, and you and I will discuss and discuss. ”

Wu Ping, who was five short figures, said: "And me, you old mother, grandpa has long seen that Zheng Yi's sister-in-law is not pleasing to the eye, and the widow is good-looking, which has lost Boss Zheng's face. ”

Chongwen said sincerely: "Mr. Wufeng is big-minded, and his words are reasonable. There is no way to make money on the sea, as long as you don't just stare at your own people's merchant ships and ports, there is gold and silver everywhere. As for the route of Longwang Island, there is no East China Sea business group, what else to talk about opening up trade routes, and everyone will get rich. Therefore, only by starting the group first and establishing rules can there be a route to Longwang Island. Yan Shanlao, can you join the group?"

Yan Shanlao smiled: "When it comes to this point, there is no reason. Not only joined the group, but the old man also had to pay 150,000 yuan in silver to be the East China Sea Merchant Group. ”

Chongwen said with a smile: "Yan Shanlao is really sensible. ”

Hong Dizhen suddenly asked: "When it comes to the business group, the Zhangzhou Gang naturally has no objections. It's just that Hirado's situation is not good now, how can the group help it?"

Zhang Wei sneered: "Do you think you are the Zhangzhou Gang? Why did the Zhangzhou Gang kill my own brother with the official army, isn't my brother from Zhangzhou?"

Wu Zhi waved his hand to stop him and said, "Brother Zhang, maybe the Hong family did not stand up to you in the past, but now that we are discussing the important matter of starting a group, if you always have a spirit, you can only mislead others and yourself." If you really can't let go of this grievance and don't want to live with the Hong Zhang's family, no one will complain about you if you don't join the group. ”

Zhang Wei was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I don't join the group, just like he Hong Dizhen intended, why don't I join the group?

Wu Zhi said: "That's right, let's get together in the cold house another day, and you and I will have a drink." He turned his head and asked Chongwen, "What do you think about this flat house?"

Chongwen said: "It doesn't depend on me, it depends on the merchant group. If the merchant group thinks that the flat is unprofitable, the cabinet is unwilling to borrow, and the families are unwilling to go out on the ship, then I am afraid that the flat is in danger. If the merchant group thinks that the benefits of the country are very good, then the merchant group will pay for it, not only to keep the flat do, but also to work together to control the country and divide the Aokou business island into a clean place. ”

Wu Zhi thought about it, suddenly smiled weirdly, and said: "So forget it, as long as there is the help of Longwang Island, my Pinghu Merchant Gang is enough to control the country, and I don't want to lure wolves into the house." ”

Chongwen said in surprise: "This is not necessarily, the Pinghu merchant gang is still weaker." ”

Wu Zhi said: "I remember that Da Chuhai said that no matter Yixia, anyone who believes in me can join the group, so the servants can also join the group?"

Chongwen suddenly realized and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Wufeng is thinking about the Songpu Party. ”

Wu Zhi smiled and stopped going into the topic. He turned his head and said to the public: "What else do you have to say, if there is no doubt, if you are willing to join the East China Sea Merchant Group, please raise your right fist." ”

Xuanzhong's arms are like a forest, and some people even raise their fists, and no one is unwilling to join the group. Wu Zhi said with a smile: "Okay, since everyone is willing to join the group, three days later, the East China Sea merchant group will officially open in the Hirado Mazu Temple." We raised the regimental flag in front of Mazu Niangniang, set up regimental rules, selected regimental elders, and opened three halls. From now on, with the living and the dead, that is, brothers. ”

The crowd cheered in unison, as if the precarious days were gone, and with the merchants, the whole sea was theirs, and there was no place where they could not go, and there was no business that they could not do.

Even Chongwen has a little confidence, these people have ships and some people have silver, but they can't unite as one. The East China Sea merchant group entangled them together, Longwang Island was as safe as Mount Tai, Yongji and Chen Renxiao were not so easy to control themselves, and Wu Liang, Luo Hong, Wang Hui, and Liu Li were not dead in vain.

On the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of Dakang Yongji, the Hirado Niangniang Temple was very lively, and after the Mazu Niangniang drove the well fish bones, the East China Sea merchant group officially opened the mountain in the Hirado Mazu Temple.

This time, the group has a total of 36 households, and the blood alliance is made in front of Mazu Niangniang, and the flag of the Dragon King of the Rolling Sea is used as the group flag, and three group rules are established.

But the Electoral College has always had a lot of bickering. Wu Zhi, the owner of Wufeng, opened the Pingdo route, so he naturally wanted to occupy a seat. Longwang Island went to sea to open up new routes, and initiated the East China Sea business group, and the largest Qidong in the cabinet also occupied a seat. Ningbo Gang Chai Demei has a lot of money, with the support of Ningbo, and the merit of going to sea with the big one, he has no objection to occupy a seat.

Rao Ping helped the public to promote the small-tailed guy Lin Guoxian as the group elder, but he resigned to old age and gave it to Zhang Lian, the king of Zhelin Flying Dragon. The Zhangzhou Gang was originally the strongest with Hong Dizhen, but because of his discord with Zhang Wei of Jiudu, his prestige was greatly damaged, and finally Yanshan Yan of Yuegang was elected as the elder.

In the end, the group of the East China Sea Merchant Group was composed of Da Chuhai, Wu Zhi, Chai Demei, Zhang Lian, and Yan Shanlao.

Among them, Wu Zhi is in charge of the shopkeeper hall and is called the head shopkeeper, Chongwen is in charge of the boat master hall and is called the head of the sentry, and Zhang Lian is in charge of the arbitration hall and is called the head judge.

The 36 group households all accept the cabinet of the East China Sea Merchant Group, so they are all cabinet houses, with a total of 80,000 taels of gold, 1.75 million taels of silver, and 1.2 million yuan of money. This share capital is almost equal to a year's income of Dakang, and the wealth of the group household surprised Chongwen.

These guys are in danger, hiding in Tibet, and the gold and silver treasures are buried in nature very secretively, and now they finally have a serious place to go, and they don't have to worry about it, and they are all happy. However, it will always take a few months for the share capital to be in place, and the business group will not have money in the short term, and it will not be able to do anything.

The main hall of the merchant group is tentatively located in the Mazu Temple in Hirado, but Wu Zhi thinks that it is located in a corner of the country, which is not conducive to the hegemony of the merchant group in the East China Sea, so it is better to set it up on Longwang Island. It's just that everyone hasn't been there, and many people have doubts, so they can only discuss it later.

At this meeting, the merchant group decided on two major plans: one was to establish the General Bureau of International Trade of the Ryukyus, referred to as the Bureau, and the other was the General Administration of the Ryukyus, referred to as the Bureau of the Ryukyus. Among them, there are 25 Qidong in the Qidong Bureau, 12 in the Qidong of the Liuju Bureau, and some powerful group households are all invested in the two bureaus, including the five major group elders, as well as Hong Dizhen, Xu Weixue, Lin Guoxian and other powerful tycoons.

The cabinet of the East China Sea Merchant Group provided a loan of 650,000 taels of silver for the Bureau, with an annual interest rate of 8%, which was paid off in 3 years. At the same time, it provided a loan of 400,000 taels of silver for the Liuju Bureau, with an annual interest rate of 1 cent, which was paid off in 10 years, and Zhang Lian, the king of Zhelin Feilong, was elected as the treasurer of the Dragon Bureau and the commander of the boat.

At this point, a new maritime power appeared in the East China Sea.

This is the prototype of the maritime empire in Chongwen's heart, which includes three indispensable things: the regimental meeting, the boat division, and the joint stock bureau. It is completely different from Dakang, it was born in a pirate gang and was built on the basis of equal consultation, with the aim of everyone to survive and live well. The Joint Stock Bureau is responsible for trade and plunder, the Boat Master escorts the Bureaus, and the Regiment Council is responsible for the reasonable distribution of spoils.

Of course, it is also an empire with congenital deficiencies, what will it bring to the world?

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