Chapter 146 Someone is making trouble
With the rebellion of King Anhua, the situation in the DPRK and China changed rapidly. Zhou Zhong, who was far away in Shuangyu Port, relied on the knowledge of later generations and knew that Liu Jin would not be in power for a few days. But what he never expected was that Liu Jin would not be in power for a few days.
Before Jin was overthrown, his future father-in-law, Wang Lun, was actually acquitted. This puzzled Zhou Zhong. He thought about it for several days but couldn't figure it out. In the end, he simply stopped thinking about it.
As long as people are fine, that's fine.
However, the happy news of Wang Lun's release did not make Zhou Chong feel much relieved. The affair between him and Xie Lingyun was revealed by Wang Jinxuan, and now the whole family knew about it. This not only made Aunt Wang very dissatisfied, but also made him
He called Zhou Zhong and scolded him for a long time, and even Zhuo'er started to ignore him. Fortunately, Duo'er was not very sensible. Although Zhuo'er coaxed her not to talk to Zhou Zhong, in private Duo'er was still
Zhou Chong is very affectionate.
It was precisely the unsatisfactory relationship that made Zhou Zhong leave home every day as soon as he opened his eyes and run around in various industries of the Chamber of Commerce every day. At the same time, he tried his best to find some work to do. He did not go back until evening every day, and the meal was also there.
Eating out can temporarily relieve him from family worries.
This morning, Zhou Zhong was the same as usual. He got up early and went to Beigang Tea House to have some breakfast. Then he sat in the garden and watched the cargo owners coming and going to trade goods. The most popular one was the one launched by the Chamber of Commerce.
In the cooperative smuggling business, stimulated by the success of the last cooperative smuggling, the cargo owners who were waiting and watching all swarmed in, vying to hand over their goods to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce for transportation.
But it is a pity that because the ships of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce are limited, they cannot handle so much goods at one time, resulting in a lot of goods that can only be backlogged at the port. Fortunately, Zhou Zhong had already made preparations to guarantee those small and medium-sized chambers of commerce. Now
As of yesterday, there were eleven small and medium-sized chambers of commerce inspected by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.
, Although the scale of these small and medium-sized chambers of commerce is not as large as that of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, if their transportation power is integrated, it is almost several times that of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. Some time ago, the second batch of fleets of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, as well as several that passed the inspection
The small and medium-sized chamber of commerce's fleet has left the port together, and the ships are all loaded with cooperatively smuggled goods.
The inspection of small and medium-sized chambers of commerce is still in progress, because the manpower of the chamber of commerce is limited, so it will definitely take a long time. Moreover, through this inspection, Zhou Zhong has also instructed Sanniang to tell her some people who are hostile to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.
Some chambers of commerce are excluded, such as the Ise Chamber of Commerce that once planned the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce industry, etc. No matter how good the conditions are, these chambers of commerce will not be inspected by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. If they have the ability, let them find their own cargo owners to transport the goods!
In addition, Zhou Zhong had previously discussed with Xie Lingyun about establishing a sea alliance. Although it was later interrupted by Wang Jinxuan, this matter was a business of the Chamber of Commerce after all. Xie Lingyun and Hong Feiyun both agreed to the matter, and Xie Lingyun's father Xie Da was considering it.
After a few days, they finally nodded in agreement. Now their two chambers of commerce have jointly explained the situation to Xie Qian and others behind the scenes. Although there is no reply yet, there is a high hope of success.
Thinking that after the establishment of Haimeng, most of the chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port will be under his control, and he will also monopolize most of the smuggling industry in the Ming Dynasty. This makes Zhou Zhong very excited. Although sometimes monopoly is indeed
It will affect the development of an industry, but the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade power is still very weak. Only by concentrating most of the power can it be easier to exert its greatest strength, and at the same time, the smuggling industry can develop at the fastest speed.
Just when Zhou Zhong was immersed in the dream of controlling smuggling, he suddenly saw the guards in the garden quickly gathering towards the gate of the trading center. This made Zhou Zhong puzzled. He stopped a guard and asked: "What happened?"
Why are you all running towards the gate?"
When the guard saw that it was the owner of the chamber of commerce who was stopping him, he immediately saluted and said: "Let me tell you, the brother who is the gatekeeper has sent word that someone is making trouble outside and needs help, so let us go and help!"
"Making trouble?" Zhou Chong was greatly surprised when he heard this. With the current reputation and strength of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and its close ties with the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Family Chamber of Commerce, who would dare to make trouble without opening their eyes?
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong stood up and went to the gate with the guards, wanting to see who had such courage? However, when they came to the gate of the trading center, they found that the entire gate was already crowded.
A bunch of people gathered around and were discussing, and there were loud noises coming from the center. The guards of the Chamber of Commerce were standing around asking everyone to get out of the way and not block the door, so as not to affect other people's entry and exit.
"What's going on? Why are all these people gathered at the door?" Zhou Zhong saw a familiar doorman and immediately grabbed him and asked.
Seeing that it was Zhou Zhong, the other party hurriedly replied: "Let me tell you, my boss, this matter has nothing to do with our Chamber of Commerce. There was a man passing by our gate just now, but he fainted all of a sudden for some reason. We originally wanted to
He sent him to the hospital, but unexpectedly two barbarians came at this time and said they had a way to revive him. I
They couldn't stop them, but they didn't expect that the two barbarians bled each other as soon as they came up, and they also bled a lot. It happened that the unconscious companion came over at this time, and he suddenly became anxious, and now he was fighting with the two
The barbarians were so noisy that they refused to leave because they were watching the excitement and blocked our door."
It turned out that no one was causing trouble, and the matter had nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce. Zhou Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, with so many people coming and going in the trading center, he couldn't let the other party block it in front of the door, so Zhou Zhong asked the guards to
Separating the crowd, he planned to go in and mediate so that the matter could be resolved as soon as possible.
"Make way! Everyone, make way! Our boss is here!" As the guards shouted, the onlookers heard that Zhou Zhong was coming, and they all moved out of the way. At the same time, some people who knew Zhou Zhong also moved out of the way.
He greeted Zhou Zhong, who returned the greetings with a smile. Now he has become a prominent figure in the entire Shuangyu Port. Many people want to make friends with him but can't find the chance.
After Zhou Zhong entered the crowd, he found a fat man lying on the ground, and the sleeve on his right arm was rolled up high, revealing a fat arm. As expected, there was a cut on the forearm, and there was a wound on the ground.
There was also a pool of purple-black blood.
Next to the unconscious man, two young men dressed as store clerks flushed with anger, pointed at the two ragged barbarians in front of them and cursed loudly: "You two barbarians are so brave, in broad daylight.
He even stabbed someone with a knife. If something happens to our boss today, we brothers will have to fight for it with you!"
In response to the scoldings of the two guys, the two ragged men waved their hands desperately and explained in a weird Chinese: "No, no, no, the two little brothers misunderstood, we are the servants of the Lord,
We are here to spread the Lord’s glory on behalf of the Lord, so we are just saving people, not hurting them at all…”
"Bah! Save people? Are there any people who can save people like you? They cut our boss's arm with such a big cut, and he also bled so much. It was nothing at first, but now it is!" The two young guys had no idea at all.
He didn't believe what the other party said, and even became angrier at the end, rolling up his sleeves and looking like he wanted to take action.
"Slow down! You two little brothers must not do anything. These two priests are really trying to save your boss!" At this moment, Zhou Zhong finally shouted to stop an upcoming bloodbath, and the two shirt-sleeves
When the ragged people saw Zhou Zhong, their faces showed expressions of surprise and joy. They ran a few steps to Zhou Zhong and said excitedly: "Blessed Virgin Mary, we finally see you again!"
"Father John, Father Nader, I didn't expect us to meet again, but weren't you in Nangang before? When did you come to Beigang, and why didn't you come to me to reminisce?" Zhou Chong asked with a smile, right in front of him.
The one he brought to Shuangyu Port from Zhoushan Island
Those two Portuguese people went to preach around after disembarking in Nangang. Zhou Zhong had no time to pay attention to them. But now seeing the ragged appearance of the other party, it is probably the same here as before on Zhoushan Island. No one is willing to do it.
Follow their religion.
Hearing Zhou Zhong's question, Father John, who had lost a lot of weight, couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, this was not the time to reminisce with Zhou Zhong, so he begged Zhou Zhong: "Dear Master Zhou, please hurry up."
Please help us. We originally meant to save people, but now we are being accused of hurting people. If you don't come, I'm afraid we will be beaten again!"
Seeing Father John's pitiful look, and listening to the meaning of their words, it seemed that he was often beaten in Shuangyu Port, which made Zhou Zhong couldn't help but laugh. There was no law in Shuangyu Port, and some smuggling chambers
People are similar to pirates, and fights are common. These two Portuguese people may offend people when they travel around preaching. The beatings will probably be light, and they may even lose their lives.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong comforted the two servants of God for a few words, then turned to the two angry-looking guys and smiled: "You don't have to worry. Although the methods of treating diseases of these two priests are a bit weird, they are indeed well-intentioned.
, and letting your boss lie on the ground is not an option now. I think it is better to carry him to our chamber of commerce first and let the doctors in the chamber of commerce treat him. When your boss wakes up, how about I explain to him?
"
It was probably the first time for the two guys to come to Shuangyu Port. They didn't know Zhou Zhong's identity at all. Especially when they saw that Zhou Zhong was acquainted with the two hurtful Hu people, they didn't trust him even more. The one on the right was even more distrustful.
Chapter completed!