Chapter Five Hundred and Two Japanese Merchants
Only then did everyone realize that the martial artist in front of him was the one who killed Liu Guangsi's head last night!
Although Lin Douyao was happy, he didn't feel emotional at this moment.
The father and son of Zhao were in Fuzhou for two generations. In the end, the King of Zhao served as the Grand Commander as a prince. Liu Guangsi and He Zhiyuan and other imperial guards were dependent on him, and their reputation was prominent for a while. Liu Guangsi was a senior imperial guard general. He was mostly illegal, but because of the fact that King Zhao had no one to control him, he was also extremely arrogant in Fuzhou city and often acted rudely. Before launching troops to attack Jianzhou, there was already news that King of Zhao had recommended Liu Guangsi as the commander of the imperial guards and became the supreme commander of the Fujian Road Imperial Guard. His status was the same as the commander of the Fuzhou envoy.
As a result, the commander of this guy was not accepted. This morning, he hung his white-haired head on the head of Fuzhou City, and his family property was confiscated. He really thought it was the call for the visitor.
Everyone also noticed that there was a large amount of wealth in the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion, which must have been more than one million chunks of money in total.
Everyone knows that a large amount of the property should have been carried out from the Zhao Palace... After the second half of last night until dawn, hundreds of soldiers of the government carried goods from the Zhao Palace's mansion in an endless stream, and the crowds kept coming and going, almost feeling like they were carrying the Zhao Palace.
After dawn, Liu Guangsi's head was suspended again. Only then did people realize that the arrest of Jing'an for several consecutive days reached its climax last night. In addition to Liu Guangsi being beheaded, the Zhao Prince's Mansion was banned. Several officials were arrested, and dozens of generals of the wing army were arrested, and it is estimated that they would inevitably die.
Continuous arrests of thieves, arrests and beheading officials and generals, and more than a hundred criminals, but the hearts of the people in Fuzhou City gradually stabilized.
The thieves have disappeared. Although they dare not say that they will not close their doors at night when they are normal, at least those who have urgent matters dare to go out again after dark. Before this, even if someone in the family gets sick, many families will endure it and dare to go out until dawn. After dark, thieves wander around the streets and alleys, and they will be robbed or even beaten. Every day at dawn, bodies can always be found in the dark alleys. I don’t know if they are robbed or the people killed after being robbed. Even these people climb over the wall and enter the hospital. Every night, thieves will crawl into the houses of people, and then there will be fighting, shouting for help and screaming. Although the sound is loud, no one dares to rescue them. In the end, most of the thieves will succeed. The more intense the resistance, the more ruthless the thieves will retaliate, and the greater the harm the people will be.
After the government army entered the city, the thieves captured were similar to those caught by the thieves. However, unless they were giant thieves, they would usually stand in a cage for a few days, then call out boards, and then scold them and then take them back to the tribe. How could such thieves be corrected? Once released, they immediately gathered with their accomplices and committed another crime.
The thieves arrested by the government army, as long as they were regular offenders, beat people, or intimidated civilians, as long as they had similar crimes, even if they only robbed a few cents, they were all sentenced to beheaded according to military law.
A large number of thieves were beheaded by the generals of the Minjiang River. If the normal criminal law of the Great Wei Dynasty was followed, it was just a charge of being detained for three months, but it was all beheaded. The people on the Minjiang River were frightened when watching, but afterwards they felt extremely at ease. After the officials, generals, and even the children of nobles in the city were dealt with, everyone understood that the thieves caused by the war in Jianzhou had been pacified, and what was left was some water-melting skills, as well as the disposal of other military states outside Fuzhou City, including the rest of the military states. As long as the King of Qin was there, there was a spreading thieves and thieves, it was only a matter of time to completely pacify them.
"Chen Jingzhong, Chen Jingfu and his brothers were also snatched last night." Zheng Liqi sighed: "Chen Man's family, now
Tianchen just opened the city gate and left the city."
Yang Shiwei said: "These two brothers are very respectful to me, but it is considered your nobleman to be kind to protect his body by those who follow the thief. There is no need to sigh for them."
The old prefect, who was both white, had a sense of integrity. Chen Man also had a good status in Fuzhou. Zheng Liqi also regarded the Chen brothers as his nephews. Therefore, when Yang Shiwei said this, Zheng Liqi also smiled and said, "What Yang Dafu said is very true, but the officials have lost their composure."
Lin Douyao nodded and said, "I'll go to meet His Highness the King of Qin and wait for the next step of instructions."
Everyone nodded, and then many officials such as the commander, the transfer envoy, the inspector, and the inspector arrived. They all greeted each other and then waited outside the main hall. Before they knew it, this Nan'an Marquis Mansion, which was once unknown and unimpressed, had become the military and political center of Fujian Road.
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The fleet arriving at Hirado Port was a huge fleet of more than twenty ships.
When the fleet arrived, there were rumbling drums and some horns coming from the port.
Chen Daojian held the railing with his hands. Seagulls were flying up and down around the ship, making waves of chirping. At the bow of the ship, the blue sea water was broken by the bow, splashing with broken jade-like waves. Several dolphins followed the ship all the way, and then made chirping, diving into the sea water, and gradually fading away.
The sea and sky above our heads are the same color, white clouds are floating in the sky, and Hirado Port in front of us is as old as it is. Countless large ships are mooring in the port, or have just sailed out, or have just arrived.
Not long after, a large number of small boats rolled out of the port. After the close distance was determined, the small boats were fixed with quilts, shaking the paddles, and dragging the entire fleet into the port.
"I've met Lord Chen."
"Brother Zhang, Brother Deng, I'm so kind."
Zhang Bofu has been transferred from a first-class official to a foreign business manager in the House Foreign Trade Department. He has been an eighth-rank official, wearing a round-necked blue robe, a squid head, a rhinoceros horn belt, and a long body. Although he is not as handsome as Chen Daojian, he has a gentlemanly appearance, he is also quite majestic in the Han officials.
Judging from the admiration of the Japanese around him, Zhang Bofu is quite popular here.
Following Zhang Bofu was Deng Fang, who also bowed slightly to Chen Daojian, and smiled on his face.
Chen Daojian returned a bow and said with a smile: "Brother Deng, long time no see."
However, the Japanese around also saw Zhang Bofu and Deng Fang taking the initiative to salute Chen Daojian. The Japanese all showed a look of surprise and had some good memory. They remembered that this Han boy lived in the museum of the Danei family not long ago, so he showed a sudden enlightenment in his eyes.
There were many ships entering the port this time, and Chen Daojian, Zhang Bofu and Deng Fang did not say much. The three of them discussed with the retainers of the local family and quickly decided the order of carrying the goods.
There were many Japanese people carrying cargo in the port, and soon more than a thousand people gathered. The crowd like ant colonies began to board the stationary blessed ship, and carried the cargo in the cabin with multiple pedals.
Due to the large number of merchant ships, many Japanese merchants, even merchants from various countries in Southeast Asia, came over to watch the fun. After carrying it for a while, everyone could see that the goods this time should be mainly cotton cloth.
One piece of cotton is thirty-three meters long and weighs more than fifty kilograms. In the past, the coarse cloth with the most ordinary quality of Dawei cotton was sold for about three sprigs. It was a little better. It was sold for five or six sprigs, and more than ten sprigs were no problem.
There are also fine summer cloths or the best Songjiang cloths with patterns that are sold for dozens of stagnant pieces.
At this moment, the Wei Dynasty was experiencing severe inflation caused by various material shortages, and the coarse cloth also rose to four to five to five to four, and the export price also increased significantly.
To Japan, the cloth in Luzon was not only insufficient in quantity, but also increased to seven or eight cents per piece. To Luzon, it was even more expensive, and it was usually sold for ten cents per piece.
Even with such a high price, it is still a hot item in Japan, Luzon and other countries.
Zhang Bofu's Japanese language was already very good. He talked to several major Japanese merchants who had signed contracts in advance, but they did not get a contract, but only got a chance to meet tomorrow.
Many Japanese merchants expressed confusion and dissatisfaction. They didn't know why the Qin Prince's Mansion wanted to use this method.
Japanese merchants are still very concerned about integrity in their business operations. The business atmosphere in Japan is actually more developed than that of the Great Wei. Many big merchants gathered in various towns under the territory of major famous territories. They joined forces to trade and control the business flow everywhere. Even these Japanese merchants could join forces to lend money to Daming, but they were not afraid that Daming would not repay the money. They usually used the income from their territory as collateral. Daming could not afford to pay back the money and did not dare to send samurai to force them. Once the reputation was ruined, the merchants would not even give Daming a penny to the rules.
The entire country of Japan is controlled by the Emperor and Daming on the surface, but in fact, the merchants are more dynamic and have a huge influence on national policies.
Zhang Bofu finally introduced the two merchants to Chen Daojian and said, "This is Fuji's main guide, this is Da Nei Zongsheng, these two are great merchants with a net worth of billions of dollars."
One of the two Japanese merchants was quite old, with white beards and eyebrows, and they were wearing ordinary fabrics. The other was a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, wearing luxurious silk robes. Both of them respectfully saluted Chen Daojian.
"This time we brought twenty-five ships of cotton cloth," Chen Daojian said with a happy attitude: "According to the agreement, we will continue to trade with merchants in your country. More than 140,000 pieces of cotton cloth will be shipped this time. Our cotton fields will expand next season. There will be estimated 200,000 pieces of cloth before the New Year. By next year, more than 500,000 pieces of cloth production will be sold, except for a small amount of cloth required by officials, people, and soldiers. Now the King of Qin is quite doubtful about whether to sell it to Luzon or Japan. I will tell you, just to calculate where the cotton cloth is more cost-effective and profitable."
When the two Japanese merchants heard the number of cloth, their breath became heavier.
Three hundred thousand pieces a year, or even five hundred thousand pieces, are more than ten million kilograms of cotton. In addition to the thinner and lighter summer cloth, the thick cloth used in winter is extremely thick, weighing hundreds of thousands of pieces. From cotton to seed cotton, and then to lint, after repeated drying and pounding, 500,000 pieces of cloth is nearly 20 million kilograms of cotton. Now, the cotton production of the entire Japan, and the addition of various famous territories, does not have this number!
The middle-aged man was the son of Oui Son. He said in a deep voice to Chen Daojian: "Mr. Chen, if you go to Luzon, you may have to face the pirates entrenched on Cebu Island?"
Chen Daojian said coldly: "Our army won great victory over Yan Qi and Liu Dan in the Dongfan, and built Jingguan. Don't you know?"
The Da Nei Sect won a stagnant victory. Of course, he knew this, so he was very respectful to the Wei officials who were less than twenty years old. The Japanese only recognized power, and the stronger they were, the more respectful they were. The worse Chen Daojian's attitude was, the more timid and obedient the Japanese merchant was.
Seeing Chen Daojian's cold gaze, Da Nei Zongsheng was shocked and quickly said, "I am saying a word. I believe the Zhongshan Prefecture Army will not take the remaining pirates in sight at all! I am saying a word, sorry."
Chapter completed!