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Chapter 174 System Reform

Jiangnan merchant ships transported high-profit goods such as candy paper. In the past, cargo ships in Jiangnan all arrived directly at Penglai Water City, such as small wharfs such as Yellow River Village and Liujiakou. They generally refused to moor, let alone the newly opened Longkou Port. Now, what Liu Peng and Jiang Hao Tianchao thought about at night was that the cargo ships in Jiangnan were continuously driving into Longkou Port.

It was just a coincidence. Although Penglai Water City was completely closed to the port, the big merchants in Jiangnan lacked interest in a small wharf like Longkou. Liu Peng and Jiang Haotian waited for a whole month, but they didn't wait for the Jiangnan ship to enter the port.

The only time I had the opportunity was the day when Thirty boats left and entered the port a few days ago. A Jiangnan boat was a little interested in Longkou Port and spared a lot outside the port. However, they saw that Longkou Port was busy, chaotic, and the berths were tight. The ships were queuing up to enter the port, so they turned around and left immediately, which disappointed Liu Peng.

When will a ship of brown sugar transported from Jiangnan enter the port with white paper? This is the most expected scene now by Liu Peng and Jiang Haotian.

Perhaps there was a Jiangnan boat docked on the dock today, and although the answer given by Gu Mengyu made people a little disappointed and even more exciting, she told Liu Peng and Jiang Haotian: "A North Korean ship came today, a cargo ship from North Korea!"

This has opened up a new trade path!

Liu Peng didn't expect that his domestic trade was not as good as before, but instead opened a new international trade route. He just carefully gestured at the locations of Longkou and North Korea, but felt that the North Korean merchant ship was coming at the right time.

This is a good sign!

Liu Peng laughed happily and said, "The North Korean merchant ship is here. We must receive it well so that they can make money. Come again in the future, and find a few Korean translations to come!"

Although the entire coastal areas of Shandong are under a long-term sea ban, and even the Denglai Sea Channel to Liaodong has been interrupted for a long time, the connection between North Korea and Longkou has not been interrupted. On the contrary, the Korean envoys who passed through the Ming Dynasty all had a deep impression of Longkou.

The Korean envoys who entered the Ming Dynasty by sea always landed in Dengzhou first and then set out along the East and West Avenue to Jinan. Their first stop on the East and West Avenue was Huang County. The Ming Dynasty set up a Huangshan Pavilion in Huang County for this purpose to receive North Korean envoys who came ashore.

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea and Huangxian always maintained extremely close contact. At that time, many people maintained long-term contacts with the Kingdom of Korea. Therefore, although the Koreans cannot be said to be very familiar with Longkou's every move, they are also very familiar with it.

Therefore, as soon as the Longkou port was spread to North Korea, the Korean merchants were immediately excited. Although the official tribute system of tribute was not interrupted and was further strengthened after the Ming army entered North Korea, the North Korean envoys finally had time and quantity restrictions on the tribute, which could not meet North Korea's astonishing demand for the number and times of Ming trade.

However, the trade for Ming Dynasty is so important to North Korea that it is related to the national destiny. Therefore, the North Koreans have repeatedly broken through the maritime ban and attempted to launch large-scale trade with China. However, in the past two hundred years, their efforts have not gained much.

The edict from the Ministry of War in December last year has made the efforts of the North Koreans for many years be ruined. The entire Sino-North Korea trade will be at a freezing point for a long time. Just when the North Koreans felt completely disappointed, news of the opening of the Longkou Port came.

The Koreans were well-informed, even more well-informed than many people in Huangxian and Dengzhou. They even figured out every tree and tree in Longkou, and soon discovered that Longkou was the trade port and base for China that they had been looking for over two hundred years.

Especially the fact that buying and selling bags without a bag made the North Koreans feel that Longkou is a timely help for them, so they quickly sent a ship to Longkou to test the water.

After all, they knew that Longkou was a newly built private port and welcomed all merchant ships. The owner of Longkou Port had already spoken out. Whether it was a merchant ship in Liaodong, a merchant ship in Jiangnan, or a fishing boat in the coastal areas of Shandong, merchant ships could be docked in Longkou. Longkou was welcomed and provided all conveniences, but whether it was accepted for docking from foreign merchant ships was still unknown.

Theoretically speaking, it is a happy thing for foreign merchant ships to come to trade, but the Ming Dynasty was originally a magical country, and no sails were allowed to go out to sea. Even though both sides had favorable things, they ended in a loss. In the past, there were more than one example of North Korean merchant ships being expelled or even confiscated at the port of Ming Dynasty.

This time, the North Koreans were not sincere enough and were not even prepared to make money. Liu Peng's idea was similar, and he was preparing to let the North Koreans "make money" so that they could "come again next time".

But Gu Mengyu's idea is even older than Liu Peng: "Of course, you need to make money from the North Koreans, but you can't make them too full. It's enough to make profits, or even small profits. But if the North Koreans want to buy whatever goods they want, they can buy whatever goods they want."

Gu Mengyu is a long-term view. If the North Koreans earn too much for the first time, perhaps the North Koreans will have too high expectations when they come next time, and may cause disputes due to too high expectations.

International disputes have always been the most difficult to deal with.

On the contrary, if North Korea is profitable or small profits for the first time, it may lead to unexpected gains. Liu Peng came up with an idea: "Let them make money, just keep the money in our Longkou!"

This is a mature idea. Since the profit is left in Longkou, the North Koreans will definitely come back in the future. Gu Mengyu thinks Liu Peng’s idea is very good: “It’s better for Brother Liu Peng to have a way, so let the North Koreans make more money.”

In any case, the arrival of North Korean merchant ships and prostitutes has a particularly important significance for Longkou, a new business port. If you change it to another time and space, you will definitely make headlines on the front page in media such as Yantai Daily and Longkou News, and there may be full page reports.

Liu Peng couldn't help but look at the direction of Tsuum Island for a few more times. He quickly proposed a plan: "When you come, you are a Korean merchant ship. Since our Longkou is changing with each passing day, it is best to change the regulations for the next business."

It is said that it is a charter for doing business, but in fact, the entire Longkou Port management system must keep up with the development of Longkou Port. Liu Peng already feels that the management system will not change, or it will not keep up with the pace of Longkou's development.

Fortunately, Longkou has opened a new port and there are no vested interests. Now if you change it, you will have the least resistance and gain the most: "Since our Longkou is now called Xiaohuang City, we have to follow the standards of Xiaohuang County."

Now the management of Longkou can be said to have bullish politics. The Jiulong governs the water. Jiang Haotian, Gu Mengyu, Liu Peng, Xu Zhen and even the Sun brothers all have their own affairs. Fortunately, Liu Peng hung up the Longlian brand before the New Year, and could collect complaints and arrest people and beat boards in a noble way, otherwise there would be a big mess in Longkou.
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