In Asia, the Dutch colonies of the East India of Indonesia, which later had all the territory of Indonesia, including Ceylon, Dutch India, etc. A few years later, the Dutch occupied Taiwan, and decades later, they occupied Malacca and controlled the sea surface of the South China Sea. At that time, this country, known as the sea coachman, was in its prime.

It also has many colonies such as Dutch West India and Dutch New Guinea.

The decline of the Netherlands was due to a series of failures in the British-Dutch maritime war, but this large-scale global naval war will take decades to settle and will not have much impact on the Netherlands' Asian power.

The Spanish had later generations of Filipinos, while the Portuguese were small colonies such as Malacca and Macau. Spain also had strong maritime power in Asia, and had considerable army and colonists in the Philippines.

Britain had just entered Asia, and at this time the British were more interested in India. After decades, they tried to seize Macau many times, but they all suffered failures.

In the South Ocean, the Spaniards kept transporting Chinese goods to Europe and South American goods to Asia. Spanish ships were loaded with gold. During the war with Britain, many cargo ships penetrated deep into the sea. Hundreds of years later, these wrecks filled with wealth could still arouse greed.

Japan is also an extremely important trading market, with the Dutch, Portuguese and Chinese maritime merchants each occupying half of the world.

Chinese maritime merchants are mainly Li Dan. This is a maritime merchant who is as famous as Yan Si, and of course they are also a pirate with extremely strong power.

Later, the "Zebazhi" mainly composed of Zheng Zhilong, who controlled the South China Sea, was mostly under Li Dan's disciple.

Of course, Zhang Han didn't know the specific details. He might have seen some related things, but he was not very interested. Many evil tourists had come outside China's country in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. For example, the Portuguese borrowed Macau to live temporarily and lived for hundreds of years. The Spanish slaughtered Chinese in Luzon many times. The main reason was their fear of the Ming Dynasty. They were afraid that the Chinese would become the inner supporters of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, they also asked the Chinese to pay for their colonial rule in Luzon and pass on the contradictions. The Dutch once occupied Taiwan and Penghu.

...All kinds of forces came in a flood, and with the success of Li Dan, Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong, Liu Xiang and other Chinese maritime merchants and pirates, they had to put in a lot of effort to master this period of history. They were also unpopular and could not find a selling point if they wanted to "blow water" with others. Zhang Han was also concerned about the same as ordinary people. He had some understanding of the Zheng family's success and decline. He was mainly interested in Zheng Chenggong. In addition, thanks to a great novel god, Zhang Han was also familiar with Zheng Keshuang... Of course, he definitely had a bad impression.

Zhang Han also knew that Zheng Zhilong was recruited during the Chongzhen period and made a fortune at sea, becoming the strongest force at sea in China at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong defeated the Dutch many times. The Zheng family and the Dutch actually fought with the Dutch many times before Zheng Chenggong. The Zheng family used the jumping tactics and arson ships to fight the Dutch without any help. The Chinese pirates along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi were no less than those Europeans. After defeating the Dutch many times, the Zheng family seized a large territory in Taiwan, took over Yan Siqi's military farming, and controlled the trade with Japan. At the same time, Zheng Zhilong also used violent forms to collect merchant ships at sea. Passing ships were forced to tax the ships, whether Chinese or Europeans. The maritime tax that the Ming Dynasty had never collected before was asked Zheng Zhilong to collect. Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch also had a fight and reconciliation. The East India Company once signed a large order with Zheng Zhilong, and ordered hundreds of thousands of stones alone. That was a huge wealth and an astonishing profit.

Zhang Han realized that Li Guobin in front of him was a key figure... He was almost completely disgraced about the situation in Nanyang and Japan. He knew Zheng Chenggong, but Zheng Chenggong should not be born yet, so he almost didn't know anything else.

"Mr. Li," Zhang Han said solemnly: "We must ask for advice on this matter."

Li Guobin was a little uneasy and proud, and he said seriously: "I will definitely know everything and say everything."

"What is the largest purchase for goods to Japan?"

"The biggest one is of course raw silk and tea."

As the saying goes, the three treasures of Chinese trade are good, raw silk porcelain and tea. From the late Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, Chinese people used these three trading tools to make a big profit for hundreds of years. Those Europeans fought to death, and they made huge colonies in the sea, and used all means and methods to plunder a large amount of wealth. In addition to a large amount of gold pouring into Europe, at least about 300 million taels of silver pouring into China. In addition to a small amount of silver entering China because of arbitrage, a large amount of silver came because of the trade surplus because of these three treasures of trade.

The Japanese also need a lot of raw silk, tea and porcelain, and of course they also need other goods, but the demand is not as large as these three.

"If Master Zhang does this maritime trade, he must first win people." Li Guobin is indeed an expert. He took a sip of tea and continued: "The maritime trade profit is first-class, but the risk is also first-class. First of all, you must have good sailors, who are used to going to Japan, knowing the time and direction of the current, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Following the maritime trade, the ship will not easily overturn, and the time will be fast. If you go to the maritime trade one more time than the people, the profit will be twice as high as the risk will be much smaller. A sea boat costs tens of thousands of taels, and even the cargo is the most important.

If you have a shortage of 100,000 yuan, you can't get back even if you sink, so it's very important for good ship owners and sailors. In addition, sailors should be more aggressive, preferably veterans who are used to walking. The sea is not only dangerous, but also careful of the siege of many pirates. Once you encounter it, there will be a lot of goods taken away, and at worst, even the ship will be taken away. In the end, you have to establish a relationship with Japan, and it's best to get permission from the sea merchants, otherwise it will be difficult to last."

Zhang Han frowned and said, "Transfer a ship of tens of thousands of taels of iron tools over? This seems unlikely."

Li Guobin smiled and said, "Of course this is impossible. The owner should still buy some raw silk and satin goods, and then bring a large amount of iron tools. After all, the iron tools are produced by Lingqiu, and the benefits are much higher than those prepared for goods."

"What do you mean specifically?"

"A shovel made of fine iron costs at least two cents of silver, a fine iron needle for sewing, and eight cents of silver." Li Guobin smiled and said, "This is the price in recent years, and there should be no big difference."

"I……"

Zhang Han is so proud to say swear words.

Li Dayong and Ma Huaxian did not have such strong concentration. Ma Huaxian's eyes were round, and Li Dayong slapped his thighs violently and shouted: "I'm his ancestors, and the sea goods are so profitable!"

Li Guobin smiled and said, "We have few northern merchants going overseas. Only some maritime merchants in Tianjin. In addition, some merchants in Liaodong sell fur to Dengzhou, and then from Dengzhou to Japan. Shanxi merchants have indeed adhered to the rules and did not intend to make progress in recent years. In fact, the maritime trade in Jiangnan is the most prosperous. After all, the cloth, silk and porcelain are produced the most, and there are Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi. I have been to the south for a few years. To be honest, the wealth in the south is not only due to the large merchants, but also the richest people are much richer than the north. From Jiangnan to northern Shanxi, there are almost two worlds."

Li Dayong and Ma Huaxian were both wealthy businessmen. They were a little dissatisfied with Li Guobin's words, but Zhang Han nodded silently.

Zhang Han remembered reading a book that said that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by financial bankruptcy, and the reason for financial bankruptcy was that the people's wealth was not effectively utilized, and the people's wealth was mainly in the south. To put it more profoundly, the Ming Dynasty could also be said to be the imbalance of the country's development in the north and south and the court's unresolute intention to adapt.

The same taxes were affordable for the people of Jiangnan, and in the north, a large number of refugees rebelled.

Zhang Han turned to Ma Huaxian and Li Dayong and asked with a smile: "What do you think about this?"

Li Dayong said: "The court can run away first. The sea trade matter is too risky. If Zhang Dongzhu wants to do it, he is willing to make some fun."

Ma Huaxian said: "I am the same as Li Dongzhu's meaning. Once the sea trade ship is sunk, it will be lost. It is important to follow the path of the court. Zhang Dongzhu's noble friend Li Zunlu seems to be suitable for doing such a thing."

Zhang Han shook his head secretly... In fact, when he heard Li Guobin talk about Haimao, his mind felt like he was enlightened, and he suddenly felt a bright light in front of him.

In this era, it would be too stupid not to join the trend of maritime trade.

In fact, the Shanxi merchants had lagged behind the times at this time. The Shanxi merchants were once the first trend. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Shanxi merchants were satisfied with their local areas. In addition, the salt merchants in Yangzhou were not very interested in going overseas trade.

Zhang Han also remembered his grandfather Zhang Nian. It seemed that the old man wanted to go to Nanjing to participate in the maritime trade. Because his family opposition failed, he later settled in Xinpingbao and probably had no intention of venturing.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Shanxi merchants were far away from Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi. Later, in the Qing Dynasty, Shanxi Piaohao was promoted to the world, relying on the soft power brought by the identities and status of the royal merchants. With these guarantees, the strength of the Piaohao was recognized by the people of the world, so that the Shanxi merchants could pass through the whole country and achieve a career.

The emergence of the imperial merchants was because when the tripod was reigned, these Shanxi merchants stood on the side of the Qing Dynasty and were finally rewarded by the Qing emperors as imperial merchants.

Zhang Han remembered that he was fighting for a smuggling position, and the Qing Dynasty's ban on sea was a fatal blow to sea trade. Now that he was involved in both sides, the situation became more and more subtle.

"When I go to the capital to find the way to the court, I will ask Li Zunlu to go," Zhang Han finally decided: "If Mr. Li can take time to find out the way for me first."

Li Guobin was excited that the minimum amount of money involved in the sea trade was more than 100,000 yuan. In this matter, he was helping him, and the profits were much richer than he was now.

He held back his excitement and said to Zhang Han: "I don't know if the owner intends to buy a ship, hire a ship, or work with someone?"

Zhang Han smiled and said, "I'll hire a ship first. I have to ask Mr. Li to find a ship owner who can rely on us."

At that time, you could buy ships or build ships by yourself, and then go to sea with the whole ship of goods. This was the first-class maritime merchant, and then everyone bought ships together. The goods were also prepared together to gather a ship of goods to go to sea. This was the second-class maritime merchant, and the other was ordinary merchants. Their ships were not full, so they could negotiate to load some of the goods. What Zhang Han had to do was this.

He Yusheng is indeed a big fortune, but there is no need to put the eggs in a basket at once. Zhang Han didn't feel that his luck would be out of the blue. He came up to buy a ship, and went back and forth smoothly and brought back the entire ship's silver.

When doing business, you have to consider accidents. You should first invest in small costs and try to see the depth of the water and shallow water.

In this process, Zhang Han can be familiar with the process of sea trade and can also discover the ship owners and sailors he has believed in.

Li Guobin nodded and said, "This is the best, it is safer, and the responsibility is much smaller."

Everyone laughed when they heard this—

The new year will begin in a few hours. I feel a lot of emotion. This year is a very special year for me. I hope that next year will be smoother. I also hope that everyone can have a smooth career, a harmonious family, and a healthy family. This is my most sincere New Year's blessing, because I hope that the world will be safe and happy like me. See you in the new year.
Chapter completed!