Shenwu Guards are spread all over Jiaozhi and Lang Son, and almost all stations have strongholds. These strongholds are not only responsible for contacting the nearby Shenwu Guard spies, but also collecting information about business trips.

Even the Marquis of Luzhou Hao Zheng, who always saw someone know the other person’s background in advance, actually has the credit of the Shenwuwei. If someone visits him, as long as he sets off or is still on the way, a list will be sent, and the details of this person are on the list.

When Hao Fenglou entered the room, the three clerks responsible for collecting, sorting and summarizing documents and the strong men on duty were overjoyed. At the same time, they were a little embarrassed. After giving the gift, a document was delivered to Hao Fenglou.

Since Hao Fenglou asked if there was any news, he naturally was not a small matter. This document was all major events that happened in Jiaozhi recently. After sorting out, it was copied and presented to Hao Fenglou.

There were a lot of news inside, including the new Transport Author Zhou and the Commander-in-Chief. The conflict between the two sides was mainly concentrated on the interests of setting up the card. During the Song Dynasty, the Transport Author was in charge of local financial responsibilities and could verify the amount of losses. At the same time, he had to prosecute the reserves and examine the accounts. All officials were corrupt and the people were in trouble, and even the above-mentioned documents were made, and the matter of assassinating officials was specialized. In the Ming Dynasty, although the Transport Author was less responsibilities, he was responsible for the taxes in the local area.

The commander in charge of the Jiaozhi Guards and garrison passes, one guards the passes and the other collects taxes. The passes naturally have to find some names to ask for money, and the taxes are set up everywhere, so the conflicts naturally arise.

In addition, there are civil unrest. Many civil unrests have occurred in Annan, but the scale is not large. The word above is to immediately suppress.

It seems a bit famous here. Local parents and officials only need a few servants to immediately suppress the so-called "civilian change". I am afraid that it is a bit too much. It is mostly just a few people who cause trouble. Local officials take the people on the grounds of civil change and directly repay the merits.

This kind of thing cannot happen in other places. After all, you are a parent in the same place, and there is a civil unrest. This is your education failure. But Jiaozhi is a "wild" place and has just become naturalized, so there is a "civilian unrest". The parents are not responsible for their responsibility, and if they are suppressed, they will be rewarded.

Other news is uncommon, but there is one news that attracted Hao Fenglou's attention.

The Haiphong Maritime Warehouse Department reported that the Dashi merchant ship docked in Haiphong, originally brought goods to communicate with Annan. However, he suddenly received a "warning message" and suddenly set sail. It was said that he was heading to the southeast coast of Daming. The goods he was originally going to sell were unwilling to unload. He supplied grain and fresh water, and then left without hesitation.

Hao Fenglou frowned. In fact, he often read the newspapers of the palace. When he heard the news about Dashi, he could figure out something. The court had just allowed Dashi to pay tribute. The Dashi merchants nearby had traveled thousands of miles to Annan, Quanzhou, Luzon and other places to do business, and delivered the goods. However, they did not go to peddlers. Hao Fenglou was even sure that this must be that Dashi merchants were going to gather in Quanzhou and planned to join them to pay tribute.

Hao Fenglou thought and couldn't help asking: "Is there any news about this big food?"

After hearing Hao Fenglou's words, the clerk hurriedly said, "I have saved some, please check it out."

After saying that, the clerk found several documents and submitted them to Hao Fenglou.

There are some information about Dashi merchants, but they are vague. There are even some places where Hao Fenglou can clearly see errors, such as Dashi is a Western country, such as Dashi people living on boats.

Of course, this kind of mistake is understandable. Most of the news that Shenwuwei heard was rumors, and only if it felt that it was important would be sent to confirm it. Dashi was really optional for Shenwuwei, so naturally there was no need to confirm it.

However, some news aroused the interest of Hao Fenglou. The Dashi Merchant ship was more than 30 feet long and could accommodate 500 people. Most of the Dashi Merchants were giants, among which the Hu family was the most famous in Quanzhou. He changed his name to Hu Lu and often settled in Quanzhou. He made a lot of business. His fleet was reported to have hundreds of ships of all sizes and large numbers, with sailors and guards entrenched in the sea, built warehouses for storage, and stored a lot of manpower, and had a close relationship with the Maritime Mansion Bureau. Quanzhou was mostly managed by him, while Dashi Merchants were mostly following his leader. This time, the tribute was probably the leader of this person.

Hao Fenglou read some news carefully, then put down the document, and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Naturally, the few people said it was not hard. Hao Fenglou smiled and arranged for the people from this inn to stay on the third floor. He rested all night. He woke up early the next morning and ordered some refreshments with his guards on the first floor. He was crowded at any time.

Hao Fenglou sat down inconspicuously, and the merchants next door seemed to have just met and were smiling and greetings.

Hao Fenglou naturally did not show any expression, and the guards around him were also silent. Everyone was just eating tea and using pastries, but the merchants next to him were all dancing.

One of the merchants surnamed Liu seemed to have just arrived in the local area and seemed a little embarrassed. Several other merchants asked him, "I wonder what kind of goods are being banned by brother this time, but are you going to Lang Son?"

The Liu surnamed said, "I have banned some porcelain, so I went to Lang Son."

When he heard the porcelain, several other merchants looked at each other, and one of them sighed, "Where did the porcelain come from? Alas... let's tell the truth, although the price of silk and tea here is still high, the one who really makes a lot of money is this porcelain. Silk and tea are transported as soon as they say they are transported. That's nothing. Be careful and seal it with oil paper. But this porcelain is different. The porcelain is fragile. It's bumpy and it's a long way to travel thousands of miles. So as long as it can be delivered safely, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell it at a good price. Even if it's ten times or twenty times the price, it's a common thing. People like us mostly give some tea. The Annan people and the gentry and nobles of Zhenla love to drink tea and are willing to spend money, but after all, everyone can give it, and it's good to have a profit of three to five times."

Another person said: "In fact, it is better to go to Haiphong to Lang San than to take porcelain to Lang San. Lang San is a gathering of merchants from all over the world. Sometimes there are less than 3,000 merchants gathered, but the merchants in Zhenla, Cham, and Annan are all stingy. To be honest, at the beginning, they were willing to buy what price we sold, and they flocked to it, but now they have raised them. Now they have seen the world and know the market conditions of these things and killing the price. That is ruthless."

"Brother, let's tell the truth. If you want to make a lot of money from this porcelain, you have to go to Haiphong. Do you know about Haiphong? There are also many merchants in Haiphong Hou's land, including big food and Javanese, all of whom are coming by boat. They are very happy, but the official roads of Lang Son and Haiphong are still being repaired. I'm afraid it's difficult to move, so you are careful when you escort this guy."

The merchant surnamed Liu couldn't help but say in surprise: "This... the sea merchant... didn't he meant to ban the sea?"

The person who spoke before smiled and said, "The Ming Dynasty naturally prohibits the sea, but don't forget that the sea defense is the fiefdom of the Hao family. The coastal defense maritime department is also represented by the Hao family. The law of the Ming Dynasty court is that it is not allowed to go into the sea, but the Ming Dynasty did not go into the sea..."

The merchant surnamed Liu suddenly understood that in fact, this took advantage of the loophole. The rules of the Ming Dynasty were very simple, that no one could go into the sea. Even if the maritime merchants from the vassal states came from afar, they had to be received by the Maritime Bureau. The court also had strict regulations on the Maritime Bureau. It did not mean that ships from various countries could sell goods to the Maritime Bureau as long as they reached the coast. Not only did there be many food and cash, but there were also many conditions.

However, the coastal defense system has indeed not been put into business, so it is naturally strictly prohibited for ordinary people to go into business. However, the coastal defense business has come, but the Maritime Trader of the coastal defense company has obviously turned a blind eye. Even if someone sues it, at most, the Maritime Trader Department will not be strictly regulated. When the time comes, the police will only apologize, and only say that it is the first decision of Jiaozhi, and everything is in trouble. If you are lazy for a while, the court will not find any problems.

However, this loophole means that there are countless business opportunities, which has attracted many foreign merchants to cross the sea.

The merchant surnamed Liu naturally became interested and couldn't help but ask about coastal defense.

Others replied: "This Hai Phong is different from Lang Son. Lang Son is a place where goods are distributed. Most of the merchants in Chameng, Jiaozhi, Zhen La and other places are traded. However, Hai Phong is doing sea-by-pass transactions, and everyone has them. Even if they are Semi people and Kunlun people, you can occasionally see a few. Lang Son's business is for long-term business. What goods do you sell in the future? How many times do you deliver to the old customers here? Then order some things in Lang Son's workshop and bring them back. Of course, you will make sure you make a profit and don't lose money.

.The sea defense, those sea merchants and you are doing one-time transactions. After everyone handed over, they didn’t have to pay credit. He went out to sea. Where do you go to find him in the future? So the sea defense makes a lot of money, but you must also be careful of scammers. Something happened a few days ago. Someone used tinned silver to cheat a silk merchant. It was more than a thousand taels. Isn’t this a force to hang? In fact, after all, we are doing business, we must lighten up our eyes. As for where Brother Liu goes, we still have to think about it ourselves."

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Chapter completed!