After going through Bengang and Jilong Port, Li De and Gan Xingzhi had to admit that Jiang was still old and spicy, and General Shen's vision was still as accurate as ever. Compared to their mad sharks, Hong Tang's overall strength and future prospects must be limitless.

It's just that the more they visited, the more doubts Li De and Gan Xingzhi had in their hearts.

It stands to reason that in terms of the scale of Li Tianyang's team, although the territory they control is indeed not small, there are not a few people who need to be fed in their hands, plus they do not plunder, they only make money by collecting fees from past maritime merchants, and there is a chicken coop port and several natural villages that need to be developed and recruited, and the consumption is not small.

How can they support such a large group of people with this little income? Even if they can make money again, they should secretly laugh at the income of 10,000 yuan a month. After taking over most of the interests of Tanmen Qixintang, Li De and the others will definitely not take a good look at the benefits and market of Tanmen Qixintang, so they have a certain understanding of the benefits of Qixintang.

"You stinky boy, but tell me to you, what do you use to feed such a large group of people, and it is still paid according to a fixed monthly salary?" After turning around Li Tian's territory for raising them, Li De and Gan Xingzhi were less inclined to find trouble, but they became interested in his means of feeding so many people: "Don't tell me, you just rely on a few acres of raw land on this island that has been cultivated for less than two years to feed them!" ”

"How is this possible, my father. Now these peasant villagers in Bengang don't ask me to borrow money, so I burn high incense, where do I collect their money and taxes! Li Tianyang is not false, so far, the taxes collected from these villagers are not much, and they can't even make a living for Hongtang: "But father, you may guess how much we collect in the past fees in the Penghu-Ryukyu seas?" ”

"How much can this be, Lao Tzu wanders around the sea area of Qiongzhou all day long, and if you are lucky, it is good to meet a fat sheep in a month, and when you are unlucky, it is possible that it will not open for several months." Li De was quite clear about his business, and replied confidently: "Give you a big estimate, you can receive four or five thousand taels of silver a month, and it depends on the relationship between your Ryukyu side and the adjacent shipping routes!" ”

Even Gan Xingzhi nodded in agreement, indicating that this was also his guess.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm going to surprise my father and third uncle, just last month, our warships patrolling the two seas of Hongtang received an income of more than 17,000 taels of silver." The cunning gaze in Li Tianyang's eyes flashed away, and then he looked at Li De and Gan Xingzhi with resentment: "This is because you crazy shark people ran to our territory to rob us twice last month, which scared many businessmen to think that our Hongtang had changed careers to loot, otherwise, the toll we Hongtang received every month would not be less than 20,000 taels!" ”

"He's NN, you stinky boy isn't deceiving you, are you?" Li De and Gan Xingzhi both widened their eyes, looking at Li Tianyang in disbelief, trying to find a trace of lying from his face: "Lao Tzu has to do everything possible to find a fat sheep, and he has to fight hard to get it." It's good that you don't have to go out of your way to look for it, and they will be sent to the door obediently. ”

"Father's words are bad, you must know that there are never a few merchant ships passing through your Qiongzhou, why do you say that there have always been few maritime merchants passing by?" Li Tianyang was right, and said the words that he had been holding in his heart for a long time: "And father, third uncle, have you ever thought that the trade between the two vast lands and the north, the goods are transported by land, how much cargo can a carriage carry, and how much time does it take?" But if it is transported by sea to Tianjin Wei, how many goods can a 2,000-material sea ship transport, and how long does the journey take? ”

"......" Li De and Gan Xingzhi thought for a while, and came up with a very incredible answer, but they were unforgiving: "Does this have anything to do with our business?" ”

"Of course, you can come up with an answer after a moment of contemplation, so how can the shrewd merchants of the people not know the advantages of doing so?" Li Tianyang replied as a matter of course: "Since I pacified Penghu-Ryukyu, I have spent most of my energy on eliminating the ubiquitous pirate colleagues and striving to create a peaceful and tranquil sea. After more than two years now, we have finally reaped the rewards, and as our territory has become more and more peaceful, and we are very disciplined in our rules, we have not only allowed the maritime merchants who are willing to pay tolls to pass through our waters, but also guaranteed their safety in our waters. ”

"In this way, not only do the ordinary ocean-going merchants no longer avoid our Hongtang, but the merchants of the surrounding coasts are also willing to charter ships to transport their goods to the north by sea."

"It's as simple as that?" Li Dewu didn't believe it, Li Tianyang pretended to use most of the proceeds of Tanmen Qixintang with Li De to obtain a promise not to rob the maritime merchants with the Hongtang distribution sign in the sea area where their wild shark belonged, but only charged a certain fee.

Although at the beginning, Li De and the others also carried out it for a while, but they did not find any benefit in doing so, the maritime merchants who should avoid them still avoided them, and those who should resist still resisted.

"It's not easy at all, it takes a long time to build mutual trust, and we can't break the rules we set by ourselves, otherwise it will be even more difficult to gain the trust of others." Li Tianyang shook his head with a wry smile, and said solemnly: "The reason why I want to kill people this time and let you crazy shark people spread the news is not only to deter those who have ghosts in their hearts, so as not to cause extraneous branches in this season, but also to tell those maritime merchants that I Hongtang will abide by the rules." ”

"That means that we Shark people have become the target of your killers!" When Gan Xingzhi heard this, although he had no intention of asking Li Tianyang for an explanation for his dead subordinates, it was inevitable that some complaints were true, after all, Li Tianyang acted like this, which dealt a big blow to his Gan Xingzhi's prestige, especially after they decided not to trouble Li Tianyang.

"I'm really sorry, third uncle, but even if I do it again, in my position, I can't ignore this kind of thing that ruined my foundation!" Although Li Tianyang apologized, the firm look in his eyes told Li De and Gan Xingzhi that he had no regrets about doing this!

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