Lu Yun waited patiently on the boat, although Chen Yue had promised to help him get the ship back from the Dutch within three days, Lu Yun was still uneasy in his heart. He sent people to observe the movements of Qi Yun's business every day, wanting to see when Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi Guo, would make a move.

On the first day, according to his subordinates, Guo Linfeng of the Qiyun Trading House contacted the Japanese people of the Songpu Domain, as if he wanted to buy or lease a ship from the Japanese people at a high price. The ships of the Wa Kingdom were far inferior to the fortune ships of the Ming Dynasty, and Lu Yun didn't know what Chen Yue was planning.

The next day, his subordinates reported that Li Guosuke from Hirado Island suddenly appeared in Nagasaki and walked into the house of Qiyun Firm on the dock, which gave Lu Yun a little confidence in his heart.

Li Guozhu is the son of Li Dan, a former maritime tycoon, and also a wealthy man on the sea, who lives on Hirado Island and has a good friendship with Matsuura Zhenxin, the lord of the Matsuura Domain. More than 20 years ago, before the rise of Zheng Zhilong, the entire East China Sea was Li Dan's world, and Li Dan's name spread all over the world. From the Wa Kingdom all the way to the South Seas of Luzon, there were Li Dan's caravans everywhere. And Zheng Zhilong, who now dominates the sea, was Li Dan's godson at that time. Later, I don't know how, after Li Dan's death, most of his fleet was inherited by Zheng Zhilong, his godson, which also led to a very poor relationship between Li Guozhu and Zheng Zhilong.

However, the Li family has been operating in the Wa Kingdom for so many years, and the foundation is very deep, relying on the relationship with the Wa Shogunate and local daimyos, Li Guosuke is entrenched on Hirado Island, and he is safe and secure as a businessman.

Now that Qi Guogong has found Li Guozhu, does he want to climb to the shogunate through Li Guozhu, and the Japanese shogunate will put pressure on the Dutch? Lu Yun thought wildly, guessing what Chen Yue would do.

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As a Ming man who lived in Wakoku all year round, Li Guosuke's position in Nagasaki was very unique. He inherited Li Dan's foundation in the Wa Kingdom, and was very valued by the Wa Shogunate, and many times the Shogunate relied on Li Guozhu to assist in handling disputes between Ming merchants and Ming people in the Wa State. This also contributed to Lee's unique position in Nagasaki.

The Qiyun Firm suddenly appeared, and more than 20 sea ships sailed into the port of Nagasaki, Li Guozhu was naturally concerned about such a big matter, but out of caution, he did not come directly to the door, but contacted the Qiyun Firm through his subordinates.

Originally, many maritime merchants in Zhejiang were Li Guozhu's old customers, and many of the goods they shipped to the Wa Kingdom were sold through Li Guozhu's hands. However, this year, Zhejiang merchants have not come for a long time, but now this Qiyun business has come, claiming that it is a union of maritime merchants from Ningbo Shaoxing and other prefectures, and Li Guozhu naturally scoffs at this statement, if it is really a maritime merchant from Ningbo, he will already contact him as soon as he arrives in Nagasaki.

Later, through the rumors, Li Guozhu judged that it should be the famous Qi Guogong who forcibly annexed the Zhejiang Maritime Merchant Sea Ship by virtue of his power, and the Qiyun Merchant had a strong background of this kind of government, which made Li Guozhu more vigilant.

He hesitated how to contact Qi Yun Firm, after all, Qi Yun Firm was carrying the goods he needed, without which he would not be able to do business this year.

At this moment, someone from the Saiyun firm suddenly came to Hirado Island and claimed that the owner of the Saiyun firm had been invited.

If it was an ordinary maritime merchant of the Ming Dynasty, Li Guozhu would naturally not descend to meet him, but he was a person from the Duke of Qi in the Ming Dynasty, Guogong, this is the most honorable title in the Ming Dynasty, if it was in them, people like Li Guozhu would not even be qualified to enter the door of others!

Although he had been in the Wa Kingdom for a long time, Li Guozhu still thought that he was a Ming man and had an instinctive fear of the nobles of the imperial court, which also made him dare not put on a fight, so he followed the people to Nagasaki Port.

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Seeing that the other person was a young man in his twenties, wearing a simple white robe, but he faintly had the bearing of a superior person, and his eyes were kind, but in Li Guozhu's opinion, there was a sinister aura in the depths of his eyes, which made him involuntarily bend down and take the initiative to hug his fists to salute. "Under Li Guozhu, may I ask who the son is?"

"This Gong Chen Yue, Master Li doesn't need to be polite!" Chen Yue nodded, didn't get up at all, let alone return the salute. As the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, he is not polite to pirates like Li Guozhu at all.

"It turned out to be Qi Guogong!" Li Guozhu was shocked, and his waist bent down involuntarily. Even if he is a tycoon on the sea, he is sincerely afraid when facing the real superior, and he does not dare to be rude to Chen Yue.

Since the arrival of Qi Yun Merchant in Nagasaki, Li Guozhu has made people inquire about the deep background of Qi Yun Firm, and knows what kind of person Qi Guogong is from the mouth of the Daming Maritime Merchant.

And now, the hero who commanded thousands of troops and defeated the Tartars in the mouth of the maritime merchant sat in front of him alive like this, smiling warmly like an ordinary person, which made Li Guozhu unbelievable.

"My father has nothing to do recently, and when he heard about the wonders of overseas, he was curious, and then he sailed east to the Wa country. However, as the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, he traveled to the Wa Kingdom without permission, and it was not good to spread it, so he has been hiding his identity. Master Li doesn't want to spread the word. Chen Yue stretched out his hand to invite Li Guozhu to sit down, and smiled slightly.

"Grass people, grass people don't dare." Li Guozhu agreed.

"I heard Sima Nan and Guo Linfeng say that Zhejiang maritime merchants have arrived in the Wa Kingdom and trade through you, and I heard that Lingzun Li Dan is a great man on the sea, and he is majestic across the four seas.

Chen Yue smiled and talked casually with Li Guozhu, but did not mention trade and other things at all. With a status like him, there is no need to go into battle shirtless to talk about business, he just meets Li Guozhu and lets him know his existence, as for other things, he will naturally talk about it by his subordinates.

Bulk goods such as raw silk, cotton, and satin can only be eaten completely by people like Li Guozhu, Chen Yue has no patience to sell a little bit of retail, and several merchants in the country either give low prices or small quantities, which is why he asked people to find Li Guozhu.

After chatting casually, Chen Yue served tea to the guests, and someone led Li Guozhu to another room. Fu Chun, Gu Junen, Wu Ping and others are here, this is the posture of talking about business. But Fu Chun and Li Guozhu are old acquaintances, and the two knew each other when they followed Yan Siqi in the Wa Kingdom twenty years ago.

Acquaintances naturally talk to each other, and after a few words of greeting, they began to talk about business.

The price of raw silk had been negotiated with Zheng Cai, and considering the market in Nagasaki, the price was finally set at 450 taels of silver per load. Li Guozhu had no objection to this price, and ate 600 taels of raw silk out of 1,000 quintals of Qiyun Firm. There is too little raw silk that has arrived in the Wa Kingdom this year, which has also led to a high price, and silk is an indispensable clothing material for the nobles of the Wa Kingdom, which is not lacking at all, and Li Guozhu has long been mentally prepared for such a price. Originally, most of Li Guozhu's raw silk was obtained from the Dutch, but this year, the Dutchman's sailboat loaded with raw silk sank in the sea, and Nagasaki's raw silk was completely monopolized in the hands of Zheng Cai and Chen Yue, which is also the reason why Li Guozhu turned upside down as soon as he was summoned.

The other goods are also traded one by one according to the current market, and of course, the two sides will inevitably bargain.

"I heard that many of the Dutch's goods are also traded through Li Bao, I don't know if it's true or not?" At the end of the transaction, Fu Chun suddenly asked.

"When my father was back, he had some friendship with the Dutch, and I could speak some Dutch, so I also did some business with them." Li Guozhu didn't know what Fu Chun meant, and replied cautiously.

"The Dutch robbed the Lu family's ship, do you know about this? Can you make peace from it and let the Dutch return the ship and goods to the Lu family. Gu Junen, who had never spoken, said suddenly.

Li Guozhu glanced at Gu Junen, according to his dress, he should be Qi Guogong's account staff.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Guozhu replied: "I am willing to go to the Dutch to talk to him, but I only have some business dealings with the Dutch, and the friendship is not deep. ”

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"How did you talk to that Li Guozhu?" Looking at Gu Junen who came in, Chen Yue asked with a smile.

Judging from Li Guozhu's look, he should not have a very deep friendship with the Dutch. However, in case the news leaked, we did not say anything about dealing with the Dutch. Gu Junen replied.

"Let him negotiate with the Dutch first, so as to paralyze the Dutch, and more importantly, our brazen attack on the Dutch merchant ships will inevitably anger the Japanese shogunate, this Nagasaki port may not be able to stay, and only Li Guozhu can eat such a large cargo." Chen Yue said with a smile.

"Guogong, while letting Li Guozhu negotiate with the Dutch, but privately sending troops to attack the Dutch merchant ships, this will inevitably make Li Guozhu sit on wax, and will make the Dutch think that Li Guozhu is with us. This is tantamount to separating Li Guozhu from the Dutch. Gu Junen smiled.

"Li Guozhu and Zheng Zhilong are not on good terms, and then let him break down the relationship with the Dutch, so he can only rely on our Zhoushan to provide the source of goods, and he has no choice but to completely take refuge in us." Chen Yue said with a smile.

"The prince is wise!" Gu Junen couldn't help but praise. A simple means pulled Li Guozhu to Zhoushan, so that Zhoushan had a reliable partner in the Japanese state, and Chen Yue's move was not unintelligent.

"Li Guozhu will go on the Dutch ship today to negotiate, and in the early hours of tomorrow morning, he will immediately send troops to attack the Dutch sailing ship!" Chen Yue's smile converged and said seriously.

If you can completely capture the two Dutch armed sailing ships, it will be of great help to improve the strength of Zhoushan! Although these two are not first-class battleships and battleships, they are already first-class warships in the waters of East Asia, except for the three Galen ships that are still in the production of the shipyard, the Manchu Ming Dynasty has no warships that can be compared with them.

With these two ships, plus the three Galen ships under construction, with five Galen ships as the main force, and dozens of three-masted sea ships, even the Zheng family Chen Yue is also confident to wrestle with them!