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Although it was the first time that the two sides had met, they had found a point of convergence of common interests, and they had a very pleasant conversation, and the two sides reached an agreement on issues related to official and commercial cooperation, which was about to end in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere. Towards the end, a messenger came in and whispered something to Mu Tianyan, and his face was full of smiles, but it suddenly became very ugly.

Xia Nan had already stood up and was about to say goodbye and leave, and seeing him with such a look, he asked out of courtesy: "Why is Futai displeased?" ”

Mu Tianyan stretched out his hand and pressed down, motioned for him to sit down, and said: "Your department is the most capable of fighting in my battalion in Guangdong, and only you can share my worries about this matter." "It turns out that this incident just now is related to Liu Xiang, the biggest pirate in Guangdong.

Mu Tianyan's wife and brother are a small maritime businessman, who usually buys spices from other maritime merchants and sells them to Japan. Unexpectedly, on the way back from Japan a few days ago, two of his cargo ships encountered Liu Xiang's men in the sea near Xin'an (now Hong Kong), and the goods purchased from Japan were snatched away, and the ship's boss and his men were almost killed, and only a few clever men jumped into the sea to escape. He had never suffered such a big loss, and immediately came to his brother-in-law.

It's just that although Mu Tianyan is a governor, he can't control pirates in charge of heaven and earth, and the sailors in Guangdong are not pirate opponents, and they were all wiped out by Xia Nanyi in the last provincial capital defense battle, so they can't count on it.

So that's what happened. Xia Nan thought about it, Liu Xiang is an opponent who can't get around in Guangdong and Fujian, this may be a good opportunity, not only to fight with Liu Xiang openly, but also to sell a favor.

He said righteously: "Since Xia Guan is already a member of the imperial court, it is naturally incumbent on him to eliminate Liu Xiang and clarify the foreign surface of Guangdong!" ”

"Good!" Mu Tianyan was worried about his resignation, and was overjoyed when he heard this, "As long as you can destroy this fang, this official should ask for credit for you, and if you need the help of this official, just mention it." "If Liu Xiang can be completely eliminated, it will be extremely beneficial to him both in public and private, if it is not for the new governor, the governor is also new, and with this merit alone, he can directly ascend to the position of governor.

Since the governor opened Chrysostom, Xia Nan naturally would not be polite: "Liu Xiang is the biggest pirate in Guangdong, and he has a lot of men and ships, and the lower officials only have five warships, which are overstretched, and I also ask the lord to allocate enough shipwrights, wood, and silver taels so that the lower officials can rush to make the warships." ”

Mu Tianyan was quite embarrassed, although Guangdong was rich, the government treasury did not have much silver. It's also ironic to say that at the request of the former governor, he managed to scrape together 200,000 taels, but it was to invade Xia Nan. Now the "culprit" who is causing the empty treasury to ask for money from him, and he can't tell anyone that it's because you've spent all the money.

He pondered for a moment and said, "There is no silver in the treasury, and this official is also a clever woman who can hardly cook without rice. In this way, the governor's yamen will issue you an IOU of 200,000 taels, and you will pay it in advance, and the feudal treasury will slowly repay you in the future. As for the boatwright and wood, as much as you want, as long as Guangdong has it, I will satisfy you. ”

In fact, Xia Nan didn't plan to rely on the government's appropriation to build a ship, but nominally to do things for the government, the posture still has to be put on a show, and he can't be wronged, so he deliberately thinks at the moment: "If it's difficult to do Futai, it's not impossible to pay in advance, but it's only 200,000 taels, but you can't build a few ships?" ”

Mu Tianyan shook his head like a rattle: "There is no more." "Even if it's an IOU, it's too big, and he can't afford it.

Xia Nan was secretly amused, pretending to be embarrassed and thinking for a long time before he said: "Xiaguan has a way, which can not only smooth out this amount, but also add income to the domain, I don't know if I should say it?" The contact with Mu Tianyan was very smooth, which gave him an idea.

Mu Tianyan's eyes lit up, and there were such good things, and he hurriedly said: "Let's hear it!" ”

"The imperial court has been forbidden from the sea since Taizu, but in fact it is forbidden endlessly, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Guangdong, the people are going to the sea to do business, whether it is to go to the South Seas or to Japan in the north, it is a profitable business, if you can build a customs card to collect taxes from maritime merchants, let alone 200,000 taels, 2 million taels is also easy to ......"

Mu Tianyan shook his head without listening: "Although the Longqing Dynasty allows the people to sell the east and the west, but it is only limited to Yuegang, and this dynasty has not mentioned the revocation of the maritime ban. ”

Xia Nan knew that he would say this, so he naturally put forward a suggestion: "Since it is inconvenient for the government to come forward, this risk may as well be borne by the lower officials, set up a checkpoint in Lingao, and the transactions are carried out in Lingao, and taxes will be collected according to the value of the goods, and the silver money obtained from the Qiongzhou camp and the feudal treasury will be divided in half!" ”

"Easier said than done. Why do the maritime merchants in Guangdong go to your Lingao to moor and trade, and why do they pay you money? ”

Xia Nan smiled: "It's very simple, just a little bit, you can keep safe by paying money!" If I kill Liu Xiang, there will be no more pirates in Guangdong, and the sea will be full of my ships, and if these maritime merchants don't pay the money, the cargo won't even want to enter and leave the Pearl River Estuary! ”

Mu Tianyan was silent, this is a typical bandit act, what is the difference between paying protection money?

Xia Nan continued: "In fact, this is what Zheng Zhilong did in Zhongzuo, he attacked Yuegang and almost razed it to the ground, just to force the maritime merchants in Fujian to trade with Zhongzuo. When Lord Xiong was the governor of Fujian, he didn't take the slightest responsibility for this matter, and the court only saw his credit for appeasing Zheng Zhilong, but he came to Liangguang to be the governor in style! ”

The meaning of these words is obvious, the credit for destroying Liu Xiang is only great compared to appeasing Zheng Zhilong, in comparison, following Zheng Zhilong's example of forcing maritime merchants to trade in Lingao seems so insignificant, anyway, these maritime merchants are nominally smugglers who violate the imperial court's maritime ban policy, in modern terms, they are not protected by the law, and there is no place to complain if there is a grievance.

Mu Tianyan was tempted, but he was still a little hesitant. He asked, "How sure are you that you will destroy Liu Xiang?" ”

"If there are enough boats and manpower, 100% sure!" As long as Zheng Zhilong didn't interfere, Xia Nan didn't believe that after expanding the size of the navy, Liu Xiang would not be able to get Liu Xiang with a century-ahead warship and naval guns.

Zheng Zhilong will definitely pluck the goose and return to Guangdong to charge for another fee, and the maritime merchants will be exploited twice, will it cause a rebound from the maritime merchants? In particular, will emulating Zheng Zhilong's opening of a port card in Lingao cause conflict with him? (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.