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Outside Lin'an City.

Cao Zhengtong, who was about to set off, suddenly learned the news that the fleet of the King of Chu was defeated by the Dutch, and the fleeing civilians and scattered soldiers described the battle scene as very terrifying.

With a faint sigh, Cao Zhengtong urged the carriage forward, as his father expected, the fleet of the King of Chu was nothing more than a showcase, and it was vulnerable.

Along the official road of Lin'an City, he headed north, and after seven days of continuous driving, he finally saw the legendary Qingzhou City.

At this time, Cao Zhengyang was waiting for him on the dock outside Qingzhou City, and the servants had already arrived in advance to tell Cao Zhengyang the news of his arrival.

"Big brother." , Cao Zhengyang looked at Cao Zhengtong, who was a little pale, and he asked, "Big brother, is there something going on in the family, father?" ”

"Don't worry, my father has nothing to do, it was my father's order to come to Qingzhou this time, by the way, you can take King Qi in front of me now, I have something important to tell King Qi." Cao Zhengtong said.

He is the son-in-law of the Cao family, and his status in the family is much higher than that of Cao Zhengyang.

Cao Zhengyang nodded, and immediately led Cao Zhengtong to the Qi Wangfu, and after the report, they waited for the reception of the Qi King.

In the palace, Xiao Ming is explaining the knowledge in the book to Fei Yue'er, these days Fei Yue'er is completely intoxicated in the books he gave, once there is something she doesn't understand, she will ask Xiao Ming in time.

"Your Highness, Cao Zhengtong and Cao Zhengyang, the sisters-in-law of the Cao family, ask to see you." The servant guarding the door said.

Xiao Ming frowned, this Cao Zhengtong was coming to Qingzhou for the first time, and he said, "Let them come in." ”

"Your Highness, the concubine will retire first." Fei Yue'er is very sensible, every time a guest comes, she will take the initiative to avoid it.

Xiao Ming nodded, these days he and Fei Yue'er are more and more like husband and wife, and they get along naturally.

Fei Yue'er left, and the servant came over with two men, one of them was Cao Zhengyang, and the other was probably Cao Zhengtong.

"Cao Zhengtong, a grass citizen, has seen His Royal Highness King Qi." Cao Zhengtong and Cao Zhengyang bowed at the same time.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Ming looked at Cao Zhengtong, "Zhengyang said that you are frail and sickly, and Lin'an, where you have been living, basically does not go out, why do you have to travel to Qingzhou for a long distance this time." ”

"Back to Your Highness, this time the grass people went to Qingzhou on the orders of their father, and at the same time passed a message to His Highness that the fleet of the King of Chu and the Dutch had started a war and were defeated."

"Oh?" Xiao Ming was stunned, he has always been extremely wary of the King of Chu, and the news from many secret guards proves that this King of Chu is stirring up the storm, and even the Qinglong King has something to do with the King of Chu, the defeat of the King of Chu's fleet by the Dutch is angry for him, he smiled and said: "But this matter has nothing to do with this king." ”

Cao Zhengtong was stunned, he said loudly: "Your Highness doesn't know, now there is a new Dutch earl on Ryukyu Island, named Claire, since he came, other merchant ships have been forbidden to participate in maritime trade, it is for this reason that the King of Chu will go to war with the Dutch, and now only His Royal Highness can make warships that rival the Dutch fleet, and only His Royal Highness can defeat the Dutch and regain the maritime trade rights of the Great Chongqing Kingdom." ”

"The right to trade at sea?" Xiao Ming sneered, "Hasn't this maritime trade always been monopolized by the King of Chu?" Even the King of Wei has to be angry with the King of Chu, and this King has nothing to do with the right to trade at sea. Xiao Ming said lazily.

"Don't Your Highness want it? It's a pity, if His Royal Highness masters all the maritime trade, with Qingzhou's goods, within a few years, Qingzhou will be able to get rich. Cao Zhengtong said.

His eyes narrowed dangerously, Xiao Ming glanced at Cao Zhengtong lightly, and he said: "If you have anything to say, let's say it directly, this king doesn't like to twist and turn, your father didn't let you come to Qingzhou just to tell the King of Chu about the embarrassing things." ”

"Your Royal Highness is wise, this time my father let the grass people come over in order to contribute to His Royal Highness's shipyard, many people know, there are many shipyards in the south of the Yangtze River, and eighty percent of the merchant ships in the Great Chongqing Kingdom come from the south of the Yangtze River, but there are thirteen shipyards under our Cao family, six of these shipyards are in the fiefdom of the King of Chu, and seven are distributed in other places, if His Highness is willing, the grass people can move all the shipyards to Dengzhou, and help His Highness make Dengzhou a shipbuilding center." Cao Zhengzheng said.

"And what do you want?" Xiao Ming said.

"Just like the Northern Expedition, if Your Highness gets a trade route in the future, please allow the Cao family's merchant ships to participate in maritime trade." Cao Zhengtong said.

The real purpose of his visit this time is this, the defeat of the King of Chu is equivalent to the breaking of the Cao family's route to fortune, and with the ability of the King of Chu, it cannot be taken back.

But their Cao family knew about the battleships in Qingzhou, and they also knew what the three battleships in Qingzhou had done, and they dared to fight against the British fleet and sink the British battleships.

Thinking that this is the case, the Cao family will decide to place a bet on the king.

"Hahaha......" Xiao Ming laughed, "Your Cao family is worthy of having strong financial resources, now a large area of grassland in Youzhou belongs to your Cao family, and the money in these six states is also yours, and now you want to participate in trade routes, are you ready to buy the king's fief at this time?" ”

Although Xiao Ming was smiling, Cao Zhengtong felt chills all over his body, he suddenly realized something, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, our Cao family is just a businessman, and this move is also to preserve the foundation of the Cao family, the King of Chu has now sharpened his knife against the Cao family, and we are just trying to survive, please rest assured, since we have entered Qingzhou, our Cao family is His Royal Highness's courtier." ”

"Hmph, it's best for you to know this, this king's fief is a place where commerce circulates freely, and this king is also very tolerant of merchants, but there are some things that you merchants can't touch, understand?"

Cao Zhengyang's back was already soaked in cold sweat, he had lived in Qingzhou for a long time, and naturally knew this King of Qi, who was a real dangerous person.

Cao Zhengtong said cautiously: "Your Highness, the grass people understand, our Cao family is willing to help His Highness build a shipbuilding workshop, as for the future, but listen to His Highness's orders." ”

"That's pretty much it." Xiao Ming regained his smile.

As soon as the Cao family comes to the fiefdom, they will have to make a deal with themselves, reach out and ask for this and that, if they don't knock and knock them now, they will not go to heaven in the future, and they really regard themselves as a free capital country in the West, and they can sit on the ground and ask for a price with him!

Cao Zhengtong pinched a cold sweat in his heart, this time it was indeed his mistake, he should discuss it with Cao Zhengyang first before talking about it.

"If you can help this king build a shipyard, this king will naturally repay you in the future, remember, you can take what this king gives you, and you can't have ideas if you don't give it to you." Xiao Ming reminded.

Cao Zhengtong and Cao Zhengyang nodded again.

Xiao Ming waved his hand and let the two leave, and then someone called Wang Xuan over and said, "You go and collect the news of Chu now and report it to this king." ”

(To be continued.) )