Since he agreed to give Zheng Jing money, Deng Ming immediately pondered to earn it back, and without vicious competition with Zheng Jing, Deng Ming asked Zhang Huangyan to increase sales to Japan. "This is the true nature of Admiral Deng." This request was already expected by Zhang Huangyan, just now Deng Ming was awe-inspiring, if Deng Ming didn't bring the topic back to making money after Lu Liuliang left, Zhang Huangyan would be strange.

Zheng Xi didn't know much about commerce and trade, only Zheng Chenggong left him some resources for Nanyang merchants when he died; Compared with Zheng Xi, Zheng Zhanxu has many more channels, his father Zheng Tai was originally a household official in the Fujian army, and he was the highest person in charge of Zheng Chenggong's business. As far as Zheng Zhanxu is concerned, he has more than 80 percent of the East Asian trade routes of the Fujian army in his hands, and knows all the merchants that Zheng Chenggong contacts in the mainland, and even has direct contacts with Japanese merchants.

Zheng Jing can rely on the inventory of account books to sort out Zheng Tai's business situation, and find out the type, quantity and transaction cycle of goods required by each trading partner. However, Zheng Zhanxu didn't need it, after he arrived in Zhoushan, he assured Zhang Huangyan that as long as Zhang Huangyan provided sufficient supplies, he would be able to take over the Zheng family's business in Japan.

In Zhang Huangyan's opinion, Zheng Zhanxu is very energetic, of course, because the hatred of killing his father is not shared, and he has vowed many times that Zheng Jing can only go to the soil to dig and eat.

However, Deng Ming didn't intend to do things so desperately, after listening to Zhang Huangyan's narration, Deng Ming immediately said: "Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, Zhang Shangshu has seen the posture of Marquis Jianping (Zheng Zhanxu's inherited title)?" If we rob all the Japanese business, then what does the Marquis of Jianping think of the prince of Yanping County now, then the prince of Yanping will look at us in the future. ”

"Is Admiral Deng worried that the prince of Yanping will surrender to the Tartars in anger?" Zhang Huangyan asked rhetorically, if it weren't for the fact that there was a stable Ming army base in Zhoushan, Zhang Huangyan felt that Zheng Xi and Zheng Zhanxu would most likely go to Qing in order to vent their anger and take revenge.

"I'm not worried about this, the king of Yanping County has taken Taiwan, and the prince of Yanping is not without a way out...... but even if Zheng Jing changes from a state of war to a neutral state, the use of containment of the Qing army will decline, and Deng Ming tried his best to avoid another armed conflict within the Ming army: "In addition to the fact that we need the prince of Yanping to continue to help us contain the Qing army and the Geng and Shang domains in Fujian and Guangdong, we also need to continue to trade with Nanyang, if we only trade with Japan, the profits will be greatly discounted, and Japan has a strong impact on porcelain, How much is the demand for silk? If you don't sell it to Nanyang from Taiwan, it won't be profitable in a few years. ”

On the issue of trade with Japan, giving Zheng Jing a salary from the bottom of the kettle can certainly make Zheng Xi and Zheng Zan Xu vent a bad breath, but it will definitely cause Zheng Jing to retaliate. At that time, even if the Ming army in Taiwan does not attack Zhoushan, as long as it uses Penghu as a base to block the shipping lane, it will be able to make the trilateral trade between China, Japan, and Nanyang unable to continue -- anyway, the Ming army in Fujian will not be able to intervene and can only farm in Taiwan, so Dongning (Zheng Chenggong's capital in Taiwan) is likely to stir up peace with the idea that no one can get it, especially Zheng Xi and Zheng Zhanxu are still Zheng Jing's enemies.

"I plan to set up a firm, let's call it a company, as the name suggests, it is not owned by one person, and everyone will supervise and share profits together." Deng Ming proposed to Zhang Huangyan to set up a Nanyang trading company: "For 20 years, the king of Yanping has been the pioneer and protector of the three-sided maritime trade, and Taiwan was also won by the king of Yanping, so it should be reasonable for the Fujian army to get forty percent of the company's profits; And Lao Jianpinghou is the person in charge of the Japanese side, and Zhoushan and Chongming provide ports, so the Zhejiang army also takes forty percent. I guarantee the supply of goods from the mainland, so 10% is mine. ”

"Admiral Deng only needs one percent?" Zhang Huangyan was surprised.

"Yes, but this is different from Chongming's trade, I'm just talking about the sea trade of Japan and the South Seas, and you have to pay me for porcelain or something to be shipped to Chongming, but it's not for nothing." In this way, the Zhejiang army will use the same income as the Fujian army, and the military growth should be similar, and it will not be easy for anyone to eat anyone; Moreover, Deng Ming wants to tie the two together with common interests, and whoever wants to take revenge has to weigh his losses before making a move: "Everyone can check the accounts, this share can be sold, well, I will hand over the one given to me to the imperial government; As for the Zhejiang army, I don't care how Zhang Shangshu and the Marquis of Jianping share it, of course, the share of the Min army is for the prince of Yanping. ”

"That's ninety percent, and what about one percent?" Zhang Huangyan guessed what special use Deng Ming would have.

"There is a special purpose."

Zhang Huangyan nodded secretly, he estimated that it might be related to the imperial court, Deng Ming's actions were much more unscrupulous than Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo, and Sun Kewang didn't seem to be as arrogant as Deng Ming before he usurped the throne. Since ancient times, there seem to be few arrogant Deng Ming, who always put the Son of Heaven on the scale and weighed it nakedly, weighing the interests of the other side; Even if someone does the same thing as Deng Ming, they will not be as undisguised as him - even if they are usurpers, they must eventually be masters, even if they weigh the value of the king, they must not advocate this kind of thinking, but also teach everyone to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and contribute their own contribution to the monarch.

Zhang Huangyan would not have been surprised if Deng Ming, who had always been mercenary and contemptuous of scholars and the imperial court, suddenly offered to pay tribute to the royal family, which was still under house arrest by the Burmese, or to fund the academy run by the gentry themselves. Deng Ming's attitude towards Lu Liuliang just now was also very different from before, Zhang Huangyan suspected that Deng Ming already had the idea of changing his image, and began to try to win the support of the gentry from the Son of Heaven, and the attitude towards Lu Liuliang was the first step for Deng Ming to show his plan.

"This is for the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan." Deng Ming looked as a matter of course: "The Tokugawa shogunate strictly forbade the Taixi people to trade in Japan, and the lockdown order only left an opening for our Ming army, so the Taixi people who want to trade with Japan can only change hands through us, which is simply a clear gift to us for profits, of course we should have something to say." ”

"But the Tokugawa shogunate said it was for us." Issei did not have a lot of trade profits, and Zhang Huangyan and others also agreed to the general's request to find some teachers for Japan after the war to help the Tokugawa shogunate implement culture and education: "They are also saving themselves, and if we can't withstand it, they will face the threat of the Tartars." ”

"They are already facing the threat of the Tartars, I don't know if we will fight Japan in the future after the Qing court is destroyed, I estimate that the possibility of fighting is almost none, but supporting our army will anger the Qing court, and we can't let the Tokugawa shogunate help in vain." Deng Ming thinks that it is a very dangerous move to let Japan help for nothing, because since the other party cannot get tangible benefits from helping, then the other party may not have the motivation to insist on helping: "Now the Tokugawa shogunate is helping us, just because they have no good impression of Tartar, and feelings are unreliable, only silver can be relied on." ”

Zhang Huangyan nodded involuntarily, and almost instantly came to his senses, shouting in his heart: "What do you mean 'only silver can be trusted'?" I have been taught since I was a child, how could I agree with such a shameful statement? I would never have had such a thought before I met Admiral Deng, and I wouldn't have it in the blink of an eye. ”

In recent years, Zhoushan has been rapidly influenced by Deng Ming, the most typical is that "fighting a war is to disguise yourself as a Tartar to sneak attack their camp", followed by the economic point of view, in the past, Zhoushan was basically maintained by Zhang Huangyan's personal charm and the enthusiasm of the volunteers. Now the charm and enthusiasm of Zhang Huangyan and the volunteers are still the same, but there is still a large amount of silver from Deng Ming, and after the grain, armor, weapons and ships exchanged for silver, the Zhoushan army will not be able to return to the past. Now the Zhoushan Army attaches great importance to training, equipment, and logistics from top to bottom, which certainly makes them feel like a tiger with wings, and it also guides everyone from Zhang Huangyan to ordinary soldiers to naturally begin to accept Deng Ming's values.

However, Deng Ming has not finished speaking: "Fujian, Zhejiang, and my share can be sold and transferred, but the one given to the Tokugawa shogunate is not, we are just dry shares that give dividends to the Japanese." After all, this is our own company, Yanping Shizi, Zhang Shangshu, and Jianping Hou are our own people, and Tokugawa Shogun is not. And when we expel the Tartars, we don't have to beg the shogunate, we have to reconsider whether we need to give him so much money. ”

"This is the Admiral Deng I know." Zhang Huangyan once again realized that his idea just now was too naïve, Deng Ming's kind attitude towards Lu Liuliang should be an anomaly, it may be that Deng Ming didn't sleep well yesterday, or he ate well at noon and was in a happy mood; And now this Deng Ming, who is careful in his calculations, his eyes light up when he talks about silver and trading, and he takes ten steps to see one step at a time, is the one Zhang Huangyan is familiar with: "He will not pay tribute to the imperial court." ”

In this regard, Deng Ming and Zhang Huangyan set the strategy for Zheng Jing, and Deng Ming also wrote another letter to promote the concept of Nanyang Company to Zheng Jing, saying that this was the best strategy that could make the anti-Qing alliance win-win.

"What do you think of Bao Guogong?"

Lu Liuliang planned to take his wife to Sichuan the next day, and before leaving, he recommended Zhang Dai to Deng Ming, and before Lu Liuliang set off, Zhang Huangyan asked him about his impression of this young prince who was notorious among the Jiangnan gentry.

"I have already said in the letter to Mr. Tao An (Zhang Dai's number) that Guogong did not deliberately put on the appearance of a corporal of Lixian before, because he was sincere and not hypocritical." Before going to Sichuan, Lu Liuliang was invited by Zhang Huangyan to write letters to the gentry of the Lu Dynasty in various places, describing Deng Ming's conduct, and Zhang Dai, who is now 65 years old, enjoys a good reputation among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhang Huangyan naturally hopes that he can come to join the Deng Ming Group, so as to attract more gentry from the Lu Jianguo Department to go to Chengdu and Xuzhou, so as to lay a solid foundation for the Lu gentry to dominate the Sichuan public opinion circle: "Although I only have to see it once, I think that the Duke of Baoguo is like Zhou Lang." ”

"Well," Zhang Huangyan smiled with satisfaction, and kept nodding, finally stuffed the heavyweight gentleman into it, hoping that other people could follow one after another, otherwise that Ren Tang was really not reassuring, I heard that last time Admiral Deng asked him to write a ten-win-ten-lose essay that he couldn't say anything, it really lost the face of King Lu's scholars: "Having sex with Gong Jin is like drinking mellow mash, and you don't feel drunk." You can say that again! ”

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