Yan Jiali was so frightened that he almost knelt down, but he still said bravely: "We Yue Gang are businessmen, and businessmen only want to talk business."

Su Ze made another gesture, and Lin Mojun put the Japanese sword back into its scabbard.

Su Ze then said: "My king likes people who are brave. Shopkeeper Yan, I don't know how you want to talk about this?"

Yan Jiali knew that he had made the right bet, and it seemed that King Lu had already been thinking about negotiating.

As long as we can talk, things will be easier to handle.

Yan Jiali said: "In the future, merchant ships flying Yuegang ship pilots, please ask Lu Dawang to be more open. Our Yuegang Chamber of Commerce is willing to provide military expenses of 500 taels per month to support Lu Dawang."

Su Ze sneered inwardly. Businessmen were so driven to pursue profits and even colluded with Japanese pirates to such an extent. It was no wonder that the troubles in the Southeast China Sea could not be quelled.

However, there is no reason not to kill someone from Yuegang if they come to your door.

As for immigration and colonization, buying Western weapons and books also requires Yuegang.

Now the regular soldiers are all being paid, and Su Ze is planning to continue training the new army, repairing ships and buying cannons. Although Changning Guard has made a fortune, it cannot sit back and rest in vain.

These days, Lin Mojun also robbed some merchant ships as the Deer King, but he also needed a way to cash out.

Five hundred taels of silver a month was a huge sum of money for the Changning Guard in the past, but now the Changning Guard only costs one month to train and raise troops.

Raising troops is expensive!

Su Ze finally knew why Wan Ming collapsed so quickly.

The corrupt bureaucratic machine resulted in huge taxation costs, and coupled with the even more corrupt Ming army, the money exploited by the Ming court could not be sent to the soldiers at all.

Su Ze had read a lot of novels about the late Ming Dynasty, and when he came to read them, he raided the homes of ministers and vassal kings.

Not to mention that you asked your ministers to ransack your home, and out of one million taels of silver, could you hand over 100,000 taels to the court?

Not to mention whether these vassal kings would just sit back and have their homes confiscated, and whether they would spend more money on countering the rebellion if they rebelled.

The corrupt officialdom of the Ming Dynasty determined that the military problems in the late Ming Dynasty were not only economic problems, but also administrative problems.

If officials cannot govern clearly, everything they do will be in vain.

Withdrawing his messy thoughts, since Yuegang is willing to pay to help Changning Guard raise troops, Su Ze will naturally not be polite.

Su Ze said: "In addition to these, my king also has some goods, which also need Yuegang's help to deal with them."

Hearing that Su Ze had agreed, Yan Jiali was ecstatic. He immediately said with assurance: "We at Yuegang will purchase all the king's goods directly at the market price!"

Su Ze also insisted that Yan Jiali act as the middleman in the transaction between the two parties. From now on, it was agreed that Yan Jiali would come to Dong'ao Island once every month to purchase the stolen goods at market prices.

After the deal was concluded, Su Ze sent the Yan family's gift off the ship, held it in his hands and said, "My king appreciates your arrogance, Shopkeeper Yan."

Thinking of having to come to Yuegang every month in the future to bring goods, Yan Jiali felt bitter.

Yan Jiali hurriedly went back to report his orders to Yuegang Chamber of Commerce, boarded the boat and said goodbye to Su Ze.

Su Ze suddenly asked: "Shopkeeper Yan, are your Yan family from Zhangzhou Prefecture?"

Yan Jiali said: "Our Yan family has lived in Haicheng County, Zhangzhou Prefecture for generations, and has made a living by operating maritime trade. It has been four generations so far."

Haicheng County?

The "King of Taiwan" Yan Siqi is also from Haicheng County. Is he a descendant of the Yan family?

However, Yan Siqi would not be born forty years later. If he changed history, he might not be able to see him again.

Su Ze said goodbye with his hands crossed, and after finishing handling the matters on Dong'ao Island, Su Ze finally returned to Changning Guard by boat.

But as soon as Su Ze returned to Changning Guard, he met Lin Qingcai who came from the county town.

Lin Qingcai immediately said after seeing Su Ze: "Brother Su! Xiong Yue!"

"What's wrong with Xiong Yue?"

"Xiong Yue is dead!"
Chapter completed!