After negotiation with Guo Mingyan, Lin Chunhong entrusted all the work of making dried fish to Lu Shiyuan, and ordered him to acquire fresh sea fish on a large scale and select a place to make dried fish.

After detailed investigation, Lu Shiyuan finally decided to engage in the great cause of preservation on the deserted island of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Island and Guangzhou are geographically dependent on each other and are called Hong Kong because of their abundant fragrant wood. After learning about Lu Shiyuan's decision, Lin Chunhong couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, Hong Kong is full of charm, please be blessed. It's about to be famous for its stinky odor. Damn, there are so many fish, it would be strange if you don't kill people!"

However, Lin Chunhong had no intention of interfering, and let Lu Shiyuan act freely.

After more than two months of hard work by Yang Yiren and Cui Yu, the date of the Maritime Business Conference is getting closer and closer.

The vast ocean merchants have been traveling around the world all year round and are particularly sensitive to changes in maritime power. They realized that since Lin Chunhong defeated Liu Xiang, Zheng Zhilong's armed ships rarely entered the coast of Guangdong. Therefore, Lin Chunhong was regarded by them as another sea giant after Zheng Zhilong.

There were even some ambitious maritime merchants who hoped that the two families would fight each other immediately, and then the fisherman would benefit and gain a place in the ocean. However, what disappointed them was that both Lin Chunhong and Zheng Zhilong were very restrained and would never step into each other's territory.

Lin Chunhong's strong rise, and the mentality of maritime merchants is quite complicated. On the one hand, maritime merchants immediately changed from fish on the chopping board to popular goods that two companies actively won over. They can bet on both sides and seek personal gain; on the other hand, Lin Chunhong has an extremely deep official background, and no one knows whether Lin Chunhong will increase the exploitation of maritime merchants.

However, maritime merchants are quite active in maritime merchants. Not only are all maritime merchants from Guangdong present, but also many maritime merchants from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huizhou and Shandong also came, and there are even several maritime merchants coming from Fujian.

In addition, some merchants who are not maritime merchants also came to attend the maritime merchants, including Hong Qiyun, Zhang Desheng and Luo Yonghao, the wealthy merchants in Bangtai. They were the bosses of Qiyun Club, Desheng Club and Yonghao Club respectively. Under the strong protection of Lin Chunhong, they became the leading merchants of the Ming Dynasty in just five or six years. They have long regarded Lin Chunhong as their guardian god in their hearts, and have always followed Lin Chunhong's horse.

Moreover, after doing business for so many years, they realized that all the industries Lin Chunhong is engaged in are industries with broad prospects, so as long as Lin Chunhong wants to do, they will definitely follow the trend. This time, Lin Chunhong held a maritime business conference, and they also intend to expand their business scope at sea, so they traveled thousands of miles to Guangzhou together.

Lin Chunhong was extremely happy to hear that the three of them came to Guangzhou and personally met them.

"Come on... Come on, sit down, Cotton King, Medicinal Material King, Wood King, Three of you come to Guangzhou. Are you interested in going to sea?"

Lin Chunhong made a 1-by-bit industry with the most concentrated capital of the three, and was known as the king, which made the three of them flattered and replied one after another: "Lin Junmen was joking. Compared with Junmen, it was simply a comparison of the sun and moon with the starlight!"

Lin Chunhong smiled and said, "Where, where, don't you know that Lin has already replaced most of its industries with land?"

"This..." Hong Qiyun smiled quite stiffly, "It is precisely because the military gate has let go of cotton spinning and oil pressing, countless bosses have appeared in Jingzhou overnight. Now business is... "Hong Qiyun shook his head and sighed: "It's getting harder and harder to do!"

Lin Chunhong laughed: "Bangtai's business was squeezed by three people, making the profits weaker and weaker. Lin had no choice but to give up. Did the three people encounter Lin's problems back then? They also wanted to find another way out?"

Like the expression on Lin Chunhong's face, he was extremely proud. What Hong Qiyun said was difficult to do business was the competitive business environment he tried every means to cultivate. Since Lin Chunhong forced his redeem land last year, the gentry had obtained countless workshops. In order to survive, these new workshop owners have increased their investments and expanded their scale, which directly led to increasingly fierce competition in various industries in Bangtai.

The three bosses nodded at the same time. The three of them were always headed by Hong Qiyun. Hong Qiyun took the initiative and bowed and said, "Although Jingzhou and Yiling are large in population, they are limited to one corner. The three of us still have some extra money. Once we have a total of them, we will follow the military gate to Guangzhou to make some small profits. Boss Zhang wants to find a piece of land in Guangdong to plant sugarcane and squeeze sugar. Boss Luo is interested in a shipbuilding workshop. As for the rest, he doesn't have the courage of the two brothers. He just wants to sell some cotton cloth and cotton oil in Malacca..."

Lin Chunhong is very strange. In today's era, overseas trade profits are extremely amazing. The three of them are not moved at all. They firmly adhere to the concept of production first, which is an odd number.

Moreover, Hong Qiyun actually thought about getting a piece of the pie in the hands of Westerners. Is it considered to be extremely courageous or the ignorant people fearless?

Before Lin Chunhong could speak, Hong Qiyun continued: "To accomplish these three things, we need the care of the military. The three of us have discussed it. In addition to taxes, we pay a donation of 200,000 taels to Bangtai every year..."

Hong Qiyun's words were so shocking that at least they stunned Lin Chunhong.

The reason why Lin Chunhong was stunned was absolutely impossible to understand: the capital in Bangtai was not only seeking protection of force, but also had the need to expand with the help of force!

Is this considered an inevitable trend in capital development?

This is the capital in Bangtai. What about the capital of the vast number of maritime merchants? Is there any need to expand with force? Lin Chunhong feels it is necessary to set an agenda at the maritime merchants conference!

"Don't mention the donation matter again. Mr. Lin will provide convenience to the three of you, even if you don't worry!"

Lin Chunhong's words made the three of them ecstatic. Not only did they give up 200,000 yuan in donations, they also received Lin Chunhong's guarantee, and no one could avoid being disobedient. For a moment, all kinds of stingy flatteries rushed towards Lin Chunhong like water, making Lin Chunhong feel nauseous and want to vomit.

They didn't expect that Lin Chunhong came up with a wonderful idea. From this idea, Lin Chunhong's plundering was not a small amount!

"Two hundred thousand donations? Too little!" Lin Chunhong thought that he was not a small warlord who got into money, and he would never be able to be swayed by twenty taels of silver. Lin Chunhong knew that once he collected 200,000, the gap would become bigger and bigger in the future, and the Bangtai system would gradually be controlled by the rich merchants and become the tool at hand. This is something Lin Chunhong would never tolerate.

After half an hour of compliment, the three wealthy merchants finally got to the point again. Luo Yonghao said: "There is another thing, please help from the military service. I have always wanted to sell goods from Jingzhou overseas, but I don't know what kind of goods I am interested in overseas, nor do I know the profit. Can military service ask Guangzhou warehouse to provide some information? I am willing to spend a lot of money to buy it!"

"Haha..." Lin Chunhong laughed loudly, "Why does Boss Luo need to buy it? This matter is very easy. I am going to hold a World Expo in Guangzhou. Not only will the Ming Dynasty merchants attend the meeting, but also the Europa, Cannibal, and Indians attend the meeting. Even if you bring samples of the goods to be sold, what to buy, what to sell, and the price, isn't it clear at a glance? After you return to Jingzhou, you have to help the World Expo promote it and bring as many merchants as possible! As for how to operate it, go to Yang Tiju, and Yang Tiju is responsible for this matter!"

When the three of them heard this, they sighed: "As the saying goes, all those who do great things have the power to swallow the sun and the moon. The military plans are far-reaching, and we can't stand the world!"

After saying this, Lin Chunhong tried his best to instigate the three of them to invest in the preservation industry of sea fish, which was very thoughtful: "Have you heard that Lin was going to vigorously dry fish in Hong Kong? This is a profitable emerging industry! Once dried fish is made, it can be kept for ten months, and it is enough to transport it to every corner of the Ming Dynasty. Now, the northern part of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away, and countless hungry people are hungry. With dried fish, countless living people are worth countless. Besides, Lin has calculated the calculations. After a sea boat of 4,000 materials transported the fish to Yangzhou, he transferred to Jining by canal boat. He wanted to make a profit of 2,300 taels. Are the three interested in getting involved?"

The three of them looked at each other, unable to understand why Lin Chunhong attached so much importance to stinky fish. They all paid twelve points of attention to the new industries that Lin Chunhong has developed. They had long known Lin Chunhong's big fish business, and they had also calculated a calculation for Lin Chunhong, and the results obtained were not far from Lin Chunhong's calculations.

However, Lin Chunhong seemed to have forgotten a fact that Zheng Zhilong had to pay a 3,000-tall flag fee!

The three of them remained silent, and Lin Chunhong continued to persuade: "You are well-informed and know that Bangtai only sent ten ships of grain to Yangzhou this year, which made the grain prices in Jiangnan a mess. The vast majority of grain merchants suffered heavy losses, and Bangtai made a profit of more than 500,000 taels of silver! Dried fish is equivalent to food. After the three of them entered, they not only made profits, but perhaps the emperor was happy and it was not impossible to grant his wife and son to the three!"

In order to convince the three, Lin Chunhong did not hesitate to throw out the illusory words of "sealing a wife and a son", which made him ashamed. He immediately changed the topic and continued: "The salt required for making dried fish is provided by Lin, and the price can be negotiated, which is definitely more than 90% lower than official salt. As for the personnel, no matter what method the three recruited personnel, Lin could assist from the side..."

Lin Chunhong talked endlessly until the last three of them could not stand his long speech. Hong Qiyun said, "The military has a mission and is in charge of everything. Only through the East China Sea, you need to pay Zheng Zhilong a 3,000 taels of flag fee. In this way, wouldn't it be a loss of 700 taels?"

Lin Chunhong seemed to have already planned it, and smiled mysteriously, saying, "Don't worry, you will never let you pay this money again!"
Chapter completed!