Du Yinxi and Zheng Hongkui had a close chat all night, which made Zheng Hongkui so happy.

On the second day, Zheng Hongkui ordered his confidant to lead a merchant ship to Japan, but after saying goodbye to Du Yinxi, he took Natsu by land and quickly returned to Anping.

After hearing Shi Kefa tried to build a fort in Anqing, Zheng Zhilong saw the wonders of this strategy at a glance and said happily: "Land and sea echo, and have always envied Lin Xiaosan for shooting left and right on Jinghu and the ocean. Now we finally found the entry point."

However, when Zheng Hongkui said that Shi Kefa was extremely short of military spending and hoped that Zheng Zhilong would provide thirty heavy artillery free, Zheng Zhilong almost jumped up and cursed: "Let me be the sucker? These sour scholars have a good plan!"

No wonder Zheng Zhilong was so angry. Under Lin Chunhong's squeeze, his income was decreasing, and recently he invested huge sums of money to build three-deck warships and purchase heavy artillery, almost hollowing out his old foundation. He even suspected that if Japan had not been controlled in his hands, he would not know if there would be rice to be put into the pot.

Zheng Zhilong stared at Zheng Hongkui and said angrily: "You go and tell Shi Kefa, don't even think about it for free. At most, I can be cheaper here and not make the difference."

Zheng Hongkui was submissive and crawled away from Zheng Zhilong's residence.

Zheng Hongkui was extremely unwilling to give up, feeling that Zheng Zhilong was no longer as energetic as before, and even a little short-sighted. Thirty heavy cannons, 600,000 great circles were enough, and Lin Chunhong was determined to make progress in the ocean with 600,000 great circles. This deal can be said to be profitable but not loss.

In desperation, Zheng Hongkui found Natsu, hoping that Natsu could help.

Naz originally knew nothing about Anqing, let alone understood the strategic significance of building a fort. Out of the instinct of a profitable businessman, he refused to give him a slight discount on heavy artillery.

Zheng Hongkui had no choice but to spread out the map and persuaded earnestly: "Lin Chunhong raised more than 50,000 soldiers in Nanyang, with hundreds of warships. If only these people are supported in a year, it will exceed tens of millions of Dayuan. If large-scale warships and heavy artillery are included, even 20 million Dayuan cannot be defeated in a year. The reason why Lin Chunhong can support these people is nothing more than a large-scale maritime trade. At present, Lin Chunhong transports goods from Jingzhou to ports such as Guangzhou, one road passes through the Xiangjiang River, Lingqu, and one road passes through the Yangtze River. Due to the narrow channel of Xiangjiang River and Lingqu, the share of the Xiangjiang River and Lingqu account for less than one-tenth. If a fort was built in Anqing, 90% of the goods from Jinghu were controlled in his hands. Where could he still provide hundreds of thousands of Dayuan support hundreds of thousands of people?"

Zheng Hongkui pointed and poked the map, kept moving from Anqing to Guangzhou, and finally convinced Naz. Naz pondered for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The heavy artillery trade, the Batavian Governor's Office is just an intermediary. Given that the Anqing Fort is so important, we can bear at most one-third of the cost, how about it?"

After getting Naz's promise, Zheng Hongkui went non-stop to find Zheng Zhilong.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong did not see the meaning of building a fort in Anqing, but was not willing to do it. After hearing that the Dutch had taken over one-third of the burden, he also tried his best to move more than 200,000 yuan around and said, "We have done our best. You inform Shi Kefa and ask him to raise another 200,000 yuan... As for the gunner, we can provide it, or help Shi Kefa for free training..."

"And..." Zheng Zhilong emphasized his tone and emphasized: "Heavy artillery is enough to lock the river, but it is not effective for land warfare. After you see Shi Kefa, you must urge him to strengthen the defense of Anqing City, otherwise you will have to make wedding dresses for Lin Chunhong in the end."

Zheng Hongkui agreed and left Zheng's mansion and headed towards Anqing.

The situation is changing, and those who are ready to move are definitely not the Dutch. Zheng Zhilong and the Donglin Party, and even Fan Yongdou, who lives in Jiexiu, Shanxi, can no longer sit still.

Since Huang Bo acquired the first batch of wool in Datong and Xuanfu, and planned to build a wool-twisting workshop in Qinshui, Shanxi, it immediately aroused Fan Yongdou's alert.

Like all Shanxi merchants, Fan Yongdou focused on selling food, steel, salt and tea, and transported luxury goods such as Dongzhu and ginseng from Liaodong or the grassland. As for wool, not only the trade volume is small, but it is also unprofitable, so naturally it cannot reach Fan Yongdou's eyes.

However, out of instinct, Fan Yongdou felt that Lin Chunhong must have an unspeakable purpose. He immediately sent someone to stare at the Lady Castle and see what Lin Chunhong's men were damaging there.

It was not until Zhou Shiliang arrived at the Lady's Fort protecting Lin Chunhong's concubine and recruited people everywhere to organize caravans that Fan Yongdou suddenly realized: Lin Chunhong had already set his sights on Shanxi, and even listed Shanxi merchants as fat on the chopping board.

Following this idea, Fan Yongdou felt that selling wool is more and more evil. After all, there is nothing in the grassland and Liaodong, but there is no shortage of wool. If Lin Chunhong purchases wool in large quantities, wouldn’t the livelihood of the grassland people be in Lin Chunhong’s hands?

Fan Yongdou was the first to start the bill business among Shanxi merchants and expanded the bills to Shanxi, Northern Zhili and the grassland. Although he was hit by the gold bills and his development momentum was suppressed a lot, he was in the rising stage in general. Based on the bills, he found that he did not only get profits, but also slowly controlled the capital exchanges in the entire Hedong region, allowing him to enjoy a lofty position among Shanxi merchants, which was quite a bit of a response.

Fan Yongdou immediately summoned the other seven families to discuss countermeasures. Some people suggested purchasing wool to develop wool, but after calculating the accounts, they found that there was no profit at all. Some people also suggested taking the high-level route to prevent Lin Chunhong from purchasing wool in Datong and Xuanfu, but when they thought that Lu Xiangsheng hated them, they consciously canceled the plan.

Everyone discussed it over and over again, but they did not discuss what result it would be. Fan Yongdou had to order the meeting to leave, and he was frightened every day to think about a counterattack.

Until one day, Chen Qiyu passed by Jie Xiu, Fan Yongdou served Chen Qiyu comfortably. Chen Qiyu reminded him: "The world is a game of chess, and it is lost in the east corner, and it is won in the sun."

Fan Yongdou realized that Chen Qiyu reminded him not to be limited to a corner of Shanxi, but to find a way with a perspective of looking at the world. Moreover, Chen Qiyu also proposed very obscurely that Fan Yongdou would contact with Anlu Governor Shi Kefa.

Although Fan Yongdou didn't know what would be the benefit of contacting Shi Kefa, out of trust in Chen Qiyu, he immediately sent Fan Chengyi to visit Shi Kefa with a heavy gift.

What Fan Yongdou never expected was that before Fan Chengyi set out, Shi Kefa was like being guided by a master, and sent his confidant to contact him and talked about the significance of Anqing Fort to restrict Lin Chunhong. He hoped that Fan Yongdou would help him.
Chapter completed!