"The trees are full of half-Lotus, and the New Year's people return alone. The fallen flowers go down the flowing water, and they come to Zhuyu Bay together." Zhuyu Bay is full of bamboo forests, and every family raises geese, and geese play in the water, which is full of life. Who would have thought that the world-famous Huizhou Guild Hall is located here. This is one of the pilgrimage sites of merchants of the Ming Dynasty. A command from here is enough to make the Ming Dynasty shake.

Wang Dajun looked at the prayer letter in his hand over and over and murmured: "Lin Chunhong, Jingzhou...what is this character?" The master stood by and hurriedly said: "It is Lin Chunhong, the owner of the three-masted sailboat half a month ago."

The master's words seemed redundant. Wang Dajun was rich and relied on his well-informed and skilled calculating. As soon as Lin Chunhong arrived in Yangzhou, he could clearly understand it. With his ability, he was elected as the president of the Huizhou Association of Yangzhou by Huizhou, dealing with some disputes between Huizhou merchants, uniting Hui merchants to the outside world, and having a very high reputation.

Wang Dajun threw the prayer aside and sneered: "I just started my business during the Tianqi period. In less than five years, I actually had to get into everything. Not bad, not bad, I will meet him today! Hehe, a remote boy in the countryside, you will be unlucky if you meet me!"

Lin Chunhong, Li Chongde and Gu Xiulin were led into the guild hall by their friends, and kept looking around. Entering the main hall, they found a statue of Zhu Zi. Lin Chunhong thought to himself, "Is that Zhu Zi also familiar with the art of fertility?" Li Chongde saw Lin Chunhong staring at Zhu Zi's statue and said, "Zhu Zi is from Huizhou." Lin Chunhong suddenly realized. Behind the main hall was a hall room, and the guest brought tea and asked the three of them to wait. Lin Chunhong looked at the south eaves of the hall room, and there were brackets and large wooden carved door lintels outside the north eaves.

, the fish and dragon are carved inside. The beams in the hall are engraved with the "Yaochi Presented Absurd Picture", and there are more than 20 immortals on it, all of which are superb reliefs: the Eight Immortals cross the sea, the Heavenly Girls Spread Flowers, Magu Longing, the Extreme Shape, and the Shape is extremely vivid. Around the characters, the mountains are surging, the auspicious clouds offer auspiciousness, and the cranes dance in the pine wind, which is quite spectacular. There are several couplets in the hall, one couplet is: In the 90,000 journey, three thousand roads, this hall is used to highlight the beauty of the southeast; under the 36 peaks and 24 bridges, the flowers and grass are moved, all of which are based on the light of the sun and the moon.

Li Chongde nodded and praised it. Lin Chunhong sighed: It turns out that he is a Hui merchant who combines merchants and scholars. He is exquisite in detail and ingenious ingenuity.

After waiting for a while, Wang Dajun's cheerful voice came: "The three of them have come here and have never been welcomed, so please forgive me."

Lin Chunhong was secretly surprised. Wang Dajun welcomed the guests too quickly. We were so important in his mind. He clasped his fists and said, "I would like to pay homage to the president, and I would like to ask the president to help you."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Wang Dajun said angrily. After that, he enthusiastically invited the three of them to sit down. Lin Chunhong observed Wang Dajun carefully. Although Wang Dajun was at least sixty, he was extremely energetic and showed his shrewdness and ability all over, which made Lin Chunhong cheer in his heart.

Wang Dajun smiled and said, "When Boss Lin appears, we will retreat to the Hui people!"

Lin Chunhong quickly stood up and bowed: "Jingzhou has been going thousands of miles from Yangzhou. It is not easy to come by. I have to build this big boat."

Wang Dajun was quite satisfied with Lin Chunhong's attitude. It was very rare for young people to advance and retreat. He nodded and said, "Yes, this big boat is suitable for you. What kind of business does Boss Lin do?"

"That is, it's just to go into the mountains to cut some wood and sell some groceries in small places like Jingzhou and Yiling. It's not a good time, so the president laughs!"

"Hahaha... the goods with more than three thousand materials are still not called, and Boss Lin is too modest. Besides, the wooden island in Bailizhou has become famous and knows everything along the Yangtze River!" Wang Dajun's business is involved in the timber industry, and of course he knows Lin Chunhong's stockpiling of a large amount of wood.

"What's the point of a little business?"

...

The two sides kept admiring each other, testing each other, and complimenting words made Gu Xiulin, a practical man, really unhappy, and moved his butt on the chair. After about two quarters of an hour, Wang Dajun brought the topic to the topic: "I wonder what happened to Boss Lin, who took a break from his busy schedule to meet me, the old man?"

Lin Chunhong hurriedly took out a wooden four-wheeled carriage from a wooden box. The carriage was carved from precious red sandalwood. Its knife skills are rare, both the horse and the driver are lifelike. Lin Chunhong held the carriage with both hands and said, "For the first visit, I have a little bit of a word, I hope the president will not see you."

Wang Dajun looked at the carriage and was overjoyed. He took it without hesitation. He kept admiring it in his palm and said, "Hehe, before he could say the words, the courtesy was here first. Boss Lin made the old man embarrassed. Do you think I should pick it up or not?" After that, he placed the carriage on the table.

Lin Chunhong and others laughed, and Lin Chunhong laughed: "That's right. We have some rotten wood in Bailizhou now, so we are thinking about selling it to Yangzhou. However, the wood is large in size and cannot be sold immediately after it is shipped to Yangzhou. I urgently need a place to be placed. The president said something in Yangzhou and Yangzhou would shake three times. I couldn't think of any way for a while, so I had to ask the president to give it some convenience."

"Haha, it seems that it takes a price to receive this gift. How can I afford to be worthy of Boss Lin so much?" Wang Dajun pushed the carriage gently towards Lin Chunhong, and said with regret.

Gu Xiulin cursed Wang Dajun in his stomach. Damn, if you Hui people had not controlled the wood guild, who would have the fucking fond of coming to worship the mountain?

Lin Chunhong stroked the carriage and smiled, "My brothers and I have been logging wood for almost five years, and we have accumulated some precious wood. This carriage is carved with precious red sandalwood, and there are also many such woods. There are also many pillars and talents. These businesses require the support of the president." After that, he pushed the carriage towards Wang Dajun.

Wang Dajun looked at the carriage that moved to his side and smiled and said, "Boss Lin doesn't know anything. There are thousands of families in Yangzhou, and it's not easy to find a piece of land. Besides, it's a rough piece of wood, and it occupies a large number of land. How can I, an old man, have that ability?"

"The president has been in the mall for many years and is a role model for our younger generations. During the Wanli period, he even made his business to the Forbidden City. As long as he handed over any business to the president, it is almost certain to win. We younger generations want to be lazy and handed over all the wood to the president for sale. We only need the president to provide a small piece of land to sell some groceries?"

“What groceries?”

"It's nothing more than mountain and wild goods such as Zelan Cap brocade and Rongmei Green Tea. In the future, some iron products and some vulgar handicrafts may be sold. I wonder what the president intends?"

When Li Chongde and Gu Xiulin heard that Lin Chunhong wanted to hand over the wood agency power to Wang Dajun, they all frowned secretly. This concession was too great! You know, after years of cutting down in Jiangnan and Huainan, there were so many pillars of the road, and a rotten wood could be sold at a good price. Wang Dajun was surprised when he heard this. This kid was really big, either confident or fool! He was thinking all over and kept calculating the profit in his heart. After a while, he laughed and said, "Boss Lin is so bold, so the old man admires it! The waves of the Yangtze River push the waves before the front!" After that, he held the carriage in his arms and kept stroking it.

Lin Chunhong felt relieved and a smile appeared on his face.

"Boss Lin's wood is piled up like a mountain, and I can't eat it alone. I have to discuss it with others. The iron products that Boss Lin mentioned are just four-wheeled carriages, right?"

"That's right, but it's not yet mature. I've built a few times to see first."

"The prospects for this thing in Yangzhou are worrying. The Jiangnan area is densely filled with rivers, and even when you go out, you can take a boat, so the carriage may not be of much use."

"President Xie reminded me that I just built a few rides and tried it out. If it doesn't work, I won't sell it!"

"Haha, Boss Lin has quite a lot of skilled craftsmen..."

After saying that, Wang Dajun brought Lin Chunhong and the other two into the back hall to continue discussing the details. At this time, the problem had just entered the substantive stage. Both sides pulled away their veils, refused to give in to each other, and directly confronted each other, not at all, not as gentle as before.

In the end, the two sides agreed that Lin Chunhong handed over the timber agency rights to the Yangzhou Huishang Timber Guild, with Wang Dajun accounting for 70% of them. Wang Dajun provided free 20 acres of land beside the canal for Lin Chunhong to build a warehouse. The warehouse was not allowed to sell cotton, silk, rice, tea, salt and other items other than Rongmei green tea. The two sides also reached an intention to build a dock for three-masted sailboats. When the time is right, the two sides will build a dock together.

The agreement was signed, and both parties pushed cups and put them in. The Qinhuai River was free and happy, so I won’t say it for the time being.

Lin Chunhong was quite satisfied with finally gaining a foothold in Yangzhou, while Li Chongde and Gu Xiulin were worried about handing over the timber agency rights. Especially Gu Xiulin, he was heartbroken and said, "Oh, I was always unwilling to accept it after being cut off a piece of meat. If we also had the foundation of Hui merchants, it would not have been like this."

"Hui merchants seem to be strong, but are actually weak. Their business is spread all over the Ming Dynasty, and many high-ranking officials have emerged in the middle, but in the end it is a rootless duckweed. If there is any disturbance, it will be like a building that will fall into pieces and be out of control. And we are different. Trafficking goods is only the last part, and the production of things is the foundation. What's more, our purpose is to control Badong toast, so how can Hui merchants compare with us?"

A few words made Gu Xiulin and Li Chongde nod. Li Chongde and Gu Xiulin's understanding of circulation reached a new level. In the future business world, Gu Xiulin paid special attention to the social effect of buying and selling and became one of the few politically savvy businessmen among Bangtai Trading Company. This is a later story.

In fact, Wang Dajun is particularly interested in Lin Chunhong's three-masted giant boat. Hui merchants have frequent cargo circulation. If they own such giant boats, the cost will be reduced a lot. However, Wang Dajun was also calm and never mentioned the giant boat during the negotiations. He wanted to see the government's attitude towards the giant boat again.

As expected, the prefect of Yangzhou's prefect Qiwen was immediately sent to the Nanzhili Chengxuan General Office, which made the governor suffer a headache and did not know how to deal with the three-masted giant boat. After hesitation, he had to go straight to Tianting and let the cabinet make things difficult for him.

In fact, since the opening of the sea in Longqing, the sea boats built have become larger and larger, and there are also many giant boats with five masts. However, there are small boats on the Yangtze River. I have never seen a large boat, and I don’t know what decision the court will make. Moreover, there is a great lack of hydrological information on the Yangtze River, and no one knows which channel the three mast sailboat can take.

Li Mengshen’s early hydrological survey was of great significance, and it is here! Especially the Jingjiang River, the nine-curved ileum, and there is no reliable hydrological data. How can a three-masted sailboat walk?

Regarding the possibility of the imperial court opposing the three-masted sailboat, Lin Chunhong believed that he had taken effective precautions and did not take them in his heart.
Chapter completed!