This was the first time Mr. Yan learned that Mr. Zhao and Mr. Feng San were uncles and nephews, but he was quite cunning and certainly would not show his surprise on his face. What's more, he cared more about such news than his own relatives. Thinking that most of the people who went to the appointment on time today were Chaozhou Gang, he immediately realized something.

"Brother Zhao means that we have neglected before, and the apology alone cannot be compensated. If we can quickly talk about this matter, I believe that other people will know the severity of the matter as we are now. Then we will gather together in Xiangshan County. Not only will it be a huge momentum, but it will allow the six previous families who want to eat alone to retreat, but it will also be able to atone for Mr. Wang. As long as Mr. Wang is not trying to expel the Folang Jiren from Mr. Hao Jing, nor will heal more officials in Hao Jing, but set up a deliberation bureau. It is indeed a good thing for us."

"So that's what my uncle meant!" Mr. Zhao San didn't care about anything else and immediately said anxiously, "Since that's the case, then go quickly, I'm afraid of changing! Don't take a boat, let's ride a horse. Don't look at the Lotus Stem Gate only opens six times a month, as long as you are willing to pay a large price, you can definitely pass!"

Everyone knows that it takes time to come. If the six families really let them take out something to impress Wang Fulin and decide the candidate for the convention, it would be too late. But at this moment, the three families could not compete with the six families, so even if they regretted it, they would have to rush forward immediately. Although Mr. Zhao San, he was young, was a young man with little body. Mr. Zhao and Mr. Yan were both in his early forties. After all, he rushed to the scene. When he arrived at Haojing, the three of them almost collapsed, but they had to be energetic and went to visit each family separately.

Almost overnight, the Guangdong and Fujian merchants, who were originally as stable as Mount Tai, could no longer sit still. However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the news leaked out. Even several merchants learned the news, and now it was a stone to stir up a thousand waves.

The next day, it happened to be the day when the Lotus Stem Gate was opened. During the whole day, there were no lightning cars and horses on the road from Haojing to Xiangshan, which was absolutely not a top-notch official road. So there were many inns and hostels in Xiangshan County that were originally full of houses, and were completely filled with these new guests. On the evening of that day, the gatekeeper of the county government transferred a thick stack of prayer letters to Mr. Cai. Mr. Cai smiled and held it into the room, but he happened to see Wang Fulin spread out a map and poked one of the points and said something to Gu Jing.

"Haojing was rented to the Portuguese before, and the name was to dry goods. But now, in addition to merchant ships, there are also Portuguese military ships. Just like during the rebellion at the dock before, if I hadn't sent people to the ship early and rescued people in the chaos, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, Xiangshan County also needs to curb the power of the Folang Ji people, and Xiangshan has set up generals. The garrison place can be placed directly in Haojing when the place is suitable in the future. Now it is stationed in Yongmo, which is to shock the Portuguese and not make them feel too insecure."

Master Cai couldn't help but stand up when he heard this, but Wang Fulin stopped talking. He immediately felt a little regretful. After all, when the leader asked for information, the words were worth a thousand gold. He quickly stepped forward and presented a large stack of prayer books with his hands. He was about to explain who had not come, but he didn't expect Gu Jing to rush in front of him.

"Tell me. Who else has the strong and conscientious company on the side of Haojing has come?"

"It's all here." Master Cai saw Gu Jing and was frowning, while Wang Fulin looked dull, obviously expecting it. He added another sentence, "Even many small and medium-sized merchants came together, all for the sake of seeing Master Wang."

The so-called seeking of the merchants from Haojing was certainly not empty-handed, but full of filial piety. For this reason, Wang Fulin asked Master Cai to help receive gifts. Chen Bingchang copied the gift list, and the visitors did not refuse. However, most merchants not only did not think that his generous way of receiving gifts, but felt relieved.

After all, in addition to the six representatives who attended the meeting on time, even Mr. Zhao and the other three who arrived three quarters of an hour later, they were more or less neglected before, and they were afraid that Wang Fulin would settle the old accounts. Even if Wang Fulin's memorial might not be accepted by the cabinet, they were still considered very considerate of the merchants who made a living by sea trade. Moreover, there was the mansion report thrown out by Wang Fulin as a comparison, and those conservative officials who were stubbornly snatching the ancestral system of the sea ban system and refused to let go, and there was a businessman who was willing to endorse Guangdong and Fujian maritime merchants, which was of course a great good thing.

You should know that the merchants are rich, and they can now train Jinshi, or train agents who waving flags and shouting for their side in the court, but they still can't come to the stage. Even if they donate their crowns and belts, they will not be able to become officials. Now, if they can really establish a deliberate bureau and be elected as the chief of the Australian government, even if they are just renting the Haojing to the Folang Jiren, they will still obey the Xiangshan County Magistrate, but they can go to the stage just by just being legitimate, which is also a big breakthrough!

When Wang Fulin gathered these Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang businessmen together, he immediately gave his opening remarks. Even the old men who were cautious in their hearts and had not been dealing with Folang Jiren for a day had to admit that those words were quite confusing. Even at their age, they could not help but feel that they had been called a profiteer for many years and were finally given a reputation.

"As the saying goes, Guangdong has seven mountains, one water and two parts of fields, and Fujian has eight mountains, one water and one part of fields. As for the Huizhou Prefecture where I came from, some say it is eight mountains, one water and one part of fields, some say it is seven mountains, one part of fields, one part of fields, one part of roads and manors, or eight mountains, half of water and half of fields, one part of roads and manors. But no matter what, whether it is Guangdong, Fujian or Huizhou Prefecture, it is precisely because farming is not enough to make a living that Hui merchants are famous all over the world, and Guangdong merchants are dominating the south.

An uncle in my family often said, 'The sun is the city, and it originated from Shennong, and it is the same as the ploughs and hoes. The 11th farmer, and King Wen did not finish the ploughs because of farming.' In today's Guangdong, the people in the country are busy farming and weaving, and the city is full of labours, prosperous and prosperous, and not prosperous. Why? If it weren't for the real money and silver of the Folangji merchant ships, from then on, silk, porcelain, tea, etc., how could those labourers who cannot make a living by farming and the people living in the city make a living? How could they have the current prosperity of Guangdong? Therefore, some people in the court clamored to expel foreign countries and ban sea trade, which was completely unaware that although merchants were in the middle, they brought various needs, and even allowed farmers to earn more income while plowing the fields. This is the truth that both prosper and lose all the losses! "

Wang Fulin's family background is not a secret. Everyone knows that the Wang family in Songmingshan is not the most outstanding among Huizhou merchants. But he is also a very successful Huizhou merchant. As for the uncle Wang Fulin mentioned, everyone knows that it must refer to the spokesperson of Huizhou merchants. Wang Daokun, who had been idle at home for many years, promised to write epitaphs to Huizhou merchants and praise merits.

Wang Fulin saw that this simple speech brought each other closer together, and he was very satisfied. He immediately preached: "Among you all here, many people have been in exchange for transactions with Folang Ji people for a day or two, but for ten or twenty years. In comparison, although this is my first time in Haojing, I have also heard of many things by relying on the blessing of Hui merchants to travel around the country."

"There is a saying in the court that this country is close to Malacca, so it was only possible to destroy Malacca during the Zhengde period and once impersonate the tribute. But as far as I know, this country's fleet not only destroyed Malacca, but also seized a southwest city-state Goa from India. After defeating the Indian fleet, it controlled a large area of ​​coastal areas southwest of India. It is said that when the Flangji people arrived at the coast of our Ming Dynasty many years ago, they once regarded the Ming Dynasty as an India that was a great country but had no strength. Until they suffered repeated setbacks and defeats, they once wanted to play tricks after renting the Haojing transaction, but they had to bow their heads because of their strong strength."

It was originally thankless to analyze the country, history, and military with a group of profit-seeking merchants. But because Wang Fulin had previously stated that I was also a child of a merchant and I supported the openness of maritime trade, a group of merchants did not feel that what Wang Fulin said just now was unheard. On the contrary, even though many people earned a lot of gold and silver from the Florians. Knowing that the Florians had captured Manlacia, this was the first time that the Florians had even occupied a lot of territory in India. This is also why Wang Fulin never mentioned that the Portuguese occupied many parts of Africa.

Journey to the West is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Many people know that India is the place to obtain scriptures in the West, but how many people know where Africa is?

So, after confirming that his words had been heard, Wang Fulin changed his mind, "In fact, as far as I know, the Folang Ji people did not come from the South and West where the eunuchs of Sanbao had visited. They came from a farther place and occupied the west coast of India. That was because Goa, India, was the best bridgehead for our Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Korea. The silk porcelain transported from us was transported from Goa to their local area, and could be sold for ten times or even hundreds of times. As for trade to Japan, the Folang Ji people occupied ten***.

To say this, of course, I am not trying to encourage everyone to venture out from Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian. If you are not from the people of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Prefecture, you will not be able to go out, and you will not gather in Haojing. I just want to say that just as you want to sell these silk porcelains from our country to earn gold and silver, the Folang Ji people also need to transport these goods from us, traffic them to Japan, South Asia, India, and even their farther-distance local areas to make huge profits. Therefore, they rented them in Haojing after they fought repeatedly against the Ming Dynasty and were unable to win at all, but this was like a tenant and a landlord, just renting them, but now they obviously have the tendency to turn the guests. What I said is that the thirty-six companies promote the insurance provider, form a deliberate bureau, and collect the land lease rights of the Folang Ji people, is to redefine the host and guest, so that they know who is the real master."

Seeing that all the merchants were attentive, Wang Fulin nodded at Gu Jing. The Xiangshan County Magistrate cleared his throat and said, "Folang Ji has customs taxes in Manlacca and Goa, India. According to what our county has learned before, Folang Ji's own merchant ships have to pay taxes when they pass through Manlacca (Malacca) and Goa. It takes about 60,000 yuan per year to pass through Manlacca, and about 50,000 yuan per year to Goa. Everyone should have collected too much of the things like Benyang. It is about half a tael of silver from us. In other words, the net income of the customs in these two places is 50,000 yuan per year to 60,000 taels per year.

Judging from the riot that Wang Xunzhang encountered in Haojing before, the Folang Jiren did not have a person to manage it in Haojing. So, once such a riot spread to the country, and if we know that our Ming Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous, merchant ships have made a lot of money to travel here, they will of course consider sending officials here to manage the jurisdiction. If officials are sent, what is the first thing they do?

"Tax!"

This time, it was Mr. Feng San who blurted out these two words. However, not to mention him, the others did not care whether this was rude or not, and they all thought about it urgently.

Tax evasion is the nature of merchants, so in the past, in order to reach a deal, these local merchants often helped bribe officials responsible for the draw and helped them evade taxes. It can be imagined that if those Florians really set up an official office here, even if they just tax the Florian merchants and dare not attack them, the Ming merchants, then what measures would the other party take after the operating costs increase? Will this be an excuse to lower the price when buying their goods? Moreover, if the other party has an official office as a backend, no matter whether it is a Guangdong merchant or a Fujian merchant, even if it is a Zhejiang merchant, Huguang merchant, they will be at a disadvantage in the transaction.

Of course, if the court is allowed to send the government office to Haojing by legitimately, they will also be subject to others. Therefore, Wang Fulin's previous package of notes is undoubtedly very consistent with the needs of these businessmen!

However, when it comes to Shangyan, most of the merchants sit down according to their own merchant gangs. At this moment, they have to whisper to each other and discuss urgently. They know how much the goods traded in Haojing each year. Such a huge amount of transactions, and the Flangji people have even set up a bishop, and then they will make an official with a name in the future. Of course, it is very likely that even if there is no big case on the Lisbon before, it will be a matter of time. What's more, it is said that Captain Franco was seriously injured and only had one breath left, which is even more impossible to be good!

After some discussion, several major merchants pushed out one person to speak, but it was Mr. Huang Qi of the Chaozhou merchants. After he stood up, he bowed to the four seats first. Then he looked at Wang Fulin very cautiously and said: "Mr. Wang is very knowledgeable. The first thing he did after taking office was to come to Haojing first, and he mentioned such a good proposal to benefit all businessmen and civilian workers. We were negligent before, and we felt guilty. We had just discussed and were willing to donate 20,000 yuan in salary to provide military use."

Wang Fulin sneered inwardly. It seems that many people really guessed that or they knew the greatest responsibility of the Guangdong inspector! Unfortunately, donating wages is of course not acceptable!
Chapter completed!