A knife in love

Chapter 3064

After listening to Li Qiufeng, Ding Guan smiled and said: "Uncle Li is right, Fusang Kingdom is hanging in the sea alone, the land in the country is barren, covered with mountains and rivers, and poisonous snakes and beasts are raging on the land. With a little land, it is not easy to support the royal family, nobles, ministers, big names and officials from all over the world, and tens of thousands of people. As far as I know, many people in Fusang Kingdom rely on fishing for a living. These fishermen collected heavy taxes, but still could not make up for the deficit of the court. Therefore, all the ports and wharves on the islands of Fusang Kingdom allowed ships from other countries to enter, but they had to pay taxes to make up for the income of the court of Fusang Kingdom. After hundreds of years, The imperial court of Fusang and the daimyos from all over the country relied more and more heavily on the tax money collected by the ports and wharves, and sent many officials to station at various wharves to strictly prevent the merchants and people in Fusang from colluding with merchants from other countries to evade paying taxes."

When Ding Guan said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "It's just that the power of the court of Fusang Kingdom is weak, and the big names in Fusang country are not paying attention to the court more and more, and they support each other to divide and attack each other endlessly. That's it. As a result, almost all the wharves in Fusang Kingdom were occupied by daimyos from all over the country, and the tax money collected also fell into the hands of daimyos. Although the court of Fusang Kingdom was dissatisfied, it had neither strong soldiers nor good generals, and it was impossible to cooperate with the daimyos from all over the country. The daimyos fought against each other, so they had no choice but to defend the capital. There was no way to take these daimyos.

"Those daimyos who occupied the port wharf collected tax money from merchants from other countries, and they made a lot of money. Naturally, they were satisfied. But the daimyo who didn't seize the port wharf couldn't receive the money, and could only watch other daimyos It is natural to be unwilling to make a fortune, and disputes arise because of this. For hundreds of years, because of the competition for the port, dozens of daimyos in Fusang fought back and forth, killing countless soldiers, and suffering catastrophe for the people. Defeat in battles often ends up in the end of one's life and family. The situation is extremely miserable. Those daimyos who won also won miserably. In this way, although the defeated daimyo will end up miserable, the victorious daimyo is also in danger. After much deliberation, the daimyo knew that no one would be able to please anyone in a deadly battle, so they colluded secretly to transfer some small-scale The ports and wharfs in Fusang are under the jurisdiction of everyone, and after the tax money is collected, everyone divides it equally. There are seventeen or eighteen such ports and wharves in Fusang, which are extremely secretive. Because each wharf is jointly managed by several daimyos, and each daimyo is on the wharf Officials are sent, and these officials check each other and act independently, giving businessmen from other countries the opportunity to play tricks. For example, after our big ship sails into the dock, we only need to send money to the officials, and they will turn a blind eye and close the other. In my eyes, I will not interfere with our affairs. Although the court of Fusang Kingdom knows about this, they have no choice but to swallow their breath and watch these famous names make a fortune."

After listening to Ding Guan's words, Li Qiufeng suddenly realized, nodded, and said in his mouth: "So that's the case. Fortunately, these big names are against each other, so we can take advantage of it."

Ding Guan laughed and said: "Uncle Li is right. The pier we are going to is managed by four daimyos, and each daimyo has set up tax officials on the pier. These tax officials are all greedy and restrain each other. The well-known tax officials only want to fill their own pockets, as long as they are fed with silver, they will naturally not interfere with it. Over the years, I have been to Fusang country several times to do business, and the silver given to those tax officials is not 1 taels, but also 8000 Two, they absolutely dare not ruin our business."

After listening to Ding Guan's speech, Li Qiufeng praised him casually, thinking to himself, Ding Guan is a person who has nothing to gain, and if he gives those tax officials a lot of money, he will definitely earn back ten or twenty times. silver.This person has made up his mind that money can turn ghosts around. In terms of means, he is more powerful than martial arts masters.It's just that they don't know what kind of business this person went to Fusang country to get such an astonishing return.

The two chatted for a few more words, the sky had already become gloomy, and seeing the twilight approaching, the sea wind became more violent, and several sails rattled, driving the big ship to gallop eastward.Ding Guan seemed to have remembered something, his expression became solemn, and he said in his mouth: "However, I heard that the king of Fusang Kingdom died of a sudden illness, leaving only one daughter. Fusang Kingdom has always had the old habit of a woman being the king, so the king died Later, the important officials of the court elected the king's daughter to be the head of the country. These important officials did not have any good intentions to help the daughter to the throne. Although the dead king of Fusang Kingdom had no sons, there were quite a lot of princes and princes in Pangzhi. From these princes It is not difficult to choose a virtuous person among the princes to succeed to the throne. However, the important officials of the court are worried that these offshoots of the royal family will reuse their cronies when they ascend the throne. It was only then that they colluded to exclude the princes and princes who were offshoots of the royal family, and elected the king's daughter to succeed him."

When Ding Guan said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "According to the plan of the important ministers of the Fusang Kingdom, the woman they elected as the king is just a puppet. I didn't expect the heroine of the Fusang Kingdom to be so powerful. Afterwards, the king made false claims with important officials of the court, respected them on the surface, and even called them benefactors, so as to confuse the important officials of the court, but secretly joined forces with the royal family and bought many dead men. At that time, taking advantage of the gathering of important officials of the court of Fusang Kingdom without the slightest precautions, the heroine of Fusang Kingdom threw a cup as a sign, ambushed soldiers everywhere, cut those important officials to pieces, and sent people to destroy the party members and family members of these important officials. The power of the court of Fusang Kingdom was taken back to the hands of the royal family.

"It's just that although the heroine of the Fusang Kingdom is powerful and controls the power of the Fusang Kingdom's court, the daimyos from all over the country have become inexorable, and their power far exceeds that of the court. If you want to kill all of these daimyos overnight and bring the whole of Fusang under the jurisdiction of the court It is tantamount to a fool's dream. Therefore, after the heroine of the Fusang Kingdom killed all the important officials of the court, she did not immediately attack the big names from all over the world. Instead, she used the method of making friends from afar and attacking closely. The imperial court served, and then sent resourceful people to lobby and instigate various powerful daimyos. The court of the Fusang Kingdom sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight and profited from it. After a few years, many tyrannical daimyos were defeated because of this, and their territories were either lost to the Fusang Kingdom. The imperial court swallowed it, or it was divided up by other daimyos.

"Among the dozens of big names in Fusang, the Matsuda family is the most powerful. The mistress of Fusang knows how powerful the Matsuda family is, so she doesn't dare to attack the Matsuda family. However, the head and retainers of the Matsuda family are not easy to deal with. Naturally, Knowing that the court of Fusang Kingdom and many big names regard the Matsuda family as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, they are always on guard against each other in secret. The two sides recruit troops and buy horses, and are afraid of each other. Once they fight one day, it will definitely be a tragic battle. The power is monopolized, and the court of Fusang Kingdom has been firmly controlled by her. If she dominates Fusang Kingdom and works hard to govern, these hidden ports and wharfs will definitely be brought under the rule of Fusang Kingdom's court. difficult."

(End of this chapter)