Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 598 Great Opportunity (Please Subscribe!)

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I heard Wang Lun say, "Your Majesty has no time, see you someday." Then all the Song merchants were dismissed by Wang Lun.

This is not the same as what many Song merchants thought before.

When they thought about it, Li Yan didn't see Arab and Venetian Genoese businessmen, that's all, why didn't he see them?
This undoubtedly made these Song merchants panic!

Since Lingzhou was occupied by Xixia, the Silk Road on the road has been blocked. Therefore, if you want to do international trade, you must go by sea.

But now that the Jin army is going south in a big way, all the trade in the north can't be done.

Therefore, Song merchants went to sea in large numbers, joined the ranks of maritime international trade, and became maritime merchants.

In addition to those businessmen in the traditional sense joining the ranks of maritime merchants, there are also a large number of scholars, that is, those who failed the rankings, who also joined the ranks of Shanghai merchants to do international maritime trade.

According to incomplete statistics, there are now tens of thousands of Song people who have become maritime merchants.

In fact, this is normal, because international trade by sea is really too profitable.

Many sea merchants who have been in the sea for a long time have now all made a fortune. In Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places, there are many sea merchants with a net worth of several million. The most powerful sea merchant (that is, Xu Derong from Quanzhou) has made a fortune in Nanyang After more than ten years of business, he has earned [-] million yuan.

What is the concept of [-] million strings?

Now the annual fiscal revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty is only more than 1 million guan, and this is still a good time, like now when the year is not good, let alone 8000 million guan, even [-] million guan can not be collected, Xu Derong passed More than ten years of international trade at sea has actually earned the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty for two years.

The Northern Song Dynasty was an extremely rich dynasty in history. Taking the Northern Song Dynasty as an example, it is not enough image.

Or take the most powerful Tang Dynasty in Chinese history as an example.

When the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, the annual fiscal revenue was only 3000 million guan. Xu Derong earned the fiscal revenue of six or seven years in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty through more than ten years of international trade at sea.

If counted according to later generations, Xu Derong earned 40 trillion yuan through more than ten years of international maritime trade.

Therefore, Xu Derong can definitely be called a wealthy country. If he donated all his wealth to the Northern Song Dynasty, he might be able to help the Northern Song Dynasty to overcome the shame of Jingkang.

Maritime merchants engaged in international trade at sea can earn dozens of times the huge profits once they go to sea, and sometimes even dozens of times the huge profits.

International trade at sea has such huge benefits, but now all the coastal areas in the east of the Indochina Peninsula and the Strait of Malacca, which must pass through, are all under the control of Li Yan. Without Li Yan's words, no one can do international trade at sea.

Therefore, Li Yan didn't want to see them. How could these Song merchants not be in a hurry?
The twenty or so sea merchants from the Song Dynasty who came to meet Li Yan are all outstanding among sea merchants, and each of them has a net worth of more than tens of millions, including the number one sea merchant and the legendary Xu Derong among them. .

As soon as they left the governor's office, thousands of Song merchants surrounded Xu Derong and the others, saying one after another:

"Mr. Xu, would the Emperor wish to see you?"

"Xu Gong, when will the emperor return our merchant ship?"

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Xu Derong briefly dealt with these thousands of Song merchants, and then took the other twenty or so people to sit down in a private room in a restaurant.

When everyone sat down, someone said:

"Xu Gong, what does the emperor mean when he doesn't see us?"

"We are of the same species as the Great Emperor, and we are not comparable to those merchants from the big food merchants and the Western Heavens. The Emperor is forgiven for not seeing those merchants, so why doesn't he see us?"

"Is it because the emperor thinks that the gift I am offering is too light? How about I wait for crowdfunding and give the emperor a generous gift?"

"..."

Although Xu Derong is known as "Xu Gong", he is actually not very old, only in his 40s.

Being able to stand out from the huge group of maritime merchants and be far ahead of others, Xu Derong is naturally extremely extraordinary.

Xu Derong thought for a while, and then said: "The emperor is wise and wise. He led a large army across from Liaodong to seize this crucial Indochina Peninsula and strangle the trade channel between the East and the West. It is impossible to only seek some goods, there must be other It has far-reaching intentions, and we may only be able to ask the emperor to return our merchant ships and resume trade only if we know the emperor's intentions."

A sea merchant said: "That's right, although the emperor seized our merchant ship, he didn't touch our property, nor did he make things difficult for us. Obviously, he is planning to return our merchant ship to us."

Another sea merchant said: "But how can we know what the emperor's intentions are?"

Xu Derong said in a deep voice: "We don't know, but someone must know."

Everyone asked, "Who is it?"

Xu Derong said: "Prince Wang Zezhen."

Nowadays, there is a saying in the sea world that there is a king in the south and a king in the north.

This "Southern Xu" is naturally the legendary sea merchant Xu Derong who ran on the western front, and the "Northern King" is the number one sea merchant Wang Zezhen who ran in Liaodong.

In terms of wealth, Xu Derong is naturally better.

But in terms of strength, Wang Zezhen, who had set up the Shuibo Liangshan line early on, was stronger.

Back then, after Wang Zezhen made the right bet, she has been doing business between Song State and the counties in Eastern Liaodong.

As Shuibo Liangshan became more and more prosperous, Wang Zezhen's business became bigger and bigger.

In order to strengthen the connection with Shuibo Liangshan, Wang Zezhen sent his two daughters to the palace through the draft. Now one has been named Shuyi by Li Yan, and the other has been named Jieyu by Li Yan. Wang Zezhen's youngest daughter He even gave Li a son.

Wang Zezhen, who is backed by the water and moored in Liangshan, now has dozens of large ships, and is definitely the most powerful maritime merchant.

The key point is that Wang Zezhen's background is still very deep, and he can even go to the palace to meet Li Yan often, and he can also attend some important banquets held by Li Yan.

Xu Derong felt that Wang Zezhen must know what Li Yan wanted to do, so he brought the other twenty or so Song merchants to visit Wang Zezhen.

Since China's maritime merchants began to go to sea on a large scale, the Chinese have formed a large-scale overseas immigration group.

Therefore, in many countries, such as Central South, India, Foodstuffs, and even East African countries, there are Chinese commercial colonies and even Chinese communities.

There is also such a Chinese community in the south-central area of ​​Angkor Thom.

Back then, when Hu Yanqing and Han Shizhong captured Angkor Thom, they had focused on protecting it.

Wang Zezhen bought a mansion here not long ago.

Xu Derong and others came to this mansion to meet Wang Zezhen.

After passing the door pass, Wang Zezhen came out to greet her personally, and said, "Everyone, come and let the humble house shine. Please come in!"

Everyone said: "Your Majesty!"

Wang Zezhen returned the salutes one by one, and finally took the initiative to cup his fists at Xu Derong and said, "Grand Xu!"

Xu Derong returned the gift and said: "I'll come here uninvited, I really need something to ask the prince."

Wang Zezhen said, "I don't know what it is?"

Xu Derong bowed solemnly, and said: "I also ask the prince to give me some advice!"

After a short reaction, Wang Zezhen understood what Xu Derong and others were asking for.

Wang Zezhen pondered for a while, and said: "Everyone, please go to the upper hall with me to discuss."

Seeing this, Xu Derong was overjoyed!
Wang Zezhen didn't directly refuse, which means that Wang Zezhen should know something, otherwise Wang Zezhen would never be like this.

After everyone entered the upper hall with Wang Zezhen, Xu Derong bowed again: "I also ask the prince to give me some advice!"

Wang Zezhen looked around for a week and said, "Your great opportunity has come."

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There are some things today, and I really can’t code Chapter 2, so there is only this chapter, and I will try to make it up for everyone tomorrow.

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