Dragon Sea Empire

In the evening, all major shareholders gathered at Yin Feng's home.Mai Wan'er led several maidservants to serve tea one by one, then exited the room, covered the doors and windows, and said to Chen Zhongji with a smile: "The owner of the ship asked you to guard the door, and don't let anyone approach."

Chen Zhongji nodded quickly: "Don't worry, auntie, I'll understand." Holding a newly made flintlock musket, he stood at the door with his head held high.

Mai Wan'er smiled, turned around and walked back to her room.Chen Zhongji's "Auntie" made her feel elated and comfortable; that's right, on this island of Taiwan, Yin Feng belongs to her alone.Needless to say, the Danjia sailors in the Merchant Fleet and the Battle Fleet were not only close to her but also respected her; those rich merchants or craftsmen who escaped from Luzon Island, and guard soldiers also respected her very much when they saw her.The rest of the workers and farmers who had just been recruited to Taiwan did not know the details, and regarded her as the wife of the owner of the ship, and would retreat first when they saw her on the street to make way for her.

Of course, this is all because she is Yin Feng's woman.

Yin Feng sat on the inner room first, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles, listening to the nagging speeches of Zeng Jingshan, Han Ping and his son, Li Lihua, Lu Shitou, Li Yue, An Heping and others with a bitter face. Xu Xinsu also complained non-stop: "Brother Yin, I'm not complaining, this is really a waste of money. There are so many merchants in Fujian, and there are at least 30 to 60 ships going to Manila in previous years. There are so many goods. , how could we eat them all?"

After more than half a year of recuperation, Han Ping began to gain weight again. At this time, he also interjected: "Boss owner, it's not a matter of whether we can eat all the goods, but that these goods are hoarded in our company's hands, and a large amount of money will die in the hands of our company." It’s there, we can’t bear it? Ship it to Macau, Nanyang, Siam, and Japanese, can anyone there accept all these goods?”

Lu Shitou said loudly, "Hmph!", "Master Han, have you forgotten how you escaped from Manila? Do you want to send the goods to Luzon to do business with those Ganla people who killed your nephew?"

Han Ping's face turned red, and before he spoke, his son Han Jing retorted: "My father means; business is business. We now support tens of thousands of people, and thousands of folks from Manila rely on the company Live, we don't want the company to be unable to sell because of the hoarding of goods, and in the end it will not be able to maintain..."

"Then just go back on your word and cancel the trade embargo to Manila? Isn't the company breaking its word?" Li Yue is the most active advocate, and he also jumped out to speak: "Why did we promise to everyone when our company was established? Called back to Manila! Now, shopkeeper Han wants to go back to Manila to trade?"

Han Ping raised his voice and said, "What do you know, you brat? I'm afraid you haven't been able to call back to Manila. Everyone in our China United Company will starve to death here!"

Xu Xinsu originally represented Li Dan in soliciting goods in various parts of Fujian, and she is very familiar with the business community in Fujian.At this time, he stood beside Han Ping and spoke: "Everyone's intention is for the good of the company. The important thing is that the funds of the Zhonghua Company are not enough now. Brother Yin, we still have to find a way to sell all the goods and get some money back." .Otherwise, we will have no money to spend before the Hongmaoyi come to attack us.”

Zeng Jingshan took out a stack of paper and waved it. This is the bill made according to the double-entry bookkeeping method taught by Yin Feng: "As of today, there are still 30 taels of silver in the bank. Next month, tens of thousands of craftsmen, The man is waiting for the money to eat, and can’t use it. Today, Yin Dadong’s family earned 5 taels of silver from Macau trade, but half of the wood and iron materials needed to build warships in Beigang have to be spent. As of today, we It took nearly 50 taels of silver to buy goods from merchants all over Fujian, and nearly 4 taels of silver to buy fishing boats and small sampans from all over the coast. I don’t understand what this is for..."

Yin Feng saw that Lu Shitou was about to jump up and start a fight, so he quickly stood up and raised his hands and pressed down: "Brother Lu, sit down first, let me say a few words." He took the bill and swept it over. After a few glances, he said: "I understand what everyone means. No one wants to see the company go bankrupt. I hereby promise: I will return to Manila in three years. This is what I swear to do! I will promise it in front of everyone. ! Moreover, all shareholders who invested can get back twice the amount of money after two years, and this promise remains unchanged."

He raised his hand to stop Zeng Jingshan and Han Ping, and they had no choice but to swallow what they wanted to say.Yin Feng continued: "Our company was established with the goal of defeating the Ganla people, and seeking justice for all the Tang people who died in vain! At the same time, in order to support thousands of folks, it is right to talk about business. If we don't make money, how can we have the strength to defeat them? Does it matter to the La people? The imperial court can’t help us when they see it, and we can only help ourselves on this deserted island outside the sea!”

Yin Feng straightened his thoughts and paced around the room. Everyone looked at him: "The embargo on the Manila trade cannot be stopped, otherwise many people in our company will make trouble, and those folks in Bamin will be angry." Look at us, stop trusting us, and the popularity that the company has built up will disappear. But, so many people rely on going to Manila to trade for a living, we have to find a way out for them..."

Han Ping interjected: "We can't rely on us to take care of the goods to support them, and it won't last long. When we are done, these people will continue to go to Manila..."

In fact, the historic Manila massacre ended in nothing; under the persuasion of the Spanish envoy, a year later, more than a dozen merchant ships carefully came to Manila for tentative trade.Goods fetched good prices because of the scarcity of goods and the improved attitude of the Spaniards towards merchants to induce them to continue the trade.Subsequently, the Balian market was built again, and the galleon trade returned to normal.

The reason for this is that apart from the fact that the Ming government ignored the lives of overseas Chinese and did not care about the commercial interests of Ming people overseas, the most fundamental reason was that the Ming government could not protect the overseas Chinese due to the strong demand for exporting a large number of commodities in China. When it comes to overseas safety and interests, many people in Fujian and even across the country still need to carry out overseas trade with the Spaniards in order to survive.

Therefore, this tragic genocide seemed to have never happened. The Spanish history books omitted this fact; the Ming Dynasty officials did not take it seriously.Perhaps because this incident was not pursued in any way, in the next 100 years, at least three other similar genocides against Chinese occurred in Manila and the Philippine Islands.Its causes are different, and its essence is rarely different.

Han Ping's words actually represent the aspirations of those overseas traders; the domestic market is in chaos due to mine supervision and taxation, and the only thing that can bring huge profits is the overseas market. This is the fact that Chinese companies can gain a foothold, and it is also the current crisis. source.

Lu Shitou sneered at this and said: "This is the best, our Jinghai Gang warship fleet is idle and has nothing to do!"

Yin Feng shook his head: "The embargo on Manila is actually just to make the Guanla people unable to deal with us due to economic difficulties. This time, the envoys of the Guanla people have arrived in Macau, and they probably should know about our company. We took care of it." I have already figured out a way to deal with all the goods going to Manila; it is the upcoming Hongmaoyi."

"Why? Why did the red hair help us?" Han Ping didn't understand.

"They are the enemy country of the Guanla people. The red-haired Yi came from the Netherlands in Europe. They were originally a vassal state of the Guanla people. Because of the tyranny of the Guanla people, the Hongmaoyi rebelled. In Europe, they and the Guanla people have already We have been fighting for decades. The two sides have formed a bloody feud. This time, the red hair came to the coast of my Ming Dynasty to compete with the Greeks. If we can provide them with a large amount of goods, we can deal with them together Fuck the Greeks, then they will definitely do business with us."

At this time, few Chinese knew these historical facts.

Han Ping asked suspiciously: "However, Captain, there are many merchants along the coast of Fujian waiting to do business with the Westerners! I just came back from Zhangzhou, and the merchants there said: As early as three years ago, the Hong Maoyi Having been to Macau, if the Hongmaoyi hadn’t killed people like the Japanese pirates, they might have already made a deal with us Fujian businessmen.”

Yin Feng smiled: "I want to do business with Hongmaoyi, hehe, they have to have goods too! Isn't their goods all taken over by us now?"

Han Ping was still in a daze, but Han Jing had already called out: "Great! Captain, you are really a man of genius. This trick will force the Hongmaoyi to trade with our Chinese company!"

Lu Shitou laughed loudly: "So that's the case! These Hokkien guys have all been fooled by Brother Yin!"

Yin Feng is a little proud; the greatest advantage of a traveler is that he can grasp the general trend of history, hehe.He continued: "Moreover, the Hongmao barbarians have a lot of money and money. Within the four seas, their strength has surpassed that of the Ganla people. We can do long-term business with them and sell all the goods originally exported to Manila to the Hongmao barbarians. Mao Yi. In this way, the trade embargo against Luzon can continue, and we can also earn a lot of money from it, which can be used to arm our own army. If the imperial court does not stand up for us, we will fight back to Manila as soon as possible!"

Amid the laughter of the crowd, the calm Zeng Jingshan said: "Don't be too happy, our current difficult situation has not been resolved. It is unknown when the red-haired barbarians will come and when they will be able to do business. And we are almost out of money. The most urgent thing is urgent!"

Everyone was silent for a while, and Xu Xinsu suddenly said: "There is one more thing, I heard that this time the red-haired barbarians came to Fujian from the north, and they were recruited by Fujian tax supervisor Gao Cai."

Yin Feng sneered: "We have spent a lot of money on this eunuch. I already know about the situation. Don't worry about the government. They will never do business with Hongmaoyi. Brother Xu, can you Can't think of a way to get some more shares from Fujian merchants, and get some cash to save the emergency?"

Xu Xinsu nodded with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll try harder."

Zeng Jingshan suddenly remembered something: "By the way, shopkeeper Zhang from Hangzhou is here. He came with Yang Caipu, and he seems to be interested in becoming a shareholder of our Zhonghua company. This is a good thing, but Mr. Yin, these two people are in your business." Partners, you are also the one who led them to trade at sea, and you have to do it yourself to get them to buy shares."

Only then did Yin Feng remember that after a busy day, he actually forgot these two business partners who had been waiting for him for more than half a month.He patted his head: "Blame me, I actually forgot about these two people! As long as we talk about these two people's shares, our working capital will be fine, at least it can support until the merchant ship to Nanyang returns! As long as we can support two more A month is enough! I will go to them tomorrow, by the way, and the Western monk also needs to meet to find out about Magaro!"

The first capital turnover crisis since the establishment of China United Company was not resolved quickly.Zhang Yuning, a Hangzhou silk businessman, and Yang Caipu, a wealthy businessman nearby, did buy shares, but they still had doubts about this company form, and each only paid 3 taels of silver for shares.You know, the worth of these two people is around 10 taels of silver.

Yin Feng had no choice, the 6 taels of silver would not be transferred to the company's books until the two returned to Quanzhou, and the company's funds were almost bottomed out.In the end, Lu Shitou came up with a solution that completely solved the problem.