Smuggling Daming

"Okay, it's a deal, everyone will not violate the river water in the future!" Qi Yanming is also a decisive person. Although he really wants to kill Zhang Rui, there are so many people on board and there is not much space. If he If it is a killer, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be discovered by others, so he dare not take the risk, so he can only agree to Zhang Rui's suggestion.

In the next period of time, Zhang Rui and Qi Yanming really abided by the agreement, and nothing happened to each other. After sailing for a period of time, the fleet soon arrived at Weihaiwei Port on the Shandong Peninsula. Then after replenishing here, they immediately crossed the Yellow Sea all the way to the east, and finally reached the imperial court after two days of sailing.

The owner of the ship, Lu Qiao, led the men on board to look at the land getting closer and closer, and his face showed excitement. It is not easy to run a ship on the sea in spring, and even the ship may be destroyed when encountering strong winds, but Their luck this time was really good. They only encountered a strong wind on the road, and it did not cause too much damage to the fleet. Now they finally arrived in North Korea safely.

The port that Lu Qiao and the others arrived at belongs to Taean County in South Chungcheong Province of North Korea. At the tip of the corner, this was originally a deserted small fishing village, but since Kim Moon-hyun of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce came back from Shuangyu Port last year, he built a port on the basis of this small fishing village and named it Chungcheong Port.

As Lu Qiao and his fleet approached, Chungcheong Port was filled with jubilation, and many small boats soon surrounded them.These small boats are loaded with ingredients such as salted fish and eggs, as well as local North Korean specialties such as ginseng and paper. These vendors are all selling their heads on the boats. After all, they all know that this is a boat from Daming, and the people on the boat sell it. Rich, the things in their hands can be sold for a good price.

Lu Qiao didn't ask people to drive away these traders who surrounded him. Instead, he lowered his head and looked with great interest, if he saw any products he liked.They will also put down the rope to pull the owner up to discuss the price, and if the negotiation is successful, they will pay to buy it. After all, after the goods on their ship are sold, they will also buy another batch of North Korean goods to take back.

Surrounded by ships, Lu Qiao's fleet slowly approached Chungcheong Port. At this time, the port also sent ships to lead them into the berth.If it is placed in Shuangyu Port.Don't say that a ship full of cargo like Luqiao stops. I am afraid that as soon as it enters the port, there will be merchants on board to negotiate the price of the goods with Luqiao. Because this is the site of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce, all goods must be traded with the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce.

Speaking of which, the reason why the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce withdrew from Shuangyu Port at the beginning.The main reason is that Zhou Zhong promised Jin Wenxian to be the agent of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in North Korea.As long as it is the goods of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, they will all be handed over to him for consignment.But Jin Wenxian is also very shrewd. He opened a port by himself. In this way, not only the ships of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce are willing to trade, but also some other chambers of commerce are willing to ship their goods here and sell them to their chambers of commerce.

Although it seems that Jin Wenxian seems to have monopolized Daming's smuggling business with North Korea, it is easy for him to lower the price to buy goods from Daming merchants.But in fact, this problem does not exist at all, mainly because the current ocean trade is very underdeveloped.Daming’s goods are simply in short supply, so no matter where you go, it’s a seller’s market. If you don’t give Daming merchants a satisfactory price, then I won’t sell them to you. Anyway, there are more than one people who are willing to buy goods, unless the other party can keep Monopoly of a landlord's trade, but if this is the case, I am afraid that no Ming businessman will be willing to ship goods to sell in the future.

After Luqiao's ship docked, people from the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce came to check the goods. This time, Luqiao transported silk and cotton cloth, which were very urgently needed by North Korea. Therefore, after the inventory, the people from the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce quickly Just quote a price, which is higher than the usual price of silk and cotton cloth. After all, it is spring now, and the price of goods is on the high side.

However, based on the principle that earning a little more is a little bit, Lu Qiao bargained with the other party for a long time, and finally let the other party raise it by a percentage, and then he paid the money with one hand and got the receipt with the other hand.The reason why cash transactions are not used is mainly because Luqiao and the others still need to purchase local goods in North Korea. After they purchase, they will subtract the expenses from the money on the receipt, and the remaining Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce will pay in cash.

After the transaction, Lu Qiao was also very happy. According to the previous rules, he divided the people in the fleet into two groups and gave them vacations and outings in turn. After all, Zhongqing Port was built not long ago, but there are brothels and restaurants all over the port. The people in the fleet have been at sea for so long, and now it is time to relax.But what everyone didn't expect was that two of them disappeared together when they went out to relax. These two people were Qi Yanming and Zhang Rui, whose aliases were Wenwu.

Two people were missing in the fleet. Lu Qiao was naturally very anxious. He immediately asked the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce to help find them, but unfortunately, even though they searched the entire Chungcheong Port, they did not find anyone. Finally, Lu Qiao looked at the time. It was not short, so I had to give up the search and return to Daming with a full load of goods.

At the same time as Lu Qiao left, another batch of merchant ships from Ming Dynasty just arrived at Chungcheong Port. However, the difference between this batch of merchant ships and small smugglers like Lu Qiao was that this fleet belonged to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and its scale was also very large. Huge, with nearly twenty large ships, it is estimated that the cargo this time is enough for the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce to digest for several months.

However, for Jin Wenxian, the chairman of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce, the goods delivered by this fleet are second to none. The key point is that there is another person who came with the fleet this time. This person is Zhou Zhong's confidant Liu Tao. This person is an experienced The captain of the ship was the team he led when he went to Nanyang to pick up European craftsmen like Chilawa last time.

"Brother Liu, I didn't expect that you would personally lead the team this time. It really made Jin feel so radiant!" In the living room of the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce, Jin Wenxian said enthusiastically to Liu Tao who was sitting in front of him.He had met Liu Tao when he was in Shuangyu Port before, and he knew that he was Zhou Zhong's most trusted captain, so he didn't dare to neglect him in the slightest.

Liu Tao also smiled at this time and said: "Chairman Jin is too polite. Liu came here this time to run errands for our boss. Originally, the boss wanted to come in person, but you must have heard it. Now The master is appreciated by our Majesty, and has become the admiral of our Ming Dynasty, so now he is busy with business and cannot get away, so he can only let me come!"

Liu Tao's words were not lying. Originally, Zhou Zhong really wanted to come to North Korea in person, for no other reason than because a palace coup will take place in North Korea this year. Being kicked out of power, and the King of Jincheng who once supported Jeolla Chamber of Commerce in abducting and trafficking Daming people will ascend to the throne. This is something Zhou Zhong does not want to see anyway, so he wants to give some pointers to the political situation in North Korea through Kim Moon-hyun, so that the brutal Mr. Yanshan continued to sit on his throne, but unfortunately he was already an official of Ming Dynasty, and he really couldn't get away, so in the end he had to let Liu Tao come on his behalf.

"It's a pity Master Zhou couldn't come, but I don't know what news Master Zhou asked Brother Liu to bring?" Jin Wenxian asked impatiently.

Jin Wenxian has been waiting for Zhou Zhong since last year, because when he left, Zhou Zhong said that he had the news from Jin Yiwei that someone in North Korea was preparing to launch a coup, and Zhou Zhong also knew the main figures who launched the coup , but no matter how much Jin Wenxian begged, Zhou Zhong refused to say anything, and even made it one of the conditions for them to leave Shuangyu Port. In the end, Jin Wenxian had no choice but to agree to return to North Korea to wait for news from Zhou Zhong. It's been a day.

Seeing Jin Wenxian's impatient look, Liu Tao smiled slightly. He reached out and took out a sealed box from his arms. The chapter is intact and should not have been opened.

"Chairman Jin, please look at this. Before I came, our boss handed it to me, and asked me to keep it close to me. I didn't dare to be negligent along the way. Now it has finally been delivered safely. Now please look at it. If there is no problem, Liu Tao has fulfilled his master's order!" Liu Tao put the small box in front of Jin Wenxian and said.

Jin Wenxian looked at the box that Liu Tao took out, and his eyes showed a fiery look. If he could know in advance the ministers who were about to launch a coup d'etat, and then tell His Highness the matter, then he would have made a great contribution. Without these conditions, the future prosperity and wealth will be as easy as the palm of your hand.

Thinking of this, Jin Wenxian wished he could open the box right away, but thinking that Liu Tao was still here, and he came all the way to give him something, he wanted to host a banquet to entertain him no matter what.Therefore, Jin Wenxian had no choice but to resist the urge to open the box, swallowed his saliva, put the box close to his body, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a banquet.Liu Tao was not polite about this. After all, in order to keep the box safe, he was restless along the way, and now he can finally let go of this burden.

Finally, after the banquet was over, Jin Wenxian personally sent Liu Tao back to his residence to rest, and then he hurried back to his residence, and then impatiently opened the box under the lamp, only to find that there was a piece of white silk folded inside the box. When I opened the white silk, I finally saw the content written on it, and when Jin Wenxian read the whole content, his face immediately showed ecstasy, because the date of the coup and the main minister who launched the coup were written on the white silk. list. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)