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  Chapter 263 261 [Macao can be taken back without food] (addition for the penguin boss)

  In the Ming Dynasty, the city of Guangzhou was expanded three times, basically comparable to the old city of Guangzhou in later generations.

  However, the Pearl River in the late Ming Dynasty was very wide, and its bank was in the Taipingsha area. The river in the south of Guangzhou is as wide as 700 meters, but only 150 meters (the old city) remains after hundreds of years, which is the result of continuous accumulation of sediment.

  Zhao Han changed ships halfway and arrived in Guangzhou. Countless merchants were already waiting at the pier.

  These merchants all want to know what Zhao Han thinks of Haimao!

   It doesn't matter whether you open the sea or not. Because they are the ones who oppose the opening of the sea, and they are also the ones who oppose the ban on the sea. This statement seems to be contradictory.

   Oppose opening the sea because they are afraid of losing their monopoly on trade.

   Oppose the sea ban because it is too strict, making it difficult for them to smuggle.

  While enforcing the sea ban, while condoning smuggling, this is the situation that merchants most hope to see.

   "Meet Mr. Zhao!"

  Hundreds of merchants, large and small, knelt down in unison to welcome Zhao Han off the boat at the pier.

  Business travelers and common people also looked around curiously.

  The eyes of the common people looking at Zhao Han did not feel so resentful. Of course, Fei Ruhe did something.

  Zhao Han smiled all over his face: "Haha, please rise up, everyone. You have made contributions to the city, and you should be rewarded greatly!"

   "Dare not, dare not."

  Businessmen stood up one after another, declined one after another, feeling uneasy.

  Zhao Han was amiable and seemed to be easy to talk to. But these merchants are old and cunning guys, how could they believe that Zhao Han is easy to talk?

  There are countless landlords in Jiangxi whose homes were ransacked!

  All landlords in Jiangxi were divided into fields!

   Is this easy to talk about?

  The matter in Jiangxi had spread to Guangzhou long ago, and at the same time there was news that Zhao Han seemed to be very friendly to merchants.

  Guan Jialun took the lead in saying: "The land administration of the general town is well known to the people of Guangzhou. This is a great thing to benefit the people. We have reached a consensus with the merchants in Guangzhou and are willing to fully cooperate with the general town to divide the land!"

   "Everyone understands the righteousness, this country is fortunate, and the people are also fortunate!" Zhao Han hurriedly bowed and saluted.

   It seems that the atmosphere is harmonious, but in fact it is all nonsense.

  Finding must cooperate, if not cooperate, must cooperate. The focus of both parties' attention is the specific trade policy, but Zhao Han didn't mention it at all.

   "Meet the general town!"

  Fei Ruhe led the soldiers with one arm clenched and his chest crossed, and he did not kneel down. Compared with the kneeling of merchants, it seems too disrespectful.

  Zhao Han walked a few steps forward and saw many people **** at the pier. He asked, "What are these?"

  Fei Ruhe replied: "They are all traitors and criminals. They deserve to be killed for their crimes. Please give me your instructions."

   "If it's time to kill, I will kill it. What are you waiting for me? Execute on the spot!" Zhao Han said.

  These are gangsters, and if they were replaced by other rebels, they would definitely be rewarded, because they participated in the seizure of the city.

   But here at Zhao Han, they took advantage of the chaos to burn and kill the looters, and all beheaded without discussion.

  Fei Ruhe had already killed a group of heinous criminals, and kept them for Zhao Hanli. Immediately shouted: "Execution!"

   Right on the pier, in front of merchants and common people, more than forty people lined up to be beheaded.

"it is good!"

  The people of Guangzhou burst into cheers. They were victimized before, and it was the evil done by these gangsters in front of them.

   There must be fish that slipped through the net.

  For example, the crutches have already dispersed to the countryside, and Fei Ruhe has no energy to investigate and arrest.

  For example, the guards of house slaves hid in rich merchants, Fei Ruhe did not dare to take it lightly for the time being.

  The faces of all the merchants changed drastically. These gangsters were all hired by them to seize the city. Now in front of them, all of them are killed at once. What does this mean?

Zhao Han explained to the merchants with a smile: "Don't worry, I, Mr. Zhao, have always been rewarded for meritorious deeds and punished for demerits. They were beheaded because they burned, killed and looted wantonly in the city after they captured the city. Be safe, everyone." Obeying the law is of course meritorious.”

   "The general town is wise."

  Guan Jialun quickly agreed, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and he felt more and more that Zhao Han was difficult to speak.

   Zhao Han entered the city with a smile, and accompanied by merchants, he came to the former residence of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

  There are only two people left in the room.

  Zhao Han asked: "How is Guangzhou?"

  Fei Ruhe said: "The crutches are rampant, and people are often abducted. They are either sold to Nanyang or Hongyi."

   "What are you talking about about these minutiae, forgetting what I taught you to sort out the primary and secondary contradictions?" Zhao Han said angrily.

  Fei Ruhe thought for a while: "The main contradiction is that we want to open the sea to collect tariffs, and merchants want to continue smuggling."

   "Wrong, wrong!" Zhao Han shook his head again and again.

  Fei Ruhe confusedly said: "Isn't that so?"

  Zhao Han sighed: "If you can do business in an aboveboard manner, who the **** is willing to sneak and smuggle?"

   "There is no need to pay taxes because of smuggling." Fei Ruhe said.

Zhao Han analyzed: "How much money do these merchants have to spend every year to bribe the governor, chief envoy, inspector, capital department, city ship department, inspection department, and seaside guards. The money used for bribes is no more than the normal tax payment What they are really afraid of is that they will have to pay customs duties and pay bribes to officials.”

   "That's right." Fei Ruhe scratched his head and said.

Zhao Han continued: "If the sea trade is legal, these merchants will help us fight against smuggling. Because the smugglers are also stealing their business, and there is no tariff cost. What should really be watched is that they are doing business seriously. , while secretly engaging in smuggling, and attacking other smugglers by the way.”

   "Then how to prevent it?" Fei Ruhe asked.

"Smuggling is impossible to ban, it can only be controlled to the greatest extent," Zhao Han said, "I have read all the things you wrote. There are two urgent tasks: first, establish an offshore navy dedicated to search Smuggling; second, bring several smuggling ports under government management, especially Macau. Call your scholar!"

  The official name is Haojing, Haojingao and Xiangshanao, but the local fishermen call it Macao.

  As for the scholar, he is the one who put up the big-character posters, and Fei Ruhe has now hired him as a consultant.

  This person's name is Deng Yunzhan, who was born in a collateral line of the Deng family. His family has a small shop in Guangzhou, and they are able to live well.

   "Meet the general town!" Deng Yunzhan cupped his hands.

   "Please sit down," Zhao Han said straight to the point, "Is it easy to take back Macau?"

  Deng Yunzhan said with a smile: "Easy, without food for three months, and without food going to sea, all the Hongyi in Haojing will starve to death."

  Zhao Han laughed loudly: "It's really easy."

  Actually, Macau is not considered a Portuguese colony, because the Ming court did not give up any sovereignty.

  Da Ming has always allowed the Portuguese to occupy Macau, purely to import silver, and both sides get what they need.

  There is a checkpoint in Macau, which is opened once every five days, and it is specially used for Portuguese people to purchase food.

  During the Tianqi period, He Shijin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, learned that the Portuguese had built earthen citadels, bunkers and forts in Macau, and immediately ordered the Portuguese-Macau Parliament to dismantle them.

  The governor of Portugal and Macao refused to implement it, and Guangdong immediately cut off the supply of food and timber. As a result, the Portuguese did not have enough to eat, and the ships had no wood for repairs. The Portuguese residents, who were starving, went directly to the governor of Portugal and Macau. In the end, the governor obediently demolished the bunkers and forts.

  After Deng Yunzhan told these stories, Zhao Han asked, "Should the red barbarians commit adultery and commit crimes, should they be handed over to the magistrate of Xiangshan County?"

   "Hongyi admits to handing over the criminals, but every time he finds excuses to shirk," Deng Yunzhan sighed, "In the end, he still ran out of food, forcing Hongyi to hand over the murderer."

   Zhao Han suddenly asked: "Can't Hongyi go to Annan (Vietnam) to buy grain?"

"I can't buy it," Deng Yunzhan explained in detail, fearing that Zhao Han would not understand, "there are also several countries in Hongyi. The Hongyi in Macau are from the big Franji people (Portugal); the Hongyi in Luzon are from the small Franji people." A man (Spain); a member of the Red Barbarian, I don’t know where he came from, and he is called the Red Barbarian Ghost (Netherlands). This big Frenchman seems to have a feud with the Red Barbarian..."

   Through Deng Yunzhan's dictation, Zhao Han has a general understanding of the situation in Nanyang.

   Today's Vietnam is divided into two, North Vietnam is the Zheng regime, and South Vietnam is the Nguyen regime.

  After Japan closed the country, Han Chinese merchants controlled South Vietnamese trade, and Dutch merchants controlled North Vietnamese trade.

  Han merchants control three trade lines—

  First, China-South Vietnam-Japan.

  Second, China-South Vietnam-Cambodia-Japan.

  Third, China-South Vietnam-Philippines.

  The Portuguese bought grain from North Vietnam recently, but the Dutch made a hindrance, and Portuguese merchant ships could not approach at all.

  As for South Vietnam, not to mention the Portuguese, the Dutch can't go there. Because of the Nguyen regime, Western religions were banned every now and then, and white people were robbed and killed. It was too difficult for Europeans to do business there.

  Portuguese can only buy food in Guangzhou!

Deng Yunzhan also reminded: "The general town must pay attention to the fact that Guangdong does not produce much grain. Once there is a natural disaster year, if we continue to transport grain to Hongyi, the price of grain in Guangdong will inevitably rise sharply, and the people in Guangzhou will definitely be hungry. No. It is said that grain is prohibited from going to sea, but merchants must be selected to specialize in it, and it is stipulated that only how much grain can be sold each month."

   "This is a good reminder." Zhao Han nodded.

Deng Yunzhan also said: "We can let Han merchants go to Ruanzhu (South Vietnam) to buy grain, and only charge a small amount of tax when transporting it back to Guangdong. Only in this way can it be profitable, and only merchants are willing to buy grain back to Guangdong, so that Guangdong Grain has become richer. It was not possible before, because of the Daming sea ban, officials were required to be bribed when traveling, making it unprofitable to buy grain from Annan."

   "You are a great talent," Zhao Han praised, "Any other suggestions? Feel free to speak up."

Deng Yunzhan said: "Macao can be taken back for management, but the Hongyi must not be expelled. These Hongyi can bring a lot of silver. Today's Haojing is monopolized by Dafraji (Portugal). You can send someone to contact the Hongfan ghost ( Holland), let the Hongfan ghosts also come to Macau for trade. In this way, the barbarians can be controlled, and one family will not be dominated, and it will be easier to manage in the future.”

   "Great kindness!" Zhao Han thought it was a good idea.

  Deng Yunzhan suddenly looked serious: "Businessmen in Foshan who privately manufacture firearms must be confiscated. Moreover, private merchants cannot interfere in the manufacture of firearms in the future!"

   "I have planned for this for a long time," Zhao Han asked, "Would you like to be the head of the Guangzhou Shipping Department?"

   "Don't dare to say goodbye!" Deng Yunzhan was quite excited.

  The prefect of Guangzhou, magistrate of Xiangshan County, admiral of Guangzhou Shipping Department, and Zhao Han have other appointments, and they are all on their way here now.

   (Guangzhou Fucheng, Panyu County, and Nanhai County are all Guangzhou City. I made a mistake before, so I hereby correct it.)

  (end of this chapter)