"I understand this, but sir, if none of our ships are here, once their fleet lands in a large area."
"And if we don't have much sea power here, there are still ways to deal with the Japanese who landed."
"But there is nothing we can do against those Japanese ships."
"If they escape by then, our ships may not be able to catch up."
Fang Fu asked in surprise.
According to Zhang Bao's method, they would indeed not be discovered by the Japanese, but they would also lose the means to deal with the Japanese.
"No, no, no, there's one more thing you forgot. I asked you to buy the kerosene."
"Didn't we mix some water with the Japanese and give it to the Japanese? Wouldn't there be a lot left over?"
Zhang Bao smiled at Fang Fu.
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at this time.
Dongzhou Chen family.
The Chen family itself started by making medicinal materials.
Mainly selling medicinal materials in Dongju, Haju, and Jeju.
Previously, they had always wanted to open up the market in Huizhou.
However, due to the control of several medicinal materials families in Huizhou, it is almost a complete monopoly in Huizhou.
So for them, there is no way to get in.
At that time, Hezhou was relatively poor and the market was not very good. Later, Hezhou finally developed, but it still had a hostile relationship with Dongzhou.
As for Dongzhou, it was quite stable before.
But because of the interference of Hezhou Zhang Bao and others, Dongzhou was completely reshuffled.
From caravans to the territory of various businesses, great changes have taken place.
This also caused their Chen family's business to plummet.
But what changed things for the Chen family was the invasion of Dongzhou by the Huizhou Japanese.
At that time, the first batch of Japanese who entered Dongzhou had already made contact with the Chen family.
For the Chen family at that time, it almost meant bringing them back to life.
According to the cooperation with the Japanese at that time, the Japanese could help them expand the market in Huizhou, while the Chen family only needed to provide some convenience for the Japanese to do business in Dongzhou.
The cost to the Chen family is almost negligible.
But this situation did not last long, and unexpectedly changed again. All the Japanese who had cooperated with them and imagined the future together were killed by Zhang Bao's people.
The Chen family had just started to improve, but in the process, they were severely suppressed by Zhang Bao and Fang Fu, and the results were even worse than before.
Almost unable to turn over.
For the Chen family, they already had a grudge against Zhang Bao and Fang Fu.
But for the Chen family, they simply had no ability to compete with Zhang Bao and the others, so they just managed to survive.
Relying on the little wealth he had before, he could barely survive.
However, a turning point came again.
The Japanese found them again.
Let them cooperate in causing trouble, and then help the Japanese take down Dongzhou. When the time comes, the Chen family will be in the same position as the Zheng family now.
For the now down-and-out Chen family, they naturally regarded the Japanese as a life-saving straw.
Although the Chen family is no longer what it used to be, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it still has strength in many places.
At this time, many people were gathering inside the Chen family.
"What?!"
"No more kerosene?"
"Isn't this incredible?"
"They were all bought by someone."
Chen Mingli, the head of the Chen family, asked several people.
"I don't know, the owner of the house. When we asked, we all said that two people came to buy it. They said it was transported to Hezhou and used to burn mountains or something."
"And they were all purchased at high prices. Several towns around us are already empty."
"Not to mention that a large amount of kerosene is gone now, even their previous inventory has been emptied. Even if you buy a small amount now, you still have to wait for a while."
A person said to the head of the Chen family.
"how so?"
"Could it be that someone knows our intentions?"
The head of the Chen family was very confused.
"Master, in my opinion, the news will probably not leak out. After all, if someone discovers such an important matter, they will definitely tell Zhang Bao and the others as soon as possible."
"And now Zhang Bao and the others have probably come to the door a long time ago, but now it is obvious that maybe it is really a coincidence."
The man said to the head of the Chen family.
After hearing that all the kerosene had been bought, this person asked around and found that there was no specific target, but that he was in urgent need of a large amount of kerosene.
"That way, it would be simple. If the news doesn't leak, then it doesn't matter."
"If they bought so much kerosene, they wouldn't be able to transport it all. They should store it somewhere and wait for the caravan to transport it."
"In this case, you go and find out who these people are?"
"Then we go buy some and bring them back. It doesn't matter if the price is a little higher. In fact, although we don't use less, it's not much at all compared to their quantity."
The head of the Chen family thought for a while and said to the people in front of him.
At present, it is a great opportunity for the Chen family to rise, and nothing can go wrong because of this matter.
have to say.
The Chen family still had connections before. As expected, it didn't take long for the Chen family to find out that these people had indeed bought all the kerosene in the process.
But it is stored in a cave in the mountain, waiting to be transported to inland places.
So, the Chen family paid a high price and bought part of it from these people. This money really made the head of the Chen family very painful.
If we say that when these people bought the kerosene, the price had already increased by 10%, and when they bought it from these people, the price increased by another 20%.
In other words, they paid three times the normal price to obtain the kerosene.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
After all, these Japanese want it too urgently.
For these Japanese people, they not only contacted the Chen family, but also contacted other families.
If other families get the fire oil first, then the Chen family's chance will be gone again.
So the head of the Chen family made a quick decision and took down the kerosene.
After taking it down, the kerosene was immediately delivered to the hands of the Japanese.
For the Japanese people, they are also a little impatient.
Judging by time, their Japanese ships are getting closer and closer, and they must cause chaos as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when their ships come over and it hasn't started yet, their actions will be meaningless.
