Although the city of Hangzhou, where Mao Chengbei lived since childhood, was gorgeous and prosperous, filled with gold and jade, it was still a gentle and peaceful place in a quiet corner. It was not as insightful as the dangerous and turbulent rivers and lakes docks in the empire that were also full of opportunities.
Therefore, Mao Chengbei was naturally confused when he heard about "Red Barbarians", "East India Trading Company" and "Governor".
Fortunately, he was open-minded, and whenever he heard the words, he would catch Zheng Haizhu and Zheng Zhilong for advice.
He did have some talent as a businessman passed down from his ancestral salt merchants, and he showed it immediately. He quickly said to Zheng Haizhu with caution: "Miss Zheng, if you want to make this business big, do you need to grasp two key points first?" , firstly, the goods are available, and secondly, they can be transported.”
Zheng Haizhu said with a smile: "Master Mao is a scholar after all, and he is very good at summarizing things. At present, it is not that difficult to assemble goods. The most common ones are tea, embroidery, silk cotton, and porcelain. If Liaodong is developed, ginseng medicine , deer antlers, and leather goods can also be added. If you have money, you can receive the goods. What is more troublesome than receiving the goods is how to gradually open up the logistics lines, which is what Mr. Mao calls how to transport."
"logistics……"
Mao Chengbei and Zheng Zhilong clicked on this new word. The circulation route of goods is quite appropriate and easy to understand.
Zheng Haizhu picked up the pen again, carefully connected a few lines between the seven places, and then explained: "I have an idea, you can see if it is right." Previously, General Mao said that he wanted to advise General Zhang, will Phi Island and Shenmi Island are taken over. Anyway, the Koreans are currently neglecting them. If so, the land boundary in the southeast of Liaoning and North Korea's Phi Island can be combined into the same port area, and one can be opened to Denglai and Songjiang. route."
"Pingdo in Japan is where Brother Yan has the most roots. Although Li Guo helped that beast, what the little beast did is the most taboo unjust act in the world. I'm afraid his father Li Dan will also be very angry. Brother Yan is favored by the imperial court, so Li Dan should not dare to make any mistakes. Therefore, a route can be made from Hirado to Daishan and then to Taiwan."
"Songjiang is open to the sea like Yuegang, and there is drama. From Songjiang to Taiwan, it can also be a route."
"The last one is naturally from Yuegang to Taiwan. Duoduo collects commercial taxes from Frankie, Hongyi and other countries for the imperial court. Therefore, there are five routes in total. By coincidence, they can be named gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. "
As Zheng Haizhu spoke, he put pen to paper and named the routes one by one with five elements.
This method is actually the method used by Zheng Zhilong in history after he took over the Li and Yan Hai Trading Group.
The five businesses established by Zheng Zhilong are similar to bodyguard agencies on land, with fleets and military escorts.
Zheng Haizhu just borrowed this plan in advance.
Seeing that Mao Chengbei and Zheng Zhilong expressed no doubts, Zheng Haizhu continued to modestly and cautiously plagiarize Zheng Zhilong's entrepreneurial ideas in another parallel time and space.
"As for the trading houses that recycle goods, they use benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust as their business names. For example, the name of Ren is for tea, the name of Yi is for fabrics, embroidery, and raw silk, and the name of Li is for porcelain. We will discuss the details later. The exchange of money orders, receipt of money orders, etc. The main number of Huopai Order can be placed in the blessed place of Hangzhou, not at the pier directly facing the sea."
"Well, Miss Zheng is right."
While Mao Chengbei was listening, he had already picked up a pen and started jotting down a few key points, saying that after returning to Hangzhou, he would tell his father's adopted son's personal soldier and ask him to take a message back to Liaodong.
Zheng Haizhu no longer talked to Mao Chengbei about greetings or cheers. He only accepted the money order for eight hundred taels of red silver and asked him to check the store's location, leasing capital, tax and other information when he returned to Hangzhou. , agreed to meet again in a month to advance the plan.
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Zheng Zhilong stayed at Tang Bo's office in Nanhui to familiarize himself with the liaison affairs, while Zheng Haizhu rushed back to Han Mansion.
After a hundred days, various causes and opportunities came together, and there were many things that should and could be said, so naturally I had to report to uncle and nephew Han Zhongwen and Han Ximeng.
Han Zhongwen had now regarded Zheng Haizhu as the female shopkeeper of the Han family who was away at the dock. After hearing the whole story, he comforted him and said: "Azhu, we business people should be broad-minded and tight-lipped. You have to deal with Yan and Mao." You can’t say there was anything wrong with hiding it from us in the first place. Ximeng and I won’t blame you.”
Zheng Haizhu hurriedly stood up to express his gratitude and then talked about another matter.
"Sir, Miss, the daughter of Tailor Fan who came with me to Yuegang this time, Fan Polu, is a talented person. We were missing for more than half a month in the adventure. Not only did the little girl not panic in Yuegang, she also followed my instructions. She went to see the clothes of those merchants every day, drew many clothes and pants, and found out that some of them were made of kosen. If kosen can be made, we can also make Matsue cotton. Ah. Zhu wants to add the thousand taels of silver in his hand to weaving, and let Fan Yatou lead people to try to make clothes, skirts and shirts that are popular among Thai and Western men and women."
Han Zhongwen squinted his eyes and looked out the window of the flower hall.
My concubine, Aunt Liu, and her concubine Han Xisheng were making kites in the warm glow of the spring sun in the west. His wife, Mrs. Qian, carefully selected several bushes of blooming azaleas and gave them to her niece Han Xiying, who was in the third bedroom, and asked her to send them to her mother, Mrs. Yang, who always stayed behind closed doors.
Although Han Zhongwen did not signal Zheng Haizhu to close the door, he lowered his voice and said slowly: "Ximeng, you are going to marry into the Gu family this year. What your aunt and I mean is that in addition to gold and silver jewelry and splendid boxes and cages, there are also You have to dowry a few more taels of property. Just as A-Zhu mentioned this, I would like to allocate a few craftsmen with good skills from our Han family weaving and spinning, and A-Zhu and that girl Fan will work on it to create a new one for you. Font size, how about it?”
Hearing this, Zheng Haizhu couldn't help but secretly thought, this uncle is really a good elder of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't he considering the sustainable development of dowry?
Han Ximeng was even more happy.
Whether silk embroidery or cotton jacquard, she has unique and bold ideas in aesthetic innovation.
If there is a shop where one has the final say, wouldn't it be like a person who likes swords and guns has a weapons workshop, or a person who is obsessed with porcelain has a kiln for firing? Even if it does not bring in a lot of money, it is enough to satisfy one's weaving skills. and a sense of exploration in the arts.
After the family finished dinner and returned to the small courtyard, Han Ximeng pestered Zheng Haizhu for a long time to talk about the various experiences and adventures he had experienced along the way south.
It wasn't until she got addicted to listening to it that the eldest lady suddenly remembered something regretful and said regretfully: "I thought that during this trip to Yuegang, you and General Ma..."
Zheng Haizhu said with a smile: "Young lady is really stuck in the playbook and can't get out. She is so obsessed with taking CP."
Han Ximeng was confused: "What is Xipi? Xipi Liushui? What is ni?"
Zheng Haizhu said: "Couple, the Saxon word for 'couple', I learned it from the Thai people this time. Nai, it is the southern dialect, means to indulge in it."
"Oh, Kapo, Kongpo, parents-in-law..." Han Ximeng parroted the words a few times, and said with a smile: "It turns out that foreigners also call couples 'parents-in-law', two parents-in-law."
Then he concealed his joking expression and said sincerely: "Azhu, don't you think I'm verbose and noisy. I'm just afraid of you. In fact, I have feelings for you, but I hide my feelings because of my commitment to various people and many things. You You must know that I am deeply in love with Brother Gu, and I understand how beautiful this feeling is, so I hope that the people around me will eventually get married to the person they love."
Hearing this, Zheng Haizhu was quite moved for a moment.
Although the young lady in front of her lost her parents early, she was always surrounded by the love and care from her uncle, aunt and Master Gu.
Some people always gnaw at others and themselves to cure their childhood mental illness, while some people treat others well because of their early childhood cures, and they are also kind to themselves.
Zheng Haizhu then raised his eyes, looked at Han Ximeng, and sighed: "I consider myself a person who knows how to repay kindness, but I am also a person who does not want to wrong myself. This time I go south, as long as I can seize the opportunity to meet General Ma When we got along, I divided my mind half of my attention and focused on him. Finally, I discovered..."
When Han Ximeng heard this, he came over, his almond-shaped eyes widened, and his eyes showed the meaning of "I'll just say it".
But Zheng Haizhu laughed and said: "Finally, I realized that I really can't be moved by him."
"Azhu, you!" Han Ximeng spat and said angrily, "If you become a storyteller, you will definitely be the poorest one!"
"Okay, my Miss Xipi, since you like to hear happy news, A-Zhu will tell you that General Ma's mother, General Qin, has gone to Songjiang Mansion to reunite with her son in the past few days. General Qin will also go north to the capital. , proposed marriage to Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of War, General Ma wants to marry Zhang Shilang’s daughter.”
"Oh, so," Han Ximeng said, "I was still thinking that it would be great if a majestic and heroic military minister like General Ma stayed in our Songjiang as the commander-in-chief. Look at our land of Susong, we can't have one for many years. A decent general?"
Zheng Haizhu did not answer the call.
Wei Wei silently lamented in his heart that there were no decent generals just because the country had not yet perished. Historically, in another twenty years, many of the generals who could be defeated by the Ming Dynasty were from Suzhou, Changzhou, and Shanghai.
And now, she, Zheng Haizhu, was about to send her nephew Zheng Shoukuan to Changzhou to find the young man who was one of the most courageous generals in the late Ming Dynasty in history.
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