The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 397: All Confiscated
According to Zhang Meng, the Han people are similar to the Korean people. They mainly farm and fish, grow fruits, and buy seafood, and they also raise a small amount of cattle and sheep.

In addition to eating and using for oneself, it can also replace taxes, so there is no need to pay food taxes.

Soon Zhang Meng led another Han man to come to Ding Yi, who also bowed down with tears in his eyes.

This person is called Chen Haisheng.

"Greetings, Mr. Ding." Chen Haisheng had tears in his eyes, but his expression was joyful.

The clothes he was wearing were actually made of silk, and there was a jade pendant around his waist. He looked like a rich man.

Ding Yi remained calm: "Could it be Chen Youliang's descendants?"

"Hey, my lord is really astute." Chen Haisheng said happily.

Damn it, Ding Yi cursed in his heart, where is your knife, old Zhu?
This Chen Haisheng is amazing, he is a big local landlord, his ancestors came to Jeju very early, of course, he himself said that it was Chen Youliang and Lao Zhu who came here.

Then I hoarded the land first, and kept hoarding. The family now has more than 1000 mu of land, which is the one with the most land in the entire Jeju Island except for North Korean officials.

In the generation of Grandpa Chen Haisheng, he used the accumulated wealth to start maritime trade.

Because here is surrounded by the sea, many materials have to be purchased from overseas.

In the past, the government was doing this, but when Chen Haisheng's grandfather came, the Chen family also came to do it.

Their ships were not very big, and of course they didn't go to far seas, they just went to Korea, Japan, and the Dengzhou area in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, Dengzhou didn't go down very much.

Chen Haisheng actually knew that Dengzhou also belonged to Master Ding Yiding, no wonder he was so enthusiastic.

Now half of the largest shops on the island belong to the Chen family.

Their family mainly sells horses abroad (mainly the Ming Dynasty and North Korea), and then sea cucumbers, abalones, shrimps, fish, kelp and other dried seafood.

Then buy metals such as gold, silver, copper, bean tin, pig iron, and steel from outside, paper such as white paper, strong paper, and mulberry paper, medicinal materials such as ginseng, pepper, alum, and dried ginger, and dyes such as danmu and Sophora japonica. Sheep, mules, donkeys and other livestock, scissors, tweezers, needles, bed stove, cauldron, saddle, umbrella, wooden chopsticks, abacus, comb, button, cigarette pouch, porcelain, wool paper, square paper, flint, fire sickle, pen, ink, Inkstone, copper pot, tin pot, compass and other daily necessities; various metal products such as tools such as shovel, plow, plow, saw, etc.; currency such as gold, silver, and copper coins; textile materials such as cotton, cotton yarn, and raw silk; Cotton cloth, all kinds of brocades and silks, all kinds of men's and women's ready-made clothes, hats, shoes and socks, all kinds of medicinal materials, etc.

Including books, gunpowder, saltpeter, sulfur and other military supplies.

As long as they are used in daily life, the Chen family sells them.

More than half of the markets in Jeju Island are owned by the Chen family.

They take the horses raised by the Mongols, the skinned sheep, the seafood obtained by the Koreans, and a small amount of surplus food from the island, and sell them outside, and then bring the outside things to the island to sell, making money at both ends. It can be said that the island is the richest one of.

When Ding Yi heard it, this person surnamed Chen was the key target, but everyone was Han Chinese, ahem, and they looked better.

Ding Yi wants to operate Jeju Island as his own rear, and he has a large number of sailors, how can he allow other people to compete with him for business?Although this business is not very big.

"My lord, I have a few words, I want to chat with you in private." Chen Haisheng said with a smile at this moment.

Ding Yi's face was serious, and he couldn't help but think of the scene when he met Gao Qiqian for the first time.

He looked up at Chen Haisheng, who still had a smile on his face, giving him a very friendly feeling.

"En." Ding Yi thought for a while, then turned around and took a few steps back.

The two entered the inner hall, and the Mongols, Hans, and Koreans outside were talking about it in various languages.

Park Zhixuan came to Zhang Meng's side, looked up at Ding Yi's generals, and said in a low voice, "What do you think?"

Zhang Meng didn't change his face, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid Lao Chen is about to bleed heavily."

"In my opinion, Ding Yi's ambition is not here." Park Zhixuan said in a deep voice.

"?" Zhang Meng stared, what did he want to do?Didn't you want to confiscate all our property?
"He is the most serious about asking the horse, and he can still convince me to snatch this island." Pu Zhixuan said: "Chen Haisheng said that he even occupied Dengzhou."

"Among the Ming Kingdom, there is such a bold general who dared to fight North Korea."

Zhang Meng was thoughtful, and soon understood that Ding Yi was a wise man, so he couldn't be regarded as an ordinary wise man.

"No way." Zhang Meng couldn't believe it after thinking about it, after all, Daming is still relatively strong in their eyes.

"Anyway, he is strong and strong, you have to persuade Chen Haisheng not to be impulsive." Pu Zhixuan said.

Zhang Meng thought to himself, of course I know, he can subdue a kingdom in North Korea by a single army leader, isn't he strong enough?
"Old Chen is a smart man, the two of them chatted in private, they must be bleeding a lot." Zhang Yong sighed.

Suddenly, he felt his days might be coming to an end.

In the inner room, as soon as Chen Haisheng entered, he immediately bowed down again: "General Ding, I have prepared 1 taels of silver for you, two young ladies, and some other gifts, and they will be delivered to your house tonight."

After all, he handed over a note with a large list of gifts written on it.

Ding Yi took the note and took a rough look at it. There were more than a dozen items on it, and when added up, it was estimated to be worth 2 taels. It was indeed a big deal, but what I wanted was not these.

"Get up, let's talk about it, I don't like to beat around the bush, we Han people don't lie to Han people." Ding Yi said.

Chen Haisheng stood up, thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said, "I want to keep two shops, one in Dajing County and one in Jingyi County. Military supplies such as saltpeter will no longer be sold, and iron, copper and other utensils will be ordered by the general."

"I won't sell what the general says can't be sold. I'll only sell what the general says."

"The horses are not sold anymore." He hastily added.

Ding Yi tapped the table lightly with his hands, as if thinking.

Chen Haisheng had no expression on his face, his eyes were anxious.

As a businessman, and the most successful businessman on the island, he certainly knows what Ding Yi wants better than Zhang Meng and the others.

This leader of the army conquered North Korea with a town of soldiers. I heard that even Dengzhou has his territory. Why do you think he trains so many soldiers?
Also, if he wants to train soldiers, he must have a lot of money and horses, and Chen Haisheng, as the richest man in Jeju Island, must be the first person to be unlucky.

If he doesn’t leave, he has no place to go. If he goes to North Korea, a Han businessman will definitely be excluded (if it is an official), it is impossible to go to the Ming Dynasty.

Because at this time, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or North Korea, the status of merchants was very low. Only in Jeju Island, an overseas place, could Chen Haisheng feel a little bit of dignity.

So he hoped that he could hug Ding Yi's thigh and continue to live a good life in this place.

Ding Yi thought for a while, but Chen Haisheng was always in a state of ups and downs.

Finally Ding Yi said slowly: "All your fields have been confiscated."

"..." Chen Haisheng blushed suddenly.

　Water items, save for later use.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)