Daming Haikou

Li Yi took the list, unfolded it, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, because Yu Xiaotian had learned his lesson this time, and did not dare to use a bald brush to write the list, but found a piece of charcoal, whittled it into a After touching the pencil, wrapped it with a cloth strip, used it as a pencil, and made a neat list.

With this kind of hard pen that he is used to, his fonts look much more beautiful. The handwriting is rigid and chic, piercing through the back of the paper. The writing format from top to bottom is very different, but it looks much better than the previous list.

This can't help but make Li Yi who has seen Xiaotian's "calligraphy" a little bit surprised. He doesn't understand why Yu Xiaotian has only worked for a few days, and the font has grown so much.

However, this list was written by Yu Xiaotian in Simplified Chinese. In Li Yi's eyes, there were still a lot of typos. This made Li Yi believe that this list was still written by Yu Xiaotian. Otherwise, he thought, Yu Xiaotian must have found someone to write it as a ghostwriter!

Li Yi patiently read the list from beginning to end, then put it on the table in front of him, and said with a look of embarrassment: "It stands to reason that I, Li, should respond to the requirements of the shopkeeper! But this list Li has seen it! Most of the items are easy to talk about, such as cowhide, wood, iron, tools, food, and even knives and guns. Li will be ready for you soon!

But the blunderbuss and the flamingo blunderbuss are just... In addition, the cannon is not easy to get, even if Li wants to, it is not easy to get it!

In addition, saltpeter is currently being watched very strictly by the imperial court, and sulfur is also very difficult to deal with!this……"

Having said that, Li Yi shook his head with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Yu Xiaotian looked at Li Yi's expression, smiled slightly and said, "The treasurer Li has difficulties, and I understand this! After all, firearms are the most important weapons in the country, and it is normal for the imperial government to strictly supervise them!

But shopkeeper Li, it's not that I, Yu, deliberately make things difficult for you, but that we have limited manpower right now. If we want to do things at sea next time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve great things with our current manpower alone!Since we want to do business for a long time in the future, without these things, I'm afraid we can stand still!

So no matter what, this matter still needs to trouble shopkeeper Li a lot of trouble!If these guns are really difficult to deal with, at least saltpeter and sulfur will help us solve some of them!

Since we intend to keep in touch with each other for a long time, it is better to speak openly!

Furthermore, Yu heard that there is a military turmoil in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, and there are floods in Zhejiang during this period, and there are many refugees fleeing into Fujian. I intend to take advantage of this opportunity to recruit a group of people!It's best to recruit some craftsmen, especially craftsmen like blacksmiths. In this way, it will be much easier for us! "

Hearing Yu Xiaotian's mention of recruiting manpower, shopkeeper Li immediately shook his head and said: "Master Yu, Li also understands what you said! Now that the words have come to this point, then Li will not refuse. Bird guns and cannons, Li is really in a dilemma now, it is really not easy to handle!

Although some merchants on land are secretly recruiting blacksmiths to make cannons, Fujian is not as good as Guangdong. It will take a long time to spend a lot of money to entrust someone to purchase in Guangzhou!If Yu Dangjia must, it's not impossible, but it will take a long time to prepare!

As for saltpeter and sulfur, Li can think of a way to get some for Mr. Yu in the near future, and Mr. Yu can come here to pick up the goods in ten days at the latest!As for the other things, it's easy to handle. Within three days, they can be handed over to Master Yu to take away!

However, regarding the fact that Master Yu wants to recruit manpower on land, please forgive me for not being able to help!You must know that this kind of thing can only be done in secret, the Li family is in business, if it involves recruiting manpower for you, if someone finds out, the Li family may be ransacked by the government!Please forgive Li for not daring to accept this kind of thing! "

After listening to shopkeeper Li's words, Yu Xiaotian was a little disappointed, but also a little helpless. After all, the Li family is a businessman, and it's okay to secretly do business with pirates like them and act as the owner of the nest. In fact, many big merchants secretly had some contact with the pirates at sea, and the Li family was no exception. It was okay to help them buy some goods.

But if the Li family were to help them recruit men on the shore, once this kind of thing was known, the government would not sit idly by, and it would definitely be detrimental to the Li family, so it was normal for Li Yi to flatly reject his request.

Yu Xiaotian was about to thank Li Yi, but when he let go of this matter, Li Yi suddenly said: "But it depends on the face of the master is Li's benefactor, this matter can be given to the master. It's an idea, I don't know if Master Yu is willing to listen or not!"

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian was overjoyed, nodded quickly and said, "Shopkeeper Li, please tell me something! Of course Yu is willing to listen!"

After Li Yi drank a glass of wine, he took a handkerchief and dipped his hands, and said: "Don't hide it from the master, from this list, Li can see that the master is a person with great ambitions. It's not about spending time and drinking, but it's all about replenishing supplies!

Li has also met a few friends at sea, but you are the only one like Master Yu!So from this point alone, it can be seen that Yu Dangjia is not the kind of person who only knows how to make money!

Don't look at Master Yu and you guys are weak right now, but this is also one of the points that Li values ​​Yu Master!

But Li would like to advise Master Yu that this matter should not be rushed. Although you want to recruit more people, it is not enough just to recruit refugees on land!

Right now, Yu knows one thing, Fuzhou Prefecture currently has a lot of refugees fleeing refugees, but the government has not provided relief, and the refugees are not allowed to enter the city in the near future to prevent chaos in the city.

As a result, some refugees who have just entered the country often circulate in the countryside. Li can't intervene in this kind of recruitment, but it doesn't mean you can't do it!

Although you killed Jiang Baihu in Fu'an County, this incident did not cause much alarm. The government in Fuzhou did not arrest you for this. You can send people ashore and find a way to recruit some refugees. Li can secretly send someone to help you with this matter, but it must not be known that the Li family is involved in this matter!

In addition, there are also some refugees in the Lianjiang area. They were arrested by the government for looting the counters of grain merchants in the city and expelled from the county. If you are strong enough, you can rescue them and join them!

This matter is related to the safety of the Li family, and I hope the head of the family will forgive me!As for what to do, please think and decide on your own, Li can only help here! "

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he was immediately in a good mood. Although Li Yi refused to intervene directly, he pointed out a way for him and said that he could help secretly, so this matter would be much easier to handle.

So Yu Xiaotian quickly got up and thanked Li Yi, and after the two parties had another drink, Yu Xiaotian returned the 500 taels of silver receipt to Li Yi again, as payment for what they needed this time , Li Yi was not polite, saying that favors belong to favors, and business belongs to business, so he accepted the money. So far, Yu Xiaotian didn't stay here any longer, and bid farewell to Li Yi.

Li Yi also didn't want to keep Yu him, and told him secretly that he had made proper arrangements for that Xiu'er to stay on Dayan Island for the time being, and Yu Xiaotian could come here to take her away at any time.

Yu Xiaotian was really a little embarrassed about this, nodded and agreed, and what Li Yi needed for Xiaotian was some of the goods they had on hand right now, or the goods that could be obtained by other merchants on Dalian Island , handed it directly to Yu Xiaotian, and loaded it on the cargo ship at the pier, and agreed to pick up the goods on Dalian Island ten days later for the rest of the owed things.

After sending Yu Xiaotian away, Li Yi returned to the hall, and that steward Li also walked in, and asked Li Yi, "Shopkeeper, after seeing this headed Yu today, what does the shopkeeper think of him?"

Sitting on a big chair, Li Yi picked up the list that Yu Xiaotian gave him again, raised his hand and said, "That's right! You're good at recognizing people! You see him very accurately! After seeing this person, it can be seen that this person surnamed Yu is not an ordinary person. This person is tall, long, and powerful, but he is second. During the drinking with him today, Yu deliberately talked about various things with him. It can be seen that this person People are so knowledgeable, courageous, insightful, and farsighted!

He is very insightful about the establishment of slaves in Liaodong alone. He said in a word that Jiannu is our Ming Dynasty's strong enemy, but now the imperial court is powerless to stop Jiannu, and there will be chaos in the northwest of the pass!

This surprised me so much!Although Zhao Mazi didn't say anything about this person's background, and it's inconvenient for us to inquire more, but I can still tell that this person is probably not from land, because he knows very little about many small things on land, and even in his conversation, Also very different from ordinary people!

This made me wonder how he knew about things far away in the northwest. You must know that the drought in the northwest has been repeated this year, and refugees have begun to riot. But few people in Fujian know about this kind of thing, even the government. He didn't pay much attention to it, but he just said during the banquet that the rebellion of the exiles in the northwest will sooner or later be a confidant of the current imperial court.

If I hadn't met a person from Shaanxi a few days ago, I wouldn't have known that the disaster situation in Shaanxi was so serious, but this Yu Xiaotian actually knew this, which is too surprising!

Just based on the list he gave us today, we can see that this person wants to make a big fortune in the sea, not just satisfying the temporary needs!

The supplies he listed on this list are all things that can enhance his strength, and the food is based on their number, and the quantity far exceeds my expectations!It can be seen that this person is not stingy with yellow and white things, but knows how to reserve!

In addition, he asked us to help him recruit people. This kind of thing shows that this person will not be satisfied with the current situation at all, and wants to sit on the sea in the future!

Therefore, we are lucky to know such a person!From now on, when you are here, pay more attention to their movements. As for their goods, you can add [-]% to the price. If they have any needs, please try to satisfy them if it is not special!I'd like to see if this Yu can make a career out of it! "

Manager Li quickly nodded and said, "Don't worry, shopkeeper! I'll be careful! If that's the case, why did the shopkeeper reject the blunderbuss and the muskets of the Fran robot they asked for today? Don't we have a few of them right now?" Cannons? Why won't you give them?"

Li Yi looked at Li Guanshi and said with a smile: "It is better for them to do some things slowly first. If you give them all the good things at once, it will make them feel that doing things is too easy! They realized that our path is too broad! It would be better to take it step by step! I can handle the matter of saltpeter and sulfur for them, but I am curious. If they want these things, will they know how to prepare gunpowder? This surname makes me very happy interested!"……