open sea

Chapter 146
Who said just now that sailors would never be allowed to fight for Hao Jing?

Forget about him!

Now people only remember that the ten merchants will get the right to take a cut of the Haojing tax, and the captain and sailor will get the right to carve up the other part after the victory. They will not fight for the Haojing?

joke!

"Carneiro, Archbishop of the Jesuit Society, is the one who built churches, schools, and hospitals here? The bishop has a lot of power among the Franji people, and he is one of the people who attract business."

"As for the other Franglers, Peres and Father Peres also have high prestige among the Franglers, including the two of them." Chen Mu sat in the city hall built by the Franglers , counting the number of business introductions, tapped the table and said: "There is also the old Duolu from the Bujialuo Cannon Factory. I will need him in the future, so...there are only four people from the Franc machine to introduce businessmen, what do you think of Brother Zhou?"

Zhou Xing didn't have a close friend like Li Dan who was so precious to Haojing, not to mention that it didn't matter to him who the Franji introduced businessmen. As long as we buy the Kegang, they are powerful in the officialdom, so we should add these three people. Who should be in charge of the other three foreign merchants?"

Quanshang, who used to be a Kegang tooth merchant, had to join. If they were forced to mess up the pot, no one would want to eat this bowl of rice.

Chen Mu smiled and said, "Li Dan, a merchant from the East, Huayu, a merchant from Nanyang, and one more person, I want Lin Feng to take the role."

Zhou Xing didn't have any objection to those people at first, but at this moment, he probed anxiously and said: "Lin Feng is a Japanese pirate, and he must not be allowed to act as a pirate!"

Lin Feng is really a giant bandit, unlike Li Dan, who lived in Haojing and hadn't been out to sea a few times, he was very powerful at sea, he was a trader and a pirate, and he was entrenched in Penghu Changdeng Haojing, Chicken Cage and other places, the momentum is quite large.

"Because he is a Japanese pirate, put shoes on him, so that we can control the pirates!" Chen Mu took the Guangyu map he got from Deng Zilong, and said to Zhou Xing: "The chicken coop and Penghu are here, and Lin Feng is entrenched here. Da Dao, the island does not produce food and there are many mountains and barriers, he can only be kidnapped if he lacks food, he can only plunder, will this group of people let themselves be starved to death?"

"If he has done Haojing to attract business, it will be different. He can get a little supply in Haojing, and he will have less motivation to do harm to the coast. Besides, he is proficient in naval warfare, so he can be used by me to protect the sea. Hao Jing, secondly, to prevent it from joining the Western Yi."

The most terrifying thing is not these people, but the group of people who are now trapped in the war with the Ottoman Empire on the other side of the distant sea.

Zhou Xing still shook his head, waved his hands and said, "Three points are drawn and retained, which is enough for Qianhu to form a strong army. Bandits must not be used to attract business. If they cannot be controlled in the future, it will become a problem for the imperial court. Chen Qianhu, this time Something Zhou definitely can’t agree to!”

"Maybe Chen is too impatient, brother Zhou is right."

Chen Mu didn't force it anymore. Although he always wanted to integrate the maritime merchants in the South China Sea who lived abroad, this was indeed as Zhou Xing said, and he didn't fully grasp the coexistence of opportunities and risks.

"Let's think about it in the long run, and brother Zhou will select another business." Chen Mu shook his head, feeling that the administrative efficiency of this era is really low, and said: "The tax collector sent by the governor has not arrived yet? If you don't come to the governor, you should go back to Zhaoqing , then things will be even more difficult.”

The matter in Guangxi has just been decided, and the matter in Guangdong has started again. Zhang Han is vacillating between Guangxi and Guangdong. Now the officers and soldiers in Guangdong are all over the place. The military affairs are handed over to Yu Dayou and Tang Kekuan. .

Chen Mu wanted to take advantage of the new tax official's arrival and Zhang Han did not leave the Guangzhou mansion to set rules for the new tax official.

Zhang Han gave him full power to handle Haojing's tax. At least [-]% must be paid to the court, and he had to discuss the rest with the barbarians.

Now that he has negotiated the regulations with barbarians from various countries, the rest is for the tax officials.

"Father, someone wants to see you."

When Li Dan came to report, Chen Mu was surprised and said, "Didn't you say that anyone who wants to find a way to get a job is gone?"

"It's not about attracting merchants, but because I want to receive the war profits from Qianhusuo. My son thinks that foster father should want to see them."

Accept the batch of spoils?

Chen Mu was worrying about where to get those things. Except for the guns and breastplates that were taken to the Governor's Yamen and the iron workshop in Xiangshan, he had no place to put the remaining large quantities of armor, accessories, furniture and goods on the ship. I thought I would wait for the commercial quotation to be ready for a while and then find a buyer from Haojing, but I didn't expect the buyer to come to the door now!
"Brother Zhou, I'll go and have a look. The last business introduction is all up to Brother Zhou to see who is suitable."

After leaving with Zhou Xing, Chen Mu and Li Dan walked out of the room, and then asked, "Who wants to collect the war profit?"

"Falikat, the Frenchman from Xiyi, and Lin Feng."

Li Dan paused, raised his two fingers and said, "Two pirates."

Chen Mu chose another secretary's office in the city hall to sit down, and then asked Li Dan to call them in.

Different from the western pirates in his imagination, Faricat is a well-dressed Spaniard. He does not have the habit of growing a beard. His face is well-groomed. The color is similar to that of Mingren, and it is also black. His face looks like an Arab, and the corner of his mouth is slightly hooked with a reserved smile that seems to be there.

No matter which facial features are picked out alone, he is a handsome man, but together they are not very good-looking.

He wore a captain's hat similar to the one Li Dan snatched from him, with a red tassel on the back. He took it off to greet Chen Mu when he entered the door. He was wearing a black shirt and black fluffy shorts. Under the shorts were white stockings up to his feet. Dark-colored boat shoes, and a white exaggerated pleated collar on the shirt collar.

This kind of collocation doesn't look good to Chen Mu, but the fabric of the clothes is very good. The decent clothes woven from Daming's raw silk exports are breathable and comfortable.

As soon as he entered the door, Farikat babbled a lot. Although Chen Mu listened, his attention was focused on Lin Feng who came in behind.

Anyway, he can't understand, Li Dan will translate.

Lin Feng's appearance is more in line with Chen Mu's expectations for a pirate. He is less than forty years old, probably because of the goatee. The weather-beaten Chinese character face looks long and pointed. The sleeves, the wrists are covered with leather pads, and the untight arms of the clothes are open to reveal the muscular chest. Even with the curved eyebrows and piercing eyes, it is difficult to make people feel sharp.

What stands out is his chest - tattooed.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ordered those with tattoos to be exiled into the army. Chen Mu only saw that the Dan people tattooed snakes on their bodies to avoid water, and he never saw anyone else tattooed.

Lin Feng was not as polite as Farikat's appearance, and was much more direct. He cupped his fists and saluted as soon as he entered the door. His voice was not rough, but firm, "Grassman Lin Feng, meet Chen Qianhu."

"What he wants are those black people and goods. The grassroots want those spears, guns, and nitrate. I don't know how much it costs?"

(End of this chapter)