Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 220 Two hundred eighteen

He asked the Jin Yiwei to take Zhu Wan into custody, and then began to hunt down and interrogate Zhu Wan's accomplices.Wang Daoqiu had no interest in a dead dog, so he left the matter to the Jin Yiwei and the guarding eunuchs stationed in Hangzhou.

On the evening of the second day, Wang Daoqiu himself entertained a group of wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou at the outer building beside the West Lake.

Wang Daoqiu is a close minister, has a high official position, and has just defeated Zhu Wan, the mortal enemy of the Zhejiang people, which has made the Zhejiang people angry. Therefore, these Zhejiang capital bosses now have a good impression of Wang Daoqiu.

In addition, Wang Daoqiu himself is from Zhejiang, and his old Taishan is "Zhejiang's richest man" Shen Yishi. Speaking of which, everyone is in the business circle.So Wang Daoqiu made an invitation, and all the capital tycoons in Hangzhou were also invited to come to the building outside the building.

Anyone who can come to this building today to have a meal with Wang Daoqiu will be a powerful figure with a net worth of tens of billions and one of the top [-] wealth in Zhejiang in future generations.However, in the land of flowers, wealth has always been like a sand sculpture in the face of power, and it will fall when it is blown.

Therefore, these capital bosses who came to the banquet tonight seemed to have made an agreement. They all came to the banquet in ordinary cotton clothes in a low-key manner. None of them wore silk or hung a big gold chain around their neck to show off their wealth.

Wang Daoqiu set up three tables of wine and food on the second floor of the building outside the building. Capital bosses consciously found seats according to how much money they had, without Wang Daoqiu greeting them.

When businessmen meet officials, especially high-ranking officials like Wang Daoqiu, who stand at the top of the pyramid, they naturally use all kinds of shameless flattery.At this time, Wang Daoqiu was listening to these flatteries and couldn't help but lament the situation in life.

Just two years ago, he was walking on the streets of Hangzhou as a scholar. Although these capital bosses would not dare to bully a famous scholar, they would never give him a smile.But now, each of them, middle-aged and elderly uncles in their 50s and 19s, nodded and bowed in front of him, a [-]-year-old boy, like a erha.You said this made Wang Daoqiu feel emotional, how could he not be moved.

I feel a little unhappy about these snobbery, but I still need the capital and expertise of these people to build the Japanese Concession and the future Shuangyu Free Trade Port.So Wang Daoqiu endured his nausea, looked as harmless as a spring breeze, and pretended with these capital bosses that we were all good fellows who helped each other.

After three drinks and five dishes, after everyone had established a preliminary friendship, Wang Daoqiu straightened his clothes and stood up to recommend the Japanese Concession and Shuangyu Free Trade Port to these Zhejiang plutocrats.

After Wang Daoqiu made the recommendation, he knew that these people might want to exchange opinions with each other.So he made an excuse to go out and left the venue to these Zhejiang plutocrats.

After leaving the building outside the building, we walked along the West Lake and looked up at the Baochu Pagoda on Baoshi Mountain.Because there are no high-rise buildings in later generations around Baoshi Mountain, the Baochu Pagoda looks even more majestic now.

There is also the Leifeng Pagoda in the distance. I didn't expect it to be so dilapidated now. It is just a skeleton after being burned by fire, but it has a sense of history.However, when Wang Daoqiu saw this tower, his first reaction was not that of White Snake Xu Xian, but rather the treasures of the underground palace that were rebuilt after the new millennium and discovered there.

I've lost my status, I've lost my status, and now I have enough wealth to be released to future generations. I have dozens of people from the north and the south, and I'm the king of the northeast. It's really embarrassing that I still miss the little gadgets under the Leifeng Pagoda.

Wang Daoqiu smiled sheepishly at the fact that he could not get rid of being a poor person with no future.Then he felt that the wind blowing by the West Lake in late autumn was a bit cool in the evening, and he thought that the group of people should have discussed the matter, so he turned and went back to the building outside the building.When they went upstairs, a group of Zhejiang chaebols saw Wang Daoqiu coming back. They stood up and greeted Wang Daoqiu enthusiastically.

After a period of hypocrisy, when Wang Daoqiu sat down again, Boss Chen Jianfeng, the spokesperson chosen by the Zhejiang chaebols and the boss of the Zhejiang logistics industry, came out to negotiate with Wang Daoqiu on behalf of the Zhejiang chaebols tonight.

Chen Jianfeng bowed his hands and saluted Wang Daoqiu, and said respectfully: "Master Taifu, the Japanese country is too far away, and the Japanese are fierce and poor. The only gold and silver mines they can get are now in your hands, Master Taifu." . To be honest, Mr. Taifu, the Japanese country is of little benefit to us, so we are not very interested in the Japanese country."

"However, don't dare to lie to Master Taifu about the port of Shuangyu. We used to ship goods there. There are Western Franji merchants there. They can eat as much as we ship. In addition, they give The price is very high, and the money is easy to pay. Therefore, Mr. Taifu, if you really have a way to build that Shuangyu Port into a free trade port, and allow Western Francophone merchants to stay there and do business with us, then we are very happy. Interested, participate in the construction of Shuangyu Free Trade Port."

Chen Jianfeng's words are very clear, that is, the Japanese country is too poor and has insufficient spending power. They cannot sell much goods there, so they have little interest.However, they favored the Western Franchi merchants who were stupid and wealthy. They longed for the Western market with almost unlimited spending power, and hoped to sell Western goods through the Franchi merchants.

Wang Daoqiu also understood this. After all, the main products sold by these Zhejiang chaebols were luxury goods such as silk, porcelain, and tea.As for the war-torn Japanese country, where heroes were vying for hegemony, they needed weapons and equipment for war and food to fill their stomachs.

And those so-called Franconian merchants were Portugal and Spain who first started the Age of Discovery.Relying on the benefits of the great sailing pioneers, they are now a group of nouveau riche whose toilets are inlaid with gold.

How will the nouveau riche spend money after they get rich?Of course it’s just to buy luxury goods like crazy and show off your wealth to others!And in this sixteenth-century world, what luxury items were the most stylish?Of course they are silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty!
As a result, those Franchise merchants bought silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. After shipping it back to Europe, the price increased several times, and then sold to the nouveau riche who had colonized and plundered all over the world and robbed the gold and silver and shipped them back in boxes.

It is understood that there is not much market for silk, tea, and porcelain in Zhejiang in the Japanese country, and Zhejiang businessmen do not want to develop in the Japanese country.Wang Daoqiu didn't want to force this. He would wait until Shen Yishi came back from Japan and then let him deceive these Zhejiang businessmen!

As for these Zhejiang chaebols, Wang Daoqiu was already prepared for the Folangji customers who were more concerned about them.When attacking Shuangyu Port, Wang Daoqiu captured hundreds of Folangji people.

And they were dealt with according to their roles. The skilled watchmakers and gun-making craftsmen were sent to the capital secretly by Jin Yiwei.The crew and sailors who are familiar with the route from Asia to Europe will fill them into the Dengzhou Navy in case they go to Europe in the future, and let them be the leading party.As for the Frangipani who are pure businessmen with little hand skills, Wang Daoqiu has now detained them all in the Christian church on the island.

Now that these Zhejiang chaebols can use the channels of the Folangji merchants, Wang Daoqiu doesn't mind letting these Zhejiang chaebols contact them.However, Wang Daoqiu will definitely send his own fleet to escort these "international friends" throughout the return trip of these Folangji merchants.Even if time permits, Wang Daoqiu would be very willing to do it himself.

Having made up his mind, Wang Daoqiu agreed that these chaebols could go to Shuangyu Port and continue doing business with those Franji merchants.

However, in order to firmly control the Zhoushan Islands and Hangzhou Bay, which connects Songjiang, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo.Wang Daoqiu planned to use Shuangyu Port as a base to build the Zhejiang Navy.

Because before the imperial court lifted the maritime ban on the Zhejiang Navy, Wang Daoqiu's arrangement for them was to combat smuggling in name and to protect smuggling in secret.Therefore, the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy must be very tactful and able to deal with local officials.As for Wang Daoqiu, there is no such person for the time being. What a shame!
(End of this chapter)