Warring States Eagle

Morning of November 27th, Tianwen Nine Years.In the meeting hall of the lord's mansion of the Hizen Luo family, various forces that have business relations with the Luo family welcomed.

The first party is Zheng Liang and Tai Jiuling.Although the Luo family has begun to promote the law of Le Shi Le Zuo in the territory, the sales of grain, salt and various minerals that affect the stability of the territory are all controlled by the Luo family.As for Tai Jiuling, with the investment of several wives of Zhengliang, he began to show his fists in some everyday people's livelihood businesses.These two families represent the interests of the Luo family.

The second party is Wang Hai.He represented the interests of Zhu Zining and You Jianxia who were still in the Ming Dynasty.

The third party is Andimeo Franck Ribery, a newly involved Southern barbarian, and Zuo Moyang, a businessman from the Ming Dynasty who smuggled with the Southern barbarians.

In fact, there is still one party not present, that is Kamiya Shaoce and Amada Nobuyasu.But for these two, Zheng Liang did not intend to directly let them deal face-to-face with these people in front of them.The main purpose is to prevent some advanced technologies, such as firearms technology, from spreading to other powerful powers through them in advance.The other tycoons have stronger foundations than the Luo family. Once they get these technologies, they will digest them faster than the Luo family. When the time comes, the leading advantage that is not easy to win back will disappear.

Now Zhengliang relies on these technological advantages to offset the accumulation gap caused by time.

For Shinya Shaoce and Amada Nobuyasu, before gaining the full trust of Zheng Liang, or becoming the retainers of the Luo family, Zheng Liang was going to let the Luo family act as a middleman to resell their goods between the two parties.so.The Luo family can not only earn a certain price difference from it, but also temporarily guarantee that some advanced technologies will not be introduced to other places in Japan too quickly.

After getting acquainted with each other, Zheng Liang first said: "Everyone, my family will explain first. The goods that my family can provide. At present, my family can provide you with various local specialties, as well as gold, silver, copper mines, and snow salt. I believe Everyone knows that silver is hidden in the copper mines in Japan, and currently Japan does not have such a way to separate silver from copper mines, but you must have a way." Zheng Liang said bluntly.

"And our family hopes to buy the following materials from you, firearms and technology from the Nanman, and even craftsmen. It would be even better if the two of you can provide shipbuilding skills. Of course, the family is also willing to buy various Nanman items. " Zheng Liang said to Zhu Qinfeng.

"For the Ming Dynasty, my family also hopes to obtain various firearms and various technologies, and even various craftsmen. If they can also provide shipbuilding skills, my family is willing to pay a huge price to buy them. Of course, all kinds of items from the Ming Dynasty. My family is also willing I bought it. At present, our family needs a lot of gunpowder and saltpeter.” Zheng Liang turned to look at Wang Hai and Zuo Moyang and said, “At the same time, our family welcomes bankrupt refugees and orphans from the Ming Dynasty to settle here. The family regards them as the leaders of our family. people are treated equally.”

"In addition, as long as a certain fee is given. Our family can provide maintenance for your caravans, including the maintenance of long-distance voyages from the Ming Dynasty to Japan," Zheng Liang continued. "My family will set aside a tax-free area for you to use for transactions." Zheng Liang threw out the most important bargaining chip.

Zhengliang proposed these ideas after careful consideration.First of all, the southern barbarians and Ming people must have mainly come for gold and silver.Especially for gold, the ratio of gold to copper in Japan is only one to five or even one to four.But in the Ming Dynasty, the ratio has risen to one to twelve or even fifteen.When it comes to Europe, it is even more exaggerated, and it has reached one to twenty.It can be said that as long as you take a trip, you can become a millionaire.

At the same time, they are also willing to buy some local specialties, and then sell some of their specialties to Japan, which can be said to be mutually beneficial.

For the Luo family, providing them with armed escort, on the one hand, they can take the opportunity to train the Luo family's navy, and on the other hand, they can also obtain a lot of information from all over the world through transactions with them.Why not do it?

"His Highness Zheng Liang said tax exemption?" Wang Hai asked immediately.

"That's right, it's completely tax-free," Zheng Liang said affirmatively.

"Okay, I will definitely support you," Wang Hai said.He had foreseen the future prosperity of the tax-free place established by Zhengliang.You must know that even those overseas trading ports and islands controlled by pirates are taxed.Everyone going to sea is only for profit. Now that Luo's family has provided such a place, with the prosperity of the waterway, there will inevitably be a large number of ships from all over the world.And Wang Hai can even get items from other regions through here.You know, he doesn't just do business from Japan to the Ming Dynasty.With the increase in supply and goods, business will inevitably improve.

After Wang Hai, the other two also very much agreed with Zheng Liang's policy.

"Everyone, here, I hope that we can make a gentleman's agreement, and you can only cooperate with the family. That is to say, I hope that you will not cooperate with other lords in private. Of course, the family can assure you that if you cooperate with the family, you will get It will be in the greatest interest," Zhengliang said.He didn't expect these guys to abide by the agreement of only trading with the Luo family forever. Everything was determined by strength and interests, so Zheng Liang had no interest in signing a paper agreement.

Now that the Luo family can sit here and discuss with these people, it's just that Zheng Liang met them by chance and seized the opportunity.That's right, what the Luo family can do is to seize the opportunity and act first before the other tyrants react.What Zheng Liang wanted to achieve was to keep these people temporarily only cooperating with the Luo family for two or three years.After all, in more than two years, other Southern barbarians will land in Japan one after another.At that time, all people are faced with the same opportunity.

For Zhengliang's request, several people present agreed unanimously.At least for now, the Luo family is still their best choice.

Thus, on November 27th, Tianwen Ninth Year, at the initiative of the Luo family, business around the three places of Ming, Nanman, and Japan officially started, and the participating families also formed a business alliance. Later, this alliance played an incalculable role in promoting the development of the Luo family, and with the rise of the Luo family, the influence of this chamber of commerce gradually spread to farther seas.

After getting the promises of several businessmen, Zhengliang asked Togo Heiji, who also participated in the meeting, to sort out a letter, to the effect that the Luo family had reached a trade agreement with merchants from Ming and Nanban.The Luo family is willing to transfer the goods obtained from these parties to the Shenya family and Yutian Xinkang for operation. After collecting the revenue, the profits will be shared equally among the Luo family, the Shenya family, and Yutian Xinkang.

Why doesn't the Luo family buy and sell alone?First of all, the Luo family lacked sales channels and means, and their manpower was limited, while the Kamiya family and Yu Tian Xinkang just had the advantages in this regard. The so-called strong alliance also lies in this.If the Luo family sells it by themselves, the income they get is not even as good as the income from the joint sale of the three parties.

Secondly, the Luo family can also collect information from all over Japan through these two sales channels.

In the end, the Luo family's behavior can be said to be beneficial to these two families.The two families that have benefited naturally try their best to meet the needs of the Luo family in terms of material procurement.Even sometimes, these two will play an unexpected role.

After receiving the letter from Zhengliang, although Shao Ce Kamiya and Nobuyasu Amada regretted not being able to directly conduct transactions with those merchants, they were also very happy after thoroughly analyzing the plan of the Luo family.As a result, the Luo family, the Kamiya family, and Yu Tian Xinkang reached a business alliance on their own.

A day has passed since the meeting to reach a cooperation agreement with Ming Dynasty merchants and Nanman merchants.

"This Amada Nobuyasu is really interesting, does he want to come out of Naya?" After reading the letter of affirmation from the Kamiya family and Amada Nobuyasu, Zheng Liang couldn't help thinking.According to his memory, there is someone else in the head of the Nawu family in Jiecho.

"Your Highness, urgent report" At this time, Yinuo walked quickly into the meeting hall to report to Zheng Liang.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Liang raised his head and asked.What Yinuo sent must be an urgent matter, because only in an emergency, Yinuo would directly enter the meeting hall without being notified by the guard outside the door.

"Great victory in the Battle of the Japanese Peninsula" Yinuo's voice was filled with excitement.

"What?" Zheng Liang stood up with a "swish".

"Your Highness, the scouts have just delivered a good report. The battle launched by Mr. Sun Wulang and Mr. Pinzuo in the Ribi Peninsula has been a great victory. The Ribi Peninsula has been included in the territory of our family. Here is the letter written by Mr. Pinzuo to His Highness" Yinuo said respectfully.

"Quick, show me." Zheng Liang quickly took the letter from Yinuo's hand.Then opened it and looked up.

After the demise of the powerful families in the west of the Luo family's general territory, the only thing left is some pirates entrenched along the coast who are still stubbornly resisting.Among these pirates, the pirates entrenched in the Ribi Peninsula are the most numerous.Of course, it was also due to the large number of forces that they could not combine in a short time, posing a powerful threat to the Luo family.

Ribi Peninsula is located in the northwest of Roche's house, on the west bank of Banwu Bay. The easternmost point of Ribido is a rocky mountain called Mount Tomi, and there is a cape called "Osaki", which is only a few kilometers away from Mukoshima at the junction of the territorial waters of the Roche family and the sea area of ​​the Hirado Matsuura family. A distance of [-] meters.On the west side of the Ribi Peninsula is Xuanjie Beach, and it is only a few hundred meters away from Eagle Island where the pirates are entrenched in the west. The waterway between Ribi Peninsula and Eagle Island is an important waterway. Once the Luo family has mastered this waterway, they can calmly launch an attack on any landing point between Imari Bay and Hirado Port in Minami Matsuura County.It can be said that the strategic location is important.

(To be continued..)

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