The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 223
Nervous Li Guo tried his best to be a landlord and invited Huang's family to Hong Kong to have a rest and drink. Who knew that they were very busy, and they all said that they had a combat mission, and they were ready to set off immediately without disturbing them.

Li Guozhu was in a dilemma and finally arranged his subordinates to prevent accidents. He invited Li Er and the six tents to drink at home, and asked his subordinates to watch the Huang family horses living in the port. The boat asked to see Master Huang.

Huang Sheng didn't mean to kill Li Guozhu, the agent of the Wa country, and didn't want him to misunderstand. He chose not to go to Li Guozhu's private port, and he didn't ask him to come on his ship.

Unexpectedly, this pirate and sea merchant was a character, and he took the initiative to leave the private port with only a few entourages to come to Huang's warship to ask to see him.

Of course, Huang Sheng did not neglect to talk to him in the meeting room.After some pleasantries, Huang Sheng asked Li Guozhu to allow the three Zhuyin ships he had just seized to enter the port for simple repairs, and asked him to help with some materials and craftsmen.

Zhao Shimin brought more than a dozen master shipbuilders, but he didn't bring the steel pipes used to re-erect the mast. Now he can only ask Li Guozhu to help him with the ready-made wooden mast in his dock.

This lord is too fussy, every time he comes, he grabs pirates!Li Guozhu still had a fresh memory of the behavior of the civil servant of Ming Dynasty last time.

Now I saw this adult smiling and telling himself that they captured three pirate Zhuyin ships again.

Li Guozhu hurriedly went to look at the pirate ships captured by the Huang family. These three Zhuyin ships were equipped with eight cannons, and they were all copper-cored iron cannons, which were almost the same as his own warships. The Huang family snatched them easily?

He found it unbelievable. He boarded the captured Zhuyin ship with his entourage to find out. He saw the displaced artillery from the broken mast, and carefully looked at the shrapnel deeply embedded in the deck and bulkhead. strangeness.

How can people on the deck with such dense shrapnel have a place to hide?What kind of shell has such a large killing effect?

He knew it was not easy to ask about the secrets of other people's weapons, so he came to the 'Guangning' to see Mr. Huang Sheng with doubts.

Li Guozhu suddenly had an idea in his mind. The Huang family had artillery that could cause a large number of casualties on the deck of an enemy ship. With such strength, no one dared to lose face. He was even more respectful to Huang Sheng.

Li Guozhu immediately ordered his men to go to lead the navigation, and asked all the craftsmen in his dock to help repair Master Huang's spoils as quickly as possible, and use whatever materials were needed.

Repairing the snatched Zhuyin ship is a trivial matter, and Huang Sheng is most concerned about whether Li Guozhu can get the copper ingots. Now that the Huang family is vigorously developing the shipbuilding industry, the demand for corrosion-resistant cupronickel is endless.

Nickel can be purchased in large quantities from Yunnan, and copper ingots can be obtained from Japan. High-quality nickel-nickel-nickel copper is used in large quantities on sea-going ships, which not only increases the firmness of sea-going ships, but also prolongs maintenance time and improves the utilization rate of sea-going ships.

Huang Sheng asked: "Mr. Li, I want to buy more copper to bring back to Daming this time. I wonder how many supplies you have?"

Li Guozhu said bitterly: "Master Huang, Caomin may have disappointed you this time. Caomin used all his connections to collect for a year but only got [-] catties."

[-] jin of copper is worthless, Huang Sheng was very upset, and said: "Is it because the Japanese general Tokugawa Iemitsu refused to trade?"

"Of course, not only my family, but no one has bought Japanese copper ingots. The [-] jin in Caomin's hands was completely entrained by a few daimyos on fishing boats many times."

"In this way, Tokugawa Iemitsu should have accumulated a lot of copper ingots, right?"

"That's natural. The mining and refining of copper mines in Japan is still the same, and there should be a lot of stocks that are only in and out."

"When I come back after hunting down a few thieves, Mr. Li, is there any interest in going to Edo with me to meet the general who conquered barbarians for a while?"

"Huh? Caomin has been operating here for many years, but he has only dealt with a few famous names in Japan and has never met General Zhengyi, so I'm afraid I can't recommend it to you."

"I don't see him, but you go to negotiate with him, sell our goods, and buy what we want and they have."

"This..., Mr. Huang, I am afraid that the grass-roots people do not have such abilities. The General of the Wa State Conquering Barbarians can meet the grass-roots people whenever they want, and even negotiate? My lord thinks highly of the grass-people."

"Everything is possible, and we will see when the time comes. I wonder how many warships Mr. Li has? Don't count those who are not as good as Daming grass."

This is someone's military secret, so why ask such a question, Li Guozhu pondered for a while and said, "This..., I don't know what your lord means?"

"Mr. Li, don't misunderstand me. I am a friend, not an enemy. Maritime trade is all about strength. The Li family has been in business for two generations, and their strength should not be underestimated. I plan to form an alliance with Mr. Li to achieve great things."

It turned out that Li Guozhu showed his friendship with Huang Sheng because he wanted to build a relationship with him. In the future, he would ask the Huang family for something, and he was very happy to see Huang Sheng offered to form an alliance.

Naturally, he couldn't let Mr. Huang underestimate him, and said frankly: "Caomin has 100 warships above No. [-] Fuchuan, nearly [-] artillery pieces above [-] pounds, and more than [-] small warships with some combat power. Sometimes Even tigers are afraid of wolves."

"Young Master Li has such strength, the Japanese General Who Conquers Barbarians will definitely give you a chance to negotiate fairly, and we will definitely get a fair deal."

"My lord, I would like to hear the details of the stupid people."

"You gather all the warships under your command and wait here. When I come back, I will bring you together and drive all the warships to Edo Bay to directly ask for a deal with General Zheng Yi. He couldn't help but refuse."

"My lord, are you going to use force to force the Japanese to submit? I'm afraid it won't be possible, and the Japanese navy in Edo Bay is not easy to mess with!"

"If you mess with it, you have to mess with it. If this continues, how will Mr. Li's business continue? Over time, your family will go downhill!"

Huang Sheng's words reached Li Guozhu's heart. Since the death of his father Li Dan, more than half of the family's business and wealth have been taken away by Zheng Yiguan and Xu Xinsu.

Xu Xinsu is better, and maintains a cooperative relationship with the Li family. Zheng Yiguan won hundreds of ships and became a giant bandit in the South China Sea. .

Li Guozhu took the warship to ask for an explanation, but he was beaten by others and lost more than a dozen warships.

He vowed to avenge his revenge and return to private Hong Kong to build up strength, but things backfired. Because Japan was developing towards a closed country, business was subject to many restrictions, and the Li family's money was not easy to earn.

Li Guozhu's strength is getting worse and worse, but his enemy Zheng Yiguan is just the opposite. The Zheng family can be said to be making money every day.

And Li Guozhu's strength is less than [-]% of Zheng Yiguan's, and now he has only five thousand people under his command. Due to the sharp drop in income, it is difficult to raise soldiers and warships.

Seeing Zheng Yiguan's rapid development, Xu Xinsu felt a lot of pressure. He joined forces with Li Guozhu to regain control of the Nanyang trade, but who knows that he is not at the same level as him.

The two families joined forces and were vulnerable, so Xu Xinsu, who was forced to lose his army and lose his general, spent a lot of money to bribe Yu Dayou's son, Yu Zigao, the general of the Fujian general, and got a regular fifth-rank navy general.

Li Guo helped himself to flee back to his private port and painstakingly built a defensive fort. Now he didn't want to take revenge, but to save his life. He was afraid that Zheng Yiguan would come to retaliate, so he was trembling every day.

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