The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 239
In mid-October, an old friend, long-legged general Wu Xiang, came to Huangjiawan Island.

He met Li Er in Tianjin Wei, and the chief steward was happily directing Huang Jiafu's ship to unload the returned cargo from Japan.

The Huang family was happy to rob the pirates this time, and rewarded Li Er with 100 taels of silver, and the other six accountants with 20 taels of silver each.The six accountants were overjoyed, and the current monthly price of an accountant was only one tael or five taels of silver per month.

They were sent by the boss to make posters, and they were paid more. This trip took no more than two months, and they could get ten taels of hard work money when they got home.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Huang generously rewarded 20 taels. The key is to follow the Huang family to eat well and sleep soundly. You can also have fun along the way without hiding in the small cabin.

The most important thing is that only the Huang family fights pirates, and no pirate dares to take care of such a tiger's beard as the Huang family's fleet.

Li Er was naturally happy to meet an old acquaintance, so he dragged him to a restaurant for a drink. A thing about pirates.

Now Wu Xiang is not an outsider, he is also one of the partners of the sea trade, Li Er immediately opened the chatter box and told Wu Xiang the whole story of how the Huang family's warship robbed the pirate ship at sea.

Li Er only saw how to snatch the three Zhuyin ships, but he knew little about attacking the pirates' lair later on. Huang Sheng also deliberately left all the Li family members in Li Guozhu's private port during the trip to Edo Bay.

Today's Li Guozhu has recognized Huang's family in terms of business, but Huang Sheng still let Li Guozhu keep the shares with those partners, and everything remains the same.

Anyway, Huang Sheng has opened up a new supply of goods, and the goods are quite different from the original partner's variety, and there is almost no conflict. He knows that bureaucratic capital is insatiable, and the Huang family is only now emerging, so don't make too many enemies.

Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents. If they cut off a good deal of several 10 taels a year from Haimao's partners, I am afraid that they will have to make enemies with too many officials, and the gains outweigh the losses. A win-win situation is Huang Sheng's choice.

Wu Xiang looked at Li Er, whose face was flushed from drinking, and Li Er, who was in a state of excitement, said suspiciously: "Guan Li, in this way, wouldn't Master Huang go far beyond snatching three Japanese Zhuyin ships?"

"Isn't that right, General Wu, you didn't see it, those Japanese pirates looked scared, but when they arrived at the hands of the Huang family's horses, they all seemed to have no bones, knelt on the deck begging for mercy, and knocked their heads broken."

Wu Xiang became more and more interested. It seemed that Mr. Huang should have a lot of real Japanese heads in his hands. He was surprised and said, "Ah? What else is there?"

Li Er laughed parrot and said: "It's too late to beg for mercy now, the Huang family has already given you a chance, let's reincarnate and come again!"

"Is this what Master Huang said?"

"That's right, and it's not!" Li Er's obsessive look was disgusting.

"Damn it, speak up, I'll beat you up if you're a brat!" Wu Xiang was aroused and said angrily because she couldn't hear the answer quickly.

Li Er said with a smile: "It was Mr. Huang Dongshan, the official of thousands of households, who said it. How can Mr. Huang talk to those bastards with his status?"

Wu Xiang said depressedly: "Li Er, can you tell me the main points? How many pirate ships did Master Huang rob? How many real Japanese heads were cut off?"

"It's hard to say exactly. I estimate that about ten large ships similar to Fuchuan were robbed. The Cangshan boat should be thirty or forty. I really don't know how many Japanese pirates' heads were chopped off. I only saw eighty or ninety. pieces."

"Long Didong, obediently! No life! There are so many harvests!" Wu Xiang blurted out in Yangzhou dialect emotionally.

"General Wu, I only saw so much. When the soldiers of the Huang family chatted nonsense, I also listened to three and a half sentences. It should be far more than that."

Wu Xiang swallowed her saliva and said, "Enough is enough, there are quite a few heads of eighty or ninety pirates. Hahaha..."

Wu Xiang threw two taels of silver to the bartender and said: "You don't need to look for it, any extra will be counted as a reward for you." Then he said to Li Er: "Guard Li, please leave now, I want to see Mr. Huang immediately, do you know Is he in Huangjiawan Island?"

"Yes, for sure. Master Huang has a lot of things to arrange, and the soldiers under his command have to hold summary meetings and write articles. Oh, this is what I overheard Master Huang's servants talking about with each other."

"Okay, you must not gossip about what you said to me today."

"You can understand it, and you won't chew your tongue. Isn't it because General Wu is from his own family!"

Wu Xiang hurriedly came to Huangjiawan Island to ask Huang Sheng to see him, because he found that he could be a favor with his great military achievements.

Huang Sheng is planning to expand his territory, and he also wants to find Wu Xiang to handle some dirty and shady things.

Of course I was happy to see that the long-legged general didn't have to invite Baba to deliver it to his door. He hosted a banquet for Wu Xiang at the very elegant restaurant 'Wanghai Pavilion' jointly run by Lan Meimei and a few sisters on Huangjiawan Island.

This restaurant was actually funded and opened by Lan Caier. Not only did Huang Sheng not object, he also encouraged the women in the family to start a business, and asked the housekeeper Zhao Rui to prepare the funds.

Women in the family who want to run workshops, shops, inns, and restaurants can come to Zhao Rui to borrow money, and the interest is as low as [-]% per year, which is less than [-]%.

There are no banks for private lending in this era. Most of them go to pawnshops to mortgage their property to get some money for urgent use, or borrow money from landlords with high interest rates.

The kind-hearted country gentry are not too dark-hearted, and they collect [-]% or [-]% a year in a sloppy manner, while the unscrupulous ones release loan sharks, just for the purpose of seizing the borrower's property and land.

Gu Ling'er, who Zhao Rui has personally taught for nearly three years, is in charge of these support funds. The little girl is very happy to do such a thing and is very responsible.

She is not only responsible for the financial security of the Huang family, but also responsible for the sisters who are going to do business, helping to demonstrate the feasibility and making suggestions, and she is very busy every day.

Gu Ling'er also has a status now, and she is very happy in Huang's family. She helps the sisters grasp the direction of investment, and there are too many people who can be consulted. His father Gu San, brother Gu Shanhai, and even Zhao Shimin can go to her.

The location of the restaurant 'Wanghai Pavilion' was well chosen, and it was built in a grand style without being arrogant. Wu Xiang met Mr. Huang in a special private room called 'Overlooking Penglai'.

Wu Xiang watched the development of Huangjiawan Island. When he first came to investigate, he accompanied Huang Sheng around the island for a whole day, and now revisiting the old place has changed the world.

"Master Huang, this place really lives up to its name. If you look south, you can indeed see the Penglai Islands. The scenery is boundless!" Wu Xiang sighed sincerely.

Huang Sheng was also very satisfied with this place, and said with a smile: "General Wu, you bought this island for me, how do you feel at this time?"

"Xiaguan has a lot of emotions and doesn't know where to start. Xiaguan also wants to buy a house here, and come here to take care of himself when he gets old."

I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, Wu Xiang can talk, and Huang Sheng can hear it comfortably.His time is too precious and he doesn't have the time to exchange pleasantries. He took the initiative to say to Wu Xiang:

"I would like to ask General Wu to help us set up another site to operate. I don't know how convenient it is for General Wu?"

"Where did your lord take a fancy to? I feel honored to be able to run errands for my lord. Besides, the Huang family's management of a place will definitely benefit one side. In fact, this official has also done a good deed for thousands of families to become Buddhas!"

Wu Xiang has been in contact with Huang Sheng for several years, and knows that this great talent is on the road, and he never makes things difficult for those who do things, and he will not let those who do things suffer. He doesn't care what Huang Sheng likes, so he expresses his willingness to help.

"General Wu, do you think it will be difficult for me to take the Jiaoao Qingdao Port in Pingdu Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, Shandong Province?"

At this time, Qingdao was not a big city, not even a small city. It was just a small military zone, which was called Jiao’ao at that time. Because the pirates along the coast were very violent in the Jiajing year, Jiao’ao was once a more important place in Ming Dynasty. Coastal defense fortress.

In the Wanli year, there was almost no threat from the Japanese pirates, and the value of Jiaoao as a coastal defense fortress had already existed in name only. There was only a Fushan Beiyuqianhusuo set up there, facing Fushan Bay in the south and Fushan in the east.

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