Chapter 501 Strange Things

The maritime merchants in Yuegang learned that the Spanish fleet was going to attack Macau, and they were not panicked. Anyway, the purchase of firearms is not much different from that of Portugal and Spain. Anyway, it is foreign firearms, but Yuegang is prepared.

Foreigners have always been unreliable in speaking, which is also a common phenomenon. There will inevitably be some sudden actions. However, if a fleet comes, the scattered ships scattered around Yuegang will definitely be able to discover them in advance and give warnings. At that time, the ships in the port will scatter.

Your Western warships are indeed running fast and have cannons, but there are too many ships in Yuegang. If you can hit a few, there will be no loss at all. Even if you drive into the port, the pirates, to put it bluntly, had their own methods to set fire ships. In a relatively small space, such a large warship would definitely suffer. At that time, jump to the other party's ship to chop.

No one can make any cheaper. Although they think so, the owners of ships who need to park and load goods at Yuegang are unwilling. Who would be so worried every day? But there is no way. At that time, they were greedy for the cheapest costs of this port, and there was not as many rules as Huazhou Marine Trade. Many people came here from the north to do business. At this time, they felt that there were many rules in Huazhou before, but they felt very at ease when they were doing business. Then they would have the situation like this today.

Passing messages at sea is different from land. On land, you can arrange horse exploration, secret whistle and other things to spy on the other side’s military camp. As long as the other party takes action, you can respond quickly. Single light cavalry will always be faster than the large army.

But it is different at sea. The bigger the sails, the bigger the speed, and the faster the speed. The small boats are not comparable to this. As long as the large ships in the port of Luzon set sail, the ships and secret whistles used to keep track of the boats and secret whistles will definitely not come back in front of them. If it were the same large ship, if there were such a ship in Yuegang, it would have long since been taken seriously in the South China corner. Why not now it is just a corner of South China?

In January of the 20th year of Jiajing, news that Spanish fleets were about to attack Macau began to spread, but until the first month of the year, when the merchants went into the sea, there was no movement, and everyone was a little tired. Moreover, according to the merchants who came back in Luzon, there was no movement at all, and these warships were trained there every day, and the inn owners in the port had no plans to send troops recently.

Many people have slacked off. Those who are timid are going to Yizhou and Liuheng Island. Wherever you sail regularly, there will be fleets to escort them. In this way, even if you go to the south, there is no need to worry, but the cost is higher. Those who are brave still do smuggling business in Yuegang and Guangdong. After all, the cost is low and the distance is much closer, so you can make more money.

As for the so-called Spanish fleet attack on Macau, many people regarded him as a joke, and some people said that this might be a routine colonial inspection by Spanish warships. After the rest of Luzon, they would continue to set off for America, and other news.

Anyway, everyone is not very familiar with overseas affairs. Some people say that everyone believes it. Slowly, the merchants who originally moved to the north began to return to Yuegang to do business, but Huazhou still did not make any noise there, as if they did not obey the system, such as Yuegang, who did not obey the system, were just repairing warships, recruiting population, and training the army.

There has always been little demand for horses in Fujian. The terrain in northern Fujian is mostly mountainous and the mountain roads are rugged. In some places, people can only walk on people, but horses cannot be passed through. In southern Fujian, most of them are boats. Horses are all the needs of wealthy families. Even the garage stations only provide transportation for officers and raise few horses.

Horse dealer Zeng Laofu has always been doing business in Fujian. He saw that the people he knew made money at sea, some made a fortune, and some made a small fortune. He raised horses here but could only make some money for life. He was very jealous, but God did not let him make a fortune. Although Zeng Laofu was born and raised by the sea, he was afraid of water and was afraid of death.

It is absolutely impossible to go into the sea to make a fortune, so you can only sell horses to make a living. In February of the 20th year of Jiajing, Zeng Laofu thought that this year had just passed in such a daze. Who would have thought that a big business came to the door. A man with a northern Fujian accent said he wanted to buy hundreds of horses and go into the mountains to sell goods.

This is not a rare thing. Now everyone is engaged in business, and everyone is trying their best to make money. Northern Fujian is full of mountains and it is inconvenient to enter the mountains, so the prices inside are quite high. As long as you can sell things in, you can make a lot of profits.

And there is another advantage. Even the Green Forest bandits will not rob merchants at will, especially those who go to the mountains to sell necessities. Otherwise, if you steal one, who will buy and sell again? Even other fellow practitioners will attack them. Besides, isn’t it a problem to sell stolen goods without a place?

The man also sounded like accent from Nanping area, and he also had a certificate issued by the government. After all, he had to issue a certificate for such a large number of horses. Of course, the official behavior would still have to go to a private sale in the end, otherwise the purchased silver would be swallowed up in the middle.

Since it was a business of the government and all the procedures were complete, Zeng Laofu was extremely happy and thought to himself that he did something good last year that he didn't know, so there would be such good rewards. The business was too heavy, and the difference in the price was just a lot of tricks, and we discussed various rules for sharing accounts with the guest from Nanping.

The man who wanted to buy a horse generously paid a deposit of 50%. Zeng Laofu went out to buy it happily, and the customer was settled in the inn in Quanzhou with delicious food and drinks.

The business of 350 horses is impossible for a horse dealer of Zeng Laofu to eat it alone, so he also contacted several colleagues to do such a business. He only bought horses in Fujian in Guangdong, and only horses suitable for mountains can be found in Guangdong.

These horses are all Sichuan and Yunnan horses from Sichuan and Yunnan. Although they are not tall horses, they are better because of their good endurance and suitable for mountain cargo. This is also the requirement of the man who bought horses from Nanping. Guangdong is one of the richest places in the world, with abundant goods. These hundreds of horses are simply gathered and delivered silver. Zeng Laomao and his group happily took the horses back.

The man in Nanping had a few more companions around him. After checking the horses outside the city, they took out the silver and prepared to make up the remaining amount. It was a coincidence that the amount he should have paid was more than 500 taels of silver. Of course, horse dealers like Zeng Laofu asked to pay the money, otherwise they could not give it to the horse, and they had to pay the full amount to get the horse, otherwise they would not be able to get a horse.

The two sides had a long negotiation. Zeng Laoshu had 50% of the deposit from each other. He felt a little confident and did not give in. He had no choice but to ask Zeng Laoshu and his group to withdraw money in a few days, saying that the village had relatives they knew and could raise money.

Zeng Laofu and others were not stupid, and they also considered whether the other party took this opportunity to kill people and rob money in the village. However, after thinking for a long time, they felt that this might not be big. The other party had paid all the money in the early stage, and the government's documents were accurate.

Moreover, the horse is still in your own hands, so there is no need to worry too much. So I told my family about the situation, saying that if I don’t come back for many days, I will report it to the official. Moreover, the few people who have passed by each other are reminding each other to be careful and run away whenever something is wrong. No matter what, this business has made enough money. Even if I don’t want that five hundred taels, I will still have nearly a thousand taels of profit.

Who would have thought that after making so many preliminary preparations, he was still stunned after arriving at the agreed village. The man from Nanping asked them to enter the village to discuss and pay the money. They insisted on paying the money in the village. As a result, the other party pushed out their little family in Quanzhou with a smile, and put the knife on the neck of his relatives. Even if he wanted to run, he couldn't move his legs. Zeng Laoshu, who originally thought he had made a fortune, could only think of dying with his family.

There was still something unexpected next. They were locked up in a vacant house of villagers. They were not short of food, but they were not allowed to go out. What was even more surprising was that they also paid them up for the remaining silver. These horse dealers were waiting to die in the house at first, but later they saw that the other party just prohibited them from coming out, which meant that they gradually got used to it.

A month later, the people guarding them suddenly disappeared. After Zeng Laofu walked out of the yard, he found that the dozens of families imprisoned in the village were all familiar people, because they were all fellow horse dealers, and they were all small horse dealers. They inquired about each other, and there were more than 2,000 horse dealers in total.

Everyone made money in these businesses, and the whole family was taken to this village for a month. It was really strange.
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