"Wenda, will the situation really become so bad? And I see that the court's attitude now doesn't seem to care much about the sea ban, so it shouldn't be suddenly strengthening the sea ban, right?" At this time, Li Zheng also spoke with a pale face.

It is said that although nearly two hundred years have passed since the Japanese pirate rebellion that year, it is still an unforgettable nightmare in the hearts of the people in coastal areas.

"Who is right in the court? Besides, in the eyes of those big names, the sea ban is just an excuse to use to combat political enemies at any time. Although smuggling is so prosperous now, many officials also secretly support smuggling, but they are involved in smuggling.

The more officials there are, the more likely they will be to be used by big figures in the court in the future.”

Zhou Chong suddenly paused when he said this, and then said: "Besides, even if the court has been relaxing the maritime ban, smuggling is attracting more and more Japanese people. Koreans join it, which will inevitably compete with the smuggling merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

We occupy the power of geographical advantage and harmony, so it is naturally easier to develop than those foreigners. You can look at Shuangyu Port. Now the chambers of commerce of Japanese and Koreans have been excluded by us, and their power has plummeted, but even if it is

In this way, the number of Japanese and Koreans has not decreased. If this situation continues to develop, the foreign chambers of commerce that have eaten up their capital will definitely look for other ways of survival, and may even become pirates completely, and they will still be

It will pose a threat to the coast of Ming Dynasty.”

After listening to Zhou Chong's analysis of the overseas situation, Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang no longer care about blaming Zhou Chong's methods of doing things. They all showed distress at the moment. Both sides of Songjiang were the sea, and they were also very concerned about the situation of the coast guard.

It is clear that those so-called Thousand Houses have long become the private homes of officers, and the military households have no combat power. If there are pirates who really cross the sea to attack, the entire Songjiang Mansion will probably be in the hands of pirates.

Thinking of this, Li Zheng, the most impatient, was the first to ask Zhou Chong: "Wenda. Since you have been so thorough in your analysis of the overseas situation and have also participated in smuggling, what solutions do you have to solve this problem?"

Hearing Li Zheng's words, Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang also turned their eyes to Zhou Chong. Zhou Chong smiled faintly and said, "In fact, there are many ways to solve this problem, but they all need the support of the court. Unfortunately, we are basically

We cannot control the attitude of the court, so in the end we can only solve the problem by using our own methods.”

Zhou Chong paused when he said this. Then he said, "In my plan, I want to unify the smuggling forces of the entire Shuangyu Port to form a powerful smuggling alliance, and I have already started to do this.

Now the other two big chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port have agreed that by then, our three chambers of commerce will take the lead and form an organization called "Sea Alliance". This organization will establish a series of rules for the smuggling industry, regardless of the future.

Anyone who participates in smuggling will act under the rules of the Alliance. In this way, the entire smuggling industry will be the world of our Alliance, and it will be excluded or divided at that time. It is simply easy to solve the problems of those aliens!

”

When Zhou Chong spoke at the end, an ambitious look appeared in his eyes. Of course, he established the Navy League not only to solve the Japanese and Koreans, but the most important thing is to have his own power, and then there will be Navy League

No matter who wants to touch him, it is no longer an easy task, and even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has to consider it again and again.

After hearing Zhou Chong's words, Zheng Jing and the other two looked at each other. They always thought that after Zhou Chong took over the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, they would use this to restore the original Zhou family's wealth, but they never expected that Zhou Chong would have such a thing.

Lofty ambitions.

However, Zheng Jing thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Wenda, maybe it's really like you said. After the establishment of the Hailian Alliance, it can completely eliminate the hidden dangers of foreign races in coastal areas, but this is not an easy task.

What's going on, do you really have the confidence to establish the Alliance?"

"Haha. There is no such thing as success in this world. There will definitely be many difficulties in the establishment of the Hai Alliance, but I believe in my ability, not to mention that the founding of the Hai Alliance is not just me.

There are other people involved in the matter. As long as we follow the plan step by step, we will succeed one day!" Zhou Chong smiled and replied. In fact, he really wanted to invite Zheng Jing and others to be his assistants.

Unfortunately, they are all fame and fortune, and they will soon participate in the imperial examination. It is impossible for them to come to their own chamber of commerce to do things.

Although he was very relaxed when he saw Zhou Chong's speech, his determination in his tone could not be shaken at all, which made Zheng Jing and the other two admire him. At the same time, Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang's objection to Zhou Chong finally dissipated.

The tone became much more intimate, and feeling the changes of the other party made Zhou Chong breathe a sigh of relief.

The misunderstanding was resolved, and Zheng Jing immediately asked someone to prepare food and drinks. The four of them were eating and chatting. Speaking of which, this year was the year of autumn. Zheng Jing, Zhang Kuang and Li Zheng were all actively preparing for the exam, so the content of their conversation was natural.

Is it possible to do without the imperial examinations, especially when talking about Liu Jin's eunuch party being eradicated, they were all very excited because in their opinion, the court is now in a mess. If they can make a name for themselves in this imperial examination, then

Maybe he will be noticed by the big men in the court, thus laying a solid foundation for his career.

Because Zhou Jin was busy getting married and he had no interest in the imperial examination, he chatted with Zheng Jing and the others for a while before getting up and saying goodbye. At the same time, he asked Zheng Jing again, but Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang immediately

He said that he would definitely come to congratulate him on the day of his marriage.

However, just when Zhou Chong stood up and was about to leave, he suddenly stood up and said, "Brother Minglun, Brother Fang Shi, I happened to have something private to talk to Wenda, so I left first!

”

After Li Zheng finished speaking, he left the Zheng Mansion with Zhou Chong. When they were on the carriage, Zhou Chong asked, "Shrike, what do you have to say to me alone?"

At this time, Li Zheng looked embarrassed and hesitated for a moment before he said a little disgusted: "Wenda, you also know that I have never had much to do with my family's business, and my elders at home do not allow me to interfere in my family's business.

But this time they asked me to discuss a business with you. Although this business is nothing to you, it is very important to our family!"

"Oh?" Zhou Chong seemed to guess something when he heard this, and smiled and said, "Shrike, can't your elders also want to participate in smuggling?"

Hearing Zhou Chong guessed what he wanted to say, Li Zheng said embarrassedly: "That's right, Wenda, you know that our business is concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou, mainly for textiles.

There is no need to mention restaurants, but our textile workshops are spread all over Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the silk produced is of excellent quality. However, we usually sell them wholesale to others, but several elders at home saw it.

After the profit of smuggling is so huge, I want to cooperate with your chamber of commerce to smuggle overseas, so that the intermediate links can be saved, and the profit is more than ten times the original one, so I want me to ask you, see how this business can

Can't do it?"

Hearing Li Zheng's words, Zhou Chong laughed and patted his shoulder and said, "Shrike, what's the embarrassment? I have to say that your uncles and uncles from the Li family are really very sensible, my side

Just as we started cooperating with smuggling, you can see the huge profits. Let's do this. You organize a batch of goods to deliver to Shuangyu Port. At that time, I will give you the highest discount. I will definitely get more than half a century of the profits than other cargo owners.

!”

"Okay! I feel relieved with Wenda, you said this. In fact, my family has long urged me to discuss this matter with you. It's just that I am a thin-skinned person, and you are in Shuangyu Port, so I have always been

I was embarrassed to go, now I finally took this opportunity to speak out, and now the elders in the family can finally feel relieved!" Li Zheng heard Zhou Chong's promise so readily, and he also said with a laugh.

After the talk, Li Zheng talked to Zhou Chong for a few more gossips before getting off the car and said goodbye. Then Zhou Chong headed straight to Zhou Mansion in a carriage. When he arrived in front of Zhou Mansion, he saw the station in front of the mansion.

Walking with two majestic Jinyiwei, when pedestrians on the road saw them, they walked around the gate of Zhou's mansion from afar. It can be said that there were no people within twenty steps in front of the mansion.

Seeing the Jinyiwei in front of the gate, Zhou Chong couldn't help but sigh in secret. Since Wu Shan took over the Jinyiwei, they have become Zhou Chong's personal bodyguards. They will follow him wherever Zhou Chong goes. At the beginning,

He still felt very majestic, but after a long time, he couldn't stand it. Finally, he finally agreed that when he was active in Songjiang City, he didn't have to let the Jinyiwei protect him, so when he went out today, he only brought Wangcai a few times.

people.

However, these Jinyiwei followed Zhou Chong. For example, when Wang Lun had just read the imperial edict for marriage, many people believed that the reason why Zhou Chong was given a marriage by His Majesty was all for Wang Lun's sake, but later people discovered that

The Jinyiwei, who followed Wang Lun, suddenly became Zhou Chong's personal bodyguard. This made many smart people immediately understand that what His Majesty really valued was Zhou Chong. Even if Wang Lun was able to escape from his crime before, it was very likely that he would have been.

It's related to Zhou Chong.

After understanding this, many officials of Songjiang Prefecture immediately changed their targets and changed their focus from Wang Lun to Zhou Chong. They visited them almost every day, and at the same time they were more dedicated to preparing for Zhou Chong's wedding, which made Zhou Chong.

Much easier.

After the carriage entered the Zhou Mansion through the corner gate, Zhou Chong got off the carriage. He had just spent a lot of talk at Zheng Jing, and he drank some wine and was about to go back to his room to rest, but suddenly
Chapter completed!