The Chen family in Longxi and Lin family in Zhangpu were defeated. The strength shown by Yang Cong really made the local gentry and merchants from all walks of life in Fujian look at each other, and the fame of the Yang family in Hui'an also rose.

At this time, the manager of the Yang family and the shopkeeper went out for a second and said that the merchants who were hesitant chose to give up the wealthy maritime business family and instead joined the arms of the Yang family.

Sometimes people are so realistic. As long as they can make money, they will follow whoever they have to live with, what kind of favors, what relationships, or what face they have, it doesn’t matter.

After Yang Cong won this big victory, he seemed to be a little relaxed. He actually took his two wives and Yu Dayou to visit Li Xixian in Yongning Acropolis.

Judging from the relationship between Lu Ling'er, Li Xixian can be considered his uncle. It would be normal for him to return to Quanzhou and visit him.

But, is this really the case?

Of course not!

When the Governor General came to visit, Li Xixian naturally treated her warmly. After a bustle, Lu Ling'er and Zhang Zhen accompanied Li Xiu'er to the inner house and whispered, but Yang Cong pulled Li Xixian and Yu Dayou into the study and closed the door. It seemed that there was something important to say.

At this moment, Li Xixian was so impressed by his niece-in-law that he was so impressed. This kid was simply amazing.

When we first met, this kid was just a little boy, and he didn't even have a fame. At that time, he thought that this kid might not be able to stand up to his niece.

Who would have thought that in the past few years, he not only had the top scorer in high school, but also had a high rise all the way. In a blink of an eye, he became the right deputy censor of the Censorate, the Minister of War, and the Governor of Zhejiang.

At this time, it was not him who was competing with the Lu family, but the Lu family. You should know that civil officials have much more power than military positions these days. Although Lu Song and Lu Bing are both commanders of the third rank, they are nothing in front of Yang Cong, a chief official of the third rank. If the Lu family did not have the relationship with the emperor, they would be nothing in front of Yang Cong.

As for him, the commander of the third-rank guard station, it is even more of a big deal. He is the governor of four provinces and one capital, and there are hundreds of commanders of the second-rank guard stations. Even the commander of the second-rank guard station must listen to others. What is he, the commander of the Yongning guard station?

He didn't think that he could be better than others by relying on his sister's relationship with the emperor. As soon as Yang Cong closed the door, he pulled Yang Cong to the main position, looking respectful, and almost nodded and bowed.

Yang Cong pretended to be humble, but in the end he took the lead "ruthlessly" to take it. There is no way. Nowadays, he is divided into "Heaven, Earth, Master and Family". His governor represents imperial power and is vaguely ahead of kinship. If Li Xixian is his father-in-law, he may have to be humble. The problem is that Li Xixian is just his wife's uncle, so there is no need to be humble. After all, from the officialdom, Li Xixian is his subordinate, and the majesty of Shangguan cannot be lost.

After he sat down, he signaled Li Xixian and Yu Dayou to move two chairs and sit in front of the desk. Then he smiled and said, "Uncle, sorry, because time is in a hurry, I have transferred Zhifu to become the general without having time to discuss with you, which has caused the young couple to be together for a long time. Please forgive me and blame me."

The general was much better than the commander of the small guard station. He was too happy. Li Xixian hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you for your cultivation. Zhifu is lucky to meet him."

Yang Cong nodded slightly, looked at the furnishings in the study room as he pretended to be. Then he smiled and said, "Uncle, the layout of your study room is a bit too cold, are you short of money?"

What does this mean?

When it comes to money, who can compare with your Hui'an Yang family in Quanzhou?

Li Xixian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "The Xiaguan is just a rough man. The study room is actually a decoration. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong shook his head repeatedly and said, "You can't say that. You are brave and timid these days. My uncle is a third-rank official, but he lives so poor. I am really sorry for myself."

What does this mean?

Li Xixian was stunned by Yang Cong. Although he was not greedy, he would not be polite to his subordinates. He didn't say that he had made too much money now, and he still had tens of thousands of taels of silver. Is this called poverty?

He was stunned for a while, then he said a little embarrassedly: "Sir, the official is stupid, I wonder what sir said?"

Yang Cong couldn't help but yell and laughed: "It's nothing, nothing, it's just an opportunity to make money. I wonder if my uncle intends to participate."

Li Xixian was even more dizzy when he heard this. Yang Cong was not a corrupt official. He had never heard of anyone impeaching Yang Cong for corruption. With the financial resources of the Yang family, there was no need for corruption. However, these words clearly imply that he was greedy!

He doesn't care much about this greedy or not. Corruption is prevalent these days, so it would be strange if you are not greedy. What is Yang Cong talking about? He doesn't understand.

He couldn't help but curiously, "Sir, I wonder what the opportunity is?"

Yang Cong said lightly: "It's very simple, it's just about doing sea business."

ah!

Now, not only Li Xixian was shocked, but Yu Dayou, who was sitting beside him honestly, was shocked.

What a joke, isn’t doing sea business just an affair with Japanese pirates? You “old man” are here to suppress Japanese pirates and go to do sea business. Isn’t this a custodian?

Li Xixian is not the kind of upright person, but he still has a bottom line in some things. He hesitated for a while before he said carefully: "Sir, is it a bit bad for the Japanese to communicate with the Japanese?"

Yang Cong still said lightly: "Transporting to the Japanese is to assist the Japanese pirates in robbing everywhere. We are doing business with the Japanese countries. How can we compare to each other?"

Is there any difference in this?

Li Xixian thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out how big the difference was. He could only continue to persuade: "Sir, we are not without money, why do you have to do that dangerous thing?"

When Yang Cong heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "Uncle, you don't know anything. This time I came to clean up the pirates and Japanese pirates. The imperial court did not provide food and salary. The emperor's intention was to deduct the profits of the Yang family's salt intake. This salt intake is indeed very profitable. In a year, our Yang family can also make hundreds of millions of taels. However, at this moment, the army of Tunwei, which was summoned by one of the four southeastern provinces, has reached 60,000. In this year, it will not be maintained without two million taels."

So that's the case. Li Xixian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "This, the court does not pay military expenses, let your Yang family bear it! How much profit can you get in maritime business? Can you afford this 60,000 army?"

Yang Cong pretended to be a sensible estimate: "The four major maritime merchants are all real wealthy families. The family can't maintain it without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. I guess the profit of this maritime business should be about 2 million taels. Otherwise, uncle, please help me solve the port problem. I will share 10% of the profit every year. What do you think? In addition, I have asked about the civilization side, and he agreed to help us in the capital, and I will share 10% of the profits for him."

this!

Is this maritime business so profitable?

It’s more than two million taels a year, and 10% is more than two hundred thousand taels!

Is this going to be done?
Chapter completed!