Yang Cong was pulling the Lu family and Li family into the water. The port terminal was just one aspect, and more importantly, he wanted to monopolize the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

After all, he could not be the governor of Zhejiang Zhi for the rest of his life. Once he left the Southeast, who could guarantee that the Yang family's maritime business would not be taken away? He snatched the business from the wealthy maritime business, and it would be strange if others didn't try to take it back.

Although the Chen family in Longxi and Lin family in Zhangpu are no longer as good as before, the Xie family in Yuyao and Tu family in Ningbo are still strong. What is even more terrifying is that Yan Song behind them. Once he leaves the Southeast, Yan Song will definitely help the wealthy maritime merchants regain this business.

In the Ming Dynasty, the only ones who can really compete for favor with Yan Song in front of Jiajing are the Lu family and the Li family. Therefore, he must bring in the Lu family and the Li family. In this way, even if he leaves the Southeast, it will be difficult for Yan Song to steal the sea business.

Li Xixian actually knew what Yang Cong valued. Although he didn't have much power, it was still no problem to protect a port in his jurisdiction. He just made some efforts so simple that he not only helped Yang Cong and made money, why not do it?

As for other issues, he was not very worried. He knew very well what his sister had to do with the emperor, and Lu Bing and the emperor were even more close to each other.

If someone else had an affair with Japanese pirates, it might be a death sentence. Lu Bing committed it but nothing big happened. The emperor decided not to do anything to Lu Bing.

There is Lu Bing in the capital, and there is the Yang family in Quanzhou, so he still has to worry about anything.

Such a good thing is not something you can encounter at any time. It is more than 200,000 taels a year, which is also a huge sum of money for him. After all, he has only earned tens of thousands of taels after being a commander for so many years.

He thought about it for a moment and nodded without hesitation: "Okay, since you respect your superiors, you will sacrifice your life to accompany the gentleman and have a chance to accompany you."

Li Xixian nodded, and the next thing was easy to deal with. Yang Cong had actually chosen the location of the port long ago. The location was in the south of Longxi and the southeast corner of Chenghai County. It was a bit like the terrain of Zuomaxi. A big river entered the sea from there, and the northwest was full of mountains. Land traffic was basically cut off. Only the seaside place had a large open space.

The reason why Yang Cong was able to find that place was not because he was familiar with the coastal terrain. It was mainly because it was the famous Yuegang in history. He had seen it in many places. After Zoumaxi and Shuangyu Island were destroyed by Zhu Wan, the maritime merchants gradually designated it as trading places, and the Longqing switch behind also designated it as a trading port, which shows how suitable the location is.

However, Yuegang is just a wasteland at this moment, and it is nominally the boundary of Zhangzhou Prefecture and is not under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou Prefecture.

Of course, these are not problems, because there was no population there, and the Zhongzuo Soochow and Jinshan Instrument of Yongning Guard are near Yuegang. As long as Yang Cong gives an order, he will divide the waters near Yuegang into Zhongzuo Soochow and Jinshan Instrument defense.

This port construction is relatively simple. At this moment, the port terminal is actually nailing a few rows of wooden piles into the sea along the coast, and then laying wooden boards on it. This little work can be completed in just a few days.

The most important thing at this moment is security issues. After all, the Ming Dynasty is implementing a maritime ban at this moment. Whether it is doing business with Japan or with the countries in Southeast Asia, it is prohibited.

The reason why Yang Cong asked Li Xixian to be responsible for the port was to prevent someone from suing Yuegang's "black complaint" after discovering Yuegang's secrets.

So, how to prevent others from discovering the secrets of Yuegang?

This is very simple, so it is not allowed to wait for the waters near Yuegang.

If this were to be placed in later generations, it would be almost impossible to block a large area of ​​sea near the coastline, but it would not be difficult to put it in the Ming Dynasty. As long as some speedboats were sent to inspect the waters near Yuegang at all times, it would be possible. The Ming Dynasty prohibited ships from going to sea at this time. Anyone who encountered the Ming army's inspection ship would not be able to hide, so how could he dare to get close to it?

For safety reasons, Yang Cong specially replaced the Qianhu of the Zhongzuo Institute and the Kinmen Institute with his confidants, Li Jianjiang and Li Jianlin. At the same time, he ordered people to investigate the military households of the two Qianhu Institutes. All the military households that were related to the Chen family of Longxi and Lin family of Zhangpu were transferred away without leaving any of them.

After this, Yang Cong personally led the Zhejiang-Fujian Navy fleet to Yuegang.

Of course, Yuegang has nothing at this moment, it is just a piece of wasteland sandwiched between the mountains and the sea.

After the fleet arrived, he did not explain anything to the soldiers of the Zhejiang-Fu Navy. He just ordered more than 10,000 soldiers to divide them into two groups, take turns to land on small warships, and build ports and simple barracks on the wasteland.

The Governor General had an order, so naturally no one dared to neglect it. More than 10,000 soldiers were busy working on the wasteland.

At this moment, whether it is building a port or a barracks, most of them are made of wood, and at most they are just a little stone. Yuegang is backed by mountains, so there is naturally no shortage of wood and stone. At this moment, the Tunwei and Guards are almost all hardworking, cutting trees, cutting mountains and picking stones, building wharfs, and building houses are nothing to them.

More than 10,000 soldiers took turns to fight, and the wharf and the house were formed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than five days, the port wharf was almost completed, and the construction of the nearby military camp was almost completed. Yang Cong personally stepped on the newly built wharf and inspected it. Then he ordered the Clippers to inform the Zhejiang Navy General Wang Zhi and others to come to discuss the matter.

A few days later, in the lobby of a simple barracks at Yuegang Wharf, the generals of Zhejiang Zhi, Yang Conggao, the generals of Fujian, Yu Dayou, the generals of Zhejiang, Tang Kekuan, the generals of Zhejiang Navy, Wang Zhi, the commander of Yongning Guard, Li Xixian, the commander of Kinmen Soochow, Li Jianjiang, and Li Jianlin, the generals of Zhongzuo Soochow, stood neatly on the left and right sides, with serious faces on their faces, as if they were discussing something big.

If people who don't know the details see this scene, they will probably think that Yang Cong, the Governor of Zhejiang, is going to arrange their generals to eliminate pirates and Japanese pirates. However, they didn't know that this was not the case at all.

Yang Cong slowly glanced around and then solemnly said: "Everyone is my own, so I won't talk much. From now on, Yuegang will be our base for maritime trade. Goods from both Japan and Nanyang will be concentrated here."

When everyone heard this, they mostly showed strange expressions on their faces.

This Governor is specifically responsible for clearing out pirates and Japanese pirates. He is "old man" and actually summoned everyone to discuss the illegal maritime business!

Of course, these people knew in advance that Yang Cong wanted to monopolize maritime business, and most of them could make profits from it. Therefore, although everyone looked strange, no one came forward to make any dissuasion.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered: "Jianjiang, you are responsible for arranging the Clippers to inspect and block the nearby waters. Remember, you must not relax for a moment for twelve hours a day."

When Li Jianjiang heard this, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I will obey the order."

Yang Cong continued to order: "Jianlin, you are responsible for transporting goods. In the future, the goods on land will be transported to Zhongzuo Station first. You are responsible for arranging ships to deliver the goods here. Remember, no matter who asks you, you say you are transporting the navy's food and supplies."

When Li Jianlin heard this, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I will obey the order."

Yang Cong immediately ordered: "Zhifu, Changsheng, you will be responsible for the transfer of land goods on land in the future. I will equip you with carriages. You can pick up some reliable people to be responsible for the transfer of grain, grass and supplies. Do you know?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Dayou and Tang Kekuan quickly bowed and said in unison: "I will understand."

Yang Cong continued to order: "Wang Zhi, you will be responsible for the business in Japan in the future. The safety of goods at sea will be left to you. If there is any danger, you can find Zhifu and Changsheng to support it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhi hurriedly bowed and said, "I will understand."

Yang Cong nodded slightly, then said loudly: "Everyone remembers that we must work together in the future to start this business. The food and salary of our tens of thousands of troops are counting on these businesses."
Chapter completed!