From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 435

The ever-changing situation in Guangdong Sea was hard to accept, and the bottom line of Jin officials once again refreshed Zhou Yuan's cognition.

He thought that Qi Changshi, the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, who was strongly promoted by the Chu Party, was a responsible and tough guy. Unexpectedly, after losing the battle, he went back to Fuzhou Prefecture directly, as if the disaster here had nothing to do with him.

In contrast, even if Zhang Tao, the governor of Guangdong, was greedy, he was a hundred times better than Qi Changshi, a shameless bastard. At least after the incident in Huizhou Port, Zhang Tao ran over early in the morning.

People are really complicated animals, and they really cannot be analyzed and judged by common sense.

"Fight them!"

Guan Caixi seemed very angry and shouted: "Zhou Yuan, you must immediately reveal your identity and lead the garrison camps and permanent infantry of various cities in Guangdong to go south to fight the Portuguese to the death."

"You are so good at fighting that hundreds of thousands of troops in the Central Plains are no match for you, let alone thousands of foreign weirdos."

Zhou Yuan almost laughed at this sentence. He spread his hands and said: "Miss Guan Er, I only know how to fight, not magic."

"How many people are there in the garrison camps of various prefectures in Guangdong? How many constables does the governor have? Now Qi Changshi is in charge of the power, and the governors of Fujian and Guangdong have to listen to him. I, Zhou Yuan, a wanted criminal, what can I use to fight the Portuguese? I don't even have a fucking boat."

At the end, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but sigh. He was outdated in weapons and suffered.

Even if he could really organize tens of thousands of troops, what would he do? Can't he still swim to Haojing?

Princess Qinshui glared at Guan Caixi and whispered, "Xiaoxi, don't talk nonsense. This is a military and national affair, not a martial arts world. Your tricks won't work."

"Besides, Zhou Yuan can't reveal his identity now, otherwise the Jinyiwei will take action, and it will be difficult for him to protect himself at that time."

Guan Caixi curled her lips and couldn't help muttering, "I thought he was so powerful, but he can't even beat thousands of Portuguese."

Zhuang Xuansu couldn't listen anymore and smiled bitterly, "Xiaoxi, fighting is not that simple. Even I can't get a word in. Just listen first."

Guan Caixi snorted. Although she didn't speak, her expression was obviously not convinced.

Zhou Yuan was too lazy to argue with her. She was just a girl who grew up in a pampered way. At present, it seems that she is still a child.

He was just thinking about the situation in Yuehai and how to open up the situation.

It is bound to suffer a loss in a short period of time, but how to suffer this loss requires careful thinking and design.

"Zhou Yuan."

Princess Qinshui whispered, "Do you have any good ideas at the moment?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "According to the current situation, no matter what kind of ideas we come up with, they are not particularly good ideas."

He stood up and paced in the room.

After thinking for a long time, he suddenly said, "Guan Lu, call Qiao Chaiqing over. I have something to ask him."

"Yes."

Guan Lu left in a hurry, and Zhou Yuan fell into deep thought again.

Qiao Chaiqing was proud. After the court case was over, the news that Xiangruifang was an industry under the Ministry of Internal Affairs had spread.

Last night, many well-known Chaozhou merchants invited him to dinner, and their attitudes were so humble that they almost licked his feet.

Even Huang Zuoyu, who had an extremely arrogant attitude before, as a leader of Chaozhou merchants, kept toasting and apologizing, hoping that Qiao Chaiqing would put aside the past grudges and expressed his willingness to compensate.

Qiao Chaiqing did not respond directly, but just asked them to wait for news.

But no matter what, the anger of the past few months was completely vented.

He walked into the manor with a red face, and he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

But when he saw the heavy faces of Zhou Yuan and others, he knew that something might have happened, so he quickly put away his smile and strode in.

"Mr. Zhou, nobles, you are looking for me?"

His tone was calm and humble.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, sit down and talk about business."

"Yes."

Qiao Chaiqing sat down carefully, not daring to be casual at all.

Zhou Yuan asked, "Did Huang Zuoyu come to see you? Did he put forward any conditions?"

Qiao Chaiqing nodded and said, "Yes, he did. He didn't say any specific conditions, but he said that if I was willing to let him go, he would give up all the benefits."

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice, "Tell him that what we need at Xiangruifang is the sales channels for all porcelain, tea and silk in the next two years."

"That means that all porcelain, tea and silk products in the entire Fujian and Guangdong regions must be given to us, and we will distribute and sell them."

"Of course, we will not take the profits from the sales, but give them anyway."

Qiao Chaiqing listened carefully, and then his expression gradually became embarrassed.

He pondered for a moment, and then said bitterly, "Master Zhou, this... this... this is not good, right? We won't get any benefits from doing this!"

Zhou Yuan picked up the teacup and said lightly:"Tell me about it."

Qiao Chaiqing said: "Huang Zuoyu is the head of Chaozhou merchants, but this does not mean that he can decide the porcelain, tea and silk products of the entire Fujian and Guangdong regions. He can't do this at all."

"In addition, what's the point of us obtaining the sales rights of porcelain, tea and silk in the entire Fujian and Guangdong regions? The profits are given to them, and we get nothing."

"After all, now we Xiangruifang don't need to seize the sales market. The quality of our products and the reputation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are enough to open up a wide range of markets and completely absorb our production capacity."

"It's almost meaningless for us to do this."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Your analysis is very good, but what I want to do is to gain greater benefits."

"Leave the problem to Huang Zuoyu, this is his headache."

"He can use his connections, prestige and property guarantees to purchase tea, porcelain and silk in advance at a high price , and then give it to us for sale. "

"After we sell it, we will feed back the profit to him and let him pay off his debts."

"Even if he can't eat up all the porcelain, silk and tea in Fujian and Guangdong, he can eat up most of them, which is enough."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Go and tell him clearly that we will only give him five days. If we don't get the answer we want within five days, the Internal Court will directly raid his house. No one in his family will survive. I have many charges against him. Just aiding the enemy is enough to exterminate the whole family."

Zhou Yuan laughed and squinted his eyes and said, "Now the court has suffered a defeat in Yuehai and is looking for an excuse to step down. He asked Huang Zuoyu if he is willing to take the lives of the whole family to help the officials of the court step down."

Qiao Chaiqing was sweating profusely when he heard this. No matter how smart a businessman is, it is only in business. These officials, including Lord Zhou, want to exterminate the whole family at any time. It is really too cruel.

He stood up quickly and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Master Zhou, I will do it right away and make sure it's done."

Zhou Yuan said: "In addition, the shop in Xiangruifang will not be opened for the time being, and the products will be left for the time being to prepare for the unified export to the sea later."

Going to the sea? Not selling in Dajin?

Qiao Chaiqing was confused again, but this time he was very honest and didn't ask the reason at all. Instead, he smiled respectfully and said: "All is up to you, Master!"

Until this time, Zhou Yuan chuckled and said: "Who were you in contact with in Haojing before?"

Qiao Chaiqing said: "Kolodiya is the third person in Haojing. She is responsible for the procurement of materials and goods in Haojing. This is the highest person we can contact."

"Actually... In fact, we have never seen her. We are communicating with her assistant. Even the craftsman painter of Haojing was brought to us by her assistant."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said slowly: "I know, get busy."

"Yes."

Qiao Chaiqing slowly retreated.

Zhuang Xuansu asked curiously, "Zhou Yuan, have you started to plan against Haojing? What impact will it have on the war situation if you control the porcelain, tea and silk of Fujian and Guangdong?"

Zhou Yuan saw that the three women tilted their heads and looked at him with a curious look.

He suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, and remembered when he explained the One Whip Method to Qinshui and Bishui...

It didn't make sense at all!

"Let's go and see Xiaoying's injury, don't ask anything else."

Zhou Yuan quickly changed the subject to avoid being asked endlessly.

The women also saw his perfunctory attitude, and they couldn't help but snorted for a while.

Guan Caixi kicked the stool and whispered, "What are you so proud of!"