No one can understand such philosophical words, and can only be understood as Hong Tao's special longing for Luo Youde. Little did he know that Hong Tao was telling the truth this time. These two pieces of goods were free and ill at this time, one was the biggest charlatan and the other was the biggest thug.

Another funeral was held by the Luo family in Qiongzhou. In recent years, due to Luo Youde's sudden emergence, the Luo family in Qiongzhou has benefited from the glory of their illegitimate son. Not only did they make a lot of money, but their two sons also took over my rank and served as a half-off official in Qiongzhou. Once Luo Youde died, they no longer mentioned the issue of whether he was a illegitimate son or a legitimate son, so they quickly held a grand funeral for him. Luo Youde has a very popular reputation and a wide connection in Guangzhou. Even if they don't want to do it, they have to do it. They can't let others point at the back and scold him for being heartless.

With the help of friends like Luo Youde, and with Luo Dacai staring, no one dared to think about his family's wealth. There was no small shareholding in the Strait Company, Zhenzhou Shipyard and Huanqiu Company. Huanqiu Company was taken over by Luo Youde's eldest son, and Luo Dacai was responsible for the specific business; the chairman of the Strait Company ran to Cixi, and now he also had a formal name in the Song Dynasty, which was more conducive to him using the Strait Company's connections to make those secret small moves.

Hong Tao directly brought Luo Youde's family to Jinhe City, and announced that Luo Meizhou was his adopted son. This time, Luo Dacai did not object anymore. Without Luo Youde, the Luo family would definitely not be reliable. Luo Youde's eldest son is not a very capable person. He alone cannot protect the orphan and widowed mother. Protecting Hong Tao became the best choice.

"I have sent people to send those people to Mingzhou, and Wennanhui arranged for them to go to Lin'an. After His Majesty left this time, the Song Dynasty was a bit lively. Wenhao went to Quanzhou and wanted to set up another newspaper there. I think His Majesty underestimated his energy. As far as I know, this boy often went to and from the yamen in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and held various literary and lyrics meetings. People who came and went to and from the local wealthy businessmen and literati were not limited to local officials, but also added many court officials." After the arrangement of the Luo family, Hong Tao began the most annoying work, sitting in the office and listening to the work reports of various departments. The first one was Cixi, who was the eyes and ears of the empire. The things that report were the most important.

"Where did his funds come from?" Hong Tao did not express his opinion on Wen Hao's actions, but asked in-depth questions.

"Most of them were donated by merchants, and there were also maritime merchants in the Strait Company. Without your order, I did not take any action or make any comments." Cixi's investigation was very detailed. As long as Hong Tao cares about him, he would usually investigate.

"What about the reaction of the Song Dynasty court?" Hong Tao asked another question.

"No response... there is no response. Zhiyin Newspaper's sales are very good. Every ten years, a ship bought newspapers to Mingzhou and Lin'an. There are some literati with backgrounds who often quarrel with Wenhao in newspapers, and some travel to Guangzhou to debate with Wenhao, but no one can win. This kid is much more neat than Wen Nan. Every time there is such a debate, it will attract hundreds of people to watch. The atmosphere on the scene is very lively." Cixi has been doing intelligence work for several years and has already known the Song Dynasty court, so she is even more disdainful. In his opinion, there is no secret in this court. There is no need to deliberately inquire about many things. You can know a little attention. It is not difficult to inquire about them. The officials of the Song Dynasty were all colanders.

"We don't care, let Wen Hao go. You said the Song Dynasty is lively because of Wen Hao?" Hong Tao didn't know how to face ambitious or politicians like Wen Hao. They obviously have begun to pursue it, but they have to see what step they can pursue.

"He is not that powerful yet. What is lively is the imperial fleet and the maritime merchants in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou that are almost fighting. You just left last year. The court sent a fleet and followed the maritime merchants to Malacca Port, and did not dare to go westward. But after they came back, they sold all the goods to Guangzhou and Quanzhou Ports, and waited for the maritime merchants' fleet to come back to see. Many things have been reduced in price. It is said that this year the imperial fleet has added several large ships, and the maritime merchants are anxious and do not intend to let the maritime merchants follow him. They also jointly wrote a letter to the Maritime Mansion Office, asking these ships to return to Wenzhou, Mingzhou and Lin'an to unload the goods, and don't mix the market here, so that no one can make money." Cixi said the second thing. She was much more excited than Wen Hao. From his appearance, she could see how lively it was on the docks in Guangzhou and Quanzhou at that time.

"The Maritime Bureau dare not care about this matter, right?" Hong Tao also wanted to see what these maritime merchants looked like at that time. They were used to eating alone. Suddenly someone came to grab meat. Can these merchants be happy? If the merchants on the land might be easy, just bear it. Who dares to go against the court? At most, they would write some poems and curse the streets.

But the group of maritime merchants is not a good person. They wear clothes and are merchants, and they are pirates. If you say that maritime merchants have never seen blood and have never killed anyone, Hong Tao will not believe it. Facing this group, the Maritime Manager cannot handle it himself. But on the other side, it is even more difficult to mess with. It is the official fleet. To put it bluntly, it is the imperial fleet under the name of the emperor. Maybe the Maritime Manager will have to cooperate with others, who cares about whom?

"So it's lively. This time, not only the sea merchants of the Strait Company quit, but other scattered sea merchants are even more anxious. They can't fight the fleet of the Strait Company and can only do some unpopular goods. Now there is another one who grabs meat and eats so well. As long as you make money, they will sell anything, the biggest loss is them. However, there is also a shadow of Wen Hao in this matter. He is secretly inciting the sea merchants to strike. He wants to use a method that will not leave the port for a year to fight against the court, and let the court bring the fleet back to the north to sell goods. He also said that this is... called competing for profit with the people, which is a destruction of the country. This kid is really brave to say." As he talked about the sea merchants, Wen Hao popped up again.

"Strike! Damn, he understands this thing? Really, he is a talent... Are you sure these are Wen Hao's ideas? Have he had any people he had contacted secretly?" This time, Hong Tao was no longer so calm, his little eyes were as big as a bun, blinking his eyelids. He was a little unbelievable. Some people actually started a strike in the 13th century. This was not taught by himself. Could it be that there is a time traveler behind Wen Hao?

"Definitely not. I have sent someone to watch him for a long time. Even when I sleep at night, I have someone to listen to the wall. Usually, he talks about others and doesn't find anyone instructing him behind his back." Cixi shook her head affirmatively, denying Hong Tao's suspicion.

"You secretly ask the maritime merchants in the company to help him and cooperate with him to make this big. If they are really determined to strike, don't let some maritime merchants in a city make trouble on their own. They should bring more people in, not only maritime merchants, but other merchants can also. The larger the scale, the better the effect. In addition, the maritime merchants can spontaneously organize a management agency to uniformly manage the problem of the market strike merchants, such as how many losses there are and what difficulties there are? It is better for everyone to come together to solve it, which is much better than fighting each other for their own battles. I want to see how the Song Dynasty court will handle it. If necessary, the Straits Company can respond to his call, but it is necessary to remind them to pay attention to their own safety. It is best to withdraw their families and fine materials to other ports before the notice. In this way, if you lose, you will not lose all your money. If you win, you will just bring back."

Hong Tao felt that it was time to see his subtle results over the years, whether these merchants of the Song Dynasty were brave and bold, and whether they could unite together to ask the court for their rightful rights. They did not expect them to succeed at once, mainly to see the reaction of the Song Dynasty, and then they could have a general judgment here. Should they continue to transfusion blood to the Song Dynasty, let it slowly change within itself, or to take tougher means to force it to change from the outside.

"I understand, there is another thing that may be a bit troublesome. The Song Dynasty Navy began to build new warships in Mingzhou. What do you think of their warships?" This time, Cixi did not say it directly, but kept it a secret.
Chapter completed!