Chapter 1462 Competition Relationship

Because his brother He Xiao has close contacts with the Haihan people, He Li's information level is far better than that of these outsiders. Just letting some rumors out is enough to scare them. Of course, He Li also understands that the Haihan people deliberately kept this information

The purpose of revealing it to his brother and then spreading the news through himself is to use this channel to make the situation in Liaodong public to the world, so that the court can't cover it up even if it wants to. In the future, when Dongjiang Town asks the court for credit, the court will definitely have to consider it.

In view of public opinion and public sentiment, we cannot embarrass Dongjiang Town, who is too close to Haihan, on this matter.

Haihan has already established a foothold in Liaodong, and routes in this direction will have a huge demand for maritime transport capacity within the year. What He Li wants businessmen to know is these two points. If they are smart enough, they should know what to do next.

You have to do it to please the Haihan people. If you don't realize it after hinting like this, then you deserve to be unable to get on the big ship of Haihan.

To be honest, if it weren't for his brother He Xiao's instruction, He Li actually wanted to take over the business of the Liaodong route himself. He wouldn't mind using a little more effort to hold on to this thigh. But after all, he is not as profound as those from the maritime merchant family.

We have only seven or eight cargo ships on hand. However, we are already too busy with cargo transportation in the coastal waters of Zhejiang. We really don’t have the extra energy to take care of the northern route. Although we have placed a deposit last year to build a few ships,

It is a large ship that can run long-distance routes, but it will still be some time before the ship is picked up, so we can only watch others compete for this recruitment of carriers.

These businessmen are all relatively close to the He brothers and have a lot of business dealings with each other, so He Li regards it as a personal favor to instruct these people to compete for the qualifications of carriers. The most important thing is

He is very clear that Haihan's demand for shipping capacity on the northern route is huge, and it cannot be met by just a few small shrimps with twenty or thirty ships. There is no need to worry that he will lose his position when he wants to enter this market in the future. First of all,

Let these people run the northern route so that if there are any problems, they can take precautions as soon as possible. This is what He Li has in mind.

Unexpectedly, the three people exchanged glances with each other, but there was not much expression of joy on their faces. Finally, the fat man said: "If it is really what Mr. He said, I'm afraid we will have to fight for this deal!"

He Lixin thought that this long-distance route was a hard job with low profits, and few shipping companies were willing to undertake it. They were all doing it as charity. How could there be fierce competition? He shook his head and said: "In my opinion, it's just from the south.

Zhenguo Shipping Company, Zhan's Shipping Company, and the local Lin brothers from Liuhengdao are among the few shipping companies that are interested in the northern route. Don't worry too much about how many people will compete for it, right?"

Liu Zhenguo, Zhan Gui, and the Lin brothers are all maritime merchants who have long been determined to join the Haihan camp. Even if the Northern Route is a loss-making business, they will bite the bullet and continue. This has nothing to do with the income, it is purely due to status.

Of course, it is impossible for large-scale merchants like them who made their fortune from Haihan to just pick good jobs, and Haihan's early actions in the north also need to be kept secret. Only businessmen like them who have made their position clear long ago can take over the northern route.

transportation tasks. Now that the situation in the north has gradually stabilized, and the volume of cargo transportation to the north has also increased significantly than before, Haihan has begun to recruit new carriers to join.

If you want to compete with these large merchants, there is really no hope. Not to mention these guys in front of you, even Zhejiang cannot find a few competitors that are comparable to them. But these big players are not

It is very likely that Haihan will eat up all the transportation business of the Northern Route, because if Haihan wants them to take over the Northern Route, they will not openly engage in any carrier recruitment activities. So He Li doesn't quite understand what the fat merchant is talking about.

Where did it come from.

"Master He, if what you just said about the situation in Liaodong is true, then you may not be the only one who has received this news." Seeing that He Li had not come to his senses, Yangxu quickly reminded him.

He Li was suddenly startled, and thought that this was indeed the case, but he had been too negligent. He just relied on his brother to work for the magistrate, and had many opportunities to contact Haihan's senior officials, so he was able to grasp the news that had not yet spread. In this small circle

In this circle, He Li must be considered a well-informed person, but if we look at the circle in a larger scale, his status is actually not very powerful. He is at most a peripheral person, with better information than him, and a stronger background than him. Even he

There are also many people who cannot afford to offend.

Since the people in front of them had such a big reaction to this, they must have heard something outside. He Li said calmly: "The Haihan people came to Zhejiang three years ago, and then they hold several investment promotion activities every year.

, and there will always be various rumors coming out during the event, so you have to distinguish them carefully."

"Master He, we heard before that several commanders and important figures in Hangzhou Prefecture are very interested in this carrier recruitment activity. Maybe they will send people to Zhoushan Island to participate in the activity, and we don't have any government officials.

How can these little people from the background win over them?" The dark-skinned man finally revealed their true purpose.

When He Li heard this, he understood completely. It turned out that there had been some rumors outside, and these people had too little information. They wanted to seize this opportunity, but they were not sure whether they should pay attention.

I wanted to bet on this, so I went to my brothers to inquire about the information, hoping to get some reliable advice from them. But after all, He Li didn't mention the information about those competitors, so these three people were a little bit

Can't sit still anymore.

He Li secretly cursed a few curse words in his heart. Although he had his own information channels, his background was definitely not as good as those businessmen with the support of high-ranking officials, and he even lived in a different circle than those people. The information mentioned by these three people, he

This is the first time I heard it. I don’t know whether it is true or not, so I can’t give any effective advice. Besides, even if he has some ideas, how can he talk nonsense to these three people when so many official figures are involved? What if?

If these people turned around and sold them out, then it wouldn't be a big deal if he was unlucky. Maybe even his brother would be dragged into the mess. He Li couldn't help but feel a little resentful at the moment, thinking that his brother had always been smart, how could he let him go like this?

A few unreliable guys got through.

This is actually due to the fact that He Li's own social circle is smaller and lower-level, and he cannot make friends with official figures. For example, the commander of Guanhai Guard Huang Tao, the commander of Linshan Guard Wei Shan, the commander of Changguo Guard Yan Guowei and other coastal guards

The top leader has had a profit-transporting relationship with Haihan since two years ago. Xu Shaohua, who was promoted from the commander-in-chief of the Ningbo Navy to the rank of staff general, is simply the thorn in the Fujian Xu family's lurking in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Basically, he directly takes orders from Zhoushan.

command.

In addition to these military attachés trying to gain their own benefits, the civil servants of the coastal states are not much better. The state officials who have secretly colluded with Haihan are far more than just the prefect of Ningbo, Qu Yutong, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou.

There are senior officials in the government secretly siding with Haihan. For example, in the Hangzhou fire case last year, Wang Yuan, who was trying hard to reconcile with the Hangzhou government, had many shady dealings with Haihan.

These senior officials basically have agents on the surface, and these people are no less well-informed than He Li, or even better. He Li knew about the situation in Liaodong, and perhaps those agents were one step earlier.

The news had been received. It was easy for He Li to fool the people in front of him, but if his opponents were the people mentioned by the swarthy man just now, then his weight would not be enough.

But as the saying goes, a loser never loses. He Li would not admit that his rank was too low in front of these people. He thought about it for a while and already had an idea in his mind. He said to the anxious three people: "You don't want to

It's one thing to have an intention, but it's another thing to actually decide to take over the matter. The northern route is long, the sea conditions are complicated, and there is little oil and water on the return trip, so many big shipping companies are unwilling to take over. You guys

The high-ranking officials mentioned are indeed closely related to Haihan. Because of this, the Haihan people have also provided them with many ways to make money. They can make money just by lying at home, so why do they have to do such laborious and laborious work?

An errand that didn’t end well?”

With the social level of these three people, it is already the limit to hear a few words. And who knows whether those high-ranking officials will really interfere in the Northern Route, but He Li's words sound very reasonable, and people can't help but

They didn’t believe it. The three of them murmured a few words to each other, and then the fat businessman spoke up: "Master He, according to your wishes, we can still compete for the job of the Northern Route Carrier?"

He Li nodded and said: "Although your three families have limited strength, you can still put together twenty ships. If you want to compete for this job, it is best for the three families to work together as one, so that the competitiveness will be stronger. After all, you can put together

A shipping company with 20 ships running the northern route will more easily attract the attention of the Haihan people. As for the government agents, I don't think there is any need to make excuses for the time being. They may just go to see the market, and they may not really take action.

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He Li spent a lot of time to finally calm down the emotions of the three people, and then the three people left with a lot of gratitude. As soon as the three people left, He Li poured the half-cooled tea in the cup into his stomach, and then ordered his servants

Go and prepare the sedan to go out.

Whether the big shots are interested in getting involved in the operation of the Northern Route, in fact, there is no direct conflict of interest with He Li, and he has no intention of participating in the bidding, so he instructs the three businessmen to join together to fight for it. But just now from this

The information obtained by the three people made He Li wary, because he found that there was a big deviation in the information he had, and he did not even get the relevant information at all. This was either a fraud fabricated by the three businessmen.

Either he or his brother He Xiao had serious problems with their intelligence collection. No matter what the situation was, he had to figure it out as soon as possible.

He Xiao's residence is near the residence of the prefect Qu Yutong, so that he can be called at any time. However, the courtyard where He Xiao lives is far from as luxurious as the fourth courtyard of the Li family. It is just an extremely ordinary small courtyard. Counting the housekeeper,

There are only five or six cooks, maids, etc. This courtyard looks unremarkable, and outsiders who don't know it would never think that the prefect's number one think tank lives here.

However, He Li knew that his brother's life was not as simple as it seemed. He Xiao had sent his family to settle in Penghu as early as two years ago, and had set up plantations on nearly a thousand acres of land in the north and south of Taiwan Island.

, has also purchased real estate on Zhoushan Island, and the assets he owns are still higher than those of He Li, but they have never been ostentatious.

He Li also asked his brother why he made such an arrangement, and He Xiao's answer was that if one day he was convicted for getting too close to Haihan, then at least his family and property would have been sent outside the Ming Dynasty, and he would not be punished for it.

Involved. This idea seems extremely pessimistic to He Li. He does not think that the imperial court can change the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, because the Haihan people are not only related to the living conditions of ordinary people along the coast, but more importantly, the coastal states.

Almost all government officials, big and small, have benefited from it, and it is so intricate that it is difficult to shake.

If the imperial court wanted to change this situation, it would have to disturb the entire Jiangnan officialdom. It would be useless even if the capital sent ten or eight imperial ministers down. Of course, He Li would not dare to say such treasonous words in front of his brother.

Otherwise, you will have to learn a lesson again.

He Li got off the sedan at the door, called for the door to be opened, and walked in while asking the steward He Xiao if he was at home. Only then did he know that He Xiao had gone to the magistrate's house to discuss matters, and he didn't know when he would come back. He Li came, too.

Not wanting to go back again, he went into the study and waited. He waited for almost two hours. When He Xiao came back, he saw him sitting at the desk, sleeping soundly with his upper body bent on several poetry books published by Haihan.

I couldn't laugh or cry at the moment, so I woke him up quickly.

He Li woke up and saw his brother. He quickly rubbed his eyes to cheer up and told him about the visit of the three businessmen today, especially the situation related to the Northern Route Carrier mentioned by the three. He Li was almost

He recited it word for word to He Xiao.

After He Li finished speaking, he drank the cold tea on the table, and then asked He Xiao: "Eldest brother has always tried his best, how come there is such a big movement this time, but there is no news beforehand?"

He Xiao responded: "You all know that you can't talk about uncertain things to outsiders, so I don't dare to tell you things that are not confirmed! I have asked the prefect about this matter, and the commanders of the various guards intend to compete for the northern route.

There is no conclusive evidence about the carrier. But somehow, there are indeed relevant rumors out there, but the source of this news has not yet been confirmed.”

He Li asked tentatively: "Could it be that a certain commander deliberately spread the news to see the reaction of all parties in the market?"

"It's not impossible. But as long as Haihan doesn't nod, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain." He Xiao replied calmly.
Chapter completed!