Annan was named after the Annan Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty. Its hometown had been included in the Chinese territory as early as the Qin Dynasty. Until the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the warlords were separatist. It was initially under the jurisdiction of the Southern Han Dynasty and was the Jinghai Navy. Later, there was civil strife in the Jinghai Navy.

, Jiedushi Yang Tingyi was killed, and his son-in-law Wu Quan avenged him and defeated the Southern Han Dynasty. Annan gradually began to move towards separatism.

However, whether it was the Five Dynasties or the two Song Dynasties, the ruler of Annan was the protector of Annan, the king of Jiaozhi, and the king of Annan. He still had the official position of Jinghai Jiedushi in the central dynasty, and he still nominally belonged to China.

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Not to mention the Yuan Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, first there was civil strife in the Chen Dynasty, and the Hu Dynasty usurped the throne. Regardless of the Ming Dynasty's repeated advice, he killed Chen Tianping, the only relative of the Chen family in the previous dynasty, continued to harass the Ming Dynasty border to the north, and invaded and occupied the city of Champa in the south.

Therefore, Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty sent the chief military officer Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng, the left deputy general Xiping Hou Musheng, and the right deputy general Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu to lead the army to march south, destroy the Hu Dynasty, prefectures and counties, Annan returned to the territory. But in the Xuanzong period,

The Ming court made a comprehensive strategic contraction, abandoned Annan, established the Li Dynasty, and restored its status as a vassal.

Less than a hundred years later, the Li Dynasty was usurped by the powerful Mo family and became the Mo Dynasty. In Annan, there were also those who were dissatisfied with the Mo Dynasty and fought against it. By this time, it was already the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The Li Dynasty complained to Beijing, and Emperor Jiajing sent troops southward.

The Mo Dynasty subsequently offered land to surrender, and the rulers of the Mo Dynasty were granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of Annan, nominally re-entering the territory of China.

However, in addition to the Mo Dynasty in the north, there is also the Le Dynasty in southern Vietnam, and the situation in Annan is that the Li Dynasty is stronger than the weak. However, the Mo Dynasty relies on the thick legs of the Ming Dynasty to always compete with the Li Dynasty, forming a domestic situation.

The situation of confrontation between the north and the south. And this Mo Dynasty hugged Ming Dynasty's thick legs in the Ming Dynasty, and then hugged the Qing court's thighs in the Qing Dynasty. Until the San Francisco Rebellion, it hugged Wu Sangui's thighs, but it turned out that the legs were wrong.

, the Qing army went south, and the Li Dynasty completely eliminated this leg hair that was accustomed to the power of the fox and the tiger in the name of helping the Qing army to suppress the rebellion.

"In addition to the north-south confrontation between the Li family and the Mo family, there is also a dispute between the powerful Zheng family in the Li family and the Nguyen family on the separatist side."

Now Annan is as chaotic as a pot of porridge, but under such circumstances, they are still encroaching on the territory of the Champa Kingdom in the south. On the contrary, they are getting stronger and stronger. Even if the Western colonists did not arrive in later generations,

It is uncertain whether Laos will be annexed, and it is also unclear whether Vietnam in Cambodia will become the new overlord of Indochina.

Sitting in Qiongzhou Prefecture, Lin Cha, Du Hui, Zheng Shengying and other local civil and military officials naturally have a better understanding of this vassal state across the water. Zheng Shengying gave a rough summary of the situation there, but to Lin Cha, he heard that it was a person in a

Neighboring countries in the midst of civil strife were like meat on a chopping board, just waiting for them to go in and harvest them. He turned his head and looked at Du Hui, who also turned his head to look at him. The two of them clearly felt that they seemed to have something to do with each other.

They all have this idea, even if they just grab a few, it will be a very good deal.

This kind of thinking is the most normal reaction for people who are born pirates or have been in pirate dens for a long time. However, these two people are not straight-line generals such as Chen Baona. Annanguo had defeated them in the Five Dynasties and Song Dynasty.

The Chinese army and the Ming army once controlled the country, but in the end they were forced to withdraw due to their own situation and the strong resistance in Annan. This small country has never been an easy persimmon, and in the current situation, the Zheng Group's own

The focus is on Fujian, followed by Guangdong. In Guangdong official circles, Chen Kai also has the Grand Superintendent and the Governor who are far higher than him as his competitors, so it is not appropriate for him to cause more troubles for the time being.

Chen Kai gave the Guangdong Trading Company full authority over this matter, so to put it bluntly, it was just business. In this way, there would naturally not be too many things they needed to do that would cross the line.

On that day, the four of them discussed for several hours, not only the matter of purchasing grain, but also other matters, which were very important. On the second day, Cai Cheng asked the local branch to send invitations to the merchants who went to greet him yesterday.

The Juxian Tower in the city receives guests.

The most indispensable thing for those who do business is to greet people and send them off. This is somewhat similar to those who are officials. In the final analysis, one is for money and the other is for power. They are both motivated by profit and are so diligent. Cai Cheng’s identity

, the power and ability of the person behind them, these merchants must be polite. Before the agreed time, everyone had arrived one after another. Fortunately, Cai Cheng was not bad at this aspect, and he arrived earlier.

We were getting ready to leave in that restaurant, where we were used to receiving people like Zheng Tai in Hong Kong.

The host welcomed him personally and returned the courtesy when he arrived. Everyone sat down one after another. Cai Cheng gave a speech and then waved his hand, and the people below naturally understood. Immediately, there was good wine and delicious food, and the singing and dancing of birds and birds flowed among them. The leader of flowers in Qiongzhou City was also invited.

Coming here, it added a bit of a strange color to this banquet.

"I heard that when Chen Fujun outsmarted Chaozhou City and personally fought against the Chaozhou thief king Che Renzhong, a local courtesan played a song "Man Jiang Hong" beside him. Chen Fujun was in high spirits and killed Che Renzhong.

It is a heavy responsibility to hold his head and drive back tens of thousands of rebels. Today, Chen Fu's army has regained Guangzhou and defeated the enemy troops. It can be said that the world is shocked. Even the villagers like us know this illustrious reputation."

"Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty and congratulations to Chen Fujun!"

Everyone here knows who the backer behind Cai Cheng and the master behind the Guangdong Trading Company is. To please Cai Cheng, of course, we must start by praising Chen Kai, so as to achieve the best results. Everyone has expressed their feelings towards Guangzhou

There was a lot of praise for the recapture. Some mentioned the recapture of Chaozhou, some talked about resisting Geng Jimao, some talked about their heroic efforts to save Guangzhou, and some directly talked about the siege of Xinhui and the Battle of Jiangmen.

As well as praising him for his efforts in conquering the city of Guangzhou, he used flattering words that made those who had never seen the world get goosebumps all over the place.

Chen Kai is Cai Cheng's benefactor, and he is quite happy that everyone praises Chen Kai. However, those rumors are not reliable. For example, the song "Man Jiang Hong" is not about killing cars at all, but

Before that; for example, when rescuing Guangzhou, Chen Kai faced off against Sheng Dengke and Xu Long, and there was no famous Guangzhou prostitute beating drums to cheer him up. This was clearly a forced imposition of Liang Hongyu's jokes; as for Chen Kai's insistence on clinging to

At the center left, Chen Kai's current wife, Zheng Xiyuan, was waiting beside her. She helped take care of the wounded without taking any clothes off, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army. This is even more nonsense. Besides, Chen Kai and Zheng Xiyuan were not married at that time.

Well, and just a few days before and after, Chen Kai first killed Zheng Zhiwan with one shot, and then turned around and dumped Zheng Hongkui's face. It was simply a prestige.

However, as long as the people carrying the people in the sedan chair did not damage Chen Kai's reputation, Cai Cheng would smile at them. There was no need to correct their mistakes. It was enough for the guests and hosts to enjoy themselves.

In such an atmosphere, everyone exchanged cups and cups, came and returned in joy, but there was only one thing, and that was that Cai Cheng never mentioned the purpose of the trip during the dinner, and only talked about being happy.

"What exactly does Mr. Cai want to do?"

This is a big question, because although Cai Cheng's status is not high, he is Chen Kai's close confidant, and he is in charge of a big business like Guangdong Trading Company. In the words of later generations, this number of people can be handled every minute.

There is no reason why tens of millions of people are not wandering around Qiongzhou Mansion. They must have a purpose, and most likely they are related to the government. If not, it will be another big move.

Attendees or not, many people were thinking about how much benefit they could get from it, and each of them started using their methods to find out Cai Cheng's purpose of coming here. In the end, they didn't have to wait long.

At that time, after Cai Cheng read the account books of the Fuya and Fucheng branches for a few days, he sent someone to invite the famous merchants of Qiongzhou Prefecture to come to the Juxian Tower for a while.

This time, everyone arrived early as before. Compared with the last time, it was mainly about building relationships, but this time it was obviously about real swordsmanship. When they went upstairs, they were still where they were last time, and the dishes were served as usual.

It was a delicacy. However, there was no female musician, but without such entertainment, they became even more enthusiastic.

"To be honest with you, I am coming here this time to do some big business under the orders of my family Fu Jun. The banquet for you today is also for this purpose."

"Chen Fujun is famous all over the world, and Cai Yuanwai is also a well-known figure in our Guangdong business community. If there is anything, just give me an order, and we will be obliged to do so."

"Exactly so, exactly so."

The merchants were very generous because they knew very well that Chen Kai's reputation has always been good. In recent years, except for cheating Du Yonghe once, he has always been an upright man. Even Du Yonghe, a discerning person can see it.

When they came out, Chen Kai originally had a chance to catch them all. He simply killed Du Yonghe and his men in Guangzhou City. The more secretive ones invited them to the Pearl River to eat wonton noodles, flat noodles, and Zheng's noodles.

This is what the group originally started out as, and most of all they were middlemen. In the end, Chen Kai just asked for some money and sent some ships to Du Yonghe. In the final analysis, it was still a business.

It is said that this second-grade official was also a merchant in his hometown, and there was no discrimination against merchants like them by officials. Trading has always been fair. Some people who have traveled to Hong Kong and some to Chaozhou have seen it all with their own eyes.

. If you do business with Chen Kai, you will not only make money, but also have the Yamen as the backend. The exploitation in the middle links will be reduced a lot, which is a great benefit.

Everyone was looking forward to it, and Cai Cheng did not continue to whet their appetites. He took the lead and told about the trip to Annan to purchase grain. As a result, those people all looked embarrassed.

"Exceptor Cai, you have great supernatural powers. You must know about the lively fighting in Annan Kingdom. At this time, whether it is the Zheng family or the Ruan family, they attach great importance to food and grass..."

Within the Le Dynasty of Annan, Lord Zheng and Lord Nguyen fought so hard that their heads were beaten to pieces. Not only were the two families fighting against each other, but there were also the newly restored Portuguese and the Dutch who had invaded a large number of their colonies.

It was a contest between people, in which the allies of Lord Zheng were the Dutch, while the allies of Lord Nguyen were the Portuguese.

Between the two, Lord Zheng was stronger and was on the offensive side most of the time, while Lord Nguyen used the mountains and Lingjiang River as support to build city walls for defense. Until the Battle of Chang De in 1648, Lord Zheng’s Imperial Guards

The power was severely weakened. A few years later, in the 7th year of Yongli, Lord Ruan launched a counterattack. Lord Zheng first lost his troops and lost territory. Even the then Lord Zheng, Zheng Jie, also died at that time. However, the newly elected Lord Zheng launched a counterattack.

In order to fight back, it took several years to push the Ruan ruler's forces back to the original dividing line.

As these well-informed merchants said, this was the time when the fight between Master Zheng and Master Ruan was the most lively. Food has always been a strategic material and is strictly controlled. Acquisition is not impossible. Qiongzhou Prefecture

The most indispensable thing is people with connections among the various forces in Annan Kingdom, but in terms of profits, it will shrink a lot, and making money is really not what they desire.

The businessmen complained, and Cai Cheng just sat there and listened. If it had been like this two years ago, he would have had some official power, but in the past few years, he has no idea about showing official power in the mall.

Things are no longer interesting. In business, only when you are profitable can you last long. Otherwise, forced sales will often only scare away more potential customers.

When everyone was talking like this, he didn't say anything, he just sat there and listened. Sometimes, some merchants offered to help buy some, but the quantity was small and it was a drop in the bucket, so he thanked him as usual. After a while, the voices of complaints began.

As the tide gradually receded, more people focused their attention on him, wanting to see what Cai Cheng and even Chen Kai behind Cai Cheng were planning.

"Everyone should know very well that my Chen Fujun will never let his true friends suffer. When it comes to purchasing grain, the profit is very low, so thin that it may not even be enough for labor. However, now Guangdong needs grain, and Fujian needs grain.

There is a greater need for food, to supply the army, and to stabilize food prices, which is what Chen Fujun must win."

"We don't plan to pay too much money, it's still a fair price. But one thing I can tell you is that Chen Fujun has a big layout in Guangdong, and the least part of it is the participation of merchants. I won't say much about the profit.

I will only talk about one point here, that is, Chen Fujun decided to establish the Guangdong Trade Alliance in Hong Kong to face the competition from other merchant forces with one voice. Last year, Wang Shilian went to Fujian and Guangdong provinces, half of which are in the country.

You can imagine how big the market is in the hands of Mr. Xing and Chen Fujun. Moreover, these places are also connected to Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and land trade is also unfolding. Mr. Guo even sent the Marquis of Dingxi to the north and south to Zhili to cooperate with

The businessmen there have reached an intention to cooperate."

Cai Cheng said so much about the prospect, then he closed his mouth and looked around the crowd, with a look of pride that he had not seen for many years: "Chen Fujun said that only true friends can join in and share this."
Chapter completed!