261 [You can take back Macau if you run out of food] (for the penguin boss
The city of Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was expanded three times and was basically equivalent to the old city of Guangzhou in later generations.
However, the Pearl River in the late Ming Dynasty was very wide, and its banks were in the Taipingsha area. The river in the south of Guangzhou was 700 meters wide, but only 150 meters remained (in the old city area) after hundreds of years. This was the result of continuous accumulation of sediment.
Zhao Han changed ships halfway and arrived in Guangzhou. Countless merchants were already waiting at the dock.
These merchants all want to know what Zhao Han thinks of sea trade!
In fact, it doesn't matter whether we open the sea or not. Because they are the ones who oppose the opening of the sea, and they are also the ones who oppose the ban on sea. This statement seems very contradictory.
Opposition to opening up the sea is due to fear of losing the monopoly on trade.
The opposition to the sea ban is that the sea ban is too strict, making it difficult for them to smuggle.
Enforcing a maritime ban while condoning smuggling is the situation that merchants most want to see.
"Meet Mr. Zhao!"
Hundreds of merchants, large and small, all knelt down to welcome Zhao Han off the ship at the pier.
Business travelers and people coming and going looked around curiously.
The people finally looked at Zhao Han with less resentment. This was certainly because Fei Ruhe had done something.
Zhao Han smiled with a smile on his face: "Haha, everyone, please stand up. You have made great contributions to the city, and you should be greatly rewarded!"
"Don't dare, don't dare."
The merchants stood up one after another and declined, feeling uneasy.
Zhao Han acted amiable and seemed to be easy to talk to. But these businessmen were all cunning and cunning guys. How could they believe that Zhao Han was easy to talk to?
Countless landlords in Jiangxi had their homes confiscated!
All landowners in Jiangxi have their fields divided!
Is this easy to talk about?
Things in Jiangxi had already reached Guangzhou, and news also came that Zhao Han seemed to be very friendly to merchants.
Guan Jialun was the first to say: "Everyone in Guangzhou knows about the land administration of the main town. This is a great thing that will benefit all the people. We, the merchants in Guangzhou, have reached a consensus and are willing to fully cooperate with the main town in allocating land!"
"Everyone understands the great righteousness. This is the blessing of this country and the blessing of all people!" Zhao Han quickly bowed and saluted.
It seemed like the atmosphere was harmonious, but in fact it was all nonsense.
The division of land must be coordinated or not. The focus of both sides is the specific trade policy, but Zhao Han did not mention it at all.
"Greetings to the main town!"
Fei Ruhe led the soldiers, but made a fist with one arm across his chest and did not kneel down. Compared with the merchants' kneeling in obeisance, it seemed too disrespectful.
Zhao Han walked a few steps forward and saw many people tied up at the dock, and asked, "What are these?"
Fei Ruhe replied: "We are all guilty of committing crimes and deserve to be killed. Please tell me, Commander-in-Chief."
"Kill him if he needs to. What are you waiting for me to do? Execute him on the spot!" Zhao Han said.
These are all gangsters. If they were other rebels, they would definitely be rewarded because they participated in seizing the city and took refuge.
But here Zhao Han took advantage of the chaos to burn and kill the predators, beheading them all without any discussion.
Fei Ruhe had already beheaded a group of those who had committed the most heinous crimes, and kept these for Zhao Han to show his authority. He immediately shouted: "Execution!"
Right on the pier, in front of merchants and people, more than 40 people lined up to be beheaded.
"good!"
The people of Guangzhou roared with joy. They had been tortured before because of the evil done by these thugs in front of them.
There must be some fish that have slipped through the net.
For example, the crutches have dispersed in the countryside, and Fei Ruhe has no energy to investigate and arrest them.
For example, all the slaves in the nursing home were hiding among wealthy merchants, and Fei Ruhe did not dare to take action easily for the time being.
The faces of the merchants changed dramatically. These gangsters were hired by them to seize the city. Now they are killing them all in front of them. What does this mean?
Zhao Han smiled and explained to the merchants: "Don't worry, everyone, I, Mr. Zhao, always reward those who have merit and punish those who have made mistakes. They were beheaded because after they captured the city, they burned, killed, and looted in the city. Please be safe. If you abide by the law, you will naturally have merit and no fault."
"The general town is wise."
Guan Jialun hurriedly agreed, the hairs all over his body stood up, and he felt increasingly that Zhao Han was having trouble speaking.
Zhao Han entered the city with a smile and, accompanied by merchants, arrived at the former residence of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
There were only two people left in the room.
Zhao Han asked: "How is Guangzhou?"
Fei Ruhe said: "Crutches are rampant and people are often kidnapped, either sold to Nanyang or to Hongyi."
"Why are you talking about these minutiae? Have you forgotten what I taught you about sorting out the conflicts of priority?" Zhao Han said angrily.
Fei Ruhe thought for a while: "The main contradiction is that we want to open the sea to collect tariffs, and the merchants want to continue smuggling."
"Wrong, wrong!" Zhao Han shook his head repeatedly.
Fei Ruhe said confusedly: "Isn't that so?"
Zhao Han sighed: "If you can do business openly, who the hell is willing to smuggle secretly?"
"Because you don't have to pay taxes for smuggling," Fei Ruhe said.
Zhao Han analyzed: "How much money do these merchants spend every year to bribe the governor, the chief envoy, the inspection envoy, the capital department, the municipal shipping department, the inspection department, and the seaside guard station. The money used for bribes is no more than the normal payment of customs duties. Less. What they are really afraid of is that they have to pay customs duties and pay bribes to officials."
"That's right." Fei Ruhe scratched his head and said.
Zhao Han continued: "If sea trade is legal, these merchants will help us fight against smuggling. Because smugglers are also robbing their business, and there is no tariff cost. What we should really keep an eye on is when they are doing business seriously. , while secretly engaging in smuggling, and also cracking down on other smugglers."
"Then how to prevent it?" Fei Ruhe asked.
"It is impossible to ban smuggling, we can only control it to the greatest extent," Zhao Han said, "I have already read what you wrote. There are two top priorities: First, establish an offshore navy specifically for searches. Smuggling; second, put several smuggling ports under government management, especially Macau. Call that scholar of yours!"
The official names are Haojing, Haojingao and Xiangshanao, but local fishermen call it Macao.
As for the scholar, the one who posted the big-character posters has now been hired by Fei Ruhe as a consultant.
This man's name was Deng Yunzhan, and he was from a branch of the Deng family. His family owned a small shop in Guangzhou, and they were living a comfortable life.
"Greetings to the main town!" Deng Yunzhan said with cupped hands.
"Please take a seat," Zhao Han said straight to the point, "Is it easy to take back Macau?"
Deng Yunzhan laughed and said: "It's easy. If we don't have food for three months and don't allow food to go to sea, all the red barbarians in Haojing will starve to death."
Zhao Han laughed loudly: "It's really easy."
In fact, Macau is not considered a Portuguese colony because the Ming Dynasty did not give up any sovereignty.
The Ming Dynasty had always allowed the Portuguese to occupy Macau, purely because they wanted to import silver, so that both sides could get what they needed.
There is a checkpoint in Macau, which is opened once every five days, specifically for Portuguese people to purchase food.
During the Tianqi period, He Shijin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, learned that the Portuguese had built earthen cities, forts and forts in Macau, and immediately ordered the Portuguese-Macao Parliament to demolish them.
The Governor of Portugal and Macao refused to comply, and Guangdong immediately cut off the supply of food and wood. As a result, the Portuguese did not have enough to eat, and there was no wood for repairs on the ships. The hungry Portuguese residents directly fought against the Governor of Portugal and Macao, and finally the Governor obediently demolished the Bunkers and forts.
After Deng Yunzhan told these stories, Zhao Han asked: "Should Hongyi commit adultery and commit crimes and hand them over to the magistrate of Xiangshan County?"
"Hongyi admitted to handing over the criminal, but he always found excuses to evade it," Deng Yunzhan sighed. "In the end, he still ran out of food, forcing Hongyi to hand over the murderer."
Zhao Han suddenly asked: "Can't Hongyi go to Annan (Vietnam) to buy food?"
"Can't buy it," Deng Yunzhan was afraid that Zhao Han wouldn't understand, so he explained in detail, "There are also several countries of red barbarians. The red barbarians in Macau are the people of Daflangji (Portugal); the red barbarians in Luzon are the people of Xiaoflangji.
People from Spain (Spain); I don’t know where the red barbarians come from, so they call them Red Bodies (Dutch). This big Franji man seems to have a feud with the Red Bodies..."
Through Deng Yunzhan's dictation, Zhao Han had a general understanding of the situation in Nanyang.
Today, Vietnam is divided into two, with North Vietnam under the rule of Zheng and South Vietnam under the rule of Nguyen.
After Japan closed its borders, Han merchants controlled South Vietnam's trade, and Dutch merchants controlled North Vietnam's trade.
Han merchants controlled three trade routes
First, China-South Vietnam-Japan.
Second, China-South Vietnam-Cambodia-Japan.
Third, China-South Vietnam-Philippines.
The Portuguese were the closest to buying grain from North Vietnam, but the Dutch hindered it and Portuguese merchant ships could not get close.
As for South Vietnam, not to mention the Portuguese and the Dutch, they could not go there. Because the Nguyen regime banned Western religions from time to time and would rob and kill white people, it was too difficult for Europeans to do business there.
The Portuguese can only buy food in Guangzhou!
Deng Yunzhan also reminded: "The town must pay attention to the fact that Guangdong does not produce much food. Once there is a natural disaster year, if we continue to transport food to Hongyi, the price of food in Guangdong will inevitably rise sharply, and the people in Guangzhou will definitely be hungry. No.
It is said that it is forbidden to export grain to the sea, but merchants must be selected to specialize in it, and there are regulations on how much grain can be sold each month."
"This is a good reminder." Zhao Han nodded.
Deng Yunzhan added: "You can let Han merchants go to the Ruan Lord (South Vietnam) to buy grain, and only charge a small amount of tax when transporting it back to Guangdong. Only in this way can it be profitable, and only then will merchants be willing to buy grain back to Guangdong, thus allowing Guangdong to
Food has become abundant. This was not possible before because of the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban and the need to bribe officials for travel, making it unprofitable to buy food from Annan."
"You are a great talent," Zhao Han praised, "Do you have any other suggestions? Just tell me."
Deng Yunzhan said: "Macau can be taken back under management, but the red barbarians must not be expelled. These red barbarians can bring a lot of money. Today's Hao Mirror is exclusively owned by Dafangji (Portugal). You can send someone to contact the red barbarians (
Holland), and let the red-boiled ghosts also come to Macau to trade. In this way, the barbarians can be controlled and the barbarians will not be dominated by one family, which will make it easier to manage in the future."
"Great kindness!" Zhao Han thought this was a good idea.
Deng Yunzhan suddenly looked serious: "Foshan merchants who make firearms privately must be confiscated. Moreover, private traders must not interfere with firearm manufacturing in the future!"
"I have planned this for a long time," Zhao Han asked, "Would you like to be in charge of the Guangzhou Shipping Department?"
"Don't dare say goodbye!" Deng Yunzhan was quite excited.
The magistrate of Guangzhou, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, the admiral of Guangzhou Shipping Department, and Zhao Han have other appointments, and they are all on their way now.
(Guangzhou Fucheng, Panyu County, and Nanhai County are all Guangzhou City. I made a mistake before and hereby correct it.)
