Daming One Piece

Chapter 97 Killing a Chicken for the Monkey (Second Update, Please Recommendation, Please Favorite)
They are definitely a bunch of dirt moats!
Why add an earth character.

It's because they are really powerful, really rich and rich!
These people have been operating in Hoi An for many years. Since they were all pirates without exception in the early years, although they are now sitting on the ground as landlords and tyrants, they are still entrenched here in essence.

This group of tyrants and even the Annan government are afraid of them, and even let them "rule" the city.

According to Guo Huaiyi, there are quite a few "merchant self-governing" cities like Hoi An, and they are basically strongholds of Ming merchants for many years.

But why didn't those strongholds develop into colonies in the end?
Is it just that the power of the country is not enough?

Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the late Qing Dynasty, the reason why the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia got up early and went to the evening market, allowing the Western colonists to take advantage, was in the final analysis due to internal strife caused by local views.

To paraphrase the most common saying, "One Chinese is a dragon, and three Chinese are a worm." In the final analysis, it is because each of them wants to be the talker, and they would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix. In fact, they are not even chicken heads, at most they are fish meat, and they are still the kind of meat that can be eaten by mermaids.

Just like Malaya, when the overseas Chinese were in the 19s, there were so many NBs there that even the local kings were just pretending to be high, but the Chinese companies continued to fight among themselves, and the civil war lasted for more than ten years. Finally, a group of Chinese businessmen ran to Singapore The British were asked to come forward to maintain peace. Once the British intervened, the companies ceased fighting. Well, the original local overlord became a little sheep, and even the city was handed over to the British.

Infighting!

This is how the infighting ends.

In fact, when he decided to come to Hoi An to buy rice, Shi Yiwen had the attitude of doing business, but now facing the situation in Hoi An, he had to think otherwise.

After all, according to Shi Yiwen's plan, Hoi An in the future will be a granary to some extent. In this era, Annan is rich in rice, and the price is low. In addition, Ming merchants have been operating here for many years, and they have already established a mature business network. Sufficient rice can be purchased.As long as there is a little improvement, it is easy to buy 200 million shi of rice a year in Annan. You must know that in the mid-to-late 19th century, Vietnam’s rice export volume exceeded 500 million tons!
A grain of 200 million shi!

I don't know how many Ming people can save the country!

Thinking so in his heart, Shi Yiwen walked into the main hall of the guild hall, and everyone in the hall stood up to greet him one after another.

"Oh, I kept you waiting for so long!"

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"My lord, you're welcome, I'm the one who came early!"

The person who came to meet him was Li Guinan, who is the chairman of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce.

Others also came forward to salute one after another. Shi Yiwen could almost recognize their identities from their accents without Song Yunjie's introduction. How are the business gangs divided in this year?Rely on the "hometown" and rely on the accent.Even if they are all Cantonese, so what?
The so-called Cantonese gang refers specifically to the Cantonese area, Chaozhou, so of course they are Chaozhou people, not to mention the Hakkas.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it became even more chaotic, with different pronunciations in ten miles, and the accent separated them.

Relying on the so-called "villagers", they are united by their hometown accents to form a bloodline to fight against the natives and their own people.

But after fighting back and forth, what did they come up with?
Both loses!

When greeting them one by one, Shi Yiwen's words were very polite. There were about 30 people present, including the Guangdong Gang, the Chaozhou Gang, and the Hakka Gang. Wei Wei was divided into three small groups, besides them, there were even a few Annans among them.

"My masters have traveled thousands of miles here to do business and buy properties. The imperial court also knows that although you are in a foreign land, your heart is in the heavenly dynasty. You have never dared to forget that you are a citizen of the heavenly dynasty!"

After saying these words with a smile, everyone all raised their hands and said, "The grassroots dare not forget their roots."

Shi Yiwen's face suddenly changed, and he said sharply:

"But this time, I came to Hoi An to purchase rice grains under the order of the British Duke. I was neither extorting or extorting Kana. Why did everyone refuse to cooperate? Is it possible that you are used to being emperors? Don’t you know about the Celestial Dynasty? You buy land and build houses here one by one, do you really think that this place is beyond our reach? Do you think I dare not kill people? Who, who is obstructing it!”

The sudden questioning made everyone's expressions extremely unnatural, and many people's faces were even full of panic. It's true that they are rich and powerful, but they really have no power. ah.

It's true that it's the Tu Emperor and the Shan Gao Emperor here, but the problem is that they are in awe of the authority of the government in their bones, and this person in front of them is a family member of the Duke of England.

British Duke, that is the big man who brought Annan to the destruction of the country.Well, it was his ancestors who killed Annan.

Such a big man, there is no one they can provoke.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, my lord misunderstood..."

When everyone waved their hands to explain, one person stood up.

"Don't misunderstand me, my lord, this common saying is good, open the door to do business, why do you say that if you set up a rice store, you will set up a rice store, and other people can only do business with this rice store..."

"Do you dare to speak up?"

Shi Yiwen asked.

The man came forward and said as he walked:
"Why don't you dare? Even if the British prince comes, he has to be reasonable!"

"Chong!"

Accompanied by the sound of the long knife being unsheathed, a flash of light flashed, the voice stopped abruptly, and the long knife had been sheathed again.

The head fell to the ground, blood was like a fountain, and the person whose head had been chopped off fell to the ground.The hall was instantly blood red, and even the people around were sprayed with blood, and everyone looked at this scene in horror.

"just you……"

Shi Yiwen snorted coldly:

"Who else wants to reason with me?"

"Murder!"

Only then did the local tyrants come to their senses. They were all terrified, their faces were all pale from fright. When some people shouted, a group of servants and thugs rushed in from outside.

"Quick, protect the master..."

Without waiting for his servant to protect him, Li Guinan slapped the man hard, and said loudly.

"Get off!"

After all, Li Guinan pleaded guilty.

"My lord, the grassroots are ineffective in teaching, please forgive me, my lord!"

Li Guinan's slap made everyone stunned, they suddenly realized that this young master's identity is not ordinary!He is from the British government!
What's the difference between killing a person... and crushing an ant?
After I figured it out, they all drove away the servants one after another, and pleaded guilty one after another.

OK!

It's good to be knowledgeable, Shi Yiwen asked:
"Li Dongjia, do you think this person deserves to die?"

(End of this chapter)