Super Smuggling System

Judging from the current situation, businessmen are all looking for advantages and avoiding disadvantages. The maritime trade route of Japan alone has made the shipping companies docked at Quanzhou Port a lot of money.

For businessmen, as long as the value on this route is still full of temptations, there is no need for them to take risks to explore unknown routes.

It is absolutely possible to follow behind the Quanzhou navy, which is safe and comfortable to eat.

The largest merchant fleet on this route is the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce headed by the Mufeng Company. When it comes to Quanzhou Port, the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce must mention the Mufeng Company.

It can be said that when doing shipping in Quanzhou Port, you cannot avoid the Mufeng Company, nor can you avoid the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce headed by the Mufeng Company.

There is such an unwritten rule in Quanzhou Port, that is, when doing sea freight at Quanzhou Port, only after the Mufeng Company has finished drinking the soup and other members of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce have eaten, will it be the turn of other companies to eat.

This unwritten rule seems to have become the rule that all shipping companies in Quanzhou Port adhere to. Even if there are newborn companies that are not afraid of tigers to join Quanzhou Port, they want to challenge the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and touch the status of Mufeng Company.

It will also be jointly suppressed by other companies.

Why?

I don't even look at who is standing behind the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, who is behind the Mufeng Company, Quanzhou Port was built by others, and the maritime trade of the country of Japan is decided by others.

The most important thing is that the Quanzhou navy is standing behind the Mufeng Company. If they want to challenge the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Mufeng Company in Quanzhou Port, isn't that the same as courting death?

Even if there are some companies from the customs, there are big bosses standing behind them, and they still have to rely on the Mufeng Company, otherwise, who would know if there will be an accident in this sea?

After all, accidents in the sea are common things. Even if there are no accidents, it is another matter whether you can sell goods on Wa Island after offending Mufeng Company.

The nobles of Chang'an City like the beauty of Wa Island the most.

From this point, it can be seen that on the route from Quanzhou Port to Wa Island, Mufeng Company has almost controlled all the cards, and almost all the purchase routes are under its control.

It's not that no one has tried to break this disguised monopoly. After all, the profits here make people jealous, but just after trying it out, they were met with fierce counterattacks from Mufeng Company.

You will encounter pirates inexplicably on the route. After finally arriving at Wajima, there is no cargo for you to load, so you can only return with an empty ship. In this way, you have to worry about whether you will meet again on the return journey. to pirates.

After several such encounters, these thorny business names can only let it go.

Chapter 145 Li Mu returns to Hong Kong

Quanzhou Hongyun Building.

Due to the increasingly prosperous sea transportation in Quanzhou Port, there are more and more frequent sea merchants passing by. When conducting trade with companies from within the customs, there is often no place suitable for negotiation.

But if you want to find a suitable place, you need to take a carriage to a small town dozens of miles away.

In this way, a lot of time is delayed. For merchants, sometimes time is life, and businessmen are racing against time.

Seeing this situation, Meier opened another Hongyun Building not far from Quanzhou Port, which was used to negotiate business with merchants in the past, and also to increase the income of Shoushanbo Mansion.

Although Meier opened a Hongyun Building in Quanzhou Port, not everyone can afford it.

The cheapest meal for a table in Hongyunlou will cost a hundred guan, not to mention ordering a pot of good Shoushanchun.

A pot of Shoushan Chun costs a hundred guan, and this pot only has five taels of wine.

After a meal in the Hongyun Building, they are full of wine and food, and the discussions between the two parties are almost on the right track. At this time, it is impossible for the businessmen talking and laughing to leave their seats, and they will order another pot of the most popular drink in the Tang Dynasty. Tea method of tea.

A pot of Dahongpao, which is also worth Baiguan Hongyunlou, is unique.

After drinking this pot of tea, the matter is almost over.

According to such a procedure, the minimum amount of copper coins spent in the Hongyun Building should not be less than a thousand guan.

Although it is very expensive, the merchants in Quanzhou Port flock to it. Not only is the food in this Hongyun Building excellent, but they also know whose property this Hongyun Building belongs to.

In addition, merchants will also compete with each other, and they will invite each other to go to the Hongyun Tower to talk about the strength of the firm. Over time, as long as the merchants coming and going in Quanzhou Port are negotiating things, the first choice is the Hongyun Tower in Quanzhou Port. mianhuatang.la

If you let the other party find out that you can't even afford to go to the Hongyun Tower when discussing things in Quanzhou Port, then the other party will question the strength of its firm, so the trade between the two parties may fail before the negotiation.

Because of the profits gained from the trip to Quanzhou Port, the cost of a banquet at the Hongyun Building is just a drop in the bucket.

Since the opening of Hongyun Building in Quanzhou Port, it has been full of guests every day, and there is no day without excitement. Sitting on the attic on the second floor, you can see the horse-drawn carriages of the merchants who come here every day.

Originally, this was a major hobby of Mei'er in her spare time. To her, every time a carriage stopped, it meant that the Hongyun Building had new income.

This represents another addition to the accountant of Shoushanbo Mansion.

It’s just that today, sitting on the attic on the second floor of the Hongyun Building, Meier is no longer in the mood to look at the carriages that are parked in the past, nor is she interested in looking at the busy Quanzhou Port not far away, and at the faintly visible merchant ships of the Mufeng Company. .

Only Du Shang looked at the blue sea in the distance with a touch of sadness on his brow, as if he wanted to see what he thought in his heart from the endless sea.

Meier whispered as if she had no idea: "Master has been in Bolai country for more than half a year, when is the time to return?"

"Master must not know what happened to Datang in the past six months."

Looking down at the still busy Quanzhou Port, everyone knows that earth-shaking changes have taken place in Datang Pass, but it still maintains the prosperity of the past.

"Master Mei'er can't make up her mind." Looking at Yuan Hai again, the letter that Meier had been holding slipped down on the table.

It was a letter from Chang'an.

"Pedal, pedal."

The sound of hurried footsteps reached Meier's ears, and while she was frowning, she saw that the attic door was pushed open, and Mei Shuang ran in panting with joy on her face.

Mei Er, who wanted to reprimand, saw that it was Mei Shuang who ran in, so she withdrew what she was going to say, and said in a gentle voice: "They are all the maidservants who are the head of the chief executive for a while, and they are still so edgy. How can the master accept you into the room?"

"Hee, hee." Mei Shuang, who ran in without any restraint, sat beside Mei Er and pleaded guilty: "Sister Mei is joking, the master has not formally accepted Sister Mei into the room, how dare Mei Shuang take the lead."

"Okay, I know you're a sensible girl." Mei'er glanced at Mei Shuang angrily, and then asked, "What's the matter in running here in such a hurry?"

"Ah." After hearing this, Mei Shuang realized that there was something wrong here. She patted her little head and said, "Sister Mei, I came here to tell my sister that the merchant ship from the Mufeng Company said that it seemed to be seen on the return route. The master's steel ship Muhai is gone."

"Really?" Hearing this news, Mei Er, who was originally worried, suddenly became happy, and wished to go to Quanzhou Port to greet her immediately.

Seeing Mei Er's happy face after hearing the news, Mei Shuang said with some doubts: "Just heard from the servants on the merchant ship, they are not sure if it is true, but they vaguely look similar, but they don't look like it, because they found it There was not one ship but more than a dozen ships, and since there was no Quanzhou naval escort, the merchant ships did not dare to approach, so they had to quickly leave the sea area where they were discovered, and reported the news to me after landing."

"Still not sure? How do the servants below do things?" Mei'er, who was pleasantly surprised, said angrily when she heard the news and was still not sure.

"Sister Meier, now is not the time to talk about this." After comforting Meier for her subordinates, Mei Shuang continued: "Sister Meier, should we ask the Quanzhou Navy to go to the Discovery Sea to have a look? "

"Yes, please invite the Quanzhou Navy to take a look. My master is the commander of the Quanzhou Navy. In this way, there is no need to worry about safety issues with the ships of the Quanzhou Navy guarding me." Hearing Mei Shuang's proposal, Meier nodded in agreement.

Just as I was about to go downstairs to the camp of the Quanzhou Navy stationed in Quanzhou Port, and asked them to prepare the fleet to check it out, I caught sight of the street downstairs of Hongyun Building, and not far away, there was a soldier riding a horse on the street on speeding.

Meier recognized that it was the unique cavalry of the Quanzhou Navy.

Out of curiosity, Meier looked up at the camp of the Quanzhou Port Navy stationed in the distance, and saw the military camp that had never been moved since it was stationed there. It seemed to be alive at the moment, with the military flag flying, as if it was the entire 3000-person camp. The barracks are being reorganized.

Seeing this, Meier was overjoyed, because in Quanzhou, besides Li Mu, who was able to mobilize the Quanzhou navy, she was also the one who was secretly in power temporarily.