Chapter 316: The truth is in our hands

Seeing that the Matsu Temple in the area was still rudimentary, he donated two thousand silver dollars on behalf of the Southeast Mansion and told the temple to renovate the Matsu Temple, which is a beautiful job.

Those Chinese businessmen who followed immediately responded, you are one thousand and I five hundred, and you can make up 10,000 silver dollars in one go!

Then Gan Hui visited Hoi An City accompanied by Chinese businessmen and saw that the market was quite prosperous. Guangdong and Fujian businessmen were mainly engaged in intermediary business, dealing in Chinese medicine, fabrics, spices, honey, silk and silk fabrics. This is Annan’s Chinese raw silk. And the only source of cooked silk, every year during the New Year, a 7-month trading season begins. Local residents brought silk, ebony, agarwood, sugar, musk, cinnamon, rice and other native products; Chinese merchant ships brought porcelain, paper, tea, silver bars, weapons, saltpeter, sulfur, lead and other goods.

There are also a lot of red hairs infested. Portuguese, Dutch, and British people set up business halls here to manage silk trade.

Among them, there are a large number of Chinese businessmen, reaching more than 4,000. They are hard-working and smart. They basically manipulated Hoi An's business and trade, turning Hoi An into what the Chinese businessmen called "Little Chang'an!"

Gan Hui went to various Chinese Chambers of Commerce to sit and sit. The Fujian Guild Hall is the most majestic and magnificent, Jin Bihui is panic, and some Guild Halls are average, but Gan Hui does not despise them because of their smallness, but is very polite and respects them. Let the other person feel like spring breeze.

That night, the leaders of the Chinese businessmen gave Gan Hui a banquet. At the banquet, Gan Hui talked about a few things and asked them to think about adopting them.

It must be unity!

"Our Southeast Mansion has a principle, which is that unity is strength!

"Walking away, without unity, nothing can be done!" He said loudly: "Mutual dismantling, vicious competition, only make outsiders laugh at us..." His words evoked repercussions, and everyone nodded frequently.

Some people are even more ashamed, because they do just that!

"I suggest that a local ‘Chinese General Chamber of Commerce’ should be established! If you have anything to do, discuss it in the Chamber of Commerce and resolve it through consultation. Don’t hurt your peace!"

"It should be noted that our soldiers speak with cannons, and you merchants make money with peace!" Gan Hui's remarks aroused everyone's unanimous approval, saying that the vice seat Gan said well.

"As for the articles of association of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, I have a draft here, you can refer to it!" Gan Hui sent the draft text, which is nothing more than voting, negotiation, caring about compatriots, etc., and said that you can explore and see for yourself in the future. .

"Furthermore, I heard that some of you have already received the Shui Yin banner of my Southeast Mansion. This is not an ordinary thing!" Gan Hui preached: "If you encounter something unhappy, you can hold this banner. , Go to our place to complain!"

This has also been said by Chinese businessmen who received the banner of water in the country, but the power of the Southeast Mansion has not been projected to Annan. The local Chinese businessmen are dubious. Today, I heard personally the promise from the high-ranking Gan Vice-zao of the Southeast Mansion, and they are all energetic. Zhen, sat up straight, and listened carefully to Gan Hui's words!

What surprised them even more was Gan Hui said: "We will come often on this route in the future and send cruise ships. This is your confidence!"

All the Chinese businessmen clap their hands!

According to their business experience, the trade in Hoi An is determined by the monsoon, mainly in the northeast monsoon and southeast wind. September to January is the cold season with multiple typhoons and floods, and April to August is the dry and cool season. From September to December each year, the northwest monsoon blows on the ocean surface of Hoi An; from January to March each year, the northeast monsoon blows; from April to June, the humid summer monsoon blows.

Japanese and Chinese businessmen use the northeast monsoon during the New Year every year to bring silver, porcelain, paper, tea, silver bars, weapons, saltpeter, sulfur, lead and other goods, and local residents bring silk, ebony, agarwood, sugar, musk, cinnamon, etc. The 7-month trading season for local products such as rice begins.

It is necessary to understand all kinds of information. Gan Hui remembered the information of the Nguyen Dynasty he had read before. Compared with the first-hand information obtained now, it was not detailed enough. He felt that the local intelligence agency was still lacking, especially the local military strength. He had an idea, that is, the establishment of a military intelligence bureau!

At present, there is a large intelligence bureau in the southeast prefecture. There should be another special military intelligence bureau to collect military intelligence and actively spy on the military situation in various places. When a war is about to happen, just come up with a plan.

Then Gan Hui asked the Chinese businessmen if they encountered any difficulties in operating here?

"Everything else is easy to say, mainly because the tax is very high!" said Shi Tongan, who has the same official title.

"Their taxes cost us eight thousand taels of silver a year for large ships, five thousand taels of silver for medium ships, and three thousand taels for small ships!" Shi Tongan said.

This tax is very high. You must know that Yan Changwu's water-lead flag only accepts two thousand silver dollars for the Chinese!

"Furthermore, even if you pay taxes, you will still be blackmailed. What you say is not counted!" Shi Tongan said angrily. For example, last year the Hoi An official contracted with Chinese businessmen from the Japanese country on the condition that each sailing ship would be given to their master Ruan every year. Silver 1,000 taels and Prince 500 taels. He did not interfere with their business. The Chinese merchants had paid the same amount that year. However, the officials in Hoi An saw that their silks were good, so they changed their minds and forced the two silk sailing boats to pay 10,000 taels. Prince 7000 taels.

There are many similar things. Chinese businessmen have repeatedly made complaints against this illegal blackmail invalid.

"Very good, I wrote it down!" Gan Hui thanked them.

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After he returned, he took a boat to the flagship and reported to Yan Changwu. Yan Changwu said with deep feeling, "It's not easy for Chinese businessmen to go abroad!"

Those Chinese businessmen only talked about some aspects, but didn't mention a lot of grievances!

It is very difficult for the people of a country to earn a living abroad without the strong support of the mother country. Judging from the information that Yan Changwu has, the most prominent one is:

In the thirteenth year of Chenghua, Guangdong Zhuchi Fengyu Chen Yi played: Nanhai County residents were forced into the army by the wind to Annan, and more than 100 were castrated. In Chenghua, 13 people, including Wu Rui from Wenchang, Hainan, and Liu Qiu from his hometown, went to Qinzhou to do business. When the wind fluttered to Annan, the authorities “distributed them all to the palace.”

It means that a certain official of the Ming Dynasty told me that the Ming people were driven to Annan by the wind, but they were caught by the Annan people and asked them to plow the fields for fear that they would run away and castrated them!

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Yan Changwu summoned the officers and asked them to listen.

"Externally, our strategy is to walk on two legs between civil and military! Civilians are actively developing trade~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If our military provokes us, we will take the opportunity to start a war!" Yan Changwu The senior officer said in front of him: "Our battleships are not to be seen, they are to be used for war. We can't be militant, but within the scope of our forces, we must continue to war against foreign countries and grab benefits for our people. !"

"If I don't start a war and teach them how to respect people, there will be no peace overseas!" Yan Changwu strongly willing.

The officers nodded knowingly. The army is a terrifying monster fed by war. Only with war can the army thrive and reflect their value!

Respect us, we also respect them.

Those who do not respect us, we will teach them to know whose hands the truth is!

With the word "truth", Yan Changwu produced the "Truth Type 1 Gun" and the "Truth Type 2 Gun", and they are still coming up.

Over time, senior military officers understand what truth is, and they often clamor that "truth" is in the hands of our Southeast Mansion! ...(Da Ming's Heroes Dominate Overseas...103103568)--(Da Ming's Heroes Dominate Overseas)