Dong Weiguo was led into a camp by Ming army guards. He knelt on the ground without any hesitation and shouted directly in front of him: "Sinner Dong Weiguo, pay homage to the Admiral."

"Dong Weiguo, don't be polite," a voice came from Dong Weiguo's side. Deng Ming moved out the long table he used to negotiate and placed it in the center of the tent. Dong Weiguo gave a big gift to the table as soon as he entered the door. Deng Ming didn't have time to stop him: "Dong Weiguo, please sit down."

Not only did Dong Weiguo not go to take a seat, but he was also humble. Seeing that the other party did not eat toast, Deng Ming used color to the guards at the door. The two Ming soldiers hummed heavily from their noses and pulled out some of their waists. Seeing this, Dong Weiguo immediately stopped being polite, rushed to the place where Deng Ming pointed, and sat honestly on the chair.

"I heard that General Secretary Dong is willing to exchange porcelain for grain ships and grain?" Deng Ming asked after Dong Weiguo settled down.

"Not bad!" Before Deng Mingduo could say it, Dong Weiguo spoke eloquently. He first boasted about the quality of Jiangxi porcelain, and then began to show off his output. He even patted his chest to ensure that no matter how much Deng Ming wanted, he could serve him with both hands, as long as Deng Ming returned the grain ship to him.

During this period, Deng Ming turned his head to see Mu Tan, who smiled helplessly and shook his head to say that he had never deliberately scared the Jiangxi governor.

"This won't work." After Dong Weiguo finished speaking, Deng Ming shook his head. This kind of brother was obviously desperate and planned to agree to whatever request the Ming army made. He showed that there was no big difference from the guys in the Opium War. However, Deng Ming did not have the powerful British and French army and the Royal Navy, so he could not agree to sign a very unfair treaty with Dong Weiguo: "War is a war, business is a business; war is a war, and war is a deception, and business must be a child and a fair man. This batch of food was seized by our army in war, and the same was the ship, so it will naturally not be returned to Dong Buzheng. When exchanged, if Dong Buzheng wanted to take the food back, I only had a market price of 300,000 taels of silver porcelain. The ship was calculated separately. If Dong Buzheng had too much porcelain, I would buy the extra part."

In this era without expressways and railways, Jiangxi porcelain has only a small value in local value in Wuchang and Nanjing. The market price of Deng Mingzhi is of course the market in Jiangxi. Now that the Yangtze River channel is under Deng Ming's control, he thought he would not have the chance to get involved in ceramic transactions, so according to Wuchang's requirements, he ignored the upward cargo ships that transport ceramics and other local products in Jiangxi. If a deal was successfully reached with Dong Weiguo today, Deng Ming would have to change his face to speak to the ceramic merchant.

"How dare you ask the Admiral to pay?" Dong Weiguo thought Deng Ming did not believe his sincerity, so he quickly sweared: "The subordinates must do their best to find every porcelain plate for the Admiral."

"No!" Deng Ming was very determined on this issue, without any room for bargaining: "The porcelain sent by Dong Buzhengsi, or other local products in Jiangxi, must be calculated according to the market price in Nanchang, converted into silver and traded at the price of one stone of grain and one tael of silver. If Dong Buzhengsi must give it to me for free, then it would be fine if this business was not done."

Deng Ming's tone was decisive and there was no room for maneuver. Dong Weiguo was stunned when he heard it. After a long time, he gradually appeared on his face with a look of panic that was completely incomprehensible.

"Shistor Dong may be wondering why I don't want something for nothing?" When he met Zhou Peigong's calculating and speaking with nine false ones, Deng Ming had to compete with him for his interests based on reason, but when he met Dong Weiguo, who was completely unaware of bargaining and did not consider the future in order to overcome the current difficulties, Deng Ming had to think about it in turn.

Dong Weiguo nodded quickly, obviously he couldn't understand why Deng Ming wanted to show mercy.

"To be honest, I did not seize the power of Jiangxi at all. Even the matter of sending troops to Jiujiang is a heavy burden for me, which requires a lot of food, grass and military pay." Deng Ming was not very interested in attacking Jiujiang. In addition to the food, he was not strategically allowed to divide his troops to garrison Jiujiang, Jiangxi, which is far away from the base. Deng Ming was also worried that breaking the city would bring disaster to the people in the city - being unable to garrison means that he would eventually give up, and the Qing soldiers had no psychological burden for the massacre of the city when they recovered the lost territory. However, Deng Ming found that Jiujiang had a rebuilt Jiangxi Navy, and the Navy was a great threat to the Ming army. Since this was the case, Deng Ming could not care about the people of Jiujiang. He would first defeat Jiujiang and destroy the Jiangxi Navy again.

"The Mingren does not say secret words in front of him. The porcelain business has a great profit. I hope to continue this transaction for a long time. If I want to continue this business for a long time, I cannot take advantage of it. Let Dong Bushi suffer losses. This will definitely not last long..." Deng Ming clearly told Dong Weiguo that as long as the other party is willing to be his business partner, Deng Ming will do his best to ensure that he can benefit from the cooperation. Deng Ming once again promoted his win-win theory to Dong Weiguo.

The win-win model shocked Dong Weiguo even more than Zhou Peigong. Zhou Peigong not only responded quickly and was arduous, but also had a certain understanding of Deng Ming. However, Dong Weiguo had not had an equal status transaction with others for many years. He flattered and tolerated Shangguan Dong Weiguo, and to bully his subordinates. These two completely opposite attitudes are the whole life of Dong Weiguo. Before meeting others, Dong Weiguo first measured the strength and status of both sides, and then chose an attitude from them.

"War is a life-and-death battle, and there is no mercy to tell." Seeing that Dong Weiguo's expression changed, Deng Ming knew that he could not get around this circle for the moment, so he further explained: "Business is completely different. Don't think that I am giving you something. No matter what benefits I give to Dong Buzheng, it is for my own convenience - it's like saving Dong Buzheng's life, which is also very important to me, because if someone else is replaced by this Jiangxi governor, he may not be willing to sell porcelain to me - since Dong Buzheng's governor is willing to sell porcelain to me, then I will do my best to protect Dong Buzheng's authority for my own interests."

Deng Ming has made such a clear statement. How could Dong Weiguo not understand? The other party has already expressed his attitude. As long as Dong Weiguo is still smuggling porcelain for Deng Ming for one day, Deng Ming will give him convenience one day. But if Dong Weiguo repents in the future, his relationship with Deng Ming will be restored to a life-and-death relationship again.

"The admiral's meaning is understood."

"It's good to understand, so even if Dong Buzheng bargained with peace of mind, I think there should be a lot of money to use. If Dong Buzheng wants to make some money from this business, I think it's completely right." Deng Ming asked again: "I just don't know, does Dong Buzheng's words count? What is Governor Zhang from Jiangxi's attitude towards this?"

"The governor doesn't know yet, but he should agree with the subordinates." Dong Weiguo replied hurriedly. He remembered that Zhang Chao said that if there was any trouble in the navy this time, there would be no ship in Jiangxi - even if Dong Weiguo was slaughtered, Zhang Chao would not be able to save the situation. In the future, no matter what trouble Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng encountered, Zhang Chao would be scapegoats.

"Okay, let the envoy Dong go back to Nanchang to discuss with Governor Zhang. As long as you sell me porcelain at the market price in Nanchang, all kinds of grains and ships are easy to handle. I still have some canal ships in Jiujiang, and I can also sell them to Governor Zhang and Governor Dong." The canal ships that Deng Ming mentioned were all stolen from Dong Weiguo last time: "The punishment of the court is too severe, I think it is really too strict."

Learning from the lessons of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court adopted a stricter accountability system for civil servants, and as long as the station is lost, it would be a dead end. This of course greatly stimulated the resistance of local officials. Anyway, abandoning the city and escaping was a way of thinking. It would be better to resist to the end, and at least to win lenient treatment for the family. On the other hand, officials were willing to bribe in order to evade responsibility. When Li Dingguo was aggressive, a large number of candidate officials of the Qing court spent all their family property and bribed the Ministry of Personnel to avoid Guangxi and Hunan. This situation did not change until Hong Chengchou took office.

"Jiujiang is not the trustee of Dong Weiguo," Deng Ming said slowly. In theory, Dong Weiguo's office is also in Nanchang. However, in recent years, Jiangxi governors often stayed in Jiujiang in order to supervise the transportation of the grain. This is why Dong Weiguo felt that the head level might be out of security after losing Jiujiang. If the court was serious, it would be a dead end. If the court liked him, it would be a legitimate reason to let Dong Weiguo go - this is also the reason why Dong Weiguo was determined to engage in this military adventure. He wanted to please Beijing: "But it is a bit bad to lose Jiujiang. In the past, Dong Gongsi and I had no business dealings, so it was not the turn to care about Dong Gongsi's life or death. But now that Dong Gongsi is my business partner, I think Jiujiang will give you the best."

Although Deng Ming did not make it clear, Dong Weiguo knew the other party's meaning very well. He once again promised loudly: "Don't worry, the admiral, after the subordinate returned to Nanchang, he would definitely convince the governor, otherwise he would not come back to see the admiral alive." If Zhang Chao could not be convinced, he would really not have to live.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news." Deng Ming ordered a clutch to Dong Weiguo. If everything goes well, Jiujiang can also return it to the Jiangxi Green Camp safely, so there is no need to worry about the people here being massacred.

...

Mutan perfectly annihilated the Qing army. Before Dong Weiguo returned to Nanchang, Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chao did not even get news of his defeat.

After listening to Dong Weiguo's report, Zhang Chao was so shocked that he couldn't speak. It took a long time to recover his ability to ask questions: "How is Deng Ming?"

"The dragon and phoenix are in the heart of the world." Dong Weiguo replied without hesitation. He told Zhang Chao that Deng Ming was tall and looked very heroic.

"The ambition of the world?" Zhang Chao asked suspiciously: "I heard that he values ​​those bandits very much."

"This is just for the best use of people. Sir, think about it, if it is an ordinary bandit, they will definitely extort desperately, and will never take the initiative to say anything about the silver or buy it in moderation. Why? Because bandits don't know tomorrow today, if they don't want it this time, they may never get it. And Deng Ming does not do such short-sighted things because he is ambitious and has confidence in himself, and is not afraid of us repent." Dong Weiguo analyzed to his immediate superior and highly praised Deng Ming's spirit: "I heard that Chengdu has less than 100,000 people and only more than 10,000 soldiers. Deng Ming is so lonely, but he dares to go down to Jiangxi, not to plunder, not to encircle the people, and not to seek small profits in front of him. This is a heroic spirit."

"Well, but you also said that his power is lonely. He himself admitted that he could not stay in Jiujiang for a long time. Maybe we don't need to trade with him to retake Jiujiang." Zhang Chao said hesitantly, and then he said what he really worried about: "What should we do if Deng Ming doesn't believe in his words?"

"Yes, but Deng Ming dares to expose his own shortcomings, which means he is not afraid. Besides, whether Jiujiang can be recaptured in time? Whether it can be recaptured smoothly is still unknown. As long as we reach a deal with Deng Ming, we can get back Jiujiang without any effort to complete this year's canal transportation." Dong Weiguo had to persuade Zhang Chao in any case and try his best to say good things to Deng Ming: "In the opinion of a small official, we can send porcelain in batches. When Deng Ming sends a batch, he will send several canal ships to Yangzhou; our sailors board the boat and drive into the Yangtze River, and then send him the second batch of porcelain."

"This plan is feasible," Zhang Chao thought for a while, nodded slowly. He had no confidence in regaining Jiujiang by force, but if the court knew that Jiangxi Green Camp had been defeated repeatedly, then he, the governor of Jiangxi, would have almost done the final result: "I just don't know if Deng Ming is willing to return Jiujiang to us as promised. This is a key place after all."

"The officials think this matter can be discussed." Dong Weiguo repeatedly pondered Deng Ming's win-win theory along the way, and found that this seemed to be the best strategy for the weak Ming army. Anyway, no matter which official takes office, Jiangxi cannot change the party and leave the Qing court and surrender to the distant Nanming; there is no need to say that Jiangxi and Huguang, as a neighbor of Sichuan, will not turn against themselves. Since this is the case, if the local officials are willing to trade, smuggle, and secretly reach a ceasefire agreement, it is indeed the best treatment for the Ming army. After thinking through this, Dong Weiguo put himself in Deng Ming's position and thought about it, and found that as long as he is willing to trade with Deng Ming, the other party really needs to do his best to protect himself: "Deng Ming can't even fight Wuchang, and Chongqing is still in the hands of Governor Li. How can he have the energy to wander around Jiujiang? Anyway, he has to give up. As long as we have the right conditions, he will not give it back to us."

...

Soon Deng Ming heard that something happened in Nanchang. The Jiangxi Governor cracked a major case of affair with the Ming army. Several ceramic merchants were accused of being Deng Ming's secret line, inquiring about Jiangxi's intelligence for the Ming army, and also helping Deng Ming collect goods and sell goods. The officialdom and gentry in Jiangxi were not surprised by the incident of the Governor's yamen seizing the property of these porcelain merchants: these merchants may have really been affair with the Ming army, or it may be that the Jiangxi Governor simply wanted to raise military expenses. Isn't the merchants raising fat pigs for emergency rescue?

But after Dong Weiguo arrived with the first batch of porcelain, Deng Ming happily exchanged several canal ships and the first batch of grain for him. Seeing Deng Ming making promises, Dong Weiguo's face was joyful and sad.

Seeing this, Deng Ming kindly asked him what he was worried about. Dong Weiguo couldn't resist Deng Ming's repeated inquiries and told him that the number of porcelains was limited and might not meet Deng Ming's needs.

In order to meet Deng Ming's needs, Zhang Chao planned to charge all the ceramic merchants with a "pity to Ming Army", searching them all, and selling their property and children, the gold and silver they received could also be used to purchase local products and provide Deng Ming with them. This kind of thing is to make money and kill people, but the government is so smart that it is so skillful. The court will not frown at the life and death of the merchants.

However, it may not be possible to copy so many things in a hurry. And after hearing that Nanchang repeatedly searched the porcelain shop, everyone would know that the Jiangxi governor was gathering, and merchants would only escape from Nanchang as far as they could. Ceramics and salt are different, and are not completely official monopoly. Although this leads to the general lack of background for porcelain merchants and facilitates the murder of the Jiangxi governor's yamen, it also leads to the dispersion of property, which makes Zhang Chao gathering a little trouble.

Deng Ming quickly figured out the truth, and he immediately had a win-win solution with the Jiangxi Governor's Office. However, this method would make Jiangxi merchants, pottery bosses and porcelain workers lose a lot... Just like in Jiujiang before, although Deng Ming was worried about the safety of the people, if the Ming army was threatened, his choice would be clear.

"In my opinion, the problem in Jiangxi is that there is no unified purchase and sale of porcelain. As long as it is announced that Jiangxi ceramics will temporarily be sold, all problems will be solved." Deng Ming finally took out his solution.

"What is unified purchase and sales?"

"That is, all porcelains are purchased by the government and then sold uniformly..." Deng Ming stretched out his finger and pointed at his nose: "Sell them to me."

"This..." Dong Weiguo was stunned for a moment.

"Marriors do not work in production, and they cannot add a needle or a thread to this world, brick and tiles." Deng Ming knew that since ancient times, countless Chinese people have believed that business cannot create social wealth: "The governor and governors implement unified purchase and sale, and do not harm the people at all. They just take back the people's wealth and ointment that the merchants have taken away."

Deng Ming thought Dong Weiguo was worried that this move would harm the people, but he completely looked down on the other party. Dong Weiguo realized that there would be great benefits when he heard it, but he needed to consider the feasibility of this matter, first of all, it was a name.

"Isn't this easy?" Deng's name tried to solve his worries for Dong Weiguo: "Just say that the Yangtze River bandits are rampant. In order to wipe out the Jiang bandits and ensure the safety of Jiangxi, the porcelain in Jiangxi must be temporarily taken back to the official camp."

"Jiang Bandit?" Dong Weiguo asked in disbelief.

"Yes, Jiang bandits." Deng Ming stretched out his finger and pointed at his nose, with no shame on his face: "It is harmless to the people, suppressing profiteers, and not delaying the imperial court's grain transportation. Will anyone object?"

"Well, the admiral is right." Dong Weiguo felt that this matter was completely feasible. The only problem was that neither he nor Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chao had ever run a ceramic business, and running a business was obviously much more troublesome than robbing the merchant's property.

"This is easier. The governor and the governor can hand over the monopoly of the official business to the well-known gentry in Nanchang. They have connections and can definitely purchase porcelain. As long as there are no other merchants to raise the price, the price of porcelain should be much cheaper. I promise not to lower the purchase price. If Governor Zhang can guarantee that no one else is engaged in the ceramic business, I can also raise the price. The gentry will definitely make some money, but even if scholars have money, they will use it to let their children study and take the imperial examination. This is to cultivate pillar talents for the country." Although Deng Ming learned this

The arguments of people in the era describe commercial activities as worthless and have no positive significance, but he knew that once the monopoly was implemented, it would have unpredictable bad consequences for the manufacturing and marketing of Jiangxi ceramics. But now for Deng Ming, Jiangxi is too far away, and for a period of visible time, Jiangxi will still be the enemy of the Southern Ming. The more developed Jiangxi's business is, the more wealth it will provide to the Qing court. Through the plunder of Jiangxi's ceramic industry, Chengdu and Nanchang officialdoms can gain huge benefits - so this agreement will definitely be reached.
Chapter completed!