When Chang Wei saw the level, Yan Siqi still stared at him, as if he couldn't believe that he was dead.

"This man has made contributions to opening Bengang, and has made contributions to recruit Han people to settle down," Chang Wei sighed and said, "Put his class and the body together, find a coffin to choose a place to bury it."

"Yes, political affairs."

A clerk from the marching department agreed to take the people to do this.

Chang Wei turned to Zhang Xuwen and Li Pingzhi and said, "Once you come, you will break the situation in Taiwan. It will make a lot of contributions. I will report to the Military Office for the merits."

"Thank you for your political affairs." Li Pingzhi and Zhang Xuwen bowed to thank him.

Li Pingzhi said: "The next step is to accept the ships left by Yan Siqi in the port. The sailors of the Li family can take away, and the rest will be taken to educate and slowly use them. In Fujian, of course, we have to ask the military master to take care of them and wait for us to send someone to drive the ship back."

Yan Siqi's greatest legacy is not the land and camps on the shore. These things are not favored by Yusheng's people. The most important things are the people on the shore and the ships on the sea. This is the most important thing.

Zhang Xuwen said: "I'll do this by comforting the hearts of the people on the shore, and slowly putting it in place?"

"Pingzhi went to Fuzhou." Chang Wei smiled and said, "He was tied up in a cocoon, and was waiting to see if the military command had responded to the Tang report. It has been ten days since we were there. We will drive out the festival overnight tonight and cross the sea to Fuzhou and hand it back to Tangma. The Governor's Military Gate also went to Pingzhi, and Xu Wen was responsible for appeaseing the ten villages..."

Chang Wei pondered and said, "It is best to meet Xu Xinsu from Zhongzuo. He told him not to tie him up with Yan Siqi. We are supported by Master Li, not to kill allies without killing them. In addition, tell him how much silver is spent on Yan Siqi and the Dutch buy raw silk, and how much silver is spent on us. Fujian Tie has been squeezed miserably in the past two years. Tell him that we will not sell iron tools to merchants in Fujian again. This is the condition we have offered."

Li Pingzhi nodded and agreed.

Xu Xinsu and the Li family were very close, and they had a good relationship with Yan Siqi. In history, Zheng Zhilong died of Yan Siqi in an unknown way, and then took over the foundation of the Li family. Xu Xinsu and Li Guozhu stood together and fought with Zheng Zhilong, but were assassinated to death by Zheng Zhilong's assassin. This man was also a maritime hero and hero. The maritime merchants in the area of ​​the Nakazuo and the raw silk merchants in Fujian were controlled by him. Most of the raw silks going to Taiwan and Japan were purchased from Xu Xinsu. Later, after the Dutch built a city in Taiwan, they gradually had their own cargo channels, and they got rid of the pattern of buying from Xu Xinsu at high prices. However, the triangular trade route from Taiwan to Japan and the mainland supply of goods were firmly controlled by Xu Xinsu before Xu Xinsu died.

Before this, the Dutch also bought goods along the coast of Zhangzhou, but because of the secret transaction, it was very stressful. After taking the Xu Xinsu line, the trade volume was normal to about 10,000 dan a year. This profit was very large. Raw silk alone would be a million a year. For He Yusheng, the Xu Xinsu line could not be broken. Otherwise, even with Zheng Guochang's support, Zheng could not order trade to the navy generals and was reported by the inspector. Zheng Guochang, a governor who was not favored by the court, would not be able to take it.

After Li Pingzhi nodded, he said seriously: "Although we can eat up Yan Siqi's trade profits, the profit of hundreds of thousands a year will make Taiwan's economic pressure less. It is still a bit far from letting go of our hands and feet to build ships and recruiting soldiers. The military department is very nervous. We should not think about finding the military department to reach out. It is best to help the military department to relieve the pressure on Datong."

Chang Wei said angrily: "Of course I also want to, Pingzhi, do you have any suggestions?"

"Of course there is." Li Pingzhi said calmly: "But I want to ask first, if we have Yan Siqi's ship and people, will we have a step up?"

"Of course!" Chang Wei sneered: "There are seven ships in Fujian and one red-haired ships. Our people can repair them. Zheng Junmen also told us to tow them back. These are eight modified warships, and there are six ships here. Together with our original five warships, there are nineteen warships and fifty-seven small merchant ships that can reach Japan. We have eight of them, and with two guns, as long as there are qualified sailors who dare to fight, our strength will be stronger on the coast."

Li Pingzhi thought for a while and said, "It seems that he is not as good as the Dutch and the Ming Navy, nor as good as the Li family."

"It's not as good as Liu Xiang." Chang Wei said with some frustration: "Our strength ranks fifth."

"But on the coast of Fujian, we just need not go through harassment," Li Pingzhi said: "The Ming Navy will not pass through Penghu either, right?"

"Of course." Chang Wei said: "The navy mainly deals with shore defense. When it comes to Penghu, they don't care about the sea affairs. Moreover, it is estimated that within this year, the Dutch and the navy will fall into it..."

"Then our opportunity is here." Li Pingzhi said: "The change is here. Our strength suddenly increases and will be digested in at most two months. I know that there are still several large ships in the yard, all of which are large ships with a drainage of 100 tons, and the style of Galen ships of the Red-Furious Yi. Each ship has more than a dozen cannons. When these ships get off the water, our strength must be better than Liu Xiang, and he is far away in Guangzhou. The Li family is now working with us, and we will attract more people to join us in the next step. Li Guozhu's vision and wrists are far worse than Li Dan. His subordinates will slowly become disinterested and lose all forces. In this way, our strength will soon be better than Liu Xiang and Li Guozhu. The loose navy of the court has no strength. In other words, our strength will only be under the Dutch and other red barbarians in a very short time. In the nearshore areas, only under the Dutch."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Chang Wei stared at Li Pingzhi and said, "Don't keep it in hiding."

Li Pingzhi smiled and said, "What is the fastest way to make money in this world? Iron tools? Raw silk? porcelain? No, business without capital comes the fastest. In the past few days, I have observed in Fujian. Every day, ships are coming to sea in Zhangzhou and other places. Although these major powers are the strongest, there are also quite a lot of small and medium-sized maritime merchants who buy ships and build ships themselves, and go to South China Ocean or Japan. There are a large number of maritime merchants in Fujian Province, and there are also more from Nanzhili and Zhejiang. There are fewer maritime merchants in the north, but the number of them is also considerable. If we hold on to important maritime channels, passers-by ships will only pass by as long as they pay silver. How much can we make in this year?"

"ha?"

"ah?"

Chang Wei and Zhang Xuwen both opened their mouths wide and could not speak for a while.

This suggestion seems absurd, but with Li Pingzhi's prelude to this, there is indeed a certain reason.

As we go on, He Yusheng's navy will only become stronger and stronger, but the trade volume will not increase too much.

The trade between Japan, Manila and Batavia has its own secrets. Everyone has their own territory, and sometimes the means of fighting are very fierce.

For example, the Dutch are now blocking the Spanish trade routes, blocking the Chinese merchants' sea route to Manila, and taking various measures such as buying at high prices and persuading threats against Chinese merchants, using various means to crack down on the Spanish trade volume. Decades ago, trade with China and South American trade was monopolized by the Spanish, and the profits were extremely high. Under the attacks of the Dutch East India Company in recent years, Manila's trade volume has shrunk sharply and has been far abandoned by the Dutch.

The Portuguese did not have much ambitions in Asia, but they occupied Malacca, which was the golden waterway, and their profits were quite considerable based on this place alone.

In the trade with Japan, the Dutch have always adopted strategies such as cooperating with Chinese merchants and excluding the Portuguese. Everyone tacitly understands the market share and defines a general sphere of influence from each other.

In addition to several powerful companies, a large number of small and medium-sized maritime merchants also need a certain share.

Sooner or later, Yusheng and other maritime powers such as the Netherlands had a war. Before that, Japan's trade and trade in Southeast Asia had both competition and cooperation, and the state was very complicated.

But along the coast of Fujian, because the Dutch angered the Ming Dynasty and faced the siege of the Fujian Navy, the power of both sides was consumed in Penghu, while Liu Xiangyuan was in the sea of ​​Humen and Guangdong, and the trade route was also biased towards the South Ocean. After Yan Siqi finished, Li Guozhu's strength would only become weaker and weaker, Xu Xinsu was strong, and the maritime power was not strong. After this calculation, it was true that He Yusheng would form a dominant situation within a few months.

"Aren't we robbers?" Zhang Xuwen felt absurd at first, but then he felt that this matter was very feasible, but the awkwardness in his heart became very strong.

Li Pingzhi chuckled and said, "This is the case at the sea. The strong are kings. Wang Zhi, Li Dan, Liu Xiang, and Li Guosuke are not? The Li family is not an official, but all the maritime merchants in the Nanyang area have to follow their subordinates. Their family is equal to Dae Ming in Japan, Nagasaki is nothing but Hirado, which is the port of the Li family. At most, Li Dan has 100,000 people. Just like Wang Zhi back then, Yusheng and I have reached the strength of us, so we can naturally choose our own path... I think we will tell Li Guosuke about our meaning. Not only will he not object, but he will also negotiate with us. After fighting for our own interests, we will not care about the life and death of others. Especially those small and medium-sized maritime merchants, the maritime merchants from Jiangnan, Li Guosuke and the Fujian Navy will not care about their life and death."

Chang Wei suddenly laughed, and then he couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Xuwen was stunned, Li Pingzhi's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled at him.

"Brother Li." Chang Wei said: "Your age and experience, I never expected you to come up with such an idea. It's a trick. The situation in Taiwan is completely broken in an instant."

"I don't believe that Chang Zhengshi had never thought about this before." Li Pingzhi smiled and said, "It was just that he was not strong before. If he came before, he would not mention this idea even if he thought about it. If he had no strength, he would only humiliate himself if he had no strength."

Chang Wei didn't mind Li Pingzhi's humble words, he frowned and said, "What name should we use?"

"The name is casual." Li Pingzhi said: "Just call it Ping'an."

Zhang Xuwen said: "What is the charging standard?"

Chang Wei smiled and said, "This is easy to deal with. Just collect it by large ships and small boats. Large ships have a lot of profits. A ship can earn at least 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. They can collect them for 3,000 yuan to ensure safety. Small boats have small profits, and most of the small boats are from Fujian, which is considered to be a bit incense. Small boats have a thousand to 1,000 yuan.”
Chapter completed!