October 18, 2018.

After returning to the territory for several years, the Ishihara family finally resisted the Huzi family's invasion with the help of the Luo family. The Luo family avoided direct conflicts with the Huzi family too soon, and the Luo family also gained a lot of benefits from it, which was very happy.

It was already evening. Masayoshi was looking through the territory account books sent by Heiji Dongxiang. As a lord, he still needs to know the income and expenditure of the territory. It is worth mentioning that these accounts were sorted out by Kikuji, and many places have used the digital calculation method taught by Masayoshi.

Suddenly, the cry of the little surnamed Yoshinomaru sounded outside the door: Your Highness, are there any guests outside the mansion asking for a visit?

When Masayoshi heard this, he put down the book and looked at Yoshinomaru in confusion. The so-called guests generally refer to guests coming in from outside the territory. Because generally, these small surnames in the territory will directly tell the name. However, at present, the territory implements a blockade policy that can only enter and not be allowed to go out. There are only three guests who can be brought directly outside the lord's mansion. One is Master Xuanzhi who resounds in the sound of kindness in Feiqian, the other is Shaoce, the divine house that has business dealings with the Luo family, and the last one is Wang Hai. Who among these three people came to visit so late?

Where did the guest come from? Zhengliang asked.

Report to Your Highness, according to the escort, the guest was a businessman from the Ming Dynasty, and the little surname said.

Wang Hai? It turned out to be him? After thinking about time, it should be the time when they came from Ming Kingdom again.

Hurry, please think of this, Zhengliang said immediately.

The two met in the council outside the lord's mansion.

Hahaha, Brother Wang Hai! I really didn’t expect to meet again so soon. Zhengliang said enthusiastically as soon as he met.

After not seeing each other for a month, Your Highness's style remains the same. Wang Hai also replied enthusiastically.

How? What happened after the last return flight? Zhengliang ordered someone to hand over the tea and continued.

Well, it went smoothly. Wang Hai did not hide the profits, and said directly, but all the officials and officials had to manage some things. In the end, there were not many left. Although they were doing smuggling business, it would be difficult to move without a certain backer on land. What's more, there are still a large number of local wealthy people who control business roads along the coast.

By the way. This time I came here, I brought a gift to Your Highness. Wang Hai did not continue to introduce the situation after returning to the voyage. Instead, he changed his mind and took out a long wooden box from behind.

Zhengliang took the wooden box handed over by the other party and opened it and saw it. He was immediately surprised: Is this? Fire Status?

Zhengliang recognized the gift in the communion at a glance, which was the fire system equipped with a large number of Ming army. Musket technology from the West had just been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were still studying it, so the fire system invented and constantly improved by the Yuan Dynasty is still the most important equipment of the Ming army at present.

Your Highness had indeed seen someone, Wang Hai, but he didn't expect that Zhengliang would recognize the fire in front of him at a glance, and his evaluation of Zhengliang in his heart increased by another block.

Haha. Brother Wang Hai’s precious gift is really worthy of being a shame. Zheng Jing was also looking at Wang Hai again in his heart. It seems that Wang Hai must be outstanding in being able to bring the turbulent banned trafficking here.

Your Highness doesn't have to worry about Wang Hai's words. This time, he brought two boxes of gunpowder to use it in conjunction with this fire stylus.

I feel ashamed of such a great gift. Brother Wang Hai came here this time, probably because there was something important to discuss, right? Zhengliang asked. The other party came to visit in the evening and did not hesitate to pay any attention. There must be something important to discuss.

Your Highness had a wise eye, Wang Hai bowed. He came here this time and asked Your Highness to help. So Wang Hai slowly expressed his purpose for this trip.

It turned out that on the way back to Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi met a so-called envoy who was going to trade in Ming Dynasty. After getting familiar with it, Wang Zhi decided to surrender to this envoy. The people who had just received the sweetness were willing to give up the opportunity to make money from the smuggled goods from the ribble, and some immediately expressed their unwillingness to follow Wang Zhi to surrender to him. Wang Hai was one of them.

It can be said that there is a reason for his decision. During this return trip, they met a pirate entrenched on the coast of Ming Dynasty. Wang Hai was ordered to take people to negotiate with the pirates. As a result, the negotiation failed and he was detained as hostages. Wang Zhi not only did not pay the ransom to save everyone, but even ordered the ship to escape. If it weren't for another team of pirates coming to fight and rob a small boat in the chaos, Wang Hai would probably die in the sea. After this incident, Wang Hai knew that their lives were not worth a fortune in the face of interests and wanted to leave. So, when he found Wang Zhi's fleet and learned that Wang Zhi's intention to surrender to him, he resolutely decided to work alone. But working alone is risky, and the biggest risk comes from the pirates on the sea. After thinking about it, he thought of a solution, and this solution was the Luo family.

What you mean is that our family provides force protection for your ship, and you pay a certain fee? Zhengliang asked.

It was precisely this that Wang Hai took a sip of tea and nodded and said, Your Highness should know that it would be uneasy to arrive here all the way from Yangzhou Prefecture, Ming Dynasty.

Do you think this is OK? Zhengliang thought about it and said, why not consider whether you and I joined forces to jointly undertake this trade route? Our family can also introduce a local business to cooperate. Compared with Wang Hai's approach just now, Zhengliang wants to adopt a joint cooperation method. There are several main reasons: First, we can train the navy by escorting the merchant ships and be familiar with the route from Riben to Mingguo; second, we can earn benefits through joint operations; third, we can share risks together so that cooperation will be more pleasant and gain more benefits.

This... Wang Hai did not fully understand Zhengliang's meaning for a while.

Haha, what I mean is that you and I jointly operate this route. You are responsible for the sale of goods. You are responsible for the escort here. At the same time, you will also sell some of our goods to the Ming Dynasty and obtain some materials there. Of course, these materials are used for our own country and will not flow out of our territory. For the sale of materials outside our territory, the two of us will jointly bear the responsibility of our own country. In addition, you can also introduce a local merchant, asking them to purchase local materials on their behalf and assist us in selling Ming Dynasty items on their behalf. Zhengliang saw the other party’s doubts and introduced them in detail.

This... was so good that Wang Hai stood up in a sudden joy. He was originally worried that the Luo family would like to despise him as just a small businessman who didn't even have a foothold and was unwilling to provide help. This time he came here, so he was helpless and came with a tough time. As a result, he had also received the promise of the other party to agree to the joint cooperation. Of course, he was extremely happy.

His Highness Zhengliang, after he had something to calm down with the Deaoming, Wang Hai sat down again, and then looked at Zhengliang and said frankly that in fact, he also found a partner guest in Yangzhou Prefecture, Ming Dynasty.

Oh? Zhengliang looked up at Wang Hai after hearing this. This guy’s connections are indeed not simple. No wonder he dared to come alone to seek cooperation.
Chapter completed!