Louwailou is the most famous place in Hangzhou. It integrates the functions of a brothel, a restaurant, and an inn. It is a sales house for wealthy people.

Today, the place where several wealthy businessmen from Hangzhou hosted a banquet for Dongfang Ping was outside the building.

"Mr. Zhong, the secret report Baiqisi just shared with us shows that there is a ship preparing to go to sea this afternoon, and the goods have been loaded overnight yesterday."

Lu stood in front of Dongfang Ping with a pale face. He felt that these wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou did not take Shibo Company seriously at all, or did they think they could take down Dongfang Ping, the leader of Hangzhou Ship Company today?

"Hmph, it seems that what the prince said is indeed true. To deal with these wealthy businessmen who are making a living at sea, it is meaningless to be polite before fighting. We should directly kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and let them know that the Shibo Division is not easy to mess with."

Dongfang Ping sneered, feeling that he could never let down the prince's trust and must teach these maritime merchants a harsh lesson to let them know that Shibosi is not so easy to mess with. If they dare to challenge Shibosi's authority, there will only be one end.

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"Ah? Has the prince made any arrangements in advance?"

Lu Quan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly there was a secret joy in his heart.

"Your Majesty has been strategizing. I have already predicted the character of these merchants. This time it is Ma Biao who wants to hit the gun, so I can't be blamed. Otherwise, I would really have to worry about who to attack.

Okay."

Dongfang Ping thought of Li Kuan's original instructions and felt that he didn't need to embarrass himself in this situation now.

Otherwise, according to the prince's wishes, even if no one takes the initiative to jump out, he will find fault with a maritime merchant and kill him as a "chicken".

Dongfang Ping is not very good at this kind of initiative to find trouble. He was worried before, but now it seems that he doesn't need to worry anymore.

"Mr. Zhong, should we take action now? Otherwise, when they go to sea, they will have no choice."

"Who said there is nothing we can do against them once we go overseas?" Dongfang Ping showed a mysterious smile on his face, "Let's go to the banquet with me and see if this show is exciting or not."

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In the waters about ten miles south of Hangzhou Pier, two ships with very special shapes were cruising leisurely, as if they were not in a hurry.

"Qi Wa, is there any movement?"

Zhou Fu stood on the deck, raised his head and shouted to Yang Qiwa at the top of the mast.

"Captain, not yet. Don't worry, any ship passing by within a radius of five miles will never escape my sharp eyes."

Yang Qiwa stuffed a piece of dried whale meat into her mouth and chewed it slowly while answering Zhou Fu's question.

After floating on the sea for a long time, Yang Qiwa also developed his own ideas on how to pass the boring time.

"Bring the ship closer to Hangzhou Port. Don't let these merchants escape. Otherwise, I, Zhou Fu, will have no face to see the prince." Zhou Fu yelled at the surrounding sailors.

Sometimes there are strong winds and waves at sea. If you speak too quietly, you may not be able to hear even if you stand a little further away.

This time, he gave up a trade trip with Japan and drove two newly built and fully armed clipper ships to Hangzhou. Zhou Fu was holding back his anger.

Of course, the anger was not directed at Li Kuan, but at the group of maritime merchants who dared to provoke the Shipping Department.

A few days ago, Zhou Fu had docked at an unmanned dock near Hangzhou and had a brief communication with Dongfang Ping to find out what the two warships he was leading were going to do during this period.

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The building outside the building is all booked today.

Although only a table on the third floor of one of the buildings was actually used, how could we show everyone's sincerity otherwise?

The servants of the Ma family, Yu family and other four large merchants also came over early in the morning to arrange today's entertainment.

Judging from the level of the city's doctor, he is on the same level as the governor of Hangzhou.

Although everyone knows that the same rank does not mean the same rights, just like the same department-level cadre in later generations, who is responsible for archives and finance, the security is different.

However, no matter how different the rights and levels are, if they really want to cause trouble for you, there are still many ways.

After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

"Mr. Zhong, this is the building outside the building."

Dongfang Ping took Lu Quan and several guards to the building outside the building in time.

The buildings in Jiangnan are much richer in style than those in Guanzhong. The buildings outside the buildings are also designed by famous architects. Just standing at the door, you can feel the extraordinaryness of this place.

"Come on, let's go see how they want to play."

Dongfang Ping showed a playful smile, raised his feet and entered the building outside the building.

No one deliberately stumbled Dongfang Ping at the door, and no one foolishly threatened him.

The first meeting between the two groups was very harmonious, making people feel like they were old friends getting together for many years.

"I've heard for a long time that Dongfang Doctor is a young and promising man, and when I saw him today, he certainly lived up to his reputation."

Maritime merchants like Ma Biao usually socialized a lot with officials from Hangzhou Prefecture, so naturally they were much better than Dongfang Ping in terms of speaking skills.

However, in the process of the decline of Dongfang Ping's family, he also saw the warmth and warmth of the world, and his ability to deal with people is actually not bad.

If he was really a nerd who only knew arithmetic, Li Kuan would not trust him to come to Hangzhou.

Even though the Shibosi seems to be a technical yamen with relatively high requirements on arithmetic, it is still a yamen after all.

"The names of several of you are well-known in the city of Hangzhou. I am new to your place, and I will have to rely on your support in the future."

After some pleasantries, the topic slowly shifted to the Shipping Department.

"Dr. Dongfang, you don't know something. Those of us who go to sea have a hard life. Whenever we encounter storms or pirates, not only do we get nothing, but we also lose people and ships."

"Yes, the sea is so vast that if we go out for ten days and a half, we won't be able to see any land. If anything happens, the sky will not respond and the earth will not respond."

"When outsiders look at us maritime merchants, they think we earn a lot of money. In fact, we just earn hard money. But who would be willing to go to sea if there are other ways to make a living?"

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere of the banquet here changed. A few maritime businessmen complained one after another, saying that none of them actually had much money, and going to sea was not a good thing.

Dongfang Ping looked at the performance of these merchants, with a smile on his face that was in line with social expectations.

Do you really think that you are a scholar who just came out of the Imperial College and don’t understand anything?

"Everyone, Your Majesty also feels pity for the hard work of all the maritime merchants who go to sea, so he specially asked His Majesty to set up the Shipping Governor's Office to govern the shipping departments all over the world, in order to allow everyone to go to sea in a more standardized manner and avoid meaningless competition.

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"Mr. Dongfang, of course we are aware of the prince's kindness, but there are special local circumstances in this place. Please bear with me when the time comes."

"Yes, yes, the few of us have reserved a courtyard in Louwailou for a long time, and there are oirans from Louwailou waiting in it. We also ask the Oriental doctor not to be polite to us."

"Easy to say, everything is easy to say!"
Chapter completed!