Chapter 310: The Evil Origin of the Slave Trade (Part 2)(1/2)
The Haiqing Pavilion is much quieter.
The number of one million taels is as Geng Jiang said. This is an astronomical number that can be happy to death even if you break both legs for the rest of your life after making a profit.
"You can't make this money by selling slaves."
The president of the Chamber of Commerce was still Gu Yu, who was not completely blinded by this number: "If Geng Sicheng, you want to cover all the slave business along the coast, then you need a lot of maids. The price will be impossible to sell more. One million taels, and at least thousands or even tens of thousands of people will be sold. In a year, where will I provide you with this number?"
"Captain Gu has been through the mall for a long time and has a good natural analysis."
Seeing that Gu Yu was not scared, Geng Jiang was still confident in his heart, and he chuckled.
"Selling slaves is just one of the business. Geng just said that Quanzhou is different from the inland area, and whoever controls the sea here is the real lord of Quanzhou.
Now our Haiqing Pavilion, the Navy Office, the Imperial Merchants Branch, Geng’s Maritime Transportation Office, and the three major maritime supervisors have gathered together. To be honest, this room is the entire Quanzhou!
The three of us join forces to make the sea trade business as big as you want. President Gu, the money you earn must be paid in the end. The Navy Office cannot make money, so it only costs dozens of taels of money every year. Geng’s shipping department approved hundreds of thousands of taels of goods a day, but no penny was entered into my Geng’s pocket.
After seeing this, the three of us were all working for the court, watching the white silver pass by our pockets. I wonder what you two think, Geng feels so painful."
Gu Yu understood that Geng Jiang planned to use his power for personal gain!
He did not rush to express his opinion, but looked at Lu Dahu and found that the latter had already been excited and flushed with his face, and his eyes were emitting a desire for wealth all the time.
"I, Gu, I, understand what Geng Sicheng means."
Standing up, Gu Yu glanced at the two of them: "You want your brother's heads, General Lu, don't blame me for pouring cold water on you and turning the Navy's yamen into a tool for making money. I was found, but it would be a disaster for the whole family."
Geng Jiang was simply crazy to turn the court into a tool for his own private wealth acquisition.
The profits make people confused. There are so many wealth flowing in Quanzhou, which is so dazzling that it makes people willing to die for money.
"There is no one in the court, how big can this official do?"
Geng Jiang wiped the corner of his mouth and said in a temptation: "Is President Gu still has any ambitions to take revenge in the Royal Merchants? Don't blame me for speaking rudely. As long as you don't have the surname Zhu, you will never be able to squeeze in at the Royal Merchants Association in this high-level position in this life.
The money you earn every year must be obtained from the clan mansion to let the group of princes who do nothing be divided into 44666. You can't get a single son, so you can only hold a few hundred taels of wages a year. This money can barely be considered a local rich man when you go to Hebei. In Quanzhou, in this harbor restaurant, you can't even afford the consumption for one night."
After a pause, Geng Jiang turned his head to look at Lu Dahu: "General Lu is the commander, a fourth-rank military general. The annual military salary is only 280 taels. General Lu has bloody battles for the country, and has a knife and axe. The money he earns is not as much as a brothel actor earns when he breaks his legs in one night. It is unfair."
Lu Dahu was so angry that he nodded repeatedly, clenched his fists and smashed the table: "Who doesn't say that? This is the world of us who are killing with knives. Why should a group of fat businessmen enjoy it when they move their mouths?
What's the bullshit that we don't let the soldiers do business, and that we don't let the soldiers leave the barracks at will!"
Gu Yu's eyes narrowed.
He had had several interactions with Geng Jiang before, but he never realized that Geng Jiang still had this ability to bewitch people.
What I didn't expect was that Geng Jiang's desire was so great.
The chief officer of the shipping department is a high-ranking vocational official. Logically speaking, he has no worries about food and clothing in this life. He wants to be face-saving and respectful, and everyone is respectful. Why are you still greedy for? He even puts his head in it.
"President Gu will express his opinion."
Geng Jiang took two wine glasses leisurely, walked to Gu Yu and handed them: "You are the only one word in Quanzhou. Nodding, everything is easy to do. General Lu has thousands of officers and soldiers, and my inspectors of the Shipping Department can have a full meal, but it depends on your meaning. You can't do it if you smash someone's job."
"Are you scaring me?"
Smashing someone’s job and cutting off someone’s wealth is like killing someone’s parents.
Gu Yu understood what Geng Jiang said, and was threatening him.
"Do I disagree? I can't get out of Haiqing Pavilion today?"
Geng Jiang hurriedly waved his hand. It was this smile that was quite cold and cold, and the threat was obvious.
His trump card and inner thoughts have been revealed. If Gu Yu doesn't give him an accurate answer, he will not be relieved.
Just the president of the Royal Chamber of Commerce Branch. As long as the surname is not Zhu, what's there to be afraid of?
The atmosphere in Haiqing Pavilion was a bit depressing and solemn. Before Gu Yu could speak, the door was pushed open rudely for the third time.
"What a fucking thing today? Are there all ungrateful things?"
Lu Dahu was so angry that he burst into tears, and then he saw seven or eight people walking in, and he was stunned for one person holding the wine glass in his hand.
This person is majestic, looks handsome, and has a slightly dark complexion. However, his angular facial features add a bit of masculinity, and what makes Lu Dahu and Geng Jiang both feel tight.
This man has no beard under his chin!
Eunuch!
Behind this man were seven or eight warriors wearing helmets and armor, each carrying swords around his waist, and each with heroic martial arts.
When did such a strange configuration appear in Quanzhou?
The eunuch did not bring Jinyiwei, and the Western Factory mandarin changed his career to lead troops.
"What does this mean?"
The young and strong eunuch walked to Gu Yu with a wine glass: "Brother, the atmosphere in your room is a bit wrong. I'm thinking about how to toast a wine, it feels like a execution ground."
This is what Gu Yu said earlier that his friend who came back from overseas, that general?
Lu Dahu and Geng Jiang were both in their hearts, and which eunuch from the family could be the general!
“Introduction.”
At this time, Gu Yu instantly felt at ease, a bright smile appeared on his face, and introduced the eunuch beside him to Geng Jiang and the others.
"This is the eunuch, the chief maritime manager of the Imperial Office, and has the title of Governor of Jinghai, Zheng He!"
The wine glasses in Geng Jiang and Lu Dahu fell to the ground with a bang.
Can I also be the eunuch in charge of the Maritime Affairs Office of the Imperial Front Office be given the title of second-rank governor?
Zheng He has such a big identity.
"The last commander of the Quanzhou Navy, Lu Dahu, met the Grand Commander."
Without caring about the wine splashing on his body, Lu Dahu hurriedly walked out of the seat and bowed to Zheng He.
Geng Jiang didn't move. He was from the shipping department and was not the same as the army. Even if he was of different levels, he didn't have to be treated.
"It seems that you two are also blind people. You don't recognize the identity of the brother beside me."
The solemn tone when Gu Yu introduced himself just now, combined with the atmosphere when he entered the house just now, Zheng He keenly noticed something was wrong, and then turned around and greeted Gu Yu with a smile.
"Our Zheng He has met Anding Bo and the uncle of the country."
Uncle Guo, Uncle Anding?
Concubine Jing’s mother’s brother!
If Zheng He's identity just now had already shocked both of them, then Gu Yu's identity at this time made them feel like a doomsday when a disaster was coming!
There are so many turtles in Quanzhou, and there are big brothers everywhere.
Who would have thought that the president of the Royal Chamber of Commerce branch was the royal relative of Tie Ci and the brother of the imperial concubine.
"National...National uncle."
Geng Jiang couldn't even say anything trembling. Before he could squeeze out a little flattering, he met Gu Yu's playful smile.
The smile flew in a flash, and when he saw a wave of his hand, Gu Yu shouted loudly: "Take it down!"
Although the seven or eight personal soldiers behind Zheng He were confused and didn't know why they had accompanied his master to the scene of the arrest, they still rushed forward with all their duties and rushed over and pressed their shoulders against their knees.
"I'm wronged, I'm wronged."
The two of them shouted together, especially Lu Dahu, whose voice was so high.
"I did nothing, but I did nothing."
He is right to be corrupt, but the key is that he was arrested before he had time to be corrupt. Isn’t this too wronged?
"Just because of this harbor restaurant, Lu Dahu, is a regular customer, you have done a lot of illegal activities in your daily life. If you defied the military discipline, it would be enough to behead you."
Gu Yu glared at Lu Dahu in disgust, and the latter's eyes lit up instead.
"Does the general contempt the military discipline? How to punish it will be handed over to the Southern Army Governor's Office? You have no right to deal with me."
Unlike Lu Dahu's hard work to defend, Geng Jiang had to be much calmer. After the panic at the beginning, he looked calm and composed.
"I am the fourth-rank Quanzhou Maritime Transportation Department Transportation Department, and the Fujian Provincial Administrator's Office has no right to arrest me. I am directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce. If I ask about my crime, officials above the left censor of the Censorate of the Censorate need to supervise them together with the Ministry of Justice."
Finally, Geng Jiang snorted coldly: "In addition, Quanzhou shipping is one million yuan a year, and it is a five-year plan. What should I do? Don't you need to ask the tax department's opinions? This official is a fellow villager of Li Butang, the Minister of the Tax Department, and the uncle. The court is deep. Don't falsely accusing me of the officials for some storm.
This official just talked to you about some elegant things about romantic and romantic affairs, singing, dancing, prostitutes, and what kind of princely law did you violate?"
What a Geng Jiang, who was in danger at this time, simply turned against him and refused to admit his conspiracy. Anyway, there is no such thing as recording these days.
As long as he doesn't recognize what he said, Gu Yu wants to remove the transfer envoy from Quanzhou Maritime Transportation Department just by speaking vernacularly?
Then this kingly law is too ridiculous.
Without physical evidence, Gu Yu's only thing that he was qualified to do was to impeach the Censorate, and then the Censorate sent someone to investigate.
After all the time, Geng Jiang had already wiped out all the uncleanness on his butt.
What's more, his butt itself is very "clean" and his tail has not been exposed at all in recent years.
"You're such a sharp mouth."
Gu Yu leaned down and patted Geng Jiang's face, and smiled: "If I were just a national uncle, I would be helpless."
To be continued...