"Oh, okay, with Brother Cheng as a guarantee, this matter is right."

"Yes, we naturally trust Brother Cheng."

The group of people stood up and agreed, but soon the voice came to an abrupt end, because the transaction was the business of both parties, and there was no slap. Everyone had a lot of contact with Cheng Bi, so they could naturally trust him, but Li Mingxun had met Cheng Bi for the first time, so how could he trust him?

Faced with the vision projected by a group of people, Li Mingxun was calm and just asked: "How is Mr. Cheng going to protect him?"

Cheng Bi waved his hand and a servant brought the iron abacus. He flew his fingers and started to hit him, saying, "Basically speaking, Mr. Li wanted to exchange fur for raw silk. This batch of goods costs more than 300,000 taels. We will all calculate it. In other words, if you want a raw silk worth 200,000, you will be about 1,000 tons according to the price of silk in previous years, which is about 1,000 tons. Then simply put, the best situation is that we eat Mr. Li's fur today, and we will give Mr. Li a thousand tons of raw silk next spring. The remaining 100,000 taels of fur is now traded, so Cheng doesn't need to guarantee it, right?"

Li Mingxun nodded solemnly and agreed. Cheng Bi said again: "Since that's the case, Mr. Li can hand over the fur on your ship to me, and I will give you 100,000 taels of Jiangnan goods and 200,000 taels of cash silver. In this way, even if there is no raw silk next year, the gentleman will not lose money. Next year, he will come with 200,000 taels of raw silk and exchange a thousand dans of raw silk."

Xu Changxing said: "Brother Cheng, 200,000 is not a small amount."

Cheng Bi laughed and said, "Since I am a guarantor, I have to set an example. I personally pay 100,000 yuan. You borrow the rest from me. If you borrow more, you will also allocate more fur."

"Mr. Cheng's method is good, I agree." Li Mingxun thought for a moment and immediately said, after all, there is no better way.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the hanging stone fell to the ground, but Cheng Bi said: "Mr. Li, don't be anxious, this matter is not over yet."

Lee Mingxun said: "Sir, please continue."

Cheng Bi said: "I, a guarantor, cannot be used for nothing. I don't need to get a prize. My request is that everyone here today will reach a long-term cooperative relationship with the gentleman. I will come to Nanjing next year and hope that the ginseng and antlers in your hands will also be traded with us. Of course, the price is absolutely fair, and I, Cheng Bi, will account for half of this batch of ginseng and antlers."

"It's very reasonable for Brother Cheng to deal with it like this."

"It's true, Brother Cheng can't be allowed to work in vain."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly: "As long as the price is right, it doesn't matter who it sells to, but one thing is that most of the goods should be bartered, and raw silk is still the big one."

"Shopkeeper Li, don't worry about this matter. If it weren't for the time being, we wouldn't have troubled Brother Cheng to protect him."

"Yes, yes, what you said just now is very true. If you don't sell it to, you will also want to sell it to Zheng Zhilong's five large number of businesses in Jiangnan. It's better to make friends with Mr. Li."

Li Mingxun smiled and added three points to Cheng Bi in his heart. This guy seemed to be a guarantor, but in fact he inadvertently turned these big businessmen into a business alliance, and he became the leader. This guy is really extraordinary.

Cheng Bi looked serious and said, "I can't do it for nothing or take advantage of it. Speaking of which, I have always met you. Next year, you will probably not make things difficult for me. So the main risk is Mr. Li, and I will not let you Mr. Li suffer. This way, the food and iron you want will be wrapped in me."

As soon as these words were said, there was an uproar. Xu Changxing said carefully: "Brother Cheng must not take on such a big deal. Since it is everyone's business, just let's get it together."

"Yes, Brother Cheng, the food is really hard to say. Our families can find a way to solve the problem of that thousand stone of iron." Several people also said.

Cheng Bi did laugh: "Okay, let's do the iron ingot together, and let me leave the food matter to me Cheng Bi. The mountain man has his own tricks. Haha, don't ask me how to raise these 20,000 stones of grain."

Seeing that Cheng Bi was confident, everyone stopped asking questions. After all, this Hui merchant was not only a wealthy man from Jiangyin, but also a famous wealthy man from Jiangnan. He had a wide range of friendships, and there were many ways to do it.

After noon, each family left because they had to raise iron ingots, silver and many goods, so each family left in a hurry. However, Cheng Bi accompanied Xu Changxing to the dock and drove the Yongjin to the dock of Huizhou Guild Hall.

"Mr. Cheng is a generous person, and he is really extraordinary at first sight today." It is probably because Cheng Bi mediated this from it today. Although this person is really arrogant and a bit unpleasant, Li Mingxun still did not stingy in praise.

Cheng Bi was carrying a wine pot, sitting on the side of the boat, pulling his robe and blowing the sea breeze, saying, "I, Cheng Bi, have never liked poetry and books since I was a child. I love to make friends with chivalrous people the most. The most important thing is the heroes and warriors, you are one of you, Li Mingxun."

"Oh, how did you say this?" Li Mingxun asked with a smile.

Cheng Bi drank all the remaining wine in the wine pot, threw it on the river surface, and said, "You brought out 20,000 or 30,000 pieces of Liaodong leather today. Where did these leather come from? It wouldn't have been collected from Donglu, Xu Changxing said, you snatched it, who did you snatch?"

Li Mingxun smiled slightly: "Of course, I will steal whoever has the shame."

"Then your plywood ship was also snatched?" Cheng Bi asked again.

Lee Mingxun laughed again: "No one gives it to me anyway."

Cheng Bi focused his attention and said generously: "If you rob it, you rob it. Anyway, you rob it of others. We didn't rob the people of the Ming Dynasty. Now in the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Captains are arrogant and the thieves are rampant. Even the fucking red-haired Yi dares to invade. It is no exaggeration to rob them. You dare to attack them. You are a real hero!"

As he said that, the drunk Cheng Bi fell down. Li Mingxun helped the man with true nature, called his servant and sent it to the inner room.

"When Brother Cheng wakes up and handes this thing to him, he will know what kind of person I, Li Mingxun, is." Li Mingxun handed the servant a brocade box and said a few words.

When the boat was docked, Xu Changxing walked up and said, "Mr. Li, you know that each family was not prepared. I made some plans. If it was to deliver the fur, I would probably take ten days to help you plan food and iron ingots. How did you arrange this period?"

Ten days have become quite efficient. Li Mingxun was too anxious to know and said, "I'm going to Huating to visit Mr. Shen."

Xu Changxing smiled, and he naturally knew that it was fake to visit Shen Dachun. He wanted to take the opportunity to meet Shen Youlong. He said, "Mr. Li is going to have a waste of time?"

Li Mingxun was stunned. He said that he was holding Shen Youlong’s post. Even if he was just a maritime businessman, Shen Dachun could not ignore him. He suddenly remembered something and asked: "Is it because Lord Shen Youlong is still in Dingyou, so it is not convenient for Lord Shen and Master Shen to see guests?"

Xu Changxing waved his hands repeatedly: "That's not, but the Shen family is now closed to thank guests. I'm afraid they will be disgraceful before March next year. In fact, Mr. Chen told me that if you come next year, you will go to Guangdong to see him."

"Why is this?" Li Mingxun asked in surprise.

Xu Changxing was also a little puzzled and asked in surprise: "Don't you know that matter yet? Oh, Lord Chen Youlong is obedient and will be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi next year."

Xu Changxing quickly explained that the current Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was Zhang Jingxin. He had been in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi for five years. During the five years, he used his kindness and power to make the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi very stable and was highly praised by the emperor. In the 11th year of Chongzhen, Wu Aheng, the Governor of Ji and Liao, died in battle. Emperor Chongzhen was willing to serve as the Minister of War and governor of Ji and Liao military affairs. However, Zhang Jingxin felt that he did not know the military and was unable to change the situation in Liaodong. So he refused because his parents were old in spring and autumn, so he refused. Emperor Chongzhen believed that he was not brave enough to serve and had long had the idea of ​​letting him return home. Now that he was worried, he let him replace Zhang Jingxin as the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

You should know that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is one of the few vassal officials in the Ming Dynasty. They are generally the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the right censor of the right chief. The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is also the governor of Guangdong. They are a real power figure. As soon as the news spread, the Shen family was crowded with people, Chen Youlong then closed his door to thank the guests until he took office.

After hearing the explanation, Li Mingxun understood why Qi Dazhi was so attentive. It turned out that Chen Youlong's status had risen.

"Since that's the case, it's inconvenient to visit. Mingxun first came to Jiangnan. Although he couldn't understand what the three autumn osmanthus and ten miles of lotus flowers mean, he also wanted to be arty and elegant. He also wanted to visit Jiangnan and buy a few more good boats for the trading company for his use." Li Mingxun said with a smile.

Xu Changxing nodded slightly. Since Li Mingxun was unwilling to accompany him, there was naturally something to do. He said: "If you are traveling, you can't figure out your preferences. If you want to buy a boat, you can go to Jiangyin to have a look. Speaking of which, it's just a good time."

"Oh, is it time to build a ship?" Li Mingxun asked in surprise.

Xu Changxing laughed: "Sir, you will understand when you go."

Li Mingxun borrowed a small boat from the Huizhou Guild Hall and went south. He chatted with the boatmen on the boat and asked about the situation of the shipbuilding industry in Jiangnan. Although the most common ones in the Ming Dynasty are the Fu Ship, sand ship and Guang Ship, because Guang Ship is exquisite in materials, too high in price, and the Fu Ship draft is too deep, the most commonly used sea boat in Jiangnan is the flat-bottom sand ship.

Because this type of ship is flat, it is not afraid of stranding. There is much dark sand at the estuary of the Yangtze River and near Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The water surface of the sandbank is the most suitable. There are many shipyards in Jiangnan that can build sand ships, and the most famous one is Jiangyin.

"The guest official is a maritime businessman. You should know that large materials must be used to build sea ships. Nowadays, the large materials used for shipbuilding in Jiangnan and Jiangbei are all from Fujian, or Yunnan-Guizhou wood transported from Guangdong. Naturally, the cheaper the wood production area is closer, so many factories have moved to Fujian, and the shipyards in the inner six are gradually abandoned. Apart from the official shipyards, there are only shipyards near the Yangtze River Estuary to make money." The shipworker naturally knew everything after receiving the reward from Li Mingxun.

"How many shipyards are there in Jiangyin?" Li Mingxun asked.

The boatman took a sip of dry tobacco and said, "The villain went to once seven or eight years ago. There are probably more than twenty shipyards, and five large ones, all of which can build large sand ships with four masts and five masts. There are three or five hundred craftsmen who eat."

Li Mingxun focused on the key points. This scale was really big. In the afternoon, he arrived in Jiangyin. Li Mingxun stepped onto the stone wharf. There was a depressing scene in front of him. According to the shipman, there were a large number of shipyards along the Xicheng Canal (the canal connecting the Yangtze River and Wuxi), and the wharf was also an extremely prosperous town.

However, the town was extremely depressed at this time, with very few people coming and going, and the road was full of garbage. Occasionally, a few people were in a panic. Seeing Li Mingxun dressed in wealth and wanted to get back, he saw four or five Confucius Wuhanzi standing behind him, so he hid far away.

Ah Hai pointed to Liu Lin in front and said, "Master, there seems to be a tea shed there."

Li Mingxun walked over and found that it was really a tea shed with seven or eight tables inside, but no one was drinking tea. A napping shop owner squatted beside the stove where the water was boiling, looking over fifty years old.

"Brother-in-law, get some refreshments." A guard stepped forward and said in a urn.

The old man seemed to have not heard it, and the guard was about to push it forward, but Ahai stopped it, took out a few silver oceans, weighed it in his hand, and made a crisp sound of collision. The owner of the shop suddenly grinned, showed a few big yellow teeth, walked over with a pot, and shouted: "Cheer, wait, the refreshment will come soon."

Li Mingxun didn't know whether this guy was pretending to be asleep or really sleeping just now, so he took a Spanish double-column silver circle from Ah Hai and slapped it on the table: "Go and get some food."

The old man wanted to get the money, but was stopped by Li Mingxun and said, "You ask others to go, I have something to ask you."

The old man looked at the silver ball greedily, smiled and shouted. A sleepy man walked out from behind the shed. He was about in his twenties. The old man scolded and shouted a few words, pushing him to buy food.

"Sir, just ask if you have anything to say. The old man will never dare to deceive him." After putting away the silver ball, the old man sat aside.

Ah Hai asked first: "Why is this depressed market? Could it be that he was thieves?"

"Scared, what you said, we are in the south of the Yangtze River, where are the thieves from?" The old man said with contempt. The next sentence almost made Li Mingxun, who was drinking tea, choke.

"Why is the market depressed? It's not the disaster of Shen Tingyang!" The old man waved his fists and grinned, as if he had a deep hatred with Shen Tingyang.
Chapter completed!