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Text Chapter 279: Resumption of Society, Taihu, Chen Zilong

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.    On the dock of Edo, the castle town gradually became lively.  It was crowded with merchants from all over Japan.

    These people are here to snap up cheap goods from the South China Sea.

    Japan is rich in silver. In the 17th century, Japan¡¯s silver production was almost one-third of the world¡¯s, which is very shocking.  Goods were priced in silver, and with such a silver money supply, ¡°prices¡± were very high.  Even when handicraft products from the Ming Dynasty were sold to Japan, the price difference was considerable.  When cheap industrial products from the South China Sea are sold here, the price difference becomes even greater.

    Pang Ning¡¯s expedition to Japan had no supply lines. In order to ensure supplies for a long battle, he brought hundreds of merchant ships at a time.  These merchant ships contained a large amount of food and cloth. They were originally docked in Jeju Island, North Korea, and sent a ship of supplies to the battlefield every three days.  After Pang Ning occupied Jianghu, the merchant ships stopped supply orders and all gathered at the Edo port to sell the supplies on board on the spot.

    ?? Japanese businessmen who were closed to the country were excited when they suddenly saw such a cheap supply of goods.  Due to the price difference between the two places, merchants would not lose money even if they purchased goods with their eyes closed.  The news that there were bargains at the Edo Pier soon spread throughout Kanto, and more and more merchants came after hearing the news.

    The originally desolate little pier quickly turned into a lively temporary market.

    Huang Zuotao was sitting in a wine shop.  Looking at the Japanese people rushing to buy sea cloth on the pier, I pursed my lips.

    The Japanese either sit cross-legged or kneel, and there were no chairs in the izakaya.  But Nanhai Country's status in Japan is different now. Businessmen from Nanhai Country came, and the landlady specially placed two chairs and a high table in the room, and even let the Nanhai people wear shoes and sit on the tatami.  Although he was in Japan, Huang Zuotao's drinking style looked just like he did in Nanhai Country.

    Brother Hua next to Huang Zuotao looked out the window and said loudly,

    ¡°Shopkeeper, the profit from our shipment of winter clothes is not as good as Haibu!¡±

    "Half of the cost of buying winter clothes is spent on the labor of the garments. But in terms of labor, labor in Nanhai is more expensive than in Japan. The most profitable thing is the sea cloth produced in the factory.  "

    Huang Zuotao nodded, but with a smile on his face, he didn't seem to be dissatisfied at all because of the thin profits from winter clothes.

    Brother Hua looked at the shopkeeper and asked curiously, "Shopkeeper, this time Nanwang's graded tariffs, what level of tariff preference does my shop get?"

    Huang Zuotao looked at Brother Hua and said nothing.

    "Noisy! Follow me to Echigo Niigata to collect dye!"

    Huang Zuotao was in a good mood and left three coins on the table. He flicked his sleeves and left the table laughing.

    Brother Hua was stunned and looked at the silver on the table curiously.  A long time.  He just reacted.  Bouncing up from the chair, Brother Hua jumped out of the door and quickly chased after him.

    "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, wait for me! I know, I am the third class, right?"

    Seeing that the two distinguished guests had left, several handymen in shabby clothes walked out of the back room and walked into the house.  They put away the tables and chairs, carefully wiped the shoe prints on the tatami with rags, and were busy.

    The Japanese proprietress of the wine shop knelt at the door of the wine house. When she saw the two of them walking away, she walked over slowly and put away the money on the table.

    ¡ù¡ù¡ù

    In Suzhou in October, Taihu Lake was filled with smoke and fog.

    A flat-bottomed boat rowed over from the white mist, breaking through the thin waves of the lake, and got closer and closer among the yellowing reeds.  On the bow of the boat hung a red paper lantern with the characters "Fushe" written on it.  A tall young man wearing a light green shirt stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the autumn colors of the lake, silent.

    An autumn wind swept across the lake, causing the young man's green shirt to fly.  It is said that scholars are weak.  But the young man just raised his eyebrows and did not retreat into the cabin.

    ????????????????????????? However, these days of war and chaos, it¡¯s not just the weather that¡¯s blowing the autumn wind.

    The young man was looking at the color of the lake when a noisy firecracker noise suddenly sounded among the reeds in front of him.

    Suddenly, three long boats emerged from the water plants.  On each ship, there were more than a dozen water thieves holding weapons.  Several lanterns were hung high on the bow of the boat, with the word "Fushe" written in large ink on them.  Three teams of water thieves holding open fire rushed out from the reeds and rushed towards the boat where the young master was.

    As soon as they saw those water thieves, the boatmen here knelt on the board of the boat and did not dare to raise their heads.

    "We can't wipe out all the water thieves in Taihu Lake."  If a business traveler in the past is left alone, there are few who will not be caught by water thieves who want some silver.  Chen Juren Master Chen rushed to Huqiu to attend the Thousand People Meeting, but he was punished.

    But those water thieves are not poor.If you are a thief, you will never be able to defeat them all.  What he was trying to do was not to hurt anyone, but just a few taels of passing money.  Seeing the leader's polite tone, Chen Zilong didn't have any ill feelings toward him. He thought about it and replied calmly,

    "Chen Zilong from the next company came to Suzhou to attend the Tiger Hill Conference at the invitation of Zhang Qiangong."

    Hearing that the person coming was Chen Zilong, the eyes of the water thief who called himself Xu Du lit up.

    "Xu Du actually bumped into Chen Zilong!"

    Looking at the water thieves around him in surprise, Xu Du seemed to be a little excited after seeing his idol. He laughed and said, "Xu Du, a native of Xia Dongyang, once traveled to Qiantang and Suzhou when he was young. He knew the name of Chen Gong's poems very well! Unexpectedly, today he actually  This encounter."

    Xu Du raised his hands and said to Chen Zilong on the boat, "Xu Du learned that Mr. Chen was here today and did not dare to take any cents. However, he asked Mr. Chen to give him a poem! This is considered an opportunity for Xu Du!"

    Chen Zilong looked at the water thief leader and frowned.

    "Ridiculous! Do you think I'm a street performer?"

    "Chen Zilong will not tarnish his poetry name for a few taels of silver!"

    Those thieves were unhappy to begin with, and when they heard this, they even shouted in unison.  Before Xu Du could say anything, the group jumped into the water and climbed onto Chen Zilong's wooden boat.  On the rickety wooden boat, seven or eight water thieves showed their South China Sea stainless steel swords and aimed them at Chen Zilong, who stood proudly.

    Xu Du shook his head and said with a sigh, "Master Dazun is so brave, but if I don't write a poem today, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass my brother's test!"

    Chen Zilong glared at the bearded water thieves, pressed the dagger hidden at his waist and shouted loudly,

    "Since my Chen family traveled to the south with Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, our ancestors only had a reputation for spending all their wealth to fight against Japanese pirates, but there was no joke about writing poems for the thieves. Our ancestors dared to fight bloody battles with the Jin people. Although Chen is not talented, he is not afraid of you and others.  water thief"

    It was such a generous statement that it made those water thieves stunned.

    Although Xu Du was a water thief, he was born into a scholarly family. He spent all his wealth and became a thief because he couldn't stand the government's actions.  People like him admire most the heroes who bravely face national calamities.  Nowadays, the Tatars call themselves Da Jin and claim to be descendants of the Jin Kingdom. They are rampaging across Liaodong and ravaging the capital.  Since the Chen family was a famous family that traveled south with Emperor Gaozong, how could they not be admired by Xu Du?

    He had only heard the name of Chen Zilong's poem before, but today when he forced Chen Zilong with a knife, he realized that this man was a generous and fierce warrior.

    Xu Du looked at Chen Zilong on the bow, surrounded by swords, and shook his head.

    "It's Xu Du who's being abrupt!"

    Yuan opened his eyes and shouted angrily at the water thieves on the bow. Xu Du suddenly seemed to want to eat people.

    "Get down here! Whoever hurts Mr. Chen's hair, someone will chop him up and feed him to the fish!"

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