Daming pirates

However, this incident also reminded Yu Xiaotian that if he, a pirate, wants to make a fortune, it is not enough to just have strength and financial resources. He must also have a backstage to maintain his appearance.

The bigger a person is, the more likely he is to be coveted by all forces. If he is not careful, his business on land may offend a big shot, causing his business to be unable to continue.

This kind of thing is by no means alarmist, because the branches of the powerful forces on the land are complicated, including local officials, superior officials, royal guards, and some eunuchs who have been sent abroad. These people have some powerful forces behind them to support them, although they probably will not easily raise troops.

There is a crusade against pirates like him, but once they covet someone's property, they will inevitably use all their tricks to make your business impossible.

So Yu Xiaotian thought about it carefully and felt that it was necessary to choose a force, make friends with them, and serve as the backend of their prosperous source to support them, so as to save the chance of some lowly people coming to bully them.

Even if he is a big pirate, sometimes things like this cannot be solved by force. If those powerful people want to bully you, they may not necessarily lead their troops out to sea to cause trouble for you.

, they only need to do some mischief to cut off your financial path on land.

After Yu Xiaotian thought about it for a while, he felt that it was still necessary to find such a backstage to support his Maoshengyuan. And this backstage looked at the Fujian area, and there were really not many suitable candidates at the time. Rather than choosing among them, it would be better to

It would be simpler to simply send someone to find a way inside the capital and go directly to the sky.

Who is the most suitable backstage person for him so far? Yu Xiaotian thought about it, and finally set his sights on Wei Zhongxian, who was already dominating the court.

He knows better than anyone else that during the Tianqi years, the most awesome person in the world was not even anyone else. I am afraid he could only be regarded as the eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

There is no need to go into details about Wei Zhongxian. The history of his fortune is entirely due to the favor of the current emperor Zhu Youxiao. When Emperor Tianqi was alive, he dominated the government and the public with one hand. For a while, no one could come up with power. The Donglin Party was powerful enough.

, and as a result, those who were picked up by this beast were turned upside down and suffered unspeakably.

So if he currently wants to find a stable backer, then Wei Zhongxian is undoubtedly a very good choice. As for Emperor Tianqi's death and Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne, it will not be too late to find another way, because Yu Xiaotian has a

His natural and unique advantage is that he knows the direction of history better than anyone else and can better grasp the direction in this regard.

So he invited Li Yi and talked with Li Yi for half the night in his residence. After Li Yi received his advice, he immediately returned to Fuzhou and started planning the matter.

For a maritime merchant like them, it is actually not a simple matter to connect with Wei Zhongxian. Sometimes you don’t have to have money to do it. You don’t know people, even if you are in a hurry.

A large cart carrying a cart of gold might not be able to catch up with Wei Zhongxian even if it goes to the capital.

Therefore, this matter cannot be rushed. We must start from the simplest place first, then rely on money to clear the way, gradually approach the goal, and finally catch the line of Wei Zhongxian's big fish.

Someone in later generations did such an experiment, saying that you only need to go through six people in the world to find anyone in the world. The relationship is like this. They are intertwined and not necessarily anyone can get close to the target they need to get close to. And

The key to building a relationship with the target they want to get close to is to find the right person and use it for themselves under the financial offensive. In this way, things will be much easier to handle.

Li Yi had always been convinced that Yu Xiaotian had accurately predicted that Nan Juyi would come to Fujian to take up the post of governor of Fujian, and that Yu Xiaotian also predicted that Wei Zhongxian would flourish and become a powerful figure. These two things

Everything finally came true, which made Li Yi not dare to underestimate Xiaotian. He felt that Yu Xiaotian was not an ordinary person. It was very likely that he knew someone in the northern capital who had hands and eyes that could reach heaven.

This time Yu Xiaotian invited him to Nanyue Island to discuss the line with Wei Zhongxian, which made him feel that Yu Xiaotian must have a certain degree of confidence, but it was inconvenient to disclose it, so he asked him to think about it from land.

The method is to spend money to open up relationships, and finally hang up the line of Wei Zhongxian.

In fact, Yu Xiaotian thought wrong about this matter. In fact, people like them do not necessarily have to hook up with a big guy like Wei Zhongxian. Even if they can hook up with anyone under Wei Zhongxian, just such a relationship

, which is enough for their business.

Various local forces are actually keeping a close eye on any disturbance in the imperial court. Let alone asking Wei Zhongxian to come forward to look after Maoshengyuan, even if any of Wei Zhongxian's subordinates makes a sound, these local forces will also

I definitely wouldn't even dare to fart.

Li Yi understood this better than Yu Xiaotian. After returning to Fuzhou, he started with an admiral eunuch stationed in the Fuzhou Silver Mine. He personally visited the eunuch named Liu and gave him a glazed mirror and two kinds of exquisite glass.

device.

This eunuch surnamed Liu was sent from the capital to the Fujian Silver Mine at the end of the Wanli Year in the early years. He is permanently stationed in Fuzhou City. Although he has become a marginal figure among the eunuchs in recent years, he is still in Fujian.

He holds real power. The reason why he has been able to live in Fujian for a long time and not be recalled to the capital is that he actually has quite a lot of connections.

He supervises the silver mines in Fujian, and it is natural to tap the oil and water every year. Eunuch Liu is also a smart man. He knows that he has a lot of money in his hands. If he wants to reap the benefits here for a long time, he cannot be stingy with spending money.

, so over the years he has been closely watching the changes in the forces in the DPRK and China, relying on the money in his hands to pave the way at any time, and has never been taken down and replaced. This requires a lot of skill.

This is also the reason why Li Yi finally chose him to attack. For things like this, Eunuch Liu naturally knows Li Yi's purpose better than anyone else. What's more, he also knows very well that the value of these gifts given to him by Li Yi does not require much

Whatever he said, he happily accepted Li Yi's gift and pointed out a clear way for Li Yi to take a personal letter from him and go to the capital to find a eunuch with whom he had a good relationship.

In fact, when we got here, with the introduction from Eunuch Liu's personal letter, the next thing became much easier. Li Yi immediately sent out a clever steward who brought a batch of silver and glassware as well as several boxes of current items.

The soap was in short supply, so they took the letter of introduction given to them by Eunuch Liu and set off on their way north.

After Yu Xiaotian arranged this matter, he no longer paid attention to it. He felt that this road was only paved for business, and it was not easy for him to appear at the front desk, and it was not easy for him to get involved too deeply. Li Yi would like to discuss the details.

It's enough to do it.

Therefore, he focused his energy on running his various industries, and gradually forgot about this matter. However, he did not know that the matter he inadvertently instructed Li Yi to do had a profound impact on his future path.

It has a very far-reaching impact, but so far, none of them have thought of it, nor can they see it.

(No nonsense, two updates today, and another chapter in the afternoon!)