The prince of Tang Dynasty is too arrogant

The rear stared at their two war zones, on the Yunnan side, the construction of Panzhihua was very smooth, the army opened the mountain over there, and an iron mine had been found, the ore was of high quality, the coal was being found, and two were found in the depths, and there was no way to mine them.

There is no difficulty for Zhen Tianyi to fight down on the other side of Liupanshui, the troops over there are not very many, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is not good at all, and Lin Yi's main force is now crushing in the past.

Gu Hongtu looked at the clear code telegram, circled the map, and took a deep breath, "The battle of Ganzhou is related to the fortunes of the country, Ganzhou is taken, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Liancheng are connected, the battle of Jingzhou is not so important, if Bian Hong is in the past, the entire northwest will definitely be in chaos!"

"Hey, Gu Jun!" Gu Hongtu raised his hand and said, "Xiao Mujun, please sit down!" The bald widow sat down, and Gu Hongtu asked, "What is the matter of coming here today?" Xiao Mujun said in a Chinese dialect that had left: "Regarding the matter of borrowing troops, our family is going to send 300 troops, when we were in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, dozens of people fought the Ming army of thousands of people, and 300 people of the Qing army were enough, so we want to reduce the number!"

Gu Hongtu smiled: "I think the head of your family, I have a wrong understanding, I didn't let you go to fight the Manchus, we have a business in Shandong, happy powder, raw silk, cotton and linen, Nanjing beans, Nanjing rice, you still have to pay taxes to the Manchus, don't let me look down on you, we smuggle salt for a boat is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, if it weren't for the lack of ships, can we come to you?"

"Hey!" Xiao Mujun stood up and bowed to Gu Hongtu, Gu Hongtu said: "You give me a blow to the Qing army from the coast, ensure that our smuggling ship can land smoothly, we make money is your family to make money, how can three hundred people be enough, how many coastlines can be blocked?

Xiao Mujun said with a sad face: "Seven hundred warriors, the price will be doubled!" Gu Hongtu looked at him: "I can increase the price, double is double, the number of people is at least 1,500, remember that you were invited by Emperor Longwu of the Ming Dynasty to recover the rivers and mountains, saying that smuggling is not good, and the people of the Ming Dynasty do not approve of you, and it will not be convenient if the ship breaks down in the future." "

Hey!" Xiao Mujun, after bowing, said, "I'm going back to discuss!" Gu Hongtu nodded: "It's okay to discuss, you can't ask for a high price, there are still a lot of powerful people over there, right, I have already given a lot of money, and you have already made a lot of money when you go back with a boatload of salt!"

Gu Hongtu watched this little man leave, and smiled secretly in his heart, whether it is 300 people, 700 people, or 1,500 people, as long as they go under the banner of Daming, it is the ultimate goal of the mission.

"The people of the Dutch East India Company are here!" Gu Hongtu didn't be quiet for a while, and the red haired man came again, this notorious company is now the largest company in the world.

Founded in 1602, it now has one hundred and forty sea ships, more than forty warships, and is the overlord of the sea, Gu Hongtu went with a translator, this translator is a native of Guangzhou, Lin Yi does not need to bring a translator, Gu Hongtu also studied for a few days, and he can't learn bird language.

"Dear Lord Gu, I heard that you are in trouble!" The translator said, Gu Hongtu said: "We don't have any trouble, I don't know what you are doing this time, our business has always been a rule, if there is something, we will talk about things

!" The Dutch said: "I heard that you are borrowing troops, our company has five warships that can serve you, but you have to pay a certain commission, preferably cheap raw silk!"

Gu Hongtu said: "A pound of raw silk you take from us only needs a little more than four guilders, go back is thirteen to fifteen guilders, several times the profit, we also have to live, it can't be cheaper, our exchange is convenient to trade, you have never had such a pleasant transaction, we are not short of your five warships!"

The Dutch began to say a bunch of words, and the translator said: " Dear Lord Gu, we can't make much money, and the European side is also in a recession now, and raw silk can only be sold for eight to ten guilders at most, and the profit is not so high.

The cooperation with you is also very pleasant, if we send troops to help you fight down a lot of territory and increase your dominance, you only need to pay a little monetary

price, why not?" "The price of raw silk will not be reduced again, next year or the year after, our happy powder, the price can be reduced, if we can, we will pay with happy powder!" Gu Hongtu is very good at playing, Lin Yi has begun to grow something very good in Yunnan.

This kind of thing is not as good as Lin Yi's chemically synthesized happy powder, but there are many such things, and the technical content is almost none, and it can be planted, boiled and sold on a large scale, and Gu Hongtu is not a good bird.

After the translator finished speaking, the Dutchman said: "Yes, but your price needs to be lowered a little, now the price of two hundred and thirty taels of silver is too high, even if it is a nobleman, it is almost impossible to use it, can it be reduced to two hundred taels!"

Gu Hongtu thought for a while and said: " I have no way to call the shots about this, I can reduce it to two hundred and fifteen taels for you at the very least, this is already the limit we can bear, unless Lin Yi speaks in person, I have already given up all

the profits!" The Dutch said: "I heard that the Portuguese, that is, the scoundrel who does business with you, takes the goods for one hundred and eighty taels, we businessmen need profits, and the company also needs profits, please lower it a little!"

Gu Hongtu was surprised: "What, one hundred and eighty?" What is Lin Yi doing, I'll ask!" Gu Hongtu is very good at pretending, and after a while, someone came back and said something in Gu Hongtu's ear.

Gu Hongtu behaved like a deflated ball, and said: "I just verified, it is indeed one hundred and eighty taels, but people help us get things, and we can get any contraband, so it is more favorable, you must know that except for the human weapons trade, everything else on our side is legal, and everything that is illegal on your side is legal!"

Gu Hongtu hinted frantically, this person said:" As long as we can get happy powder for one hundred and eighty taels, we will also get everything they can get, Lord Gu, you have to understand, we are stronger than them!"

Gu Hongtu said: "The English merchants also said the same, and the Germans also said the same, but where are their things? You must understand that the transaction is not so simple, the minimum is two hundred taels, unless I see what I want." "