Zhao Hao asked softly: "Why are they reacting so loudly? Just like the Xiang family, how about eating a fleet and having fun on your own?"
"Haha, that won't work." Zhao Liben shook his head and said: "In the final analysis, the Nine Families are still land-based families. Although they have made endless wealth from sea trade, they are still full of fear of the sea. They dare not send their children to the sea. If you take risks, you can only rely on the five major fleets to conduct maritime trade.¡±
"But they are afraid that the five major fleets will grow bigger and give birth to another Wang Zhilai, so they have been strictly controlling the size of the five major fleets." Zhao Liben explained: "They stipulated that the five major fleets must build new ships, recruit sailors, Even the purchase of weapons and equipment must go through the hands of King Jinghai, and private purchases are not allowed."
"If we are all like the Xiang family, each family has its own fleet, then all restrictions will be invalidated - from any point of view, each family will do their best to enhance the strength of the fleet."
"I see." Zhao Hao suddenly realized, no wonder each company had to isolate itself from the five major fleets. It turned out to be to prevent the fleet from colluding with a certain company to become bigger.
"So until a new King of Pure Sea is elected, the Eight Families can only watch the chaos on the sea and cut off trade, but they can't do anything."
"Yes, so in the past six months, the situation has not improved, but has become worse." Zhao Liben said with a smile:
"It is said that a fleet went to Fujian and took refuge in Lin Daoqian. There was also a fleet that was hired by Japanese village chiefs to help them fight in the village."
"Village chief, village war?" Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment before he realized that Japan is now in the "glorious" Warring States Period.
Speaking of which, Owari¡¯s big fool should have already taken over Mino and raised the banner of ¡®distributing weapons to the world¡¯, right?
Thinking about it, I¡¯m a little excited.
"It's a pity that in the eyes of the great Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats, Oda Nobunaga was just a county magistrate, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was at best a township magistrate If you tell people this, no one will be interested.
He returned to the topic and asked Zhao Liben: "Grandpa, when should we get involved?"
"There is no rush, let them continue to consume." Zhao Liben shook his head decisively and said in a deep voice: "We will continue to work hard on our internal strength. When the positions of the Nine Families are completely worthless, it will not be too late for us to make a shining appearance as the great savior."
As he spoke, he made a wishful thinking and said: "When I was rubbing hemp just now, I said that you played the card well, but it was actually the Jiangnan Company. You used a company to tie the Wang family in Taicang and the Hua family in Wuxi to the chariot. Plus the snow With Yinghe¡¯s trump card and the support of Yangzhou Huizhou merchants, although our old Zhao family¡¯s foundation is still shallow, our strength is enough to occupy a position among the nine great families!¡±
¡°My grandson feels that a mere seat from the Nine Families may not be enough to satisfy grandpa¡¯s appetite.¡± Zhao Hao smiled faintly.
"That's right!" The old man nodded heavily and waved his hand domineeringly: "Originally, I only wanted a seat and was satisfied. But now, I realize that the so-called aristocratic family is nothing special - look at those idiots from the Xu family, they all covet Jingjing. Where is the position of King of the Sea? Why can the monk touch it but not me?!"
"Grandpa is so domineering. This King of Jinghai should belong to my Zhao family!" Zhao Hao suddenly became proud when he heard this, and his grandfather and grandson immediately got on top of each other and started talking loudly.
"What is King Jinghai? He is just a virtual king of the sea. If we, the Zhao family, want to be the real kings of the sea!" Zhao Liben patted his grandson's thigh excitedly.
"Yes, the King of the Four Seas!" Zhao Hao also patted his grandfather's thigh excitedly.
"My dear grandson, be gentle."
"Grandpa, please be gentle"
"No, I mean you're a bit of a boaster."
"Grandpa said he wanted to be the King of the Sea" The image of the 'Tidal Sea Spirit' appeared in front of Zhao Hao's eyes.
There was also a plum blossom ringing in my ears.
"Uh, okay, let's be realistic." Zhao Liben shook his head, got rid of unrealistic assumptions, and said seriously: "Let's first aim at King Jinghai. Even if we can't achieve the goal of 'asking for the best', It¡¯s also acceptable.¡±
"Grandpa said yes." Zhao Hao nodded, feeling that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.
¡°Hey, it¡¯s still floating. They don't even take the position of the Nine Family seriously It's all because of the old Xu family's incompetence.
"Grandpa Cai just said that the biggest problem of our Zhao family now is that our foundation is too shallow. No matter how strong the shareholders are right now, they can only make a fuss. We have to rely on our own strength to achieve anything!"
"Well, it's a good idea for you to start with the Dongting Chamber of Commerce." Zhao Liben praised. "If we can pass Liu Zhengqi and hold the Dongting Business Gang in our hands, it will be of great help to us to take root in Jiangnan. In addition, if your Jiangnan company?If we replicate the miracle of Xishan Company, it will be a matter of course to win the position! "
"It's true that heroes see the same thing." Zhao Hao couldn't help but patted the old man's thigh again. "Grandpa, just look at it, Jiangnan Company was born to create miracles!"
"You kid clearly said that this company was fabricated" Zhao Liben moved his legs without leaving a trace, secretly gasping for air.
"Have I ever said that? Haha, no. We are serious about starting a company." Zhao Hao blinked and looked serious.
"Okay, open your eyes and tell lies, just like I did back then!" Zhao Liben slapped him back.
Zhao Hao rubbed his legs vigorously. The old man praised him as a pretense, mainly to fight back
"How long do you want to stay on the island?" Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhao Liben stood up to avoid being poisoned again. "You don't really want to be the owner of Laoshizi Island, do you?"
"How could it be? We will go back to Kunshan when the first ship of cement is burned." Zhao Hao also stood up and said with a smile: "It seems that grandpa is still worried about father."
"Nonsense, I'll let him die." Zhao Liben snorted and walked out of the yard with his hands behind his back.
"Alas." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly. He was so arrogant at such an old age. How willful he was.
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By the creek behind the camp, Mr. Xu had two bunches of grass stuck in his nose and was squatting there cleaning the toilet.
He originally thought that pouring night incense would be much better than throwing rocks, but he didn't expect that he could pour the entire camp with 1,500 people and 150 toilets by himself.
" Mr. Xu, who has been well-fed and well-dressed since he was a child, had someone help him wipe his butt, not to mention emptying the toilet. How could he do such a disgusting thing?
At first, he was naturally determined to die, but he couldn¡¯t withstand Tong Zigong¡¯s thousand-year killing spree!
"Using that trick repeatedly can really make people forget their identity, lose their dignity, and be willing to do anything to avoid experiencing the "pain like death of a thousand years" again.
When Mr. Xu vomited and vomited, he finally got used to the stench of the toilet, and after pouring out the night incense for 1,500 people, he thought he would finally be relieved today.
But he was horrified to learn that he had to clean the 150 toilets himself and send them back to the barracks before everyone went to bed.
It¡¯s not enough if it can¡¯t be cleaned, so the perverted Tong Zigong will supervise the work at the upstream outlet. If a toilet is not clean, you will be killed for a thousand years
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yaoshou!
It took me a whole morning to empty the toilet, but even an afternoon to clean it was not enough!
It¡¯s dark, and there are still more than fifty left. After the brushing is done, it¡¯s time to empty the toilet again
At the end of the day, you can¡¯t live without the toilet!
ps. The third update has arrived, everyone is so fierce, there are 1,600 more votes all of a sudden, and there are still 4,000 votes left! That¡¯s what a normal two thousand votes looks like! !
Will write the fourth update immediately! Come on, come on, come on! ! ! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com