On the Pearl River.

Zhang Jingquan, the head of Nanyang Company in Macau, looked at the Hai'ao Tower in the distance.

He was the actual commander left by the Navy. Although he was not from the Navy, because of the alliance between Yu Zigao and Li Dan, the Navy and Nanyang Company had actually become a community of interests long ago.

These bigwigs from the Nanyang Company can mobilize navy and even command warships to fight at any time.

After all, there are many things at sea that cannot be ordered by the court, and behind Nanyang Company is the court, and the will of Nanyang Company is the will of the court bosses.

The chief minister of the cabinet, the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Revenue, etc. are all shareholders of the company, and even His Majesty the Emperor is the largest shareholder of the company. Although this largest shareholder is actually useless, most of the other shareholders are Fujian families, and there are also some from Guangdong. In this case, what the Nanyang company wants to do will definitely get support from the court, and the way the court supports it is to send a navy, so why bother with the navy?

Just listen to Nanyang Company.

At this time, Nanyang Company already looked like East India Company.

The general account is located in Quanzhou, but it is just a meeting place. The real power of the shopkeepers from all over the country.

These shopkeepers are not only outside the Ming Dynasty, but also outside the Ming Dynasty. For example, Manila, Peking University Nian, and Hoi'an all have shopkeepers.

There are only five shopkeepers in Guangdong.

Chaozhou, Macau, Guangzhou, and Qiongzhou and Lianzhou.

But there is also a general manager above these shopkeepers responsible for the entire region's trade. For example, the general manager of Macau is actually in charge of the entire Guangdong business.

These managers and shopkeepers are all from Fujian.

Especially the general managers, all of them are from the Zhangzhou-Quanzi system, and they are actually the original maritime leaders from all over the country.

For example, Zhang Jingquan, the Macau general manager, was actually in Nagasaki, Japan before, but now the northern trade has been seized by Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchants, and even the southern Fujian maritime merchants in Japan can't make it, so they can only come back.

He and Ou Huayu are sworn brothers, the latter of whom was Li Dan's deputy, and Li Dan was the chief general in charge of the entire Nanyang Company. He himself was responsible to the company's council. The company's council was in Quanzhou, and these major shareholders sent people to take charge of major matters. As long as the council makes a decision, the company can do anything, including launching a war against the Nanyang vassal states, because Li Dan was also the envoy of Nanyang Xuanwei, and in the future, the chief general in charge of Nanyang Company would also serve as the envoy of Nanyang Xuanwei of the court.

Wars can be launched in the South China Sea, mining can be started in the South China Sea, and slaves can be sold, while the Nanyang vassal states must give them trade privileges.

In short, it is becoming more and more like the East India Company.

Very domineering.

In fact, all this was not established in recent years. Li Dan just integrated the original Fujian-south maritime merchants.

He used the imperial court's authorization and military support to include all major maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong to Nanyang into Nanyang companies, and then appointed these maritime merchant leaders as shopkeepers or general managers.

For example, Huang Minggang in Batavia, Li Jin in Peking University...

This is a good friend of the Dutch. In history, he and several other southern Fujian maritime merchants led the Dutch to occupy Penghu, intending to use the Dutch to gain trade advantages. After being expelled by Nan Juyi by force, the Dutch turned to occupy an island.

However, this company is not a real business name, it is more like an alliance, there is no internal financial audit, and there is even no real financial system. The managers and managers of various places use this identity to do business by themselves. However, no matter how they do business, they must obey the area divided by the general account and accept the supply range. They cannot get goods across the general account, and cannot sell them across the general account...

Of course, they could not get over it.

After all, the Eastern maritime trade at this time was actually centered on the Ming Dynasty.

Just control the Ming Dynasty by the general account. You don’t want to get goods from other places, so that the general account can receive enough profits and distribute them to shareholders.

If you disobey the general number...

Then wait for the general account to destroy the family.

But as a benefit of equality, the General Account will also provide them with protection, protecting them what they like to do in Nanyang.

Even if they kill the kings, the General Office will take care of them. When needed, the General Office will mobilize other armed merchant ships to help, and even if necessary, even the navy will mobilize. This has established majesty in Nanyang through the last joint expedition against Manila.

Of course, the general number is controlled by a large family in Fujian and Guangdong.

After all, these aristocratic families truly control the industry and commerce of the two provinces.

No matter how these shopkeepers and general managers are rampant overseas, they are all based on the dominance of trade. To put it bluntly, the right to purchase goods and sales rights in the Ming Dynasty. However, these two are under the control of these aristocratic families. In a sense, they are the hands of these aristocratic families to reach overseas. In fact, this was the same in the past. What did Li Dan say in Manila? He is not the huge clan of the Li family in Quanzhou, but it was not integrated in the past.

Now it's integrated.

Therefore, when dealing with the emperor, Nanyang Company can only act as a thug.

After all, the real master behind them is these aristocratic families.

"Master, someone on the shore calls us!"

The sailor watching on the mast overhead shouted.

Zhang Jingquan quickly turned his gaze to what he pointed, then raised his telescope...

"Hurry, it's Mr. Li!"

He said.

"No, Ge Li seems to be reminding us!"

The captain beside him said, holding a telescope.

This title was first used by the Red Turban Army, but it is learned in this way by all parties at present.

Zhang Jingquan held up a telescope and looked at Li Tingji riding a horse on the shore. The latter was under the escort of hundreds of merchant groups, and there were several red and green robes inside. Although he couldn't see clearly from a distance, he could clearly see that he was running away at a glance. Ge Lao Li's hand was pointing to the west, as if reminding him that something was going on upstream.

He turned the telescope upstream in confusion.

"Where do you get so many ships?"

The observation whistle screamed.

And at the same time, the same screams sounded from other warships.

This time he brought a total of twelve fighting ships, which were left by the navy, and there were thirty armed merchant ships full of soldiers. These were requisitioned by him in Macau. In fact, he had been in charge of Humen before. Although he had never thought that such a thing would happen, he still had to be in charge of Humen during the special period. After all, he had to make sure that the navy would not have problems, especially those lower-level sailors, who would not turn against each other. The navy basically knew about this. Although those sailors were all from Fujian,...

I can't guarantee that everything is foolproof!

What's more, the fortress guards of Humen are those Lu Yong and Guangdong.

At this moment, all the sailors on these warships, Lu Yong, who was riding in the warship, ran out, including the armed merchant ship behind, and soon the deck was full of people.

They were all looking upstream with astonishment.

On the upstream Pearl River, accompanied by the gradually clear drum sound, a colorful dragon boat first appeared in their field of vision.

The drummer on the dragon boat was struggling hard.

The dragon boat that was rumbling with the drums came towards him smoothly as if he was flying.

All the paddlers rowed hard.

Behind this dragon boat are more dragon boats. They are like dragon boat races, downstream along the wide Pearl River. Behind the dragon boats are more civilian boats, sea boats that use sails, centipede boats that trade offshore, flat-bottomed black boats in shallow water. Soon, even the small folk sampans, ferries, fishing boats, and the most exaggerated ones are the pleasure boats on Haopan Street. In short, all the scattered and floating manned boats appear in front of them.

With these dragon boats as their forefronts, they formed floating land on the Pearl River that seemed to cover everything, and then directly hit them.

"Dang, dock quickly, are they crazy?"

The captain screamed.

His fighting ship is actually a frigate-level. Although he is not afraid of these messes, the problem is that he cannot just bump into it.

"Fire the gun, fire the gun!"

A very faint sound came from the shore.

The captain looked there in shock, and a green robe official was shouting in Minnan dialect.

Zhang Jingquan also looked there.

At this time, the dragon boats had arrived. There was a big flag in front of the dragon boat. On the flag was written in a hurry with a brush to protect the country and fight against rebellion, and to fight against traitors.

He woke up instantly.

"Fire the gun and stop them!"

He shouted without hesitation.

But the soldiers looked at each other...

"Master, these are all local people. We can't stay here after firing the fire."

The captain said carefully.

Zhang Jingquan hesitated too.

"Master, we have to do business after all, and we can't do such things. Why are those big men doing their business? We are just doing things on orders, but we have to have a way of doing things on orders. We are all making a living at sea. If we do such conscience, Mazu will not bless you in the future."

The captain whispered.

At the same time, the dragon boat that arrived first leaned directly onto a fighting ship next to it. The young and strong on it threw out their hooks and began to climb upwards. Several Fujian sailors wanted to scare their guns, but at the same time, a young and strong shouted in Cantonese. Lu Yong, who was still at a loss on the deck, immediately cursed, and then raised his gun to push away the Fujian sailors. The young and strong immediately climbed onto the deck. More young and strong climbed up behind them, and Lu Yong also raised his gun to threaten the sailors.

The latter was not ready to do anything at all, but when he saw this, he cursed and retreated, allowing the young and strong to board the ship.

At this time, the civilian ships flocked in, instantly covering the water surface around these warships. More people rushed downstream to the warships and armed merchant ships behind. The young and strong men flocked to occupy these warships and merchant ships one by one, just like the undead legion in the Lord of the Rings.

Including this one from Zhang Jingquan.

The green robe official on the shore was still urging them to open fire.

Zhang Jingquan looked at him, then looked at his subordinates who had fired, and finally sighed helplessly.

And at the same time, several young and strong climbed onto the deck...
Chapter completed!