At present, several streets outside the Duke of Liao are amazing. The wealthy families from all over the south of the Yangtze River come here to take a look, which is also an eye-opener.

In a place that is as rich as the south of the Yangtze River, it is rare to see such wide streets. Such neat and orderly regulations. Compared with those poetic and picturesque alleys, such streets have the same color and are paved with stone strips and stone slabs, without any carvings or patterns, but in this neatness and solemnity, there is another beauty.

There are no doors on both sides of the street, just black painted doors. There are plaques above the door, which read a certain number and a certain shop. There are solemn men and guards in front of the door, and there are areas on both sides where carriages and horses are parked.

These shops are all well-known names where they are placed. The big words on the plaque will make people look awe-inspiring. The guys here don’t have any attentive smiles on their faces, but they are somewhat reserved. Only when guests come to the door will they receive them without being humble or arrogant.

Walking on this street, no matter how unrestrained the person is, he can feel the pressure. He will become light-hearted when walking, for fear that he will disturb others and seem to have no rules.

After seeing this, a person who had been an official in the capital, he talked about it in a private banquet, saying that the temperament of these streets was vaguely similar to the style of the Mingmen in the capital. The man also said that this was not a transcendence. Thinking about the amazing amount of money that the shops in these streets had every year, it was not an exaggeration to have such a style.

In fact, it was not the case at the beginning, but Wang Tong, who had seen the commercial style of that era, also had the same requirements for the various fronts of the Sanjiang system. If he could open a business on these streets outside, he was the most outstanding business giant in the Ming Dynasty. Seeing this style, he naturally had to follow suit.

Beyond these important streets, there are various restaurants and even quite high-end brothels. These are the places where business and friendship are discussed, and everyone must have such a cooperation to lubricate.

Wang Tong often sits in a teahouse. This teahouse is almost built specifically for Wang Tong by the Sanjiang system. One side is facing a small garden. The scenery is quite good. Wang Tong usually sits in the compartment to enjoy the tea and see the scenery.

This teahouse is the most advanced in this area. Generally, the first and second persons sent by merchants in Songjiang are qualified to come to have tea and chat. Everyone is gentle and gentle. As a side note, this teahouse uses a membership system and cannot be obtained by spending money. It is necessary to obtain the brand. The distribution of this brand is the head office of Sanjiang Bank and the Jinyiwei is responsible for the review. The brand here is already a symbol of Songjiang Mansion.

After three months of the 20th year of Wanli, Wang Tong always took about one or two hours a day to meet and chat with some guests for a long time.

The guests invited were not commercial elites or official figures. They were all ship owners and maritime merchants anchored at Songjiang Port, especially those who ran through Luguo and North Korea. It is a great honor for them to be invited by Wang Tong to inquire.

The inquiry content is very simple, which is the situation of North Korea and Japan, humanities, geography, and political structure. Wang Tong wants to know as long as it is related.

But the sea owners and sea merchants are just doing trade. What they know is what they know at the port. What surprised Wang Tong was that many people actually had Koreans and hunched people on their boats to do sailors, which was more convenient. Asking locals would be more intuitive.

However, these sailors don’t know much. They work hard on the boat across the ocean, and they are the bottom of society, so how can they know a lot?

"The place in Goryeo is very poor, and the land you can grow is in the hands of the Li family and the Jin family. What is the name of Class 2 of Civil and Military Affairs? If you are not in the family of these Class 2, you will never be a high-ranking official in your entire life..."

"He, the King of Korea, was not as good as a second-class wealthy businessman in Tianjin. If he could eat white rice in every meal in North Korea, he would be a great wealthy family..."

"He is not even as good as the military households who farm in Daming! The sea monkey was in Incheon and used hundreds of subordinates, and ran thousands of North Korean soldiers everywhere like driving sheep. Some of the seamen were more capable of fighting, and they all pretended to be beating the enemy everywhere, and they also worked for the sea owners..."

"The North Korea is so powerful that it values ​​culture and martial arts. In the Ming Dynasty, this martial artist is still somewhat decent. In the North Korean family, two brothers. If someone learns literature and someone learns martial arts, the one who learns literature is studying in the hall. The one who learns martial arts is like a slave in a boat..."

"The young man used to sell some things to Seoul and was familiar with a few local rich people. Their small court in North Korea was very involved. The family often had a glory this month. In the second month, the whole family confiscated many of the small businesses. They lost money in this way..."

"To talk about North Korea and Lukou, to put it bluntly, the south of North Korea is the granary of the famous Kyushu and the Western Kingdom. You can buy shameless people with decent money and go directly to fight..."

All kinds of news gathered over, and Wang Tong finally understood what the state of North Korea is. He is really poor and weak, and he is partially corrupt and corrupt. Such a country is really vulnerable.

However, next to Japan, the place is different from that of North Korea. Wang Tong also felt that he had opened his eyes and started to ask someone to inquire about it as a business, but later, Wang Tong found that he was also very interested in this.

"If you say that you have no knowledge, you have no knowledge. The stone pottery that we have passed the Ming Dynasty can be sold at a high price. However, there are frequent exchanges between them and Flangji in the Netherlands, and they have a lot of knowledge about overseas..."

"Everyone says destiny. Look at it, that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is also considered to have destiny from the turtle country. When you step by step, you will be a person with great luck!"

"They also use Yongle Tongbao on the hunched man, but the little one who boldly said that, the old man knew what was going on..."

"There is really rich over the huren! The sea of ​​gold and silver is a saying, but there are really such places in the huren. There are gold and silver mines in the size of a county, and there are not one. And they also produce copper. Tsk, they have all the treasures and copper coins..."

"Talking about this in front of the master is also a show of excuses. The younger ones don't know much, but when transporting candy, silk and raw silk, these items are huge profits. Then, with the cheap silver price on the huren, it is even more amazing..."

"I have seen the silence of the army of the hunchman. There are firearms, but they are all installed in the city. They also have a business called the big tube. They hold each other and ignite and fire. Most of them are iron cannons. The name is big, but they are actually muskets. The small ones are small, so they dare not speak nonsense. The iron cannon of the hunchman seems to be similar to the muskets of the man, but the size is different..."

"The hunched man is ruthless. When our Ming Dynasty moves a large army, it is said to be 700,000, but in fact it is more than 100,000. Then it is good if you can fight only 100,000 or 20,000. The hunched man also likes to claim it, but if they are real 100,000 soldiers, then there is no discount for 100,000 soldiers..."

"The hunched man has no boat, a bunch of bad guys who can't even use nails. That little house, probably, is a dish on Taihu Lake. Master Liao can also tear them. He has to rely on the Ming Dynasty ship, the prince, or the grandson is in vain. It is said that he has become a fat man..."

Compared with North Korea, Japan has too much information, and Wang Tong feels that he has gained a lot. However, Wang Tong can also analyze the results from the words of these sea owners and sea merchants. For example, North Korea cannot last for too long in the face of Japan's offensive.

These news combined with Wang Tong's own analysis, after Yang Sichen compiled the memorial, the fast horse went to the capital. In addition, the fast horse headed to Tianjin Wei. After the official documents arrived, no business or merchants were allowed to trade with Shen Fang and his affiliated personnel, otherwise they would be treated as Tong Lu.

There are now two ports with close trade with the Luguo, Tianjin Wei and Songjiang Prefecture, where bulk goods enter and exit, and these two places are controlled by Wang Tong, so it is very easy to cut them off.

However, the messenger also brought Wang Tong's message, which was to ask Shen Wu's subordinates and vassals to escape, and to sell personal favors in private.

This is not for business, but for exploring the news of the Lu Kingdom through this injustice line. Wang Tong knew that the matter was sensitive, so he also informed the capital in a secret letter.

There was no objection to Wang Tong's decision in the palace. The crime of "Tonglu" was the most unlikely to be forgiven among the various crimes of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not too much to punish.

It was already early May when the messenger came back, and he brought the latest news from the capital. The capital of North Korea Seoul had fallen and the North Korean king had fled to Pyongyang. However, even the North Korean envoys who were asking for help were extremely pessimistic and believed that Pyongyang could not be held for too long.

The identity of the Korean envoy, the identity of the North Korean king, and the authenticity of these things were confirmed, and the Japanese army that landed in the landed also had a rough estimate...

When Wang Tong saw the letters transferred from the capital, he was shocked. The Korean envoy said that the Japanese army had a total of less than 40,000 people. If you didn’t understand this, Wang Tong himself would think that this was the army that the Koreans colluded with the botched gang to harm the Ming Dynasty. There were less than 40,000, and they pushed all the way from Busan to Pyongyang. After all, you are a country and don’t care about your own face.

Wang Tong could guess this thought, but he was simply to make the rogue's words weaker so that the Ming army could send troops. If the opponent was too strong, the Ming army might be worried and unwilling to enter the court.

"Although Luguo is a bastard, the Li family and North Korea are not a good thing!"

Wang Tong came to the conclusion.
Chapter completed!