Li Guodong stayed in Nanjing for a while, and Zhao Feng returned from Zhejiang with the caravan, and they continued to go south because when they broke up in Tongzhou, all the war horses were handed over to the caravan's ships to transport them away.

"Brother, that young master Chen is here again. He brought a batch of grain, saying it was produced in Tongcheng, and sold it to us at a fair price." On that day, while Li Guodong was reading a book in the study in the mansion, He Xing came in to report.

"Chen Wozi is really my confidant!" Li Guodong sighed. He bought grain in Jiangnan. The profitable merchants here knew that the north was suffering from disaster and all offered prices. When they drank with Chen Zilong that day, they just mentioned it casually and took it all to heart. So, he used his own relationship to get a batch of grain for Li Guodong.

Li Guodong quickly put down his book, walked out of the yard, and went to the gate to greet him.

Seeing Chen Zilong, Li Guodong strode forward and bowed deeply to him: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your help! On behalf of the people who were suffering from disaster in the north, I would like to thank you for your son!"

"No need to thank Chen. If Mr. Li wants to thank him, when I thank the Fang family and Zhang family in Tongcheng, I will just talk. The Fang family is very wise and is willing to sell food at a fair price." Chen Zilong hurriedly replied.

The grain sold by the gentry of Tongcheng to Li Guodong was sold at a price of 80 cents of silver per stone, which was definitely a preferential price. From Chen Zilong, it was learned that this was Fang Yizhi's credit. The price of grain in Jiangnan was one liang of grain, and when transported to the north, one liang of grain could be sold for two to three liang of silver. During the Jisi period, the price of grain in the capital even rose to five liang of silver per stone, and no one had to worry about no one buying it.

"Mr. Mizhi and I have never known each other, why are you willing to help me so much?" Li Guodong asked.

Chen Zilong replied: "Brother Mi admires Mr. Li, hoping to discuss medicine and research with him. I heard that the master urgently needs food, so he helped him."

"Then please ask Mr. Wozi to thank Mr. Mizhi for me!"

After Chen Zilong sent a batch of grain, he drank at Li Guodong until late at night before returning to the inn. A few days later, Chen Zilong returned to his hometown in Songjiang.

Zhao Feng's caravan finally came back and brought back a batch of silk, tea and ceramics from Hangzhou and returned with a full load. The war horses that Li Guodong and others handed over to Zhao Feng for the time being were also brought back.

"Brother, you are finally back! I bought a batch of grain here, your caravan transported the grain back to the north, and some of the grain was brought to Manager Wang along the way." After Li Guodong explained to Zhao Feng, he took Han Dashan, He Xing and fifty people at night and embarked on a journey to Hangzhou.

From Nanjing to Hangzhou, riding a horse and taking the land route is the closest road. Li Guodong and his brothers set off from Nanjing. The lakes and mountains along the way were beautiful and the scenery was pleasant. The prosperity and prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River made it impossible to see that the Ming Empire was already in danger.

Seeing this, Li Guodong sighed in his heart: If Chongzhen could travel south, give up the already decaying north, and let the thieves and Jiannu fight to the death by themselves, perhaps the Ming Dynasty could still survive for a hundred years like the Southern Song Dynasty.

As long as Chongzhen was not dead, Hong Chengchou's lies of revenge for Chongzhen could not be deceived by the gentry in the north, and the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty would not exist, and there would be no such mentally retarded theory as using the enemy to pacify the enemy. The four towns in Jiangbei would not collapse so quickly. At least there were Shun troops in the north to help the Ming Dynasty withstood the Qing Dynasty. The Shun army, sandwiched between the Ming army and the Qing army, would not go south like crazy to deal with the Ming court. In short, Chongzhen's arrival at Coal Mountain was the worst result.

In fact, with the wealth of Jiangnan, we can raise an elite army. Can the southerners really not fight? Wrong! The Qi family army and the white-rod soldiers are all southerners? The wolf soldiers in Guangxi and Sanxiang athletes are all bloody men who are good at fighting.

More than 600 miles from Nanjing to Hangzhou, Li Guodong and his group walked for six days and finally saw the towering Hangzhou city wall ahead. Xizi Lake in the west of Hangzhou also came into view.

West Lake is a beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River. Lingyin Temple is deep and far-reaching. Little Tianzhu is elegant and pleasant. Leifeng Pagoda is simple and solemn. From Qiantang Gate in Hangzhou City to Sudi, there are countless pavilions and towers along the way. This is the golden and pink towers of high officials and nobles, and the other is the bamboo fence that smells like chickens and dogs. The restaurant is tall with apricot and yellow flags. The mud stove in the teahouse is burning with red charcoal fires. The people support the elderly and young, and come and go, and a prosperous scene of singing and dancing to peace.

The group came outside Qiantang Gate in Hangzhou. The soldiers guarding the gate saw a large group of people who were obviously carrying a murderous aura that came out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood, so they stepped forward to interrogate.

Li Guodong handed over the waist sign: "I am the second shopkeeper of Dadewang, who came to Hangzhou to buy goods."

The soldier saw the waist sign saying: The Ming Dynasty killed Hukou General, and the Mongolian recruited Li Guodong, and the soldiers did not know the authenticity of the waist sign, so he handed it to a general flag standing behind him.

"It turned out to be General Li who killed General Jiannu! I don't know that General Li is coming! I hope the general will forgive me!" The general's officer quickly knelt on one knee and bowed, "But why did the general come to Jiangnan? If there is no tiger talisman, the general cannot dispatch troops privately."

"I came to do business and did not mobilize officers and soldiers. I only brought fifty servants. Isn't it necessary to have a tiger talisman?"

"It's not necessary to take the servants out. General Li, please come in." The general flag said in his mouth, but he winked at Li Guodong and asked for money. Anyway, this is the territory of Hangzhou. No matter how powerful you are, you, Li Guodong, will not be able to defeat the local snake. Even if the general named Zheng Zhilong from Fujian comes to Hangzhou to do business, you have to pay the money obediently.

"Please take it for tea." Li Guodong stuffed a five-liang silver ingot into the hand of the flag, and another handful of broken silver.

The small official of the General Banner smiled and put the group into the city. Seeing that they were in, the General Banner said to the soldiers: "I have many generals in the Ming Dynasty who do business. The navy in Guangdong, Zhoushan, and Songjiang, who did not go out to sea to earn some money? As long as it is not from Hangzhou, those who do business have to give some money to the city."

After all, the city gate official did not collect the cash for himself, and there were even bigger officials behind him. In fact, some checkpoints in the Ming Dynasty and city gate charges were disguised commercial taxes, but most of the charges were filled with the private pockets of local officials, and the court could not get a copper coin.

Li Guodong came to Hangzhou to catch up with the annual trade fair. Every year, merchants and people from all over the world came to visit, and even in Japan, Folang Ji people also came to attend the event. The silk porcelain tea from Jiangnan, Persian jewelry, Western glass cups, glass mirrors, and various spices from South China. The richness of goods can be said to be all-in-one. In addition to the luxurious needs of gentry, wealthy and nobles, it can also satisfy the curiosity of the people to feast their eyes.

In recent years, the only one in the Chamber of Commerce every year is the Zheng family in Fujian. The Zheng family has done a lot of business, and Zheng Zhilong himself has been recruited by the court. He has become the general officer, with 30,000 naval troops and more than 1,000 warships of all sizes.
Chapter completed!