Qin Li had just had this idea, and a person who was surrounding Qin Wu suddenly turned his head and looked in this direction.

It was like a basin of ice water pouring down from his head, Qin Li suddenly lowered his head, and his murderous intent melted without a trace in an instant. The man just now was Hu Bugui. He was once the most important guest official of the Zhou family in Bozhou, so Qin Li naturally recognized it.

That's a master.

Qin Li is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. When he went out, how could there be no such master guard around him? Qin Li lowered his head and smiled bitterly. He was so sad that he was so sad that he had just been shocked. If he just rushed out like this and wanted to assassinate Qin Wu, he would probably die worthless.

Until Qin Wu got in the car and left, Qin Li never raised his head again.

A few days later, when Qin Li appeared in Baoqing Port, Changyang County again, he had become the representative of a Qi merchant, who would escort a batch of goods to sea on behalf of the Qi merchant.

The sea is the world of Ming Kingdom. If the sea merchants of Qi go to sea on their own, the risk is extremely great, because they not only have to fight against the wind and waves on the sea, but also have to deal with the pirates on the sea. In fact, everyone knows that the so-called pirates are just pretended by the Ming Navy. On this route, there are no pirates. They have long been wiped out by the Ming Navy. The Qi State tried to open up a new route, and to this day, it is just a paper plan.

However, the huge profits of overseas trade have made Qi businessmen salivate. Since going overseas will become a fatty meat in the eyes of others, then we can only find another way.

Cooperating with Ming merchants became their only choice. They paid Ming merchants a considerable agency fee, and these Ming merchants transported the goods to sea in their name.

The maritime merchants in the past of Ming Dynasty were naturally unwilling to do it, but this did not prevent other Ming merchants who were not financially strong and were interested in making a fortune in overseas trade were willing to do such things.

This extremely secret transaction at the beginning became almost a semi-public form after Ming Qi signed the peace agreement. The Ming State did not prohibit such transactions for some reason. It only had some restrictions on the goods exported by merchants in Qi State, and only allowed exports to some goods that were not or had insufficient production capacity in the Ming State as a supplement to overseas trade.

The sea ship Qin Li was riding was extremely large. It was a new ship that had just begun to be manufactured by the Qing Shipyard in Ming Guoguo in the past two years. The new ship was extremely large in size and was slightly larger than the three-masted warship of Sanming Kingdom's main battleship. It also adopted the latest drive system modified by Xu Lai in Ming Kingdom at that time. It used fewer sailors, but the speed of the larger ship was greatly improved.

This is the latest merchant ship independently developed by Baoqing Shipyard after accumulating rich experience in building large ships after building two five-layer warships, the Ming and Daqin. The new ship adopts new technology, which greatly increases the cargo capacity of a ship. Although it is much more expensive than the previous merchant ships, merchants are still eager to do so. You must know that every time you go to sea now, there are still great risks. Although pirates do not exist for Ming Dynasty maritime merchants, the power of nature is not something that humans can fight against.

The insurance for maritime merchants launched by Wang Yueyao at that time became the favorite of maritime merchants, because for them, although they paid a lot of money, they could at least get back their capital when they were really unlucky. When the damaged maritime merchants got the full amount of the goods, they made it a must-do for maritime merchants to go to sea.

The business of the Insurance Federation is no longer limited to maritime business, but has expanded quite a lot of industries. Various strange insurance businesses have appeared on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty. However, after years of exploration, the business scope of the Insurance Federation has gradually been fixed. After Qin Feng returned, Qin Feng, who had recovered his memories of his previous life, attached great importance to the cash cow of the Insurance Federation. With his personal inquiries, the insurances based on people in the previous life were released one by one.

In the Ming Dynasty, local citizens with better economic conditions have become no longer unfamiliar with the insurance business. Taking out a small amount of money to buy a safe place is a good choice for ordinary people. For the Ming Dynasty, the annual income of the Insurance Federation has become an important source of national finance.

This year, the west drought and flooding are caused by heavy losses. Compared with the people in the western region who have suffered heavy losses, the people in the eastern counties have suffered little losses, because most of them have taken insurance in the Insurance Federation and finally received compensation from the Insurance Federation.

It seems that the Insurance Federation lost money in Dongdi this year, but for the Ming court, it saved a lot of money for disaster relief and relief, and used it for the people and used it for the people. After this flood disaster in Dongdi, a new round of insurance purchases was set off there. Because the difference between what you bought and what you didn’t buy is really too big.

Those who buy it will be compensated, and their losses will be minimized. After the disaster, they can quickly return to their previous living standards. Although those who have not bought it can receive state relief, this relief only ensures that you can survive.

How can the huge difference not arouse everyone's attention to insurance? This frenzy in the east gradually spread in other directions, and a major disaster has greatly expanded the business of the Insurance Federation. Even in Chu, such as Shangjing City, the four counties in the south, and the six counties in the east, the insurance business gradually flourished.

Of course, it is still extremely difficult to promote insurance in the West, because the people there are so poor.

Because of huge interests, the Insurance Federation was completely state-owned, and private capital was banned from entering this industry. Although this law rule had encountered great resistance in the Political Affairs Hall, it was eventually forcibly promulgated by Jin Jingnan. How could Jin Jingnan allow private capital to get a share of such a cash cow?

Although the private capitals that first entered the insurance industry were reluctant, they had to choose to withdraw in the face of powerful imperial machines.

Now Jin Jingnan even wants to take the Insurance Federation out of the Commercial Department, and stand alone like the Railway Corporation and the Canal Corporation. However, this time he encountered fierce resistance from Wang Yueyao. Because of Wang Yueyao's special identity, although Jin Jingnan tried many ways, he has not been approved in the Political Affairs Hall so far.

You should know that although Wang Yueyao's father Wang Hou was dead, he was still the first Duke of the Ming Dynasty and the first Minister of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty. Her husband Shu Chang was the highest official of the Imperial Medical Office. He owed him countless favors because of his god-like medical skills. The strong financial resources of the Ministry of Commerce and his deep connections made Jin Jingnan helpless for a while. He wanted to seek the emperor's help, but in this matter, the emperor hummed hahaha and refused to express his attitude.

Qin Li stood on the top of the merchant ship and watched the merchant ship slowly sail out of Baoqing's port, getting farther and farther away from the land, his face looked extremely pale.

This was his first time to truly leave this continent, perhaps the last time, because he had the opportunity to come back, even a person who was extremely strong inside like him was not sure at all.

He not only wanted to go to Manila, but also to the farther West, where to find a strong support for Qi that can compete with Ming at sea. Not to mention whether the mission can be completed, just passing the way will be full of obstacles.

It has now been confirmed that the former commander of the Chu domestic guard Lei Wei was in Manila. The little bit of power that Qi finally established was destroyed by Lei Wei. This is a ruthless man. Qin Li now has a full understanding of this person. If he wants to survive, Lei Wei is the first level he has to pass.

He wanted to rebuild the power of Qi in Manila and find a guide who could take him to a distant place in the West. Even if he finally arrived at that strange place and had nothing and had a dark look, how could he carry out his own mission smoothly?

To describe his mission this time as a life-long death, I am afraid that it will not explain the difficulties he will face.

"Brother, is it the first time I went to sea?" A man slapped his shoulder heavily, and a hearty laughter sounded in his ears. Without looking back, just this laughter made Qin Li know that the person behind him was Wu Guoyong, the owner of the merchant ship.

"The first time going out to sea." Qin Li turned around and nodded: "If my family had not encountered a hurdle that could not be overcome, I wouldn't have taken this trip to Haier."

"Don't be afraid, nothing is wrong!" Wu Guoyong laughed and said, "I have been running this route for several years. From the initial small merchant ship to the current big ship, there has never been any trouble. Your boss came to me, because he has the vision."

"This ship is pretty good." Qin Li nodded.

"It's not just good." Wu Guoyong said proudly: "This is the best merchant ship in our Ming Dynasty. When I knew there was a new ship, I ran to order the ship. Although I took a big risk at that time, I not only invested all my sea trade income for several years, but also put on all the things I could use as collateral to borrow from the bank, but everything was worth it. According to the current income, after a year, I can recover all my investments, and this ship became my net worth, hahaha!"

"Is this ship really that good?"

"Of course." Wu Guoyong laughed and said, "This is built according to the standards of warships. If there is really a war in the future, merchant ships like us will become warships as long as they are slightly transformed."

Qin Li's heart trembled, looking at several of the same new merchant ships that went out to sea at the same time as them. Isn't this a replica of Qin Feng's hidden soldiers at the sea? It's just that people are replacing them with warships. The people are also paying for the order. During the war, with a command, they will become their combat power. Why hasn't anyone reported this information to the superior before?

"What should you do if you take a big risk and finally save such a boat. Then you will be taken to war by the court and you will be wiped out all at once? Then you will have nothing?" Qin Li asked.

"How could it be?" Wu Guoyong laughed: "No wonder, you are a Qi person, and it is normal for you not to understand our Ming Dynasty. First of all, I have taken insurance for this ship. This includes compensation if you lose money if you lose money by the state. Moreover, if the country really wants to requisition, it will not ask us for nothing. It will cost you rent. How much money is a day, it will not be missing me. Our Emperor Majesty has never been a person who breaks his promise. Third, if you really want to fight, can the little power on Qi's sea be our opponent? I still hope that the court can rent it for a few more days. If I sit at home, I can gain a lot, and I don't have to risk such a great thing or encounter storms. Such a great thing can't be expected."
Chapter completed!