Returning to the city from Dagukou, Chen Yansheng saw a large number of young and strong people along the way. Under the leadership of many officials, he either repaired and expanded the river or built the road. Even if he returned to Tianjin Acropolis, he could see it.

A large number of young and strong people are busy doing their own jobs inside and outside the Acropolis.

‘Fortunately, there is a silver allocated by Your Majesty from the treasury. Otherwise, if you want to change it in Tianjin, it would be a good cook who would not cook without rice.’

When he returned to the prefectural office, Chen Yansheng secretly sighed: "Your Majesty said very wisely at the beginning. If you want to make a change in the place, you must start from development and construction.

Only when people gather more will they gather popularity.

As more popularity gathers, prosperity will follow.

But this development and construction is really difficult and there are too many problems encountered. Can Tianjin really bring about the changes His Majesty expects in my hands?’

Sitting on this official hat and chair, looking at the official letters placed on the table, Chen Yansheng's eyebrows showed fatigue. He had not had a good sleep since he took office in Tianjin.

There are so many things that he needs to solve.

The talents in Zhili Prefecture, Tianjin are still being screened and tempered. Although the selected young scholars have high fighting spirit and enthusiasm, they still have to go a long way to go if they want to stand alone.

"The magistrate, from the side of the fujing, a few Folang Jimen came over." Wei Guangzhi walked into the office, saw his magistrate, bowed and said, "According to what they said, I heard that our Tianjin side has released the sea ban, and I want to

If you want to trade with us, will the magistrate meet them?"

"Call them here."

Chen Yansheng frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Call the person who leads the leader here. I hope that what he sees this time is a truly powerful maritime businessman."

"Here!"

Wei Guangzhi responded immediately.

Since the opening of Tianjin, several groups of Western maritime merchants have been docked to Tianjin one after another. Chen Yansheng also met several maritime merchants, but during the conversation, he found that these Western maritime merchants were not strong enough.

Nowadays, the development of Tianjin, especially the reconstruction of Tianjin Acropolis, the renovation and widening of rivers, and the rectification of roads, have caused many refugees and disaster victims to be placed in Tianjin and participated in these projects. The corvee service was in Tianjin.

It's gone, but Chen Yansheng is also under great pressure.

The development of Tianjin Zhili Prefecture can accept the first batch of allocations of treasury, the second batch or even the third batch, but can you always accept it?

It’s difficult in Tianjin, but not the Ming Dynasty?

Chen Yansheng knew better than anyone else that if the pressure his emperor was under was not enough to achieve financial self-sufficiency after Tianjin opened its sea, and could even pay more taxes to the treasury, wouldn’t that be too incompetent?

"Dear Mr. Taizhou, will the opening of the sea in Tianjin continue to continue?"

Under the leadership of Wei Guangzhi, Anthony, a Portuguese, came to this office, bowed his head slightly and said straight to the point: "I represent my company and want to negotiate with the teacher."

"Is it John's Company? Or a company opened in other countries?!"

When Chen Yansheng heard this, his eyes opened slightly, stared at the Folang Ji person in front of him, and said, "What position do you hold in your company? What kind of power can you exercise?"

Anthony was stunned. He did not expect that under the northern border of Ming Dynasty, there would be officials from Ming Dynasty who knew the name of John's company.

Actually, Chen Yansheng didn’t know that all of this was a secret decree issued by Emperor Chongzhen, which made Chen Yansheng know in his heart that there was a group of John’s company in the South China countries far away from the Ming Dynasty.

Even people from the Europa countries, such as England, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, gradually understood through that secret decree.

In Europa, thousands of miles apart from the Ming Dynasty, people have a prosperous maritime trade and have traveled all over the world with domestic ocean trade.

It was just Anthony who came to visit, not from John's company.

With the development of ocean trade, the Europa people led by Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and England have opened up new routes. In India, which is rich in resources, they have successively established their colonial rule, and even extended their tentacles to the countries of the Southeast Asian countries.

Inland.

The John Company that Chen Yansheng mentioned is the British East India Company.

And those who are stronger than him are the Dutch East India Company.

Even people from Europe countries have opened many East India companies.

It was only as time passed that England established a maritime overlord that the name of the East India Company eventually fell on them.

Chen Yansheng frowned and said, "Answer my questions positively."

"Dear Mr. Magistrate, I represent my own East India Company and a director of our company." Anthony, who was unsure, thought for a while and spoke.

"How could I know about John's Company if I don't know Mr. Zhizhou? I remember..."

Chen Yansheng didn't care about what Anthony said. At this time, he was thinking in his heart that it was not the two companies that ranked high.

'According to His Majesty's secret decree, there are very few Portugal's forces, and they have been occupied by the Netherlands, and even England is stronger than him.

So can this East India Company represented by Anthony be called Tianjin to open up wealth? The silk, tea, porcelain and other items of the Ming Dynasty are very popular in various countries in Europe.

If the news of Tianjin opening the sea through the person in front of us can spread to the Southeast Asian regions, it will inevitably attract a large number of Western merchants.

As long as this momentum of opening up can continue to advance, the tariffs imposed by the Customs Office alone will be a considerable amount of taxes.’

Chen Yansheng, who thought about these things clearly, gradually had an idea in his mind.

Perhaps the East India Company represented by Anthony is not the strongest, but the results of using him to buy horse bones will definitely be good.

"I still have a lot of government affairs to deal with, so I won't say that nonsense."

Chen Yansheng's eyes were firm and he looked at Anthony and said, "Tianjin will continue to promote the opening of the sea. And in our Ming Dynasty, Tianjin is the only place to open the sea.

If you have the intention to trade, you can bring the news back, including overseas grain, spices, etc., which can be brought to Tianjin for transactions.

Tianjin is very welcome to friendly European countries, but if anyone dares to make mistakes, I will punish you severely.

Later... he will lead you to familiarize yourself with the Tianjin Trade Regulations. You all over the European countries, the popular tea, silk, porcelain, etc., can be purchased in Tianjin."
Chapter completed!