Chapter 357 The Clouds of All Parties 2
As soon as he stepped into the hall, Shen Yourong saw Ruan Fuyuan sitting in a precarious position, and squinted his eyes to look at it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAs a pioneer master, his clothes are not flashy, nor is it the style of a wide robe with large sleeves, but just a tight suit made of ordinary cotton, and he is still made of Matsue cloth.
Ruan Fuyuan's figure is relatively thin, although he is a little older at this time, his eyes are still bright, and he looks very capable. He is the true founder of Quang Nam, and since him, Quang Nam has stood firm and is not in danger of overturning at any time.
After that, Nguyen Phuc became the national surname of Quang Nam to show the difference from his predecessors, until his descendants were destroyed by the Tay Son Dynasty and restored again, he reverted to the original Nguyen surname and became the last feudal dynasty in Vietnamese history, the Nguyen Dynasty.
Ruan Fuyuan was sitting, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the hall was a little solemn, and then he felt a burning gaze scanning him back and forth, he seemed to realize something, and when he looked back, he happened to see Shen Yourong standing at the door.
Their gazes intertwined in the air, and then they parted with a touch.
Looking at each other, Shen Yourong didn't move, just stood quietly in place, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, as if smiling, and as if sarcastic. The same is true of Ruan Phuc Yuan, sitting on a chair, twisting his head to look at the door, without a trace of movement.
One was reluctant to step forward, the other was unwilling to get up to greet him, and the scene was deadlocked.
"Humph!" Shen Yourong was full of confidence, snorted coldly, unwilling to wait, and as soon as his body shook, he wanted to turn around and leave. It's just that he just moved, and Ruan Fuyuan seemed to see it, and immediately stood up and said in a loud voice, "Ruan Fuyuan, a small citizen of Xiaguo, has seen General Shen of Shangguo. ”
He walked two steps quickly, came to the door, folded his hands, bent down deeply, made a long salute, and then listened to the self-proclaimed, the small people of the country, this posture was quite low.
Shen Yourong is not a unforgiving lord, seeing that the other party has put himself in the right position, and he is not holding his identity, he replied lightly, "Admiral Shen Yourong of the Ming Dynasty has seen the lord of Guangnan, and the lord of the country does not need to be polite." ”
He casually bowed his hand even if he returned the salute, his attitude was very casual, and Ruan Fuyuan was angry when he saw it, but he couldn't do it. Shen Yourong ignored his inner thoughts, walked straight inside, and then sat down on the main seat in the hall.
"Who are you?" After sitting down, he saw a person on his right, holding a teacup, looking at him incessantly, so he asked out loud.
"In Xia Tao Weici, Gong Tian is the military advisor of the lord of Guangnan, and I have seen General Shen of Shangguo here." Tao Weici stood up and saluted respectfully, and introduced himself by the way.
"Oh, literati, then you can stay." Hearing that it was a strategist or something, he couldn't drive the other party away, so he let him stay.
At the gate, Ruan Fuyuan stood stiffly, Shen Yourong's rudeness made him respond to every call on weekdays, and he was a little embarrassed, and his face was very unbearable. That attitude of casual and ignorant made him angry on the spot, ordering the soldiers to take them down.
But he didn't dare.
Not to mention the army of warships floating outside the port at this time, just the identity of General Shen Yourong Daming doomed him to be powerless to control it.
"Huh." He pulled his stiff face, tried to put on a smiling shape, and then did it to the left position, which was originally done by him, but was snatched by Shen Yourong, and he had to sit in the position originally prepared for Shen Yourong.
In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Ruan Phuc Yuan sat down and said, "This time, I heard that the general of Shangguo came to buy grain locally, and the small people were overjoyed. ”
After that, he handed over a piece of paper, and when Shen Yourong looked at it, he found that it was a voucher that recorded the entry and exit of grain, and in the end it totaled 100,000 quintals. Enough for him to fill the ship and more.
Shen Yourong looked at the other party's behavior, and knew that this little heart was probably given away in vain, as for what the other party had intentions, he didn't know yet, but out of keen instinct, he shook his head and refused.
"I also ask the lord of the country to take it back, Your Majesty ordered General Ben to come to buy food, not to accept his wishes, and General Ben will not dare to disobey the holy decree and bear the crime of bullying the king." Shen Yourong is just a general, and as a soldier, the most important thing is to obey orders.
When the emperor asked him to come and buy grain, he absolutely could not come to buy salt, nor could he accept free grain from others, he must buy it. The transports he had brought with him had enough silver dollars to be spent. If he came over to buy a few thousand loads of grain, Shen Yourong might be bold, accept someone else's gift and bring it back, turn around and swallow the silver dollar privately.
With a full 500,000 taels of grain to buy, he didn't dare to make a small move at all, and he didn't even dare to have this idea. Now the general's treatment is very good, the salary is high, the benefits are good, I heard that there is any pension, Shen Yourong doesn't want to do much, he just wants to take the fleet well and leave enough legacy.
Moreover, in the emperor's will, he also said that the 500,000 silver dollars must be spent, so that the countries of the South Seas can accept the silver dollars of the Ming Dynasty, just as they accept the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty, so that the silver dollars can circulate in Vietnam and become a regional international currency.
Of course, the detailed reasons were not written in the will, and Shen Yourong himself couldn't figure out the deep meaning contained in it, but this did not prevent him from carrying out the emperor's instructions. 300,000 taels of silver, all of which were used to buy grain. If you can't transport it once, you will take it away several times, and you must exchange the silver dollar for grain.
Shen Yourong's chewing made Ruan Fuyuan's face unbearable again, after all, he was in a hurry to give gifts to others, but he was rejected, and this taste was uncomfortable for anyone. Tao Weici, who was sitting next to him, also frowned, he couldn't figure out what was the reason for the other party's refusal.
Doesn't he understand that if you accept the gift of 100,000 quintals, you can keep the corresponding grain for yourself? Well, even if our grain is nominally given to the Ming Emperor, you don't dare to stretch out your hand, but if you bring back an extra 100,000 loads of grain, will the emperor be unhappy?
"General, we can also give a little more as the general's reward......." Tao Weici thought that the other party didn't understand the joints in this, so he opened his mouth and gave some more, but before he finished speaking, he was categorically interrupted by Shen Yourong.
"Ahem!" He coughed, put the teacup heavily on the coffee table, and said sharply, "Please also ask the military advisor to be cautious, this general is here to run an errand, not to come to fight the autumn breeze, don't you think that I, Shen Yourong, am the kind of person who has a wine bag and a rice bag?!" ”
These unswerving words made Ruan Fuyuan and Tao Weici look at each other, and the two glanced at each other, and they had some realization in their hearts, and it seemed that this gift could not be sent.
They were very confused in their hearts, what was the idea of this Shen Yourong, or the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty behind him, and he didn't eat the meat when it came to his mouth. You must know that Guangnan is already poor and sparsely populated, and these 100,000 quintals of grain have been accumulated by him to loot the people.
This is also a moment and a half will not be able to make up, the scene is only a list, to really get so much food, at least a month. Now that the other party doesn't want it, Ruan Fuyuan can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he doesn't have to bleed heavily.
But I also wondered in my heart, did the other party have other plans or did he have too much appetite? Thinking of this, Ruan Phuc Yuan continued to give full play to his social strengths, not to let the scene cool down, after the conversation just now, the emotions in his heart had long calmed down, and it did not affect his actions.
"Haha, the general has other plans, that is, Xiaomin has one more move. In that case, we will not talk about business, and we will not talk about business. Ruan Fuyuan laughed, and then introduced, "The general is the first time to come to this place in Quang Nam, although this Quang Nam is in a remote location, but it also has a different style, why not take the old man as a guide and take the general here to take a good walk?" ”
"That's fine, wouldn't it be too bad for General Ben to refuse again." Unlike just now, Shen Yourong was very talkative this time, and agreed after a little thought.
"Very good, very good, the general's demeanor in the country, and the general is just close to the general." Tao Weici also echoed in his voice, he said that it was not a lie, it was true that he was close, and it was also true to get some news of Daming by the way.
"Haha, General, please!" Nguyen Phuc Yuan laughed actually.
"The lord of the country, please!" Shen Yourong gave in slightly and let the other party go first.
Next, he followed Nguyen Phuc Yuan to the city for banquets, traveled and made friends with the people on the stage of Quang Nam National High School, and in the following days, he even went north to Hue and visited the palace of Nguyen Phuc Yuan, which has a small Forbidden City.
As for the task of purchasing grain, he handed over the task of purchasing grain to his deputy, and opened up the purchase in the port of Feifu, and the demand for its quantity was so great that the Western merchants who came and went could not help but be blushing, and they went to various islands in the South Seas to sell the grain of the natives and trade with it.
With Shen Yourong's stay, the news of the Ming fleet's visit to Fifu Port spread throughout the Indochina Peninsula and even the Malay Peninsula like wings. Chenla, Siam, Koping Moch, Champong, and even some small countries on the Malay Peninsula have sent envoys to meet them.
Even if it is a hundred or two hundred years past, these small countries still remember the grand scene of Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, but this time, it is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has sent a fleet out of the country since the ban on the sea for many years, and no one can say what it means behind this, and no one can be sure.
The only thing they can do at this time is to come over and investigate, get first-hand information, see the power of the Ming Dynasty, and reserve information for future plans.
About half a month later, in the port of Feifu, the huge naval fleet gradually set sail, this is the first time they purchased grain, a full 100,000 quintals, all going to the country, and then, they will come back again, on the docks, there are still a mountain of their piles of grain.
And with the departure of the fleet, the port of Fifford, or the whole of the South Seas, did not calm down, but began to surge in the undercurrent, and in the invisible tranquility, a great storm brewed.