For a long period of time, China's navigation technology was far ahead in the world. Such as rudders, oars, anchors, sails, docks, compasses, ships, propellers...... These navigation-related hardware and technologies were first created and invented by the ancient Chinese. Since ancient times, there have been people in the Central Plains who have been trying to go to sea, and among these people are diplomatic envoys, maritime merchants and pirates, among which the maritime merchants who pursue interests are the most numerous and the largest. They used silk and fine porcelain from the Central Plains to absorb large quantities of gold and silver from the West. The few sellers of Western gadgets in the Beijing Liuli Factory are one of the maritime merchants.

In his early years, Jia Hu was also tempted. It's just that high returns are inevitably accompanied by high risks, if you are unlucky, you will not get anything from going to sea several times in a row, and the early investment will be wasted. At that time, Jia Hu's family couldn't stand the toss, so he had to give up. Later, when the money was too much, I bought a few ships and followed the maritime merchants.

I don't know if I don't know it, but I know the doorway inside, Jia Hu is really shocked. At this time, the navigation industry was extremely developed, in fact, the "Chinese Age of Discovery" had already appeared in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the "official ship" system of the Yuan Dynasty was also followed in the Great Zhou. The navigation routes in Southeast Asia are very mature, and scurvy and getting lost in the sea rarely happen. In the early days, the Great Zhou Dynasty not only had a few more vassal states in the South China Sea through its maritime agents, but also enriched the treasury with seventy percent of its interests, and the wealth it absorbed was no less than that of Jia Hu in those years.

It is just a lesson from the past of the Yuan Dynasty, although the Great Zhou did not adopt the policy of seclusion and defense like the Ming Dynasty under the appeal of people of insight, and the successive emperors only regarded it as a method to enrich the treasury. Even if they covet the huge interests on the sea, they do not dare to monopolize the market and force the coastal people to rebel.

In fact, Da Zhou's attitude towards navigation was very vague. Not forbidden, not supported. After all, the "official ship" system is there, and the sea is forbidden, but the head of the household department does not agree. But the royal family had no intention of getting involved, and the customs duties were desperately high - the official ships were seventy percent, and the private fleet had to hand over half.

Perhaps because the superiors were not salty or indifferent to this, it can be said that the entire maritime industry suffered a major blow, and there was almost no momentum for continued development. This is where the change Jahu makes.

Under the persuasion of people of insight, Zhou □□ ordered future generations not to ban the sea, but no one could say why. Then Jia Hu handed in a paper →_→Yes, you read that right, an ancient version of an economic paper "On how the Yuan Dynasty rose and died because of the sea".

There is no need to say much about what the content of the paper is (is it really not because the scum author can't make it up→_→ scumbag author: You go! It was only said that after Emperor Chengping, who was still a prince at the time, read it, he was impressed by this young man, and he really regarded him as a person who could be relied on. And the first emperor, who read this ancient version of the paper, was finally less afraid of the ocean.

It wasn't until Jia Hu got potatoes and other crops from the West, which greatly increased the crop yield and allowed the people at the bottom to fill their stomachs, that the first emperor moved his eyes to distant overseas. It's just that people are old, their energy is low, and they are not in a hurry to reform, but on the grounds that the Great Zhou opened up cement, official express delivery, etc., which greatly filled the treasury, the customs tariffs were reduced, which can be regarded as opening up a situation. Later, under the clear statement of the government, various overseas crops were introduced to the Great Zhou one after another, and after Jia Hu joined the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture, he also put forward the proposal of forming a royal navigation team to collect seeds from all over the country specifically for the country.

Since it is a royal navigation team, it is natural that the clan must not participate. With state-of-the-art ships built by the Ministry of Industry, experienced sailors selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and newly-built navies escorting official ships, the clans began to think of subsidizing their families. The old princes of several of their clans took the lead, got together, bought a ship, followed the royal sailing team, and brought silk, porcelain, and even spices of various colors in exchange for gold, silver, gems, and new foreign gadgets of the big ship. Because of the escort and the help of the official ships, the losses were greatly reduced, and almost every year they could get more than 100,000 silver.

Zhou Su is not short of silver, but no one is afraid of a lot of silver. He has a lot of small actors in his house, and the cost is not small.

Jia Hu is also involved in this matter, who makes him half a royal man. It's just that he and Zhou Su are together, and he smiled and said, "Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, I specially ordered them to bring back more seeds." ”

"How much land can the seed occupy?" Zhou Su has great expectations for this, "We have three boats, as long as one of them returns with a full load, I will have a year's expenses." ”

Sincerely speaking, it is not cheap to raise a loyal prince, ordinary people can spend a lifetime of money, and Zhou Su raised his hand and it was gone. If it weren't for the fact that the silver in the old treasury could not be touched and had to be left to his descendants, why would Zhou Su expect a ship to go to sea? There is an industry in the house, but in terms of cash, it is still the most income from going to sea, no wonder Zhou Su is looking forward to it.

After so many years, the private property of the two has been inseparable. In business, you have me, I have you, most of the private money is in Jia Hu's place, and he will "invest", and the other expenses of Zhou Su and the bills will be sent to Jia Hu. This is also a big reason why the two of them are well-known in the capital - the merchants' mouths are not so strict.

Zhou Su talked about the West, Jia Hu looked at his side face, smiled and suggested: "There are maritime merchants who went to sea and came back a few years ago, bringing a lot of new gadgets, it is said that it is a new trend for Westerners, why don't you go to Liulichang to have a look?" ”

The two of them went hand in hand, and when they spent a lot of money in the Xixi shop, Xue Pan's blue nose and swollen eyes were carried back to Xue's house. When asked the reason, Xue Mu was distressed and hateful, and wept and said: "How can the nobles in the capital be so good?" My son, change your character. I already have a Xiangling at home, and I still pull back the smell of incense outside. Seeing that what her mother said was not right, Baochai said shamefully: "Mom, let's ask someone to come to see my brother's injury first." Xue Mu nodded, scolded her for being too ruthless, and blamed Xue Pan for not causing trouble.

Xue Pan slept on the pit, where could he swallow this breath, and shouted: "Mom, you treat others as relatives, but people don't treat your son as relatives!" When asked about the reason, the person who was traveling with him mentioned that the champion building was in the name of Master Jia. Isn't this Lord Jia Hu Jia Hu? Mother Xue was angry: "Our orphans and widows are useless, and relatives such as Rongfu can't climb it." I wanted to annoy your aunt's stepwife to introduce us to us, but now it seems that we don't have to eat other people's faces. Baochai said: "The rules in the building are like this, everyone can keep them, even the princes and nobles." Brother, what kind of name brand are you? Why don't the princes and princes dare to do it, but you have to ask people to give you this face? I heard that this champion building is not only the property of Lord Jia, but also the members of Prince Zhongshun. Mom, my brother has offended someone, and he should have gone to his house to ask for guilt. ”

Mother Xue patted her daughter's hand with satisfaction and said, "My son, thank you for thinking carefully." He said to Xue Pan again: "Although your sister's words are not heard, they are very reasonable. On this day, the family is noble, and it is very comparable. In our family's big business, the prince is just a word, Pan'er, and take care of our family's errands. Our Xue family is not as good as before, without this serious errand, what is the difference between the Xue family and ordinary merchants? When he said that he was emotional, he shed tears. Baochai remembered that Father Xue was in time, and also shed tears. Xue Pan couldn't see his mother and sister crying, so he had to respond.

So the Xue family prepared two gifts overnight, one to the Zhongshun Palace, and the other to the Rong Mansion. The next day, Xue Pan refused to go out with a bruised face, and only said that he would go again when he was ready. No, the mother and daughter of the Xue family had to hand over a letter of worship to the Rong Mansion.

The Rong Mansion does not look down on the Xue family as a merchant, and it is really the Liu family's lack of skills □□ pushing back and obstructing. Liu is actually a very amiable person, and his relatives come and go on weekdays, and he sees him more often when he has time. Even once a grandmother surnamed Liu, who had a relationship with the Dawang family, did not know that the Dawang family had died, and found the door of the Rong Mansion, the Liu family also ordered someone to bring it in to see it in person, and the good life talked for a while, and wrapped a bag of loose silver. What's more, the Xue family, who was originally an old relative.

Therefore, when Mother Xue sat in the Rongxi Hall uncomfortably, she stayed for a while, and saw the Duchess of Guo hurriedly walking in with a warm smile: "I'm late, don't blame Mrs. Xue." ”

Xue Mu and Baochai got up to greet each other, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows that the house is busy, everyone relatives, it's okay to wait for a while." He explained his intentions and offered an apology, and Liu excused himself: "Why should relatives see each other." Hu'er is not a stingy person, and since Pan'er knows that he is wrong, he must not pursue it. Mother Xue insisted and said: "Our family has nothing to do with Prince Zhongshun, and we don't dare to come to the door rashly. ”

Seeing that it involved Prince Zhongshun, the Liu family didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly ordered someone to talk to Zhou Su, who was just in the house, and only listened to the person who replied: "The prince said to let his wife take care of himself, and he didn't want Xue Pan to make amends in person." However, this champion building is already in his name, and if Xue Pan commits it again, the uncle will not be able to protect him. Fang Zhizhongshun's mother was also in Rongfu's Xue Mu was sweating profusely, and she couldn't help but say, "You must discipline the dogs more." As he spoke, he increased his salute by three points when he returned.

And Liu, who was shown affection by his eldest son's husband, complained about his weakness, and went to his grandchildren who were still in the princess's womb to comfort him. 166 Reading Network