August 15.

Wang Yuan led many businessmen to worship Mazu Niangniang in the North Tianfei Palace on Children's Street.

The reason why it is simple to worship is because the official has a clear date for the sacrifice, and it is against the law to carry out large-scale sacrifices in normal times.

The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

In ancient times, sacrificing to the gods was a very sensitive matter. If Wang Yuan dares to worship the concubine indiscriminately, the consequences will be more serious than killing the Zhejiang Dusi, and he can even be labeled as a rebel.

"Bye! Prosper! ”

"Bye-bye! Prosper! ”

"Three bows! Rise! ”

Wang Yuan stepped forward to offer incense to Mazu, and then the merchants also offered incense one after another, and finally swore an oath in front of the concubine Niangniang-

"Protecting the country and protecting the people, Miao Lingzhao Ying Hongren Puji Tianfei Niangniang is above, and our officials and people swear to form a joint tooth...... We should abide by the law, benefit the country and the people, abide by the rules of conduct, and help each other......"

"The eighteen rules of Hangzhou dental shop are as follows:"

"First, the top ten dental banks in Hangzhou should strictly abide by the "Daming Law" and strictly abide by the regulations of the Hangzhou Municipal Shipping Division, and shall not collect and sell grain, copper and iron and other contraband to go to sea......"

"Second, the sea and land merchants are treated equally, if the maritime merchants buy cheap and sell expensive, the merchants will cause losses, and there is a fear of the disadvantages of fish and eyes, so the merchants and maritime merchants gather together to discuss the price of goods, sell goods privately, and the ten lines are responsible for it;"

"Third, when merchants from other places come to Hangzhou to trade with maritime merchants, they should agree with the Bank on the price of goods, so that the selling price is fair.

"Fourth, after the price of goods is agreed, it is not allowed to be shoddy, and those who deceive maritime merchants with inferior goods shall be jointly held responsible;"

"The Five ......"

After more than 100 merchant ships went to sea in a row, the businessmen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were finally completely convinced. Even those prominent families in Ningbo had to follow up, and finally agreed to jointly build a tooth shop.

There are a total of forty-six merchants, and they have joint ventures in the top ten dental firms, including Huang Chongde, the father of Wang Yuan's disciples.

The original intention of the establishment of the dental store is, of course, to maintain the order of receiving and selling goods, and to balance the fluctuation of goods prices to a certain extent. At the same time, these 46 businessmen were all carefully selected by Wang Yuan, and after they formed a community of interests, they were bound to work hard to maintain the situation of opening the sea in Hangzhou, so that Wang Yuan would not be left alone to withstand the pressure of the sea ban.

There are many land merchants and few maritime merchants, and the competition will become increasingly fierce in the future.

Let's take an example, in the tenth year of Hongzhi, the Japanese tribute envoy received the goods in Ningbo. Because the price of official teeth was too high, the price of the Ningbo clan was also high, so the Japanese tribute envoy contacted ordinary people to buy goods.

A man surnamed Zhu took orders at an ultra-low price to cover the goods of the Japanese tribute ships, but as a result, he lost more than 1,000 taels, and the goods were not collected. What should I do if I don't have enough goods? This man stuffed his son into a container and sent it to the Japanese, so that he could arrive as a parent!

This son, who was used to pay for the goods, was named Zhu Min, and changed his name to Zong Suqing in Japan. It was one of the two protagonists of the Jiajing Dynasty's battle for tribute, which directly led to the Jiajing Dynasty's ban on the sea and caused rebellion in several coastal provinces.

After the establishment of the top ten dental banks in Hangzhou, as long as the rules of the industry are strictly enforced, there will be no more business with maritime merchants and loss of money. Once there is a private transaction, it must be severely cracked down on to prevent those small tooth shops from disrupting the market.

After the oath was completed, Wang Yuan smiled and said to the merchants: "Gentlemen, tomorrow Qiantang will watch the tide, let's celebrate again!" ”

"Obey the orders of the Governor of the King!" All the businessmen shouted.

As a traverser, although Wang Yuan believes in atheism, he always feels that there is some power in the underworld. Anyway, the officials and people of Zhejiang all believe in Mazu, and Wang Yuan also followed the letter, so the place of the contract and oath was set in the Tianfei Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty, destroyed the prohibition of obscenity, deposed the hundred gods, and only recognized the fourteen gods.

Among these fourteen gods, some worship once a year, and some worship twice a year.

Mazu is worshiped twice a year, and the official status is very high, which stems from an incident that happened at that time. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, due to the impassability of the Grand Canal, the northern military grain was often transported by sea, and millions of Shi Liaodong military rations encountered wind and waves, and 10,000 people shouted to die, shouting the name of Mazu.

By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, along the Grand Canal, there were Tianfei Palaces everywhere, and Mazu had already served as the god of the canal. Not only that, praying for rain along the coast also worships Mazu, and by the way, he also works part-time as a rain god.

Zhejiang is even more powerful, confusing Mazu with Bixia Yuanjun. Bixia Yuanjun is the god of Mount Tai, also known as Mount Tai Niangniang, Sending Sons Niangniang, and Seeing Niangniang. As a result, Mazu's personality expanded again, and she also served as a mountain god, a child send, and a doctor of eye diseases.

Wang Yuan asked these businessmen to swear in the Mazu Temple, which was somewhat deterrent.

Following.

Wang Yuan led Zhejiang officials and brought many businessmen to Renhe County to watch the tide.

At this time, there is no need to go to Yanguan to watch the tide, because the Qiantang River has not been diverted. The estuary of the Qiantang River is straight, not S-shaped, and the opposite bank of the tide viewing point of the Haining Yanguan in later generations was all water in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. For example, the land of Xiaoshan International Airport still belongs to the sea during the Zhengde period!

The port of Hangzhou is estimated to last for another thirty to fifty years, and every year a large amount of sediment settles, which will be unusable for decades before the Qiantang River is completely diverted – large seagoing ships with deep drafts will inevitably run aground.

When the time comes, it will be necessary to move to Zhapu Port.

"President Wang, the tide is coming!" Li Long, the capital of Zhejiang, said with a clairvoyant mirror.

Wang Shao, the political envoy of Zhejiang Zuobu, said with a smile: "This year's Qiantang tide, with the arrival of President Wang, will be another prosperous era for Hangzhou, and we may as well compose poems to help the fun." ”

"Wonderful!" Tang Mu, the political envoy of the right cloth, clapped his hands and agreed.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

The officials held clairvoyant mirrors, and saw that on the eastern sea, where the water and the sky meet, a silver line suddenly appeared, rushing towards the shore from far and near.

Wang Yuan also held a clairvoyant mirror, which is not uncommon in the north, but it is very rare in Zhejiang. Wang Yuan took eighty pairs of clairvoyant mirrors south, and now only a few pairs are sold for his own use, and those maritime merchants and pirates are rushing to buy them, and the officials are willing to spend money.

Just selling clairvoyant mirrors, Wang Yuan earned tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was a necessity for maritime merchants.

The tide is getting closer and closer, and the back waves push the front waves, rushing like a withering and decaying wave. For a time, thunder swept the sky, like the cry of a thousand armies, the silver mountain rolled, the snow house collapsed, and the river was full of anger.

The forty-six businessmen who joined the dental store have sent out the tide.

Most of these troublemakers are local gangsters, and there are also conceited brave people who gather to go.

The cars and horses on the shore were clogged, blocking the roads, and they were densely packed for one or two decades, and everywhere were full of people watching the tide. The rich gentry and wealthy people hung colorful curtains, talented and beautiful people exclaimed and cheered, and countless gongs and drums helped to cheer.

I saw the tide makers holding colorful flags and competing to go into the sea to ride the waves. In the face of the tide of the sky, some people stepped on stilts, some danced in the water, and some groups performed water operas.

"Ahh

The waves were nearly a foot high, and countless screams sounded on the shore, and those tides were swallowed up in an instant.

When the waves receded, some stood as before, some were swept away, and they were laughing uncontrollably anyway.

Wang Yuan clapped his hands and applauded, this kind of fun with the people is indeed comfortable, and it is much more interesting than killing people and slaughtering cities in the Western Regions.