"Stinky boy, if you meet someone you like, you can tell me directly, I will be a matchmaker, and I will propose marriage now."

At the end of the party on the island in the middle of the lake, Zhang Mao also looked at Liu Jin with a smile on his face and asked.

"Uh... Aren't you afraid that I like your granddaughter? ”

Liu Jin thought about it and smiled.

"Ah, stinky boy, do you like Zhang Ying?"

Zhang Mao was also slightly stunned after hearing this, and then said with great joy: "Great, I have long wanted to marry that girl, but I have never been able to find a young man who can lower her, I am very relieved to marry you, you hurry up and find a matchmaker to come over in advance, I agreed directly." ”

“……”

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment, why was this old Zhang in a hurry to marry off his granddaughter?

This grandfather is not afraid of the non-person he entrusts?

"Zhang Gong, I'm just talking about it, this is the first time we met, and we have just met."

Liu Jin thought about it and replied.

"It's enough to meet once, don't you know, when I got married, I didn't even meet in person, so I married and went home."

Zhang Mao said disapprovingly, in this era of paying attention to the lives of parents and matchmakers, it is normal to have not seen another person.

So in ancient times, matchmaker is a very good-looking profession, relying on a mouth, the dead can be said to be alive, and the living can also be said to be dead, both men and women dare not offend the matchmaker, eat and drink to serve, and give enough silver to be able to ask the other party to find a good object.

"Honestly, like that?"

Lao Zhang is still a more gossipy person, and when he said this, his voice became a little quieter, as if he was inducing Liu Jin to say it.

"I really don't like that, all of them look like fairies, where can I say who I look at at first sight."

Liu Jin shook his head with a smile and said.

"You're quite demanding."

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin and said, then thought about it and said, "Are you too thin-skinned to open your mouth?" ”

"I tell you, you can be cheeky in other things, but you must be cheeky in this matter, and you must be brave to fight for the person you like when you meet them, otherwise you will regret it for life if you miss it."

“… Keeping in mind Zhang Gong's teachings, I just think that the time to get along is a bit short, after all, it is to find someone to live with in the future, and it is more or less necessary to know whether the other party has a common topic with him, so that the future days can go on slowly and leisurely. ”

"What's the point of marrying someone who doesn't have a common topic with you and going home and not talking about anything in the future?"

Liu Jin naturally still has some thinking habits of later generations, and in the final analysis, he still has to talk about it.

"Common topic?"

Zhang Mao was slightly stunned, and heard a new word from Liu Jin, but Zhang Mao said disapprerovitically: What is there to talk about with a woman, just marry home and have children, and take care of the family. ”

Well, machismo has naturally reached its peak in this era.

"Okay~"

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment, he didn't talk more than half a sentence, and he really couldn't talk about this matter with Lao Zhang, and he felt like a chicken and a duck talking.

At this moment, Xu Guangzuo also walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Brother Liu, do you have anything you like?" ”

"Don't mention it, this kid said that he knew too little about the first meeting, and he wanted to have more contact and contact, but he didn't know, there were very few opportunities for such contact."

Zhang Mao smiled and said first.

"Then this is difficult to do, men and women are not easy to contact, and this contact will have a great impact on the reputation of the woman."

Xu Guangzuo thought for a while and said.

"Uh..."

When Liu Jin heard this, he thought that in this era, men and women cannot easily contact each other, not to mention them from wealthy families, even young men and women from ordinary families should not move around easily, so as not to gossip and the bad guys are innocent.

It's hard to hold a small party like today, if it weren't for the fact that everyone knows each other well, and it's a marriage of the times, and they can call each other cousins or something, they really wouldn't have let this young man and woman get together.

"But I think that Li Zhen seems to be to you, Brother Liu..."

Xu Guangzuo didn't say everything, this is also for Li Zhen's sake, as long as the meaning is there, everyone understands.

"Li Zhen?"

"Li Shilang's granddaughter?"

When Zhang Mao heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the whole person seemed to become gossipy.

"Yes, I was on the sidelines at the time, and I could see it clearly."

Xu Guangzuo said with a smile on his face, then thought about it and said to Liu Jin: "Brother Liu, this Li Shilang's granddaughter is not easy to marry, Li Shilang has already spoken, and if you are not a protégé of the Son of Heaven, you will not marry." ”

This protégé of the Son of Heaven naturally refers to the talented man who can pass the spring examination and participate in the palace examination, because this palace examination is generally conducted by the Son of Heaven himself, so the students who can participate in the palace examination are also called the protégés of the Son of Heaven.

Of course, those who can go to the step of the palace examination have basically reached the peak of the imperial examination road, and such people can be regarded as truly talented, which also means that the future is promising.

"The requirements are really high, the protégés of this day are basically people of some age, even if there are some young ones, they basically have families, Lao Li has dug a big hole for his granddaughter."

Hearing Xu Guangzuo's words, Zhang Mao suddenly couldn't help but say: "These literati are like this, mother-in-law and mother-in-law, there are all kinds of rules, and they are annoying. ”

For the triennial imperial examination, Lao Zhang is very familiar with it.

Under the ancient imperial examination system, thirty young jinshi, fifty old Ming Jing, these thirty years old can be regarded as very young, and people in this era have basically married their daughters-in-law as fathers in their teens.

Especially those who can read, most of them have a solid family background, and naturally they will not have no way to start a family because they have no money, so the talented and beautiful women who appear in the TV series are very, very few, and each of them is really talented.

That's why Zhang Mao said that Li Shilang dug a big hole for his granddaughter, this Tianzi's protégés are generally very old, or they all have families, your granddaughter married as a concubine? Or do you want to marry someone who is much bigger than yourself?

And absolutely properly is a big hole.

"The requirements are quite high, but this seems to be really prepared for Brother Liu, with Brother Liu's talent, the title of the gold list is just a simple matter."

Xu Guangzuo looked at Liu Jin and said with a smile, he was very confident in Liu Jinke.

"Brother Xu has won the award."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head slightly, Liu Jin was still very clear about how many catties and taels he had, if he hadn't discovered the cheating function of the gold finger, it was estimated that he would have brushed his face.

"Stinky boy, I can't help you with this examination, you should work harder yourself, and strive to take the exam once, otherwise if you wait for another three years, the daylily will be cold."

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin and couldn't help but say with a smile.

“……”

Liu Jin was speechless again, sure enough, whether it was an ancient person or a modern person in later generations, the nature of this gossip has not changed at all, and this tugging and pulling has always been on his head.

"Why didn't I see it?"

Liu Jin shook his head slightly and said.

"What else does this see?"

Xu Guangzuo smiled and said: "She has taken the initiative to ask you questions, and you may not have noticed, her eyes are aimed at you from time to time, I can see this clearly, I am from here, I can't be wrong." ”

"This person is good-looking, but he has an advantage!"

"Let's stop talking about that, let's let it be."

Liu Jin shook his head slightly and said, for Li Zhen, I don't feel anything, I can only say that people are still very beautiful.

"Stinky boy, do you want to buy some land?"

Zhang Mao heard Liu Jin's words, smiled slightly, young man, his face was still a little thinner, and he asked after thinking about it.

"Buying land?"

"What do you do when you buy land?"

Liu Jin said slightly stunned.

"Of course, buying land is a family business, and having land is a solid home."

Zhang Mao said in a natural tone.

"Zhang Gong, you want to sell land?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao, thought for a while and asked.

"You kid is just smart, you just guessed a little."

Zhang Mao smiled and nodded, and then said, "I'm going to sell some of the fields in my hands." ”

"What are you selling land for?"

"It's not like you don't have money."

When Liu Jin heard this, he was slightly stunned and said.

Zhang Mao followed behind him, this is also doing honeycomb coal, fishing, and sea ships going to sea to do business, this silver has made a lot of money, how can it be necessary to sell land.

"I just don't have any money!"

Zhang Mao replied with a wry smile.

Although these industries under Liu Jin make money, they also spend a lot of money, although the British government has very strong savings, but in less than a year, continuous investment continues, and the silver flows out like flowing water.

Moreover, Zhang Mao is very shrewd and willing to invest, whether it is the fishing industry, or the business of going to sea to do business, it is very profitable, and the same is true of this cement factory, so he is also thinking about expanding his industry and making more money.

Although the British government is a wealthy nobleman, the cash in the hand is not too much, most of the family property is in the form of fields, shops, and various trading businesses, and the silver is not too much, which is basically consumed by the previous investment.

"I'm thinking about buying a few more sea ships from you, and I'm going to form a caravan to go to the Japanese country, so I have to invest hundreds of thousands of taels of silver before and after."

"In addition, I am also going to buy a few more whaling ships, which will also cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and then count the expenses of hiring crews and other aspects, a small 100,000 yuan is to be prepared."

"Everyone in the cement factory is discussing how to expand the scale, why do they have to invest tens of thousands of taels of silver in each family."

"After all, there are no hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that are not enough at all."

Zhang Mao wrenched his fingers and counted with Liu Jin and Xu Guangzuo.

Zhang Mao is really tasting the sweetness now, the fishing boat that goes out to sea to fish is very profitable, the merchant ship that goes to North Korea is even more profitable, and the cement factory is also very profitable.

Taking advantage of the fact that it is a good time to dig gold, he is also preparing to expand his recruitment decisively, and he is thinking about forming a fleet to go to the country to do business, and he is thinking about expanding the scale of fishing boats, the scale of cement factories, etc., all of which require silver.

"Zhang Gong, are we taking too big a step?"

When Xu Guangzuo heard this, he thought about it and said, Dingguo Mansion, British Mansion, and Chengguo Mansion, almost all of these three princes wear a pair of pants, and all the business is done by the three families in partnership.

"Too big?"

"I'm too slow."

Zhang Mao shook his head and said: "Don't you know that the Zhang brothers are already preparing to form a fleet to go to the Wa Kingdom to do business, I heard that the gold and silver exchange here in the Wa Kingdom is one to five, not to mention anything else, just doing this gold and silver trade is a million profits, not to mention, you don't know the profits of this sea trade." ”

"In the future, I am still thinking about forming a fleet to go to Siam and Nanyang, and if I have the opportunity, I will go to Tianzhu, Persia, and Europe in the future, and this silk and porcelain are more expensive than gold in Europe."

"Now is the beginning of maritime trade, if we don't seize the opportunity, others will take the lead."

Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Xu Guangzuo thought about it and nodded solemnly, although he also saw a huge prospect, but he did not have the courage of Lao Zhang.

"Lao Zhang, this is the rhythm of transitioning from feudal aristocrats to emerging capitalists."

Liu Jin couldn't help but give Zhang Mao such a label in his heart, but for such a change, Liu Jin is still happy to see it, if the feudal dynasty of the Ming Dynasty wants to really go to the world and expand on the whole earth, it must slowly transform from a feudal society to a capital society.

This is also the direction that Liu Jin has been working towards, otherwise why do you have to take Zhu Houzhao with you in everything, in the final analysis, it is to make Zhu Houzhao, the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the biggest capitalist.

Coupled with the transformation of wealthy nobles like Zhang Mao and Xu Guangzuo, this power will naturally increase more and more, and eventually promote the transformation of the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Stinky boy, do you want to buy land?"

"Don't tell me that you don't have any money, now the richest people in the Ming Dynasty belong to you and His Royal Highness the Prince."

Zhang Mao also looked at Liu Jin after speaking, the reason why he looked for Liu Jin was because he knew that Liu Jin had money in his hands, a lot of silver, of course, he didn't care if he didn't have silver, Liu Jin had a shipyard, and he could also exchange it with a ship.

"Zhang Gong, where is the land in your hands?"

Liu Jin thought for a while and asked, since ancient times, buying land has been a good investment.

"It's all near the capital, it's the most fertile and best land in the capital, if I wasn't in a hurry to use the silver, I wouldn't have sold it."

Zhang Mao replied.

"Fields near the capital?"

When Liu Jin heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up slightly, and he thought for a while and said, "Gong Zhang, sell these lands to me now, you will definitely regret it in the future." ”

Now in Tianjin, the gentry and landlords who sold land to Liu Jin on a large scale have already repented, and the land near the capital will definitely be worth a lot of money in the future.

"Regrets?"

"I won't regret it, let alone regret it, I'll just ask you to buy it back when the time comes."

Zhang Mao said disapprehantly.