Dai Tianchou picked out an IOU and handed it to the east 'gate' Qingdao: "Look at what this is." ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing took a look, and his eyes almost fell out! It turned out that the debtor of this IOU turned out to be "Lin Wenzhen"!

Who is Lin Wenzhen? That's Dongmenqing's maternal uncle and Lin Xiyi's youngest son! He is only two years older than Dongmenqing and often studied together when he was a child, so it can be said that the two are called uncles and nephews, and they are really young, but at this time, Dongmenqing is most surprised that Lin Wenzhen will actually owe Wang Zhi's debt!

Dongmenqing looked at the date again, but it was last year, and he sank slightly, and he had already understood, and said with a smile: "My uncle is so bold!" Dare to hide from my grandfather to do business! ”

Lin Xiyi's family rules are very strict, even if there is any business, it is generally operated through the East 'Gate' family, in order to avoid the name of Tongfan, the children surnamed Lin, all of them take reading as their business, and no one dares to get involved in this matter! Therefore, the East 'Gate' Qing expected Lin Wenzhen's actions to hide from his grandfather.

Dai Tianchou looked at the other IOUs one by one, and this time he looked at them very carefully, dividing them into two parts, one more and one less, and soon threw aside the less one, saying, "These are useless." ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing asked, "Why?" ”

Dai Tianchou said: "They are all dilapidated people, probably because they can't pay off their debts, so the accounts are rotten." It was expected that it had been pressed for a long time, and Wang Wufeng didn't have time to clean it up. "The stack left behind is subdivided, but this time by region. The remaining debtors are all large households along the southeast coast, with Zhejiang being the most, accounting for seven or eight out of ten, and the remaining two or three are Nanzhili and Fujian. Dai Tianchou pushed these IOUs to Dongmen' Qing and said, "Do you recognize these people? ”

The east 'gate' Qing looked at it again, but he didn't recognize any of them. Dai Tianchou said: "These people are not famous now, but if their parents and ancestors say it, you will probably know!" Hehe, the old guys always want to be faced, where is it good to come forward yourself? Huang, Xu, Yu, Lin, Chen, Xie, Rong, Zhou, Yu, Lu, Shao...... Seven or eight out of ten of the noble families in the coastal provinces are involved! Qingguan, if we land from Cixi, we will first visit the Rong family, then Yuyao, visit the Xie family and the Shao family, then enter Shaoxing Mansion, visit the Yu family and the Zhou family, enter Qiantang, visit the Hong family and the Pan family...... Haha, then go to Haining to visit the Chen family, then board the boat there, collect debts all the way down, no need to repeat, no turn, you can get acquainted with these famous 'men' family! ”

The east 'gate' sighed: "These people are just afraid that they will not be able to 'deal' with each other. ”

Why did he sigh so much? It turned out that at that time, the scholar family of the southeast Tongfan had a very disgraceful behavior, that is, relying on their political privileges to oppress businessmen. Originally, it didn't matter whether they were going through the rounds or making money, but these Shilin wealthy families refused to act according to business routines, and often defaulted on payments - the so-called arrears are still good, but in fact, they don't want to pay back the money after taking things! This is no longer a business, it is simply a robbery.

If the maritime merchants are in a hurry to collect debts, some wealthy families will even threaten them, saying that they will go to the government to denounce them! Under the legal system of the Ming Dynasty, the merchants could not get any protection, because going to sea was a crime in itself, and the maritime merchants were owed by the wealthy families, and they did not even dare to file a complaint at the Yamen, which was really unjustified and had nowhere to redress!

Further, it is the great 'gate' of the Ming Dynasty's sea ban, which is controlled by the Shilin Hao clan; Many merchants, including Chinese, Francois and Japanese, have taken risks in this way, turning from merchants who cross the ocean for profit to pirates who burn and loot and do all kinds of evil.

Because this kind of bad behavior is widespread among the wealthy families in the southeast, the maritime merchants who have been in arrears are almost all over the East China Sea! But this resentment could not be released through official channels, but became deeper and deeper in the accumulation day after day, and to this day, the merchants of the East China Sea are already angry about it!

The East Gate family has also done such things, but they have a good grasp of it, and they don't make trouble to the point that the other party can't survive, so the East Gate family is even a family with a good reputation among maritime merchants. Dongmenqing has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he knows everything about this kind of thing. In the past, he was on the side of the debt, and when he heard about these things, he would forget it, and he would sympathize with the poor maritime merchants at most. Now that he is a businessman himself, and he is holding a bunch of white strips in his hand, his position has changed, and he has a painful skin!

Suddenly, a thought came to Dongmen' Qing and said: "This kind of environment not only deprives the merchants of their way of life, but also is not a good thing for Shilin in the long run!" In the future, when I have my will, I will try to sweep away these vices. Let Haoqiang not dare to bully businessmen, so that businessmen can at least do business smoothly! ”

Dai Tianchou's eyes lit up and said, "Qingguan!" If you can really work hard in this area, and work hard enough to make everyone believe in you, then you will not have to do business on your own, and the wealth of the East China Sea will be at your disposal! ”

Dongmen' Qing was just a moment of indignation, and as soon as he was reminded by Dai Tianchou, he remembered that this road was extremely difficult, but if this cause was done, it would also be a great achievement! For a while, the 'chest' was full of ***, but after the 'agitation', he calmed down, looked at the IOUs in his hand, and sighed: "That's still far away!" Let's start with the recent story. Sir, what do you say about these IOUs? Do you really want to collect debts? ”

He shook the IOUs in his hand, looked at the crappy signatures, and guessed that most of these IOUs were still drafted by his subordinates for perfunctory purposes, and the calligraphy of the children of the Wang clan would not be so wolfy. Now Wang Zhi's strength is not trivial, but these people still dare to rely on his account, and it is easy to understand! Thinking of this, he suddenly said: "Sir, he gave me this thing, I'm afraid it's uneasy and kind!" The "he" in this sentence naturally refers to Wang Zhi.

Dai Tianchou said: "He wants to see how you deal with it." If you really take these IOUs to collect debts in the hope of collecting money, you are a fool! In my opinion, it might as well be burned. ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing frowned and said, "Burn? Although he was ruthless, he felt that it was too negative to burn like this.

Dai Tianchou smiled: "Burn." However, it is not to 'touch' and 'touch' the ground to burn, but to run to the creditor to burn. ”

Dongmen Qing sighed and said, "What does Sir mean, do you want me to get acquainted with them?" ”

Dai Tianchou said: "If it is an ordinary businessman, it may not be of any use to sell this favor - these scholars are not afraid that the king will go straight to ask for debts, but they are determined to carry it to the end!" But this kind of thing is too unfair, it is a pimple in their hearts, and if you can give them this pimple, they will be happy to 'befriend' you. ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing thought for a while and said: "Is that to use the East 'Gate' Qing to make 'friends', or to use Wang Qing to make 'friends'?" ”

Dai Tianchou said with a smile: "Although Wang Qing is majestic overseas, he can go ashore, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he will become a prisoner waiting for death!" Do these scholars 'make friends' with a prisoner? But if Quanzhou Zhusheng East 'Gate' celebrates, with this reason, it is still possible to climb the relationship. Establish a relationship first, and then exchange letters in the future, and you will get acquainted with them once or twice, and climbing these people will be of great help to your future career. ”

The east 'gate' said: "Then where do we go first?" How about going to Quanzhou first? ”

When Dai Tianchou heard him say this, he knew that he was really homesick, shook his head and said: "The connections over there in Fujian, with your grandfather here, are all ready-made!" When you need it, you can find a letter from your grandfather, so why bother to 'waste'? No need to go. There are too few IOUs over there in Nanzhili, so let's go to Zhejiang this time. ”

Dongmen' Qing is not obsessed, and now he set a route with Dai Tianchou, discussing which one to find first, and then which one to find. Dai Tianchou also told him who the head of the Xie family was, what important people the Huang family had in the dynasty, what figures the Yu family had in the previous dynasty, and what taboos the Rong family had. ”

Dai Tianchou smiled and said, "What's this!" It's just the basic skills of officialdom. Your grandfather is estimated to be able to wipe out the wealthy 'family' and the gentry of one or two provinces! Even if you look at the whole country, he can probably know two or three out of ten. This kind of ability, you have to cultivate more in the future. ”

Because he was going to meet the Sven people, Dongmen' Qing only brought Anthony as a companion, asked him to change into scholarly clothes, and asked Li Rongjiu and Li Chengtai to bring ten less fierce warriors as their entourage, plus Zhang Mujing as a personal doctor, Dai Tianchou, Yang Zhizhong, Yu Buci and others all stayed in Shuangyu to stand by. Xin'an and Xiao Saburo were both clamoring to go, and Dongmen' Qing considered that Xin An was only nine years old, and Xiao Saburo was only eight years old, both of them were too young, and they didn't know if there would be an accident on this trip, so they didn't let them follow.

Everything was ready, and he was about to set off on this day, but he saw Li Chengtai running over and said: "The chief shipmaster...... Dong'men' Qing interrupted: "Why are you still called the chief shipper!" I said that from now on I will be called Childe! Li Chengtai hurriedly said: "Yes, Childe, there is someone outside, are you going to be a liar?" ”

Dongmen' Qing frowned and said, "Liar? Are you liars, don't you have eyes to see yourself? ”

Li Chengtai said: "He is about the same age as your son, but he shouted that he was your uncle and asked you to go out to see him." We wonder how Childe can have such a small uncle, but look at him like that......"

Before he finished speaking, Dongmenqing was already stunned, and shouted: "Uncle, should you ......" Regardless of Li Chengtai, he pulled out his "legs" and ran out, and when he arrived at the hall, he saw a young man in Western clothes scolding there, and Dongmenqing recognized him and shouted: "Uncle Xi!" It's really you! ”