Yangzhou,

Most of the families in Yangzhou are already at the table, today, Fa Zheng invited the entire Yangzhou family to come, saying that there is something important to discuss, Fa Zheng this person, the reputation is not very prominent, the official position is not high, not as good as Zhuge Sima, but, after all, he is still from the East Palace, but is the henchman of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven has just ascended the throne, these families do not dare to refuse the kindness sent by the Fa Zheng, if they anger this, it is an indirect provocation of the Son of Heaven, which will cause them unbearable consequences.

In order to show respect for Fa Zheng, most of the families came to the banquet in person with the head of the family, and they were also a little uneasy in their hearts, they didn't know the reason why Fa Zheng and Zhou Yu came suddenly, and they didn't know whether they came good or bad, they could only lower their attitude, so as not to anger the close minister of the Son of Heaven, just when everyone gathered, the main Fa Zheng did not arrive for a long time.

This made all the family masters feel a little unhappy, but they didn't dare to attack, and at the same time, their hearts gradually became uneasy, could this be.... They didn't dare to continue to think about it, but fortunately, the servants still dutifully handed them tea and the like, endured the torment, and waited uneasily for a long time.

"You don't have to be like this!!" Fa Zheng said, but arrogantly sat on the top position, looking at everyone, everyone saw his attitude, but also respectfully bowed to see, Fa Zheng waved his hand, let them sit back in their positions, and then said with a smile: "I'm late, and I hope that the monarchs will not blame....", he looked at the ministers on the seats, stared at them, and continued: "After the arrival of the monarchs, I knew that many family heads had not come, so I personally went to invite them... Delayed business..."

Fa Zheng said, everyone was shocked, panicked, only heard a few violent sounds, a group of soldiers into the lobby, all escorted people, they escorted here, it was those who had not come, they were at this moment, it can be said that they were covered with bruises, untidy clothes, blood stains, shocking, everyone present was frightened, their eyes widened, looking at Fa Zheng above, Fa Zheng was still smiling, but that smile made them shudder.

"O Dharma... As the so-called punishment is not a doctor, these are my famous Jiangdong families, even if I make a mistake, how can I be so humiliated? Someone asked, but Fa Zheng just glanced at him and asked with a smile, "Lu Gong, are you going to intercede for them?" The man hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not a plea, it's just that I can't be so humiliated..."

"It's nothing, anyway... From this day onwards, their clan has been removed... He is not a scholar..."Fa Zheng said, some of the other people were so frightened that they trembled, Fa Zheng looked at those people, waved his hand, and the soldiers escorted them down, Fa Zheng looked at everyone and asked: "Everyone, I came here to be entrusted by the Son of Heaven to be responsible for the affairs of going to sea, the Son of Heaven is benevolent and righteous, so that you can also enjoy the benefits of going to sea, but I didn't expect that there are still so many people, don't give face..."

Everyone didn't dare to speak, just lowered their heads, listened to Fa Zheng's words, talking about power, they were not very afraid of Fa Zheng, among the people present, there was the brother of Tai Lieutenant Sun Jian, and the family of Gu Yong, who served as the assassin, each of them had something to rely on, but in this situation, they all had to obey, because they were all here, and the knife was in Fa Zheng's hands, if he angered Fa Zheng, he would raid your house now, even if you were behind the Tai Lieutenant, what was the use? ?

"All of you here are older and I, and I am also the family of the important ministers of the court, I think, I have come by the edict of the Son of Heaven, and the kings will not disobey me, and my main job here is to go to sea, and the court wants me to build ships here, go overseas, get money, manpower, or, conquer more regions... After my arrival, I had already begun to organize the manpower, build the ships, prepare the harbor... In addition, Zhou Jun, who came with me, is also training sailors and preparing to go to sea..."

Fa Zheng thought for a moment, and then said: "However, after these days, I found that building ships is too time-consuming, and sailors are even more so, if it develops like this, I am afraid that it will take ten years to make a career...", Fa Zheng said, looked at everyone again, and said with a smile: "Don't frown in a hurry, gentlemen, I'm not here to ask you to fund, no matter how much money you have in your house, can it be compared to the treasury??" ”

"I think, the matter of going to sea will be distributed to the princes, and this overseas huge profit can be shared with the monarchs...", Fa Zheng took out a few letters from his arms, asked the servants to send them, and watched them take the letters, he said with a smile: "This letter was written by the prince to Wenren Gong in the past, and after I found it, I copied several letters, and everyone can watch it, but it can't be passed on to the outside world, and I can't tell anyone..."

Listening to Fa Zheng's words, everyone opened the letter with some curiosity.

This is really a letter written by Wang Fu, the content of the letter, but they were surprised, in this letter, Wang Fu to Wen Ren attacked the situation overseas, Wang Fu's record of overseas, really shocked them, everywhere gold, precious spices, and even the cheapest manpower, with a piece of paper can be exchanged for at least thirty strong men, if you are not willing to exchange, you can bring them all back to educate, the people here are extremely ignorant, as long as a military army on the border, can completely destroy them nearly three hundred.

Most of them were stunned, looking at the letter in their hands over and over again, their eyes widened, Fa Zheng saw that they had almost read it, and then said: "Don't doubt the authenticity of this letter, you must know that in the past, the prince was in Yangzhou, but he sent six ships to the treasury, and the ships were full of gold...", Fa Zheng smiled and said: "Now, do you know my sincerity?? ”

"Fajun, I don't know what you mean?" Sun Jing raised her head and asked.

He is Sun Jian's younger brother, and there is the third prince standing behind him, and he is not so afraid of Fa Zheng, Fa Zheng smiled and said: "Sun Jun, I want to abolish the ban on the people going to sea, and allow you to go to sea together, you can build ships privately, you can also have sailors, after going to sea, I will not care much about what you do overseas, and if you get the wealth overseas, I will never rob it..."

Hearing Fa Zheng's words, everyone's eyes lit up, Sun Jing thought for a moment before asking, "Then what do we need to pay?" Fa Zheng said: "Of course, taxes, normal commercial taxes, and ships and sailors, all of them must leave detailed records with me, including the situation overseas, and they must also be handed over to the temple, and when they explore new islands, they must let me know..."

"Rest assured, your harvest is absolutely huge... If it weren't for the fact that I didn't know much about overseas and didn't have the ability to build a large number of ships in a short period of time, you wouldn't have had such an opportunity... Time is running out, you have a choice... Either listen to me and join the Maritime Division I founded, or, with those people just now... Okay, I'd like to hear your opinions? ”

Fa Zheng looked at everyone and asked with a smile.

For a while, the atmosphere was suddenly a little silent, and many family heads frowned and did not speak.

......

Two days later, Zhou Yu came to the study, and when he entered the study, he saw Fa Zheng who was consulting various documents, Zhou Yu sat directly beside him, Fa Zheng raised his head and asked, "Gong Jin?" It seems that it is not difficult to recruit sailors...", Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "It is easy to recruit sailors, but unfortunately, talents are hard to find, there are many fishermen in Yangzhou, but if they are allowed to lead the fleet and go to sea to explore, I am afraid it will not work..."

"If you want to cultivate, it's too late, I'm thinking, why don't you just play for Your Majesty and borrow some elites from General Taishi, anyway, he doesn't have anything important to do on his side... I have some friendship with General Taishi, and I'm not afraid that he won't borrow it..."Zhou Yu said, Fa Zheng nodded, and said: "I don't know these things, so I will listen to you..."

"What about your voyage? How's it going? ”

Fa Zheng laughed and said: "Naturally, it was done, these guys, just to scare them, before they were obedient, now, these people have begun to build ships, ready to go to sea, in addition, they also sent this, you see..." ”

"Hehe, of course theirs... Most of them are not clean, in private, they have also done things to go to sea, but they are all by sea, to Funan, Yizhou for business, in this way, they can avoid the heavy commercial taxes, they are not clean, I quickly found out, hehe, they have a handle in my hands, I dare not oppose me at all... I took the opportunity to bring all the ships under their command..."

Fa Zheng squinted his eyes and said a little gloomy: "They levy sailors, we have to insert some of our own people into it, I really don't worry, what else can these people do... It must be strictly supervised, otherwise, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble...", hearing Fa Zheng's words, Zhou Yu thought for a moment before saying: "This is okay, but I'm afraid they won't help... Pretend..."

"Hahaha, Gong Jin, after they saw the letter from the prince, their eyes were about to burst into flames, they were trading around Funan before, and they all made a lot of profits, I let them go to sea, and now they are all ecstatic, and they don't make any efforts?? Gong Jin, you wait and see, I bet with you that within two months, they will build more ships than us... Don't look at us, we are gathering the power of the government and building with all our might... They've got a different way..."

Zhou Yu nodded and asked, "They couldn't see that the letter was written by you?" ”

"What did I write?" Fa Zheng was a little puzzled, looked at Zhou Yu, and asked, "Isn't that what we took from Shang Shuling Guo Jia?" ”

"Hahaha, that's true, that's true."