Cangzhou, which is known as the martial arts, has twenty or thirty dart bureaus, many of which are headquartered in Cangzhou, but in fact, the dart bureau is expanded north and south along the canal, but among so many dart games, it is recognized that the first master is Cao Wu in front of him!

Hua Siye has always believed in Confucianism and law, and chivalry and martial arts, so when he learned that such a strong man in front of him who was obviously a little hostile to him was Cao Wu, he suddenly subconsciously took two steps back, and then remembered that he was just showing cowardice. But he also reacted very quickly, and after standing firmly, he immediately smiled bitterly and laughed at himself.

"Before, when I and other merchants of the Suzhou Guild Hall planned to sail out to sea from the Cangzhou wharf in the future, what should I do if I encountered pirates, I decided to hire the same as those merchants who traveled south and north on the canal and land, and hired the dart bureau to accompany the ship guard, they all said that the Cangzhou Shunhe dart bureau was extraordinary, and Mr. Cao's dart head was powerful in all directions, so I sent someone to contact."

"Nowadays, it seems that it is better to meet than to be famous, but to meet is better than to be famous. Mr. Cao, you are so imposing, but I, who has no power to restrain the chicken, was frightened by you. ”

Cao Wu is the first time to see Hua Siye, the richest man in Suzhou, but he didn't expect that people are not only not strong, but also a little weak, and he is a little disdainful for a while. But the next moment, he saw that Hua Siye's face suddenly turned straight, and he asked directly: "But Mr. Cao has never given a clear answer before, since I happened to meet today, I want to ask you what you think?" ”

Seeing Zhang Shou but smiling silently, Cao Wuden asked stiffly: "Fourth Master Hua, have you ever been to the sea before?" Do you know how those pirates at sea hijack ships? Do you know that a few years ago, there was a riotous robbery and murder of merchant ships by the seaside camp in Tianjin, and there were also dart masters who accompanied the ship, but they hated the scene without any achievements? ”

Hua Siye was stunned for a moment, he subconsciously glanced at Zhang Shou, and then said with some hesitation: "I've heard of pirates, but they are just those thieves who drive a small sampan to do some unprofitable business between the waves." As for the matter of the Tianjin Linhai camp, didn't the emperor send Liu Zhiyuan and Liu Lao to kill a hundred people afterwards, kill all the soldiers involved, and exile them? ”

"I heard that after the roar of the camp in the coastal area, the emperor made another heavy blow and severely rectified it, not only Tianjin, but also the military camps in all coastal areas were all wiped out, and there should be no more major cases such as robbery and killing of merchant ships that shocked the government and the public."

"That's all you know?"

Cao Wu's eyes widened in disbelief, and seeing that Fourth Master Hua finally showed a puzzled but vigilant expression this time, he simply brought together the sea risks that Zhang Chen had told him about at the beginning. Sure enough, he saw that Hua Siye's face gradually changed color, and finally his brows were twisted into a Sichuan character.

As soon as Zhang Shou saw this scene, he understood that the richest man in Suzhou, who was very familiar with the shopping mall, and the Fahrenheit family, once reproduced the experience on land and on the canal to the sea, just like Cao Wu, completely ignoring the completely different risks at sea and on land and on the river.

Of course, this should not be Hua Siye's mistake alone, but it is likely that someone has been misleading them all along.

Seeing this, he smiled and said: "Fourth Master Hua, you helped me solve the trouble of the two Song Fangs, and I have nothing else to thank you, outside of dinner, I just invited Mr. Cao's dart head so that the two of you can talk face-to-face." Well, it's dinner time, so there's a lot to say while eating. ”

Seeing Zhang Shou's expression, I was just a matchmaker, not to mention Hua Siye, even Cao Wu...... That's definitely not going to believe it!

However, Zhang Shou was willing to keep them for this dinner, of course they would not be uninteresting, so they immediately agreed.

When Zhang Shou sat down and saw two obviously rough little guys coming in to serve the food, instead of Ah Liu or Little Peanut, Cao Wu had nothing to say and said, "If my brothers knew that I was lucky enough to eat Dr. Zhang's meal today, they would definitely envy me." I'm a bunch of rough people in my game, and if you want to give anything to the ends of the world, just say it. ”

Hua Siye saw that Cao Wu was directly flattered, although he was able to give more and bigger promises, but he began to experience the shopping mall when he was a teenager, and now he is in charge of Hua's family, of course, he can't be as explicit as Cao Wu.

Moreover, he faintly felt that Zhang Shou brought him and Cao Wu together today, it should definitely not be just for matchmaking, plus he was faintly aware of some problems just now, so he said sincerely at the moment: "Dr. Zhang, although Su Shang is rich in the southeast, but if he doesn't go to sea, of course he will inevitably make jokes in the maritime affairs." I'll tell you ......"

He paused for a moment and said bluntly: "Please use the dart bureau as a guard on the sea boat, this is what Song Gongzi's uncle suggested to me." There are many Hua's children in Suzhou, and the marriage is not limited to the southeast. In addition to the Cangzhou Jiang clan that you know about Dr. Zhang, the Guangdong Song clan is the same. One of Song Gongzi's aunts is my aunt, and one of my sisters-in-law is Song Gongzi's sister. ”

"It's just that Suzhou is too far from Guangzhou, and the rivers and waterways are not passable, so borrowing the port of Guangzhou to go to sea is undoubtedly far away and the water can't quench the thirst of the near. Since they are in-laws, and there is no conflict, Song Huishou gave me the idea of a layman in the sea, and I naturally found Mr. Cao's dart. ”

There are also many marriages between Cangzhou martial arts, so Cao Wu is no stranger to what Hua Siye said. At this moment, he quickly wondered in his heart whether Fourth Master Hua's words were alluding to the Guangdong Song clan secretly misleading, but then he heard Zhang Shou laugh.

"Actually, I think that there is nothing wrong with Ah Liu's previous suggestion to Mr. Cao's darthead, and Zhang Chen said that the two dart players in the past not only failed to protect the merchant ships, but also died at sea, but they can't be blamed, after all, no one expected that the Tianjin Linhai camp dared to risk the world's disapproval."

He paused, and then said with a smile: "But I also agree with Zhang Chen's words, if you are only a ship escort, even if you are proficient in water, you can still fight on a bumpy sea boat, you still can't say that you are completely sure when you really encounter danger." Because, the pirate ship is full of pirates, but how many dart masters can be carried on one ship? ”

Cao Wu was dumbfounded. And Hua Siye keenly heard Zhang Shou's voice, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean ......by Dr. Zhang?"

"The dart board has a horse team accompanying the dart cart on land, and at sea, why can't it have its own dart boat to escort it?"

As soon as these words came out, Hua Siye was shocked, and Cao Wuxi was overjoyed, but immediately after, the two of them frowned at the same time.

Compared with Cao Wu, who was just worried that he had no money to buy a sea ship at all, and he didn't have so many manpower, Hua Siye obviously thought more far-reaching. He sighed directly, then shook his head.

"Dr. Zhang, you are right, if there is a real armed ship directly following the merchant ship as an accompanying escort, then of course it is the safest, but the imperial court must not allow it, after all, even if the dart game, it is also a people, not a soldier, and he usually carries a knife and a stick with many weapons, then he will turn a blind eye, but if he even has a dart boat...... Is this a rebellion? ”

"That's right, a lot of people in the DPRK and China do say that. But what if it were a different name? Say, the militia? Like, reserves? ”

Zhang Shou casually threw out two pure concepts, and then said with a smile: "After Emperor Taizu, at first, there were often serious official ships of the imperial court sailing in the South Seas, the East Ocean, and the Western Ocean, but for many years after that, because some people always thought that the expenses were too large, and they were all small countries overseas, so except for the occasional envoy ships, the official ships of the imperial court have not been out for many years. ”

However, this is contrary to Emperor Taizu's ancestral teachings. Emperor Taizu used to dream of the Emperor of Heaven and made a ball, and then the official ship went to sea, and most of the places he saw were consistent with this ball, and now this baller is still hidden in the Ordnance Bureau. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou paused, seeing that Cao Wu was obviously confused, and although Hua Siye said that his face was surprised, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this surprise was a bit fake, and he couldn't help but secretly guess in his heart, I am afraid that the secret identified by Zhang Kang, the Bo of Weinan, has actually been spread over time.

Even the family of maritime merchants such as the Song family in Guangdong has long had a corresponding physical object as a navigation map.

"Since the official ships of the imperial court don't go out, and they don't want to spend such a large amount of money, why not give a name to the dynamic social organizations of the people, and then as long as the imperial court is strategic, it can win a decisive victory thousands of miles away and collect the information from the other party?"

As soon as Zhang Shou spoke, he found that he had brought out the ridiculous terms when he talked to Ah Liu in the past, but he simply didn't bother to change it. And after saying everything, he immediately said it thoroughly.

"From ancient times to the present, no matter which dynasty or generation, the most important thing is to justify the name, but the imperial court is willing to give a canonization to the lords of small countries who are thousands of miles away and sometimes have never even heard of it.

"You know, now is not the beginning of the founding of the country, the era of recuperation, and the land is small in number. After a hundred years, the population of the Ming Dynasty has increased by three or four times compared to before, and there are still many hidden households who have escaped servitude, such as today, of course, there is wasteland, but if you don't broaden your horizons a little, in another hundred years, the world will be peaceful, and the population will be several times that of now, what should I do at that time? ”

The population has skyrocketed, as the leader of the Su businessmen on the edge of the canal, Hua Siye, Cangzhou's tyrant Cao Wu, naturally knows it. If it weren't for the fact that the land was owned and there was no need for so many people to cultivate, how could there be so many people doing all kinds of work in Suzhou City to survive?

And if there were no people who couldn't digest these lands, the Hua family wouldn't be able to hire so many people to reel silk and weave silk, and Cao Wu would not have been able to bring out so many apprentices to escort darts and goods to make a living. But if the population continues to multiply, I'm afraid it will really not be good.

Cao Wu was only shocked by Zhang Shou's bold proposal, but Fourth Master Hua couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, and quickly summed up Zhang Shou's words.

Just like the establishment of a port in Cangzhou, he contacted many Suzhou officials and corresponding allies to advocate in the DPRK, this time, does Zhang Shou also want him to set off a certain momentum in the DPRK? Moreover, the Zhao State Mansion and the Qin State Mansion and even the Lu family, plus Zhang Shou's students' families, do not seem to have anything to do with maritime merchants, and Zhang Shou does not see any signs of profit.

But to say that this is purely for the sake of the Hua family, he thinks that people will not be so noble.

After being shocked, Cao Wu couldn't help but hesitate to speak: "If according to Dr. Zhang, the imperial court gives the name, then the money to buy the boat will undoubtedly have to be raised by ourselves." These dart games in Cangzhou seem to be famous, but they all have many mouths to eat, even if everyone is together, I am afraid they can't afford to buy half a boat. ”

"And if there is really business in the future, a merchant ship needs a dart ship to escort it, is this cost too big?"

Zhang Shou smiled at this time, and said calmly: "You dart bureaus together can't afford to buy half a boat, so you can pay for it, you contribute, everyone joins forces to form a sea dart board." And it's not like you can only guard one merchant ship with one ship? People travel with several boats, and you can only follow with a dart boat to provide protection. And ......"

After a pause, Zhang Shou continued lightly: "You must know that when you go out, you are not familiar with the place, and it is easy to be bullied by the local aborigines. As for these teams that don't want to be paid by the imperial court, they can actually be hung under the banner of the Ministry of War. ”

Seeing that Fourth Master Hua was already looking at him with two round eyes, Zhang Shou said with a smile: "If the imperial court is not at ease, you can send civil and military officials to accompany you as a supervisor, and rotate once every year or two years. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed as if to himself: "In the past, there were commercial and civil aviation companies outside, but they were harassed by small countries, and the court whip was beyond their reach, so many things could only be swallowed by the people involved in their stomachs. However, this kind of thing happened again and again, and some small countries inevitably became more and more emboldened. If what I'm saying works, then maybe it can change the situation. ”

"Just like Emperor Taizu's official ship travel, Weiyang Yunei, if there is no deterrent, then in the eyes of the world, maybe I will really be old and famous."

As a businessman, Hua Siye has no interest in expanding his territory, but he is very interested in intimidating foreign countries to open up the market...... All of a sudden, I thought it was crooked. Could it be that the emperor wants to turn over old accounts?

When Zi Chongling ascended the throne today, not to mention that he was still young and did not pro-government, there were often all kinds of unbelievable rumors, and after he became pro-government, he once criticized some civil officials, and it was not until later after the rebellion of the king that it stopped for a while.

But over the years, with the eldest Shoufu Jiang Pavilion elder gloomy, most of the civil leaders who were in the early years of Yongchen have died or retired. The most important thing is that those civil and official leaders who once gave the temple name Ruizong to the first emperor, although their sons and nephews have passed the favor or imperial examination to become officials in the court, but as far as he knows, no one has broken through the four ranks. It can be seen that today's son holds the most grudge!

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