There must be a backer to do business, Cao Wei's choice of backer is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Houzhao, to be precise, it should be the emperor Zhu Youji, their father and son are one, and give fifty percent of the money to Zhu Houzhao, which is no different from giving Zhu Youji.

This is also done to be prepared, after all, collusion between officials and businessmen is the most secure way to do business, and pulling the emperor into his own boat can avoid many unnecessary troubles, of course, the biggest trouble is those civil officials who like to break their mouths.

On the one hand, they respected the farmers and industrialists, and thought that it was very shameful to do business, and they scolded the merchants for their profit-seeking behavior. On the other hand, they secretly started a business, did not show their faces, and hung the name of the business in the name of the nephew or steward of the family, if anyone dared to steal business from them, it would be an endless end.

This way of behaving is like going to a prostitute in a green house, on the one hand, scolding the girl for not knowing etiquette, righteousness and shame, and on the other hand, quickly taking off his pants, eagerly picking up a gun and getting on the horse, stirring up the bloody rain.

The business that Cao Wei wants to do this time involves all aspects of life, the business is nothing when it is small, and when the business is big, it will inevitably affect the interests of some people, but I am afraid that someone will secretly do it at that time.

Instead of passively resisting, it is better to prepare the retreat first, with the emperor as a backer, Cao Wei can pat his chest and say that he is not afraid of ghosts from all walks of life.

Taking out a 10% bonus is not only to return the wealth to the people, but also to gag the mouths of civil officials. It is a great merit to give alms to the poor and help the people who have no way to make a living, so that even if the civil officials want to accuse Cao Wei of pursuing profit and unrighteousness, they will not be able to stand.

The reason for choosing Zhang Heling as a partner is also very simple, because he is a local snake, and even more because he has a shallow foundation.

In the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the dictatorship of foreign relatives and the chaos of the harem, the queens were selected from the people, and Empress Zhang was no exception.

Zhang Heling is the son of the Zhang family, although he received the grace of Empress Zhang and won the title of Marquis of Shouning, but he does not have much foundation, and he acts arrogantly and domineering on weekdays, so no minister of the family is willing to befriend him, and even Xungui looks down on him and thinks that he is not worthy of being this marquis.

Zhang Heling is not too involved with other forces, he doesn't have too many scruples when he starts business, and he is not afraid of offending people, which is exactly what Cao Wei wants.

And Zhang Heling is mostly mixed in the market, he is very familiar with the situation in Beijing, he is the biggest gangster in Beijing on weekdays, and the store will open in the future, as long as he stops there, there will be no long-eyed ruffians and hooligans to make trouble, and he can be regarded as a door god.

Cao Wei sat down again and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, you can rest assured, this time we will definitely be able to make a lot of money, and if anyone is unhappy in the future, we will directly smash it with silver, smash a few thousand taels of silver, and see if he dies." ”

Zhang Heling was not as optimistic as Cao Wei, and said with a wry smile: "In the future, if Zhang loses a lot of money, he will ask the virtuous brother to enjoy the food and ......."

Cao Wei laughed and said, "Does Brother Zhang know where the silver came from?" ”

"Naturally, it's earned!" Zhang Heling said angrily: "Could it be that it still fell from the sky!" ”

"Although there is no silver falling from the sky, you can dig silver from the ground, as long as you can find a silver mine, the silver is not constantly carried to the house......

Zhang Heling stood up from his chair abruptly and said excitedly: "Brother Xian, do you know where there is a silver mine? If that's the case, why don't we need to do business, just dig up the silver. ”

Cao Wei took a sip of tea unhurriedly and said lightly: "Dongying! ”

Zhang Heling was suddenly deflated and said with a wry smile: "Brother Xian is really joking, the people of Dongying are so poor that they have to row a broken boat to our Daming to rob it." Two years ago, a few envoys came from Dongying, and their clothes were in tatters, like refugees. ”

The people of the Ming Dynasty, whether rich or poor, or of high or low status, all felt that they were the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, superior to others, and the aliens were all cunning, hunting with sticks all day long, wearing animal skins and leaves, and living a life of fur and blood.

But Cao Wei knew that in this era, the whole world was changing, capitalism was sprouting in Italy, Columbus opened up a new route, and a vigorous transformation began.

Dongying is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and over the years, it has also sent envoys to the court from time to time, saying that it is to come to the court, but in fact it is to ask for money, because as long as you come to the court, you can always bring back something worth a hundred times, or even a thousand times.

In line with the principle that if you have a advantage, you are a bastard, some vassal states can send envoys to the Ming Dynasty several times a year. The Ming court also has a headache, after all, his own life is not very rich, but he is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and he can't lose the face of the kingdom, so he gritted his teeth and made enough gifts to let the envoys take them back.

Dongying and the Ming Dynasty across the sea, inconvenient to come and go, every few years to come to the Ming Emperor to pay tribute once, the gifts are also very shabby, like tattered, so the impression of the people of the Ming Dynasty on the Dongying people is: poor sour, extremely poor sour!

But Cao Wei knew that the most famous of Dongying were Koshu gold and Iwami silver, Koshu gold was the principal of the Warring States daimyo Takeda clan, and later at the end of the Warring States period, the gold mines dried up, and the Takeda clan also finished playing.

However, until now, the Iwami silver on Toei Island has not been developed, until more than 100 years later, the Portuguese landed in Toei and vigorously exploited silver mines, which made Toei one of the world's leading silver-producing countries, so that at that time, one-third of the world's silver production came from Toei, and Toei was also called the "Silver Islands".

Cao Wei smiled faintly and said: "Brother Zhang, although the people of Dongying are poor, it is true that there are silver mines in Dongying, but they don't know it, as for why the younger brother knows, there is naturally a way for the younger brother." ”

Seeing that Cao Wei was so determined, Zhang Heling couldn't help but believe it in his heart, after all, the benefits of mining silver mines were too great.

"Brother Xian, you must bring your brother when you go to Dongying to dig silver in the future, we will be brothers in the future, if Brother Xian has something difficult, just say hello, my brother will definitely help. Brother, I'll go back and prepare the money, and open our store first......"

After Zhang Heling left, Ren Hao walked out from behind the screen and asked suspiciously: "Brother Xian, is there really a silver mine in Dongying?" ”

"Of course, there is!"

Ren Hao said excitedly: "Then let's go to Dongying now, dig a silver mountain, who is still doing this Laoshizi Qianhu!" ”

"The time has not yet come......"

Ren Hao nodded as if he didn't understand, scratched his head and said, "Zhang Heling didn't mention me today, so is it not over that I beat his servant?" ”

Cao Wei glanced at him and said lightly: "Brother Ren, you are really stupid and cute, Zhang Heling brought the subordinate who was injured by you over today, but he never mentioned it, just to tell me, this matter is over, don't worry, you are fine."

This Shouning Marquis is thick and thin, but he is also a smart person, at least smarter than you! ”

"Brother Cao Xian, why are you scolding......"