Yang Rong's excited appearance really scared Yang Cong, he was really afraid that his grandfather would not be able to control it, and he would be like Fan Jin, crazy!

What to do?

If you continue to be excited like this, don't really burn your head, you have to think of a way to pour some cold water on your grandfather and let him cool down.

Of course, this cold water is not real cold water, and if he suddenly takes a basin of cold water and splashes it on his grandfather's head, his grandfather will probably go crazy faster.

He thought about it, and suddenly sighed: "Alas, this show is easy to test, but this eldest lady of the Zhang family is not so easy to marry, grandpa, you said that if this Longxi Chen family messes up, what should we do?" ”

When Yang Rong heard this, he slowly calmed down, he sat down at the desk with Yang Cong's support, thought about it carefully, and then shook his head and sighed: "Alas, this matter is indeed a bit troublesome, but don't worry, the Longxi Chen clan does not dare to blatantly come to Hulai, and it should be able to deal with this matter with Lord Xu's recruitment to block the water and cover the earth." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Cong himself is a little bored, this Longxi Chen clan is really a big trouble, even if he is a high school jinshi, it is estimated that there is nothing he can do about them, because they have pirates under their hands, and they are also close to the Japanese Bandits, this Japanese Bandit Ming Dynasty has been exterminated for decades, can he clean them up by himself?

He couldn't help but complain: "Grandpa, this Longxi Chen clan obviously violated the sea ban and passed the war, many people know about it, why didn't anyone impeach them?" ”

He was actually angry, just subconsciously venting, he didn't want to get an answer from his grandfather at all, because Mr. Yan had already answered this question.

For the time being, this problem seems to be unsolvable, because the maritime giants are too powerful, and they act despicably, no one dares to provoke them.

Unexpectedly, Yang Rong answered this question, and the answer he gave was completely different from that of Mr. Yan.

He shook his head and sighed: "Alas, the matter of this maritime wealthy family is not so simple, you were still young and ignorant before, so grandpa didn't tell you in detail, but now, I can tell you well." ”

Yang Cong subconsciously shook his head, what else is there to say, he already knows the answer, Mr. Yan has already said it.

He was shaking his head there, but Yang Rong suddenly said solemnly: "Cong'er, you should know that things can be eaten indiscriminately, and words cannot be talked indiscriminately." You can't talk nonsense about what Grandpa told you today, if you are listened to by someone with a heart, it is likely to kill you! ”

, what does that mean?

Killed?

Yang Cong really couldn't imagine that saying anything would kill him, so he could only nod his head and say, "Grandpa, don't worry, your grandson won't talk nonsense." ”

Yang Rong nodded, and then said carefully: "Longxi Chen family, the four major maritime merchants, to put it bluntly, are all provoked by the sea ban of the imperial court!" ”

This!

The maritime merchant family was provoked by the imperial court's sea ban, and Yang Cong had already heard Mr. Yan say this, but people didn't use this tone.

He seemed to understand a little, it turned out that the so-called murder was what it meant, and listening to his grandfather's tone was dissatisfied with the imperial court's sea ban!

This sea ban was made out by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and the strict sea ban of the Jiajing Dynasty was personally decided by the emperor of the dynasty, and he was dissatisfied with the sea ban, to put it bluntly, he was dissatisfied with the emperor of the dynasty, this is the crime of bullying the king, and it is really possible to cause death if the people of Jinyiwei or Dongchang know.

After saying this, Yang Rong seemed to have less scruples, he looked out the window, and said leisurely: "You are young and have little knowledge, so you don't know the troubles of this sea ban." When grandpa was as old as you, it was the time when the first emperor Hongzhi was in the middle of the reign, it was really a good year at that time, the first emperor practiced frugality, tax reduction and exemption, diligent government and love the people, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and lived a rich life, and the merchants around the country also got a rare opportunity, and it was out of control, like the cloth and silk of Nanzhili, the grain and ironware of Zhejiang, the porcelain of Jiangxi, the tea of our Fujian, etc., the output is soaring, it is simply how much it wants. Sometimes it's not a good thing to produce more of this thing, because there are so many people in the Ming Dynasty, there are so many things needed, no matter how much you produce, what's the use, if you produce more, it will cause vicious competition, so that the price will drop and the profit will be meager. At this time, unless you sell things and sell them outside of the Ming Dynasty, since then, there have been people who have taken the risk of selling shiploads of goods to Dongying, to the Ryukyus, and even to the South Seas, and in those places, the profits are simply amazing. At that time, the imperial court did not prohibit the sea very much, and there were city ships in Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, as long as the city ship division was greeted by the admiral and eunuch, it didn't matter how many things you smuggled out. It's a pity that in the second year of Jiajing, because the Dongying envoy broke out in Zhejiang, the emperor was angry, and directly closed the Fujian and Zhejiang City Bosi, prohibiting the merchants of the Ming Dynasty from trading with Dongying. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Rong deliberately paused, he was afraid that Yang Cong was young and knowledgeable and would not understand.

How can Yang Cong not understand, this is a serious overcapacity, there are too many goods, and they can't be sold.

Originally, the goods produced along the coast could be sold to Dongying, Ryukyu and other places to get more than ten times the profit, as a result, you banned, the merchants produced too many goods, they couldn't sell them, they could only compete at a lower price, and even sell at a loss, didn't this kill people!

He couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, this matter should indeed be sparse and not blocked, this sea is banned, and many merchants have no way to live." ”

When Yang Rong heard this, he couldn't help but look at him dumbfounded, this emotion is incisive, it really doesn't look like a seventeen-year-old little guy sent it.

However, when he thought that his grandson was a genius, he was relieved, perhaps, genius can be integrated in all aspects.

He nodded and said: "Yes, at the beginning, the whole Jiangnan was full of mourning, and many merchants were forced to have no way to live, so they could only go to sea to do business privately at the risk of killing their heads." That's really risking the head to be killed, as long as it is caught by the people of the inspection department in various places, it is really going to kill the head. You should also know that in these days, without the protection of the gentry, many things cannot be done, and these maritime merchants who go to sea to do business without permission need the protection of the powerful gentry, otherwise, it will be a life of death. Of course, most of the gentry were reluctant to get involved in this murderous business, but there were also those who were not afraid of death to protect these maritime merchants, and the four major maritime merchant families were slowly formed. ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but say dumbly: "This means, many people have to thank the four giants of maritime business?" ”

Yang Rong nodded helplessly and said: "Yes, not only the merchants of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiang Xi have benefited from this, but also the gentry families associated with them, and even our Yang family has benefited a lot from this." ”

The Yang family also benefited from this?

What are the benefits?

Yang Cong asked puzzledly, "What benefits can our Yang family get from this?" ”

Yang Rong explained carefully: "Do you think, merchants and gentry will only build houses and add furniture when they make money, right? This is nothing, they go to sea to do business, they always need a boat, a sea ship is not a little wood. ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he was speechless, he finally understood that the so-called maritime tycoons are actually the spokespersons for the interests of merchants and even gentry in the southeast provinces, everyone is tied together, forming a chain of interests, no wonder the foreign officials will encounter accidents as soon as they move the maritime tycoons, because they are making enemies of the gentry and local tyrants in the entire southeast!

He was stunned for a while, and then asked helplessly: "Grandpa, do you mean that we can't provoke this maritime giant, right?" ”

Unexpectedly, Yang Rong shook his head again and said: "We can't say that, we want to try to avoid provoking them, but they can't blatantly bully us, because we are also southeast merchants, and everyone is our own people to put it bluntly." Outsiders or those who want to disrupt the existing order in the southeast can do whatever they want, but they can't do this to their own people, and if they unscrupulously bully their own people, no one will agree. ”

It turns out that this is the case, everyone is equivalent to being in the same boat, and it is okay to be consistent with the outside world, but it is not possible to fight in the nest, at least not blatantly in the nest.

At this time, Yang Cong finally understood Xu Jie's intentions, it turned out that Xu Jie was using him, a local snake, to deal with maritime tycoons!

As for why Xu Jie wanted to deal with the maritime giants, he didn't know very well, perhaps, there was a personal enmity between them.