Hai Rui and others think that Zhang Ping is strange enough, he actually specializes in the work of the officials in the yamen, and besides, the master, a dignified second-class member of the imperial court, still deals with this kind of person!

They all think in their hearts that they have no prejudice against the common people, and as for arrogance, it is impossible to talk about it, and even in their hearts, they think that they have the people of the world in mind and want to work for the welfare of the common people.

In these years, scholars generally think this way before they become corrupt officials, and even some corrupt officials think so too!

They all think that their ideals are lofty, and serving the country and the people is their characteristic, but when they really face the common people, most of them respect their identities and disdain to be with them, as if with their identity and status, they should make friends with high-ranking officials and nobles.

This is what Yang Cong said about pride and prejudice, but now Hai Rui and others have not realized that this kind of thought exists in the depths of their minds.

The people summoned by Yang Cong next were even more bizarre, which simply subverted Hai Rui and others' perception of court officials or even scholars.

After Zhang Ping's back disappeared at the door, Yang Cong said aloud to the door: "Pass Gu Keqin." ”

Who is Gu Keqin?

Hai Rui and the other disciples were still confused, they had never heard of this person.

This time, Yang Cong explained in advance: "This Gu Keqin is the cousin of Gu Kexue, the right general administration of the General Administration Department, and Gu Kejiu, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Prosecution and Prosecution, and the chief steward of the Gu family in Nanzhili. ”

At this time, the disciples finally showed a sudden expression, the Gu family of Nanzhili is a famous official family, Gu Kexue and Gu Kejiu, the two brothers are not small in the court, and everyone has naturally heard of it.

Especially Hai Rui, he was even more excited, because he and Gu Kejiu still had a little source of incense, and Gu Kejiu presided over the examination when he was in the hospital, speaking of which, Gu Kejiu can be regarded as half of his teacher.

What is Gu Keqin doing here, is it on behalf of the Gu family of Nanzhili to welcome Yang Cong?

Although the disciples didn't know what Gu Keqin was doing, most of them came here for the sake of officialdom.

Unexpectedly, after Gu Keqin came in, what he said to Yang Cong was not this at all.

He respectfully saluted Yang Cong and then bowed his hand and said: "My lord, the production of cloth in Suzhou is increasing day by day, and I am afraid that there is still a lot left to supply Dongying this year. ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly: "These guys, don't you know how to take it easy, this lifeless creation, no matter how big the demand is, there will be a saturation day!" They're producing so much now, there's too much I can't do about it. ”

When Gu Keqin heard this, he hurriedly introduced: "The output of cloth in Suzhou Cloth Village was originally about 10,000 horses per day, and it has been the case since the Zhengde period, but since the adults presided over the business of Dongying, the demand has increased day by day, as if the daily output of 20,000 horses is not enough, as soon as they saw that the money was so easy to make, they went crazy to buy looms and hire weavers, which increased the output to about 50,000 horses per day. ”

, with a daily output of 50,000 horses, it is more than 18 million horses a year, and there are 18 million people in Dongying, even if one horse per person can't be sold!

Do these people have long brains?

Yang Cong shook his head helplessly and said: "No matter what there is, there is a degree, do you know, you can't flock to it just to make money, crazy to build, make so much, what if you can't sell it, put it there to grow mold?" Your Gu family, as the controller of Nanzhili, should also be in charge, and you can't let them produce indiscriminately, if you can't sell it, what a waste it is? ”

When Gu Keqin heard this, he said ashamedly: "The villain understands, the villain has already warned them at this time, they should not expand wildly, but the amount of 50,000 horses a day can't go down, because their looms have been purchased, and the weavers have been hired, my lord, you can help think of a way, if this can't be sold, the villain estimates that most of the cloth village is going to fall, they buy looms, purchase cotton, and hire weavers It costs a lot of money." ”

Yang Cong thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to talk to Tie Zhu later, and let him arrange a ship to transport these cloths to Luzon in batches." But you've got to teach them a lesson, and they're messing up my deployment, you know? The development of the southeast is a big game of chess, they can't act indiscriminately and mess up the chess game, so that in the short term, they seem to make a lot of money, but in the long run, they lose a lot of money, you know? Originally, I wanted to build more big ships and then organize my own fleet to sell them in Mughals, Persia, Dashi, and even Europe, so that the profits could be guaranteed, and they would be sent directly to Luzon and sold to the Spaniards, and the profits would be at least halved, you know? ”

Gu Keqin nodded again and again: "The villain understands, and the villain will teach them a good lesson." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he nodded slightly, and then waved his hand and said, "Well, okay, if you don't have anything else, you can go down." ”

When Gu Keqin heard this, he hurriedly retreated, and the disciples in the hall were stunned again.

This, this, this!

What's going on?

They are not stupid people, from the conversation between Yang Cong and Gu Keqin, they can tell that their master is forbidden to do maritime business!

When Yang Cong saw their appearance, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "What? Do you think it's wrong to do this for the sake of the teacher? ”

It's really wrong to do this, it's a violation of the imperial court's sea ban!

Of course, as disciples, they can't blame the master, they can only keep their mouths shut and take it as a tacit acquiescence.

Yang Cong then explained: "Do you know how much you can gain in a year? Do you know how many people you can feed by doing this? ”

The disciples were still speechless, and it was obvious that none of them knew about it.

Yang Cong didn't expect them to answer, and then he said to the door, "Let the Yang family's shopkeeper and steward come in." ”

After a while, several stewards and masters of the Yang family walked in, and after they respectfully saluted, they began to report one by one.

At this moment, the disciples were so shocked that they almost fell off their chairs, my God, how much money can this master's family make in a year?

They originally thought that most of the Yang family's income came from the salt introduction business, and it was rumored that the income from the salt introduction business was hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels at every turn, which in their opinion was already astronomical.

I never thought that the salt introduction business was nothing to the Yang family at all, and the income from cloth, porcelain, tea, silk and satin was amazing.

The business that these shopkeepers can report is hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels at every turn, and all of them add up, more than 10 million taels!

Of course, these incomes are not from the Yang family, as well as the Lu family and the Gu family, including Wang Zhi, Hong Tiezhu, Li Xixian, etc.

However, this figure can no longer be described as terrifying, because the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is only four or five million taels a year, and the business of the Yang family is two or three times that of the Ming Dynasty!

The wealth of the Yang family has not been enough to describe the richness of the Yang family, what other words are there to describe it?

After the Yang family's shopkeeper and steward went down, the disciples were still in a state of confusion, and the shock brought to them by so much money was too great.

Yang Cong let them digest it for a while, and then said leisurely: "You should know whether the sea ban is right or wrong now, and earning this money for the teacher is not for personal enjoyment, such as the southeast to exterminate the pirates and the Japanese invaders, and recover the Annan Mo clan, all of which are mobilized by hundreds of thousands of troops, and the food and salary of these armies are all for the teacher, as well as the School of Physics, including what you can think of in the future, good things for the country and the people, and the teacher will contribute money to support." You should also know that this money is not earned by teachers, but by others, such as maritime tycoons, such as Yan Song, what did they do when they made this money? Let's think about it, being an official is not inherently hated for money, it is right, how to make money, how to let the people live a good life. “

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