Again, when Shi Yiwen came to Zhang's Mansion in Wusha Hutong, his mood was very different from the last time, and the mood of the last time was uneasy, and even a little excited, after all, this was a capable minister who gave Daming a seventy life.

And now...... The mood seems to be very calm. Occasionally, he would take a look at the Zhang family's mansion, which was actually the imperial court, and now the Zhang family is just living here temporarily.

"Xiaguan Shi Yiwen has seen Shoufu."

After respectfully saluting, Shi Yiwen heard Zhang Juzheng laugh.

"Zhiyuan, you don't have to be so polite, sit."

After Shi Yiwen sat down, Zhang Juzheng asked again,

"Did you prepare the strip I asked you to write last time?"

"It's ready,"

took out the draft array and handed it over with both hands, but Zhang Juzheng didn't look at it, but just looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"Do you know that since the imperial court intends to allow people to trade in Tianjin, many people in this capital have come to me to ask for favors and ask to undertake this matter.

His inquiry made Shi Yiwen's brows lock slightly, this kind of thing, what do you ask me to do?

"Xia Guan thinks that Shoufu should have made a decision in his chest."

Gently kicked the ball back, Shi Yiwen's heart began to calculate, it seems that he still ignores people's interest in Tonghai, the huge profits of overseas trade, how can they not know, there was no opportunity in the past, but now that there is an opportunity, the big guy is naturally unwilling to miss it.

Seeing that the problem was kicked to himself again, Zhang Juzheng smiled.

"Decision, of course, is already there, but I just want to ask you, if you were to handle this, how would you handle it?"

Although he was determined to achieve this matter in his heart, Shi Yiwen didn't know that this matter was not so easy, but because he had been prepared for a long time, he didn't feel it sudden at this time.

"In fact, this matter is very simple, overseas trade is indeed profitable, but there are also many risks, especially the search for high-yield varieties, which is time-consuming and laborious, requires a lot of money, and may not be able to see immediate results. Therefore, the lower officials thought that they should use the huge profits obtained from trade to support overseas searches for various crops......"

Later, Shi Yiwen carefully explained how to "raise ships with commerce", and how to send search ships overseas to search for species while merchant ships were trade.

"You mean, you need to send a special ship to collect species? Can't you bring back species from overseas when the merchant ships are trading? ”

Zhang Juzheng asked with some doubts.

"That's true."

Nodding, Shi Yiwen explained.

"Merchant ships often have their fixed routes, such as to the east and west oceans is nothing more than to enter the port trade, not necessarily how many species can be obtained, their main energy is in trade, and the search for species may take a year or two, merchant ships can not focus on this matter for a long time, so it is necessary to have special ships and personnel to engage in this matter, this is what Xia Guan just said, "to raise ships with commerce". ”

What is "Raising a Ship by Business"?

It is to use the profits of commercial trade to maintain an expeditionary fleet, which, of course, can be used both for "expeditions" and for the future as a naval fleet.

In fact, in many countries, at the beginning of their fleets, they started like this, a few small ships started the naval road, instead of building a large fleet at the beginning, and the expansion of the fleet itself was an expansion with the continuous expansion of overseas interests.

This can be the foundation! Build the foundations of the Navy.

Of course, of course, Shi Yiwen will not say all this to the outside world, this is only his initial plan, sometimes, some goals can be hidden in other actions.

"Well, that's pretty good."

Zhang Juzheng nodded, then looked at him and said.

"I've thought about it, it's safer to leave it to you, after all, you know more about overseas, and besides, I still have to give you a ...... reminder."

glanced at Shi Yiwen, and then Zhang Juzheng said.

"Now, many people in Beijing are very interested in this, and it is not necessarily a good thing to let you do this errand now! When the time comes, I don't know how many people will hate you. ”

Hearing this, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Actually, this matter is simple, it's nothing more than a balance, Xia Guan has already mentioned in the stripe array, you can set up a joint-stock company."

"Joint-stock company? What is it? ”

"It means that there are multiple shareholders in a firm, and if they are interested, they can directly invest in the company, as shareholders of the company, participate in the management of the company and distribute dividends."

In fact, the origin of the joint-stock company is the Age of Discovery, in the face of the high risk of navigation, out of the way of risk sharing, they set up a joint-stock company in the form of share fund-raising, like the East India Company of various countries is a joint-stock company, which is not only to share risks, but also to balance interests. After all, it is well known that the high profits brought by the spice trade drive all the powerful people crazy, so joint-stock companies are the best choice to balance the interests of all parties.

Listening to Shi Yiwen's explanation of the shareholding system, Zhang Juzheng just nodded slightly, he naturally knew that this was a way to balance the interests of all parties, and he didn't have much interest in this, just nodded slightly in agreement.

"This is not a bad way, you have to do it with your heart, when it is done, I will definitely ask the emperor for credit to you one day."

Seeing that Shoufu already had the intention of sending off guests, Shi Yiwen naturally got up and said goodbye, after all, Shoufu had a lot of affairs and couldn't be disturbed for a long time. After getting up to say goodbye, he walked along the corridor by the wall to the outside, when suddenly a figure stepped out of the side door. A woman dressed in the costume of a lady of this era walked out.

Almost the moment the figure of the pretty woman came into view, Shi Yiwen suddenly roared in his mind - it was him...... She!

How is this possible?

"Ahh

Zhang Zixuan also looked at him in surprise, why did he come!

Eyes fell on her face. When looking at her face, Shi Yiwen was puzzled at first, and then suddenly became in a trance, and couldn't help but let out a low cry.

"You...... You are ......"

The woman who just came out was very pretty, her pure face was flawless, and her eyes were like two bright pearls hanging in the night sky. And the most surprising thing is not her amazing appearance, but that she looks exactly the same as Zhang Jingxiu, and even the tiny black mole between her eyebrows is exactly the same!

After a moment of distraction, Shi Yiwen wondered.

"Are you...... Zixuan? ”