Chapter 45 Reform Plan IV

This wine merchant was the same James who had crossed the ocean and gone through many dangers to come to the Ming Dynasty in search of treasure.

To say that this guy is also the top of the fortune cover, last time Lianyun Buzhuang fell into a crisis under Shen Chongming's planning, he not only took advantage of the situation to ask for back the two hundred taels of salary owed by Ouyang Mingde, but also was favored by Shen Chongming, who knew the hero at a glance.

On the same day, the trial of the case in Shuntianfu came to an end, and Shen Chongming had the detailed information of James in hand, according to rumors, this James came from the far northwest, sailed by ship for several years before reaching the border of the Ming Dynasty, his hometown is like winter and cold all year round, and the snow does not melt in many places all year round, which is unheard of in such a world.

As soon as he heard this, Shen Chongming immediately became interested in this person, let's not talk about where he is from! Just by wandering aimlessly on the sea for a few years to the Ming Dynasty, you can be compared with the so-called great navigators in history, such a person, the sailing experience is absolutely beyond the reach of people, if he can lead the fleet across the ocean for trade in the future, it can definitely increase a lot of safety factor.

In this way, Shen Chongming came up with the idea of taking James in his pocket first, and at that time he was thinking that once he could prompt the imperial court to lift the sea ban in the future, this James would definitely be a hot baby pimple.

I didn't expect this day to come so early, and I didn't have time to meet James yet, if it weren't for the lifting of the sea ban this time, I was afraid that I would have forgotten him.

Today is destined to be unable to go to the Yamen on an errand, Shen Chongming got up and said: "Let's go, let's go and see this navigator, once the sea ban is lifted, his value will be worth many million taels!" ”

Seeing that Shen Chongming walked out without explanation, Xiao Ershao could only hold back the curiosity in his heart and get up to follow, thinking in his heart, how could such an ugly-looking guy be worth so many silver taels?

It is the season of the grape harvest when the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and when you ride a horse, you can see the vineyards as far as you can see, and you can see farmers picking grapes everywhere.

Shen Chongming couldn't help but turn over and dismount, threw the reins to the guards behind him, and walked into the vineyard with Xiao Ershao.

It was very shameless to pick a bunch of grapes, Shen Chongming said while eating: "I didn't expect that there is such a good place outside the capital, if it weren't for the fact that we were too busy with official business, we could have built a courtyard here, and waited for the grapes to ripen and come here to stay for a few days, which can be regarded as a rare leisure!" ”

Xiao Ershao was even more annoying, his mouth was stuffed with grapes and muttered: "It's easy to say, tomorrow the junior brother will send someone to buy a place to build, and it will definitely be able to be built by this time next year, and then it will be like when we were studying in Guozijian, Brother Shen, you pretend to be sick and take a few days off to take your sisters-in-law here to live here for a few days!" ”

Shen Chongming smiled: "Nonsense, at what age do you pretend to be sick and take leave, and you are not afraid of being laughed at when you spread it, hey, you will never be young again!" ”

As he spoke, Xiao Ershao grabbed two bunches of grapes in his hand and pointed to a small courtyard not far in front of him and said, "Brother Shen, that's where that ugly monster lives, such a good scenery is cheap for him!" ”

Remembering that he lived in Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop all day long, Xiao Ershao felt that it was unfair, and he didn't eat the grapes, and complained: "Brother Shen, the little brother really doesn't understand why you are so good to such an ugly monster, this guy doesn't do his job all day long, he knows what ancestral secret wine he makes here, but the little brother came twice and didn't see him take out something we haven't seen, and every time the wine used to entertain the little brother is no different from the one our people brought back from the Hu people, I guess he also said that we haven't seen this thing?" Wait that day for the younger brother to find a book of Li Taibai's poems and show him the sentence 'Grape Wine Luminous Cup' on it, so that he can know that our ancestors drank this thing thousands of years ago! ”

Shen Chongming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The value of this James is not his wine, you call him ugly all day long, and when you see his power, you will know that he is a baby bump!" ”

While talking, the two came to the door of the small courtyard, only to see General Tie holding the door, but James was not at home.

Xiao Ershao was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "No, this guy doesn't go out of the door on weekdays, why is he not at home today?" As he spoke, he subconsciously looked around.

There is no end in sight to the vineyards, where can you find James.

At this moment, I only heard a burst of chaotic noise from far and near, faintly mixed with the sound of scolding, Xiao Ershao looked in the direction where the noise came, only to see the grizzled James stumbling back, and behind him were the angry people, at a cursory glance, there were as many as 100 people.

Looking at Xiao Ershao standing in front of his courtyard in a daze, James, who looked anxious, suddenly showed a look of joy, and ran to Xiao Ershao's side: "Shopkeeper Xiao, save me quickly!" ”

Shen Chongming was also dumbfounded, could it be that this foreign devil was lonely in a foreign land, and he did that kind of hurtful thing and caused public resentment.

But there is no need for them to come to the rescue, the angry crowd looked at the people in front of the small courtyard, and paused vividly, looking at this dressed person, it was clearly the person in the city who was dressed in brocade clothes, no wonder this strange-looking guy had the courage to lobby everyone to let the grapes all rot on the vine, it turned out to be a person with a background.

"I said, James, what trouble are you doing!" Xiao Ershao asked angrily, whenever he saw James, he felt angry, in a word, he hated this kind of person who didn't work for nothing.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, I just discussed with them whether I could pick grapes now, and wait for the frost to fall and freeze before picking them, but I didn't expect them to say that they didn't understand the season and wanted to harm them, and they would beat people when they got together!" James had a look of fear on his face, because he usually looked at his kind neighbors so wild.

Xiao Ershao's eyes widened, and he said angrily: ", you let people's grapes rot on the vines, don't beat you to anyone!" ”

"That's not the case, everyone listen to me!" James looked anxious and said hurriedly: "It's not about letting the grapes rot on the vine, but just thinking that after the grapes are frozen, they can be used to make wine, and the wine that is made like that is the best wine in the world!" ”

Xiao Ershao's face was full of disdain: "Hmph, don't think that I don't know how wine is made, how can frozen grapes make wine, I'm afraid that the wine brewed is also stinky!" ”

James was dumbfounded, turned his head to look around, and found that everyone was looking at him with an idiotic look, and then he realized the seriousness of the problem, if he did not make this matter clear today, he was afraid that the five acres of vineyards that flew out of thin air would no longer belong to him.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, listen to me first...... Before James could finish speaking, he was stopped by Xiao Ershao stretching out his hand: "Brother Shen, I really don't know how you fell in love with this idiot, let's go back quickly!" “

Shen Chongming didn't think James was a fool like Xiao Ershao, you must know that this James had been adrift at sea for several years and came to the Ming Dynasty, even if such a person was a fool, it would be too much of a genius1

"Hehe, don't worry, brother Xian,