After another two days, Zhang Zhixian of Shanghu County's request to open the sea finally arrived in the capital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yun Xi carefully read the contents of the recital, and made sure that Zhang Yanfang carried out the rules he had set, so he approved the word "quasi", and took July 26 as a good day and determined it as the day when the sea was officially opened for trade.

On July 23, he returned to Shanghu County. Zhang Yanfang summoned the three officials of Shanghu County, the county chief, the canonical history, and the main book, as well as the officials who were compiling the heads, the head catchers, and the officials of the six rooms, as well as the more than 20 officials who had just come to Shanghu County this month, to the hall of the Yamen of the City Bureau, and circulated to them the recitals that had been returned.

While they watched, Zhang Yanfang said: "Colleagues, Your Majesty has officially approved the folds, and the opening of the sea will officially start in three days." ”

"This is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea, allowing Fanguo merchants to come to my Daming. Your Majesty and the important ministers of the imperial court attach great importance to it, and Your Majesty also personally drafted the charter with Qi Shangshu and Yang Shilang. ”

"So there must be no mistakes in this matter! If there is a mistake, then we will not be able to do well. ”

Everyone present knew the importance of this matter, and it can be seen from the fact that Shanghu County's excerpts on this matter were basically answered and sent back to Shanghu County on the same day they arrived in the capital, as well as the intensity of the pirates swept away a while ago.

So everyone listened to Zhang Yanfang's next words.

Zhang Yanfang began to instruct: "Cao County Cheng, the master book, Xu Dian Shi, the matters that have nothing to do with the opening of the sea in Shanghu County in the past few days have been handed over to you." Cao Xiancheng, if there is a complaint from the people, as long as it has nothing to do with the opening of the sea, you will collect the complaint. ”

The person called Cao Xiancheng agreed: "Yes, Lord Prefectural Order." ”

"The bookkeeper, you have to take care of the grain, horses, and patrols."

The pawn knew that most of the errand servants would be assigned to the city department, so there would be insufficient people on the side of the Shanghu County Ya, so Zhang Yanfang would say that he would take care of it. However, the master of the book thought that if nothing happened in this way, it would be his own merit, so he bowed and replied, "Yes, my lord." ”

"Xu Dianshi, the county's official documents, benevolence and compassion for the poor and other things have all been handed over to you."

Xu Dianshi agreed: "Yes, my lord." ”

Zhang Yanfang then turned to the head of the squad and the head catcher and said, "Zhang Bantou and Xing catcher, you two should be busier these days." Now there are a lot of merchants gathered there with goods, although each family has brought their own guards, but we still have to patrol and inspect. ”

"If something really happens, whether it's a fire or a lot of goods are stolen, it can go up to heaven; If it is a businessman from Fanguo, there is a risk of affecting diplomatic relations. ”

"Besides, we can't always let the soldiers of the guard station be on duty, wouldn't it be a loss of face for us to go to Shanghai County."

In fact, Zhang Bantou and Xing Zhutou don't care about their faces, they are not officials who received benefits a while ago, but errand officers who have no hope of promotion, so they are not very interested in Zhang Yanfang's words. But they didn't dare to refute the words of the magistrate, so they could only say, "Yes, my lord." ”

Zhang Yanfang knew what they were thinking, and said with a smile: "The messengers of the City Ship Division are being recruited, and it won't be long before they can be used, so you won't have to be so busy by then." ”

"In addition, if you do a good job, this county will give you a promotion to inspection! I, Zhang Yanfang, will do what I say and never break my word! ”

Zhang Bantou and Xing Zhutou were suddenly different, and the two bowed down and said again: "Yes, my lord." There was more serious emotion in his voice.

Zhang Yanfang turned to the officials of the City Department and said, "I don't know why His Majesty will send all the officials over instead of the officials, but since this is already the case, then you must not slack off." ”

The official of the Municipal Department promised.

Zhang Yanfang gave a few more commands and said, "It's getting late today, let's all disperse." The crowd dispersed.

In this era, the government did not have much sense of secrecy, so the local people already knew about it at night.

In the house of a village outside the city of Shanghu, but not far from the county seat of Shanghu, Xiao, Lu, and Duan, who had come from Haiyan County, Jiaxing Prefecture a few days ago, sat with a local man and listened to the messenger of the city's ship.

The officer said, "......, and then Master Zhang asked everyone to go back." ”

The local man was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, about forty years old, and was not very wealthy, but from the underwear occasionally seen through the coarse cloth clothes, it was clear that he was not a poor man.

When the man had finished speaking, he commanded, "Go down." At the same time, he gestured with his eyes to the butler who was standing aside.

The butler took out a silver ingot of five taels from his pocket, handed it to him, and said, "Take it, this is your reward for today." ”

The man was surprised and delighted, and said, "Master Wang, Steward Wang, I have received the favor of the Wang family on weekdays, how can I still take the money today!" But the hand was holding the silver tightly.

Steward Wang smiled: "Give it to you, you will take it." What Zhang Zhixian has said in the past few days, whether it sounds related to Kaihai or not, write it down and tell us. ”

The official saluted and said, "Don't worry, I just forgot my father's surname, and I can't forget Zhang Zhixian's words!" Then he bowed and withdrew.

When he retreated, Steward Wang also bowed down. Only then did the middle-aged man known as Master Wang begin to speak.

He said to the three people from Jiaxing: "Brother Xiao, Brother Lu, Brother Duan, how is it, what are you going to do?" Listening to the tone of his voice, they had discussed it many times before.

Xiao Zhuo, the leader of the three, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother Wang is a landlord, and there are people in the family who are officials in the imperial court, of course we all listen to Brother Wang." ”

The man surnamed Wang Rende also smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, isn't this cold to me!" How dare I, Wang Rende, compare with the three? ”

"Songjiang Mansion is located at the outlet of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court has been very strict in the past few years, so there is no business to do at all, and the fleet has to disperse, so it can only live on the harvest of this little farming. If the court doesn't open the sea again, I can only disperse this big family. ”

"Jiaxing is close to the sea, and the three brothers are in Ningbo all the year round, where there are many reefs, although the three brothers do not go to sea in person, but there are also small barge boats, and the maritime merchants have done a lot of business, and the capital is also abundant."

"So this time, I am mainly based on three brothers."

Wang Rende's words seem to be reasonable, but the three people on the other side are not in vain, knowing that he is only seven points of truth and three points of falsehood, and he can't believe it.

And the three of them came here to do business seriously, since ancient times, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, in order to be able to do business in peace in the future, they can't take the lion's share.

So the three of them successively excused themselves. After a while, the four of them reached an agreement, Wang Rende accounted for 40% of the shares, and Xiao Zhuo and the three of them together accounted for 60% of the shares.