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In the territory of Nanhai County, there is a big house, and the local people know that this is the house of the Li family, the leading local family.

The Li family has thousands of acres of land in the local area, and this is still some land that Daming spit out after he came, otherwise there would be more. And since the 26th year of Hongwu allowed private iron smelting, there is an iron shop in Foshan. And the locals probably know that his family is privately engaged in maritime trade, and makes a lot of money.

The local government also speculated that his family was related to pirates, but they did not dare to touch the Li family without evidence. Guangdong is the place where the clan is the strongest in the country, the Li family is a big family, and there are people who are officials in the court, and the local big families have nothing to do with pirates too little. In order not to cause a big incident, local officials had no choice but to acquiesce.

But at this time, the young master of the Li family, the future head of the Li family, Li Guangrui, was very unhappy in his room, so that the subordinates who served him did not dare to approach him, and someone immediately went to find the young grandmother.

Not long after, Li Guangrui's wife Kang came over and said, "Grandpa called you there today, what did you say to make you so unhappy?" ”

Li Guangrui looked back and saw that it was his wife Kang, and immediately calmed down. His wife is a member of the Kang family, another big family in Guangzhou, and his wife Kang Hui herself is also very capable. His mother has passed away, and his grandmother has passed away for many years, and Kang Hui immediately took on the responsibility of housekeeper and grandmother after entering the house.

This is not a good job, anyone who has watched "Dream of Red Mansions" knows that it is very difficult for a young housekeeper who does not have the final decision, Wang Xifeng is so powerful, there are still people who disagree with her, and there are people and things that she can't manage and dare not manage, and Wang Xifeng also miscarried a child because of the housekeeper, it can be said that the price is very high, and no one misses her well.

But in the past two years, Kang Hui's housekeeper has been obedient up and down, and he has successfully given birth to a child. Li Guangrui also knows that it is not easy to be a housekeeper, so he is very convinced of his wife. At this time, he saw her and asked, and said, "Today, grandpa told me that Uncle Li Mu has sent back a letter, and the court has opened the sea. ”

Kang Hui didn't speak, waiting for the following.

Li Guangrui saw that his wife didn't take the bait, so he could only continue to say: "But the place where the sea is opened is in Shanghu County, Zhili." ”

Kang Hui thought for a moment and said: "Shanghu County is in the southeasternmost part of Zhili, next to the province of Qijiang?" "They, who do business in private, and who do a lot of business, have maps of the southern coast in their heads. So Kang Hui can think of it all at once.

Li Guangrui said hatefully: "This is there." You say that since ancient times, where has the sea been opened? Aren't they all open up to the sea along the coast of Guangdong and Shaojian? Why is it in Zhili now, I don't know who set it, it's really sick in the brain. ”

Although Li Mu, who is an official of the Li family, is an official, he is an official in Anqing Mansion, although he is also in Zhili, but it is not as convenient as the capital, and he still knows things from official documents, and he hurriedly sent someone to inquire in the capital and send the letter home, so Li Guangrui did not know who opened the sea.

However, with Li Guangrui's character, even if he knew that Yun Xi was the leader, he dared to scold at home.

Li Guangrui continued: "Our Li family, oh, and the ships of the Kang family and the Ye family, have always only been shipped in the south of the sea, and they have never even been to the north of Yingjian, let alone Shanghu County at the mouth of the Yangtze River. ”

And although the merchant gang in Suzhou was suppressed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, although the merchant gang in the river was also suppressed, there were still boats and people. Now that the sea is open over there, they won't make a profit? Waiting for them to be amazing, why don't you come to the South China Sea to grab our routes? ”

Kang Hui knew that Li Guangrui was worried that he would not be able to compete with the maritime merchants of the treaty port in the future, so he was anxious. The reason why the family is so rich is not earned by being a maritime merchant? If he had been digging food from the ground, he would have starved to death.

However, she thought carefully about the location of Shanghu County, and felt that it was indeed a very good place, with the Yangtze River and the sea, it can be said that there is no better location in the country. It seems that there are capable people in the government. Kang Hui thought.

After thinking for a while, Kang Hui said to Li Guangrui: "Xianggong, we can't fight for the route of the East China Sea, but the route of the South China Sea can be saved." After all, we have the right place and people, and they occupy the time at most, and there is still a fight. ”

"And since the imperial court has opened the sea in Zhili, it may not open the sea in Guangdong. Let my cousin inquire, there is no one in our Kang family who is an official in the court now, otherwise I will go back to my parents' house and ask my father to inquire too. ”

Li Guangrui listened to Kang Hui's words and felt that it made sense: it is unlikely that the imperial court will have only one mouth, otherwise it will not be good for them to be the sole ruler of the merchants of Zhili and Yijiang, and the imperial court still understands this truth, so either Guangdong or Xingjian must also have a place for trade.

Li Guangrui is actually not stupid, otherwise he would not have been selected as the heir, but he is easy to get excited, and it is easy to ignore some things when he is excited, so he found a calm daughter-in-law like Kang Hui to help him, and the three major families are in unison, and they are not afraid of problems.

Lee Guangrui said: "I will go and talk to my grandfather right away and ask him to write a letter." However, he immediately reacted: "Grandpa should have thought of it a long time ago, so he should have already sent a letter to his uncle, and I will wait for the result." ”

Kang Hui said: "Then you can also go and talk to grandpa, but then don't worry." ”

After Li Guangrui finished muttering about this, he remembered the events of a few years ago, and said: "Is this Ming Dynasty specifically not dealing with Guangdong?" In the first two years, the tax of our family increased by half. ”

"Why is our family still able to live in my grandfather's town, and I didn't have anything to do with the government at that time. I heard that there was a family in Shunde who did not obey the order and was directly eradicated. I inquired later, and at that time, troops were mobilized here in Guangdong, and there were no other provinces. ”

Kang Hui said: "Our Guangdong family is the most powerful, I have heard uncles who have been to Huguang, Bashu, Zhili, Heyan and other places said that there are no other places that dare to casually do it with the government, only we dare in Guangdong, compared to the emperor has also heard of it, so I deliberately pay attention to it when implementing 'spreading into acres'." ”

Until the 2nd century of Lee Kuang-rui, Guangdong was the place with the strongest clan power in the country. I heard that some rural areas do not dispatch armed police, and the government order cannot be carried out at all.

The father and wife talked again, Kang Hui went to continue to take care of the house, and there were still a lot of things for her to deal with. Li Guangrui went to his grandfather to talk about it. In addition, he has business affairs to do under the guidance of his elders, and he is practicing business management.