China obviously took the lead in opening the Age of Discovery, but in the end it failed to open up the sea frontier and establish colonies overseas, or because the Ming Dynasty was at the forefront of the times, and the people in power regarded themselves as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, they wore silk, ate delicious food, were educated and skilled, and could exchange a jar of mud for gold, and weave silk into cloth for silver.

Only those coastal people who can't survive and merchants who want money and don't want their lives will go to sea to make a living, without the support of the imperial court, these people have no ability to establish political power, Nanyang at that time was not barbaric in the pure sense, there was already a barbarian regime established and a certain military strength.

Even if a Han Chinese established power, it began to decline after the Ming Dynasty withdrew prematurely from the maritime competition. As for why the Ming Dynasty withdrew from the sea, of course, it was because there was no interest, and the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to sea not to make money but for political reasons.

The navy is different, they have the most powerful armament in the world, and most of the navy non-commissioned officers are money fans, so they will not go to Nanyang to announce their rewards. There are bandits who are like combing soldiers like grates, but the navy is a perfect combination of officials and thieves, and it is strange which chieftains will be spared.

What Ma Du has to do is to remove the cloak of overseas wilderness, so that the nobles and lords of the imperial court can see the wealth overseas. There are colonial interests in the front, and Lao Zhu's butcher's knife in the back, and the nobles are not jumping into the sea one after another.

Madu will also take advantage of the general trend to manage his own back road, as for what harm will be brought to the natives by the nobles who eat people and do not spit out bones, Madu said that there is nothing he can do. It turns out that the bloody butcher's knife is more memorable and awe-inspiring than immeasurable kindness, hehe......

"Uncle, you're smiling so scary!" Zhu Xiaosi walked into the hall with a nunchuck pinned to his waist, and Zhu Xiaosi, who was already twelve years old, looked more and more stupid and black, and among the brothers, he looked the most similar to Lao Zhu.

"Pearls, and golden pearls, I've never seen them before!" Zhu Xiaosi stretched out his hand and was about to grab it into the jar.

"While playing, I won't go back to the palace after the holidays, just eat and drink here with me."

Ma Du was angry and beat off his black hand, it was this guy who asked the eunuch of Sanbao to give the chieftains overseas extravagantly, and when he received a little tribute, he threw it into the warehouse to become moldy, and the spices became stinky, and the emperor was not interested in going to sea after there was no benefit.

"It's stingy!" Zhu Xiaosi pursed his lips and suddenly stretched out his hand, quickly snatched the pearl in Ma Du's hand, and ran out of the hall laughing, "Yellow-haired little girl, tell you to see the golden pearl of this king." ”

The yellow-haired little girl is Zhu Xiaosi's name for Xu Miaoyun, you don't have to guess to know that Xu Da's wife is here again, and Song Shuang, two brainless women, are planning to do some unreliable business in the backyard, but pity Xu Xiaopei to carry out their bad idea.

These small businesses Ma Du was not interested, because Mao Xiang brought him bad news, and he found a batch of glassware in the harbor, which was trafficked by the Ming maritime merchants from the Japanese country, and they had been in the port.

Madu knew that this was the result of his dumping of glass overseas, and it was time to fill the domestic market before the glassware had returned to it.

This cake is too big for Ma Du to eat, and when he walked out of the flower hall to the backyard, he saw Zhu Xiaosi holding a golden pearl in front of Xiao Yu'er and Xu Miaoyun, "Look, this is my uncle gave me a pearl, you haven't seen the golden one." ”

Xiao Yu'er and Xu Miaoyun took a child to catch butterflies in the garden, and they didn't pay attention to Zhu Xiaosi at all.

Ma Du pulled Zhu Xiaosi over, took out a letter and handed it to him, "Don't make trouble with me, hurry back to the palace and bring the letter back by the way." ”

"My uncle asked people to send it to the General Administration Department, what to do for me, and I am not my uncle's errand." Zhu Xiaosi was very dissatisfied with Ma Du disturbing him to pick up girls.

"This is my letter to my mother, if you are not obedient, beware of the ring ruler I asked the emperor to give me."

If he doesn't give the largest piece of the cake to Lao Zhu, the consequences will be very serious, if he dislikes Shang Jia is cheap industry and the royal family is unwilling to handle it, it is his business, but Ma Du can't help but give it.

Zhu Xiaosi walked away with a letter, and Ma Duzhao beckoned Xiao Yu'er over and gave him a bead.

"Thank you, Uncle Ma!" Xu Miaoyun smiled and saluted Ma Du with her skirt.

is handsome and cute at a young age, knowledgeable but not pretentious, eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Xu Da with a kind of boyish heroism, Zhong Lingyuxiu probably described her like this.

Xiao Yu'er looked at the beads in his hand and asked, "Brother, don't you have water chestnut beads?" ”

"Don't give it to her, my brother will keep it for her to save a dowry. Xiao Yu'er don't learn from her, stay with her brother for a few more years, and your brother will find you a good husband in the future. ”

"Oops!" Xiao Yu covered his face, "My brother will make fun of me!" ”

Just when Ma Du was talking to the two little girls, the two little people on the edge of the garden also had an exchange, Bi Lin stretched out her chubby little hand and pinched a small green worm from the flower branch, looking at the little fool Xu Huizu who was about to flow into his mouth with snot in his mouth, "This is for you, delicious, giggle......"

The Chang family made a fortune with the Ma family, and the nobles were all red-eyed when they saw it, absolutely envious and jealous. But today, good things finally fell on their heads, as soon as the housewives of each family received the invitation, they couldn't wait to rush to Chang's house to gather together, and as soon as Mrs. Chang appeared, she surrounded her and asked.

Mrs. Chang was so noisy that she shouted at the top of her voice: "Don't ask me today, sisters-in-law, sisters-in-law, I'm just doing it for others, Xuanzhong, come in quickly." ”

Ma Du walked into the hall quickly, and greeted everyone in the hall with a smile, "Little brother has given you a salute to your sisters-in-law!" I asked Sister-in-law Chang to invite you over. Most of the men in the family were not at home, so Ma Du simply invited the housewife of their family in the name of Mrs. Chang.

"It turned out to be Uncle Guo, I can't go to your house to say anything, I have to trick us all into coming to Chang's house, do you want to tell us a little wife for you?"

"I heard that Uncle Guo is afraid of his mother-in-law, I think it's true, my family Lao Zhou still has a daughter-in-law, it doesn't hurt if you don't dislike it, but the next time you see me, you will call your mother-in-law."

"Don't mention the little girl in your family, where does she look like a good uncle in the country, but there is a sister in my mother's family. The appearance of Zhou Zheng's ass is also big, and it is guaranteed to give birth to a son. ”

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Most of these nobles in the early Ming Dynasty were from a bitter background, although they had already accepted young and beautiful concubines, but the eldest lady in the family still married the bad wife when she was down, and they were all rough women who dared to say anything. One by one, they were vying to be Ma Du's mother-in-law, and they were squeezed by others and were anxious to marry themselves to Ma Du as their little wife.

"Sister-in-law Gu laughed, you are as beautiful as a flower, where is Brother Gu willing to reconcile with you, if you enter my house, Brother Gu will be angry at the crown, and he will definitely give my house a little."

Gu Shi's mother-in-law touched her thick waist, "Uncle Guo can still speak, unlike my family's old Gu, who has never coaxed people!" ”

Mrs. Chang interrupted everyone impatiently, "Don't laugh, I said that it is a good thing to make a fortune, but I didn't let you fish for Xuanzhong, the golden beetle son-in-law." ”