Volume 1 Chapter 24 Making Money

As the fleet of the Dakin House approached, the crowd on the dock slowly became excited.

It is normal for people to miss their hometown, especially in ancient times, there was no means of communication, and literati could also learn about the situation in their hometown through letters, and ordinary people could only inquire from the mouths of visitors from their hometowns.

At this moment, seeing that the fleet of the Dajin Institute was about to arrive, these people who came out of the Dajin Institute were naturally excited.

At this time, Xie Zhengyang and Wu Shiqi, the two old men of the Dajin Institute, had already stretched their necks and waited for them, and the little sixth aunt also began to chatter with Xiaoyun, and the two young men, Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru, were even more excited.

Who will it be?

Zhang Bin cleaned up his mood and raised his eyes to look at the sea.

At this time, Daikin's fleet was less than a mile away from the fishing port, but the fleet seemed to have stopped, and the sails of the Daifuku ship had been lowered.

He couldn't help but wonder, "Why didn't they come?" ”

Xie Zhengyang, who was on the side, said with sophistication: "The draft of the Dafu boat is too deep, and this kind of small fishing port can't be entered, so they should take the mother boat instead." ”

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a sub-mother ship slowly approached the Daifuku boat, and then, a ladder stretched out from the Daifuku boat, and several figures quickly descended to the Zimu boat through the ladder, and then, the sub-mother ship broke away from the fleet and went straight to the fishing port.

Zhang Bin couldn't help but get nervous, he was a man in two lives, this was the first time he had seen his relatives, and he really didn't know how to face it.

The boat slowly approached the dock, and before the boat could stop the boat, two men jumped off the side of the boat with cables in their hands, as if they were looking for a wooden stake to fix the hull.

Immediately afterwards, another strong man wearing fish scale armor jumped off the boat and went straight to Zhang Bin and the others.

Zhang Bin could see at a glance that this strong man was his second brother Zhang Guan, but how to greet the brothers when they met?

Just when he was at a loss, Zhang Guan rushed up directly, hugged him, and said excitedly: "Oh, fifth girl, I want to kill the second brother!" ”

Zhang Bin's face was suddenly full of black lines, the name of this fucking breast.

He rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Second brother, don't call me by my name outside." ”

At this time, the sixth aunt Zhang Cuihua also came up, patted Zhang Guan's arm and reproached: "Yes, second, the fifth girl has grown up now, and she has become a county magistrate, so you are not allowed to call him by his nickname." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Guan touched the back of his head, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Hehe, hehe, little sixth aunt, I don't call it habitual." ”

Zhang Bin is depressed, what a second child, what a fifth girl, fortunately, these two words don't have a special meaning at this time, otherwise he has to find a hole to get into.

Before he could talk to Zhang Guan, Xie Zhengyang came up again, patted Zhang Guan's shoulder and praised: "Second brother, yes, it's getting stronger and stronger." ”

Zhang Guan didn't know the indecency of the word second, and he smirked vigorously: "Hehe, little sixth uncle, where can my little body compare with you." ”

He smiled and smiled, and suddenly saw that Xiaoyun on the side seemed to be shedding tears there with red eyes, he immediately changed his face, and said distressedly: "Oh, Xiaoyun, what's wrong with you, why are you crying, is it that the fifth girl bullied you?" ”

When Xiaoyun heard this, he blushed and said, "No, no, I'm just a little reluctant to Sister Fengxian." ”

Sister Impatiens? Zhang Guan couldn't help but look at Xiaoyun in confusion, and he was also stunned at this look, obviously amazed by Xiao Fengxian's appearance.

Although Xiaoyun is also beautiful, she has grown up watching it since she was a child, and she doesn't think there's anything special when she gets used to it, this little phoenix is different, the first time she sees such a stunning beauty, even Zhang Guan can't help but lose her mind a little.

He looked at where Xiao Fengxian was standing, and suddenly came to his senses again, no, this girl is about to stick to the fifth girl, and the relationship between the two seems to be unusual.

He couldn't help but admire: "Fifth girl, you have a good eye, do you want me to go back and talk to my father?" ”

Zhang Bin was already a little immune to his own name, he directly took Xiao Fengxian's hand, nodded and said, "Well, let her accompany her mother first, and then make arrangements when I leave Pingyang." ”

This meaning is already obvious, this little phoenix will be the daughter-in-law of his Zhang family in the future.

At this time, the mother and son ship had already stopped, and more than a dozen guards wearing Ming army uniforms came over carrying a few boxes.

Zhang Guan immediately walked over, pointed to a box and said, "Little Sixth Uncle, this is what Sixth Uncle asked me to bring to you and Little Sixth Aunt." ”

When Xie Zhengyang and Zhang Cuihua heard this, they nodded excitedly and said, "Well, go back and thank you for us, big brother." ”

Zhang Guan pointed to another box and said, "Mr. Wu, this is your big stone that I asked me to bring to you." ”

When Wu Shiqi heard this, he nodded with satisfaction: "Well, okay, you go back and tell that kid to follow Master Qianhu well." ”

Zhang Guan pointed to another big box and said: "Zhang Cha, Zhao Ru, these are the eight of you, they are all wrapped inside, and there are words written, don't take it wrong." ”

When Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru heard this, they said excitedly: "Thank you, Second Young Master." ”

Zhang Guan pointed to a small box and said, "Xiaoyun, this is the new clothes that your mother made for you." ”

When Xiaoyun heard this, he blushed and said, "Well, thank my mother for going back for me." ”

Zhang Guan pointed to a smaller box and said a little awkwardly: "Fifth brother, this is five hundred taels of silver, my father said, if the silver is not enough to spend, tell the family directly." ”

Zhang Bin heard this, this is strange, people are officials who send silver to their families, but his family is giving him silver as an official, why is his family so rich?

Of course, this is not good to ask in front of everyone, he can only nod first and say: "Well, enough, enough, you can carry these to the carriage first." ”

When Zhang Guan heard this, he waved his hand directly at those guards, and those guards immediately carried the box and followed Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru, talking and laughing.

Seeing that all the people behind Zhang Guan were gone, Zhang Bin stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, why does our family have so much silver?" ”

Zhang Guan was stunned when he heard this, it wasn't that he wanted to hide Zhang Bin, but he didn't expect Zhang Bin to suddenly ask this.

His own brother naturally has nothing to hide, he directly whispered to Zhang Bin: "These are all earned from business, you just know it, don't tell anyone." ”

Do business to earn!

When Zhang Bin heard this, he suddenly realized that his father Zhang Chengde was using the warships of the Dajin Exchange to do business.

This is actually not surprising at all, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were more generals who made money by doing business.

Like the famous commander of the Dongjiang Army, Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of Pingliao, he directly recruited merchants in the name of aiding the subject country Korea, sold forbidden goods, and drew commissions from them.

Regarding why Mao Wenlong did not do his job properly and ran to do business, there was quite a debate in later generations, some people said that he was greedy for money, and some people said that he was to support the Dongjiang Army.

Zhang Bin is more inclined to believe in the latter, and the current situation of the Dajin Exchange is a good example.

In his impression, there were very few military families who fled from Dajin, and the equipment seemed to be much better than that of other guards, and these were certainly not maintained by the food and salary allocated by the imperial court, because the imperial court would not allocate any food and salary to the guard at all, and if you wanted to live a good life, you had to rely on yourself to make money.

This also gave Zhang Bin a revelation, Mao Wenlong can do it, why can't he do it, the eunuch party and the Donglin party in the court are unreliable, and those imperial relatives and princes and nobles will not pay a penny to make food, if you want to organize a strong army to save the Ming Dynasty, you can only rely on your own money to support.

He secretly set a goal, when he became the governor of Fujian, he must find a way to monopolize the maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and the European continent, only then will he have the money to form the most powerful army in the world!