At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the maritime ban was virtually non-existent, and the government's control was quite weak.

Many people have seen the benefits of the sea and are doing it, and many powerful big families have dabbled in it.

But the Ming Dynasty still can't keep up with the pace of the Great Voyage, on the one hand, there are factors of the imperial court's sea ban, and because the people have fallen leaves to return to their roots, and their parents are not far away.

Another reason is the backwardness of navigation technology, since Zheng He went to the West, the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, and navigation technology gradually lagged behind the West.

Wang Yue said: "Brother Ji Ming, this official has a shipping business, I don't know if you have any intention of taking it?" ”

Shen Tingyang asked, "What do you want to transport?" Where is it shipped from? ”

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Transporting people, 30,000 people from Shandong Weihai to Shanghai County, one person freightes two taels of silver." ”

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is human trafficking, and Wang Yue's transportation capacity is limited, so he can only import external transportation capacity.

If you want to make your own nation go to the sea, the biggest motivation is profit, and if there is a 300 percent benefit, many people do not mind taking the risk of killing their heads.

Shen Tingyang said without thinking about it: "Since the adults look up to our Shen family, our Shen family has picked up this boat." ”

The Shen family has more than 300 boats, half of which are divided, and each boat can hold 200 people, and at the speed of a sand boat, it runs twice a month, and 60,000 taels of silver arrives, which is very easy to calculate.

Wang Yue said: "Okay, Brother Ji Ming is happy, this official will still have a lot of shipping business in the future, what is the benefit of Caoyun, I am really afraid that your ship will not be enough." ”

According to Wang Yue's plan, the number of sea migrants alone is quite large, and Taiwan alone needs 500,000 migrants. In addition, there are Liaodong, Nanyang, and even the Americas, which is a long-term work.

In the future, there will be maritime trade, and a large number of orders will go down, and there will be no worries about not receiving them, and even bidding in the future. Regarding maritime security, is maritime security still a matter for the Tiance Army and Navy that are heading towards the sea?

Shen Tingyang laughed and said, "Isn't there a shipyard that cooperates with adults?" Ji Ming is really looking forward to what kind of big ship will be built. ”

The Tiance Army naval fleet anchored on the Huangpu River was the source of Shen Tingyang's confidence.

sent Shen Tingyang away, and the rest of Wang Yue were left to Zhang Zhong to receive him, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs contacted Shen Tingyang about immigration.

Huating is very close to Shanghai County, after visiting Wang Yue's Xu Kun arrived home, he slowly came to the backyard, entered a courtyard gate, and the little maid inside saw him and said: "The eldest young master is here, and the old lady is fishing." ”

Xu Kun waved his hand and said, "You don't have to follow, I'll go see my father by myself." He went straight to a forest lake, saw an old man in plainclothes fishing, stepped forward and saluted, "Kun'er has seen my father." ”

The old man sighed, lost the fishing rod, and looked annoyed: "The fish are scared away by you." ”

Xu Kun said with a smile: "Kun'er met with the new governor Wang Sihua today, and talked about the agent of several goods in the starting city. However, Lord Wang Sihua mentioned that he wanted to cooperate with our Xu family in the textile factory. ”

The old man looked at him, stood up stupidly, walked through the woods, and said casually: "Oh, what do you say? ”

As soon as Xu Kun explained the situation, the old man asked again, "What do you think?" ”

Xu Kun slowly accompanied and said: "It is said that this Wang Sihua is rich and rivals the country, and there are many strange goods in his starting city, and now he has a delicate relationship with the imperial court. Now the trade of Songjiang weaving industry, whether it is silk or cotton, my Xu family accounts for half of the wall, why bother to make more moves and get involved with him. That Wang Sihua is not only a high-ranking and powerful official, but also has a powerful Tiance army, and our Xu family will cooperate with him, and he will inevitably be led by it and become a vassal. Although the cloth in the starting point city is of good quality and cheap, it seems that the child still cannot replace the Songjiang cotton cloth. ”

Because Jiangnan, especially Songjiang, Jiangsu and other places are the cotton cloth export areas of the Ming Dynasty, most of the sales channels are controlled by these big families, and outsiders must of course be boycotted, so it is inevitable that the cloth in the starting point city will rebound into this area.

In fact, the sales share of Songjiang cloth in the north has been gradually eroded by the starting point city, and it is not obvious now.

The old man walked into a pavilion, there was a purple clay pot on the stone table, and a "Ming Pao" was pressed under the pot, picked up the purple clay pot, took out the newspaper and handed it to Xu Kun and said: "What do you think of this Ming Pao?" ”

Now "Ming Pao" has been sold in Jiangnan, because of the channel, the sales are not large, but because it is the first newspaper, many large families buy it for entertainment.

Xu Kun glanced at the newspaper, and said with a smile without reaching for it: "The children on this "Legend of the Condor Heroes" have also read it, it is indeed fascinating, but every time I have to wait for the next issue." ”

The days of waiting for updates are difficult, and Xu Kun, who has no place to urge the update, feels very pitted.

The old man said lightly: "Confused, do you only pay attention to the script?" With this thing, the hearts of the people in the world don't know how much they have entered the hub. It's just a start-up now, and the impact in the future is limitless. ”

"This Wang Sihua has risen rapidly in just over a year, no matter the military or financial resources, he doesn't think about the second person, and now there is "Ming Pao" waving the flag and shouting for him, it can be seen that the plotter is big. Now that he has come to Jiangnan as an official, I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. Since he proposed to cooperate with my Xu family, he must have a deep meaning, how can you categorically refuse without asking clearly? Rash!! ”

"The child has been taught, and please ask the father to make it clear!" Xu Kun hurriedly bowed down, stood up and bowed his head without speaking.

The old man said slowly: "No matter what, you can't snub others, after all, he is now the governor of Yingtian." Tomorrow you send some more gifts, meet him, and see what he has to say. If it's profitable, why not join forces and make it bigger? Now the Xu family seems to be wealthy, and cooperating with it is just the icing on the cake. However, people have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. Even if you can't cooperate, you must make it clear, and don't leave it behind. ”

"The boy knows how to do it." Xu Kun saluted again. After the old man waved him to leave, he sat on the stone bench in a daze.

The Xu family in Huating has not produced any outstanding people over the years, and it has long been not as prominent as its ancestors. There is no pillar of the huge family business, so I have to let this eldest son, who has been promoted by others, quit his job as the master of the poor county in Jiangxi and came back to take care of the family business. After all, it is just a person's background, and the possibility of entering the court is zero.

In order to let this son grow up as soon as possible, he will come forward with everything on the table, so when he meets the new governor this time, he will let him come forward, and he will be familiar with each other, and he will be easy to deal with in the future, but now it seems that the vision is not long-term enough.

Over the years, the old man has relied on silver to open the way, and he has supported some official spokespersons. However, things in officialdom have always been the most difficult to grasp, and those who are officials are in front of interests, but they will turn their faces when they say that they will turn their faces. So Xu Kun's worries, the old man can also understand.