After the two flattered each other, Wang Rui turned to the topic again and asked why Fan Fu came this time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There's no reason why people will give you a hundred taels of silver as soon as they meet, and you don't ask for anything! Wang Ruike is not a stupid and naïve Gillian sister!

It turned out that the glass paperweights, various glass products and treasure mirrors produced by the workshop in front of Fushan had attracted the attention of the shopkeeper of the Fan family's purchase of materials and spying intelligence for Jiannu in Zhejiang after Pan Xuezhong's several sensational exhibitions and sales in Ningbo and Hangzhou.

After this man reported this business to the Fan family in Hangzhou, this man wanted to do the business of glass products and mirrors.

Let's talk about this glass jade paperweight, not only transparent as crystal, but also engraved with gold and silver on each paperweight, which is a proper artifact for civil officials and scholars!

Especially the treasure mirror, but it is extremely clear, even a strand of hair can be illuminated really, and there is no one who does not like the old lady with wealth and status.

After the mirror sold by Pan Xuezhong changed hands several times, it was as expensive as gold in other places! Constrained by the output and Wang Rui's hunger marketing strategy, it is difficult to find a piece in the Zhejiang market alone!

The Fan family once bought a mirror at a high price and gave it to the leader of Jiannu, the black child Huang Taiji (Note 1.), the black child was overjoyed, and even gave Fan Yongdou a gold medal and a horse.

Stimulated by this incident, Fan Yongdou wanted to do this treasure mirror business.

After the Fan family arranged for many people to inquire, it was finally determined that the treasure mirror and other products were from the ground of Denglai in Lu Province.

So, the Fan family asked their shopkeeper in Dengzhou to search carefully. This is what Fan Fu did before Fushan.

Wang Rui listened to Fan Fu speak, and his mind spun fast: Make money? You can sell it to anyone, and you can make money from anyone. However, what can you do with yourself with this Fan family?

Come to think of it, this Fan family is good at border trade, and it must be easy to buy horses, and these guys and Mengtar Jiannu are all in collusion.

After making up his mind, Wang Rui immediately discussed with Fan Fu seriously. The two bargained several times, and finally reached an agreement, every time the Fan family sent a good horse, Wang Rui sold him a treasure mirror and a glass product.

Moreover, Wang Rui, who was in a monopoly position, directly cut the price of the horse to thirty taels and one horses!

What Wang Rui didn't expect was that just a month later, Fan Fu sent more than 200 war horses. This efficiency also amazed Wang Rui from later generations, it seems that these traitor businessmen are really not covered.

Of course, what Fan Fu didn't expect was that a few years later, he would regret today's visit!

Because of their own dealings, the Fan family has since entered Wang Rui's field of vision, so there was a matter of nearly 500 people in the Fan family who were killed by Wang Rui cleanly!

After Fan Fu left, Wang Rui thought that the news that he could make glass and mirrors here was actually transmitted from far away Zhejiang, and he couldn't help but start to worry about his second brother Pan Xuezhong.

This sensational thing in Hangzhou and Ningbo has been reported back to Dengzhou, and our second brother should come back too, right?

Pan Xuezhong, whom Wang Rui missed hard, was at ease in Ningbo at this time. He monopolized the Oiran that day and earned more than 200,000 silver taels, which made Pan's father very happy.

Especially seeing that many adults also praised his son, Pan's father immediately decided to increase his support for Pan Xuezhong, and instructed his brothers and nephews in the family to buy seagoing materials for Pan Xuezhong's trip to Fushan after the Spring Festival.

Although Pan Xuezhong has a new concubine, and his wife has several rooms in the family, he has to pay "public grain" every day, but he did not delay Wang Rui's business.

He knew that Wang Rui needed a lot of shipwrights and shipwrights, and he wanted to establish a shipyard in Fushan Bay to train the navy for warfare. And for going to sea with Wang Rui to rob, he is really full of expectations. Perhaps in his genes, there is already a factor of adventure.

Pan Xuezhong knew that Wang Rui was not bad for money and was very bold in his work, so he didn't save money for Wang Rui, and when he arranged for Uncle Cai to recruit people, he directly offered double the price.

The people along the coast of Zhejiang were already very adventurous, and Pan Xuezhong promised a high salary, and when he set off at the end of February, he actually recruited nearly 200 shipwrights and shipwrights.

He spent another 20,000 taels of silver to buy four large sea ships with thousands of materials for Wang Rui, and also spent another 15,000 taels of silver to buy seven medium-sized sea ships for Wang Rui.

Together with the five big ships that were going to return, Pan Xuezhong brought back a large fleet of as many as 16 ships and nearly 300 crew members, and the ships carried nearly 100,000 taels worth of silver, iron, grain, sulfur and other materials that Wang Rui urgently needed.

Last time, Pan Xuezhong earned back more than 200,000 taels of silver in one trip. This time he went with more supplies and silver, and when Pan's father looked at the huge fleet and left, it was also the old man who was talking about the madness of youth.

He laughed and said to the old butler beside him with pride: "If you give birth to a son like this, what more can the father ask for?" Zhong'er is really a hundred times better! Haha, my Pan family is expected to prosper! ”

In Wang Rui's anticipation, Pan Xuezhong's huge fleet finally arrived safely in mid-March. Seeing Pan Xuezhong arrive with a large amount of supplies and more than 200 shipwrights and shipwrights recruited, Wang Rui's face almost burst into laughter.

Because he went to sea to make a fortune, his desire to trouble the Japanese is now possible. Wang Ruike knew that the 17th century was an era of great development and colonization of the ocean! Now that he's here, he won't allow himself to miss it.

During the Ming Dynasty, the development of China's shipbuilding industry reached the highest peak in the world. It's a pity that after the invasion of the Manchurian aliens, the good development prospects were interrupted and declined, and China began to close itself off from the country and be bullied and beaten!

Therefore, from this point of view, the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be said to be the root of all evil in all the tragedies and misfortunes of China in later generations.

According to some new archaeological discoveries and records in ancient books in later generations, the shipbuilding workshops in the Ming Dynasty were widely distributed, large-scale, and complete, which was unprecedented in history and reached the highest level in the history of ancient shipbuilding in China.

At that time, the main shipyards were Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard, Huainan Qingjiang Shipyard, Shandong Beiqinghe Shipyard, etc., all of which were very large-scale. The shipbuilding workshop of the Ming Dynasty had a supporting handicraft workshop, processing sail canopies, ropes, iron nails and other parts, as well as stacking warehouses for wood, paulownia lacquer, hemp, etc.

Moreover, at that time, there was also a set of strict management systems for the acceptance of shipbuilding materials, as well as the repair and delivery of ships. It is with such a strong foundation of shipbuilding that Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty will have the feat of seven voyages to the West.

The great achievements of the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty have long been praised by all countries in the world, and they are also the great contributions of our Han nation to world civilization. It was only after the rise of capitalism in Europe and the advent of modern motorized steamships that the long-term advantage enjoyed by China in shipbuilding was gradually lost. Of course, it is mainly the tragedy caused by the national oppression and barbaric ignorant rule of the Manchus!

A few days later, Wang Rui checked the materials brought by Pan Xuezhong, and then put himself into the preparation of the navy with Pan Xuezhong.

Speaking of Wang Rui's so-called navy, it is really pitiful! Because all his belongings were only a dozen or so dilapidated small sea boats, they were blocked and seized by Pan Xuezhonglong when the Waguan came to disturb them.

But Wang Rui knows that everything depends on whether the authorities attach importance to it. If you value and continue to invest resources and manpower, there will always be gains. What's more, this time Pan Xuezhong directly brought back more than a dozen sea ships to Wang Rui, and Wang Rui's navy, just in terms of ship branches, can be regarded as beginning to take shape.

Wang Rui specially transferred his eldest brother Ma Ju, who was old and serious, to Fushan Bay to participate in the planning and construction of the naval camp and shipyard. As a time-traveler in later generations, Wang Rui understands best how a strong navy is of great significance to a country and nation!

Ma Ju also liked these carpentry-related work, but without saying a word, he readily accepted Wang Rui's order, and led the "construction brigade" of several hundred people to start infrastructure construction in full swing by the bare Fushan Bay!

Note 1: The Huang Taiji called by the ignorant brick family in later generations was originally known as the Black Child. It means black bear. This statement comes from Yu Jiannu's old Manchu file. This book abandons the flattering name of the bullshit brick family and adopts the name of Jiannu himself. That is, the black child = Huang Taiji.