Zhao Xing interrupted Liu San's words and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you have the ability, you have been away from home for so many years, and you have learned a lot of words!" But why don't you learn so well, and learn the words of fools! Baishi Foundation - a mountain of gold, a throne, money and power that others can't envy, how can you not exchange your homesick heart...... I don't know how to say hello.

What did you come back for? To be the slave of the servants who came and shouted to the past, and to be the target of robbery by the magistrates? Be a submissive citizen who oppresses and extorts tax collectors? I see, you plan to take the money you have earned in the past few years, pretend to be a certain vassal king of the Mayi Kingdom to come here to pay tribute, and by the way, settle down here to spend the rest of your life, right? ”

Liu San's tone softened when he heard Zhao Xing's words, he got up, wiped the last bit of tears, and said: "It's still a big official who understands people, we are stupid people, and we can't think of any other way." Some time ago, I sent a letter to the senior officials, saying what they meant, but I didn't see the senior officials reply for a long time, and it happened that the white man drifted to us, and the brothers discussed it and guided him to Mizhou. However, we don't know if this idea is appropriate, so we will quietly invite the senior officials to come on board and discuss it. ”

Zhao Xing touched his chin and said, "Let me think about it...... If you don't work this way, pretending to be King Ma Yi will show your stuff sooner or later, because a person's living habits are deep-rooted, and if you want to pretend, you can't do it without special training. Your living habits are completely Song people, and when you come back, don't you still want to live the life of the Song people—such as wearing Song people's clothes, treating people like Song people, and eating Song people's food?

But if you are asked to wear your current outfit every day - shorts, buns. The small vest asks you every day with the requirements of the Mayi people, kowtows to the officials, congratulates the temple on festivals, and recites eulogies...... Are you still willing? This life is not as good as your life in Mayi! At least where you are oppressed.

What is the purpose of your return? Pretending to be a Mayi person, how do you integrate into this society - this is not good......

Well, perhaps, I have two places for you to live in seclusion, one is Tongzhou at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The other is Yangzhou. In a small place in Tongzhou, I will help you create a resume and settle in Tongzhou as a retired maritime businessman, but it is not noticeable; As for the other place - Yangzhou. It was a place where wealthy businessmen gathered, and no matter how much wealth they lived in Yangzhou, it was not conspicuous. In this world's first gold cave, the four million properties you brought back, I guarantee that you can spend them all within ten years!

Okay, hurry up, and I will arrange for you: if you want to enjoy the life of a rich man. You choose Yangzhou; If you want to be a rich man quietly behind closed doors, then choose Tongzhou. ”

Liu San thought about it for a while, and immediately asked, "Great official." It's really not good - a few of us are very familiar with Ma Yi's words. When you meet a tongue person, you won't show your filling, how can you ......"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "If you want to live in Bianliang City, don't think about it!" First: With your little property, it is not very useful in Bianliang City, I heard that every transaction in the North Lane of Bianliang Boundary is not less than 100,000 yuan, and many big transactions are calculated in millions of yuan, you have a small net worth. Lost in the North Alley. No one will look at you squarely.

Second: There are many officials in Bianliang City, and they are well-informed. Moreover, many Song people who traveled from south to north also gathered in the capital. Waiting for the day of your beginning, you need to be careful every day when you live in the capital, and you need to be careful every day, and you are always worried about being exposed by others, and that kind of fearful day is not something you can bear.

You don't have enough money in the first place, and you don't have enough knowledge in the second, if it is exposed, there will be millions of forbidden troops in the capital, and you can't escape if you want to, so it's just that! ”

When Liu San heard this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of his little thoughts, and Zhao Xing continued to hit him and said: "I understand, you are also a small rich and peaceful person, I will choose for you - how about living in Tongzhou?" Buy a few acres of land there, warm the kang head with your wife and children, live your little life, and the little money you bring back is probably enough for you to spend in your life. When you spend your life, let your son go to sea again to earn! ”

Liu San thought about it, but he didn't plan to completely follow Zhao Xingdi's advice, he said carefully: "Daguan, otherwise, I live in Yangzhou." I heard that the big officials engaged in canal trade, through Yangzhou turnover, although the little old man is stupid, but he still knows a little about boating, it is better to live in Yangzhou, by the way to help the business of the big officials. ”

Zhao Xing had nothing to say, he took a few breaths, and tried to keep his voice as steady as possible: "You said that you are not cheap, stay in that place in Mayi, and you are also the lord of a country - by the way, you are called the lord of the Willow Knife Country, you can earn one million yuan a year in that country, and you can earn ten million yuan if you are diligent, you don't do such income, but you have to go to Yangzhou to work hard to do shipping."

In Yangzhou, how much can you earn a year by tossing to death, 10,000 yuan? 20,000 yuan, this little money is not enough for you to earn in Mayi in a day? You don't let the good king go, but you have to come back and endure the rebuke of a small official, and you say you ......"

Liu San replied with emotion: "Great official, Ye Luo returns to his roots, can people not return to their hometowns when they are old?" ”

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth: "That's it, one day you will regret today's events, I don't care about you." It's just that your affairs have been arranged? ”

Liu San hurriedly replied, his words full of flattery: "Daguanren, there were forty-seven people who followed me to Mayi at the beginning, and five old brothers have left in the past few years, and there are still forty-two people left, and now, 38 brothers are willing to come back, and I have left 4 brothers to preside over the local ...... I also brought back 10 cargoes, all of which were parked on a nearby island, and when I had made arrangements here, they would enter the harbor as soon as I was called.

The king of Ma Yi has organized his subordinates to manage according to our method, and it will be fine for a year and a half. I thought, the big officials have an idea, and new people can be sent to take over that piece of foundation, and our old brothers will definitely lead the way for you. ”

Zhao Xing trembled angrily.

All 38 people came back, leaving that inheritance to the indigenous people of Mayi, that group of primitive people are honest and honest, to make them understand the sinister life, is that three or five hundred years to be able to educate? In this way, history will not return to the past - a group of Arabs built a Barangai. Completely occupy Ma Yi and exterminate the Ma Yi race?

"That's it, since you want to come back, since you want to live in Yangzhou...... I'll arrange for you to get your identity certificate from Mizhou City, so that you can settle down in Yangzhou - but, all 38 people are back, are you reliable? I'm afraid they'll get drunk and boast to others at the party......"

Liu San immediately replied: "The big officials just have to rest assured, the mouths of the ships running the sea are tight." If you are not strict in this line of work, you have already thrown it into the sea, and those who can survive are those who know the secret, and the big officials just have to rest assured. In our lives, we will never divulge the location of Jinshan Island (Liudao Country). ”

After a pause, Liu San asked unwillingly: "Big official, isn't it really okay to pretend to be a tributary envoy, we also brought a few real Mayi people, or not." We pretend to be his retinue? ”

"You're going to pay tribute? Do you know how the imperial court placed the tributary envoys, and introduced you to the Lifan Yuan to eat and drink well, but you go anywhere. Officials will accompany you throughout the process. Including you go to the street, **, go down to the restaurant. Can you stand this kind of life? Really ......"

Zhao Xing wanted to scold a few words, but Liu San on the other side already knew his mistake, he hurriedly pulled off his baotou, and said with a smile: "That's good, we won't pretend to be Mayiren...... Don't say it, this dress is really cumbersome. Not warm at all. On this day, it was cold to death. ”

Of course it's cold. The snow has not stopped for half a month, and some of the snow in the corners has not yet melted, Liu San is dressed so coolly, it is good to die if he does not freeze to death.

Zhao Xing squinted his eyes and watched Liu San put on the thick clothes of the Song people, and he nagged to Zhao Xing while dressing: "Daguanren, there are now more than 10,000 households and more than 50,000 dingkou on Jinshan Island (Liudao Country), of which there are about 2,000 people from my Great Song Dynasty, and the rest are all from the Dimayi people we found." Mayi people are lazy, don't like to work, and would rather lie down than stretch out their hands. As you instructed, I will let the Song people take charge of managing the mining steps of each mine.

By the way, according to the big officials, where is there a tin mountain. In recent years, we have also purchased a lot of pure tin from the natives, but we have not yet found the location of the tin mountain, and the natives are not stupid, and they refuse to say what it is, but we have already guessed that it may exist, and it is within the range of the two three islands......

In fact, big officials don't have to worry, the sea is vast, and ordinary people have nowhere to find their way, even if someone knows about Jinshan Island and Xishan Island, they may not find it. For example, the location of the tin mountain, the Nanyang area has been passed down for thousands of years, saying that there is a tin mountain in the sea, but we spent several years of effort, no, still haven't we found it?

At the end of Mayi, the officials are at ease, the mineral powder we produce is pulled to Qiongzhou Island and Jiaozhi Guangning for smelting, and the two thousand people left want to make trouble, they only have a pile of mineral powder, that place is humid and stuffy, even the steel will rust for a long time, without our support, they can turn the sky? The bunnies wanted to come back a long time ago, and the officials were willing to replace them, and they were allowed to hand over their power happily and happily climb onto the boat home.

The big island that the big officials are talking about is called Manila. In the past few years, the group of big food merchants and big food craftsmen you found have built the castle and dock according to the drawings of the big officials, and we have more than a dozen Song merchants......"

Zhao Xing interrupted the other party with a gloomy face: "That's what I'm worried about, originally Manila should be our supply point in the South China Sea, and you are all shouting to go home, isn't this letting that group of Arabs control this supply point...... Thankfully, that Arab businessman, Pu Yi'an, was sent to Tamna Island by me, otherwise, with such a big piece of fat, the news would have been surrounded by Arabs throughout the South China Sea. ”

Liu San was still asking: "Big official, what do you do if you see me bringing in the goods?" Those dozen or so ships of goods were not intended to be used as tributary gifts, but were they sold in Mizhou in exchange for some money and to help the brothers settle down? ”

"You said that you brought 6,000 catties of pearls, good fellow - in September of the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, you only brought 6,600 taels of pearls (412.5 Song catties, about 264 kilograms). You bring in 6,000 pounds at once, and the price of this pearl is not cheaper than the earth...... You take all the goods to Hangzhou, store them in my house, and wait for me to sell them to you slowly, so that you can sell them at a good price......

Wait, hand over the few Mayi people you brought to me, and I will let the Xiao brothers show you the way after I go ashore, and you will go directly to Hangzhou. I will wait for you to get your identity certificate before you can do it publicly. Zhao Xing showed a thoughtful expression.

Liu San hurriedly agreed to come down with a thousand thanks. He could understand Zhao Xing's caution.

Although the Song Dynasty did not have such a strict household registration system, a large group of huge wealthy people suddenly came to a certain county with a large amount of treasure. There has to be an explanation. And when Liu San and the others went to sea, they did not take the outline issued by the government. Even if there is a guideline, they have violated the laws of the Song Dynasty by staying in the foreign domain for so many years and not returning after the deadline. In the event of a report, half of their property will go to the whistleblower. So, there had to be a reasonable reason for this large group of people to settle down.

Zhao Xing took a few Mayi people to say goodbye, he staggered off the boat, introduced these Mayi people to Lin Ji and others, and said that some of the goods brought by Liu San were tributary gifts from the Mayi people - of course. Zhao Xing has cut the number to one-fifth. After that, Zhao Xing arranged for the merchants to eat the goods brought by several Westerners. During this period, Liu San and the locals hid on the ship until the Westerners reloaded the goods. Zhao Xing sent the Xiao brothers to guide them.

When saying goodbye, the Xiao brothers saw the obvious absent-minded look on Zhao Xing's face, and asked: "Master, how should the three brothers Liu arrange to let them go ashore at night?" Pu Yi'an's people are in charge of the docks, how do we explain this to them? And also. How long do you need them to hide, and how do you organize their lives? ”

"I've heard that the best secrecy is the dead. Only the dead do not leak secrets". Zhao Xing said coldly: "Gather them together, kill them - don't leave any of them, remember, clean hands and feet, don't let them run away." ”

Brother Xiao Feng is used to doing this kind of thing for Zhao Xing, so he naturally knows how to do it, but for a few Westerners. He didn't know what to do: "Master." Does this command also include those white ghosts? ”

Zhao Xing shook his head lightly: "The white ghosts still have use value, I need to squeeze out everything they know - imprison them in the castle cave." Raise them first, give them pen and paper, allow them to keep a diary, etc......"

Xiao Feng kowtowed: "Don't worry, master, we must do a clean job of hands and feet, but, in Hangzhou Mansion, I hope that the master will send someone back to preside!" ”

Liu San's fleet stopped on Lingshan Island opposite Rizhao Town, and after the Xiao brothers were instructed, they took a white man's boat and led the fleet to Zhao Xingdi Manor, and then introduced the group into the castle at night, and ordered them to be in the castle and wait for Zhao Xing to complete the identity certificate......

After this group of people left, Zhao Xing felt incredible when he thought about it, why those people would rather give up a gold mountain and go home to be a peacekeeper. And when they came back this time, the South China Sea chain built by Zhao Xing was broken, and the bases that were originally built are now unattended, and if they find someone to take over, it will take a while.

Liu San's situation this time also made Zhao Xing very worried, he was worried that even if he arranged for the next wave of people to guard the desert island, would they also work for a few years, and feel that they had earned enough for their lives, and they also needed to return to their hometowns to show off their wealth...... Of course, in the process of showing off, they must have more or less involved the secrets of making a fortune, and it is very likely that the secrets of the South China Sea will be accidentally leaked.

Who will be sent in the next wave of manpower?

The Song people's local concept should be far less strong than in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Zhao Xing has also seen a large number of Song immigrants, who are all at ease to stay in foreign places to start businesses, such as Vietnam, Goryeo, and Wa Kingdom, why Liu San's group of people can't stay in Jinshan?

"It's all about money", Zhao Xing thought about it for a few days, and finally came to this simple truth. Those who started a business in a foreign country felt that they could not be a stable rich man when they returned to their hometown, so they continued to stay in the local area to make a living, and Liu San made their wealth too easy, and in just a few years, they earned a huge fortune that others could not earn in ten lifetimes, and they felt that this money was enough for future generations, plus there was Zhao Xing's business road, so they had to return to China.

Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as clothes and brocade night walk - good reason, presumably corrupt officials and corrupt officials like this sentence the most, they wish that there were a few more rich people in their own territory whose source of wealth is unknown. And another saying: "No more than three generations of rich" is the commentary that corrupt officials love the rich landowners.

After sending Liu San away, Zhao Xing has been worried about who to send to continue the Nanyang chain and how to maintain the normal operation of this chain in the past few days, but he is worried about others, the leisurely Wang Gong Wang Dingguo came to him, he took his wife and concubine to Zhao Xing's house to play, and climbed the Bixia Pavilion, he looked at the house with satisfaction, and said: "The means of leaving people are really extraordinary, haha, I told you when I arrived." I hope you can help me build a house, I like this house, just this style. ”

Since Wang Gong took office, Zhao Xing has not talked to him in detail, and now that he has the opportunity, he hurriedly asked: "Lord Wang, how is the capital?" ”

Wang Gong's expression was relaxed: "Isn't that the case...... I forgot to tell you that when I went out of Beijing, your teacher Su Zizhan was attacked again, or was it the title of the imperial examination paper that Zhao Tingzhi attacked your teacher. There is a suspicion of mapping the emperor. ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "Actually, if you find fault with the text, it is not safe to use any text, for example, the name Zhao Tingzhi is very lewd." Quite it, what is he quite up,

Do you want to stand up above the court? It's disrespectful, it's lewd enough. ”

Wang Gong Wang Dingguo's face changed, pretending not to hear Zhao Xing's words, and asked, "It's spring." When will someone help me build a house? ”

It was the Empress Dowager Gao who presided over the government in the court, and Zhao Xing said that Zhao Tingzhi was lewd, and he didn't choose what to say. Therefore, Wang Dingguo should quickly avoid this topic.

Zhao Xing knew that he was reckless. Wang Gong changed the topic, and he also got off the donkey: "Lord Wang, now the Mizhou Metropolitan Institute is making every effort to make pear flower guns, and now I can't spare my hands.

Wait for next month, I'll move some people next month,...... Is Lord Wang optimistic about the land? ”

Wang Gong immediately proposed two or three places. Consult Zhao Xing. Side. Wang Gong's new wife Huang also chatted with Cheng Azhu, and Azhu's clothes were mostly from Zhao Xing's suggestion.

These days have nothing to do, he added some modern fashion factors to the skirt and let the printing and dyeing workshop under Ah Zhu's name try to produce it. It's a little cold today, Azhu is wearing a floral cloth skirt,

Bijia is a deerskin jacket with shiny metal buckles and pearl oysters, which looks very dazzling.

Huang didn't talk for a few words before turning to Ah Zhu's clothes, and asked repeatedly: "Where is my sister's dress made, I just came from the capital, and I haven't seen such a style in the capital, sister."

Can you introduce me to the tailor? I'm going to do it too, official, okay? ”

Wang Gong hummed and agreed, and the soft cloud beside him gently pulled Wang Gong's sleeve, and Wang Gong immediately replied: "Just like the meaning of the people!" ”

Rouyun and Wang Gong have been to Huangzhou, although Cheng Azhu has never met her, but with this origin, Azhu seems very kind, she simply answered Huang, and immediately Xiang Rou

Yun asked: "Sister Rouyun, I will also make one for you, this thing is made by my family's workshop, the leather goods are from Deng Tuiguan, and I also have shares in my family." It's not worth a few dollars, look at you,

It was spring, and I still wore last year's cotton clothes. ”

Huang didn't like to hear this, her face sank, and she was about to say a few words, but Liao Xiaoxiao had eyes, she was a person who was good at observing words and feelings, so she immediately picked up the topic and greeted her: "

An talent came from the capital, ah, I haven't heard from the capital for a long time, and I don't know what is popular in the capital this year? ”

This topic Huang is most interested in, she just felt a little depressed because Ah Zhu only cared about talking to Rouyun, but with Liao Xiaoxiao in the scene, she immediately didn't feel cold and chatted a few words

, Huang remembered: Ah Zhu is the wife, what is she talking about with a concubine? Immediately, Huang's enthusiasm for Liao Xiaoxiao became cold......

At dusk, Wang Gong finished eating Zhao Xing's hospitality meal and led his wife and concubine into the carriage, and each of his wives and concubines got a bag of pearls as a gift, and Rouyun seemed to get a little more.

made Huang more and more depressed.

Wang Gong and his entourage came in two carriages, and Wang Gong himself did not have the habit of riding horses, so he got into his wife's car and checked the gifts sent by Zhao Xing with his wife.

"These pearls, I'm afraid there aren't hundreds of them, so it's just right to make a few pearls. Brother Zizhan said that he has always been generous to his friends, but now that he looks at it, it is not true. We should have come a long time ago

visited", Wang Gong said with emotion.

Huang said gloomily: "It's just that Ah Zhu doesn't know etiquette, she only cares about talking to Rouyun, and she is absent-minded when the concubine talks several times......"

Wang Gong said with a smile: "This wife is from the township, and she doesn't know etiquette, but why don't you talk more to another concubine Chen, others don't know, I know,

That Chen is the county lord of Yueguo, and his status is noble. ”

"Yikes!" Huang covered his mouth and asked in surprise: "Is there a feudal county lord?" But why don't they say it? ”

"Can't say", Wang Gong replied with a smile: "If you tell him that he is a colt of Jiaozhi County when you meet someone, then the court will not raise him, at most give him to an idle official for life?"

Leaving people is a person with great ambitions, how can an idle official be satisfied. So he won't say this, but I have a close relationship with Su Zizhan, and he told me this quietly. ”

Huang was very curious, and she asked again: "Su Zizhan's big mouth, he knows it, isn't it disgruntled that the court knows about it?" ”

Wang Gong nodded: "Of course, all the officials in the court know about this, but Yue Guo pretends to be confused about this, they all tolerate their own county lord as a concubine, how can the court admit it."

Isn't it embarrassing for the country? Therefore, the court is also pretending to be confused, and they will not talk about it when they leave people anyway. ”

"Ahh

Everything is exquisite to the extreme, I'm afraid it was made in Vietnam. ”

Wang Gong then persuaded: "Do you know that the group of Yue singers came to Beijing to perform, that is, they came for this small county lord of the Yue Kingdom." Leaving a concubine is still like this, and so is his maidservant

It's not simple. You don't usually like to walk the streets and alleys, and you don't know that this Liao Xiaoxiao, who is one of the top ten and famous in Beijing, is fine. But you don't know which songs are the most popular today

, all of which were sung by this Liao Xiaoxiao. When people talk to you, you still ignore it. said that Cheng's is not polite, maybe Liao Xiaoxiao is also saying that you don't understand etiquette? ”

Huang was ashamed and ashamed, and immediately came up with an idea: "Official, it stands to reason that we should also ask him to leave, it is better for you to solemnly invite him to come to the house as a guest, and wait for his wife and concubine to come.

I would like to give them a salute, and I will pull them close. ”

Wang Gong nodded appreciatively, and said: "It is rumored in Mizhou that the Cheng family and the little county lord never come out to feast, but it is the little girl Liao who follows wherever she goes. place

So, if we have a family banquet, I am afraid that we will not be able to invite the two of Cheng Chen to invite his whole family, so it is better to call a few more officials to accompany them, Liao Xiaoxiao must arrive, and you will accompany the little girl

Soon after Wang Gong left, an express letter from Beijing came to Zhao Xing's mansion, this is an urgent report from the capital, Zhao Xing opened the letter, looked at it hastily, and immediately couldn't sit still, exclaiming:

"There was another great drought in Hangzhou, countless people died of starvation, the new governor Yang Hui was demoted, and the imperial court sent Su Shi to Hangzhou!"

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Xing called his wives and concubines to discuss: "The teacher is going to Beijing to be an official, he is going to Hangzhou, there is news from Beijing just now, he is looking for me, I want to."

I help with the delivery of the family. I have an idea......"