"Asen, what you said is a long-term plan, which makes a lot of sense, but it doesn't have to be urgent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Zheng Zhilong said, "At the moment, the most urgent thing is your exam. The family has also gone through all the ways that should be taken, and it should not be a problem for children to pass the test. But whether you can get the case back or not is up to you. Zheng Zhilong said.

That's not the trouble of the number one. Zheng Sen knew that in a few years, big changes would happen, and fame and fame would be worthless, on the contrary, immigrating to Taiwan, casting guns, and building ships were the most urgent affairs, and among these affairs, immigration to Taiwan was the top priority. Because only when there are enough immigrants in Taiwan, some necessary things, such as cannon casting and shipbuilding, can be carried out. However, the lack of a clear history of the future makes it impossible to raise the priority of these arrangements and become a priority.

"Ugh." Zheng Sen himself sighed in his heart, he knew that although he had gained a certain status and had a certain influence in the family, if he wanted to analyze the Ming Dynasty for his father, there were actually no more years left to jump in the Ming Dynasty, and he had to hurry up to prepare for the future world, his father was afraid that he would have to treat him as a madman.

"I can only try my best to influence, and I can do as much as I can." Thinking so, Zheng Sen replied, "The child understands. ”

"Hahahaha, son, don't worry, you're still young, it's too late to do these things after you become a showman, a lifter, or even a jinshi, ah." Zheng Zhilong seemed to see that Zheng Sen was a little frustrated because his proposal had been shelved, so he said this.

"Daddy, the child understands that studying is the right way. It's just that in recent years, there has been famine everywhere and displaced people everywhere, so it is relatively cheap and convenient to recruit people to go to Taiwan. If in a few years, the year is better, I am afraid that we will have to recruit people again, we just promise to give everyone who is willing to go a cow with white hair, and no one is necessarily willing to go. Zheng Sen immediately came up with another explanation, "Besides, I heard that the tragic situation of the homeless people dying of hunger and cold, I was also very unbearable. I've heard that saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter. Taiwan's land is fertile, and rice can be grown three times a year, and if Daddy can save these people who are almost destined to starve to death to Taiwan, what a merit it it is! If my family has such merit, won't Heaven bless it? Are you afraid that you won't be able to be posterity? ”

Sure enough, after changing this statement, the effect was immediately different, and Zheng Zhihu jumped up first: "Big brother, what the eldest nephew said makes sense!" Those who make a living at sea often have to rely on luck and the blessings of various gods and Buddhas. People have good intentions, and God will bless them. Such a great merit is worth doing, and it is much better than the big brother you spend money to build the temple. ”

"Big brother, this business really has to be done now, in a few years, if the weather really goes well, it will be really difficult to find someone to go to Taiwan." Zheng Zhibao also said.

"Ah Feng." Zheng Zhilong thought for a while and said to Zheng Zhifeng, "What do you think of what Ah Hu and Ah Bao said?" ”

"Big brother, I think what they said makes sense, people have no long-term worries, and it's always good to plan and arrange in advance. I just don't know if the money is enough to spend. "Since Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao have both expressed their positions, why does Zheng Zhifeng bother to speak against them?

"Hahahaha......" Zheng Zhilong suddenly laughed, "You see, just now we were talking about it, there is so much money that we don't know how to spend it, and in a blink of an eye, we have to worry that the money will not be enough to spend." ”

"That's what Big Brother said!" Zheng Zhihu also laughed, "This is the eldest nephew's saying that 'how thick the snake is, how big the hole is'." The more money you have, the more places you can spend it. ”

"But the faster you spend it, the faster you earn it." Zheng Zhibao also interjected.

"Ah Feng, you arrange someone to calculate how much it costs to make these messy arrangements, and then show me." Zheng Zhilong finally said this.

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Originally, Zheng Sen wanted to participate in the budget for immigration or something, but Zheng Zhilong rushed to the side with the reason of "You are still ready to give you Lao Tzu and I will come back for the first time in the exam", and after that, he honestly read the book while waiting for the New Year.

The New Year is still the same old set as it used to be, first of all, it was a blessing all night or something, but the pomp was a little bigger, and it was more and more tormenting. After Chinese New Year's Eve, it is time to go everywhere to pay New Year's greetings, but at this time, Zheng Sen is busy again, because his father always likes to bring him with him when he goes out to pay New Year's greetings. Even when he went to pay New Year's greetings to Governor Shen Youlong, he took him with him.

Shen Youlong seemed to be very busy, although he met Zheng Zhilong, he didn't say much, just politely polite, plus praised Zheng Sen for two words of "cute", after hearing that Zheng Sen was preparing for the county exam, he gave Zheng Sen a set of pen and ink as a return gift to Zheng Zhilong, and sent it away.

"Governor Shen seems to be in a good mood today, and it is also because of you that he likes children more, so he just talked to me for a long time today." Coming out of Shen Youlong, Zheng Zhilong came up with such a sentence.

"It seems that my father and Governor Shen didn't say anything." Zheng Sen said.

"Governor Shen has few words, and he used to meet his father even less. It is rare to be able to say so much today. I also gave you a set of pen and ink, which is even more rare. However, although Governor Shen has few words, he is a very good person. Zheng Zhilong explained.

Of course, Zheng Sen knows why Shen Youlong is "a very good person". In the original history, Shen Youlong was a hero who died in the Qing Dynasty, and his character was naturally good, but when it came to ability, especially military ability, it was quite average. Although he served as the right attendant of the military department of the Ming Dynasty, he later served as the governor of the military affairs of Liangguang. But for the military, it is almost a layman. This was vividly demonstrated in a series of low-level mistakes in his command of the Songjiang Anti-Qing Uprising. However, Shen Youlong knows how to hide clumsy, for military affairs, coastal defense or something, since he doesn't know much, he doesn't care too much, as long as there is no chaos, just Zheng Zhilong will go straight and rampant, so that Zheng Zhilong's fortune plan will not be too disturbed, Zheng Zhilong naturally thinks that Governor Shen is a good person.

Soon, the year will be over, and as soon as the Lantern Festival is over, Zheng Sen will go back to prepare for the exam. Just the day before the Lantern Festival, Zheng Cai found Zheng Sen.

"Ah Sen, my eldest brother gave me an errand and asked me to be responsible for recruiting displaced people to Taiwan. The Lantern Festival begins as soon as it passes. I heard that you made this suggestion. So I wanted to ask you what you mean. Zheng Cai said to Zheng Sen.

"Uncle Cai, do you have any plans for yourself?" Zheng Sen asked rhetorically.

"There are mountains everywhere in Fujian, and there are few people. During the last famine, the eldest brother had already transported some people to Taiwan. So now in Fujian, I don't want to make many people, not to mention the effort, I'm afraid I won't be able to get many people. I've heard people say that there are a lot of homeless people on the Songjiang side because of the rebellion in the Central Plains. I think I can go over there and try it. ”

"Uncle Cai, do you remember the last time you came to us to discuss Western studies? These people are from there, and they have a lot of influence locally. My family has always been in contact with these people, and it even seems that there are quite a few business dealings, right? ”

"Arsen, you're right. Silkworms and cotton cloth come out on the Songjiang side, and those Taixi people, the Japanese have to buy a lot of silk every year, and the Japanese have to buy a lot of cotton cloth every year. In addition, the porcelain in Jingdezhen is generally transported along the Yangtze River and also passes through Songjiang. So my family has a lot of business dealings with them. Zheng Cai replied.

"Uncle Cai, now that there are a lot of displaced people running in from Songjiang, the local area will definitely be very nervous. With so many homeless people and no food, it is easy for them to cause trouble. Uncle Cai, you can find those people and ask them to help them come forward and recruit displaced people on the pretext of hiring people to clear the wasteland. The local government should not be troubled. In addition, it is also possible to give porridge locally through them. Uncle Cai, it costs a little money to do this, but Uncle Cai, you also know that the health of these homeless people is not very good, if they are directly thrown on the boat and transported to Taiwan across the ocean, they are not adapted to the water and soil, and it is not uncommon to die for five or six stops. If a ship is transported to Taiwan, only half of the people are wasted, but it is more and more wasteful, do you say this is the truth? ”

"That makes sense." Zheng Cai nodded and said, "Mo said that it was transported from Songjiang to Taiwan, that is, the last time the eldest brother sent displaced people from Fujian to Taiwan, those frail displaced people died a lot on the way, and later when they came to Taiwan, there was another epidemic, and a lot of people died." ”

"So, after choosing the people, first find a piece of land, enclose them in it, give them some porridge and rice, and some mustaches, let them recover a little, and then get on the boat, so that there will be fewer deaths on the way, and if they have any diseases, most of them will find out when they raise them, right? In this way, this boatload is all really capable of working. In this way, I am afraid that it will save more money. Zheng Sen continued.

"Well, also," Zheng Cai said, "Most of the people who were transported to Taiwan by the eldest brother last time were men, and now there are not enough women in Taiwan, so do you have to transport some women over this time?" ”

Zheng Sen thought for a while and said: "Women can't be too many at a time, they can be used as rewards, among those people sent by my father last time, if they listen to us and are willing to do it, we will have a woman for him, and we can also set an example for others, so that they can be willing to work with us seriously." Also, the sturdy and intelligent half-grown boys can also get some of the past, these people have been raised in Taiwan since they were a little old, teaching them all kinds of skills, and when they grow up, they will naturally be loyal to our Zheng family...... Also, when you keep those people together, you are prone to diseases, Uncle Cai, wait a minute, I'll give you a set of methods, this is what I see from the medical book, and I don't know if it will work, anyway, you let those people do it, if you are disobedient, you can take this opportunity to throw it out. ”