Tian Ergeng, who was invited, entered the flower hall and said, 'I have never seen such a brazen person', which confused several people present.

On the way here, when passing by the Nanhai County Ya, I happened to meet the soap fast escort prisoner, and when I saw the onlookers, I came forward to inquire. It's also strange that I'm curious, and I almost vomited all the overnight food when I asked the reason. ”

After Tian Ergeng finished speaking, he saw that everyone did not answer, thinking that they were waiting for the next step, so he took a sip of the tea that had just been served, and said to himself, "It turned out that a Dongguan county citizen persuaded him to return home as the wife of a prostitute in Zhu City and was rejected, and then had a quarrel with the matchmaker and was sent to court...... It's really the world's biggest, and there are no surprises. ”

"Since this incident happened in Fucheng, there is a division that will deal with it according to the "Da Ming Law", and Commander Tian made a big fuss." Xu Ruke smiled bitterly after hearing this.

Tian Ergeng seemed to hear Xu Ruke blame himself for stretching his hand too long, and quibbled, "'Promoting good and evil, educating its people, and becoming its beautiful customs' is the duty of the prefect's parents and officials, and this official will not intervene, but he is curious about how the division will deal with it." ”

Xu Ruke saw Tian Ergeng's eyes burning, and explained, "The article of "Criminal Law for Adultery" clearly stipulates: Whoever has [female cadres] has eighty rods, ninety husbands have rods, and one hundred rods for rape...... and [female dry] adulterers, men and women are guilty of the same crime, and matchmakers (intermediaries) are commuted to one degree. The case was that a married woman was a secret prostitute in Zhu City, and could only be punished as committing adultery, so the matchmaker should be sentenced to 90 rods, and the woman with 100 rods, divorced and returned to the sect, and her property was put into the official. ”

Diao is a different name for greedy for money, and Diao is a prostitute because of money, and the level is a prostitute.

Taizu emphasized the education of music, inherited the old system of the Mengyuan Dynasty and set up a teaching workshop division under the Ministry of Rites, and accepted Mongolian descendants, old happy households, and wives and daughters of criminal ministers into the teaching workshop.

Later, the government-run prostitutes gradually declined, and the prostitutes of Quyuan and Zhushi became active. Quyuan prostitutes are both unique in color and art, can Kunqu opera, are good at calligraphy, and can write poetry and writing. They are not affiliated with the government, but they are subject to taxes. [Female Branch] female Congliang also needs to go to the government to expel her nationality and repay her worth, and obtain a good document.

The Ming Law not only prohibits intermarriage between good people and untouchables', but also strictly prohibits officials from engaging in prostitution.

Tian Ergeng knew that if these dozens of canes were to be greeted in a real way, the woman would be useless if she didn't die, so he let out a breath of turbidity, and felt extremely happy in his heart.

Xu Honggang, who had not spoken, sighed, "Tang Taizong once said, 'The reason why the people are thieves is because of the heavy labor, the greed of officials, and the hunger and cold, so they don't have time to care about honesty and shame...... If the people have more food and clothing, they will not be thieves, and they will use the law and evil', this is prostitution and theft, and if the people of the county have no worries about food and clothing, what is the use of their wives so far. ”

Tian Ergeng was quite unimpressed after hearing Xu Honggang's attention for a while, and even felt that he had to use heavy canons for such a lazy and shameless woman, but seeing his solemn face, it was not easy to refute it in person, but asked, "I don't know if the adults are in a hurry to summon them, but they have eyebrows to buy guns?" ”

Xu Honggang couldn't see Tian Ergeng's disdainful expression, and he didn't think it was angry, so he waved his hand and said, "The Portuguese asking price is too high, let Senator Xu listen to you, and help praise the painting when it's over." ”

After listening to Xu Ruke's explanation of the cause and effect, Tian Ergeng thought for a long time before saying, "When the ministers were investigating the rumors in the city and looking for sea ships, they found a maritime merchant named Huang Cheng. ”

"Tell me about it." Xu Honggang had already summoned Tian Ergeng to understand the details of the Portuguese, and he couldn't wait to say that he didn't care about it.

Huang Cheng is a native of Nan'an, Fujian, ostensibly a businessman who travels to Japan and Manila, but secretly he is also a pirate, and the businessman's spread of public opinion in the city this time is also due to profit.

Tian Ergeng used the means of Jinyiwei to find Huang Cheng along the vine, he happened to return to Haojing's private house with two nephews from his hometown, and after some coercion, temptation, and torture to extract a confession, Huang Cheng was eager to confess everything he knew.

In addition to the intent of the Japanese and the British and the Dutch to invade Haojing, Huang Cheng also learned that the Portuguese were currently short of copper and casters to make cannons, and that they needed to be collected by the Portuguese and Indian governors from Goa, India, and that they would not arrive until June of the following year at the earliest.

"Oh, no wonder the Portuguese want to set 1,000 taels and not let go, I see." Xu Honggang touched his beard, his face expressionless.

"In addition, Huang Cheng also confessed to the Portuguese to impose restrictions on the trade in raw silk and replace them with gold, ambergris and musk."

Xu Ruke, who is in charge of everything in Haojing, has a little understanding of this, "In recent years, Guangdong raw silk has been mostly woven into velvet, silk, satin and clothing, so what is sold is finished fabric, and the Portuguese understand it tightly. ”

Tian Ergeng relayed the news he heard, "Compared with raw silk, although the profit is slightly higher, it has disadvantages such as difficulty in sales, larger land occupation, and more ostentatious, and in general, the two are equally profitable." ”

Xu Honggang had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he didn't figure out the problem, and asked, "Gold and other things are the same as raw silk?" ”

"Gold can be sold to Japan for a profit of fifty or sixty percent, which is roughly the same as raw silk. Because raw silk costs 100 cruzado per quintal in Hogame, it can reach up to 200 in Japan, and it is usually maintained at more than 160. ”

The quintal is about 55kg, and one quintal of raw silk is about two boxes or two bundles; The kruzado, on the other hand, was a Portuguese gold coin, and at that time the servant earned 4 per year, and 51 kilograms of pepper was worth 3 kruzado.

Xu Honggang knew that gold was scarce and must not be traded in large quantities, and he had also seen the gold coins of the Portuguese, so he did not ask, "What about the profits of ambergris and musk?" ”

"Although these two can be two to ten times more profitable, their annual production is very small, and the Portuguese can only buy 1,000 Cruzador musk and about 1 to 2,000 Cruzardos' ambergris every year, which is the limit."

The crowd fell silent, and what the Portuguese were seeking in the East was merely preaching and profiting. The reason why he did not give an inch in the negotiation was because Xu Ruke and others resisted it on the grounds that "the Portuguese have lived in Haojing for many years and have a lot of ambition to teach", and the profit was due to the competition between Huang Cheng and other Ming sons and the British and Dutch.

Xu Honggang thought about it again and again, and it was the top priority to purchase artillery to level Liaodong at the moment, so he decided to make some concessions, "If the official hands over the remaining more than 10,000 catties of brass from the Baoquan Bureau of the two provinces to the Portuguese, and then sends craftsmen in the city to participate in the casting of cannons, can it be delivered as scheduled?" ”

Tian Ergeng shook his head, "The subordinates don't know, but it's ......"

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"The new ship built by the crew of the Portuguese ship "San Bartoromeu", which was attacked by the British ship 'Unicorn' before, is still in Haojing, and a number of bronze cannons have been added to it, which may be ......"

Xu Honggang saw what he was thinking from Tian Ergeng's playful expression, and couldn't help but point his finger at him, "You...... Well, that's all there is to it. General Hu Shen, stepped forward to listen to the order. ”

"The end will be."

"I now order you to lead the Xiangshan Battalion to be stationed in the Haojing Promotion Division, cooperate with the patrol officers and other officers to take over the defense of Haojing, and order all sentinel ships to patrol the Lingding Ocean, and report immediately in case of police."

"The last general commands."

"Xu participates in politics."

"The lower official is here."

"Immediately summon the three divisions of Guangzhou, the prefecture and county, and the Haiphong yamen, and wait for them from now on."

"Yes." After receiving the order, Xu Ruke asked, "My lord, do you still want to participate in the Portuguese negotiations?" ”

"Of course, notify the city and the Guangzhou prefect to come to the meeting and participate together."

……

Tian Ergeng saw that he was ordered to go away one by one, but he became an idler, and bowed down a little unwillingly and said, "My lord, I want to do my part." ”

"Based on the news that Commander Tian just brought, this merit belongs to you. But there is one thing, and I really have to trouble Commander Tian again. ”

"It's all at the disposal of adults."

"The source of public opinion in the city ......"

Tian Ergeng didn't wait for Xu Honggang to finish speaking, and he understood the deep meaning. I just arrived in Guangzhou, and I have nothing to do with the local government and business; In addition, as a Jinyi guard, it is his duty to investigate traitors, so he said without hesitation, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely wipe out those traitors who are mercenary." ”

Xu Honggang saw that he seemed to have misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "Only the first offender will be punished, and the rest will be lenient." ”

Tian Ergeng pondered for a while before he understood the deep meaning of not wanting people to panic, and bowed down honestly and said, "Yes, Xia Guan understands." ”