Xie Shen frowned when he heard this, Wokou? Could it be that the southeast coast is really in trouble?

Xie Shen has not studied this piece of historical material a lot, and he knows that the ravages of the Japanese are mainly concentrated in the period of Emperor Jiajing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

First, the maritime ban policy during this period was unprecedentedly strict, and secondly, it was the Warring States period of the Wa Kingdom, and many ronins could not get along and came to the southeast coast to plunder.

As for the Hongzhi Dynasty, Xie Shen did not have a large-scale trouble, and if there was, it was also pretended to be a collusion by local maritime merchants.

These maritime merchants smuggled profiteering goods such as tea, silk, and porcelain in the name of Japanese pirates to satisfy their own selfish interests.

Of course, these maritime merchants will also plunder the people of the southeast coast from time to time, and over time, some of them will become addicted to plundering, and the chickens and dogs that will stir up the southeast coast will be restless.

At least judging from the records in the history books, the number of Japanese pirates disguised by maritime merchants is much greater than that of real Japanese pirates. There may be one or two ronins among these maritime merchants, but most of them are mainly local merchants.

As far as Zhejiang Province is concerned, all provinces in eastern Zhejiang are under pressure from the raids of the Japanese invaders.

But the pressure on Yuyao in Shaoxing is certainly not as great as in Ningbo in the south.

Judging by the way those soldiers were talking just now, it shouldn't have been like seeing the Japanese invaders with their own eyes, right?

Wang Shouwen wanted to step forward to ask what was going on, but was stopped by Xie Shen.

"Don't worry."

Wang Shouwen shrugged his shoulders and sat down.

After the soldiers left, Xie Shen explained, "You can't ask them why." This matter should either be asked by Wu County Order, or by Shaoxing Mansion. ”

If the Japanese really attacked Shaoxing Mansion in the near future, then both Wu Youfu, the commander of Yuyao County, and the prefect of Shaoxing should know about it.

The sources at the top must be more reliable, and since you want to ask, you must find a reliable one.

"Brother Fool doesn't mean that, Brother Fool wants to say ......"

Seeing that Wang Shouwen wanted to speak and stopped, Xie Shen frowned and said, "Brother Shouwen has anything to say, just say it directly." ”

Wang Shouwen shook his head and smiled: "It's better not to say it." ”

Xie Shen rolled his eyes, and was vomited blood by Wang Shouwen.

Halfway through the words, what does this Wang Shouwen mean.

Xie Pi quipped: "If there are really widows, Brother Shen, your cotton planting plan may have to be put on hold." ”

Xie Pi said it unintentionally, but it was completely different in Xie Shen's ears.

There is not much technical obstacle to cotton cultivation in tidal flats, and if the government does not hinder it, it can indeed be implemented quickly.

But Xie Shen forgot one of the biggest variables - the wolf!

It was a stubborn disease on the southeast coast, and it was not until General Qi Jiguang and Qi trained the Qi army that this problem was solved.

But now it's not the Jiajing Dynasty, is it possible that Xie Shen still has to abandon his literature and go to the new army of martial arts?

Of course, this is a joke, but Xie Shen is not happy at all at the moment.

You must know that the robbers along the coast mostly take advantage of the intermittent time difference between high tide and low tide.

Therefore, the scope of the raids of the Japanese is mostly concentrated along the coast, and they rarely go deeper.

But the more this happens, the greater the threat to the people along the coast, the first to be along the beach.

If cotton is planted in the tidal flats, not to mention cotton, what will happen to the people who grow cotton?

These people are likely to be tenants of the Wang family and the Xie family, and they are all poor families. Their lives are already not easy, and it would be too miserable to be mutilated by the Japanese who landed on the shore because of this.

Although Xie Shen is not a saint, he can't be a scumbag.

If there is a real problem, it seems that the plan to grow cotton on the tidal flats will have to be put on hold for the time being.

Alas, Xie Shen finally ignited his enthusiasm and was poured a basin of cold water on his head, which was really disturbing.

In the final analysis, the problem of the plague is a matter of interests, and it cannot be solved overnight.

To solve this problem, the first thing to do is to open the sea ban.

But in Xie Shen's eyes, the Ming Dynasty should be the Longqing Dynasty, right?

It's only the middle of the Ming Dynasty, how can it be possible to open the sea ban?

Could it be that history will change strangely because of his arrival, or will it be a butterfly effect that will cause a chain reaction?

If history has really changed, then the specific situation has to be re-analyzed......

Seeing Xie Shen's frowns, Xie Pi said like a child who had done something wrong: "Brother Shen, are you okay?" ”

Xie Shen came back to his senses at this time, and smiled helplessly: "What can happen, if there is really a trouble, where can I take care of planting cotton." ”

"It's okay if you're fine, I'll ask someone to go to Shaoxing Mansion to inquire in the past few days, and if there is really a problem, it's better to take precautions as soon as possible."

"Hmm." Xie Shen nodded absentmindedly and took a sip of rice wine.

said that the next few days were calm, Xie Shen went to school, read, drank tea every day, and came to tell stories to little Lori.

On the eve of the New Year, the county school also gave the students a holiday, and Xie Shen was rarely lazy to be at home with his second daughter.

The eldest brother asked someone to write to Xie Shen and said that he would return to Yuyao three days before the New Year, which surprised Xie Shen.

It stands to reason that the eldest brother is a very family-oriented person, why is he even pinching it so much when he goes home for the New Year?

Could it be that the tea business in Hangzhou is too good, and the eldest brother can't be busy?

But the eldest brother didn't mention anything about business in the letter, and Xie Shen couldn't speculate on it.

Xie Pi and Wang Shouwen successively brought news that the Japanese did appear along the coast of Shaoxing Prefecture, but they were all small units, and they plundered some of the people near the sea and left, as if they were deliberately avoiding the official army.

Now these people living near the sea have been moved to the county seat, but they are not afraid of the Japanese for the time being.

Xie Shen also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that history has not changed greatly because of his arrival, and the troubles of the Hongzhi Dynasty are still sporadic and do not pose a major threat.

In this way, when spring begins, we can prepare manpower to mobilize the tenant farmers of the Xie and Wang families, and as soon as April arrives, cotton can be planted on the tidal flats.

I have to say that the timing of Xie Shen's crossing is very good, it happens to be the early days of the Hongzhi Dynasty.

This is the best period of time since Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and the handicraft industry has developed rapidly. If the cotton yield goes up, it can be renovated in the pattern and make some peripheral products.

Of course, Xie Shen understands the importance of having money in his hands, the so-called penny is difficult to defeat a hero, let alone hiring staff and buying a mansion in Beijing after becoming an official, he can't even get the entanglement to go to Beijing to participate in the examination.

But a gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way.

Relying on the hard-earned money earned by his own business, Xie Shen is also practical in using it.

At present, the tea business of the Xie family is booming, and if cotton planting can keep up with the basics, the Xie family can realize the leap from a poor family to a wealthy family.

But if Xie Shen wants to go one step further and become one of the wealthy gentry of Yuyao in one fell swoop, he needs more than just money.

It is a necessary condition to be lifted in the township examination, and if you become a master, you will have the qualifications to be an official, and you will become an honorable alternate official, and the Xie family will also develop with it.

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...... (To be continued.) )