The sun is shining, the sun is shining all over the sea, it is a good weather when the wind and waves are calm, and today is a good day, the first batch of merchant ships built by the treasure shipyard finally ushered in the time to be launched. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tang Ming deliberately chose a good day to show his grandeur, the tall altar by the dock, full of dazzling tributes, the whole big goat was shaved open, the internal organs were removed, and placed on the red lacquered wooden frame, with a big orange in his mouth, which meant good luck.

After Tang Ming offered incense and worshipped, Lao Wang sang a prayer loudly, and the whole process took more than an hour to finish. After three gun salutes, the shipbuilding pool of the Treasure Shipyard began to divert water in.

After filling, the flat merchant ships were pulled out of the boat pool in an orderly manner and into the dock docks. Nearly 100 merchant ships directly occupy the entire wharf, and it is also spectacular to look at it from a high place.

He Fu, the representative of the merchants, was so excited that his hands trembled slightly when he saw this scene, and he muttered in his mouth: "The ship has finally been built, and the ship has finally been built." ”

There was a smile embedded in the corner of Tang Ming's mouth, as if he felt that Lao He was not excited enough, and said with a smile: "Lao He, you are excited, don't forget that this is only the first batch of merchant ships, if there is no problem after the trial, the next batch will be two hundred, and in the future, you can see everywhere that the entire sea area of the Ming Dynasty is full of merchant ships shuttling back and forth." ”

Lao He looked back at Tang Ming in a daze, he knew that Hou Ye was not joking with himself, if this trial could really be successful, then the scene of Daming's sea area being full of merchant ships was not an exaggeration at all.

"Plop." With a sound, Lao He suddenly knelt directly in front of Tang Ming with his legs bent, and kowtowed three times in a row, and said with tears in his eyes: "Hou Ye has opened up such a large territory for us merchants, no matter what happens in the future, He Fu first kowtowed on behalf of the world's merchant families today." ”

"What are you doing, I'll talk about it when I have something." Tang Ming has been in Daming for so long, but he has never been able to adapt to the etiquette of kneeling and kowtowing at every turn. Just like Lao He is so old, he still kneels in front of himself, a person who can be his grandson.

The concept of later generations has always been influencing Tang Ming, and the imprint in his mind has been ingrained, and he secretly shouted in his heart 'Folding Shou' Tang Ming stepped forward and wanted to pull Lao He up.

Unexpectedly, Lao He refused with a serious face: "Hou Ye is kind and Lao He knows, and all the businessmen who have been in contact with you also know, so we will willingly take out the money and hand it over to Hou Ye." There are fewer business opportunities on land, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce, especially after each war, and there is no life, so I don't know how many powerful merchant families have fallen. ”

"Maritime trade is a glimmer of hope for us merchants, and it is truly a time for us merchants. But if you want to knock on this door, we can't do anything even if we jump up and down, it is Hou Ye you who opened this door for us, now no matter what the outcome will be, we are grateful to Hou Ye for his great kindness, if there is a need for our businessmen in the future, Hou Ye can come to He Fu, we will definitely go all out not to let Hou Ye down. ”

Lao He said sonorously and forcefully, and at the end, he knocked his head three times again, and the positive color on his face showed that he was sincere. Instead of making a show to perfunctory Tang Ming, he didn't dare to perfunctory Tang Ming with ten dares.

Therefore, Tang Ming also believed Lao He's words, and he didn't expect that Lao He's businessmen's vision was not bad at all, and they could really see the business opportunities here. How did he know that Lao He Tangming had many contacts with overseas merchants, and some of them had even started trading with them.

Some strange things, the profits are jaw-dropping, Lao He is also one of them, he knows the truth even more. In the past, they had secretly organized a fleet to go to sea, but each time they could not escape the pride of the pirates, and they had to give up after three times of losing all their money. Now that Tang Ming is their umbrella, they naturally can't talk about it.

Lao He's excitement made Tang Ming feel helpless, in fact, his original intention was not so great, he was also forced out by the queen and the emperor. If a country wants to get rich in a short period of time, it is not enough to rely on the development of agriculture alone, agriculture is only a foundation, and it is mainly necessary to rely on commerce as the fastest shortcut.

Once commerce is truly prosperous, then he can gradually change the Ming Dynasty's focus on agricultural taxation to commercial taxation. In this way, agriculture can be developed, to achieve a virtuous circle, with these two major industries to drive other industries, which is the most ideal result.

But if you want to achieve such an effect, Tang Ming doesn't know if he can do it in his life, but it doesn't matter, whether it will succeed or not is a matter of the future, the only thing he needs to achieve now is to get results as soon as possible, and the rest is just as good as it is, whether it is good or bad, he can't care so much, it's a big deal that he unloads the burden here and runs back to his Jeju Island.

Tang Ming, who has no fear, does things in two words to describe 'bold'. It was Lao He who was so grateful, which made him feel a little unhappy, and said with a smile: "Lao He, don't be too happy, after all, this marquis is only temporarily in charge of this treasure shipyard for his father-in-law, and no one can say what will happen in ......the future." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Ming continued: "Actually, this matter is not as simple as you think, there are some things that I can't say to you too bluntly, and in the end, I can only advise you, don't show your wealth, shoot the first bird, think about the previous Shen Wansan." ”

Tang Ming dropped this sentence and turned around directly, whether he could understand that it was Lao He's own business, he could be regarded as benevolent and righteous anyway. In the era when the world is not the king's land, no matter how much money you make, it will be in vain.

Lao He was confused for a moment, and then his face gradually became gloomy, Tang Ming was not wrong at all, his Lao He's recent performance was indeed a little outstanding. Looking at Tang Ming's departing back, Lao He thought about it.

From the very beginning when he came into contact with Tang Ming, he looked down on him in his heart, a sixteen-year-old boy was just a sixteen-year-old boy, how much ability he could have. But since the beginning of contact, Lao He has gradually changed his opinion, and it has only been less than two months since he was convinced.

Such a change was unimaginable to Lao He no matter what, and a thought arose in his heart that made Lao He's confused eyes suddenly become eager.

When a fast horse entered the north city gate, the speed did not decrease at all, and when the pedestrians on the street dodged one after another, they all looked at the person on horseback, and after seeing the dress of the person on the horse, the frightened pedestrian immediately closed his mouth, and even swallowed the dirty words to his mouth back into his stomach. (To be continued.) )