Chen Qianhe is now worried about running out of money in order to command the position of envoy. When he heard that there was a way to make money, he eagerly asked, "What way?" Brother, tell me about it. I know you have a good brain, so it must be a good idea. ”

Wu Tianxiao drank a glass of wine and said unhurriedly: "Actually, I bought this cane sugar from a sugar worker for money. The sugar worker had recipes for refining in his hands, how to grow sugar cane, how to squeeze sugar, and all the recipes were there. I bought a recipe to build a sugar mill, and now I have a new way to make money. If you two can get a recipe, I can buy it for money. ”

Chen Qianhe was overjoyed when he heard this, and his eyes lit up. You must know that he is now a thousand households, and the military under him is quite a few craftsmen, and it is not difficult to get some skills from craftsmen. So he asked, "Brother." What recipe do you want? How much silver can a recipe sell? ”

Wu Tianxiao said: "It's hard for me to say what recipe you want, but everyone is a brother, no matter what recipe you get, I will buy it." What kind of smelting wrought iron, shipbuilding drawings, who called us brothers? As long as you can get it, I'll pay for it. As for how much is Fangzi? It's hard to say, it depends on what the recipe is. If I think I can make money by being useful, I buy it at a high price. Even if the recipe is useless, for the sake of the brothers, the hardships of tens of one hundred taels are always indispensable. If the recipe is good, I think it can make money, then 120,000 taels can also be considered. ”

Chen Qianhe laughed when he heard this: "Okay." I went back to look for it, and I remember that not long ago a blacksmith offered me a method of smelting wrought iron (crude steel), but I didn't care at the time. Now it seems to be a good thing. ”

That Tang Xianyao also arrived: "Wu Yingying, the official will also go back and send someone to find it, if there is one, it can also be sold to you." ”

Wu Tianxiao nodded: "Your recipes may not all be useful to me, it's just that everyone is their own people, even if the recipes are useless to me, I will send some hard money." But there is another thing that needs to be taken care of by the two of them. ”

Chen Qianhe asked, "What's the matter?" Just say it, brother. ”

Wu Tianxiao said: "The current labor force in Dongfan Island is really insufficient, and I need more people and poor people to move to Dongfan Island. In the future, I am afraid that recruiting people will not be limited to the Zhoushan area......"

Chen Qianhe smiled: "What should I do, brother, don't worry." Several adults have divided a lot of silver, and you can only do this in the future, and I will take care of it for you, brother. ”

Now that he has received Chen Qianhe's affirmation, Wu Tianxiao wants to let go of the matter of recruiting the people. Then the three of them drank for a while, and Wu Tianxiao said goodbye and went back.

Soon after, Chen Qianhe and Tang Xianyao always took some official or military craftsman skills and sold them to Wu Tianxiao for silver. So far, Wu Tianxiao has begun to develop rapidly in the manufacturing industry. What wrought iron smelting (the Ming Dynasty has mastered the crude steel smelting technology), sulfur refining, red phosphorus refining, fire guns, artillery casting technology, etc., all flowed into the hands of Wu Tianxiao with the hands of some corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Tianxiao left the restaurant, and took Tan Lun, Shen Nanshan, Taiside and others to the east gate of Ningbo City on horseback, to take a boat back to Zhoushan Island. A group of ten or twenty people rode to the east gate, but saw that the city gate was blocked, and many people were surrounding a carriage and did not know what to do.

Shen Nanshan is a knowledgeable pirate, although he has now taken refuge in Wu Tianxiao, but this intellectual ability is not to fall, seeing that the city gate is blocked, he consciously stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

After a while, Shen Nanshan came back and reported: "Master Wu." It's a son-in-law brother with a group of family members who are molesting a woman. That woman seems to be the family of some official, but the son's brother is not small, and he is Wang Ku, the youngest son of Wang Bai, the envoy of Zhejiang. ”

Wu Tianxiao was a little happy when he heard it. In the past, I often heard that the children of gentlemen molested women from good families, and it was a play in TV and movies. It's good today to have the opportunity to see it with your own eyes. So Wu Tianxiao jumped off the horse, handed the reins to Tan Lun, and joined in the fun, so that this young man, who was only twenty-one years old, suddenly became curious, and said with a chuckle: "Go and have fun." With that, he squeezed into the crowd to see the excitement.

Wu Tianxiao squeezed in front of the crowd, but saw a noble son with a group of family members surrounding a carriage. In front of the carriage, a man of about twenty years old, with a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, and two domestic servants and a maid, were entangled with the noble son, guarding the carriage and preventing the noble son from approaching the carriage.

The noble son was estimated to be Wang Ku, and when he saw him, he smiled and said to the young man: "Shen Zijin, you and I will become in-laws sooner or later, you better be honest, lest my brother-in-law be rude." ”

The one named Shen Zijin said angrily: "Wang Gongzi, please respect yourself." Your father is also an envoy, and you are such a bully, and you are not afraid that my father will join your father in the court. ”

That Wang Ku smiled even more happily: "Hahaha...... My father sent someone to the house to propose to Uncle Shen Liu in the past two days, and my sister Shen Yixiu will be my cool woman sooner or later, and at that time, the court will not be able to control the family affairs of the courtiers. ”

At this time, the twelve or thirteen-year-old boy on the side said angrily: "Is there such a forcible marriage as you? What if you mention your marriage, my Uncle Shen will not agree to say anything else. Why are you blocking the frame of the official family like this today? Don't tell anyone to get out of the way yet. ”

That Wang Ku is obviously not a good person, seeing that this boy is playing a fierce game against him, he immediately changed his expression, rolled up his sleeves with both hands and said angrily: "You are Zhang Juzheng, right?" I heard that you always speak ill of me in front of my Yixiu sister, so today I will let you know how powerful your master is. ”

At this time, Shen Zijin stopped in front of the boy named Zhang Juzheng and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Bai Gui." Calm down. I'll take care of that. ”

That Zhang Juzheng said to Shen Zijin: "Brother Zijin." Such a gentleman is the most scoundrel, and he is not reasonable at all. It's better to report to the authorities earlier. Saying that, Zhang Juzheng arched his fists with both hands and said to the crowd of onlookers: "Everyone. This Wang Ku was originally the son of the Zhejiang Inspector, who did not ask for the people's lives for the children of officials, but robbed a woman from a good family in broad daylight. This kind of behavior is nothing like that of animals, and I ask you to bear witness. ”

When Zhang Juzheng said this, he thought that someone would stand up and testify for them. Unexpectedly, as soon as I heard that it was the son of the Zhejiang Inspector, the crowd of onlookers suddenly retreated a lot of steps, and the circle of onlookers was much larger, and the crowd was just whispering from afar. Only that Wu Tianxiao didn't understand the world, but he was still standing in the same place. And because Wu Tianxiao was thinking about whether this Zhang Juzheng was the famous minister of the Ming Dynasty Zhang Juzheng when he heard that Wang Ku said Zhang Juzheng. Now it's all right. Just as Wu Tianxiao was pondering, he suddenly became the focus of attention and became a strong rafter.