After Tang Xianyao said this, Chen Qianhe was also puzzled: "What you said is the truth. Could it be that this person is secretly cheating? Something to deceive you and me? ”

Tang Xianyao whispered: "This Wu Tianxiao said that he returned from the open sea, but who knows if he is not." You and I don't know where it came from, although he can make matches, but this match thing needs gunpowder raw materials to make it, and who knows how much gunpowder he bought. The ship of Japanese robbers he killed earlier was true, but this time he said that he had exterminated the remnants of Kang Lao, and he also killed a boatload of Japanese robbers he encountered by chance at sea. Do you believe this? Who did he take out to sea? It's a homeless. Can a shipload of homeless people kill a shipload of ferocious pirates at sea? Chen Qianhu. One of these things must be examined carefully. ”

Chen Qianhe was surprised: "Didn't he kill the good and risky merit?" ”

Tang Xianyao sneered: "I don't know if you want to kill the good or not, after all, I haven't seen the corpses of the widows he said, and I can't risk it." But this kills good...... It's hard to say. If this man is a pirate, he will hijack the passing private merchant ships...... Not surprising. ”

Chen Qianhe was shocked: "Lord Tang suspects that he is a pirate? ”

Tang Xianyao hurriedly booed: "Shhh Be quiet. Think about this person before and after. He suddenly appeared in Luomen Village, and there was no way to find out about the past. What is the most at sea? Pirates at most. He said that when he returned from overseas, it would not be strange if he was a pirate, and it was not difficult to understand why he killed the ship. Neither the pirate nor the pirate are good people, and perhaps he is the one who eats the black. ”

Chen Qianhe hesitated: "Why don't we arrest him to repay his merits?" ”

Tang Xianyao hurriedly said: "How can this be made!" You don't know Wu Tianxiao's ferocity. What's more, this person can kill a boatload of pirates, and there must be amazing strength behind it. If we take him now and provoke the people behind him, then how good would it be for the pirates behind him to come ashore, and the pirates behind him will not be his opponents. Master Chen. What do you think you are capable of resisting the forces behind it? It's him Wu Tianxiao, and you Chen Qianhu will be difficult to deal with. What's more, you and I don't know anything about the forces behind it, so how can we act rashly. ”

Chen Qianhe asked, "Then what should we do?" After all, if you are secretly dealing with pirates, if you are found to be in truth, you will lose your official position and kill your head. ”

Tang Xianyao looked very old-fashioned at this time. said: "Yes." It's just that this person can benefit us too much now, and we can't just cut off the way of wealth. ”

Chen Qianhe asked urgently: "Master Tang." If you have any way, say it quickly, as long as it is feasible, Chen will definitely help. ”

Tang Xianyao sneered at this time: "This Wu Tianxiao gave you a dry share of the match shop for no reason, and now I think there is a reason for such benefits." That is to drag you and me into the water, so that you and I are involved in him. If something happens, you and I will cushion it. When the time comes. The match workshop has you and me to do it, how can we clear this charge, so at that time you and I can only be led by his nose. ”

Chen Qianhe was a little anxious: "How is this good?" If you don't want that dry stock, you don't know how much less money you will receive every month. ”

Tang Xianyao said: "Tang has a way to get rid of his constraints, but he doesn't lose his money." ”

Chen Qianhe arched his hand: "I wish to hear and see." ”

Tang Xianyao said: "Didn't he Wu Tianxiao say that each house can be ten taels of silver with us every month?" Tang secretly calculated, and the matches sold per month in each prefecture were about 100,000 boxes. That's not as good as that. We don't want the dry shares of his match shop, as long as he agrees, in the future, for every 100,000 boxes of matches you and I buy from him, we will return ten taels of silver. In this case, his matchmaker has nothing to do with you. In the future, if he is really a pirate and is investigated, then you and I will only be responsible for negligence, and there is nothing to do secretly. Again. As long as he, Wu Tianxiao, gave out the silver, and honored the political envoys, commanders, eunuchs, and even Lord Yan Song, then these adults were the people you and I protected. At that time, even if it is a big thing, it will have little to do with you and me, and there will be adults to top it. ”

Chen Qianhe listened and said, "Hmm." Master Tang is really resourceful, just do as you say. ”

So Tang Xianyao and Chen Qianhe decided after discussion. This Wu Tianxiao is a figure who can't be provoked, that is, he can't afford to offend, but he doesn't want to get too close to him. So as not to be implicated in case of something in the future. Therefore, the dry shares are not needed, but the silver of tens of thousands of taels of filial piety to Shangguan every year must be given by Wu Tianxiao. On the basis of the original price, for every 100,000 boxes of matches purchased, Wu Tianxiao will have to discount and rebate ten taels of silver. The sale to various provinces is the sole responsibility of Tang Xianyao and Chen Qianhe.

After the two discussed, they returned to the wine table to talk to Wu Tianxiao. In the end, a plan was decided, and Chen Qianhe took the road of the Zhejiang commander and the capital eunuch, while Tang Xianyao took the road of the political envoy and Yan Song. As for Tang Xianyao's proposal that the two of them should not do shares, as long as they draw ten taels of silver for every 100,000 boxes, Wu Tianxiao somehow agreed.

In the end, the three decided. Wu Tianxiao gave the silver and made filial piety to the political envoy of Zhejiang, the commander of the Zhejiang Health Station, and the eunuch of the capital, each of whom had two thousand taels of silver per year. Then spend some money to catch Yan Song's line first, and then give 20,000 taels of silver every year as filial piety.

For the matter of silver, plus the fur business brought back, Wu Tianxiao brought back a total of more than 60,000 taels of silver this time. Therefore, there are still more than 30,000 taels of money left for immigrants to buy supplies.

Things also turned out well. With the silver to open the way, the political envoy of Zhejiang, the commander of the Zhejiang Health Station, and the eunuch of the capital were successfully settled. And at this time, although Yan Song was receiving the favor of Emperor Jiajing, but now Yan Song has not yet taken power, in order to appease the eunuchs around the emperor, Yan Song also needs silver. Therefore, Tang Xianyao caught Yan Song's line in a timely manner.

With Shangguan's care, matches began to be sold to Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Yanzhou, Jinhua, Taizhou, Quzhou, Wenzhou and other state capitals. Later, it was sold to the entire Ming Dynasty, making matches a daily necessity for the Ming Dynasty. Every year, it brings Wu Tianxiao an income of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. It was not until later that the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty demanded filial piety higher and higher, causing Wu Tianxiao to kill the officials as pirates, occupy several islands in Zhoushan, and stop filial piety when Ming attacked the Ming Prefecture. It's just that matches have become a necessity at that time, and countless businessmen have avoided the ban of the government and still secretly bought matches from Zhoushan Island, Haitan Island and other offshore islands controlled by Wu Tianxiao, and then sold them to all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

When the sales channels for matches were opened, the stock of matches was sold out within a few days. It's just that at this time, the sales of matches have all been delivered to Jia Yuan, the village chief of Luomen Village, but the preparation of the ingredients is still prepared by Wu Tianxiao himself. At this time, Wu Tianxiao was busy immigrating, so he wanted to relocate the match workshop to Wujiazhai. After all, Wujiazhai is the foundation in the future, and he can't always run at both ends, and all this involves the interests of the entire Luomen Village.

Luomen Village is actually a fishing village of four or five hundred people, and the fishermen have no land, only a few village land. Some families don't even have thatched huts, and they eat and live on boats. If it weren't for Wu Tianxiao to bring them wealth, the people in this village would still be bitter. Once the match workshop is moved, it will inevitably cause many people to return to their former poverty, which will cause trouble. What's more, at this time, a large amount of grain, grain seeds, ploughing cattle, farming tools, poultry, vegetable seeds, medicinal materials and many other materials had to be purchased, so Wu Tianxiao came to discuss the future with Jia Yuan.