Meng Shen carried a crossbow on his back and straddled leather boots, trampling a native under his feet. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among the natives of the Luzon Islands, this dark-skinned, ugly-faced person is the most hateful, and they hide in the jungle, and from time to time they come out to plague the farms, and even kill the serfs and stewards of the farms.

This kind of behavior, of course, is unforgivable, and every piece of sugar cane they scourge will be squeezed into white sugar and sold to the Great Song Dynasty, Japan, and Champang...... and many other places, every grain of rice they destroyed would be transported to China on ships to support the ever-expanding population of the four provinces under Huaxia -- it has only been a short period of more than six years since Zhou Quan cut the four provinces, and the number of new people counted in the four provinces has more than doubled compared with previous years, plus the population moved from other places, there are already 20 million people under Zhou Quan's rule, so many people have to eat, and it is obviously not enough to rely on the grain fields in Huainan alone, even if the grain in the south of the Yangtze River is added, it is also tense.

Therefore, the farmers tried to tame this kind of natives into serfs from the initial expulsion to the later extermination, but these lazy and greedy natives who only thought about looting had no habit of working at all. By now, most of the natives have been exterminated, and only a few are still scattered in the jungle, scurrying around.

Meng Shen directly cut off the head of the native who was still howling, and snorted disdainfully: "That is, His Royal Highness King Ji is benevolent, saying that these little black ghosts are also human, and they want us to educate as much as possible, I bah, as far as I can see, their best destination is to be scalped off and made into leather boots!" ”

Most of Zhou Quan's orders were well observed, but this one was almost opposed by the major farmers. Zhou Quan has no choice but to turn a blind eye, he can't let the Chinese people risk their lives for some cannibalism.

Therefore, although he repeatedly said that he would treat and educate the natives, in fact he turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, that is, if some people could not look down on him and sue him, he only fined some money - who cares about this money for the big farm in Luzon now?

"Brother Shen is really good at the head, he will kill with one hit!" Beside Meng Shen, several farmers like him raised their thumbs.

"That's natural, it's a pity there are no muskets, and it would be better if there were muskets." Meng Shen smacked his lips.

The crossbow arrows in their hands were the standard equipment of the former guards, and after being gradually eliminated by the muskets, Zhou Quan used them to give their surplus value to these farmers, who could use them to shoot and kill anything that threatened the farm, whether it was a beast or an indigenous.

Meng Shen wanted to play with muskets even more, as Meng Guang's son, he was not too unfamiliar with muskets, and even had the opportunity to touch the gun and test fire two bullets.

"Brother gentleman, you can touch the musket, we don't have a father who participates in politics." The companion next to him was both envious and jealous.

Meng Shen laughed, and he was quite complacent. He was about to speak again, when he saw a housekeeper rushing from a distance.

"San Lang Jun, San Lang Jun, the master is here, and he is asking you to meet him!"

Meng Shen was stunned for a moment: "My father, at this time, he didn't stay in Yingtian to pat King Ji's ass, what did he do here, could it be ......?"

Thinking of the things he had done without Meng Guang, Meng Shen's heart sank slightly.

When his father was called, he did not dare to delay, so he took his leave with his companions, and went with the steward to his farm. They hunted the natives, dozens of miles away from home, and the transportation of the Luzon Islands was not very convenient, so it took a day before he arrived at his own Zhuangzi.

Meng Guang's face was so gloomy that he could drip water, and when he saw him, he shouted: "Rebel, kneel!" ”

Meng Shen slumped his shoulders: "Daddy, why are you angry?" ”

Meng Guang's lungs exploded, and seeing that he seemed to refuse to kneel, he reached out to copy the wooden stick next to him. The hero didn't suffer the loss in front of him, Meng Shen suddenly fell to the ground, but he was ready to run away at any time: "Dad, I'm kneeling, I'm kneeling!" ”

"You and Shen Shiyi, how did you hook up, why do you want to oppose King Ji?"

Meng Shen was stunned: "Where do you start with this?" ”

"You fool still want to hide it, but you know that Shen Shiyi has been captured by MI9, and when he confessed, he said that you were the main culprit, and it was you who gave him the idea, and you muttered in front of him all day long, opposing King Ji's policy of governing the country...... You idiot, if it weren't for King Ji's old relationship with me, it would not be you Lao Tzu who came today, but MI9! ”

Hearing MI9, Meng Shen finally panicked, and looked at his father again, it was obvious that he had come from thousands of miles away, and he looked tired and out of breath.

Although he is also a little rebellious, he is not a purely self-made smart rebel like Shen Shiyi.

He shrank his head and said: "How dare I oppose His Royal Highness King Ji, Daddy, you have said more than once, if there is no King Ji, there will be no wealth of our Meng family, I will no longer have a conscience, and I will not oppose him-I complain that he treats the workers too well, but it is the same as Daddy, that is, he complains about two sentences at the bottom, and occasionally mentions it in the dinner, and there is no objection at all, Shen Shiyi's stupid blood spews people, and his words can be believed?" ”

Meng Guang now knows that eight out of ten sentences of what Shen Shiyi said are untrue, and two more are true or not depends on who he is right for.

In fact, if MI9 hadn't found out that Meng Shen was not deeply involved in this matter, Meng Guang would not have been able to get out so easily.

He beat Meng Shen up, and then asked about it carefully.

Zhou Quan gave him face and did not investigate Meng Shen deeply, but of course he would not show him the results of the investigation of MI9, so Meng Guang is still a little inexplicable, and he doesn't know how Shen Shiyi and others were involved in such a case.

After listening to what Meng Shen said, he found out that the known news corroborated it, and he figured out the cause and effect.

In the final analysis, it is these rich second generations who want to pursue greater interests, and the pursuit of interests must be unscrupulous, contrary to Zhou Quan's demand for them to treat workers well, and they are disgruntled before they have this organization. Meng Shen was also dissatisfied, but his idea was to go to a place that Zhou Quan couldn't control, rather than to create Zhou Quan's rebellion.

"Idiot, even if you open the factory to a place that His Highness can't control for the time being, such as Hu Zhou, who are you going to sell the things produced in the factory?" Meng Guang stumbled and scolded.

"Naturally, it is a ...... to sell back to China"

"Are you dead to be a customs officer, and at that time, Huaxia will allow your goods to enter? Come and detain a boat or even sink a ship! ”

"Huh?" Meng Shen didn't think about this in detail, because so far, Zhou Quan's rule has implemented the principle of free trade, as long as you go to the customs to pay taxes, you will be allowed to freely circulate and buy and sell goods, and even specifically crack down on the practice of setting up cards to intercept.

"Without the Huaxia market, who can you sell to, could it be that you still go to Tianzhu to compete with Huaxia goods? Not to mention whether you can compete, even if you can compete, how big can the market be? Let me tell you, your Lao Tzu has been running a lot of places in the past few years, and you can see it clearly, the only people in the world who can afford to buy our things are Huaxia, which is the Great Song Dynasty, the people are all bitter, and they can have a few pennies, only we in Huaxia, the workers have a lot of salaries, and they can afford to buy our goods......"

Meng Guang saw that his son was speechless, and immediately gushed out.

In fact, how could Meng Shen not understand this, they were just spoiled by Zhou Quan's good governance that had always given preferential treatment to industry and commerce, and thought that these policies were taken for granted. Now that he has been awakened, he can't help but be a little depressed: "We thought wrong......"

Why didn't they think about being wrong, they just gave Zhou Quan the best excuse!

Meng Guang sighed, thinking of the news he had seen in the newspaper when he came, and couldn't help but shake his head again. After a while, he said slowly: "In our family, there are some industries, when the clear out, concentrate on doing two things, the same is food, King Ji wants to reward the population for childbirth, it is conceivable that after one or twenty years, the population of China will only be added to two to three percent, and it may even double after forty or fifty years, and at that time, eating is a big problem, and it is inseparable from food, which is our family's long-term plan!" ”

"What can you make from this?" Meng Shen muttered: "We all know that we can't make a lot of money from food. ”

"Fool, there is naturally not much money for selling grain alone, but what about grain processing, all kinds of pastries, dry food, canned food, those are all profitable!" Meng Guang snorted.

His second industry is still cotton spinning, which is the foundation of the Meng family today, and with his good relationship with Zhou Quan, he even replaced the Donghai Chamber of Commerce and gained the power to supply military uniforms and quilts to the Huaxia Army. Meng Shen has no opinion on this, population growth will also bring more clothing needs, although the price of cotton cloth has been falling, and now it is even comparable to linen, but the amount is large, and the profit is still extremely considerable.

"All the things related to steel, shipbuilding, etc., in the family, are sold." Meng Guang said again.

At this time, Meng Shen was anxious, these two major industries, their family has also been involved, especially the shipbuilding industry, they have finally developed, and they have their own reputation in Luzon, and even some maritime merchants from Quanzhou and Guangzhou have come to them to order ships.

He was about to object, Meng Guang's eyes widened: "If you weren't involved in this matter, how could I give up!" Fool, do you know that this is our family's tail to avoid suspicion, so as not to become a thorn in the side of His Highness! ”

"How is this possible?" Meng Shen exclaimed.

Meng Guang sighed and said: "With his financial resources, the king has conquered overseas, and he has the world. If we wealthy businessmen are like this, then how do you feel? ”

Meng Shen was silent, this is exactly the common idea of their young generation, and they always feel that Zhou Quan's success can be replicated.

"And the king originally promised me to send you to the navy, but now that this has happened, if I don't show my loyalty, where will your brother have a future? We only have money, we have to have power, the system of the two houses of the king to participate in politics has given us a way, you two brothers can't do it, only you, maybe you can succeed me in the coming year and become one of the political participants......"

"Isn't that a child's play made by King Ji?" Meng Shen didn't understand.

"You are wrong, King Ji never plays with children's play, you want power, Wen Weishen also wants power, Song Xingfeng still wants power, but you are all wrong, the real power must be taken here, in the rules set by the king!" Meng Guang thought with deep feelings, and then his expression changed: "If the king agrees, you will go to the navy immediately, according to my news, the king will organize a ...... Burning Crusade! ”