Chapter 15: Someone from Dehuifang

"Is this Master Ye's home?" Ye Guan was thinking hard about his plan to make a fortune at home when someone suddenly called the door outside the house.

"It sounds pretty good, and it sounds familiar. Could it be the people of the village? ”

"This young lady, who are you?" Ye Guan opened the door, but saw a girl with a maid standing at his door, although this young lady was very beautiful, but Ye Guan didn't recognize the woman in front of him at all.

"Why, if you eat and drink enough, you won't admit it?" Before the woman in Tsing Yi could speak, the little maid next to her, who seemed to have a sharp mouth, taught Ye Guan a lesson.

"This young lady, I'm all poor jingle bells, how can I have any spare money to do things like eating and wiping, don't you see that I'm about to live on steamed buns? Did you recognize the wrong person? ”

"Your steamed buns were bought by our young lady, and now you actually say that you don't recognize her, you don't eat and wipe clean and don't recognize what people are." When the little maid saw that Ye Guan hadn't remembered it yet, she suddenly pouted and glared at Ye Guan viciously who didn't know why.

"Ah, you're the one who left me a book, disrespectful, disrespectful, let's go, let's go to the restaurant again." As soon as he heard that the big man was coming, Ye Guan, who had eaten white rice steamed buns for a day or two, suddenly became enthusiastic, and when he said this, he was about to take this young lady to the restaurant to continue eating and drinking, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he found that he should keep in mind the "great defense of men and women", and retracted his hand stupidly.

"Ye Gongzi, there is a difference between men and women, so I won't go in. The little woman's name is Yingying, waiting for the good news of the son for a few days in Dehuifang, but unfortunately the son is not seen for a few days, there is a proverb abroad that says well, "If the mountain does not come, I will go to the mountain." Therefore, the little woman only came to the door in person to seek talent, hoping that Ye Gongzi could join us Dehuifang, with the drunken words of the child, I knew that Gongzi was a person with great ambitions, and would not stoop to the position of the master of the small Huating County, although I Dehuifang is a businessman, but it is not an ordinary businessman, and Gongzi will be able to show his ambitions here. Yingying, who had not spoken, finally spoke, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she wanted to recruit Ye Guan.

"Are you a maritime merchant, or a Huihui? No, you're a maritime merchant! Ye Guan suddenly changed his enthusiastic custom just now, and looked at the woman in front of him with some surprise.

"How did Childe know that we are maritime merchants?" Yingying looked at Ye Guan and was sure that they were maritime merchants, so she was a little curious, she only said a few words, he could actually guess that he was a maritime merchant, it seemed that he really didn't see the wrong person.

"Believers, seek knowledge, even as far away as China! This was said by a certain sage. Taizu once decreed: Restore clothes like the Tang system. Miss Yingying could neither see Hu's clothes or Hu's appearance. Then such a proverb can only be heard in the mouths of the heavenly people who come from the heavens. Miss Yingying must have been in contact with these people often, so it is very likely that Miss Yingying is a person who walks the sea. Although Ye Guan was not sure, since Miss Yingying came to look for him, she would definitely hear his drunken words a few days ago, so she would come to him in person.

"Childe is good at learning, not only for the students of my dynasty, familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, even the proverbs of other countries are also known, it seems that Yingying really did not find the wrong person, that prosperous era danger is really from the son thinks, there is no insight." Yingying smiled, and Ye Guan was a little stunned.

"I've won the award, but that remark is just a drunken gossip, I can't take it seriously, Miss found the wrong person, please go back, Xiaosheng has no intention of engaging in business." Although Ye Guan accepted Yingying's praise, he still decided to refuse her solicitation. Those who can still contact these foreign businessmen under the sea ban must have a lot of power. Then, when the plague of the Japanese invaders intensified, the imperial court would inevitably order the ban on the loosened maritime trade again, and they would either no longer participate in the maritime trade, or they would become armed smuggling groups of the wealthy clans along the coast. It is not beneficial to the country, it is not beneficial to oneself, and it is impossible to show one's ambitions at all.

"Childe, do you know that in the past few years, there have been fewer people from the Heavenly Kingdom, not only because the war between the imperial court and the King of Hami has cut off land trade and some Mongolian fields, but also because more and more Hongyi are at war with the merchants of the Heavenly Kingdom at sea, gradually replacing their trading position in our country. I have seen the Hongyi who call themselves the Franciscans, who, unlike the Celestials, are only interested in business, but who are also very enthusiastic about spreading doctrine and plundering land and slaves, and who carry a lot of cannons with a range and power far superior to those of the imperial army, and now perhaps even the Japanese who harassed the coast. However, in addition to bravery, the weapons of the Japanese are even slightly behind the imperial court officials, only because of the edict of Taizu...... so that they have a chance. However, the Hongyi people are different, although the number of people is small now, I look at the enthusiasm in their eyes and the speed of action, there will be more and more in the future, and the mind is ruthless, and the weapon advantage is better than ours. So I heard that Childe seemed to have the same thoughts as me in his words the day before yesterday, so I hope that Childe can join me Dehuifang. Now that the imperial court's edict on the sea is gradually relaxed, there are countless coastal residents who go to the sea without permission, and if the customs are reopened in the future, it is more likely to reproduce the era of trade and commerce of the old Song Dynasty. If things go well, it is even more likely to re-enter the temple in the future, and it is not more ambitious than this little master? Yingying was extremely eloquent, not only pointing out what Ye Guan was most worried about, but also secretly pointing out that there were big people behind her to lure Ye Guan to join them. If Ye Guan didn't know that the Ming Dynasty had reopened and switched on and off half a century later, he would have almost agreed.

"Miss Yingying, some of your insights are indeed extraordinary, and you know that the great calamity is very likely to originate from the sea, but you are wrong about one thing. You should know that Huating County was attacked by Japanese pirates dozens of days ago, and such things were rare in previous years. I can only tell you that in the future, there will be more and more troubles with the Japanese pirates, and in order to prevent the coastal people from fornicating with the Japanese pirates, the imperial court will inevitably re-prohibit maritime trade. Therefore, if the adults behind you can't push the decree to reopen the sea ban, it's better to give it up as soon as possible. ”

"How did Childe know that the matter of the Japanese was about to get worse? The imperial court has sent an envoy to Japan, strictly ordering the Japanese king to take care of those courtiers, and the rebellion will gradually disappear. Yingying didn't believe Ye Guan's words. Their Dehuifang is just a small caravan, mostly trading with some merchants of the Heavenly Kingdom, and with Japan is a country with real exploration trade, and those who can trade with Japan are all profiting from the crony forces behind the important ministers of the court, so they rarely have contact with the political situation in Japan, and no one inside and outside the entire court can accurately know what the political situation in Japan is. They are still immersed in the trap of the tributary system, and they are completely in the attitude of the Celestial Empire, only recognizing the king of Japan, and the Japanese attack the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the imperial court will only send envoys to instruct the king of Japan. After receiving an order from the Celestial Empire, the king of Japan came to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders. None of them knew that the emperor had long since become an empty shelf, that even the shoguns of the Kamakura shogunate had become puppets, and that daimyo like Shimazu were secretly fueling the troubles, so no one could restrain those wandering samurai.

"Japan is now similar to the Spring and Autumn Period in our country, where the Zhou royal family was in decline and the princes of various countries were vying for power. The decree of the Kanbai regent will not be able to get out of Heiankyo and his fiefdom, and there will be more and more Japanese pirates, so the sea ban will be more severe. ”

"I've been taught, since Gongzi is unwilling to join us Dehuifang, but Ye Gongzi's words today, when the little girl and the teacher of Dehuifang, Yingying has already prepared a banquet in Hengsheng Restaurant, and asked Gongzi to move, Yingying is good to thank Gongzi for today's on-demand." Yingying saw that Ye Guan didn't want to join, and she didn't force it anymore. Invite Ye Guan to the banquet today, in order to get a good fate, looking at Ye Guan's remarks today, it will not be ordinary, so it is good to stay familiar.

"Go together, go together!" As soon as Ye Guan heard that he was invited to the banquet, he hurriedly began to exercise excitedly.

"Up and down, left, left, right, right."

"Childe, what do you mean?" Yingying looked at Ye Guan who was jumping up and down in confusion.

"Oh, exercise more, the consumption is too high, and I can eat a few more bites at the banquet later." Ye Guan replied.

"......" Yingying.