[You can read the book well, but you should pay attention to the research and rest, our website is updated the fastest and best, free no pop-up ads, hot-blooded:, Baidu xieyixs is fine] and Zheng Hongkui also reached another result, that is, to buy a boat.

The excuse is, of course, that Zheng Hongkui let the Japanese come to Daming privately, making Yang Chao very passive, so he needs the Zheng family to make a little compensation, and Yang Chao needs three hundred ships.

Yang Chao didn't ask for them in vain, Yang Chao would give money and use their money to deduct it.

The shipbuilding capacity of the Ming Dynasty was not as bad as later generations imagined, if it was really that bad, could the Zheng family still dominate the maritime merchants?

Whether it is the shipbuilding capacity of the government or the shipbuilding capacity of the private merchants, it is not bad, but when it comes to building big ships, it can only be counted by the Zheng family, and the Zheng family wants to say second, and no one dares to say first.

The Zheng family built the largest shipbuilding base in the East in Fujian.

Yang Chao was willing to purchase 300 small boats from the Zheng family at the price of 8,000 taels.

However, the small boats in the eyes of the Zheng family are also big ships in the Yangtze River, all of them are brigs, and as for the larger three-masted ships, the Zheng family does not sell them at all.

This kind of brig, the material money processing money, is basically 6,000 taels of silver, so 8,000 taels per ship is also reasonable, after all, Yang Chao wants the current ship, and it is offset by the future payment, and the installment loan shall not give interest.

With these 300 large ships, the number of Yang Chao's brigs will be up and down 400, and with the 1,000 small ships in the future, it will not be a problem to dominate the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The next day, the exhibition opened, saying that it was an art exhibition, but it was actually a calligraphy and painting exhibition, in addition to Chinese paintings such as ink and brushwork, there were also calligraphy posts by famous artists.

The calligraphy and paintings on display today include newly created by literati and their collections, such as the late Dong Qichang's characters, Ma Xianglan's orchids, as well as newly created calligraphy and paintings by Yang Wencong, Wu Meicun, Qian Qianyi and others, and even a large number of paintings by famous courtesans in Qinhuai.

The calligraphy and painting exhibition of Jinchai Lou is probably the most successful and commendable thing, and it is more famous than the most profitable song and dance performances, because it is very popular with the literati, and they spread the word of mouth to hold the fourth edition. It's already very well-known.

This time, not only the works of literati from the south of the Yangtze River, but also the literati from Zhejiang and Jiangxi have entrusted people to put their proud works on display here, which is an opportunity for the literati to make a name for themselves and be appreciated by their peers. It's a pleasure.

Early in the morning, there was a group of young scholars who had nothing to do, and there was even a shadow of Erli Society people, although Yang Chao said that he refused to allow them to enter, in fact, it was basically impossible to really operate, but it was impossible for a leader like the fourth prince to come in. No face came in.

In addition to these people, there are also some authors.

Yang Chao also saw Kono's figure, and after a review before each painting and calligraphy, if the author was present, he would immediately ask if he was willing to sell, as long as he was willing to sell for a lot of money, he would buy it.

At noon, some noble children also came, but Yang Chao still saw Kono, and he was still tirelessly appreciating and collecting paintings.

In the evening, a large number of civil servants also poured in, and they left work. Come here to enjoy the masterpieces and exchange ideas at the same time, Kono is still there.

Yang Chao was still amazed by Kono's local tyrant behavior at first, but later found that those authors, often after Kono's praise for a few words, didn't care about the price at all, and sold it casually for ten taels or twenty taels, and he was very happy, Yang Chao felt that it was a cheap sale.

When Kono took these paintings back, it was estimated that they would multiply tenfold. There are people rushing to buy it.

These authors can sell their labor cheaply, but they can't sell it to foreigners, because they are not selling their own fame, but there is the sign of 'Ming Culture' in it. With this endorsement, it would have to be multiplied tenfold.

So Yang Chao felt that the calligraphy and painting exhibition should have a price tag, which was easy to do, find some businessmen who deal in antique calligraphy and painting, let them give an appraisal, and these people in the province will sell it cheaply. At the same time, he privately threatened Kono, telling him that he couldn't buy the precious art of the Ming Dynasty so cheaply, and that he had to pay a tax, and if he bought it for ten taels of silver, he would pay a tax of fifty taels, and the tax rate of five hundred percent was not high.

Of course, these are not done by Yang Chao himself, the identity of the dignified and loyal uncle, it is not appropriate to find someone to collect taxes, it is to let Kang Xiaobao come forward, tell Kono that this is the rule of the Golden Hairpin Building, either accept it, or don't buy it in the Golden Hairpin Building, probably after paying heavy taxes, there is still something to earn, Kono still agreed, but after the purchase, he was much more careful and picked out the best products to buy.

In fact, looking at the ink treasures of these famous artists, Yang Chao is also very influenced by art, China has always been very high-end in the field of art, and the freehand of Chinese calligraphy and painting is more meaningful than the impression flow of the West.

Yang Chao suddenly had a whim, and let people take his sketches over, which also caused a lot of comments, but there was praise, but Kono didn't buy a single one, which made Yang Chao feel a little lost, it seems that he can't reach the realm of selling paintings for a living, these sketches are not good, it is estimated that they will be painted as oil paintings and placed here, and they will not be appreciated.

The calligraphy and painting exhibition finally ended, and Yang Chao knew how successful it was to see the scribes who were enthusiastically discussing and leaving the Jinchai Tower.

But Kang Xiaobao's expression was not very happy, and he found Yang Chao with a worried look.

"Something again?"

Kang Xiaobao nodded.

"Is that the group of scholars?"

Kang Xiaobao nodded again.

Yang Chao sighed: "Say, what kind of moth are they making again?" ”

Kang Xiaobao said: "Brother Yang, I guess I've caused trouble for you, and maybe I've also caused trouble for the imperial court." ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but be moved: "What's the matter?" Scholars still have to rebel! ”

Kang Xiaobao said: "The scholars are spreading rumors, saying that Your Majesty is not the real prince, you just found someone from the north to bring it back, because you have a heavy army, so Jiangnan Wenwu can only obey, and he is in cahoots with you!" ”

Yang Chao frowned: "Who spread it?" ”

Kang Xiaobao said: "The group of scholars in the Erli Society. ”

Yang Chao asked again: "Has the government caught anyone?" ”

This kind of rumor is released, some people will definitely believe that in this troubled era, no one may take the opportunity to make waves, in the original history, the prince was killed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after the fake prince who appeared in Jiangnan was arrested, many people insisted that it was true, and even the civil officials thought it was true, which made Zhu Youxiang annoyed, and no one listened to the explanation.

Because of rumors, he couldn't explain it at all.

Kang Xiaobao shook his head: "I can't catch it, I thought I couldn't find anyone who came out at all, the fourth prince didn't come forward at all, he only found a few micro-end scholars, after the rumors spread, the people spread indiscriminately, and now they can't control it at all." ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but be big, he didn't expect that these scholars really found a good way to make trouble for themselves, but they also created a big trouble for the imperial court.

Sure enough, they are capricious, they don't have any sense of the overall situation at all, don't you know that what the imperial court urgently needs now is stability, and this imperial court is the imperial court that maintains their privileges?

But you really can't catch them. (To be continued.) )

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