In March, the temperature in Tongzhou has become warm and pleasant, in the early morning, the sky is gray, the sun has just climbed out of the halfway, and the whole city is still half awake and half asleep. Several brocade clothes patrolling the street completed the handover, and casually came to a breakfast stall, dropped a few copper coins, and completed the boss's first business.

Drinking hot soy milk and eating fried dough sticks, a few people talked about the yamen, their families, or gossip. After a short time, the stalls gradually became lively, the vendors who pushed the carts, the men who were ready to sell coolies, and even a few gamblers who had just gambled for one night and were ready to go home to make up for sleep, came to the stalls in twos and threes.

The sounds of trading, gossip and even swearing mingled together, and the sound grew louder and louder, gradually spreading from the stall and permeating the entire city. When the fiery red sun cast ten thousand rays of light, the whole city, in the midst of this noisy and lively sound, woke up.

On the wharf of Zhangjiawan, Yang Chengzu held his mother, sitting in the tea shed, outside was the brocade clothes of the brigade standing solemnly with knives, and farther away, there were a large number of elite men wearing short fights and short soldiers in their waists, and carts. These Cao Gang disciples are all selected henchmen, loyal and reliable. But today's amount of money is too large, and Yang Chengzu didn't dare to hand it all over to them, so he personally came over to support the scene.

They arrived at the place last night, they were busy, and they haven't eaten breakfast yet, and the mother looked at the fritters and cakes, frowning slightly, "Husband, can you still eat this now?" ”

Yang Chengzu ate very energetically, "Why can't you eat it, don't you know, when I was in Huaxian County, sometimes I couldn't even eat this." This cake is made of white flour, although I was a small flag at that time, my life was not rich, so I thought that if I ate white noodles and married a good-looking wife, it would be the life of the gods. At that time, I didn't dare to think that with such a beautiful woman as you as my wife, I didn't dare to imagine that I would have such wealth today. These foods are eaten now, and they still feel fragrant, people have lived a lifetime, and in the end, isn't it just a bite to eat and drink, to be able to eat such a mouthful of tea and rice, this day, it's worth it! By the way, I forgot, the ninth master's family is rich, although you have learned martial arts since you were a child, you eat and drink the same as those ladies, it doesn't matter if this breakfast is not to your taste, I will let them call. ”

The mother grabbed the cake, rolled the fritters and bit it, "I will eat whatever the husband eats, how can I be so squeamish." I'm happy to be able to come out with my husband, even if I don't eat, but this time so many women in the family are taking me out, will they be unhappy? Especially that Xiaowan, because Ruxian got a fate, she has been making trouble recently, and that Mrs. Lian, I recently heard that she always secretly wipes her tears in the room, and even her body is a little weak. ”

"I know, Xiaolian, I will take her out to play for a few days in a few days, and there will be nothing left, as for Xiaowan...... She loves her own temperament, so let her go. I said at the beginning that I didn't have much time to spend with her, and it wasn't that I forced her to go to bed, and now I don't think I have enough time with her, who can blame her. Qingqing has it again, but she still has to raise a baby at home, Coral and Xiugu, I will take them out when I go back. It's impossible for me to be the one who doesn't lie and treat everyone equally, but a few of you are the earliest with me, and I won't let you suffer. ”

When the mother heard this, she ate the flatbread fritters in her mouth, and the taste seemed to exceed that of dragon liver and phoenix marrow. "I know, my husband is good to me, and I will help you persuade Xiaowan when I go back, so that she won't mess with you. Counting the time, the five boats are almost time to come, and I'll go outside and take a look, and let them get to work. ”

This is the first income given back to Daming since the establishment of the Yang Ji fleet, a full eight ships of silver. Three of them were sent to Nanjing as Yang Ji's funds, which were used as flowing water and to pay off part of the payment, and the remaining five ships of silver were transported to Zhangjiawan and then transported to Beijing to offer the Son of Heaven.

From the establishment of the fleet to the present, there is not much time in total, and this huge gain is simply a miracle. However, if we look at the twists and turns of the Jiangnan side, including the barbaric plundering of pirates jointly by several major coastal clans, and the merchant ships attacked by pirates in Korea and Ryukyu, it is not difficult to understand where this silver came from.

Relying on iron-blooded means, in the shortest possible time, with violence and killing, he established a new order of his own. Compared with Xu Yang in the past, the current Tianfei Sect is more powerful and more controllable at sea, even those famous families, they must pay enough taxes to go to sea to do business, otherwise they will be sent to feed the fish. In addition to the income of the eight ships on the surface, in fact, the feedback belonging to Yang Ji is more than this, but that part of the funds is used to expand the size of the fleet, recruit personnel, set up a firearms workshop, etc., which cannot be shown for the time being.

This giant dragon of the sea, supplemented by sufficient funds, is preparing to spread its wings and take off and crisscross the seas.

The silver taels on these five big ships are huge, just in case, Yang Chengzu personally sat in charge, transported personnel, and also used Cao Gang's henchmen, and even a battalion of new troops, also brought to escort. The first person to jump down from the ship was a short general wearing Western-style iron armor, and when he took off his helmet, he revealed a delicate facial feature inside, which was Zong Yuzi, the leader of the Xu family's fleet in the past.

For this first batch of tributes, Leng Feishuang also attached great importance to it, and the escort force sent was equally strong, and there were even firearms hidden in the ship. Even if it is intercepted by officials and soldiers, it is sure to break through the past. Looking at those girls in iron armor, jumping off the boat with shotguns, Yang Chengzu smiled and said, "Yuzi, aren't all your subordinates married off by me, are these?" ”

"These are newly recruited soldiers. Yang Ji's fleet has already made contact with the Tsushima clan, and the relationship is very harmonious. In addition to them, there is also the Hosokawa family, who have also formed business partners with our Yang Kee. The samurai families under their respective subordinates are willing to send their daughters to me, and these female soldiers are from higher backgrounds than the original ones. If the head of the house likes it, I can arrange for them to serve the head of the house. ”

Yang Chengzu shook his head, took her hand, and watched Lifu carry the silver taels, this time the silver taels were not boxed, but cast into silver bars or silver ingots, and put them directly on the car. A carload of silver, reflecting the light in the sun, the transport convoy, like a long dragon, stretches from Zhangjiawan into Tianjin. This kind of large-scale transportation of silver taels is also an important signal, showing Yang Ji's strength to all the onlookers, and what is the business that has the ability to make so much money, what can't be done?