May 1643

Guangzhou Zhao family, in just a few years, Zhao De used a miracle to tell the rise of a family, starting from a maritime merchant who ran a boat, to become a well-known businessman, and the Zhao family also completed the development of a primitive business family towards the gentry class in continuous transformation.

The status of businessmen in the Ming Dynasty is always low, even if you have money and no rights, it is in vain, so businessmen often train one or two sons to study and gain fame, which is too important for a family.

Zhao De's nephew successfully won the lifting in this year's township examination, which has to be said to be a very happy thing for the Zhao family.

Although there is still a long way to go from Jinshi, but in any case, Juren already has the opportunity to be an official and enter the official career, although he can only be a small official, but he is not a person who can be bullied by ordinary people and county officials.

Zhao De's business has become bigger and bigger in recent years, since he met the Australians, his fate has changed dramatically, thinking back to three years ago, if he didn't meet the Australians, and didn't help Australia transport grain, now he is probably just an ordinary small maritime businessman.

Now the Zhao family has become one of the best families in Guangzhou, even if the general gentry family has the strength to fight with him, they will never easily sin against the Zhao family, the Zhao family has a very close relationship with the people in Australia, and has the right to act as an agent for Australian goods.

Everyone knows that the nephews of the Zhao family are in high school, and some relatives and friends who have contacts on weekdays naturally can't come to the Zhao family to congratulate them at this time.

Zhao De was helpless, knowing that this was human nature, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to take Zhao Xuanlin to wait at home for the people who came to congratulate him.

"Xuanlin, you have to make persistent efforts after taking the exam. In the future, we will strive to be admitted to a Jinshi and win glory for our Zhao family. "The person who came is the patriarch of the Zhao family, Old Man Zhao. For the old man, now that Zhao De's branch is up, he not only drove many children of the clan to work with him, but also paid for the children of the clan to go to school, there are not many such big donors.

"Old man. Xuanlin will definitely take the Jinshi exam, but at present, I have already agreed with the prefect of Guangzhou that I am going to get an errand for Xuanlin, and also to absorb some experience for officials in the future. ”

Zhao De smiled and explained like the patriarch of the Zhao family, lest he know later that he had not consulted with him. Let the nephew enter the officialdom now, Zhang Tianwen's advice to him about this, after all, according to history, next year Daming will enter the most difficult year. As for what is the scientific expedition, it is no longer interesting, it is better to stand in a pit now, and the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty in the future will have a first opportunity.

For the Australians' suggestions, Zhao De has always adopted, and he is obedient, what the Australians say is the truth, that is, the holy will, and what they say will never be wrong.

What's more, in order to support the Zhao family, the Australians did not hesitate to start a war with the Zheng family. Zhao De is very clear about this, and it is needless to say that he is kind to Australians. So over the years, he has done very well what the Australians tell him to do.

"It's a good thing to get an errand, Xuanlin can increase his experience and study at the same time, but Xuanlin, you have to understand the good intentions of your uncle. In the future, I will become a jinshi and become a big official, but I can't forget it. The patriarch of the Zhao family basically has no opinion on Zhao De's arrangement, and he also expresses his support for it.

"Yes. How dare Xuanlin forget the kindness of his uncle's cultivation, even if he enters the cabinet in the future, his uncle is also my benefactor. Zhao Xuanlin stood up and bowed to Zhao De.

To say that among the brothers of the old Zhao family, Zhao De is the richest, and he has a little money in the hands of the sea boats. His brothers were honest farmers, but he forgot his brotherly love and brought their children to his side to nurture them wholeheartedly.

Among so many nephews, Zhao Xuanlin and Zhao San are the most competitive, one has become Zhao De's right-hand man in business, and the other has made progress in reading.

With these two nephews here, Zhao De is not afraid that his sons will be bullied in the future, after all, this family business is not easy to earn, so in order to let the nephews help him more desperately, he also gave some business shares to the two of them in dividends.

Zhao Xuanlin and Zhao San respectively have dividends from Zhao De's business, and there are a lot of them, especially Zhao San's share dividends as the main manager.

Speaking of this share dividend, Zhao De also learned from the Australians, Australians said that if the company wants to retain talents, it must give them certain benefits, and the share dividend is the biggest temptation, and it can make managers work harder.

Now that Zhao San is doing things, he is indeed working harder than before, the reason is that he also has his own share of the money he earns, can he do it well.

Xuanlin, you are not too young, your uncle gave you a family affair, and there is a little girl in the Wang family, who is the age to be married.

After the head of the Zhao family left, Zhao De began to do ideological work for his nephew, the master of the Wang family is actually the little daughter of the prefect of Guangzhou, don't look at the status disparity between the prefect and a businessman, but the Zhao family is different, a family that can rise in just three years is definitely not so simple.

It is said that Zhao De and Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, also had a very good relationship, so the officials in Liangguang still respected the Zhao family very much.

Marriage with the Wang family, firstly, it can stabilize the existing status of the Zhao family, and secondly, it is also of great help to Zhao Xuanlin's career, and the Wang prefect also has some connections in the officialdom. After all, a relationship as big as Shen Youlong, Zhao De still didn't want to use it at the beginning, and the more this relationship was used, the weaker it became.

"It's all up to my uncle, but uncle, I want to go to Australia to study for a while, I don't know if you agree."

Going to Australia to study, Zhao De was stunned, why didn't he expect his nephew to make such a request, that place in Australia Zhao De knew that it was very barren, but now it shouldn't be, after all, it is necessary to produce so many goods without a population and a house.

Zhao Xuanlin is usually very obedient, but some things are not so easy to convince, since he already wants to go to Australia, then he has already made up his mind.

"I'll give you an answer after discussing this matter with Consul Zhang, what do you think, but you still have to meet this Miss Wang." Zhao De thought for a while and said with a frown. In fact, it is not a bad thing to go to Australia to study, after all, my wealth is inseparable from Australians. (To be continued......)