The boat was about to arrive in Suzhou, Yang Ling looked back by the railing, and the waves stirred up by the bottom of the boat swelled white bubbles, like a white net dragged by the boat.

"Adults don't have to worry, Chu Ling and Chu Yan are both clever and well-behaved girls, who know other people's minds best, plus the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting art industry is not bad, with them accompanying them in Qixia Mountain, the girl will not be lonely."

Yang Ling turned his head and saw Cheng Qiyun elegantly leaning on a chair with pineapple wood roses, holding a precious Song porcelain tea bowl and gently tasting the good Longjing before the rain.

Yang Ling nodded, walked back to the chair and sat down, Cheng Qiyun immediately put down the cup, poured a cup for him, took the cup with two fingers, and gently handed it to him like an orchid.

Yang Ling took the teacup and said in a deep voice: "You turned out to be a person on the ground, when Mo Qinghe was there, many officials must have recognized you, and the military and political officials of Suzhou and Hangzhou will come to greet Qin Cha for a while, you see if it is convenient to show up, if."

As soon as he said this, he heard a "pop", the precious Song porcelain tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered, Yang Ling looked up in surprise, only to see that Cheng Qiyun's face was bloodless, like a white piece of paper, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Yang Ling was startled, hurriedly stood up and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Don't come here!" Cheng Qiyun hissed and roared, she retreated to the side of the cabin bar step by step, her eyes became hazy, and she looked at Yang Ling sadly and said, "You dislike me, don't you?" I'm afraid that my humble past will disgrace you as a chaplain? ”

The girls from the Goolan courtyard don't look at the status of the most lowly, but they are as beautiful as flowers, versatile, no matter how good they look, they can't be counted, but a background has become a world of change, and the huge contrast makes them have extreme self-esteem, Cheng Qiyun washed away the lead, and followed Yang Ling wholeheartedly, listening to his words, especially unbearable, self-esteem exploded irrepressibly.

Yang Ling suddenly realized that she had misunderstood what she meant, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "Qiyun, you misunderstood me, me."

Cheng Qiyun burst into tears, shook her head frantically and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, I knew that I shouldn't be delusional, I might as well be clean by throwing myself into the water."

Yang Ling saw that she was going to pretend to be Du Shi Niang, she was really anxious now, and couldn't help but shout angrily: "Bastard!" You shut up! ”

Liu Dabang mallet heard the noise inside, opened the curtain and just glanced inside, but Wu Hanchao grabbed the collar and pulled him out of the front cabin, and quietly reprimanded: "You dare to eavesdrop on the housework of the factory supervisor, are you impatient?" ”

Liu Dabang stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "Isn't it? Will the adults kill me? ”

Wu Hanchao kicked him in the ass, and scolded with a smile: "Get out of you, go to the front and stay, no one will treat you as a dumb person."

Liu Dabang mallet was born with divine power, but he was easily knocked down by Wu Hanchao several times, so he was the most obedient to Wu Hanchao, and hurriedly ran out obediently and went to watch the scenery with the boat.

Wu Hanchao looked around and saw that there was no one, and hurriedly crept back, standing outside the cabin, stunned and listening. Curiosity kills cats, Wudang heroes are also people, how can they not like to listen to gossip?

Cheng Qiyun only felt that a heart seemed to be pinched in the palm of her hand, the pain went deep into the bone marrow, and she couldn't breathe, no matter how soft Yang Ling begged, she didn't want to move her heart that hurt and wanted to die, but Yang Ling yelled at her unusually, but suppressed her arrogance.

Cheng Qiyun looked at Yang Ling stupidly, only to see Yang Ling's angry face flushed, and pointed at her nose and shouted: "I can't praise you for being Zhuge among women, what a stupid!" If you, you, and I dislike you, how could you show up and serve as the general manager of the inner factory in Jiangnan, holding the power of life and death? How could I let you stay by my side and show up under the reception of the prince and princess of Nanjing? Idiot! ”

Cheng Qiyun was scolded, and explained timidly: "But are you you?" ”

"What's wrong with me? I haven't explained it to you yet, tell me when you figure it out, I don't want to see you again if I can't figure it out! Yang Ling was so bold that he was about to leave with a shake of his hand.

What kind of woman has to use what kind of means, Cheng Qiyun has always been strong, playing with others in the palm of her hand, if you want to suppress her, you have to suppress her first.

This hand really worked, Cheng Qiyun's full of grief and indignation was scolded by Yang Ling and turned into a river of spring water, flowing towards the east, don't look at Yang Ling didn't explain a word, Cheng Qiyun already felt that he was very at a loss.

Seeing that Yang Ling was about to leave, she hurriedly grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "My lord, I want to go wrong with my job, my lord is worried that Qiyun will be ashamed to see the old man in Jiangdong, and you have the heart to plan for me, right?" ”

Yang Ling glanced at her, snorted heavily, and didn't answer.

This is more effective than answering, Cheng Qiyun was sweet in her heart, she shook his arm happily, and said in a nickname: "My lord, it's a mistake to be humble", she lowered her head and said faintly: "In the past, he was a person in the court, with a good name, an official concubine, and a fashion in the eunuch field, and there was no shame in showing his head in front of people."

She glanced at Yang Ling secretly, like a child who had done something wrong, and said with her head drooping: "As for Gu Qinghe, who used his humble position to make good friends, but looking at Jiangnan, there are not many officials who are worthy of him. The lord asked the lowly to preside over the overall situation in Jiangnan, and after the lowly returned to Jiangnan, he once released a rumor and said that I am".

She raised her eyes to look at Yang Ling, her face was as red as a pomegranate, and she muttered: "The humble post released the rumors, saying that I am the concubine of the adult, and I am very favored by the adult, the six departments of the Beijing Division, the Jiuqing, and the three bachelors of the cabinet were killed and degraded by the adult, as soon as the news came out, those corrupt officials were very afraid, some of them returned to their hometowns, and some automatically asked for a deviation from the barren government, for fear of staying in Jiangnan and provoking the killing of adults, so they are not in the way."

Yang Ling was stunned for a long time, Cheng Qiyun's face became nervous again, and he said softly: "The adult blames Qiyun and ruined the reputation of the adult?" ”

Yang Ling smiled bitterly: "What's wrong with this? But do you remember what I said to you the first time we went to Jinling along this canal? I said that even if you cling to the powerful and can hold the power, but that is not the destination of women after all, you will still have to take the road of husband and son sooner or later, this matter is just to fill in a romantic affair for the official, how will you marry someone in the future? ”

Cheng Qiyun remembered that the two of them seemed to be friends and enemies at the beginning, and he went to Jinling together with his own wariness, but now Yang Ling treats himself with his heart, who said that he has worked hard in vain?

Cheng Qiyun suppressed the agitation in her heart, and said softly and gently: "If you can marry a concubine, you will marry, and if you can't marry a concubine, you will serve the adult for the rest of your life. ”

Wu Jiyuan, Xu Jing and others did not go to Suzhou with Yang Ling because they were discussing the purchase of ocean-going merchant ships at Longjiang shipbuilders. The three large ships of the Qin mission arrived at the Suzhou wharf, and Gu Dayong, Li Daxiang, and the officials of the Jiangnan Provincial Political Envoy, the Command Envoy, and the Inspectorate Envoy rushed to greet them.

Although Lord Yue, the political envoy of Jiangnan, has just arrived in office, he has also heard of the name of Dai Lou'er, the first person in Jiangnan, and her entanglement with Yang Ling. At that time, in the eyes of scholars and officials, the famous record was like a precious commodity, whoever had the ability would take it, and the more famous they were, the more valuable they were, anyway, they were not married as wives, but no one cared about their past.

So when I saw Cheng Qiyun, who was generous and accompanied by Yang Ling, the political envoy who was born as a top jinshi was just amazed by Dai Lou'er's beauty, and envied Yang Ling's quick step, but there was no slightest disdain in his heart.

Yang Ling was indeed worried that some officials who were not good at eating the old would be disrespectful to Dai Lou'er in person, and Dai Lou'er was arrogant and was bound to suffer this humiliation. He didn't know that the scholars and doctors of this era had a serious polarization of their views on chastity, on the one hand, they were extremely mean to women, and on the other hand, they regarded lingering in the Qinglou as a romantic affair, and it was fashionable to accept names as concubines, which was not as serious as he thought.

Gu Dayong was overjoyed by Yang Ling's arrival, he was busy with the establishment of the customs yamen, the city shipping department, the sailor, and the tax supervision yamen, Gu Dayong had limited talent and learning, but he was a wise man, keeping in mind Yang Ling's instructions, never blindly commanding, but just grasping the personnel power.

Those who are willing to work hard and produce results are the people who can be used, and he boldly asks his subordinates to do it. Anyway, he has Yang Ling, the emperor, the relatives of the emperor in Beijing and the support of the local gentry and wealthy families, and the main function of the person who controls the overall situation is to mobilize the active surnames of his subordinates, and he does not need to deal with the details personally, not to mention that there are two factories and one guard secretly transmitting various business information and the preparation process of various yamen, and nothing can really be hidden from him.

Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun agreed to the banquet of receiving the wind and washing the dust, and thanked the officials of the local departments, and then returned to Qincha Xingyuan with Gu Dayong, Li Daxiang and several other close figures, and talked about tea.

This house is a new sea market line built by Gu Dayong next to the Yamen of the City Bo Division, Gu Dayong is a northerner, not accustomed to the small bridge and flowing water in the south of the Yangtze River, the winding ring corridor, this house building is like the northern mansion, and it is an open style.

The tall lintel, the straight corridor, and a row of wind-milled copper dead wind lanterns are hung every five steps from the gate, extending to the central hall, illuminating the courtyard as if it were day.

"Our family has made Suzhou weaving expand production, and those individual weaving workshops are also in accordance with the instructions of adults, so that they are each responsible for a piece, the production of silk is specialized in silk production, the weaving of Luo is specialized in weaving, and the finished products are purchased by the Weaving Bureau.

In this way, each family has saved a lot of manpower and material resources, and the speed of production is much faster, and the relationship between each family is a mutual supply, no one can leave anyone, and the weaving mills have not dismantled each other, and stumbled under the legs", Li Daxiang was frightened by Yang Ling's "hidden knife in his smile", and he flattered the authentic as soon as he sat down.

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Hard work, similar to porcelain, silk, cloth, Buddhist scriptures, poems, these things, high, medium and low grades must be prepared, and they can be sold to the country at a high price after trade."

He drank a few glasses of water and wine, and his interest was quite high, and his eyes were full of subordinates who did not need to scruple, and he smiled casually for a while: "This time madeinchina is not cheap manufacturing, hehe, it is a good thing with three points of capital and seven points of high profit." ”

Li Daxiang was dumbfounded: "What do adults say no? ”

Yang Ling laughed and said: "Uh, I mean made by the Ming Dynasty, haha, Fang is a sentence, Gonggong Li doesn't need to mind."

Gu Da hurriedly explained: "Lord Yang's mansion has a few red-haired and blue-eyed people from the far west, and my lord is speaking the language of the country."

Li Daxiang and several people suddenly came to their senses, and hurriedly expressed their admiration and praise.

Yang Ling said: "But you adults should remember that it is said that the people are free to trade, but the glorious China is not comparable to a small barbaric country, we are the ministers of the Holy Dynasty, the Son of Heaven, and we need to guide and educate the people." If you let it go, won't you turn things upside down and corrupt the society, and the people in the market will be popular, and you will be sad!

It can't be left to the people. You want to guide, you know? When formulating the tax rate, we should raise the tax rate a little more, so that the people will naturally touch less of those things, and we should buy more sulfur, swords, sumac, and copper mines in our own country, and less things for pleasure.

Also, Lord Min Wenjian Min will come to see me tomorrow, but I have heard that the Nanyang crops planted in the tuntian fields of the army are growing very well, and after planting a large amount of grain next year, there will be surplus grain, and we should also sell it to other countries as appropriate, not only to see the immediate benefits, but to make it inseparable from us."

Li Daxiang said worriedly: "My lord, the Weaving Bureau has accumulated a large amount of cloth and silk purchased from Songjiang and other places. ”

Gu Da used Yang Ling to ask him to pay close attention to the country's movements, the factory guard has sent back some information, and he knows it, so he said when he heard the words: "Lao Li, although you can rest assured, although the country is small, there are many gold mines and silver mines, and there have been wars everywhere over the years, and the countryside and cities are barren everywhere. ”

Li Daxiang was relieved when he heard this, and a relaxed smile suddenly changed on his face.

Yang Ling actually didn't have any good intentions, he took advantage of the negotiation to open the sea trade, and sent a large number of experts to collect all kinds of intelligence mixed in the envoy group sent back to his country, according to the information they sent, it was said that the big names in various parts of the country were inseparable, and no one under his rule was content with farming and work, so that they became poorer and poorer.

In order to increase their strength and gain an advantage in battles with other daimyos, the daimyo in various regions took advantage of the geographical conditions of the mountainous area of the city, and many gold and silver mines in the mountains were organizing manpower to fully exploit the land, and the far-sighted daimyo even began to build water conservancy and encourage farming.

Yang Ling calculated that gold and silver were the world's common currency, and they were valuable things wherever and whenever they were placed, and if they were provided with various items and even food to solve their worries, then the attention of the local daimyo would be shifted from preparing for a temporary truce because of economic difficulties, so as to vigorously develop agriculture and industry, and re-shift to fighting for hegemony. Then when the Ming Dynasty vigorously develops the navy to connect with the world, they can use their civil strife to be at least fifty years ahead of them, and it will be difficult for them to catch up with them.

Yang Ling never expected his purpose to be so simple, but because of what a huge impact this move had on the future: Yue Ben thus embarked on the same development path as Spain, and the Ming Dynasty thus accumulated enough capital for the industrial outbreak one hundred and fifty years later.

Historically, the Warring States Daimyo exploited gold and silver mines in the 16th century and developed their economies, so that they did not have to rely on trade with the Ming Dynasty to survive after only fifty years, thus embarking on the path of self-improvement. However, now the Ming Dynasty has lifted the sea ban more than 60 years ahead of schedule, dumping a large number of products and even grain that the country urgently needs, so that they no longer have to worry about the future.

The inexhaustible gold and silver mines, so that they do not have to worry about the consequences of not producing, refining gold and silver from the mountains, they can exchange fine silk, expensive porcelain and food from the Ming Dynasty, who is willing to face the loess with their backs to the sky to farm?

This situation is similar to the situation when Spain destroyed the Inca kingdom and plundered countless gold to become nouveau riche, and with such abundant capital, they will undoubtedly become the richest country in Europe if it is used for the development of production in the West where gold is used as currency.

However, they mistakenly thought that they could continue to plunder countless gold and silver from the New World, and became only profligacies and spending, and as a result, they only became a bridge to transfer gold and silver from the New World to Europe, so that decades later there were four financial crises and almost the country was destroyed.

The Ming Dynasty's generous trade and the steady stream of gold and silver mined gave the Wa Kingdom the same illusion, so that they also embarked on this path. What about the opposite of Daming? The people of the Ming Dynasty prefer to store gold for them, and the Ming Dynasty has become a huge 'gold-absorbing sponge', and the gold flows into it and does not want to squeeze it out again.

After more than 100 years of accumulation, this gold currency used all over the world provided sufficient financial preparation when the culture, law, science and technology, and ideology of the Ming Dynasty matured from commerce to industry, and finally produced the Industrial Revolution.

Yang Ling chatted with several henchmen about the opening of the sea and trade, listened to the preparations for the establishment of various yamen under Gu Dayong, and only after about an hour did he serve tea to the guests.

When he returned to Xingyuan, Cheng Qiyun secretly told the shark king Peng Fugui that he had sent someone to deliver the latest military intelligence report, and she had gone to the back hall to meet her. Peng Fugui has joined the Daming Water Division since he was recruited by Cheng Qiyun, but he has two identities, he is not only an officer of the Daming Water Division, but also the head of the inner factory, similar to the military commander spy in later generations.

The Peng family has been operating at sea for many years, and has secret news channels in the same country as the Japanese and the country, and after taking refuge in the inner factory, he has secretly recruited Wang Meiren, who has followed him for many years. Wang Meiren is one of the four largest pirates on the sea in Zhejiang and Fujian, inheriting almost entirely the old team of Old Man Peng, and the base is rooted in Putuo Mountain.

Yang Ling was also anxious to know what news Peng Fugui had sent, so he hurried to the back hall, but saw that someone went to the empty building and asked the little maid who was waiting, the person who delivered the letter had already left, so Yang Ling walked towards Cheng Qiyun's residence.

Cheng Qiyun's residence is separated from Yang Ling by a corridor, with a potted garden in the middle, and strings of Jiangnan-style red lights hanging on the pillars.

Cheng Qiyun's two personal maids were left to wait for Ma Li'er, and at this time, only the little maid sent by Xingyuan was served, and when she saw Yang Ling arrive, Cheng Qiyun hurriedly greeted her.

She took Yang Ling into the small hall and sat down, the maid served two cups of tea and retreated, Yang Ling saw that she had half of her makeup off, and her clothes had not changed, but a green silk hair had been untied, her posture was soft, and her jade cheeks were dyed red after drinking, adding to her pretty, and she couldn't help but smile and said: "You are dressed up elegant and vulgar today, and you can see amazing eyes everywhere when you go to the banquet.

Cheng Qiyun glanced at her affectionately, and said meaningfully: "Qiyun just wants to be happy with the others, I don't care what others think."

Yang Ling saw that her long black hair hung down to her slender waist like a waterfall, and Cheng Qiyun's tone of voice revealed a kind of charming coquettishness, which was even more tempting under this light night, so he didn't dare to look at it anymore, hurriedly looked away, took the opportunity of serving tea and tea to stabilize his mind, and then coughed and said, "What news did Old Man Peng send?" ”

Cheng Qiyun saw that he always avoided his own flirtatious smile at him, and bit her lip with some annoyance, before she said: "What adults are worried about, nothing has happened; What adults want to see, everything is done just right; It's just that in this way, there is a bad thing."

Yang Ling glared at her and said angrily: "Don't sell Guanzi, what is the news?" ”

Cheng Qiyun smiled "poof", and then said with an angry smile: "The Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan, the two most powerful daimyos, in order to seize the maximum interests of trade with the Ming Dynasty, spare no effort to eradicate the Japanese invaders, and the royal family intends to use this room to expand the influence of the royal family, so they are also extremely cooperative."

At present, the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan have assembled their sailors and launched a comprehensive crackdown on the Japanese who are stationed in Satsuma, Nagato, Hakata, Kahachishima and other places. According to the information sent back, at least the main island is preparing to take advantage of the wind to the west, and the Japanese who came to the Ming Dynasty to plunder have been swept away by the heavy troops gathered by the two daimyos, Ouchi and Hosokawa, and the remnants of the Japanese have fled in panic."

Yang Ling was suspicious: "They have always been conniving at the Japanese Kou, will they really change their surname?" I'm still afraid that they are perfunctory in cooperating with the thieves, and I can't imagine that the information is accurate? ”

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said: "It's true, they are not sincere and kind, but now they have the opportunity to trade with Daming, and they want to monopolize the huge profits of trade with Daming, naturally they don't want the pirates to ruin the big things, since the pirates have become a stumbling block for their profits, they naturally kick away mercilessly." ”

Yang Ling was secretly worried when he heard this, what he was worried about was that under the coordination of the emperor's residence, out of common interests, the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan would have another political cooperation on the basis of the military cooperation to suppress the bandits, if the two daimyo jointly govern, then the entire chaos of the original government can be calmed down soon, this is obviously what he does not want to see, Cheng Qiyun said that there is a bad thing, is this what he is referring to?

Thinking of this, Yang Ling hurriedly asked, "What do you mean when you say there is a bad thing?" ”

Cheng Qiyun smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know how our sailors are fighting now, alas! Ouchi and Hosokawa suppressed the bandits too hard, they used troops on the island and it was convenient, and it was difficult for the pirates to resist, so they simply withdrew from the island, pulled up the sails, and several Japanese bandits joined forces in one place, and the mighty and mighty have come to our Daming."

(To be continued)