The soldiers sent by Tian Daohan took the silver tickets to Nanjing City to exchange them for cash and returned to the shipyard. Tian Daohan personally presided over the distribution of silver to the craftsmen, deducting the silver to be set aside for the working capital of the shipyard, each craftsman could get more than three taels of cash, and the entire shipyard suddenly became a welcoming ocean.

Compared with the silver in his hand, the news announced by Tian Daohan about the construction of more than 50 ships made everyone full of hope for the future. With work, the craftsmen no longer need to make a living from their own farming, the wages of the shipyards are very rich, and the skilled craftsmen get even more money than the petty officials in the government, and they have only heard of such a saying in the legends of their ancestors.

Tian Daohan set up a banquet in the back hall of the lifting division and entertained Su Hao and Li Zhen. At this time, the stones in his heart had already been put down, and he began to frequently ask Li Zhen for teaching questions. These two people are people with a deep foundation in scriptures, and the topics they talked about made Su Hao feel both mysterious and boring, so he could only drink by himself, and laugh a few times with him from time to time.

Li Zhen chatted with Tian Daohan for a while, noticed Su Hao's mood, and said with a smile: "Haha, Yuanzhai, patronizing us to talk, but the change was ignored." Our young Master Su has not endured much, and I'm afraid I'm a little depressed when I listen to us. ”

Tian Daohan's character is called Yuanzhai, and when he heard Li Zhen say this, he hurriedly withdrew a question that he was planning to discuss with Li Zhen, picked up his wine glass and said to Su Hao: "Master Su, come on, come on, the lower official will give you a glass." Master Su seems to be in the year of the weak crown, but he can receive the grace of the saint, and the official residence is of the fourth grade, and the lower officials are really admired. ”

Su Hao said with a smile: "Lord Tian is polite, Su Mou, as Mr. Li said, is a person who does not learn and has no skills, but just relies on the side door of the left road to eat in the court, how can he be richer than Lord Tian, full of economy." ”

"Where, where is Lord Su, young and promising, how can he be more incompetent than the lower officials......" Tian Daohan hurriedly said, but there was some insincerity in his tone.

In Tian Daohan's heart, he couldn't understand Su Hao and his person. Li Zhen said to his face that Su Hao didn't understand the scriptures, obviously Su Hao was indeed not a scholar, maybe as Tian Daohan guessed, he relied on his whiskers to pat the horse. However, if Su Hao is really so unbearable, with Li Zhen's temper, it is impossible to be so close to Su Hao, and it seems that there is still some heart-to-heart understanding. You must know that Li Zhen is also a person with high eyes, and Li Zhen will not be so close to ordinary jinshi and lifting people.

Li Zhen saw Tian Daohan's thoughts, and he said with a smile: "Yuan Zhai, you have lived in this shipyard for a long time, I'm afraid you are a little unfamiliar with the things in the Ming officialdom, right?" Su Hao Su changed such a famous person, you have never heard of it? ”

"Fame?" Tian Daohan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something in his mind, and couldn't help but look at Su Hao and ask, "Could it be ...... Are you the Su Hao who invented the topographic map? ”

"Uh...... Topographic maps are indeed under ...... Created. Su Hao replied stubbornly, it is also quite embarrassing to plagiarize the achievements of future generations, but fortunately, no one can hold him accountable.

"It's you!" Tian Daohan suddenly realized, "I said that Master Su was so young that he could be so favored by the Holy Lord, it turned out that this was the case. Xia Guan really deserves to die, he didn't even think about it earlier. Master Su, your subordinates have always heard about it. You exterminated the Japanese in Huai'an, worshiped in Ningxia, and convinced the little prince of Bu Lost Rabbit, and the lower officials only heard that you were very young, but they didn't expect to be so young. ”

Su Hao said modestly: "These are all coincidences, coincidences, in fact, Mr. Li has also helped me a lot, otherwise with Su's experience, how can I fight the old man's slippery worship." ”

As soon as he said this, Tian Daohan's eyes were very different when he looked at Su Hao, he no longer discussed academics with Li Zhen, but chatted with Su Hao with great interest about scientific and technological issues, from maps to telescopes, from prospecting to yellow explosives. The further down he talked, the deeper Tian Daohan's admiration for Su Hao became, and as a result, Li Zhen was put aside.

"With the two of you in charge, the lower officials will be down-to-earth. The lower officials are really afraid of a mediocre and incompetent official, so they can do whatever they want and mess up a good matter. After Tian Daohan chatted with Su Hao, he said sincerely. Su Hao and Li Zhen are both dragons and phoenixes among people, so that these two people will be the superintendent of sea ships, of course, Tian Daohan will feel gratified.

Su Hao said: "I and Mr. Li are not good at shipbuilding, and we have to rely on Lord Tian and the masters of the shipyard to implement it." What we can do is to take care of the fundraising and make sure that there are no problems with the funds for shipbuilding. ”

Tian Daohan said: "By the way, when it comes to the matter of money, the lower officials still don't understand. As far as Xia Guan knows, my Ming treasury has not been very rich in recent years, and this time I built so many sea ships at once, where did this money come from? ”

When Li Zhen heard this, he laughed, pointed at Su Hao and said: "I have to let Gaizhi tell you about this matter, he is so clever that he not only persuaded the emperor, but also made the officials and wealthy businessmen in the capital rush to take the money out to help the court build ships." Yuan Zhai, tell me, is his knowledge extraordinary? ”

"Mr. Li, this is a joke for me, Su just found a way for everyone to make money, so that everyone can make money and build ships." Su Hao said with a smile.

Su Hao's method of raising money is actually very simple, that is, with the acquiescence of Wanli, he established a "Nanyang firm" to raise funds to open mines and do business in Luzon, Java, Sunda, Manraka and other places. To go to sea for business, it is natural that there can be no ships, and in addition to ships carrying people and goods, warships are also needed to compete with the warships of pirates and European colonizers. This is the reason for the shipbuilding order brought by Su Hao.

After deliberation with the cabinet, Wanli and the cabinet unanimously agreed that as long as the Nanyang Merchant could build a warship, the soldiers on the ship could be filled by Ming officers and soldiers. It is impossible to say whether this is regarded as the state borrowing the ships of private firms to expand at sea, or whether private firms borrowing the state's troops to escort them.

When this matter was raised in the court, it was also criticized by some officials, but most of the officials in the court were absorbed by Su Hao into the Nanyang firm, and they were all shareholders of the firm, so they naturally wanted to speak for the firm. As soon as the criticism of those officials was spoken, it was unanimously refuted by the ministers. Such a shocking act was passed by the imperial court without making any waves.

Su Hao didn't know that his appearance was quietly changing the atmosphere of Daming. In the past, the officials of the Ming Dynasty had two faces, one was full of benevolence and morality in the court, and the other was engaged in male thieves and female prostitutes in private. When they talk about the way of the sages, people feel that they are simply moral models for all mankind, rich and noble, mighty and unyielding. And in fact, each of them has their own industry, tacitly earns a lot of money, and will definitely not give a penny to do anything for the country.

In his unique way, Su Hao broke this unspoken rule, forcing officials to show their true thoughts publicly. Su Hao demanded that all officials who hoped to follow him overseas to make a lot of money must support the policies he proposed in the court, otherwise the benefits in the future would not be on the heads of these officials. When more and more officials began to talk about making money in the court, the original hypocritical atmosphere disappeared, and if anyone still sang high notes there, everyone would only write an S on his left face and a B on his right face.

In fact, this concept of openly talking about interests is also what Li Zhen has always advocated. Li Zhen is a deviant Confucian, and he has always believed that the so-called feudal etiquette is nothing more than false Taoism. He once said in his article: "When you talk about learning, you say that you are for yourself, and I am for others; Why, I want to be altruistic; …… In fact, he studied and sought to be high, and he was an official and sought respect...... There is no one who is a conspirator. ”

This means that those who read books keep saying that they are selfless, but in fact they are seeking their own wealth in their hearts. Li Zhen believes that instead of being so duplicitous and inconsistent in words and deeds, it is better to be as real as a "market man" or "Litian author", and say whatever you want.

In real history, Li Zhen was considered a heretic because he was so open-mouthed, and he ended up in prison. In this dimensional world, with Su Hao's ability, his ideas have been spread and practiced, which led to the emergence of the demon of Nanyang Firm.

Regarding the details in this regard, Su Hao naturally did not say too much to Tian Daohan. However, some of the tone he revealed had already made Tian Daohan very relieved. With the support of so many high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, the matter of building sea ships is almost a certainty, and it is impossible to change it.

When Su Hao and Li Zhen returned to the south, in addition to inspecting the shipyard and supervising the shipbuilding, they also had a task of collecting money. Most of the industries of those officials in the capital are concentrated in the south, and the funds they use to buy shares must be withdrawn from the businesses located in the south and handed over to Su Hao to operate in a unified manner. While Su Hao and Li Zhen were heading south along the canal, many fast horses were also galloping south along both sides of the canal, passing all kinds of news to various businesses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"The silver taels needed, Su will be able to raise them soon, and Lord Tian only needs to supervise the craftsmen to build ships with peace of mind. I will build another factory to provide the artillery to be used on the warship, and I will communicate with Mr. Tian when my engineer Mr. Xu Guangqi arrives. Su Hao explained to Tian Daohan.

"The lower officials are subject to Master Su's arrangement." Tian Daohan agreed.

"Okay, then let's kill this cup together, and wish our sea ship a successful construction." Su Hao raised his wine glass high and proposed to Tian Daohan and Li Zhen.

"!" The three of them said in unison.