Military households cannot be separated, the family is getting bigger and bigger, and because only one male is needed to inherit the military position in each generation, the others can study, become officials, and do business, and enjoy different preferential policies...... Therefore, in terms of family strength, they often have more advantages than private households.

It can be said that the first three generations of military households had a heavier burden because of the lack of men in the family, and once there were more than five or six men in the family, the burden was immediately lightened.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the proportion of the Jishi - the superior jinshi and the prime minister's reserve - was higher than that of the children of the military and artisan households than the children of the civilian households. Zhang Juzheng, who is now at the helm of the Ming Dynasty, is also a child of a military family.

Looking at Kang Pengzu's status in the small group - it can be seen from his seat, second only to Xu Yuanchun, it can be seen that his family is not only a family of meritorious military households, but also considerable financial resources.

If such a person wants to participate in a secret meeting, how can it be extrapolated?

"But what?" Kang Pengzu raised his eyebrows.

"I see that Brother Kang is so excited, could it be that he is doing this as a bad thing?" Xu Yuanzuo hit the nail on the head.

"Aha, ha, ha...... How can it be! Kang Pengzu already had the intention of pursuing excitement, but Xu Yuanzuo broke it and hurriedly covered it up. Fortunately, because of the drinking, I couldn't see the red tide on my face.

Xu Yuanchun's face turned blue: "Chang Sheng, we will ...... the oath"

"It's not a game! I know, I know! Kang Pengzu said: "It is for the heart of heaven and earth, the life of the people, to the saints and the peace of eternity!" ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded at the eldest brother, and the three of them shook hands and promised.

There is no bloody oath, and there is no bloody cutscene, just a handshake, and it becomes a promise!

Next, it is natural that nephrite should be warm and fragrant, and it should be blown and sung. Drink wine and eat meat...... Kang's Villa has arrived.

This villa was bought on the outside of the West City Chamber, because there was no city wall to protect it, so the courtyard wall was much higher than the regulations in the city. Because there are male servants running around, the people in the house have already cleaned the warm pavilion in the inner courtyard, burned the fire wall, and put out the vegetables and fruits and snacks that should be prepared one by one.

When you get here, it's Kang Pengzu's territory. Xu Yuanzuo and Xu Yuanchun are slightly half a step behind each other, and the three of them are the first group. The seven people behind them followed in twos and threes, and they followed in a vague manner, obviously falling behind the second group.

From the perspective of family background, the three generations of officials of the Xu Jie's family, especially Xu Jie, are the rulers of the country and a generation of yuan. However, when it comes to luxury, it is the Kang family that is even better. His family has been a family of meritorious service since the founding of the country. With the privatization of the land of the guard, how can it be without benefits as a home of military merit? There are thousands of tenants in the family alone, most of whom are military households.

Not to mention their main house in Shanghai, even the villas here have dozens of slaves of men and women. If you check carefully, most of them will not be some kind of purchased righteous sons, and they are likely to be registered military households, and maybe they will still receive military salaries - of course, this military salary can be used for a hand.

It can be seen from the Kang Pengzu family. Qi Jiguang lamented that "the southern soldiers are unavailable", which is not unreasonable. Let a group of military households no different from civilians face a vicious mob. Just think of Kunming Railway Station.

People will have different positions and focuses depending on the distance of the relationship.

When Xu Yuanzuo sat in the bright classroom of the later generations, he looked down on an imperial moth like Kang Pengzu. However, walking beside this moth at this time, there is the groveling attitude of the slaves in front of him, enjoying the "imperial welfare", and he has no disdain for Kang Pengzu.

After everyone sat down, they drank some decanting soup. It's nonsense again. This kind of feast of a large family is naturally not comparable to the round table of Taibai Building, it is all one person and one seat, left and right, and the biggest advantage is that when you are talking, the wine and food will not be eaten.

Xu Yuanzuo listened idly for a while. When they talked about geography, they found that the Ming people were not narrow-minded. From the classics of the previous dynasties, as well as the maritime merchants of Fujian and Guangdong, they knew very well that Japan in the east, as well as the countries in the west, as well as Hongmaoyi, which appeared in the Oyster Realm during Zhengde.

It's just that to Xu Yuanzuo's surprise, the great Ming scholar doesn't seem to be excited about the Portuguese occupying our land.

"Isn't that kind of barren land a good deal to be able to collect five hundred gold and silver in land rent every year?" A certain gentleman said with a smile: "Not to mention that there are all kinds of civil and commercial taxes that can be subsidized for local use." ”

Xu Yuanzuo was speechless about this, but there was no way.

To the Ming people, Macau was not worth five hundred taels at all. If you send tax profits to those small peninsula islands every year to find fishermen to collect taxes, it is likely that you will not even be able to recover the tax costs. Now Hongmaoyi is willing to pay 500 taels a year, isn't it a vain income? Five hundred taels a year is enough to repair a few canals.

For the Portuguese, it was an important trading post between Japan and the Indian Ocean, and an important window to avoid the Ming maritime merchants in the East China Sea and obtain Ming supplies.

Thinking about it a few decades later, Zheng Zhilong controlled the Taiwan Strait and charged 3,000 gold for ships from various countries in the past, isn't Macao's 500 taels very pitiful? Does it feel like you're being bullied? Is it a humiliation for local officials and court officials?

However, no one except Xu Yuanzuo knew about these things.

Xu Yuanchun saw that Xu Yuanzuo's face was a little dark, so he made an excuse to change his clothes, pulled Xu Yuanzuo out, and asked, "Why are you a little depressed?" ”

"Nothing." Xu Yuanzuo sighed and said, "I just think that the oyster realm is cheaply rented." ”

Xu Yuanchun sneered: "It's good to have it, if the princes of the court didn't allow them to come back, they wouldn't even have these five hundred taels." ”

Xu Yuanzuo sighed again and said, "They must come, otherwise they will lose more." We haven't paid much attention to it, but in fact, the profits of maritime merchants are extremely high. Whether it is a war in the country, or a peace of mind, you can use the sea trade tax and silver to fill the consumption of Taicang. Xu Yuanzuo asked again: "Big brother, why doesn't our family do sea trade?" ”

As Xu Jie, if you want to get a piece of the pie in the sea trade, who can say anything?

Xu Yuanchun groaned: "Although the profits of sea trade are large, the risks are also large. Jianzhen Dongdu ......"

"Big brother, that was eight hundred years ago......" Xu Yuanzuo was speechless.

Xu Yuanchun shook his head slightly: "It's not easy for maritime merchants to seek profits. Wouldn't it be better to do their business in peace? ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded: This is the deep-rooted view of the mainland nation!

He has long suspected that the Xu family plays the role of a supplier in the entire maritime trade industry chain, and today it has been confirmed from Xu Yuanchun's mouth, but he has also cut off the possibility of using the power of the Xu family to get involved in maritime trade.

But aren't Jinshanwei and Nanhuijiao on the edge of the East China Sea?

Is Kang Pengzu's family doing something similar?

Xu Yuanzuo's heart moved, and he hurriedly released the water, only to hear the sudden excitement on the side of the warm pavilion: "Girls, greet all of you!" ”

It's the girl from Mochizuki Tower who has arrived. (To be continued......)