"It's as if I've been wronged by something." Xu Yuanzuo was very dissatisfied with this attitude, and when he turned around, he also saw Luo Zhenquan, so he asked, "Is there something?" ”

Luo Zhenquan came up in two steps, pulled out the stool and sat in front of Xu Yuanzuo, but showed a flattering look: "Brother Zuo, I heard that you are going to recruit someone to take an apprentice?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded.

"Do you think I'm successful? I don't know how to needlework, but I'm fine with sailing and steering. Luo Zhenquan said excitedly: "I will also shoot guns and jump to help cut people." ”

Xu Yuanzuo patted Lao Fan's shoulder: "This person will give you a hand." ”

Luo Zhenquan was stunned: Brother was originally for you, but now it has become for your subordinates, isn't this belittled!

Xu Yuanzuo looked at Luo Zhenquan and said seriously: "Do you think it's simple to teach sailors to cut people, or it's easy to teach pirates to drive ships." ”

It is impossible to have two sets of teams on a seagoing ship, one for driving the ship and one for robbery or anti-robbery. There is the philosophical question of whether these people are pirates who can sail ships or sailors who can rob. Luo Zhenquan thought about it, and finally admitted: "It's a little easier to teach sailors to cut people, but gunners and gunners have to be specially trained." ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded: "So you still have to cooperate with Lao Fan." ”

Luo Zhenquan was a little disappointed, but he thought that he could still have the opportunity to go to sea, and he did it legally, so he finally nodded and agreed.

Lao Fan eats by hand, although he is in a den of thieves, it is really not his turn to be a thief. In case he was hacked to death, the ship's losses would be great. In other words, he spends most of his time at the decision-making level, and he doesn't have to go to the front line to do it himself. Therefore, he is less bloody than Luo Zhenquan, and his momentum is much weaker.

"I will leave it to you, and I will give you the money. It's called the Maritime Academy, built in Shanghai. But I'd like to recruit some northern sailors as well. Especially for Shandong people, we mainly use the northern route. Xu Yuanzuo said.

"Xianggong, do you want to recruit some North Koreans?" Lao Fan asked.

"North Koreans? What are they for? Xu Yuanzuo asked rhetorically.

Lao Fan was a little surprised: "Xianggong wants to take the northern route, isn't he going to do business with the North Koreans?" ”

"I haven't studied it on the North Korean side, what kind of business do maritime merchants do with them?" Xu Yuanzuo asked.

It's safe to do business with North Korea. According to the Koreans, the Ming Dynasty had a father-son relationship with them. Therefore, Da Ming, who let the "son" take advantage of it, is also willing to be a father - whoever does business with Da Ming is taking advantage of Da Ming.

From the point of view of legal unity, Korea is a very special vassal. After Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang named the country for them, he appointed Li Chenggui as "the right to know the state affairs of Korea". Later, Chengzu named the king of Joseon as the king of the county and enjoyed the treatment of a prince.

The law used in North Korea is the law of the Ming Dynasty; The calendar is the calendar of the Ming Dynasty; The script is the script of the Daming Dynasty - even though Joseon Sejong invented Korean pinyin, Chinese is still the only official script. More importantly, the Joseon king not only had to accept the canonization of the Ming Emperor in order to be legitimate, but also once there was chaos in peace. It was also subject to the control of Ming officials - so the full title of the governor of Denglai would appear to be sent to "control Korea".

In the area of Jiangnan and Zhejiang, there are often rumors that someone in a certain place encountered disaster at sea and drifted to North Korea, and returned with courtesy. Overall, this should be the best era for relations between North Korea and China.

"We sell cotton cloth, silk, porcelain, crude medicines, copper coins and books to the Koreans." Lao Fan said: "Especially books, North Koreans buy them as long as they are books. ”

Xu Yuanzuo touched his chin: "These are the main foreign trade commodities of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no difference between selling them to North Korea and Nanyang." How can they afford to pay? - Well, are they happy with the silver? Xu Yuanzuo changed his words. So that Lao Fan will not be confused.

Lao Fan said: "I don't know about this, but there are a lot of southern businessmen who go to North Korea." I think it should be able to make money. ”

"North Korean horses and women are very profitable." Luo Zhenquan said aside.

"Hmm...... Horses I understand, woman? We also buy women from North Korea? Xu Yuanzuo was surprised.

Luo Zhenquan said as a matter of course: "When Meng Yuan was a teacher, how can he be considered a rich family? If there is a Nanqu black house and a Goryeo servant, if one of the three is missing, it will not be rich. It seems that there are no black women in my dynasty anymore, but there are still a lot of Korean maids in the family of Xun Qi. ”

Lao Fan weakly added on the side: "During the Tianshun period." There is a holy decree that it is forbidden to take Korean women as slaves. Haiphong Road is to be grasped. ”

Luo Zhenquan laughed on the side, obviously inappropriate.

Xu Yuanzuo thought for a while and said: "This is not in a hurry, you can do it if you can do it, and you can't do it or force it." I didn't want to do business with the North Koreans when I drove the Northern Route. ”

"That's ...... Xianggong," Lao Fan wanted to ask again.

Xu Yuanzuo refused to continue, and diverted the topic to ask if Shengyuan and sailors could recruit in Shanghai. Lao Fan came up with a clever idea and suggested that Xu Yuanzuo go to Haizhou and Taicang to recruit people. Many of the people in these two places have been left behind by the sea, and they are no strangers to going to sea. And aren't the Jiangnan sailors in Huai'an and Xuzhou making a mutiny? These people have already taken risks in Daming, and they will not be afraid to go abroad to commit crimes.

Xu Yuanzuo hesitated a little, because Kang Pengzu was unwilling to use these chaotic soldiers.

"Since you can make trouble once, it's hard to guarantee that you won't make trouble in the future." Xu Yuanzuo shook his head and said: "Grandpa Qi also said back then that when selecting soldiers, you must choose loyal and honest sons. ”

Lao Fan scratched his head, thinking about what to say, but Luo Zhenquan said: "Of course, the imperial court selects soldiers to choose good families, and they are obedient." We are not the imperial court, and we have to make a windfall at a critical time, who is willing to give you this kind of work if you choose a good family? Besides, those rebellious soldiers are just for money, we never detain people, and we are afraid that they will make trouble? ”

"I'm a serious maritime businessman, and I'm telling you the same as a pirate...... Xu Yuanzuo chirped: "You are really a thief!" ”

Luo Zhenquan had a "so what" expression.

"But those sailors might have a better foundation." Xu Yuanzuo asked Lao Fan tentatively.

Lao Fan can't deny it. Most of those sailors are from Zhejiang, and the adults in the family or themselves may have gone to sea to fight Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, even if they did not catch up with the young people of that era, they were much stronger than ordinary farmers.

"Then try to recruit some and break up the arrangement." Xu Yuanzuo said.

Luo Zhenquan snorted twice, clearly saying: I'm right!

After the discussion was decided, Lao Fan was in a hurry to go out to supervise the work. This ship is Lao Fan's team. Most of them are relatives and will inevitably be reused in the school. Xu Yuanzuo was afraid that Luo Zhenquan would be isolated in the past, so he deliberately asked him to find some lessons by himself that could help him.

It was time for the ship to depart.

Go to sea from Weihaiwei and cross Shamen Island. It entered the Bohai Sea.

Xu Yuanzuo had also been to the Bohai Sea in his previous life, and he didn't feel anything, but this time he sat on a wooden sailboat and really realized the influence of the environment on the direction of scientific and technological development.

There is also a sea at the door of the house, and Huaxia easily pointed out the watertight compartment, but the European side couldn't think of it.

Why?

As an inland sea, the Bohai Sea is actually a windless three-foot wave on the sea, and if there is wind, it will be a strong wind and waves at every turn. Of course, the first priority of the ship is the anti-sinking performance. On the other side of the Mediterranean, however, the waves are really calm and calm, and the Europeans will only consider the issue of anti-sinking when they are full of food and death.

Even Xu Yuanzuo, who boasted of surviving in any environment, had a serious seasickness reaction this time.

Lao Fan wanted to take care of Xu Yuanzuo and let the boat sail closer to the coastline, but Xu Yuanzuo refused. There are many dark sand and shallow reefs in the coastal waters of the Bohai Sea, and it will be even more troublesome if it is stranded.

Xu Yuanzuo is like this, and the others are naturally not much better. There was even a kind of panic about the shipwreck. This really made Shen Yujun angry for several days, until the fleet landed. People who couldn't stand it turned to the land one after another, and she regretfully looked for another object of contempt.

Xu Yuanzuo vomited so much that his body was weak, his face was pale and bloodless, but he did not lose the blood of a businessman in his heart. He lay on the bed, called Mei Chenggong, who was also about to die, and instructed carefully: "After those people get off the boat." The vacated position must be ...... I'm going to sell it......"

Mei Chenggong nodded in a daze, and reluctantly went out to order.

Shen Yujun quickly came over, and said angrily: "You have lost half of your life, and you still care about the empty warehouse?" ”

"If the boat is empty...... Half of my life is gone......" Xu Yuanzuo struggled to hold on.

Shen Yujun couldn't laugh or cry. Stuffed him with two slices of mint: "Put it in your mouth and chew it." ”

Xu Yuanzuo did as he said, and he didn't know if it was mint that really cured seasickness, or if it was a psychological effect, so he felt much more comfortable. He sat up: "Can seasickness be cured completely?" ”

"Just get used to it." Shen Yujun pulled a stool and sat opposite Xu Yuanzuo, and said, "When I was a child, I was also dizzy when I first got on the boat, and it didn't matter how big the wind and waves were. ”

Xu Yuanzuo leaned against the bulkhead, weak but strong, and said, "Okay, then I'll stay up." This mint is really useful...... Why didn't you take it out earlier. ”

Shen Yujun snorted coldly, got up and left, and dropped three words: "I'm willing." ”

“……”

Xu Yuanzuo did not suffer for too long. Within a few days, the fleet arrived in Dazhigu, exactly fifteen days before and after, and I don't know if Lao Fan was really experienced or let him be blindfolded.

Xu Yuanzuo still regretted that Shen Yujun did not make full use of the cabin space, but if the fleet stopped to load the goods, it would definitely be delayed for a day or two. From the perspective that time is money, it cannot be said that Shen Yujun did something wrong.

Tianjin was born very early, but it quickly became the gateway of Jifu and the river and sea to rush to defend it after Chengzu Yongle established the guard in the second year. At that time, in order to commemorate his martyrdom in crossing the river here, Chengzu gave the name "Tianjin", which means that the Son of Heaven crossed Tianjin here. The earliest Tianjin Wei was in the small Zhigu generation, and later Tianjin left and right Wei were added, forming the scale of the metropolis.

Of course, this is mainly due to the shipping policy of grain in the early Ming Dynasty.

Grain and smuggled goods from the south were transported to Tianjin by sea ships, and then transshipped to Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and Liaodong.

The Ming Law stipulates that local officials cannot purchase property, including real estate and shops, while in office, but it does not prohibit the families of Beijing officials from buying land and opening shops in Beijing. The Xu family has five shops in Beijing, dealing in southern goods. Xu Yuanzuo came by sea ship this time, which is the fastest mode of transportation, so they don't know that Xu Yuanzuo has arrived in Tianjin at the moment.

Xu Yuanzuo was seasick when he was on the boat, and when he got off the boat, he began to get sick again, as if the whole earth was undulating and rotating. This also made him have no chance to feel the style of Tianjin Wei in the Ming Dynasty, and was stuffed into the carriage like a broken sack and galloped towards Beijing.

From Tianjin to Beijing, there is still one day to go.

Shen Yujun has been to Beijing, but he is not familiar with it. The people hurried to the bottom of the city, and the gates were closed. Xu Yuanzuo took out two directories as if playing cards, searched for the official name and address on them, and finally picked a family that bought a house outside the city to spend the night, and by the way, he also completed a visit task.

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In Beijing, spring is the time of sand scraping.

This is like adding insult to injury, and several accompanying teenagers fell ill and looked a little dying.

Fortunately, Xu Yuanzuo pays attention to exercise on weekdays, and his physical foundation is much stronger, so he can get up and walk the next day. He urged the tortured Mei Chenggong to enter the city, took the seal letter and contacted the shopkeeper of the Xu family's shop, and finally transferred the person to the city in time, and asked the doctor to prescribe medicine, which was really settled.

Shen Yujun didn't want to live in the Xu family, so she pawned a two-story house outside, but it was only a dozen taels of silver, which was just right for her and a few maids and healthy women to live in. As for the strong sand soldiers who were in charge of guarding, they rented a house near the left, which can be regarded as camping.

The news of Xu Yuanzuo's entry into Beijing quickly spread through different channels, and someone came to see him on the same day.

This man is a Taoist priest.

"Li Teng, Li Tongfeng? How did he know I was in Beijing? Xu Yuanzuo was surprised: Could it be that this Taoist priest really has the ability to divination?

"Quickly invite him in." Xu Yuanzuo commanded.

Qi Miao hurriedly went out and invited Li Teng in, while he couldn't help but look at the unusual crown scarf on this Taoist's head.

Xu Yuanzuo changed his clothes by himself, and half lay on the arhat couch in the living room, and he did not deliberately pretend.

Li Teng came in and saw Xu Yuanzuo getting up, and hurriedly said: "You sit on yours, I heard that you have seasickness, don't be formal." ”

Xu Yuanzuo felt that this person was easy to talk to, and said with a smile: "With you, there is no need to talk about vulgarity." Brother Tongfeng, how did you know that I arrived in Beijing? ”

"Old Xu Ge's people have arrived in Jingshi, and they still want to hide it?" Li Teng smiled: "I'm afraid that the six departments and nine Qings already know." ”

"I'm just here to check the accounts." Xu Yuanzuo smiled, and seeing Li Teng's disapproving expression, he had to say again: "By the way, I will visit a few old gentlemen, and I want to make some benefits." ”

"What do you want to get for a good time?" Li Teng asked.

Xu Yuanzuo raised his eyebrows: "What benefits can Brother Tongfeng help me get?" ”

Li Teng laughed: "I'm just an errand in the Daolu Division, living in Beijing, what benefits can I help you?" Well, if you're planning to become a monk, I can introduce you to a few masters. ”

"Thank you, thank you." Xu Yuanzuo waved his hand: "But I'm here to get the shipping amount." ”

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I almost lost my full attendance, it's so dangerous! Ask for a recommended ticket, ask for a monthly pass~!

*(To be continued.) )