As a businessman, you can't see everyone as a traitor, and you certainly can't be defenseless against people's hearts. If Zheng Zhi accepts other partners after producing sugar in Taiwan - this possibility is extremely high, because he is a native of southern Fujian and will inevitably be influenced by his fellow villagers, then Xu Yuanzuo's running and early investment can only be in vain.

And the upfront investment is not small.

Taiwan's hydrothermal conditions are suitable for growing sugarcane, but the soil conditions are not. Sugarcane is a crop with a high sugar content, sugar is energy, according to the principle of energy conservation, it is naturally extremely demanding on the fertility of the soil. Even if you don't know about agriculture, you can deduce this with only a superficial philosophical knowledge. To enhance soil fertility and improve the pH of the soil, this investment is not a small amount.

As for the clothing, food, housing and transportation after the immigrants from southern Fujian arrived in Beigang, all of these are also costs. If the reclamation area is too small, then the number of years of reclamation will be extended, which is not conducive to the return of capital. If you expand the area of reclamation, you will have to spend a lot of money. Ploughing cattle and iron farming tools alone are not something Zheng Zhi can afford.

"Lin Daoqian didn't dare to hack Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Zhi didn't dare to hack Lin Daoqian, but neither of them was afraid of you." When Luo Zhenquan returned to the ship, he was not optimistic about the development of Taiwan. If Xu Yuanzuo only pulls the strings and does not invest money, then he should do good deeds for the teacher's family, and if he is hacked, he will be hacked, but Xu Yuanzuo will take tens of thousands of taels of silver to smash it down, which is not a small amount.

Luo Zhenquan didn't want to make a suggestion about this matter, but looking at Xu Yuanzuo, there were no people around him who could support him, they were all a group of young men who were submissive, so they had to come out on their own.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "Lin Daoqian didn't dare to hack me. If he dares to hack me, I can beat him to death. During this time, I also watched, and he said that there were hundreds of ships in his hand, and there were only more than ten big ships that could really fight. Although a little more than we have now. But this gap will narrow with the expansion of our maritime academy. The people you brought out this time will all be captains in the future, and they will be able to keep up with it one session at a time, does he Lin Daoqian have the ability? ”

Luo Zhenquan still knows a lot about maritime pirates. They are more like a big partnership, they have a business to do together, and they go their separate ways without a big deal. Most of the captains are fishermen's children. I can't read a single big word, and I can't compare with these young men in the Maritime Academy. What's more, the Maritime Academy is tightly organized, and the Xu family's food is served by the Xu family's management, Zuo Ge'er is their food and clothing parents, and the captains will not be like pirates.

"Zheng Zhi is indeed uncertain." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Until the fish dies and the net is broken, I don't plan to use force to subdue him." Otherwise, wouldn't we be the same as pirates? Where to find mainland immigrants? ”

"What then?" Luo Zhenquan's heart tightened.

"If he dares to hack me, I will introduce a few more big families in southern Fujian, drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and see who is more miserable." Xu Yuanzuo sneered: "At that time, I will control the shipping route from the East China Sea to the Liaohai Sea. They can't get through a single bag of sugar. What's more, if Lin Daoqian is acquainted, he can completely make their sugar rotten in Taiwan. ”

"This seems to be killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred." Luo Zhenquan said.

"That's right, so I counted the investment on Zheng Cunen's head." Xu Yuanzuo said: "The embezzlement of the assets of the clansmen is a great disapproval in the world. Mr. Zheng is certainly a poor jinshi, but after all, he is a jinshi, a scholar in the forest. Zheng Zhi is just a child, once there is a conflict, Shilin will definitely stand on Mr. Zheng's side. Even if Zheng Zhi has more money. Shilin wouldn't have bought his account. ”

Because the vast majority of people in Shilin are not short of money. The more prestigious it is, the more money the family has. The more they look down on the nouveau riche who only have money. Moreover, Mr. Zheng is an honest official, and he can also add a lot of sympathy points.

Luo Zhenquan thought about it, understood this relationship, and said, "You are using the Zheng family to contain the Zheng family." ”

"Teacher Zheng is thousands of miles away, and Zheng Cunen is just a teenager, so he can't talk about containment." Xu Yuanzuo paused: "It can only be regarded as insurance." That's right. You take a few people to Fuzhou, buy more gifts, and don't be afraid to spend money. Another day, I will take the little brother to visit the gentry in the county. This time, Mr. Zheng's family built a house thanks to their help. ”

Luo Zhenquan understood and nodded in agreement.

If Xu Yuanzuo doesn't come forward now. If you want the local gentry to consciously treat the Zheng family well, you can only wait for Zheng Yue to take a high position, or return to his hometown. Whether it is in a high position or returning to his hometown, there is only one essence: to master enough political resources that people are willing to befriend.

For example, a lonely minister like Hai Jui, even if he is in the third rank, no one will befriend him after Zhishi - he has gone step by step by destroying his own political resources, like an overexploited mine, not only oil and water, but also dangerous.

Xu Yuanzuo just wanted to use silver bullets to open the way and tell the gentry in Fuzhou: Zheng Yue is a jinshi with political resources, and he has a bright future, and he is a piece of jade. As long as it takes time, it will definitely soar into the sky.

First of all, we must start by visiting the Jinshiju people of the Zheng family.

As Zheng Zhi said, Zheng Yue was awarded the Jinshi, was awarded an official, and didn't even write a few letters back to his family, who is willing to stick a hot face to someone and a cold ass? Now Xu Yuanzuo took a valuable gift, took Xiao Zheng Cunen, and visited the family in the past. There is gratitude for kindness, there is no friendship to establish friendship, the brothers who should be recognized are recognized, and the teachers who should be worshiped are worshipped, and finally a network of relationships within the clan has been weaved.

After walking in this circle, Zheng Cunen's mentality has also changed quite a bit. At home, he only listened to his mother and grandfather say that the clan had great kindness to his family. When I went outside, I also heard from the neighbors that the Zheng family was really kind. The child has no ability to judge, so he naturally feels that the family has done his best to his family.

However, after seeing the luxurious life of the same clan and people, Zheng Cunen found that the tiled house at home was even inferior to other people's firewood houses! This terrible thought gradually grew, and the feeling of gratitude unconsciously dissipated.

"Brother Shi, why is my father a jinshi, but it is better to live a good life?" Zheng Cunen and Xu Yuanzuo have been inseparable for several days, and they have great trust in this brother who is a few years older than him. This world brother not only completely met his insignificant needs in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also set a benchmark for him in the world, which made him particularly yearning.

Of course, Xu Yuanzuo will not educate him: rights and obligations are reciprocal. Your father doesn't contribute to the clan, and the clan is already very generous to treat you like this.

Xiao Zheng and the Zheng family are inseparable, which is what Xu Yuanzuo is most happy to see.

"It's a good thing to be on the Emperor's List, but you think, his old man was raised in August. He was about to enter Beijing to prepare for the spring festival without stopping, and he went to work immediately after the official appointment. I don't have much contact with my classmates in the countryside, and maybe many people don't know that the teacher has been admitted to the Jinshi. Xu Yuanzuo comforted him.

Zheng Cunen was already a little sensible, and wondered: "It shouldn't be." The people who reported the good news that day traveled all over the city, and there were also repairs to the archway, and many people paid for it. ”

-- There is a jinshi from Hongo. Of course they are enthusiastic. But who is to blame for your father not giving people the opportunity to continue to be enthusiastic? Not to mention giving people benefits, not even asking for help...... If you can't build a friendship through personal contact, how can you maintain this enthusiasm?

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "People are warm and cold, the world is hot and cold, and the world brother will naturally understand in the future." In any case, now we must fulfill the number of courtesies, and if others don't know the truth of courtesy, we can't control it. ”

Zheng Cunen nodded and said, "Brother Shi is right. But I'm running around like this all day. Drinking tea and talking has delayed a lot of studies. ”

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "Sharpening the knife is not a mistake for chopping wood, and it will not be delayed." As everyone knows, the practice of human feelings is also an article. ”

Zheng Cunen claimed to be taught, but he was thinking about how this "human favor" could become an article.

Xu Yuanzuo was quite emotional. He didn't know the details of Mr. Zheng's family before, and he thought that if he could provide for a small family of Jinshi, it would definitely not be so small. Now it seems that Zheng Yue is really a genius. Rely on the class in the clan study, and do not follow the crooked path. Don't go through the back door of favors, and fight a bloody way in a big imperial examination province like Fujian. No wonder when he lectured him, his basic skills were so solid.

- It's a pity, high scores and low ability!

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head, and began to arrange which families in the county he should take Zheng Cunen to visit tomorrow. First of all, it is natural to start from the same year as Zheng Yue's township test, and this relationship is far stronger than that of the dormitory roommates in later generations. And then on the recommendation of these squires. If you go to visit the seniors of Shilin again, if you are lucky, you can find a smart master for Zheng Cunen - just how to hide your heart, although you don't directly benefit, but it can be used as a stepping stone to enter the school.

Although the power of Wang Xue in the DPRK and China is great, the power of science is not small. Therefore, if Zheng Cunen can worship under the Fujian science giant, his chances of coming out are far greater than that of his father Zheng Yue. Generally speaking, exam talent is not very inherited.

After the visit in Changle County, we will go to the county seat. There are more Jinshi people in Fuzhou, and they also have to start from the same year, and then go to the seniors' homes to brush their faces. Although Zheng Yue himself had no knowledge and no letters, Zheng Yue's son, the great disciple of the founding mountain, and the heavy gifts were enough to make people unable to find fault.

These people must have written to Zheng Yue to express their gratitude, so in order to avoid Zheng Yue being confused, Xu Yuanzuo took the lead and informed the teacher of his itinerary in the attitude of reporting work. And attached to each family is a gift list, so that it is also convenient to cultivate your teacher's emotional intelligence, so that you don't even know how to give gifts. It is said that master and apprentice are like father and son, Xu Yuanzuo deeply felt that he ate his father and mother too hard in his previous life, and he really came to repay his debts in this life.

Fujian has delayed Xu Yuanzuo for too long, and if he doesn't set off again, he will not be able to arrive in Guangdong until next year. However, a large part of the gifts he prepared for Lin Dachun were New Year's goods, and after the New Year, the effect would naturally be greatly reduced-just the students came thousands of miles to pay New Year's greetings to the teacher, which sounded good! So without waiting for the Zheng family's new house to be completely completed, he left a few stewards to keep an eye on, and he set sail with a large army to Chaoyang, Guangdong, the hometown of Teacher Lin Dachunlin.

The first official to be cut off was Lin Dachun, who was a student in Zhejiang at the time. It can be said that Xu Yuanzuo caught up with a coincidence and became Lin Dachun's closed disciple. After this high-ranking official returned to Chaoyang, he no longer went out of office, and wrote behind closed doors until his death. Just as Xu Yuanzuo's fleet was sailing on the uneven Fujian-Guangdong Ocean, another small boat stuck to the coastline and sent Xu Yuanzuo's letter to Mr. Zheng to Songjiang.

When Zheng Yue received these letters, it was already time to be busy with spring ploughing, and he was anxious all day. Seeing the letter sent by Xu Yuanzuo, he only felt a warm heart, he did not pave the way for this student in vain. Then one night, I inadvertently talked to Yu Linglong, lamenting that Xu Yuanzuo is still a person who values love and righteousness.

Yu Linglong almost broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this: The master Jinshi who she wants to entrust can't be so unreasonable! Usually when you go out to eat and drink with those big families, you really don't need to return the gift, because you are a local parent. But who buys your account in your hometown, Xu Jinglian is clearly waking you up!

Xu Yuanzuo's letter to the teacher, naturally there is no need to keep it secret from the inner house. Yu Linglong took the opportunity to help Zheng Yue sort out the letters, found Xu Yuanzuo's letter and read it from beginning to end, only to know that there were not only reminders, but also expressions, and the main thing was to arrange a reply.

The first task of the reply letter is to confirm the "visit" of Xu Yuanzuo and Zheng Cunen, saying that it is out of his own assignment, so that people can confidently fall this favor on the head of Zheng Yue and Zheng Yonghan.

Yu Linglong knew that Zheng Yue would definitely not have this kind of awareness, and thought that if she could raise her head in front of the eldest woman in the future, the key was still on an "internal help", so she drafted a few reply letters. It is also thanks to Xu Yuanzuo's carefulness, whose house he visited, what the relationship was, and what happened to this family recently that is worth recounting, all of which were sent back on paper, so these replies not only do not have to worry about getting the wrong person, but can even communicate with people in a meaningful way, and express some innocuous "opinions", which makes people feel that they are not perfunctory.

Zheng Yue was even more surprised when he saw it: "You can write as if you have seen it with your own eyes!" ”

Yu Linglong said with a smile: "It's also a shame that Jing Lian explained it very clearly." Sir, do you think it's appropriate to reply like this? ”

"Naturally, it doesn't matter." Zheng Yue is a person who can't even think of replying to the letter, if someone writes it, how can he have any opinions.

Yu Linglong said: "Then you have to ask the master to use the seal on this." ”

The so-called handwritten letters in the officialdom are basically ghostwritten by the master, indicating that the distant and close relatives are all on the seal. Yu Linglong saw that Zheng Yue was about to go up after taking the name badge, and hurriedly stopped: "Master, this letter is for you in the same year, it is advisable to use the fasting room." As he spoke, he quickly divided the letters in his hand into categories. For relatives and friends, for seniors, for classmates in the same year, for local shepherds, different letters have different tones, and there are also differences in the use of seals, or names, or fasting rooms, or official positions, or degrees, and all kinds of idle seals.

Zheng Yue never cared about these small details, even if someone wrote to him, he only looked at the content and didn't care much about the printed money. Sometimes you don't even look up! When Yu Linglong said this, he realized that he almost made people laugh, and said happily: "It's good to have you, it's good to have you." ”

Yu Linglong was happier than anything when she heard this, and she also contributed a few of her own idle chapters and lent them to Zheng Yue for emergency. Anyway, whoever uses the aphorisms and poems is the same, how can outsiders know these inside stories?

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