Yan Song, the minister of power of the Jiajing Dynasty, had a banquet with the guests at a banquet one day, and on a whim, he imitated Cao Cao and Liu Bei to cook wine and talk about heroes, and ordered the richest seventeen wealthy families in the world, which gave birth to the first rich list of the Ming Dynasty.

The threshold for this list is one million taels of silver.

In many places where businessmen gather, such as Huizhou, Shanxi, and Jiangnan, hundreds of thousands of taels of family property are not even ranked in the local name.

Not to mention Suzhou Mansion, even in Chongming County, the Shen family is only a big family at best, and it is absolutely impossible to have the strength to influence the locality.

Xu Yuanzuo is interested in the unique geographical location of the Shen family and the emerging industries they occupy.

Chongming Island is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, with the river inside and the sea outside, which is the gateway to the East China Sea. The Shen family is the future seat of Chongming County, and this alone can make the Shen family rise to a higher level in influence.

Now there has been no problem with the transportation of the Ming Dynasty, but in the fifth year of Longqing, because of the silting up of the Cao River, there will be a discussion in the court about abolishing the Cao River and going to the sea. In the Chongzhen period, it was Shen Tingyang, a scholar from the Shen family in Chongming, who was on the "Shipping Shu" and proved the superiority of shipping in practice.

Xu Yuanzuo has the resources of the two powerful families in Songjiang, as long as he can convince them, it is not unrealistic to promote the shipping grain tax in advance.

Outside of the imperial level, the Wanli period was the craziest era for the inflow of silver into Japan, which shows the high volume of trade with Japan. At this time, there is such a base as Chongming, there are ships and people, and then Songjiang supplies it, and it is just around the corner to become a father on the sea. Once the time is ripe, they can also enter and occupy Jeju Island, graze and cultivate, and monopolize the Asahi trade, which is tantamount to overseas princes.

"The Shen family's silver and land property, my son really didn't pay attention to it." Xu Yuanzuo explained again. In his heart, he secretly said: those majestic and majestic family guards, as well as shipwrights and sailors, these human resources are priceless.

In the era when the son inherits the father's business, the children and grandchildren of these people will also embark on the same career path, and naturally prepare for the shipping industry.

It can be said that the Shen family's current strength is not accidental, it is really the accumulation of several generations. Change a family with no roots. Even if they were given so many boats, they wouldn't have enough boatmen available.

Mother Xu didn't believe that her son was a philistine peddler who only had silver money in his eyes, otherwise how could he send so much money to his family? In this era, parents and children have strange things to do in court because of money, and the true heart is not ancient, the etiquette is broken, and his son is definitely a good boy with filial piety.

In the final analysis, Xu Yuanzuo's marriage must be reported to Xu Fan after all, and he will nominally solicit opinions, which is the minimum respect. So the mother and son did not make a decision immediately. The topic ended quickly.

It didn't take long for the next person to come over and say that the master was invited to dine together. Mother Xu hurriedly asked someone to fetch water, asked her two sons to wash their hands and faces, changed into clean clothes, and enjoyed the joy of family in the past.

This is just the beginning of a series of gatherings and dinners.

The birthday of the sixtieth birthday is a very important celebration in the south of the Yangtze River, not only the relatives will come to congratulate the birthday, but the county order will also send a congratulatory ceremony - often their own calligraphy and painting. The giver saves money, and the receiver has light. Absolutely affordable.

Xu's mother has not returned to Ning for more than ten years, and the close friends of the boudoir have long been scattered, and occasionally I can meet two people who are married locally, but when they meet, they talk for a while, cry for a while, and laugh for a while, so that Yuan Zuo and Liang Zuo brothers are not bored.

Xu Yuanzuo often withdraws from this and wanders around the garden. Occasionally, you can see the ladies of other families, although they do not have the beauty of the country, but they can be like frightened water birds, scared to scream. Then look at the Shen family and come forward to greet me: This is my aunt and cousin, young master, fourteen years old. There is no need to be taboo...... It's a lot of fun.

On this day, Xu Yuanzuo was waiting for "water birds" in the garden, only listening to someone talking behind him.

"You're really bored, don't you need to read?"

Xu Yuanzuo looked back and almost didn't recognize it.

It turned out that Shen Yujun combed his hair and changed into a full-breasted skirt, revealing a snow-white patch from the neck down.

This kind of costume is the dress of the girl's family, sexy and beautiful, and Shen Yujun's height adds to the slim temperament, which is overwhelming. And the skirt is tied to the chest, and the part that is propped up is the capital of the woman's pride, which can be seen at a glance.

Shen Yujun's capital is not small, but it was covered up by the wide and fat Taoist robe in the past.

"If you haven't seen enough, you can take your time." Shen Yujun said generously.

"Hehe, I want to be rich, I'm afraid that my second uncle won't." Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile.

Shen Yujun knew that his cleverness had been exposed, but his expression remained the same: "I go to persuade you, most of the time there is still hope." ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled, stopped this unnutritious conversation, and asked, "Where is my cousin going?" ”

"There are a few clan ladies on the eldest mother's side, and they want me to come over and talk." Shen Yujun looked impatient: "It's really troublesome." ”

"How?" Xu Yuanzuo asked casually, not really wanting to hear her complain.

Shen Yujun replied seriously: "Every time I talk about my marriage, I always ask me to embroider and sew well at home, don't go to the water in the waves again...... When I don't want to! It's really annoying to listen to. ”

The eighteen-year-old girl, her own conditions are not good, and the "woman's words" spit out under the various thoughts of the third aunt and six mothers-in-law are of course not pleasant.

"What are you laughing at!" Shen Yujun saw Xu Yuanzuo laughing happily heartlessly, and couldn't help but look angry.

Xu Yuanzuo felt that Shen Yujun was quite heroic and domineering when he was angry, which was better than laughing. looked at her carefully, but found that she was also a three-eyed, standard beauty face. Unfortunately, the skin on the face is much darker than the snow on the chest, which can be seen as a symptom left by the sun and rain.

In addition, the tone is bold and large, and the temper is short-tempered.

On the whole, "Yu" does not hide "flaws".

"I laugh at my cousin for being out for so long, and I still can't say anything about it." Xu Yuanzuo said.

Shen Yujun raised his eyebrows: "Why do I have to be like this!" If it were a man, I would speak to him; If it's a ghost, hum, I'll kill it with a knife! ”

"But you can't kill a first-class ghost." Xu Yuanzuo pointed to the old lady's residence: "Those three aunts and six women with long tongues, can you kill them?" ”

Shen Yujun was immediately discouraged.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled again: "Little brother has a method, cousin can give it a try." ”

Shen Yujun stared at Xu Yuanzuo: "Let's hear it, if it's not good, I will kill you little ghost when I come out!" ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "If it's good, you owe me a favor." Seeing that Shen Yujun did not object, he paced with his hands in his hands, looking like a dog-headed military advisor, and said, "After my cousin went in, he had a sad look on his face. As soon as someone mentioned the matter of marriage, my cousin frowned and shouted: 'I am really miserable, at such an age, I want to have no figure, I want to have no appearance, I am tired of running for the family, but I have caused a bad name, cut off the marriage, I want to become a sister-in-law'. ”

"Does it work?" Shen Yujun was skeptical.

"As long as the play is real, it will be useful." Xu Yuanzuo said categorically: "The key is to frown and cry." To frown is to frown, to tighten the brow, right! Hold your heart......" Xu Yuanzuo looked at Shen Yujun, who was immediately rehearsed, and took a breath gently: "Hold your heart, Xizi hold your heart...... Sister, you're always holding your stomach ......"

Shen Yujun flew up, and Xu Yuanzuo floated away! (To be continued......)

PS: The plane was delayed for an hour, and I finally went home to open the computer codeword, although it was late, but it was forgivable, and I also asked readers to continue to support the monthly pass ~~ and recommended tickets ~~~~ and various support ~~~ Xiaotang thank you again!