Chapter 645: The Departure of the Maritime Business Empire
"What, everyone is here?"
Back in the mansion, Guo Yue, Wen Xiaoyu and Zhang Bao were waiting in the main hall, and Meng Yan was a little surprised. ¥°F Top Novel,www.
"My husband is back."
"Didn't you see it, do you have tea, pour me a cup of tea?" Meng Yan commanded with a little weakness.
"Husband-sama, the tea you wanted."
"You're so polite, what's wrong with you, what are you all doing together?" Meng Yan asked in a low voice.
"The deeds of the husband who was angry at the crown and became red-faced, we have all heard about it." Wen Xiaoyu smiled and said.
"Poof!"
Meng Yan squirted out a mouthful of tea, when did he "rush to the crown" and be angry, still for the sake of red face?
"Xiaoyu, don't make trouble, others don't know about me, don't you know?" Meng Yan stretched out his hand and wiped the water from his mouth.
"But Xiaoyu is deeply touched by the charm of her husband." Wen Xiaoyu sighed faintly.
"Charm, what charm do I have?"
"My husband is young, in a high position, and has a bright future, which is quite tempting for women?"
"And the husband knows how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, he is affectionate and righteous, such a man is hard to find in the world." Guo Yue also got up and said.
"What do you mean, praise me, or harm me?" Meng Yan was stunned, what kind of medicine were sold in the gourds of these two women?
"Hey, who let us put a good man like my husband to let women moths to the fire?" The two girls glanced at each other and said in unison.
"I'm a good man, I'll admit it, but why did I let a woman moth to the fire?" Meng Yan didn't understand.
"Say, when did you hook up with that Wang Yingxue?" Suddenly, the painting style changed, and it was tender like water just now, but it suddenly turned into a stormy wave.
"Say it quickly. What the hell is going on? ”
"What a hookup, I didn't hook up!" Meng Yan said loudly.
"There is no hook-up, a woman has betrayed her husband in the face, and she does not hesitate to betray her husband, is she really noble, or is she fascinated by your rhetoric?"
"It was her husband who abandoned her. also wronged her and deceived her, so she killed her relatives in righteousness, and under the inspiration of the official, she helped the official to break through Luomei Villa, if you don't believe it, you can ask Brother Xiaochao, Tianxing and Shen Cong, this time. The official is with them. Meng Yan said incomparably.
"Mrs. Xiaoyu, Mrs. Yue, what the adults said is right, that Wang Yingxue was indeed deceived by her husband Luo Yingqi, so she angrily abandoned the secret and turned to the light." Guo Xiaochao said.
"I heard it, you don't believe my words, but you always believe what Brother Xiaochao says, right?"
"However, the lord did bring back that Mrs. Wang Yingxue. What is the relationship between the two of them now, Xiaochao, I can't say clearly. ”
"Guo Xiaochao. What do you say, what do you say can't be clear......"
"Alas, don't, Xiaoyu, don't pinch me, Yue'er. You are too ruthless, it hurts ......" The two women attacked together, but Meng Yan couldn't fight back, it was a miserable one.
It's easy for the two women to get tired of making trouble, so they stopped.
"I said two ladies. Are you angry? Meng Yan smiled bitterly, this blessing of Qi people is really not so easy to enjoy.
"Actually, we already knew that you were innocent!" Wen Xiaoyu blinked his eyes and said with a smile.
"What, Xiaoyu, you already knew?"
"Yes, Sister Xiaoyu and I have interrogated Shen Cong a long time ago, that guy told us everything about you, we know that you are also a victim, but we are still angry that you have skin-to-skin relationships with other women outside, so Sister Xiaoyu and I decided to teach you a lesson!" Guo Yue also sneered innocently.
"Shen Cong, get out of here for you......"
"Father, son, ......" Shen Cong lowered his head, shrunk his head, and poked a head out of the door.
"Shen Cong, take a look, is dinner ready?"
"Hey, I'll go!" Shen Cong ran away, not caring about Meng Yan who was in dire straits.
"Husband, let's go, let's go to dinner together." Wen Xiaoyu and Guo Yue held one arm, sandwiched Meng Yan in the middle, and headed towards the restaurant.
The meal was very hard, and the two women vied with each other to pick up the vegetables for him, but he couldn't eat it, so he couldn't eat it.
This gentle country is really not something that ordinary people can enjoy.
"I said, I'll explain, you two come to the study with me!" Meng Yan pulled the two daughters and went directly to the study.
"Here's the thing, this is how I planned it......"
Meng Yanyuan originally carefully told him and Wang Yingxue from the time they met to the time they had that relationship.
Shen Cong would definitely not have said it in such detail, besides, he didn't follow him all the way, and he didn't know the part of the Plum Blossom Temple.
"Xiaoyu, Yue'er, I know I made a mistake, but I can't help it, I can't push Wang Yingxue to others, or ignore her life or death, Luo Yufan gave her three times the obscene drug, if I found out earlier, I can still remedy it, at least I can let her wash her stomach immediately, at least the rest of the thing will not happen." Meng Yan explained.
"Husband, you didn't do anything wrong, you just put too much emphasis on affection, you brought Wang Yingxue back to protect her, right?"
"Yes, if she still lives in Luomei Villa, she won't see her when she looks up, she looks down, and the foul language is light, so it's better to leave there for a while."
"And how are you going to settle it?"
"It's not up to me to decide this, it depends on what she wants, I can't force her, right?" Meng Yan Road.
"This Wang Yingxue is also a hard-working woman, she is not ladylike, and she almost insulted her stepson, otherwise, husband, you will take her to the house, right?" Guo Yue is kind-hearted in the end, hearing Meng Yan say this, she suddenly sympathized in her heart.
"Xiaoyue, no, now the husband is on the cusp, if you rashly take people to the house now, what will outsiders say?" Wen Xiaoyu said cautiously.
"Yue'er, Xiaoyu is right, even if I am willing, Wang Yingxue has no objection, if you bring people into the mansion at this time, how much criticism will you bear Yue'er?" Meng Yan Road.
"What's wrong with me?"
"As soon as you married me, I brought a woman into the house from outside, and it was a great disservice to you, do you understand?"
"But I don't feel hurt?"
"Xiaoyu, or you come to explain to Yue'er, I can't explain it clearly." Meng Yan threw the question to Wen Xiaoyudao.
Wen Xiaoyu glanced at Meng Yan and patiently explained to Guo Yue.
Guo Yue finally understood what was going on, in fact, the parties didn't feel any harm, the problem is, some people who are worried about it will gossip, and when the time comes, I don't know what kind of story will come out?
People's hearts are sinister, especially those who are jealous and can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, even if Guo Yue has no heart and lungs, in the face of these gossips, she is really indifferent?
"The husband placed her in the old mansion, this is the safest way, you can retreat or advance." Smell the light rain road.
"Xiaoyu, I want to hand over some of the properties I got from Luomei Villa to you to take care of."
"Didn't the husband hand over Luomei Villa to the imperial court?" Wen Xiaoyu asked in surprise.
"I naturally handed over what should be paid, but I wasn't so stupid, I handed it all over, the most important land and wealth were handed over, brothels, gambling houses and whatnot, I didn't leave any left, but I left some shops and workshops, not many, only a dozen, outsiders see, they are all worthless, but for me, these workshops and shops are what we need." Meng Yan took out some contract documents from his arms and handed them to Wen Xiaoyudao.
"I'll see." Wen Xiaoyu took it.
"My lord, how come there is a shipyard here, which can only build fishing boats under fifty materials, and make ends meet every year?"
"I'm going to expand this shipyard to see if I can build some inland river cargo ships with 200 materials, accumulate experience, and build bigger sea ships!" Meng Yan Road.
"Building a sea ship, Lord Husband wants to go to sea to do business?"
"Yes, the future must be the era of great navigation, if you can build a big ship to sail on the sea, you can be one step ahead of others, and when the time comes, on the sea, all the ships built by my Meng clan will sail, how spectacular is that?"
"Husband, there are many barren lands on the sea, and there are wild people who drink blood, what business do we have to do with them?" Guo Yue asked puzzled.
"Yue'er, you don't know, although the countries on the other side of the sea are still in a low-level stage, and there is no way to compare with our Ming Dynasty, but they also have merits, do you know how much our silk and porcelain are transported to the West?"
"I know this, our Ming Dynasty used to have a city shipping company, and there was trade with the Nanyang and Europa, how much silk and porcelain and tea were there, how much they wanted, all of them were exchanged for real money and silver, and their ships came over, and the price was only thirty percent more expensive than the one purchased by the imperial court, and after they shipped it back, it was at least three times the price!" Wen Xiaoyu said, "Later, after the Hu Weiyong case, the imperial court began to ban the sea, the coastal people moved inward, and the pieces were not allowed to go to the sea, and the people who originally relied on fishing to make a living were difficult to survive, so that they fled to the sea, gathered people as thieves, smuggled trade, and the court repeatedly cracked down, but the ban did not stop!" ”
"Xiaoyu is right, the imperial court's maritime ban policy is a double-edged sword, although it is said to protect the coastal people from the Japanese invaders, but it also cut off their way of life, and now the Japanese at sea are all Han people who have lost their livelihood because of the sea ban, and the real Japanese are not even three or four in half." Meng Yan Road.
To realize the dream of a maritime business empire, a fundamental problem is if the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy is broken.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the sea ban began with the case of Hu Weiyong's rebellion, mainly because of the rebellion of the Japanese invaders, which not only restricted the people from going to sea to do business, but also restricted outsiders from coming to the Ming Dynasty to trade, except for tribute.
To change this policy, the first thing is to eliminate the rebellion of the Japanese pirates, and if the rebellion is not resolved, even if the sea ban is lifted, it will be in vain.
This is a difficult process, Meng Yan really wants to do this meaningful thing, and to put it mildly, as long as this thing is done, it will definitely not be a problem to leave a name in history. (To be continued......) R527