Li Masai smiled bitterly: "Since your Excellency already knows the name of Colbe and my origin, you should understand the origin of the matter, yes, the fleet I led was defeated by the Franco, the fleet was completely annihilated, Colbe fell into the well and put all the blame for the defeat on my head, in fact, he is the traitor, it was he who leaked the route of our fleet to the Franco, otherwise how could I lose so badly, and completely bury the fleet that His Majesty the King had finally assembled in this battle!" ”

Li Masai said sadly: "I and the two of them were lucky to escape the catastrophe with the floating board, but we were captured by pirates and became their slaves, and it took a long time to come to Daming, because they would grow flowers from overseas, and they were sent to the eunuch Wang Tang in Suzhou by those pirates, and became the flower servants of his family, what else do you want to know?" ”

Duan Fei said with satisfaction: "I already know everything I should know, I remember that you said that you would return to your hometown if you wanted to make a sum of money, it was because you didn't know that you were wanted by your own country, and now you can't go back, but do you have any new plans?" ”

Li Masai communicated with the two black men, and the three of them bowed to Duan Fei together: "We are now homeless, we can only take refuge under the wings of adults, I hope that the adults will protect us, and we will do our best to serve the adults." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Okay, the official is waiting for your words, you will teach the method of refining perfume to the apprentices arranged by the official as soon as possible, and quickly expand the assembly line, the official needs to accumulate the original funds, after a year and a half, the official can recommend you to go to the newly built navy of the Ming Dynasty, and then you can help the Ming Navy to exterminate the Japanese invaders, expel the Francophiles, and recover the Manchurians, after reaching this step, the official can lobby the emperor for you, send an ocean-going fleet to send you back to France, and seek justice for you!" Let you clear your grievances and go home with dignity! ”

Li Marsai and the two negroes were so excited that they knelt down on one knee, raised their right hand high above their heads, and solemnly promised: "Your Excellency trusts us so much, we will live up to your trust, and I vouch for it with my head!" ”

Duan Fei helped them up one by one and said with a smile: "Please keep this matter a secret for me, you must know that everything is just the beginning now, there are many variables, everything must be careful." ”

Li Marseille, who had been the commander of the fleet, still had a certain understanding of these political struggles, and he nodded yes in his heart, and gave another word of advice to the two black deputies.

When they said that they wanted to go back and continue to make perfumes, Duan Fei said with a smile: "This official has prepared a batch of new equipment for you, and there are more than a dozen smart and clever young people selected, I hope you will teach them the technique of refining perfume within ten days, and use the new assembly line to produce qualified potpourri brand perfumes, and then I plan to send you to Suzhou to continue to expand the perfume production line, this matter should be as soon as possible, spring will pass in a blink of an eye, I spent a lot of silver to buy flowers everywhere......

Li Marseille's heart was now full of thoughts of leading the fleet home for revenge, and the technique of refining perfume was no longer worth it in his heart, so he readily agreed and went back to work.

Duan Fei looked at their backs in a hurry, and sighed lightly in his heart, if he had a choice, he would want to go to Suzhou now, but unfortunately, he couldn't leave for the time being, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, without the emperor's order, he couldn't leave Beijing easily.

Duan Fei was idle at home for a few days, the DPRK and China were still quarrelling, but after all, the process of reform and opening up began, these have nothing to do with Duan Fei for the time being, he is now dizzy just by looking at the account book every day, the business alliance has been operating normally for a period of time, with the manpower of Jinyiwei, the business network experience of Su Youqing and others, and the huge capital as the backing, almost all the country's commodities have been mobilized, buy low and sell high, every business trip back and forth will bring high profits, businessmen see the benefits, and they rush to start joining the business alliance, The snowball is getting bigger and bigger, and the business alliance is expanding rapidly, and even the hand with the brocade guard is getting deeper and longer, gradually covering the whole country, especially the Henan and Shanxi areas that are the focus of.

When there was no news of the Demon Sect, the clocks and watches imitated by the fire man Yasan began to be put on the shelves for sale, and the pressure cooker also became a strategic necessity for a large number of acquisitions by the military, and various utensils made of glass also brought back a lot of profits for Duan Fei, Duan Fei perfected the horse crane and launched modern mahjong, which was even more popular throughout the country.

After the research and improvement of the quill pen and pencil invented by Duan Fei, it was first given priority in the intelligence agency of Jinyiwei, and the information written with the pencil occupied less than one-tenth of the original paper size, which greatly improved the concealment and convenience, and also saved a lot of paper, pen and ink costs.

Soap and soap also became high-end consumer goods, entering the palace and the homes of the wealthy of the high gate, earning Duan Fei a lot of silver.

The reward system established by Duan Fei in the research department allows the people who join the research institute to rack their brains to improve the existing things and constantly create new products, coupled with Duan Fei's 'whimsy', the research department has achieved great development in a short period of time, creating countless results, some have begun to become Dabi's profits, and some are still temporarily hidden, waiting for the opportunity to meet the world.

During this time, Guan Xiaohan often went out, often missing all day, and didn't come back until the evening, and even Duan Fei didn't know what she was going to do.

In the blink of an eye, it was the middle of March, and the autumn examination that thousands of students were looking forward to began, and the princess sent Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming into the venue as promised, everything went very smoothly, and the chief examiner in charge of the invigilation was Fei Hong and the new Ministry of Industry Qian Rujing, and the original Ministry of Industry Secretary Yang Yiqing was reappointed as the Ministry of Officials to make up for Wang Qiong's vacancy.

Fei Hong got Zhengde's advice, and Qian Rujing also got Duan Fei's advice, of course they wouldn't make things difficult for Tang Bohu.

After ten days of examinations, young and strong young people are also exhausted, not to mention that Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming are both over fifty years old, but fortunately, they have a day to rest after the three examinations, Duan Fei continued to supplement their nutrition, and arranged baths and massages for them, and finally survived this hard time.

This year's examination was postponed to mid-March, so the date of the list was postponed to April, and the palace examination was in May, Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming had been away from home for a long time, and after the exam, they suffered from gains and losses, and suddenly thought about it, anyway, there were two months, they said goodbye to Duan Fei, and then left the capital and went south to Suzhou.

Approaching April, the proposal to open the sea and trade finally began to be formally and gradually implemented, the first to prepare for the opening of the original three cities, after Duan Fei's continuous lobbying, Zhengde decided to reform the foreign tributary system, stipulating that in the future gifts to foreign envoys should be equal to or slightly more than the gifts they brought, and can not be repaid ten times as before, no matter how generous the Celestial Empire is, it is not such a waste, it is all the hard-earned money of the common people.

Moreover, the stay of foreign temporary envoys in China is also limited to one month, with a ration of food and lodging, and other expenses are all paid out of their own pockets, and embassies of various countries are established in the capital and Nanjing, Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou, allowing each country to send long-term envoys to China to station, and can deal with some emergency diplomatic incidents, and each country is limited to ten people, including relatives and servants, in addition to the rent does not have to pay, other expenses must also be dealt with by themselves, of course, except for special cases like the king of Manchuga.

After the promulgation of this national policy, most of the envoys of many neighboring countries who had been in the capital and refused to leave were gone in one day, and the daily entertainment expenses saved were as much as several thousand taels of silver, which was 100,000 taels of silver in a year, which was equivalent to a year's tax for a poor province.

In addition to Japan and the Franc Machinery system, which still retains the Kanhe system, the maritime trade of other countries adopts a tolerant hierarchical tax system, except for some special items, such as those involving military and civilian goods that have technical protection needs, basically can be freely operated.

As a result, the official demand for technical protection was born, the patent office came into being, the patent office accepted the first single patent application amounted to hundreds, all from the research bureau under the jurisdiction of Jin Yiwei, when the patent application was approved, Jin Yiwei immediately caught a lot of profiteers throughout the country, they relied on the sale of pirated copies of the "Daming brand" and other items involving patents to make a fortune, according to the newly promulgated patent law, they were raided, the main offender was fined ten years of exile, and the accomplices were sentenced to three or five years of hard labor. For a time, the piracy of Daming Entertainment Company's products was controlled, and the monthly profit rose by a full 30%.