Chapter 67: Xu Dong

How could Tang Yin not hear such an obvious send-off from Old Man Xu, his words had already been brought, so he naturally said goodbye and left.

After Old Man Xu personally sent Tang Yin out, there was an immediate conflict between Xu Dong and Old Man Xu.

"Father, why did you refuse such a large business?" Xu Dong asked.

"To do maritime business to the point where we are, can there be any difference between more than 100,000 taels and 100,000 taels?" Old Man Xu said earnestly: "In terms of money alone, my Xu family is second to none in Jiangnan, but what is the use of this, just a county order is determined to destroy my family, even if our Xu family is not destroyed, it will hurt our muscles and bones." ”

"No matter how rich a businessman is, he is still a businessman, so I hope that the third and fourth children can gain fame and change their court."

Xu Zi lowered his head and said, "I disappointed my father." ”

Xu Nan, Xu Zi really has no talent in reading, why Mr. Xu's main business is in Ningbo, but he lives in Qiantang, is because the reading atmosphere in Qiantang is much better than Ningbo. It's just that these two sons have some talent in business, but they are a dead brain in reading, and they obviously don't have any hope of getting famous.

"Even so, I also want the next generation of the Xu family to be able to study and enter the business, instead of continuing to do business."

Old Man Xu can see that this simple businessman is just a fat pig, and being slaughtered is inevitable, and the question is when to slaughter. Therefore, Mr. Xu is not too interested in making a lot of money, but rather the risks.

"Moreover, each family has a share in the business at sea, which is all divided, and King Yong broke the routine at this time. King Yong is a nobleman, so he is naturally not afraid, but it is us who do things concretely, we are small households, can we withstand the toss? ”

Xu Dong said: "Father, why bother to be arrogant, our Xu family can become a famous maritime businessman, and it is not a good man and a woman, if anyone wants to destroy my Xu family, they are not afraid of breaking their teeth." ”

The Xu family is not innocent, and now Xu Dong has hundreds of outlaws in his hands, and it is not impossible for the whole family to flee overseas if they are in a hurry to kill in Qiantang. "Besides, the world is beneficial, what interest is comparable to the benefit of seeking the country. King Yong to the Zhou system of feudal domain, in the future Ryukyu Island will only be decided by King Yong, although Ryukyu is small, serious reclamation also has a place, now King Yong to invite, why not my family to climb the phoenix, in the Yongguo into the office, but also for the official eunuchs. ”

Xu Dong is not an official fan like Old Man Xu, at least not so an official fan now. He just can't let go of the exciting life overseas. But he knew how to convince his old father. Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Old Man Xu hesitated.

Ordinary people may look down on the officials of the vassal king, but for the Xu family, there is no possibility of being picky about any official.

"Father may not know whether this King Yong is worthy of the trust, why don't you let your son take a look and see what kind of person this King Yong is. It's not too late to make any more calculations, no matter what, the other party is a prince, if you really want to provoke him, my family can't afford to be guilty. He leaned in front of Old Man Xu and whispered, "You can't be lazy." ”

Old Man Xu nodded and said, "Second brother, go and see what kind of person this King Yong is." It should be honored, don't be provincial, but don't give a promise first, wait and so on. ”

Xu Dong said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Houhuang was waiting for the political envoy of Zhejiang to arrange a sea boat, and suddenly someone came to report that the second son of the Xu family came to visit him, Zhu Houhuang's heart moved, it was not the Xu family who decided.

This matter cannot be ignored by Zhu Houhuang.

Although 200,000 taels of silver is a huge amount of money, but that is for one person, for such a big event as opening and expanding Dongyong, don't say 200,000 taels, even one more 200,000 taels is not enough. Moreover, Zhu Houhuang predicts that in the first few years, whether or not he can be self-sufficient in food will be a problem. So what he needs is not a huge sum of money, but a way to make money.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, Zhu Houhuang naturally paid great attention to the sea trade.

How many big business opportunities there are in overseas trade, how can Zhu Houhuang not know? What he got from Zhengde is almost equivalent to the opening of the port. Only the documents of King Yong, Daming Ming can also travel between Dongyong and Daming. He was bent on building Dongyong into a trade center and a window for the Ming Dynasty to connect with the outside world.

But how to think about it is one thing. As for how to implement it, it's a question.

And it's a big problem.

Although the maritime merchants made a fuss after that, the current maritime merchants are still an extremely secret circle. Especially overseas, Zhu Houhuang wants to get involved, but it's not easy to do. Therefore, the Xu family is very important to Zhu Houhuang, and it is a medium for Zhu Houhuang to get close to the people in the Haishang circle.

Not long after, Xu Dong came in from outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and saluted: "Xu Dong, the grass people, I have seen His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

"Xu Zhuangshi, please get up."

"Your Highness." Xu Dong got up, he raised his head and looked at Zhu Houhuang, there was no timid look in his eyes that ordinary people suddenly saw Tianhuang nobles, but there was an expression of eagerness, and said: "The grass people learned that His Highness was waiting for a shortage of sea ships, and specially offered ten sea ships, and asked His Highness to smile." ”

"Oh." Zhu Houhuang secretly said in his heart: "What a big stroke? "There are big and small sea ships, and it is not too strange, in terms of cost, it is as small as a hundred taels, and a large one thousand taels, Xu Dong must have done his homework like this, these ten ships will fit more than 2,000 people, and they will not be too small, these ten big ships, maybe they will throw thousands of taels of silver, and the ship yards of the imperial court have rarely built sea ships, so the sea ships are all valuable in the five cities, and the price in the market is probably doubling. Moreover, sea ships are a kind of strength for maritime merchants, and they are more important than silver, Xu Dong waved his hand and sent ten big ships, which cannot but be said to be a big deal.

Zhu Houhuang asked: "Xu Zhuangshi is so generous, I don't know what to ask for?" ”

"Without him, I want to have a good relationship with His Highness." Xu Dong said without being arrogant or humble.

"Why did Mr. Tang say that the Xu family was not tempted?" Zhu Houhuang frowned, although he took a fancy to these ten big ships, he was even more interested in the business channels behind the Xu family. Although the government departments are delaying, whether ancient or modern, but the Ming Dynasty is a little more delayed than in modern times. It's just that they will definitely solve this problem, after all, Zhu Houhuang is a prince no matter what.

And the Xu family's business channels are not so easy to obtain.

Because the Xu family is a Hui businessman.

Hui merchants are the rise of the Ming Dynasty in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in the late Ming Dynasty even has no Hui into a town, Hui merchants to clan region as a link, all over the country business network, and even overseas business network, is Zhu Houhuang the most favored things.

Xu Dong said: "My father is old, and he has no intention of bothering about it. It's just that I still want to do something for His Royal Highness King Yong. Immediately, Xu Dong took out a roll of documents from his sleeve and handed it over.

A eunuch took it from Xu Dong and passed it to Zhu Houhuang's hand, Zhu Houhuang looked at it, but it was "Ryukyu Record".

Zhu Houhuang opened it and looked at it, but it was a description of Ryukyu. From the geographical location, to the sea route, from the population specialties, to the soil and rivers, although the narrative is somewhat general, it is already the best information about Dongyong that Zhu Houhuang has ever seen. He didn't look much and said, "Xu Zhuangshi has a heart." ”

"When His Highness opens the port in the Ryukyus, the grass people will naturally go there."

Zhu Houhuang was overjoyed and said: "Xu Dong, do you want to be an official?" ”

"Being an official?" Xu Dong was a little surprised, although he swore in front of his father, he didn't have much hope for getting an official and a half-post in front of King Yong. didn't want Zhu Houhuang to throw this bait out at once.

"Yes, Lone is going to open a port in Dongyong, and he can trade anywhere. It's just that there is a lack of talent in Lone Hands, Qing is so willing to come, Lone appoints Qing as the ambassador of Yongguo City, and the trade in charge, I don't know what Xu Qing wants? ”

Xu Dong opened his mouth and blushed, and said: "Grass people, no, the minister dares to disobey his orders." ”

"Xu Qing, I won't hide it from Xu Qing. Open and expand Dongyong, oh, this is the name of the holy mountain. There is a lot of money needed, and all of this is entrusted to Xu Qing. ”