Wu Haiyan said respectfully: "My lord is only a weak crown now, and he has become the commander of the Jinyi Guard above 10,000 people under one person, which is rare in the ages, and he will definitely be famous in future generations, and he will not let Ganluo specialize in beauty." ”

Duan Fei smiled and said: "If it is only for the official position and wealth, wouldn't it be simple for the official to directly arrest you back to the capital and ask the emperor for credit?" The great cause that the official said is more than this, the wish of the official is that the country is strong and the people are rich, the Ming Dynasty will always be the top of the world! ”

Although Wu Haiyan and Wu Huai'an didn't understand very well, they were still in awe, and only listened to Duan Fei continue: "It is easy to say that the country is strong and the people are rich, but the first step alone has been extremely difficult, and it is not easy to open the sea and trade. ”

Wu Haiyan's expression was a little strange, but Wu Huai'an said without hindrance: "My lord, even if the imperial court opens the sea to trade, we can't make any money according to the regular channels, and smuggling is still inevitable." ”

Duan Fei sighed, and Wu Haiyan scolded his son: "Don't talk nonsense!" Then he explained to Duan Fei: "My lord, the imperial court has a monopoly on many things, such as salt, tea, copper, iron, porcelain, silk, spices, jewelry, etc., and the rest is not profitable. ”

Duan Fei knew that the state monopoly could bring the greatest profits, but if it was done in this way, it would also inhibit commercial development, and in the end it would be better to open the economy in the long run, and the state only needed to control the trading of some strategic materials that were critical to survival, but he didn't know that even tea, silk, porcelain, jewelry, etc. in the Ming Dynasty were monopolized by the state, so it was no wonder that jewelers could only survive by smuggling.

Duan Fei bowed his head slightly and said: "This official has also heard about these things, but he doesn't know that the problem is so serious, well, after this official goes back, he will definitely find a way to make a statement to the emperor, Boss Wu, if the state monopoly is changed to a private business, but it will be charged 20% of the tax, will anyone smuggle at that time?" ”

Wu Haiyan smiled bitterly: "If this is the case, even if I take fifty percent of the tax, my old turtle will immediately turn from black to white, although there will definitely be people who choose to smuggle, but after all, it is a small number of outlaws, as long as there is money to be made, who is willing to take the risk of being killed and robbed of the house." ”

Duan Fei said happily: "If there is Boss Wu, the official will rest assured, the official is eighty percent sure that he can lobby the emperor to promise to transfer some of the things monopolized by the government to anyone can operate, and a certain import and export tax will be levied according to different commodities." ”

Wu Haiyan looked forward to it: "If this is really the case, the adults will definitely become the guardian saint and the god of wealth in the eyes of the coastal people, and they will build temples and statues for the adults." ”

Duan Fei smiled, planned in his heart, and then looked at Wu Haiyan again, and said, "Boss Wu, I heard An Zai just now that you seem to have a conflict with a person named Haizi, what's going on?" ”

Wu Haiyan didn't answer, Wu Huai'an had already rushed to say: "That was a long time ago, it was me who had a conflict with Haizi, it was last year when I was in Luzon, when Haizi was still very weak, there were only a few small boats, he bid higher than me, and as a result, he grabbed a batch of gold and left, we have been on the sea for so many years, and we have not suffered such a big loss, I was angry and chased after it, looking for a loop to challenge that kid, and the result was narrowly won." ”

Duan Fei's brows furrowed slightly, Wu Huai'an's eyebrows suddenly collapsed, and said: "Although he won, he is very discouraged, because that kid looks younger than the adult, and he can't win, I left two cruel words and let them go." ”

Wu Haiyan said coldly: "It's really a thing that is not enough to succeed and more than to lose, my lord, the villain punished him severely after knowing about it, but as that Haizi's strength became stronger and stronger, this kid became proud, and always talked about this ugly thing, which made the adults laugh." ”

Wu Huai'an said dissatisfiedly: "Count that kid's fate, I heard that he actually found a place that is not even on our chart, the gold and gems are said to be everywhere, that kid is full of gold and gems and come back with a boatload, especially a crystal clear white gem, I heard that in the past, only Tianzhu tribute, a small grain is worth more than a thousand gold, but he pulled it boats, made a fortune, bought more than 100 big ships in just half a year, and even loaded a lot of artillery, compared with our original four major private merchants on the sea." ”

Wu Haiyan said: "I've said it a few times, it's called diamond diamond, we also have a production in the Ming Dynasty, but it's too small and not pure, it can only be used for carving, haven't you heard of it?" No diamonds, no porcelain work, that's what I'm talking about. ”

Duan Fei waited for him to finish before he asked in surprise, "Andy, where did Haizi go to buy the boat and artillery?" Aren't these all things that the government prohibits from buying and selling privately? ”

Wu Haiyan said: "My lord, although the government prohibits shipbuilding, but in fact, the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong are secretly building, and even some craftsmen went to Luzon to settle down, so they openly built ships in Luzon, as long as they have money, they can buy all kinds of ships, or where are there so many smuggling ships on the sea, as for artillery, the sea is not calm, most of us will find some channels to get some small-caliber installations, as for large-caliber ones, they are generally obtained from the hands of Japanese pirates, pirates, and Francos, and there are not many of them." ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "Boss Wu, how many big ships do you have in your hands?" I'm talking about armed convoys with guns. ”

Wu Haiyan hesitated and said, "This ...... The villain only has a dozen or so escort ships in his hands, and the ships are not too big, it is enough to walk around Luzon Ryukyu. ”

Duan Fei frowned and said: "The number is too small, and the ship is small, Boss Wu, if this official provides you with silver, you will immediately go back to prepare now, how much silver and how much time will it take to build fifty treasure ship-class warships?" ”

Wu Haiyan was surprised: "My lord, fifty treasure ship-class warships? Are you going south to fight the Franc man? Wu Huai'an also exclaimed.

Duan Fei praised: "Your father and son are quite flexible, do you only think that the Franc Machine pirates are powerful?" ”

Wu Haiyan said solemnly: "If you see it, you will not be afraid to talk to the adults here, the villain has heard the people who fled back from the south said that the sea ships of the Franco machine people are not very big, but the speed is fast, the artillery is fierce, and it is said that there are at least dozens of such ships in Manjinga, and our Ming ship is not an opponent at all, no matter how much it is useless." ”

Duan Fei said: "That's right, it's because the only Dao Lang machine ship is powerful, so we must be more cautious in our action to recover Manchu Thorn, without fifty treasure ship-class warships, don't even think about it." ”

Wu Huai'an said: "It's easy to get a big ship, and the artillery is not as good as others, it's useless, people can fight a few miles with a cannon, there are at least ten cannons on one side of the ship, and a row of bombardments over, a big treasure ship is gone, and fifty ships are not enough for people to take turns to bomb a few times." ”