In the Ming Empire, no one thought that Tagawa Nanazaemon and Zheng Cai would actually hit the Ming Dynasty with their ideas.

After negotiating the terms with Van der Vaart, Van der Vaart directly sent a messenger to the South Seas to meet Cohen, the governor of the East India Company, and spread the good news to the East India Company.

Nanjing, although the six ministries in Nanjing have been abolished, but in order to ensure the operation of Nanjing, some institutions directly under the six ministries are still retained, the Ordnance Department and the Firearms Bureau have been retained, and it is the Ministry of Works' squire Bi Denghan who is in charge of the two yamen.

Although Zhu Jie has been in charge of the Ming Dynasty for more than two years, due to frequent wars, until now, the various yamen have still failed to form an iron plate, which is full of officials from various forces, the Donglin Party, the Fushe and the local magnates, mixed with fish and dragons.

Qinhuai River, Furong Building, this is a place where dignitaries and dignitaries gather, now the six departments are withdrawn, and the business is a lot of depression, although the Qinhuai River is full of rich businessmen, but there are not many powerful people, even if there are some big people, but such as Yuan Jixian, Cha Xuan, Qin Mufeng and the like, all of them are honest and honest officials, and they are the emperor's descendants, there is not enough certainty, which businessman rushed to provoke them?

Private room.

Several foreigners sat together, and two officials were clustered in the middle.

"Lord Deng, Lord Lu, I heard that you have been appointed to the Ordnance Division, but I have never had the opportunity to congratulate you!"

A foreigner raised his glass and smiled, "I'm here to wish the two adults a high step!" ”

Lord Deng snorted coldly, raised his glass, drank it all, and said in a muffled voice: "What is there to congratulate?" The two of us originally served in the Fujian Naval Division, Fujian Mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and it is very easy to make a fortune, but now it is good, and suddenly fell into the Ordnance Division, specially, now there is no oil and water, the emperor's trick is ruthless enough, the iron bucket that the Zheng family has laid for more than 20 years, once lost, depressed, depressed, Chris, when did you arrive in Nanjing? Haven't you been preaching in Fuzhou......"

Chris smiled and said, "This, hehe, didn't you drag the emperor's Hongfu?" He was preparing to establish Yingtian Academy, and he continued to tap Western talents from the southeast coast and even the South Seas, and I happened to have some achievements in arithmetic, and as a result, I was hired to teach at Yingtian Academy with a high salary. ”

"Teaching?"

Lord Deng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Just to be a teacher, how much silver can I give you in a year?" You really came from Fuzhou to Nanjing! ”

Chris laughed and said: "Lord Deng, you don't know, these few people here are almost all gentlemen from Yingtian Academy, we have a high salary of more than 1,000 taels of silver a year, and a low salary of 6 or 700 taels, I am not high or low, 1,200 taels of silver, although I can't become a millionaire, but 1,200 taels of silver is not less, in the Netherlands, those who can earn 1,000 taels of silver a year are considered to be first-class rich businessmen......"

More than a thousand taels of silver!

Lord Deng and the adult on the side changed their faces slightly, and the resentment in their hearts was even more intense, the emperor is such a big hand, one of them has an income of more than 1,000 taels of silver, and the two of them are now in the Ordnance Division, and from the five grades of Lang, together, the annual income is less than 1,000 taels! Anyway, we are also from the court officials of the fifth grade, the gap, this is the gap, this time it is considered to be killed by the court!

Deng Yu and Lou Bo are both generals of the Fujian Naval Division, but both of them are over fifty years old, getting older, and their abilities are not very strong. But it's far behind, the Ordnance Division, although it can't compare with the yamen of the Ministry of Officials and the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, is also the Yamen with the best treatment in the Ministry of Industry.

However, no one of the two people is satisfied, although it was just a small capital division, but in Fujian Province, there is an opportunity to make money, more dare not say, a year, get two or three thousand taels of silver, easy as a hand, when the money is tight, go to the sea to do a single transaction, grab a vote, as long as the other party has nothing to follow, who can afford to provoke the Fujian sailor? Although his status is noble now, the oil and water are gone, and he is cut off from his wealth, like killing his parents.

"Bad luck, bad luck!"

Lou Boyang drank a glass of wine and said hatefully: "To the two of us, we are also the court officials of the fifth grade, specially, in a year, I have not earned as much as a teaching gentleman, how can this be reasonable, how can this be reasonable!" ”

Deng Yu on the side was also depressed and drinking.

Chris's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "What? The two adults are a little tight on money right now? ”

Deng Yu said in a sullen voice: "It's not that much, it's just that who can earn two thousand taels of silver, and is willing to earn one thousand taels?" Compared with when we were in Fujian, we don't earn enough now to make a fraction of what we did at the beginning! Or is the old marquis good, the official party of the Zheng family, where does the court dare to provoke, which of us is not a popular drinker? It's hateful, the little marquis actually stabbed the old marquis at the most critical time, and since then, the life of the Fujian sailors has not been as good as day by day, and now it has been completely swallowed by the imperial sailors, specially, do those people know how to fight naval battles? ”

"You two want to get rich?"

Chris laughed, "That's not easy? We have been friends for many years, and we have cooperated more than once or twice under the old marquis, and I have a way to make a fortune here, but I don't know if the two of you dare to ......."

The two of them were shocked, and Deng Yu said suspiciously: "Mr. Chris, what do you mean by this?" Rich? How to get rich? ”

Chris pointed his finger at Van der Vaart next to him and smiled, "Two adults, do you know this one?" ”

The two men shook their heads, blank expressions.

Chris smiled: "Don't hide it from the two, this is the real God of Wealth, this is the commercial consul of our Kingdom of Netherlands East India Company in Dongying, Baron Fantfat, he is in charge of all the trade between Nanyang and Dongying, and the trade handled every year is at least one million taels, do you say it is the God of Wealth?" ”

Business Consul!

Deng Yu and Lou Bo are both old men of Fujian sailors, and they have followed Zheng Zhilong for at least ten years, and they have lived at sea for a long time, so they are naturally very familiar with this title, which is equivalent to the representative of the East India Company in Fuzhou, Quanzhou! ”

(End of chapter)