"Prince, let's save enough goods, rent a boat, and send it to the ocean by ourselves, and we will make money if we have it." After Zhang Hu said this, he carefully lowered his head and observed the prince's reaction with his eyes.

The prince didn't realize that Zhang Hu was "us" and "us", and he was close to him here, so he talked about things, thought about it carefully, and waved his hand: "Then you have to save for a year, it's better to find a ship from abroad and let them sell it on your behalf, although the profit is reduced by half, but the money will be returned quickly." ”

Zhang Hu hesitated; "It is said that the Nanhai Prince's Mansion is very rich, do you want to pull him up, so that money will not be a problem."

The prince thought for a moment and shook his head: "How much money can he have?" It's just richer than ordinary people, one or two million is dead, it's far from the tens of millions we want, it's still much worse, we can't call him, otherwise it's not good to let my father know, as for using money, let's think of other ways. ”

Zhang Hu was shocked in his heart, and then remembered that the emperor was there, in addition to him, there were people and horses to spy on the courtiers, so he nodded again and again: "The prince is wise, and the servants obey the orders." ”

The prince smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Go ahead." ”

Zhang Hu knelt down, retreated, couldn't help grinning, with the beginning, the rest of the things will be easy to do, he entrusted the raw silk produced by Prince Zhuangzi to the silk weaving factory in Jiangnan, let them make silk, and then put it on the sea ship and sell it overseas, which is really twice as profitable as before.

In fact, the prince knows how to make money, and Zhang Hu's small actions here are all to cover the minister's ears and eyes, otherwise, he will definitely bring trouble if he squanders the money he earns.

Of course, the crown prince let his subordinates do business and compete with the people for profit, and some people impeached him, but it's better than saying that he was corrupt, right?

The old Wei Yuanhou died, but the *** Tun army is still in the hands of his descendants, Emperor Yongchang used to join forces with Qian Haoyu to remove and suppress those people, the eldest prince died, it is no longer meaningful to do that, and now, the people of the old Wei Yuanhou raised their heads again.

Soon, in the southwest, there were several prefectures and counties, and the news of the disaster came, and the courtiers did not suspect him, and soon allocated 2 million taels of disaster relief silver, which was sent over through Cao Yun.

Originally, these silver, when they arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, had to be exchanged for grain, but Zhang Hu was loaded with salt and silk, etc., in the southwest, the mountains were blocked, and the transportation was inconvenient, no one thought that the prince and the father-in-law would join forces to do such a bureau, and even the goods brought by the big ship would be profitable, and it would be more than two million taels of silver at once.

Emperor Yongchang's manpower was not very strict with the prince, but Qian Jun found that the prince's dock moved quickly and quietly sent someone to investigate, so he guessed that this was the case, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel that the prince was bold enough. But he only sent people to collect the evidence, but did not reveal it. He wished he had let the prince sink deeper.

Not long after, Emperor Yongchang suffered another stroke, which was much more serious than the last one, the prince had no fear, and Qian Jun was also bold, with the help of Wen Jin, he arranged step by step, and the situation gradually opened up.

Although Wen Jin regretted not thinking of these earlier, causing Jurong to fall behind the Western world again in terms of the industrial revolution, fortunately, Zhu Chengli did not appear in this time and space, and the people's thoughts were not so imprisoned, and her progress in Maocheng was much better than originally expected.

It's four months in a flash, the hottest weather has passed, Wen Jin breathed a sigh of relief, here is much hotter and humid than the capital, fortunately, there is more rain, and there are people to make ice to sell, whether it is in the house, or go out to take a carriage, put more ice, you can be much more comfortable, Wen Jin is not too hard.

Zhenxing Book Company has begun printing and publishing, the first business is to print and produce books for Qian Jun to tell the people of the city, this is something that has never happened in previous dynasties, Qian Jun's personal prestige, immediately soared wildly, and the local people remembered that he quelled the rebellion of Fushenmen, and the name of the Qingtian Lord was even louder, and then, Qian Jun took several measures to stabilize the people, although the people still hated You Junmin a little, but now that You Junmin has left, they all feel that there is no need to block the Prince of Nanhai, that is, there is gas in the stomach, and they are also suppressed, no longer making trouble, and those people who Qian Jun arrested were also acquitted.

Wen Jin looked at it, this is not a way, although her husband's reputation is very good, it is a good thing, but if the people obediently endure exploitation and fooling, how can her goal be achieved? She still needs to work harder.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the goods released by the prince have returned to their original capital, and they have made a huge profit, and they can only sell no more than 100,000 taels of silver, but now there are 300,000 or 400,000 yuan, which is still entrusted to the sale, and the other party took a large part, if it is to do business by himself, six or seven hundred thousand is not a problem.

Zhang Hu made a special trip to Maocheng and met Qian Jun.

Qian Jun instigated him: "Why don't Lord Zhang gather a few wealthy people from the clan, rent a boat, hire a crew captain, and do it yourself." ”

Zhang Hu knew that he couldn't hide the matter, and he was not surprised that Qian Jun said this, he explained: "How can there be a reliable person? ”

"In this way, Master Zhang, let the emperor set up a navigation school in Maocheng, invite a few old captains who are old and weak, and get a few more talents, write out the experience of the old captains, compile them into teaching materials, teach young people, and when they finish learning, they will be put on the boat to practice for two years, won't they be able to get out of the school quickly?"

"It's a good solution, who wants it?"

"Master Zhang, it depends on your ability, there was a young man named Qian Wenhan in the household department back then, who proposed to set up an account school, but now there are no talents? Many young people like to go to school, and the account office in Maocheng has *** gone there to study. ”

"This is different, the account office of the household department is all from that school, so it's a good thing, it's also an official, and he can be an official if he mixes well."

Qian Jun smiled silently, the second monk Zhang Huzhang was puzzled, and when he saw Qian Jun serving tea, he had to withdraw and return to the station, only to suddenly think that among the students who graduate from the navigation school every year, select a few to be officers of the patrol or navy, won't it be able to mobilize the enthusiasm of the students?

Zhang Hu was worried and didn't know how to tell the prince, someone built a ladder for him - Maocheng's foreign trade was in full swing, some people were jealous, but they didn't have the ability to make money, so they thought of the evil way - to be a pirate, these pirates used to be petty fights, but now the development is getting bigger and bigger, and they actually robbed the ship on which Zhang Hu entrusted the goods, and there were crew members on that boat who escaped from death, and returned to Maocheng on a passing boat, and sent the news to Zhang Hu.

This time the loss was 140,000 taels of silver, Zhang Hu himself also had 13,000 taels, every batch of goods, there was his entrainment, the prince's loss, it was his loss, Zhang Hu was distressed, scolded a bitterly, thinking that his power could not reach the sea, he was so weak that he jumped to his feet in anger, and swore that "this revenge will not be avenged." ”

Since there were pirates, of course, more than one ship was killed, Qian Jun wrote a letter of thousands of words and sent it to the capital, suggesting that in order to protect the interests of the imperial court, a navy should be formed to live in Maocheng.

Jurong has a navy, lives in the southeast, is very weak, does not have a few ships, in the same time and space, those Japanese in the east, did not wreak havoc here, or rather, the army of Jurong Dynasty is lighter than the Ming Dynasty, they guarded the border, those Japanese are unprofitable, and the climate is not formed, as a result, Jurong is up and down, and no one has paid attention to the sea.

Although Emperor Yongchang can still influence the crown prince, he is sick in bed, and there are some things that the prince doesn't want him to know at all, such as forming a navy - even if Emperor Yongchang has secret agents outside, the prince is confident that he has a way to deal with it, even if his father knows, he is not afraid.

Emperor Yongchang was very wary of Qian Jun, and the crown prince was also somewhat affected, but this time, he got the news from Zhang Hu, thinking that Qian Jun was doing what he liked, and kept it secret from the emperor, on the one hand, he didn't want people to know about his private affair with Zhang Hu, and there was another one, that is, he hated his father and the emperor nagging, and he looked at Qian Jun now and felt that this prince of the South China Sea was very cute.

The household department had silver, and the prince and several cabinet ministers secretly consulted and reached a consensus, so they immediately started.

The Ocean Academy was set up, Zhang Hu was a eunuch who couldn't get on the stage, so it was naturally prepared by Qian Jun, and finally the prince arranged a Hanlin, who was full of Confucianism, didn't understand the ocean at all, and didn't want to understand, so he naturally became a puppet, and Qian Jun's henchman in the army Ren Gengxin took real power.

Even if Zhang Hu is powerful, but Qian Jun's connections, he doesn't know Ren Gengxin and doesn't fully grasp it, and this person doesn't seem to have any intersection with Qian Jun.

As soon as the household silver was taken out, Zhang Hu had the opportunity to do tricks, for the construction of the academy and for the construction of the dock, the amount of funds was very considerable, so one by one, the cargo ships were all using the money as capital, with the hope of the prince, as well as the entrainment of Zhang Hu, from Maocheng.

Zhang Hu abacus played well, and when his goods turned into silver and came back, the holes dug could be filled, and the truth really made him satisfied, and in the spring of the second year, those ships returned smoothly, bringing back ships of foreign goods, and then exchanged for large sums of silver.

As a result, the Prince's civilian dockyard was quickly built, and the navy's dockyard was also raised.

Qian Jun pretended to have no intention of reminding Zhang Hu that the boats that Fanzi came over were bigger and stronger than before, and the new ships were all wrapped in iron sheets, and Jurong's wooden boats were really not enough to see.

Zhang Hu said helplessly: "We can't smelt iron. ”

Qian Jun said: "Although the flood of iron weapons is not good for the country, but Fanzi has begun to use artillery, and those with big swords and spears are no longer opponents, and the imperial court should no longer control salt and iron, but should control salt and nitrate, and prevent private gunpowder practice is the key." "In this time and space, because there is no Yuan Dynasty, there is no glorious chapter of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty leading troops to deal with the Tartars with firearms, and firearms are lagging behind the Ming Dynasty. Master Zhang, I really don't dare to mention this, it seems to increase the morale of others, extinguish their own prestige, not long ago there was a fan who brought a firearm into the country, wanted to sell it at a high price, I was caught and beaten, and people also ran away, that thing, let me stay awake these days, I'll take you to see. ”

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