Ma Mingyuan is the same age as His Majesty today, although the children of the royal family have been studying in the royal family since childhood, but they have been in contact with each other and have the necessary entertainment, and they have been trained since the age of twelve.

When Zhengde was young, he got along well with Ma Mingyuan.

One of them is the great-great-great-grandson, and the other is the second son of the most favored Xiaoyao Hou, both of whom like the wind and snow, and often wander together in the major festivals of Tianfu.

Zhengde was detained by His Majesty at the age of seventeen and began imperial training, and Ma Mingyuan did not escape, and his family also began to train him in business ability.

Although they were fox friends when they were young and frivolous, the friendship between the two has been good for decades.

The emperor is not a person without personal feelings, he also has a few friends who have a good relationship, and Ma Mingyuan is one of them.

No one knows Zhengde's character better than him, and the Ma family has always kept a low profile, and even deliberately gave up some of their interests, just to avoid showing off in the forest.

In front of the emperor, to suffer a loss is to take advantage.

It seems that the Ma family is much worse than the Pope's family now, after all, Da Vinci is a foreigner, although he is dedicated to naturalization, he has not learned the essence of his ancestors.

The business of the Pope's family is getting bigger and bigger, but the family of the Houma seems to be in the twilight.

But these are all delusions of the general public.

The Ma family's low profile is because the Ma family's wealth is too much, Ma Electric invented the telephone, the telegraph, and improved almost all the equipment that uses electricity.

These patents generate more than 10 million silver coins of income every year, and moreover, they are also income after paying taxes.

Ma Den has no interest in building factories, except for research, he likes to travel around.

Ma Mingxuan, on the other hand, did not dare to build a factory, because the two brothers could not eat the benefits at hand.

Some of the business at hand also had to be supported because of the cooperation with the Ma family's main sect.

The affairs managed by Ma Yuncheng and Ma Yunhong are mostly trivial affairs.

The real insider, he wouldn't say it to anyone other than the two brothers at all.

The outside business earns hundreds of thousands of silver coins every year, and pays taxes of 200,000 silver coins, who can know that his annual donations to the Royal Charity Federation are in the millions!

Throughout the ages, not counting the royal family, there has never been a family that has had as much wealth as they ......

Moreover, since all the capital flow of the Ming Dynasty passed through the banks, their wealth was laid out in front of the emperor.

Fortunately, the royal family has too much wealth and the treasury is abundant, so that the Ma family can be preserved now.

Ma Mingxuan was very afraid, and Ma Mingyuan was also afraid.

At this time, if they don't keep a low profile, the disaster of the Ma family will not be long after.

They deliberately let Ma Yuncheng and the two toss, just to give outsiders an illusion, but they didn't want to grab food at this time.

Of course, Ma Mingyuan understands his brother's worries, but there are some things that he can't say too clearly to Ma Yuncheng.

"Indeed, our Xiaoyao Marquis Mansion is now conspicuous enough, my father left us a huge fortune, and there is a marquis who has been descending from generation to generation for five generations, glory and wealth are indispensable, and it is not appropriate to spread the stall too big."

The Ma family's income is directly transferred through the bank, Ma Yuncheng doesn't know the inside story, and thinks that the Xiaoyao Mansion has declined. "Big brother, what are we, you see the Pope family, which has opened dozens of factories in Quanzhou, with an annual income of millions of ......."

Ma Mingxuan interrupted him and said, "Other people's homes are other people's homes, and we are us." There are less than 20 people in our house, and it takes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to eat, drink, and chew, which is enough. ”

Ma Yuncheng looked at Ma Mingyuan with some disappointment, but Ma Mingyuan also disappointed him. "I don't want to toss anymore, now I just want to build Xiaoyao Island and leave a cash cow for future generations."

The fief of the Ma family is in Nanzhou, but the fief of the Marquis of Xiaoyao is in Nanyang Luzon Mansion.

Xiaoyao Island (Palawan Island) was the fief chosen by Xiaoyao Hou himself, and he took a fancy to the fact that it was very close to the Ming Dynasty and had beautiful scenery.

It not only has a mild climate and abundant output, but also can become the fulcrum of Nanyang, Nanzhou to Daming.

Emperor Gaozu was very fond of the Marquis of Xiaoyao, and originally Luzon Mansion was assigned to Zhongzhou, and it was not divided, and it was also rewarded to him by exception.

Of course, the fief of the Ming Dynasty is not a vassal system, but an honorary system, whether it is a clan or a nobleman, only the right to dividends, no right to manage.

The clans and nobles in each region only have a small amount of tax-free land, and all other businesses and productions need to pay taxes.

Even the royal family has to pay taxes according to the rules, and no one can make an exception.

What the nobles were able to obtain, in addition to the annual salary, was an annuity of about 10% of the local output tax.

These may not seem like much, but for a family, it is not a lot at all.

"But ......" Ma Mingyuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty can be so fond of Yun Shanbo and praise him as the next Marquis, which also makes me curious." Has the eldest brother seen Yun Shanbo? ”

Ma Mingxuan shook his head. "I teach at the university, he's still in high school, how can I see that? However, the seventh brother lost face in front of him once. ”

Although Ma Yuncheng was a little embarrassed, he still told Zhou Bei in detail before and after that day. "That Yunshan Bo is young and vigorous, but he is not like the flies and dogs, the autumn wind and the moon."

Ma Mingyuan laughed and said, "In my opinion, it is ambitious...... Throughout what he did before and after he came to Tianfu, he has been committed to stirring up the tide, although this is fueled by His Majesty, but if he is not ambitious, he will not be used by His Majesty. ”

Ma Mingxuan nodded and said, "The establishment of the laboratory this time has such a great impact, it must be the handiwork of His Majesty." But His Majesty has always been stingy, but Yun Shanbo is different, and it is obvious that he also has his own outstanding characteristics. ”

Ma Mingyuan said to Ma Yuncheng: "You inquire about his whereabouts, go back and make an appointment with him, and let me see him." Even if they don't cooperate, they want to see if the new nobles supported by His Majesty can push the back waves of the Yangtze River to push the front waves. ”

Ma Mingxuan sighed and said, "Second brother, don't show too much, our Ma family will not bear the brunt." His Majesty wants to clean up some of the nobles, and he will only clean up from those old nobles who can only eat the old books. ”

"I understand." Ma Mingyuan looked up at the bright moon in the sky and sighed: "I'm just curious about a young man who can be compared to my father. ”

Ma Yunhong, who had not spoken for a long time, said at this time: "Your Majesty wants to marry the fourth princess, and arrange Mrs. Wu to his laboratory to shield him from the wind and rain. ”

"Because of this, I am curious, my father's achievements are known to the world, and Daming entered the era of electricity, which was created by my father. Yun Shanbo was awarded the title of Earl after only making some mechanical improvements, which is really a bit too much to boast.

What's more, the world knows that he favors the four princesses who are smart and clever and outstanding. But he was willing to marry her to Yun Shanbo, and was willing to give him half of the shares of the laboratory, which was not his style. ”