Ma Yangming is not a fool.

After living most of his life, how could he not know how powerful it is?

Why is Qianli an official?

Is it really for the sake of Sage Kong?

This is a round trip to 70,000 taels of silver net profit.

Within a few years, it will be a million.

Naturally, businessmen also have many disadvantages.

For example, it is easy to be looked down upon by scholars, but his son is a real champion, even if he is not an official, but his fame is real.

In the county, Xiucai can talk about things, and when it comes to lifting people, he can almost push the cup with the county order. As for Jinshi...... Even if he is a jinshi who is not an official, it is not something that anyone can bully!

If it's the champion, let's be honest...... Although he can't be an official and can't bully others, he is by no means a person who can be bullied.

Plus so much white silver.

As for being an official...... Of course, it is a pity, but to be honest, the danger is really unpredictable for ordinary people.

This is the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, starting from Emperor Taizu Gao, don't look at the nobility standing in the temple, but since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, the minister's head is like a leek, and he doesn't know how much stubble he has cut.

Emperor Taizu Gao killed several batches, and after the Jingjing, he killed another batch of Jianwen's henchmen.

Now, because of the New Deal, another batch of them have been killed.

This is really more dangerous than going up the mountain to be a bandit!

If you are not careful, not only will your head be ruined, but your family may also be harmed.

The reason why he hopes that his son can be famous is because for the Ma family, there is only one way to go.

But now, there is a new way, although it is ugly to say, but the benefits are real.

After he slapped Ma Chao viciously, he looked back at Ma Yu, and his face suddenly relaxed. He held Ma Yu with both hands, looked at him with straight eyes, and said, "You are not a traitor in this business, right?" ”

Ma Yu hurriedly said: "My son is responding to the Taiping Mansion's initiative to open the door, and my son's fleet is even more overjoyed when it arrives in Luzon, the local Ning Wangfu. Father, I've been reading books for so many years, don't I understand these things? ”

When Ma Yangming heard this, he was greatly pleased, and the whole person seemed to have a little vitality all of a sudden, and said busily: "This ...... This is good, this is good, as long as you can keep to yourself and not be a traitor, our Ma family will count you as the smartest, the most obedient and the most obedient, the so-called people have their own ambitions, and the father also supports you. ”

said, gently stroked Ma Yu's face, and continued: "Fang Cai didn't do it lightly for his father, and he didn't hurt it, good boy." ”

Ma Yu shook his head.

Ma Chao on the side covered his face, looked at Ma Yangming with teary eyes, and stopped talking.

He felt like he was piercing his heart again.

However, Ma Yangming seemed to have suddenly woken up to something at this time, got up immediately, and bowed at Zhu Di's feet at once, saying: "The grass people are dead." ”

Ma Yu listened, and seemed to understand all of a sudden, he had been doubting the identities of Zhu Di and Zhang Anshi, but he only felt that the other party was not like ordinary people, but now after listening to his father's words, he suddenly woke up, and was also busy kneeling down to Zhu Di and said: "Ten thousand deaths!" ”

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Zhu Di actually regretted it in his heart.

He thought it was a chicken flying and a dog jumping, a father and son turning against each other, or some human tragedy, who knew that it would be such a happy ending.

Zhang Anshi was also surprised, he didn't expect this rumored champion...... actually hid in this perch, just to do business.

Suddenly, Zhang Anshi's head began to run rapidly, and then said: "Can you be guilty of waiting for your father and son to make trouble?" ”

This matter is not small, Ma Yangming immediately said: "This matter is done by the grass people and Ma Chao, the son of the grass people, if you want to kill or chop, the grass people have no complaints, as for Ma Yu, the eldest son of the grass people, he really has nothing to do with this matter, and please Your Majesty can find out." ”

Zhu Di glared at this horse Yangming fiercely.

But at this time, he can quite understand the feelings of this horse and licking calves, but his eyes glanced at Ma Chao, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, there are some of the horse's famous calves, but there are not many.

Zhu Di put away his thoughts, looked up at Yang Rong and Hu Guangdao: "Yang Qing, Hu Qing, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Yang Rong glanced at this Ma Yu deeply, and only felt a little unbelievable.

But Hu Guang was heartbroken, and after looking at Ma Yu with the eyes of a beautiful woman who was a thief, he still said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this Ma Yangming believes in the words of the market, although it is an unforgivable crime, but it is also excusable." His Majesty attaches the most importance to loyalty and filial piety, and those who are sons should obey filial piety, and those who are fathers naturally need to love their sons, which is the ethics of Gangchang, and the ministers think that ...... It's better to start with a light hair. ”

Even if the father and son are not very in line with Hu Guang's wishes, even Ma Yangming's philistine caused Hu Guang's great disgust.

But Hu Guang still thinks that if Ma Yangming is pursued only because of this, it is too much punishment.

Zhu Di bowed his head and said: "What Hu Qing said is not unreasonable. ”

He stood up, but looked at Ma Yu: "Others take great pains to test their fame, and if they have a career, they are ecstatic." You're good, different from ordinary people! Naturally, there are also people who resign, but these people resign to make a name for themselves, but you, the champion, resigned for business. It's really unbelievable, unprecedented. ”

Ma Yu had already breathed a long sigh of relief, but replied: "Your Majesty, when the sage was alive, there were 3,000 disciples and 72 sages, but the sage never taught these 72 sages and 3,000 disciples, so he had to be an official. At that time, the disciples of the sage were not only farmers, but also merchants, and naturally nobles. ”

It can be seen that what the saints teach is not just the knowledge of entering the ranks. Now, after reading the Four Books and Five Classics, I have to take the test to become famous and enter the temple. The grass people think that this is really a strange thing. ”

Zhu Di listened and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Ma Yu said with a frank face: "Later generations praised the saints, and they all said that the learning of the saints is the most holy learning, and such a great question should be able to solve the problems of all industries. But now only the knowledge of the saint is taken as an official, according to the grass people, but the people of the world look down on the saint, but all the avenues, must be able to learn to make people reborn, so that they can be soldiers on the horse, and can be literate when they get off the horse, why stick to being an official? ”

"The grass people are in business, not only because of their interest, but also because of the grass people's profit, there is one less Hanlin in the world, but there is one more businessman, what's not good?"

Yang Rong listened, stared at Ma Yu, his eyes flashed, and nodded secretly.

Hu Guang only blew his beard, but he couldn't speak.

Zhu Di listened to it and said: "This is not unreasonable, the saint you are talking about is ten times more clever than the saint said by Hanlin." I thought that the saints only knew what they knew. I see that you are sincere, and your resignation is approved. You have your own interests, and I naturally don't force them. And your father, who committed a heinous sin, but I was kind to him, and I thought that he was excusable, so I did not punish him, and after that, you will do it yourself. ”

Ma Yu hurriedly kowtowed gratefully and said, "Your Majesty's grace, it is difficult to repay the grass people even if they die." ”

Zhu Di waved his hand and looked at Hu Guangdao: "Hu Qingjia, do you have anything else to say?" Do you still want to complain about the Ma family? ”

These words were like a needle pricking Hu Guang, Hu Guang's face turned red, and he hurriedly shook his head and said, "The minister has nothing to say." ”

Zhu Di said: "In this case, don't look at this excitement, let's go." ”

Zhu Di didn't linger long, he paced away while pondering.

Ma Yu is a person who has a deep impression on Zhu Di, this person is ...... is not an ordinary reader, and he just talked about it, which also impressed Zhu Di.

Walking out of the horse house, Zhu Di couldn't help but say: "It's a pity." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, what's the pity? ”

Zhu Di said: "Such a person cannot be used by the imperial court, even if I force it, I am afraid that it may not be able to make him happy and convinced, and he will be willing to use his life." Wouldn't it be a pity ......"

Zhang Anshi smiled and lowered his voice: "Who said that it should not be used by His Majesty?" Your Majesty thinks about it, if his fleet is well managed in the future, it will be of great benefit to open up many shipping routes, Your Majesty ......"

Zhang Anshi smiled and continued: "He shipped the goods back, and he had to pay customs duties......

This voice was inaudible, but it was heard by Hu Guang and Yang Rong.

The two pretended not to hear, and pinned their heads to the other side.

When Zhu Di heard this, he was immediately relieved.

When he entered the court as an official, I spent money to support him and engage in business...... He earns money to support me.

In this way, Zhu Di's slightly frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he was in a much happier mood, and said with a smile: "It's okay, this person is quite talented, maybe in the future, he can be Tao Zhu." ”

Hu Guangdi muttered: "Or Lü Buwei......"

Zhu Di also heard this, and turned his head to glare at Hu Guang.

Hu Guang consciously lost his words and hurriedly said: "Ten thousand deaths." ”

Zhu Di didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to say to Zhang Anshi: "This Taiping Mansion has opened its door, and even this Ma Yu is engaged in shipping and has earned so much silver, it seems that the shipping of this Taiping Mansion has begun to take shape." ”

Zhang Anshi introduced with great interest, and said: "Your Majesty, now, there are hundreds of newly opened docks, almost all of which are starting shipbuilding day and night, and recruiting countless manpower. Besides...... With a ship, it is necessary to purchase a large number of goods to go to sea, which makes many merchants have to gather a large number of goods to Taiping Mansion to board the ship and go to sea......"

Zhu Di listened, but couldn't help but say curiously: "Hundreds of docks, this ship is ...... How to dispose of it? ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Yes, the wood on the ship, if you want to withstand the corrosion of seawater, you need to go through wind and waves, so it must go through special treatment. ”

"But...... There are several docks here in Qixia Commercial Bank, and they are trying their best...... Improved wood. ”

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhang Anshi and said: "I heard that it takes ten years to use the best ship wood before it can be used on the ship, how can you improve the wood?" ”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Now the demand for ordering ships is large, and the price is naturally rising, so the price is not a problem when the ship is built, the biggest problem is indeed the required ship materials, and the problem of lengthy time." However, the minister is trying to find a way to step up the improvement of some shipbuilding technology, especially the processing of this wood, if it can be successful, then the use of ship materials can be greatly reduced, and by that time...... The speed of this shipbuilding is even faster. ”

Zhu Di asked: "Is there any progress?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "There has been progress, and in just one or two months, this new ship will be launched for sea trials." If it succeeds...... The speed of ship construction will be greatly accelerated, and the processing of wood will also be greatly simplified. ”

Zhu Di said: "That's very good. ”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Actually, building more boats, for ministers, more or less, there is no problem." There are more ships, and the freight is bigger. There are fewer ships, the price of goods is high, and you can earn money both horizontally and vertically. However, the ship built by the minister in the dockyard of Qixia Merchant House this time was actually just a demonstration. ”

"Demonstration?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi suspiciously.

Zhang Anshi said: "Many docks only know how to bury their heads in shipbuilding, and the ships they build are similar, all counting on catching up with the construction deadline to earn this silver." ”

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "The dock of Qixia Commercial Bank is actually to set an example for them, that is, to tell them that they can't make a lot of money by only recruiting a large number of manpower to build ships. ”

Only the dock of Qixia Commercial Bank made a fortune from this, and such a concept can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In this world, the most difficult thing to change is people's hearts, and only when people's hearts change, can everything go smoothly. ”

Zhu Di looked at it with interest: "I'm waiting for your good news." ”

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After sending Zhu Di and the others away, Ma Yangming turned around and picked up the letter, and after reading it a few times, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

He raised his head, with a look of relief on his face, and looked at Ma Yu with burning eyes, "My son...... It's really promising, winning the champion, and it is easy to earn such a big family business...... Super ......"

Ma Chao was beside him, drooping his head and saying, "Here, here." ”

Alas, he always felt that he was not biological.

I saw Ma Yangming say: "You go back to your hometown, bring your mother and other family rolls to the capital, everything that can be sold at home is sold, and the family moves to the capital." ”

"Ah...... Daddy......" Ma Chao couldn't care about self-grief, and said in shock: "Dad, where are our roots......"

Ma Yangming sighed: "Now that something has happened, you can't go back to your hometown, after you return to your hometown...... If you know that your brother is in business, you must make fun of your neighbors. Instead of being laughed at, the family simply moved here and settled down again. Don't you understand the truth that trees die and people live? ”

"Naturally, when you go back this time, you have to prepare a sum of money for your cousin, ask him to take care of the ancestral tomb, and teach someone to bring some silver back after a while."

Saying that, Ma Yangming no longer paid attention to Ma Chao, and said to Ma Yu: "Your brother, he has no talent, he has no skills, but he fights tiger brothers, if you think he can help you, give him an errand, naturally, others are honest, this is not necessarily all bad, at least what you say, he is willing to listen." ”

Ma Yu said: "Of course. ”

After Ma Yangming explained this, he sat down and said with great interest: "My son, will it be very risky to do business on this sea?" ”

"Rest assured, if you want to buy insurance, if you really encounter any risks, you can at least get back a little loss, and you will not lose all your money. What's more, going to sea to do business this time, in fact, ......" Ma Yu thought about it and said with a smile: "In fact, the silver I earned is just a small head." ”

"Little head?" Ma Yangming's face, which was finally calmed down, was once again taken aback.

Can you not be surprised, this is tens of thousands of taels of silver!

To you, is it a small head?

Ma Yu said: "Now this Qixia up and down, are waiting to see if the trade of this sea trade is profitable, my son should go to sea first, and take this opportunity to open up the relationship, but after all, sea trade is not a workshop business, everyone sees that a workshop is profitable, must be a swarm to do." However, maritime trade needs to be proficient in routes, need to spend a lot of money to buy ships, and also need to have a certain number of contacts overseas, which is innumerable. Many people see such huge profits, even if they want to make money from this immediately, but when they think of such a lot of troubles, they must be daunted. ”

Ma Yu paused and continued: "Because of this, at this time, it is a good time for my son to take this opportunity to expand his business...... Next, I am afraid that more people want to stuff money for their son to invest in sea trade, and even if his son wants to refuse, it will be difficult. ”

"The next step for my son is to find a way to raise 500,000 taels of silver, in addition to purchasing more new ships and opening up several new routes, in addition, he wants to purchase a few warehouses in commercial ports in Luzon and other places for the distribution of goods......

Ma Yu thought for a while and said, "Of course, it is inevitable to cooperate with some local businessmen. Now in Luzon and other places, if we can first invest in a few cane sugar workshops, squeeze sugarcane, make cane sugar, and then transport it back through our ship, I am afraid it will also be a huge profit. Of course, although these are only to make money, they are not the goal. But Luzon and other places, the land is fertile, and there are many sugarcane plantations, whether it is King Zhao or King Ning, they also urgently need to exchange the sugarcane planted in these lands for real money and silver to maintain the income and expenditure of the palace. ”

Ma Yangming didn't seem to understand when he heard it, and finally said simply: "Just tell me how much money you can earn in the future, right?" ”

Ma Yu smiled bitterly: "This is not good, but it ...... If it succeeds, I am afraid that the gold and silver will fill all the rooms of this mansion. ”

Ma Yangming gasped, and felt that his heart was a little stuffy, he covered his heart, tried to stabilize his beating heart, and said, "Oh, oops, don't say it, don't say it." If you keep talking, your father will die soon. ”

Ma Chao immediately helped Ma Yangming rub it on the side, and said, "Dad, the eldest brother has no eyes, don't scold him." ”

Ma Yangming glared at him with a red face, and squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Get out!" ”