Ningbo, Zhenhai Port.

There is a nursery rhyme: In the first year of Zhengde, it was an autumn, and a group of people occupied a piece of land by the sea in Ningbo......

This nursery rhyme somehow spread, and gradually spread to the entire Ningbo Mansion.

After the opening of the port, the whole Ningbo has become prosperous at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Zhenhai Port has become the first port of Daming.

The exchange of a large number of commercial goods has made all walks of life enjoy the benefits, and the only thing that has disappeared is all kinds of workshops.

As long as there is a conflict with the East Qin goods, almost all of them have disappeared in Ningbo Mansion.

However, the livelihood affected by the workshop is a small niche after all, and in the entire Ningbo Prefecture, there are enough jobs brought by the opening of the port to cover up this bloody reality.

Ningbo Mansion is also sucking blood from all over the world to prosper itself! It has become the base camp of the comprador of the Ming Dynasty, and a large amount of money has been remitted, making this place seem drunk.

The big compradors who have money, all kinds of enjoyment have not been left behind, and the luxury goods from Dongqin can also be seen everywhere in Zhenhai.

Yangzhou thin horses, continuous green buildings and tile houses, mountains and seas gathered from various places, and there are also a lot of "demon suits" on the street.

They had garnered all sorts of ornaments, whalebones, precious stones, and gold threads were so commonplace that they had now begun to compare their furs.

The compradors are sparing no effort to show their financial resources, and the small people in Ningbo are also enjoying some leftovers in this extravagant atmosphere.

Compared with other places in the Ming Dynasty, the whole city has added a bit of impetuousness, or vitality.

Many wealth myths came out of Zhenhai, what poor boy went to Nanyang to make a fortune, and what bought stocks in Yangang and made a lot of money.

And one of the most legendary stories is that of the big businessman Jia Li Sifu, who bet on the people by gambling on his net worth. After becoming the permanent director of the development company, his family property has been rising, and now he is still a Dongqin nationality, and it is said that several sons are studying in Dongqin.

These wealth myths are a great temptation for poor young people, who can spend money on a ferry ticket if they want to.

It will always be good news, and the world will never know that there are those who have failed.

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On this day, a 400-year-old ship of the Ming Kingdom slowly sailed into the port, and the ship also carried the Xingsui flag, which was obviously the ship of a certain maritime merchant, and the flag was simply to declare its identity.

This ship departed from Haiyang, Shandong, and was supposed to transport cotton directly to Dongqin, but in order to transport a person, it deliberately took a detour.

After the ship was quickly moored under the towing of the steamer, a large wooden plank was placed on the side of the ship.

"Lord Wang, don't leave it at that!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for sending me on a boat, such a kindness, I will repay it again!"

"It's serious! It's just a gesture, Lord Wang's frustration is just a traitor in power, don't be discouraged, there will be a day when the clouds will be cleared! ”

"Hehe, I don't have any other feelings about this matter, it's worth it if my conscience is not hindered!"

After saying that, the two of them saluted together, and the sailors on the ship also rushed to see each other off, and they were all impressed by this unshelfless Lord Wang along the way. I was even more shocked by his bizarre observations.

Who would have thought that Uncle Wang, who seemed to be weak, had traveled far away from Cyprus and chased Mongolian Tatars on horseback.

The reasoning is not cumbersome, but the sentences are simple, which amazes these sailors.

Along the way, he also told him about the art of manipulating the boat, and this Uncle Wang was very interested, and he also rolled up his sleeves to help them raise the sails.

As Uncle Wang stepped off the boat, the owner of the ship was still waving from afar.

Uncle Wang walked a distance, then looked back and saluted, and the etiquette and thoughtfulness moved the shipowner.

This Lord Wang is too easy-going, and it is the first time in his life that he has seen such a scholar.

When he finally couldn't see the human figure, he reluctantly let the boat sail out of the port.

And Uncle Wang is also very grateful to the owner of the ship, the sea is high and the waves are fast, listening to the deeds of the sailors fighting the wind and waves, he is in a slightly better mood.

In fact, he is not as relaxed and free as he seems now.

His heart is very low!

In just two years, he went through prison, escape, assassination, serious illness, and his wife was miscarried due to family changes.

He thinks that he can transcend everything and let go of worldly fame and fortune, but who knew that when he was assassinated ten days ago, he broke his qi cultivation kung fu!

When he found out that he had been assassinated, he could feel the great fear he had born.

At this moment, he understood in a gloomy way that he could not transcend life and death.

How can we transcend life and death?

Uncle Wang was thinking about such a problem on the boat, but unfortunately he couldn't figure it out!

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At the beginning of the second year of Zhengde, Liu Jin summoned his ministers, asked them all to kneel to the south of Jinshui Bridge, and then announced the list of traitors.

Arresting more than 20 people including Nanjing to the imperial Shi Dai Milling in the matter, Wang Shouren went to the rescue, and angered Liu Jin, was forty rods, and became a post in the Dragon Field Inn. At the same time, his father, Wang Hua, was also driven out of Beijing and transferred to Nanjing as the secretary of the ministry.

On the way, Wang Yangming was chased and killed by Liu Jin, and he faked diving and committed suicide to escape.

He was afraid that Liu Jin would attack again, so he also thought of going to go back to Zhejiang by sea.

As a result, as soon as he got on the boat, he was thinking about why he couldn't transcend life and death in the face of assassination, and ran to take the sea boat.

However, on the seaboard, he heard the sailors' difficulties in sailing, and felt that this group of people was not afraid of life and death.

But he also understands that these people are not afraid of life and death, but for their livelihood!

Uncle Wang fell into mental internal friction, looking back on the past two years, he had bitter tears in his eyes.

As he walked, his brow furrowed and he pondered.

Suddenly, he broke into a place that was very different from the Ming building, and saw seven or eight red brick four-story houses, which were suddenly and neatly distributed.

Uncle Wang had seen the Huang people in Haiyang, and he knew that the Huang people liked to build this kind of house, and he didn't dislike the Huang people in his heart, and of course he didn't like it.

He had chased Mongolian herdsmen, and then he had been a guest in the Mongols' homes, and he knew that the foreign people were also very simple, and their lives were poor, and if they could exchange markets, it would naturally be a good thing for both sides.

It's just that he also understands that the gentle herdsmen and people, under the convening of their leader, will also cross the pass and go to the territory of the Ming Dynasty to plunder.

But as he walked, he was shocked by the situation in Zhenhaigang.

In this place, Uncle Wang also saw an unusual atmosphere, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is unethical.

Merchants came and went, sitting in shiny carriages, they were dressed luxuriously, and women dressed in bright clothes, and they were waiting aside.

The wine shop next to it was full of businessmen, and through the transparent glass windows, you could see their bargaining debates and greedy and obscene eyes.

Many women from good families even wore short clothes of the black people, only wearing skirts on the lower body, which looked nondescript.

The contrast between the furs, precious stones, gold filigree, and silk of the rich and the dirty short jackets of the wharf.

Not far away, there was a group of hungry people with skin and bones, and a few of them were covering their mouths and noses with cloths, picking and choosing these people as if they were picking cattle.

Uncle Wang didn't know the word magic, otherwise he would definitely feel that the scenery in front of him was more magical and magical.

It was as if two worlds were overlapping, which made him very uncomfortable.

He closed his eyes and wanted to smell the legendary copper stench from this environment, but unfortunately there was only a bad smell of feces in the air.

Although there are people who deal with it, there are many animals and people here, and there are always a few fresh lumps.

After a long time, Uncle Wang opened his eyes reluctantly, and his heart was not sad or happy.

He warned himself not to treat others as he would have them!

The self-cultivation that the saint pays attention to is the cultivation of his own body.

He no longer looked at the scenery in front of him with the attitude of a sage, and suddenly felt that whether it was the small people of Shengdou or these big businessmen, they were all living for a good life.

If the laborers did not have this work, the whole family would starve, and the hungry people would starve to death if they did not meet the people.

The women of the good family wear the short clothes of the black people, but it is only because the cloth of the black people is cheap and durable.

Merchants indulge in extravagance because they have desires when they live, and they are unwilling to suppress this desire, and it is also their desire that drives them to be greedy.

All this, is it moral? No, it's purely that they are living for the sake of living, for the sake of living well.

Thinking of the affairs of the court, aren't they, the direct ministers, also moral articles to fight against traitors?

The result is a moral article, which is no match for the emperor's favor and trust in Liu Jin!

But is morality useless? At the very least, I have a clear conscience at the moment!

This heart is bright, what can I say?

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