Chapter 179: You Are Tang Seng
In fact, what Zhu Yunxi said is the truth, from a historical point of view, in the Yuan Dynasty before the Ming Dynasty and even the Song Dynasty before that, there was no rebellion.
The reason for this is that Zhu Yuanzhang emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and strengthened the sea ban, which broke the long-standing living habits of fishermen in the coastal areas.
Fishermen have long been accustomed to making a living by doing business with the surrounding area, and now you tell them to stop working and go farming, which suddenly makes many fishermen lose their source of livelihood.
In desperation, they became pirates.
At this time, the Wa Kingdom was in the Warring States Period, and the common people were miserable, and the sea ban in the Ming Dynasty made many people who used to make a living from business unable to live.
So they became pirates, later known as the Wakos!
The most important thing is that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in later generations did not seem to be aware of this problem, which led to the intensification of the Wakou Rebellion, and even became a major problem for the Ming Dynasty.
But Zhu Yunxi naturally couldn't say these truths to Xu Huizu, he looked at Liang Song and asked:
"Uncle Liang, you said that if you use this formation in the competition with the second brother, will it work?"
Liang Song was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Of course it works, good boy, it turns out that you have been thinking about this matter in your heart." ”
"Of course."
Zhu Yunxi said with some grievances: "Do you think I really forgot?" ”
Xu Huizu coughed lightly, looked at Zhu Yunxi, and said very seriously:
"It doesn't matter, what matters is whether you can keep your mouth tight? Nothing else blurted out as if you didn't have a brain? ”
"Ah......h
Zhu Yunxi was speechless for a moment, knowing that this was Xu Huizu saying that he had just commented on Zhu Yuanzhang's heavy agriculture and suppression of business.
But I heard Xu Huizu continue:
"And can you think about things from someone else's point of view?"
"What's wrong with me?"
Zhu Yunxi asked with a wink, feeling that the eldest brother was deliberately finding fault.
But I saw Xu Huizu slap the coffee table heavily and shouted:
"You said that you just got Song Lian to Qinglou Academy, why did you get that Wang Jinghong too?"
"Don't you know he's a eunuch?"
"You let a eunuch stay in that pile of red powder all day, did you consider his feelings?"
After asking three times in a row, Zhu Yunxi was completely dumbfounded, he opened his mouth, and before he could speak, Xu Huizu's voice sounded again:
"You set up a porridge shed outside King Wu's mansion, and King Huai asked the imperial doctors to give free medical treatment to the people, everyone did good deeds, and each had nothing to do with it, why did you go to Your Majesty to pretend to be crazy and stupid and take out and pretend to be unconscious?
As a result, His Majesty couldn't find the imperial doctor, Long Yan was furious, and those imperial doctors no longer dared to go out of the palace for free treatment. ”
Xu Huizu seemed to be getting more and more angry the more he spoke, and slapped the table again and scolded:
"The eldest husband is above board, so are you not afraid of being ridiculed?"
Zhu Yunxi was completely dizzy, and said that Lao Tzu didn't pretend?
Lao Tzu is really faint!
"Also, I heard that you also design other women's intimate clothing."
"Write the kind of books that people can fly to the sky."
“.......”
Seeing Xu Huizu's mouth flipping for a while, Zhu Yunxi ran away, shouting in his mouth:
"Tang Seng! Uncle, you are definitely the reincarnation of Tang Seng! ”
Zhu Yunxi ran away without a trace, but Xu Huizu was stunned at Liang Song and asked:
"Tang Seng? What is Tang Seng? ”
Liang Song shook his head blankly, indicating that he didn't know.
The little maid who had been standing on the side finally couldn't help it, and covered her mouth to prevent herself from laughing.
"Do you know?"
Xu Huizu looked at the little maid like this, and asked sideways.
The little maid pursed her lips, took a deep breath and said:
"Tang Seng represents verbosity, this is the most popular word in Yingtianfu today, if you say that a person loves to nag, he will call him Tang Seng."
When Xu Huizu heard this, his body shook and he almost fainted, but Liang Song on the side couldn't help laughing and said:
"Tang Seng? Tang! Sure enough, it's fun! ”
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Zhu Yunxi ran out of the Wei Mansion in a puff of smoke, panting and muttering to himself:
"Grandma, I didn't expect my eldest brother to be a Tang monk, this nagging, Lao Tzu almost fainted."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, jumped into the carriage he had been waiting for, and ordered, "Go to Mengfu." ”
That's right, it's time to talk to Meng Dacai.
The carriage crossed the long street, and after a while, it came to the front of the Meng Mansion, and without waiting for the next person to report, Zhu Yunxi walked in directly.
At this moment, Meng Dacai and his son Meng Chong were both sitting in the living room, staring at each other speechlessly.
The two of them have been coming to Ying Tianfu for a while, but they have been hung here by Zhu Yunxi as if they were ignored.
"My fair lady said that the wedding date has to be postponed, and she has to help His Royal Highness King Wu straighten out the Qinglou Academy."
Meng Chong said helplessly.
Meng Dacai waved his hand: "This matter has been settled, but there is no need to worry about it, but I have raised a large amount of cash, but now I have no place to use it, it is really a little troublesome." ”
Indeed, in the eyes of a merchant, it is not a good sign for silver to sit there motionless.
"I don't know what the little third master thinks."
Meng Dacai sighed a little helplessly and said, "Could it be that you didn't take a fancy to me, the richest man in Chang'an?" ”
At this moment, a Lang laugh sounded in his ears:
"It's not a good thing to speak ill of someone behind someone's back."
Meng Dacai and Meng Chong looked up in amazement and saw Zhu Yunxi who was smiling.
"I've seen His Royal Highness King Wu."
The two rushed to Zhu Yunxi's luggage together, and Meng Dacai couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart:
"Why am I so lucky, just said a word, and he heard it."
I saw Zhu Yunxi smile and wave his hand, then sat down and said slowly:
"My slender is my sister, and Meng Chong is my brother-in-law, so we are all family."
And then what?
...... Meng Dacai and Meng Chong thought in their hearts at the same time, looking at Zhu Yunxi with blank eyes.
"So if you have money, everyone will make it together......"
Zhu Yunxi stretched out the end of the note, and waved his hand in the Hong Kong and Taiwan accent of his previous life.
As soon as he heard this, Meng Dacai was overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "I am willing to listen to the orders of His Royal Highness King Wu." ”
"Don't be so polite, you're still my elder after all."
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "The Meng family seems to have started with a cloth business, so they should be very familiar with various overseas routes, right?" ”
When Meng Dacai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed to have guessed the meaning of Zhu Yunxi's words, so he nodded again and again:
"The ancestors of the old Meng family all made a living from this, and naturally they had contacts with overseas, and they used to have their own merchant ships, but now the imperial court has banned them, so this merchant ship is also abandoned."
"Then re-establish it."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand and said with a smile.
"What does the third master mean?"
Meng Dacai pressed his beating heart and asked carefully.
"Expand merchant ships and open sea transportation!"
Zhu Yunxi said six words very simply, but the Meng family's father and son almost didn't jump.
Meng Dacai is an extremely shrewd businessman, and Meng Chong will only become stupid in the face of Shu Miao, and the two of them immediately keenly discovered what kind of wealth Zhu Yunxi's words would bring to Meng Da.
"But what about the sea ban?"
Meng Dacai looked at Zhu Yunxi and asked cautiously.
"You don't have to worry about this, you only need to spend money to build ships, build big ships, and build as big as you can!"
Zhu Yunxi stood up, waved his hand and said, "When the time comes, I will ask the shipbuilders of the Ministry of Industry to guide you, and strive to build a huge fleet within a year or two." ”
Meng Dacai swallowed his saliva, he had already understood Zhu Yunxi's words.
But the nature of the merchant still made him ask out loud: "Could it be that the third master already has definite news that the imperial court is going to open the sea ban?" ”
Hehe, then I have to wait until the third master is in charge...... Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said with a smile:
"It is impossible to lift the sea ban, but the Meng family's fleet can go to sea."
This sentence has been said very clearly, that is, the Meng family can engage in shipping business, and there is only one in the entire Ming Dynasty!
Meng Dacai only felt his blood rushing to his head, and he was a little dizzy.
He could also think of the amount of silver that would be brought in by the business once it was done.
It is estimated that it is the wealth that the Meng family will not use up in several lifetimes.
"But is the little third master's words reliable?"
He forced himself to calm down, and couldn't help but think:
"Shipbuilding is not a trivial fight, don't wait until the ship is built, but the third master said that the court has changed its mind, then he is really going bankrupt."
Meng Chong also thought of this instantly, and couldn't help but hesitate.
Although Zhu Yunxi is the king of Wu, the king of Wu is not His Majesty after all!
One sentence makes the entire Meng family invest a lot of wealth, which is really a bit risky.
Zhu Yunxi saw through the thoughts of the Meng family's father and son at a glance, and couldn't help but smile and said:
"Could it be that you don't believe me?"
"Where, Where, ......."
Meng Dacai shook his head again and again, and was a little speechless for a while.
Zhu Yunxi laughed and decided not to tease the father and son anymore, so he said lightly:
"Fifty-fifty points, half of the input!"