Five hundred taels can buy 50,000 catties of pork belly in Daming, and the price of one catty of pork belly is 18 Wen Fei Qian or 7 Wen Da Yuan, Fei Qian is thin iron money, and the big money is Tongbao, and three heavy money. One tael of silver for one hundred catties of pork belly, the time of one stone of rice varies, about three to four dollars, even if it is calculated with the most expensive five dollars, one tael of silver can be sold for two stones of rice, then five hundred taels is one thousand stones, which is 150,000 catties of rice.

This is still the best place in Beijing, if it is not in Beijing, it will be a little more, and it is not easy to live in Beijing for a long time.

Yao Guangqi is no longer the broad young man he was back then, when Wang Qian stood in front of the door and casually asked someone to bring five hundred taels of silver for Yao Guangqi's daily expenses, Yao Guangqi really wanted to call the other party his father-in-law on the spot.

His wife, who is a beautiful lady, is famous after the family, because he bought 200 taels of food for disaster relief, and directly reconciled with him!

Wang Qian is actually very envious of Yao Guangqi, the more nothing, the more he envies something, when he wanted to go to Luzon, he also had a big ambition and a big mind that was worried about the world first, and happy and happy after the world, but in the end he didn't make the trip.

Yao Guangqi took five hundred taels of silver, thankful for Dade's departure, he just returned to the Huitong Pavilion Station, Wang Chonggu's younger brother Wang Chongyi asked people to come to the door to say that his relatives were here.

Wang Chonggu is a trader, Yao Guangqi not only has a kelp business with a profit of 100,000 silver a year, but also a great credit, this is a late change, Wang Chongyi hurriedly went to the door, as soon as possible, while the matter has not spread, hurry up and cook raw rice and mature rice, don't let the two old dogs of the Yao family come back.

Seven days later, Yao Guangqi was a little stunned in his new home, in a small courtyard with two entrances and exits, Ming Media was marrying Wang Chongyi's daughter, and similarly, Wang Chonggu held a big banquet in the Quanjin Hall, which was regarded as their old Wang family officially recognized Yao Guangqi as a son-in-law.

All this happened too fast, when Yao Guangqi was still a little confused, he became the son-in-law of the Wang family, and he had a house in Beijing, and a wife, and the kelp business he was thinking about was also directly in contact with his father-in-law Wang Chongyi.

This has to mention an old incident from the past.

On April 4 of the fifth year of Longqing, Gao Yongchun, the imperial historian, inspected the salt affairs in Hedong, and Gao Yongchun said at that time: The bad salt law is based on the patent of the big business, so it will not work. Because it refers to the younger brother of the governor Shangshu Wang Chonggu and the right attendant of the Ministry Zhang Siwei as a big businessman, Chonggu and Siwei are important, please punish Chonggu and stop Siwei.

This matter finally came to the court discussion, and the Hedong salt case was also one of the things in the dispute between Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong about the first assistant.

Wang Chonggu's younger brother Wang Chongyi, Zhang Siwei's father Zhang Yunling, uncle Zhang Yaoling, and third brother Zhang Sijiao were all the targets of Yushi Gao Yongchun's accusations.

Wang Chongyi, a salt merchant, has done a lot of work, and now that Yao Guangqi has become Wang Chongyi's son-in-law, this business is naturally better.

The next day, Yao Guangqi also asked his wife clearly, not Wang Chongyi's biological daughter, but a distant cousin of the Wang family, Wang Chongyi did not have a daughter of the right age to marry, so he had to inherit one from a distant relative, obviously Wang Chonggu and Wang Chongyi did not want to hide it from Yao Guangqi, otherwise they would have made up a statement a long time ago.

But Wang Chonggu held a big banquet in the Quanjin Hall, and Wang Chongyi recognized this son-in-law as his father-in-law, which was not a daughter-in-law, but also a daughter-in-law. Wang Chongyi specially sent two big shopkeepers to Shandong, which can be regarded as the official start of this business.

Yao Guangqi is still very grateful to Wang Chonggu, their Wang family's big business is also big, this kelp business, do a good job of 100,000 silver a year, if you don't do it well, you may lose money, Wang Chonggu can not be suspicious of this, but Wang Chonggu still took this business down, and really took action.

Yao Guangqi received a reward in the military department, this is a military merit reward, the exterminated pirates, but a water village of 300 people, enough to evaluate a fifth-class merit reward card, 500 soldiers who participated in the suppression of bandits, each can get a reward of 20 silver.

Yao Guangqi finished his work in the military department, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a small yellow door hurriedly coming to the noon door, and as soon as the little yellow door saw Yao Guangqi, he immediately recognized him.

To be an official in the Ming Dynasty, you have to be good-looking, otherwise you are the champion, and you will be moved to the second class because of your appearance, such as Qiu Jun in Qiongzhou, who wrote "University Yanyi Supplement", the labor theory of value, the first Jinshi in Hainan, just because of his appearance, the champion Lang gave it to others.

The long scar on Yao Guangqi's face was so dazzling that he was immediately recognized by Xiao Huangmen.

Xiao Huangmen grabbed Yao Guangqi and said, "But Yao Guangqi, the official of Mizhou City, is in front of him? ”

"Exactly." Yao Guangqi hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty declares you." Xiao Huangmen took Yao Guangqi to Zuo Shunmen, asked him to wait here for a while, and then led him to wait in front of the Wenhua Palace, which was half an hour.

Yao Guangqi wanted to ask, he was a little thirsty after drinking salty soup in the morning, but Xiao Huangmen was motionless next to him, very serious, and Yao Guangqi was not easy to speak.

"Xuan Yao Guangqi to see you." The team of eunuchs hung their voices and passed down the heavenly language on the hall, Yao Guangqicai walked up to the Wenhua Hall step by step under the guidance of Xiaohuangmen, and crossed the palace gate, he didn't dare to look up, and hurriedly made a big salute.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Yao Guangqi bowed his head and was very deferential.

"Flat, give a seat." Zhu Yijun looked at Yao Guangqi, his tone was relatively relaxed, and even gave Yao Guangqi a seat, which is an over-standard treatment that many four-grade imperial historians do not have when entering the palace, Zhang Hong also showed Yao Guangqi a cup of tea.

"Half a year now, seeing Yao Aiqing again, it's very different, and my heart is very comforting." Zhu Yijun looked at Yao Guangqi and said in a rather gentle tone.

Your Majesty is very happy, Feng Bao and Zhang Hong are the two doglegs under His Majesty's account, Your Majesty's attitude and tone, Feng Bao and Zhang Hong can see it.

"The minister has never had the privilege of meeting His Majesty before." Yao Guangqi frowned, he really hadn't seen His Majesty before, he didn't know what the emperor looked like, why did His Majesty say this, why did he say goodbye?

"Look up." Zhu Yijun said with a bad taste.

Yao Guangqi looked up, his brows were twisted into a pimple, His Majesty's appearance and a certain appearance in his heart gradually coincided together, he was a little confused, when he and Wang Qian were fighting to the death, next to the pillar on the second floor of Yanxing Building, there was always a person, when he and Wang Qian clashed, he applauded loudly, that look like he didn't think it was a big deal, and he couldn't wait to fight immediately, it was extremely impressive, it turned out that the guy who attracted people to hate was His Majesty!

Yao Guangqi was in a cold sweat!

Back then, he had a dog's leg to look at His Majesty a little unpleasantly, His Majesty in Yanxing Tower, it was really annoying, and the audience shouted the loudest! The dogleg asked Yao Guangqi if he wanted to teach him a lesson, but Yao Guangqi didn't want to make trouble, so he didn't let the dogleg provoke.

"You recognize me?" Zhu Yijun said happily.

"The minister has no eyes, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." Yao Guangqi is numb, the realm of the Ming Jingshi, the water depth is more than eight, and there is His Majesty among the people who watch the excitement in Yanxinglou! Fortunately, he didn't let the dog leg teach a lesson at that time!

"It's okay, it's okay, you were in Yanxing Tower, but your steps were vain, your eyes were blank, your face was pale, and you were swollen, look at it now, the dragon is walking and walking, and your body is still a lot stronger, so good." Zhu Yijun looked at Yao Guangqi's scar and said with a smile: "This scar was left for the people, and I wrote it down for the people." ”

Feng Bao and Zhang Hong glanced at each other, Your Majesty didn't say that at the beginning, Your Majesty scolded it at that time, saying that Yao Guangqi didn't do anything all day long and just knew that he was a glossy mallet, His Majesty really hated Yao Guangqi at that time, and now Yao Guangqi has a little bit of a holy favor.

"It's not a big deal." Yao Guangqi didn't think there was anything about this scar, he thought that another person would do the same if he was a prisoner and an official there, the kelp he had worked so hard to plant, why did these Haikou cut it?

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Okay, well, Wang Cifu has a good vision and has found a good niece and son-in-law." ”

"I dare not be ashamed." Wang Chonggu immediately bowed his head and said, Yao Guangqi fought for himself, in front of Yanxinglou, he was humiliated by his son like that, and for the kelp business, he still rubbed his face with a shy face, otherwise how could there be anything behind? This kelp business Yao Guangqi is done, and he can't make any money, Yao Guangqi is just helping the fishermen find a way to sell.

This is the credit of a white pick-up, people sit at home, and the credit falls from the sky.

Zhu Yijun sat up straight, and said: "Yao Guangqi, this kelp business is done well, a good thing to help the world and save the people, the people in the coastal areas, big neck disease is not common, but in this mainland, it is very common, but this folk, a bowl of kelp soup, may save a family, hard work to give birth to a child, but the result is a deviant child, this is a parent is not abandoned, raised is not, the benefit is not thick, but the four words to help the world and save the people are worth the effort." ”

"If you do a good job, I will give you a special entry into Enkejinshi."

Is Zhu Yijun just a special enke jinshi? It is Jane in the heart of the emperor, a saint, and a future that is thriving and soaring, provided that Yao Guangqi really does this thing well.

Yao Guangqi bowed his head again and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Yao Guangqi retired and left the Wenhua Palace, of course he could understand His Majesty's promise, but his mood fluctuations were not very great for this promise, His Majesty has always been a good talker, His Majesty painted him this big cake, whether he can eat it or not, it still depends on whether he can win this cake.

"Supervisor Yao, this is an additional reward from Your Majesty, ten taels of silver is not too much, not too little, you can take it." A little yellow door handed a money bag to Yao Guangqi, these ten taels of silver don't seem to be much, but after thinking about it a little, let His Majesty who picked the door take out ten taels of silver, which is already a great gift.

His Majesty likes to be rewarded with real money, and if you can get your Majesty's silver, it is the one who leaves his name with His Majesty.

The reason why Zhu Yijun specially summoned Yao Guangqi is that this kelp was promoted by Zhu Yijun and asked Ling Yunyi to promote the planting, and the kelp species was sent to Daming by Xu Wei from the Nagasaki Governor's Palace.

Since Yao Guangqi started to do it, Zhu Yijun naturally did not plan to sit idly by.

The news of Yao Guangqi's entry into the palace soon reached the ears of some well-informed people, and before Yao Guangqi left the palace, the news reached Yao's family in Xitu City.

After Yao Changzhen and Yao Changxing received the news, they were both a little puzzled, why did His Majesty announce that he had met with a prison official from a high background? Why did Wang Chonggu put so much effort into winning over Yao Guangqi, who had a scar on his face and was destined to not be able to ascend to the hall of elegance?

"I see,!" Yao Changxing slapped his thigh, he figured it out, and he said in a daze: "Big brother, Guangqi, this kid, is just around the corner!" Congratulations..."

Yao Changxing felt that the emperor was buying horse bones in his daughter, in order to continue to promote the people to be the supervisors and officials to accumulate practical experience, in order to continue to promote the people as the foundation of the state, Ben Gu Bangning's call, he originally wanted to congratulate the eldest brother, but immediately remembered the polite appearance of everyone at the banquet that day.

Politeness is never a family.

Yao Guangqi will go to heaven and earth in the future, and it has nothing to do with their Yao family, so there is no congratulations to mention, he is now Wang Chonggu's niece and son-in-law!

"Ugh." Yao Changzhen sighed heavily, Yao Changzhen sighed, it was a pity to lose an opportunity to improve relations with His Majesty.

The court discussion in the Wenhua Hall is still continuing, and Yao Guangqi's audience is because the courtiers have just finished a topic, and they just let Yao Guangqi enter the palace.

"News has come from Luzon that the horse ship we sent to the Mughal Kingdom has been seized by the Goa Governor's Palace!" After Zhu Yijun left, his complexion changed, and even the temperature in the Wenhua Hall was a few degrees lower.

Daming's ship also dares to detain! The Goa Governor's Palace, Governor Meneses already had a way to die.

Zhang Juzheng looked at a circle of courtiers and said: "Fifty horse ships of the Ming Dynasty, when they returned to the port of Malacca for supplies, they were suddenly boarded by the Malacca City Hall, and the people and ships were detained in Malacca City. ”

Zhu Yijun said coldly: "No matter what conditions Meneses menites, he will promise him, he has a life, but he has no life!" ”

"Your Majesty, Meneses put forward a condition, hoping to send an envoy to Daming, before Meneses gave a lot of conditions to hope for peace, Menezes suspected that Yin Butang was obstructing it, and Luzon refused to tell the court about his conditions for his own interests." Zhang Ju said with a complicated face.

Meneses' terms of peace were:

All ports and shipping lanes within the jurisdiction of the Goa Governorate were opened, and the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty could trade freely;

All merchants in Daming will be accounted for according to the Daming tax rate, and a 6% tax will be implemented;

Menezes can provide all charts in the Malacca Channel to ensure the smooth navigation of the Ming fleet and prevent grounding;

Daming can hire local porter barges to deliver the goods;

but the ships that stopped at the Malacca waterway did not make any draws and taxes, and asked the Governor's Office of Goa to pay tribute to the Ming in the name of the Mangara State;

Menezes detained Daming's ship and asked Daming to pay tribute, which can be roughly summarized as: Dad open the door, I'll give you a big knock.

The conditions given by Meneses were clear to the imperial court, but what the Ming wanted was the Strait of Malacca itself, which was that place, no matter how favorable the conditions were, they were not as important as that place, and no matter how favorable the conditions were, they were blind, unless he could withdraw from the Strait of Malacca.

"If he sends an envoy, he will send an envoy, what is the ship that is being detained!!" Zhu Yijun slapped the table, Zhu Yijun was very angry about the Goa Governor's Mansion daring to arrest the boat, he was fine when he went, and he couldn't come back!

Wan Shihe said with a smile: "Your Majesty is angry, if it is Meneses, the minister will also detain the ship." ”

"Why do you want to detain the boat, it's actually very simple, I'm afraid that the Ming court doesn't know, the Goa Governor's Palace, a high degree of autonomy, in Menezes's eyes, the Luzon Governor's Mansion and their Goa Governor's Mansion are both tails, in our Central Plains, this is called a feudal town, he wants to talk to the Ming Dynasty, but he can't communicate directly with the Ming Dynasty, there is a Luzon in the middle, he can only do this."

"This also just shows that the surname Zhengmao is doing quite well in Luzon, and the battle of Tuna Bay completely knocked out Menezes's courage."

In Taixi, the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals, which is very reasonable, and the feudal system in the Ming Dynasty is only a supplement to the county system, and the management method of the rules and pieces is the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, which is completely different from Taixi.

Meneses didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty, and he thought that the Luzon Governor's Office had not told the Ming court of his conditions at all, and he was overwhelmed by Yin Zhengmao, so he had to make this decision.

It is an extremely unwise choice to have a military conflict with the Ming Dynasty in Wanli Haitang, the Ming mainland is too close, the support is too fast, it can't be fought again, and there is no way to talk, the Ming Dynasty has fifty horse ships, with 25,000 war horses and five hundred stallions, which are obviously strategic materials, but as long as Meneses has a way, he will not do this.

In the past few months, Yin Zhengmao has done nothing else, and sent the natives to die under the castle in the Strait of Malacca.

"The more he does this, the more I want to take back the Strait of Malacca, and the Palembang Propaganda Division must be in the hands of Daming!" Zhu Yijun frowned, Menezes's action just proves that the Strait of Malacca is not in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and these bad things will only increase.

He can detain Daming's ship now, and he can also detain it in the future, extort and extort, this kind of thing, once, countless times.

"Your Majesty, good news! Good news! "Xiao Huangmen rushed into the Wenhua Palace, hurriedly panicked and didn't pay attention to his feet, a silky trip, rolling, kneeling, raising the Tang Bao in his hand, this set of silky small combos, not only expressed the seriousness of the matter, but also demonstrated its professionalism, even if he 'accidentally' fell, he could also protect the safety of the good news.

Zhu Yijun has seen a lot of this silky little combo, he asked Feng Bao to take the good news to the platform, stretched out his hand, checked the fire paint, opened the Tang newspaper, and then unfolded it, and after reading it, handed it to Feng Bao and asked him to pass it on.

"No wonder Meneses wanted to detain Daming's ship, and hurriedly sent an envoy to talk, it turned out that the dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, our Daming, won the battle again, hahaha!!" Zhu Yijun was able to hold back at first, but then he laughed directly, and his smile was very sunny.

Won the battle again, these years, almost no defeat was heard, the only time, was in the second year of Wanli Miyun General Soldier Tang Kekuan out of the pass to meet the enemy martyrdom.

Zhu Yijun still gave Tang Kekuan the treatment of a hero, even if he did not obey General Qi Jiguang and took the initiative to go out to fight, even if it was to warn this disrespectful behavior of the generals, he deprived Tang Kekuan's son of the hereditary thousand households, but Zhu Yijun still repaired the Heroic Soul Temple for Tang Kekuan, recognizing his heroic status as a martyr of the Ming Dynasty.

Tang Kekuan's motive for leaving the customs is no longer verifiable, he may be to fight for merit, or to reduce the pressure on Qi Jiguang's side, or to kill the red eye, but he died outside the plug and died on the battlefield, this is the hero.

Zhu Yijun has always received good news over the years, and he smiles happily every time, and the self-cultivation of Zhang Juzheng's kung fu is always thrown away without a trace at this moment.

It is true that there is no self-cultivation, and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are also laughing, but they are not laughing as fiercely.

After the Battle of Tuna Bay, Yin Zhengmao did not stop the pace of pursuit, but immediately began to take advantage of the victory, and the natives who had already been from various plantations were thrown into the battlefield of the Strait of Malacca.

It is the old port of the old port Xuanwei Division established by the Yongle Emperor, which is located on the side of the Strait of Malacca closer to the Wanli Sea Pond.

Soldiers, treacherous ways.

The hired aborigines, the offensive ability is extremely weak, every attack is pretending, after a long time, the defense of the old port of the red hair, somewhat careless, also began to pretend, as a result, Zhang Yuanxun's main force suddenly began to attack the city, the red hair fan also thought that it was the indigenous siege, lazy and lazy, but found out that it was the enemy's main force, it was completely too late, the old port was so logically taken by Zhang Yuanxun.

Zhang Yuanxun, the former general soldier of Guangdong, when Yin Zhengmao left Liangguang, Zhang Yuanxun followed Yin Zhengmao to Luzon, and was named Eagle Yangbo, and then in a few years, he made many meritorious contributions, Ling Yunyi was afraid of losing and being cut off by the emperor when he pacified the Yao people in Luobian Mountain, and he borrowed Zhang Yuanxun from Yin Zhengmao.

After the battle of Tuna Bay, Zhang Yuanxun was named the Marquis of Eagle Yang, the marquis's canonization edict, crown belt, seal ribbon and other things, Zhang Yuanxun has not yet received, the edict arrived in Manila, Zhang Yuanxun was in the old port, the two places are almost two thousand miles apart, and the good news has been transmitted to Beijing first.

"Qi Shuai, the battlefield is really a place of rapid change, Qi Shuai is honest and does not deceive." Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang, his smile still bright.

Qi Jiguang always said that the fighter plane is fleeting, it is difficult to grasp, and being able to accurately grasp the fighter is military talent, Zhu Yijun is convinced of Qi Jiguang's words, and now he is even more convinced, Zhang Yuanxun, this guy, is true or false, if Zhu Yijun is a red-haired fan, he will also be careless, this scheming Eagle Yanghou.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses go first before they move the grain and grass, and logistics is also the battlefield, and it is crucial, and the rear battlefield determines the front battlefield." Qi Jiguang said with great certainty, Your Majesty has no military talent? Then expand the definition of military talent, so that Your Majesty doesn't have military talent?!

If you can't change the facts, you can change the definition, Qi Jiguang has his own twists and turns, and His Majesty's military talent is higher than a mountain!

His Majesty's talent in organizing logistics is extremely high, and before the sea was opened, His Majesty was already preparing sweet potatoes to burn the national cellar, and who dares to say that logistics is not a battlefield?

Without a five-masted ship, a three-masted plywood ship, a battle-mounted ship, no artillery, no firearms, long and short soldiers, armor, no grain and grass, and no national cellar, how could the Ming sailors win? The will determines the lower limit, and the armament determines the upper limit.

The Ming Dynasty has won many battles, so why not the Ming Emperor's continuous dedication in Zhenwu?

Over the past seven years, it has been rain or shine, and it is His Majesty who has gone to the Beida Camp every day to parade military horses, and for seven years, it has been His Majesty who has guaranteed the annual salary of 18 silver in the Beijing Battalion.

It's not just those who stand in the light who are heroes.

"Reward!" Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and said: "This old port Xuanwei Division must at least set a second-class merit reward card, which according to the agreement, a soldier is a hundred taels of silver, this expedition has a total of 3,000 soldiers, is there a problem with the internal money?" ”

"Your Majesty, you have plenty of money." Feng Bao didn't talk much, so he reassured His Majesty that such a little bit of silver could still be taken out.

300,000 silver, the internal treasury is now very wide, His Majesty at the end of the fifth year of Wanli emptied the internal treasury for opening the sea, and took away 10 million silver at that time.

Now there are nearly 4.5 million cash in the treasury, and all kinds of jewelry and treasures are not counted, but they are just in the Wenhua Palace, so it is inconvenient to say more.

Rewards, are all from the inside, this is the fifth-class merit reward system has been set up, has been clear, this is 300,000 silver, Zhu Yijun buckle is really buckle, wide is also really wide.

"Reward the state treasury." Wang Guoguang, the minister of the household department, immediately said that the state funds also have to contribute some money, with good news, the reward is inevitable, and let the internal money pay, and the internal eunuch Cui Min is going to the household department to scold the street again, these eunuchs in the palace, relying on themselves to be villains, how ugly and ugly the scolding is.

"Ying Yanghou said in the good news that they detained seventy red-haired merchant ships parked in the old port, and asked Meneses to release Daming's ship immediately, and they would release fifty merchant ships, and the remaining twenty, Ying Yanghou asked them for ransom, hahaha!" Tan Lun read the good news, patted and laughed wildly, if you dare to detain Daming's merchant ship, he will immediately deduct your Hongmao Fan's merchant ship.

You buckle it, and I buckle it.

Zhang Yuanxun's approach is very in line with the practice of treating others in the way of others, the Ming Dynasty and the Goa Governor's Mansion are at war, and it has been accurate from the beginning, and the merchant ships that do not open their bows and fill the medicine will not be seized and harassed, since Meneses dares to detain the ship, then don't blame him Zhang Yuanxun for not following the rules.

The Daming Naval Division and the Spanish Expeditionary Force have been fighting in Mindanao for so long, the Taixi galleon comes every year, and the Ming Dynasty has not moved on the galleon once, and the merchant ship is the lifeblood of the flow of goods, and the trade is broken, which is not a good thing for each other.

Qi Jiguang: As long as the soldiers can be fed and drunk, even if Your Majesty is praised as unparalleled in the world, I can do it! Ask for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!!!!!!!

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