Ming dynasty grand dude

But Hong Zhoutong's sallow face was still impassive: "The old man just told you..."

"This old man has lived up to his ancestors' great virtues" and my father's expectations of "helping each other in the same boat"..."

But Hong Zhoutong's voice was heard, cracking like ice edges rubbing against each other.

"If this old man and you are allowed to be self-interested like this, it will be devoid of conscience! This old man... I can't do it myself."

As soon as these words were said, the faces of the merchants in northern Guangdong who were present immediately turned red like that monkey's back.

Hong Zhoutong was the same as before, without even raising those dead fish eyes or even raising his eyebrows: "The old man is leaving!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't look at these trembling mouths, and the merchants from northern Guangdong left straight away with stern and cold faces.

Merchants in northern Guangdong colluded with foreigners to invade, which is not unprecedented in history.

There are relics of the "Xiaonanshan Beacon Tower" at Chiwan Yandun, the later "Xiaonanshan Park" in Pengcheng, northern Guangdong.

This inscription reads:

In the autumn of the 30th year of Jiajing, He Yaba, a native of Nantou, Dongguan, went into the sea to become a pirate. He colluded with Western pirates and merchant ships to attack the Thousand Households Guarding Dongguan.

At that time, thousands of households guarding the beacon tower fought to the death against pirates in Yandun, Nanshan.

In the end, due to being outnumbered, the Beacon Tower was killed, and the commander Li Maocai rushed to reinforce him after hearing the news.

After arriving in a hurry and fighting fiercely for several days, Fang drove the Western bandits into the sea.

What no one knew was that Hong Zhoutong looked at the huge stone lion and the vermilion lacquered gate after walking out of Tongshang's gate.

Looking at the pavilions that could be faintly seen from outside the door, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Seeing him getting up from Zhulou, seeing him entertaining guests, seeing his building collapse..."

From His Majesty Yongle to the present, it has only been a few decades, isn't it? !

These idiots really think that they can call the wind and rain in this northern part of Guangdong, and they can make a decision with one word? !

Hong Zhou, together with dozens of fat men beside him, looked around vigilantly with the machete on his waist.

The driver is the Hong family's old-fashioned way, and has followed the Hong family for several generations to eat and travel.

Seeing Hong Zhoutong turn around to get into the car, he quickly opened the door and pushed the pedal.

"A Cong, go to the barracks."

Hong Zhoutong, who hadn't gotten into the car yet, handed a name card in his hand to the young man named "A Cong", and said, "Please pay homage to that Mr. Zhou Jinshan."

"Understood, old lady..."

This Ah Cong bowed and said, he put Hong Zhoutong in the car and closed the door.

Then he nodded to the men beside him, and then several carriages drove up.

The car in front had its roof removed, and two men sat on it and watched vigilantly.

The carriage behind it can be seen to be a Jin Baolu type, but there are many boards on the outside, which seem to be used to prevent crossbow arrows.

On the attic of the Tong merchant, a group of merchants from northern Guangdong had already stood here at some point.

"Cheng Chungong, I told you earlier! This old ghost of the Hong family is not on the same path as us!"

The fat black man named Bozhang had a look of resentment on his face, staring at the chariot and horses that Hong Zhoutong left with hissing voices.

"You still invited him to embarrass us, why bother?! I want to tell you that these seven families should find an opportunity to be completely wiped out!"

Fatty Hei's words made the old man next to Tongshang "Puchi~!" burst out laughing.

But I saw that the old man was wearing a white silk shirt with a mouse beard, about sixty years old, twirling the mouse beard and looking at the fat black man with contempt.

"The seven families headed by the Hong family have quite a few descendants scattered overseas! Especially Fusang and Java!"

"Move the seven of them?! Our boat can't go to sea yet?!"

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Chapter 378: Bozhang Heifat was moved, Hong Kun went to see Jinshan in person

The fat black man named "Bozhang" rolled his eyeballs, and there was a sinister smile on his face.

"We can't move, can't the Jade Chihu of the Zhang family still can't move..."

The boy merchant's face suddenly changed when he heard the words, and he slapped Bozhang's face with a "slap~!": "Shut up!!"

"If you want to die, you can go yourself, don't drag the old man and others!!" When the words came out, the child merchant's face was as dark as a ghost.

The frightened black fat man covered his face and nodded again and again, only a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes when he lowered his head.

Tong Shang looked at Hong Zhoutong's receding carriage outside the window with a gloomy expression, and said in a cold voice, "Don't mention this again in the future!"

All the gentry and merchants in northern Guangdong nodded yes, but a few of them nodded yes with smiles on their faces.

But those eyes couldn't help flickering, thinking about something that only they themselves know...

Hong Zhoutong silently looked at this place like a giant beast dormant on the mountain, and sighed secretly in the heart of the military camp that was gradually brightly lit in the setting sun.

Wherever this "Fengyun Qilin'er, Zhang Jiayu Chihu" really went, it was a bloodbath!

When he was just a fledgling and went to the south of the Yangtze River, he was harassed by Japanese pirates. If it was an ordinary son of a noble family, he might have run away.

It's good for this one, he took the old soldiers at home to kill him, let alone kill him, and went to sea.

It is actually living in Fusang, killing a world!

Those gentry and rich merchants in northern Guangdong didn't know, so how could a family with such a foundation in the sea as the Hong family not know? !

This Jade Chihu is not a noble son who doesn't know the situation at sea, and he also has a Franc robot working under him!

The disciples from Java later reported that the Franji who left by the wind were flying the flags of the Great Ming Navy along the way.

What does this mean? !It shows that the Franz robot and his subordinates have all surrendered to the Jade Chihu.

The Hong family's travel to the sea also has some relationship with water transport, so how could they not know the relationship between Guo Yanhe and the British government? !

Killing Japanese pirates, killing Fusang, returning to Suzhou two or two "Night Dreams of Jinling" directly killed half of Jinling Guozijian Gongsheng.

There are even seven or eight censors, and the disaster even spread to the capital!This handwriting...

After returning to the Jingshi's Jingyan debate, dozens of miserably unlucky censors were given to Shizhong and Shilang.

More than a dozen families in Jinyang that have been uprooted, and Jiubian just reported from the residence newspaper that dozens of miserable commanders and hundreds of households...

There are also a large number of people such as the post-speaking officials, Hanlin, and servants in "Fat Pile Narrative Collection", and it can be said that the clean stream of the entire court has almost been washed.

Although not many people were directly killed, so many ruthless characters who once dominated one side fell to the ground...

"Hahaha...Mr. Zhoutong is here, please forgive me if Jinshan lost his welcome!"

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou walked out of the camp with a smile on his face as usual.

He didn't seem to care at all about Hong Zhoutong's sallow face and dead fish eyes, his voice was as clear as ever.

Hong Zhoutong also seemed to know that his smiling face was more intimidating than his solemn face, so he bowed to the end instead of smiling.

"The old man took the liberty to come here, but to bother Mr. Jinshan..."

The two greeted each other for a while in front of the camp gate, and said some unnutritious compliments.

Then the housekeeper Xiao Zhou smiled and invited Hong Zhoutong to enter the camp, but his servants and grooms were not allowed to enter.

Hong Zhoutong didn't think it was a stick, and went straight into the camp.

Looking at several positions in the camp area built with "Zhongwu Hejian Wang Yi", my heart couldn't help but freeze.

The Zhongwu Hejian Wang Yi type was built to lose the game, and it was improved again according to the situation of the Wu Jinshi in the Battle of Jinyang.

What this chariot adds is a steel frame chassis, and then the board is laid.

The weight reduction was added to the sides, and there were replacement panels to prevent the panels from being blown apart after shelling.

Passing through the camp gate formed by the car array, Hong Zhoutong followed steward Xiao Zhou to the combined garage in the camp that belonged to steward Xiao Zhou.

"Mr. Zhou Tong came here this time because he wants to teach Jinshan something?!"

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou respected Hong Zhou and sat down, served tea and said to him with a smile.

Hong Zhoutong didn't expect Housekeeper Xiao Zhou to be so direct, and immediately started talking about the core.

In fact, Housekeeper Xiao Zhou really didn't have much time to deal with him about these things, just a few words.

My housekeeper Zhou still has to clean up the preparations on the pier, prepare the foundry department to move in, and prepare to open the mine...

Xiao Zhou is very busy, don't bother!If you are not happy, let's go together!

"The old man came here this time, just to ask Mr. Jinshan to inform..."

But Hong Zhoutong slowly raised his dead fish's eyes, and glanced blankly at Xiao Zhou's face.

Immediately, the sleeves shook slightly, and there were three more objects on the table with a "boom~".

One is the size of a palm, and it is engraved with a carved handle of "rising steadily" with a picture of a green bamboo forest and a red coral carving.

One piece is the size of three fingers, a pendant of pure gold inlaid with green jadeite "Soon Loris".

There is another thing that makes Butler Xiao Zhou look sideways slightly, and even changes his eyes.

It was a string of pearls, each one as thick as a fingertip.

But the most important thing is: the color of this pearl is golden!

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou had never seen this kind of pearl, but Hong Zhoutong said softly with a sullen face.

"This pearl is called a 'golden pearl', and it is produced in Southeast Asia. However, the output is very small, and there may not be a single pearl among thousands of shells."

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou exhaled, and stood up and bowed to Hong Zhoutong: "Thank you Mr. Zhoutong for teaching me..."

Hong Zhoutong stood up in surprise, a hint of doubt appeared on his calm face.

"Jin Shan used to claim to be well-informed, but this is the first time Jin Zhu has heard of it!"

But housekeeper Xiao Zhou looked at him seriously and said:

"Mr. Zhoutong reminded Jinshan with this golden pearl that there are heavenly beings beyond the sky and human beings beyond human beings. Don't be complacent, there are always unknowns!"

Hong Zhoutong was really stunned at this moment, but Housekeeper Xiao Zhou pondered for a while and said.

"Mr. Zhou Tong, please prepare two copies of this pearl if you can."

two copies? !Hong Zhoutong didn't speak, he wasn't even upset, he just nodded.

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou also seemed surprised by his performance, and then explained with a smile.

"Miss Miao'an, the second daughter of His Royal Highness Princess Ashikaga, who is next to my little father-in-law, is extremely favored..."

"If Jinshan goes to see you like this, I'm afraid my little father-in-law may not meet you."

As he said that, Housekeeper Xiao Zhou looked at Hong Zhou with a smile and said, "If there are two pairs of these pearls, I'm afraid the little prince will meet you because of them."

"These... are for Mr. Jinshan, the young master has already prepared."

Hearing Hong Zhoutong's words, Housekeeper Xiao Zhou laughed: "There's no need for Jinshan! Sir, just bring me a gift for my little father-in-law."

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Chapter 379 With a generous gift, you can see the Jade Chihu and kowtow to live Hong Zhoutong

When Housekeeper Xiao Zhou presented two strings of golden pearls to Grandpa Zhang respectfully, even Grandpa Zhang was surprised.

Not to mention the low productivity and fishing capacity of the Ming Dynasty, even the gold pearls in later generations are worth a lot of money.

It can be called the "King of Pearls", and it naturally has its unique features.

First of all, the place of origin is extremely limited. At first, its place of origin was only in the Nanyang region.

Later, Australia carried out a certain expansion of breeding, but even with the breeding production is still extremely low.

The annual global output can reach [-] kilograms, which is already very good.

As a result, most of the selling methods of this king of pearls are calculated by pearl.

According to the color, diameter, roundness, glossiness, etc. of the gold beads, the price of one in Xiangdao in the early 90s ranged from $3 to $500.

This price is still for gold beads with a diameter of about 9 to 10, and the price will increase or even double as the diameter increases.

If it is a gold bead with a diameter of 15, it can still reach the level of the "traveling bead" of the gold bead in the hands of housekeeper Xiao Zhou...