Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

Li Sushan's stay in Feng'an was shorter than that of Wang Xiujin, but before he left, he had a closed chat with Wang Xiubai for a long time. As for what they talked about, it is unknown.Wang Xiujin didn't ask either, he believed that Li Sushan would not cheat him. After Li Sushan accompanied the fourth prince to leave Feng'an, Wang Xiujin also took his son to prepare to leave.Mrs. Wang heard that her youngest son was going to take Yachang to Wangcun before returning to Beijing, so she didn't go with him. Instead, she took the three children back to the capital directly. It was almost the end of the year and there were a lot of things to do. Her body was already recovering, so she didn't need to stay here for a long time, but she still took the children into the carriage after carefully instructing her.

Wang Xiujin took his son to Xiangcheng first, and then returned to Wangcun. The old house in the village was well taken care of by the servants, and he took his son to visit the village head. He sat for a while, looked at his sleepy son and nodded, and then left. ,Wang Village has changed a lot. Most of the families have changed their houses, and many new faces have been added to the village. All the way, the aunt and uncle greeted Wang Xiujin enthusiastically. Seeing Wang Xiujin holding a child, he didn't say anything boring. Now their good life was given by Wang Xiujin, how could they be caught off guard and offend others.

He took his son to live in Wang Village for two days. Wang Xiujin dealt with some affairs in Xiangcheng. Shopkeeper Yu from Wuxian County followed Wang Xiujin the first time, and now he is in charge of all affairs in Xiangcheng. It has changed a lot from before, but the label on his head has not changed, which makes Wang Xiujin very satisfied. To be honest, in ancient times when communication and information were backward, Wang Xiujin really didn't want to spend too much thought on employing people.After listening to shopkeeper Yu's report, Wang Xiujin followed shopkeeper Yu to the workshop and shops, and had a light meal with several stewards in the cafeteria of the oil workshop. Wang Xiujin was very satisfied with the workers' food, but still let the steward Pay attention to the sanitation of the canteen, and make sure that the workers are full with good food, and there must be no less meat and fish. Don't pick and search for it.

After sending the steward away, Wang Xiujin and Shopkeeper Yu chatted alone. The stewards did not have any disagreements, but Wang Xiujin was a little worried about the usefulness of the people. They were all their relatives, which made Wang Xiujin feel very bad. Shopkeeper Yu didn't speak well of the managers, saying that he would watch and kick them out immediately if there was something wrong.

When Wang Xiujin arrived in Wu County, there was no local official to greet him, and he left before the official came to the door.It made the officials feel quite uneasy. Did he annoy Wang Huangshang by not coming to the door at the first time? Will he say anything after returning to Beijing? These officials are busy looking for the shopkeeper. Knowing that being an official is not as good as before, the annual inspection makes all the officials honest, they dare not stretch their claws, and take good care of their workshops and shops, so they kindly say that the owner is just here to take a look, passing by here, they come and go in a hurry , did not alert the government.Even with this explanation, the officials were still not relieved, and shopkeeper Yu just shrugged his shoulders, showing no sympathy for these officials, and their boss is not a broken-mouthed person.

Starting from Wuxian County, heading north all the way, Wang Xiujin would stop to take a look at the places where there were shops on the way. It didn't take too long on the way. That's it. It was already the middle of the cold month when I returned to the capital, and Wang Xiujin took his son back directly. After the Li family greeted the elders, they were invited into the palace by their relatives before they could rest.

Changed into an official uniform, trying not to show fatigue on his face, and asked his entourage about the so-called reason why the emperor invited him into the palace. The entourage was actually not very clear, but he still kindly told about the recent capital. A great event happened, and the sea-going ship returned.After Wang Xiujin listened to it, he regained his spirit immediately and came back, good to be back!I thought about how many people went to sea, and when I came out of the palace, if it was still early, I would go directly to the door and ask what I saw.Whether there is a large machine, he regrets not coming back earlier, and he doesn't know what he brought back.

All Wang Xiujin thought about was the sea ship. After visiting the emperor in the imperial study, he withdrew his thoughts and stood aside with his hands hanging down. Only then did he remember why the emperor asked him to enter the palace and the return of the sea ship. ?Or for something else?He has nothing else to do but make money.As for sea ships, the emperor doesn't need him to enter the palace to talk, just ask him to find the people who go to sea?

The emperor asked Wang Xiujin to enter the palace for Wang Xiujin's money and sea ships. After the people who went to sea this time came back, they went overseas to vigorously develop industries. Of course, not all overseas countries are developing well.They also had a lot of pirates on the sea. In addition to blocking the ships of Shanghai merchants, they would also rob along the coastline. Their sea ships were not caught because of their large size, many ships, and the crew members on board had certain force values. Pirates robbed. They saw ships with gun barrels overseas. If they wanted to build a new type of sea ship, it would take a lot of money. In addition to money, they also needed to build soldiers at sea and officials stationed overseas. , As for how to dispatch officials and how to build soldiers, these are matters of debate.

After hearing what the emperor said, Wang Xiujin nodded without even thinking about it. He donated as much as he had. As long as the country needed it, he would definitely support it. He only needed the emperor to leave him some revolving money.

After talking about the money, the emperor showed Wang Xiujin the names of the things brought back by the returnees.Wang Xiujin was surprised while watching, the overseas development was obviously faster than he expected, although he couldn't remember when and when the first sea warship was invented, but he knew that the sea power of the Haikou Kingdom had a certain period of time. It developed quite rapidly.Wang Xiujin was thinking, whether Haikou Nation's current sea power is developing or not, no matter which one it is, it should be dealt with hard.

"I thought that I should buy a sea ship with guns and bring it back. After the ship came back, I asked the master to dismantle it and study it. If one is not enough, I will buy two ships and the money will be paid by the minister." We must develop sea power quickly. , not only force, but also defense. If any country has aircraft now, it will buy two, and then dismantle it for research. "I think that if you still need to buy shipbuilding machines and send people overseas to learn technology, you can't sit back and watch the sky."

The Son of Heaven listened carefully, Master Wang also mentioned the matter of sending people to study in the court before, but the appearance of the ministers in the court at that time... Shaking his head lightly, Wang Xiujin said something very right, you can't sit and watch the sky.

To send people to study, it is necessary to choose people who can really concentrate on learning. The first thought that flashed across the emperor was Wang Xiujin. Thinking about his ministers in the court, the emperor suddenly felt a little worried.So, Wang Xiujin, who just came out of the palace and wanted to send invitations to a few people who went to sea, received another order from the emperor, asking him to go to the prison to select people who could be sent to study abroad.After Wang Xiujin heard the decree, he twitched the corners of his mouth several times without making a sound, and he was not an official in the court, so it was not his turn to speak about this matter, did the emperor want him to be a target?

I can't stop thinking in my heart, I still accept the decree, damn, the decree, if you don't accept the decree, the whole family will die, he would rather be killed as a target than be dragged out and beheaded for resisting the decree.Wang Xiujin, who wanted to cry but had no tears, didn't have the heart to find the few people who had returned from overseas. He was figuring out how much money he had now, excluding the working capital that could be reserved, how much he could take out.

To the current Wang Xiujin, money is just a number, and Wang Xiujin doesn't feel bad for giving it to the royal family.After calculating the money that can be given out, Wang Xiujin went to Wang's house. He had not reported his safety to his parents when he came back from other places. Moreover, he needed to ask his father's opinion about choosing someone. In his opinion, it was not necessarily necessary. Escaping from a prison, like a military camp, is also a good option.

After arriving at Wang's house, after talking with his father, he realized how busy the court was recently, almost every day. Wang Xiujin felt a headache. Why haven't the ministers of the court become one after all these years?Knowing noise every day, noisy, what practical things can be done by making noise?

"I have mentioned the matter of sending people before, but the ministers in the court do not agree. Now the emperor has ordered you to choose people. It is estimated that the matter of the shipyard will fall on your head. If the court sends people, I am afraid It's not easy, but if it's a businessman's behavior, no matter how dissatisfied the minister is, he can only endure it." Lord Wang spoke after pondering for a long time.

Wang Xiujin's eyes widened, begging to be let go, he was really too busy, he didn't have three heads and six arms, could he be used as a hundred people?

Master Wang looked at his son, no one else could ask for it, but his son found it troublesome, so he really wanted to beat him up.After talking about official matters, Mr. Wang wanted to talk about private matters, "You don't have to think too much about your elder brother's affairs. Why don't you marry again? Who is he threatening with his words? When the matter of divorce is settled, your mother and I will give you an answer." Find a man wife, don't you think that marrying another woman will affect the children, then find him a man who can hold him down."

After listening to his father's words, Wang Xiujin always felt that something was wrong, but he still agreed with his father's decision.It's good to marry a man. It's better to choose one who can help the elder brother.

On the other hand, Li Sushan, who accompanied the fourth prince on a trip to Haiphong, received a letter from his family. Old General Li especially emphasized that Haiphong must be strictly supervised.Compared with the dancing of the civil servants, the military officers have realized how powerful the sea-going ships equipped with gun barrels will be. Can just building a straight city wall on the sea stop such ships from attacking?One or two ships may be stopped, but what if there are too many?Dozens of ships, hundreds of ships?Old General Li was very worried about this. Before there were such ships in Daliang, the city walls on the sea must be very strong.