The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

Naturally, Jia Amnesty couldn't tell Jia Daihua, Jia Jing, and the others what to say to go overseas and establish himself as king. To be honest, as an emperor, no matter how much he trusts a courtier, he won't really ignore his words and deeds. .Jin Yiwei has never been the patent of the Ming Dynasty, but the names of other dynasties are different. It has always been a matter of course for the superiors to monitor the subordinates, and there is a tacit understanding between the upper and lower levels.

Jia She is always tossing out all kinds of things. If the sage doesn't put a few people on Jia She's side, Jia She doesn't believe it himself. He even knows who the other party is. .Therefore, for the really important matters, Jia Amnesty spoke directly to Jia Daihua and Jia Jing in the form of a string of voices. On their side, the doors and windows were wide open, and there were servants waiting on the side. The posture of saying everything to others, in fact, has already said everything that needs to be said.

Jia Daihua and the others also discovered this, so they felt more at ease. After a preliminary discussion, Jia Daihua and Jia Jing, father and son, thought about turning around and started to do it directly!

After all, the branch of the Ningguo Mansion is the head of the clan, and the clansmen always come to the door for anything. Therefore, they are also very worried. Poor relatives come to the door to cry for poverty. You leave it to the servants to do it. If you can’t do it well, it doesn’t matter if you beat or punish it. how to do?Therefore, every time I have to give so many tens of taels of silver, the number of times is too many, and the Ningguo Mansion is not a philanthropic hall!

The so-called teaching a man to fish is worse than teaching him how to fish. Jia Daihua and Jia Jing discussed with Jia She, and decided that the two companies would join forces first, send a fleet to overseas, and first buy a large piece of land in Nanyang, and then have more Those who are motivated will take them to Nanyang to reclaim land. In the first two years, the clan will give them a certain amount of subsidies. Farm tools and cattle will be counted as lent to them by the clan. It is enough to sell the grain to the fleets of the two prefectures at [-]% to [-]% of the market price in a few years.

The Jia family has a lot of people and can form a group, and with the help of a group of people who fought with the old countryman back then, those natives can't even try to bully them.If there is any change in those vassal kings, even though the Jia family can act first, they can still file a complaint with the saint. Even if a bunch of pedantic old masters quarrel for a few days, there will be no problem.

As for the self-proclaimed king, although Jia Daihua and Jia Jing had some changes at the beginning, they really didn’t think too much about it in the end. The fox died on the first mound, the fallen leaves returned to their roots, and the Central Plains stayed well. , why go overseas to an unfamiliar place!However, they are still very interested in the place that is bigger than the Central Plains and full of gold everywhere. At that time, no matter whether they are Pai clansmen or Pai family slaves, they will just go to mine.

Jia Amnesty didn't say any more. After the discussion here, Jia Amnesty became the hands-off shopkeeper. As for how to persuade the tribe in the future, it was all left to the Ningguo Mansion. Who made your branch be the patriarch!

Jia Daihua and Jia Jing had sorted out some of their concerns, and the whole family simply stayed with Jia Amnesty for two days.

Jia Amnesty has always been used to living in this Zhuangzi, and he has never stopped renovating the Zhuangzi these years. Everything is based on the comfort of living. He has already learned some gardening skills and has seen many gardens. Supplemented by various mechanical techniques, Zhuangzi talked about various enjoyments, which is no less than that of the modern era that has achieved a high degree of mechanization.

After staying for two days, Jia Daihua was fine. He used to come to Jia She's place to stay for a few days when he had nothing to do, but Jia Jing directly asked Jia She to introduce the master who helped him build this Zhuangzi to him. , he went back so that Ningguo Mansion could also be remodeled.

Jia Amnesty couldn't laugh or cry at this, and finally simply gave Jia Jing a few craftsmen in Zhuangzi, and asked him to go back and make troubles on his own.

As for Jia Zhen, she never forgets Ah Shou's yard. There are so many interesting things in it. Why haven't they been there since she was a child? Thinking of Jia Jing's father's strictness towards her, Jia Zhen can't help complaining. I really had the wrong birth, I should have been reborn in Uncle She's house as his son.

Of course, Jia Zhen didn't dare to say this idea, so as not to be whipped by his father later, she just had a wish in her heart, and when she had a son, she would also get such a thing for her son. yard.

After showing off in front of the big brother Jia Zhen for a few days, Ah Shou was also satisfied. Whether Jia She and Zhang were teaching him how to practice swords or teach him to read, they were very active. After all, the former Ah Shou could not find a Comparing suitable people, looking at it now, I don't even have a big brother who is so much older than me, so there is no reason to be unhappy. Therefore, even practicing swords and reading books does not feel bitter.

"You mean, Jia Amnesty told Jia Daihua and his son that they want some of their clansmen to go to Nanyang to make a living?" The saint was wearing a simple robe, sitting cross-legged on a kang, holding a small golden hammer, and spoke with great interest. Walnuts were smashed on the Kang table, and he asked in his mouth.

Dai Quan helped the sage blow away the debris from the walnut kernels, put them on a delicate fish-playing lotus-leaf jade plate, and replied, "Mr. Anle said that the climate in Nanyang is hot and humid all year round, and there is no winter at all. , where food can be harvested three times a year, the natives of those vassal states are extremely lazy because they can fill their stomachs casually, and the people of the Central Plains have gone to Nanyang, and after a few years of hard work, they can earn a good village. "

Speaking of this, Dai Quan glanced at the saint, hesitated for a moment, and said boldly: "Mr. Anle, I don't know who I heard, those natives of the Nanyang feudal kingdom are not hardworking and willing to work, and they don't care about others." Seeing that the people in the Central Plains are getting richer, I feel that the people in the Central Plains have robbed them of their wealth, often breaking down and looting, and the officials of those vassal states are also protecting the local aborigines, and robbing those people of their wealth!"

The saint frowned when he heard this: "There is such a thing, those vassal kingdoms, dare to treat the people of the upper kingdom like this, it is really treasonous! Why has no one reported it so far?"

Dai Quan shook his head and said: "The sage Mingjian, like Lord Anle and the others, because the clansman prospers and the clan's property is increasingly in short supply, so there are not many people who have the heart to let the clansman go south. Unless the people encounter Natural disasters make life impossible, otherwise, people often refuse to leave their hometowns. Therefore, those who go to Nanyang are often people who have lost their land or are about to die, and some even committed crimes in the Central Plains and fled to Nanyang. Even if they suffered any grievances in Nanyang, Nanyang is separated by such a large sea from the Central Plains. Even if they want to complain, who can they turn to? These news are brought back by the caravans that do business with Nanyang, and they are only for businessmen. Said, they still have to trade with those natives to make money, so one more thing is better than one less thing!"

What Dai Quan didn't say was that there were no officials in the Central Plains to make decisions for those grassroots people who had left their hometowns, let alone in a foreign country. Even if the court knew about it, what could they do? No matter what, I can't justify it!

The saint is not a fool, he naturally knew Dai Quan's unfinished intentions, his expression changed, he put down the golden hammer in his hand, threw it on the kang table, made a dull sound, and finally sighed: "Although I am the emperor, I can't really do whatever I want! Anyway, since Nanyang is like this, why would Jia Qing and the others let the people go there? If something goes wrong, wouldn't it be too late for regrets?"

Dai Quan showed a smile. He reached out for the golden hammer, carefully smashed the walnuts, and said in his mouth: "The sage doesn't know something. Lord Anle is really good at making money. After he was separated from the Rongguo Mansion that day, he took With nearly half of his family's wealth, he went to Quanzhou to buy seagoing ships, recruited sailors and crew, and started trading at sea. He also had a lot of business dealings with Nanyang. The reason why Lord Anle knew about those things should be his subordinates Those sailor stewards said it. The nobles and princes in Nanyang are counting on Lord Anle and their ships to bring them silk and porcelain from the Central Plains, and there are many benefits, so they will definitely take care of the Jia family!"

After hearing this, the sage thought deeply, "Dai Quan, is it very profitable to do business at sea?"

Dai Quan nodded and said: "I don't know, but think about the high winds and waves on the sea, there are often ships that capsize unfortunately, destroying the ship and killing people, even so, the ships that go to sea every year are like crucian carp crossing the river. I don’t know how many people are from Korea, the East, the South, and the West. If they don’t make money, who would take such a big risk to go to sea? As far as I know, many ministers in Beijing and China have a lot of people in some big merchants. Dry stocks, such as Lord Anle, there are also some who have built their own fleets, and it should be no problem to make a net profit of tens of thousands of taels for a single boat."

Dai Quan's words were too conservative. For a person like Jia She who knows the specialties of various places like the back of his hand, if a boat does not have a net income of 40 million taels every time it goes to sea, then the steward on board can consider changing people.Jia Amnesty is able to earn so much because of his ability. Silver is expensive in the Central Plains, but that means domestic silver reserves are insufficient. However, there is no shortage of silver in Japan and Europe, not to mention the profits from selling those special products every time. , even relying on the different exchange rates of gold and silver in various places, Jia Amnesty can make a lot of money by inverting the exchange rate, not to mention the specialties of various places?

The sage nodded when he heard this. Although he has never really done business, he also knows a truth. Generally speaking, any high-profit business has either a high threshold, a high risk, or a combination of both. Maritime trade means high risk. It is a business with a high threshold, and those who can do this business are all rich and powerful. If ordinary people dare to do this, as long as they encounter a shipwreck, they will go bankrupt.

Just after such a calculation, the sage began to suspect that there must be a lot of tricks in the tax money handed over by the Shibo Secretary!Thinking of this, the sage said directly: "Sort up and bring over the tax and silver payment lists of the Shibo Department in the past few decades, and I want to see it!"

Dai Quan's complexion changed slightly, but although he also got some benefits from it, there was no need for him to create any quarrel with the saint because of this matter, so he quickly responded respectfully, but he began to think in his heart, what should he take? People are acting as scapegoats.