Chapter 436: You’ll be scared to death even if you say it out loud.

Mayaname is not a fool.

Having lived most of his life, would he not know the power of this?

What’s the point of being an official for thousands of miles?

Is it really for Sage Kong?

It’s a 70,000-two grain silver net profit deal for a round trip.

Within a few years, it’s a million dollars.

Naturally, merchants have many disadvantages.

For example, it is easy to be despised by the readers, but his son, is a real scholar, even if not for the government, but the merit is real in the body.

In the county, Xiu Cai can then talk about things, and by the time you get to Jiu Ren, you can almost push the cup with the county magistrate. As for the jinshi …… even if it is a jinshi who does not work as an official, it is not something that can be bullied by just anyone!

If it is a scholar, to be honest …… although it can t be an official and can t bully others, it is by no means a generation that allows people to bully.

Plus so much silver for nothing.

As for the official …… is certainly a pity, but to be honest, the viciousness of which is really not ordinary people can be expected.

This is the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, from the Taizu Gao Emperor, don’t look at standing in the temple in the noble, but since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, this minister’s head will be like a leek, don’t know how many stubble has been cut.

Emperor Taizu Gao killed several batches of them, and after the pacification, the removal of Jianwen’s party killed another batch.

To this day because of the New Deal, another batch was then killed.

This into the dynasty as an official, really more dangerous than the mountain as a bandit!

If you’re not careful, not only will you lose your head, but you could also jeopardize your family.

The reason why he had his heart set on his son having a meritocracy was because for the Ma family, there was only one way to go.

But now, there is a new road, although it is difficult to say out, but the benefits are real.

After he viciously gave Ma Chao a slap on the face, he looked back at Ma Yu, and his face instantly loosened up. He held Ma Yu with both hands, his eyes looking straight at him, saying, “This deal of yours, it’s not a treacherous one, is it?”

Ma Yu hastened to say: “Son is to respond to the initiative to open the gateway to Taipingfu, son of the fleet to Luzon, the local Ning Wangfu, but also overjoyed, this is the business of the hall, there is no treachery. Father, I have been reading for so many years, do these things still do not understand?”

Ma Yang Ming heard, greatly relieved, the whole person also seems to have a few points of vitality, busy: “This …… this will be good, this will be good, as long as you can be peaceful, do not commit adultery, our Ma family counts on you the most intelligent, playing the smallest and most obedient, the so-called people have their own aspirations, for the father also support you. ”

Saying this, he gently stroked Ma Yu’s face, and then said, “Just now, my father did not do it lightly, and did not hurt it, good boy.”

Ma Discovery shook her head.

Ma Chao, who was on the side, covered his face and looked at Ma Yang Ming with tearful eyes, wanting to speak.

He felt like he’d zoned out again.

Instead, it is Ma Yang Ming at this time like a sudden awakening of what, at once got up, all of a sudden worshiped at the feet of Zhu Di, mouth: “grass people ten thousand deaths.”

When Ma Yu heard this, it seemed like he understood all of a sudden, he had been doubting Zhu Di and Zhang Anshi’s identity, he only felt that the other party didn’t look like an unusual person, and now after hearing his father’s words, he suddenly woke up, and he also busily knelt down to Zhu Di and said, “Ten thousand deaths!”

Zhu Di was actually quite sorry in his heart.

He originally thought that the chicken flew, father and son turned against each other, or what human tragedy, who knew that it was such a happy ending.

Zhang Anshi also greatly surprised, did not expect this rumored scholar …… to hide in this Qixia, just to do business.

All of a sudden, Zhang Anshi’s head began to race, and then he said, “You and your father and son are causing trouble, do you know the crime?”

This is not a small matter, Ma Yang Ming immediately said, “This matter is the work of the grass people and the grass people’s son Ma Chao, if you want to kill or kill, the grass people have no complaints, as for the grass people’s eldest son Ma Yu, he really has nothing to do with this matter, but also please your majesty to be able to clearly see the light of day.”

Zhu Di glared fiercely at this Ma Yang Ming.

However, at this time but also quite understand this Ma Yang Ming licking feelings, just his eyes a skim that Ma Chao, the heart and can not help but think, this Ma Yang Ming licking feelings are there, but also not much.

Zhu Di collected his thoughts and looked up at Yang Rong and Hu Guang, “Secretary Yang and Secretary Hu, do you have any suggestions?”

Yang Rong took a deep look at this Ma Yu and only felt that it was a bit unbelievable.

And Hu Guang is pained, with a kind of qingbenwang, why do thieves eyes have seen Ma Yu, but still said: “Your Majesty, I thought, this Ma Yang Ming gullibly believed the words of the marketplace, although the crime is unpardonable, but it is also excusable. Your Majesty is the most important loyalty and filial piety, for the son should follow filial piety, and for the father, naturally need to love the son, this is the program ethics, I thought …… it is better to be sentenced lightly.”

Even if this father and son are not quite to Hu Guang’s liking, and even Ma Yang Ming’s philistinism has caused Hu Guang a great deal of resentment.

But Hu Guang ultimately still think, if only because of this to pursue Ma Yang Ming, really too much punishment.

Zhu Di nodded and said, “What Minister Hu said is not without merit.”

He stood up, but looked at Ma Yu: ”Other people go to great lengths to test for merit, and if they have a career, they are ecstatic. You are good, different from ordinary people! Naturally, there are people who resigned from the government, but these people resigned from the government, since it is also in order to make a name for themselves, while you this scholar resigned from the government, but in order to go into business. It is really unimaginable, unprecedented.”

Ma Yu had let out a long sigh of relief, but replied, “Your Majesty, when the sage was alive, there were three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages, but the sage never taught these seventy-two sages and three thousand disciples that they had to be officials. The disciples under the sage back then were both farmers and merchants, and naturally there were nobles as well.”

“From this we can see that what the sages taught was not just the study of entering the civil service. Nowadays, if one reads the Four Books and Five Classics, one has to take the examination and enter the temple. The grasshopper rather thinks that this is really duh.”

Hearing this, Zhu Di said, “What exactly are you trying to say?”

Ma Yu face frankly said: “Later people praise the saints, said that the saint’s learning, is the most sacred learning, such a university question, should be able to solve the problem of the industry, learn to go, no matter what industry, can be drawn from the skills. But now only the saint’s learning, used for the official, according to the grass people see, but the world people underestimated the saint, but all is the great way, must be able to learn the people off the bone, so that it can be on the horse can soldiers, down the horse can be the text, why be confined to for the official it?”

“Grasshopper from the business, both because of interest, and the second is also because grasshopper to profit, the world less a Hanlin, but more a merchant, and what’s wrong with it?”

Hearing this, Yang Rong gazed at Ma Yu, eyes flashing in his eyes, and secretly nodded his head.

Hu Guang only blew his beard, but he couldn’t say anything.

Zhu Di heard, said: “This is not unreasonable, you said the saints, than the Hanlin said the saints, more than ten times higher. I also thought that the saint only know the words of it. I see you sincere, your resignation, I am allowed. You have your own interests, I naturally do not force. And your father, he committed is a heinous crime, but I am merciful, read his extenuating circumstances, it is not punished, after that, you and so on, be careful.”

Ma Yu hurriedly kowtowed gratefully, “Your Majesty’s favor, even if the grass people died ten thousand deaths, it would be difficult to repay them.”

Zhu Di waved his hand and looked at Hu Guang, “Secretary Hu, do you have anything else to say? Do you still want to call for justice for the Ma family?”

These words were like needles stabbing Hu Guang, Hu Guang’s face turned red and he was busy shaking his head, “I have nothing to say.”

Zhu said, “In that case, don’t look at this hustle and bustle, let’s go.”

Zhu didn’t linger much as he paced away while meditating.

Ma Yu this person, to Zhu Di s impression is very deep, this person …… is not an unusual reader, and the party has some talk, but also make Zhu Di impressed.

Walking out of this horse mansion, Zhu couldn’t help but say, “Pity.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, what’s the pity?”

Zhu Di said, “Such a person, can not be used for the court, I even if I force it, I’m afraid that I may not be able to make his heart happy and willing to use his life. Wouldn’t it be a pity ……”

Zhang Anshi laughed and lowered his voice, “Who says it can’t be used for your majesty? Your Majesty think about it, this fleet of his ships, if operated well in the future, will be of great benefit in opening up many routes, Your Majesty ……”

Zhang Anshi smiled thievishly, then said, “He shipped goods back, is to pay the tariff ……”

The voice was faintly audible, but it was heard by Hu Guang and Yang Rong.

The two pretended they didn’t hear, their heads don’t go to the other side.

As soon as Zhu heard this, his heart was relieved.

Into the dynasty as an official, I spend silver to support him, from business …… he earns silver to support me.

Such a total, Zhu Di slightly wrinkled eyebrows all of a sudden loosened, the mood of a lot of pleasure, laughed: “Good, this person is quite talented, perhaps in the future, can be Tao Zhu.”

Hu Guang muttered, “Or Lu Buwei ……”

At this, Zhu Di also heard it and turned back to glare horizontally at Hu Guang.

Hu Guang realized that he had lost his words and said, “Ten thousand deaths.”

Zhu Di lazily ignored him, continued to Zhang Anshi said: “This Taipingfu big open door, even this horse Yu, actually also engaged in shipping, earned so much silver, it seems that this Taipingfu shipping has been the beginning of the scale.”

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, was excited to introduce, said: “Your Majesty, nowadays, there are hundreds of newly opened dockyards of various sizes, almost all of which are working day and night to build ships, recruiting countless manpower. In addition …… to have a ship, you have to purchase a large number of goods to go out to sea, which makes a lot of merchants, have to gather a large number of goods to the Taiping Province to board the ship to go out to sea ……”

Zhu Di heard, but could not help but curiously said, “Hundreds of shipyards, this ship material …… how to dispose of?”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Yes, the ship’s wood, want to withstand seawater corrosion, and need to go through the wind and waves, so it must go through a special treatment, and now we all use, it is still the wood left over from that year, but this wood, is not inexhaustible, inexhaustible.”

“But …… several shipyards on the side of the Qixia Trading House are trying to find ways …… to improve the wood.”

Zhu Di froze, looked at Zhang Anshi said, “I heard that the good ship wood, need to spend ten years of work, before available on board, you this wood, how to improve?”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: “Now the ordering demand for ships, the price of natural also rose, so the ship is built, the price is not a problem, the biggest problem is indeed the required ship material, with a long time problem. However, the minister side, is trying to find ways to step up to improve some shipbuilding process, especially the treatment of this wood on the head, if it can be successful, then it can greatly reduce the use of ship materials, by then …… the speed of this shipbuilding, will be faster.”

Zhu Di pursued, “Is there any progress?”

Zhang Anshi then said: “There has been progress, just this one or two months, there will be this new ship launching test sail. If successful …… then the construction speed of the ship will be greatly accelerated, and the handling of wood will also be greatly simplified.”

Zhu said, “This is very good.”

Zhang Anshi laughed, ”Actually, building more ships is not a problem for the minister, more or less. More ships, cargo large. Fewer boats, high cargo prices, either way, can earn silver. However, the ships that I have built at the Qixia Merchant Dockyard this time are actually just a demonstration.”

“Demonstration?” Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi suspiciously.

Zhang Anshi said, “A lot of shipyards, only know to bury their heads in shipbuilding, the ships built, similar, are counting on the rush to earn this silver.”

Zhang Anshi paused, then said: “Qixia merchant dock, in fact, is to give them a model, that is, to tell them, only buried in the recruitment of a large number of manpower shipbuilding, is not to earn a big silver, only more brains, thinking about how to improve production, innovation of new ships, it is possible to greatly reduce the duration of the work, improve the process, so that can be a big fortune. ”

“Only if the dockyard of the Qixia merchant company, through which it made a fortune, such a concept, can penetrate into the hearts of the people. In this world, the most difficult thing to change is the human heart, only when the human heart has changed can everything go smoothly.”

Zhu Di looked on with interest and said, “I’ll wait for your good news.”

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Waiting to send away Zhu Di and others, Ma Yang Ming turned back to pick up the letter, after re-reading it a few times, only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.

He raised his head, face with the color of relief, eyes burning looking at the horse Yu said: “My son …… really have a talent ah, won the scholar, and can easily, earn such a large family business …… Chao Er ……”

Ma Chao was beside himself, drooping his head and saying, “On it, on it.”

Alas, he always felt that he was not his own.

I only saw Ma Yang Ming say, “You go back to your hometown, bring your mother and the rest of your family to the capital, and whatever you can sell at home, sell it, and move your family to the capital.”

“Ah …… father ……” Ma Chao couldn’t be bothered to mourn himself and said in shock, “Father, our roots are there… …”

Ma Yang Ming sighed: “Now out of such a thing, back to the hometown is not able to go back to the hometown, back to the hometown after …… if you know your brother from the business, necessary for the left and right neighbors to make fun of. Instead of being laughed at, it is better to relocate the family to this place and settle down again. Tree move dead, people move live, this reasoning you also do not understand?”

“Naturally, this time, when you go back, you should prepare a sum of money and give it to your cousin’s uncle, asking him to take care of the ancestral grave, and then, every now and then, teach someone to bring back some silver.”

Saying that, Ma Yang Ming then no longer pay attention to Ma Chao, and then said to Ma Yu: “This brother of yours, there is no talent, he does not have any skills, but fight the tiger pro-brother, if you think that he can help you, give him an errand, naturally, he is honest, which may not be all bad, at least what you say, he is willing to listen.”

Ma Yu said, “That’s for sure.”

After Ma Yang Ming had finished explaining all this, he sat down and said with great interest, “My son, will there be a great risk in doing business on this sea?”

“Don’t worry, to buy insurance, if it is really encountered what risk, at least can also get back a little loss, always not to blood money no return. What’s more, this time to go out to sea to do business, in fact ……” Ma Yu thought about it, smiled and said: “In fact, these silver earned, just a small head.”

“Little head?” Ma Yang Ming’s face, which had managed to calm down with ease, was once again taken aback.

Can you not be surprised? It’s tens of thousands of taels of silver!

To you, it’s a small head?

Ma Yu said: “Now this Qixia up and down, are looking at this sea trade business is profitable, the son when the first sea, and take this opportunity to get through the relationship, but the sea trade is not a workshop business, we see a workshop profitable, will be a swarm of people to do. But the sea trade need to be proficient in the route, need to spend a lot of money to buy a ship, but also need to have a certain network of contacts overseas, the trouble, countless. Many people see such a huge profit, even if they want to immediately rely on this to earn silver, but the thought of this much as hairy trouble, inevitably also to be daunted.”

Ma Yu paused, continued: “Because of this, so this time, just the son to take the opportunity to expand the operation of a good time, this time the fleet if the safe return, such as the son to the other people share the red, we all got the silver, all happy, then …… the next I’m afraid there are more people who want to plug the money To son to invest in the sea trade, son even want to refuse, but also difficult.”

“My son’s next step is to find a way to raise 500,000 taels of grain silver, in addition to purchasing more new ships and opening up several new routes, in addition to that, it is to want to purchase several Luzon and other places in the commercial port of the warehouse, as a collection of goods distribution distribution of the use of ……”

Ma Yu thought for a moment and added: “Of course, cooperation with some local merchants is also inevitable. Now in Luzon and other places, if we can first put in a few sugar workshops to squeeze the sugar cane and make sugar, and then transport it back through our ships, I am afraid that it will also be a huge profit. Of course, although these only earn money, but not the purpose. Rather, in Luzon and other places, the land is fertile, and there are extremely many plantations of sugarcane, and both King Zhao and King Ning are also in dire need of exchanging the sugarcane planted in these lands for real money in order to maintain the income and expenditure of the royal family, and at this time, my son has cooperated with them, and solved a big problem for them, which is also equivalent to selling a favor.”

Ma Yang Ming listened to seem to understand, and finally simply said, “You just straight say how much silver you can earn in the future?”

Ma Yu smiled bitterly and said, “This is not good to count, but …… if it can be successful, I am afraid that this gold and silver, can be piled up all the rooms in this mansion.”

Ma Yang Ming sucked in a breath, and felt his heart a little stuffy, he covered his heart, trying to stabilize the heart that was beating violently, said: “Aiya, Aiya, you don’t say it, you don’t say it. If you say it again, father will die soon.”

Ma Chao immediately helped Ma Yang Ming rub on the side and said, “Father, big brother has no eyes, don’t scold him.”

Ma Yang Ming glared at him with a reddened face and squeezed a word out of his teeth, “Get out!”