Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

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In fact, this time, the gentry who scolded Beiwowei at the beginning were anxious again.

These people have money, food and land in Ningbo.

Seeing that the merchants have made a lot of money selling fish, how could they not rush in to get a share of the pie?

Some gentry personally came forward to buy whales and deal with them.

There are also some who let the servants of their own family appear in the name of doing business.

There are also people who secretly entered into private stocks and merged with merchants.

All in all, they have invested heavily in this business, and they have also generated huge benefits.

For example, whale oil only needs to be processed, and the profit can be more than five times when it changes hands. There are also whale meat, dried fish, and pickled fish.

The feeling of entering the gold bucket today is very refreshing.

All of a sudden, the boats in the water village stopped going out to sea. For them, it was a catastrophe.

How many goods have been negotiated with others, but if they cannot be delivered, what should I do?

When did you go to sea, what happened, and will you go to sea in the future?

Ordinary people are not allowed to fish in the sea. Daming has a sea ban, and only people from the water village are eligible.

Moreover, even if you can go to sea privately, if you are capable of returning with so many large yellow croakers in a day or two, do you dare to catch giant whales?

Only then did they realize that without Beiwowei, their financial resources would be cut off.

So a group of young and old gentry couldn't sit still anymore, their eyes were red with anxiety, they went everywhere to inquire, and then rushed to the magistrate's yamen in a hurry.

After all, they have inquired about the backstage of Beiwawei, and it seems that they can't afford to provoke...

After all the calculations, the magistrate Wen Yansheng was more likely to be bullied.

So hundreds of people aggressively surrounded the magistrate's yamen.

This is the older part of the population.

Then, there were many scholars who heard the news.

Obviously, everyone's faces were very ugly, but they were still very polite after all, and recommended a dozen gentry headed by Mrs. Chen to enter.

Wen Yansheng really doesn't like these people. These people have a lot of energy in the local area, and they also like to form small circles. A group of people are bound by nostalgia. You marry my daughter, and my granddaughter marry your nephew.

All in all, such a group of people control almost everything in the local area, and they especially like to support their children to study. If they study well, they will win Jinshi and become officials in the court. This is their strength in the capital. They have mediocre qualifications and are barely a scholar. In the local area, they hang out with a group of scholars and stir up all kinds of public opinions every day. They scold one thing today and another tomorrow. They are arrogant and domineering, and the government can't control them.

No matter how mediocre the qualifications are, even if they are not selected as scholars, they will either do business secretly, or manage thousands of acres of land at home.

Whenever there is something that does not suit their wishes in the government, they will blow it up and come in a swarm.

If there are one or two people like this, Wen Yansheng is a dignified magistrate, so naturally he doesn't like them very much, but what about thirty or fifty such aristocratic families?

I can't afford it.

"Come, drink tea." Wen Yansheng suppressed the displeasure in his heart, and smiled amiably on his face. After they met Li, they smiled very kindly.

"I won't drink tea." Chen Taigong was leaning on a cane in his hand. He was over ninety years old, with white hair, and a cold face at this moment, looking a little irritable!

Speaking of this ninety-year-old age, there is a huge benefit in this era, that is, he has sixteen sons and more than seventy grandchildren, and his branches are flourishing.

More importantly, his children and grandchildren are all married to the children of various families. His daughters and granddaughters are almost married to this kind of gentry family. A Juren, a Jinshi is a censor in Beijing, and whoever is arrested scolds him. The two Juren have also applied for an official now. Although they are only low-ranking officials in the county, but with the support of this family, life is not too bad.

He was in the Ningbo mansion, no matter which mansion he entered, the head of the family came out to meet him, and if he didn't call him uncle, he had to call him maternal father.

The number of families that can be obtained in the Ningbo Mansion is just over a hundred. This is a big family with a name and a surname. In this era, intermarriage is all about getting married. Since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, more than a hundred families have been married to each other. The blood relationship established is unbreakable.

Chen Taigong's complexion is not good, and his temper is also bad. He has the capital of bad temper. After sitting down, leaning on his stick with both hands, he said in a deep voice: "The old man came here and asked one thing. Why is the Beiwowei today?" Not going to sea?"

"Just because of this?" Wen Yan felt ashamed, because of this, they came with so many people, and they were so aggressive that they asked the teacher for their crimes?

What do you mean? It's obvious that he is bullying me. Wen Yansheng is a foreigner, so he should give himself an immediate prestige.

Wen Yansheng acted calmly, opened the teacup with a smile, blew the tea foam floating in the tea, paused, and then calmly said: "Oh, so this is the matter? Don't Mr. Chen know? Beiweiwei... I can’t go out to sea these days.”

"What?" All the gentry behind Chen Taigong turned green.

Don't go to sea?

What about the fish?

Without fish, what about the sheds and workshops where so much money has been invested? After recruiting so many people, they just disbanded?

The most important thing is that in other prefectures, many people have already made appointments and are waiting for the goods. Many people even paid the deposit. Can't go to sea, can't deliver goods

, is going to provoke a lawsuit.

In other prefectures, people who dare to come to buy your goods in large numbers, and people who dare to make orders for you, will never be afraid of you running away. In other provinces, they are also people with shaking legs and shaking their land. Once a dispute is caused, and it is not a family, is this a problem that can be solved by pleading guilty?

Of course, the most troublesome thing is not this, but everyone lying down and earning money for so many days, having boundless happiness, suddenly someone said that they won't play with you anymore.

What do you mean?

"Why?" Chen Taigong stared at Wen Yansheng intently, his eyes wanting to eat people.

If Beiwowei does not go to sea, everyone really has nothing to do with them, they are too big to be suppressed.

"Taizhou was attacked by Japanese pirates." Wen Yansheng said slowly, "Did Mr. Chen not know about this?"

"Japanese pirates?" Chen Taigong obviously didn't take this Japanese pirates too seriously.

In fact, the Japanese pirates are raging, but it doesn't matter much to people like Chen Taigong. The Japanese pirates smuggle with some people. Although they don't get any benefits, they don't do any harm.

What's more, even if there are occasional Japanese pirates attacking the inland, it is too far away for Chen Taigong. The Chen family is a rich family, and the Japanese pirates are wandering bandits. There are hundreds of households and hundreds of powerful guards. With the high walls, even if there are Japanese pirates, so what? Do they have the ability to fight themselves to the death?

Chen Taigong said with a sullen face: "What does it have to do with the pirates and Beiwawei not going out to sea?"

Wen Yansheng sighed and said: "Mr. Chen, don't you know? The duty of the Japanese guards is to guard against the Japanese pirates. If the Japanese invaded Taizhou, there is no guarantee that they will not attack Ningbo. The Japanese guards are to defend Ningbo. How can I go to sea at that time?"

Chen Taigong pouted his neck and said, "We don't need their protection."

"That's not going to work. It's not a question of whether Mr. Chen is willing or not. If they go out to sea at this time and make a mistake, the court will naturally have to intervene, won't it?"

Chen Taigong was in a hurry, and said: "Then you have to be sure, don't you never go to sea? There is always a day to go to sea, isn't it?"

"There is no fixed number." Wen Yansheng calmly said: "This is not empty words, this is the truth. The Japanese pirates are raging one day, and the Japanese guards have to hide in the water village to wait for changes. When will the Japanese pirates who attacked Ningbo be wiped out? It’s not too late to go to sea again.”

Chen Taigong felt a little dizzy, and after all, he still couldn't go to sea.

But his Chen family spent thousands of taels of silver to buy the land in the bay. If the Beiwowei never goes out to sea, the work sheds bought and the manpower recruited will be useless? In the past, relying on this, I could earn thousands of taels of silver a month, but now... it's gone? Then...how can I explain to others? and also……

Thinking of so many problems, he felt very dizzy. Seeing this, the people beside him said in a low voice: "Uncle, it's okay, how about..."

At this time, Chen Taigong was extremely angry, leaning on his crutches suddenly, knocking on the green bricks in the yamen hall with a thumping sound, his heart was piercing, even though he was old, he blushed and yelled: : "The Japanese pirate who killed a thousand knives, I will kill your ancestor!"

Mr. Chen is a village elder, in fact, he is also a famous scholar. He is usually very gentle. I don’t know if he is old. Gong Xin really hated the Japanese pirates, and wished that these damn Japanese pirates would be smashed into ashes, and their corpses would be broken into pieces, so they exploded in a rage.

He said sharply with red eyes: "If these Japanese pirates are not eliminated, they will never go out to sea? Then what am I waiting for? This is competing with the people for profit..."

He originally wanted to talk about competing for profit with the people, but when he thought about it carefully, shouldn't this Japanese pirate who killed a thousand swords fight for profit with the people?

He was like pulling a bellows, he was so angry, and then he coughed desperately, the crutch in his hand kept beating, and the juniors on the side wanted to help him, he waved the stick away, and said angrily: "The Japanese pirates are raging, bullying our people, we God, these damned thieves are raping and looting, committing all kinds of crimes, can we just stand by and watch? In order to protect the safety of the people, and for the well-being of the soldiers and civilians of Ningbo Mansion, Governor Wen, what about these damned Japanese pirates? Can it be cut off? Up and down Ningbo, those who are rich will contribute money, and those who are strong will contribute their strength. How many strong men do you want, how much money do you need?

"Yes, the Japanese pirates who killed thousands of knives will not be eliminated for a day, and the soldiers and civilians in Ningbo will be restless for a day."

"I'm a farmer with more than 70 years of strength, Governor Wen, you open your mouth and let the government dispatch you."

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