lied to Kangxi

Chapter 427 Mr. Wu Appears

As soon as Yuzhu picked up the teacup, the fourth child sent someone to him to discuss matters.

When Yuzhu arrived at the fourth child's place, Li Wei was also there.

Li Wei's family background is extremely rich, and he is very good at managing money. The fourth child thinks highly of him.

Li Wei, who is quite capable, quickly won the appreciation of the fourth child and promoted him to be a member of the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The Qianfatang affiliated to the household department is the Mint Bureau of the imperial court, and the Baoquan Bureau under it is the Mint.

In this era without banknotes, Baoquan Bureau is obviously a core department with a lot of money.

In the old TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", there was a big quarrel over copper four lead six, or copper six lead four, and some people even lost their heads because of it.

In a word, copper four lead six, poor quality, easy to break.

Common people don't like to use this kind of bad money, and it belongs to the category of the imperial court deliberately stealing money.

And copper, six lead and four are yellow and clear money, and the weight of copper is very large, and the common people recognize this kind of money.

However, there is another big problem involved here, the premium of copper utensils is many times higher than that of copper coins.

There are always profit-seeking people who deliberately melt copper coins and cast them into copper utensils to make huge profits from them.

This led to a very serious consequence. No matter how much copper coins the imperial court produced, they could not meet the needs of the market.

"Cousin, come and take a look, this is the new Kangxi Tongbao made by Li Wei." The fourth brother treated Yu Zhu with affection as always.

Yuzhu still wasn't arrogant, bowed his hands in a serious manner, and after saluting, he sat down beside the fourth child.

After receiving the copper coin from the fourth child, Yuzhu looked at it for a while, and then praised: "It's beautiful and good money, it won't hurt the people."

The fourth child smiled and said, "You also think it's good, then it's really good."

Insufficient national use, looking for Yuzhu, this rumor is actually a joke maliciously made up by Lao Jiu.

However, the fourth child took this evaluation seriously.

Among the able ministers who are good at managing money in the imperial court, Yuzhu ranks second, who dares to rank first?

"Cousin, I heard that you are going to Dagukou?" The fourth child is very sensitive to money, and he is eager to have more money in the treasury, the better.

Yu Zhu nodded and smiled: "The shipbuilding presided over by Lord Eighteen has been completed. The emperor ordered me to go to Dagukou to set up a regulation for the import and export of goods for our first overseas trade in the Qing Dynasty."

The fourth child looked at Yuzhu with a smile, and said casually: "Dai Duo likes those Western things very much, so why don't you take him there too, so that he can learn a lot?" Yuzhu almost burst out laughing, pregnant with Tuo Dai Duo of dragon art, others don't know, how can he not understand?

The fourth child disliked Dai Duo's big mouth, and was reluctant to deal with him, so he simply drove him away, out of sight and out of mind.

Of course, in addition to this, the fourth child probably wants Dai Duo to secretly learn Yuzhu's real ability to make money, right?

"Then let him come, I happen to be short of someone who can settle accounts."

The jade pillar is in the dark, and Dai Duo is in the light, so why be afraid?

"Oh, by the way, I hired a new teacher, surnamed Wu, who is very knowledgeable. Looking back, when you come to my house to cook the pot, let's chat?" The fourth child said with a smile.

Yuzhu nodded as if nothing had happened, and said, "It's time to see and see, what is that Mr. Wu capable of?"

Alas, Wu Sidao still took the same path as before, broke his leg, and voted for the fourth child.

This man just can't stand the grind of fate!
After coming out of the household department, Yuzhu went directly out of the city and went to Dagukou.

On the wharf at the seaside of Dagukou, five large ships are quietly docked.

Dutch shipbuilder Billy has also learned some Qing etiquette after several years of training.

"My lord, this ship is called a Galen-style armed merchant ship, and it weighs about 600 tons. It is a pity that the ships of the East India Company in my country are all over [-] tons, which is much bigger..."

In this era, there is no such strict awareness and measures of patent confidentiality, and what Billy said is true.

Yu Zhu nodded, but he knew in his heart that there was a big gap between Chinese and Western shipbuilding and artillery technology.

In the past, there was a high imitation model of the sailing battleship "Sea Sovereignty" in his study.

With 1500 tons and 104 artillery pieces, it was simply the giant and invincible existence in the sea at that time.

Facing the gap squarely and catching up head-on is the right way, instead of boasting in vain, the invincible treasure ship of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Yuzhu said gently: "Mr. Billy, don't worry, everything will come. I still say the same old saying, ask for money for money, ask for people to give, slowly research, and build a large armed merchant ship."

He didn't dare to say battleships, but vaguely replaced them with armed merchant ships.

Around Kangxi, there are many Western missionaries, and he is no stranger to the risk of piracy at sea.

If the Western merchant ships of this era do not carry artillery, it is tantamount to giving money to pirates.

However, Kangxi was more vigilant about the spread of large-caliber artillery, and Yuzhu did not force the manufacture of 30-pound smoothbore guns.

The steps are too big, and it is easy to tear the eggs.

It is Yuzhu's established policy to first learn the mature Dutch shipbuilding technology, and then study and build a 60-pound naval gun.

With a boat, money can make money.

Engaging in technology is a matter of burning money. If you don't spend a lot of money, you will definitely not gain much.

Moreover, Yuzhu's excellent insights can save everyone from many detours.

The goal is very clear. The British first-class sailing battleship, HMS Victory, is the ultimate killer of the entire sailing era.

Old Eighteen is just a name, he doesn't know how to build a boat.

However, seeing that Yuzhu and Billy were chatting very enthusiastically, the old eighteen shut his mouth tightly and turned his head to look at Alice and her beautiful daughter.

Hehe, Yuyan probably doesn't know yet, her own brother not only raised a foreign woman's concubine outside, but even had an illegitimate daughter early.

With the old Shiba's aesthetics, I don't like Alice very much, but I am very interested in the beautiful mixed-race Xuewei.

To put it bluntly, if the seven-year-old Xuewei was not Yuzhu's eldest daughter, the eighteenth would dare to snatch her back.

Hey, after ten years of raising it, that's exactly what it is!

Old Shiba stared greedily at Xuewei, just like the wolf grandma who saw the little white rabbit!

It's just that it's useless to look at it, even if he borrowed the courage of the old eighteen N, he would not dare to touch Yuzhu's own daughter.

"Daddy, did you come to see me on purpose?" Xuewei broke free from Alice's hand and rushed towards Yuzhu.

Hearing the joyful screams and hurried footsteps, Yu Zhu couldn't help squatting down with a smile on his face, opened his arms, and embraced his little angel into his arms.

"Honey, are you having a good time recently?" Yuzhu kissed Xuewei's pretty face several times, her love was self-evident.

The old Shiba was stunned, Yuzhu actually got the bad habit of foreigners kissing each other?
The bad habits of foreigners are really strange. Shipwrights and their foreign wives kiss openly, without any sense of shame, which is extremely immoral.

The old Shiba wanted to turn around and not look at it, so as not to get a needle eye, but he couldn't bear to look at Xuewei, so he smiled awkwardly and stood aside stupidly.

"Daddy, he's a bad guy, he always likes to stare at me secretly." Ling Shiba didn't expect that Xuewei sued Yuzhu viciously as soon as she saw Yuzhu.

Yuzhu turned his head, glanced at the old Shiba who had lowered his head, and a heroic flame had already risen in his heart.

Are you thinking about my daughter?Are you fat enough?

Yuzhu comforted Xuewei gently, and when he freed his hand to settle the score with Old Shiba, the kid actually slipped away.

However, the old Shiba's complexion reminded Yuzhu that he must not let Kang Mazi see Xuewei.

No matter who the princes and elder brothers or the important officials of the court think about Xuewei, Yu Zhu has the power to settle him down.

Except for the lustful Kang Mazi!
However, Yu Zhu dispelled this worry after thinking about it carefully.

Because, not long after the Eagle Killing incident, Kang Mazi suffered a stroke, and his right hand was completely useless, so he could only write slowly with his trembling left hand.

At the same time, this stroke also made Kang Mazi lose the ability to bully women!
Xuewei is only seven years old, and in another eight years, she will only be 15 years old.

At that time, hehe, even if Kang Mazi proposed marriage for Xuewei, Yuzhu would have a way to turn things around completely.

That night, Yu Zhu lived on the wharf at Dagukou.

However, after seeing him, Xuewei was very excited all the time, pestered him to tell stories, and refused to go back to her room to rest.

Yuzhu felt guilty towards Xuewei, so naturally he obeyed her.

After telling more than a dozen stories in a row, Xuewei was finally coaxed to sleep.

Yuzhu gently picked up Xuewei, went to the next room, and gently put her on his small bed.

Unexpectedly, when Yuzhu just returned to Alice's room, before she could close the door, she hugged her from behind.

Also, Alice hasn't touched a man for a long time.

Dagukou Wharf is also a site completely controlled by Yuzhu. Even if Alice is lonely and wants to steal someone, under the strict surveillance of the soldiers and servants, there is no chance and no one dares to approach her.

Yuzhu has long been a Cao thief, how could he not be on guard against the fire in the backyard and his hat dyed green?
Facing the wild wild horse, Yuzhu really couldn't stand it.

It's been three times, and Alice is still tightly entangled.

But Yuzhu was already powerless, and gasped and said: "Honey, you are so fierce."

Alice giggled, leaned into his ear, and whispered, "Honey, just lie down and enjoy."

Yuzhu secretly regretted it, she shouldn't let this ghost girl eat all kinds of meat every day, damn, she has too much energy, right?
A's honey, B's arsenic.

On the bed, the monstrous power that Yuzhu wields are all floating clouds.

While eating breakfast, Xuewei noticed that Yuzhu was always distracted, but Alice was radiant and looked unusually beautiful.

"Mum, you are so energetic, what delicious food did you eat?" Xuewei asked Alice very puzzled.

Red clouds immediately appeared on Alice's pretty face, and the base of her ears felt slightly hot.

Yuzhu regained his energy immediately, and said with a smile: "She has eaten the great tonic, which not only nourishes her face, but also beautifies her."

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