Win the Ding 1617

() In the era we live in, if you travel in Guangzhou, which is known as the Flower City, you can see old buildings such as customs, post office, and Tianzi Wharf when you look west along Yanjiang Road.Among them, Tianzi Wharf was an important place for political activities in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Whenever senior officials from Guangdong and Guangxi came to office, or imperial envoys to Guangdong, they would disembark at Tianzi Wharf. Come.After passing through the bottom of the double gate, go to the Zhitai Yamen on Yuehua Road.

Ahem, let’s get far, let’s focus on Guangzhou in the 17th century!Today's governor of Guangdong, Guangxi and governor of Guangdong has moved with the stars. He Shijin, who was in the fourth year of the apocalypse, and Shang Zhouzuo, who has experienced the apocalypse for five years, has become Li Fengjie today.

A sedan chair carried by four people was carried out from the Governor's Yamen, guarded by several servants, and came up the Pearl River along the route we mentioned above.

"Young master, where are we going?"

"I don't know, walk around casually, just pick up the places with good scenery!"

The head of the servant who accompanied him looked up at the red sun slanting towards the west, "Young Master, if you want to go to the flower boat at this moment, it might be too early?"

The people in the sedan chair got a little annoyed, "Just come here! I told you to just pick up that good place, and keep making noise here!"

After being reprimanded, the leader of the servant had no choice but to signal the bearers to choose a place with a prosperous scenery along the way.Fortunately, in Huacheng, there are bright scenery everywhere, but there is no shortage of places to go.

Passing Cross Street, you can see the archway on the Tianzi Wharf in front of you. The leader of the family let out a sigh of relief. It seems that the young master still wants to go to the Pearl River to enjoy the night view of the Pearl River on a flower boat!

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

A rushing voice came from afar from the side.The servants and bearers looked around, and saw a carriage coming from a distance, and the driver of the carriage waved his long whip from time to time, driving the carriage forward.

"Dou Nama!" The leader of the housekeeper scolded a newly learned Cantonese with a Suzhou accent, "On the long street, such an angry horse gallops wildly, and you are not afraid of killing people?! You red guy!"

Seeing that the carriage was getting closer and closer, the bearers realized that either their own sedan dodged or the opponent's vehicle stopped, otherwise, the carriage and the sedan chair would collide.

We let him?The bearers thought it was ridiculous.Who are we?We are the bearers of the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi!In this city of Guangzhou, who else is tougher than our backstage?The four porters still carried the big green woolen sedan chair that was clearly presumptuous and walked forward at a leisurely pace.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp whip, the leader of the bearers covered his face and crouched on the ground involuntarily.The entire sedan chair then tilted to one side.The servants hurried forward to support the sedan chair, and the leader of the servant stepped forward and dragged the coachman who was driving the carriage from the carriage!

"Which family's slave are you, dare to be so presumptuous?"

"Which family's slave are you, dare to be so presumptuous?"

The same words and sentences, one belonged to the young master who was very embarrassed in the sedan chair and was helped out by the servants, and the other voice was a bit yin and yang, with a little male duck voice, coming from the carriage of the four-wheeled carriage. .

"So it's Eunuch Qian!" The young master of the Governor's Mansion couldn't help but change his face when he heard this voice.

Qian Yaoming, the eunuch of Guangzhou Shipping Department, jumped out of the carriage with the support of two young eunuchs, and our Second Young Master Li Peiting came out with him.

"Hey! Who do we think our family is? Isn't the flood flooding the Dragon King Temple! It turns out to be Mr. Li!"

The one who was thrown out of the sedan chair by Qian Yaoming's carriage was the eldest son of Li Fengjie, then governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

At this time, it was the time when the honest gentlemen in Donglin denounced it and the eunuchs of the eunuch party were at their most rampant. The eunuch who was able to be released to the outside world, the eunuch with a lot of oil and water, was naturally not a fuel-efficient lamp.Because of a little traffic accident on the street, he turned against him and went to war with him. Li Minghan (made up, I really couldn't find Li Fengjie's family information.) also felt that it was a bit of a big deal.

Dressed in casual clothes, with a doughy face, if it wasn't for the lack of beard, his eyes, words and deeds are a bit weird compared to ordinary people, father-in-law Qian Yaoming is a typical image of a rich man.

"Come on, Brother Minghan, let me introduce you." Qian Yaoming grabbed Li Minghan's wrist, "This is your family, Brother Li Peiting. This car was generously presented to me by Brother Li just now. I didn't want to but bumped into your sedan chair. Brother Minghan, you won't blame me?!"

"Students dare not!"

While greeting each other with Li Peiting, Li Minghan looked at the carriage.Four snow-white big food horses, with bright saddle bridles, and a few pearls inlaid on the bridles of the horses, shining in the setting sun.The shaft covered with well-milled brass, the carriage made of rosewood, and the curtains made of unknown fabric are hung on the windows to isolate the scenery inside the carriage from the outside world.The four wheels look nothing unusual at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they are made of fine steel.

A draft horse neighed up to the sky, and the head of the housekeeper couldn't help but his eyebrows twitched. Just this long neigh proved that these horses were not just for nothing, not to mention one in a thousand horses, they were also good enough to fight in the wild. The horses, which are regarded as treasures in the army, look down. The horseshoes seem to be made of brass. The metal parts on the body seem to be more exaggerated, as if they were made of gold. Under the dim sunlight, sparkling with light.

"What a beautiful car, what a beautiful horse!" Li Minghan couldn't help admiring from the bottom of his heart, "Only such a decent car is worthy of a man like my father-in-law!"

"Hey!" Qian Yaoming let out bursts of smug laughter, "Come on! Don't laugh at us, Mr. Li. This is given to our family by Mr. Li. If our family would not be able to afford such a car .”

"What did the father-in-law say!? Did the father-in-law help Pei Ting too little? What is a car worth?"

What did this eggless eunuch do for this guy?The leader of the servants only saw the large and small objects made of gold on the horse, "If it is less, it will cost one or two hundred taels!"

After a few polite words, Li Minghan got into Qian Yaoming's carriage half-pushed. "Go to the riverside! A boat with prawns and thin prawns!"

After drinking a lot of flower wine, Li Minghan and Li Peiting have become good friends. Maybe it's because they are both playboys, they have a lot in common.Just now, the slight unhappiness caused by the collision between the carriage and the sedan chair has been thrown into the sky.

On the carriage, Li Minghan had already felt the luxurious life of the Second Young Master Li.I don't know what kind of method the car used, and it was very smooth and comfortable to drive. Inside the carriage, there was a bedding made of brocade, and an incense burner was sending out unknown spices, which made people feel refreshed and refreshed. The inside of the carriage Several sets of calligraphy and paintings were hung on the wall, and a few cauldron furnace items were placed in the hidden compartment at the side. In addition to smoked tea, fruit and snacks, there were also several pretty maids serving there.Seeing this scene, Li Minghan couldn't help but secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "This guy is really good at enjoying himself!"

However, Li Minghan was even more stunned when he arrived on the flower boat of the two sisters, Prawn and Shrimp, who are known as "the crown of color in the whole city of Guangzhou, and the arts on both sides of the Pearl River".It turns out that eunuchs can also drink flower wine!

Wearing a black jacket made of tulle, the figures of the big shrimp and small shrimp sisters can be seen at a glance.Seeing Eunuch Qian's arrival, the two sisters immediately rushed towards him like a yellow oriole out of the valley. Seeing the brocade guards standing on duty under the springboard with embroidered spring knives in their hands, they felt angry and hated, "You are eggless! The two little rambunctious hoofs you can live with?"

Li Peiting, on the other hand, is better at being a man. He stepped on the springboard with one foot and turned around to greet his entourage, "Tell Mr. Wu Zongqi, who is beside Eunuch Qian, Mr. Wu, who came out with Eunuch today, and each will be rewarded with ten taels." Silver. Xiaoqi doubles. He himself is 50 taels."

Eunuch Qian hugged the big shrimp on the left and the thin shrimp on the right, Li Minghan's eyes almost burst into flames.Li Peilin kept toasting to persuade him to drink, which set him up a step.

After a few glasses of wine, the two people's address became warmer, because they had the same surname, they called each other elder brother. "Brother Zong, I see that you are frowning, but what's bothering you?"

Li Peiting's words of concern immediately evoked Li Minghan's sadness.

"Hey! When I just left the mansion, I was reprimanded by my father, so I didn't hesitate to worry about it. That's why I met my father-in-law and brother Zong on the street."

"Yo! Your Excellency Governor is not stationed in Zhaoqing, why are you back in the provincial capital?" Eunuch Qian, who was chewing the fruit that shrimps fed into his mouth, was a little puzzled.

Li Fengjie, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong, should have his seat in Zhaoqing. At this time, he returned to the provincial capital of Guangzhou. Although there are reasons, after all, he still has the post of governor of Guangdong!But it can also arouse other people's ideas.

"My father was worried about state affairs. He saw that the military equipment in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions was slack, and the military armor was not repaired. He planned to reorganize the army and purchase fine iron and cast red barbarian cannons. Guangzhou is relatively close to Foshan, so it is very convenient to travel. Therefore, I returned to the provincial capital. .”

"Your Excellency, the governor, is a role model for our generation for his hard work in the affairs of the country!" Pei Ting gave a high hat very appropriately.

"It's a tricky businessman, what a trickster!"

Li Minghan drank the wine glass angrily, and squatted heavily on the table.

The reason why he was reprimanded by Li Fengjie was that the negotiations with Foshan's iron smelting guild and big iron merchants were not smooth, and the iron price, construction period and other matters were not in harmony, so he was severely reprimanded by his father.

"For such a matter, let Bing Beidao, the prefect of Guangzhou, Foshan County, and Nanhai County discuss with this generation. Why bother with the golden body of the eldest son?"

Li Minghan's face was slightly hot, but fortunately, it was covered by alcohol, so it was not easy to be investigated. "What my father meant was that my younger brother had only read the books of sages and sages all these years, and he didn't know that Jiarong was difficult. He wanted to train younger brother. But he didn't want to delay the important military affairs."

"Xian Qiaozi is really a loyal and diligent person! Our family admires it!" Eunuch Qian gave Li Fengjie and his son a high hat in his hoarse voice. However, the three people present were all clear in their hearts. In Eunuch Qian's words, Maybe there is no irony or ridicule!

Originally!For this kind of procurement of military supplies, you only need to issue an official document, have the company handle it, and prepare the wages and money.At that time, there will naturally be a generous rebate for you, but now it's a good thing, your father and son are not willing to pretend to others, and plan to eat alone, what is the result?Was it a joke?Let's see how you end up? !

"I don't know how your father plans to reorganize the Liangguang Bingjia?"

"My father's intention is to cast at least twenty Hongyi cannons and send them to the capital, and keep the number for Guangdong and Guangxi's own use to be determined, and cast another 100 Hongyi small cannons, and some armor stick weapons!"

Hearing this, Eunuch Qian couldn't help but gasp!

Twenty Hongyi cannons, even if each one costs 100 jin, twenty cannons are at least 20 jin, and [-] small cannons, even if each is only [-] jin, is also [-] jin, adding up to nearly [-] jin. Ten thousand catties!This does not include the loss during casting, and does not include accessories such as gun carriages and carriages, and does not include the need for guns.

Moreover, the yield rate of casting cannons is very low. Out of every ten cannons, those who can make two or three cannons are "qualified as national players."Calculated in this way, the twenty cannons and one hundred small cannons required a lot of steel. No wonder the Li family and his son showed such an ugly look.It's all because the kickbacks are so tempting!

"I don't know why Brother Shi is worried about it?" Eunuch Qian pushed the prawns away, sat upright, and asked Li Minghan sternly.

"Wage price and construction period! My father said that at least 30 catties of wrought iron must be delivered within three months. Every catty of wrought iron must not exceed one cent and one penny. I hate Foshan Yemen for saying that firstly, the wages are low, and secondly, The deadline is tight. I refuse to accept this matter!"

"Foshan is not allowed. Brother Shi, have you ever thought about finding a way in this city of Guangzhou?" Eunuch Qian smirked, as if he was an old fox who was about to steal a fat chicken.

"The opening of the city ship is only possible to open Guangdong. Covering Guangdong is not far from Annan, Zhancheng, Siam, and Frangji in the southwest. The goods from these places are pepper, ivory, sumac, spices, etc. The ship arrives at The water is reported, and the goods are calculated and divided, so the benefits of the market ship are very wide.

In Guangzhou at this time, it is not too much to use the words of trade center to evaluate Guangzhou.Driven by the successive governors of Guangdong and Guangxi who were stationed in Zhaoqing, Guangdong’s overseas trade has been participating in trade globalization with a positive attitude. Since the middle of Jiajing, Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, has become the east of China’s sea route foreign trade and international trade. The largest port and metropolis.

Businessmen from various countries and regions all over the world gathered in Guangzhou to do business with Chinese businessmen (through the merchants of 36 and [-] lines), making Guangzhou a central market for trade globalization. After seeing the prosperous business scene in Guangzhou, many businessmen , in his letters and diaries, he spared no effort to describe the situation of foreign businessmen trading in Guangzhou:

"The location of Canton and the policies of China, among other reasons, make this city an arena for a considerable amount of domestic and foreign trade. . . Products from all over the world can be found here;...Tokyo, Cochin China, the Eastern Islands, the ports of India, European countries, North and South American countries, and the Pacific Islands, etc., are all shipped here.”

As a result, in the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou presented a prosperous scene of international trade as "Tianzi Nanku", just as the poets of the time said:

"Guangzhou city outline is the most majestic in the world, and Daoyilin ranks second among them.

Fragrant pearls and silver coins are piled up in the market, and the fire cloth, feather satin and velvet are all piled up.

Blue-eyed officials occupy the building, and devils in the red house live in it for years.

Haopan Street is connected to the West Corner Building, where there are mountains of foreign goods.

Foreign ships compete for government and businessmen, and the cross gate opens to Eryang.

The five-thread and eight-thread wide satin is good, and the silver thread is piled up in thirteen rows. "

Such a prosperous scene, but it is a pity that the Guangdong Customs at that time was under the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is also a strange thing. The customs duties of a country were actually entered into the private treasury of the emperor to repair gardens.Damn, there are still people who praise the pockmarked people wantonly, saying that it is better than Wanli. At most, Wanli collects some mining taxes. Instead of using the national tariffs to build private gardens, they use the mining taxes to resist Japanese invaders and suppression. The nation was divided, but the navy and army were not spent on repairing the Summer Palace.

Qian Yaoming is in charge of the Shipping Department, so he has some understanding of the economic field. The direction he pointed out to Li Minghan is that since the production field cannot be solved, you might as well go to the commercial field to find it.

Hearing this, Li Minghan's eyes lit up suddenly, but immediately dimmed again, "Father-in-law, it's easy to find 30 taels of silver on a foreign ship, but it's easy to find 30 catties of fine iron." Thirty thousand catties, three thousand catties, I'm afraid it's harder than climbing to the sky!"

"Hey! You don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain! There is a big Bodhisattva in front of you, but how do you worship those ghosts? Could it be that you have also been baptized, and entered some so-called heavenly pig cry?"

At this time, there were already churches built by foreign missionaries in Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Foshan and other places. To put it bluntly, most of the white-skinned ghosts' impressions of China were written by these missionaries in their letters, paintings, diaries, etc. The Pearl River Delta region described in et al.

"What does father-in-law mean?" Li Minghan didn't care to listen to Qian Yaoming's teasing, but he seemed to see a paved avenue paved with snow-patterned silver.

"Second Master Li is a giant merchant in the South China Sea, with countless ships in his hands. He can get you anything in this world!"

"Brother Zong! Father-in-law, are you serious?!" Li Minghan didn't care about drinking anymore, and grabbed Li Peiting's hand, grabbed his hand, as if grabbing a 50 tael ingot of ingot. Feel the intoxication inside.

"So much wrought iron, you can't buy it from others." Pei Ting deliberately sold a pass to suppress Li Minghan's emotions.

"However, there are several small smelting furnaces in the next house. I don't know how much wrought iron the eldest son needs, and when will he use it?"

"At least 30 catties! If it can be delivered within three months, that would be the best! What about the wages?"

"The iron price will be calculated according to the price that the eldest son said just now. I will collect eight cents of silver, and the rest will be given to Zongxiong Xian Qiaozi and Eunuch Qian."

"Hehe! I am not getting paid for nothing!"

Qian Yaoming was very excited by the fact that he got extra money for no reason.He even had a plan on whether to marry Da Xia Xi Xia or not and take him home as a concubine.

Ming’s iron price is one cent per catty, dark ones only charge eight per cent, and a per catty rebate of one cent five per catty is recorded. This makes Mr. Li very satisfied. Talking about it, isn't it for this?

But I don't know when the guy who is known as the giant merchant of the South China Sea will be able to deliver the goods?

"Does the eldest son want to handle this matter well, or do this matter beautifully?"

"Of course I plan to do it beautifully. In this way, I will have face in front of my father, and my father in front of civil and military officials in Guangdong province!"

"In this way, let me talk about a regulation, do you think it is feasible? I wrote to my family and asked them to prepare at least 40 catties of wrought iron first. After the completion, they will be shipped. After arriving at the mouth of the Pearl River, please ask the eldest son and the governor How about the people in the yamen go to check and accept it together, and then settle the iron price according to the actual amount?"

40 catties of wrought iron!It is enough to make all the iron-making furnaces in Foshan busy for two or three months. According to Li Peiting, it is as simple and ordinary as going to a teahouse on Guangzhou Street to taste a cup or two.Such a calm and clear expression immediately impressed Li Minghan.

However, although the dandy is a dandy, he is not stupid, especially after being immersed in the officialdom for a long time, Li Minghan is still very clear about various ways.Eight centimeters per catty, wrought iron at this price is already losing money in the iron smelting industry in Foshan, not to mention the water foot freight?

"Brother Zong, on the land of Guangdong and Guangxi, is there anything that requires me to run around for you in the governor's office?"

"Eldest Young Master's words are exactly what our family thinks! If there is anything you want our family to do, you can order it down! Although our family is eggless, we are not willing to do such useless things!"

That night, Qian Yaoming, the eunuch of the Shibo Department, returned to the backyard of the Shibo Department and called for a group of deacons to come and listen to his lectures.The two young eunuchs kneaded Eunuch Qian's shoulders with low eyebrows, then knelt down on the ground and beat his legs.

"Is everyone here?"

Eunuch Qian asked without opening his eyes.

"Reporting to father-in-law, except for those who have already returned home, everyone in the Shibo Department has arrived."

"Boys! Listen to our family! Our family knows what kind of virtues you have always had, and what you eat and get cards are all your good means! Our family usually turns a blind eye to it, and it is also Thinking that you are all breadwinners, and some people came here from the capital with our family, it is even more difficult! However, in the future, you will show our family a pair of tricks, and you can discuss the sale of other ships. It’s okay to ask for some regular money, if our family knows someone who doesn’t have eyes and asks for regular money on the ship of the Han Yuan Company, then our family will help him change a pair of eyes!”

Li Fengjie, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, listened to his son finish what he had seen and heard on the flower boat tonight in his study, and couldn't help showing joy. "If you can purchase overseas Jingtie, then you and my father and son will show the public spirit in the world."

"Father said so."

"That Li Peiting, in order to protect the military supplies, donated as much as he could, and his loyalty is commendable. I am in the Ming Dynasty, and I must not treat such a loyal person badly. You go and tell him, I will make a letter in the name of the governor's office, and order officials at all levels in Guangdong and Guangxi to In order to ensure the livelihood of the military and the people, yes, what is his business name?"

"Report to my father, call it a Hanyuan firm."

"Oh. Give convenience to the Han Yuan Company."

The father and son were discussing the national economy and the people's livelihood, how to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, while calculating how many Hongyi cannons could be built with 40 catties of wrought iron.How many small red cannons, how many bird guns, knives and guns can be made from the remaining iron materials, and sold in Guangdong and Guangxi.

With Li Peiting's action, the Han Yuan Company gained the direct support of the governor, and also made the governor's immediate family earn a lot of money. However, he unintentionally offended many people in the officialdom in Guangdong.He created a lot of trouble for himself, but this was unexpected by Li Peiting!

Just when the father and son were very excited about this cause of benefiting the country, the people and themselves, at this moment, the Chinese army from the governor's yamen barged in panting!

"Report to my lord! I have seen the young master!"

"Why are you so panicked?!"

Li Fengjie reprimanded the Chinese army very dissatisfied.

"My lord! The six-hundred-mile urgent document just received! The emperor is dead!"

On August [-]th, the seventh year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor who had been scolded by gentlemen for hundreds of years, died.

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In addition, this chapter also contains evil intentions, have you seen it?

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