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Chapter 1041 The Impetuous Era

In the mid-Jiajing period, Ida’s misfortune and southeast pirates exhausted the spirit of the people of the world for 20 years, and then the ban on the sea and the border lock were all reasonable. The gentry and common people in all provinces of Ming Dynasty also wanted to be stable and maintain the current situation. order remains unchanged.

Long Qing negotiated peace with the Alta Ministry, opened the sea ban, these have no major impact. After all, the trade on the northern border is only a few openings, and the southern border is also a few ports. Not to mention the official, even the private ones are counted. They are all limited, the impact is not great, and people's hearts are very stable.

The wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and the salt merchants in Lianghuai can earn huge wealth just by moving around in Daming. The landlords can be the landlords with peace of mind, and the common people can be the common people with peace of mind.

Regardless of whether it is north, south, east or west, everyone is calm. The civil officials in the court and the scholars in the opposition are still clamoring, stripping away any laws and strategies that are not conducive to them, and fighting with each other endlessly.

But after five years in Wanli, everything changed. Originally, it was only Tianjin Wei’s open sea, and people found that connecting the outside of the Great Wall and the north and south of the Great River through land, water, and sea would generate such a large profit.

The destruction of the Ministry of Alta made merchants find that wearing armor and holding firearms to do business seems to be able to earn more wealth than before, without even requiring capital.

The Huwei army’s expansion of the territory made the nobles and wealthy gentry of the Ming Dynasty discover that the rich land in the world is not only in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also in Hetao, Baishan and Heishui, where farming does not need to pay taxes, and there are many more There are various specialties and various trades.

The common people also discovered that they can have more ways out. Famine does not necessarily mean they have to beg and become refugees to make trouble. They can go to the reclamation farms to plant, cultivate and collect. Those who are brave can be guards. His boldness and courage laid down a world of food, clothing, food and clothing.

Everyone's eyes widened suddenly, and they suddenly felt that this world is not just the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty. Beyond the sea, in the north of the nine sides, there is an infinite vast world. Those places have infinite wealth, and those places' There are many slaves waiting for you to develop and snatch them.

Before the fifth year of Wanli, Da Ming spoke hard, but he also knew that the Tartars outside the side wall and the Japanese pirates in the southeast were powerful enemies, but after the fifth year of Wanli, they were equipped with armor and firearms, and used carts as barriers The Han people found that those beasts, wolves and tigers were so vulnerable that they were just cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

This is a big time when people's hearts are floating.
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Seeing many people around me get rich because they seized a small opportunity, and hearing that many people have encountered miracles and become rich, those people are not as good as me, maybe they begged me and were despised by me back then, but now everyone Being stronger than oneself, no one will be reconciled to this.

They can, why can't I, they can seize the opportunity, why can't I, there are so many opportunities now, just pay attention, as long as you dare to take risks, you will definitely succeed.

The ordinary people have this idea, and the wealthy merchants have this idea even more. The more status they have, the more they care about such comparisons. For example, in the city of Nanjing, the handsome Earl is dying all day long. Why, Wasn't it because the Earl's family, which was about to decline, became prosperous all of a sudden, because Songjiang opened a port, followed it early, and made a fortune as a result.

The salt merchants in the Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers all made their fortunes by sitting on the ground with their privileges. Even so, some people benefited greatly from the early opening of the Songjiang port.

There are so few examples around, coupled with the fact that this kind of person is already flamboyant, which is even more exciting, and people are restless and impetuous. They are all keeping an eye on everything, and are ready to follow whenever there is a business opportunity.

After March of the 17th year of Wanli, the commentaries spoken by the storytellers everywhere began to tell the war allusions of the dynasty in addition to the traditional jokes.

After the Great Ming Taizu became the ancestor, there were no impressive victories in the foreign record, and some battles in the Zhengde Year were deliberately covered up. It is meaningless to say these things, and no one listens to them, but the things that this generation can say are It's a lot, and it's inspiring to listen to.

When the storyteller talks about this, there are always people who are willing to listen, and besides the brilliance of those emperors and generals, they always add a lot of allusions, such and such people are in Guihua City, outside the border wall of Liao Town , got Dazhuangzi, hundreds of thousands of slaves, tens of thousands of livestock and so on.

There is a strong commercial atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River. It is always exciting to hear stories about getting rich like this. There is such a clever storyteller who simply does not talk about such people who conquered all kinds of lands, but only those who go to foreign lands to make a fortune, and the result is more popular. , Such a story of leaving home for nothing, daring to fight outside, and finally made a fortune, is welcomed from top to bottom, even porters and beggars are willing to hear such stories.

This kind of story has been told a lot, and many people lamented and regretted why they did not catch up with this time. Now the northern grasslands have almost been divided up by big businessmen and wealthy families. Outside the Liaoning border wall, it is also the north The businessmen and nobles of the country have been divided, and the opportunity to make a fortune on the flat land is gone.

In such an atmosphere, another pamphlet was circulated. This pamphlet is also called Nanyang Notes, and its content is similar to the one circulated by the capital.

The description of Nanyang women is much less, and the description of the wealth of Nanyang is very detailed. It is said that the gold and silver mines there are easy to develop, and they have not been developed much. There are spices and various hardwoods there, which are sold to locals. Fanren's merchant ships are all huge profits, and if they can be trafficked back, the profits will be even higher.

The rice fields there can be ripened for three seasons a year, and the natives are all strong outsiders but capable in the middle. As long as you can kill them, they will be obedient slaves farming for you.

There are examples for each item, and there is no need to make up this out of thin air. Many people went to Nanyang to make a fortune, and worked hard in the local area. If they are not slaughtered, it is easy to accumulate wealth.

The pamphlet also mentioned that those who made a fortune had to pay taxes with the local Fans, and those in Banten, Sulu, and Manga had to pay taxes to the local rich chiefs. If you don't pay taxes, what kind of benefits should you get?

Not only that, but there are not many Fans in every part of Nanyang, but thousands or even hundreds of people occupy key points, relying on battleships, forts and firearms to defend. The pamphlet mentioned it contemptuously. Well, those warships are nothing compared to the big ships moored at the Songjiang Wharf. Those white soldiers are quite capable against the natives, but they are far behind the guards of the Duke of Liao.

There are also a few allusions in this booklet. For example, when a certain ship went to a certain place in Nanyang, on a whim, he saw how rich the natives on the shore were. The good gentry and gentry named out the names of a few people, which seemed to be true and false, which became more and more authentic.

Ordinarily there is nothing wrong with this comparison. Although the person who wrote this pamphlet used a number, it can be judged after careful study that they are from Songjiang Prefecture. There are many people in Songjiang Prefecture who have been to Nanyang. What I saw was Wang Tong's guards and the big boat again, so there was naturally this comparison.

But the things in this booklet are too provocative. Daming said that there are a lot of things overseas, most of which are similar to the notes of Zhiguai, but this one is very detailed. I asked those sea merchants who went to Nanyang, and they said that [-]% of them are not accurate, and [-]% After all, there is.

There is so much wealth over there, and there is no defense. Isn't this the same as waiting for someone to take it?The merchants in the north of the Ming Dynasty took the grasslands, the white mountains and the black waters, so why can’t we take the Nanyang ones.
Everyone has heard of how the merchants in the north do it. Even if they haven’t heard of it, there will be “people with a heart” who will take the initiative to remind you that you can’t go there to get it. You need someone to have a gun and scare others. I can't be scared anymore, I have to fight with my hands, and the strength of the family is not enough, so it is better to work together. This is not a business. This is the wealth of a country and a place. The more people go, the greater the grasp, and everyone can share it. More than enough.

Everyone has plenty of spare cash in their hands. Now that you are tempted and there are so many successful examples in front of you, let’s start to do it. First, the price of Guangzhou Shipyard has increased, and there are more people who order and buy. Naturally, the price is high. Then someone went to Wang Tong's shipyard to ask how much a ship like a gunboat would cost.

Some people also privately asked how much money would be needed to equip the ship with cannons. Some people joined forces, and some merchants in the Lianghuai River and Huaihe River were wealthy enough to buy one or several ships alone.

The ten-sea warship, of course, does not mean that it can be built just because it is built. The Duke of Liao is indeed a businessman.

Everyone knew that Liao Guogong also wanted to make this fortune, but his status was too high to be able to participate. With his old man's advice, it would definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Everyone said that the rent was also easy to negotiate.

This gunboat belongs to the gunboat, and the goods are still on land. If you can't get a big ship, you can get a Guangzhou ship to pull people up. Desperadoes are easy to do, but they dare to cross the ocean and burn, kill, and loot in foreign countries. People are hard to find, and those pirates are naturally the first choice.

Many desperadoes at sea suddenly found themselves a favorite, and people everywhere offered high prices to invite them to serve as guards.

Businessmen are not the only ones who have joined this tide. According to the news sent by Nanjing Jinyiwei, Wei Guogong and several honorable family generals and soldiers were expelled from their homes, but then they all joined the honorable family. It is the property of a nearby son, and then they also buy boats and hire people.

This is indeed an impetuous era.
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