I Want a Low-key Traverser, So I Try to Act in Secret

Li Xu didn't quite know how to convert the weight unit here to KG, so he made an estimate and took an approximate value.

"... At least one million catties of top-grade ship steel was used. Not to mention the material alone, it costs tens of millions of taels of silver. If this top-grade ship steel is to be made into steel plates of uniform size and thickness, it must be seamless. The pieces are joined together..."

Speaking of this, Li Xu suddenly thought that before the advent of welding technology, it seemed that riveting technology was used to make steel ships, but he immediately thought that even with riveting technology, there are more difficulties to be overcome, even more difficult than he directly took out the welding equipment to make it It is much more difficult for the natives here to operate.

In the absence of any industrial foundation, the difficulty of processing steel plates is no different from hand-crafted steel boats.

In short, although what I said was not so straightforward, it has already expressed the meaning of "idiots talk about dreams" very clearly.

Li Xu wiped his hand again, the black mist special effect rose, and the hull of the [Black Pearl] disappeared without a trace amidst the sound of splashing water.

Later, when he returned to the banquet, Liu Zhanshan became a little distraught, and his mind kept repeating the formula "[Black Pearl] is about [-] million taels of silver".

He originally thought that he was very rich, incomparably rich... But it seemed that this specialty was compared to others.

……

It is estimated that he secretly adjusted himself for a few days. After this banquet, Li Xu did not see Liu Zhanshan for a few days.

When Liu Zhanshan hosted Li Xu again, it was already seven days later.

But this time it was very private, there were no Liu Zhanshan's subordinates, but there were two famous prostitutes who were said to have been hired at high prices from Huangyang Mansion, the most prosperous and luxurious city.

To be honest, Li Xu observed carefully with the electronic prosthetic eye, and came up with a four-word evaluation: average.

But when the banquet started later, he knew why these two women could become famous prostitutes even though they couldn't do it.

The woman Li Xu has seen with the best speaking skills is Pang Shiman, but she is a talent, and there is a big difference in physique between people. Even if she says some villainous lines, she will not be disgusting.

These two famous prostitutes were cultivated the day after tomorrow. In fact, their temperament, appearance and figure are also excellent candidates, but their scores are compared with others. Next to these stunning people, they are ugly ducklings.

"Meng Lang, a certain Liu, he offended you a few days ago, and I still look forward to Haihan, the master of the immortal master, and the master does not remember the faults of the villain."

At the banquet, Liu Zhanshan held a white jade wine glass with both hands, raised it over his head towards Li Xu, and then bent his body to the bottom.

"It's okay, Zhuang Zhuang Liu is no different than this, please be flat."

After Li Xu finished speaking, he noticed that the other party was still in his posture, and then reacted, he gave a secret "tsk", got up and walked around the case, came to Liu Zhanshan and supported him with both hands.

Since the last banquet, the level of respect for Li Xu from the entire Liu family has risen several levels, and it may be nothing more than the arrival of the emperor of the Dakui Dynasty.

Even the title of him has changed from "Mr." to "Xianshi".

After drinking Liu Zhanshan's apology wine, the host and guest sat down again.

It wasn't until this time that the two courtesans really started to look at Li Xu.

Being able to be invited by Liu Zhanshan with money, although the two of them are not top-level courtesans, they have also been in the Vanity Fair of Dakui Dynasty, the closest to the "top-level" level, and they are very familiar with the ecology.

Originally thought that this Liu Zhanshan was just a low-level person in the scholarly class, but after he was invited to the local area, the two of them got to know each other, but they couldn't help but be surprised.

This is a character like a local emperor, who regards the entire officialdom in Taizhou City as nothing, not to mention that his house violates the rules, and even violates the prohibition. Now the local officials are completely unable to suppress this guy who has neither fame nor official status.

The two even found out that the Taizhou city government was now afraid that it would irritate Liu Zhanshan and drive him back.

His influence on the sea is too great, so big that if he rebels, more than a dozen provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will be affected, not only maritime trade, but also maritime and coastal defense issues.

There are not too many examples of sea owners who failed in sea trade and failed to obtain benefits from normal trade, but there are not too many examples of masquerading as Japanese pirates and pirates, attacking coastal towns and major cities to make a fortune.

Although this situation will not last long, even the two famous prostitutes know that this fragile balance can easily be broken, but in the short term, there is really no one who can do anything about Liu Zhanshan's existence.

However, such a person would be so respectful to a strangely dressed foreign man?

Therefore, the two famous prostitutes also tried their best to please Li Xu.

……

Under the deliberate welcome, the atmosphere of the banquet was very good.

After eating a full stomach, Astoria loosened her belt in a relatively unremarkable manner, slumped on the seat, and whispered to her sister.

On the scene, the two famous prostitutes also had to restrain themselves, and even stayed away from the two men, and sat on Astoria's side, because the topic Li Xu and Liu Zhanshan were discussing at this time was a bit dangerous for them.

"Are you transferring wealth and power now?"

"Yes, Zhanshan is dull, but I also feel that this big Kui Dynasty seems to be unable to tolerate me. Two years ago, he transferred his family, property and power to Fusang Kingdom."

Liu Zhanshan was very respectful at this time, he drove the servants away, served tea and wine for Li Xu himself, and stood aside like a junior.

"How did you think of asking me this question? Do I look like I know Da Kuichao well?"

"Hey hey... Zhan Shan asked some of your little brothers who were driven off the ship at that time, and they knew that you had clashed with the general soldiers of Zhenhaiwei, and even blew up one of their ships into the sky with a fairy method. You are a fairy, Of course there is a way to solve Zhanshan’s problem.”

At close range, occasionally turning his head and tilting his head, Liu Zhanshan could somewhat see the abnormality of Li Xu's eyes from the edge of the sunglasses he was wearing. He couldn't understand that situation, and his heart was a little hairy, and his words became more and more cautious.

Li Xu rubbed his hands, and seemed to be recalling something, while saying: "You are also an anomaly. You have worked hard from a salt villager to the current situation with one knife and one gun. Now you are a sea lord at sea, or you were originally a The official family or the white gloves of the official family, or take out most of the bonuses to serve under the command of a certain court boss."

"It's just... hehe, Zhanshan is not reluctant to part with the floating money, but when I think of my drowned siblings, it's like a thorn in my heart. I, Liu Zhanshan, don't want to give eggs to those gentry and dog officials, but all these people With a little bit of conscience, some scum will be exposed between the fingers for us to suffer haha, I will not be cruel enough to drown my young brother and sister in the salt puddle with my own hands."

Speaking of these words, it seemed that some of his memories were brought back, and Liu Zhanshan's face became grim.

After pondering for a while, Li Xu said:

"Have you ever thought about why you transferred your family property and relatives to Fusang country?"

"Huh? Of course it's just in case. My old lady and my son are not in Da Kui Dynasty. They have nothing to do with me, and naturally they won't act rashly..."

"No, no, no..." Li Xu interrupted him, "I asked a question, let's ask again, have you ever thought that before your power did not reach the level it is now, instead you don't need to transfer your family property and relatives, now your power is great Instead, it needs to be done just in case?"

Liu Zhanshan was taken aback for a moment, thinking that this question was unreasonable.But according to what Li Xu said, he couldn't help being stunned after thinking about it, yes, my current power is far different than before, why didn't I need to transfer before, but now I need it?

"Hmm--I used to do my own thing with other sea masters, and no one hindered anyone. Now my family is the only one, hindering others from making money?"

"But didn't you just say that even if the current sea trade scale is expanded ten times, it will not affect the income in Fusang?"

Liu Zhanshan scratched his head, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Yes, that's true. Although there is a shortage of supplies in Fusang, there is no shortage of gold and silver mines. But since I don't hinder anyone, why do I always feel that they are united against me?"

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Section 140 0138

Liu Zhanshan was originally a Yanmin, or Yanhu.

To put it simply, it is a person who is stipulated to die and can only "boil salt" as a job, and the same is true for future generations.

There are two ways to change one's class. One is to make a fortune and spend money to redeem one's "household registration."

But it is easy to say, neither of these two is so easy.

In feudal society, limited by productivity, the social ecology is simple and primitive, and the easy road to wealth has long been monopolized by the gentry class. Even the gentry class has many examples of bloodshed. If you want contacts and no connections, how can you have the capital to participate in it.

The latter is even more difficult for ordinary people. The cultural development of the Dakui Dynasty is very difficult to describe. If you just read and write to understand the scriptures, most people can do this, but the circulation of knowledge is too poor, and the right to explain It is also firmly in the hands of a few.

Take the example of Li Xu’s time-space Great Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of years later, in the new society, there will be [-] Tang poems in the elementary school era. There are not many scholars who can accumulate the reading volume of [-] Tang poems. learning origin.

Some scholars hold the right to interpret the scriptures firmly in their hands, and break away from any interpretation of the scriptures they interpret. Unless the core is really awesome enough to withstand scrutiny and nit-picking, it is deviant.

In the previous two dynasties, there were stories of self-taught talents, but in the Dakui Dynasty, hehe... Do you want to understand the scriptures by yourself without the power of interpretation by the scholars?

Just look at the imperial examination every three years to see if there is any scholar who is not from a large academies in various places. The rich can't squeeze into this circle, so they can only obediently give their eggs to Shilin, let alone a mud-legged person from a salt household. ?

When Liu Zhanshan was in his teens, a famine broke out in his original hometown. The disaster food transferred by Da Kui to the royal family seemed to have arrived at the county government, but the officials refused to distribute the relief. The hungry people united to petition for release. Food... That night, Liu Zhanshan's father returned home covered in blood, first hacked his mother to death, and then drowned his younger siblings in the salt water puddle in front of the house.

"Zhanshan, I've taken care of all your burdens for you, and it's up to you whether you can survive in the future."

"Now, run for your life, the officers and soldiers will enter the village to slaughter at dawn, don't stay here and wait for death"

After saying that, his father threw him an embroidered spring knife that was stained with the blood of the whole family, and he fell to the ground in the house and died.

After half a day, Liu Zhanshan, who was trembling and terrified, went up to monitor his father, only to find that his abdomen had been opened a long time ago, and his intestines were leaking out, and he was still tied tightly with cloth. He went home and did these things .

Twenty years later, after he became a well-known sea lord in the sea, he found out what happened back then—the local county lord and the garrison commander had long conspired to stir up civil uprisings by taking advantage of the famine and choking on relief food. Taking advantage of the situation, thousands of people who united to petition were labeled as "rebels". Not only did they embezzle the food money, but they also slaughtered several villages where the salt station was located, and divided the land among several families.

……

Following Liu Zhanshan's narration, Li Xu also remembered what he had seen and heard in the past few months.

He gradually loses hearing of Liu Zhanshan's voice and falls into his own world.

Every time I go to a city, I can always see a large area of ​​shantytowns outside the city, some are victims of disasters from other places, and some are displaced farmers.

The biggest means of making a living in the shantytowns are beggars and selling children.

It's a pity that there is no miraculous martial arts in this world. Beggars are real beggars. There are no dirty clothes school who laugh and scold the world, and there is no clean clothes school who deliberately endure hardships. There are only real bankrupts who make a living by begging and giving alms.

And in the face of hunger, human nature becomes extremely ugly.

According to the general standards of the literati class, the Dakui Dynasty was a time of revival, a time of peace and prosperity, and all places were prosperous.

Maybe everyone has different standards for "peace and prosperity". Do literati, gentry, wealthy businessmen account for [-]% of the total population?Is the "peace and prosperity" with [-]% of the population a real peace and prosperity?

……

The banquet broke up on this day, because Li Xu said something to Liu Zhanshan:

"Well, I can't figure something out. Go back and think about it first. As for what you asked for, I will give you the answer after I think about it."

Liu Zhanshan's emotions got a little out of control, and he talked about some secrets from his early years. No matter how much the two famous prostitutes listened to, he couldn't let go of the wind... In the early years, he might have become murderous and silenced the two women .

However, Ju Yixing is rejuvenated, and he also said that after becoming a wealthy businessman, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem. He has rarely done things that he would only do when he had no choice.

Spent a sum of money that was not worth mentioning to him but was very generous in the eyes of others, and sent it to the original brothel (belonging to Jiaofang Division) of two famous prostitutes. He died and raised two famous prostitutes in the manor.

For the next few days, Li Xu kept thinking about this matter.

In the history he knew, there was a similar figure in the Ming Dynasty - Li Dan.

Liu Zhanshan's deeds are similar to his, but the ending is surprisingly the same - they both feel that they are not allowed by Daming (Da Kui), and they both choose to avoid Fusang.

Their own power has swelled to such an extent that they can only stand on their own if they don't join in... But Da Ming at that time and Da Kui at this time were both at the top of the feudal dynasty, and conflicts in all aspects were suppressed to the minimum. It wasn't that they were barefoot Born civilian forces can be overthrown.

For example, their way of avoiding Fusang should be the best choice in this situation - Li Xu doesn't need to say anything, he just needs to give a positive comment on this, and Liu Zhanshan can enjoy his old age in peace - as long as he doesn't randomly accept As godsons, one of them happens to be named "Zheng Yiguan".

just...

There are also some very primitive tribes in the north of the Dakui Dynasty. Although they all survive under the force of the frontier army at this time, and use a line from the Nanbang TV series in Li Xu's era "can be the dog capital of the Ming Dynasty (Dakui Dynasty) Three lives are lucky", it can be confirmed that one of them will be "My Great Qing" who will rule the Central Plains in the future.

It does not need to be Duoyan Sanwei or a precise "Jiannu", "My Great Qing" can enter the Central Plains, not like some rooting scholars or X scholars boast, what hard work, what great talent, if it is not feudal The suppression of the emperor and the old feudal literati class has no way to rise. Capitalism is seeking its own development possibilities. "Three hundred years is just that TV series line.

This period of history, as well as the following three hundred years until the modern Republic of China, made Li Xu quite disgusted... But according to the theory of biological evolution, the Chinese civilization has been able to prosper to this day precisely because of the continuous appearance of "My Great Qing" and "My Great Qing" in history. A touchstone like "fruit party".

Baojianfeng comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.