Thinking of Zhao Hao's initiative to mention the topic of sea trade, Wang Mengxiang suddenly realized his true thoughts.

"What does Childe mean by opening the sea ban and doing business legally?"

"Not bad." Zhao Hao nodded.

"But the prince didn't know anything, the previous dispute lasted for a long time, and the imperial court only opened a place in Fujian Yuegang, and Fujian's own merchants can't feed it, which is equivalent to nothing for us in Jiangnan."

"I also said another thing to the Hua family." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "If the current law is wrong, we must try to amend it and make it a good law." ”

"What do you think about the pass?" After a pause, he asked in a deep voice: "Do you plan to continue to secretly not pay taxes, or do you want to take on your due obligations and make money in a bright way?" ”

"This ......" The two kings glanced at each other, and Wang Shimao smiled bitterly: "Son, we are also a family of generations of hairpins." But if it is possible, how can you do something that insults your ancestors? It's really a last resort, so I can only take risks. ”

"Yes, Childe, we are not afraid of paying taxes, and the court that we are afraid of will not give us the opportunity to pay taxes." Wang Mengxiang also agreed: "Yes, last year, we had a hard fight with Gaoxin Zheng and his gang, but it was really not a question of whether to pay taxes or not. ”

"In fact, we are similar on both sides, and we don't want to get a piece of the pie in the sea trade. The only difference is that Gao Gong wanted to reopen the market and let the imperial court monopolize trade. We don't want the court to interfere. Wang Shimao also echoed:

"Gongzi doesn't know anything, once the court intervenes, there will be no grass. Just like the Guangdong City Bo Division, it has been exploring and trading continuously, but from the government gentry to the ordinary people, who can get a little benefit? ”

"Okay, I get what you're thinking." Zhao Hao nodded, smiled and asked, "If I can get the exclusive authorization of the imperial court's overseas trade, are you willing to change your course with me?" ”

"Of course I do!" Without thinking, the two said in unison: "But how can it be done? ”

Different from the perception of ordinary people, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty's 'film can't go to the sea' is not a sea ban in the absolute sense.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty was officially allowed to conduct overseas trade - since the founding of the country, it has been located in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, and has been engaged in exploration and trade with the vassal states.

It was not until the Jiajing period that the two cities in Zhejiang and Fujian were temporarily dismissed, leaving only one in Guangdong to continue trade with the Nanyang Domain.

Although the exploration trade has a strong tributary color, and the Ming Dynasty often plays the role of the unjust, it is still a piece of fat for the imperial court, so is there any reason to let it out?

"Believe me or not?" Zhao Hao put on a yellow straw hat.

"Believe, of course!" The second king hurriedly responded: "If the son has confidence, we will have confidence!" ”

"Then listen to me, it's business as usual for the time being." Zhao Hao's tone was flat but firm: "I can't wade into this troubled water right now, otherwise it will be difficult to operate at that time." ”

"Understood." The two understood, Zhao Hao wanted the bullets to fly for a while longer, waiting for the right time to cut in.

And they want to be a good internal response to Zhao Hao......

"Communicate in a timely manner if there is a situation." Zhao Gongzi smiled and waved his hand at the two of them and got off the boat.

"Childe walks slowly." The two kept watching Zhao Hao's boat disappear into the Xiaoli River, and then they retracted their gaze.

"Uncle, do you think Childe can succeed?" Wang Shimao asked in a low voice.

"Normally, since he said so, he should be somewhat sure." Wang Mengxiang said with a solemn expression: "But the variable is when Gao Xin Zheng will make a comeback." If you come out early, it will be even more difficult to achieve something. ”

"High arch ......" Wang Shimao had a big head for a while, which is also the unanimous feeling of the Jiangnan gentry on this person. I always feel that as soon as this Henan guy comes to power, everyone has a bad life.

"Didn't you say that Li and Chen, the two elders, were trying to prevent His Majesty from recovering him?" He said with an obvious inclination in his words: "The princes of the Manchu Dynasty, especially the officials of the Kedao Dynasty, almost all of them attacked Gao Beard in the last year's cabinet tide, and they will not watch Gao Gong rise and recover." ”

"I hope so......" Wang Mengxiang let out a long sigh and said, "But who would have thought that Elder Xu Ge would be so soon?" How dare you pack a ticket and say that if he can't move with a tall beard, there will be no one to stir up trouble for him? ”

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Kaifeng Mansion in Henan, southwest of Xinzheng County, is connected by mountains and rivers.

There is a small manor at the end of the farmland, and the green willows are planted all over the village, and the stream flows for a long time, just like a paradise.

An old man wearing a hat and a kudzu sermon robe was sitting cross-legged under a willow tree fishing.

The old man's eyes looked at the water, but his gaze did not know where to go, as if he was thinking about something.

So much so that the reed fish float trembled violently, but he was still indifferent.

It wasn't until the guard behind him reminded him that he suddenly came back to his senses, and when he hurriedly lifted the rod, he saw that the fish had already unhooked and ran.

"What are you doing with a turtle grandson?!" The old man was furious, threw the fishing rod into the water angrily, and scolded the guard: "Why didn't you make a noise earlier? Let the fish run away again! ”

The guards were all wronged to death, and their hearts said that Lao Tzu was dignified and dressed in hundreds of households, and he was assigned to this poor and remote country, not to mention, and he had to suffer from the idleness of your dead old man all day long.

On his face, he had to be careful to accompany him and said with a smile: "The elder is thinking about national affairs, how dare the villain disturb?" ”

"Then you're going to keep shut!" The old man trained people, and it was a set. "No one treats you like a dumb person!"

"Well, yes, yes, shut up later." Fortunately, the guards were used to it, and they scolded him a few times in their hearts.

"Hmph, don't disturb the old man fishing again......" The old man said and looked back to find that something was missing, and when he looked down, the fishing rod was gone.

"Where's my rod?"

The guards did not dare to speak, and pointed to the stream in the distance.

The old man stood up, put his hand on the pergola and looked over, only to see that his fishing rod had floated away along the stream.

He roared angrily, "Why didn't you fart early?!" ”

The guard pointed to his mouth and waved his hand. Meaning you won't let me say it......

"It's a fart!" The old man stood up angrily, and then he saw that he was about fifty or sixty years old, with a wide mouth, a garlic nose, and two deep nasolabial folds around the corners of his mouth, not angry and arrogant.

What is especially eye-catching is his steel needle-like beard and copper bell-like eyes, which make him look like Zhong Kui who hunts ghosts, which makes people shudder.

This old man is not an ordinary person at first glance.

He is the Gao Gong Gao Suqing who made the officials of the Ming Dynasty frightened and made the dignified Zhao Liben not hesitate to escape by self-contamination!

Since he returned to his hometown in May and June, Gao Gong has been in Gao Laozhuang for more than a year.

That's called a life like a year, and it's very irritable.

He was already angry, and now he is even more arrested, and he has become a problem old man that everyone avoids.

He was about to teach the Jinyi Wei Baihu who was ordered to protect him a good lesson, but he saw the old housekeeper Gao Fu coming over and reported softly:

"Master, there is a request for a meeting named Shao Fang."

ps. The first update of the three consecutive changes. Thank you for your concern, I feel a lot better today, I feel that it may be a problem with glasses, I went to re-opt, and found that the left eye is equipped with 70 degrees, the right eye is equipped with 170 degrees, and the astigmatism is less than 50 degrees, so the eyes are easy to get tired, and then accumulate fatigue...... Originally, they were all optometry in a state-run time-honored brand, so I didn't know what to say. This is the pit daddy!