"Tofan?!" Xu Chengdong was surprised, but suddenly remembered something, "Where did Brother Qiyang know?" ”

"I got the news in the middle of the court, this Feng Xiu specifically mentioned in the strategy of opening the sea, it is necessary to control the east and colonize and develop, so as to prevent it from being taken ,......advantage of by the Japanese and Xiyi people," Weng Qiyang brushed his beard, "Longyou and Anfu people recruited people in Yunnan before the Ming Dynasty Chenghua for decades, and tens of thousands of people lived in the Yao'an area,......"

As soon as Weng Qiyang mentioned this, the businessmen in the entire hall immediately understood.

During the Chenghua period of the former Ming Dynasty, Longyou merchants and Jiangyou Anfu merchants marched to Yunnan and Guizhou in order to expand their industries, and successfully settled in the area of Yao'an, Yunnan.

Because Yunnan was still in a relatively primitive and backward state at that time, Longyou and Anfu merchants hired a large number of displaced people to go to Yunnan to open up land and reclaim, and quickly opened up the situation in the Yao'an area.

Every year, displaced people were recruited from inland areas to go to the reclamation, vigorously develop grain planting, mining and smelting, and then transport grain, metals, etc., and at the same time transport the necessary salt, cloth and other materials in, so that the power of Longyou and Anfu merchants in the Yao'an area increased greatly.

Later, it caused the uneasiness of the former Ming Dynasty Yunnan political envoy and the criminal envoy department, reported to the former Ming court, and forcibly required Longyou merchants and Anfu merchants to withdraw, although after several twists and turns, Longyou merchants and Anfu merchants gradually withdrew from Yao'an's reclamation, but it brought a great boost to the local development and prosperity of Yao'an.

Later Longyou and Anfu merchants also intervened in the reclamation of displaced people in the Yunyang Mountains, but it also made the local government very vigilant, and was expelled by the local government after a few years, and this situation continued until the Great Zhou, like now the Yunyang area is still a very active area for Longyou and Anfu merchants.

It can be said that in the entire Great Zhou merchants, in addition to being quite famous in business, Jiangyou Anfu merchants and Longyou merchants are also the best at this kind of reclamation development, no wonder Weng Qiyang said that these merchants immediately understood.

"Brother Qiyang, how does this strategy of opening the sea have anything to do with the land of Dongfan?" Xu Chengdong was also a little curious, "The strategy of opening the sea, the north and south roads, the north road to southern Liaoning, Japan and North Korea, but the first priority is southern Liaoning - Denglai, followed by Korea and Japan, the south road is the sea trade between Fujian and Zhejiang, Guangxi and Nanyang, why can this east be involved?" ”

Weng Qiyang couldn't answer this question for a while.

He also learned the news through various channels, Feng Ziying did not see any merchants, except for the Fujian maritime merchants and a few shipping companies in Ningbo that he contacted when he was in Ningbo, the merchants who came to other places and wanted to share a spoonful of soup were all closed.

It is said that the involvement of Dongfan in the strategy of opening the sea also caused controversy in the DPRK and China, but there was no final conclusion, and now more controversy is focused on which yamen will be in charge of promoting the strategy of opening the sea, and who will be in charge of this strategy.

This also caused a tear among all parties, and the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and even the Governor of Denglai were all involved.

After thinking for a long time, Weng Qiyang said slowly: "Brother Chengdong, the strategy of opening the sea that people are considering is not entirely for trade, but has a more long-term consideration, we are businessmen, and that one is a rising star in the political arena, the representative of the northern scholars in the future, and the idea is naturally different from ours." ”

Xu Chengdong can only think so, otherwise it is difficult to explain why he wants to involve the Dongfan matter into the battle for the dominance of the open sea that is now in full swing.

"Brother Qiyang, what should we do now?" Xu Chengdong can be arrogant in front of others, but in the face of Weng Qiyang, the Weng family known as "Dongting Weng Xu" and still ranked before the Xu family, he did not dare to be arrogant.

Weng Qiyang also felt a little tricky.

This new Hanlin Academy is said to be not famous for his poetry, but he likes to be a politician and a northerner, and he has never been in contact with it before, the key is that this person came out too quickly, so everyone is very unfamiliar.

When the Jinshi and the Pavilion selected Shu Jishi, everyone only heard of this name, and soon it was the Western Xinjiang Rebellion, but after all, it was limited to the border areas, and it was all famous for a while by virtue of this sea opening strategy, but he still held the right to interpret this sea opening strategy, and it could even be continuously extended.

For example, at first, everyone thought that it was just to open the sea and borrow money, but later the northern scholars put the Liaonan-Denglai shipping route, and even North Korea and Japan trade, and then said that the more northern Ezo land, and even the more distant Haixi, the wild Jurchen trade exclusive right were included, and now there is even an additional Dongfan reclamation.

If the minds of the Jiangnan merchants were still focused on competing for the right to trade with the maritime merchants of the two Guangxi and Fujian regions in the past, but now they have suddenly joined Japan, Korea, and the undeveloped Ezo, Hercynian and Savage Jurchens, this will not make them tempted.

Dongfan reclamation will definitely make Longyou merchants and Jiangyou businessmen excited, they were originally in the Great Zhou border wasteland reclamation, will attract the local government jealousy, but now the east has not yet formally established the jurisdiction of the people, the east island is very wide, the climate is similar to Fujian and Zhejiang, although there is a miasma, but for the merchants, it is not a thing.

As long as this Feng Xiu sent out an invitation, I was afraid that Long You and Jiang You'an Fu businessmen would rush to pounce on him, maybe this Feng Xiu saw this one, and wanted to take this reclamation of Dongfan as one of his great achievements, and pave the way for his future promotion.

"Chengdong, isn't this Feng Xiu going to marry the daughter of our Suzhou Shen family?" Weng Qiyang showed a thoughtful look for a long time, "The Shen family is a famous family in Wuzhong, a scholarly family, and he has never paid much attention to us businessmen, but it is not difficult to find the gentry who are on the line with the Shen family, and now we can only try this line for the time being, we can't let this matter pass by us, then we can't explain it to others." ”

"Brother Qiyang, this path can certainly be tried, but the younger brother also heard that this son's trip to Jiangnan stayed in Yangzhou for a long time, and he had a very close relationship with the two Huai patrolling salt imperial history Lin Hai, and Lin Hai is also our Suzhou people,......" Xu Chengdong said meaningfully: "Brother Qiyang thinks it can be ......?"

Weng Qiyang's face was complicated, of course he understood what the other party meant, of course he understood which person the two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History was, and the Emperor Taishang had a lot of connections in Jiangnan, and he could also find someone who had a relationship with Lin Hai, but now if the relationship with that side is too deep, if it is involved in the future, it will inevitably be implicated.

"Let me think about it."

Weng Qiyang knows very well that it is impossible for this businessman to completely bypass the imperial court, but if it is too deeply involved, it also means that the huge benefits are accompanied by huge risks, so how to control such a degree is also something that every wealthy businessman family has to think about seriously.

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"Mrs. Shi, it is preliminarily decided to go south in five days, and I will arrange someone to pick up Miss Miaoyu and Mrs. Shi, and there may be a girl who will also go south to Yangzhou, just so that I can go with Miss Miaoyu, and I also have a companion."

Feng Ziying stood at the door humbly and politely and did not go in.

Originally, both Yuan and Miaoyu invited him into the room, but he deliberately did not enter the door, and just said it briefly.

"Oh, and there's another girl going south to accompany the apprentice?"

Li Yuan is not worried about anything else, Feng Ziying is a famous big man at the moment, the Hanlin Academy revised, and has this relationship with the Lin family, so it is naturally safe.

It's just that she didn't expect Feng Ziying to be so thoughtful, and she could find another girl to accompany her apprentice to the south, before she thought that Feng Ziying would just let him have a maid in the house to accompany her.

"Well, it's the girl of the Shihou family in Jinling, Daiyu, the daughter of Duke Lin, had a very good relationship with Miss Shi when she lived in Rongguo's mansion temporarily, and Miss Shi wanted to go to Yangzhou to accompany Miss Lin for a while, so she could go with Miss Miaoyu, which would be more convenient, and then I would let a maid in my house accompany Miss Miaoyu, so it would be appropriate."

Feng Ziying said while deliberately stepping down the steps, but Master Yuan and Miaoyu naturally didn't know Feng Ziying's intentions, and when they saw that others were moving, they had to accompany them down the steps, and spoke: "Amitabha, that's great, the poor nun is still worried that the apprentice has never gone out alone, and it is very inconvenient to go south this time, but the old nun made a promise in front of the Buddha that from leaving the Panxiang Temple and entering Beijing, he will be old in this Muni courtyard for the rest of his life, and he will not leave a step again. Lao Ni was relieved. ”

"Huh? Didn't the division go south together? Feng Ziying was taken aback, he always thought that this fate master was also going south with Miaoyu, and the reason why he arranged a maid to accompany Miaoyu was also to take into account that after Miaoyu entered the Lin family, I am afraid that she may not be able to adapt to it, so that Yu Chu'er can accompany Miaoyu and be familiar with it for a few days, so that she can take care of her.

"The old nun won't go this way." Liyuan's face was calm, and he followed Feng Ziying, "Miaoyu is supposed to go, but if she has seen her father, what is the future, and it is up to her to agree, this is what Lao Ni and Feng Shizhu said,......"

"The teacher is too relieved, Ziying is also entrusted by others, do her best, this matter, go and stay are all determined by Miss Miaoyu, if you want to return to Beijing, Ziying will also safely escort Miss Miaoyu back to Beijing, and hand it over to Mrs. Shi."

While talking and walking, in the meditation room at the other end of the woods, the big and small Duan clans looked up and down at the woman standing next to Feng Ziying.

Looking at the age, I am afraid that he is eighteen or nineteen years old, his figure is tall and even, he wears a wonderful bun, a moon-white plain embroidered jacket, a long waistcoat with paddy field trim, and an autumn-colored silk silk tied around his waist, which looks even more graceful, and his gentle and graceful face fell into the eyes of Daduan's family, and he suddenly felt a little more good.

Xiao Duan also saw the clue from his sister's facial expression, "Sister, this woman is not bad, her body and bones are healthy, and it is also beneficial to cultivate in the pure land for a long time." ”