Gao Pragmatic didn't stop it immediately, and Wu Dui's anger didn't seem to be fake, his usually gentle face could now see the green tendons on his forehead, and even his entire face was a little distorted because of anger.

Wu Xun had always behaved very politely before, just like his name and words, but this time he was very stubborn, not only was he not deterred, but he took a deep breath and said firmly: "The little nephew thinks that with the talent of the uncle, the worries are self-evident. ”

Gao Pragmatic finally smiled, stretched out his hand to stop Wu Dui, who had already gotten up, and said, "Senior brother, please calm your anger and let the junior brother talk to Qianzhi." ”

Although Wu Dui was trembling with anger, he still had to take care of Gao Shi's face, gasped a few times, and said with anger: "This rebel is just incompetent, he is still so arrogant, it seems that it is my fault to keep him in Shanyin all these years!" Truth-seeking, you don't have to take care of my old face, just scold what you should scold, if you should beat ...... Just beat me hard! ”

"No, no." Gao pragmatically smiled gently, and said, "I think the humble words are quite a slap in the face." ”

"Drink as a head? He? Wu Dui snorted coldly and said hatefully: "I think he needs to be the first to drink." But after all, it may be because Gao Shishi didn't seem to be angry, Wu Dui's tone finally eased a little.

"Qianzhi, you just said that Jiangnan Xungui and the extremely rich family will not accept the dominance of the Jinghua family, and they will definitely join forces to compete with Jinghua...... What is the evidence? Gao pragmatic turned his head and asked.

Wu Xun shook his head and said, "The little nephew is just a scholar in Shanyin, how can he come up with any evidence?" However, the little nephew thought that this matter did not need to be proven, and the inference could be known. ”

Wu Dui heard another sneer, but because Gao was asking pragmatically at the moment, he didn't interject.

Gao pragmatic was noncommittal, but continued to ask: "So, how did you deduce?" ”

Wu Xun said: "I heard that the number of ports in Jinghua, whether the number of ships entering and leaving the port or the total amount of goods, Tianjin is the most, Guangzhou is second, Quanzhou is second, and Ningbo and the newly built Shanghai Port are the bottom two, I don't know if this rumor is true?" ”

In fact, Wu Xun also missed Qinzhou Port, Jingang, Yingkou Port and even Kaiping Port, but Gao Pragmatic didn't care, because he found that these ports mentioned by Wu Xun, except for Shanghai Xingang, were all official ports in the previous Gaogong opening period, and their locations were also in the "core area" of the Ming Dynasty.

Gao pragmatic said lightly: "The ports you mentioned are indeed in this order. ”

Wu Xun said: "Tianjin relies on Beijing, and it is understandable that it has today's status, but although Quanzhou is a seaport in the past dynasties, Fujian has been poor since ancient times, the output is not abundant, and the number of people is far less than that of Zhejiang, why is it more prosperous than Ningbo?" ”

Gao asked with a smile: "I would like to hear Gao's opinion." ”

"Don't dare." Wu Xun said: "Liu Sanbian once said, 'The southeast shape wins, the three Wu capitals, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times', but according to the little nephew's understanding, the grain endowment of the northern provinces is Pingyang as the most, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces are second only to Suzhou, followed by Xi'an, Jinan, Kaifeng, Qingzhou, and Taiyuan.

In the southern provinces, Suzhou pays 11% of the world's grain endowment with a single land, and it goes without saying that it is the crown. Later, Songjiang was the top three of the national dynasties and was also a rich land. Further back, there are Changzhou, Jiaxing, Nanchang, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Hangzhou and other places, where the top 40 have been ranked, and Ningbo can not be found......"

Gao pragmatic asked: "Do you want to say that Ningbo has declined, so it can't compare to Quanzhou?" ”

Who knows that Wu Xun shook his head: "Quanzhou is not in it, how can it be 'therefore'?" ”

"And what do you mean?" Gao was a little curious.

Wu Xun said: "Huzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, the four prefectures of Zhejiang, surround Qiantang, all on the list, but Ningbo is also on the edge of Qiantang, but it failed to enter, Uncle Shi doesn't think it's a little weird?" Oh yes, I don't know if Uncle Shi knows, although Suzhou and Hangzhou are on this list, Suzhou's grain endowment is as high as more than 2.5 million stones, while Hangzhou's is only 234,000 stones, and as for Ningbo, which is not on the list, it is even less. ”

Gao Shi pondered for a moment and said: "Do you want to say that when the dynasty was first established, either the difference in strength between Suzhou and Hangzhou and Suning was extremely huge, or ...... Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places, seriously concealing their economic strength? ”

The word economy has been used since ancient times, but the original meaning is different from that of later generations. However, after Gao Gong and Gao Pragmatic vigorously promoted practical learning, this word was gradually used more in the Ming Dynasty, and now it is close to the meaning of later generations, and Wu Xun naturally understands it.

Who knew that Wu Xun smiled slightly and said: "It's not impossible to say that it is impossible to conceal it, but in fact, in the opinion of the little nephew, it is not possible to talk about concealment, but the court took the initiative to give up." ”

Gao Shishi's heart moved, and he vaguely guessed what he was going to say.

Sure enough, Wu Xun pursed his lips lightly and said: "At that time, the imperial court divided household registration, and merchants were neither included in the compilation nor taxed. The wealth of Qiantang was no longer in the field at that time, but in silkworms and merchants, but these silkworm households were not rich, and the really rich were all businessmen, so that when the yellow book was fabricated, the grain in the Qiantang area was much lower than that of Suzhou. ”

Gao Pragmatic knew that although what he said was true, the reason why Suzhou's grain was extraordinarily high was that Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's number one enemy in the early days, was based in Suzhou, so Zhu Yuanzhang especially imposed heavy taxes on Suzhou.

Of course, it turned out later that Zhu Yuanzhang's overall taxes were set too low, so that Suzhou obviously paid the highest grain payment in the country, and Suzhou people could also say with disdain: Lao Tzu doesn't care about this tax-breaking thing.

However, the grain tax in the Qiantang River area does seem to be too low, and even if Wu Xun just mentioned the situation is taken into account, Gao Shipra still feels that something is wrong - if it is believed that the economic level of Suzhou and Hangzhou is roughly the same, should Hangzhou's commercial tax be as high as nine times that of grain tax? This is an exaggeration.

Even if you make a discount and think that the economic strength of Hangzhou during the founding of the Ming Dynasty was only half of the level of Suzhou, the commercial tax that should have been paid should have reached four or five times the grain tax, which seems to be a bit excessive.

Wu Xun saw Gao Shi's doubts, and at this time he was more confident, and said eloquently: "Uncle Shi, whether it's Hangzhou or Ningbo...... Especially in Ningbo, which has been a treaty port since ancient times, there are many merchants who go to sea, the dynasty first did not recognize the merchant nationality, and then began to ban the sea, can these people quickly change careers and return to land farming? Apparently not.

Therefore, they just moved from the stage to the stage, and the maritime merchants turned into pirates. Most of them are just coastal 'maritime merchant families'. ”

Needless to say, there has been a public discussion for a long time, Gao Pragmatic was not surprised, and one thing he noticed was that Wu Xun deliberately accentuated the tone of the "maritime merchant family".

Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "You mean, the development of Ningbo Port has not been smooth so far, because these 'maritime families' are obstructing it?" ”

Wu Xun also laughed, and arched his hand: "Uncle Shi is an understanding person, that's exactly the case." Then he paused, and then said: "These maritime merchant families, the little nephew also knows something in Shanyin. ”

"Oh?" Gao Pragmatic came to be interested, and said: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"In fact, these maritime families have now turned into three shares, the weakest of which has been invested in Jinghua, and Ningbo Port can have today's situation, and they have also contributed a lot."

Gao pragmatic bowed slightly, signaling that he understood.

Wu Xun said again: "However, compared to the other two, their strength is very different. There are two points that are now being argued between the two forces: one is to gather their own strength and form a new Zhejiang maritime alliance on their own, to compete with Jinghua's power in Zhejiang; The second is to join forces with Nanjing Xungui to create a broader Nanjing maritime alliance to compete with Jinghua's Beiyang maritime trade alliance. ”

Gao Pragmatic would not be stupid enough to ask Wu Xun where he got the news, but after a little silence, he asked: "So can you know which faction has the upper hand now?" ”

Wu Xun said simply: "Zhejiang faction." ”

Gao Shi smiled and shook his head: "The eyes of the rat are inched." ”

Wu Xun also laughed and said: "Uncle Shi's evaluation is really to the point, but Uncle Shi, the little nephew feels that although the Zhejiang faction still has the upper hand at the moment, sooner or later, the Nanjing faction will overpower the Zhejiang faction, and the 'Nanjing Maritime Trade Alliance' is very likely to appear, so Uncle Shi must not be careless." ”

Gao Shishi didn't answer directly, but thought for a while before asking, "What role did the Duke of Wei Mansion and the Marquis of Linhuai Mansion play in this?" ”

This question may be a bit over-the-top, Wu Xun shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, Uncle Shi, the little nephew was just ordered to guard his house in Shanyin, and the little nephew has no way of knowing about these too in-depth situations." ”

Gao pragmatically thought about it, Wu Dui's hope for him should be to be an official, and the best thing is to take the imperial examination, if not, Enyin's position as a brocade guard and then mix it up with martial arts by himself, he can still make do. In this case, it is impossible for Wu Dui to give him much power to hand over the Nanjing Xungui - Wu Dui himself is both a civil minister and a secretary of the military department, and he does not dare to let his son fight with the Nanjing Xungui, if this is a copy, it will be a commotion.

You must know that Nanjing Xungui and Yanjing Xungui are not of the same line, and they are alone on one side and are not under the emperor's nose, so it is much more dangerous and easier for Wenchen to interact with Nanjing Xungui than with Yanjing Xungui.

The reason why Gao Pragmatic has passed through more than ten years is that among the nobles of Nanjing, there are only two reluctant friends, Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Wei, and Li Yangong, the Marquis of Linhuai, which is also one of the important reasons. That's because he was involved in the internal affairs of the Xu family in the past, and he helped Li Zongcheng.

However, if you look at the situation from the outside, the Linhuai Marquis Mansion doesn't seem to care much about attracting Zhejiang maritime merchants, and even deliberately avoids taboos. As for the Duke of Wei's mansion...... Uncle Shi, with the status of the Duke of Wei, until the last moment, they can not take a stand-because no one dares to ignore his family, and no one dares to force his family to take a stand. ”

Gao pragmatically nodded, indicating understanding. Wei Guogong's status in Nanjing is like the status of Cheng Guogong in Yanjing, and the level of the rivers and lakes is the same as that of the nobles of Yanjing.

If he doesn't speak, you can only guess, even if you discuss what interests to divide here, you have to count him if he doesn't say a word, this is the "habitual prestige" formed after the continuous blessing of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how envious and jealous it is, it is useless.

Gao Pragmatic decided to ignore this stubble for the time being, turned the topic back, and said: "It seems that the maritime merchants of the Zhejiang faction can now gain the upper hand, most likely because the Wei Mansion did not speak, and the Linhuai Marquis Mansion did not mix. So, Qianzhi, you just proposed that I hand over the matter of maritime trade to you, it seems that there is a way to deal with it? ”

Before Wu Xun could speak, Wu Dui couldn't help but interject this time: "Truth-seeking, don't listen to his nonsense, this son of a scumbag only manages a few dollars in Shanyin, I don't know?" It is less than 3,000 acres of land added together, and there are just a few shops, let him take care of Jinghua Haimao? Joke, he didn't know how big Jinghua Haimao's plate was! ”

Of course, Gao Pragmatic would not give him the helm of the huge Jinghua Haimao because of Wu Xun's words, it would be crazy, so he smiled and said: "The silver that Jinghua Haimao posts every year will not be less than the silver of Taicang." ”

The so-called Taicang here is not limited to Taicang, the Ming people often use Taicang to refer to the treasury, and Gao pragmatic here also means this.

He felt that there was no need to hide the Wu family father and son in this matter, because Jinghua was serious about paying taxes, although the customs tariff of the Ming Dynasty was Gao Shishi's original suggestion of Gao Gong to make a "tax according to the ship", and the actual value and profit of the goods on the ship were not very accurate, but the approximate scale was clear, and people with a heart could check it out, and there was no need to conceal it.

But this amount is still too amazing, although Gao Pragmatic is only talking about posting, not about profits, but the silver posted exceeds Taicang, that is, at least six million taels are posted.

What is the profit of sea trade, you can guess from Wu Xun's understanding of the sea trade in the Qiantang area just now, he is knowledgeable, and the profit here is at least two or three million - in fact, it is more than that, because they don't know that Gao Shishi has reservations about what he said just now, and Jinghua's annual posting on sea trade is almost twice that of Taicang.

Although this number of postings is not even comparable to the annual profit of Brother Zheng Zhilong, if you count the net profit of Jinghua at the moment, it is far less than the Zheng family, but at this moment after all, it is not Zheng Zhilong's period, and the father and son of the Wu family are shocked by this amount.

Of course, Wu Dui knew that Gao was pragmatic and rich, but to what extent he was rich, in fact, he didn't know very well, and he didn't know that Jinghua was so amazing in sea trade alone, so that he was stunned for a while, and it took a long time before he gasped and sighed: "I finally know now why Zhu Yingzhen, Zhang Yuangong, and their group of Huahua Tai Sui obey you in everything, and it has almost become your helper to stay in Beijing...... This Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance can at least earn hundreds of thousands of taels for a few of them a year, right? ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled, but did not take this stubble, but said to Wu Xun: "Qianzhi, do you think you can help me take charge of Jinghua Haimao now?" ”

Wu Xun's face turned white, and he hurriedly waved his hand again, and shook his head again: "No, no, no, how can the little nephew afford such a big deal, it was the little nephew who was arrogant and arrogant...... Please forgive Uncle Shi. ”

Gao pragmatically smiled and said, "What you said just now is still very insightful...... Well, if you really don't want to be an official and want to work hard in the business world, I can give you a Ningbo Port here, I don't know if you are willing to give in? ”

Tongguan, in fact, is the deputy of the supervisor, this statement has a relatively heavy "Ming style". Although Gao Shishi felt that Wu Xun's words just now were indeed insightful, he didn't really operate it after all, and it was probably difficult to convince the public to be directly in charge of a port, and maybe it would cause discord between the old and the new in Ningbo Port, so he would give a deputy a look at the quality first.

When Wu Dui heard this, he still felt that it was too high, and was about to excuse himself, but Wu Xun gritted his teeth and said, "The little nephew is willing." ”

Without waiting for his father to be angry again, he took the initiative to say: "Please Uncle Shi give the little nephew three years, if the ranking of Ningbo Port in the Jinghua ports has not improved within three years, there is no need for Uncle Shi to ask, the little nephew will come to Uncle Shi to ask for guilt." ”

Wu Dui's face was a little ugly, but he finally held back and didn't say anything.

Gao Pragmatic smiled at Wu Xun and said, "A word is a certainty." ”

"It's a deal!" Wu Xun's expression looked as if he had just made up a life and death situation.

Gao Shishi laughed, and suddenly asked, "Can you have a number?" ”

Wu Xun was stunned, shook his head and said, "If you can't succeed in your studies, how dare you call yourself." ”

Gao pragmatic turned his head to Wu Dui and said, "Senior brother, junior brother gives No. 1 and Qianzhi, what do you think?" ”

Wu Dui was stunned for a moment, seemed to guess something, and said with a wry smile: "You are the teacher, naturally you can, but this son of a ...... was able to get the title of six champions, the foolish brother really didn't know what to say. ”

Gao Shishi laughed, looked at Wu Xun with an excited face, and said with a smile: "Your name is Xun, the word is humble, this word and name agree, Yanshen is also, but I give you this number, but I want to oppose it - don't let it." ”

Wu Xun was overjoyed and said: "Don't let it go, this is what the little nephew wishes in his life!" Little nephew, thank you Uncle Shi for the number! Then he immediately bowed his head and thanked him.

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