"Don't worry, muskets are not weapons of naval warfare, and in the future there will be better weapons for ships. However, there is a condition, the Wang family should build as many armed merchant ships as possible, and other ships cannot use new weapons, so don't blame the king for not greeting him in advance. ”

Muskets are not given, there must be some substitutes, such as artillery. It was made for the maritime merchants, and the court never said that the common people were not allowed to have artillery, because there was no such weapon before.

What if the imperial court decrees a ban? Hey, hey, hey, at that time, the imperial court will find that a group of guys who are not so willing to obey orders suddenly appeared, and it is particularly difficult to manage.

This is Hong Tao's purpose, to cultivate unstable factors for the imperial court, so that more and more groups have opinions about the imperial court from their bones. As long as there are enough people in this group and the conflict of interests with the imperial court is deep enough, there is no need to show up to propose any new policies and reforms in the next step, and naturally someone will stand up and mention it.

When the time comes, you will be able to do what you like and do best, hide on the side, fan the wind and light the ghost fire, and easily control the intensity of the struggle. Persuade here, talk there, try to let the two sides come together, you give one step, I take half a step back, and finally achieve the goal of changing the status quo without bloodshed or with less bloodshed.

Of course, it is easier said than done, but it is also difficult and time-consuming, maybe it will take more than ten years just to cultivate these groups, and maybe when the time comes, both sides will not listen to themselves, and they should do it or do it, and the fight will be more fierce than now.

But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Hong Tao wants to try, time is not a problem, he is just in his early forties. Didn't that bastard in the sky say that he has a longer lifespan than ordinary people, then there are still decades to wait.

Control the problem, aren't you doing it now? Cultivate a group with a sense of self-protection, but not allow one family to be dominant, the more clues, the better.

At that time, the interests of each group will be different, and whoever says it will not count, and they will not become a vital weight. , no matter where you stand, you can influence the situation.

"There are new ships, and the Wen family is building them, and they are all made of good wood bought from Da Yue. It's just that the Wen family didn't listen to my assignment very much, and refused to sell the boat to the Wang family after building it, and asked the prince to say a few more kind words for the villain...... And Wang Xiong, the three of them are not too worry-free......"

As soon as Wang Hao talked about the new ship, he had a headache, the shipyard run by the Wen family in Zhangzhou was doing very well, and an armed merchant ship was indeed built. But they don't plan to sell it to the Wang family, and who they end up selling to still depends on King Liang's meaning.

It was only after saying that he agreed to lend it to the Wang family for training sailors, and it is still unclear to whom the next ship will be given. It is cost-effective for the Wang family to contribute money and efforts, and finally end up with the treatment of dividends at the end of the year. There is money to be made, but this is too far from Wang Hao's original intention.

What's even more troublesome is not the Wen family, but Wang Xiong, Wang Bin and Wang Dun, the three of them muttered with a few unknown people all day long, and also set up a study group among the sailors, and after training, they get together to read and write, and no one knows what they are tossing.

There are only three of them in the royal family who can wield armed merchant ships, and only three of them can distinguish the path on the sea. If you don't listen to it, if you say it seriously, there will be a lot of nonsense waiting for you.

How does Wang Hao think that these three nephews are a bit like the children's group of horses, and he is afraid that he doesn't dare to say it clearly, how awkward it is.

"This matter is in the official's hands, the next new ship is my uncle's, and the cost price is not allowed to be added to a penny. However, Zhangzhou alone is afraid that it will not be able to meet the needs of the Wang family and Jeju Island, and the king plans to let Erhu and Xiaobao go to Jeju Island to open another shipyard after the beginning of spring, so that the two sides will not have to rush to rob when they build ships together. ”

Hong Tao didn't know what was going on with the three nephews of the Wang family, but he could probably guess that it must be the promotion society and Wang Shigan, and they also learned the political work and preaching.

Wang Xiong, Wang Bin and Wang Dun are the spark, and they will develop the peripheral members of the promotion society within the Wang family, and then roll down like a snowball, and in less than ten years, the next generation of the Wang family should have members of the promotion society. At that time, Wang Hao said that it was useless, and he would have no chance to get off the thief ship if he wanted to, so he would draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle!

But Hong Tao doesn't plan to disclose this matter, the Wang family has the demands of the Wang family, they have their own, and the promotion society has the promotion society, as long as the general direction is the same, there is no need to distinguish who is right and who is wrong. The only thing that needs to be done is not to let any group dominate, such as the Wen family shipyard, which naturally cannot be completely controlled by the Wang family.

“…… So very good, very good...... The villain went to the boat to take a look first...... "Wang Hao is really dumbfounded now, he originally thought that he could increase the Wang family's right to speak with the help of the Wen family shipyard, but now it seems that he has miscalculated again."

However, there is no timber on Jeju Island, so it cannot be transported from Hwangju. Wang Hao is not going to make suggestions on this issue, there is always a way for Wang Shu to decide, see if he can conjure up a big wood suitable for shipbuilding out of thin air this time.

"Why do adults like to talk to this kind of person so much, and they have a lot of flowers!" Wang Hao left, and Jiang Erlang began to slander again. In his opinion, as long as there are soldiers in his hands, as well as pulley crossbows and soul chasing guns, whoever disobeys will be killed. Even if there is a relationship with the crown, it can't be too accustomed.

"You don't have any flowers, why don't you go to Japan to do business, and get back a boatload of gold and silver treasures to show me?" Hong Tao punched Jiang Erlang in the stomach, but unfortunately it was hard. This grandson can always predict in advance, and he has basically never succeeded in sneaking up on him.

But that's all he can do in his brain, his standard limbs are well-developed and his mind is simple, and he always thinks that everything can be solved by force. Back then, he and Jiang Dalang lived very tired in Kaifeng City, and they still haven't made much progress after many years.

"There is no war to make money from any buying and selling...... That's what adults say! "Jiang Erlang is not convinced, no matter how much he knows how to do business, he has to pick up garbage behind the ass of the new army, without the new army to beat away the Xixia people, Wang Hao can go to Ganliang Road to make a lot of money?

"My lord also said that businessmen are very important, why didn't you remember them? Can you eat canned food without a merchant? There are no merchants selling whale oil, you have to be poor bare-ass now! Whale oil is worthless on Jeju Island, and you won't get paid for your daily hard work. But after the merchant transported it to the city of the Great Song Dynasty to sell, the whale oil became valuable, and at the same time your labor became valuable. ”

"Any idea why this is happening? This is called the value and profit created by the circulation of goods. If there were no merchants, I would have to eat canned food in Kaifeng, and I would have to go to the Daimyo's Mansion to buy it recently, and if I wanted to eat oranges, I would have to go to Lianghuai Road to buy them. Just for this stuttering, I can't do anything for the rest of my life, where is the time to delve into the pulley crossbow and the soul chaser? ”

"It is necessary and necessary for businessmen to make money in the circulation link, which is the income of their labor, just as farmers must have a harvest for farming, who is willing to do it if they don't get any benefits? As for Jeju Island, it is not possible to farm on a large scale, raise horses in large numbers, or open too many workshops, so you can only get some products from the sea. ”

"If you want to buy more soul chasers, more ships, and train more soldiers, you have to encourage everyone to become merchants, allow merchants to make money, and support the government to develop more products, which is the only way to survive."

Hong Tao knew how to talk to Jiang Erlang, and he was still ignorant, but these words really couldn't be saved. China grew from an agrarian society, and the long-term self-sufficiency of production and lifestyle limited people's ability to understand and imprisoned their thoughts.

They instinctively resist the merchants, believing that the merchants do not produce anything, and they earn more with their left hand in and right hand out than the peasants who work hard to cultivate the land, which is very unfair.

This kind of thinking also has a certain market in its own system, and it is impossible to eradicate it immediately, but it is my job to correct it once I find it. If you don't change this perception, you can't expect more.

Two days later, Wang Hao's five merchant ships, led by the Huangzhou and Liangzhou, slowly left their berths and sailed eastward to the sound of a brass whistle raising their sails.

It was a short voyage for Hong Tao, which was closer to Kyushu Island than back to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there was no extreme weather in the winter, so even if Wang Hao's merchant fleet was slow enough to sail back and forth for two decades.

But it was a remarkable feat for the people on board, because no one had ever crossed east from here before, and no one knew what Japan was like, so everything had to start all over again.

Even if you make it across the sea to Japan, what will be the attitude of the locals? Will the cargo on board be able to be sold? Are there any goods worth trafficking back into?