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In the early winter of the eighteenth year of Wanli, Wang Tong was very busy in Beijing, and the family gathered for a banquet and talked about a lot of business, which was a happy situation. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the beginning of the banquet, Li Wenyuan also came to report the news in private, saying that there were spies sent by the palace to keep an eye on him, Wang Tong didn't care about this, he was in Beijing and had so many high-ranking nobles, it was strange that the palace didn't stare at it, why bother, anyway, it was also a good job to make money.

There is a speech on the official play, and then the Wanli Emperor felt benevolent, from the goodness as the flow, the Empress Dowager Li welcomed back to the palace, this practice is praised from top to bottom, that the filial piety of the Wanli Emperor is the first.

This set of procedures, people with a discerning eye know that it will not be the official who can't see the separation of mother and son in the heavenly family, if in the past, there would be people scrambling to do such things for fame, but now, everyone is afraid, saying the wrong thing is not to be beaten by the court rod to get famous, one is not good, it is to die and lose his head, there must be someone behind this behavior.

Originally, the inner court was most worried not that this trick would be exposed, but that the Empress Dowager Cisheng would not come back, and the Empress Dowager Li was also a temperamental person, and things were already like this, and the bad ones couldn't be worse, and she wasn't afraid of anything.

But when people are older, many things can be seen, and the eunuchs of the inner court went to the Wuqing Marquis Mansion to communicate very smoothly, and the next thing is that Emperor Wanli personally welcomed back to the palace.

In the early winter, the courtiers can obviously feel that the mood of the Wanli Emperor is much better, and the court meeting is not gloomy, often with a smile, the emperor is in a good mood, not so to get to the bottom of it, the ministers are also much better, and the people below are also easy to do" Jingshi inexplicably has a festive atmosphere.

Everyone guessed there that "why is such a change, whether Wang Tong is in Beijing, or whether he will take the Empress Dowager Cisheng back to Cining Palace to support him" may be a little bit.

The people who are qualified to entertain Wang Tong are almost all invited to the banquet, and it is one thing for everyone to have different political opinions, and it is another thing whether there were contradictions in the past, but to make a fortune and make money, this involves a matter that involves cutting grandchildren, and you must not care about your face and position, and you must say what you should say.

Liao Guogong is also a lot better than before to speak" promised to say, the current opportunities are very much, as long as you have this mind, willing to pay the principal, then everything is convenient, and also said, the current shortage of manpower is manpower, if you can support more manpower, there will definitely be a rich return.

The nobles have no real power, but in business, the imperial court has given such and such conveniences, there is no shortage of funds and money, and it is difficult for others to mobilize manpower "For them, it is really easy, this is all simple."

Wang Tong went to the last house of the banquet, and no one in Jingshi thought that it was actually the mansion of the Marquis of Wuqing, and other nobles were good to say, "Empress Dowager Li and Marquis Wuqing and Wang Tong don't know how many conflicts there are, some things are not exaggerated to say that you are dead or alive, and Wang Tong actually invited Wang Tong" and Wang Tong also came to the door.

Could it be that this represents a new trend in Jingshi, and those who care about it should inquire about the news as much as possible" It seems that the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion does not mean to hide anything, and the news is also easy to probe.

said that at the banquet, Wu Qinghou bowed three times with Wang Tongda, and toasted a few glasses of wine, but he didn't say anything about specific business matters.

Although the Hou of Wuqing family is a cold stove in Beijing, the top and bottom are closely watched by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but the relationship with the heavenly family is still there, after all, it is the relationship between the uncle and uncle, there were eunuchs in the palace who thought that the Hou family of Wuqing was defeated, and they could be bullied and deducted the supply, but the people in the house complained, and the eunuch immediately lost his head, and no one dared to slack off, why was the Hou of Wuqing so polite and respectful to Wang Tong.

When everyone guessed and guessed, there was news circulating, and there were well-informed people in the palace who spread the news, saying that this time the Empress Dowager Li returned to the palace, it was Wang Tong's advice, and everyone heard this, and it suddenly dawned on them, Wu Qinghou's attitude turned out to be because of this, such kindness, such an attitude is indeed not excessive. ………………

Wang Tong didn't plan to spend the New Year in Beijing, after coping with these courtesies and business exchanges, there was still plenty of time to rush home, and there was no need to delay in Beijing.

Just when he was about to leave the Beijing Division, news came from Tianjin Wei, saying that Shen Vao's subordinates had arrested a cadre of people to Tianjin Wei and whipped them in front of the insurance company, saying that these people were lustful for profit and wanted to rob the merchant ships that were insured in the insurance company at sea.

It's hard to say whether these words are true or not, but those who know the inside story know that this is an attitude, at least Shen Yu will not do anything pirate at sea in the future.

This matter is expected by Wang Tong, Shen Vain has a deep relationship with the Wa State, since leaving Tianjin, the only thing that Shen Va's forces can guarantee the profit is the trade between the Wa State and the Ming Dynasty, if it is really because of the pirate matter that the public is angry, the trade is cut off, he is afraid that he can only go to the business of the Wa State to Nanyang, which is a trade road to fight to the death with the whites, and Wang Tong's fleet is still stuck in it.

Therefore, Shen Vao must make this statement, showing that he will continue to do business honestly and peacefully in the future, and after sending someone to the insurance company to kowtow and whip, Shen Vao's fleet is still insured in the insurance company, which is also an attitude, he will do things within the business rules formulated by Wang Tong.

However, this incident reminded Wang Tong that he gave orders to the shipyard and the shipyard, the sales of Western-style gunboats should be changed, and the private fleet now only has the right to purchase exclusive escort rights, that is to say, businessmen outside the Sanjiang system can buy gunboats, but the sailors and personnel on the gunboats are all owned by the Sanjiang fleet, and this gunboat belongs to the Sanjiang fleet, but it is only a long-term allocation to the merchants who buy the right to protect them, to protect their safety, and in the demarcated area, there will be no battles and looting for the merchants. Fight only to protect them, but not to disobey the interests and orders of the Sanjiang system.

For the merchants, this right of protection is not much different, even after buying the gunboat, they do not dare to use this gunboat to do pirate business, nor do they dare to use this to compete with the Sanjiang fleet for supremacy on the sea.

What Wang Tong considered was whether such gunboats would be imported into places outside the Ming Dynasty, and the whites of the South Seas did not lack this, "Needless to say, the rest is also the place of the Wa Kingdom, don't look at the shipyard to sell only fifteen-gun boats" But this artillery is also a rare weapon for the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom.

After making this arrangement, Wang Tong left Jingshi and returned to Songjiang.

If there is any regret when he came to the north this time, it is that he did not see Zhao Jinliang, and when Wang Tong left Beijing, Zhao Jinliang should be inspected in Ningxia.

Before leaving, Emperor Wanli met with Wang Tong a few more times, "Now that everything is on track in the Naturalization City, the eunuchs sent by the palace do not need to have any more pioneering and decisive abilities, they can do very well, and they can already carry out normal rotation, and the original Meng Feng, who was guarding the Naturalization City, Emperor Wanli is ready to send them to Songjiang."

After sending Meng Feng to Songjiang revealed to Wang Tong, Hou Buyi came to visit and explained the meaning that Emperor Wanli did not mention, it was not that everything in Songjiang had stabilized and become a scale, and he wanted to send people in the palace to pick peaches, but after Wang Tong came to Beijing this time, Emperor Wanli still felt that it was necessary for Wang Tong to be on the side of Jingshi, and first arranged for someone to go over to replace Wang Tong, just like the regulations in Naturalization City back then.

It's good to be able to return to Jingshi, but it's not bad if you don't come back, Wang Tong's attitude towards this is dispensable, and he smiled and dealt with Zou Yi a few words.

When Wang Tong walked to Shandong, there was a person who caught up from behind, this person Wang Tong really didn't expect that "it was actually from Liaoning to cut Pengju, after Sun Shoulian became the general soldier of southern Liaoning, the town side" cut Pengju left by Wang Tong's side and returned home.

Some things are tacitly understood by everyone, Sun Shoulian became a chief soldier, "There are always such and such benefits to being a chief soldier, this is one thing, and secondly, Wang Tong's situation at that time was very delicate, and it may not be beneficial to be by his side, but there is some trouble, it is a relationship of mutual use, so he left."

But this time Emperor Wanli ordered Wang Tong to worship Zhang Cheng, and it was such a treatment in Beijing, Wang Tong's powerful position, and the future of the future made people have other judgments, Sun Shoulian received the news, and it was reasonable for Sun Pengju to rush over and continue to be a personal guard.

For Sun Pengju's return, Wang Tong is indispensable, Sun Pengju has not been guarding by his side for a long time, and there is no friendship, but the relationship between Don't Shou Lian is still there, and this always has to be maintained.

In the middle of the lunar month, Wang Tong returned to Songjiang Mansion, which made his wife and concubine quite surprised, every year when the New Year was approaching, Wang Tong always had such and such business to leave, but formed a habit of not being at home for the New Year.

The surprise of the wife and concubine at home is on the one hand, but Wang Tong's market in Songjiang Mansion is bullish, and this time he returned to Beijing to encounter all kinds of things, naturally there is news sent to Nanjing and all over the south of the Yangtze River, what is Wang Tong's status, everyone has a clearer mountain, and there must be a new round of knots and friendships.

In Beijing, there is no leisure, back to Songjiang is also like this, now this Songjiang Mansion has gradually become the commercial center of the south of the Yangtze River, this is close to the end of the year, Qinhuai River is the time of prosperity, but now those famous women and flower boats, are coming to Songjiang Mansion.

Because there are too many businesses to be finalized in Songjiang Mansion, and the rich and wealthy often have to use high-end fireworks as an occasion for negotiation, so there is such a flow, not to mention, the food and beauty that were originally only in Suzhou, Yangzhou and Nanjing, as well as various places for the rich to sell money, are now moving to Songjiang Mansion. .................., Hirado, Kyushu Island, is one of the most prosperous ports in the country, but the place in Hirado is not so much for the Japanese as for the maritime merchants.

This maritime merchant does not only refer to the sea lord of the Ming Dynasty, but also refers to the Dutch and Portuguese, of course, the biggest force is the sea lord of the Ming Dynasty.

With thousands of ships and tens of thousands of people, the Daming Sea Lord is a terrifying existence for the Warring States Daimyo, and the Wa Kingdom also has its own pirates and sailors, but those ships can only operate in the near sea, far less tall and sturdy than the ships of the Daming Sea Lords.

The equipment of the Japanese pirate army is far inferior to the army of the daimyo, but the military equipment of these Japanese daimyo is also different from the soldiers of the sea lords, not to mention the economic strength, most of the daimyo can only rely on the peasants in the territory, and the lucky ones are the mines and trade ports, but these, and the Ming sea lords who hold the power of ocean trade are far from comparable, to put it harshly, the production and income of the daimyo, many of them have been plundered by the sea lords of the Ming Dynasty through trade.

The treasure land of Hirado, nominally belonging from the Ryuzoji family to the Arima family and then to the Kobayakawa family, and then everyone knows that the Matsuura family near Hirado is deeply rooted in the power of the Hirado family, of course, now everyone is subservient to the courtyard of the Sekibai Toyotomi Hidewei in the Wa Kingdom, whether it is an official document or a private statement, everyone intentionally or unintentionally will always ignore the existence of the Ming Sea Lord, when Wang Zhi was proud of the Hui King in Hirado, the country name was Song, set up an official position, controlled the trade of Hirado and even the surrounding fields, this matter was up and down the Wa Kingdomas if it never existed.

Similarly, Shen Vao, Sha Dacheng, and Gu Laohu, who lived in Hirado in the past, were also artificially ignored, and they also knew that according to their absolute strength, the sea lords might be the real powerhouses of Kyushu Island, whether it was the Otomo family or the Shimazu family.

There was a time when the sea lords suddenly turned their attention back to their Damei, and Hirado didn't pay much attention to it, and manpower and ships were also drawn on a large scale.

The various forces that felt this change were cautiously infiltrating Hirado, and mastering such a trading port, even if it was only a part of it, would have huge benefits, not to mention anything else, the import of iron cannons and gunpowder would allow them to gain a great advantage in the struggle for hegemony.

Within a few years of such infiltration, Shen Vain came back, and everyone could see that the manpower and financial resources in Shen Vao's hands had swelled compared to when he left, and everyone withdrew cautiously, and several of them did too obviously, and they took the initiative to send someone to apologize to Shen Vao.

The change of Shen Va's power shocked the daimyo in Kyushu and the vicinity, in their opinion, Shen Vain's strength back then was already incredibly huge, it was already the apex, how did it not take long for such a development, what kind of wealth did the Ming Empire on the other side of the sea accumulate, it was really incredible,! ~！