Chapter 1040 The Imperial Times

The Altan disaster in the border area and the Japanese invasion in the southeast of Jiajing period took away the spirit of the world for twenty years. Then the forbidden seas and locked the border were reasonable. The gentry and people of the provinces of the Ming Dynasty also wanted to be stable and maintain the current order.

Longqing and Altan's ministry discussed peace talks and opened a sea ban, which had no major impact. After all, trade on the northern border was only a few ports, and there were also several ports in the south. Not to mention the official, even those who were shameless in private were limited, and the scope was not very important, and people were very stable.

The Jiangnan merchants and the Lianghuai salt merchants could make huge wealth by just making a move in the Ming Dynasty. The landlords were at ease as landlords, and the people were at ease as people.

Whether north, south, east and west, everyone was calm. Civil officials in the court and scholars in the opposition were still clamoring, stripping away any laws and strategies that were not conducive to them, and fighting each other's politics continued.

But after the fifth year of Wanli, everything changed. Originally, it was just the opening of the sea of ​​Tianjin Wei, which made people find that such a huge profit would be generated when connecting the outside of the border and the south of the Yangtze River through land, water and sea routes.

The demise of Altan's tribe made merchants find that wearing armor and firearms to do business seemed to earn more wealth than before, and even without capital.

The expansion of the Huwei Army made the nobles and wealthy gentry of the Ming Dynasty discover that the rich land in the world was not only in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also in Hetao, and in Baishan and Black Water. When farming there, there is no need to pay taxes. There are more possibilities, including various specialties and various trades.

The common people also discovered that they could have more ways out. Famine may not necessarily mean begging or becoming refugees to cause trouble. They can go to farm and collect farms everywhere. People with courage can be used as guards and rely on their courage and courage to build a world of food, clothing, food and clothing.

Everyone suddenly had a broad vision, and suddenly felt that this world was not just the two capitals and 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Outside the sea, the north of the nine sides, there was an infinite vast world. There were infinite wealth in those places, and many slaves were waiting for you to develop and snatch it.

Before the fifth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty said it was tough, but it also knew that the Tartars outside the wall and the Japanese pirates in the southeast were all powerful enemies. However, after the fifth year of Wanli, the Han people equipped with armor and firearms and used large chariots as barriers to find that the beasts, wolfs and tigers were vulnerable, and they turned out to be just cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.

This is a great era when personal hearts are fluctuating

I saw many people around me getting rich because they seized a small opportunity, and heard that many people encountered miracles and were rich. Those people were not as good as me. They might have begged for me and despised me back then, but now they are all stronger than me, and no one will be willing to do so.

They can do it, why can't I? They can seize the opportunity, why can't I? There are so many opportunities now, as long as you pay attention and dare to take risks, you will definitely succeed.

The common people have this idea, and the wealthy and nobles have this idea. The more they have status, the more they care about such matters. For example, in Nanjing, the Count who is in a prosperous city is in great danger all day long. Why? It is not because the Count's family, which is about to fall, has become more developed. How is it developed? Songjiang opened a port and kept up early, and it turned out to be a fortune.

The salt merchants in Lianghuai made money by relying on their privileges. Even so, some people gained great benefits because they started the port in Songjiang early.

There are a few examples around you, and the person who is doing things is already flamboyant, which makes people feel restless and impetuous. They are all keeping a close eye on everything and preparing to keep up when there is a business opportunity.

After March of the 17th year of Wanli, the comments spoken by the storytellers everywhere, except for traditional jokes, began to talk about the war allusions of this dynasty.

After Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, there was no victory in foreign achievements. Some of the battles in Zhengdenian were deliberately covered up. No one listened to these things, but there was a lot of things that this generation could say, which made people excited and excited.

When Storyteller talks about this, there are always people who are willing to listen to it. In addition to the wise and wise emperors and the heroic generals, they always add a lot of allusions, such as someone who was in Guihua City and outside the walls of Liao Town, got a big village with hundreds of thousands of slaves and tens of thousands of livestock.

The commercial atmosphere in Jiangnan is strong, and it is always exciting to hear such stories of making money. If there is a smart storyteller, he simply doesn't say such people who go to foreign countries to make money. He will be even more popular. He will leave his hometown in vain and dare to fight outside and fight, but will eventually make money. From top to bottom, he will be welcomed, and even porters and beggars are willing to listen to such stories.

There have been many stories like this, and many people sigh and regret that they have not caught up with this time. Now, the northern grassland has almost been divided up by the great merchants and wealthy families. Outside the walls of Liaoning, there are also northern merchants and nobles, and this opportunity to make money on the plain is gone.

In such an atmosphere, there are other brochures circulating. This brochure is also called Nanyang notes, and the content is similar to the one circulating in the capital.

There are fewer descriptions of women in Nanyang, and the descriptions of wealth in Nanyang are abnormal in detail. They say that gold and silver mines there are easy to develop, and there are not much development yet. There are spices and various hardwoods there. Merchant ships sold to foreigners on the spot will be huge profits. If they can be trafficked back, the profit will be higher.

The rice fields there can be ripened for three seasons a year. The natives are all powerful people outside and the middle. As long as they are afraid of being killed, they will be slaves who will farm for you.

Each item has examples, and there is no need to make up this out of thin air. Many people go to Southeast Asia to make money and work hard locally. If they are not killed by pigs, it is easy to accumulate wealth.

The pamphlet also mentioned that those who made money had to pay taxes to local people, and those who were in Bandan, Sulu and Manraga had to pay taxes to local natives. If the tax was not paid, what kind of benefits would there be?

Not only these are mentioned, but there are not many people in each place in Nanyang. There are only a thousand or even hundreds of people occupy the key points. Relying on warships, fortresses and firearms, the booklet mentions contemptuously that those warships are nothing compared to the large ships anchored on the Songjiang Wharf. Those white soldiers are still quite capable of dealing with the natives, but they are far behind the guards of the Duke of Liao.

There are also several allusions in this book, such as a certain boat went to a certain place in Nanyang, and suddenly realized that the natives on the shore were so rich that they became brave, and they went to burn, kill, loot, and returned to their country with wealth, becoming good gentry, and even pointed out the names of several people, which became more and more authentic.

In theory, there is nothing wrong with this comparison. Although the person who wrote this booklet uses a number, he can tell that he is from Songjiang Prefecture. Many people from Songjiang Prefecture have been to Nanyang, and they see Wang Tong's guards and big ships all day long, so there is naturally a comparison.

But the things in this book are so exciting. The Ming Dynasty said that there are many overseas things, most of which are similar to monster notes, but this one is very detailed. After asking those maritime merchants who went to Nanyang, they said that it is definitely not true, and 80% of them are there.

There is so much wealth over there and there is no defense. Isn’t this equivalent to putting it there waiting for someone to take it? The merchants in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty took the grassland and the white mountains and black waters, so why can’t we take the Nanyang area?

Everyone has heard of how merchants in the north do it. Even if they have never heard of it, there will be "mind people" who take the initiative to remind you that it is not possible to swagger over and get it. If you have someone with a gun, you must be able to scare others. If you can't be scared, you have to fight. Moreover, the strength of the family is not enough, and you must work together. This is not a business, it is a wealth of a country and a place. If you go more, you will be more sure. Everyone can get enough.

Everyone is not short of spare money. Since they are tempted and there are so many successful examples in the front, let’s do it. First, the price of Guangzhou Ship is high, and there are many people who customize it and buy it, so the price is naturally high. Then someone went to Wangtong’s shipyard to ask how much a ship like a gunboat costs.

Some people also asked privately how much money would it take to install cannons on the ship. Some of them would be together. Some merchants who were rich enough to compete with the country would have to buy one or several ships by one.

Of course, the Ten Seas ships cannot be made. The Duke of Liao is indeed a businessman. He wants to make money no matter how he wants. He said he can't make it for a while, but if you are in a hurry, I can rent it here.

Everyone knew that the Duke of Liao also wanted to make this fortune, but his status was valuable and inconvenient to participate. With his guidance, he would definitely get half the result with twice the effort. Everyone said that the rent was easy to say.

The gunboats are all on land, and the goods are still on land. If you can't get a large warship, you can just get a wide ship and pull people up. It's easy to deal with the desperate people, but it's hard to find people who dare to cross the ocean and burn, kill and loot in foreign lands. Those pirates are naturally the first choice.

Many outlaws at the sea suddenly found themselves becoming popular, and people everywhere offered high prices to ask them to act as home guards.

It was not only the merchants who joined the tide. According to the news sent by the Nanjing Jinyiwei, the Duke of Wei and several noble family generals and soldiers were removed from their families, but they immediately devoted themselves to the property of a nearby child in the noble family, and then they bought boats and hired people.
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