In the east of Yangzhou City, after a continuous rain, dark clouds dissipate, and the air after the rain refreshes the heart, mixed with the smell of soil and grass.

The plaque size of the Shanhai Bookstore branch is radiating a wisp of moisture under the setting sun.

Just now, when the three sisters of the You family were greeting Jia Cong, they had already seen the cargo boxes on the merchant ship behind the warship. It seems that Jia Cong was still doing business all the way?

You Shi couldn't help asking this question, and said as she welcomed into the corridor: "Where do people sitting in your seat still need to do business in person? The filial piety given to you under the door will probably not be spent in your entire life..."

I haven't seen each other for a long time, but Jia Cong got along with them and didn't have much awkwardness.

Or is he also a vulgar person in his bones?

"Those merchant ship cargoes are not only from shops that have something to do with me, but also from other princes and nobles. Of course, they are just their managers, and they will not say it out on the surface... Because they want to go into the sea, when the sea ban is opened, who doesn't want to get a share of the sea trade?"

"Fake money is only two or three times the profit."

"Salt merchants have a profit of twenty or thirty times."

"And the sea trade can reach a hundred times."

"However, not everyone is familiar with the sea trade, and the requirements for ships and other technologies are extremely high."

"I can't eat alone, and I don't want to. I don't have that big appetite. Only many people benefit. I can successfully clean up the situation in Macau, Ningbo, Ryukyu and Japan."

When I said it, I felt relieved. In fact, Jia Cong always felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy. Can he succeed by following the Western pioneering system?

He doesn't know.

But I also analyzed it in detail and estimated it.

In ancient China, there were actually many similar things to the West. For example, the Western kings controlled the governor almost the same as China. However, there were big differences after all.

"Why are you thinking about those things in your mind?" After all, Youshi has also been in a wealthy family, so naturally he has heard of them and has come into contact with some Western things.

However, overall, it is very strange and not very familiar with it... I think of foreigners in my mind, which is the impression that foreigners are transformed into foreign barbarians...

Because there are still a considerable number of Chinese Catholics since the 16th and 17th centuries, infiltrating from the gentry class to the people... There were hundreds of thousands of believers in the Ming Dynasty.

Since China is a unified dynasty, the West has adopted relatively "softer" measures...

If ancient China was not a unified dynasty, then the fate of the people on this land would be like the natives of America... During the colonial period, eight million natives died!

Eight million!

This is not just a number, behind it is the countless shameless, dirty, and despicable of the imperial rulers... The nicely-sounding "labor division system" is actually the slavery of those people...

The strong prey on the weak, and the king will succeed and the enemy will lose.

Jia Cong shook his head and didn't think about those things. He touched You Shi with a clever hand... and smiled and said, "Who said I only thought about those in my mind? Are you still there?"

"us?"

"Well...you."

You Erjie and You Sanjie are all used to it - they are all honest people, no one blushed, and walked to the main hall. Jia Cong looked at his child and was born shortly after he was born. He hired a nurse to take care of him and learn to speak. Fortunately, he was very healthy and the mother and son were safe.

But the child was a little fat, with a chubby face, and a few very sparse short strands floating on his head. Jia Cong said temporarily: "How about calling him Jiaxi?"

But Youshi refused to rely on it and said angrily: "We have to follow the Jia family's generation..."

...

Jia Cong didn't care either. Just follow the generation by the generation. Feudal society was too tolerant of men and could take illegitimate children home. I guess this is what You Shi's concerns are.

Just as she was thinking of rolling over the sheets with the three sisters of the You family, the gatekeeper in the yard handed in a greeting. You also advised him that business matters. Jia Cong looked at it, cleaned up and went to the restaurant.

The person who sent the greetings and treated them was Jasven, an old friend.

At the restaurant, the old friends first met and toasted each other for a few glasses of wine. Jaswen politely invited the girl. Jia Cong said he had no idea. After all, the three beauties in Yangzhou City were already very beautiful and were still waiting for him.

After waving his hand to let the girls dancing and singing go down, Jasven spoke calmly: "Sir, I went to the Southeast to supervise the army. Speaking of which, we southerners are quite familiar with the missionary of Thais. Some people accepted their sermons and joined the Catholic Church, some people criticized them as heretics, etc.."

"The officials have a deep question about this. Our dynasty does not need Western things, so we don't need to open the sea. Western things are better than nothing... Why should you make some people dissatisfied?"

In Jia Cong's last few words, Jaswen, seemed to have reached the point.

Unexpectedly, the enemy is the smartest. Perhaps, sometimes the enemy can see the most clearly.

"Yes, you have a few words that are right. I have compared the information about going to the West to the sea with Zheng He's voyage to the West. Now, whether it is shipbuilding, compass, or firearms, we were completely better than Westerners during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. And we did not continue to explore the sea. As you said, there is a very important reason: we don't need Western things, and the West has a lot of demand for silk, porcelain, spices, and ingredients."

"Well... Master Supervisor said, are there other reasons?"

Jia Cong analyzed calmly: "Of course, because in our dynasty, since ancient times, the emperor rarely 'borrowed money' to civilians or officials to expand territory. Western kings can open up the sea, and they need money. Those officials who stick to the rules and hold on to themselves are unwilling to do so - we don't lack anything, so why bother to make trouble with the barbarians?"

In fact, China is fully capable of opening up the era of great navigation, but gave this opportunity to Portugal and Spain. The above two reasons are the most fundamental: First, the West is in a trade deficit, and China is in a surplus, and there is no such demand. Second, the political and economic system of China's feudal society has a very solid side.

Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, they all have this attribute. The Ming Dynasty went to the sea to promote its national prestige to a large extent, and did not know how to use the advantages of the surplus to fight for something for the people - even if they are not for the people, they must always consider the rule.

In feudal society, the common people were the shepherds of the rulers, who were raised by the rulers and slowly exploited and extorted. Wu Si's "Unfasted Rules" has made it very clear.

The success of Portugal and Spain is very, very many reasons, and it is by no means overnight. Another point is that these two countries on the Iberian Peninsula are almost supported by kings, bishops, nobles, merchants, civilians, and a considerable number of people in each class.

After the liberation movement, they also urgently needed to transfer domestic conflicts abroad.

In the Age of Discovery, they paid a great price. I don’t know how many people died, the blood of colonization, massacre, missionary, etc. When it is necessary to be condemned, their respect for talents and science, as well as the spirit of hard work, are worth learning, which makes them a powerful country. At this time, China began to gradually lag behind, and if it falls behind, it will be beaten.

If you are not in your position, you will not do your politics.

Since she was sitting in this seat, of course Jia Cong had to do something.

"What is the chance of winning by Master Supervisor?"

"I didn't want to hit far, I just opened a hole for Dashun. First, I can win over some of the vanguards of the aristocratic class. Like the West, many places of our sons inherited, and the aristocrats had other people who could not inherit."

"Second, we have immigrated in Ryukyu, Manila and other places."

"Third, the emperor and some capable people support me."

"So, the chances of winning are more than 50%.

"Mr. Jia first congratulates the supervisor on his triumphant return..." Jaswen stopped talking silently. He belongs to the kind of person who is on both sides of the rat. Perhaps... Jia Cong's courage is worthy of admiration.

...

Jasven asked him out, and did not talk about other things, nor did he talk about his past grudges, and just chatted peacefully for the evening.

When he returned to the yard in Yangzhou City, he sent off his servants. It was already dark, but the doors of the wing rooms on both sides were not closed. Jia Cong got close to the window of the east wing room and heard Eryou talking.

You Sanjie's voice had a refreshing and spicy voice: "Tomorrow, I'll give birth to one too."

"Oh..." You Erjie sighed for a long time, silent for a few seconds, and said half resentful and half sorry: "This is the difficulty of being a noble concubine. Even if you are born, it is hard to say whether you or not to go back. But after all, it is what you and my sisters want. They would rather cry in a BMW car than laugh at a poor family..."

Jia Cong turned back to the west, went straight into the door, drank a few drinks with You Shi, and the nurse and the girl left. Jia Cong couldn't help but wonder: "That, why don't you feed the child?"

"What are you feeding?" You Shi also felt strange.

Suddenly, when he saw Jia Cong's malicious gaze, he started to patrol the indescribable parts below her neck. You Shi's face, which was still charming, turned red and spat.
Chapter completed!