Shen Rui felt very happy. Food is the most important thing for the people. No matter when food is, it is the thing that all ruling classes attach the most importance to. Building such a school from agriculture will make people accustomed to it. If you slowly turn commerce and industrial schools, you will not be far away. It's right.

After changing the hot tea, Shen Rui mentioned the second news, which was the purpose of the Lu family's Shandong branch coming here.

"Building a ship?" Everyone here was surprised when they heard this.

Shen Rui also smiled bitterly.

At first, when Lu Shiliulang talked about shipping military salaries, Shen Rui only thought that he was using the idea of ​​shipping to replace the canal transportation. This was a huge problem, and Shen Rui didn't want to touch it at all.

After not wanting to talk for a few words, Lu Shiliulang bluntly said that he wanted to go to the Ministry of Industry or the Jinyiwei, but fortunately, he built a ship locally in Dengzhou.

Relying on the mountain and relying on the water to eat water, the Lu family in Shandong has done a business of running a boat by relying on the waterside. Later, he took the opportunity of Dengzhou guard ships going to sea and also ran through Liaodong. , The goods sold and shipped home from both places.

Although the fur in Liaodong is good, the cattle and horses from Liaodong can be sold at a good price when transported back, these profits are still far from being compared with smuggling.

Now, in the official position, the Ming Dynasty still prohibits the sea, and overseas trade still takes the tribute route, but civil smuggling has always been endless.

"Although North Korea is close, it is poor. At this time, the most profitable one was to sell goods to Japan." At that time, Lu Shiliulang said without any hesitation, "Water lacks anything, raw silk, cotton cloth, iron pot, porcelain, and lacquerware. , Women's rouge powder, red thread sewing needles, Buddhist scriptures! And herbs! Just talk about this raw silk, you have a weaving factory, you know, in Nanzhili, each load is only 60 taels, sold to Japan It is 600 taels, and the profit is ten times higher. And the profit is even greater when transporting herbs and embroidery needles."

The Lu family has business opportunities and sea boats.

But at this time, wooden sea boats are consumables. Not to mention those that sink unexpectedly, they are also a problem even if they are repaired and maintained on a daily basis. The corrosion of the sea water is also extremely severe. After years of use, if the maintenance is not properly done, the rotten wood will no longer be used. It's right.

But the fact that it is too big to start building a ship.

Due to the sea ban, several official shipyards in the imperial court had long closed down. The procedures of private shipyards were complicated. The ships they built had to be registered with the government, and the output was also limited. Although the Japanese turmoil was not as fierce as in Jiajing and the Wanli period, there were still scattered areas.

Japanese pirates are coming, so local governments have extremely strict control over the number of ships that can go to sea.

This is the first time in more than ten years that the imperial court sent 18 sea ships of Dengzhou guards to transport military pay at the same time. All parties in Dengzhou are also speculating whether they have the intention to restart the shipping.

Even if the grain in the south and the north is transported without sea transportation, only military pay is transported, so new ships are needed.

The official shipyard is gone. If you want to build a ship, you must find a shipyard among the people. The Lu family in Shandong happens to have this place. If the Lu family takes on this task, they can take this opportunity to build more people quietly.

Several private ships.

Only with a boat can there be a sea trade business.

Under the operation of the Lu family, Dengzhou Prefecture has submitted a memorial, indicating that Dengzhou Weihai ships are short and age-old and easy to get damaged. If they come back, they will not be able to continue to transport them without repairing them. Dengning and other eight items were collected by Fengyi Guangji Second Library.

The salt-folded cloth in the field should have been transported to Liaodong to distribute it to the soldiers. If it is shelved, the cloth will accumulate over a long time and have no storage, which may cause corruption. Please ask the court to inform whether to allocate funds to repair the ship or to pay the cloth to the cashier price.

Now I am just waiting for the court to respond.

The national treasury is empty and it is impossible to make silver on cloth. It is impossible to repair a ship and make some money. Although it is obvious, there are always many disputes among all parties in Beijing for such a thing, and they also need to move in the court.

Only by one or two can we get results that are satisfactory to all parties.

"It was originally the Tongzhi of Dengzhou Prefecture, Lord Bai Jinbai, who was in charge of this matter. He didn't expect Lord Bai to be promoted to the deputy chief of the Shaanxi Censorate in mid-February." Lu Shiliulang looked helpless.

This Bai Tongzhi had a very strong relationship with Beijing. He took all the money in this operation and handed over the Lu family's money. However, at this critical moment, Lord Bai was promoted to the post.

The position and grade have been promoted, but from the comfortable Shandong to the war-torn Shaanxi, it can be seen whether it is moving left or right. Lord Bai immediately lost all his energy and was worried about the backstage in Beijing.

He was thrown to Shaanxi after an incident and ignored everything.

The Lu family was also very scattered and the money was smashed. They were always unwilling to accept it without any result. And now it is the best time. If you can't get a result this time, wait until the ship is completely destroyed.

The Lu family has not only lost the reason for shipping military pay to Liaodong, but even the business line in Liaodong will not be able to be kept.

Although the Lu family has been operating in Shandong for many years, they are all local officials. There were not many Beijing officials in the Lu family.

Counting in-laws, the older generation can barely climb to He Dongsheng when they discuss relatives. Unfortunately, this person's head fell into the ground in the first month of the year.

Just when Lu Shiliulang's father, Mr. Lu Qi, was at a loss and Lu Shiliulang was about to take his money to the capital to try his luck, Lu Sanlang turned to Dengzhou when he returned south to find Mr. Lu Qi to convey a few words to the head of the Lu family.

Important things.

In fact, Songjiang's home also invested in the business in Shandong, and many of the scarce goods were transported from Songjiang to Shandong and sold again. Although Songjiang is closer to Japan than Shandong, the Japanese turmoil in Songjiang is also more serious.

The control was stricter, and the prosperous land of Susong was also paid more attention to the court, not farther from the emperor in Dengzhou.

Lu Sanlang and Mr. Qi and his son discussed this matter and decided to bring them to the Shen family for help.

Although the Shen family has no high-ranking officials, the Shen family has a son-in-law and an imperial teacher's son-in-law. The in-laws are all extraordinary. In the case of the Japanese, Lu Sanlang also knew that Shen Rui had a friendship with the British Duke's Mansion.

After seeing the Shen family's methods and connections, Lu Sanlang wanted to entrust this matter to Shen Rui.

In addition to the money, Mr. Lu Qi also proposed that the shipyard business be directly divided into the Shen family, and the Hai Trade business is risky after all. If the Shen family is willing to invest, the Lu family will also welcome it.

Shen Rui told everyone about the past and afterwards.

Chen Zhou shook his head and said, "The court will not open the sea. This matter... is not to be operated by the Shen family. After all, the Japanese disaster is not far away."

The Shen family had just made a difficult journey from the lawsuit to connect with the Japanese, but it was not advisable to mention opening the sea at this time.

Because of his father-in-law Xie Ge Lao, Chen Li saw more clearly about the court. "I can't open the sea, and as you said, it won't start easily. The canal transportation has involved too many forces."

Shen Rui said: "I also know that reopening shipping is difficult. What I value is also shipbuilding." He looked around for a week and paused, saying, "I have talked to my teacher about the issue of sea trade. The court is short of money, and sea trade is a shortcut. The teacher also talked about many factors that hindered sea trade, among which the sea boat is one.”

Although Shen Rui had thought about sea trade, due to his current age and experience, he knew very little about sea ships and did not know where to build a ship. Now a Lu family in Shandong hit the door, which was a complete surprise for him.

The profits of maritime trade and the strong combat power of naval forces are incomparable.

Build ships, train sailors, and then no matter whether it is internal strife or foreign enemies, they are not afraid! How could he not be happy when facing the Lu family who can build sea boats!

Even if it is just a small sea ship with four hundred materials, even if it cannot be turned into a warship, as long as there is a ship and a start, there is hope.

But operating shipbuilding and even opening sea bans is not something that a little scholar can do. Although he can take the upper level route and directly talk to Shou Ge, with the Ming Dynasty system, major events in the court cannot be decided by the emperor in just one sentence Otherwise, Wang Hua would have entered the cabinet in the first ten years.

Chen Li closed his eyes slightly and suddenly said, "Boan is afraid he is really going to Nanjing this time."

"Take it seriously!" Shen Rui's eyes lit up. Chen Li said this. It should be that there was news from the cabinet of Master Xie. Brother Shou did not make any arrangements for nothing. In the end, he pushed Wang Shouren to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

If Wang Shouren goes to Nanjing, Shen Rui will have a lot of confidence in training sailors. This time the shipbuilding may be done smoothly.

Chen Li nodded and whispered: "Nanjing Minister of War Wang Shi asked for retirement, and the emperor has approved it."

Shen Rui's smile was a little stiff. Mr. Wang Shi, the bandit suppression in Taihu Lake, has always supported Wang Shouren. Now Wang Shouren is going to Nanjing Ministry of War. If Mr. Wang is helping him, he will definitely gain a foothold and carry out military training very quickly. But now Wang The old man retired...

"When did it happen?" he couldn't help asking.

Chen Li sighed: "If Mr. Wang knew that Boan was going to Nanjing, he would probably not have paid the bill. The bill was handed over long ago. Mr. Wang's body became worse and worse. He has already paid more than one in the past few months. The memorial was retired, and the emperor kept trying to keep it."

Chen Li's voice was even lower: "The cabinet has been elected as the Minister of War for a long time. The three cabinet masters have their own recommendations. This time, the emperor suddenly called the Minister of Personnel Lin Han as the Secretary of the Ministry of War for Nanjing as the Secretary of War for Nanjing, and was promoted to the Ministry of Rites. The left minister Li Jie was the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing. Although Lin Han was from Fujian, he was from Master Liu. The cabinet had passed this matter and he had not issued an order yet."

But he couldn't say it straightforwardly that Li Jie was the one of Mr. Xie.

Everyone was silent for a moment, but Chen Zhou sighed: "Your Majesty...Saintly wise."

After rewarding Mr. Li’s son-in-law Yan Shenggong, he chose Mr. Liu as Wang Shouren’s future immediate boss and promoted Mr. Xie. Mr. Xie was also the reason for his son-in-law's care. It will not block Wang Shouren's road.

In this way, the three cabinet masters will be appointed by Wang Shouren as the Minister of War of Nanjing.

Li Ge Lao, who has a grudge against the Shen family and Wang Shouren, does not have a senior official in Nanjing, so no one will confront Wang Shouren. And there are people from Liu Ge Lao who are suppressing him, which is also a check and balance against Wang Shouren.

Shen Rui also breathed a long sigh. Brother Shou saw that he was not in a good position when he loved to play and make fun of him, but he was definitely not easy to meet. But no matter what, he hoped that the teacher could go to Nanjing and show his strength.

"Then, this shipbuilding matter..." Shen Rui looked at Shen Li tentatively.

Chen Li thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to the Master's side to talk. Let's take a look." He paused and hesitated, "Do you want to talk to... whom?"

Shen Rui nodded and said, "It must be said that he had asked about the way to make money, and this matter was eventually brought to his desk."

Shen Rui has already listed the many benefits of encouraging the optimization of crops in his test field and sea boat construction, and plans to hand it to Shouge.

"That's the matter of sea ship buying?" Shen Rui looked at Chen Li and Chen Jin, "I am planning to invest in 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. Two brothers...?"

If shipbuilding can be successful, Shen Rui is also very interested in investing in the Lujia Shipyard and even maritime trade. It is not for the profit. With the current industry of the Shen family, Shen Rui has never had to worry about food and drink for several lifetimes. But for the future. The right to speak in business.

As for the people who say that it is not only a report, but also a hope that the benefits of the sea trade can improve Chen Li and Chen Jin's economic situation. After all, these two brothers are not very generous.

Chen Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "Second Brother Rui, are you too aggressive? This is the branch of the Lu family..."

Shen Rui said: "The Lu family also has shares in it. Lu Shiliulang said that he would also open a goods store in Beijing. Lu Ershiqilang specializes in this goods store and is also responsible for contacting information. If Brother Jin has any doubts, , I suggest you might as well invest in this business and wait and see."

Chen Jin smiled bitterly. Shen Rui had already told him privately that he would always want to marry a wife. The four families in Songjiang were almost defeated in the Japanese turmoil. He didn't have much salary here, he was just The marriage is difficult. If you are poor, you will have the title of top scorer, and it is hard to say about this marriage.

Chen Jin shook his head and said, "I don't know if the firewood and rice are expensive if I don't take charge. Now I know. Just listen to Brother Rui's second, but I can only take out two thousand silver now."

Chen Li was less concerned, so he only smiled bitterly: "Brother Xiaolin and Sister Mei are old, so it should be time for me to save more money for their marriage."

He also knew in his heart that the Lu family not only wanted to ask the Shen family at this moment, but the Lu family also hoped to form an alliance with the Shen family. Only with common interests can people do their best to help. That is the case, the Lu family will not let it go The Shen family lost money.

It is not a good thing that the Shen family dominates in Songjiang, and it is inevitable to form an alliance with the Lu family. In fact, when the head of the Lu family brought the body of the fake Japanese pirates to find the imperial envoy, the Shen Lu and the Lu families were already standing on the same line.

After discussing these two things, Chen Zhou and Chen Run and Xu took a break, and the remaining three brothers studied how to write the article.

When we finally chatted, Chen Li asked Shen Rui and Yang Tian about his condition, and then asked Chen Jin about his marriage.

Both Shen Rui and Chen Jin sighed. Yang Tian was seriously ill and there was no good way at the moment. Chen Jin's marriage was even more difficult.

Chen Li said that there was a girl of appropriate age at her mother-in-law's house. Mr. Xie also asked Chen Li indirectly, but the girl's family background and appearance were very ordinary. In Chen Li's opinion, the four rooms were in chaos, so it was necessary to be more powerful. The mistress of the house.

Just as their brothers were talking about Chen Jin's marriage, there were also people in the palace who were concerned about the marriage of the Zhuang Yuangong.

In the east warm pavilion of Kunning Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang smiled and said to Shouge: "Sister Xian is old, and your uncle always wants to find a good family to entrust him."

Brother Shou's smile had not changed at all, and he was already sneering. If Empress Dowager Zhang forced Zhang Yuxian into the palace, don't blame him for turning against him.

Who knew that Empress Dowager Zhang said, "I heard that Chen Jin, the new top scholar, is a good person, and is also suitable for his age, but he has not yet settled down. He is still worthy of Sister Xian. Prince, what do you think?"

Brother Shou was stunned for a moment, and then the smile on his face gradually widened, but the light in his eyes became colder.
Chapter completed!