The Coral of the Red Mansion Does Not Return

Chapter 122

For a long time in history, China's navigation technology is far ahead in the world.Such as rudders, sculls, anchors, sails, docks, compasses, ships, propellers... These hardware and technologies related to navigation were first created and invented by the ancient Chinese.Since ancient times, there have been people in the Central Plains who have been trying to go to sea. Among these people are diplomatic envoys, maritime merchants, and pirates. Among them, maritime merchants chasing interests are the most numerous and the largest.They used silk from the Central Plains and exquisite porcelain to absorb a large amount of gold and silver from the West.The few sellers of Western goods in Liulichang in the capital city are members of the maritime merchants.

Jia Hu was also tempted in the early years.It’s just that high returns are bound to be accompanied by high risks. If you’re unlucky, you’ll go to sea several times in succession without any gains, and your initial investment will be in vain.At that time, Jia Hu's family couldn't stand the toss, so he had to give up.Later, when I made a lot of money, I bought a few boats as if joining in the fun, and followed the sea merchants.

If you don't have experience, you don't know. Knowing the doorway inside, Jia Hu was really shocked.At this time, the navigation industry was extremely developed. In fact, the "China's Great Navigation Era" had already appeared in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the "official own ship" system of the Yuan Dynasty was also followed in the Great Zhou Dynasty.The nautical routes in Southeast Asia are very mature, and such things as scurvy and getting lost at sea rarely happen.In the early days, Da Zhou not only gained a few more vassal states in the South China Sea through agents at sea, but [-]% of the benefits also enriched the national treasury, and the wealth absorbed was no less than what Jia Hu had tossed out in those years.

It is just a lesson from the past in the Yuan Dynasty. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty did not adopt the policy of closing the door and guarding the country like the Ming Dynasty under the appeal of insightful people, the successive emperors only regarded it as a way to enrich the treasury.Even if they are envious of the huge profits at sea, they dare not monopolize the market and force the coastal people to rebel.

In fact, Da Zhou's attitude towards sailing was very vague.Not prohibited, not supported.After all, the "official own ship" system exists there, and the Minister of the Ministry of Households is the first to refuse to ban the sea.But the royal family has no intention of getting involved, and the customs duties are desperately high-[-]% of the government's own ships, and half of the private fleet.

Perhaps it was because the higher-ups were not salty about it, and the entire maritime industry suffered a major blow, and it almost lost the momentum to continue to develop.The change brought about by Jia Hu is here.

Under the persuasion of people of insight, Zhou □□ ordered his descendants not to be banned from the sea, but no one can tell why.Then Jia Hu handed in a paper→_→Yes, you read that right, an ancient version of an economics paper "On how the Yuan Dynasty prospered because of the ocean and died because of the ocean".

I don’t need to say much about the content of the paper (is it really because the scumbag author can’t make it up→_→Scumbag author: you go!), just say that Emperor Taiping, who was still a prince at the time, looked at this young man with admiration after reading it. Truly be regarded as someone who can be relied on.After reading this ancient version of the paper, the first emperor was finally not so afraid of the ocean.

It wasn't until Jia Hu brought potatoes and other crops from the West, which greatly increased crop yields and allowed the people at the bottom to fill their stomachs, that the first emperor turned his attention to the distant overseas.It’s just that people are getting old, energy is low, and they are not in a hurry to reform. They just lowered customs duties on the grounds that Dazhou opened up cement and official express delivery, which greatly filled the treasury, which can be regarded as opening up a situation.Afterwards, under the government's clear statement, various overseas crops were introduced to Dazhou one after another. After Jia Hu joined the Ministry of Industry's Department of Agriculture, he also proposed to form a royal navigation team to collect seeds from all over the country for the country.

Since it is the Royal Nautical Team, the participation of the clan is naturally indispensable.There are state-of-the-art ships built by the Ministry of Industry, experienced navigators selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the newly-built navy to escort official ships.The old princes of several of their clans took the lead, joined forces, bought a ship, and followed the royal sailing team, bringing silk, porcelain and even various spices to exchange for the gold, silver, gems and novelties of the big ship.Because they were escorted and helped each other with the official ships, the loss was greatly reduced, and they could get hundreds of thousands of silver almost every year.

Zhou Su is not short of silver, but no one thinks it is too much.There are a lot of small actors in his house, and the expenses are not small.

Jia Hu also got involved in this matter, who made him a half-royal.It's just that he and Zhou Su were together, he said with a smile: "Then you may be disappointed, I specially ordered them to bring more seeds back."

"How much land can the seeds occupy?" Zhou Su had great expectations for this. "As long as one of our three boats returns with a full load, I will have enough expenses for a year."

Sincerely speaking, it is not cheap to raise a loyal prince. An ordinary person can spend a lifetime of money, but Zhou Su raises his hand and it is gone.If it weren't for thinking that the Tibetan silver in the old treasury could not be moved and had to be left to his descendants, why should Zhou Su count on the boat to go to sea?There is property in the family, but in terms of cash, going to sea earns the most, no wonder Zhou Su looks forward to it so much.

After so many years, the private properties of the two have been inseparable.In terms of business, there is me among you, and you among me. Most of the money in the private house is with Jia Hu, and he "invests". Other Zhou Su's expenses and bills are all sent to Mr. Jia.This is also a major reason why everyone in the capital knows about the two of them - the merchant's mouth is not so strict.

When Zhou Su talked about the West, Jia Hu looked at his profile and suggested with a smile: "A sea merchant who went to sea came back years ago and brought a lot of new gadgets. It is said that it is a new fashion for Westerners. Why not go to Have a look at Liulichang?"

The two of them left hand in hand, and when they spent a lot of money in Xixiyang's shop, Xue Pan was carried back to Xue's house with a blue nose and swollen eyes.Asked why, Xue's mother felt distressed and hated again, and said with tears: "Is the nobleman in the capital easy to get along with? My son, you should change your temper. I already have a Xiangling at home. What are you doing?" And bring back all the smelly ones outside." Seeing that her mother didn't like what she said, Baochai said with shame: "Mom, let's ask a doctor to come and see the injury first." Mother Xue nodded, then scolded again. Too ruthless, and I blame Xue Pan for causing trouble.

Xue Pan slept on the pit, how could he swallow this breath, and yelled, "Mom, you treat me as a relative, but they don't treat your son as a relative!" Lou Nai is under the name of Mr. Jia.Isn't Mrs. Jia Jia Hu?Xue's mother was bitter: "Our orphans and widows are useless, and relatives like Rongfu can't climb up. I wanted to ask your uncle's stepwife to introduce us, but now it seems that there is no way to eat You have face." Baochai said: "The rules in the building are like this, everyone abides by it, even princes and nobles. Brother, what kind of person are you on the famous brand? Why don't princes and princes dare to do it? Why do you want others to give you this face? I heard that the Zhuangyuan Building is not only the property of Mr. Jia, but there are also people who are loyal to the prince. Mom, brother offended someone, so he should go to his house to plead guilty."

Mother Xue patted her daughter's hand in relief, and said, "My son, thanks to your careful thinking." Then she said to Xue Pan: "Although your sister's words are not pleasant, they are very reasonable. The nobles of the Tian family are very human. Comparable. For our family's big business, the prince is just a word, Pan'er, let's take care of our family's errands. Our Xue family is not as good as before. Without this serious errand, what is the Xue family and ordinary merchants? Different?" Speaking of emotion, she shed tears.Baochai also shed tears when she thought of Xue's father's time.Xue Pan couldn't see his mother and sister crying the most, so he had to agree.

So the Xue family prepared two gifts overnight, one to Zhongshun Palace and one to Rongfu.The next day, Xue Pan refused to go out with a bruised face, and only said that he would go when he was done.Helpless, Xue's mother and daughter had no choice but to hand over invitations to Rongfu.

The Rong Mansion did not look down on the Xue family who were merchants, and it was the Liu family who had no skills at all.Mrs. Liu is actually a very kind person. On weekdays, relatives come and go, and they see each other more often when they have time.Even once, a grandmother surnamed Liu, who was in contact with the Dawang family and did not know that the Dawang family had passed away, came to the gate of the Rongfu, and the Liu family ordered someone to bring her in to see her. After talking for a while, she wrapped up A bag of loose silver.What's more, this is my old relative's Xue family.

So when Xue's mother was sitting in the Rongxi Hall uncomfortably, she stayed for a while, and saw the Duke's wife hurried in with a warm smile: "I'm late, Mrs. Xue, please don't blame me."

Xue's mother and Baochai got up to meet them, and said with an apologetic smile, "We all know that the house is busy. We are relatives. It's okay to wait a while." Then he explained his intention and offered an apology. Liu declined and said, "Why do relatives see each other?" Besides, Hu'er is not a stingy person, since Pan'er knows his mistake, he probably won't pursue it." Mother Xue insisted, and said: "Our family has nothing to do with Prince Zhongshun, so I don't dare to come to the door rashly, it's just a matter of etiquette, but A little thought, I hope you can accept it."

Seeing that Prince Zhongshun was involved, Mrs. Liu did not dare to trust her, so she hurriedly ordered someone to talk to Zhou Su who was just in the mansion, but the person who heard the reply said: "The prince said to let the wife do what she wants, and he doesn't want Xue Pan to come and make amends in person. But the Zhuangyuan Building is already under his name, if Xue Pan commits another crime, the uncle will not be able to keep him." Knowing that Prince Zhongshun is also in the Rong Mansion, Xue's mother was sweating profusely in fright, and kept saying, "I must be right. Discipline the dog more." Saying this, he increased the etiquette by three points after returning.

As for Mrs. Liu, the eldest son's husband and wife showed affection and were powerless to complain, so he went to the grandson who was still in the princess's belly to comfort himself.