My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 780 Rushing to the Han Dynasty

Since Zhu Zhanhe founded the first newspaper, newspapers have sprung up all over the Ming Dynasty, with new newspapers appearing almost every day. However, these newspapers are of varying quality, and most of them do not last more than a year.

When there are more newspapers, the price naturally drops. Some newspapers even operate at a loss and use advertising expenses to make up for the newspaper's shortfall. In this way, newspapers become cheaper, especially expired newspapers, which are sold by the pound, so many vendors Wrap the merchandise in newspapers.

The pig water that Xu Yue brought back was wrapped in a newspaper, and in this newspaper from an unknown date, there was an advertisement for a man recruiting strange people.

Duzhu picked up the scrap newspaper and kept reading it with a solemn expression. Xu Yue next to him seized the time and swept away the remaining dishes. He didn't eat until he swallowed everything in his mouth. He burped and asked: "Master, the big man is so far away, is this reliable?"

"Although Dahan is far away, I did hear that they have been recruiting people over there, and this time they have called for some people who are proficient in the art of cinnabar, lead, and mercury. Maybe a big shot in Dahan is also interested in alchemy. This is definitely a What a great opportunity!”

When Duzhu finished speaking, he rubbed his hands in excitement.

In his opinion, the competition in Beijing is too fierce. Not only are the Buddhist and Taoist families fighting, there are even magic sticks from abroad coming to seize the territory. The reason why Duzhu's master escaped in the first place was that the elixir he refined was out of stock. The problem is that he was also squeezed out by his enemies, so he had to flee to Wulongguan.

Compared with Beijing, which is fiercely competitive, the Han Dynasty has only just established its country, and the local religious Han officials will definitely look down on it. In this way, it is an opportunity for him to show his ambitions.

"Master, are you drunk and drunk? The big man is so far away. Do you really plan to go there?"

Seeing Duzhu's excitement, Xu Yue couldn't help but asked with a change of expression. He knew his master too well. Sometimes his thoughts came out, and as long as he decided to do something, even nine cows could not stop it. return.

"Why don't you go? This meal has already spent the last penny of my master's money. Apart from this Taoist temple, we master and disciple have nothing. Instead of staying here and starving, we might as well go to Dahan and have a try!"

When Duzhu said the last slap, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his decision was right.

"But...but we have to take a boat to go to Dahan. We don't have a penny on us, how can we have money to pay for the boat?"

Xu Yue was very clever and immediately thought of an excuse to dissuade him.

"It doesn't matter, I heard someone said that the Dahan is very generous to the immigrants. As long as we are willing to go, the boatman will provide accommodation and transport us there. Then they can just ask the Dahan for money. Of course, the money is borrowed by the Dahan. Give it to us, and when we have money in the future, we can just return it to the Han government."

Duzhu, however, knew very well about the immigrants. After all, people like him always had to leave a way out for themselves.

"But...but what will happen to the Taoist temple when we leave? This is what Master left for you!"

Xu Yue asked again unwillingly. He was timid and unwilling to risk going to sea with his master.

"What do these mere external possessions mean to us monks?"

Duzhu said with a very free and easy wave of his hand. Xu Yue couldn't help but be shocked by this, and looked at the master with a little more admiration.

But I saw Duzhu continue: "Didn't the Ningguang Temple on the top of the mountain always covet our Five Dragons Temple? They wanted to buy our Taoist Temple before, but I never agreed. This time, I can give them a big blow. By then we, the master and the disciple, have all their travel expenses!"

"As expected of the master!"

Xu Yue immediately felt a sense of disillusionment. She was so justified in selling her ancestral property. Only her master could do such a thing.

Duzhu did what he said, and after eating, he immediately went up the mountain to the Ningguang Temple on the top of the mountain. The other party really wanted to buy their Taoist temple, so the two parties quickly reached an agreement, and finally Duzhu sold it for fifty guan. He learned the Taoist temple left to him by his master.

"Let's go to Dahan!"

This morning, Duzhu and his apprentice Xu Yue packed their bags and left Wulong Temple in a relaxed manner. Although Xu Yue was very reluctant to leave the Taoist temple where he grew up, the work was done and he had no choice.

So the master and the apprentice carried their packages and went down the mountain road. At the foot of the mountain was a small town. In the past, the master and the apprentice almost bought their food and clothing from the town, so most people in the town knew them.

Duzhu was not a deadbeat. Before leaving, he paid off all the debts he had owed on credit. He also went to the wine seller Hu Si to get a pot of wine mixed with water, and then left the town.

The master and the apprentice first went to a nearby county. This county is located in the south of Jiangxi, not far from Guangdong and Fujian. Caravans often pass through the county. The master and the apprentice found a passing caravan in the county. I paid some money to catch a ride with their team and rushed all the way to Guangzhou.

After more than a month of travel, Master Duzhu and his apprentice finally arrived in Guangzhou, which is a famous large port in the south. Moreover, Guangdong is surrounded by mountains and the people live in poverty. There has long been a tradition of going out to sea to make a living. For example, Shi Jinqing's subordinates Most of the tens of thousands of people migrated from Guangdong.

Since Dahan began to recruit immigrants, there are also dedicated people in Guangzhou Port doing the immigration business. As long as a boatload of immigrants is recruited and the people are sent to Dahan, they can receive commissions from the Dahan government.

At the beginning, the immigration business was booming, which also spawned a lot of shady stories. For example, some people arrested ordinary people and forcibly sent them to Han Dynasty, or abused immigrants on ships. For a time, many people were afraid of immigration. .

Later, under the control of the Han Dynasty, the threshold of the immigration industry was finally standardized. Now there are not many people qualified to do the immigration business. Each major port is controlled by a few dedicated merchants, and it is impossible for others to interfere.

After Duzhu and his disciples arrived in Guangzhou, they did not rush to board the ship. Instead, they found a Taoist temple in Guangzhou to place orders. Then they visited the city for a few days and found out which immigrant merchant provided the best conditions. Only then did he finally come to the port to register for immigration, and finally boarded the ship very smoothly.

After gathering enough people on board, the ship finally left Guangzhou Port, went all the way south through the Qiongzhou Strait, and arrived at a port in Jiaozhi, where it stayed for a while. During this period, ships from the Ming Dynasty continued to arrive, and the ships were also full of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. , and after these ships formed a fleet of more than a dozen ships, they set off together and officially started their journey to the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)