Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 216 Chapter [-] Fellow travelers
Early the next morning, Wang Daoqiu's large ship docked at Shuangyu Port, and then Wang Zhi came over under the escort of a group of Ming troops.Of course, along with Wang Zhi, there were hundreds of boxes of "filial respect" paid to Wang Daoqiu by the thieves.

Wang Zhi is a typical child from the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. He is not tall, very muscular, with red skin and dark skin.Facing Wang Daoqiu's bright red and gold-woven python robe, he had a natural common people's fear of power. He was very reserved and inferior, with his head lowered and his body bowed, like a child waiting for his parents to scold him.

Seeing that the majestic future maritime overlord was as humble as an ant in front of him, Wang Daoqiu still felt a sense of accomplishment.

Without embarrassing Wang Zhi, Wang Daoqiu just said to Wang Zhi very politely: "You don't have to be afraid, you are from Huizhou and I am from Huzhou. Although we belong to two provinces, we are close to each other, so we can be regarded as half fellow villagers. And you and I are both surnamed Wang, and we were the same family 500 years ago. So I won’t embarrass you. Even if you and I can’t reach an agreement today, I will let you leave safely.”

"Yes, yes, thank you sir."

Although Wang Daoqiu gave him a safety guarantee, the aura of a superior person in Wang Daoqiu still made Wang Zhi breathless. He lowered his head and answered carefully.

Seeing that Wang Zhi was still so nervous, Wang Daoqiu smiled, pointed at the boxes and asked, "How much do you plan to spend this time to buy your life from me?"

"Oh, sir, this time the heads of each family have collected a total of 94 taels of silver, 11 taels of gold, and more than 2000 pieces of jewelry and antiques. Please raise your hand."

94 taels of silver, 11 taels of gold, and more than 2000 pieces of jewelry and antiques. This is a huge sum of money!But for the wealthy Wang Daoqiu, these are just small amounts of money and not worth mentioning.

So Wang Daoqiu said to Ouyang Junqing who was standing next to him: "The gold, jewelry and antiques were all put on the boat, and the 94 taels of silver were divided among the soldiers according to the rules. By the way, don't treat those Japanese badly. According to the rules, Our grade standard here is to distribute money to those Japanese."

"What, give money to the Japanese? Sir, those Japanese are rented to us by their masters, and they are not our own people. Why should we give them money?"

Ouyang Junqing was confused when he heard that Wang Daoqiu had been given to the Japanese mercenaries with equal pay for equal work.The person who rented it returned it as soon as the lease period was up. They are not one of our own, so why should we give them money?So he came closer and whispered in a low voice to remind Wang Daoqiu that those Japanese were not our own.

After hearing Ouyang Junqing's words, Wang Daoqiu was a little unhappy with his petty arrogance.Ma De is a fool. With 3000 people and [-] mouths, a small reward can make these [-] people actively help you with advertising and publicity after returning to Japan, and help you with united front work against the Japanese.Peaceful evolution, do you understand peaceful evolution?Compared to the income, this little money is nothing!

Despising Ouyang Junqing in his heart, Wang Daoqiu stared at him, and said in a very bad tone: "Why do you talk so much? Dare to disobey the commander's order, be careful, I want your head."

"Yes, yes, yes, I will obey your orders. I will definitely give a lot of money to those Japanese."

Seeing that Wang Daoqiu was angry, Ouyang Junqing stopped talking and was so frightened that he quickly changed his words and obeyed the order.

Seeing that Ouyang Junqing had corrected his attitude, Wang Daoqiu didn't embarrass him anymore and let him go on errands.

After Ouyang Junqing left, Wang Daoqiu invited Wang Zhi to board the ship, and then the ship left the port and sailed to the open sea.

Shuangyu Port belongs to the Zhoushan Islands and is among the Zhoushan fishing grounds.Zhoushan Fishing Ground is located in northeastern Zhejiang east of Hangzhou Bay and southeast of the Yangtze River Estuary. It covers an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers. It is the largest fishing ground in China. It has been famous for its rich fishery resources since ancient times. It is rich in large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, hairtail, and cuttlefish. and other economic fish.

In its heyday, it was as famous as the Thousand Islands Fishing Ground in Da Mao, the Newfoundland Fishing Ground in Maple Leaf Country, and the Peruvian Fishing Ground in Peru.Of course, in later generations, due to the greed of flower growers, long-term overfishing, and severe marine pollution, the fishery resources in this place were devastated, turning it into a marine desert with no fish to catch.

Thinking of the remaining 400 years of life left in this sea, Wang Daoqiu didn't want to miss it once he caught up.So after inviting Wang Zhi on board, Wang Daoqiu went back to the cabin, changed out of the gold-woven python robe that had completed its deterrence mission, and put on a short coat, looking like a fisherman.

Arriving at the bow of the boat, Wang Daoqiu asked Wang Zhi to sit down and asked his men to bring him fishing tackle. Wang Daoqiu planned to talk with Wang Zhi while fishing in the sea.Wang Daoqiu first looked awesome and aristocratic, and now he looked like a fisherman and was approachable. Wang Zhi couldn't do this anymore.Sitting next to Wang Daoqiu, he seemed to be sitting next to a Siberian tiger, keeping his hands and feet timid and careful.

Seeing Wang Zhi's restraint, Wang Daoqiu explained: "Mr. Wang, don't be nervous. At this time two years ago, I was still preparing for the test at home. My family is an ordinary farmer in Huzhou, with more than ten acres of paddy fields and several acres of mulberry orchards. . We harvest rapeseed and silkworm cocoons in spring and summer, and rice in autumn. We don’t have to worry about food and clothing, but we don’t have much money to spare. To put it bluntly, before I took the imperial examination and became an official, my family was just a small farmer in the countryside, not a noble person. .So Mr. Wang, there is no need to be afraid.”

"Yes, yes, your Excellency is naturally intelligent. He has attained the rank of Sixth Element and is famous all over the world. In less than a year since he entered the official position, he has become a minister of the Emperor and has been granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister. The whole world admires him."

Hearing Wang Daoqiu introduce his family background, saying that before he became an official, he was just a small farmer in the countryside, not a respectable family with power and money. This invisibly made Wang Zhi have some class feelings, and he felt a little relaxed when talking to Wang Daoqiu. It's open.

Seeing that Wang Zhi was no longer so nervous, Wang Daoqiu approached him and said, "I have a good friend named Yin Zhengmao and Yin Yangshi. He is also from She County, Huizhou. Do you know Mr. Wang?"

"We've known each other since we were young. His family is from the village next to mine. His wife is the daughter of my cousin's family. I call him cousin-in-law. And we studied in the same private school since childhood, but his brain is much smarter than mine. . He is two years younger than me, and he entered school a year later than me. But when he took the Central and South Zhili Provincial Examination No. 30 and ranked fifth, I couldn't even pass the boy exam. Why, my lord, are you in love with Yangshi Xiandi? Familiar?"

When Wang Daoqiu mentioned Yin Zhengmao, Wang Zhi became excited.Planting a country!In a society of human relations, as long as you can get involved by going around, everyone will be on their own.So because of Yin Zhengmao's bridge, Wang Zhi's heart is now opened to Wang Daoqiu.

Wang Daoqiu heard from Wang Zhi that he and Yin Zhengmao were not only fellow villagers in She County, Huizhou, but also relatives and children.This made Wang Daoqiu dumbfounded, feeling that everything in the world was indeed connected.

So after learning about the relationship between Wang Zhi and Yin Zhengmao, Wang Daoqiu pretended to be serious and joked: "Mr. Wang, you can't say what you just said outside. Brother Yangshi is now the supervisory censor of the Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Procuratorate. , responsible for supervising hundreds of officials. Although our court only requires officials’ immediate family members to be clean for three generations, but there is a relative who is a pirate outside, and the court must know about it. Although Brother Yangshi will not be dismissed from office, I am afraid that he will be in the future I can only live in a remote small county until I retire and retire, with no future left."

"Hey, oh, lord, lord, it was a villain who had a random relationship just now. Don't take it seriously. Villain, villain..."

Upon hearing that his current status would ruin Yin Zhengmao's future, Wang Zhi became anxious and begged Wang Daoqiu incoherently, please don't take what he just said seriously.

Seeing Wang Zhi's helpless look, Wang Daoqiu also found it funny and comforted him: "Okay, okay, Mr. Wang, you don't need to be nervous. Brother Yangshi and I met on the passenger ship that went to Beijing for the exam the year before last, and later came to the capital Later, we rented a house in the same courtyard, got along with each other day and night, and we were on the same page. We are best friends and I will not harm him."

"Thank you so much, thank you so much, sir. It's all because of the villain's careless remarks, which almost ruined the future of raising a solid and virtuous brother. Damn it, damn it."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, that Yin Yangshi..."

Next, Wang Daoqiu told Wang Zhi every detail of his relationship with Yin Zhengmao, as well as the green years when he was rushing to take the exam.

Wang Daoqiu talked about his past with Yin Yangshi, which invisibly narrowed the distance between him and Wang Zhi, making Wang Zhi regard Wang Daoqiu as one of his own.

Once the barriers between each other are eliminated, the subsequent openness and honesty will be natural.Fundamentally speaking, Wang Daoqiu and Wang Zhi both yearned for the maritime age and felt that the Ming Dynasty should march towards the ocean and oppose maritime bans. They were consistent in the general direction.

In concrete terms, Wang Daoqiu, who came later, had more strategic policies and was more aware of the general trends of world development.Wang Zhi has nearly ten years of experience as a smuggler. His base is in Japan, and he often travels to Japan, Ming Dynasty, and various Southeast Asian countries, trading local specialties from these countries to each other and acting as a middleman to earn the price difference.Therefore, compared to Wang Daoqiu's unparalleled theoretical knowledge, he has rich practical experience.

The general direction is the same, one has correct theory, the other has rich practical experience, and the two complement each other perfectly.As a result, the conversation became more and more speculative. Unknowingly, the two of them chatted from morning until the sun went down.

(End of this chapter)