From the end of Jiajing to the era of great pirates

"Hey, this is Zhengjia Village? A shipyard is opening in such a small village, isn't it a joke?"

"Aren't those the Zhang family and his son? Why are they here too? Or did the late emperor ask them about their overseas trade?"

"I heard that my boss has sent people to North Korea and Liaodong to purchase wood. It seems that they are going to do something big."

"Upstart? Could it be that the pirates stopped..."

After the Xiao family was settled, Zhengjia Village soon became lively. After hearing the news, the shipbuilders who had been bought by the Xiao family flocked to this small fishing village from all directions.

These shipwrights were also talking about it, and they were all a bit unbelievable. However, the maritime ban was still there these days, and the status of shipwrights was naturally not high, but they could only talk about it.

"Everyone, everyone, please be quiet. I, the Zheng family, have called everyone here to contribute to the country. I heard that the emperor intends to open the sea, so..." Zheng Laoshi appeared in front of everyone, and finally used the words in his words. He was given the title of 'Zheng Family' because Zhu Jue told him that with things like policy, if you are one step ahead, you will be ahead step by step. Whether the Zheng Family's plan to become a famous family will be realized this time.

"Preparation is preparation. Of course, you must listen to the instructions of the court. Everyone is here to wait for the policy to be released. If it is not there, of course it will not be able to open. Even if the Zheng family has spent this money in vain, if there is a policy, then this shipyard will definitely To be built.”

In the last years of Jiajing, the imperial court discussed opening up the sea almost every year, but it was really rare for the Zheng family to make preparations like this. But really speaking, doing some preparations for the imperial policy cannot be said to be illegal. Who knows which big shot is behind him?

"This time, we have to select a few master craftsmen to come out and study some new things. Can you guys recommend each other?"

The so-called master craftsman must be the person Zhu Jue wants. He can almost draw the blueprint of Galen's sailing ship, but he must have a shipwright to create the actual object. At this time, Europe may not have Galen yet, he No matter how many there are, who would let me remember just this one?In fact, he could still draw a blueprint of a clipper ship, but the clipper ship was too high-profile and he didn't dare to mess around, for fear of provoking the navy to rob the ship, and maybe he would be arrested and sent to serve as a shipwright.But Galen certainly doesn't care. At worst, Europe will pirate it.

The shipwrights made noisy recommendations, and the father and son who had been consulted by Zhengde were among them.That night, Zheng Laoshi took these dozen people into the cave.

Of course Zhu Jue received them happily, "Here are the drawings. If you don't understand it, just ask me. If you understand it, let's build the frame. The wood here has been dried and can be used at any time."

Zhu Jue was very happy that the early stage went smoothly. There are indeed many benefits to working with the salt merchant. He has a place to borrow money, and buying and selling goods is a piece of cake. If he hadn't had little confidence in his own skills, he would probably have gone to the Seven Waters by now. All, building new ships and even sea trains.

Anyway, in the pirate world, what he wants is to keep a low profile as much as possible. He has to wait for all the rewards to be received before he can act as a boss. It is better not to contact the upper-level navy now.

It is enough for trade to be carried out among the people. The world's bosses don't care about it anyway. After all, the research strength here is focused on weapons, and they don't pay any attention to people's livelihood.

His salt drying field has been moved slightly and is no longer visible from the apartment window.It is very convenient to develop ships here, but it is troublesome to only eat fish. However, the fish in the pirate world can be eaten as meat.Soon, after about two months, the first ship was launched, carrying the first batch of young people learning arts to Shuangyue Island, selling some goods to collect tuition and living expenses - those thugs were very knowledgeable and came out. The result was quite fast, only two fishing boats escaped, and Zhu Jue didn't care.

But in addition to Shuangyue Island, these people also discovered Windmill Village.Windmill Village is nothing, and Zhu Jue is not interested in visiting the protagonist. The problem is that Windmill Village and Goa Kingdom are on the same island. No matter how big it is, if it is called a kingdom, there will definitely be a market, and it can be quite big.During subsequent visits, he discovered that the flower carvings here were actually very popular in the Kingdom of Goa, and the rum there was also very popular in the Ming Dynasty. Trade between the two worlds was beginning to take shape. ?

The shipwrights were sent out.These people noticed something unusual as soon as they went out, but no one greeted them, and they consciously kept their mouths shut, except for the two Zhang family father and son who had been questioned by Zhengde.The father and son are somewhat mentally retarded. Otherwise, if they brag about Zhengde's kindness to them every day, Jiajing would be dead if they find out.But they were lucky, and they were far enough away from the capital. Jiajing didn't notice these two people slipping through the net, but people around them didn't believe what they said either.

After Zhu Jue discovered this, he took advantage of the situation and arranged for the creation of Galen. The two accepted it and became the father of Galen.

Everything is on track. To outsiders, it seems that the people of Zhengjia Village have caught up with the limelight, but only the Xiao family, the partners, know that the people of this village may have some great abilities, and they came here to open the sea from the beginning.

"What a shame! If I had known they were prepared for this, I could have done it myself. Those shipwrights all took the same route as ours to go to theirs." Xiao Xisheng beat his chest in frustration, as if he had seen countless gold coins. Silver floated past my eyes.

"What are you losing? You make at least seven or eight tons of refined salt every day, and you still make less? Don't forget, our family is a salt merchant, and what we sell is salt! Not to mention how many doors have been opened up by those refined salts. When you see others making money, you Cry, then you cry too much." A middle-aged man who looked similar to him and had a long beard cursed bitterly.

"But dad, what a great opportunity we have!" Xiao Xisheng growled unwillingly.

"Silly son." The middle-aged man stroked his long beard on his chest and sighed: "Everyone has their own wealth, no matter what they use, they just have that good luck. Are you envious of it? People in that village, It is said that he has climbed up to a prince. Are you envious? Are you envious? There is nothing better than doing a good job in our private salt business. I can tell you, boy, don't have any twisted thoughts about that villager. Look at it like that. People who abide by the rules, if you really have any evil intentions, I'm afraid it won't be our family that will be exterminated by then, so I'll remember this!"

"Dad..." Xiao Xisheng's heart trembled, and he immediately restrained his previous emotions.

"Eighty percent of the legends in the village are false. How can any prince live in a cave? He is afraid that he is an outsider, so the thugs you sent never came out again. You should think less about those who have No, just run our business well. It looks like they are trying to create a famous family, which is actually a good thing. They follow the rules, no matter who they are, it is better than killing them randomly! We don’t know if it’s good or bad for our family to get involved with them… let them be.”

"And don't forget, there is a big guy in the south. He is doing a great job here. I don't know what the attitude of the Xu family is. Let's just watch it first."

The old man's words became softer and softer, and gradually became inaudible, but Xiao Xisheng still retreated in a cold sweat. Thinking about it, if it was really a fight to the death from the beginning, most of the people who would die in the end would be his own family. Now that they are online, it's really hard to say. What will happen.

Naturally, no one knows about the conversation between father and son here. The conversation between Zheng Laoshi and Master Zhou on the other side is similar in content, but equally unknown.

"Mr. Zhou, the young prince said that after this wave is over, our family will be almost complete, and all the new guys who come in and out can use it? It's only been two months, right?" Zheng Laoshi always felt that he was dreaming, but the people around him Everything changed too quickly, and he wondered if it was his imagination.

"Mr. Zheng, just relax. Those who went in said that it took two months here and two years there. I have seen them all. They are all great young men. They are all strong. When they come back from a sea trip, , just wait. They said that the Galen ship built by the young prince is very fast, and it is like flying for hundreds of miles. Isn’t it easy to go to the island country? You can earn more than 10 taels for one trip! Just look at it, master of this aristocratic family, you have to do whatever you want."

Master Zhou never dreamed that a poor fishing village could develop into a wealthy family, but looking at the speed of wealth accumulation, it is true that as the young prince said, standing on the wind, even a pig can soar for nine days.No, something happened that I never dreamed of. According to the speed of wealth accumulation this year, a family would be born in a few years.Now I am almost a scholar, but as long as I have money, how many seeds of reading can't be cultivated?

Thinking of the academy that was about to be built, he was also excited in his heart. He thought that he, a child, could also become the dean. This was really a dean who fell from the sky.

"Hey, aristocratic family, we never thought that our poor village could actually become a famous family." The two old men also sighed in unison, and their sighs were mixed with a full sense of satisfaction.