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Chapter 664 Take the initiative

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    After paying family respects and then paying court respects, Ning Guogong's mansion easily ignored the rules. Qin Gonggong was also a kind and informal Ming Dynasty nobleman. He was not only easy-going, but also casual. However, when Qin Gonggong was not casual, he simply  Outrageous.

    Xu Pengju's face was already ugly, but as the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Seeing the smiling face of the Qin Mansion housekeeper, Xu Pengju felt that it would be too rude to slap him with his hand at this moment.

    Gritting his teeth, the young master is not short of money.

    Taking out another twenty taels from his pocket, Xu Pengju threw the silver to the housekeeper with a proud look on his face: "Hey, come and eat!"

    The butler¡¯s smile was very bright. In this cold winter, his smile was as amiable as the spring breeze turning into snow.

    "Thank you for the reward, young master. Please come into the front hall and take a seat" The butler bowed his waist and smiled like an old ghost who was bribed and pushed around. He invited Xu Pengju into the front hall as if he were asking for the ancestral tablet.

    Xu Pengju snorted angrily, and sat unceremoniously on the official hat chair in the front hall. He shook the dust off the hem of his clothes as if to vent his anger, and then crossed his legs.

    "Young Master, please wait a moment. My master will be out soon, right away!" The butler kept arching his back as he spoke, like an old shrimp, and his attitude was very at home. Seeing his attentive look, Xu Peng was happy, and suddenly felt that he  The forty taels of silver spent just now is actually not too unfair. For the first time in the Qin Mansion, I enjoyed what it means that guests are gods.

    Ao Ran knocked on the table, and Xu Pengju said dissatisfiedly: "I don't care when your master comes out. You should always offer a cup of tea when a guest comes in, right? Do you treat guests like this?"

    The housekeeper suddenly looked embarrassed, and Qi Qian Ai Ai remained silent for a while.

    Xu Pengju is not stupid. Not only is he not stupid, but he is also very smart.

    Looking at the butler's appearance, Xu Pengju was stunned for a moment, and then an angry look appeared on his face.

    "When you enter the door, you are greeted by the door, and when you enter the front hall, you are greeted by the hall. If I drink a cup of tea, you won't be greeted by the tea, right?"

    The housekeeper immediately showed an expression of relief after being unblocked, and couldn't help but praise: "The young master has finally understood"

    Xu Pengju was furious. He stood up and shouted at the screen at the back of the hall: "Qin, don't bully others too much! Have you had enough fun? Get out of here!"

    Figures flashed behind the screen, and Qin Kan came out wearing a mink fur robe, Shi Shiran, with a gentle smile on his face. As he walked, he raised his hands to Xu Peng: "It turns out that the young master is here. No wonder I found the inner courtyard this morning.  The statue of the God of Wealth is faintly glowing"

    Xu Pengju's face also glowed faintly, with a green light. He glared at Qin Kan and gritted his teeth and said: "Other people's kind words are because they heard the magpies chirping in the morning, but you, a shameless person, actually saw the God of Wealth shining Your Duke Ningguo's Mansion  The rules are bigger than those of Duke Wei in Nanjing. If I want to see you, my master, I have to pay three times, and even a cup of tea has to be paid out of my own pocket. Qin Kan, your shameless skills are getting better and better."

    Qin Kan was stunned, then turned to scold the housekeeper: "Are you interested in money? My young father-in-law has been a close friend of mine for many years. It's such a joy to have a close friend visit me. He just wants to have a cup of teacan't you be cheaper?"  "

    "Qin Kan!" Xu Pengju was trembling with anger.

    Qin Kan looked at Xu Pengju's almost collapsed expression, thought about it, and had to change his mind sadly: "That's all, let's give him a cup of tea for free. It seems that the glow of the God of Wealth statue in the inner courtyard may be my misunderstanding. I'm afraid I'm going to lose money today  ¡­¡±

    Xu Pengju's expression softened slightly, he sat down and said bitterly: "You are also a dignified prince after all, don't you think it's too ugly to look at you?"

    Qin Kan smiled and said: "The number one dandy in Nanjing, Young Master Xu, actually told me the rules. I was so flattered that I had to accept some money from you to calm my shock"

    "Blinking at Xu Pengju, Qin Kan said with a smile: "There are still many rules in the government of our country. Do you want to try them one by one? I promise to scare you to death."

    "No need, we'd better be honest and straightforward."

    Soon the servants served tea. Qin Kan crossed his legs and took a sip. He looked at him sideways and said, "Tell me, today you have to hand out a name card and put up a guard of honor. What kind of madness are you?"

    Xu Pengju smiled and said: "Didn't you say that when the prisoners were presented to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, you were going to build ships and go to sea? Do you want me to discuss it with you after the court meeting is over? This is a big event, so naturally it must be treated seriously. Today I am here to formally pay a visit to you on behalf of Duke Wei's Mansion in Nanjing.  .¡±

    Qin Kan sighed and murmured: "Seeing that the New Year is almost here, I thought you were here to give me a New Year gift, but I didn't expect that you only came with a mouth"

    Without giving up, he straightened up and looked at the yard outside the front hall. The yard was white, clean and empty, without any gift boxes or burdens.Like an object, Qin Kan was finally completely disappointed.

    "Young people today are so rude" Qin Kan sighed in disappointment.

    Xu Peng raised his forehead with twitching veins: "Mr. Qin, it's still early for the New Year! Can we get down to business?"

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    "Tianjin Donggang has currently built four big fortune ships. The ships have been launched with a cost of 2,000 yuan. Everything is going well. These four fortune ships are just the beginning. Donggang is still continuing to build ships day and night, but the four fortune ships are not  No matter how big or small you are, you can make a big deal, so I want to invite a few nobles from the capital to join us and choose a day to sail eastward to Japan." Qin Kan said calmly while sipping tea.

    Xu Pengju wrinkled his brows and said: "You, Mr. Ning Guo, can't eat the goods of the four blessing ships alone, so why did you invite us nobles to do it together? The money that should have been yours alone has to be divided into four or five parts for no reason. You  What do you think?"

    Qin Kan smiled bitterly and said: "The ancients said, 'He who is content is always happy.' The ancients also said, 'I only take three thousand from weak water'"

    Without saying anything, Xu Pengju suddenly understood, so he glanced at Qin Kan with great disdain and said, "Don't put gold on your face. It's just that eating alone is too conspicuous. When the time comes, your warehouse is full of silver, but  Provoked the civil officials to participate in the impeachment, made the nobles jealous, and was disliked by the people of the world, making them no longer human beings inside and outside, so they dragged us nobles into your thief ship, right?"

    Qin Kan sighed: "Young Master is my best friend. I shouldn't have accepted your money when I came in just now."

    Xu Pengju sneered: "I'm not just a foodie, even a foodie, I also have a wise side. I just ask you, how can you ensure that there is nothing wrong on the way with four lucky ships sailing east to Japan? How rampant are the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea now? You should be better than  I know better. If the four cargo ships are destroyed, will you pay me for it?"

    Qin Kan smiled and said: "I am not the first person to go to sea. In fact, for hundreds of years, countless civil servants have colluded with merchants and wealthy businessmen to quietly go to sea to trade with vassal states and share huge profits, including your Xu family. Tell me, you carry goods to sea  How do you ensure that nothing goes wrong?"

    "It is extremely risky for ships to go to sea. The profit and loss are often 50-50. There are countless natural and man-made disasters in the huge East China Sea. Who can guarantee that everything will be safe? Naturally, it is not convenient for me, Mu Shengen, of the Xu family, to participate directly. Instead, I have exchanged several layers of relationships with  Businessmen from Jiangnan and Zhejiang are part of it, not just me, but also civil servants. In this position, we can¡¯t look too ugly, it¡¯s the businessmen who really do the work.¡±

    "How do merchants ensure the safety of ships and cargo?"

    "It's very simple. Merchants go to sea on fixed routes, and there are fixed forces on the routes. Whether Japanese pirates are real or fake, they don't necessarily have to kill people to grab goods. Farmers all know that if they want to eat meat, they have to fatten pigs first.  To keep strong, the Japanese pirates will naturally not really strangle the merchants' shipping routes, which will be even more unfavorable to themselves. Every year, as long as they sit leisurely on the island, merchants will naturally come to their doorsteps with money to buy money"

    Qin Kan thoughtfully said: "In other words, businessmen can protect themselves by paying protection fees?"

    "Protection money? This is a new word, but the meaning is quite appropriate. To put it bluntly, it is just like your factory guards collecting Ping An money from restaurants, restaurants and brothels. After collecting the money, they will naturally not do anything to the businessmen. Of course, occasionally they will encounter some  The unscrupulous Japanese pirates took the money but killed all the people on the ship, and then took the goods alone. When encountering such Japanese pirates, they have to admit that they are unlucky. Therefore, the risk of going to sea is too high, and no one dares to pat their chest and say that everything is foolproof."

    Xu Pengju's mouth was a little dry when he spoke. He picked up a cup of tea to moisten his throat and said: "If we want to make money from the vassal state, we can only learn from the civil servants and businessmen, first determine the waterway, and then send people to the Japanese pirates on the islands near the waterway.  If the pirates say hello and give you a generous gift, there will probably not be any big problems in future voyages"

    Qin Kan sneered: "A few groups of insignificant Japanese pirates, do you want me, the majestic Duke of the Ming Dynasty, to enshrine them as ancestors?"

    "I know you are a prince, but as the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. No matter how powerful we are, will the Japanese pirates on the isolated island be afraid of you? Once we reach the sea, the titles of princes and princes have no effect at all."

    The chill on Qin Kan's face gradually deepened: "Since I entered the dynasty, I have fought with civil servants, military generals, vassal kings, and eunuchs, but they have failed to make me lower my head. How can I fight against a few pirates?"  Give in?"

    "What are you going to do?"

    Qin Kan¡¯s eyes burst out with murderous intent that he had not seen for a long time: ¡°Whoever blocks my way, I will kill him. The same is true for civil servants and the same is true for pirates.¡±

    "How to kill pirates?"

    "Mobilize the Dengzhou and Quanzhou navies. The naval warships are all equipped with the newly manufactured Fran machine cannons, blunderbuss and powerful crossbows made by the Manufacturing Bureau. They will set off from Tianjin Port and fight all the way to Japan! Like plowing a field, first plow the  The waterway from Tianjin to Japan will be plowed several times, and then we will concentrate our forces to defeat the islands where the Japanese pirates are entrenched one by one. Only by calming the East China Sea can we ensure that our ships are safe."

    Xu Pengju was shocked and his eyes widened in disbelief: "Mobilizing the navies from two places to take the initiative to attack the island? This the Ming Dynasty has never done this in more than a hundred years since its founding."

    Qin Kan sighed: "Civil officials are suppressed because of their own interests, the military system of the guards is corrupt, and the generals are incompetent. If no one stands up and takes the initiative to give the enemy a head-on blow, our Ming Dynasty will really have no hope." (Remember this site.  Website: www.hlnovel.com)??, and then concentrate our forces to defeat the islands where the Japanese pirates are entrenched one by one. Only by calming the East China Sea can we ensure that our ships are safe.  "

    Xu Pengju was shocked and his eyes widened in disbelief: "Mobilizing the navies from two places to take the initiative to attack the island? This the Ming Dynasty has never done this in more than a hundred years since its founding."

    Qin Kan sighed: "Civil officials are suppressed because of their own interests, the military system of the guards is corrupt, and the generals are incompetent. If no one stands up and takes the initiative to give the enemy a head-on blow, our Ming Dynasty will really have no hope." (Remember this site.  Website: www.hlnovel.com
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