Since the Ming Dynasty defaulted on lifting the maritime ban, although there were many dangers of storms, Japanese pirates and pirates, the huge profits of maritime trade drove people to pursue profits and make money in the sea.
The caravan formed by Yang Shu has gone out to sea four times, with a long and short journey, which is larger and more huge every time, and more experienced every time, but it has always been the first time that it goes overseas, with the highest profit, which is almost ten times the profit.
The reason is that when people see this industry making money, they invested manpower and capital and joined this industry. Gradually, the profits of going overseas are worse than those of once – but compared with other industries, they are still profitable.
Due to the large number of ships going to sea and there are oil and water to catch, there are also more pirates and Japanese pirates. In addition to doing business, Yang Shu also had to buy self-defense things such as cannons and firearms, and hire warriors to protect the caravan, and at least he had to pay 20% of the profit to ensure safe return home.
Although you have made money, you can’t afford to lose money if you don’t have money in the capital. Always be alert. This bowl of rice is not delicious!
I was frightened all the way to Guangzhou Port. After passing the customs, the chamber of commerce led by Yang Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, Yang Shu was a cautious person. Even if he returned to the Ming Dynasty safely, he still hired the escort agency to protect the caravan and return to Beijing.
Unexpectedly, when the caravan was parked at a port called Longwangmiao in Jiangxi at night, he encountered a group of bandits. These bandits were ruthless and stolen goods and had to silence the caravan.
The caravan and the escort agency fought against each other and fought to the death, fighting until dawn. When the government officials came to support him, they saved their lives and returned to Beijing. Of course, some people could never go home.
Brother-in-law Go’s left eye was injured by an arrow. In order to save her life, she had to take it off. The long waterway arrived at Tongzhou Port. Almost two months had passed, and the wound had healed and scabbed.
Brother-in-law E was afraid of scaring people, so she blindfolded her left eye. Seeing Jiuzhi driving to Baoyuan store with Sister E and Ruyi Niang, Brother-in-law E smiled and greeted her, “Brother Nine Zi! Wife! Ruyi Niang! You are all here! Oh, I’m fine.”
Sister E was running quickly. She has gained weight in recent years. She was panting while running, and was the first to run to Brother-in-law E, “I… I look at… your eyes.”
Brother-in-law E covered her eye mask with her hands, “Oh, it’s ugly, like a ghost, I’m afraid of scaring you.”
Sister E insisted on looking, but Brother-in-law E refused to show her.
Sister E’s Hedong lion roared: “Kneel down!”
Brother E’s knees were one step faster than her brain, and she couldn’t help but soften immediately and then knelt down.
Sister E quickly opened her blindfold and then covered it faster. Sister E, who had never cried in public, shed tears, “We won’t make this money in the future. We should enjoy it at a young age. Our son has been promoted to a thousand households. With a promising future, you don’t have to go out to sea to fight hard.”
Yang Shu came over and felt very guilty, “I’m sorry, Sister E, Brother E broke his appearance to save me. I owe him this eye.”
Sister E wiped away her tears, “It’s not you who owed his eyes, but the damn Jiangxi bandits! I’ll write to my son Jixiang. I’ve been learning martial arts for so many years, and it’s time to come in handy. I’ve suppressed those Jiangxi bandits and avenged his father! Eyes for eye! Teeth for tooth!”
Yang Shu whispered: “Sister E, things are not that simple, let’s go into the house and talk slowly.”
Everyone arrived at the guest room of Baoyuan Store, and when they got to the room, they closed the doors and windows, Yang Shu explained the whole story.
It turns out that at the Longwangmiao Port in Jiangxi, those bandits were not just bandits, but also dead soldiers raised by Ning Wang!
King Ning wanted to adopt his son to the emperor and bribe the nobles in the capital. However, a vassal king had limited salary and land, so how could he get so much money?
Jiangxi has the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake and waterways densely packed with fishing nets. Caravans passing by here are endless. King Ning colluded with bandits, blocking the road to burn, killing, and robbing. The plundered wealth was continuously sent to the capital to pave the way for his son’s crown prince.
However, bandits robbed caravans with escort agencies like Yang Shu, who usually just robbed things and ran away, and would not fight with the escort agency to the end. Killing is not the purpose, wealth is.
Why did you kill Yang Shu’s caravan?
It was because the night when I stayed at the Longwang Temple Port, not only Yang Shu’s caravan, but also another person – Fei Hong, the former chief minister of the cabinet.
Fei Hong is from Jiangxi, the top scholar in Chenghua, and became the chief assistant of the cabinet. Later, he retired and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi.
King Ning begs Fei Hong’s influence in the officialdom and shows kindness to him repeatedly. He bribed him with a lot of money just like bribing the Marquis of the East Mansion, asking him to recommend his son to be the crown prince.
Fei Hong was resolutely retiring and returning home, but he didn’t want to cause trouble. How could he agree to King Ning and refused sternly?
King Ning was so angry that he was so soft that he was hard, so he sent his subordinates, bandit Li Zhen, to kill the Fei family, cruelly dismembered his relatives, dig the Fei family’s ancestral grave, and even the cemetery of Fei Hong’s mother was dug up!
King Ning thought that using such bloody means to threaten Fei Hong, Fei Hong would submit.
However, the top scholar was able to become the chief minister of the cabinet and had a firm will. How could he bow to a vassal king?
Fei Hong refused to obey, and secretly returned to Beijing, went to the capital to file a lawsuit, exposing the atrocities of King Ning raising bandits everywhere to seek wealth and harming loyal and kind-hearted.