Chapter 452 The gains and losses of the T-shaped scroll

  Third Sister You and Daiyu said this, but Jia Lian had already disembarked and walked towards Feng Ziying's official ship.

Officials like this don’t need to be mentioned, but officials like civil servants usually bring one or two servants with them. This is also the practice of officials in this era when they go out on business. There are also some who want to bring one or two staff members and maidservants.

  But generally speaking, those who want to lead staff must be officials of the fourth grade or above to be qualified. Among this group of people, only Cui Jingrong has this qualification, and the others can only bring one or two servants.

   Some officials and servants on the official ship have already started to disembark, and those with backpacks and boxes are obviously preparing to disembark and stay overnight in Tongzhou.

   Jia Lian asked someone to report on the shore, and the other party looked Jia Lian up and down before reluctantly nodding and agreeing to report. After a while, Feng Ziying came out with Ruixiang.

   "Second brother Lian, when did you arrive?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile, but looked at the passenger ship behind the official ship.

"Just arrived, I just followed your boat. It seems that you are planning to stay here for a night?" Jia Lian looked enviously at the guests on the boat, basically they were civil servants and their servants, like Feng Ziying is already a real sixth-rank official, and he is incomparable with a false fifth-rank official like himself.

   "Well, let's stay for one night. The conditions in Tongzhou are good. Take a look at the market in the south, it is very prosperous, not inferior to other prefectures." Feng Ziying looked back from the passenger ship, "Sister Lin, is there nothing wrong?"

"It's nothing, and your Aunt You, I don't think Liu Erlang may have the upper hand with swordsmanship. It's really the art of killing people. A sword seals the throat." Jia Lian recalled that Third Sister You was in the cabin. The sharpness of that sword left people with lingering fears, and there was no room for people to react at all, and they couldn't even keep up with their thoughts.

"The situation in the south is more complicated than that in the capital, especially Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, which I will go to last, are all hard-hit areas in collusion between maritime merchants and Japanese pirates. There are many beneficiaries from the comprehensive opening of the sea, but there are also losers, namely those They have long been involved with Japanese pirates in conspiracy to smuggle, and even those who want to kill others before engaging in maritime trade. Once the sea is fully opened, more powerful businessmen will join in, and they will be recognized by the court. And support, it is bad news for these people,..."

  Feng Ziying was a little indifferent.

  From the conversations with Cui Jingrong, Wu Liangsi, Sun Juxiang and Wei Guangwei, Feng Ziying didn't realize how much they were worried, or that these people didn't take this matter to heart.

They may think that since this is a national policy that has been decided by the imperial court, it is nothing more than opening the sea first. Whether it is Ningbo, Zhangzhou or Quanzhou, they will eventually open the sea. There is a fight, but the final decision rests with the imperial court, and for such things, there will not be any dangerous things happening.

   But Feng Ziying doesn't see it that way.

In Feng Ziying's view, if it is just a few businessmen competing for who will open the sea first, it is a normal competition. Even if they use some means, it is acceptable, whether it is bribery or framing. After all, they are all serious businessmen. They are also engaged in a serious maritime trade business, and it is impossible to have any means beyond the bottom line, because they know that if they go beyond the bottom line of the court, it means that they will lose their qualifications for this business.

  But for those maritime merchants who have been mixed with Japanese pirates in their bones, it is different.

The profiteering business monopoly was broken. Not only did they lose any advantage, but they also had to face competition and suppression from wealthy merchants who were stronger than them and had more background in the imperial court. A thorough investigation of past illegal activities will put him to death.

  In this situation, it is basically a life-and-death duel, and it doesn't matter to them whether there is a bottom line or not.

Feng Ziying, Cui Jingrong and others reminded them, but they did not attract their attention. In other words, they felt that the possibility of this was very small, and who would come to harm their group. They just came to investigate and understand the situation, and finally decided to open the sea. It is not them who are neglecting, but the cabinet and the six ministries, and the emperor. It is meaningless to be unfavorable to them.

   It should be said that Cui Jingrong’s judgment is not wrong. It is true that the group of them just collected the situation and then went back to report. It is impossible to make any decisions. It is of little significance to them.

But some people probably don't think so. They think that if they can give their group a warning, or even create some trouble, at least it can delay and hinder the smooth progress of the strategy of opening the sea. It will take a year or two. For some people Said, maybe if you win, you can get a lot of money.

  It's a pity that I don't have much basis and evidence for this point of view. Cui Jingrong, Wei Guangwei, and Sun Juxiang don't agree with it, and they even think it's an alarmist joke.

   "Is it really that dangerous?" Jia Lian naturally couldn't understand, who would dare to harm the court officials? Isn't that suicide? Those businessmen also have a large family, who would risk the risk of ransacking the family to do such a thing?

"Second brother Lian, there are some things that others think are different from what we think, and what we see may not be the truth." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Be prepared, Sanmei You has never been to Jiangnan, so it's time to play for a while. Come back, I will trouble Brother Lian here."

"That's not a big deal. I think you, Aunt You, are not difficult to deal with. Sister Lin gets along well with her." Jia Lian also laughed, "Sister Lin's temperament should also be understood by Da Lang. , it is difficult for ordinary people to catch their eyes, but this time you, Aunt You, have a good relationship with her."

Feng Ziying was also amused by Jia Lian's words. It seems that people in Jia's mansion have gradually accepted Lin Yatou's arrogant and quiet temperament. Fortunately, not many people care about this. They probably think that Lin Yatou should be like this Be tempered.

   "That's good, I'm really worried that the two of them won't get along." Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief.

   "However, Da Lang, sister Lin, are you really..." Jia Lian watched Feng Ziying's expression change.

"Second brother Lian, there is nothing we can't talk about between you and me. It's another matter if it's someone else. Well, sister Lin, if I can, I will try my best to propose a marriage, but there are some difficulties and problems. On the one hand It's Mr. Lin's side, and the other side is mainly about my mother's problem. Sister Lin's body..."

  Feng Ziying understood when Jia Lian was mentioned, and frowned.

If families like the Feng family want to marry their first wife, it must be a problem, and it is a big problem. If there is no first wife, it is possible to divorce their wives in this era. Everything else is easy to say, except for this one. Feng Ziying's mother Certainly not.

   "Then what should I do?"

For Feng Ziying to marry Lin Daiyu, Jia Lian would definitely be happy to see it come true. Lin Daiyu is his direct cousin. In comparison, except for Yingchun, neither Xue Baochai nor Jia Tanchun is as close as Lin Daiyu in terms of blood relationship. If the Lin family gets married, then the relationship between himself and the Feng family will be more stable.

   "Let's take it one step at a time. The worst plan is to delay it for two years. When sister Lin is older and stronger, maybe it will be easier for my mother." Feng Ziying smiled wryly.

   "Delay for another two years?" Jia Lian was surprised, "Will Ling Tang agree? You are sixteen years old, and you can delay getting married for another two years?"

"Isn't my uncle chasing the title of Xijue? You may also know about the concubine. It should be that the emperor will approve it in a few days. When the official document from the Ministry of Rites comes out, even if it is settled, the eldest wife can marry first, the elder. The housing issue is settled. If I can give birth to a boy and a half girl, my mother will not be too **** her. If it is not possible, taking two concubines, or which girl in the house can give birth to a boy and a girl, can also prevent my mother from forcing her too tight."

   Jia Lian felt much more at ease at this time, which showed that Feng Ziying had made up her mind to marry Lin Daiyu.

According to his understanding, although such important matters as marrying a wife are mostly decided by the matchmaker's words and parents' orders, in Feng's family, Feng Ziying still has the right to speak, and he can also make decisions on many things, so he has to be determined. If you want to marry Lin Daiyu, I'm afraid that Duan's opposition may not be effective.

If it’s not enough, you can use a concubine to make up the number, but the Lin family, Lin Ruhai, has no brothers and sisters, and Lin Daiyu has no uncles or sisters, so there is no suitable concubine, but the Jia family, Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun, and even Jia Xichun are quite suitable. But the problem is that the blood relationship is different, and it cannot be done for her.

  Jia Lian didn’t care who Feng Ziying’s eldest wife would marry. Anyway, it was impossible for him to marry his younger sister. As for whether it was Xue Baochai or someone else, he didn’t care too much, but he felt that the eldest wife might not be Xue Baochai’s turn.

The two chatted for a while, but they saw Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng coming off the boat. Feng Ziying introduced Jia Lian to them. Wu Xun's children were not interested, so Jia Lian took his leave and left.

"Ziying, I know that your family is from Wu Xun, but if this class of Wu Xun's children have no skills, Brother Yu suggests that you don't need to get in touch too deeply." After Jia Lian left, Fan Jingwen said bluntly: "The Jia family, the second son of Rongning, The reputation in the capital city is not good. One of my seniors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate has already received a complaint against General Wei Lie Jia Amnesty, but at that time Wang Ziteng was still the right servant of the Ministry of War, so this matter was suppressed, but It's not over yet, even though it's not a big deal, but seeing a leopard in a small spot, it can be seen that the Jia family is in dire straits..."

Without waiting for Feng Ziying to explain, He Fengsheng also answered: "Ziying, don't blame us for being straightforward. What is Jia Zheng's nickname in the Ministry of Industry? "Lazy Monk". Even the bell can't ring, and my colleagues in the Ministry of Industry despise it,..."

  (end of this chapter)