! Being an official is just for wealth. This is the custom of the Ming Dynasty... Why did the Portuguese who traveled across the ocean and came to the Ming Dynasty after tens of thousands of miles? It was obviously not for ideals, but also for money, gold and silver.

It is not easy to make money. If you don’t have privileges or luck, it’s no different from coming to the East than being in Europe. You will also have to survive. After all, you have traveled so far. After all, you have left your hometown and your relatives and have lost money without getting rich, and you always feel unwilling to accept it in your heart.

When he was escorted to the north by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, this unwillingness turned into disappointment and despair. An unknown fate was waiting for them in front of him, and it didn't seem like good luck no matter how good he was. It was even less likely to get rich.

But what happened to these two boxes of silver locks? The people who saw it screamed unconsciously, and then people from the entire isolation area surrounded them, and more than 300 people kept the surrounding area from surrounding them.

They didn't notice that if it were the case a few days ago, the soldiers guarding outside would probably have to take weapons and scold and drive them away, so they ignored them at this time.

Although the two craftsmen still had ignorant expressions on their faces, they could not help but look proud when they saw so many people surrounding them with envy.

"How many silver locks are this?"

Finally someone asked this question, and everyone listened attentively. The two craftsmen had long been familiar with this weight and said with a smile:

"They are all first-class sterling silver, and each box has the value of Portuguese silver coins."

One thousand standard silver coins, if the nobles in the countryside of Xunya in Portugal have no overseas industries, their annual income is only 200 riyals, which can already maintain a very good life. If a commoner earns these, he can almost go back to his hometown to buy a shop or a small manor to enjoy his life.

When everyone heard this, the number was so large that everyone was stunned, and then exclaimed in surprise. Everyone remembered that they were asking with the musket at that time. What did this have to do with this money? Some people were anxious to ask.

"I was taken to a master and asked me if I would make disassembly and make a smoothbore gun. We both said I would, and then asked us to disassemble the smoothbore gun and took us to a large workshop. We asked us to make a smoothbore gun. There were many craftsmen over there. We had been busy for a few days and there were actually white craftsmen to inspect and compare them with other weapons."

The two craftsmen were so excited that they listened attentively.

"After the newly built smoothbore gun was fired, the young master was very happy and gave us all the wealth.

Everyone suddenly realized that some people were even more envious, while others were pounding their chests and stamping their feet. Among these people who came here, there were many craftsmen who knew how to make smoothbore guns, but they were taken first by others and earned the reward.

Everyone traveled across the ocean to the east, on the boat and on land, and heard about barbarians, tribe chiefs, and Eastern nobles and monarchs. They often like Western machinery and technology. If they encounter the right things, they can make money. Judging from the experiences of these two companions, they might have encountered such luck.

The silver lock with the silver shining, with the money, went to the bustling town not far away to spend the whole world. How comfortable it would be, everyone was thinking about it.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting outside:

"Can anyone cast artillery?!" The Portuguese word was in a straightforward Portuguese, and everyone looked out, and there was an oriental man wearing a pretty decent white man standing outside and shouting.

"Will anyone cast that kind of field artillery that was carried with the army?"

He shouted again, and everyone looked at each other, and suddenly dozens of arms were raised, and everyone rushed to say:

"I will!! I will!".

Bei An, who had been in the Fire Organ Shop for a long time, smiled reservedly, called out the twenty or so people who raised their hands, and then asked again:

"Does anyone need help? Let's call each other and make a cannon and you can get money, but you can't do it. It's not just a problem of not having money to get it.

Everyone also understood the thoughts. They all felt that more people went there and more people paid. If they could call less, fewer people. When they heard this faint threat, the Portuguese people who were blinded by the silver lock became a little awake and quickly began to greet their apprentices and helpers.

Bei'an was in his thirties and looked very qualified in dressing. Every craftsman and technician were very respectful to him because they also saw that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were very polite to him.

Seeing these craftsmen obediently leaving with the soldiers, Bei An thought behind him that if he had not come to Tianjin Wei and had not been recruited by Lord Wang for no reason, he might be the same as these people now. No, and he would definitely be inferior to these people, because the three of them would not have done the smoothbore gun. Only after seeing the dismantling and manufacturing of the two craftsmen, I understood the truth. This is the difference in life experiences."

When the Frenchman Bei'an was recruiting craftsmen in the isolation area, Wang Tong accompanied Yu Daxian in the mansion. The old man was feeling a little out of control after seeing the sea boat.

At this time, the weather was already there, and Yu Dachang might have been caught in a cold wind and fell ill after he got home. Tianjin Yu Dengzhong was invited by Wang Tong and lived in the mansion, where he could see a doctor and consult at any time.

The people sent to the capital have already come out and are preparing to invite famous doctors from the capital to come over. They have a private message to Buyi. If the Imperial Hospital can help Xiao Nian, it would be best.

Since Yu Dayu came to the capital in the fifth year of Wanli, although he was not always strong and healthy, he was not as good as an old man in his seventies and had no symptoms. However, this time he suddenly fell ill. Although the doctor diagnosed that he had a cold, his body recovered very slowly.

For an old man in his seventies, this is not a good sign. Wang Tong has seen many such scenes and feels sorry for him, but he can only do his best to accompany him more.

Yu Dazhuo's image in front of everyone was always laughing, angry and scolding, and the clouds were calm and the wind was clear, but this time it was a little different.

"I have never thought about the people at home when I run around, but this time I think very much, old, I am like this woman when I am old."

Wrapped with a quilt on his body, leaning against the disturbance, Yu Daxian said with a weak and self-deprecating self-deprecation. Wang Tong used his knife to peel and cut a white pear open. He put it on the kang table and said with a smile:

"The Kuaima who went to Fujian had already set off yesterday, but it was a little farther back and forth. It was about the first month of the year that the old man's family could come to Tianjin. The old man didn't have to worry."

Yu Dayu nodded with a smile and said:

"Men use swords to kill thieves and tigers, but you use them to cut white pears, really, really."

"The house is full of fireworks, so it's good to eat a pear. Don't say it. I didn't expect that the white pear would be sold for the price of mountain delicacies in winter."

Wang Tong said with a smile, Yu Daxian took a pear and put it in his mouth. After a while, he spoke:

"Remember I told you that Tianjin Wei is now a piece of fat?"

Of course, Wang Tong remembered that it was because of Yu Dazhu’s reminder that Gu Laohu made preparations in advance that the gang of pirates did not cause devastating damage to the Haihe Commercial District of Tianjin Wei. Wang Tong nodded and Yu Daxian said:

"Tianjin Wei is not just fat, it is obviously gold and beautiful jade. Seeing so much wealth and money gather here, there are always people who can't help but take risks."

Now the merchants in Tianjin Wei are all stocked with goods. Even so, each company still has a lot of gold and silver savings, not to mention that Wang Tong's insurance bank has a large amount of cash. The so-called gold and silver seas are placed in Tianjin Wei. It is not necessarily an exaggeration to think about it carefully.

"You also saw the gunship of the man. Yesterday you said that it was not a warship of the man, but a merchant ship that traffics goods and walks on the sea. The guns are for self-protection. The merchant ship is like this. What if the warship of the man comes?"

Yu Dayu was a little anxious and couldn't help coughing twice. Wang Tong hurriedly stepped forward and beat his back. Yu Daou calmed down and said again:

"Can the fortress by the Haihe River stop it? If it can't be stopped, the cannon will destroy your fortress, go down the Haihe River into the canal and go straight to the capital? Ruofan fleets have two teams, one in Tianjin Wei, and the other in the Yangtze River, cut off the canal transportation. Now the supply of grain and grass in the capital in the north depends entirely on the grain in the south. If the grain and transportation are cut off, the world will be shaken."

Wang Tong also became serious and carefully analyzed that if there were indeed foreign enemies doing this, the world would be shaken and panic. The navy of the Ming Dynasty was just a joke now. There were piles of broken ships and old ships, so what kind of combat power would it have? If such Western gunboats drove in."

Even with limited historical knowledge, Wang Tong knew that there was no such thing in the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Dadi had passed it with concern. However, in the late Qing Dynasty hundreds of years later, in the late Opium War, the Qing court's peace request was because the British fleet drove into the Yangtze River and cut off the canal transportation.

Looking at Wang Tong's silence, Yu Dazhu continued:

"The sea is forbidden, the sea is forbidden, but the hukou bandits have been completely banned from our Ming Dynasty. I and Qi Yuanjing have worked hard on the shore for so many years. If there were ships, how could it be so hard? After all, the water and naval battles, in the final analysis, we still have to rely on the ship, look at the big ships of the foreign people, and think about us."

He was anxious and panting. Wang Tong shook his head, stepped forward and patted Yu Daxian's back, and said with a smile:

"Your Madam, don't worry, we're doing it too late, but now we're doing it slowly, it's always too late. What did Wang Tong do to bring these men and the gunship to Tianjin Wei?"

Yu Dayu was stunned. Looking at Wang Tong's smile, he also laughed out loud.

The eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor took office. As usual, you must first read the list of soldiers and horses in the Imperial Horse Supervisor Warriors Camp and the Four Guards Camp. The eunuch who was old in charge of the old work naturally understood this rule. Since taking office, he has been checking it in the official room of the Imperial Horse Supervisor every day.
Chapter completed!