I want to do research even if I have no money

Situ Li and Gao Haosi seemed to have known each other for a long time, and they got along very naturally, even a little intimately. However, all the bosses present seemed to be used to it, and continued to chat about the previous topic.

Although Situ Meng had doubts in his heart, it was not easy to ask them in such an environment.

After morning tea, the president and several other core members went to the banquet venue first, while his son Gao Haosi stayed behind, went to the president's mansion with Situ Meng and the others, and took a rest in the back garden of the mansion together.

The maids quickly served them tea and a lot of snacks, Gao Haosi greeted: "Come on, you must have not eaten well in front of so many uncles just now, and there is still some time before the banquet at night." , you eat some snacks to fill your stomach first."

Gao Haosi made snacks for Situ Meng very familiarly, and it turned out that the snacks he prepared were all Situ Meng's usual favorites.

"I heard that you like these. I specially asked the kitchen to prepare them yesterday... You, just treat me as your uncle... No, no, it's my brother! Brother! I'm not that old!"

Situ Meng burst out laughing, the president's son is so interesting, his personality is like a child, and he doesn't know how to manage a caravan - when he went to the capital before, he followed a Together with the caravan, the captain of the caravan is a very steady and serious person, completely different from Gao Haosi.

"Hey, Menger, do you know? How did I meet your uncle? He must have never told you?" Gao Haosi moved the stool to Situ Meng's side, "Let me tell you, when I met Situ Meng Your uncle was an examinee in the same year, but he became the champion, and I became the second place. It happened that the invigilator at that time was Ji Lao and Ji Xiangguo, the veterans of the two dynasties, so we became Ji Xiangguo's students together, because your uncle He is older, so he is the senior brother, and I am the senior brother."

Hearing the word "Ji Xiangguo", Situ Meng thought of the old man Ji who lived next to Chengning Villa. He remembered Gong Juren, the guard next to Jingshen, and a stranger standing at his door talking together. That old man Ji would not yes?

Situ Li confirmed his guess, "Yes, old man Ji is Ji Wanjun, Ji Xiangguo. After he retired, he went to his ancestral house in Ningshan County and became a farmer."

Situ Meng still had doubts, "But uncle, shouldn't you be a student of Chen Xiangguo just like Daddy?" In the impression that their family is the party of the Five Princes—oh, except for Situ Meng himself.

Situ Li shook his head, "At that time, after the imperial examination, Elder Ji resigned and went back to the countryside. I didn't belong to any party. The elder brother and the old man were both staunch members of the Five Princes' Party. In addition, I severed ties with the Situ family later on. So it doesn't matter what party I am."

So that's the case, Situ Meng thought to himself, no wonder everyone said that the Situ family is a party of the Five Princes, so there is such a relationship... But why did my uncle leave the Situ family back then, and even sever ties with the Situ family?What is the actual cause?

After all, it was someone else's scar, so Situ Meng didn't dare to ask random questions, so he could only lower his head and eat some snacks.Gao Haosi and Situ Li looked at each other, shook his head at him, and mouthed: "Don't tell him yet."

Seeing that Situ Meng was almost done eating, Gao Haosi said, "I heard from your uncle that you are very interested in sea caravans and overseas countries?"

"Yes," Situ Meng said, "I want to know more about overseas affairs. Chairman Gao also said just now that the new fire mechanism technique should be spread throughout Dazhou. I don't think we should do it behind closed doors. Only by communicating with other countries and learning their advanced technology can we make progress.”

Gao Haosi nodded, "That's just right, I have the largest sea caravan in Jiangnan in my hands. I wonder if you are interested in cooperating with me?"

Situ Meng was overjoyed when he heard this, he suddenly turned his head to look at Situ Li, who smiled at him, "I've heard you talking about it for several years, now that Chengning Villa has grown to a certain scale, it's time to go in another direction develop."

That's why I specially introduced him to Gao Haosi!Situ Meng's heart was pounding, it was caused by excitement!

As early as when he learned that there were sea caravans in Jiangnan that traded with other overseas countries, Situ Meng wanted to have his own sea caravan. Otherwise, he could also rely on other people's caravans. He wanted to know more about overseas affairs. The more the merrier!

At that time, he talked with Situ Li several times, but Situ Li just smiled and changed the subject.At that time, he thought that his uncle didn't like his relationship with the sea caravan, but now it seems that it wasn't that his uncle didn't like it, but because he didn't have the ability to control the caravan at that time.

"The Great Zhou has always valued culture over military affairs, and emphasized agriculture while suppressing business, especially those related to overseas countries. There is not even a caravan belonging to the imperial court. Obviously, there is no idea of ​​​​developing this way. Compared with the previous few, the current emperor is more thoughtful. The openness is not limited to the few acres of land in Dazhou. However, the previous two emperors suppressed commerce in various ways, and even closed all commercial lines on the sea. The sea caravans could not be organized at all, and there were only a few underground merchants who were not afraid of death. , at the risk of being imprisoned by the government, secretly set up his own sea caravan."

Situ Li told his nephew about the history of the maritime trade routes, "After the emperor ascended the throne, the blockade of the maritime trade routes was lifted, and the maritime trade routes were reopened. Too few, coupled with the immature technology and thieves at sea, after more than ten years, only a few business giants in the south of the Yangtze River can really take shape."

"As the head of the commercial giants in the south of the Yangtze River, President Gao naturally has his own sea caravan, but he is old, and the family business in his hands has already been divided into several shares, which are held by several sons, and he only cares about the general manager. business of the chamber of commerce."

"Hao Si is the youngest son of President Gao, and he has been allocated several maritime business lines of the Gao family. Due to business, he often has to go to sea with the caravan himself, and he may not be at home for a few days in a year. "Situ Li said: "I planned to introduce the two of you a long time ago, but at that time..."

"At that time, I had just taken over the maritime caravan, and I was still in the stage of testing and adjusting with my subordinates," Gao Haosi took over Situ Li's words, "Don't talk about meeting people, I was sitting in that position with trepidation, and as a result It was thanks to Ah Li that I was able to stand firm."

Gao Haosi recalled the road he had traveled, those thorns and mud have now turned into blooming flowers.

At that time, together with Situ Li, he fought against pirates at sea, and played against those blue-eyed and blond businessmen in overseas countries. Their battles were smokeless, but they were more thrilling than real battles. One wrong step, one wrong step.

I don't know how much he suffered, how much experience he gained, he finally grew up, the phoenix nirvana, and stood at the highest point of this pyramid.

Later, Situ Li wanted to go back to Yangzhou to deal with affairs and business that had been left behind for a long time; Gao Haosi had to follow the caravan to wander on the sea, and rarely showed up in Yangzhou. .

Fortunately, this time Gao Haosi had just completed a big business and came back from overseas. At least he would stay in Yangzhou until after the Chinese New Year next year. Situ Li took the opportunity of the banquet held by the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce to bring the two of them together to get to know each other.

Situ Meng was very curious about sea caravans, and asked many questions, including whether it was feasible to set up a sea caravan by himself, and Gao Haosi patiently answered them one by one.

"If you set up a sea caravan by yourself, I suggest that you wait for a while and become familiar with the rules of the sea trade route before making a decision. You can follow our caravan a few times, gain more experience, and then form your own caravan Of course, you can also choose to merge with our caravan. I have seen the products of Chengning Villa, which are also very popular overseas. If you cooperate with our caravan, Chengning Villa provides products and technologies, and we are in charge of weapons. , boats and manpower.”

"That's it..." Situ Meng actually didn't care whether the caravan belonged to him or not. He only wanted to acquire knowledge and technology from overseas countries. It would be great if he could make some money along the way.

"Then we will be in a cooperative relationship from now on, please take care of me!"

"Hahaha, take care of something. If you are Ah Li's nephew, then you are my nephew. We are all family members. I will definitely not let you lose money!" Gao Haosi said.

Although Situ Meng felt weird about the title "family", but when he thought about it, Gao Haosi was a cheerful and lively person, maybe this was his way of expressing his intimacy?But he treats himself really well and is considerate. Situ Meng is very happy to have such a "family".

Gao Haosi asked: "Our caravan has a short-distance sea trip these days, and it will set sail in about five days. Do you want to send someone from your manor to come together? Or do you play in person? But I am not in the caravan for this trip , if you want to go in person, or wait until next year after the Chinese New Year, I don’t worry about others taking you.”

Situ Meng nodded, "Alright, after I go back, I'll look for volunteers in the manor. Brother Hao Si, how many people do you think are suitable? Do you need to bring some products from our villa? What should I bring?"

"There are about [-] people's words, mainly for the first time to go to sea, so that people are familiar with the process; as for the products, the food can't be stored for too long. I remember that there is a puppy hand warmer in Chengning Garden? This It can be used, as well as the wine from the winery, and the puppy puppets and silk spinning products made by your Xiufang, all of which are very popular overseas.”

Situ Meng wrote down his words one by one, and prepared to prepare as soon as he returned to the manor.

On the other side, Jing Shen followed one of the businessmen surnamed Bao who had morning tea with Situ Meng just now, and went to the banquet site together to mobilize with the president and other high-level officials before the meeting.

At noon, it was the time for the General Chamber of Commerce's annual summary meeting. All the invited businessmen would appear in a garden of President Gao in Yangzhou and report while having lunch. Together with Mr. Bao, Jing Shen greeted the guests at the gate of the garden. This was not originally Mr. Bao's task, but thinking that he would be able to get in touch with others more, he took the initiative to take on the task of welcoming the guests.

Speaking of this businessman surnamed Bao, he was also an official in the past, and he was the magistrate of a certain county in Yangzhou, and he was also Ji Lao's disciple.

But this Mr. Bao had been an official for several years, and suddenly resigned from the official position to start a business.He used to be an official, he knows the darkness of the officialdom, and the unclear relationship between businessmen and officials, and he knows how to deal with the relationship between officials and businessmen, so he thrives in the mall, even though He started from scratch, but soon got mixed into the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce.

This time when he received the task of Mr. Ji, in fact, Mr. Bao didn't know the content of the secret decree at all. He only thought it was an ordinary private visit by the governor to crack down on corrupt officials. born.

He and Jing Shen stood by the gate, watching the guests sign their names on the registration book one by one, Jing Shen suddenly asked him in a low voice: "Don't you want to know why Ji Lao asked you to pretend to be my relative and bring me here? "

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