Chapter 525: Those were all done by the Japanese in the past and have nothing to do with the current Japanese!
Guo Zhengmao was very active in transforming Luzon into a king, covering all aspects of military, economic, cultural, and political affairs. He wished that the imperial court would immediately give the Luzon Governor's Mansion to Shitu counties, similar to what the three divisions of Yunnan did. The national surname Masashige is at the forefront of the four overseas governor-general offices.
The Nagasaki Governor-General's Palace is preparing to transport taels of silver back to Beijing in order to show its loyalty to the emperor and the country.
The Ming Dynasty was struggling in the Japanese country just for the silver of the Japanese country, to raise children to provide for old age. Since the Yongle period when the Muromachi shogunate was conferred, wasn't it just for this day!
The Ming Dynasty is more than two hundred years old. The Ming Dynasty is old, has inconvenient legs and feet, and is very poor. Treatment requires a lot of silver, and the Japanese country happens to have it. If you don’t use it, it is worthy of the canonization of Emperor Cheng Zuwen. An edict?
At first, the Muromachi shogunate was struggling in the Japanese country. It was Emperor Wen's edict that allowed the Muromachi shogunate to gain a firm foothold and made the Japanese country stable for more than a hundred years.
Even if the Japanese country is a rebellious son, they can still raise children to protect themselves from old age!
Japanese silver is the second largest source of white silver in the world. The first largest source is the trade of European and Western galleons that arrive in Hong Kong around June every year.
Oda Nobunaga's struggle seemed a bit futile. Because of the Ming Dynasty's reform and reform, and the navy's strength, Oda Nobunaga, a man in the world, had no good solution.
When Sun Keyi and Xu Wei were preparing to transport silver back to Beijing, Oda Nobunaga's envoy arrived in Nagasaki again. A very small ship docked at the berth, and the three-masted and five-masted ships of the Ming Dynasty were frequently The ships formed a sharp contrast, just like the Ming and Japanese countries at that time.
The Songjiang Navy of the Ming Dynasty, Shuri Hou Chenlin, was leading the navy to quell the Japanese in the Japanese country, so there were particularly many large ships in Nagasaki Port.
The winter in Nagasaki is not very cold. It stays at 4 to 8° above zero all year round. Although it snowed heavily a few days ago, due to the influence of ocean currents, the thin ice at the Port of Nagasaki is only It lasted for two days and then disappeared.
The main purpose of the Ming Dynasty navy to quell the Japanese pirates in Nagasaki was to prevent imported pirates.
At the end of the tenth year of Wanli, the Japanese country had a population of 8.5 million. The real population was too large and the land was small. Coupled with the wars between the warring states daimyo, production was destroyed and the output of food was further reduced. This made many Japanese people unable to Instead of taking risks, he went to sea and became a Japanese pirate, robbing others to make a living in the wind and waves.
According to the diplomatic opinions of the Rouyuan people of the Ming Dynasty, what the Ming Dynasty should do at this time is to accept the surrender of Oda Nobunaga, and mobilize some resources to find a way to transport food to the Japanese country in exchange for silver. At the same time, he helped the Oda shogunate resettle the desperate Japanese, restore production, reduce the sources of Japanese trouble, and ultimately stabilize the sea.
This idea is a traditional idea that cooperation will benefit both sides, and the Ming Emperor also used it in practice, such as the large sailing trade in the West, such as the Mughal Kingdom's special envoy Shah Maimaiti, such as During the naval parade, the envoys from all over the world had their own seats and so on.
However, the policy against Japan alone is completely inconsistent with the basic rule that cooperation will benefit both countries, because the overall goal of the policy against Japan has always been to eliminate Japan, and it has never changed.
Oda Nobunaga still sent his third son, Oda Nobuo, and Oda Nobuo was extremely proud of his father. Even if he became someone else's adopted son, Oda Nobuo would have nothing to do with it. Dissatisfied, he just wanted to do something so that his father could see him.
As soon as Oda Nobukuma arrived at the townhouse in Nagasaki Port, he heard a piece of news that frightened him. The Nagasaki Governor's Office was actively preparing to transport silver back to the Ming Dynasty!
After Nobuo Oda heard the news, cold sweat ran down his back.
"Dear ambassador to the Ming Dynasty, transporting silver back to the Ming Dynasty is unacceptable to the Japanese country. I hope the Nagasaki Governor's Office can stop this behavior." Oda Nobuo said sincerely in an almost pleading tone.
The Ming Dynasty brought treasure banknotes, and the Nagasaki Governor-General exchanged banknotes with the major names and divided the seigniorage. The Nagasaki Governor-General did not transport the silver back to the Ming Dynasty before, but stored it locally, and even Invested in Kyushu Island.
This is acceptable to everyone in the Japanese country, because the silver is kept in the Nagasaki Governor's Mansion. The popular banknotes in the Japanese country are silver-based banknotes, although they have to pay for the population. There is a price, but there is a gain as well as a sacrifice. It pays for the population and solves part of the problem of money shortage.
But once the Ming Dynasty transported all the silver back to the Ming Dynasty, the treasure banknotes circulating in the Japanese country lost the important anchor of silver. This meant that the treasure banknotes circulating in the Japanese country could never be cashed. This is unacceptable to everyone in Japan!
Xu Wei looked at Nobuo Oda, frowning and said: "You have tried every possible means to see me, just to say this? What do I want to do in the Nagasaki Governor's Office? Do I need to get Oda? Tian Nobunaga agrees?"
"Nobuo Oda bowed again and said loudly: "I am just begging the angel to leave the silver in Japan!" br>"If you beg me, I will agree to you?" Xu Wei smiled, looked in the direction of the Ming Dynasty, smiled twice and asked: "I have been plagued by Japanese pirates in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years, and how many people along the coast have been kneeling on their knees? On the ground, they begged and begged the Japanese pirates to spare their lives. Did the Japanese pirates agree? The Japanese pirates laughed and killed more people, and who killed more cruelly!"
"I, Xu Wei, Hu Zongxian's staff, saw it with my own eyes! I saw those corpses! I saw the dying struggle of the people of the Ming Dynasty! I saw that one village after another was devastated and ruined! Men, old people, women, and children died in front of the stove, under the trees, and in the mountains. He fell into the cellar and died under the tree!”
“They were all unrecognizable corpses!”
“You begged me?”
Oda Nobuo's forehead was covered with sweat. He suddenly had an idea and said loudly: "Those were all done by the Japanese in the past and have nothing to do with the Japanese today!" Times are also passing. My father is spreading military power across the world. Once the Japanese country is settled, there will be no more Japanese troubles. "
What Oda Nobuo means is that after everything has passed, don't hold on to it. , holding on to past sins and living in hatred will only blind you with hatred and make wrong decisions.
"Hahaha!" Xu Wei and Sun Keyi looked at each other and burst into laughter. The two of them held on to the armrests of the Taishi chair, leaned forward, and laughed loudly and wantonly. Laughing until I can’t breathe.
The entire West Flower Hall of the Governor's Mansion was filled with laughter. The Japanese did not even apologize for the Japanese troubles, let alone regret and pay homage.
Xu Wei sat up straight, looked at Nobuo Oda, and said with a sneer: "Uncle Da Zong always said that the Japanese have small courtesy but no great righteousness. According to me, they are just like animals, so there is nothing wrong with them. Three points of human nature, very deep-rooted animality!”
“We also hope to see a Japanese country with extraordinary achievements, freedom and openness, and a prosperous life. This is of great significance to the stability of the Ming Dynasty’s maritime borders. We also hope that Together with Oda Nobunaga, we will work together for a peaceful and prosperous maritime territory."
"There are always people who doubt whether the Nagasaki Governor-General interferes too much in all aspects of Japan, but what I want to say is. In the face of various challenges caused by the uneven sea, we should work together instead of going our separate ways. Various decisions made by the Nagasaki Governor-General are also made based on the consideration of maritime stability."
"Under the premise of maritime stability. , We hope that Oda Nobunaga and the Japanese daimyo can take a positive view of the shipment of silver from the Governor's Palace back to the Ming Dynasty."
"This is for the purpose of stabilizing the maritime borders and ensuring more stable maritime trade security."
Xu Wei's words can be said to make him fall out of favor faster than turning the page of a book. It is obvious that the former scolding Nobuo Oda was Xu Wei's true thought, and the latter was a cliché of Che Luulu. The overall meaning is that this is what the Japanese silver wants to do, and it is to be transported back. , this is all for the good of Japan!
The main character is shameless.
Oda Nobuo was the first to be shameless and talk nonsense. No one would be the same.
"Nobuo Oda, think about it, is there any difference between putting the silver in Nagasaki and putting it in the Ming Dynasty? As long as necessary, the sailing ship can be brought back in only three to five days. Now The boat is so fast." Sun Keyi also said in agreement. He played an impeccable card. Since you chose to mess around, there is no need for Sun Keyi to hide it. Show your cards, I am a scholar of the Ming Dynasty!
Xu Wei nodded and said: "It's all the same."
Sun Keyi thought for a while and added: "I advise you not to act rashly, the Songjiang Town Navy is fighting against Japan in Nagasaki."
< br>"Thanks to the angel's teachings!" Oda Nobuo bowed again. He knew why the Nagasaki Governor's Office was now shipping silver. It was because no one dared to act rashly while the navy's strong troops were on the side.
Oda Nobuo half raised his head, looked at Xu Wei and whispered: "Is Governor Xu willing to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty all his life?"
This is why Oda Nobunaga sent Oda Nobuo here. Negotiating the conditions, the Nagasaki Governor's Office and Oda Nobunaga cooperated to seek greater private interests, and was their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty any benefit to Xu Wei and Sun Keyi? If loyalty to the emperor and the country can really be rewarded, will there be so many people who respect themselves?
Oda Nobuo elaborated on Oda Nobunaga’s conditions. In short, join forces with each other to fight against the Ming Dynasty! All harvests belong to the Nagasaki Governor's Office!
Oda Nobuo wanted to impress Xu Wei with benefits and instigate Xu Wei to rebel. As long as Xu Wei led the Nagasaki Governor's Palace to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, anything could be discussed.
"If you don't become a domestic dog, how can you become a wild dog?" Xu Wei immediately asked: "Is it good to be a wild dog when I am hungry and precarious? What happened to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace becoming the Ming Dynasty's domestic dog?"
Oda Nobuo, his face flushed, said loudly: "Isn't this being controlled by others? You need to obey orders and the court."
"Hahaha!" Xu Wei and Sun Keyi began to laugh again.
Wan Shihe always said that the Japanese did not understand etiquette at all. Xu Wei said that Wan Shihe was right.
What does it mean to have small gifts but no great righteousness? This is the most typical case. Oda Nobuo cannot understand Xu Wei and Sun Keyi's loyalty to His Majesty and the Ming Dynasty as a whole. He also cannot understand that Xu Wei and Sun Keyi always live in hatred, knowing that those people, those poor people who died, Most of the coolies have little to do with Xu Wei and Sun Keyi.
What kind of hatred is worth Xu Wei, Sun Keyi and others giving up such huge interests of Japan?
"Well, from the Japanese point of view, it often takes several months for a Japanese ship to reach the Ming Dynasty. However, there is only 1,600 miles of water distance from Nagasaki to Songjiang Prefecture. The Ming Dynasty navy set out from Songjiang. In the past, It takes a month to reach Nagasaki, but now it only takes twelve days, and the time with favorable winds will be shorter." Xu Wei shook his head and said, he was too lazy to talk about those big principles, and the Japanese didn't understand them. He told Nobuo Oda with facts, no need. Think about it, I don’t have that foundation.
It takes fifteen days to travel by land from Bei Ya to Nan Ya, and it takes fifteen days to travel day and night. However, it takes one and a half months for the elite soldiers of the Beijing Camp to move from Bei Ya to Nan Ya, while the Navy It only took twelve days from the dispatch to the arrival of the Ming Dynasty in Nagasaki. The Ming Dynasty could really crush it with the force of thunder, and then build a Nagasaki Governor's Palace in its place.
"Look away." Xu Wei stood up, ignored Nobuo Oda who was kneeling on the ground, and left.
After leaving, Xu Wei immediately stopped and said: "The 2.98 million taels of silver in the Nagasaki Governor's Palace will be put on the ship immediately and shipped back to Songjiang Prefecture. Immediately, please ask Shurihou Chen Lin to send troops to escort them to prevent accidents."
"What's wrong? Didn't you say that the starting point is 1.5 million silver?" Sun Keyi said with a solemn expression.
“I’m afraid that the Japanese will jump over the wall in a hurry.” Xu Wei looked solemn, but he quickly said with relief: “It’s best to jump over the wall in a hurry.” Sometimes Xu Wei had to admire Oda Nobunaga’s self-restraint, He had a fight with Sima Yi. When Zhuge Liang gave Sima Yi women's clothes and humiliated him into leaving the city to fight, Sima Yi refused to leave the city even after putting on women's clothes. The Nagasaki Governor's Mansion used all kinds of methods to force Oda Nobunaga to attack. Destroyed the Governor's Palace of Nagasaki.
Oda Nobunaga was really patient. He fought with Ming Dynasty several times, but he still refused to go to the last step and did not directly attack with force.
Xu Wei prepared a large gunpowder magazine in Nagasaki and waited for Oda Nobunaga to come over.
Originally, he planned to transport it directly to Tianjin Wei after the spring and enter the capital directly. Xu Wei had been away from the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and his impression of the hinterland was still the corruption-ridden Ming Dynasty. He was afraid that the money would be given to the local government. He was so greedy. After all, Xu Jie even dared to seize Yan Song's property. What kind of money did Ming officials dare not be greedy for?
But it's too late now, so we set out immediately to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall.
The reason why it was not shipped to the Mizhou Shipping Department was because in Xu Wei’s impression, Songjiang Prefecture was more loyal. Who allowed Songjiang Prefecture to have a navy in charge? Loyalty is closely related to the military. With the army at your side, no matter how disloyal you are in your heart, you still have to be loyal on the surface.
At this time, in the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, in the imperial study of Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty, there was Zhu Zai, the dean of the Ming Dynasty Academy of Physics, a great scientist, a great musician, an astronomer, a physicist, a great mathematician, and the uncle of Emperor De.剉.
"Your Majesty, matter is in motion!" Zhu Zaiyu said loudly with an extremely excited expression: "Last time we said that because molecules have different heat levels, their states are different. We verified this conjecture. We used vacuum The glass tube is placed upside down on the water, and by changing the surrounding temperature..."
"Okay, Uncle Huang, you can stop, I know that Uncle Huang is a genius" Zhu Yijun reminded repeatedly, Zhu Zaiyu did not need to repeat it. It shows the side of his genius, that is, the heavy composition, which is a mountain that countless people cannot reach in their lifetime. This is Zhu Zaiyu's achievement that is relatively shallow and easy to catch up with.
Recently, the Gewu Institute conducted an experiment, which once again verified that any substance is composed of smaller, tiny molecules, and these tiny molecules are constantly moving, which led to a further conjecture that matter It is in motion, and motion is the fundamental attribute and way of existence of matter.
On this basis, the concepts of relative motion and relative stillness were born.
This experiment is somewhat complicated. Zhu Yijun has already seen it in detail, and of course it is to the point where it can be understood.
For example, Japanese silver is somewhat black, because Japanese silver contains some sulfur impurities, and refining Japanese silver into gold flower silver means removing impurities, and adding lead, copper, and tin increases the impurities and turns wrought iron into Steel has different proportions of carbon. According to the different carbon content, Daming has completed a scientific definition and subdivision of steel.
"Do you need more silver?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Zaiyu and thought for a moment before asking the purpose of his visit.
Only when he wants money, Zhu Zaiyu will come out of his royal palace and ask for money in a slightly clumsy way. No matter whether Zhu Zaiyu is clumsy or not, Zhu Yijun will give him money. .
Just a steam engine is worth Zhu Yijun's huge investment, let alone other scientific achievements.
“I asked Your Majesty for one million silver at the beginning of the year, and there are still 430,000 silver left. I don’t need any silver. I just discovered the nature of the world. I came here to tell Your Majesty that this doesn’t seem to be a big deal. It doesn’t work, but it seems to be the fundamental principle of all things,” Zhu Zaiyu said with a smile.
This time, it was really not about money. Zhu Zaiyu just wanted to tell His Majesty the result of his discovery. It was a scenery that broke through the boundaries of cognition.
"Uncle Huang, I seem to have never heard Uncle Huang talk about what gewu is." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.
The word "Gewu" of the Royal Gewuyuan has never been accurately defined. Zhu Yijun plans to finalize this matter this year.
Zhu Zaiyu said with a puzzled look on his face: "Didn't His Majesty clearly say that when he established the Gewuyuan?"
"Did you say that?" Zhu Yijun was also a little confused. asked.
"One thing that is true is that it is just faithfulness. It is the eight characters on the wall of the screen wall of the Gewu Courtyard. Your Majesty personally mentioned it and signed it with Zhu Zhongxing's monogram." Zhu Zaiyu said matter-of-factly: "Gewu, in general It is divided into three steps: for unsolvable conjectures, mathematical demonstrations of conjectures, and verification with experiments. No matter how perfect the conjecture is and how reasonable the argument is, if it does not meet the actual verification, the conjecture will be wrong and the argument will be wrong. "< br>
"Isn't this the best portrayal of His Majesty's faithfulness? This is the investigation of things. I lead the doctors of the Five Classics to follow the holy teachings. I have many feelings. Every time I am confused, When you see these eight words, you will suddenly become enlightened. "
That shadow wall stone is known as the Enlightenment Stone. Whenever you have doubts in your heart, stand in front of the inscription and look at those words. , the confusion in your heart will slowly dissipate.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Zaiyu blankly. What he meant when he wrote these eight words was the superficial meaning. The only criterion for doing things is faithfulness, real and reliable practice, and don't get into the trap of those who are vain. Fool people.
Zhu Zaiyu’s understanding of these eight characters is also very deep and specific.
"Ah, it turns out that I have already defined the object." Zhu Yijun nodded, I am so powerful!
These eight characters are indeed powerful, but Zhu Zaiyu’s understanding of them is also very powerful.
Zhu Zaiyu continued: "Because it requires practice. For example, the last time Jiao Hong and I talked about whether dragons really exist, Jiao Hong asked me, do dragons really exist? I told him that we just It has not been observed, but we cannot say that it does not exist. We can only say that the possibility is very small. This is the case with Gewu. The possibility is between zero and one. Even if it is infinitely close to zero, I cannot say that it absolutely does not exist. "
"Conjecture is actually just a possibility. Our demonstration and experiment are all to make the possibility infinitely close to one."
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Okay, Emperor. Uncle, that's all. Why don't you get some money? This is all I have. Prince Zheng's family is moving to Ten Kings City today. Do you want to go with us? "
"Is it today?" He was stunned for a moment. He had been thinking about this matter, but when he arrived, he forgot about it.
Zhu Zaiyu’s father became extra generous after experiencing the high-walled prison in Fengyang. In order not to affect Zhu Zaiyu, King Zheng Zhu Hounan did not even tell Zhu Zaiyu about the relocation. Zaiyu.
In fact, King Zheng Zhu Hounan couldn’t understand what his son was tinkering with, but he also knew that everything he tinkered with was of great use.
Both Deokwang and Luwang are very special beings. They live around Tonghe Palace. Deokwang Palace, Luwang Palace, the Royal Gewuyuan, the Lecture School and the pagoda together constitute the Forbidden Garden. This is The core of imperial power was a place that no one could touch. Even Zhang Juzheng tried his best to avoid reaching out here. Except for the administration of Gewuyuan, the emperor needed to rely on the power of some external courts to monitor it.
"I will come over right away." Zhu Zaiyu said quickly.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Zaiyu's back and said with a smile: "Slow down, don't rush."
Zhu Zaiyu is very busy and immersed in the world of genius, but he is also a living person with parents. I have a wife and children, and when I return to reality occasionally, I will show the emotions of ordinary people.
"Did you understand what the emperor said?" Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and Zhang Hong and asked.
Feng Bao and Zhang Hong looked at each other and shook their heads. They didn't understand the world of genius, but it didn't matter. As long as they were willing to understand, they would slowly understand.
Zhu Yijun picked up the memorial and began to review it. After reading the memorial sent by Xu Wei, he immediately asked: "Is Oda Nobunaga going to launch an attack? Chen Lin is in Nagasaki, is he so crazy?"
Feng Bao thought for a while and shook his head and said: "That's not true. Judging from various sources, Oda Nobunaga is still forbearing."
"Is he forbearing?" Zhu Yijun approved. Xu Wei's memorial asked him to retreat immediately if he was unable to catch it. The Ming army would tell the Japanese country that if the Ming Dynasty wants it, it must give it, and it must be given even if it is not given.
Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing reported that the Royal Ship Design Institute has been basically established and is divided into several departments, including deck, hull, freight, navigation, inspection design, planning, etc. The main job is to plan the plan Planning of decks, improvement of hull strength, coordination of cargo shipments, refining of navigation skills, testing of designs with scale models, astronomical and hydrological influences.
The design institute is also a research institute, specializing in studying how to comprehensively improve various performance of ships. For example, the Royal Ship Design Institute recently plans to continue to develop copper-clad ship hulls. Copper is very expensive, but copper-clad is Ship owners have brought huge economic benefits.
Specifically, copper cladding can speed up the ship, make the ship stronger, prevent accidents, increase navigation safety, and extend its life. With just one smooth round trip, the ship owner can recover the cost of copper cladding, and then All it brings is net profit, just like a watertight cabin. The cost will be more expensive, but compared to the safety of the ship, this cost is not worth mentioning.
Shen Shixing also mentioned two things in his memorial. The first was that at the end of last year, he mentioned that he hoped to open up some high-risk projects in overseas investment and allocate the risks downward through trading houses. At that time, Zhu Yijun He rejected the proposal on the grounds that the time had not come yet, and Shen Shixing brought it up again.
Specifically, for example, the development of the Yuanxu Islands requires a large amount of silver, but the risk is still extremely high. The proportion of Ming Dynasty official gardens is already very high, high-quality islands have been occupied, and the imperial court continues to invest in in-depth development. I am afraid that I will face the risk that the cost cannot be recovered. It is better to package a certain area, put it in a trading house, and raise silver for development.
Shen Shixing's idea was very good, and it was not just the first time it was proposed. Zhu Yijun agreed in principle with it, but he still criticized it: the time has not come yet. When navigation technology becomes more mature, trading houses can raise silver for development and the risks of development can be further reduced.
Risks and benefits are equal, but risks are risks. Sometimes, Zhu Yijun is indeed a benevolent king. Those who are willing to take risks on the sea are supporters of the open-sea policy and fellow travelers who need protection.
The second thing Shen Shixing talked about was navigation insurance.
No matter how huge and sturdy the ships were built in the Ming Dynasty, shipwrecks continued to occur repeatedly. The return rate of the Ming Dynasty merchant ships exceeded 90% because offshore commerce did not involve oceans, but every year Ten out of a hundred ships that went to sea sank forever in the ocean.
The huge losses in maritime trade left shipowners bankrupt. Insurance was born in such an environment. However, because there are no written regulations, the development of the entire insurance industry is extremely disordered, and has even become a harbor of filth. In this dirty land, insurance has become a business of cheating money. Shen Shixing deeply hates this chaos.
For the healthy and orderly development of the insurance industry, Shen Shixing requested an order, led by the Songjiang Shipping Department, with joint planning by the five major shipping companies and the five major ocean-going commercial banks, to establish a protection and indemnity room and set up a dedicated protection and indemnity director. It is also led by the governor of Songjiang and is responsible for damage determination, liability determination, insurance and indemnity, etc.
"Next chapter, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and did not immediately approve it. Instead, he asked the Cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs to come up with their opinions. Shen Shixing's original intention was good, but this thing, Zhu Yijun was more cautious.
Antwerp, a southern city in the Netherlands (Belgium), is the busiest port in the Netherlands. In Antwerp, the mileage of ship insurance is 33,000 miles. These insurance merchants will comprehensively consider this when setting prices. Taking into account many factors such as tonnage, number of ships, and whether there are pirates on the route, the average rate of return in the entire insurance market is roughly 2-3%, which is not too high, but not too low either.
The reason why Zhu Yijun is cautious is that insurance can easily become a rent-collecting industry, that is to say, it can easily become one of the Ming Dynasty's means of amassing money.
(End of this chapter)