Chapter 272: Under the World (Part 2)

Surely not. Over the years, Shen Fu has dealt with the government, the rebel army, and all kinds of so-called heroes and heroes. He has long since received no hope for his greed for human nature.

There are no officials in the world who are not corrupt, nor are there emperors with a small appetite. Since they can just make a decree, they can take other people's wealth for themselves. How could they not resist? Besides, even if they can tolerate it themselves, who can guarantee that these people will not pay the bill with a knife? Even if the rules are like Zhu Chongjiu, in Shen Fu's view, cooperation with the Shen family is only a temporary moment. When he can really turn into a carp into a dragon, many of the current practices may not be persisted.

Therefore, if you want to preserve the wealth of the Shen family and prevent the descendants of the Shen family from being spying on by the government, there is only one way to do it. The Shen family will be the government, turn the family into a country, and build a country that belongs to the Shen family and all merchants in the world. Everything is decided by the merchants, and everything will be decided according to the rules of the merchants. In that case, all the worries at present will no longer exist. Even if this country is built on a deserted island where birds do not shit, it will be better than the world of Suzhou and Hangzhou.

What is the king's land under the world? Are the king's people who lead the land? The bullshit, my family is on a large island overseas, surrounded by water and does not occupy an inch of your court. Who can say that I must be a king's minister? This is the last direction that Shen Fu lived for half his life before he could see clearly. As long as he could take down Boni Island and occupy it for ten or twenty years, in the end, no matter who became the emperor in the Central Plains, the Shen family could only be a vassal, not a slave. If he made money at that time, he would be completely his own and would not have to worry about the spy on power.

For this reason, Shen Fu was willing to pay any price, including his head on his neck. This is the reason why he must come to Yangzhou in person this time. This is the motivation for him to ask for the purchase of cannons just after he gained Zhu Chongjiu's favor. Others are just accessories or tricks. No matter how slap he acts externally, it will not affect his inner passion.

However, when he saw his eldest son Shen Mao's aggrieved look, Shen Fu felt that he was poured into a lot of cold water. Although his younger brother and several children were good at doing business, they had never experienced the difficult stage of the Shen family's career. Everything went too smoothly. He didn't know how many times the Shen family could walk from a small shop to the present, and how many times the Shen family had been forced to lose money. How many times the entire family almost fell into the abyss. He always felt that as long as he had money, he could manipulate everything, but he didn't know that if he had money but had no corresponding strength, it was no different from a three-year-old walking on the street with gold bricks in his arms.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again, and said earnestly to the eyes of his eldest son Shen Mao, "The troubled times have come. Our Shen family must find a place to avoid disaster. Otherwise, no matter how much money you make, it will be the other person in the end. Besides, there is no good thing in Boni Island. At present, the millet is built to transport grain to the court. The big trees in Liangzhe will be cut off by him soon. The forests on Boni Island are out of sight. The local natives are gentle and give them a few saws for them to cut down the trees. After the wind is dry, they are transported back. It is another good deal. Moreover, the natives have a business and are easier to get along with us, so they don't have to fight and kill them at any time."

"Those black-skinned monkeys." Shen Mao thought for a while, with a little disdain on his face. The natives on Boni Island seemed to be best at climbing trees and picking fruits and catching fish in the sea. They couldn't do anything else. Because food was within reach, they were too lazy to be killed. As long as they caught enough fish to eat, they would never catch more food. Even if there was gold hidden in the fish's belly, it would be difficult to drive them to move more. (Note 1)

"Don't look at them being lazy." Shen Fu smiled and continued to enlighten him. "They are lazy because they have never seen anything worth having except food. And there is never a shortage of food on that island. If you can make them realize the benefits of wearing shoes and clothes, they will change shoes and clothes with you. If you can let them know the benefits of living in a house, they will exchange houses with your wife and children. You let them know that the fish with salt and seasonings are more fragrant than the fish boiled in white water. Next time, they can work hard for you and use them well. This is a great help from my Shen family. It is far better than driving them away and then spending money to recruit people from the Central Plains."

"My father makes sense, I will try my best." Shen Mao thought about it and nodded reluctantly. In his heart, he felt that the older his father was, the less he was, as he did things in his early years. He even wanted to teach the natives to wear shoes and clothes, and exchange them equally. Looking at the entire Nanyang, who would do such a thankless thing? Whether it is Manzhe Boyi or Sanfoqi, he would kill the natives if they can, and would never give any good face. Even the great cannibals who had just gained a foothold on the shore took the natives as slaves and sold them, and had regarded them as similar.

However, even though he complains in his heart, he still has to give his father enough respect. After all, the entire Shen family is carried by his father alone. In the future, the inheritance of the head of the family will be designated by his father. Although his uncle Chen Gui is kind and his younger brother Chen Wang is kind, his ability is inferior to him after all. In the future, only by handing the helm of the Shen family safely into his hands can he be worry-free.

"Fang Guzi has no ambitions. Our Shen family can help him sell stolen goods and be friends with him, but if you want to earn more from him, there is almost no possibility. Liu Futong is indeed brave and has a little bit of tolerance. The generals under his command are all unruly. It is estimated that he can conquer Bianliang for his father. If the territory expands, he will probably become a elbow." He is determined to broaden his horizons for his son, and Shen Fu continues to be tempted by his son. "But Zhu Butcher, his father still doesn't understand him, and he doesn't know how far he can go in the future, so he personally sits here so that he can adjust his strategy at any time. As for the Mongolian court, it's already a matter of time. Therefore, our Shen family must withdraw from the north as soon as possible, rather than make that money, and eat less."

Note 1: On the islands of the South Ocean, there was a short dark-skinned native. Later, due to the invasion of the Indian race and the advance of the Arabs in the east, the local natives were massacred and sold out, and soon disappeared into the long river of history.
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