Yang Sichen then instructed Wang Dahai to make a few grapeshot and test their power. Wang Dahai's eyes lit up when he heard that. He quickly nodded and left to make arrangements.
Yang Sichen estimated that he was almost done with the self-defense weapon, and that Rongguang would stay behind to take care of the rest. Hence, he instructed Zi Juan to pack up and go home.
When they arrived at the Yang Residence, it was already noon. Yang Sichen hurriedly went to the Blue Sea Hall to pay his respects to Old Master Yang.
As soon as he entered the courtyard of the Blue Sea Hall, Yang Sichen saw Old Master Yang standing at the door of the main house. He hurriedly walked over and bowed,"Father, son is back."
Old Master Yang looked at Yang Sichen in surprise and said,"You're back at this time? Did it go well?"
?" My son has already done what he needed to do," Yang Sichen replied." He has already told Rongguang what to do." Seeing that he couldn't help much over there, his son missed his mother again, so he came back.”
Old Master Yang nodded after listening. Just as he was about to speak, Xia Zhong came out of the house and said that Old Master Yang had let the father and son in.
Yang Xingrun and his son did not delay any longer and hurriedly went in.
After entering the house to greet Old Master Yang, Old Master Yang smiled and said to Yang Xingrun,"Xingrun, I heard that your business is doing well this year. Tell me about it.”
Old Master Yang nodded and said,"Father, this year our Yang Family has collected a total of five hundred thousand stones of rice and one hundred thousand stones of wheat. They sold 100,000 catties of tea leaves to the grasslands and Liaodong. He sold 80,000 rolls of cotton cloth, 30,000 rolls of silk, and 20,000 pieces of porcelain overseas. Adding all of this up, he earned a total of 450,000 taels of silver.”
When Yang Sichen heard this, he couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. Not counting his own family's business, just selling tea leaves, silk, porcelain, and grain alone had earned him over 400,000 taels of silver. This was too shocking!!
Old Master Yang paused for a moment before continuing,"The land rent of eleven thousand mu of paddy fields under the Yang Family in Qiongzhou and Nanyang was fifteen thousand taels of silver. He earned 50,000 taels of silver from the local business in Song Jiang. He had earned a total of 120,000 taels of silver from his businesses in other places. This year, our Yang Family earned a total of 620,000 silver taels.”
"How much did you spend?" Old Master Yang asked again.”
Yang Xingrun replied," I've donated 200,000 taels of silver to His Majesty and the consorts in the palace. I've donated 100,000 taels of silver to the government. I've donated 50,000 taels of silver to the various lords. I've also donated 50,000 taels of silver to my family's various expenses. I've also donated 150,000 taels of silver to my salary." The total is 550,000 taels."
Old Master Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry-according to what his son said, the Yang family had almost no money this year.
After Yang Sichen heard this, he couldn't help but curse the Emperor in his heart for being too evil. Two hundred thousand taels of silver! It was enough to build an invincible fleet in Asia. With this fleet, they could do whatever they wanted in the Pacific Ocean.
Old Master Yang glanced at his son and sighed,"Do you think what I told you a few days ago is feasible?”
Yang Xingrun thought for the time it took to brew a cup of tea before answering,"With the Yang family's current material and financial resources, it would not be easy for the Yang family to leave Great Ming safely. After all, the government would not let us, this fat sheep, go. If it was implemented slowly, there was an 80% chance that it would work.”After saying that, he glanced at Old Master Yang.
Old Master Yang raised his eyebrows, indicating for his son to continue.
"Send a ship out to sea first and find the Liming Continent that Chen 'er mentioned.”Yang Xingrun glanced at Yang Sichen and continued. "At the same time, the Yang family has reached an agreement with the people of Great Luzon. The Yang family will pay for the land near Zamboyant and send Xia Zhong to take care of it. Chen 'er will then supervise the construction of the iron factory and shipyard. We will then migrate from Liaodong to Zamboyant. If the ship can find Liming Island, we will migrate to Liming Island. If we can't find Liming Island, we will migrate to the southwestern part of the island of Polo.”
" I've already done what I needed to do," Yang Sichen replied." I've already told Rongguang the rest. Rongguang knows what to do." Therefore, she decided to come back to accompany her mother.”
Yang Sichen glanced outside the door and realized that no one was outside. He lowered his voice and said,""Grandfather, His Majesty has been on the throne for 44 years. I reckon that he is about to run out of oil. Once His Majesty has the dragon buried in the sky, all our efforts will be in vain. His Majesty is not very satisfied with the Crown Prince at the moment. In addition, the Crown Prince is ill. I'm afraid that His Majesty will follow the old system of Emperor Chengzu and appoint an imperial grandson. In the future…we have to prepare in advance.”
Old Master Yang looked at Yang Sichen meaningfully and said,"Chen 'er, don't worry about this. In the past two or three years, I've been sending money to the fathers-in-law and nanny of the imperial grandchildren every year. It ranged from 1,000 taels to 200 taels. In short, no one was left behind.”After saying that, he glanced at Yang Sichen and gestured for him to leave.
Yang Sichen knew that there were some things that were better left unsaid, so he took his leave immediately and returned to the Jade Wave Courtyard for lunch.
In the afternoon, Yang Sichen started practicing the Nine Yang Scripture in the Jade Wave Courtyard. Zi Juan watched from the side to prevent Yang Sichen from going berserk.
After the training was over, Yang Sichen and Zi Juan assembled the ship model in the room.
After lunch, Granny Zhao came over to report that a young man called Hou Fu had come to see Yang Sichen on Old Master Yang's orders. Yang Sichen quickly asked Granny Zhao to bring her in.
Yang Sichen stood up and helped Hou Fu up. He held his hand and asked,""How old are you this year?“
"Young Master, I'm twenty-two years old this year." Hou Fu replied.”
"How many years have you been working on the ship?" Yang Sichen asked.
"Two months and eight years." Hou Fu immediately replied.
"How many years have you been a sailman?" Yang Sichen sized up Hou Fu for a while before asking.
"Four years and three months." Hou Fu answered honestly.
Yang Sichen nodded and didn't ask anything else. He led Hou Fu to the flying scissors sailboat model and let him look at it carefully.
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