Qi Haoran felt that the current situation in the Western Ocean is equivalent to the Warring States Period. It was originally the same empire, but it was divided into multiple countries, and Joao Jose was just a side branch of the royal family of one of the small countries.

He was happy to use them to train his son's hands, but he was not happy that they used his son in this way, not to mention that, seriously, their royal palace was kind to their brother.

It’s fine if they don’t want to repay, they still want to use my son, they are so ungrateful under his nose, and when they return to Portugal, they don’t know how much they will use their palace to do.

Qi Haoran picked up the corner of his mouth and said, "So I guess they still linger in Daqi's wealth, so they want to stay here for a few more years."

Mu Yangling mourned for Brother Joao in his heart, but he couldn't help applauding her husband, who made them bully her son?

Qi Haoran said this, but it wasn't actually preventing Brother Joao from letting them return to China, but it was just cutting off their way of borrowing the power of the palace.

If they stop thinking about it, they can go back by boat with a wave of their hands at the pier.

But obviously the Joao brothers didn't want to give up the contacts they had managed so easily. They not only devoted themselves to teaching the little leopard to check his favorability in the past two months, but also communicated frequently with them after they left the capital, teaching them by letter.

Joao and Jose were from nobles after all, and in some respects they were indeed better than the priest Mu Yangling invited for the little leopard, so even if the little leopard had noticed their use, he did not break up with them.

This kid sees it more clearly, "Since they have the purpose of using me, I don't think of them as close friends, but they can still communicate with each other. Maybe I will use them in the future."

went to persuade Qi Haoran again, "Dad, since they want to borrow the power of our palace, then we might as well lend him a loan, and one day we will get the benefits back."

Qi Haoran looked at his son, turned to A Ling and said, "This kid is even better than Hutou and the others."

Hutou and the others at this age can't think clearly like a little leopard.

Qi Haoran was complacent, so he loosened his control over the Joao brothers. Of course, the parties did not know, they just felt that when they "accidentally" pulled out the banner of the palace when they were walking outside, it was easier to use than before.

Qi Haoran thought they would soon leave Daqi and return to China, but who knew they were still stranded in Guangzhou.

At this time, Qi Haoran had brought the children back to the capital, and he didn't pay much attention to their affairs. He still occasionally heard Hutou say that they were "insufficient in greed and swallowed an elephant" and then thought of these two people.

asked in surprise: "They haven't left yet?"

The little lion's face was horrible to see, "Joao and José used to be a bit self-righteous, but they weren't that stupid. Now..."

The little lion shook his head, his disappointment beyond words. .

Little Leopard doesn't remember things from his childhood, and naturally he doesn't have any sighs from his brothers. He just rubbed his chin and said, "Since they feel that the support of the palace is not enough, then we might as well increase..."

Hu's head slapped over, "They're not your brothers, is it necessary to be so nice to them?"

Xiao An grabbed him and said, "You also have to wait for the little leopard to finish speaking."

Xiao An encouraged the little leopard and asked with a smile, "What do you want to do?"

The little leopard snorted at his brother, clenched his fists and said, "I decided to open the gap in the West through them. Didn't my mother say that the four most important things in a country are people's hearts, land, military power and economy? The first three are me I don't think about it for a while, but what if we control the economy of the Western Ocean first? It will be much easier for us to recruit troops then."

Qi Haoran coughed lightly, and immediately got up and said, "This is a matter between your children. You can discuss it slowly. I will go to practice arrows with your mother."

Little Leopard grabbed his father and said pitifully: "Dad, business requires principal, and sea trade requires more principal..."

Qi Haoran hurriedly said: "Your father, I have no money, all my money went to buy cannons."

The transaction intention he reached with Andre three years ago was just delivered some time ago. It is said that Andre gave a prince in England a dozen beauties in order to get this new cannon, and there are countless gold and silver jewelry. So this new cannon is not cheap at all, it is 20% higher than the price they agreed to three years ago.

The cannons were all delivered, Qi Haoran looked itchy, and after inspecting the goods, he not only took all his private money, but also went to Manager Zhu to light up the cash in the house, and by the way misappropriated the watch workshop as a business. quarterly profit.

So he is now a bearer and has no real money.

Qi Haoran broke free from his son's hand and ran to find Mu Yangling.

Although he has no money, he doesn't support his son in doing such a big thing, so he is very pleased to follow behind Mu Yangling.

As soon as Mu Yangling picked up the shower to water the flowers, Qi Haoran immediately rushed up to take over the shower, and said with a smile, "The water is heavy, so let me do it."

Qi Haoran quickly watered all the flowers in the flowerpot, Mu Yangling said distressedly: "Don't water my flowers to death."

"Don't worry, you won't die."

Mu Yangling shoots arrows, he helps to pass arrows, Mu Yangling waters flowers, he helps to carry water, Mu Yangling wants to drink tea, he helps to serve tea...

If Mu Yangling didn't know what he wanted, she would be an idiot.

So, in the dead of night, after enjoying a thoughtful massage, Mu Yangling asked in a compliment, "Tell me, what is the important thing to do?"

Qi Haoran asked in a low voice, "Is there any money left in our house?"

Mu Yangling made up his mind and said, "It's barely there, do you need a lot of money?"

Qi Haoran said: "A few children want to infiltrate the Western Ocean through sea trade, and this money may be needed a lot."

Now Wangfu and Zijin's sea trade business is still managed by Zhou's family and Zijin's stewards together, with an annual profit of no less than 200,000 silver. I didn't dare to say that it would dominate the Western Ocean, which shows the money and time needed.

Qi Haoran didn't think that only 1,200,000 taels of silver could help the little leopards and the others dominate the Western Ocean economically. Qi Haoran figured that since his sons would naturally want to be big, 7,800,000 taels were indispensable.

And he still has a few children's private money. The bear is poorer than him, and the private money is not more than 10,000 yuan. The richest should be the little lion. He spends the same amount of money, but spends less than Hutou, so he has the most money, but no amount will exceed 200,000.

Besides, he is the father of the children. He always has to support the children when they do big things. He can't let the children do one thing and go bankrupt, right?

So Qi Haoran began to count the approximate cost of this sea trade and the money for the children to Mu Yangling with his fingers, saying that the money was not enough and they needed their strong support.

When Mu Yangling heard about this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Isn't it just a few hundred thousand taels? Anyway, this money is finally given to their brothers and Baozhu. We can all go out, but you have to make an agreement with them. , it will be counted as a portion of the jewel."