Gao Mo thought for a while and asked another question: "I dare to ask the young master, will the mining in the future be a small mine or a large mine?"
Now it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to be curious and asked: "What about opening a small mine? What about opening a large mine?"
Gao Mo said: "Although I am stupid, I can see that the eldest young master is very human. If he wants to open a mine, there must be a reason. But if it is just a small mine, there will be not many people in the Xinzheng family who can take care of it. After all, the Gao family in Xinzheng has a literary tradition, and there are many servants in the family who are well-read and literate. You can find a dozen of them just by searching. But since the eldest young master said that he would wait until the two things at hand are almost done. It can be seen that opening a mine is probably not a small matter. Since it is to open a large mine, it is expected to invest a lot. It may be a big industry in the future, so it is best to leave it in the hands of the people closest to you. At present, the eldest young master is still young, and he has There are not many people here, and Xiaozhuang has other things on his hands, so he has no skills. If we want to talk about getting close, we can only find him among the eldest young master’s relatives.”
Gao pragmatic thought: Looking among relatives? That's good, but there is a problem. I am only the eldest son of the sixth house, and I don't know if I have enough status in the family to order a relative?
Gao Mo didn't seem to take this into consideration, he just stared at Gao pragmatism calmly.
After thinking about it, Gao Pragmatic nodded and approved Gao Mo's suggestion, saying: "Of course we want to open a large mine, and... the scale is so large that it may be rare in the country."
The eyes of Gao Mo and Gao Xiaozhuang suddenly lit up. Gao Mo immediately clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "In that case, I recommend Young Master Guoyan of the second room."
Young Master Guoyan from the second room?
Gao Pingshi's heart moved. He knew that Gao Mo was talking about Gao Guoyan, the second son of his second uncle Gao Du. However, although Gao Guoyan was nominally only the second son of the second uncle, because the second uncle's eldest son Gao Shunan died young, he was actually the eldest son. And since the second uncle only had two sons, he was now equivalent to an only son.
However, Gao Pangshi had never seen his cousin who was nine years older than him. He only knew that because his second uncle was different from the rest of his brothers, he passed the martial arts examination and was later awarded the title of Jinwu Right Guard Qianhu and the title of Military General. , has been working in Nanjing, so Gao Guoyan studied in Nanjing Imperial College as a student when he was young. As for this person's current situation, what kind of person he is, what talents he has, etc., Gao Pragmatic has no idea at all.
Therefore, Gao pragmatic hesitated slightly and asked, "Have you met my brother Sanhuai?" Sanhuai is Gao Guoyan's cousin.
Gao Mo nodded and said: "Back then, the eldest master was the admiral of Cao Jiang in Nanjing. He often walked around with the second master in his free time, and Young Master Guoyan would often appear together, so I knew a little about Young Master Guoyan. At that time, the eldest master also had some feelings for Young Master Guoyan. Comments, if the eldest young master needs it, the little one can relay it."
"Then just tell me." Gao Pragmatic still had some confidence in his uncle Gao Jie's ability to recognize people.
Gao Mo said: "The elder made two comments about Young Master Guoyan at the beginning. The first time he said, 'This son is not naughty in nature, but his heart is not in the scriptures. He only studies mathematics and does not know how to inherit the family business in the future'; the second time he said Then he said, "Cherish it, cherish it. This child is not an ordinary thing in the pond, but how can he transform into a dragon without encountering wind and clouds? My Gao family is not a family of merchants. His body number skills are like the skills of slaying dragons. He is extremely skilled and superb. What a benefit!'"
In fact, the Ming Dynasty is not like what many Qingchu Minghei said about controlling public opinion. In fact, the degree of freedom of speech among the people in the Ming Dynasty is quite high. It is not a whip that can lose your head by saying "Qingfeng is illiterate, so why are you flipping through the book?" Although Gao Jie talks about "transforming a dragon" and "slaying a dragon" at the same time, it actually has nothing to do with it - a heretical thinker like Li Zhi could have been running around for so many years. If he hadn't encountered a chief assistant like Shen Yiguan who was determined to retaliate, he would not have done anything. It's hard to die in peace, let alone Gao Jie's unintentional words like this?
However, Gao Wuzhen is obviously not concerned about this now, but the "mathematics" that Gao Jie mentioned twice when he evaluated Gao Guoyan.
But Gao pragmatic did not ask directly, but smiled: "What earth-shattering things did my brother Sanhuai do? It made the uncle first worry about how he could inherit the family business, and then he thought that what he had learned was The 'Dragon Slaying Technique' is really useless?"
Gao Mo did not flinch because of Gao Pragmatic's teasing. Instead, he said seriously: "When the elder first arrived in Nanjing, Master Guoyan did a big thing that shocked the whole city of Nanjing. It was precisely because of this incident that the elder was so angry. Call the second master and young master Guoyan to the house and curse them."
"Ah?" Even Gao Pingshi was surprised and asked in surprise: "What did he do? Beat the Nanjing garrison eunuch or Nanjing garrison minister?"
I only asked the Nanjing garrison eunuchs and garrison ministers because Gao Guoyan was said to be from the Gao family, a family of civil servants. Even if he passed the martial arts examination and became a military attaché, he would not be able to change his "family attributes". Isn't that the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing? Maybe I'll take a fight.
"That's not true. Young Master Guoyan is a gentleman, how could he do such a thing?" Gao Mo said, "The fact is... Young Master Guoyan became a disciple of a businessman."
Gao Pragmatic's eyes widened for a moment: "Become a disciple of a businessman?"
This is the Ming Dynasty, and the status of a businessman, at least in name, is quite unsatisfactory - don't you see that Zhang Siwei, as the head of the family, doesn't care about his own business affairs, leaving all the power to his younger brother? Isn’t it because of the bad reputation? But Gao Guoyan actually dared to become a disciple of a businessman as a disciple of the Gao family!
Only those who preach, teach, and resolve doubts can be regarded as teachers!
Master of Heaven and Earth!
This cousin of mine...is really courageous!
Gao Mo looked at the shocked Gao Jingjing, shrugged, and added: "Not only that, the businessman originally refused to accept Master Guoyan as his disciple, but Master Guoyan could not kneel down in front of his house. In the end, Because the scholar was weak, he knelt down and fainted... The businessman was grateful for Master Guoyan's devotion to learning, so he reluctantly accepted him as his disciple."
Gao Pragmatic had a dull look on his face at this time.
After a long while, he spoke with difficulty and asked: "What kind of ability does this businessman have that makes my brother so...so..." He couldn't find a suitable word for a moment. To describe what Gao Guoyan did.
Gao Mo sighed: "I don't even know how powerful this businessman is to make Master Guoyan do this. However, Master Guoyan once defended what he did in front of the elder, saying that this businessman was good at numbers. His ability is truly rare in history. If you don't accept his discipleship, you will regret it for the rest of your life... The argument got so exciting that Master Guoyan even said something like, 'If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die at night.'"
Gao pragmatically asked blankly: "Whose name is that businessman?"
Gao Mo said: "The businessman's surname is Cheng, and his given name is Dawei."
