Chapter 1566: The Original Sin of the Heavenly People

"Treasurer Li."

A stranger came to a cloth shop, but he found the shopkeeper Li Du very accurately.

Li Du stood up behind the counter, and said in astonishment, "What do you mean, honored guest?"

The visitor was dressed in civilian clothes, and despite the fact that there were still two customers in the store, he said, "The business of shopkeeper Li is good. If you have time, you can go to the shipyard to have a look."

"Didn't the treasure ship stop?"

Li Du said in surprise, the treasure ship had been parked on the shore for a long time, and everyone in Jinling City knew about it.

The visitor nodded slightly, and immediately left the cloth village, leaving Li Du stunned.

The treasure ships have all stopped, the crew has also been dismissed, and the craftsmen have already been transferred elsewhere. What are they doing?

Think about the calm expression of the person who came just now, and with...

...

"It's official!"

Li Du didn't want to come at first, but the lessons learned by Wang Chengyan and others were there. After thinking about it, he finally asked his assistant to hitch a carriage and rushed to the shipyard.

The carriage couldn't get in when it reached the periphery of the shipyard, and a sergeant intercepted it.

"go in."

After asking Li Du why he came, the sergeant nodded and let him in, which made Li Du even more nervous.

Walking along this road, Li Du couldn't help admiring when he saw those majestic treasure ships: "It's a giant!"

Turning his gaze to the original berth, Li Du was surprised to find that there were many people surrounded by one berth.

He involuntarily quickened his pace, and was intercepted again when he was more than a hundred steps away.

"Are you here to collect donations?"

asked the sergeant, frowning.

"Solicitation?"

Li Du was startled, and when he was about to evade, he saw a man talking, and said casually, "Yes, he's here to collect donations."

"Let's go then."

After the body search, Li Du walked over slowly.

"... There are many countries overseas. There are so many of them. They need countless goods, whether it is cloth or silk, including porcelain, tea, and all kinds of things. In a word, the people there are stupid and rich."

Li Du couldn't help but squeezed in, listening carefully to Fang Xing who was standing in the middle.

"There's gold and silver over there, and they're even minted into coins, just like our copper coins."

Fang Xing hadn't fooled anyone for a long time, and felt a little jerky.

"The food, clothing, housing and transportation over there are very bad, the whole city is emitting a stench, human and animal feces are piled up everywhere, and they often don't take a bath, but the rich people have a good face... Ladies and gentlemen, let's get some fragrant things over there, so that those who are covered in How about a stinky guy covering up?"

Fang Xing gradually found his status, waved his hand and said, "What they like most is our silk and porcelain, and finally tea, whether it's grasslands or those overseas countries, without tea you can't eat more meat, otherwise you won't be able to poop. I have a bad stomach, but now they don’t have it, think about it, how much would it be worth if I brought it over?”

There is no tea?

Li Du found it incredible that tea was as common as eating to Ming people, and it had already been integrated into life.

Li Du felt that many people might not be used to the days without tea.

"Uncle, do they really have no tea?"

"No."

Fang Xing said firmly: "They use wheat flour to ferment and roast to eat, and they also eat meat. Our goods are shipped as luxury goods, understand? Luxury goods!"

Fang Xing raised his eyebrows and said: "It's like the gold and jade we sell, and it's also an exquisite craftsmanship. What do you think of this kind of goods?"

Not far away, Zheng He saw the greedy faces of those businessmen, and frowned, "Aren't Bo Xinghe afraid that these businessmen will eventually become giants?"

Wang He said proudly: "Eunuch Zheng, as long as His Majesty holds the army, the giant? It will become the chicken that the monkey kills."

Zheng He didn't put on airs when facing his younger generation, but instead said with a pleasant face: "We are not afraid of being rich, what we are afraid of is the collusion between government and businessmen, which will eventually affect the government."

It was rare for Wang He to have the opportunity to perform in front of a senior like Zheng He, and he said as if he had been spat out: "Eunuch Zheng,

If those who colluded with the merchants were dismissed immediately and convicted, who would you say would dare? "

Zheng He shook his head and said, "It's simple to say, but do you think anyone else will be able to suppress these forces by then?"

He thought of those forces in the DPRK that opposed the voyage to the West, and couldn't help but feel angry.

The ship is ready-made, and the goods are all ready, and the main purpose of going to sea this time is to explore new places. As for the goods, Zheng He believes that he can find a few countries to exchange with, and he can make a lot of money.

Those people who slandered and spent millions of taels on the trip to the West, in Zheng He's view, were just a bunch of Fang Xing's talk.

If this is the case, no matter how powerful Xia Yuanji is, Daming's finances would have collapsed long ago, not to mention that Daming also conquered Jiaozhi and the grassland at the same time.

Once a businessman's strength expands, they will definitely not be willing to be a mere businessman. For example, Lu Buwei is the biggest investor.

So Zheng He agrees with Fang Xing's judgment-there is no country for a wealthy businessman!

There is nothing that cannot be abandoned in front of interests!

But now he is encouraging!

"...This is a brand new ship, it can reach farther places, and further places mean more...wealth!"

Fang Xing stopped fooling around and walked towards Zheng He. Behind him was a clerk who shouted hoarsely: "It's just a ship. Those who are willing to donate will give priority to buying goods from him when the fleet goes to sea in the future. "

Some people are excited, some are shrinking, and some are watching...

"Duke Zheng, this is how one rice feeds a hundred kinds of people."

Fang Xing and Zheng He stood side by side, watching the various reactions of the businessmen.

"Adults, the little ones are willing to donate!"

The first person appeared, and immediately a small official came over with a booklet and a pen for him to fill out by himself.

No one dared to renege on the debt, so the man carefully filled in the amount, and then made a deposit.

With the first, the second soon followed.

As the shopkeeper of Buzhuang, Li Du felt that the business was approaching a bottleneck period, and it would be very difficult to expand unless the branch was opened to other places.

And if you can squeeze into the fleet's supplier list, you will be sitting on a profit!

So he looked at the donation amount of those people in front of him, and then took a middle value, and finally made a bet, and then he handed over to Fang Xing over there with satisfaction.

"There are not many of them, but I don't lack the money to build ships. As you said, I want to win over some merchants and break the southern clique."

"It's not just literati who are grouped together in the south, businessmen are also like this."

Zheng He had a deeper understanding of the south than Fang Xing. He frowned and said, "Science is slowly eroding their foundations, and if they lose their foundation, what's left of the south? So... be cautious."

"The south is their territory, I know that."

Fang Xing saw that there were businessmen constantly filling in, so he said, "But you have to try it. Besides, science is not a crooked way, nor can it confuse people. Why can't it be spread?"

Zheng He avoided this topic and said: "In the past, most of the fleet got goods from government-run workshops. Now that the treasure ships are parked, those workshops are a bit bleak. It is better to avoid them in the future, and then let these merchants do it, so that the accounts are clear. "

The efficiency of government-run workshops can be imagined, and the accounts are even more confusing.

But purchasing from the hands of merchants can force the fleet to be profitable, otherwise, if they go out for a trip, they will lose a lot when they come back. It is estimated that those people will attack the Western Sea even more frantically.

"It's not hard to earn money. The fleet can actually park on the shore of Tianfang, and then trade with the people of Tianfang and Roumi Country."

"Tianfang people are born businessmen, cunning, and they will take a lot of benefits from them."

Zheng He tried it in the strait on the other side of Tianfang, but in the end he was blocked by an obstacle on the way to the new sea area, which made him very regretful, so he took the fleet to the wooden bone, that is, the black eagle fell in the future The place.

Fang Xing smiled, and said coldly, "It doesn't matter if you take advantage of them first!"

Zheng He turned sideways, nodded and said, "A temporary gain or loss is not enough for a long time, and the Roumi Kingdom is watching. Greed is the biggest mistake. If the people of Tianfang are obsessed with obsession, they will pay the price sooner or later."

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