Chapter 1525 The Masters of Ningbo

In May of the eighth year of Hongzhi (1495), Daming, Ningbo Port.

The fog in the early morning was dispersed at the port. The Ningbo ports, which had won thousands of sails in the past, more than 40 sea patrol ships and hundreds of inspection boats gathered on the sea, showing unprecedented killing. A paper document of Ningbo Zhifu Yamen was issued as early as ten days ago. Most of the merchant ships in Ningbo Port were forcibly ordered to leave Hong Kong and go to the surrounding small port fishing villages.

However, at this moment, the "big businessmen" of Ningbo Port, but in the highest tea house in the city, they sent their guys to the port to wait and see, while drinking tea and laughing. Although everyone's face was pretended to be calm, the sound was still unsightly excited.

Because, with the "tribute" fleet of the country once in ten years, with the full loaded gold, silver, copper materials and other products, this value is hundreds of thousands or even millions of silver. Big business "is about to start! And those small businessmen who were driven away were just insufficient backgrounds and did not participate in this grand "trade trade" admission ticket.

"Well! So many sailor flags? Taiping, Xiayu, Mountain, Changshan ... Songpu, Shipu, Xiangtou ... More than a dozen coastal inspection departments have sent boats?!"

"Well, it's still the order of Zhejiang's administrative ambassador. Before rectifying the gate, checking the storage, and withdrawing more than a dozen small officials in one breath, went to check the guards of the guards, ordered exercise training, empty rice grain and silver two ... This south came from the south ... The northern people's fascinating, but the prosperity of the four cibers and the tribute of the people, as the unbearable forces of the north

"Ha! The coastal guards Chengping for many years, or rectify and rectify, saving the people to underestimate me. These people, after all, fearlessness and virtue ... As for the rectification of the gate and the dismissal of the small officials, it is nothing more than a group of people. Two or three years, when the Fantai was left, I changed it again ... However, I heard that the ausager of the Fancie had previously checked the fish scale album of the mission, and secretly copied it in private. share…"

"... Check the fish scales?!! ..."

Hearing such shocking news, the elegant seat on the tea house was quiet instantly, and the masters' faces were subtle. In the final analysis, since they can take out a lot of cloth, silk and porcelain, they can naturally have no root feet with the Fanyi of the people. Behind them, they are all big and gentlemen in Zhejiang Province! Most of the Sangtian, Ma Tian, ​​and workshops that produced goods were also under the control of local gentlemen.

In the final analysis, the so -called Daming's "sea trade", although the name of "maritime trade", is really "the gentlemen on the shore" in this era! For example, the four major jinshores of Ningbo, West Lake Lu family, Zhanghu Zhang family, Jiangbei Tu's, and Jingchuan Yang family. Silk? The gentrys have always made the most profitable business, and naturally they will not let go of the sale of silk cloth porcelain. And these most primary and tax -taxed acres are the roots of their lives and the desperation. No one can move!

"Cough! Lu Jingtian, what are you talking about? Be careful, be careful! ..."

For a moment, the old -fashioned old man, Yang Maode, who was still sitting on his head, cough softly. He faintly looked at the old Tsing Yi old man Lu Shougong who just spoke, and the other party nodded with a smile. Both were sitting on the top, a text shirt, a blue shirt, and two other two. The four were faintly held by the stars and sat in the center of many businessmen.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Yang Maode's character is good and good, and he is not only a famous "Yang Shanren" in Zhejiang Province, but also the largest silk merchant in Ningbo. And his identity is actually the old businessman of the former Nanjing official ministry, Yang Shouchen, who was born in the Yang Shouchen of the Ministry of officials.

In the heyday of Jingchuan, in the middle of the DPRK, there are Shandong deputy envoys Yang Maoyuan, the Ministry of Criminal Ministry of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Yang Maoren, Nanjing Official Ministry Right Sales Yang Shou site, Nanjing Youzhu Royal History Yang Shou Sui, and the Ministry of Bing Drian Langzhong Yang Shouyu ... It can be described as the most prominent famous family in Ningbo City. It is such a house that can shelter 50,000 acres of good fields and master nearly half of the silk supply of Ningbo sea trade!

Compared with him, Lu Shougong, as the representative of the Lu family of the West Lake, was slightly weaker. The former Ministry of Criminal Ministry of Criminal Ministry Lu Yu had died a few years ago. There are only two Zhifu in the West Lake Lu family. Such an official position, the 30,000 acres of Liangtian in the shelter is a bit reluctant. It is naturally worried about the signs of the administrative governor to check the acres of the field! After all, although all family families all have "good names", there is one family that is really going to be checked in the number of fields and sources.

Fortunately, Lu Yang's two generations of marriage have been brought out in the DPRK. As long as the scientific test seeds in the family are constantly, and timely, they will be gained for decades. It was only the share of "trade with cargo" this time. Naturally, the Yang family could not be compared with the twenty years of Chenghua in eleven years ago. They must let a large part of the interests be given to several other ...

"Yang Shanxing, everyone listens to you, you always say it! ... It's rare, it's better to start with you.

"Well, then I just, talk about it? ..."

The old man of Wen Shijie slowly held his head and looked around the people who nodded, especially on the face of Lu, Zhang, and Tu's businessmen. Later, he cough again and smiled.

"Ahem! The Inspection Office informed me in advance... This time, the Japanese people came with eight large ships of more than 1,000 shi, and the load was extremely heavy! More than the previous times, second only to the 11 large ships in the fourth year of Jingtai..."

"What?! Eight Japanese ships of one or two thousand shi? So many?!... How many of them are tributes to the emperor, and how many are accessories for the trade? Among the accessories, how many are worthless Japanese goods, and how many are valuable gold, silver and copper materials?..."

As a tribute trade of foreign vassal states, there must be tributes to the court. However, according to the practice of tribute, tributes need to be "more for the return and less for the return", and the court needs to pay for the reward. If the tributes paid by the vassal states are too many, the court often chooses to "not accept" in order to reduce losses.

In contrast, the court also gave tribute to the vassal states, especially Korea, Ryukyu and Wa, another policy preference, that is, to allow the trade of "accessories". That is, other goods that are not tributes in the tribute missions are allowed to obtain "legal and open" trading rights in the place where the tribute is located. And every time the Japanese come, they carry the largest number of "accessories", which are often several times or ten times the tribute. Moreover, compared with the Koreans who have overlapping goods, the Japanese can bring out an astonishing amount of real gold and silver, which does not need to be sold again for cash, and is more valued by the local gentry...

"Hey! Don't be anxious!... After the Japanese mission lands, pays homage to the emperor's guard of eunuchs, and counts the tribute... Naturally, you will know that they brought several ships of gold, silver and copper this time!..."

The old man in a scholar's shirt, Yang Maode, picked up the tea cup and took a sip to moisten his throat. He spoke very slowly, with a demeanor of "aristocratic family" and "nobleman speaks slowly". The maritime trade in Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty, especially the "tribute trade" that collected money from the people, was divided up in advance in the elegant conversations of the gentry on the shore, and the bulk of the profits were taken away.

As for the sea merchants like Shi Shi of Chongming, who were really engaged in sea business, they had no official protection and were just subordinates of the gentry at the table. They were "dogs" who scurried around under the table and could only eat a mouthful of leftovers even if they tried their best...

"However, let me be frank... No matter how much gold, silver and copper materials we brought, my Yang family will take this share of the maritime trade this time!..."

The old man Yang Maode, wearing a scholar's shirt, smiled tepidly and stretched out three fingers. Then, he looked at the "not big enough" big merchants around him and leisurely set the rules.

"…If the He people want to trade silk, the silk prices of all merchants cannot be lower than the price set by our Yang family! If the gold and silver brought by the He people are limited, then there is no need to say more…If the other party has a lot of gold and silver, and our Yang family does not have enough goods, then please "lend" some goods to me, and the profit will be 50% off!..."

"According to the rules of previous tributes, the He people's fleet will stay here for two or three months, and after trading all the accessories, the tribute delegation will be allowed to go to the capital...In the past two or three months, please watch all the trade in Ningbo Port..."

"Any merchant who does not abide by the rules, does not follow the quota, dares to come up privately, and trade with the He people...that is not giving face to all of us here!...Then you need to write down your name and hand it over to the inspection office and the government office...The prisons of the inspection offices and the government offices will have to be visited sooner or later..."

In the elegant seats of the teahouse by the sea, the merchants looked at each other with flashing eyes. But no matter what they think in their hearts, Ningbo and even Zhejiang Province are always the largest families of gentry! After just a few breaths, everyone smiled respectfully and nodded in agreement.

No mistakes in one poem, one post, one content, one 6, one book, one bar!

"Yes! Listen to Mr. Yang!..."

"Yes! Everything should be done according to the rules..."

"For those small merchants from other places, the inspection department and the government office should still be arrested!..."

"Come, drink tea, drink tea! The first buds of Longjing tea, the Lu Yu spring water of Jingshan in Yuhang..."

"But see the clear floating in the middle, the green shadow falls on the green peaks. Cook the golden buds, not after the grain rain... This golden tea soup is really fragrant and refreshing!..."

Soon, the elegant seats became full of laughter again. The big businessmen talked and laughed in harmony, talking about how to distinguish the quality of various "Japanese goods" and how to determine the difference between pure and pure "gold and silver". When several servants came running from the port, panting, they all looked at the sea with smiles on their faces without them saying anything.

"Master, gentlemen..."

"The Japanese... The Japanese fleet has passed the inspection of the Inspection Office and is under the 'escort' of the navy..."

"They have finally landed after two days of anchoring at sea!..."