Return to Ming Dynasty as Prince: Four hundred and thirty-nine, it’s a great joy

Early in the morning, Zhengde had eaten and announced that Yang Ling came to see him. It took a long time to see Yang Ling rushing slowly. It was still a bit inconvenient to have a road, and both eyes were red.

Zhengde only saved the matter of his fall yesterday, and said in surprise: "Yang Qing, what's the matter with you?"

Yang Ling grinned and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister was eager to rush out yesterday, crippled his foot, so he limped on foot."

Zhengde suddenly realized, he nodded, then suddenly asked: "Then your eyes?"

"Oh, eyes, I sorted out that volume last night, and stayed up all night, so".

Zhengde shook his hand moved, and said, "Aiqing, and only you, are willing to share the worry for me."

He sighed, shook his head and said: "I read that booklet, and I feel chilled. Around me, some flatter and flatter all day, some seem to be incomparably righteous to criticize and impeach ministers all day long. Naomi, who is sincere, who is just acting?"

He sat back in his chair, and said musingly: "This night, I also thought about a lot. The King Ning rebellion is not just the rebellion itself. Some problems are not solved or dealt with. Maybe when it will It will explode, but you are right. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes I have to pretend to be confused. I want to deal with some things without being too hasty. Alas! The way of the emperor is really a headache when I think of it."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "The emperor should not be anxious. King Ning rebels. There are soldiers and money. In this way, the emperor will be easily wiped out by the emperor. What kind of harm can the local officials who collude with? The emperor is worried, but I'm worried that they will take the risk and destroy the national government and the people's livelihood. As long as we stay calm and take a quick look, these patients will be slowly resolved. It will not hurt the vitality."

"Yeah!" Zhengde Emperor nodded and said with a smile: "I have been a little playful since I was a child. I don't know much about Yu Guozheng strategy. Fortunately, with Aiqing's assistance, I didn't panic. By the way, Aiqing, the Jiangxi situation is almost resolved. I want to leave Mount Longhu today. Let’s go back to Nanjing first, and then take the waterway to the north. In this way, I can also go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, which is known as a paradise on earth, to see how the sea is opened. The Jiangnan weather afterwards."

When Yang Ling heard it, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said repeatedly: "Well, the minister will make arrangements immediately, and we will leave Mount Longhu immediately."

Yang Ling came out and went to discuss preparations with Du Fu immediately. He is now horribly encountering Zhang Fubao, that little girl is cheap enough to be occupied by him, that is, he has stayed in Celestial Master house since childhood. Because he was ignorant about the affairs of men and women, he made him fool around, but Yang Ling felt ashamed in his heart, and living in this Celestial Master mansion always felt awkward.

Yang Ling and Du Fu arranged the car driving ceremonies. Immediately hurried back to the house, I saw that Celestial Master Zhang was standing beside Zhengde. Yang Ling saw the eldest brother and smiled faintly: "Celestial Master, for coming this time, thank you for your hospitality and help the court to capture the rebellion, no The matter was resolved with swordsmanship. Yang will now accompany him back to Beijing. In the future, Yang is willing to receive Celestial Master in his mansion."

Zhengde laughed and said: "The fate is here now! I have a lot of experience with Celestial Master to discuss the Scriptures and Taoism, and I am inviting Celestial Master to go to the capital together so that I can get advice nearby."

"Huh? Celestial Master will go back to Beijing with you?" Yang Ling asked in surprise.

Celestial Master Zhang smiled and said: "What. Isn't the country gong welcome?"

Yang Ling hurriedly turned into joy, and continued to say: "That's natural. That's natural. I and Celestial Master hit it off right away. I regret that we have not had much contact with each other due to busy affairs. It is natural to go to the capital together, haha, haha !"

After Yang Ling finished speaking, he asked with concern: "What should Celestial Master need to bring? You can move to a car outside the house first."

Celestial Master Zhang smiled and said: "I am a cultivator. I am alone. I have nothing to worry about. I don’t have much, but my sister may have more supplies." He asked the housekeeper at the door: "I haven’t got anything for the lady. Are you finished?"

Yang Ling was shocked again: "Does Lingmei also follow you to Beijing?"

Celestial Master Zhang gave him a strange look and sighed: "Yes, my sister always likes to travel around with me. As long as I hear that I'm going out, this girl is always entangled to follow. This time It's weird, I want to go to Beijing, and she said she didn't want to follow."

"Then don't force it. Girls grow up and don't like to run around if they want to." Yang Ling hastened to dissuade it.

Celestial Master Zhang nervously said: "No way, no way, she must be taken!"

He covered his mouth and whispered to Yang Ling quietly: "The country's father doesn't know anything. This girl is messing around at home and stole all the rare medicinal materials that I finally collected. This time and again for a few months, let her alone. At home, the trail is not at ease!"

Yang Ling was speechless, of course he knew how crazy the girl was practicing pill. He had eaten her two elixir pill, one time she was dying, and she must die. That girl practiced medicine indiscriminately at home, thinking When he wanted to tell the truth, he was not relieved.

Zhengde finally set off. The brigade came out of the Celestial Master mansion, and the Yujia went ahead. Celestial Master Zhang stood in front of the mansion gate impatiently and said: "Why hasn't the lady come out yet? Butler, let me remind you!"

"I'm here, don't rush it", Zhang Fubao came out from the door with red eyes, dressed in plain green clothes, with long hair lazily tied back to his shoulders, soft and light, charming.

"Huh? What's wrong with your eyes?" Celestial Master Zhang asked strangely.

The Yang Ling next to his scalp tightened, and he quickly turned around and shouted to Du Fu, the leader of the supervision and clerk who was busy in the distance, and shouted: "Duke Du, I still want to start." Yang Ling said as he hurried away. Up.

The emperor’s motorcade was vast and mighty, leaving Mount Longhu Sihan Celestial Master Mansion, and traveling along the picturesque Lu River towards the distance.

The convoy left Mount Longhu and was on the move. An Ouchi guard in a bright yellow robe hurried to the front of the Yang Ling sedan. He handed over: "Guo Gong, Princess Xiang wants to see Guo Gong if she has something to do."

"Oh?" Yang Ling opened the car curtain, turning his eyes without moving and said in a calm voice: "I know, reply to the princess, I'll go over immediately."

Yang Ling prepared for a while, changed into a horse, and rushed along the long convoy to the princess's ceremony. Asked Princess Ming Xianger to drive, and then approached her body and said loudly: "Weichen, see Your Highness."

"Guo Gong, please get in the car to answer." Qing Lang's crisp voice came from the car.

"Yes, we will follow the order!" The Yang Ling abandoned the horse and boarded the car. The princess's car was also very spacious. The car was decorated with bright yellow fringed curtains. Yang Ling leaned forward and said: "I wonder what your highness has ordered?"

"This princess came to the south, and suddenly thought of buying some native products to send back to Bashu, which is considered to be her child’s filial piety, and wanted to let the country’s father return to the south

The Queen of Beijing helps this princess buy something. Oh, please come in and answer the question, the princess has too many things listed, it is inconvenient to answer outside.

Yang Ling hesitated, looked at the two maids sitting on the left and right of the sedan, then lifted the sedan curtain and walked in. I saw the princess Xianger in yellow palace clothes, she was well-dressed, and her face was delicate and beautiful.

As soon as Yang Ling came in, Xianger immediately put on a happy smile and pulled his python robe with long sleeves. He pulled him into the wide bright yellow Jindun seat and sat down on his side, holding his arm.

Yang Ling whispered nervously: "You are crazy, for people to see."

Zhu Xianger chuckled softly: "Who dares to look inside without authorization? Huh. Listen to me, did someone dream of you last night".

"Really?" Yang Ling replied, looking nervously to the left and right, pulling the curtains, and moving the **** forward, ready to stand up at any time.

"Really," Zhu Xianger said happily, resting his face on his shoulders. A pair of crescent moons were bent sweetly, and they whispered softly: "It's so beautiful, people laugh out loud in their dreams, hehe, how good are you in your dreams".

Yang Ling looked at her helplessly. He whispered: "My grandmother, your little girl has a spring dream. You are ashamed to come and tell me? Be careful of being caught."

"Yeah, people will be careful," Zhu Xianger said, her little **** squeezed next to him, and put it on him more comfortably, smiling and said: "It turns out that dreaming of a man is a spring dream. Hee hee, um, people have a spring dream."

She whispered and said quietly: "Guess what I dreamed of? I dreamed that the two of us seemed to be back in Sichuan, huh, don’t look around, I dreamed that you let me and my father I was under house arrest, and that **** big stick wouldn’t let me go out to play, so I said harshly, even if your Lord Hou came back, I wouldn’t dare to be so rude. I’m going to tell him to kneel and lick my toes.

Then, I dreamed that you really came back, and came to apologize to me. If they don’t follow me, you just kneel down, really take off their boots and lick your toes, hehe, itchy, itchy , People shrink their feet, you just hold on to them, so ashamed, you are so bad, you say it is an apologetic, but you molested others".

As she said, she thumped Yang Ling sweetly in the chest, and Yang Ling said with a gloomy look: "It's you who dreamed, and I didn't really molested you. What happened to me? Then what happened?"

"Later? Then there was no more, you just kept licking it, and people itchy, just woke up with a smile."

Yang Ling rolled his eyes: "That's it? Well, I'm going back."

Zhu Xianger clasped his arm tightly, pouting her small mouth and said, "Isn't this spring dream fun? People still want to laugh after thinking about it, so let me tell you, watching you put on this stinky face, you didn't even smile."

Yang Ling barked his teeth, laughed twice, and said: "This is in the car. It's not good for me to stay for a long time. Now I have laughed and laughed, can I go now?"

Zhu Xianger gave him a push and groaned: "You are just perfunctory me! Wait, don't leave, I was just about to ask you, what should we do about our affairs? Brother Huang intends to grant you Yongfu sister Well, if you ask him to promise, but Great Ming Royal has promised the princess to a married man. This is the first one. No matter how ridiculous he is, I am afraid he will not agree to let me marry you. You came up with it. Is there any way?"

When Yang Ling heard it, he frowned and said: "This method, how can you think so well, do you know that you are embarrassed? You are a princess, and I am worried about what to do, anyway. I am afraid that the emperor will be furious. But now like this, will you marry someone else?"

Zhu Xianger said in a very angry voice: "Yes! I will castrate you first and marry someone else! Anyway, your way of thinking is now the emperor's level is the only difficulty. After that, it will be raw rice and cooked rice. If you return to Beijing, hum Humph! Just watch it. Can you pass the Queen Mother's level? Can you pass the Manchu civil and military level? I'm sorry for you."

Yang Ling had an idea, thought for a while and said: "Yes, now I am out of the house, as long as I pass the emperor's level, there is no problem. When I return to Beijing, no one is afraid. I think about it, where is the emperor, where is the emperor, um! I have a way, this matter has to fall on Yongfu."

Zhu Xianger was surprised and said: "How to say?"

Yang Ling whispered to her. Zhu Xianger was startled: "Is that so, can I take advantage of the loopholes?"

Yang Ling said: "Is there any other way? Yongfu is gentle and knowledgeable. If we do this, she will definitely help me, and then she agrees, and the emperor will do it. Up".

Zhu Xianger thought for a while, nodded, and then looked at him with a faint smile, nicknamed: "Okay you, there are so many ghost ideas. You are not afraid that I will tell the truth to sister Yongfu in the future, let her clean up Are you?"

Yang Ling laughed dryly and said: "That's also a matter of our family, it's better than what it is now. If Xiuning is not angry, let her enforce the family law on me. The Yang family law is still very strict." .

Zhu Xianger laughed: "Okay, okay, sister Yongfu will order me to execute the sentence!"

"Really?" Yang Ling swallowed, and imagined two delicate little princesses, half-naked in clothes, full of jade bodies, one hand resting on fragrant cheeks, and jade **** lying in front of them. A lightly Shuyu palm attached to the back of his shoulder slapped his buttocks as if flirting, and his heart was shaking.

Zhu Xianger bit her lip, narrowed her eyes, and imagined him holding her feet in front of sister Yongfu. Han sucked her delicate and lovely toes, and her heart was itchy for a while. The toes in the boots can't help but hook up

Zhengde returned to Nanjing, Nanjing civil and military came to greet him, Yang Ling saw that Qianning was in the team, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, this Qianning was too greedy and lustful, and became the coordinator of Nanjing Jinyiwei Town. Sitting in the Jiangnan Huahua World is still not satisfied. The beauty and wealth sent by King Ning were all unceremoniously collected in the bag, and then used their position to steal the manufacturing drawings of the Franco Cannon of the Military Bureau and gave them to King Ning. The crime of weapons is inexcusable.

King Ning was arrested at the time, with an illusion of selfishness, and did not confess any concealed accomplices. He was a prince and could not use torture to extract a confession. During the trial, Zhengde Emperor was furious and immediately beheaded. The heart finally let go, but he never expected Zhengde to catch a live King Ning son back.

Qian Ning stood in the welcoming team and watched the Zhengde group with trepidation. Seeing that they looked at ease, even Yang Ling nodded and smiled when he met him. There was no strangeness in private, and a fluke arose in his heart: maybe King Ning traffic You don’t know the secret of yourself, right? Then you can sit back and relax.

However, this elder son is a thorn in the face after all. He was escorted to Nanjing. I don't know if the emperor will execute him immediately. If not, he must find a way to get rid of him early, otherwise it will be a disaster after all.

He secretly struck up the idea of ​​getting rid of King Ning's son, but he didn't know that Zhengde Emperor and Yang Ling had already negotiated along the way. He was already a figure to be arrested, just because of the wide range of involvement. Before returning to the power center, Zhengde I don't want to reveal the bribery roster found from King Ning's son.

Zhengde returned to Nanjing this time, just to go to Xiaoling to resign to Taizu, and then he had to go back to Beijing from the waterway. He didn’t plan to stop in Nanjing, but he didn’t want him to just return to Nanjing. The Siyi Pavilion presented it. According to news, Franco-Kiguo from the Extreme West sent an envoy to visit the emperor of Great Ming. He has now lived in Siyi Pavilion for three days.

Zhengde remembered that after Yang Ling defeated the Franco fleet last year, it had said that the king of that country was interested in trading with Great Ming, so he hurriedly asked Yang Ling to discuss. Yang Ling heard that the envoy of the King of Portugal had arrived, and urged the emperor to meet him and discuss trade issues between the two countries. Zhengde had no objection to this.

Yang Ling remembered that the West has no etiquette to kneel down. When negotiating with the West, it often gets stuck in this matter, and it has to cause a big wave. Only this can force the Westerners to kneel on both knees. Such bad habits are not desirable. He does not want to force them to perform three kneelings and nine prostrates.

In his opinion, whether Great Ming has a place in the hearts of Westerners is the matter of strength, and Great Ming, as a large foreign country, seeking land should also be the best interest of the people and the court. In the past, the tributary system spent money to buy face. His stupidity should have ceased long ago, so it was the envoys of the Western countries who came to North Korea to negotiate trade matters, instead of Great Ming as a tribute to the emperor, he could make suggestions to the emperor on the grounds that he did not have to bow down to Great Ming.

The most worried thing about Yang Ling is that the members of the six departments protested. So I prepared a full remark early. He was not trying to fight for the rights and interests of the Western envoys, but to correct the bureaucracy of the Great Ming Dynasty, which does not emphasize material gains but emphasizes fame. Although this first step is difficult, it has been taken out, and future generations will have a basis for reference. .

Zhu Xianger's remarks reminded him that the emperor is not in Beijing now, and there are a lot of constraints. Nanjing Sixth Department is not as powerful as Beijing six, so it is easier to deal with, as long as you overcome this barrier. With precedents to follow, there will be many conveniences for the court to act in the future.

Yang Ling did not expect that the officials of the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing were more pragmatic than the officials of the Sixth Ministry of Beijing, and things went very smoothly. Although the old men of the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing also raised objections. But Yang Ling just gave a little explanation, and they stopped talking.

It turns out that these Jiangnan officials are more or less attached to many Jiangnan local giants, so the Jiangnan officials’ business attitude is ten times stronger than that of the northern officials. The reason why capitalism can take off in Western Europe is due to the promotion of mercantilism, which is an important prerequisite for the development of capitalist industry.

However, Great Ming has always emphasized agriculture and restrained business, so that land rent and usury are far more attractive than setting up business. Take the most famous Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants. After they made a fortune, they also set up land and opened **** shops, so that the huge wealth concentrated in their hands returned to the traditional industries, hindering the possibility of wealth transforming into industrial capital.

This kind of consciousness is especially serious in the north and inland. However, Jiangnan is an exception. Jiangnan area is already a lot of businessmen. Since the lifting of the ban and the opening of the sea, Yang Ling's internal factories have relied on the establishment of the transportation industry and concurrently engaged in various industries.

In order to form common interests and ensure that this powerful interest group will not be ruined by people, he has attracted many relatives of the emperor in the north, including the current emperor, to invest in business. In the south, he is led by Cheng Qiyun, and first unites big merchants from all over the world. The rich and powerful people immediately used them as their branches to attract more gentry, celebrities and officials.

Nowadays, this benefit-sharing, joint-stock business way of doing business is finally blooming. Even the officials of Nanjing Sixth Department have been more or less infiltrated and affected, changing their backward and decadent ideas.

In the Big Ming Dynasty, there was an original rule that officials of Grade 4 and above were not allowed to do business, but now this system has existed in name only. In Beijing, Zhengde has an imperial store, and the honorable members of Cheng Guo Gong, Wu Ding Hou, and Shou Ning Hou are doing business. Although the officials are secretly afraid to publicize, most of them actually run some business.

At Jiangnan, many officials are doing business, especially many officials above grade four, including officials who have retired from the post of Beijing official, are opening a variety of shops, workshops, shipping, and land transportation. In the officialdom, there are old friends, friends and colleagues, and through their infiltration and influence, the thinking of Jiangnan people is becoming active and beginning to produce earth-shaking changes, although this intangible thing is invisible and intangible.

Yang Ling welcomes the arrival of these Westerners very much. After accompanying them to happily meet with His Majesty the Emperor, he accompanied the Bishop and some nobles, merchants, and soldiers of the country to visit the scenic spots and see the Great Ming army and navy. The guard of honor allowed them to see the richness and luxury of Jinling City and the strength of the Great Ming army.

The richness of Jinling City and the fascinating beauty of Ten Miles of Qinhuai, these Westerners were overwhelmed and shouted to the paradise. The Great Ming army's strong ships, sharp artillery, and all-firearms equipment made the aristocratic generals who still had some pride and pride bowed their heads arrogantly. Yang Ling generously agreed to allow them to build churches at will in such paradise and holy places, including more cities, to spread doctrines, and make the missionaries ecstatic.

But for many days. Yang Ling is just a kind hospitality, welcoming the tour, and never mentioning the business transactions between the two sides, but after making the Archbishop La Mario and the nobles a little clear, they began to become anxious. After all, their main task is to establish mutual economic and trade relations with the rich and powerful country of the East. They are not a group of tourists, and Yang Ling, the important minister of the Eastern country, seems to be different from this. How can it not make them anxious?

Actually, Yang Ling was ecstatic about their timely arrival, because they brought three of the most important things that can help Great Ming take off, but now it is clear that they have not realized it, so Yang Ling can Don't be so urgent. Let these ocean-going guests be uncontrollable and take the initiative to put the two sides' economy and trade on the agenda, and you can get the most benefit at the negotiating table.

Now, the interior of Great Ming has stabilized, and the opposition of the ruling and opposition parties to reform has been extremely weak. Great Ming can now march towards commercialization and industrialization step by step

Yang Ling only needs to consolidate this goal and catalyze the development of this process, then he can watch this huge Eastern ship heading on the right path with his own eyes.

The development of civilization has a basic law: the pyramid law. When the existing technology and culture spread on a large scale, it will spontaneously spawn the next level of technology and culture. Then people will create new systems and consciousness based on them, and then continue to give birth to new technologies and knowledge.

Yang Ling does not want to rely on *its own advanced knowledge for hundreds of years to forcibly build an unstoppable castle on the basis of the big Ming Dynasty. He wants Great Ming to steadily and step by step towards the correct historical course.

Now this goal is gradually being realized, but there are three things that Great Ming is now *only to accomplish by itself will be very difficult, which requires external forces.

These three things are necessary accumulation and promotion factors for the completion of commercialization and industrialization. One is the ideology of emphasizing business and profit, the other is currency, and the other is market demand. These three things, like the troika of economic development, are precisely what these Westerners can bring to Great Ming.

Deal with these Westerners, allow these Western missionaries to enter, spread Westerners’ science, culture, and ideology in time, and communicate with the East. Sharing resources can greatly promote the transformation of the feudal consciousness of this ancient eastern country for nearly a thousand years to a more advanced ideology.

Great Ming currently seriously hinders the implementation of the "one-whip method", hinders the development of commercialization, and hinders the economic take-off of silver, which can also be realized in this trade process. Yang Ling knows that Great Ming has a human-land vision, coupled with Great Ming's geographical location, and thousands of years of cultural heritage. Let them venture out to sea and plunder some backward and weak tribes, which is unacceptable for the morality, history and culture of the Great Ming people.

And the West has now begun the armed plunder of America. Then Great Ming can use its advanced production technology and manufacturing technology to carry out the economic plunder of dumping trade. The large quantities of real gold and silver looted from the Americas by the Western powers, plus the gold and silver produced by their own mining and mining, will be sourced in this trade process. Continuously exporting to the East, they will become a transit point for the global transfer of gold and silver, and the ultimate goal is China, creating a silver standard for Chinese currency, and urging Great Ming to use sufficient gold and silver reserves to derive currency credit

This kind of plunder is more long-term benefit than armed plunder, because in this process, Great Ming will continue to export large quantities of goods as the premise, which will greatly catalyze the development of Great Ming’s industrialization process, prompting more businessmen to provide the urgent needs of Westerners A large number of high-quality and cheap oriental products are invested in the establishment of industries. The demand will prompt industrial owners to promote the advancement of industrial technology and the formation of industrial systems, enabling China to enter the country of industrialization before them.

The world's silver and gold are continuously flowing into the pockets of the Great Ming empire. The world pays hard currency to the Great Ming empire to support the needs of the industrial development of this huge empire, and uses their product requirements to promote the development of this process. Thinking about it makes people excited.

What’s even better is that this will definitely hit the West, which has just started, has no large-scale production capacity and sufficiently advanced technology, and cannot compete with the East in the bud of industrialization, and their industrialization process will be delayed for a hundred years or more. .

It is not ruled out that some people of insight in these countries will discover this disadvantage in the future. However, merchants are highly profitable, and the people want to buy cheap and exquisite goods. Their efforts will be very limited. They will be destined to allow the Han people in the East to continue to maintain their status as the strongest country in the world. It will of course be a great empire. The attitude continues to dominate the East!

Yang Ling’s strategy succeeded. After continuing to act as an elegant gentleman for two days, the Archbishop of La Mario and the Marquis of Barmond could no longer hold back, although they were provided with oriental products that they had never tasted before. Delicious food. They also feel tasteless.

Archbishop La Mario and the Marquis of Barmond exchanged glances, and then smiled at Yang Ling who was sitting on the main seat: "Dear Lord Duke, we have come across the ocean with the expectations of His Majesty the Pope and His Majesty the King. To this most beautiful Eastern country, on the one hand, it is to offer our friendship to the noble Emperor Great Ming, on the other hand, it is also to negotiate business and trade between our two countries."

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"There is," he licked his lips and said, "There are some ignorant and arrogant soldiers in our country. They offended the majesty of the emperor Great Ming and were punished by the Great Ming law. I heard that they are now cold and dry. , Shepherd sheep in the west that often yellow sand sky? God, among them, at least twelve people are nobles. We pray with our sincerity to the Great Ming emperor for forgiveness, hoping to let us take them back to the country, I want to pass This lesson, they will no longer be rude to the invincible Great Ming army."

Yang Ling waved his hand, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped abruptly, and the two rows of enchanting and pretty dancers retreated gracefully. Yang Ling took a sip of the wine, smiled and said, "The Archbishop and Your Excellency Marquis came all the way from here. Bringing your king's credential to see me, the son of the emperor, has proved sincerity.

For the punishment of those war criminals, we can end it early in the face of the king of your country. As a proof of our sincere friendship with your country. As for business, I would like to know, what are your plans? "

"Yes, Lord Duke", the Marquis of Barmond preemptively said: "You know, silk, porcelain, cotton, tea, etc. in your country are all very popular commodities in our country. Our country’s navy . Is the most powerful".

He looked at Yang Ling’s eyes and added: “Oh, yes, it’s the strongest in the entire West. We have enough capacity to ensure the safety of the ocean-going fleet. To ensure that Great Ming sells countless exquisite items to the West. The trade route is smooth, and no **** pirate dares to attack us. We hope to establish our procurement agency in the important seaport and commercial port of Great Ming, and establish a unique trade relationship between your two countries, and hope to get your country’s permission and support ".

Yang Ling laughed: "You want to take over the channels for selling Eastern goods to the West. Well, you have a big appetite. Do you eat such a large business underground?"

"Of course, our economic strength and military strength are sufficient to support the guarantee. As long as the generous Great Ming emperor agrees, we will do the other things."

"No, no," Yang Ling shook his head and said with no interest at all: "You know, your honorable Marquis, the empire of Great Ming is vast and rich, and we have trade relations with many neighboring countries, which is very important to the West, thousands of miles away. Kingdom, in fact, there is no urgent business demand now. His Majesty allows you to do business with you, hoping to strengthen the exchanges between our two countries and enhance our friendship. Well! Allow your country to open churches in our country at will, too This purpose. To be inclusive of all rivers, tolerance is great, this is the measure of the Eastern Empire.

He looked at the archbishops and marquis and the generals sitting in jeopardy, and smiled: "As far as I know, England, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Venice, all have powerful fleets that are commendable in the West. This is Perhaps none of them are enough to threaten you with their military guarantees, but what if your monopoly prompts them to alliance?"

Yang Ling toasted and laughed: "In fact, we have nothing to import from the West. The textiles of England are the most worthy of your praise, but their lowest cost is still more than three times that of our Great Ming. , The quality of the best cotton fabrics in the Netherlands can’t be compared with our Jiangnan products in an ordinary workshop.

The price is high and crude. You can imagine that the Great Ming product will arrive soon. It will become the goods that merchants from all sides are eager to win. You monopolize all the business, and you also choke the entire western commodity market. Our goal is to enhance our friendship, but we don’t want to see you igniting war in the West or even spreading to the Indian Ocean. You can’t afford such a result.

Archbishop La Mario and Marquis Barmond looked at each other. They didn't expect Yang Ling to know so much about them, "Damn! It must be those stupid prisoners of war who confessed everything about us to him!" Barmond cursed viciously in his heart.

The archbishop cunningly said: "Dear Duke, you should know that, in fact, our fleet has always been on the east and west ocean lines, and it has a strong ability to compete with them. If your country’s navy is willing to support us , So what are you afraid of?"

Yang Ling sternly said: "How can we do it? Our Emperor is not only generous, but also a benevolent monarch. He hopes to get along with each other in the Western countries. Instead of showing off his prestige by force, your majesty is Would not agree to do this."

Yang Ling will not let his family dominate. It is more in line with the interests of Great Ming that a few more Western countries come and compete with each other, but there is no doubt that Portugal’s eagerness and initiative can win a share for it. A generous gift, so Yang Ling immediately followed: "Of course, I will not completely reject your request. Among the many products you need, you can choose the exclusive agency for two products."

Yang Ling said slowly and neatly: "It means that these two commodities are for Western countries. We only sell them to your country, and then you re-export them. I believe that this profit has already flowed generously. Of course, in exchange for the price, we also request that the personnel stationed in your country be provided with legal protection and support from your country.”

Col. Sander couldn't help saying: "My lord Duke. We came from afar, don't you think this is too stingy? In fact, we can obtain many goods through smuggling, and we are now willing to trade with Great Ming only. Your country will get a large amount of taxation. This is not harmful to your country."

Yang Ling smiled faintly: "The bulk smuggling transactions you mentioned are now unworkable. Those big smugglers are now included in the jurisdiction of the big Ming Dynasty court. There is no one in legal and law-abiding operations. No matter how much you dare to rely on force to smuggle in large quantities at sea. I hope you will follow the laws of our country in the future."

He put down his wine glass and said solemnly: "Otherwise, we may have to regretfully refuse to enter into any transaction with you and seek other partners. I think you may know that smugglers in your country have made a lot of money in the East. Do you know how they gain a foothold in the East and how they earn it? They mainly trade with Japan.

Because Japan often violates the laws of Great Ming, they lost the right to trade directly with Great Ming for a while. Although we are only separated by a short strait, they can only smuggle merchants from your country. Get the Great Ming items they need in hand.

As a result, their prices are extremely high. A catty of silk has a market value of 60 or two, a catty of silk floss has a market value of 22, a red thread is a catty of 70 tael, mercury is a catty of three tael, and a pin is worth silver. Seven points, that is, a humble iron pot is worth one or two silver. Your smugglers change hands of Great Ming goods every year, and get a price difference of several million taels.

Your country is farther away from our country. If your majesty the Emperor Great Ming is angered and refuses to deal directly with you, then you will have to buy oriental goods at high prices from your neighboring countries. You will pay extra, I think. Even more amazing! "

"No, no, no, Colonel Sander is a professional soldier. He doesn't understand trade matters. He is nonsense. Lord Duke needn't take it seriously!" The Marquis of Barmond said with a grin and stared fiercely. Sander with a big mouth.

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Archbishop La Mario cautiously asked: "Then Lord Duke means ~IndoMTL.com~ We can choose two products as the exclusive agent of Great Ming throughout the West, and what about other products? Can we? Buy?"

"Of course, if you don't have another friendly western country to establish an agency relationship with us, you can buy at will", Yang Ling smiled: "In fact, you don't need to be nervous, don't forget, you are the first distinguished guests to come. , You are also the first to choose, so the agency products you choose will probably be the two most profitable, right?

Hehehe, if there are other friendly countries rushing to hear the news and they are acting as agents for certain goods, you don’t have to worry about spending a lot of money to buy them, you know, you also have what they don’t have. Items, so that you can sit down and negotiate and set a price that is satisfactory to both parties. Of course, before this, you, the first batch of visiting friends, have already pulled out a lot of gold coins from their pockets.

The Marquis of Barmond and others laughed. Negotiations are always about strength. When they encounter such a shrewd Great Ming official who knows everything about them, it is impossible for them to bargain from Great Ming to get more benefits. Now they need to determine as soon as possible which two commodities to choose as agents and ship them to the west as soon as possible. They will make a lot of money. It is a pleasure to kill them first.