Chapter 1571

"Shopkeeper Li."

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

Li Du got up behind the counter and said in amazement, "what do you mean?"

The visitor was dressed in cloth clothes and said, "shopkeeper Li's business is good. If you have time, you can go to the shipyard."

"Didn't the treasure boat stop?"

Li Du was surprised and said that the treasure boat had stopped at the shore for a long time, which everyone in Jinling City knew.

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

The treasure ships have stopped and the crew have been dismissed. The craftsmen have long been transferred elsewhere. What are they doing?

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

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"Officialdom!"

Li Du didn't want to come, but the lesson of Wang Chengyan and others was there. He thought about it. Finally, he asked the waiter to set up a carriage and rushed to the shipyard.

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

"Go in."

After asking Li Du's intention, the sergeant nodded and let him in, but it made Li Du more nervous.

Go straight along this road. When you see those towering treasure ships, Li Du can't help but exclaim: "huge things!"

His eyes turned to the original slipway. Li Du was surprised to find that many people were surrounded by a slipway.

He involuntarily accelerated his pace and was intercepted again when he was more than 100 steps away.

"Are you here to raise money?"

Asked the sergeant, frowning.

"Fundraising?"

Li Du was surprised. When he was trying to push off, he saw a man saying something, so he said casually, "yes, I'm here to raise money."

"Then go."

After the body search, Li Du walked slowly.

"... there are many countries overseas. They need countless goods, whether cloth or silk, including porcelain, tea and things of all sizes. In a word, there are a lot of stupid people there."

Li Du couldn't help but squeeze in and listen carefully to Fang Xing standing in the middle.

"There is gold and silver over there, and even coins are made, just like our copper coins."

Fang woke up and didn't deceive people for a long time. He felt a little astringent.

"The clothes, food, housing and transportation over there are very poor. The whole city emits a stench. Human and animal feces pile up everywhere and often don't bathe, but the rich people have a good face... Ladies and gentlemen, let's get some fragrant things and let those smelly guys cover it up?"

Fang Xing gradually found the state, waved and said, "what they like most is our silk and porcelain, and finally tea. Whether it's grassland or those overseas countries, you can't eat more meat without tea, otherwise you can't shit! Your intestines and stomach are bad, but now they don't have it. Think about how much it would be worth if you took it?"

No tea?

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

In the days without tea, Li Du thinks that many people are not used to it.

"Uncle, they really don't have tea?"

"No."

Fang woke up and said firmly, "they ferment and roast wheat flour and eat meat. Our goods are luxury goods. Do you understand? Luxury goods!"

Fang Xingzhen eyebrowed and said, "it's like the gold and jade we sell, and it's also a wonderful craft. What do you say about these goods?"

Zheng He, who was not far away, saw the greedy faces of the businessmen and frowned: "isn't xinghebo afraid that these businessmen will eventually become giants?"

Wang he said proudly, "father Zheng, as long as your majesty holds the army, the behemoth will easily become the chicken for the monkey."

Zheng He did not put on airs in the face of future generations, but said happily: "money is not afraid, what he is afraid of is collusion between officials and businessmen, which will eventually affect the government."

Wang he rarely had the opportunity to show himself in front of Zheng He, an elder. He said like a chicken's blood: "father Zheng, if you collude with the merchant, you will be dismissed immediately and convicted. Who dare you?"

Zheng He shook his head and said, "it's easy to say, but do you think at that time, who else can suppress these forces?"

He thought of the anti Western forces in the DPRK and couldn't help feeling angry.

The ship is ready-made, the goods are ready, and the great purpose of this voyage is to explore new places. As for the goods, Zheng He believes that he can make a lot of money by exchanging with a few countries.

Those who slander the millions of taels of silver spent on a trip to the West are, in Zheng He's opinion, a group of Fang Xing's mouth guns.

If so, even if Xia Yuanji had great ability, Daming's finance would have collapsed, not to mention that Daming also conquered Jiaozhi and grassland at the same time.

Once the strength of businessmen expands, they will not be willing to simply be a businessman. For example, LV Buwei is the biggest investor.

So zheng he agrees with the other party's judgment that a rich business has no country!

Nothing can't be abandoned in front of interests!

But he is encouraging now!

"... this is a brand-new ship. It can reach further places, and further places mean more... Wealth!"

Fang woke up and walked towards Zheng He. Behind him, a small official shouted, "it's 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 move, some retreat, some wait and see

"Zheng Gong, this is the same rice to raise a hundred kinds of people."

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

"Adults, small people are willing to donate!"

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

No one dared to default, so the man carefully filled in the amount and bet.

With the first, the second soon appeared.

As the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, Li Du feels that the business is close to the bottleneck. Unless he opens his branch elsewhere, it is difficult to expand.

If we can squeeze into the supplier list of the fleet, it is to take profits!

So he looked at the donation amount of those people in front, took a middle value, and finally made a pledge. Only then did he bow his hand to Fang Xing over there with satisfaction.

"There are not many people, but I don't lack money for shipbuilding. As you said, I want to win over some businessmen and break the bond in the south."

"It is not only the literati who hold a group in the south, but also the businessmen."

Zheng He knew more about the south. He frowned and said, "science is slowly eroding their foundation. If they lose their foundation, what is left in the south? So... Be careful."

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

When Fang Xing saw that businessmen kept filling in, he said, "but we have to try. Besides, science is not a crooked way and can't confuse people. Why can't it be spread?"

Zheng he avoided the topic and said, "most of the fleet used to take goods from official workshops, but now they stopped the treasure ship. Those workshops are a little bleak. It's better to avoid them later, and then these businessmen will do it, so the accounts are clear."

The efficiency of the official workshop can be imagined, and the accounts are even more muddled.

However, purchasing from merchants can force the fleet to make a profit, otherwise it will lose a lot when they go out and come back. It is estimated that those people will attack the expedition more madly.

"It's not hard to earn money. The fleet can actually park on the shore of heaven, and then trade with meat fans through heaven."

"Tianfang people are born businessmen. They are cunning and want to be eaten by them."

Zheng He tried in the Strait on the other side of the sky, but he was blocked by an obstacle. He was very sorry, so he took the fleet to mugudu, which is where the black eagle fell in the future.

Fang Xing smiled and said coldly, "why don't you take advantage of them first!"

Zheng he leaned over and nodded: "the gains and losses of the moment are not long enough. Meat fans are eyeing behind. Greed is the biggest fault. If heaven's people are stubborn, they will pay the price sooner or later."