"Little brother, do you really think the emperor will go to the West again?" Zheng He stared at Yang Zheng and asked, it is his dream to go to the West again, not to mention that he is now about to die, and he has to make a pilgrimage, just on the last trip to the West, he continued to successfully complete the tasks assigned by the emperor, and also successfully opened up a new route, he found that through Guli (now Kozhikode) and Tashan (now the Maldives Islands), he can avoid some unnecessary dangers, directly to reach a farther country, he believes that with the new route he opened, he will be able to reach Mecca, complete his lifelong pilgrimage wish.

But the reality made him a little disheartened, since Yongle a year ago, Zhu Di died in the northern expedition back to the division of Yumuchuan (now Inner Mongolia Uzhumuqin), the past in full swing to the West actually stopped, everyone seems to have forgotten to go to the West, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials no one paid attention to him, he was neglected, ignored, and even regarded as a useless, waiting for death of the old man.

He didn't expect that what was waiting for him after Zhu Di's death was such a result, which made him sad, he couldn't help but feel a little cold, and he had suppressed the unhappiness in his heart for many days, and he had long wanted to find someone to talk to, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were busy fighting for power and profit, and even Emperor Renzong, who he watched growing up, also avoided him, leaving him with no one to complain about, and the pain can be imagined.

At present, a little brother who met in Pingshui actually praised his move to the West very much, "and the disrespectful people of foreign states and kings were captured." The invaders of the barbarians exterminated it, and it was Hai Qingning, who relied on it, "How sure is this, so that he, a white-haired old man, can't help but have a warm current in his heart, and he wants to say something about what he has suppressed for many days."

"Not bad!" Yang Zheng nodded and said in an extremely affirmative tone. Zheng He took a hard breath, the excitement just now made him almost shed tears, but after all, he was a person who had gone through strong winds and waves, and just now he couldn't help but reveal the most sincere side of his heart, as soon as the excitement passed, his face immediately returned to the look of Gujing Bubo, and his dark eyes stared at Yang Zheng, and said: "Why is the little brother so sure that the old man will set sail again!" “

"My day, the textbooks of my previous life have long stated that I have been to the West seven times! Of course I'm sure? Yang Zheng was embarrassed, and was about to fool the past, when his eyes touched Zheng He's gaze, and saw that his eyes were burning, obviously he wanted someone to talk to him about the West, and his heart moved.

After pondering for a moment, he said hesitantly: "This one, in fact, it is not difficult to see that the Lord has been very successful in the West over the years, and every place he goes, he first gives generous gifts to the kings of various countries to show friendship, and the fleet brings silk, porcelain, copper and ironware, gold and silver, and brings back the envoys of various countries to meet him, and how brilliant it is to pay tribute to all countries, not only that, but the Lord also buys a large number of exotic goods from various countries, in and out, and has really sought a lot of benefits for my Ming Dynasty, and the emperor is not happy about this result?" “

Zheng He was stunned for a moment, and thought about it carefully, since Zhu Di ordered him to go to the West for the first time in the third year of Yongle, he went to the West six times in Yongle Dynasty, and for a time, the overseas countries "came to the court with silk and silk, and the Tishan sailed and paid tribute", and the kings of Hung, Manraka and other countries even came to pay tribute in person, which was unprecedented, and in addition, his treasure ship also really brought back a lot of benefits to the imperial court.

In addition to the gifts for rewards, there are also many Ming goods, such as copper coins, silk, porcelain, ironware, etc. This trade could be bought and sold with Ming Dynasty copper coins, mostly bartered. The most influential is the high-five pricing method. In the country of Guri, India, after the arrival of the Ming fleet, the local agent was responsible for the transaction, bringing the goods to the trading venue, and the two sides negotiated the price in person under the auspices of the officials, and once it was set, it would never be reversed. The two sides high-five each other to indicate a deal. This friendly way of trade is a good talk in the local area. During Zheng He's voyage to the West, especially in the latter few voyages, the scale of trade in the West expanded, and he not only exchanged for precious stones, spices, medicinal herbs, wood, etc., but also allowed the crew to buy and sell on their own. Due to the considerable profits, not only that, but after he went to the Western Ocean, in order to solve the pressure caused by the Western Ocean, he even joined forces with merchants from various coastal areas to organize a number of merchant fleets to trade in various countries, earning high trade profits to support his ocean-going fleet.

In the later period, after years of hard work, his treasure ship has been put to the end of all kinds of obstacles, in the coastal countries, directly open the "treasure banknote" with a big seal to pick up the goods, before and after the purchase of nearly 200 kinds of goods to the imperial court, 29 kinds of spices, 23 kinds of treasures, 22 kinds of medicinal materials, 17 kinds of hardware, 51 kinds of cloth, 21 kinds of animals, 8 kinds of pigments, 3 kinds of food, 3 kinds of wood, 8 kinds of cloth and other miscellaneous goods, these are all real treasures, not to mention the treasure herbs, that is, pepper,

The import price was only one-fiftieth of the selling price, and the profit from the sale was fifty times greater, and every time he went to the West to bring back a lot, this alone earned a lot for the imperial court.

Not to mention that he went to the West and brought out a large number of blue and white porcelain, these porcelain, in the Ming Dynasty is only a few dozen, a few hundred, some good porcelain, but only a few hundred yuan, but with his treasure ship out of the Ming Dynasty, transported to the Western countries, the price sold is even more amazing, the porcelain plate is 500 guan each, the bowl is 300 guan each, the bottle is 500 guan each, and the wine sea is 1,500 guan each. Each bean celadon plate is one hundred and fifty yuan, the bowl is one hundred yuan each, and the bottle is one hundred and fifty yuan each, and he has not used treasure ships to bring back silver to the imperial court over the years? He had a record of all these things, and it was so clear when he remembered it now.

"What the little brother said is extremely, all these years. The old man went to the West to earn a lot of silver taels for the court, if the emperor wants to do a big career, he has to go to the West again? Zheng He's eyes flashed.

Yang Zheng was also happy when he heard the change in his tone, nodded and said: "Isn't it, not to mention that the adults have praised my Daming prestige over the years, but the pepper and Sumu brought back by the adults over the years have brought back more than a hundred years of peace to my Daming?" “

Zheng He was slightly stunned, this pepper came out of the Magadha country, and it was called a branch of obscurity. Its seedlings are creeping, the stem is extremely weak, the leaves are one and a half inches long, there are thin strips and leaves, the knots on the strips, two by two, the leaves open in the morning and close together, and the son is wrapped in the leaves, the child is shaped like a Chinese pepper, to the spicy, picked in June, and the people today use it for Hupan meat. At that time, he saw Sumatra, Ke Zhi and other people eating pepper, and brought back the Ming Dynasty under curiosity, who knew that it was very popular in Nanjing, up to the court, down to the rich gentry, pepper must be put in the diet as a condiment, over time, this kind of scarce thing in the Central Plains, the hard currency that maintains its value, is better than silver?

There is also that Sumu, its heartwood into medicine, for the blood cleansing agent, has expectorant, pain, blood, wind dispersal effect, was transported back to the Ming Dynasty, also favored, the price of a pound of Sumu has risen to fifty times the purchase price, really to the court to earn some silver taels! But when it comes to bringing peace to Daming, it's the first time I've heard of it.

He naturally didn't know that because of the small production of pepper and sumu in the Central Plains, the price began to rise in the late Xuande period, and it became a scarce commodity in short supply for a while.

By the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng was in power, the imperial treasury was empty, and the salaries of the officials in the two capitals could not be paid. The court discussed reopening the discount and using these goods as salaries to distribute to the officials, in order to save the original food and cash expenditure, which caused a stir for a while, but Zhang Juzheng relied on his iron and bloody wrists to forcibly carry it out, and only then did he turn the tide, miraculously turned the war into jade silk in northern Xinjiang, and reversed the financial crisis of "luck and ghosts lose, and it is difficult to make a plan" in one fell swoop.

Seeing that Zheng He was puzzled, Yang Zheng didn't explain, and continued: "Pepper, Su Mu is really the tip of the iceberg compared to the other exploits of adults! ”

Zheng He heard the interest, glanced at him, and said, "Little brother, how can you say this?" “

Yang Zheng quickly searched in his mind for the TV series, movies, and many benefits of the West that he had seen in his previous life, and after a slight sigh, he said aloud: "If I hadn't been an adult to the West six times, Liujiagang would be so rich today, I'm afraid it can't be?"

Liujiagang originated in the Southern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. In the vast territory of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to realize its economic needs of transporting grain from the south to the north, the government of the Yuan Dynasty rebuilt the Grand Canal in just a few decades, opened up new shipping, and continuously expanded overseas trade, making Liujiagang a gathering place for transportation and shipping in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. But it did not flourish until the third year of Yongle, when Zheng He went to the West, and from there, this small harbor immediately flourished, and at its peak, there were 27,800 sailors living in Taicang. In addition, there were boatmen several times the size of the fleet, as well as errand servants who were busy for the grand ceremonial events. Walking around the wharf, in addition to the officers and soldiers stationed in the local area, the soldiers who transported the grain and the local residents, the most active were those who were full of dreams of gold rush - merchants who did trade, vassal kings who came to China with Zheng He, envoys and attachés, etc., in addition, in order to receive overseas guests, Taicang also opened the Loujiang West Pavilion and the Loujiang South Pavilion. As a result, Liujiagang, the first stop of the envoys returning to China, became the most convenient trade bazaar, and it was not lively for a while.

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