Chapter 383: Maritime Trade
The news of Eagle Guard's inquiry into Mr. Mei Shao soon came back, and after learning the news of Mr. Mei Shao's presence in Jiangyin City. Although the first romance is still in the midst of a new marriage, Zhao Xianyu is very reluctant to part with Tang Feiyu, but after all, he still has to take Emperor Qingshun's orders first.
Although she knows that she is not in the house, the concubine should not embarrass Tang Feiyu, after all, according to the temperament of the concubine, although she may not be very tolerant of Tang Feiyu, for his sake, she will not hate Tang Feiyu, and the only thing that can be done is to be out of sight.
But Zhao Xianyu still ordered Lu Ying to take care of Tang Feiyu, and let Jin Wu stay in the capital, and secretly sent people to protect Tang Feiyu's thoughtfulness.
In particular, he specially told Jin Wu to prevent the people of the Jiang family in Weiyuan Houfu from harassing Tang Feiyu, and it was best not to let the Jiang family have a chance to get close to Tang Feiyu's side.
However, for Zhao Xianyu's cautious arrangement, Tang Feiyu didn't know anything about it.
On the carriage that went out of the palace to Qiushui Pavilion, Zhao Xianyu told her about his upcoming trip.
He confessed that Tang Feiyu didn't have to go back to the palace in the days when he didn't come back, and temporarily lived in Qiushui Pavilion to deal with business matters.
Although I believe that the concubine should not embarrass Tang Feiyu, there is still a step-princess in the palace, because the dispute with the concubine that day caused a lot of movement, and the concubine was angry and sick, and the princess Li has been by her side.
Come to think of it, it was also because of Tang Feiyu's unintentional words that day, which caused a conflict between the concubine and the princess Li. Princess Li was troubled by the concubine, and she must be unhappy in her heart, so she naturally blamed Tang Feiyu. Thinking that she was not in the mansion, although Princess Li did not dare to blatantly embarrass Tang Feiyu, she would not be short of small actions.
Although he also knew that with Tang Feiyu's temper, it would be difficult for the princess Li to bargain. But after all, the Li family has the identity of an elder there, Tang Feiyu has done too much, and outsiders who don't know the inside story will still make a lot of accusations against her.
"How long will it take to get back from this trip?"
Tang Feiyu didn't know that Zhao Xianyu had thought a lot about her, and secretly arranged a lot, so he only asked suspiciously.
She also knew about the existence of the Eagle Guard, although she didn't know the rules of the Eagle Guard, but she was also cautious not to ask Zhao Xianyu why he wanted to go out of Beijing and what errand he was going to do.
It's just that I thought of the last time Zhao Xianyu said goodbye to her, and then the goodbye was two years, and he left the capital for two whole years. So, she asked subconsciously. There is a five-year agreement between her and Zhao Xianyu, if it is really two years for him to leave Beijing, then her five-year agreement is not too comfortable.
Naturally, this is not a bad thing for her.
However, for Zhao Xianyu, it is inevitable that there will be some ...... Not so good.
"Well, in the past few days since I left the capital, you will temporarily stay in Qiushui Pavilion, and when I come back, we will go back to the palace a little." Zhao Xianyu didn't know that Tang Feiyu was not too embarrassed to take advantage of him, so he only frowned and confessed.
Although he was still newly married, he let Tang Feiyu return to live in Qiushui Pavilion, which would inevitably make people outside guess something. For Tang Feiyu's sake, compared to her being made difficult by the princess, and then deliberately exaggerating a bad reputation, this is also the only way he can think of.
After all, in the Qiushui Pavilion, she was still able to live in the name of handling business, even if someone had any speculation, she didn't dare to say anything. If she lives in Zhuangzi, where the palace is on the outskirts of Beijing, I am afraid that the concubine will have some guesses in her heart.
"Okay!"
Tang Feiyu listened to Zhao Xianyu say that he would return after leaving the capital for a few days, and the faint pressure in his heart faded a lot. Hearing that Zhao Xianyu asked her to live in the Qiushui Pavilion and wait for him to return, she didn't think much about it, she just felt that she was in harmony with her heart.
"There's something I want to ask you for." When it came to Qiushui Pavilion, Tang Feiyu naturally thought of business matters.
Most of the business in the Autumn Water Pavilion was taken care of when she was ready to leave. And now if you want to re-catch it and recycle the cake that has been discarded, although you have the Zhennan Wangfu to rely on, it is also quite difficult. Moreover, it is absolutely impossible to do the same business with the same amount of money for the same amount of money that was taken back from the money that was taken back from the business.
Therefore, if Qiushui Pavilion's business wants to get on the right track as soon as possible, she still has to find another way.
"Huh? What's the matter? Tang Feiyu said the word "ask for advice", and seemed to be a little cautious, which made Zhao Xianyu look a little sideways.
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"I wonder what kind of attitude the imperial court has towards maritime trade?"
Tang Feiyu looked sideways at Zhao Xianyu, and said tentatively: "The imperial court does not restrict foreigners' merchant ships from coming to our Daqing with many novelties, and I also heard that the imperial court also had its own fleet to go to sea a few years ago, and in recent years, the imperial court's fleet has been ...... There were few sorties. If I buy some goods through foreign merchant ships and sell them, I don't know if I will commit any taboos? ”
Roman and Chuck received the news that Tang Feiyu had returned to Qiushui Pavilion on the day of the newlyweds, and they went to Qiushui Pavilion yesterday to look for Tang Feiyu, and their merchant ship was about to go back, and they came to find Tang Feiyu for the original Tang Feiyu said that he wanted to go to sea with them.
The emperor's holy decree gave marriage, and Tang Feiyu married into the Zhennan Palace, and Roman and Chuck also knew about it. However, the two of them had already promised Tang Feiyu, so naturally they wouldn't even ask without asking, and just left her behind.
Besides, no matter whether Tang Feiyu wants to travel with them or not, just with Tang Feiyu's identity as the princess of Zhennan Wangfu, which is now rising, it is enough for them to make friends.
After Tang Feiyu met with Roman and Chuck, he was originally worried about business matters, but after listening to Roman and Chuck's words, he had a flash of inspiration and thought of another way to make money.
When he cooperated with Roman and Chuck, Qiushui Pavilion's main business was to sell imported goods from the ocean, novelty items that came from across the ocean, which had high profits in itself, and Tang Feiyu's memories of his previous life could give priority to others to know the benefits of those novelty items, so she made a lot of money in just five years.
Now, there are no new goods for the time being, and other slightly involved businesses have also been cut off. It's a bit hard to start over. And Roman and Chuck's merchant ships are going back, they are in the business of shipping, and they will naturally not be disappointed when they go back.
Tang Feiyu wanted to start his business again, and he had already been interested in observing more things about the direction of shipping, so he was naturally extremely concerned about the return of Roman and Chuck's merchant ships.
However, she doesn't have the courage to do this kind of business, after all, she is now in the Daqing Dynasty, where the imperial power is supreme, and she also needs to know what can be done and what things will be taboo.
After all, she only wants to make some money in business now, and the parade at sea is what she plans to do in five years. If a careful person is charged with an adultery overseas, she is fearless by herself, and she is really sorry to affect Zhao Xianyu and the entire Zhennan Palace.
What's more, now her identity is the princess of Zhennan Palace, once it involves the struggle above the court, her words and deeds dare not say that there are many people staring, but I am afraid that the forces opposite Zhennan Palaces will still be extremely concerned.
"Since Ruizong, we have opened up maritime trade between Daqing and other countries, and the shipping has been open to this dynasty. In recent years, the imperial fleet's fleet has been decreasing to go to sea, on the one hand, because of the increasing prosperity of private fleets in the coastal areas and the frequent exchange of foreign merchant ships, the annual maintenance silver of the imperial fleet's fleet can be balanced compared with the silver earned by going to sea, and it is not as cost-effective as only collecting tax silver. On the other hand, although the profits of shipping are high, the sea is not as good as the land, and behind the high profits is also a lot of bloody rain that ordinary people can't imagine. "Pirates and bandits, Zhao Xianyu didn't tell Tang Feiyu about it.
In fact, after listening to Tang Feiyu's words, he understood the meaning of Tang Feiyu's words, and after thinking about it, he said to Tang Feiyu: "Now the imperial court still supports maritime trade, if you want to do business, there will be no taboos to bring some goods such as porcelain, silk, and tea on the way of merchant ships." However, goods such as iron and copper ore are absolutely untouchable. ”
"That's right!" Listening to Zhao Xianyu's words, Tang Feiyu nodded, and then thought of something, and then asked: "Is it not only that we can't bring iron-like goods with our shipments, but also that foreigners' merchant ships can't bring iron-like goods to my Daqing?" ”
According to the history in her memory, there should have been a time when a small country in a certain land of projectiles had extremely exquisite craftsmanship on iron knives.
Although the current Daqing Dynasty has nothing to do with any of the dynasties in her memory, it is likely that the small country in her memory may not necessarily exist. However, it is also possible that a similar small country exists now, but it may have a different name.
Moreover, after cooperating with Roman Chuck for so many years, although many of the things they brought to Daqing are extremely advanced, even many of the processes are not comparable to Daqing now. However, only in the piece of knives and ironware, not only have there been no rare boutiques, but even ordinary goods have never appeared.
Naturally, whether there were guns and ammunition at this time, Tang Feiyu was not so clear. However, even knives and ironware are so secretive precautions. I'm afraid that even if the earliest guns have appeared now, it is impossible for them to spread to Daqing.
"You're right!" When Zhao Xianyu heard Tang Feiyu's words, he was a little surprised by her intelligence, nodded his head, and said: "I left the capital for two years before, originally for the sake of the imperial court's fleet, and then I found something interesting. ”
Zhao Xianyu lowered his head, almost in Tang Feiyu's ear, and seemed to mutter: "Although the trade at sea has made a lot of money, we still have to be cautious in the end, especially once the King of Qi makes a move, it is necessary to stop." ”