Everyone waited anxiously, and everyone was eager to see what treasures the governor of Ceylon would give to Emperor Hongji.

Ceylon is a treasure island, not only the production of gemstones, but also the abundance of various resources, and the transit point on the Western shipping routes, where treasures from all over the West can be gathered.

"It's coming~ It's coming!"

A small yellow door hurriedly came, shouting as he walked, and suddenly all the ministers looked in the direction of the gate.

Soon, Hu Xian, who was wearing a crimson robe, strode over, and behind him, the treasure boy and the treasure virgin walked in a neat line, and the gem in his hand shimmered charmingly in the sunlight.

After receiving the news, Emperor Hongzhi in the Fengtian Hall also walked out with a smile on his face.

Someone gives a treasure to himself, which is of course a good thing.

Don't do anything for yourself, you can collect a lot of taxes from Ceylon every year, plus a large number of treasures are paid every year.

This is completely different from the tribute of the vassal state, which does not require Emperor Hongzhi to return the gift, it can be accepted calmly, just like the son of filial piety to his own Lao Tzu, when Lao Tzu is naturally the enjoyment of raising his legs and peace of mind.

Well, that's how Emperor Hongji felt at this time.

Ceylon Island, far away from the Ming Dynasty, is ruled by whoever is also ruled, since it is so why can't it be ruled by the Ming people themselves?

The whole of Daming can get a steady stream of benefits from here in Ceylon.

Not to mention anything else, Xilanda was occupied by the Western United Trading House, and later the Ming Dynasty had a solid bridgehead on the Western side, whether it was the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty or the Ming people, as long as they went to the Western Ocean, they had a place to settle down.

Under the watchful eye of all the people, Hu Xian slowly came to the bottom of the dragon steps, and then knelt down very respectfully, and after the salute, he shouted loudly: "The holy grace of the Son of Heaven, the mighty Ming Dynasty, my Western United Commercial Bank is the prestige of the West, and I have a little gain, and I have come to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven!" ”

After Hu Xian finished speaking, Xiao Huangmen immediately took the gift list and began to read the treasures aloud.

"Sapphire Pair~"

With the little yellow door read out, the two boys also stepped forward and bent down, raising the sapphire in their hands high, and then the little yellow door in the palace also stepped forward to accept their offerings on behalf of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Wow~"

"It's such a big sapphire~"

"It's so pure, these two sapphires alone are priceless~"

The ministers looked at the two sapphires, and Zhang Heling, one of the Zhang brothers, couldn't help but marvel.

When everyone heard this, they were slightly shocked, but they were relieved when they saw that it was the Zhang brothers, and it was estimated that only these two brothers would sigh on such an occasion.

But everyone was actually similar to him, and their eyes were shining golden with these two huge sapphires.

The key to such a top-notch pure sapphire is that it is unheard of to be so big, let alone seen with my own eyes, but today I was fortunate to see two.

"The name of Ceylon Treasure Island really lives up to its name~"

Some people sighed softly that Ceylon Island is rich in gemstones, which everyone knows, but they did not expect that there would be such a top-level pure sapphire.

"Two pairs of purple gems~"

Xiao Huangmen continued to read out, and two pairs of treasure offering boys stepped forward and raised the purple, fist-sized gem high, and the gem shimmered with a charming luster under the sunlight.

The many ministers present, all of them were well-informed people, and they had seen a lot of all kinds of gems, but when they saw such a top-notch gem, they couldn't help but widen their eyes, and then their eyes soon turned red.

As for the ministers who own the shares of the Western United Commercial Bank, they straightened their waists slightly, this thing is my family's property, and there are gem mines on Ceylon, and there are many gems.

A team of treasure boys holding all kinds of fine gems come in, the small yellow door to receive the treasure stands together, under the sunlight, this area, flashing dazzling light, the color is so bright, so charming, people are intoxicated.

"Golden taels~"

With the chanting of the little yellow door, the spirit of the ministers couldn't help but be shocked.

I saw a strong man carrying a golden burden walking briskly, the small box inside the burden was full of gold bars, the mouth of the box was opened, and the golden light dazzled people.

To say that 10,000 taels is really 10,000 taels of gold, not an imaginary number.

Strong men carried gold burdens, each strong man carried five hundred taels of gold, and twenty strong men carried gold burdens, forming a golden area.

Ceylon Island also produces gold, and the production of gold and silver in the Western region is very large, but even so, 10,000 taels of Golden Continent, which is also worth 100,000 taels of silver, can be described as a large amount of money on the side of the Western United Commercial Bank.

Gold sent 10,000 taels, plus these gems sent earlier, this time it may at least be a huge wealth of nearly 10 million taels of silver.

"500,000 taels of silver!"

Soon, Xiao Huangmen shouted loudly again.

Soon, strong men with silver burdens continued to step forward, forming a silver shining area.

"500,000 taels~"

"These losers, just send them when they say they want to send them, but they can actually do it, why should they be so serious."

Zhang Heling's nose was slightly sour, the two brothers also had shares in the Western United Commercial Bank, and the two brothers were resolutely opposed to the Commercial Bank's decision to offer a large amount of treasure to Emperor Hongzhi.

Isn't it good to keep so many precious stones, so much gold and silver, for your own trading house?

Why was it given to Emperor Koji?

Meaning, meaning is enough, give a few gems, give some gold and silver, and send some more animals that the Ming Dynasty does not have, even if it is perfunctory, there is no need to do this, there are too many offerings.

But no one listened to the words of the two brothers, and everyone else was in favor of being grand and sending them in a big way, and the two brothers had no choice.

The position where Liu Jin was standing was not far from the two brothers, and when he heard the words of the two brothers, Liu Jin couldn't help but twitch slightly.

These two brothers are really short-sighted and have no brains.

Without the permission of Emperor Hongji, they had a chance to occupy Ceylon?

If Emperor Hongzhi regrets it in the future and takes back this Ceylon Island, won't they have to die if they have a good filial piety to Emperor Hongzhi now?

Only if Emperor Hongzhi can also get enough benefits from overseas colonies will he support private colonization activities, and everyone can get more support from the Ming Dynasty in the future.

And how to stimulate more people to go overseas without letting people from all over the world see the huge wealth they have obtained overseas?

Only more people go overseas to lay down more colonies, and their occupation of Ceylon Island will not be conspicuous, and it will not be remembered, even if Emperor Hongzhi regrets it in the future, there is no way, because there are too many overseas colonies.

The government and the opposition, the Ming Dynasty, all aspects, all levels of forces have their own colonies overseas, if your emperor takes back these colonies, then he will offend the Ming Dynasty, can you still sit on the throne?

Do you think that the Western United Commercial Bank is really generous?

There is no place for treasures and silver, so I have to send them to Emperor Hongzhi?

All of this is deliberate for them to be able to reap the greater good in the future.

What is a Ceylon Island, the Western United Trading House is now eyeing Tianzhu, and after gaining a firm foothold on the Ceylon Island, they will slowly plot the entire Tianzhu.

"Silly fork~"

Not only Liu Jin, but also the people around who heard Zhang Heling's words all had such words in their minds.

If these two brothers didn't have an older sister, they were destined to marry Emperor Hongzhi, otherwise......

The offering of treasures continued, all kinds of treasures from the West were offered one by one, and a large area was placed on this side of the huge square, and the little yellow door who read the gift list felt that his throat was a little dry.

"Haha, Lao Liu, look, look~"

"Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Elephants~"

Liu Jin was a little drowsy, Liu Jin was not interested in these things at all, it was better to go home and have a good sleep.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao excitedly pulled Liu Jin and shouted very excitedly.

When Liu Jin heard this, he hurriedly looked over, only to see that behind the treasure offering procession, the carriage dragged cages one after another, and all kinds of beasts and rare birds were locked in the cages.

"This is a lion~"

Like Zhu Houzhao, everyone looked over, everyone was curious, the lion is considered a rui beast in Huaxia, and many big families are