The next day, the third floor of the Gujin Building.

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was a little listless, and asked with great concern: "Brother Zhu, what's wrong, is there anything unhappy?" ”

"Ah~My silver, my silver~"

Zhu Houzhao suddenly couldn't help howling, thinking of the silver that was extorted by Emperor Hongzhi last night, he felt extremely heartbroken, he thought that he would be able to beat Emperor Hongzhi by taking the initiative to take out 200,000 taels of silver, but who knew that Emperor Hongzhi was really poor and crazy now.

The border towns need money to fight wars, and now there is a famine in these northern provinces, and it is very likely that this famine will become very serious, and it is indispensable to allocate funds for disaster relief at that time.

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty is very empty, and the rats can already be starved to death, and the treasury will definitely not be able to count on it at that time, and most of them will still use the internal funds of the Hongzhi Emperor to fill this hole, so the Hongzhi Emperor is poor.

Now that I see Zhu Houzhao, a fat pig, how can I let it go?

Especially in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, this Zhu Houzhao is still too small after all, and it is enough to give a little pocket money, so last night he also squeezed the oil on Zhu Houzhao's body dry, and asked Zhu Houzhao to come up with a million taels of silver a year.

"You dog thing, dog thing~"

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao became even more angry, and kicked Liu Jin behind him fiercely, and scolded while kicking: "This is not clever at all, a million taels of silver are handed over a year, and I can still have a few silver left, when will my zoo be built, it's all your dog, I'll kick you to death." ”

Liu Jin was kicked and neither dared to dodge, nor dared to make a sound, he knew his master too well, now he was angry, even if he was kicked a few times, if he dared to hide, he might be sent to pour the night incense.

Of course, he also has suffering, this Hongzhi Emperor asked, he naturally didn't dare not tell the truth, he didn't say it, naturally someone would say it, he still knew this, this bullying was to kill the head, the prince was angry, at most it was just a few kicks.

"Brother Zhu, it seems that your family took away your share of the silver, but it doesn't matter, it's just a million taels of silver a year, and our ancient and modern buildings shouldn't make much money."

Liu Jin looked at Liu Jin's pitiful appearance, and it was hard to imagine that this weak and helpless little eunuch in front of him would be the head of the Eight Tigers who would be in power and opposition, and people would be frightened in the future.

"Really?"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, he immediately came to his senses and stopped kicking Liu Jin, which made Liu Jin also look at Liu Jin with gratitude.

"Of course, just watch."

"How rich we are, how many rich people are in this world, yesterday was just the beginning, a million taels of silver a year, nothing at all."

"When the things in the capital slowly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, then the world's magnates will send people to the capital to purchase our mirrors and glass."

"What's more, the world outside the Ming Dynasty is even more vast, we can also sell our products to the world, for example, after a while, the fleet is not going to go to the sea for training, I am going to let them go to North Korea and the Japanese country first, and then we can also buy some of our products by the way."

Liu Jin looked very confident, his eyes looked at the street below the ancient and modern building, today seems to be more popular, the news has spread, plus last night the ancient and modern building was used as a lighthouse to shine all night, Liu Jin estimated that today's business may not be as good as yesterday, but it will not be too bad.

"Can our products still be sold outside of Daming?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was slightly stunned, to be honest, he didn't expect this.

In this era of small-scale peasant economy, many times are self-produced and self-sold, even if there are business contacts, everyone's attention is at most limited to the Ming Dynasty, and the concept of export seems to have never been.

Comparing the north and the west is the world of nomads, and the relationship with the Ming Dynasty has not been very good, and the businessmen rarely say that they dare to do business in the west, and only some Hu merchants come to the Ming Dynasty to do business.

To the south are 100,000 mountains, like a moat, insurmountable.

This to the east, southeast is the vast sea, the Ming Dynasty has always pursued the sea ban, so only a few families and businessmen who have tasted the sweetness of foreign trade will want to sell this export, most of the time they think about domestic sales.

"Absolutely, if you see these Hu people downstairs, they will never leave the store without taking out every penny in the bag."

Liu Jin was very confident, and at this time, there happened to be a group of Hu businessmen walking towards the ancient and modern buildings, so he also pointed to these Hu people and said: "Let's go, let's go down together to fool and fool them." ”

"I like this~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, and followed Liu Jin downstairs.

Hasim was a Persian merchant who traveled back and forth between the Middle East and the Ming Dynasty for a long time to do some trading, transporting the silk, tea, rhubarb, and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty to the Middle East for sale, just one trip, and the profit was more than a hundred times.

This silk is not worth much at all in the Ming Dynasty, but in the Middle East it can be comparable to the equivalent of gold, and tea is even more common in the Ming Dynasty, but it is the best thing to bribe the people of Tartary and Warat along the way.

As for rhubarb, it is a Chinese herbal medicine in Daming, but it is called a miracle medicine in the West, and it seems to have some special functions, and the same price is better than gold.

Not to mention this porcelain, in the Middle East and the West, those who can afford to use porcelain are real aristocrats, porcelain is as white as a girl's cream, generally smooth, very popular.

The things of the Ming Dynasty are all good things, but the demand for the outside world of the Ming Dynasty is very small, and only things like ivory, gold, gems, etc. are the most popular and valuable.

This time he brought a large amount of valuable goods over, because the value of the goods was very large, so he chose to come to the richest capital of the Ming Dynasty to sell his goods.

He has been to Daming many times, and he has long known that Daming's capital is one of the largest cities in the world, which is comparable to Damascus and Rome, and even larger.

In fact, the capital of the Ming Dynasty did not disappoint him, the city is very majestic, big enough, prosperous enough, and more importantly, rich enough, the goods he brought can indeed be sold at a good value.

However, he was not in a hurry to sell the goods in his hands, because he clearly knew the value of these goods, and he also knew that only when he found the high-quality source of goods he wanted to buy, he would sell his goods, so that he could quickly sell and buy with his caravan back to Persia and the Middle East, and make a lot of money.

Yesterday, the news of the opening of the ancient and modern buildings caused a sensation in the capital, he also knew some, but he was not in a hurry to come, but last night, the ancient and modern buildings were brightly lit, splendid, bright all night, like the palace where the gods lived, he saw this scene with his own eyes, and was deeply attracted by it, so he also came to see it early this morning.

"Glass?"

"I didn't expect the Ming people to make glass, and this glass is very transparent, without any color."

With a few of his own subordinates, Hasim saw the glass windows of the ancient and modern buildings from a distance, and he was also shocked.

Glass is not uncommon in the Middle East and Persia, Westerners have been burning glass for a long time, but this colorless glass has not been burned so far, and the most common is green glass.

"This is a mirror?"

"Lord, I have seen such a clear mirror!"

When he saw the two full-length mirrors placed at the entrance of the ancient and modern buildings, the whole person was deeply attracted at once, in this era, although there is glass in the West, but they don't know how to make mirrors, so they use copper mirrors.

Hasim quickened his pace, and hurriedly came to the door of the ancient and modern building, looking at the big mirror in front of him, looking at himself in the big mirror, very clear, even his own hair was very clear.

"Lord, it's incredible that there is such a miraculous mirror under the sky!"

Hasim was crazy, and he couldn't help but sigh at the Lord in his heart.

"Welcome to Gujin Building!"

Here, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao have also gone downstairs, and when they saw Hasim's appearance, Liu Jin also greeted him with a smile.

"Hello~"

Hasim came back to his senses, looked at Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao in front of him, and his intuition told him that the two people in front of him were definitely not simple characters, so he also said in a somewhat lame Ming Dynasty official dialect.

"Ah, Papa Lak Allah Huma Chem~"

Liu Jin looked at this Hasim's dress, dressed in a white robe with a turban wrapped around his head, obviously believing in that religion, so he also said in Arabic.

"Ah, Papa Lak Allah Huma Chem~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Hasim was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly replied, the meaning of these words is actually similar to hello.

"My name is Liu Jin and I am the owner of this ancient and modern building, and I am very happy to meet friends from afar."

Liu Jin introduced himself with a smile.

"My name is Hasim, and I am a merchant from distant Persia, and it is a pleasure to meet Your Excellency."

Hasim also hurriedly reported his name, and his status as a businessman in the West is still very high, unlike in Daming, where the status of a businessman is relatively low, so he is very, very confident in saying his identity as a businessman.

"Mr. Hasim, please come inside, I'm glad you can come to my shop, and welcome to Daming."

Liu Jin walked to the ancient and modern building with a smile on his face, today he met a big customer, this Hu merchant who dared to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, all of them are real rich masters, any one has to bring goods worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, and he looks down on the other party if he doesn't empty his pocket this time.