"What? Are you going to go to the West with you? Zhu Zhanji stared at Zhonghezi in front of him with wide eyes, and his head shook like a rattle. This is absolutely not good, you are already seventy-three years old, and this time you have been out for more than a year, how about having three long and two short? ”

Zhonghezi still looked like a calm and light-hearted man, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Poor Dao knows his own body in his heart, although Poor Dao is not like His Royal Highness Taisun who has trained his body to the realm of refining qi and transforming gods, but he can also refine and refine qi, prolong life, and cure illness." So, Your Highness don't worry about me. ”

Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment and asked, "Can you see my realm?" ”

Zhonghezi shook his head and smiled: "The Taoist Inner Dan Technique is already hidden in the gods. Poor Dao can only see that His Highness is extraordinary, but he doesn't know His Highness's realm. However, Poor Dao often discusses with Yiqingzi Dao Chang, but he also knows some of His Highness's situation. ”

Zhu Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief, he was able to practice to the current realm, mainly relying on the experience of his previous life. In his previous life, he had already crossed this threshold, and now it is not difficult to cross the threshold again.

Like Yiqingzi, although they have been practicing for more than 40 years, they are not like him, who has practiced Taoist internal skills since childhood, changed their internal organs, and their entire body also has the impact, staying power, and explosive power that ordinary people do not have.

Therefore, Kazukiko is not an opponent right now.

Just like an ordinary person, because of the burst of strength that the body can not bear, because of the surge of adrenaline, the gallbladder will be broken, and then die.

Even in general, if the force is too strong, the blood vessels will burst and the muscles will be damaged.

But Zhu Zhanji won't, because since he was six years old, the Taoist health preservation technique he practiced has been slowly changing his body. His blood vessels are tougher, his musculature is tighter and tougher, and even his internal organs are different from ordinary people, which makes his body a weapon that is not easily damaged.

Now he can almost not be afraid of cold and heat, although he has not tried whether he can resist today's shotguns, but in his opinion, as long as he is prepared, the bullets may not be able to penetrate his skin.

Of course, this is just speculation, so he won't be bored to experiment and give himself a shot.

Diverting from the subject, he asked, "Why do you want to go to sea with the fleet?" You don't get along well with those doctors in the research institute now. In addition, based on the detection of pathogens, miasma avoidants have been improved. ”

Zhonghezi nodded and said, "It is precisely because of this that Lao Dao wants to go with His Highness." Miasma needs to be observed on the spot, and now there is an artifact...... Microscope, Lao Dao can know that there are different germs in the miasma, and if you want to solve these germs, of course, you have to go there yourself. Lao Dao also wanted to ask His Royal Highness for permission to bring the microscope made by Lord Ma last month. ”

Last month, Ma Zhide polished several qualified lenses and assembled two new microscopes, and this time, the research institute and the hospital finally did not have to compete.

However, in fact, the people in the Graduate School of Chemistry do not understand the role of microscopes. With today's technology, the role of microscopes in color matching is actually greater than in medicine.

Because of the research on viruses and germs in medicine, more relevant knowledge reserves are needed to cooperate. The collection of various virus data, and then through systematic research, so as to find out the corresponding bacterial antibodies.

However, the magnification of microscopes in terms of molecules can have a more in-depth role in printing and dyeing, inks, including explosives.

Zhu Zhanji still shook his head and said: "The Taoist chief is very important, and at most he passes through Guangdong or Jiaozhi, and when he is in Nanyang, the Taoist chief stays there to study. As for the West, the Taoist still don't go. ”

Southeast Asia is the area with a high incidence of miasma, and if he wants to study it, he just stays there to study.

As for Australia, Zhu Zhanji has no interest in developing the interior for the time being, and the miasma is raging in central Africa, but it is not the primary development area there, so there is no need for him to follow the fleet at all.

Zhonghezi nodded and smiled: "Thank you so much, Your Highness." This microscope is like an artifact, and the poor road wants to completely solve the problem of miasma before returning to dust. ”

Zhu Zhanji got up and clasped his fists and said: "It should be me who thank the Taoist for relieving the worries of the people in the world!" ”

No matter how selfish a person is, it is difficult not to respect a person like Zhonghezi who has a feeling of helping the world.

Now that it is a family in the world, Zhu Zhanji, as the heir, is not wrong to thank Zhonghezi with such a position.

However, in the face of Zhu Zhanji, Zhonghezi did not dare to be arrogant, and hurriedly got up to return the half-salute and got up to say goodbye.

When he came, he had already seen a large number of people waiting to be met outside Zhu Zhanji's public house, and now that Zhu Zhanji got up to see off the guests, he was not an ignorant person.

Zhu Zhanji didn't have time to send him, so he asked Sun Lin to write down the arrangements for Zhonghezi, and said to Li Liang: "Who is next?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, you are the representative of the Jingdezhen Porcelain Industry Guild, a total of seventeen people."

"Let them in."

Although it is almost the New Year, if you want to arrange all the affairs of going to sea before the year, Zhu Zhanji will not be idle throughout Layue.

Although there are already people in charge of specific affairs, Zhu Zhanji, as the person who controls the overall situation, must know it in his heart.

Moreover, in this era, the power of personnel and information channels must be in their own hands.

It's not that a cat and a dog Zhu Zhanji have to be placed in place, but at least, he needs to know what kind of things and what kind of people he has arranged for. This person, he must also meet him, otherwise, if he doesn't know what he is up and down, he will have concerns about information asymmetry.

Not to mention the lower-level people, he can't see everyone, but at least the middle-level people, he needs to meet in person.

Second, the entire army of nearly 100,000 people going to sea, military combat arrangements, logistical arrangements, and navigation arrangements, he must also have a complete framework for these affairs, so as not to issue wrong commands.

So, even if he is involved in specific matters, he still has to read a lot of meeting reports every day.

And then there's the business arrangement. Porcelain from the mainland, silk from the south of the Yangtze River, cloth from all over the country, and a variety of tea and black tea.

With so many goods, not all of them are directly cashed, and at least half of the goods are not paid by the internal supervisor at all.

And the merchants who provide these goods are willing to pay on credit, of course, not because of the face of the inner prisoner, but because of the royal family behind the internal prisoner.

Therefore, when Zhu Zhanji has the need, he also needs to meet these businessmen and appease their hearts.

Like these Jingdezhen businessmen, most of them are private kiln owners, and in order to catch the line of internal supervision, they are willing to ask for only half of the payment first, on the condition that they can see Zhu Zhanji.

Of course, the porcelain of the private kiln is not as good as the porcelain of the official kiln of the internal control system, but because of their large quantity, the output is also large.

This time, the internal supervisor can ask them for half a year's output at one time, and pay half of the payment first, they don't lose much, but they can make a lot of money.

Moreover, now that the banks in the capital have opened, banks in other regions will also open at the same time after the 15th day of the first lunar month, and the commercial banks will repay the payment month by month.

Speaking of which, Zhu Zhanji's eating appearance is also relatively ugly.

These merchants began to prepare the goods half a year ago, and then they had to wait until next year to get the payment month by month, and put it aside in the future, which is the overlord clause.

But for these merchants, the royal family is willing to ask for their goods, that is, to give them face, even if it is bankrupt, they dare not say a word.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji will also give them some preferential treatment, such as waiving a certain percentage of the handling fee for the exchange of golden tickets, bank support loans, and so on.

The handling fee for the exchange of gold and silver tickets in other places is not low, which mainly depends on the transportation distance and difficulty, but the minimum is 5%, and the highest is even 10%.

For example, if you deposit silver in the capital and receive a silver ticket, you will be designated to receive it in Wuchang Mansion. If you go to Xi'an, you will be charged a handling fee of 5 taels of silver, and if you go to Xi'an, you will be charged 10 percent of the handling fee, and even if you go to Beiping, you will be charged 8 percent.

Of course, if it exceeds two thousand taels of silver, the handling fee will be reduced accordingly. This is basically calculated according to the cost of transporting silver now, and they need to spend no less than this percentage of the cost to transport it themselves.

Moreover, the bank's gold and silver bills are designated to be picked up, even if they are snatched away, it is useless, and there is no need to worry about the safety of transportation.

Now the control of the imperial court is basically only at the county level, and there is only the influence of the post station and the inspection department below, and bandits are rampant.

If you transport your own goods, you can also spend some money to buy roads, and if you transport gold and silver, there is a risk that all of them will be robbed.

If you want to borrow from a bank, as long as you have collateral, you can also do it, and the interest rate is basically one mile per month and two cents per year.

The annual interest rate of 12% is also high in later generations, but in this era of 13 out of 13 returns, and the interest is rolled, such an interest is simply low.

Since the loan has interest, of course there is also a deposit, which is exactly half of the loan.

Zhu Zhanji was not afraid that they would not save money, because the imperial court would set up checkpoints in the future, and gradually did not allow gold and silver to circulate in other places. If the merchants wanted to do business, they had to deposit their gold and silver in the bank.

As long as someone has deposited gold and silver, they are not afraid that the turnover will not make up for the withdrawal.

Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, the imperial court cannot reach out to the bank.

This is also the point that everyone is most afraid of, the court of this era has no credibility at all.

Today, the disaster relief here will be in silver, and tomorrow the officials will be given money in silver, if there is no limit, I am afraid that the principal will be dry in less than two years.

Zhu Zhanji also wanted to wait until he returned from the West to open a bank because of this concern, but he harvested nearly 10 million taels of gold and silver in Dongying, so he dared to do so.

No matter how defeated Zhu Di is, these 10 million taels of gold and silver are enough for him to toss for a year or two.

When he returns from the West, he will definitely bring back a large amount of gold and silver.

At that time, I am afraid that we will have to tighten it up and not put all of it into the market, otherwise it may cause inflation.

Don't think that only credit money will cause inflation, in this era, the purchasing power of gold and silver is declining, and it is also currency depreciation, inflation.

Li Liang led a group of squires into the public house, most of them were in their forties and fifties, and only two were younger, and they were both in their twenties and thirties.

They all looked excited, and when they entered the door, they knelt on the ground under the guidance of Li Liang, and kowtowed three times before they dared to stand up, but they still didn't dare to look directly at Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting behind the desk.

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said, "Everyone, sit down and talk, if you have any questions, you will answer them one by one today." ”

Zhu Zhanji's public house is not small, and when you enter the door, there are two rows of chairs on the left and right sides, and there is a small tea table between each chair.

In the middle is an aisle, facing Zhu Zhanji's desk, which is three meters long. Behind the desk is a mahogany screen, behind which sit several guards.

In front of the desk, there are a few soft stools, but not many people can sit on them. At most, Zheng He, Liu Jiang, and Meng Ying are here, so they can sit here and sit face to face with Zhu Zhanji.

The first scribe said to the end: "In front of Your Highness, how can there be a seat for the small people, we can just stand." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "This is not a court, even if it is a court, now seats are arranged for adults above the third grade." Respect comes from the bottom of your heart, don't you care about the form, sit! ”

Zhu Zhanji said it with a slight command, and everyone didn't dare to disobey anymore, so they were divided into two rows on the left and right according to their status, and sat down tremblingly in turn.

Zhu Zhanji chatted a few more words with the person in charge, and only then did he know that this scribe named Yu Dayong had originally served as the magistrate of Baoji County, Fengxiang Prefecture, Shaanxi.

However, he was not good at being an official, and he had no hope of being promoted after six years as a county magistrate, and because the family industry needed to be taken care of, he simply hung up his boots, resigned and returned to his hometown to inherit the family business.

He is well-informed, and he also has people to help him in the officialdom, and the industry is getting bigger and bigger. In the seventh year of Yongle, he simply contacted the local kiln owner and set up a porcelain industry guild, monopolizing at least fifty percent of the local kiln price.

Although the private kiln cannot be compared with the official kiln in high-end porcelain, it can also firmly occupy the mid-end market, and the sales volume is also incomparable with the official kiln.

As for low-end porcelain, like plates and bowls used by the common people, their Jingdezhen guild also disdains to do such a business, that is, some small retail investors are doing it.

After learning about the market, Zhu Zhanji asked: "This time, the internal supervisor negotiated porcelain in Jingdezhen, and the business was the smoothest. ”

Yu Dayong said with a smile: "Xiaomin doesn't believe in the internal prison, but in His Royal Highness, so he contacted various families to increase production and supply porcelain." ”

Zhu Zhanji glanced at him and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"His Royal Highness came up with a patent law the year before last to promote existing technology and protect new technologies. In this way, each porcelain kiln dares to take out its own new technology to register a patent and then carry out production. Xiaomin's ancestors have a skill of inlaying enamel, and they have never dared to take it out. After registering the patent last year, the small people made a lot of money by firing it. But within two months, there were imitations. Xiaomin just tried to report to the patent office, but who knew that in less than three days, the official sealed the other party's porcelain kiln and compensated Xiaomin for his losses. Therefore, Xiaomin believes that His Royal Highness wants to vigorously develop commerce, and it is not to give more money to merchants like Xiaomin. ”

Intrigue all day long, racking his brains, Zhu Zhanji also wanted to rest his brain, so he asked about it with a smile.

When I knew that the policies I formulated had also stimulated the development of various new technologies and business prosperity in Jingdezhen, I was also very happy in my heart.

When Yu Dayong took out a piece of inlaid enamel and gave it to Zhu Zhanji as a gift, Zhu Zhanji knew that the original inlaid enamel turned out to be cloisonné.

Seeing this thing, Zhu Zhanji's heart moved.

Cloisonné technology was originally transmitted from the West, and the Yuan Dynasty occupied most of Eurasia at that time, and captured a large number of Western craftsmen with professional skills as labor slaves to the rear, producing luxury daily necessities for the Mongolian aristocracy.

At this time, ornate metal enamel products were popular in the Arab region. Under such circumstances, the Arab craftsmen who fired the large food kilns came to China with the firing technology and the main raw materials.

On the broad and profound artistic soil of China, these technologies were quickly absorbed and integrated, becoming a bright pearl in the history of Chinese arts and crafts.

It is also for this reason that cloisonné, a work of art that conforms to the aesthetics of Westerners, is very expensive in the West.

"Can the finished product be supplied to the internal supervisor now?"

"Because it's a new product, I don't know what the barbarians like, so it's not available."

Zhu Zhanji instructed Sun Lindao, who was sitting on the side: "Someone buys a batch, and the price doesn't need to be too low." ”

Zhu Zhanji knew the behavior of these people in the internal prison, and they all got into the money hole one by one, and they were familiar with the market. Therefore, in private purchasing, the profits left for merchants are very low, and sometimes they are even forced to buy and sell.

However, he has not yet become the emperor, so he still doesn't care about this kind of behavior that damages the operation of business.

Sun Lin answered, and let people write it down. Zhu Zhanji saw a look of joy on Yu Dayong's face, presumably his purpose was probably to sell cloisonné to himself.

He is the president of the guild, and he has used his official duties to damage the public and private interests.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not want to embezzle the merchants' money, but just used their money to turn around, so there was no need for these people to worry.

But with this knot, he is not so interested in this Yu Dayong, even if he has been a jinshi and a county magistrate, he is now just a profit-seeking businessman.

Zhu Zhanji was patient and told them about the operation of the internal supervision, and this time the purchase of materials was too large, so he only bought half on credit, but by June next year at the latest, he would pay them the remaining half of the payment through the bank in five times.

I also publicized the role of the bank's gold and silver bills, deposit and loan business, and then I was relieved and let them go out.

In fact, he could feel that although half of the money had not been received by these people, they were willing to see him today, and they were willing to do without the money.

"Who are you going to see next?"

"Lin Xiaoquan, the eunuch of Quanzhou City, wants to report to His Royal Highness on the reception affairs after the New Year......"

"Let him in."

At the same time, at the entrance of the Navy Headquarters, three middle-aged men dressed as middle-level officials entered, and they were the three Sunan brothers who had just received commendations.

Because they had a meeting here at the Navy headquarters for a few days a few days ago, the guards here also knew them, and they were let in after a simple body search and registration.

The three of them asked Huang Yuan's public house, and they touched it directly. But he didn't expect that Huang Yuan seemed to be busier than the emperor here, and there were dozens of people waiting to negotiate with him.

When Huang Yuan's subordinates asked them and knew that they were not in a hurry, they asked someone to make them a pot of tea and let them wait.

When it was time for lunch, Huang Yuan's subordinates directly sent him lunch, and then called the three of them in.

After entering, Huang Yuan was eating the big bowl and was gulping rice into his mouth, and when he saw them coming in, he laughed.

Because they met during the meeting, although Huang Yuan was two levels higher than Sunan, he admired Sunan a lot and became friends with them.

"In order to prepare to go to sea with His Royal Highness, I am already busy and dizzy, and I don't have time to eat, but I didn't mean to treat the three brothers slowly."

Sunan clenched his fists and smiled: "Brother Huang has real materials, so he can be reused by His Highness, like a few of us, he can only serve His Highness." ”

Huang Yuan shook his head and smiled, "I don't know why the three brothers came here today, but there is a place for me to serve?" ”

Sunan said: "Today, it was to ask Brother Huang for the sake of the matter, so I came to the door with a cheeky face. ”

"Please say something."

Knowing that Huang Yuan was indeed busy, Sunan was not polite, so he hugged his fists again and said, "The three of us are lucky enough to make some contributions, but we have been rewarded by the court and His Royal Highness." Now it is even more important to do your best to serve Your Highness. But now he has arranged for the three of us not to go to sea, and he has gone to various water villages, and the guards talk about the ancients, which is not ......"

Huang Yuan guessed their intentions, laughed and said, "Isn't it good to let you stay at home with your wife?" It is only half a year to talk about the ancient times, and it will not hinder the due diligence in the future. ”

Sunan said: "Although I don't know the deep meaning of His Highness, I don't dare to push it back." But we still want to join other soldiers to cheer for His Highness to go to sea. ”

Huang Yuan thought about it, although Sunan was timid to boast in front of everyone, he was willing to take the risk to go to sea despite the newlywed Yan'er, which was a great loyalty. Although His Highness is not shocked on weekdays and can't guess what he thinks, he still admires loyal people very much.

If you go and pass on a word yourself, you can also make His Highness happy, which is not a bad thing.

He smiled and said, "I can go and help you to present your case in front of His Highness, but I can't help His Highness no matter how His Highness decides." ”

"That's enough......"

Huang Yuan ate in two of three, asked the three of them to wait in the guest room for a while, and then went into the inner courtyard to find Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji listened to his words, and also remembered the three of them, and couldn't help laughing. Such loyalty is commendable, but I can't bear to bend their will. It just so happens that the writer wrote for them...... The script is different from other heroes, slightly witty and exaggerated, so the three of them don't come forward, and it's more conducive to publicity. Go and tell them, and grant them what they want, and let them all go out with them. ”

Huang Yuan was aware of the exploits of the three of them, thinking that they had gone ashore because of stomach trouble, and the three of them actually captured nearly 300 people and made great achievements.

This feats sound a little absurd, and then they are even more exaggerated, how absurd is that?

He made up his mind that if the book was printed before he left, he would definitely buy a copy and read it first.