118 Dig into the corners of the court
"Why did Kunlun Nu disappear?" Shen Yue really didn't know.
There were indeed Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty, and no matter how developed foreign trade was, there were few black people in the land of China.
"An Lushan has a team that is a patchwork of ethnic minorities who are not afraid of death...... Later, An Lushan was defeated, Kunlun slaves burned, killed and looted, and all the major ethnic minorities could not bear their bad behavior......"
Zhang Shanlu's explanation is a bit far-fetched.
Whether this is the case in history, Shen Yue doesn't know, but he also knows that Zhang Shanlu should know about the situation of black slaves, after all, the scale of the Zhang family's previous sea trade was not small.
There should be a lot of black slaves in Macau at this time, and I don't know if Zheng Zhilong's black escort team has been formed.
"Outside of Zhang Yuan, I will seriously consider this matter. I also hope that Zhang Yuanwai can convey my thoughts to the third old lady. Shen Yue nodded solemnly, and then said.
With the use of black slaves, he really didn't think it through enough.
"Black African slaves, it's not impossible to use, if you have the opportunity to occupy a piece of territory in the East Ying or Nanyang in the future, you can use Kunlun slaves to mine or plant ......," Zhang Shanlu reminded Shen Yue.
The corners of Shen Yue's mouth twitched involuntarily, meaning that black slaves should not come in in the country.
I don't even have a fleet, how can I go to Japan to grab territory?
Zheng Zhilong married a daughter-in-law and had children in Japan.
The two didn't talk about black slaves anymore, and discussed some things about the pancreas business.
"Selling to the Francois is really profitable, but they go back and forth for too long. We can cooperate with the red-haired ghost and spread out the sales ...... in Daming," Zhang Shanlu suggested.
Shen Yue didn't think about it, trading with the red-haired ghost is definitely not a good thing now.
The red-haired ghost knows that the production place is by the sea, and it is strange not to rob it.
"The red-haired ghost doesn't think about it for the time being, they and Zheng Zhilong are about to fight. Let's talk about domestic sales after this transaction is completed. "Shen Yue has his own ideas." With such a large profit, there is no strength to keep it now. ”
Obviously, Shen Yue was telling Zhang Shanlu that if Xu Yaozong was not put in the position of commander, everything else would be free to talk.
Zhang Shanlu left, this time he traded silver with Franco, Shen Yue did not give it to Zhang Shanlu, it was not that Shen Yue wanted to blackmail the Zhang family's silver, there are many places that need money at the moment, and the Zhang family is not bad for this bit of silver.
sent Zhang Shanlu away, ignored the old lady's question about the two about the marriage with Zhang Qiaoer, asked people to entertain Kent and Thomas, and went to Xu Yaozong by himself.
"What's going on over there with Guanhaiwei? Is the craftsman Sun Buren willing to give it to us? Pig iron, wood, etc., is he willing to help? Xu Yaozong saw Shen Yue coming, saw noon, and ordered someone to arrange a banquet, but Shen Yue went straight to the point.
Regarding Shen Yue's eagerness, Xu Yaozong frowned, "If this matter is exposed, you have to lose your head, so you naturally have to be careful." ”
"Zhang Shanlu came to my house in the morning, and I made my attitude clear...... Shen Yue said.
When Xu Yaozong heard this, his expression suddenly became expectant.
The commander of the three products!
Seeing Xu Yaozong's expectant face, Shen Yue smiled in his heart, and said calmly: "I hope to marry Xu Jiao as soon as possible." ”
Seeing that Shen Yue didn't say whether the Zhang family promised to help him become a commander, but said that he wanted to marry Xu Jiao as soon as possible, Xu Yaozong almost didn't react. The conversation changed a little too quickly.
"There is no news from your father yet, you and Jiao'er are still young, and there is no need to worry about family affairs." Shen Yue's plan before made Xu Yaozong worry that Shen Yue was going to rebel, and the couple discussed not to rush to let the child get married.
Now that Shen Yue mentioned it himself, Xu Yaozong naturally couldn't agree.
"Zhang Shanlu is here today, hoping to marry my Shen family." Shen Yue still said calmly.
"Marry your Shen family? The Shen family is your only seedling......" Xu Yaozong said this, his eyes widened.
Obviously, it was the Zhang family who fell in love with Shen Yue.
"Are they trading the position of the commander?" Xu Yaozong couldn't help frowning when he saw that Shen Yue's face was still calm.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had become a victim of the battle of wits and courage between the two sides.
"No, Zhang Shanlu raised this matter when he first came, so I refused." Shen Yue was still calm, "Marriage is not child's play. ”
Shen Yue's words were calm, but Xu Yaozong's psychology was turning up a monstrous wave, he never imagined that such a thing would happen.
Could it be that Shen Yue knew that they had remorse, and he didn't plan to marry the three daughters to her before using the Zhang family to oppress them?
After thinking about it for a while, it doesn't look like it.
"It's all Jiao'er's mother in Zhang Luo, after I come down, I'll ask her." Xu Yaozong replied.
Shen Yue was noncommittal.
"By the way, Sun Buren's side, the electric system can produce 500 pieces, and the bird gun can be 800, if we need it, we have to give silver......" Xu Yaozong turned to the matter of ordnance.
"How much does it cost?"
"Fifteen taels of electricity, twenty taels of birds. If we make it ourselves, the electric gun and even the salary will only be six taels, and the bird gun will be about eight taels. "For Sun Buren's greed, Xu Yaozong is very unhappy.
"They have the money to start work?" Shen Yue asked.
"No, it's all Guanhaiwei inventory."
"Don't!" Shen Yue said. "Find a way to get more pig iron back, and we'll find a craftsman to get it ourselves."
"We don't have enough craftsmen here......"
"Isn't there still Guanhaiwei Town? Anyway, the craftsmen in Guanhaiwei Town are about to starve to death, and the craftsmen in Dinghaiwei next to them may be able to do some of them. Shen Yue was very unhappy with Sun Buren's greed.
Now, I can only do it myself.
It is naturally too late to train craftsmen from scratch, but there are many craftsmen on both sides of Guanhaiwei and Dinghaiwei.
"My lord, please help communicate with Sun Buren and the commander of Ding Haiwei, and get some warships from them. They also managed to get back the wood they had in stockpile. Shen Yue didn't have the appearance of a subordinate at all, and arranged directly with Xu Yaozong.
"You have to go to this matter yourself, I don't have a problem with Sun Buren, I really don't know the commander of Dinghaiwei." Xu Yaozong and Sun Buren already had a good personal relationship, and they were both good at digging the corners of the imperial court.
But if you want to hook up with Dinghaiwei next to you, you really don't dare.
"That's okay, I'll take care of it over there in Dinghaiwei." Shen Yue nodded. "Sun Buren's side, it may not be easy for him to transfer warships now, if he wants, he can buy them directly, if he asks who buys, tell him that the buyer's surname is Zheng, one cannot exceed two thousand taels, and at the same time, each ship must be equipped with a maintenance person......"
Shen Yue was also ruthless.
Each coastal guard of the imperial court was equipped with 50 warships, as well as a large number of various small boats, and 350 people maintained the warships.
It is not a secret that Zheng Zhilong bought warships in various coastal guards.