When Liu Xianzhi said this, several people present laughed - Liu Xianzhi is really a powerful character, and behind his advocacy of competing with the Li family business group, there are several strategic choices hidden in the country of silk. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info to carry out official maritime trade, then the Silk Country can use its incomparably powerful navy as a backing to quickly occupy the maritime trade market, which not only allows the navy that was originally useless in the war carried out by the Silk Country a channel to exert its power, but also brings huge trade profits to the country, alleviating the current economic dilemma of the Silk Country. At the same time, this move could also deprive the Li family of their share of trade, thus achieving the goal of containing Palci economically; Judging from the current situation, even if Palchi has the possibility of starting a war with the Silk Country, it will be in the distant future of conquering the Paz Empire, which gives the Silk Country enough time to close the trade gap between the two countries. In this way, even if Palch still insists on going to war with the Silk Country, its economic power has weakened, and it must be at a disadvantage when it comes to fighting, thus leaving enough room for the Silk Country to be in a possible war or a possible negotiation process. Although Liu's proposal is still a structure, it already takes into account what may happen in the coming years and decades.

"In that case, let's do it the way it is offered." Liu Yan said softly: "The question is who should be handed over to handle this matter?" ”

Xue Boren nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, my Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs are either from the imperial examination or from the army, this way of doing business, I am afraid that there are not many people who are good at it, let alone proficient in it." If it is not a person, I am afraid that this matter will be really difficult to handle. ”

Wu Sicheng said: "If you say that this fleet is in command, it is easy to do. Today's Youzhou defense envoy Zheng Menglong was originally a military general in command of the naval division, and his exploits in the war against Goryeo are enough to show his ability to command the naval army. But when it comes to this ability to do business, ??????"

Liu Xianzhi smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, my brother is a person, and this person may be able to be used as an agent for maritime trade." ”

"Oh? Who is it? Liu Yan asked.

"Your Majesty, do you remember who recommended the martyr Lu Qinghan back then?" Liu Xianzhi replied.

Liu Yan immediately frowned, after all, this was an old thing more than ten years ago: "I remember that it seems to be a gentry from Luoyang, and his name is ??????"

"Zhu Yijun." Liu Xianzhi.

"Yes, yes! It's called Zhu Yijun, I remembered that he was a descendant of Zhu Qian in Liyang! ”

Liu Xianzhi nodded and smiled: "It's this Zhu Yijun." His family was originally extremely wealthy, and since the rebellion of King Jin, this person has entered the sight of his younger brothers. According to his brother's secret investigation of him over the years, this Zhu Yijun's wealth has increased by as much as six times compared to ten years ago. His main source of income was not the buying and selling of land and property, as was the case with the common gentry, but business. ”

"Doing business?" Xue Boren and Ji Chongxin asked this question at the same time. You must know that among the people of the Silk Country, the status of a merchant is at the bottom, and as a gentry, he must be the first to study literature and produce officials, and the second to manage the fields, and commercial activities are just small details. This Zhu Yijun actually took the initiative to do business after being a famous family, which can be regarded as an unruly person.

The corners of Liu Xianzhi's mouth became more crooked, and he was obviously satisfied with the reaction of the two: "And the interesting point is that a considerable part of his business activities are with this Li family business group. ”

"What?!" This time, even Liu Yan was taken aback. If this Zhu Yijun actually colluded with the Li family's business group, then how could he still serve as this business agent?

Liu Xianzhi saw Liu Yan's reaction, so he bowed and said: "Your Majesty don't be surprised, the younger brother thinks this is not a bad thing, and listen to the younger brother." ”

"Okay, you say."

"Yes. First of all, we have to analyze what kind of person Zhu Yijun is. As His Majesty knew, he was essentially a noble nobleman, a decent local gentry, but at the same time he was a mercenary mercenary. However, the younger brother wants to remind His Majesty to pay attention to his actions at the critical moment, this is the real him. During the rebellion of King Jin, if there was no timely introduction from him, then Luoyang would have been attacked by my father, and the situation would have changed a lot. We may say that Zhu Yijun did this for the sake of his homeland not being poisoned by the war, but we have to admit that he made a lot of money and made great contributions in the defense of Luoyang. Based on this alone, we can see that this Zhu Yijun's heart is towards me and towards Your Majesty. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Liu Xianzhi continued: "Secondly, let's take a look at why Zhu Yijun wants to cooperate with the Li family business group. Your Majesty also knows that our dynasty has strict restrictions on maritime trade, and there are of course various reasons for this, but my brother thinks that one of the biggest reasons is that our dynasty has a vast territory and a large population, and it is enough to obtain considerable profits and taxes by relying on domestic trade activities alone. However, the trade activities of our dynasty have been carried out for a long time, and the huge merchants are innumerable, and the profits of these trades are also in their hands. As a result, those who engage in the smuggling trade overseas are often those who are not able to make sufficient profits at home, who have ambitions and capabilities, but who lack the prerequisites to open up the situation at home. And Zhu Yijun's situation is exactly in line with these two points, he inherited a large area of land and pastorals from his ancestors, as well as a huge amount of wealth, but if he wants to use this money to do business, he cannot enter the domestic business system, and if his huge wealth cannot be invested in time, how can it generate a large amount of returns? Therefore, he had to find another way to do business. What the maritime businessmen happen to lack is start-up capital, but they have a vast overseas market demand. Therefore, Zhu Yijun and them can be said to take what they need, and as far as the Li family business group, the fast-rising maritime trade overlord, of course, they don't want Zhu Yijun's money to be invested in their competitors, and the most reasonable way is to cooperate with them, and then share dividends with Zhu Yijun and make a profit. ”

"Makes sense." Liu Yan nodded.

At this time, Wu Sicheng suddenly spoke: "According to Weichen's inference, the next reason for His Royal Highness King Yan is that this Zhu Yijun can have such courage and insight, which is enough to show that this person is not bad, and he must be very familiar with the business methods and inside stories of the Li family business group, and he has the most confidence to compete with the Li family business group." ”

Liu Xianzhi laughed: "Lord Wu is really clever, Xiao Wang's thoughts have been guessed by adults." ”

"Then there is still a problem," Xue Boren said, "How can we guarantee that Zhu Yi will not reject us because of the huge interests in the Li family's business group." ”

Liu Yan immediately replied, "This is easy, Xue Aiqing." The reason why Zhu Yijun did this was actually because I didn't give him a chance to do business. If I can give him the opportunity to display his talents, and at the same time give him a more substantial reward than cooperating with the Li family's merchant group, then what reason does he, a descendant of Liyanghou, have to refuse my invitation? ”

"Your Majesty." Liu Xianyi lowered his head as he spoke.