Lao He is a person who dares to think and do, and after getting Tang Ming's guidance at the memorial ceremony, he took out the profits and found Tang Tianhao without saying a word and gave him shares. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info has this courage is indeed worthy of respect, but it is a pity that he seems to have used this method on the wrong person.

When the empress learned that the merchant ship had finally been launched today, she immediately summoned Tang Ming into the palace with an edict.

In the small pavilion of the imperial garden, two palace maids who were waiting for them stood behind the queen mother, and Zhu Gaochi sat beside him with a bitter face. Because Jianwen's remnants of the party have been active in Nanjing City more frequently in the past few days, he has been grounded in the palace for many days.

Could it be that the queen mother asked him to come out and visit the imperial garden together, but he didn't expect that the imperial garden was not completed, but his mother provoked the idea of those merchants. He had already persuaded the queen not to raise taxes for the time being, but she couldn't listen to it at all, and Zhu Gaochi, who had no choice, could only pin his hopes on Tang Ming, and this was the matter of the queen letting Tang Ming enter the palace to discuss matters.

There were special eunuchs waiting at the gate of the palace, so Tang Ming was taken directly to the imperial garden all the way. As soon as he saw the wry smile on Zhu Gaochi's face, he knew that it would be no good for the queen to call him.

Sure enough, Tang Ming had just seen the ceremony, and before his butt touched the chair, he heard the queen say with a smile: "Weihaihou, the mourning family heard that the merchant ship of your treasure shipyard was launched early this morning." Didn't this maritime trade also start? ”

The queen's simply saved Tang Ming a lot of trouble, he also liked the queen's true character, he dared to speak out about everything, even when he bullied them juniors, he would say whatever he wanted.

He doesn't know what others think when they encounter such a situation, he only knows that he likes this, although he will probably suffer in the end, but people are confessing. You don't have to deal with those hypocritical ministers of the DPRK and China, and you have to talk nonsense every time to get to the point.

"Niangniang is really well-informed, yes, today is an auspicious day, and Weichen chose this day to launch the merchant ship. However, it is still too early to start maritime trade, and it will take at least half a month according to Wechen's speculation. ”

There was nothing to hide from this matter at all, and Tang Ming directly told the truth. He knew that the queen's drunkard didn't mean to drink, and called himself here, mostly for the issue of business taxes. There was no need for him to hide such a trivial matter.

"This half a month is not a long time, it is a blink of an eye, but you have not given a letter to the mourning family until now. This will call you just to ask, how much are you going to set the business tax? When she said this, the queen didn't even have a little embarrassed look, it seemed that this was how it should be, seeing that Zhu Gaochi was faceless to see Tang Ming on the side, he was about to lower his head into the crotch of his pants.

With such a queen mother, Zhu Gaochi didn't know whether it was good or bad, but he couldn't raise his head in front of Tang Ming in front of him. Not knowing how to deal with the current embarrassing situation, he could only pretend to be confused and hold back his words.

"Back to Niangniang, this business tax should not be too high at the beginning, after all, they are businessmen who are ready to go to sea have invested a lot of money, but they are also very embarrassed when they see that they have not returned their investment. If you raise the business tax with them now, I am afraid that there will be changes, and I hope that Niangniang can be lenient for some time, at least wait until the first trial voyage to negotiate, okay? ”

Lao He would have mistaken Tang Ming's meaning and wooed the wrong object, but Lao He didn't do anything wrong, and he couldn't win over the queen with his identity, so at this time, Tang Ming, who had a short hand, had to fight for Lao He and them here for the queen.

The empress, who was originally smiling, seemed to be very unhappy with Tang Ming's delay, her face changed slightly, and she said coldly: "Weihaihou, how do the mourning family think that you are saying good things for those businessmen." Since ancient times, these merchants have been cunning people, they do not work hard, they pull things from the east to the west to sell them to earn the fruits of the hard work of the peasants. ”

"That's it, but when they buy, they push down the price, and when they sell, they raise the price, especially when the war starts, as soon as the grain is tight, they take the opportunity to sell the grain at a high price, and the money they make is black-hearted money, and the mourning family will never be soft on these people, you don't want to be pulled into the water by them for some small profits."

The queen's words were a bit heavy, and even Zhu Gaochi, who had never spoken, looked up at his queen mother in surprise, as if the queen had become another complete stranger at this moment.

Tang Ming's face also changed slightly, he admitted that the situation that the queen said did exist, but not all the businessmen in the world were what she said. The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and a businessman will do it again even if he has made black money before or now, and a mistake for a while does not represent his life.

A bamboo pole overturns an entire boat, which is a bit extreme. Besides, with the queen's prejudice now, he was sure that the caravan he had managed to pull up would not survive for long under such circumstances and would be wiped out by the queen.

This fleet is Tang Ming's hard work, and it is also his biggest reliance on Jeju Island in the future, if he is harmed by the queen like this, then he will not be busy in vain. Tang Ming was definitely unwilling to do this, and said with a straight face: "Niangniang, there are two kinds of men, men and women, and there are also good and bad people. The same is true for merchants, they are not unearned, for example, they transport things from the east to the west to sell, and they always need to pay for it, labor and transportation costs, plus consumption, so that the price will be so different. ”

"Even then, they sometimes lose money, not that they make a profit. Of course, Wechen also admits that there are some black-hearted businessmen, and they are indeed making black-hearted money, but Wechen believes that these people are just individuals, so we can't overturn the whole boat with one rod. ”

Seeing that Tang Ming was still defending these businessmen, the queen's face suddenly became even more gloomy, but what Tang Ming said was not completely unreasonable, she still listened to it somewhat, but it seemed unwilling to admit that the queen was like this.

After the silence fell, the atmosphere was a little weird, and Zhu Gaochi didn't expect Tang Ming to be so bold, and he actually bluntly contradicted the queen mother. He hesitated and didn't know if he should stand up and ease the atmosphere, otherwise if he continued like this, Tang Ming might be in danger.

The queen's silence also made Tang Ming feel worried, his concept that the prosperity of a country is inseparable from businessmen, and if the queen's concept cannot be reversed, his plan to enrich the people and strengthen the country is simply empty talk. He must not make any concessions in this matter, otherwise he will not be able to continue on the road in the future. (To be continued.) )