In the guest room, two cups of tea and a plate of snacks, Tang Ming and Zhu Gaochi sat opposite each other, waiting for Lao Wang to count the list of 50-year-old people in the treasure shipyard. Pen, Qu, Pavilion www.biquge.info These people need to be seen by Tang Ming personally, except for some people who really can't do the work in the shipyard, these people will be arranged to go to the agricultural college.

Those who can barely do it will be left behind to provide logistical support for the merchant fleet that will be built in the future. In the end, these people will not be able to do anything until they are arranged to go to the farm and do some farm work to live a leisurely life.

Since coming here in the morning, it is already noon at this moment, Zhu Gaochi has just had lunch, he has no stable image of the prince at all, with a toothpick in his mouth, he is reclining on the rocking chair specially created by Tang Ming, his eyes are slightly closed, and his expression is very satisfied.

"Anyway, the food in this treasure shipyard is still good, especially the braised pork, I think it's very good, better than the imperial kitchen in the palace." Zhu Gaochi crossed his hands and lay flat on his high bulging belly, and spit out such an emotional sentence.

Tang Ming didn't know that this guy had been too strict with his mother recently, and I heard that the prince had been a vegetarian in the palace recently. He has no meat and no joy, and a bird has already faded out of his mouth, and when he sees meat, it is estimated that even if it is raw, he can eat it into a delicious meal.

Pouting, Tang Ming didn't even bother to look at Zhu Gaochi's underbeaten face, what he was thinking about now was Chen Jialan who was far overseas, and the child in her belly. When they come over, it can be regarded as a real family reunion, and the wife and children are all around, which saves him from worrying about them whenever he is free.

After not seeing Tang Ming reply for a long time, Zhu Gaochi opened his eyes and saw that he was suffering from hysteria next to him, and he didn't know what he thought, and the corners of his mouth were about to reach his ears. How can you be happy alone when you are a brother?

Zhu Gaochi shouted dissatisfiedly: "What is the joy to say and share!" I was deceived by you early in the morning and said that I had a way to make money, but I didn't see any way to make money this day, but I did a lot of trivial things for you! ”

"Don't complain, brother, I lied to you once upon a time, but when it comes to this financial road, I have to ask, how much money are you going to invest in?" Tang Ming and Zhu Gaochi have been very casual in private, which indirectly shows that the relationship between the two has developed rapidly.

Zhu Gaochi seemed to be poked in the sore spot by Tang Ming, and complained with a sad face: "Do you think I'm a rich person now?" I have long been confiscated by the queen mother, a wealth fan, and your brother and I are an unprecedented poor prince now. ”

With such a slamming father and queen mother, Tang Ming felt depressed for Zhu Gaochi. But then again, as a dignified prince, where can he really not even have some private money, this guy probably wants to take the opportunity to cry poor, and Zhu Gaochi also wants to hide from Tang Ming for this little trick, what kind of joke.

For this kind of guy who dares to be cautious in front of himself, Tang Ming has always not given face at all, and said with bared teeth: "It's okay, this time, brother, I want to greet you because of the friendly relationship between each other, if you don't even have the assets to invest some principal, then I will swallow it myself, and when you have money, we will not be too late to cooperate." ”

Looking at Tang Ming's sinister smile, Zhu Gaochi didn't know where he was forcing himself, and he knew in his heart that he had not been able to deceive Tang Ming, Zhu Gaochi also spread his hands and said: "I can't hide anything from you, I don't know if it's good or bad to cooperate with you now, if it weren't for our relationship, I would never dare to get involved with you." ”

I'm scared like this, Tang Ming believes in his words to have a ghost, and he smiled: "It doesn't matter if you believe me or not, if you are a brother, you won't treat you badly, just like now, if you have a way to make money, you will be greeted, if it is replaced by someone else, you will not be too lazy to care." Okay, don't go around in circles, hurry up and talk about how much money you can come up with. ”

Zhu Gaochi really hesitated in his heart, how much money should he come up with to invest, who told him that he is only a prince now, and the day he ascends the throne is still far away. Now the economic power is all in the hands of his mother, and he doesn't make another living by himself, and it is estimated that by the time he ascends the throne, he will really become a poor emperor.

This is not Zhu Gaochi thinking nonsense, from Zhu Di's current use and the queen's support for her husband, no matter how big the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is, it is not enough to squander. Preparing for a rainy day is something he must be prepared for at this moment.

After thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi gritted his teeth, stretched out a slap and shook it and said in a deep voice: "500,000 taels of silver, that's all, no matter how much I can't take out." And after all the money is given to you, I will have to go to your house to eat and drink every day when I have time in the future, brother, I am really poor now! ”

500,000 taels of silver is still so-so, at least better than Tang Ming expected. No matter what the other party says, he is the identity of a prince, and as a courtier, he can't do things too much, right, Rengui knows this, Tang Ming still knows this very clearly.

This time if you want to build a commercial fleet, the scale must not be small, you must do it big, and in the future, you and the income of the Ming Dynasty will have to account for fifty percent from here, and the country's tax revenue will also be changed from agriculture-based, gradually changed to commercial tax, so that it can really benefit the majority of farmers.

The list registered by Lao Wang was handed over to Tang Ming, and there were more than 2,000 craftsmen over the age of 50 in the treasure shipyard, and such a large number was the result of Zheng He taking more than 3,000 people with the ship.

Tang Ming, who suddenly felt a headache, rubbed his temples, waved his hand to let Lao Wang out, and ordered someone to pour out the treasure shipyard to pick up those merchants who were interested in joining the maritime merchants.

Without the financial support of the state, it would not have been easy for Tang Ming to build a large maritime merchant fleet. The materials and cost of building these ships alone were enough to give Tang Ming a headache, not to mention the training of guards and sailors.

The money required will be an astronomical amount, the wool is out of the sheep, Tang Ming can't do it himself, of course, he has to find these businessmen who are interested in running maritime business, these people have nothing else but money, as long as they can impress them, it is not easy for them to come out with some money.

Tang Ming seemed to take things too ideally, maybe only when he really came into contact with the faces of these businessmen, could he truly understand that even if they were businessmen, although they were the lowest-ranking people, they were not the masters who were to be slaughtered by others.

To be able to become a big businessman or a big businessman, which one of them has not become a fine, especially some merchant clans that have been inherited for a long time, these people are the old foxes of the old foxes.

Tang Ming wanted to easily dig some money out of these people's mouths, and if he didn't come up with some tempting enough bait, it would be strange that they would be tempted. (To be continued.) )