After Tang Ming returned to Nanjing, he was busy with his manor and Hou Mansion every day, and he didn't care about other things, of course, the emperor had to take this matter to heart if he wanted to go to sea. Twenty treasure ships and two hundred warships were already waiting in the harbor for www.biquge.info emperor, and they could set off immediately when the emperor remembered it.

Today, an uninvited guest came to the Zheng Mansion early, and Zhu Di came here early in the morning with Zhu Gaochi, the prince. Accompanied by Tang Ming, after a short walk around the house, Zhu Di finally said the purpose of his trip.

"Weihaihou, as soon as I come back, I will listen to the queen constantly praising you, and I have also learned about the commercial tax, which is indeed very good. Bao Shipyard is also thriving under your management, from the previous negative growth to now still profitable, in just half a year I have increased a lot of income for the country, I can't see that you are still a rare talent! ”

What kind of temperament Zhu Di is, Tang Ming knows it well, and the two fathers and sons pretended to praise themselves early in the morning. The weasel must not have a good intention to give the chicken a New Year's greeting, but Tang Ming was guarding against it with twelve points of vigilance.

"The emperor doesn't know, in fact, most of these are managed by His Royal Highness the Prince, and Weichen can only be regarded as a small help at best. In the final analysis, what Wechen did still has to rely on the emperor, and without your policy support, Wechen will not be a clown for a long time. ”

Some credits can be sought, while some credits not only can't be claimed, but you also have to try to dissociate yourself from them. Just like Zhu Di at this moment, his mind is obviously impure, if Tang Ming is confused, he will inevitably fall for Zhu Di's tricks.

Zhu Di read countless people, naturally he would not be fooled by Tang Ming's words, and seeing that Tang Ming was not hooked, he changed his words and said: "I heard again, you chose a thousand acres of fertile land that I rewarded you in a poor mountain and bad water, and what kind of characteristic manor did you build there." Recently, they have recruited farmers on a large scale, promising huge profits to set up camp there, why is this? ”

Zhu Di's fox tail gradually revealed, and he seemed to be very interested in his manor. Tang Ming's manor is actually nothing unsightly, at most, it is to engage in some greenhouse planting, but what is planted is not grain but vegetables and fruits. But these are only superficial, and he mainly recruits farmers.

All the purpose of this estate was to recruit farmers and some talents that Tang Ming thought would be useful, and these people were to prepare for his future immigration to Jeju Island.

Nanjing will gradually decline after Zhu Di moves the capital, at least not like this. And the ports here will not be better than Fujian and Guangdong in southern Fujian, where the bad environment and the maritime culture that has existed since ancient times are better than any place in the Ming Dynasty.

Especially the current Ryukyu Island, which is also the island of Taiwan, is still a place where no one has set foot and there are only a few indigenous people living there. If Tang Ming didn't take the opportunity to drag this island in his hands, he would really be a fool.

He was confident enough that after Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, he would not implement the policy of banning the sea, but would vigorously support maritime trade. But the vast majority of those who are now capable of making a living at sea are both thieves and traders.

Driven by profits, merchants who go to sea to trade will gradually cultivate their own escort forces, and maritime merchants from all over the world will also establish their own forces one after another. The Age of Discovery had opened the door when Zheng He's fleet set off.

Once the merchants have a certain strength, they will no longer easily pay heavy taxes to the imperial court. Just like Lao He now, he worked hard to go to sea once, although he was escorted by Tang Ming, he was able to arrive safely all the way. But this round trip will cost him three-tenths of the total cargo.

For the trade of one million taels, the imperial court can easily extract 300,000 taels without paying, and three million taels will be handed over after ten trips a year. With so much tax money, they might as well use it to equip their merchant ships and train more guards, so that they can run rampant on the sea, a place that cannot be constrained by the royal law.

And all this is just tax evasion, the coastline of the Ming Dynasty is too long, and the imperial court cannot cover everything. This is a huge loophole for the merchants, and the court will also evade taxes because of the merchants, and the tax will be less and less, once the court is less, it will be aggravated, so under the vicious circle, the merchants will have more people to join the army of tax evasion.

The era of maritime hegemony has been rapidly opened, this is what Tang Ming wants, Daming is just a stepping stone for him, and the vast sea is his real battlefield.

Regarding Zhu Di's doubts, Tang was obviously very calm, shrugged his shoulders and said: "If the emperor is interested in Weichen's manor, he may wish to go to the field with Weichen for a field investigation." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di turned around and walked out, Tang Ming's deeds had aroused his interest enough. Under a series of big moves by the emperor, the emperor, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty will never have a chance to breathe, and it will never be able to get out.

If Zhu Di wants to fulfill several of his wishes as soon as possible, he must have enough sources of money, and facing reality is an inescapable step for him, the emperor. Therefore, he is not prepared to let go of any way that can get money.

And at this moment, except for Tang Ming, the most profitable person around him could no longer find a more suitable person than him.

The scale of Gao Chun's manor is not small, and it is said that it is a thousand acres of fertile land, but Tang Ming obviously did not do what was written in the official document. Gaochun is located in the mountains, and the plains in the basin alone are more than a thousand acres of land, and Tang Ming even counts the mountains and forests on all sides into his manor.

A variety of fruit trees are now planted at the foot of the mountain, and more than 20 greenhouses have been built for growing fruits and vegetables, each covering an area of two acres. The artisan family who moved from the treasure shipyard has now become an authentic farmer, and when you look down on the basin from a high vant, you can see the people busy like ants.

Zhu Di pointed to the greenhouses, frowned and asked Tang Ming beside him: "Those greenhouses covered with white curtains are places where you can grow all kinds of vegetables all year round?" ”

Tang Ming nodded and replied: "It is these sheds, covered with white cloth and planted in them, can effectively control the temperature inside, so that the plants can grow in the most suitable humidity and temperature, which can not only effectively increase the yield, but also effectively control some insect pests." ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded and stopped talking, he actually had a limited understanding of farming, so he couldn't get effective information from Tang Ming's words to make a judgment for him. Besides, what he cares about is not these, but how much profit will be made in the end by spending so much effort to build these sheds?

"If you make these greenhouses to grow, you can feed these nearly 10,000 people, and in the end, you have to make a profit. And the vegetables you grow are guaranteed to sell? (To be continued.) )