Zhu Houwei is not thinking about anything else, but whether to take advantage of this opportunity to break into the North Korean market, as for Zheng Zhihao, he can be the agent of the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce in North Korea, and he is not afraid that he will turn the sky upside down.

Between March and April, Dengzhou came to pay taxes basically over, and these tax payers were relatively large fleets, and they were not afraid of losing this money, because they knew that although the royal family collected money, but from another aspect, the royal family also recognized this kind of smuggling, and even if they wanted to make a fuss in the future, they could not use this to talk about it. There are those who pay protection money, and there are those who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin. Some of the small boat owners, who were seafarers with no deep background, could not bear these taxes, so they went to North Korea with a sense of luck. However, in this era, there are routes, and if you deviate from the route, there is a high risk of accidents or driving to unknown places.

When the land and water battalion was in the middle of large-scale training, the number of training ships heading to Wengjin County had reached ten, and they were sailing out to sea in batches. There are also some people who simply do not go to North Korea and go to Japan or the South Seas, although the danger has increased, but the danger above the sea is still less, and I don't care if there are more.

As a result, at this time, the goods exported to North Korea were less than before, and I heard from the maritime merchants who returned to Dengzhou to rest that the prices of various materials in North Korea had increased to varying degrees. At this time, it is the right time to enter the North Korean market, with Zheng Zhihao as the leader, coupled with the royal status of the World Chamber of Commerce, he can quickly occupy a large number of market shares, and the glass and soap are monopolized by the World Chamber of Commerce, and the money is vast.

For Zheng Zhihao's careful thinking, Zhu Houwei also understands. With the World Chamber of Commerce as a support, Yan Shanjun will not go too far. Zhu Houwei asked with a pleasant face, "Zheng Gongzi, the goods can be given to you, and even the goods of the World Chamber of Commerce can be handed over to your Zheng family franchise in the future." I also know your eagerness to save your father, and I can give you some fine glassware from the glassware, and you can take it and present it to the king of Joseon. ”

Zheng Zhihao was excited, knelt on the ground, and sobbed, "The villain thanked His Highness for his great kindness." The villain is willing to sell goods for the World Chamber of Commerce, without taking a penny. ”

If you take the goods of the Chamber of Commerce and sell them back, it is far better to take some fine products to offer Yanshanjun, the former is that the Zheng family has dealings with the Chamber of Commerce, and the latter shows that the Zheng family will be covered by the royal family in the future, even if Yanshanjun has to weigh the attitude of the **** Shangguo.

Zhu Houwei listened to Zheng Zhihao's words and showed a kind smile, "You don't have to be like this, please get up quickly." In the future, the goods of the Chamber of Commerce will also need to be contacted by the Zheng family, after all, we do not have local merchants who are familiar with North Korea. It's better to do this, in addition to the selling price of Daming, the Zheng family will get a thirty-percent share of the profits, how about it? ”

Zheng Zhihao knelt down again in fear, "Your Highness, how can I dare to share these, one percent is enough, no matter how much, the villain will never dare, and I ask Your Highness to take back your life." ”

Zhu Houwei shook his head helplessly, "Okay, okay, according to you, get up quickly." Zheng Zhihao got up cautiously, and looked grateful. Zhu Houwei was in a good mood after watching it.

Zhu Houwei is worthy of being a profiteer, what he said is the selling price of going out to the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, a glass wine jug is sold for ten taels in the Ming Dynasty, so if it is sold to North Korea, if the price is twenty taels, then the Zheng family can only get one tael of the ten taels of profits. However, Zheng Zhihao wants the World Chamber of Commerce to be a backer, and making money is secondary, and besides, with this success, the Zheng family may not be able to make much money.

The wine and food are almost eaten, and the matter has been negotiated, Zhu Houwei said hello to Zheng Zhihao and left, and the rest of the things will be handled by the people of the World Chamber of Commerce.

In the evening, in the leisurely study, the father and son were talking. Zhu Houwei talked about the conversation with Zheng Zhihao today, and Hongzhi nodded slightly after listening to it, and was not angry about Zhu Houwei's decision. And Zhu Houzhao didn't care too much, he was not impressed by North Korea, and as for the envoys, it was even more insignificant.

After finishing speaking, Hongji asked lightly, "What do you think is the purpose of this Zheng family?" Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, and Zhu Houwei had to answer, "One is to rescue Zheng Rong, and the other is to improve the status of the Zheng family in North Korea, of course, making money is also part of the reason." ”

In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Goryeo (North Korea) had the obligation to pay tribute to the suzerain, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, formally put forward the request for the selection of concubines of the clan to the Li family, so in the harem of Zhu Di of Ming Chengzu, there were eight Korean concubines before and after, and the Han family selected by Yongle in the fifteenth year of his appearance was beautiful, although he had only been in the palace for six or seven years, he was still favored by Ming Chengzu. Although her ending was not very good, her father and brother were rewarded by the Ming Dynasty because of her, and they had unlimited scenery in North Korea, and they had a very good life, especially her brother Han Qu, who also became the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty.

Especially in January of the seventeenth year of Yongle, Han did go to canonize Chengzong as the monarch of Korea as the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. It's really a homecoming. It can be seen that once there is a Ming royal backer, how much benefit can be obtained.

Zhu Houwei also considered the decision when he made it at that time, and the current party struggle in North Korea is very serious, and it is mainly divided into the "old faction" of the old bureaucracy of the meritorious heroes of the DPRK, the two groups of disciples who received Confucian education in the academy, and the new bureaucrats who were admitted to the official positions by the imperial examination, which are called the "Shilin two classes" or "Shilin faction." This Zheng family is a rare centrist in the North Korean officialdom, although he is also an official in the imperial examination, but he is not close to either faction. He was able to obtain the position of envoy because he took refuge in a favorite concubine that Yan Shanjun was quite favored by - Zhang Lushui, who was born as a geisha.

Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houwei and smiled, for this little son, it can be described as wise and almost demonic, Hongzhi was relieved and a little worried at the same time. However, Zhu Houwei is not without shortcomings, that is, he is not very mature in politics, so Zhu Houwei finally has a little "human appearance".

Hongji looked at Zhu Houwei, "Have you heard of the reputation of the king of Joseon?" Zhu Houwei recalled for a moment, and then said, "According to the maritime merchants who have been to North Korea, it is not very good. And now North Korea is a bit chaotic. Hongji nodded, "This Joseon county king killed a group of officials a few years ago, these officials are Confucian scholars, and recently he has had another conflict with these scholars, and the Zheng family is a temptation. ”

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also began to listen attentively, and Zhu Houwei frowned slightly, "If the Zheng family is cleaned up and the Shilin faction does not react, then the next step for the king of the Korean county is to clean up the Shilin faction." Zhu Houzhao continued: "Then this time the Zheng family came to the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce to ask for help, maybe Shilin sent them to come." Then Zhu Houzhao frowned, "If we support the Zheng family, maybe the Shilin faction will start to counterattack, and at that time, something big will happen to North Korea." ”

Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao appreciatively, Zhu Houzhao, who helped with government affairs, had begun to slowly become mature, which made Hongzhi feel a little relieved.

"In this case, the Shilin faction may have to take the most drastic measures or even force the palace, is my decision okay? I just want to make some money, why is it so complicated. Zhu Houwei said with a bitter face.

Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao both laughed, and then Hongzhi said, "It's okay, this Joseon county king, whether it is officialdom or the people, complains about him, if he can change one, it would be good to let these Confucian children participate more in government affairs." ”

Zhu Houzhao listened, and looked at Hongzhi with some embarrassment, but Hongzhi looked at him calmly, "I'm just talking about North Korea, the Shilin faction is all methodical and reasonable, and we can expect it." As for Da Ming, I don't care what happens in the future. Zhu Houwei smiled a little embarrassedly.