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Early in the morning, Zhengde had finished dining and announced that Yang Ling came to see, and after half a day's effort, he saw Yang Ling coming slowly, and it was still a little inconvenient to have a road, and both eyes were red. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Only then did Zhengde save the incident of his fall yesterday, and said in surprise: "Yang Qing, what are you doing?" ”

Yang Ling grinned and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister was in a hurry to run out of the door yesterday and broke his foot, so he walked with a limp."

Zhengde suddenly realized, he nodded, and suddenly asked again: "What about your eyes?" ”

Eye, yesterday I spent the night sorting out that book, and I stayed up all night, so."

Zhengde shook his hand with emotion and said, "Aiqing, you are the only one, willing to share my worries like this."

He sighed, shook his head, and said, "I read that booklet, and my heart is cold. Around me, there are some sycophants all day long, some people who seem to refute the monarch and impeach ministers all day long, as if they are extremely righteous ministers, who is sincere, and who is just putting on a show? ”

He sat back in his chair and pondered: "This night, I have also thought a lot, King Ning's rebellion is not just the rebellion itself, some problems are not solved or dealt with, maybe it will explode when it will explode, but you are right, when the water is clear, there are no fish, I sometimes have to pretend to be confused, there are some things that I want to deal with but can't rush the king's way, it's really a headache to think about."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, the emperor should not be anxious, King Ning is rebelling, and he has soldiers and money." In this way, they are all easily destroyed by the emperor like a withering and decaying, what great harm can those local officials who collude cause? The emperor is worried, but he is just worried that they will take risks and damage the country's politics and people's livelihood. It doesn't hurt your vitality".

Emperor De nodded, and said with a smile: "I have been greedy for fun since I was a child, and I don't know much about national politics and strategy, but fortunately, with the assistance of Aiqing, I don't panic when I encounter trouble." By the way, Aiqing, the matter in Jiangxi has been almost resolved, I want to leave Longhu Mountain today, let's go back to Nanjing first, and then take the water back to the north. In this way, I can also go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, which is known as the paradise on earth, to see the weather in the south of the Yangtze River after the lifting of the ban on the sea. ”

When Yang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, the minister will arrange it immediately, and we will leave Longhu Mountain immediately."

Yang Ling bowed and immediately went to discuss with Du Fu to prepare, he was now terrible to meet Zhang Fubao, that little girl was taken advantage of by him enough, that is, he stayed in the Heavenly Master's Mansion since he was a child. Yu was ignorant about the affairs of men and women, so he flickered in the past, but Yang Ling felt ashamed in his heart, and he always felt awkward to live in this Heavenly Master's Mansion again.

Yang Ling and Du Fu arranged the guard of honor for car driving. Immediately hurried back to the house, only to see Zhang Tianshi standing beside Zhengde, Yang Ling saw the eldest brother, a little weakly bowed and smiled: "Heavenly Master, this time, thank you for your hospitality, and help the court to capture the rebellion, and solve this matter without using swords." Yang is about to accompany him back to Beijing. He is destined to have a fate, and Yang is willing to receive the Heavenly Master in his own mansion."

Zhengde laughed and said, "Fate is here now!" I have a lot of experience in talking with the Heavenly Master, and I am inviting the Heavenly Master to go to the capital with me so that I can ask for advice nearby."

The division also wants to return to Beijing with him? Yang Ling exclaimed.

Zhang Tianshi smiled and said, "What." Isn't it welcome in the country? ”

Yang Ling hurriedly turned his surprise into joy, and said continuously: "That's naturally good." That's naturally good, I hit it off at first sight with the Heavenly Master, and I'm regretting that this meeting didn't have much interaction because of busy affairs, and it was naturally good to go to the capital together, haha, haha! ”

After Yang Ling finished speaking, he asked with concern, "What things does the Heavenly Master need to carry?" You can move to a car outside the house first."

Zhang Tianshi said with a smile: "I am a cultivator, alone, without worry, there are not many things, but the supplies of the housekeeper may be more", he asked the housekeeper at the door: "Haven't the eldest lady's things been moved yet?" ”

Yang Ling was shocked again: "Does Sister Ling also want to go to Beijing with you?" ”

Zhang Tianshi glanced at him strangely and sighed: "Yes, my sister has always liked to travel with me, as long as I hear that I am going to go far away, this girl is always pestering to follow." This time it's weird, I'm going to Beijing, and she says she doesn't want to go with her."

"Then don't be reluctant, girls grow up, and they don't like to run around", Yang Ling saw the stitches and quickly dissuaded them.

Zhang Tianshi said nervously: "No, no, no, I must take her there!" ”

He covered his mouth and whispered to Yang Ling: "Guogong doesn't know, this girl is messing around at home, and she is about to steal all the rare medicinal materials I have collected with great difficulty. ”

Yang Ling was speechless when he heard this, of course he knew how crazy that girl was to practice the pill, he had eaten her elixir twice, and once she was going to die, she must be quite dead, that girl was practicing medicine at home, thinking about it, he was not at ease.

Zhengde finally set off, the team left the Heavenly Master's Mansion, the royal car went first, Zhang Tianshi stood in front of the mansion and said impatiently: "Why hasn't the eldest lady come out yet?" Butler, go and urge again! ”

"I'm coming, don't rush it", Zhang Fubao came out of the gate with red eyes, dressed in a plain green coat, with long and lazy shoulders, soft and light, and touching.

What happened to the Earth Eye? Zhang Tianshi asked strangely.

Yang Ling's scalp tightened, and he quickly turned around and shouted to Du Fu, who was directing the busy master of ceremonies in the distance: "Du, I still think of something", Yang Ling said while hurriedly slipping away.

The emperor's motorcade left the Heavenly Master's Mansion of the Han Dynasty and traveled along the picturesque Lu River into the distance.

The convoy left Longhu Mountain and was on the move, when a bright yellow robe of the inner guard hurriedly rushed to the front of Yang Ling's car. He arched his hand and said: "Guogong, Princess Xiang has something to see Guogong."

Ling lifted the sedan curtain, rolled his eyes and said quietly: "Got it, reply to the princess, I'll go over immediately."

Yang Ling made a little preparation, changed into a horse, and rushed to the princess's guard of honor along the long convoy. asked Princess Ming Xiang'er to drive, and then leaned forward and said loudly: "Weichen see His Royal Highness."

"Guogong, please get in the car and answer", Qinglang's delicate voice came from the car.

Obey the order! Yang Ling abandoned the horse to board the car, the outside of the princess's car was also very spacious, and the sedan chair was hung with a bright yellow tassel curtain, Yang Ling bowed and said, "I don't know what His Highness commands?" ”

"When the princess came to the south this time, she suddenly thought of buying some local products to send back to Bashu, which was also considered to be the filial piety of her children, and wanted to let the prince return to the south

After Beijing, help the princess buy some things, please come in and answer, this princess lists too many things, and it is inconvenient to answer outside."

Yang Ling hesitated, looked at the two maids sitting on the left and right of the sedan tent, and then lifted the sedan curtain and walked in. I saw Princess Xiang'er in a bright yellow palace dress, dressed in a dignified manner, and her face was delicate and beautiful.

As soon as he saw Yang Ling coming in, Xiang'er immediately put on a happy smile and pulled the long sleeves of his python robe. He sat down on a wide seat of bright yellow brocade piers, sat sideways on his side, and grabbed his arm.

Yang Ling whispered nervously: "You are crazy, let people see it."

Zhu Xiang'er chuckled and said, "Who dares to look inside without permission and listen to me, people dreamed of you last night."

"Really?" Yang Ling replied as he nervously looked left and right, pulled the curtain and moved forward, ready to stand up at any time.

"Really", Zhu Xiang'er said happily, putting her face on his shoulder. Sweetly bent a pair of crescent moons, and whispered: "It's so beautiful, people laugh out loud in their dreams, hehe, how good or bad are you in your dreams."

Yang Ling looked at her helplessly. said in a low voice: "My aunt, you little girl has a spring dream." Are you embarrassed to come and tell me? Beware of being bystanding".

"Mmmm, people will be careful", Zhu Xiang'er squeezed next to him as she spoke, sticking to him more comfortably, and said with a smile: "It turns out that dreaming of men is spring dreams, and hehee family has spring dreams."

She whispered, "Guess what I dreamed of?" I dreamed that the two of us seemed to have returned to Sichuan, and I dreamed that you had people put me and my father under house arrest, and that damn big stick wouldn't let me go out to play, so I said ruthlessly, even if you Hou Ye came back, you wouldn't dare to be so rude, I would ask him to kneel down and lick my toes.

Then, I dreamed that you really came back, rushed to apologize to me, people didn't follow, you knelt down, really took off other people's boots and licked your toes, hee-hee, it's so itchy, people shrink their feet, you just hold on, so ashamed, you are so bad, you say it's an apology, but you tease people."

As she spoke, she slapped Yang Ling's chest sweetly, and Yang Ling said with a depressed face: "It's you dreaming, and it's not that I really tease you, what's wrong with me?" And what about later? ”

"Later? Later, there was no more, you just kept licking, and people itched, so you woke up laughing."

Yang Ling rolled his eyes: "That's it?" Well, I'll go back."

Zhu Xiang'er hugged his arm tightly, pouted and said, "Isn't this spring dream fun?" People still want to laugh when they think about it, and tell you to hear it, and you don't even laugh when you put on such a stinky face."

Yang Ling bared his teeth, laughed dryly, and said, "This is in the car, I've been in the car for a long time, and now I've laughed and laughed, can I go?" ”

Zhu Xiang'er pushed him and said angrily: "You are perfunctory to me!" Wait, don't go yet, I was just about to ask you, what are we going to do? The royal brother intends to give you the land of Sister Yongfu, it is estimated that you will ask him to agree, but the Ming royal family promised the princess to a married man, you are already the first share, no matter how ridiculous he is, he will not agree to let me marry you, have you come up with a way? ”

When Yang Ling heard this, he said with a sad face: "This method, how can it be so easy to think about, you also know that it is difficult, don't you?" You're a princess, and I'm worried about what to do, no matter what. I'm afraid that the emperor will be furious, but now like this, will you marry someone else? ”

Zhu Xiang'er said angrily: Castrate you first and then marry someone else! Anyway, you have to find a way, no matter how difficult it is now, only the emperor has a pass, and in the past, it is raw rice and cooked rice, if you go back to Beijing, hum! Just look. You can pass the Queen Mother's level, right? You can pass the civil and military level of the Manchu Dynasty, right? I die for you."

Yang Ling had an idea, thought for a while, and said: "Yes, now when you go out, as long as you pass the emperor's pass, there will be no problem, and when you return to Beijing, no one will be afraid." You let me think about it, the emperor has a way there, and this matter has to fall on Yongfu."

Zhu Xiang'er said in surprise: "What do you say? ”

Yang Ling whispered to her in his ear. Zhu Xiang'er was stunned: "That's it, is it possible to take advantage of the loopholes?" ”

Yang Ling said, "Is there any other way?" Yongfu has a gentle temperament and is knowledgeable, and if we do this, she will definitely help me, and then she agreed, and the emperor will be easy to do."

Zhu Xiang'er thought about it, nodded, then looked at him with a smile, and said in a nickname: "Okay, you, there are so many ghost ideas." Aren't you afraid that I will tell the truth to Sister Yongfu in the future and let her clean you up? ”

Yang Ling smiled dryly: "That's also our family's business, it's better than now." If Xiuning can't be angry, let her enforce the family law on me. The Yang family law is still very strict."

Zhu Xiang'er laughed very seriously: "Okay, okay, when the time comes, Sister Yongfu will order, and I will execute the sentence!" ”

"Really?" Yang Ling swallowed his saliva, imagining two delicate little princesses, half-naked, jade bodies, one hand holding fragrant cheeks, ** lying in front of him. A light jade palm attached to the back of the shoulder slapped the buttocks lightly, and the heart shook unconsciously.

Zhu Xiang'er bit her lip and squinted her smiling eyes, imagining that she would let him hold her feet in front of Sister Yongfu. Sucking on the delicate and cute toes, my heart is itchy for a while. The toes in the boots couldn't help but hook up

Zhengde Yu drove back to Nanjing, Nanjing civil and military rushed to greet him, Yang Ling saw Qian Ning in the team, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, this Qian Ning was too greedy and lustful, and he took the position of Nanjing Jinyi Wei Zhen Fu Envoy, and he was still not satisfied with guarding the Jiangnan Huahua world, and the beauties and wealth sent by King Ning were all unceremoniously in his pocket, and then he used his position to steal the manufacturing drawings of the Franc cannon of the Ordnance Bureau and sent them to King Ning.

When King Ning was arrested, he held a selfish fantasy, did not confess to any lurking comrades, he was a prince, and he could not use torture to extract a confession, during the trial, Emperor Zhengde was furious, and immediately beheaded him, Qian Ning's heart finally let go, but he never expected Zhengde to catch a living Ning Wang Shizi back.

Qian Ning stood in the welcoming procession, observing the expressions of Zhengde and his party with fear, seeing that they looked calm, even Yang Ling smiled when he saw him, and there was nothing unusual in his heart, and a fluke couldn't help but rise in his heart: Maybe King Ning Jiaotong didn't know about his own secret prince, right? That way, you can sit back and relax.

But this son is alive after all, he was escorted to Nanjing, I don't know if the emperor will execute him immediately, if not, we have to find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a disaster after all.

He secretly had the idea of getting rid of King Ning in his heart, but he didn't know that Emperor Zhengde and Yang Ling had already discussed along the way, and he was already a person who must be arrested, but because of the wide range of involvement, before returning to the center of power, Zhengde didn't want to leak the bribery list from King Ning.

Zhengde returned to Nanjing this time, just to go to Xiaoling to say goodbye to Taizu, and then to sail back to Beijing by water, originally did not plan to stop in Nanjing, but did not want him to just return to Nanjing, Siyi Pavilion presented the news, the Far West of the Buddha Lang Ji country sent a messenger to meet the great tomorrow, and now has lived in the Siyi Pavilion for three days.

Zhengde remembered that after Yang Ling defeated the Franc fleet last year, he once said that the king of the other country was interested in trading with the Ming Dynasty, so he hurriedly brought Yang Ling to discuss. When Yang Ling heard that the envoys of the King of Portugal had arrived, he urged the Emperor to receive them to discuss trade between the two countries, and Zhengde had no objection to this.

Yang Ling remembered that the West did not have the etiquette of kneeling on both knees, and whenever he negotiated with the West, he often got stuck in this matter, which always caused a big wave. This is to reluctantly require Westerners to kneel on both knees, which is really undesirable, and he does not want to be forced to do three kneels and nine prostrations with both hard and soft forces.

In his opinion, whether the Ming Dynasty has a status in the hearts of the Westerners is the strength to speak, and the Ming Dynasty as a foreign power, seeking land should also be the greatest interests of the people and the imperial court, the stupid behavior of the previous tributary system to spend money to buy face should have stopped, so this is the envoy of the Western country to negotiate trade matters in the DPRK, not the Ming subject country to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven, you can make suggestions to the emperor on the grounds that you don't need to kneel to the Ming Dynasty.

What Yang Ling was most worried about was that the members of the six departments protested. So I prepared a good rhetoric in advance. He did not want to fight for the rights and interests of Western envoys, but wanted to correct the bureaucratic style of the Ming court that did not value real interests but emphasized false fame.

Zhu Xiang'er's words reminded him that the emperor is not in Beijing now, there are many fewer constraints, and the six departments in Nanjing are not as powerful as the six departments in Beijing, so they are easier to deal with, as long as they overcome this hurdle. With precedents to follow, there will be many conveniences for the imperial court to act in the future.

Yang Ling did not expect that these officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing were more pragmatic than the officials of the Sixth Department of Beijing, and things went very smoothly, although the old men of the Sixth Department of Nanjing also raised objections. But Yang Ling only explained slightly, and they didn't say anything more.

It turns out that behind these Jiangnan officials are more or less attached to many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, so the mercantile attitude of Jiangnan officials is ten times stronger than that of officials in the north. The success of capitalism in Western Europe was due to mercantilism, which was an important prerequisite for the industrial development of capitalism.

However, the Ming Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, so that land rent and usury are far more attractive than setting up industry and commerce. Take those most famous Hui merchants and Jin merchants as examples. After they became rich, they also bought land and opened pawnshops, so that the huge wealth concentrated in their hands was returned to traditional industries, and the possibility of transforming wealth into industrial capital was hindered.

This consciousness is especially acute in the North, in the Inner6. However, Jiangnan is an exception, and there are many businessmen in the Jiangnan area. Since the lifting of the ban on opening the sea, Yangling has relied on the internal factory to open the transportation industry and concurrently operate various industries.

In order to form common interests and ensure that this powerful interest group would not be abolished by others, he recruited many imperial relatives in the north, including the current emperor, to join in business, and in the south, Cheng Qiyun took the lead, first united with the big businessmen and wealthy families in various places, and then used them as branches to attract more gentry, celebrities and officials.

Now, this way of sharing interests and doing business under the joint-stock system of common business has finally come to fruition, and even those officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing have been infiltrated and influenced to a greater or lesser extent, changing their backward and decadent ideological concepts.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a rule that officials above the fourth grade were not allowed to do business, but now this system has existed in name only. In Beijing, Zhengde has an imperial store, and the princes of Chengguo, Wudinghou, and Shouning are in business, and although the officials are sneaky and dare not publicize it, most of them are actually running some businesses.

In Jiangnan, many officials are doing business, especially many officials above the fourth grade, including officials who have retired from Beijing officials, are opening all kinds of shops, workshops, shipping, and 6 transportation, they have protégés in the officialdom, have friends and colleagues, and then through their penetration and influence, Jiangnan people's thinking is becoming active, and they have begun to produce earth-shaking changes, although this intangible thing is invisible and intangible.

Yang Ling welcomed the arrival of these Westerners very much, and after accompanying them to meet His Majesty the Emperor happily, he accompanied the bishop and some nobles, merchants, and soldiers of the country to tour the scenic spots, and watch the Ming 6 Navy honor guard, so that they could see with their own eyes the richness and luxury of Jinling City and the strength of the Ming army.

The richness of Jinling City and the beautiful scenery of Qinhuai for ten miles were fascinated by these Westerners and shouted to the paradise. The Ming army's strong ships and cannons, and all firearms and armaments made the aristocratic generals who were still a little proud of themselves couldn't help but bow their heads arrogantly. Yang Ling generously agreed to allow them to build churches at will in such heavenly holy places, including many more cities, to spread their teachings, and to the delight of the missionaries.

But for many days. Yang Ling was just hospitable, greeted the tour, and did not mention anything about the business and trade between the two sides, but after the Archbishop of La Mario and the nobles sobered up a little, they began to become anxious. After all, their main task is to establish economic and trade relations with the rich and powerful country of the East. They weren't a group of tourists, and Yang Ling, an important minister of the Eastern country, didn't seem to be aware of this, so how could this not make them anxious?

In fact, Yang Ling was also ecstatic about their timely arrival, because they brought the three most important things that could help Daming take off, but now it was obvious that they hadn't realized it yet, so Yang Ling didn't have to be so urgent. Let these guests who come from the ocean can't hold back and take the initiative to put the economic and trade between the two sides on the agenda, so that they can get the greatest benefits at the negotiation table.

Now, the internal stability of the Ming Dynasty has been stabilized, and the voices of the government and the opposition against reform have been extremely weak. Daming can now advance step by step towards commercialization and industrialization

As long as Yang Ling consolidates this goal and catalyzes the development of this process, then he can personally watch this oriental giant ship sail down on the right path.

There is a basic law in the exhibition of civilization: the law of the pyramid. When the existing technology and culture are spread on a large scale, it will give birth to the next level of technology and culture. Then people will create new institutions and consciousnesses based on them, and then continue to give birth to new technologies and knowledge.

Yang Ling didn't want to rely on his own hundreds of years of advanced knowledge to forcibly build an untenable pavilion in the air on the basis of the Ming Dynasty. He wanted Daming to sail steadily and step by step towards the correct historical course.

Now this goal is gradually being realized, but there are three things that will be very difficult for the Ming Dynasty to complete only by itself, which requires the action of external forces.

These three things are the necessary accumulation and promotion factors for the completion of commercialization and industrialization. One is the ideology of valuing business and profit, the other is currency, and the other is market demand. And these three things, like the troika of the economic exhibition, are exactly what these Westerners can bring to Daming.

Deal with these Westerners, allow these Western missionaries to enter, spread the science, culture, and ideology of Westerners in a timely manner, and communicate with the East. The sharing of resources can greatly promote the transformation of the feudal consciousness of this ancient oriental country for nearly 1,000 years into a more advanced ideology.

At present, the Ming Dynasty seriously hinders the implementation of the "One Whip Law", hinders the process of commercialization, and hinders the economic take-off of important items silver, which can also be realized in this trade process. Yang Ling knows that with the vision of the Ming people, coupled with the geographical location of the Ming Dynasty, and thousands of years of cultural inheritance. Let them go to sea to risk and plunder some backward and weak tribes, which is unacceptable to the morality and history and culture of the Ming people.

And the West has now begun its armed plundering of the Americas. Then the Ming can use its advanced production technology, manufacturing technology to carry out the economic plundering of dumping trade, the Western powers plundered a large amount of real gold and silver from the Americas, plus their own mining and production of gold and silver, will continue to be exported to the East in this trade process, they will become a transit station for the global transfer of gold and silver, and the ultimate goal is China, creating a silver standard of Chinese currency, and prompting the Ming to use sufficient gold and silver reserves to derive currency credit

This kind of plunder is more long-term than military plunder, because in this process, the Ming Dynasty will continue to export a large number of commodities as the premise, which will greatly catalyze the process of the Ming Dynasty's industrialization exhibition, prompting more businessmen to invest in the establishment of industry in order to provide a large number of high-quality and low-cost Oriental products urgently needed by Westerners, and the demand will prompt the industrial owners to promote the progress of industrial technology and the formation of the industrial system, so that China will enter the industrialized country before them.

The world's silver and gold continue to flow into the pockets of the Ming Empire, and the world pays hard currency to the Ming Empire to support the needs of this huge empire's industrial exhibition, and use their product demand to promote the development of this process, which makes people's blood boil when they think about it.

Even better, this will deal a heavy blow to the budding industrialization of the West, which has just started and has not yet had large-scale production capacity and advanced enough technology to compete with the East, and its industrialization process will be delayed by a hundred years or more.

It cannot be ruled out that some far-sighted people in these countries will present this unfavorable factor in the future. But the merchants are profitable, and the common people want to buy cheap and fine goods, and their efforts will be very limited, and they will be destined to keep the Han people in the East as the most powerful country in the world, and it will naturally continue to reign in the East as a great empire!

Yang Lingdi's plan succeeded, and after two days of continuing to pretend to be elegant gentlemen, Archbishop La Mario and the Marquis of Barmond could no longer hold back, although they were served delicacies of the Orientals that they had never tasted. They also feel that they are not eating well.

Archbishop La Mario and the Marquis of Barmond exchanged a look, and then smiled at Yang Ling, who was sitting on the throne, and said: "Honorable Duke, with the expectations of His Majesty the Pope and His Majesty the King, we have crossed the ocean to this most beautiful oriental country, on the one hand, to offer our friendship to His Majesty the Venerable Emperor Ming, and on the other hand, we also want to negotiate business and trade between our two countries. ”

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"Also," he licked his lips and said, "There are some ignorant and arrogant soldiers in our country, who offended the majesty of His Majesty the Ming Emperor and were punished by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. I heard that they are now shepherding sheep in the cold, dry, and often sandy west? God, there are at least twelve of them who are nobles, and we beg the Ming Emperor with our sincerity to forgive them, hoping that we can bring them back to China, and I think that after this lesson, they will no longer be rude to the invincible Ming army."

Yang Ling waved his hand, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped suddenly, and the two rows of bewitching and beautiful dancers retreated. Yang Ling took a sip of wine and smiled: "The Archbishop and His Excellency the Marquis have come from all over the world. Bringing the letter of the king of your country to see me as the Son of Heaven has proved his sincerity.

For the sake of the king, we can end the punishment of those who are guilty of war crimes. Think of it as proof of our sincere friendship with your country. As for trade, I would like to know, what are your country's plans? ”

"That's so, Lord Duke," said the Marquis of Barmond, "you know, your country's silk, porcelain, cotton, tea, etc., are all very popular commodities in our country, and our country's navy. is the most powerful".

He looked at Yang Ling's eyes, and added: Yes, it is the most powerful in the entire West, and we have enough ability to ensure the safety of the ocean-going fleet. To ensure the smooth trade routes of countless exquisite items of the Ming Dynasty to the West, no damn pirate dares to attack our idea. We hope to be able to establish our purchasing organization in the important seaports and commercial ports of Daming, and to establish a unique trade relationship between our two countries, and we hope to get your permission and support."

Yang Ling laughed hesily: "You want to take over the eastern goods and sell them to the west, do you eat such a large amount of business underground?" ”

"Of course, our economic strength and force are enough to support the guarantee, as long as the generous Ming Emperor agrees, we will do the rest."

"No, no, no," Yang Ling shook his head, and said without the slightest interest: "You know, Your Excellency the Marquis, the Ming Empire is vast and rich, and we have trade relations with many surrounding countries, for the western countries thousands of miles away, in fact, there is no urgent need for commerce and trade now, His Majesty the Emperor allows you to do business, hoping to strengthen the exchanges between your two countries and enhance mutual friendship. The sea is tolerant of all rivers, and tolerance is great, which is the measure of the Eastern Empire.

He looked at the archbishop and the marquis and the generals who were sitting in the precarious position, and smiled: "As far as I know, England, France, Spain, Holland, and Venice all have commendable fleets in the West, and this is their guarantee of force, and perhaps none of them will be enough to threaten you, but what if your monopoly prompts them to ally with it?" ”

Yang Ling raised his glass and smiled: "In fact, we have nothing to import from the West, and the textiles of England are the most commendable to you, but their minimum cost is still more than three times that of our Ming Dynasty, and the quality of the best cotton fabrics in the Netherlands cannot be compared with the products of an ordinary handicraft workshop in our Jiangnan."

The price is high and crude, and it is conceivable that the goods of the Ming Dynasty arrived. It will become a commodity that merchants from all sides are eager to fight for, and you will monopolize all the business, and you will choke the entire Western commodity exchange market. Our purpose is to enhance our friendship with each other, but we do not want to see you start a war in the West and even spread to the Indian Ocean, and you cannot afford to do so."

Archbishop La Mario and Marquis Bamond looked at each other. They didn't expect Yang Ling to know so much about them, "Damn! It must have been those stupid prisoners of war who confessed everything we had there to him! Bamond cursed viciously in his heart.

The archbishop said slyly: "Dear duke, you should know that in fact, our fleet has always been crisscrossing the ocean line between the east and the west, and it has a strong strength to compete with them, if your navy is willing to support us, then what are you afraid of?" ”

Yang Ling Zhengse said: "Then how can it be done?" Our Emperor was not only generous, but also a benevolent monarch who wished to live in friendship with the nations of the West. Instead of showing off his majesty by force, His Majesty will not agree to do so."

Yang Ling will not let his family dominate, and it is more in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty to have a few more Western countries come and compete with each other, but there is no doubt that Portugal's eagerness and initiative can win a rich gift for it, so Yang Ling followed closely and said: "Of course, I will not completely refuse your request." Among the wide range of products you need, you can choose the exclusive agency rights of two products. ”

Yang Ling said slowly: "It means that these two commodities are for Western countries. We will only sell to you alone, and then you will re-export it, and I believe that this profit has already flowed lucratively. Of course, in exchange, we also require that we have a presence in your country and that they receive the legal protection and support of your country".

Colonel Sander couldn't help but say, "Lord Duke." Don't you think it's too stingy for us to come from afar? In fact, many commodities can be obtained through smuggling, and we are now willing to trade only with the Ming officials, and your country will receive a large amount of tax revenue. It's not good for your country."

Yang Ling smiled faintly and said, "The large smuggling transaction you said is just afraid that it won't work now." Those big smugglers are now under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to rely on force to smuggle large quantities at sea in a legal and law-abiding business. I hope that you will also follow the laws of our dynasty in the future. ”

He put down his glass and said solemnly, "Otherwise, we may have to regrettably refuse to make any deal with you and seek other partners instead." I think you probably know that your country's smugglers used to make a lot of money in the East, do you know how they gained a foothold in the East and how they made it? The main business is to do business with Japan.

Because the Japanese often violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, there was a time when they lost the right to trade directly with the Ming Dynasty, and although we were only separated by a short strait, they could only obtain the Ming goods they needed from the smugglers of your country.

As a result, the price of goods there is extremely high, a catty of silk is worth six taels in their place, a catty of silk is worth two taels, a catty of silk is worth two taels, a catty of red line is seventy taels, a catty of mercury is worth three taels, a needle is worth seven cents of silver, and even an inconspicuous iron pot is worth one tael of silver. Your smugglers sell the goods of the Ming Land every year, and get millions of taels from them.

Your country is far away from our country, if you anger His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and refuse to trade directly with you, then you will have to buy oriental goods from your neighbors at high prices, and your extra payment, I think it will be even more amazing! ”

"No, no, Colonel Sander is a professional soldier, he doesn't know anything about trade, he doesn't have to take it seriously!" The Marquis of Barmond said with a smile on his face, glaring fiercely at the mouthy Sander.

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Archbishop La Mario cautiously asked, "So what does the Duke mean that we can choose two commodities and serve as the exclusive agent of the Ming Dynasty in the entire West, and what about the other commodities?" Can we buy it? ”

"Of course, if there is no other friendly Western country to establish an agency relationship with us, you can buy at will", Yang Ling smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to be nervous, don't forget, you are the first honored guest to arrive, and you are also the first to choose, so the agent goods you choose will probably be the two most profitable, right?"

Hehehe, if there are other friendly countries that come to hear the news and act as agents for some kind of goods, you don't have to worry about spending a lot of money to buy them, you know, you also have items in your hands that they don't have, so you can sit down and negotiate and set a price that is satisfactory to both parties. Of course, before that, you, the first visiting friends, had already pulled a handful of gold coins out of their pockets."

Marquis Bamond and the others laughed, negotiation is always strength determines everything, meeting such a shrewd Ming official who knows everything about them, it is impossible for them to bargain from Daming to get more benefits, now they need to determine which two commodities to choose as agents as soon as possible, and ship them to the West as soon as possible. Earn him a lot of money. It's a pleasure to kill him first.

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