Ying Changpei and Zhu Daolin walked side by side across the small wooden bridge, drove Zhu Daolin's junior brother Yuhu to his four-wheeled carriage, got into Zhu Daolin's car, and asked Zhu Daolin when the carriage walked: "What's the matter with the Francophone man?" ”

Zhu Daolin looked at his eyes with a smile: "Jinling City is so big, I don't believe you don't know how many Francophone people came." ”

"I know that in the past two days, there have been two batches of Francophone people, both of whom were led by the disciples from Songjiang and Ningbo, but these people have not contacted me, so I haven't inquired, what's the matter? Did they hear something and come to you? "Ying Changpei is very sensitive.

Zhu Daolin briefly told Ying Changpei about Gonggong Wu's report on the Franc machine, and asked a sentence that made Ying Changpei stunned: "There is a chance, do you want to kill those Franc robots?" ”

"What chances? How to slaughter? Ying Changpei asked curiously.

Zhu Daolin no longer beat around the bush: "Do you remember the string of sapphires you bought from me?" In the eyes of the Franc man, this gemstone is more valuable than pearls and gold. You wear it on your hand tomorrow, and go with me to see the Franco, and when they see the sapphire in your hand, you can look at their eyes, and I guess it will surprise you. ”

Ying Changpei quit: "I kept that string of sapphires as a family heirloom, no!" I won't sell any amount of gold or silver! ”

"You stupid...... You take it out first, and next time I'll bring you two better strings, what's so strange about your string of things? There are some in the jewelry store over there in Tianshu Pavilion, red, yellow, green, white, purple, everything, which can spell out a rainbow for you. Zhu Daolin disdainfully gave Ying Changpei a merciless blow.

How could Ying Changpei believe: "Okay! Let's talk about it later, haha! ”

Zhu Daolin was so angry that he simply threw out a killer idea: "In this case, if you do business with the Francophile, don't blame me for not giving you a chance!" ”

"How's that going to work? One yard to one yard. You can't forget your righteousness! ”

Ying Changpei finally became nervous, and from the many news that his subordinates heard back, he speculated that the purpose of the Franc machine man coming to Jinling was to find Zhu Daolin, who had many rare treasures, to do business, if Zhu Daolin agreed, it would definitely be a sea trade far beyond Jingdezhen porcelain, tea, and raw silk countless times. Maybe it's still long-term trade, how could Ying Changpei let go of such a huge opportunity.

When Zhu Daolin saw him like that, he didn't know what he was thinking: "Don't be reluctant to give up your string of blue beads, if the Franc machine man sees it, he will sell it to them, and the price is 60,000 taels of silver, and the reserve price is 50,000 taels plus 10 Franc machine bronze cannons, or 30,000 taels of silver plus 25 Buddha Lang machine cannons and 10 18-pounder bronze cannons." ”

"If the Francophone is unwilling, you won't suffer if you put it away. If we can sell it, we'll split half of it, and I'll give you two more strings of the same one when I get back. ”

Ying Changpei's eyes widened: "50,000 taels still carry so many cannons?" How can it be? ”

"I don't know if it's impossible now, just wait and see, hehe......"

Zhu Daolin smiled, and when he saw Ying Changpei thinking nervously again, he simply leaned back on the comfortable leather seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, when he was discussing with his eunuch uncle in the morning. It has been decided to deal with the Franco-Robot in the name of Bofu Money, if it goes well. The business with the Franc machine man will be exchanged for the Franc machine artillery and silver for Wu Gonggong, and what Zhu Daolin paid is just to return to the so-called Tianshu Pavilion to purchase the goods that the Franc machine man needs.

At this moment, Zhu Daolin had already made up his mind that if the so-called Francophile really took a fancy to the string of blue artificial gems in Ying Changpei's hand, Zhu Daolin would keep this gemstone business to himself. No one will be given a piece of the pie again.

There is also a very important situation, Zhu Daolin did not tell anyone, after listening to Wu Gonggong's introduction, he thought that the two groups of Franco-machine people who came to Jinling City should not be a group, they may be Portuguese, Spanish or Dutch. It would not be surprising if there were British.

According to the information obtained by Zhu Daolin from the Internet and purchased history books, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the maritime hegemony Spain gradually declined, and the Netherlands, which only gained independence from Spanish rule in 1609, became the shipbuilding center of Europe with its strong shipbuilding industry and became the shipbuilding center of Europe, with its 16,000 sea ships, the Dutch fleet accounted for three-quarters of the total tonnage of European merchant ships, and in just a few years, it rose rapidly with seafaring trade, successively defeated the Spanish and Portuguese fleets, and occupied Goa, Java Island, Maluku Islands and the southern part of Taiwan Island in the Ming Dynasty. Quickly established the Dutch East India Company and implemented colonial rule, becoming the envy of European countries as the "coachman of the sea".

Zhu Daolin is currently in the European Gregorian era on March 2, 1632, the twelfth day of the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, at this time the Netherlands was in the most powerful historical period, until 1651, that is, 19 years later, it was challenged by the British who were united in the whole country, and gradually declined in the subsequent twenty years of war.

If through tomorrow's meeting, he can establish trade relations with the European merchants who are collectively known as the Francophiles of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Daolin will usher in a huge development opportunity, and even use this as a basis to quickly change the current economic environment and political situation of the Ming Empire.

The only problem that bothered Zhu Daolin was that the trade relations with the Franco-Rang people would seriously threaten the interests of the powerful in the Jiangbei region and the southeastern region, and would inevitably be jointly attacked by the interest groups of these forces all over the government and the opposition.

Zhu Daolin has been getting back several batches of goods to sell in Jinling for several months, which has already aroused the covetousness of all walks of life, if he starts large-scale trade with the Franc machine people, I am afraid that he will completely tear his face, even if there are Wu Gonggong, Ying family, Wei Guogong, Longping Hou and the newly joined Xin Chengbo, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the all-round attack of the powerful southeast forces all over the government and the opposition, maybe the Fujian Zheng family, which dominates the Ming Sea Frontier, will also launch a fierce attack on themselves.

It was precisely because of his deep concerns and the existence of such a huge risk that Zhu Daolin had the intention of seeking an official position as soon as possible and building a strong fleet in order to protect himself.

In connection with the in-depth analysis of the trade that might have been reached with the Francophiles, Zhu Daolin suddenly found that it might be a better choice to set the place of the trade in Taiwan, at least for a considerable period of time, to avoid attracting the attention of the powerful people in the southeast to the greatest extent, and as long as he won two years, he would be able to build a fleet with strong combat power and train tens of thousands of soldiers with advanced ideas with new training methods.

In this way, there will be a solid force to compete with all forces, and if it continues, it will naturally enter the pattern of survival of the fittest.

If you really want to find a foothold in Taiwan's Tamsui, you have to face the Spaniards and the Dutch, now the Dutch occupy Tainan and build a fortified city, and the Spaniards occupy the northernmost natural port of Taiwan, Keelung, and it seems that they also occupy the Tamsui estuary east of Taipei.

Compared to the two, it is undoubtedly easier to deal with the Spaniards, who are at a disadvantage, at least not as arrogant and domineering as the Dutch.

However, how to establish a cooperative relationship with the Spaniards and try to occupy the freshwater port, which has not yet been built, has become a big headache for Zhu Daolin.

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