Chapter 625 has gained a lot

The Son of Heaven has said that this is the Son of Heaven who wants me, the Son of Heaven, to carry out changes, so don't make trouble. As the so-called general trend of the world, once the machine of national reform is officially put into operation, if an individual wants to block the trend of the times, it is really a mantis arm to block the car. In the face of the torrent of history rolling forward, any attempt to restore is a farce like a clown.

The purpose of change is for the betterment of the country, and it is obviously unrealistic for a big empire to change overnight. People are old-fashioned, and the more backward they are, the more so. One of the reasons for conservatism is because of interests, and the other is because of fear, the fear of new things. What is not pleasing to the eye is essentially fear, fear that existing interests will be broken.

Any change that falls below will certainly be met with resistance of one kind or another. Zhu Youzhen and Chen Xie both had such mental preparations, and they were not in a hurry. Let's do it little by little, changing this thing, the hard part is the first step.

At this stage of the Ming Dynasty, the desire for change is the strongest, or the coastal provinces of the Ming Dynasty, they can see the interests that are about to arrive, and the inland provinces are the opposite, the interests of this thing can not be seen, then there is no motivation to change. The only exception was Shanxi, where the merchants of this place brought great wealth to the Jin merchants after the trade on the grasslands brought great wealth, and they had clear requirements for the improvement of their social status. Because there is such a group, Shanxi's reform is relatively positive, and other inland provinces are not so diligent.

Chen Xie gave Zhu Youzhen's construction yì, first along the coast, and then the provinces along the Yangtze River. The impetus for any change is the benefit of it. When you can't see the benefits, it's hard to make proactive changes.

Regarding the requirements of Zhejiang, Jiangbei, Liangguang and other provinces to open the sea, Zhu Youzhen's attitude is very clear, you must have a clear plan. Don't see others getting rich and their eyes are red, let's do it first. That might be counterproductive. The provinces do not have experience in this area, what should they do? Send someone to study in Huating New District. Look at how people do it.

Circle a piece of land, any foreign trade, in this territory, the advantage of this is to avoid some unnecessary disputes. lest it be caused by the accident that during the Chengzu period, a certain overseas prince ran to Jingdezhen. Another is ease of management. It's not enough to just enclose the land, you have to make a show and see how people get it.

There is no doubt that the Huating New Area has become a model of opening up to the outside world, which has been imitated by coastal provinces. There's a lot of investment involved, but it's very interesting from the provinces. Why? The stakes are too great. Let's take Liangguang as an example, judging from the location of the land, they are close to Annan and other countries, and once the trade with them is done. There's a lot of stake in it. Not to mention, they are closer to Nanyang, and now merchants from various provinces can only go to the three provinces with open seas to trade, how can they have the convenience of doing business at their doorstep?

You know, running on the sea is not something you can run if you want to, you have to wait for the trade winds. Once missed. A year's worth of buying and selling is considered yellow. So ah, the maritime merchants of the provinces. The demands are extraordinarily strong.

There are a lot of things, Zhu Youzhen has a strong desire for change, and Chen Xie's helper is tired. I stayed in Beijing for half a year, and almost every day I had to discuss with Zhu Youzhen to solve one sudden problem after another. While Chen Xie solved the problem, he kept instilling Zhu Youzhen with some of his own private goods. The Ming Dynasty should be prosperous for a long time, and the traditional farming civilization. There is no way to solve this problem anymore. Industrial production, improving the status of Ge Wu Xue, plundering resources from the outside world, seizing the market, and so on.

In the spring of the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, thousands of sails competed on the Bohai Sea that had just broken the ice. The deep-water wharf at the mouth of Dagu is crowded with people. The voyage that lasted more than a year, from Daming to Tianzhu and Mubang, and back again, was full of many difficulties, and outsiders had no way of knowing. I only saw this fleet of more than 50 armed merchant ships, finally returning to the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.

The battleships escorting the sea fired a salute, and the batteries on the coast responded with a salute. The people in every boat were screaming and screaming as if they were crazy. The people waiting on the dock are also very mixed, including people from the clan, people from the official family, and even internal supervisors.

Chen Xie did not join in the fun on the dock, but watched this scene from afar. With him was the great eunuch Wang Chengen, who kept muttering, and his nephew didn't know if he had come back safely. Ten ships of the royal fleet joined the voyage, and Wang Chengen could not have a son, so he succeeded a nephew to inherit the incense for himself, and for the sake of the child's future, he ruthlessly got him a boat, and also went to sea to run this trip that was said to bring back a boatload of gold.

It's hard to say whether you can bring back a boatload of gold, but as long as you can come back safely, you will definitely be able to make a big fortune. Merchants from all over the dock are already waiting. Spices, jade, ivory, you can collect as many of these things as you want, you don't have to worry about running out of silver, let alone worrying about not being able to sell them, there are many rich people in the Ming Dynasty. If the previous royal fleet only made everyone see huge benefits, then this time, the large-scale trade fleet at sea is a real benefit.

Ministers with almost a bit of family background, their people are all involved in this maritime trade. If the family can't afford to buy a boat, then everyone will work together, worrying that the risk is too great, and it will be easy to do, so find a few people to share the risk together. In short, there are all kinds of means, like Wang Chengen, who doesn't have much savings, Chen Xie directly lent him a boat to do business with Wu Zhi, which is a special case.

Wu Zhi also wanted to come this time, but unfortunately his status was not enough, how much profit could the ten ships of the royal fleet bring back, Zhu Youzhen was very anxious to know, so he simply sent it to Wang Chengen. This is from India, Tianzhu came back, and according to Chen Xie, there is gold everywhere, just waiting for everyone to move. In fact, we all know that it is a saying, if India is all gold, why bother the Tessio Barrow people to come to Daming? It's nothing more than the huge profits of trade, and everyone is not very sure how much they can earn.

The soldiers pulled a cordon on the pier, the first boat docked, and the rest anchored in the shallow sea. The first person to get off this boat, dressed as a eunuch, everyone could see at a glance that this was Han Zanzhou, the steward of the royal fleet, and this time he went to India, and he took the initiative to ask for help. Just one requirement, when you come back, you can go home to care for the elderly.

Han Zanzhou was followed by a Zhang Xun, and when he went out this time, the whole person became an African uncle, and he was still in good spirits, but he just got off the boat, and he walked a little fluttering. The little eunuch who was waiting on the dock immediately greeted him, led the two out, and found Chen Xie and Wang Chengen, who were staying in a quiet place.

Seeing these two coming from a distance, Chen Xie stood solemnly and arched his hand from afar: "The two of you have been gone for many years, the sea is stormy, and it is not easy to return from nine deaths and one life. Chen Xie is here to thank the two of you, you have made a good start to the Ming Dynasty, you have opened the precedent of the Ming Dynasty's foreign maritime trade, and you are the pioneers of the Ming Dynasty's eternal strength. ”

After saying this, Zhang Xun was a little better, and Han Zanzhou was already squatting on the ground, hugging his head and crying. Chen Xie and Wang Chengen also did not persuade him, and let him vent in this quiet corner. Sailing on the sea is really not a fun thing, Chen Xie knows this very well. Han Zanzhou was able to persevere and not go crazy, which is already a great thing. Putting aside the good errands of the Huating Shipping Division and going to sea for a long voyage, Chen Xie really admires him.

After crying for a while, Han Zanzhou stood up, tidied up his clothes, and arched his hand in the direction of Jingshi: "Long live the lord, the slave and maid have come back alive, ten boats, and one is not missing." Everyone followed the Jingshi and bowed their hands, and Han Yuan continued: "Chief, Grandpa Guo, the slave is rude. Chen Xie smiled, and Wang Chengen waved his hand to signal that it was not in the way. At this time, Han Zanzhou turned around and made a gesture of please: "Lord Zhang, it's your turn, tell everyone what we brought back." Speaking of this, Han Zanzhou's face was proud, and his tone was full of pride.

Zhang Xun stepped forward and bowed his hand with a smile: "The chief manager, Grandpa Guo, when he set off from Daming, he brought ten ships of goods, worth 800,000 silver yuan. When I came back from this trip, there were ten tons of gold on board, which is a lot of gold in that part of India. Unfortunately, later they were reluctant to give the gold, so they had to exchange the goods. He had no choice but to accept ivory, jadeite, spices, precious stones, and other things. It is not clear how much it is worth. There were three ships of ivory, three ships of spices, and three ships of jade rough. Taking into account the inconvenience of sea navigation, every day the ship did not load much, that is, half of the volume, and the rest had to be loaded with food and fresh water. Hehe, even then, each ship could not hold more than a hundred tons of cargo. ”

Tons of this unit is now very popular, how much material this, is already history. The new units that Chen Xie brought to this era are integrated into the life of this era little by little.

On this ship, except for ten tons of gold, there are no other things, more with guards, and all kinds of supplies, Han Zanzhou and Zhang Xun's ship, the treatment is still relatively high. Even so, the amount of ten tons of gold made Wang Chengen tremble, what kind of concept is this? That's a full 200,000 taels of gold! How much time has passed, how much investment has been made, and what kind of business can you make 200,000 taels of gold in these years.

Not to mention anything else, just these 200,000 taels of gold are enough to make Wang Chengen's blood burn. Not to mention, there are so many ships of cargo. It took a while for Wang Chengen to ease up and ask, "What about my nephew?" ”

Han Zanzhou said with a smile: "It's safe and sound, I brought back a boatload of goods, and I heard that there was no shortage of gold." (To be continued......)