"How long have you been in this business?" Waiting for Yamashita Yuandao to sit down, Li Yuntian picked up the wine jug on the table and poured himself a glass first, and then stretched out the wine jug to the opposite Yamashita Yuandao, and asked seemingly casually. {d} {u} {0} {0}. {c} {c}

"Your Excellency, it's been more than twenty years." Yamashita Yuandao couldn't help but be flattered when he saw Li Yuntian pour the wine himself, and quickly stood up, leaned over with the wine glass in both hands, and replied respectfully.

"It's not a good feeling to be an abandoner." After pouring a glass of wine for Yamashita Yuandao, Li Yuntian put down the wine jug and looked at him quietly.

"It's false to say that you don't want to go home, but Xiaomin is also begging for food." A gloomy look flashed in Yamashita Yuandao's eyes, and he said helplessly.

"Emperor Taizu's medicine is fierce, and the move to ban the sea can be said to have pros and cons for my Ming Dynasty, and the coastal people will inevitably change in the long run!"

Li Yuntian saw that the eyes of Yuandao under the mountain were full of reluctance towards his family, so he groaned for a while and sighed to himself.

Yamashita Yuandao was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian with a somewhat stunned expression, although in private the coastal bureau was dissatisfied with Emperor Hongwu's ban on the sea, but no one in the official palace dared to comment in public, otherwise he would not only lose his official position, but also be thrown into prison for the crime of great disrespect.

Prior to this, Yamashita Motomichi did not expect that Li Yuntian, who was an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, would euphemistically express his criticism of the sea ban in front of him.

It is obvious that there is a great difference between the influence of the common people and the important ministers of the state on a matter.

It is naturally impossible for Yamashita Yuandao to pick up Li Yuntian's words, Li Yuntian is a high-ranking official and dignitary, and talking about the sea ban is concerned about state affairs, and he is just a civilian, if he dares to say irresponsible things, it will be a catastrophe.

"How will you get if you go to Nanyang?" Li Yuntian saw that Yuandao was sitting there in surprise at the bottom of the mountain, looking quite cramped, knowing that he was frightened by what he had just said, and then his words changed and talked about another topic.

"Back to adults, the harvest is quite rich, and there are usually two or three times the profit." Yamashita Motomichi came back to his senses, hurriedly bowed down, and replied with a smile on his face.

"Only two or three times?" Li Yuntian asked in surprise when he heard this.

Overseas trade is a lucrative business, and the price of goods that can be purchased cheaply in those overseas countries is often in short supply in the market after being shipped back to their home countries, and the price can usually increase more than ten times.

According to common sense, in addition to the cost of travel, Yamashita Yuandao earns far more than so little.

However, since Yamashita Motomichi was in the smuggling business, it was impossible to sell it on the market openly, so he had to give part of the profits to those who sold the goods, and bribe the local government officials.

In addition, in order to safely pass the sea area controlled by the pirates, Yamashita Gendo also had to pay tribute to those pirates along the way and buy the right of way for the waterway.

As a result, the profits received by Yamashita Motodo are undoubtedly much thinner.

However, Li Yuntian didn't think that it was right to only have two or three times the profit, at least four or five times, otherwise it would not be worth risking his life to do this business.

"Adults don't know that Xiaomin Road has to pay money to several pirates entrenched in the Nanyang waterway, and it also has to spend money to take care of all aspects of the relationship, and there are places to spend money everywhere." Yamashita Yuandao thought that Li Yuntian didn't know about overseas trade, so he couldn't help complaining, and he also hoped that Li Yuntian could give his two ships of goods a good price, and he would definitely suppress the profits.

"Do you think that if there is a Daming sailor to escort them, are those businessmen who go to Nanyang to do business willing to pay a fee for escort?" Li Yuntian knew the thoughts of Yuandao under the mountain, and he didn't break it, and asked quietly.

"Sailor escort?" Hearing this, Yamashita Yuandao was stunned again, his face was full of shock, Li Yuntian's statement was a little unbelievable.

Not to mention that Emperor Hongwu's ban on the sea forbade the people of the Ming Dynasty to go to sea to engage in trade, it was not easy to mobilize sailors, and there was never a previous example of escorting merchants.

Although Zheng He has been to the West six times, the purpose of his trip is not to trade with overseas countries, but to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, deter overseas countries to go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

In the final analysis, the scholar class of the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce", and did not regard overseas trade as a measure to fill the national treasury, which caused the maritime trade, which had been extremely active since the Tang and Song dynasties, to suffer a heavy blow, and then dragged down the domestic economic development.

Therefore, in the eyes of Yamashita Yuandao, it is undoubtedly more difficult and incredible to let the sailors of the Ming Dynasty escort the merchants who go south to do business.

"My lord, Xiaomin thinks that this move will be welcomed by the businessmen, and everyone must be willing to pay for this escort." Then, Yamashita Yuandao came back to his senses, and when he saw Li Yuntian looking at him, he hurriedly bowed down and said.

If there is a Ming sailor escort, it means that the imperial court has lifted the sea ban, so not only can you do business in Daming in a legitimate and bright way, but also avoid the pain of pirates along the way, which can be described as a great thing that everyone expects.

You know, pirates don't have any benevolence to talk about, the best thing is to eat black, many merchants engaged in the South Seas trade are still robbed of goods after paying the tolls, the lucky people can get a way out, the bad luck people can only leave their lives, the corpses are pushed into the sea to feed the fish and shrimp.

If it weren't for Yamashita Yuandao's cleverness and luckily meeting Li Yuntian's fleet, he would have been hacked by the pirates this time.

Moreover, compared with the toll fees handed over to the pirates and the cost of making some connections up and down the Ming Dynasty, the escort fees paid to the sailors and the taxes of the Ming Dynasty are undoubtedly much less, and they can live a stable and peaceful life, which is exactly what those merchants dream of, so why not?

"How many years have you not returned to your hometown to worship your ancestors?" Li Yuntian knew that Yamashita Yuandao couldn't believe what he said now, so he didn't say much, and after pondering for a while, he asked meaningfully.

Yamashita Yuandao was stunned for a moment, his mind couldn't keep up with Li Yuntian's jumping thinking, first said that the sea ban was inappropriate, then talked about the trade in Nanyang, and now mentioned ancestor worship, so that he didn't know how to answer for a while, and he couldn't guess what Li Yuntian wanted to invite him to this banquet this time.

Moreover, Li Yuntian's question is not easy to answer, his current identity is a Japanese person, and the ancestor worship in Li Yuntian's mouth is obviously not referring to his affairs in the Japanese country, which makes him in a dilemma and in a dilemma.

Yamashita Yuandao knew that the reason why Li Yuntian wanted to leave those sergeants of the Xiaowu Army to see him alone was because he had something to tell him, and now Li Yuntian was coldly probing his details, which made him involuntarily become vigilant.

In the final analysis, Li Yuntian is an official and Yamashita Yuandao is a smuggler, and now he doesn't trust Li Yuntian, once Li Yuntian knows his origin and turns his face, then he will not only become a fish to be slaughtered on the chopping board, but also harm his family.

According to the "Great Ming Law" promulgated by Emperor Hongwu, Yamashita Yuandao's behavior of pretending to be a Japanese to do business and paying tolls to the Japanese would be regarded as colluding with foreign races and rebellion, and would be connected to the nine clans, which is why he went to great lengths to conceal his identity.

However, Yamashita Yuandao knew that Li Yuntian had already seen through his identity, and this time he was invited to a separate banquet, if he did not confess to Li Yuntian, it would definitely cause Li Yuntian's dissatisfaction, making Li Yuntian resentful, and the consequences were unpredictable.

"The adults forgive their sins, but the minor's sins deserve death!" There was not much time left for Yamashita Yuandao to weigh the pros and cons, and in the face of Li Yuntian, who was staring at him with blazing eyes, Yamashita Yuandao turned his heart sideways, got up and knelt in front of Li Yuntian, and pleaded guilty to Li Yuntian with his head on the ground, and the originally half-baked Jiangnan dialect became fluent Ningbo dialect.

"Where does sin come from?" Seeing this, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and asked quietly.

In his opinion, Yamashita Motomichi is not only a smart person, but also decisive, which may be an important reason why he was able to escape from the pirates, and it is also the type of person he needs.

"My lord, Xiaomin's name is Zhao Yuancai, a person from Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang, because he was forced by his livelihood, so he pretended to be a Japanese to go to Nanyang to do business, which violated the law of the Ming Dynasty, please forgive me." Yamashita Motomichi's forehead was pressed to the floor, and he explained his origin one by one.

"Yamashita Yuandao, why are you drunk before you drink now, you are talking nonsense, you are a widow, even if you admire my great authority, you will not make up such a reason to please this official, don't say this to outsiders in the future, so as not to be misunderstood by others."

The smile on Li Yuntian's face became even thicker when he heard this, and he picked up the wine glass on the table and said, "Come, you have a drink with this official, and then tell this official about the interesting stories of going south to do business in the past." ”

Yuan Dao, who was kneeling there, was worried, not knowing how Li Yuntian would treat him, and suddenly heard Li Yuntian's understatement, his heart was suddenly taken aback, and he subconsciously raised his head, his mouth was slightly open, and he looked at Li Yuntian with a stunned expression, he never thought that Li Yuntian would deny his true identity anyway.

"The villain was confused for a moment just now, and he talked drunk, thank you for mentioning it."

Seeing Li Yuntian smiling, Yamashita Yuandao suddenly realized in his heart, Li Yuntian's move was obviously not to pursue him for pretending to be a widow, and he couldn't help but be surprised and happy in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuntian three times.

"The villain's life is given by adults, and it will be an adult's in the future, and it will be an adult's horse's head, if there are two hearts, five thunders will hit the top!" Then, Yamashita Yuandao got up, picked up the wine glass with both hands, bowed down, and said to Li Yuntian respectfully.

At this moment, Yamashita Yuandao has already come back to his senses, Li Yuntian treats him so kindly, it is obvious that he wants to take him for his own use, how can he not know the current affairs?

Besides, if he can climb to the backstage of Li Yuntian, he will have something to rely on in the future, and he will no longer have to be afraid of being blackmailed and embarrassed by the ruffians and the government when doing business in the Ming Dynasty, which can be described as an out-and-out good thing.

"Your life is your own, and it doesn't belong to anyone except the emperor." Li Yuntian laughed when he heard this, raised the wine glass in his hand at Yamashita Yuandao, and drank the wine in the cup.

"Yes, my lord taught me a lesson." Yamashita Yuandao nodded again and again, and drank the wine in the cup, but he didn't think much of Li Yuntian's words in his heart, thinking that Li Yuntian was just polite, and he couldn't fight with Emperor Xuande, so he naturally followed Li Yuntian to work hard.

Subsequently, Yamashita Yuandao diligently picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Li Yuntian, and the two chatted about Nanyang commerce and trade while drinking, and the atmosphere at the scene was harmonious and brisk.!^!