After listening to Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhu Youzhen was not angry, but laughed: "He really said that, saying that half of the world is surnamed Liu, and that my Ming world must have half of the credit of his Liu family?" ”

Wu Mengming didn't know whether Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen really didn't care, and even Liu Kongzhao's behavior could be tolerated, or he was angry and laughing, so he had to continue to reply solemnly:

"Yes, Weichen doesn't dare to have half a lie, nor does he dare to slander and slander Chengcheng Bo at will, this is indeed the news that Jinyiwei's spies in the Dutch East India Company heard in person, and the existing transcript is here, Your Majesty can consult it here."

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen glanced up at Wu Mengming, he just mentioned at the end of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, let Jinyiwei spread the intelligence network more widely, such as Xiyangfan, Wusizang, Hamiwei and even Dongyang and North Korea must have Jinyiwei's spies.

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect that Wu Mengming didn't perfunctory blame himself for his instructions, and actually really installed the Jinyi guards in the hands of the Dutch, but Zhu Youzhen didn't know how Wu Mengming did it, and he didn't bother to ask carefully, so he only asked Wu Mengming to record Liu Kongzhao's conversation with Van der Lane to him in detail.

After looking at it carefully for a while, Zhu Youzhen directly threw the record on the ground: "This Liu Kongzhao!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, although Sincerity Bo is a little rebellious, but Your Majesty should not be angry because of this."

Wu Mengming thought that Zhu Youzhen really wanted Long Yan to be angry and start killing, but he was also so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and trembled and persuaded Zhu Youzhen.

"Why are you so flustered, as if I want to eat people, I am angry that Liu Kongzhao is ignorant, I really don't take Daming's money seriously, or wait for him to return to Beijing."

Zhu Youzhen didn't mention Liu Kongzhao's disrespectful remarks at all, and he could guess that the reason why Liu Kongzhao dared to brag in front of Van der Lan was to scare Van der Lan.

After Liu Kongzhao arrived in Nanjing with the "Stubborn John" and other warships and Dutch prisoners, he was summoned into the palace by Zhu Youzhen on the second day.

"I heard that you did a big business in the south, and you also told a certain red-haired fan that half of the world is your surname Liu, but is there such a thing?"

With the intelligence system of Jinyiwei, Zhu Youzhen now basically knows what Liu Kongzhao is doing in the south.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen was very sure that Liu Kongzhao was able to establish a cooperative relationship with the Netherlands, and he was also able to use his boastful words to use 100,000 silver dollars as the upfront capital to get the world's most advanced first-class sail warship into his hands before the Zheng group belonging to the Ming Dynasty started a war with the Dutch colonists.

Just as the commander of the Jinyi Guard made Wu Mengming even more high-minded, the current Zhu Youzhen is also a little impressed by a noble like Liu Kongzhao.

Therefore, after seeing Liu Kongzhao, Zhu Youzhen still had a smile on his face, without the slightest anger.

But Liu Kongzhao heard Zhu Youzhen's words, but it was like five thunderbolts, he didn't expect that the words on his Vanderland's battleship would actually be known by His Majesty, he was so frightened that he immediately crawled down, his body trembled unconsciously, and he couldn't help but look back, he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were staring at him beside His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is just joking, in order to deceive the red-haired fan named Vanderland, and he didn't offend His Majesty, Your Majesty spares your life!"

Liu Kongzhao cried out loudly with a sad face.

couldn't help but be afraid that Liu Kongzhao was not afraid, if this kind of words were not heard by His Majesty, it would be fine, if he was heard, even if he was punished by the Nine Clans, no one would say anything wrong.

"Get up, aren't you quite bold, why are you afraid of becoming like this again, I know that you are a temporary expedient measure, this time I will spare you, but sometimes you still have to pay attention to proportion, don't think that in the north and south of the world, I don't know your thoughts, tell me what you saw and heard in the south this time, if you dare to have half a lie, be careful of your head!"

Zhu Youzhen said coldly, and secretly smiled when he raised the teacup.

Liu Kongzhao stood up tremblingly, answered yes, and after thanking him, he hurriedly told Zhu Youzhen how he found out the depth of the Zheng family after he went to the south, how to get in touch with the Dutch, how to get the Dutch first-class sail warship, how the Zheng group recovered Dongfanfu, and even told Zhu Youzhen about how he went to the East to test the gun.

After listening to Liu Kongzhao's narration, Zhu Youzhen only asked: "You and Vanderland have ordered a first-class sail battleship of 300,000 silver dollars, a second-class sail battleship of 200,000 silver dollars, and a third-class sail battleship of 100,000 silver dollars, right?" ”

Liu Kongzhao nodded.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen threw the song in his hand towards Liu Kongzhao: "You are really rich, if I guess correctly, even if there are few people in the country of the Netherlands, the iron ore and raw materials for building large warships must be purchased from other places, and the cost of a first-class warship should not be higher than 150,000 silver dollars, plus the cost of transporting it to Daming, the price of a total of 200,000 silver dollars is sky-high, you are good, you will come directly for a 300,000 silver dollar!" Before, Yang Mingshen spent three million to buy twenty warships from the Franco, but I didn't say anything, after all, it was his Yang family's own money, and now you are buying it in the name of the imperial court, what do you want me to say about you! When the money of the court is not money! ”

Liu Kongzhao didn't expect Emperor Zhu Youzhen to know so much about the cost of a first-class warship, and to say it so clearly and clearly.

"According to your majesty, Weichen was really cheated by this Vanderland?"

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

Liu Kongzhao couldn't help but pat his forehead: "I think I've taken a big advantage, these damn red ghosts are really hateful, he actually directly asked Weichen for 500,000 silver dollars at the beginning!" If it weren't for His Majesty's Shengming, Wechen would have been kept in the dark, but Wechen dared to ask, Your Majesty, how do you know? ”

"I have been taught by Taizu's dream, and there are things in the world that I don't know."

Zhu Youzhen smiled faintly, and asked Liu Kongzhao: "When you bragged to others, why didn't you say that you also got the Su Hui of the ancestor Liu Bowen?" ”

"How can Wechen have the luck of His Majesty, if Wechen gets the wisdom of his old man, he will not be so miserable by a group of red-haired fans, but Your Majesty, do you want to admit this contract list, but Wechen estimates that he will not do it again, but fortunately, Wechen only gave him Van der Laan 100,000 silver dollars, and it is not a loss."

Liu Kongzhao smiled and said.

"If they want, business can still be done, a total of 4.5 million silver dollars plus some gifts, it's not too much of a loss, just when the imperial court pays your tuition for Liu Dajin, fortunately, this silver is also sent to the merchants in the north, and it is not a big loss for Daming, remember this lesson, in the future, you will buy a boat to find the other party's vein, and then say, you don't spend so much money when you have money."

Zhu Youzhen also knew that Liu Kongzhao was not to blame for this matter, after all, he didn't know the actual price of a sail warship, even if he, the emperor, only remembered that the cost of a first-class sail warship was about 100,000 pounds in the eighteenth century when he accidentally checked the information in his previous life, so he had such an inference, and now it is only the middle of the seventeenth century, with the current technology of Western fans, maybe it is really not lower than this price.

What's more, the current first-class sail battleship is the most advanced warship in the world, and it can be said that there is no market, and it is good to be willing to sell it.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the price is expensive, it doesn't matter if you can start to establish trade relations with the Netherlands and other Western countries, which Zhu Youzhen is most willing to see, after all, the money lost will be earned back sooner or later.

(End of chapter)