"Zhu Lin, this can't be blamed on this king! This king doesn't know these things! I really don't know what my imperial brother thinks!" King Yi was still on the stairs, and the voice came. Walk into the room. King Yi stood aside and said to Zhu Lin with a smiling face: "I really didn't know that my imperial brother would do this. If I knew, I would have persuaded my brother. Isn't this self-destruction of the Great Wall? You see, none of the conditions that were promised to you at that time were fulfilled by my imperial brother. Now, hey, Zhu Lin, do you have any plans for the future?"

Zhu Lin said to King Bai Yi: "What can I do, since I am going home to keep filial piety, I will go home! The province is here every day so that your brother can't sleep peacefully! By the way, how is the matter at the shipyard?"

"This king has come to tell you about this today. I have already obtained the drawings and materials of the treasure ship from the military department. It was placed in the carriage outside. The shipyard has also been done, in Songjiang Mansion in Suzhou, by the river, the place is very large, and the terrain is good. There are two slipways, one for small boats and one for large boats. To build a treasure ship, you'll have to build two more slipways. But fortunately, it was cheap at this shipyard, and it cost less than a million taels. Look?"

Zhu Lin asked, "What about the title deed?" King Yi took out a brown paper bag from his arms and threw it on the table. Then he said, "I'll find someone to help you pay the money first." You're going to give money. I didn't earn you a cent. ”

Zhu Lin took out the brown paper bag, opened the title deed inside, and took a closer look, which was not bad with what King Yi said. A total of 950,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of commission was paid to the middleman, and 20,000 taels were paid to the government. The total is nine hundred and eighty thousand taels. The plot is not small anymore. Converted to the units of later generations, a total of two square kilometers. Most of the shipbuilding needs in the shipyard are available. Converted into land for sale. As long as Zhu Lin sends someone over, construction can start immediately. After reading the title deed, Zhu Lin always felt that something was wrong. According to the market price, a shipyard like this will not be able to take it without tens of millions of taels of silver. Why is this shipyard so cheap? No matter how cheap it is, it can't be so cheap. Nine million taels of silver were missing. Zhu Lin thought for a moment and asked loudly: "Lord Wang, you are very capable and rich! Look you're so rich! Isn't it time to pay back the money you borrowed from me before? ”

King Yi had just taken a sip of tea, and when he heard Zhu Lin say that, he almost squirted out the tea. Hurriedly explained: "How can I have so much money! This is the property of the Li thief, and it has been confiscated." Did I do my best to get you the whole thing? I'm borrowing this money too. Ask Miss Lu to borrow it. ”

"Oh, I see. Zhu Lin said in a long voice. "Or, Lord Wang, let's do this, how about converting the money you owe me into this money. You don't have to pay it back. Let's get rid of it!"

Yiwang Yin smiled and said, "Weiwu Hou, Zhu Lin, brother, I already knew that you would think like this. Hehe, that's fine, let's settle the two. But Zhu Lin, don't you want those drawings?"

Damn, forget about it. Zhu Lin said with annoyance in his heart. "Lord, what do you say! I'm going to leave Beijing recently. We've got to settle the bills. ”

King Yoshio took a sip of tea. looked at Zhu Lin and said, "Weiwu Hou, you tell this king, what are you planning to buy a shipyard for, what do you want to build a treasure ship for?"

"I've told you this before! I'm just going to build big ships and go to sea to do business. Declare the prestige of the Great Chinese Dynasty. Zhu Lin replied.

"Really?"

"That's right, otherwise a treasure ship would cost millions of taels of silver, and I wouldn't have the place to spend on building that kind of thing. Zhu Lin replied.

"Zhu Lin, I won't hide it from you, someone wants to buy a stake in your business! You don't have to pay this million taels of silver, and they can also provide up to five million taels of silver as shares. And they also provide you with shipbuilders, what do you think?" said the righteous king.

Zhu Lin stood up and walked around the room twice. He said, "What do you mean? Who wants to buy shares?"

King Yi dipped his finger in the tea and wrote the word 'Liu' on the table. Zhu Lin looked at it for a moment and fell into deep thought. There was silence for a long time. King Yi didn't urge, and slowly drank tea there and looked at Zhu Lin in thought. Zhu Lin pondered for a long time, considering the benefits and losses. If you run such a large shipyard by yourself, you will definitely not be able to do it. At that time, if the capital chain is broken, it will definitely be very troublesome. The most critical of his own subordinates is not proficient in shipbuilding and shipyard management. That's the biggest difficulty. From ancient times to the present, shipbuilding, especially building large ships, is not a simple matter. It is best to have someone else take a stake in the craftsman. What Zhu Lin is thinking about now is this Liu character. If Lu Zi was wrong, maybe Zhu Lin would have agreed without even thinking about it. But this Liu character made Zhu Lin unable to make up his mind for a long time. It's not that Zhu Lin didn't know about this Liu family, and a large part of the imperial court sailors on the river and Shanghai were controlled by the Liu family. Many boats running on the canal and river are also mostly chartered by the Liu family, including themselves. The most powerful thing is that the Rilongchang ticket number also belongs to the Liu family. This is also the reason why the emperor punished the Li family so harshly and let the Liu family go, don't forget, the Songjiang Navy Master Liu Admiral also participated! And he is the absolute main force. Looking at the emperor's punishment of the surname Liu, you can see the huge power of the Liu family. There was only one charge of rebellion. For a behemoth like the Liu family, not even a single hair can be injured. Zhu Lin was extremely contradictory in his heart, stood up again, turned around a few times, and asked King Yi: "The Liu family is so good!

King Yi smiled and said: "How is it possible, the condition of the Liu family is that your artillery and guns can be sold to them? Not too much, about three hundred doors, put down, all of them will be given to you at the highest price!" Zhu Lin said to King Yi: "It's impossible, there are more than 300 guns, tell them that I won't sell a single cannon." ”

"This, Zhu Lin, surnamed Liu, also said, if you don't sell cannons, you can sell information on cannons. The righteous king said. Zhu Lin sneered and said: "Don't even think about this, they are simply daydreaming! You tell them that I will not sell the technical information and finished products of the cannon, including the gunners." If they have the ability, let them go to Sicheng to get it. I'll 'entertain' them well. "Lord, do you know what kind of consequences those cannon-making techniques will cause if they are passed on? That is, your imperial brother's throne is not guaranteed. Half of the Great Chinese Dynasty is not guaranteed. To put it more seriously, even if even a piece of paper leaks out of the data drawings for the cannons to be used by the slaves, it will cause unimaginable consequences. Therefore, don't persuade you anymore about these things. Even if I am poor and ask for food, I will not sell it!"

After hearing this, King Yi nodded and said, "In that case, I will have someone reply to them." Those treasure ship drawings are considered to be repaid. But you still have to pay for the million taels of silver. This king doesn't have that much money. I'll get you a few old craftsmen from the military department. They are all descendants of the old craftsmen who built treasure ships before. They are all good shipbuilders. Well, how about this king has these craftsmen take a stake in your shipyard?"

Zhu Lin smiled bitterly and said, "You promised me that you didn't want a penny, but now you are raising money." How hurtful it is for the two of us to raise money!"