Zhu Jun couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he arranged the Ma Ren on the boat, and chatted with each other a few times, but he felt that the surnamed Ma had some insight, and then Zhu Jun still concocted the same method, and found ceramic merchants and pharmacists to compete for the auction price, and the whole ten large cargo ships actually earned nearly 1.9 million taels of silver.

After this trip, almost all the industries of the entire Luzon industry giants and tycoons were looted, and even Zhu Jun was surprised by this huge number, watching boxes of silver being loaded onto ships, he really couldn't help but want to pounce on it and kiss it, but he knew that money like this kind of rare and expensive thing could only be earned this time at most, and if it was still concocted in the same way and then transported to a shipload of goods, the price would plummet.

On the third day, the Luzon merchant invited Zhu Jun to see his estate, and he owed Zhu Jun a full 80,000 taels of silver, and said that he would redeem it with the house and real estate.

Zhu Jun has been staying on the ship for this time, and now that most of the business is over, he is also full of interest, he changed into a cyan robe, and got off the boat under the mighty support of Mu Jianming and others, and when he left, Zhu Jun did not forget to pull Ma Ren, this person has lived in Luzon for half his life and has done business, and he should have some understanding of the value of land, Zhu Jun intends to let him staff and staff.

The land of the Luzon merchants was not far from the port, and Zhu Jun still rented more than a hundred mules and carriages, anyway, now that he has money, these carriages and horses are nothing, and it only takes half an hour to reach the land.

Here is located in the southeast of the port, one side faces the sea, the rest of the direction is a horse Pingchuan, a moment of effort, then arrived at a grange, Zhu Jun and everyone got off the carriage and mule, was welcomed into the Luzon merchant, the Luzon merchant attitude is very good, take out the title deed and put it on the table, Zhu Jun is not polite, while pulling Ma Ren to estimate the value, while letting people measure the land.

There are 20 acres of land, nearly 3,000 acres of paddy fields, equivalent to 30 taels of silver per acre of land, and a big mansion, this price is very low if it is placed in Luzon, but here near the sea, the soil has too much salt content, so the harvest is not good, so it is a bit of a loss for Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun and Ma Ren discussed for a while, but Ma Ren felt that this land was dispensable, so he just said to Zhu Jun: "If this land is only used for cultivation and is not worth a few silver, but the merchant is afraid that there is only these things left in his family property, and the emperor has earned him 310,000 taels of silver, so he should only regard this land as a lottery." ”

Zhu Jun didn't think so, in his thoughts, the land is not just for farming, this land is converted into a modern unit of measurement is seventy or eighty square kilometers, although it is not fertile, it is also a great wealth for Zhu Jun, he sat on the Nanmu chair, thought for a long time, and then raised his eyes and said to Ma Ren: "If I build a shipyard here, what conditions do I need?" ”

Ma Ren said: "The shipyard is easy to build, and it only needs a shipwright, but this shipbuilding project is huge, and it can't be achieved overnight." ”

"I'm going to build a warship, not a cargo ship." Zhu Jun said his true intentions, although Luzon is under the jurisdiction of the Spaniards, but there are also a large number of Spanish immigrants, if you can recruit a group of Spanish shipbuilders, and then invest a lot of money, it is not impossible to build Western warships, you must know that the Spanish Armada that was rampant a few decades ago was all over the world, although the fleet has been defeated by the British, and the empire is also declining, but the shipbuilding technicians are still there, Zhu Jun has money, but what he lacks is technology.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jun couldn't help but laugh dumbly, it was too unrealistic to recruit Spaniards as shipwrights to build warships in the Spanish colonies, no matter how stupid the Spanish colonial government was, it should also know the truth of raising tigers, although it was feasible in theory, but in fact it was a fool's dream.

Ma Ren's attitude became serious, and he analyzed seriously: "If Your Majesty wants to build a warship, Ma has some ideas. He glanced at Zhu Jun with deep eyes, and became more and more serious: "It is obviously not feasible in Luzon, this Nanyang island Luobu, it is not impossible for Your Majesty to find a piece of land to come out, but the most important part of building a ship is a skilled craftsman, fortunately, Ma knows some and can do some meager efforts for the emperor." The second is artillery, warships at sea mostly rely on artillery attacks, if there is no advanced artillery, no matter how strong the battleship is, I am afraid it will not help, in the final analysis, these are things that require skill. ”

Zhu Jun nodded in agreement with Ma Ren's analysis, and said: "Wages are not a problem, as long as they have skills, they will give as much as they want, but I don't know if there is a Francomotor shipwright in Luzon, if you can build a Western warship, it doesn't matter how much silver I spend." ”

"Ma knows some Franc Machine's shipwrights." Ma Ren had a smile on his face, and something seemed to be hinted at in his voice.

Zhu Jun immediately understood the conditions to be negotiated by the surnamed Ma, and couldn't help laughing: "Ma Qing's family rest assured, I am not a mean and unkind person, you are a Nanyang maritime businessman, and you know a lot about Nanyang customs and people, I will still have a place to borrow in the future, and I will not treat you badly." ”

Ma Ren then put his mind at ease, he is a smart businessman, when Zhu Jun landed on the shore, he already understood the value of Zhu Jun, if he can climb this big tree, the Ma family's maritime trade business can immediately stand out from the maritime merchants in the South Seas, as long as Zhu Jun's pirates do not rob the Ma family's fleet, won't the wealth come in?

Mutual use also requires capital, if you want to let people look at the Ma family, this force should be out, Ma Ren thought for a moment in his heart, and said: "The Ma family also has more than a dozen large and small merchant ships, and he has built a shipbuilding yard, the shipbuilding craftsmen and shipbuilding craftsmen are actually integrated, if they let them build ships for His Majesty, they will not bury talents." ”

"In addition, Ma also knew a few Franc machine shipwrights when he was in Manila, Ma heard that Spain since the defeat in the naval war a few decades ago, the country's strength is declining, and there is no spare strength to rebuild new warships, so many skilled shipwrights have lost their jobs since then, and some of them are sailing out to sea, wanting to find food overseas, most of them gather in Manila City, the residence of the governor of Luzon, if His Majesty is willing to make a price, Ma is willing to run for His Majesty and recruit some craftsmen."

Zhu Jun nodded again and again, since the surname Ma offered his price, if he didn't give him some benefits, he would always be unreasonable: "I will leave this matter to you, it doesn't matter how much money you spend, as for your Ma family...... Zhu Jun paused, sold a pass and said: "Does Ma Qing's family have the courage to move his family?" ”

"Moving a family? What does Your Majesty mean by this? ”

"I want you to relocate all the Ma family's properties to southern Burma, and from then on, all the Ma family's fleets will be protected by me, and there will never be more pirate attacks in the South Seas." Zhu Jun already has a plan to support the Ma family, not to mention his escort fleet, but so far no maritime merchants are willing to take out insurance and pay the insurance money, and they all maintain a wait-and-see attitude, after all, the pirates are vicious, who knows if your escort fleet can have the ability to keep the merchant ships.

And Zhu Jun plans to let Ma Ren be the first person to eat crabs, leaving no room for the Ma family to make a lot of money in the short term, so that he can not only repay the Ma family's help, but also set up a model in Nanyang, so that more maritime merchants can join the ship fleet.

"Your Majesty, this matter is very important, and you need to let Ma think about it again." The relocation of the family is not a joke, even if Ma Ren has the courage to think carefully.

"Then think about it, I'm tired, you stand down." Zhu Jun believes that Ma Ren is a smart person, and after he calculates the gains and losses, he will definitely give a satisfactory answer, but he is not in a hurry.