The staff smiled and pointed not far away: "There is a sign over there, someone sent it." ”

"It's called the Canary Dog, coming to the Kingdom of Castile (Spain)."

"Ahh The man hammered his chest and cried out for blood, for he had paid fifty pounds for it.

He carried the puppy to a tall plaque in the main hall to look at it, and sure enough, it was written Canary dog, and he also drew a rough picture, which was very similar.

When this man was depressed, a staff member said, "If you don't want it, you can sell it to us."

This man asks how much you have to offer?

The staff said, ten times.

When this person heard it, he was a blood loss, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and sold it to Jinyiwei.

Li Guoyong watched it in the main hall, he was a little dizzy, many people came to offer treasures, even Western books, Jinyiwei could not recognize, they would be registered and accepted, and then sent to Jingshi, so that people would come again in a few days, once it was determined that it was an important book, it would be rewarded by the imperial court.

Of course, the most on the scene is the seeds of various creatures, the intelligence from all over the country, as for whether the information is true or false, whether it is useful or not, Jinyiwei will also judge that most of these things do not have a big contribution, but they can be tax-exempt.

The reason why all merchants come is that after offering treasures, they can get tax exemptions.

Li Guoyong heard a person say to Jinyiwei that Portugal set up a nautical school last year, under the strong auspices of Prince Enrique, and said where the school address was, and said clearly, Jinyiwei replied to him, if it is verified, it will be tax-free for next year, and the businessman is very happy and satisfied.

If Zhu Gaoxu was here, he would guess that it was Enrique, who was not only the leader of Portuguese navigation, but also known as the leader of human history, and he led the later Age of Discovery.

"Li Shaodong, what are you doing here?" Just when Li Guoyong was looking around, there were Jinyi Wei staff members on the side who stepped forward and knew him.

Li Guoyong was overjoyed when he saw it, it was Li Guomin, the son of his clan, the relationship between the Li family and the imperial court was relatively good, and there were also children in the clan who were specially recruited, but these staff members just did not occupy the official establishment of Jinyiwei, which was equivalent to contract workers in later generations.

"National." Li Guoyong stepped forward excitedly.

Li Guomin laughed and called him Brother Guoyong, because the two of them are seniors, and they are indeed his brothers.

Li Guoyong said, I want to go to that South America to find rubber seeds, has anyone found this?

He read every issue of the Ming newspaper, as if he hadn't discovered it yet.

Li Guomin said decisively, no one has found it yet, but every month, someone sends seeds over, saying that they are rubber seeds, hey, it's really hard to explain.

The emperor has released rubber seeds for more than a year, and has offered a reward of 100,000 taels of silver, and directly appointed as a county order, and those who have officials in the family can also be upgraded.

There are a lot of people who send seeds from all over the Ming Dynasty, and some people know that they are fake and send them, and they are taught a good lesson by Jinyiwei.

There are a lot of maritime merchants here in Suzhou, and people basically come every month, and every time it is fake.

Li Guomin saw that it was his own person, so he said: "It's not easy to do this, it's better to go far to South America, and you have to think clearly with your brother." ”

"I thought it out a long time ago, the boat was bought, and it cost 10,000 taels."

“。。 "Li Guomin gasped.

In the Ming Dynasty, more than 2,000 large ships can only be sold officially, and the people are not allowed to build, but in recent years, maritime trade is very popular, and the whole country of the Ming Dynasty has entered the age of navigation.

Later, it was changed to a large ship of 3,000 materials, and finally the ship could be collected this year, and he ordered the ship 28 months ago, and waited for 28 months, which shows how popular the large sea ships of the Ming Dynasty are now.

"Artillery gunners, navigation specialists, are you ready?" Li Guomin asked in surprise.

"I have been preparing for more than two years, and the court has helped." Li Guoyong said affirmatively: "I discussed with my father, I must go." After a pause, he seemed to know what Li Guomin was worried about, and said: "There are two younger brothers at home, and my son is also in school, so I'm afraid of Mao." ”

Li Guomin sighed, knowing that this clan brother was an official.

He didn't care about 100,000 taels of silver, he just wanted to be an official.

"You don't have to go to this in person, just find someone to go." He finally persuaded.

"I don't worry about others, I also want to go out to sea and see the scenery overseas."

Li Guomin knew that there was no way to persuade: "Okay, come here, I'll help you register." ”

He took Li Guoyong to the back room and took out a book, which showed that from the time the emperor issued a reward to the present, sixteen families have come to Jinyiwei to register, and there are countless people who have not come to register and directly sent seeds to the door.

There are still 14 families that have come to register and have not returned, and I don't know if they can come back.

And it is beneficial to register here, Li Guomin gave him a pair of nautical charts, all of which were the experience of previous people, and then told him to prepare things, including a compass, dried fruits, vitamin supplements, etc., and Jin Yiwei also lent them three telescopes.

The Li family has been running offshore for many years, of course, they also know, but the charts and experience given by Jinyiwei are more important, which can reduce the time of exploration and reach South America as soon as possible.

The Daming sailors have been running around all over the years, and the national sailors have taken turns, and many people have been to all over the world, and these valuable experiences are also conducive to the people running to the sea.

In the end, Li Guoyong got the drawing of the rubber tree, the characteristics, and left satisfied.

Out of the Jinyi Wei Institute, Li Guoyong went directly to the Suzhou Wei camp.

When he arrived at the camp, someone was already waiting for him at the camp gate, and he probably waited for a while, and he was overjoyed to see Li Guoyong.

"Zhong Baihu."

"Young owner, go."

Zhong Baihu took him, bypassed the main camp, went to the east side, walked for about two quarters of an hour, and saw another camp.

Boom, boom, far away, Li Guoyong heard the sound of cannons.

Zhong Baihu said: "Five retired soldiers, among them, the one surnamed Liu Baihu went to Africa with Zheng He's sailors, which is the closest place to the Americas. ”

As they spoke, they came to a shooting range where there were hundreds of people, some practicing flintlock pistols and some artillery.

Like Li Guoyong, who registered with the imperial court to go to South America, he could buy small and medium-sized sea-going naval guns from the imperial court, hire retired gunners from the imperial court, or send people to train himself.

Li Guoyong found 25 family members to train here last year, and then decided to recruit five retired Ming soldiers.

In the sixth year of Hongxi, Zhu Gaoxu set up a retired soldiers department in the military department, which was specially responsible for the arrangement of retired soldiers.

Zhong Baihu was placed in Suzhou after returning from retirement, and the people Li Guoyong wanted were all selected by Zhong Baihu from the retired soldiers in Suzhou.

When Li Guo arrived at the scene, twenty-five family members and five retired soldiers were there.

Some of the retired soldiers are good at using guns, and some have ocean-going sailing experience, so Liu Baihu had been to Africa before, retired due to a leg injury, and went home to open a shop with retirement money, and served as the local chief of security.

This time, Li Guo invited him with a bid of 100 yuan a month, Liu Baihu thought about it, the price was a bit high, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed, and discussed with Suzhou Mansion and Zhong Baihu, and the post of chief security officer was temporarily held by his son.

The imperial court encouraged the people to go overseas, so they were quite supportive of Li Guo's use of this kind of self-expense.

"How's the practice?" Li Guoyong looked excitedly at the family and several sergeants invited by his family.

The family members have been training for nearly a year, and they look more elite and have the momentum of a regular army.

"Back to the east, Liu Baihu said that we are joining the army now, and we are also the elite of the Ming army." Someone laughed.

Hahaha, there was laughter at the scene.

(End of chapter)