Chapter 20 A good start

He Xi naturally couldn't tell Anqing the content of his truth. He said casually: "I want to be King Yan." ”

"Fourth brother?" Princess Anqing said with some surprise: "What's wrong with the fourth brother?" ”

He Xi said: "Don't you know? ”

Princess Anqing's heart moved, and she said, "Jing difficult? Even if the prince's brother knows, there will be no problems. After all, Zhu Di and today's Zhu Di are not the same person. Isn't that what you said? ”

Man is shaped by his experiences.

Even if the same people have experienced different things, they will become different people. Therefore, the current Zhu Di and the Zhu Di who suffered in history cannot be regarded as a person. This is really what He Xi said before.

However, not everyone will be reasonable. Especially the emperor.

The greatest privilege of the emperor is the power to flip the table at any time, and the power to be unreasonable at any time.

Zhu Biao is so valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows that Zhu Biao is actually not an ordinary person. It's just that Princess Anqing is so well protected that she can't see the essence of the prince at all.

He Xi said: "However, I think it's better for the fourth brother not to stay in Beiping." ”

Princess Anqing nodded and said, "I also think that it is better to let the fourth brother become a feudal lord as soon as possible." ”

He Xi's heart moved. Sooner rather than later. There is only one place in the domain. That's on the steppe. He Xi's heart moved, and he immediately judged that in the next year or two, the prince would definitely promote the Northern Expedition. At that time, it may be an opportunity for He Xi.

It's just that He Xi's thoughts flew for a while, and then he took it back.

Once, the history of the future was He Xi's biggest hole card, and He Xi completely lost control of the future, and secretly said in his heart: "Maybe I have to prepare early." ”

He couldn't help but have a hunch that he could be said to have had a smooth ride over the years. But the biggest problem he has to face is the situation after Zhu Yuanzhang's death. can cope, maybe really can make a big cause, can't cope. Or just become a name covered in the dust of history.

He Xi's early preparation in his heart, on the one hand, is to deeply cultivate his own forces. On the other hand, it's to operate one or two of these territories overseas. Once you get to the point where you can't do anything, set sail and never come back again.

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Here, He Xi and Princess Anqing are celebrating me and me.

Yang Zhen was also surrounded by businessmen. This person said: "Brother Yang, this is all in Liaodong, what is the matter that Lord Pony has asked us to come over for, we always have to reveal a little." ”

Yang Zhen laughed and said, "The concubine and the princess are reunited after a long absence. What's a delay of a day or two? You don't need to be in such a hurry. A little restless, a little restless. ”

"Brother Yang, you are the most important person in Lord He. Half of the He family's home. Master He will consult with you about anything, can you not know? I have arrived in Liaodong, and I want to see it within a few days. You always have to reveal a general direction so that we can be prepared. ”

Yang Zhen said: "You are right. Then I'll just say a few words. His voice paused slightly, looked at the people here and said, "You also know that the prices of goods in Jiangnan, Fujian, and other places have risen a lot recently. ”

Speaking of which, there were many complaints for a while.

With the beginning of the voyage, all kinds of goods of the Ming Dynasty were continuously transported overseas. There is silk, porcelain, tea, sugar, etc. But Daming's production capacity is not unlimited. Prices have been inflated. Previously the Nanyang market was vacant. As long as it is Chinese, it can be sold, and it can be sold at a good price.

A little bit of cost is nothing.

However, over time. The competition is getting tougher. Profits are slipping. The price of goods remains high. It's very problematic.

Everyone has grievances.

But there is nothing to be done.

Without him, there is a way to use power to suppress the merchants in the past, either to become the land branch of these maritime merchants, or to directly become a certain crony industry. Those who can talk about business can't be suppressed. Not someone else. It is the old surname of Jiangnan, a big family.

In fact, this is also the difference between ancient society and modern society.

Modern society sees an industry with particularly high profits. Then there will be countless people who devote themselves to this industry, and in the end, because of the fierce competition, everyone will not make money, and the profits of this particularly high-profit industry will not be much different from the profits of other industries.

This was not the case in ancient societies.

In ancient societies, many goods were handmade. For various reasons, it is difficult to expand reproduction. Like silk. How much silk there is this year, how many mulberry trees there are, and how many silkworm seeds are decided. It also has to do with climate, pests and diseases.

Under these conditions, it is difficult to scale up production. Sometimes, even if the scale is expanded, there are many kinds of mulberry trees, not to mention, the survival rate of the trees. Just talk about the growth time of the mulberry tree. This is also to be counted.

In conclusion, there are big problems with expanding production. So, these people did not expand. It's speculation, and the price is speculated. The more expensive, the more scarce, the more scarce, the more expensive it is.

For the real money in maritime trade, it has never been a treasure. It's a commodity. Because commodities are there every year, the scale effect.

Reflected in today's situation, the scale of shipping has increased several times. I don't know how much more capacity than before. However, the output of various industries in the interior has not risen, and is even barely rising. But it will take a long time to increase production.

That is one of the reasons why the windfall period of sea trade is over.

Yang Zhen waved his hand, and immediately someone walked in with a plate.

The first plate, with white crystals on it, is salt when someone smells it. However, the salt field in Liaodong is still under construction, which is the result of He Xi's use of Shandong salt to purify the following.

The second plate, on which is Goryeo colored linen, is also the only one that is available now, probably tens of thousands of horses. can make tens of thousands of taels.

The third plate is paper. Using Goryeo paper as a model, coupled with the almost inexhaustible wood in the Northeast. It is also quite good to use it to make paper.

On the fourth plate, there is a kerosene lamp in it.

Wait a minute.

More than a dozen products are placed here.

The people who come here are the people who are in charge of each business. Have a keen instinct for products. Chen Zuxiao is the housekeeper of Lu Zhongheng's mansion at the moment. Operate maritime trade. He's a man of ability. In just a few years, the Lu family's maritime business has been booming.

Even if some of them are because of Lu Joong-hyung's power. But it can also be seen that Chen Zuxiao's ability.

The first thing Chen Zuxiao saw was colored hemp.

The texture is delicate and smooth, thin and cool. There are also colorful patterns. Although only the simplest pattern. Chen Zuxiao looked at it carefully for a while, rubbed it with his fingers, and found no problems with the cloth, let alone faded.

So Chen Zuxiao asked the first question and said, "Brother Yang, are you taking out these samples?" ”

Yang Zhen said: "Exactly. ”

Chen Zuxiao said: "I have all this kind of cloth. In addition, either give me plain cloth or give me colored cloth, but the painting pattern on it should be customized. ”

It is not for nothing that the king of Goryeo used this kind of linen cloth as a fist product to make money at that time. This kind of Korean cloth, if it is placed in China, is the kind that most people don't look down on. It's not the same when you put it abroad. Especially in the South Seas, some tropical regions.

It's too hot.

Linen is much cooler than cotton.

There will definitely be a market for this cloth. Perhaps they could not replace the need for silk from the top nobles, after all, silk was also very thin. But it can be substituted, subordinately needed. As for the common people?

As I said before, most of the people in Nanyang have only developed the habit of wearing clothes in the last two or three hundred years.

Of course, Chen Zuxiao dared to place an order so decisively, in fact, there was another consideration. That is the relationship between the Lu family and the He family, and Lu Zhongheng has always admired He Xi very much. The relationship between the two companies has always been very strong, which is manifested at sea, and the firms of both sides are often together.

Before he came, he asked Lu Xian, who is Lu Zhongheng's son. Lu Xian asked him to support He Xi for the scene. No matter what you ask, say yes first.

Since there is this promise in advance, Chen Zuxiao can see that this thing is profitable, so he naturally places an order very decisively. Give He Xi a good start.