Zhu Su nodded, and as soon as Tie Xuan, Zhang He and the others went to sea, they found Jinshan. In addition, Fengmingzhou was too far away from the mainland of China and lacked manpower, so the gold mountains of Jinshan Fort were not collected by the imperial court like the Sado Gold Mountains and Iwami Silver Mountains in Dongying, but were open to all gold diggers to go to the gold panning, and only collected and paid the exit tax at a certain rate...... In addition, the gold in Fengmingzhou is in excellent condition, attracting many gold diggers and businessmen. The exploration of the piece of paper that went to Fengmingzhou was indeed no different from gold.

The sea route between Daming and Fengmingzhou is a waterway full of gold and silver seas.

However, Zhu Su still felt strange: "Although Feng Mingzhou's interests are amazing, the rumors will not leak so quickly." ”

"Isn't it those Xiyi yet?" The steward of the Li family rolled his eyes. "A year ago, the fleet that went to Fengmingzhou returned home, bringing a lot of gold, and all the young men who went to sea with the fleet sent it, and when they went to sea once, they even earned all the money spent by the eighteen generations behind."

"Those Xiyi who have obtained the survey have also gained heavy profits, and these clothes have returned to their hometowns and returned to the country, and those who are not envious of the people are overflowing? Xiyi people are the most profitable, and when they see someone getting rich, they naturally rush to it...... In the past few days, there have been many merchants from the west! ”

"These merchants are thousands of miles away from our Daming, and they would be so decisive to make a bloody investment and go to Fengmingzhou to pan for gold? Are they so sure that my Ming will give them a survey? Zhu Su said.

Previously, although the Ming Dynasty also gave those Xiyi surveys, there was a limited number of people. What if there are so many people in this brain, if there is no investigation, you can't go to Fengmingzhou.

"You've got to give it a try, don't you?" That stewardship. "Besides, my Huaxia is abundant, even if I can't go to Fengmingzhou to pan for gold, my Huaxia tea and silk, or the woolen sweaters, corn and other things that are fashionable these days, as long as they are shipped back to their home country, they can have five or six times the profit......

"The left and right are all profitable and loss-free transactions, and these businessmen are naturally eager to buy them."

Zhu Su nodded, but this is indeed the truth. There are a hundredfold profit from transporting gold, and it is naturally good if they have the opportunity to take this hundredfold profit, but if they can't get it, trafficking silk tea can also prevent them from running away in vain.

There are profits left and right, so why not?

Fortunately, when he came, he and Li Jinglong laid out the Nanyang, and now many important ports in the Nanyang have been owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the shipping routes are in their hands, so they are not afraid of these Xiyi disasters and the Ming Sea Frontier. And they trade back and forth, and the taxes at these many ports are a good income.

It took several more months for Zhu Su and Zhu Di to successfully return to Daming. After the two landed in the Taicang area, it was Yan Xizhe, the secretary of taxation, who came to pick up the two brothers. Zhu Su and Zhu Di had come to Taicang in the early years, and they had the impression that this place was still a very remote place, but now, it is already a forest of sails and traffic. Shouting and selling, carrying and unloading, all kinds of people and so on are endless, it is called a lively and extraordinary.

The prevalence of commerce and the development of maritime trade made this small port, which was originally only a place for the guards to live, have a bit of the atmosphere of a large seaside town.

"Just a Taicang Acropolis, it has become like this, this king almost doesn't know it." Zhu Su sighed with emotion, turned his head to Yan Xizhe and smiled: "As far as this king can see, I have seen many merchants...... Thinking about it, the amount of commercial taxes in my Ming Dynasty over the years must be booming. ”

"In the past two years, Yan Shangshu has been very relied on in the court?"

Yan Xizhe bowed his hand slightly in the direction of Yingtian, and said with a smile: "With the grace of the saint, the tax department was entrusted to the hands of the lower officials, and the lower officials worked hard to finally have a small amount of work. ”

"However, the position of the secretary of taxation is very important, but it is not to sit for a long time...... Therefore, the Holy Lord has already decreed, and when the year has passed, he will transfer the official to the cabinet as a scholar......"

Yan Xizhe was not allowed to be a civil official of the old school before, but he was closer to Zhu Su's new school. Later, he single-handedly established the Tax Department, and many of his tax envoys were all Zhu Su's new disciples. There are these two levels of relationship, because he and Zhu Su are also very close in terms of political positions, so naturally they don't have too many scruples when they speak.

"Oh? Then congratulations to Lord Yan. Zhu Su congratulated with a smile.

Now that there is no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the increasing status of the cabinet, the cabinet scholar is undoubtedly the pinnacle of the status of the civil minister. In addition, the cabinet did not set up university scholars before, and most of its affairs were handled by the crown prince Zhu Biao. Now that Yan Xizhe will be promoted to the cabinet of university scholars, the importance of his political significance is self-evident.

In addition, as we all know, this cabinet is now the base camp of the prince's family, and entering the cabinet as a scholar is equivalent to having a place in the future Zhu Biao dynasty...... Such a beautiful thing, it is no wonder that Yan Xizhe smiled happily.

"But two highnesses." After being polite with Zhu Su and Zhu Di, Yan Xizhe turned pale and took a few steps closer to the two. "Now, although I have a lot of commercial taxes every year, as well as gold and silver mines in Fengmingzhou, Dongying and other places, there are also voices in the DPRK and China...... My Da Ming's stall is too big. ”

"Coupled with the gold and silver moving, there are always some who can't get profits, their eyes are red and jealous, and they want to cause trouble."

"And the merchants...... It's not all peaceful, Your Highness should be careful. ”

"Really?" Zhu Su's eyebrows and eyes condensed slightly. Yan Xizhe has been the secretary of the tax department for many years, and how many years he has mediated between the court and the merchants, and his words are extremely credible. "So, someone actually has an idea about the court's commercial taxes?"

Yan Xizhe didn't dare to say much, just arched his hand, and then said with a smile: "Naturally, maybe it is also the lower officials who are worried about the sky." ”

"His Royal Highness's wisdom is gifted, a little charming, I don't think there is anything to worry about......"

Yan Xizhe's words seem to imply that there is an undercurrent under the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Most of these changes were caused by him Zhu Su, so in the carriage back to Beijing, Zhu Su's face inevitably showed a little worry. Zhu Di watched it from the side, and couldn't help laughing: "What do you want to do so much?" ”

"This Ming Dynasty is not supported by you alone."

"My eldest brother and my father are very human, if there is really any disaster, will the two of them not know? It's just that it's not going to be taken seriously. ”

"Even if there is something bold to do...... Oh, I have a million armor in the Ming Dynasty, and the famous general is like a carp crossing the river. Can't they be extinguished? ”

"......" Zhu Su was stunned by what he said, and then suddenly.

Indeed, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth...... Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu are both human spirits, even Yan Xizhe can see it, will their father and son see it?

(End of chapter)