"This ......" Cheng Qian said that he should quibble, but he couldn't help but fall into a fierce psychological struggle.

Seeing that he was pale and speechless, Zhu Zhen sighed lightly: "This king estimates that you will say, 'I'm just a kiln burner, and I will sell it to whoever pays for it, who do you know who they sold to, right?'" ’”

Cheng Qianxin said, 'That's not it. ’

As soon as he was about to nod, he listened to His Highness's words and said quietly: "But you have to think clearly, this time it is this king who asked you, and next time it may not be replaced by anyone." ”

Although the tone was flat, the threat was suddenly full, and even the dignified Shangshu Qincha couldn't withstand it, how could a businessman in front of Cheng stand it?

He fell to his knees and almost peed his pants in fright.

Jingdezhen is not a paradise. Instead, it's the well-informed 'Twelve Provinces Docks'. Cheng Qian, the head of the meeting, of course, had heard many terrible rumors surrounding the two highnesses.

It is said that Xiong Qitai, a former high-ranking official in Jiangxi, was skinned and grassed by them, and he is still hanging like a kite floating in Nanchang City.

It is said that even Zhang Tianshi was imprisoned in the palace by them and tortured day and night. Even the main party is going to be disbanded, and all the members are going to be disbanded......

It is also said that they killed tens of thousands of people and turned the land outside Nanchang into red......

There are many similar rumors, one more evil than the other.

In short, these two terrifying demon kings will never hesitate to crush themselves to death like crushing an ant.

Now one of the Great Demon Kings has issued a serious warning, if he doesn't tell the truth, the consequences will be unimaginable......

As long as you don't get confused, it's simply a multiple-choice question with no choice.

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"I said, I said, Your Highness, don't kill me......" Cheng Qian's snot and tears all fell, and the demeanor of the confident industry leader was gone.

"That's what I said." Zhu Zhen was very aggrieved and said: "This king brought so many good friends, he came to visit, not to shout and kill." It's just that you don't seem to cherish the friendship of this king. ”

"Yes, yes, it's the villain who is confused for a while." Cheng Qian hurriedly slapped himself twice, and then poured beans into the bamboo tube and said: "Actually, the villain has not done any illegal acts, mainly subconsciously to keep it secret for customers." ”

"Hey, you see, shirk responsibility again." Zhu Zhen shook his head again and said: "This king likes people who have the courage to criticize themselves, and they are still good friends who know that they can change their mistakes." I don't like this kind of shirking responsibility, and it's always someone else's fault who is wrong. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the people in the delegation and asked, "Right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Everyone hurriedly nodded like pounding garlic, and Zhu He hurriedly appeared and said: "Cheng Huishou, we have also made mistakes, and it is not terrible to make mistakes, the key is not to make mistakes again and again." ”

"Yes, yes, I know they sell all the porcelain overseas." Cheng Qian was finally pinched into the shape of the sixth child, and replied honestly:

"The same jade pot spring vase can be sold for two taels of silver in China and twenty taels overseas. Those maritime merchants can give us five taels, of course, we will sell them first...... However, most blue and white flowers are not so expensive, that is to say. ”

"What are the numbers of those maritime merchants?" Zhu Zhen asked lightly.

"It's the boss in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou." Cheng Qian hurriedly replied: "Those huge riches who originally controlled the Quanzhou City and Guangzhou City Ship Division. ”

"Don't you know that in the seventh year of Hongwu, the city has been closed?" Zhu Zhen asked in the same tone.

"Yes." Cheng Qian nodded.

"Do you know that you still supply them?"

"Early, early orders...... Cheng Qian swallowed.

"It's now the eleventh year of Hongwu! Even if Hongwu placed orders in seven years, they were all digested! Zhu Zhen suddenly changed color and said: "It seems that it is so difficult for you to tell the truth!" ”

As he spoke, he got up and made a gesture to leave, but accidentally brought the precious glaze red to the ground, and smashed it with a click.

Looking at the red and white broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, Cheng Qian seemed to see his own ending.

Busy kowtowing like pounding garlic, he said with a crying voice: "The villain doesn't dare anymore, I just covet them to give more money." I just opened my eyes and closed my eyes and continued to supply them. ”

"I see you have both eyes closed!" Zhu Zhen pointed at him and said angrily: "Obviously you are already so rich, what do you think about earning this kind of headless money!" ”

"The villain Li Lingzhi is dizzy, Your Highness!" Cheng Qian at least regretted his intestines at this time, slapped himself hard, and said with a blue nose and swollen face:

"In fact, when the sea was banned, the villain and his peers also thought about stopping supplying to them." He confessed with a handful of snot and tears: "But they give too much." If we don't have this sales channel and only sell it to China, we can buy a jade pot spring vase for a maximum of 1,000 yuan, and most of the porcelain kilns will ......."

He just wanted to say 'Guan Zhang', but his heart, which had been domesticated by His Highness, instantly sounded a warning, so he changed his words stiffly:

"It's too much to make too much less. If everyone really didn't want to, we asked the maritime merchants to increase the money, and then continued to supply them with eight taels of one. ”

The big families of the "obedient ......" delegation secretly said, how much money did these porcelain farmers make? I am more and more determined to transfer part of my production capacity to my own home.

"You're pretty good at the meeting." Zhu Zhen couldn't help laughing: "It's not like them, they are all handled by maritime merchants." ”

"It's not the same. First, our Jingde porcelain began to be exported from the Southern Song Dynasty, and for more than 100 years, how much our porcelain can be sold overseas is naturally clear. Cheng Qian hurriedly said:

"Besides, Jingdezhen is not big, there are a total of 500 potters, and they will form a guild to advance and retreat together, and they can negotiate the price with the maritime merchants. It is not as big as Jiangnan, and thousands of households can produce silk, so it is naturally difficult to negotiate with maritime merchants. ”

Under the education of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, he quickly learned the virtues of modesty and kindness.

"Not now, the silk exported from Jiangnan must be certified by the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "There is a weaving and dyeing bureau and the city department to negotiate the price in a unified manner, and the weavers will not suffer losses." ”

"Yes, yes," the big members of the delegation hurriedly said, "Your Highness is the fairest!" ”

I don't dare to mention that the big boss of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau and the City Department is simply one person......

Cheng Qian's head was also bright at this time, and he immediately understood, and asked tentatively: "From then on, our Jingde porcelain will not be sold to those Fujian and Guangdong maritime merchants, but only to Taicang City?" ”

"Haha, you misunderstood, the City Shipping Division is only responsible for transportation and protection of shipping routes, not for purchases." Zhu Zhen smiled and pointed to the investment group and said, "They are the maritime merchants who are responsible for buying and selling goods." ”

"Yes, our porcelain will only be sold to Jiangnan maritime merchants in the future." Cheng Qian can't take care of much now, and it is important to save his life.

"That's not necessary, it's just one, you can't sell it to smugglers." The sixth corrected him and said in a deep voice: "An important duty of this king's prime minister, the maritime yamen, is to crack down on maritime smuggling and maintain legal trade!" ”

"Yes, yes, not to smugglers." Cheng Qian changed his words for the third time, and said in his heart that there is any difference between these three statements?

"I know what you're thinking." Zhu Zhen seemed to be able to see through his thoughts, and said lightly:

"Rest assured, the imperial court also gave the king a number of places in the city, and the king will not only set up a city in Taicang, and when the conditions are ripe, he will definitely reopen the city division in Quanzhou and Guangzhou."

Cheng Qian immediately understood that His Royal Highness's so-called conditions are ripe, of course, it is the time for those Fujian and Guangdong maritime merchants to be obedient as the Jiangnan maritime merchants in front of them.

But before that, their goods in Jingdezhen could only be sold to these Jiangnan maritime merchants.

(End of chapter)