Natsuhara rolled his eyes.

Let those who do not know him hear this, and think how immoral he is.

"What business does Your Highness want to do, if it's a joke, then forget it, as for the local ministers who can't approve it, you can ask Your Majesty."

"If Your Majesty agrees, you can just take the slip and get it."

What business does Zhu Gaoyu want to do, Xia Yuanji is not interested in it at all, he doesn't want to be interested.

And he didn't want to have too many connections with these vassal kings, so he directly rejected Zhu Gaoyu.

Zhu Gaoyu raised his eyebrows.

He asked the old man for a simple place, but the problem was that it didn't match his plan.

His ideal goal is to pull Tobe into the water and tie him up completely.

In the future, once there is a conflict with the boss, even if the household department can't help him, he will have to deal a blow to the boss.

was directly refused, Zhu Gaoyu was not angry, and pointed to the pepper and other items unloaded by the household and the soldiers.

"Let's not mention what business I do, I want to ask Xia Shangshu, what are you going to do with these peppers."

Xia Yuanji raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Gaoyu, he didn't want to answer, but he thought that these things were brought back by others, and the emperor asked his family to come over to spread the word, probably because he planned to let this highness be in charge of this matter.

With these things in mind, Xia Yuanji replied: "Naturally, I will act as soon as possible, exchange for funds and food, and replenish them to the yamen of various departments of the imperial court." ”

Zhu Gaoyu then asked, "Then how much do you plan to sell, or how much are you going to sell?" ”

Flipping through the account book in his hand, Xia Yuanji pointed to one of the lines and said: "According to your statistics, our estimates, the total value of pepper plus some other spices is 4.83 million taels!" ”

"Your Majesty may leave some on his side, and the rest is estimated to be all for our household to sell and convert into silver."

"If so much pepper is sold, the market price may be a little discounted, but it won't be too much, at least 4.5 million taels of silver can be recovered."

Zhu Gaoyu continued to ask: "Then how many people do you think will buy it, and can they eat the goods of more than 4 million taels of silver?" ”

Natsuhara fell into thought.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoyu smiled a little at the corner of his mouth: "Two years ago, Zheng He came back and brought a batch, and you almost all spilled it, pepper is not rice and wheat, it can be boiled and eaten every day, it is just a condiment." ”

"Let's not talk about other families, let's just say that my palace is in the palace, and my father rewarded me with 200 catties at that time, but it has been two years, and now there are 130 catties in the mansion."

Natsuhara Ji frowned.

Stretching out his hand and patting his shoulder, Zhu Gaoyu said earnestly: "I can tell you this, if you can afford it, you have inventory at home, and those who can't afford it will never be able to afford it." ”

Pointing to the fleet that was still unloading, Zhu Gaoyu sighed lightly: "With these ships and experienced seafarers, the era of pepper price compared to gold is gone forever. ”

"Lao Xia, let me tell you this, pepper can still be sold for more than 10 taels a catty, and when the fleet turns back and runs twice, 10 catties and a tael are all high prices."

Looking at Xia Yuanji, who was thinking and worried, Zhu Gaoyu said sincerely:

"Lao Xia, overseas wealth is beyond your imagination, and there are more things that can make money than you imagined."

"But you, on the other hand, have taken a fancy to pepper and spices, and always feel that you can make a lot of money with these."

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoyu was helpless.

When he went to sea, the imperial court had already given a list of what to procure.

Most of it is pepper, and the remaining small part is used to purchase various rare items, such as ivory gemstones.

As for all kinds of grain seeds, the imperial court didn't even think about it.

I always feel that I am the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, rich in the four seas, lacking nothing, and having a lot of everything.

Almost all the seeds that Zhu Gaoyu went out to purchase this time paid out of his own pocket.

That is, he doesn't have much money himself, otherwise what he can bring back is definitely worth more than these peppers.

Waving his hand to let Zuo Jun drive the people around him away, Zhu Gaoyu then said to Xia Yuanji: "I'm quite optimistic about you, seeing that you are so tired for the imperial court, I also feel distressed, so I want to help you." ”

"In addition, I will tell you another news, the old man has promised me that after a while, he will let me form a new maritime army independent of the naval division, which I will call the navy!"

Zhu Gaoyu didn't intend to hide this, and everyone who should know about it in a few days would know that there was no point in keeping it secret.

Xia Yuanji, who was thinking, raised his head suddenly, and a turbulent wave turned in his heart.

What does Your Majesty want to do?

Unexpectedly, let a prince master an army, looking at the other party's expression, it is not small.

Doesn't Your Majesty know what the consequences of this will be?

"My mother also agreed, and she was the first to support it."

Xia Yuanji's body trembled slightly.

Even the queen mother agreed, is it going to change?

Pretending not to see Xia Yuanji's shocked expression, Zhu Gaoyu continued to preach to him:

"The main role of this sailor is to walk in the Western seas."

"I can tell you this, those things in the West will be more and more in our Daming."

"I introduced these things to the Ming Dynasty, and I didn't want them to mess up, so I thought of a way, that is, to create a chamber of commerce to sell these items brought from the West."

"Originally, I wanted to do it myself, but I could open a store in every city, and the money for the purchase of the industry alone was astronomical."

"And it just so happens that your household, in addition to having no money, has a lot of real estate."

Xia Yuanji: Lao Tie is pierced in the heart!

Ignoring Xia Yuanji's uncomfortable expression, Zhu Gaoyu continued: "So I want to cooperate with you, your household department is a shareholder of real estate in various cities, and you don't need to send someone to manage it, you just need to send someone to supervise it, and I will give you thirty percent of the annual income." ”

"Of course, this money is state-owned, not for your household officials."

"But I can't let everyone be busy in vain, the household officials buy items, the Chamber of Commerce can give you the greatest discount, food and other daily necessities, you can buy them at the lowest price with vouchers."

After talking about the treatment given to the household department, Zhu Gaoyu continued to draw a pie: "In addition to these treatments, your household department also has a greater benefit, that is, you can withdraw money across banks." ”

"For example, in the past, all localities paid national taxes, and it was time-consuming and laborious to pull all kinds of things to Beijing, and there was a great loss."

"But the opening of the chamber of commerce in various cities is different, the local yamen can directly hand over the items to the chamber of commerce, the chamber of commerce gives the certificate, the people of the government can directly bring the voucher to the household department, and the household department can also go directly to the head office to put these things out, even if it is exchanged for cash, other items are no problem."

"In this way, you reduce the loss and save a lot of time, which is a lot of money."

Xia Yuanji, who was in shock, gradually came to his senses, looked at Zhu Gaoyu who was smiling and waiting for his decision, was silent for a while, and still shook his head and refused.

"I have to say, Your Highness, what you said is very tempting, and I am very moved."

The smile on the corner of Zhu Gaoyu's mouth was a little full.

"I'm sorry, but I still can't say yes."

The smile instantly converged, Zhu Gaoyu looked at Xia Yuanji, and asked puzzledly, "Why?" Is it too little? ”

Xia Yuanji shook his head, "We just gave some land shops, and His Highness gave himself thirty percent of the income, which is already very generous, but I can't decide." ”

Looking at Zhu Gaoyu, Xia Yuanji said with a serious expression: "If it's just the front one, it's easy to discuss, and I will definitely not agree to the back." ”

"The financial lifeline of the imperial court cannot be handed over to others, it is better if there is nothing, once there is chaos, it will never recover."

"It's not that the minister doesn't believe His Highness, but he takes precautions, and would rather miss everything than make a mistake."

After speaking, he bowed, hugged the account book and turned to leave.