"This is gold!"
Li Jinglong's heart was pounding and he couldn't help but pick up the wine glass and take a sip.
"You have to hide whatever property you get on weekdays, otherwise the censor will sue you and the official will sue you, and you won't be able to do anything!"
"But if the freight is delivered here, it will be a hugely profitable business!"
"The exchange is for gold!"
"Once the emperor knows about this, he will definitely open sea trade with this place. Then the merchants will flock here, and the price of goods may come down. Ships, goods, and sailors are all easy to arrange. The most difficult thing is how to seize the opportunity.
!”
Bang, thinking of this, Li Jinglong slapped his thigh.
"When we get back, we'll find those old men. All the families will unite together to ask the emperor for favor. Humph, whoever dares to steal business from the distinguished nobles of Huaixi is seeking death!"
Thinking of this, he felt so happy that he couldn't help but drink the glass of wine in one gulp.
"Bah!" Hao Xuan spit out in the next second, "What the hell does it taste so bad!"
Seeing the change of expression on Li Jinglong's face, Xu Chailao's eyes flashed. He pondered for a moment and then continued, "Your Majesty, this place is not only rich in gold. There are also ivory gems and fresh fruits everywhere. The natives hardly have to farm all year round.
, when you are hungry, you go to the sea to fish and go to the trees to pick fruits. People here don’t know what starvation is!”
Li Jinglong held the wine glass and thought to himself, "It's really a waste to light a candle for them in such a good place. Those gold, gems, ivory, and sugar are in their hands. It's really like a widow in bed sighing, it's useless!"
"
"Everything else is easy to talk about!" Xu Chailao continued, "Only this cane sugar! To be honest with you, if you process cane sugar from local materials here and then sell it to the Ming Dynasty, it will be enough for future generations.
A treasure chest!”
Suddenly, Li Jinglong's eyes lit up.
Sucrose is good, not only hugely profitable but also unobtrusive, and can even be an exclusive monopoly when it is ready.
There will definitely be Ming troops stationed here in the future. After Li Jinglong returned to Beijing, he did some tricks and selected his old subordinates to come over. It was not a big deal. After opening the sea trade, he hid in the sea, and a piece of cloth was worth as much as gold.
I guess there are no more.
Cane sugar can be sold not only to the Ming Dynasty, Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Japan, Tibet and even the grasslands!
As he thought about it, Li Jinglong's eyes became brighter and brighter.
Wait, he immediately thought of something.
He put away his eyes and smiled slightly, then asked, "As you said, since it is so easy to do, with your financial resources and connections in Luzon, it is not difficult to do it, right?"
The smart thing about Li Jinglong is that no matter whether it's a pie in the sky or something else, he has to ask first to make sure he can eat it before eating it.
"The Duke is joking. It's not that I don't want the sugar cane farm, but there are several difficulties!" Xu Chailao didn't hide it, and said, "First, there is a lack of sugar craftsmen in Luzon, let alone sugar boilers.
Secret recipe!”
It is true that all craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty were registered with the government and were not allowed to go out without the government's approval, and they had to serve the government and the royal family. The craftsman household system is indeed a bad government, but sometimes it has some uses.
As for those folk craftsmen, those who can boil sugar are like Buddhas worshiped by various merchants. Whoever has enough to eat will go to sea!
"Secondly, even if the sugar cane is shipped to the Ming Dynasty, this..."
"Say it!" Seeing that the other party was speaking vaguely, Li Jinglong hurriedly urged him.
But just after he finished speaking, he also understood that if he were a guard station on the coast and saw a ship with no cargo and unknown origin carrying sucrose, his first reaction would not be to report it, but to grab it directly.
A boatload of sugar is worth a lot of money, and the brothers are all fat and oily. If they meet those ruthless old men, they will not only rob but also kill people and build boats, and they will die without proof.
Li Jinglong pondered for a moment, "Your Excellency, you have been doing business around Ming Dynasty and Luzon for so many years. Isn't it nothing?"
This means that the people of Ming Dynasty stopped talking secretly. Who among them, the maritime merchants, had no one to rely on in Ming Dynasty? Otherwise, how would the goods get ashore and go to sea?
"I don't dare to hide it from the Duke of the country. The goods that the villain does business with, such as the customs clearance and the receipts, are genuine. But no one dares to agree to this thing like sucrose!"
This is where we get to the key point. The main reason is that he doesn’t dare to sell it, and no one dares to let him sell it.
Finding sugar craftsmen, saying hello on the coast, and being qualified to sell sugar are all extremely difficult for Xu Chailao, but for Li Jinglong it is just a matter of words. The rich and powerful
The difference lies in this.
"Oh, money and silk are so touching, but they do have more joints!" Li Jinglong nodded.
Businessmen are all profit-oriented and dare to pursue profits. Mr. Xu Chai knows very well that a big thigh is right in front of him. If he can hold it, his Xu family will have a bright future. If he misses it in vain, he will have no place to buy the regret medicine.
"Your Majesty!" Xu Chailao said in a low voice after glancing at the natives who were still overjoyed over Ming Dynasty's goods, "You are brave, I will not be happy if you have something to say!"
"Here we come!" Li Jinglong was overjoyed and said with a smile, "You and I hit it off like old friends, what can't we say? Even though I'm a hereditary Duke, in fact I love making friends the most, even the rich and the poor.
.The most important thing in life is to be upright and aboveboard!”
"The Duke of our country has unparalleled scholars, and I am ashamed of myself!" Xu Chailao said with a smile, "I have a manor with thousands of acres of land in Luzon. I bought it from the Tuwang. Most of it is sugar cane plantation.
Producing 1,300 kilograms of sugar should not be a big problem..."
As he said that, he looked at Li Jinglong.
"If the Duke is willing to promote a villain..."
"I understand what you mean!" Li Jinglong was in a dilemma. "The craftsmen still have official matters that require my intervention. Are the sales and transportation of raw materials for the workshop and other matters yours?"
"My lord, please be clear!" Xu Chailao said quickly, "I am a small businessman who speaks vulgarly. If my words are inappropriate, please forgive me!"
"I am a hereditary duke who is appointed by the imperial court. The imperial court strictly prohibits relatives of the emperor from doing business!" Li Jinglong said sternly, "You really created a problem for me!"
Xu Chailao understood clearly that there should be more to what the other party said.
"I heard that you are the leader of Chinese businessmen here?" Li Jinglong suddenly changed the topic.
"The villain is not talented, but he was recommended by everyone!" Xu Chailao didn't know why for a while.
"Oh!" Li Jinglong nodded, "In the future, there will be frequent exchanges between Ming and Luzon, and there will be many times when you will be needed!"
Xu Chailao understood immediately and said hurriedly, "There are still a few Chinese businessmen who have not arrived today. I will make the decision for them. In the future, the master will speak to you. I will only follow your lead!"
"That's serious!" Li Jinglong smiled, holding the wine glass, and glanced at the Tuwang who was covering his body with silk, "You said those are just trivial matters, I can't be unkind. But, you also
You know, this is someone else’s territory after all, your workshop is opened here..."
"Although this earth king is a bit greedy, he is not a bad person." Xu Chailao continued with a smile, "A small profit can make a lot of money, and because of the relationship with the Visayan people, he has to take advantage of us!"
Xie Jinzhong, who had been standing by and could not speak, finally said, "The Visayan people are just like savages by nature. They used their tribes as an army and attacked and plundered this place many times. If we hadn't fought to the death to help, we would have been killed several times.
I’m afraid that the royal city will be attacked!”
"Are Visayans equivalent to Tatars?" Li Jinglong thought about it and asked, "Can't we stop the local king here?"
Thank you, both of them nodded, and Xu Chailao said, "Those Visayan people live in the deep mountains and old forests, and they are elusive and have perfect shots..."
"He can't stop him, that's great!" Li Jinglong slapped his thigh, "I'm just worried that I can't find an excuse to station troops!"
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