Li Jinglong signed a contract with Myanmar, but he did not hide it from others, but not from the people of Nanshufang.

For him, the pedantic bags of the Ming Dynasty like Zhang Feng, the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of the Nanshufang, and the pedantic minister of the literati and doctor were nothing more than bargaining for the sake of interests.

Although it is unreasonable to sign a treaty in private, it can bring huge benefits to the Ming Dynasty, so his pedantic behavior becomes happy to see it. He is even a little happy that the court can solve the problem of shipbuilding timber that has been plagued by a long time without spending a penny. Why not do it?

He listened to him for a long time. Guo Ying and Li Jinglong regarded the imperial ship as favors in their words. After weighing the pros and cons in their hearts for a long time, they spoke softly.

"What's the state affairs?" Guo Ying asked.

Zhang Feng smiled elegantly, "If it is a state affairs, what you two said would be a bit outrageous. All major national affairs should be judged by the Holy Holy Lord."

Guo Ying quickly changed his words, "What's the matter with private matters?"

"If it is a private matter, even if you are a prince, you cannot regard the ship of the court as your own?" Zhang Feng smiled, "I have always served the court in person. How can the court make money for personal gain?"

"Your experience..."

"What does Shangshu Zhang mean?" Li Jinglong quickly stopped Guo Ying, afraid that he would say something bad.

"Although the officials have only a little understanding, they understand!" Zhang Yu continued to smile, "The old military marquis are thinking of using the court to transport teak to find a future for their children and grandchildren." As he said, he smiled, "Actually, it's nothing wrong. This matter is said to be a state affairs but not a state affairs."

But then he changed his subject, "But it would be different if you want to take advantage of the opportunity to transport teak to seek something else."

Zhang Feng was the commander of the Yunnan Provincial Administration and could be said to be clear about these ways. At that time, in order to meet the food and grass needs of the Yunnan garrison, he used the method of giving salt and silver tea tickets to merchants, which was legal smuggling.

"Then what do you mean?" Guo Ying looked a little unkind.

"Xiaoguan just heard what the old marquis meant. All the noble families contributed their efforts, so it was definitely not a state affairs!" Zhang Yu continued to smile harmlessly, "It is not a state affairs, so you cannot use the imperial ship, let alone the imperial people, unless..."

"Unless what?" Guo Ying's temples jumped.

"Spend money to buy it!" Zhang Feng said, "Although the treasure shipyard does not belong to the Ministry of Revenue, the money used is paid by the Ministry of Revenue, and it is spent on the money from our Ming Dynasty. Now all the marquis want to use it, but there is no reason to refuse human feelings, but in addition to human feelings, there is no reason to let the court spend money in vain!"

"This..." Guo Ying and Li Jinglong immediately looked at each other.

These nobles have become accustomed to taking advantage of the imperial court over the years and have never thought about this.

"That ship is expensive!" Li Jinglong said, "Every ship is expensive. Even if there are only more than a dozen ships, it is astronomical!" As he said, he looked at Guo Ying, "The family cannot buy it. Otherwise, you can go back and share it with the other people and buy it with the money?"

Guo Ying was stunned and thought for a long time, "How much does that cost?"

There was a crisp sound, and I don’t know where Zhang Jue pulled out an abacus and placed it on the table to start calculating.

"Take a sea ship with a thousand materials as an example, three hundred and twenty fir trees, two chestnut trees, one hundred and forty-nine miscellaneous trees, twenty trees, thirty-eight oars, three thousand gold and eight taels of tung oil, and thirty-five thousand seven hundred and forty-two nails..."

"Wait! Stop!" Guo Ying was so painful that he thought of his head, "Just say how much does one cost!"

One thousand materials are the smallest treasure ship, and the conversion to later generations is about 60 tons.

"The cost of this ship is 7,020 yuan!" Zhang Jue said with a smile.

"Hiss..." Guo Ying took a breath of air conditioning.

The smallest boat is so expensive? Wouldn't that big boat double and double again?

Unexpectedly, the ugly words were still behind. Zhang Feng smiled again, "Is the official price the price is the capital, or the same sentence, there is no reason to make the court suffer a loss. So if you want to drive the ship out of the treasure shipyard, you have to add 30%!"

"Why?" Guo Ying said angrily.

"This is still a favor price!" Zhang Feng said without any rush, "The cost of ships in the treasure shipyard has doubled, and some marine merchants are willing to buy them. Don't think it's expensive, it's always in short supply!"

One ship has 10,000, and ten or ten ships are 100,000!

Guo Ying's desperate calculations were not that they lacked the money, but... they had difficulties.

According to the original distribution, the Marquis' family takes the majority, so will the money also take the majority?

Besides, this is just ship money, not counting the sailor's money, not counting the goods money, not counting other money.

At this time, Zhang Yu said something even more ruthlessly, "And this sea boat is not bad if you buy it back! You can change the deck, repair the cabin, and replace the sailing masts every now and then... Let me tell you this, this is a bottomless pit."

"Or!" Li Jinglong looked at Guo Ying, "Let's just let it go!"

"Wait!" Guo Ying seemed to think something was wrong. They were obviously thinking of borrowing the imperial fleet and secretly entrapped it. Why did they suddenly want to buy a ship?

"But, there is no way to do this!" Zhang Feng suddenly said again.

Guo Ying's eyes lit up, "Well, you are a scholar and you are smart, tell me!"

"It's very simple!" Zhang Ju smiled, "The Ministry of Revenue invested in the shares!"

"Hmm?" Guo Ying and Li Jinglong looked at each other again.

Zhang Yu took a sip of water, and also approached a little, laughing in a low voice, "The ship, the Ministry of Revenue will buy it, and you can use it for free, but how can you maintain it? Everyone pays for it."

"This method is good and saves trouble!" Li Jinglong said from the side.

"The Ministry of Revenue accounts for 60% of all the income from Myanmar to the Ming Dynasty..."

"Why?" Guo Ying glared, "The Ministry of Revenue will take off the ship, and then it will account for 60%?"

"You always hear from the officials!" Zhang Feng smiled very gentle, "This account cannot be settled like this! You see, with the Ministry of Revenue's investment, will the customs be able to speak?"

"Yes!" Li Jinglong slapped his thigh, "There is a lot less trouble!"

"The Ministry of Revenue will endorse you all, and the journey will be smooth!" Zhang Ju smiled, "This is just one of them!"

As he said, he continued, "As for the second, think about it, your military marquis are just about ten ships. If the Ministry of Revenue comes forward, we will start at least thirty ships. The sea route is not just Myanmar. The islands around Myanmar can go everywhere. Is this the reason?"

Guo Ying thought about it and nodded reluctantly, "Yes, too!"

"There are three more!" Zhang Feng smiled and said, "Is the biggest problem not to have sailors?" As he said, he looked at Li Jinglong and said, "With the Ministry of Revenue being a semi-official nature, what is the major issue for the Weihai Wei Fuzhou Wei to transfer sailors from the two battalions? The Ministry of Revenue will come forward to all matters on the official matters, and you can do it for no expense."

"The most important thing!" Zhang Feng continued without waiting for Guo Ying to figure it out, "With the investment from the Ministry of Revenue, it will be reasonable and legal. In a few decades, he will still be a way to make a fortune!"

"Yes!" Li Jinglong slapped his thigh again, "Old Marquis, this is a good thing that no one can find fault!"

"The Ministry of Revenue will take the ship, and we will ask for everything else?" Guo Ying was still a little hesitant, "Another 60%?"

"Look at the long term!" Zhang Feng smiled, "This is a long-term thing!"

At this moment, the voice of the turtle shame suddenly came from outside, "Is Mr. Guo here? The emperor uploaded you and Duke Cao!"

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Guo Ying stood up with concern and walked out with Li Jinglong.

The moment he was about to leave, Li Jinglong quickly turned around and gave Zhang Ju a look.

The latter understood and smiled slightly, and buried himself in the document again.

After leaving the Nan Study Room, he walked along the corridor toward the Ganqing Palace. After walking a few steps, Guo Ying suddenly turned around and said, "Little Lizi, you said that even if you don't buy a boat, you can't do this?"

"It's OK!" Li Jinglong smiled, "It's just a small fight!" As he said, he stepped forward and whispered, "Besides, this matter is not nice. We are all our own people. If you say something heart-to-heart, you are still here, and no one may talk. But one day, you... are not a good thing to take advantage of the court, right?"

"At that time, maybe someone who seeks fame will target your children and grandchildren and make a fuss. Think about it, who can stand those civil servants who are suffering from plague, and they can hold it down with a hat? Your children and grandchildren are not you after all, but they don't have that much face!"

"Besides, if you cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue, whose pocket will the money go to in the end?"

"Who?" Guo Ying said, and suddenly understood.

He slapped Li Jinglong on the shoulder, "You mean?"
Chapter completed!