"Yes, it's just voyage to the West!"

Fang Xing dipped in wine and drew a simple map of Southeast Asia on the table, pointed to Java and said, "There are many gold and silver mines here, and there are rich resources. Java was destroyed by Your Highness last time. It should be in a state of melee. We only need to go to some army, and there will be a territory of the Ming Dynasty, a territory passed down since ancient times."

Zhu Yong's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is there really a gold and silver mine?"

"If you want to change it if you have a fake one!"

Fang Xing said: "Last time I saw the local natives exchanged gold nuggets for things. I asked, saying that there was it in Java and there was also in Sumatra."

"Tsk!"

Zhang Fu said with a toothache: "There is a local king in Sumatra! The late emperor also gave the golden seal to enfeoff."

Zhu Yong said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Wenbi, why did I hear that the king was dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty?"

Meng Ying nodded and said, "That's right, their old king, the fisherman, was killed, and the murderer stole the throne. Isn't this a rioter in power? The Ming Dynasty should uphold justice."

Xue Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Xue has nothing to say, just do it if you can."

"Can you tell your Majesty?"

Xue Lu felt that this matter was not reliable: "The Ming Dynasty is now using treasure banknotes, but gold and silver are not that important."

Zhu Yong frowned and said, "Kebao money is just waste paper, gold and silver are treasures that have been used for thousands of years!"

Fang Xing missed the opportunity and added: "There are abundant resources there, and the spices are indispensable in the Ming Dynasty."

Thinking of the spices, Zhang Fu smiled bitterly: "A while ago, His Majesty gave him a lot of peppers, and there were a lot of them at home."

"But can the people afford it?"

Fang Xing sowed out, and Zhu Yong's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Mad! If you can occupy those places, the spices will be ours. Take the big head in the court, let's take the small head!"

This is the benefit, which makes Fang Xing deeply hate.

But only interests can drive people to serve. If there is no interests, Zhu Yong guessed that he would just say a few words, but he would continue to be decadent afterwards.

And Zhu Gaochi also needs benefits, so...

"Xia Yuanji can be said, after all, the more gold and silver, the more stable the treasure money will be."

Fang Xing felt as soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he was in a trap. Sure enough, the other four people immediately stared at him.

Zhang Fu smiled and said, "Dehua, you and Xia Yuanji have a good relationship. Go and talk about it."

"Yes, let's go to His Majesty's place to criticize him. You go find Mr. Xia to get straight to the point. If he does his best, he will have a better grasp of this matter."

...

When the new emperor ascended the throne, Xia Yuanji had a lot of things. In addition, after returning from the Northern Expedition, the grain and grass needed to be recalculated and returned to the warehouse. For a moment, the Ministry of Revenue was scolded by him and ran away when they met.

"No worries!"

Xia Yuanji was worried as he looked at the form in his hand, and a sound came from outside the door.

"I said to Lord Xia, are you going to take the top scorer in the exam?"

Fang Xing smiled and pointed at the charts hanging on the wall.

Xia Yuanji was in a bad mood and was still joking when he saw him, so he was about to squirt, but he saw Fang Xing holding a bag of oil paper in his hand.

"What?"

"roast chicken."

Fang Xing put the oil paper bag on the table, but he pressed down a booklet.

Xia Yuanji picked up the oil paper bag and saw that there were oil stains on the booklet, so he asked, "Don't say that you are here to give gifts because you are conscience-minded, tell me, what's the matter with me?"

"Is the Ministry of Revenue enough gold and silver?"

Fang Xing raised his eyebrows and asked.

"What do you mean? Make it clear!"

Xia Yuanji asked vigilantly, knowing Fang Xing very well and knowing his style of not entering the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble.

After Fang Xing sat down, he picked up a form and looked at it, but it was a statistics on the issuance of Baochao.

"Mr. Xia, if you don't have the confidence of gold and silver, can you not be able to keep this treasure money?"

Xia Yuanji sighed: "It's because it's impossible to stabilize. The more people, the more production it produces, the more demand for treasure money. But with less gold and silver, there is a lack of a weapon to suppress it."

The so-called suppression refers to the use of gold and silver as margin when there is a large-scale run or when the Baochao depreciates abnormally, and even the value of the Baochao is increased.

"Do you want to get more gold and silver?"

Xia Yuanji is considered to be young and strong, and Zhu Gaochi was very sure of him after ascending the throne. In other words, he still had to continue to serve as the position of Ming steward.

But it is hard to cook without rice. There is no shortage of food in the Ming Dynasty, and what the Ministry of Revenue lacks is gold and silver.

"Tell me, where is it?"

Last time, Fang Xing sent someone to find the large copper mine in Jiaozhi, and later discovered the copper mine in North Korea, whose character is trustworthy.

"There are places such as Java and Sumatra, and there are quite a lot of them."

Tsk! Xia Yuanji looked at Fang Xing and shook his head and said, "I know that there is no good thing for you to come. You want me to go and lobby Your Majesty and reopen the fleet. Oh! Go."

Fang Xing was not in a hurry. He said with a smile: "The natives over there just need to take care of the food. Lord Xia, smelting it out on the spot, transporting the big ship and finally passing it to Peking by the canal. It's not expensive, right?"

Xia Yuanji said expressionlessly: "Go and go, I have a lot to do."

Fang Xing stood up and said, "I missed this but I didn't have it!"

“Why not?”

"The crew members have been dismissed. In a few years, I guess they won't be able to fly the boat."

Fang Xing waved his hand and left with ease, but he posed a big problem for Xia Yuanji.

Xia Yuanji no longer had the intention to get those books. His restless look made his subordinates who came to report the matter look at each other.

"Is this a difficult thing for Lord Shangshu?"

"It's almost the same as Xing and Bo's departure, which is probably because of the trouble caused by his plague god."

Not long after, Xia Yuanji hurriedly left the Ministry of Revenue.

...

Zhu Gaochi respected the important officials very much. Xia Yuanji asked for a meeting. He threw away the matter at hand and immediately summoned him in.

Xia Yuanji is a technical official. Zhu Gaochi was used to his style and asked directly about his purpose.

"Your Majesty, the treasure ship..."

Xia Yuanji knew that this was a bit difficult, but his desire for gold and silver still made him say his intention.

"As soon as the treasure ship stops, that's a lot of money!"

Zhu Gaochi's smile stopped and asked, "Why do you ask this?"

Xia Yuanji knew that he could not hide it from Zhu Gaochi, so he smiled bitterly: "Xing He Bo said there is a lot of gold and silver over there. I am always a little worried about Baochao. If there is more gold and silver, I would like to come better."

Zhu Gaochi asked casually: "How many are there?"

Xia Yuanji said: "Your Majesty, think about Jiaozhi and North Korea's copper mines."

Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath, "That's a big mine!"

Xia Yuanji said with a deep affection: "Your Majesty, Xinghe Bo never speaks nothing about state affairs. I think it should be."

Zhu Gaochi immediately said with a stern face: "But why don't he say it when he comes back? And Zhan Ji."

Xia Yuanji actually burned the war on Zhu Zhanji's head. He felt very regretful and hurriedly remedy: "Xing He Bo said that only gold nuggets were found at that time, and later it was probably asked from the Sumatra envoy."

Big gold mine, big silver mine!

Zhu Gaochi knew the role of gold and silver well, so he was in trouble.

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Gaochi said, "Go back, let me think about this."
Chapter completed!