"Shopkeeper Li."

A stranger came to a cloth shop, but he found the shopkeeper Li Du very accurately.

Li Du stood up behind the counter and said in surprise: "What do you mean by a distinguished guest?"

The person came in a blanket dress, regardless of the fact that there were two customers in the store, he said, "Shopkeeper Li's business is good. If he has time, he can go to the shipyard to check it out."

"Didn't the treasure ship stop?"

Li Du said in surprise that the treasure ship had been parked on the shore for a long time, and everyone in Jinling City knew about this.

The visitor nodded slightly, then left the cloth shop, leaving behind a stunned Li Du.

The treasure ships were all stopped and the crew members were dismissed. The craftsmen had already been transferred elsewhere. Why are they going?

Thinking about the calm expression of the person who came just now, and with...

...

"I have an official spirit!"

Li Du didn't want to come, but Wang Chengyan and others had a lesson in the past. He thought about it and finally asked his friend to get a carriage and rushed to the shipyard.

The carriage could not enter when it reached the periphery of the shipyard, and sergeants intercepted it.

"Get in."

After asking about Li Du's purpose, the sergeant nodded and let him in, which made Li Du even more nervous.

Walking along this road, when he saw the towering treasure ships, Li Du couldn't help but exclaim: "A huge thing!"

His eyes turned to the original boat platform, and Li Du was surprised to find that there were many people around a boat platform.

He couldn't help but speed up his pace and was intercepted again when he was more than 100 steps away.

"Are you here to raise funds?"

The sergeant asked frowned.

“Fundraising?”

Li Du was shocked. Just when he was about to refuse, he saw a man saying something and said casually: "Yes, he is here to raise funds."

"Then go over."

After searching, Li Du slowly walked over.

"...There are many countries overseas, and they need countless goods, whether they are cloth or silk, including porcelain, tea and various sizes. In a word, people there are stupid people over there and they have a lot of money."

Li Du couldn't help but squeeze in and listened carefully to Fang Xing, who was standing in the middle.

"There are gold and silver over there, and even coins are minted, which is similar to our copper coins."

Fang Xing hadn't fooled anyone for a long time, and felt a little awkward.

"The food, clothing, housing and transportation are poor over there. The whole city is stinking. The feces of people and animals are piled up everywhere and they often do not bathe. But rich people are very proud of their face... Everyone, let's get some fragrant things and let those smelly guys hide it?"

Fang Xing gradually found his state and waved his hand and said, "What they like most is our silk and porcelain, and finally tea. Whether it is the grassland or those overseas countries, you can't eat more meat without tea, otherwise you won't be able to get shit! The stomach is not good, but now they don't. Think about it, how much would it be worth if you took it over?"

There is no tea?

Li Du felt it was too incredible. For Ming people, tea was just like eating, and had already been integrated into life.

Li Du felt that many people were not used to the days without tea.

"Brother, they really don't have tea?"

"No."

Fang Xing said confidently: "They use wheat flour to ferment and roast it for food, and they also eat meat. Our goods are transported to it as luxury goods. Do you understand? Luxury goods!"

Fang Xingzhen said with a eyebrows: "It's like the gold and jade we sell, and it's a skillful craft. What do you think of this kind of goods?"

Zheng He, not far away, saw the merchants showing greed and frowned: "Aren't Xinghe Bo afraid that these merchants will eventually become giants?"

Wang He said proudly: "Eunuch Zheng, as long as His Majesty holds the army, a giant will become the chicken that will be killed for the monkey."

Zheng He did not show off his airs when facing his younger generations, but instead said kindly: "I am not afraid of being rich, but I am afraid of collusion between officials and businessmen, which will ultimately affect the government."

Wang He had a rare opportunity to show off in front of Zheng He, the senior Zheng He, and said like he was injected with chicken blood: "Eunuch Zheng, if anyone who colluded with the merchant immediately dismissed from office and was convicted, who would dare?"

Zheng He shook his head and said, "It's simple, but do you think that at that time, who else can suppress these forces?"

He thought of the forces in the court that opposed voyage to the West, and couldn't help but feel angry.

The ship is ready, the goods are ready, and the big purpose of going to sea this time is to explore new places. As for the goods, Zheng He believes that you can make a lot of money by simply finding a few countries to exchange them.

In Zheng He's opinion, those who slandered the voyage to the West were all the verbal tricks that Fang Xing said.

If this were the case, even if Xia Yuanji had great ability, the Ming Dynasty's finances would have collapsed long ago, let alone the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Jiaozhi and the grassland at the same time.

Once the businessmen have expanded their strength, they will definitely not be willing to be a businessman simply. For example, the Lu Buwei is the biggest investor.

Therefore, Zheng He’s judgment that Xing agreed with the rich businessman’s countryside!

There is nothing that cannot be abandoned in the face of interests!

But he is just encouraging now!

"...This is a brand new ship that can reach farther, and farther places means more...wealth!"

Fang Xing finished his fooling and walked towards Zheng He. A small official behind him shouted loudly: "It's a ship. Those who are willing to donate will give priority to buying goods from him when the fleet goes to sea in the future."

Some people are moved, some are retreating, and some are waiting and watching...

"Mr. Zheng, this is just like rice feeding hundreds of people."

Fang Xing and Zheng He stood side by side, and the two were watching the various reactions of the merchants.

"Sir, young people are willing to donate!"

The first person appeared, and a clerk immediately came over with a booklet and a pen and asked him to fill it out by himself.

No one dared to pay the debt, so the man carefully filled in the amount and then made a deposit.

With the first one, the second one appeared soon.

As the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, Li Du felt that the business was approaching the bottleneck period, and it would be difficult to expand it unless the branch was opened to another place.

And if you can squeeze into the fleet's supplier list, it will be profitable!

So he looked at the donation amount of those people in front of him, then took a middle value and finally made a note, and then he bowed to Fang Xing over there with satisfaction.

"Everyone is not much, but I am not short of shipbuilding money. As you said, I want to win over some merchants and break the group in the south."

"It is not only the literati who are huddling together in the south, but also the businessmen."

Zheng He’s understanding of the south is deeper than awakening. He frowned and said, “Science is slowly eroding their foundation and losing its foundation. What is left in the south? So… be cautious.”

"The South is their territory, I know this."

Fang Xing saw that there were constant businessmen to fill in the work, and said, "But you have to try it. Besides, science is not a bad path, nor can it bewitched people's hearts. Why can't it be spread?"

Zheng He avoided this topic and said: "Originally, most of the fleets were fetching goods from official workshops, but now they have stopped treasure ships, and those workshops are a little bleak. It's better to avoid them from there, and then these merchants will do it so that the accounts are clear."

The efficiency of the official workshop can be imagined, and the accounts are even more confusing.

However, purchasing from merchants can force the fleet to make profits, otherwise if you go out and come back, you will lose a lot. I guess those people will attack the West even more crazily.

"Money is not difficult to make. The fleet can actually be parked on the shore of Tianfang and then trade through Tianfang people and the Meatlanders."

"Tianfang people are born businessmen, cunning, and they will eat a lot of benefits."

Zheng He tried in the strait in Tianfang, but was blocked by an obstacle, which made him very regretful, so he took his fleet to tie the wooden bones, which was where the black eagle fell in the future.

Fang Xing smiled and said coldly, "What's the point of taking advantage of them first!"

Zheng He turned sideways and nodded, "The gains and losses for a while are not enough to last, and the country of flesh-lost is eyeing it. Greed is the biggest mistake. If the people of Tianfang are obsessed with it, they will pay the price for it sooner or later."
Chapter completed!