The next day, on the third floor of Gujin Building.
Liu Jin looked at the listless Zhu Houzhao and asked with concern: "Brother Zhu, what's going on? Is there anything unhappy?"
"Ah~ My silver, my silver~"
Zhu Houzhao suddenly couldn't help howling. He felt heartbroken when he thought of the money extorted by Emperor Hongzhi last night. He thought he could beat Emperor Hongzhi by taking the initiative to take out 200,000 taels of silver. Who knows that Emperor Hongzhi is really now
He is so poor that he is crazy.
Money is needed to fight wars in border towns. Now there is a famine in several northern provinces, and it is very likely that the famine will become very serious. When the time comes, it will be necessary to allocate funds for disaster relief.
The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was very empty, and rats could starve to death in it. The treasury would definitely not be able to count on it at that time, and the internal funds of Emperor Hongzhi would most likely have to be used to fill the hole, so Emperor Hongzhi was poor.
Now that I see Zhu Houzhao, this fat pig, how can I let him go?
Especially in the view of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was still too young after all. A little pocket money was enough, so last night he squeezed all the oil out of Zhu Houzhao and asked Zhu Houzhao to spend one million taels a year.
The silver is out.
"You bitch, bitch~"
Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao became even more angry. He kicked Liu Jin behind him fiercely, and while kicking, he cursed: "I don't have any cleverness at all. If I hand over one million taels of silver a year, I can still have something left."
A few dollars, when will I be able to build my zoo? It’s all you piece of shit, I’ll kick you to death.”
Liu Jin was kicked so much that he neither dared to dodge nor make a sound. He knew his master very well and was so angry now that he would be over with just a few kicks. If he dared to hide, he might be sent away.
Night fragrance.
Of course he also had troubles to say. When Emperor Hongzhi asked him, he naturally did not dare not to tell the truth. If he didn't tell, someone would naturally tell him. He still knew this. This person who deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors would be beheaded.
, when the prince is angry, the most he can do is kick him a few times.
"Brother Zhu, it seems that your family has taken away your share of the money, but it doesn't matter. It's only one million taels of silver a year. Our Gujin House shouldn't make much money."
Liu Jin looked at Liu Jin's pitiful appearance and found it hard to imagine that the weak and helpless little eunuch in front of him would be the leader of the Eight Tigers who would dominate the country in the future and make people fear him.
"real?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, he immediately became energetic and stopped kicking Liu Jin. This made Liu Jin look at Liu Jin with gratitude.
"Of course, just watch."
"Our Ming Dynasty is so rich. There are so many rich people in the world. Yesterday was just the beginning. It's just a million taels of silver a year. It's nothing at all."
"When the news in the capital slowly spreads throughout the Ming Dynasty, all the powerful people in the world will send people to the capital to purchase our mirrors and glass."
"What's more, the world outside the Ming Dynasty is vaster. We can also sell our products all over the world. For example, after a while, the fleet will go to sea for training. I am going to let them
Let’s take a trip to North Korea and Japan, and we can buy some of our products along the way.”
Liu Jin seemed very confident. He looked at the street below Gujin Building. It seemed that it was even more popular today. The news had spread. In addition, Gujin Building served as a beacon for the entire night. Liu Jin estimated that today's business might not be as good as before.
Yesterday, but not too bad.
"Can our products still be sold outside of Ming Dynasty?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was slightly startled. To be honest, he had not thought of this.
In this era of small-scale peasant economy, most of the time people produce and sell their own goods. Even if there is business and trade, everyone's attention is limited to the Ming Dynasty at most. The concept of export seems to have never existed.
Compared to the north and west, the world is dominated by nomadic peoples. The relationship with the Ming Dynasty has not been very good. Businessmen rarely say that they dare to do business in the west. Only some Hu merchants will come to the Ming Dynasty to do business.
To the south are hundreds of thousands of mountains, like a natural chasm, insurmountable.
To the east and southeast is the vast sea. The Ming Dynasty has always implemented a maritime ban, so there are only a few families who have tasted the benefits of foreign trade. Businessmen will think about export sales, and most of the time they are thinking about domestic sales.
"Definitely. Have you seen these barbarians downstairs? They will never leave the store unless they take out every penny in their bags."
Liu Jin was very confident. At this time, a group of Hu merchants happened to be walking towards the Gujin Building, so he pointed at these Hu merchants and said, "Let's go down together and fool them."
"I like this~"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became energetic and followed Liu Jin downstairs.
Hashem was a Persian businessman who traveled between the Middle East and the Ming Dynasty for a long time to do some business. He transported silk, tea, rhubarb, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty to the Middle East for sale. It was just a trip, and the profit was more than a hundred times.
This silk was not valuable at all in the Ming Dynasty, but in the Middle East it was comparable to the equivalent gold. Tea was even more common in the Ming Dynasty, but it was the best thing to use to bribe the Tatars and Oara people along the way.
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As for rhubarb, it was a traditional Chinese herbal medicine in the Ming Dynasty, but here in the West it is called a miracle medicine. It seems to have some special functions and is as valuable as gold.
Not to mention porcelain. In the Middle East and the West, those who can afford porcelain are real aristocrats. Porcelain is as white as a girl's gel, as smooth as a girl's, and is very popular.
The things of the Ming Dynasty are all good, but the Ming Dynasty has very little external demand. Only things like ivory, gold, gems, etc. are the most popular and valuable.
This time he brought a large amount of valuable goods. Because the goods were very valuable, he chose to come to the capital, the richest city in the Ming Dynasty, to sell his goods.
He has been to the Ming Dynasty many times and has long known that the capital of the Ming Dynasty is one of the largest cities in the world, comparable to Damascus and Rome, and even bigger.
In fact, the capital of the Ming Dynasty did not disappoint him. The city was very majestic, big enough, prosperous enough, and more importantly, rich enough. The goods he brought could indeed be sold at a good value.
However, he was not in a hurry to sell the goods in his hands, because he clearly knew the value of these goods, and he also clearly knew that he would only sell his goods when he found the high-quality source of goods he wanted to buy.
In this way, by quickly selling and buying, you can take your caravan back to Persia and the Middle East and make a lot of money.
Yesterday, the news of the opening of the Gujin Building caused a sensation in the capital. He also knew a little bit about it, but he was not in a hurry to come over. But last night, the Gujin Building was brightly lit, resplendent and bright all night long, like a palace where gods live. He saw it with his own eyes
I saw this scene and was deeply attracted by it, so I came over to take a look this morning.
"Glass?"
"I didn't expect that people from the Ming Dynasty could also make glass, and this glass is very transparent and has no color."
Hasim, with a few of his men, saw the glass windows of the Gujin Building from a distance, and was shocked.
Glass is not uncommon in the Middle East and Persia. Westerners have been able to burn glass for a long time, but colorless glass has not yet been burned. The most common glass is green glass.
"Is this a mirror?"
"Lord, I actually saw such a clear mirror!"
When he saw the two full-length mirrors placed at the entrance of the Ancient and Modern Building, he was immediately attracted by it. In this era, although the West has glass, it does not know how to make mirrors, so
Bronze mirrors are also used.
Hasim quickened his pace and hurriedly came to the door of the Ancient and Modern Building. He looked at the big mirror in front of him and saw himself in the big mirror. It was so clear that even his own hairs could be seen clearly.
"Lord, it's incredible that there are such miraculous mirrors in the world!"
Hashem went crazy and couldn't help but sigh to the Lord in his heart.
“Welcome to Gujinlou!”
Here, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao had also gone downstairs. Seeing Hasim's appearance, Liu Jin also smiled and said hello.
"Hello~"
Hasim came back to his senses and looked at Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao in front of him. His intuition told him that these two people in front of him were definitely not simple people, so he also spoke in a bit lame Ming Dynasty official dialect.
"Ah Baba Lak Allah Huma Al Qum~"
Liu Jin looked at the way this Hashem was dressed. He was wearing a white robe and a turban on his head. He obviously believed in that religion, so he also spoke in Arabic.
"Ah Baba Lak Allah Huma Al Qum~"
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Hasim was slightly startled, and then quickly replied, the meaning of these words is almost the same as hello.
"My name is Liu Jin and I am the owner of this ancient and modern building. I am very happy to meet friends from afar."
Liu Jin smiled and introduced himself.
"My name is Hashem. I am a businessman from far away Persia. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Hashem also quickly reported his name. The status of merchants in the West is still very high, unlike in the Ming Dynasty, where merchants had a relatively low status, so he spoke out his identity as a merchant very confidently.
"Mr. Hasim, please come in. I'm glad you can come to my shop and welcome you to Daming."
Liu Jin took Hasim to the ancient and modern building with a smile on his face. Today he met a big customer. These Hu merchants who dared to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty were all real wealthy owners. No matter what happened to any of them,
He has to bring goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If he doesn't empty his pocket this time, he will be looking down on the other party, Hu Shang.
