On the second floor of Wangyue Building, the crowd of spectators slowly dispersed. It was already past dinner time, and the restaurant became deserted.
However, Du Mingen and Emperor Hongzhi did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they ordered good tea again and waited patiently.
"Mr. Liu, my Excellency, Du Mingen, I am lucky enough to hear your wise words today. I am really lucky."
When they were almost gone, Du Mingen also came up to talk to Liu Jin, very politely. He really admired Liu Jin, and he still admired people who were truly talented and learned.
"Your Excellency has given you too much praise. I have little talent and little knowledge, so I don't deserve such praise."
"Please sit down, waiter, and change the pot of tea."
Liu Jin smiled and shook his head. He looked at Du Mingen carefully. He was not tall and had a face with a Chinese character. When he smiled, he had two dimples on his face, which made him feel more friendly. His clothes looked ordinary, but his waist
The jade pendant and the jasper ring on the finger are priceless.
In this era, being able to do business, especially the grain business, is not easy. In addition to having a strong background and backing, one must also have excellent abilities.
"Brother, you and I are destined to meet each other today. Why don't we come over to chat and get to know each other."
Du Mingen looked at Emperor Hongzhi on the side and could tell with his vicious eyes that this man was not simple, he was rich and noble, and business people pay attention to making more friends and less enemies, so he also had a heart.
With the intention of making some friends.
"It's true that we are destined, so let's talk about it together."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded, then sat over.
Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin, and Du Mingen sat together. Zhao Erhu, Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, Lin Shuhong and others stood aside. Emperor Hongzhi's son Zhu Houzhao studied the simple globe carefully, full of curiosity.
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"Haven't you asked me your surname?"
After changing into the best new tea, Liu Jin also smiled and asked Emperor Hongzhi. Although he already knew the identity of the other party, he naturally had to pretend not to know at this time.
"This is Zhu Ping."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and randomly chose a temporary name.
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhu. Nice to meet you."
Du Mingen raised his hands to Emperor Hongzhi and said.
"Nice to meet you~"
Liu Jin also said politely quickly.
"Nice to meet you."
Emperor Hongzhi also slightly arched his hands with a smile on his face.
After some simple compliments to each other, the three of them slowly started chatting.
"Young Master Liu is already very knowledgeable and talented at a young age. He has such a detailed understanding of the world outside the Ming Dynasty. I wonder if you have been to all the places Mr. Liu mentioned?"
As we chatted, we naturally talked about what Liu Jin was talking about today.
"The world is very big. If nothing else, it would take us several months to travel from the northernmost to the southernmost part of the Ming Dynasty. If I want to travel around the world, I want to see all the places in the world.
, it is simply impossible to live without it for ten or eight years.”
"This knowledge was also told to me by an expert I had the honor to meet. Only then can I know that the world outside our Ming Dynasty is so vast. There are countries as powerful as our Ming Dynasty in this world, and
A civilization as bright and dazzling as ours in China."
Liu Jin shook his head, but he knew very well in his heart that after Emperor Hongzhi returned, he would definitely find out all the eighteen generations of his ancestors. He would definitely not be able to say that he had been overseas, and he could only blame all this on Wu Youyou.
A master.
Anyway, in this era, there are always some people who claim to be talented and like to pretend to be superior. It won’t make people feel strange if I say this.
"There is such a master in the world. I don't know how to tell us his name. If there is a chance, I would like to meet this master and ask for his advice."
Emperor Hongzhi has always been thirsty for talents. Now most of the princes in the court are talented people. Hearing that there are experts and what Liu Jin said today, he also really wants to get to know Liu Jin.
The master in words.
"This master's name is Xu Xiake. He travels all over the world and his whereabouts are elusive. He no longer knows where he went."
Liu Jin pretended to be helpless and said, and at the same time he put the hat of an expert on Xu Xiake's head. As for the real Xu Xiake in history, it was still a long time before he was born.
"Xu Xiake?"
Emperor Hongzhi and Du Mingen silently wrote down this name. It was a great pity in life not to be able to meet such a distinguished person.
"Then is this Golden Continent really filled with gold?"
"Is it very dangerous to go to Golden Continent?"
"To be honest, after listening to what the young master said, I really want to go to the Golden Continent to see and take a walk."
Du Mingen thought for a while and asked again.
"I'm afraid the amount of gold in this land is still exaggerated, but I think there will definitely be no shortage of gold in this Golden Continent."
"As for whether it is very dangerous to go to Golden Continent, it depends on how you operate it. Golden Continent is far away from our Ming Dynasty, so you need to take a boat to get there. No one can say for sure what happens on the sea."
"Mr. is a businessman. He should know that risks and returns are directly proportional. The greater the risk, the higher the returns. If nothing else, if he can bring three high-yielding crops from Golden Continent back to our Ming Dynasty, Mr. Du will be remembered in history.
name."
"What's more, we can verify many of the things that the master Xu Xiake said one by one, especially many things about our Ming Dynasty.
of astronomy and geography, summarizing the natural laws contained therein.”
"So I guess that the descriptions of places like the Golden Continent, Europe, Australia, and Africa should be very similar. Since this Golden Continent is called the Golden Continent, there must be a lot of gold and amazing wealth."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said slowly, without giving a definite answer, but appropriately expressing some doubts. In this way, the credibility would be much higher.
"To be honest, I have a small amount of assets and would like to form a fleet to go to this Golden Continent."
Du Mingen pondered for a while, and then seemed to have made a decision. He thought about it and said to Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi.
"I think Brother Zhu is also an extraordinary person. Mr. Liu knows the geography beyond the Ming Dynasty very well. How about the three of us form a caravan to go to the Golden Continent, and how about sharing the gold we get afterwards equally?"
"Form a fleet to go to Golden Continent?"
Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi looked at each other, slightly surprised. They didn't expect that Du Mingen would be so decisive. He just heard Liu Jin's words today and actually wanted to form a fleet to go to the Golden Continent.
