Fugui hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, this place is closed. There is nothing to see. There are many delicious and fun things in the back."
Zhu Bai nodded and left.
Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly glad that Zhu Bai didn't ask where this place was, otherwise it would be difficult for them to explain.
Zhu Bai ate various Cantonese snacks, had a great time shopping, and bought many gadgets before returning to the First-level Official Office of the Chief Envoy of Guangdong.
He always felt that someone was following them on the way, so he turned around and asked Zhang Yu: "Master Zhang, who are these people following us?"
Zhang Yu said: "It seems to be someone from the guardhouse. Maybe they are afraid that something might happen to His Highness."
Zhu Bai smiled: The people in Guangzhou Wei are too careful.
The first-level official teeth bureau and official silver village are both located in the west of the city.
Zhu Bai first went to the trading room to have a look.
There was a businessman with nothing in his hand. Zhu Bai originally thought he was a buyer, but he didn't look at the goods in other people's hands.
Moreover, this man's appearance gave him an indescribable feeling of strangeness, but he couldn't put his finger on what was strange.
Zhu Bai went in and saw many things that were not found in the mainland, such as bird's nests and fine swiftlet cups wrapped in paper and wooden boxes.
He quickly asked: "How much is this? I want them all."
Then I saw a big box of fine Sri Lankan rough sapphires and wanted them!
After walking around, he bought a lot of things and was satisfied.
So, shopping is really a good thing, especially when you have too much money to spend.
The man was still standing there like a statue.
Zhu Bai couldn't restrain his curiosity, so he walked over and asked, "What does this gentleman want to buy? But he didn't see anything he was satisfied with?"
The man pointed to his face: "This young man, I sell glasses, do you want them?"
Zhu Bai suddenly realized: Why do I think this man is strange?! He actually wears a pair of glasses on his face!
There are actually glasses in this era!!
Zhu Bai waved to him excitedly: "Come on, come on, take it off and let me take a look."
The man took off his glasses and said, "I really know the goods. These are good things from England. They are wrapped in layers of cotton and cloth and shipped over the sea."
Zhu Bai looked over and over at the small round glasses in his hand. He was very excited. They were reading glasses. The frame was made of copper wire.
In fact, it makes sense that if you have glass, you can also make your own lenses.
While looking at it, he asked: "How many do you have? Do you have all kinds of degrees?"
The man looked at Zhu Bai in surprise: "Oh, young man, you still know the prescription. I was afraid that no one would buy it, so I only brought a few dozen pairs. There are people who are farsighted and short-sighted. The degrees are also different."
Zhu Bai nodded: "Okay, I'll take them all. If you still have them in the future, go find the Chief Tooth Officer."
Zhu Bai said to Ya Chang: "If he comes with this product again, you will buy it all and then ask someone to give it to me."
Ya Chang responded quickly.
Here Zhu Bai asked Fugui to follow the merchant to pick up the goods and pay the money, and he took the tooth grower in to check the accounts.
Overall, the income was pretty good, but still less than he expected.
After all, this is the only trading port, and the volume of foreign trade is too small.
Chief Ya reported to Zhu Bai that the secondary government dental bureaus in Guangzhou Prefecture and other ten prefectures were basically going smoothly.
Zhu Bai heard his evasive words, as if he had something to hide, so he said: "I am already here. What else do you dare not say? Is there anyone in this land who has a higher official rank than me?"
All of Lao Zhu's children received a first-grade salary upon birth.
The number of civil and military officials who can receive a first-class salary in the court can be counted on one hand.
Chief Ya said: "Because the first-level official teeth bureau is in the west of the city, my subordinates planned to set up the second-level official teeth bureau of Guangzhou Prefecture in Panyu County in the east of the city, but it never got started."
Zhu Bai frowned: "Panyu? It also belongs to the capital city of Guangzhou. It makes sense. What's the problem? Is it because we can't recruit people?"
Chief Ya: "Panyu's soldiers belong to Si Chende, the commander of the Guangzhou Left Guard. They roam the countryside on weekdays, which is really difficult to deal with. If the Guan Ya Bureau is opened, it will also block their way of making money."
Zhu Bai suddenly realized: This is the third way to feed the soldiers. Let the soldiers collect protection fees from the people.
No wonder Guanya Bureau's revenue fell short of expectations.
When Lao Zhu was conquering the world, Chen De was shot by nine arrows while protecting Lao Zhu.
At that time, Lao Zhu promised Chen De that he would "never let his ministers down". After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he also made Chen De the Marquis of Linjiang. He promised Chen De that his descendants would be able to enjoy the land and salary of this title for generations to come.
The port is in Panyu, so the handling fees for foreign trade are naturally considerable.
Chen De was transferred to serve as the commander of the Guangzhou Zuowei Guard. This official position, which is rich in oil and water but less dangerous, is also Lao Zhu's fulfillment of his promise back then.
Zhu Bai asked: "They hindered the establishment of the second-level official and dental bureau, so the official and dental bureau would have no profits and handed it over to the Guangzhou Prefecture. Why didn't the Guangzhou prefect do nothing?"
Ya Chang sighed softly: "Chen De will give some amount to the Guangzhou government, such as the handling fees for residential survey, land lease, and so on."
Anyway, the first-level official affairs bureau is running well, and I admit that the Prime Minister's Office has a lot of money.
Chen De also gave money to the Guangzhou magistrate. It would be better to do less for the Guangzhou magistrate than to do more. Anyway, he would not be hit by the blow and would not feel any pain.
Without these officials standing up for the Guan Ya Bureau, a few people from the Guan Ya Bureau alone would not be able to compete with Chen De.
Zhu Bai understood immediately and gritted his teeth angrily: "Chen De, when you are an official, you should be an official properly. Why are you trying to steal business from me?"
I will never tolerate anyone being more arrogant than me in the world!
Besides, if I want to take refuge in a foreign country from the sea in the future, I must start from here.
Therefore, whether you are the Marquis of Linjiang or something else, I will make you obedient.
He made up his mind and turned to Zhang Yu: "Master Zhang, do you know about this?"
Zhang Yu whispered: "I heard a little bit."
Zhu Bai asked again: "Then do you know Chen De?!"
Zhang Yu replied: "I have fought side by side with Chen De, so of course we know each other."
He felt that when Zhu Bai asked him this, he must be asking him to persuade Chen De to restrain himself.
But with Chen De's temperament, he would probably ignore him.
But Zhu Bai said: "Then don't follow me later. I am going to meet him and see how arrogant his soldiers are."
This Chen De is a bit of a tiger, otherwise he would not have done such a thing as blocking nine arrows for Lao Zhu.
If Chen De didn't know Zhu Bai's identity and hurt Zhu Bai, it would be a small matter for him to be punished, but he would also involve more than thirty of them.
Zhu Bai bared his teeth and smiled, took out his gun and shook it: "What are you afraid of? They may not be faster than my gun. Besides, I also carry a sign saying "I'm here in person". If it doesn't work, just show that one."
Zhang Yu was so frightened that he knelt down: "Please think again, Your Highness. Chen De has a guard in his hand, more than five thousand people. Your Highness has this gun..."
To put it bluntly, 5,600 people could drown Zhu Bai with their spit.
