Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong stood up quickly, bowed to Daishan and said, "That's right. By the way, I also brought some small gifts to the princes. Please accept them!"
As he spoke, he took out several gift sheets from his arms, one for Daishan, one for Dorgon, and one for the little emperor Fulin.
After these people were all divided, Dorgon saw that Zheng Zhilong still had a gift note in his hand, and couldn't help but be a little curious, "Who is this for?"
Hauge? Or Dodo?
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong took the last gift list, turned to look at Hong Chengchou who was sitting down and said: "I am really happy to see my fellow countrymen in a foreign country, so I also prepared some gifts. I hope my fellow countrymen don't dislike it!"
Hong Chengchou himself did not expect that the last gift note in Zheng Zhilong's hand was actually for him! Even when he was outside the city, Zheng Zhilong did say that he had a gift for him, but in this scene, he was almost separated from Prince Li and the Regent.
Wang and others presented gifts side by side, which showed that Zheng Zhilong valued him very much. Hong Chengchou couldn't help but be very moved.
At this moment, looking at the gift list handed over by the palace maid, Hong Chengchou quickly wanted to refuse. This would make him too conspicuous and might cause trouble. Because Zheng Zhilong gave gifts to a few of them present. What about the others? The most important thing is
Yes, where are the other princes?
Yeah, Zheng Zhilong still doesn’t understand the internal situation of the Qing Empire, otherwise, it would be impossible to prepare these gifts!
Seeing him stopping there, seemingly hesitating and not accepting the gift immediately, Zheng Zhilong lowered his face and said, "Brother Hong, do you not recognize me as a fellow countryman?"
Since Daishan and Hong Chengchou went to Japan as envoys, they had learned a lot about Hong Chengchou and immediately understood what Hong Chengchou was worried about.
In fact, he didn't want to change anything about this. He had to both suppress and win over these Han officials, so that they could be obedient. He was happy to see that Duo Duo, Hao Ge and others had a very bad attitude towards the Han people.
It worked. Anyway, if he and Dorgon showed goodwill to the Han people, they could suppress and win over them, so that these Han people could work for the Qing Dynasty without riding on the Qing Dynasty.
But at this time, he had to give face to Zheng Zhilong, so he said: "Kiss me or not, fellow countryman, if you don't accept this gift, it will be unreasonable!"
When Hong Chengchou heard this, he reached out to take the gift list presented by the palace maid, and then gave a solemn salute to Zheng Zhilong to express his gratitude.
Seeing that he accepted the gift list, Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Dorgon: "I don't hide it from His Highness the Regent, am I? What I like most is making money. Over there in the southeast, it's me.
After all, the business was basically the best. Therefore, I thought about opening up more business. If the business with the Qing Empire was not negotiated, I would always think about this matter. No,
I don’t care about food and drink, even if I bump into my old bones on the road, I will still fight hard!”
Hearing his naked words, Dorgon and Daishan looked at each other and burst into laughter.
In the dark corner, Bumbutai, who was peeping at him, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this.
I saw Zheng Zhilong moving his body and saying with a smile: "Really, on this way here, I thought that if there was no train, it wouldn't be too hard to take a carriage, but I didn't expect that it would be so bumpy along the way.
, if I hadn’t thought about making money, this trip would have been a real loss.”
Having said this, after a pause, he said to Daishan and Dorgon: "Looking at my difficulty, these princes must give me a preferential price!"
Saying so much was just to prepare the ground for the price that would be involved in the transaction. After hearing this, Dorgon and Daishan couldn't help but look at each other, once again deepening their impression that Zheng Zhilong was a maritime merchant.
So, Dai Shan smiled and said: "I will definitely, definitely, definitely satisfy you, but you also have to satisfy Da Qing, right?"
"Haha!" When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately laughed and replied, "Your Highness, please rest assured. The reason why I, Zheng Zhilong, have such a big business is that I am an innocent child and my business is absolutely fair!"
Dorgon seemed to have thought of something from Zheng Zhilong's words just now. He no longer smiled and looked like he was thinking seriously. After hearing Zheng Zhilong's answer to Daishan's words, he asked Zheng Zhilong: "That train
, I wonder if you can find a way to sell it to me in Daqing, the price is negotiable!"
Regarding the magic of steam trains, he later asked Turg to learn about it, and he was very eager for the Qing Dynasty to have this thing.
If there were steam trains, transportation in the Qing Dynasty, whether it was troop deployment or material transportation, would be much more convenient.
After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong thought to himself: "I really took the bait!"
Of course he had discussed the general matter he was going to say with the hundreds of Jin Yiwei who delivered the order in advance.
When Dorgon asked, he immediately shook his head and replied: "There is really nothing we can do about it. The method of building a steam train has always been in the hands of the imperial court and cannot be obtained. And to build that steam train, it must be able to be built in
Even if I could find a way to drive it on the road, it wouldn’t be possible without specialized craftsmen.”
Hearing this, Dorgon was a little depressed. He knew that in terms of intelligence, the Qing Dynasty was indeed not as good as the people in the Ming Dynasty. At least the craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty were basically those who had plundered the customs in the past few years.
The Han people, the Manchu people, basically have no skilled craftsmen.
However, he already had this expectation in his mind, so he just ignored the steam train and asked with interest: "You mean, all the official roads in the Ming Dynasty were built with that kind of cement.
?Can you get this cement formula?"
Turge also praised the cement official road very much, so Dorgon kept it in mind. He knew that if there were cement roads, the transportation capacity of the Qing Dynasty would be strengthened, and the consumption of materials on the road would also be greatly reduced.
reduce!
After hearing Zheng Zhilong express his feelings when he arrived, he took the opportunity to raise the issue of cement.
Zheng Zhilong seemed a little embarrassed after hearing this and did not answer immediately.
When Dorgon saw it, he quickly added: "If you can get this cement formula so that the Qing Dynasty can build cement official roads, the price will definitely be good!"
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong seemed to be tempted. He thought for a moment and replied: "As for this cement formula, the court has delegated it to local yamen. If you want to get this formula, you only need to bribe one of the officials. If the price is right,
, this business can be done."
The matter of the cement formula was told by the Jinyiwei Baihu. Zheng Zhilong can also think of the reason: it is simply that the imperial court now has the absolute power to regain Liaodong. Therefore, if Jianlu is allowed to build the road first, it will save the imperial court.
From now on, the manpower and material resources on the official road will be reduced.
As for the convenience that official channels brought to Jianlu, the court probably didn't mind.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong seemed to want to sell it at a good price, and specifically added: "This cement is really a treasure. It is especially easy to use for water conservancy projects. After the imperial court used cement in Jiangnan, the water conservancy projects
It’s obviously a lot more, and it’s said that grain production has increased a lot!”
When Dorgon heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. Nowadays, large-scale land reclamation and farming are being carried out in the north, and supporting water conservancy projects are being built, which is definitely a top priority. If this cement can be obtained, then the Qing Dynasty will rely on the north's grain production.
Farm, maybe it can be self-sufficient. In this way, the strength foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be established.
With this in mind, he quickly gestured to Daishan with his eyes, asking Daishan to help him.
Dai Shan understood the idea and immediately said: "Don't worry, our business in Qing Dynasty is the most fair. If we can get this cement formula, the price we offer in Qing Dynasty will definitely not disappoint you."
After he finished speaking, he remembered something and glanced at Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou naturally understood that this was asking him to follow suit because of his friendship with fellow villagers.
Therefore, he followed suit.
After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong immediately smiled and said cheerfully: "Okay, then it's settled. I'll get the formula. What's your bid?"
For an ordinary official to bargain directly like this, it would be a derogatory thing, especially for a king of a country, or at least a person in power.
But at this time, Jianlu knew his own affairs and could not help them put on airs. It was about his own interests, so he immediately started bargaining with Zheng Zhilong regardless of his status.
Of course, they are not serious businessmen, and they have already promised a good price before. Therefore, under Zheng Zhilong's negotiation, they did not bargain at all and just followed Zheng Zhilong's instructions. They also paid half of it in advance and used it as cash.
Make a deposit.
After discussing the price of cement, Dorgon brought up grain and grass supplies again.
Although the Qing Dynasty has opened up wasteland for farming on a large scale in the north, it is currently accepting a large number of young Koreans. On the Mongolian grassland, it has to win over the Mongolian chiefs and the like. The grain and grass supplies are all hard currency, so the demand is still huge.
Zheng Zhilong naturally couldn't refuse, so he negotiated and negotiated the price again. After finally agreeing on the price, he accepted half of the money as a deposit as usual.
Ordinary transactions would definitely not be so generous, with half of the transaction amount being paid as a deposit; but for these urgently needed supplies, the Qing Dynasty wanted to appear to be a generous businessman, and there were no professional business people to advise them. That was it.
I was deceived by Zheng Zhilong.
Of course, this is also because Zheng Zhilong is a party to the alliance and feels that he can be trusted. If it were anyone else, this result would probably not be possible.
Jianlu's gold and silver items were a bit insufficient, so he used special products from Liaodong to replace them. Speaking from a practical perspective, Zheng Zhilong's transaction was definitely a huge profit.
Just when both parties were satisfied and ready to leave after having had enough wine and food, suddenly someone in a yellow jacket hurried over to report.