Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 147, Hushang Hasim
The next day, the third floor of Gujin Building.

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was listless, and asked with concern: "Brother Zhu, what's the matter, is there something unhappy?"

"Ah~ my money, my money~"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help howling immediately, thinking of the money that was blackmailed by Emperor Hongzhi last night, he felt extremely heartbroken. He thought that he would be able to beat Emperor Hongzhi by offering [-] taels of silver. What is poor and crazy.

Fighting wars in border towns requires money. Right now there is a famine in several northern provinces, and the famine is very likely to become very serious. At that time, it will be necessary to allocate funds for disaster relief.

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was very empty, and the rats could already starve to death in it. At that time, the treasury would definitely not be able to be counted on, and most of them would have to use Emperor Hongzhi's internal money to fill the hole, so Emperor Hongzhi was poor.

Now seeing Zhu Houzhao's fat pig, how can he let it go?

Especially in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, this Zhu Houzhao is still too young after all, and some pocket money is enough, so last night he also squeezed out the oil on Zhu Houzhao's body, and asked Zhu Houzhao to spend one million taels a year Silver is out.

"You dog, dog~"

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao became even more angry, and kicked Liu Jin fiercely behind him, cursing at the same time: "This is not clever at all. If you hand over a million taels of silver a year, I can still leave A few coins, when my zoo can be built, it's all about you, I'll kick you to death."

Liu Jin was kicked because he neither dared to dodge, nor dared to make a sound. He knew his master too well, and now he was angry, and it was over after a few kicks. If he dared to hide, he might send him away. night fragrance.

Of course he also had troubles to say. When Emperor Hongzhi questioned him, he naturally dared not tell the truth. , the prince was angry, at most he just kicked him a few times.

"Brother Zhu, it seems that your family took away your share of the money, but it doesn't matter, it's only a million taels of silver a year, and our Gujinlou should not make much money."

Liu Jin looked at Liu Jin's pitiful look, and it was 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 government and make people fearful in the future.

"Really?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, he immediately regained his energy and stopped kicking Liu Jin, which made Liu Jin also give Liu Jin a grateful look.

"Of course, just watch."

"Our Daming is so rich, and there are so many rich people in the world. Yesterday was just the beginning, a million taels of silver a year, nothing at all."

"When things in the capital gradually spread throughout Daming, all the rich and powerful in the world will send people to the capital to purchase our mirrors and glass."

"What's more, the world outside of Ming Dynasty is even more vast. We can still sell our products to the whole world. For example, after a while, the fleet will go to sea for training. I'm going to let them Let’s take a walk around North Korea and Japan, and we can also buy some of our products by the way.”

Liu Jin seemed very confident. Looking at the street below the Gujin Building, it seemed to be more popular today. The news had already spread. In addition, last night, the Gujin Building served as a lighthouse for a whole night. Liu Jin estimated that today's business might not be as good as Yesterday, but not too bad.

"Can our products be sold outside Daming?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was taken aback for a moment. To be honest, he didn't think of this.

In this era of small-scale peasant economy, most of the time it is self-produced and sold. Even if there are business contacts, everyone's attention is limited to Daming at most. The concept of exporting seems to have never existed.

Comparing the north and the west, it is dominated by nomads, and the relationship with Daming has not been very good all the time. Merchants rarely dare to do business in the west, and only some Hu merchants come to Daming to do business.

To the south is the [-] mountains, like a moat, difficult to cross.

There is a vast sea to the east and southeast, and the Ming Dynasty has always enforced the sea ban, so only a few families and businessmen who have tasted the sweetness of foreign trade will think about exporting, and most of the time they are thinking about domestic sales.

"It's definitely possible. 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, there happened to be a group of Hu merchants walking towards Gujinlou, so he pointed to these Hu people and said, "Come on, let's go down and fool them together."

"I like this~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he regained his energy immediately, and followed Liu Jin to go downstairs.

Hasim is a Persian businessman who has been doing some business between the Middle East and Ming Dynasty for a long time. He transported silk, tea, rhubarb, and porcelain from Ming Dynasty to the Middle East for sale, and the profit was more than a hundred times in just one trip.

This silk is not worth much in Ming Dynasty, but it can be compared with the equivalent gold in the Middle East. Tea is even more common in Ming Dynasty, but it is the best thing to bribe the Tatars and Oirats along the way. .

As for rhubarb, it is a Chinese herbal medicine in Ming Dynasty, but it is called a magic medicine in the West. It seems to have some special functions, and it is also priced like gold.

Not to mention the porcelain. In the Middle East and the West, those who can afford porcelain are the real nobles. Porcelain is as white and smooth as a girl's cream, and it is very popular.

The things of Ming Dynasty are all good things, but there is very little external demand from Ming Dynasty. Only things like ivory, gold, gems, etc. are the most popular and most valuable.

This time he brought a lot of valuable goods, because the value of the goods was very high, so he chose to come to the richest capital of Ming Dynasty to sell his goods.

He has been to Daming many times, and he has long known that the capital of Daming is one of the best big cities in the world, comparable to Damascus and Rome, and even bigger.

In fact, the capital of Daming 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 for 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 knew clearly that he would sell his goods only when he found a high-quality source of goods that he wanted to buy. In this way, you can take your own caravan back to Persia and the Middle East after selling and buying quickly, and make a lot of money.

Yesterday, the news of the opening of 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 here. But last night, the Gujin Building was brightly lit, resplendent and bright all night, 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 to see it early this morning.

"Glass?"

"I didn't expect people from Ming Dynasty to be able to make glass, and this glass is very transparent without any color."

Hasim took a few of his subordinates and saw the glass windows of Gujin Building from a distance, and he was also shocked.

Glass is not uncommon in the Middle East and Persia. Westerners have been able to burn glass for a long time, but this kind of colorless glass has not been burned yet, and the most common one is green glass.

"Is this a mirror?"

"Lord, I have seen such a clear mirror!"

When he saw the two full-length mirrors placed at the entrance of the ancient and modern building, he was deeply attracted at once. In this era, although there is glass in the west, they don't know how to make mirrors, so Bronze mirrors are also used.

Hasim quickened his pace, and came to the door of Gujin Building in a hurry, looking at the big mirror in front of him, looking at himself in the big mirror, it was so clear, even his own fine hair could be seen so clearly.

"Lord, it is incredible that there is such a miraculous mirror in the world!"

Hasim went crazy, and couldn't help sighing at the Lord in his heart.

"Welcome to Gujinlou!"

Here, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao have already gone downstairs. Seeing Hasim's appearance, Liu Jin also greeted with a thousand smiles.

"Hello~"

Hasim came back to his senses, looked at Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao in front of him, and told him intuitively that these two people in front of him were definitely not simple characters, so he also spoke in a bit of broken Ming Dynasty official dialect.

"Yeah Papa Lak'an Lahuma Press Son Qum~"

Liu Jin looked at Hasim's attire. He was wearing a white robe and a turban on his head. He obviously believed in that religion, so he also spoke in Arabic.

"Yeah Papa Lak'an Lahuma Press Son Qum~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Hasim was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly replied, the meaning of these words is actually similar to that of hello.

"My name is Liu Jin, and I am the owner of the Gujin Building. I am very happy to meet friends from afar."

Liu Jin introduced himself with a smile.

"My name is Hasim. I am a merchant from far away Persia. Nice to meet you."

Hasim also quickly reported his name. The status of a businessman in the West is still very high, unlike in Daming, where the status of a businessman is relatively low, so he very confidently stated his identity as a businessman.

"Mr. Hasim, please come inside, I am very glad that you can come to my shop, and you are welcome to come to Daming."

With a smile on his face, Liu Jin took Hasim to the ancient and modern buildings. Today, he met a big customer. All the Hu merchants who dared to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty were real rich masters. To bring goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, if I don't empty out his pockets this time, I will look down on the other party, the businessman.

　Hang Hang Hu business ~ should be good!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)