The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

When Carlo opened his eyes again, he was already in a pure white room.

He knew that this was Daming's hospital.

The strong smell of medicine flowed from the tip of his nose, and Carlo felt the extreme weakness of his body, as if his whole body had been hollowed out.

He knew it was the effect of Datura flower poison.

'I don't know if the plan was successful or not. '

Carlo recalled the picture before he passed out in his mind.

He saw the Siwa people fall down one by one, and then he felt a strong sense of suffocation.

Because his own poison is the lightest, he was also the last one to fall.

When he fell down, he saw the officers and soldiers of Daming rushing over.

At this point, the door is opened.

A man wearing the costume of a great Ming doctor walked in.

"You're awake, how do you feel?" the doctor asked.

Carlo opened his mouth to answer, but felt a burning pain in his throat.

Seeing this, the doctor poured a glass of water from the side, and then slowly fed it to Carlo.

Carlo felt much better after drinking the water.

"Thank you, how are my people?" Carlo asked with difficulty.

He is eager to know what the situation is now.

Is it similar to what I thought.

"Please be sorry, you are the only one who was poisoned this time."

"The toxicity of this poison is too severe, and we can't find a solution immediately. To be honest, we all find it incredible that you can wake up."

"However, toxicity will have a great impact on your body. During the recent period, it is best to take a rest."

Carlo secretly heaved a sigh of relief at the doctor's answer.

It's just that there is not much happiness besides rejoicing.

After all, this is tantamount to saying that all the clansmen died in their own hands.

The cautious Carlo didn't ask any more questions, and the doctor told him to take a good rest and left.

Someone from behind brought light food such as white porridge, so that Carlo, who just woke up, would not starve to death again.

Just as Carlo speculated, the death of the Siwa family caused a lot of waves.

First of all, this was at the Taisun Review Ceremony, and even at that time, due to wrong inferences, the ceremony was almost interrupted.

The second is international security incidents.

In any case, the death of so many people, especially in the case of poisoning, is considered a major case.

This will also have an impact on Daming's reputation, related to the business environment.

The point is that this matter has attracted the attention of His Royal Highness.

"The only thing I'm glad about is that His Royal Highness didn't give a time limit to solve the case this time, otherwise we would all have to be punished."

"Speaking of which, this incident is really strange. So many police officers have been dispatched, but no useful clues have been found so far."

"By the way, Lao Li, let's apply for an inquiry about Nasivakalo. Has Shangfeng approved it?"

Hong Kong Island.

Yu Dong walked on the street and looked around, while complaining to Lao Li next to him.

Lao Li nodded: "It has been approved, and you can go there tomorrow."

"But the time given to us is only a stick of incense."

Yu Dong was a little upset: "What's the use of half a stick of incense, it's not enough for us to talk about the matter in detail."

Lao Li said helplessly: "This is all the regulations from above. You also know that Siva Kalo is a key person now. It would be nice if we could have a good time. I heard that there are only seven groups including us who have been approved." , everyone is the same, be content with yourself."

In fact, Zhu Ying didn't really care whether the case could be solved or not.

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of vendetta is relatively high, and Zhu Ying feels that this candidate may also be a member of the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

Maybe it was to save the face of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, or maybe it was to use their lives to make amends to Daming.

Zhu Ying's guess is very close to the truth.

It was hard to imagine such a situation as suicide.

Those poisons are not fake.

According to the imperial physician, the poison is extremely severe, and it is basically difficult to treat it.

The only person who survived may be because of his better physical fitness.

But even so, the organs are showing signs of failure.

This is tantamount to saying that even if he survives by chance, he will be a useless person in the future, a medicine jar.

Under such circumstances, no matter who it was, it was hard to imagine that the source of the poison would be themselves.

The direction was wrong from the beginning, so how could there be any result.

As for Daming's reputation, it really doesn't have much impact.

The news of the case was not uploaded to the residence newspaper. Many people only knew that there was a riot, but they did not know the details.

If the government doesn't disclose it, do the people still dare to go to the Yamen to eat melons?

This is obviously unrealistic.

Besides, in these years, the death of dozens of foreign businessmen is really not a big deal. Maybe a random storm at sea will not only kill such a few people.

With low-key handling, no one will care about this matter after a while.

As far as the current business situation of Daming is concerned, it can be said that it is a truly civilized world. At least in the territory of Daming, there is no need to worry too much about things like robbery.

In other countries, if there is no strong force to defend their goods, being robbed is commonplace.

Considering that Ming Dynasty is a state of civilization and etiquette.

In addition to expressing sympathy for the Shiwa family being poisoned, a certain degree of policy compensation can also be given.

Of course, it is impossible to take back the punishment already imposed on the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

As the Daming navy assembled in the Guangzhou area has already sailed to the Malacca Strait area.

The four managers of Daming Ocean Trading have been elected.

One of them is naturally Guan Xianghai, the former political envoy of Cheng Xuan.

The other three were selected by Uncle Zhang from the major families.

At present, the structure of the Daming Ocean Trade Chamber of Commerce is mainly based on foreign investment based on the four major stewards.

Each has a warship, equipped with considerable armed guards.

Responsible for the investment and development of the Nanyang region.

After the assembly, Zhu Ying personally interviewed them.

"Meet His Royal Highness Taisun."

In the newly built lobby of Hong Kong Yamen, the four saluted respectfully.

Zhu Ying nodded: "Excuse me, give me a seat."

"The chamber of commerce is mainly private, so you can relax a bit."

Zhu Ying looked at the four of them.

Apart from Guan Xianghai, the other three are from the three major families of Li, Qian and Zhao.

Of course, these three people are not direct descendants of any family, but the shopkeepers of major families, who have created huge benefits for their respective families.

It is precisely because of their outstanding talents that they were selected to be in charge of the chamber of commerce.

Stewards, not shopkeepers.

The concepts here are quite different.

After leaving Daming, the power in the hands of the four rose sharply.

The most important one is that they can summon the help of Ming Dynasty's troops abroad.

For example, the navy army that is heading to the Strait of Malacca.

Each of them will have a hundred guards under his command, and at the same time have the power to assemble local armed forces.

This means that they are fully capable of recruiting troops, and the required money is paid by the chamber of commerce.

The initial quota is 100 million Guanbao notes per person.

Such a high standard of support naturally requires them to bring sufficient profits to the chamber of commerce.

"You are the first batch of managers of the chamber of commerce. No matter what happens, the interests of the chamber of commerce must be the main priority."

"I hope that every year in the future, you can bring enough considerable profits to the chamber of commerce, proving that my vision is correct."

"Da Ming, there is no need to worry about the future. I will arrange someone to take care of it. Of course, I believe that your family will not treat you badly."

"Don't limit your means, I just want to see the result."

Zhu Ying gave a few simple instructions, which made the other three people quite excited.

Although Zhu Ying attaches great importance to the expansion of foreign trade, taking the time to meet with the four managers is already a special favor to them.

The four quickly stated that they would do their best for His Royal Highness and the interests of the chamber of commerce, and they would die.

After finishing these things, Zhu Ying took Zhu Yunxi back to the capital.

"Brother, I have never understood why we just dealt with the deaths of those foreign businessmen so hastily and didn't publish them in the mansion newspaper."

Zhu Yunxi asked puzzledly.

In his opinion, the eldest brother should pay attention to this matter, and set a deadline for solving the case, so as to let the truth come to light early.

Only in this way can Daming's reputation be maintained.

"Do you know what Daming's reputation is?"

"Do you think I treat foreign businessmen differently from ordinary people in Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Ying asked.

Zhu Yunxi hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Zhu Ying continued: "They traveled thousands of miles and risked being swallowed by the waves to come to Daming to purchase goods, not because of my fairness, but because my goods are very valuable."

"Just by going back and forth and lying down, they can earn enough money that they may not be able to earn in their own country for several years."

"I did treat them differently, and on purpose."

"At the top of Ming Dynasty, the people below will always think about the thoughts of the upper class, especially for those officials, they may spend much more thought on this than on the common people."

"Then how do you think the officials of the Guangdong government will interpret my arrangement?"

Zhu Yunxi thought for a while and said: "They will feel that the elder brother despises foreign businessmen."

Zhu Ying said, "That's right, when they feel this way, they will act according to this feeling in many things in the future."

Zhu Yunxi questioned: "But why do you want to do this? Wouldn't it be unfair to those foreign businessmen?"

Zhu Ying sneered: "What is fairness? My Ming Dynasty is so powerful, why should I talk about fairness with the people of these small countries?"

"People are different from each other. If there is no difference, how can the people of Ming Dynasty have a sense of belonging?"

this is the truth.

Whether it is now or in the future, it is inevitable.

Zhu Yunxi nodded somewhat half-understanding.

Luzon.

The private soldiers of the four great feudal lords arrived one after another.

According to each vassal king sending three thousand troops, there are more than 2000 people in total.

In fact, including auxiliary soldiers, it has reached over [-].

According to the current general system of the Ming Dynasty, there are a total of twelve thousand households.

But as far as the current Luzon is concerned, it is a completely barren land.

During the Hongwu period, Lu Song had already sent tribute to the Ming Dynasty twice.

Even if Ming Dynasty gave him a gift and allowed him to pay tribute multiple times a year, Luzon's own national strength is too low. Although it is an island country, it is extremely backward in shipbuilding technology.

Every time he goes to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, there will be a lot of wealth for Luzon.

They can't wait to go five or six times a year.

But strength does not allow it.

Out of ten sea-going ships, it would be nice to save two or three of them in a storm at sea.

There is another risk on the way back.

The ships in Luzon itself are also very limited.

They are even more looking forward to the businessmen from Ming Dynasty coming to Luzon.

The reason why Zhu Di and other vassal kings came to Luzon with more than 1 troops was because during the transaction, a businessman from the Ming Dynasty discovered that there were many gold mines in Luzon, even open-pit gold mines.

After confirming the news, Zhu Di and other vassals joined together to discuss.

First send troops to station, and then develop.

This is a big deal.

Because of the gold produced by the Lu family, they can conceal it from paying taxes to Daming, and all of it goes into their own pockets.

Tension is a hundred households.

He was originally just a general banner, but because of his meritorious service in the Japanese country, he was promoted to a hundred households.

Now, come to Luzon again.

"Be quick, we must find a village before dark."

Zhang Li shouted loudly to boost the morale of hundreds of subordinates.

He was under the command of King Yan and was the last group of soldiers to arrive in Luzon.

For a dilapidated place like Luzon, the soldiers did not need to concentrate at all, but scattered to inspect various areas.

"Boss, look quickly, there is smoke ahead." A general flag climbed up a small hill, and suddenly shouted in surprise.

Zhang Li hurried up to have a look, and said happily, "Brothers, hurry up, it's only a few miles away, we'll rest there today."

When the soldiers under his command heard the words, they immediately seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood.

no way.

This Luzon is a tropical area, hot, humid, and sunny.

In just half a day, these well-trained soldiers seemed to have been drained of energy.

too hot.

Now I finally found the village, of course I was overjoyed.

The smoke from the kitchen is easy to attract attention, and Zhang Li naturally doesn't want this place to be discovered by other teams.

Soon, hundreds of people came to the village.

There, a large number of indigenous people are cooking fire.

"Hey, brothers, pay attention later, don't ruin our meal."

Zhang Li laughed loudly, and then directly led people to attack the village.

The natives quickly discovered the group of uninvited guests and shouted and yelled in unintelligible words.

A large number of natives came out with bows and arrows, spears, and even a few swords.

Tension without the slightest panic.

"The gunners line up."

"Fire!"

Thirty gunners lined up in three rows. When the natives rushed over, the first row opened fire quickly under Zhang Li's command.

The sound of the arquebus startled the natives, even the first round of volley only caused three natives to fall.

After the second round of three rounds of salvo, more than a dozen natives rushing forward fell to the ground and started howling.

It's just a small village.

The total combat power is less than 40 people, and it has been cut in half now.

"Don't waste fire bombs, brothers, kill with me!!!"