Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"Stop being so careless in front of us, we are not confused anymore!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly and said directly: "Since you, the rebellious son, have already gone to join the vassal state, why did you return to the capital privately without an edict?"

"Father, Emperor Mingjian!"

Zhu Gaosui said with an innocent face: "My child didn't go to join the feudal clan, but he went to the feudal territory to train troops!"

Zhu Di's face couldn't help but turn darker, but he also understood what Zhu Gaosui meant.

"You want to go to sea, you rebellious son?"

"Father Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Gaosui stared with anger on his face.

"Dad, the overseas barbarians don't know the power of my great Ming Dynasty. I will take the three guards of Changshan to beat up those blind barbarians so that they can accept my great Ming Dynasty's enlightenment!"

Hearing this, Ma He and Xu Xiang's expressions changed slightly.

"Do you know how dangerous overseas is?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Zhu Gaosui nodded heavily, "Dad, I know!"

Zhu Di said: "In this case, you can learn more about it from Ma He and Xu Xiang in the future!"

"Thank you dad!"

Zhu Gaosui was overjoyed.

"Don't be happy too early!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "As a vassal king, you dare to enter the capital privately without any order. Although you are a bit special, you will not be exempted from punishment!"

"what?"

Zhu Gaosui was shocked and quickly defended, "Dad, my son has not officially joined the vassal state. He is not the vassal king yet. He just went to train soldiers..."

"Stop being so nagging, you deserve to be punished!"

Zhu Di shouted directly outside the palace: "Come here, drag this traitor down for us and give him twenty sticks!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Two Han generals walked in directly from outside the palace, carried Zhu Gaosui and walked out.

It’s just a stick to blame King Zhao!

They are already very skilled in this business!

Soon, Zhu Gaosui's screams could be heard outside.

However, this King Zhao's screams became more powerful every time.

Inside the palace.

Zhu Di's eyes twitched slightly, but he ignored it and said directly: "Tomorrow, according to what Marquis Dinghai said, each rare treasure will be auctioned for 10% first.

How about the prices offered by those merchants and gentry?

If they dare to join forces privately to lower the price, the auction will be terminated directly.

In the future, auctions will be held every other month, and only half of the auction will be held.

The Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce went to various prefectures in the Ming Dynasty to build shops and sell them themselves! "

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Ma He and Guo An responded quickly.

Subsequently.

Guo An said goodbye and left very wisely. Zhu Di's family was beating his son, so he couldn't stay and watch the show without opening his eyes.

the next day.

In the capital, the auction room was crowded with merchants and gentry from all the capitals of the Ming Dynasty early in the morning.

Everyone was sitting around holding a small auction sign, chatting noisily.

Various dialects are mixed together, which makes people have a headache.

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui, Guo An, Ma He, Xu Xiang and others were sitting in the small attic on the second floor above the auction house.

Not only can you see everything below clearly, but you can also clearly hear what those people are saying.

Zhu Gaosui looked irritated, "How can these businessmen be so talkative? People who make noise will have a headache!"

Guo An was also a little noisy, so he ordered Shen Zhuang on the side, "Let's start!"

Shen Zhuang glanced at Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi carefully, then walked quickly.

soon.

Shen Zhuang appeared on the auction stage and said a few words to the gentry and merchants below, and the entire auction room fell silent.

"The auction officially begins!"

"Two boxes of top-grade ivory! Please invite ten shopkeepers from the venue to come up and inspect the goods!"

"The base price is two thousand taels of silver, start bidding!"

"Two thousand taels on the tenth!"

"Two thousand three hundred taels of silver on the 32nd!"

"No. 8, two thousand five hundred taels of silver!"

"No. 2, two thousand six hundred taels of silver!"

"..."

"Six bags of pepper, 300 kilograms! Ten shopkeepers are invited to come up and inspect the goods!"

"The base price is two thousand five hundred taels of silver, let's start the bidding auction!"

"The bid on the 18th is two thousand eight hundred taels!"

"No. 4 bids three thousand one hundred taels!"

"The bid on the 52nd is three thousand three hundred taels!"

"..."

"No. 66 bid three thousand eight hundred and two or three times! Congratulations to shopkeeper No. 66!"    ……

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were very satisfied when they saw the merchants' competitive attitude towards each other.

"It seems that these businessmen are quite honest!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "What your Majesty said is absolutely true!"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An suspiciously.

"Could it be that these merchants know something?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, but if we open shops in all the state capitals of the Ming Dynasty, the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce will not be able to find so many shopkeepers and accountants!"

"It doesn't matter, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we can't compete with these people for profit!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Two shameless people, one is boasting, the other is bragging shamelessly.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi and Ma He could only look hard at the merchants below to prevent themselves from hearing those words.

but.

The bidding sounds from the auction below are indeed tempting.

By noon, the voice of the old man shouting prices on the stage was hoarse.

The auction slowly stopped.

"Sold out so soon?"

Above, in the small cubicle on the second floor, looking at the merchants dispersing below, Zhu Di still had some unfinished thoughts.

Shen Zhuang, who was waiting on the side, quickly replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, we only sold half of the goods in the morning and will continue in the afternoon!"

"half?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he asked curiously: "How many silver taels were auctioned this morning?"

Shen Zhuang picked up an account book, glanced at it, and handed it to Zhu Di.

"Reporting to your Majesty, a total of 6,865,300 taels of silver were sold in the whole morning!"

Zhu Di's eyes widened, he picked up the account book and started to read it.

On the side, Zhu Gaosui's eyes flashed, "It's so fast, I just thought that after selling it for a while, we got so much money!

In this way, the money spent by Ma He and other fleets to sail to the Western Ocean was earned back, and he even earned millions more taels of silver! "

"Ok!"

Guo An and Zhu Gaochi both nodded slightly.

Zhu Gaosui added: "If we add in the goods in the afternoon, wouldn't it be possible to auction more than ten million taels of silver today?"

"almost!"

Guo An nodded slightly again.

Zhu Gaosui added: "Today, only 10% of the goods were auctioned. So, wouldn't Ma and the goods brought back by the voyage fleet have to earn ten million taels of silver?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but look up at Zhu Gaosui, a little surprised.

"When did your kid learn these arithmetic?"

"Hey, dad, I want to lead troops to sea, attack barbarian countries, build seaports, and earn millions of taels every year..."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaosui's face fell, "I didn't expect that my father could earn tens of millions of taels of silver just by sending horses and going to sea!"

"Dad, Marquis Dinghai lied to the child!"

Guo An quickly raised his hands and saluted, "Why does Your Highness say so?"

Zhu Gaosui was indignant and said, "You can make so much money by sending a fleet. Why did the Marquis of Dinghai trick me into leading troops to sea to attack the barbarian country, and why did the Marquis of Dinghai also ask me to build a seaport?"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi also looked at Guo An with curiosity.

Guo An smiled lightly, "His Royal Highness, King Zhao, is so short-sighted!"

Zhu Gaosui's eyes widened in disbelief, "You actually said that this king is short-sighted?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly and said: "Your Highness King Zhao, the goods brought back by the horse and fleet this time can be sold for so much money because our Ming Dynasty has banned the sea for a long time, and these overseas spices and treasures are rare, and things are rare. It’s expensive.

But if the sea ban is lifted, thousands of merchant fleets will go to sea to conduct maritime trade.

Countless spices and rare items from overseas have entered our country, the Ming Dynasty. Do you think, Your Highness, that these spices and rare items can still be priced so high? "

"Of course I can't!"

Zhu Gaosui shook his head repeatedly, he was not stupid!

Guo An continued: "In this way, risking life and death and going to sea for a year, you can earn up to one million taels of silver for your hard work, and this is when there are many big ships.

However, if His Highness conquers a barbarian country, builds a seaport, and builds a wharf to provide for our merchants from the Ming Dynasty to trade with those overseas barbarians.

His Highness only needs to sit there comfortably and watch the barbarians and merchants pay taxes and fees, or spend money in the various shops, restaurants, and inns built by His Highness to earn money for His Highness.

In this way, you can earn millions of taels of silver every year, or even millions of taels of silver.

Moreover, His Highness's Prince Zhao's Mansion also obtained a barbarian country out of thin air.

With such a long-term business, why does your highness think I am deceiving you, your highness? "

"This……"

Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but smile with ridicule.

On the side, Zhu Di was thoughtful.

In this way, it is safest to reopen the Shipping Department!

"Okay, we still have things to do in the palace, so let's go back first!"

"I would like to send you your majesty's greetings!"

"My humble servant sends you His Majesty respectfully!"

As Zhu Di left, Guo An and Zhu Gaochi also said goodbye.

However, Ma He and Xu Xiang still stayed in the auction house!

... (end of this chapter)