I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 385 Multi-party assistance
Zhu Youxiao left the stall with his back and walked around with Cao Bianjiao and others.

"Come and see, it's the best wild ginseng in Liaodong."

"The finest Sichuan brocade has just arrived in the capital. Come and have a look. Come and have a look."

Qianmen Street is as prosperous as ever, but Zhu Youxiao, who comes from a later generation, is not interested in this scene and even finds it a bit crude.

On the contrary, Cao Bianjiao and others had been training in Licaolan Field for a long time, so they took advantage of the emperor's private visit in disguise, so they came here and enjoyed their visit.

Zhu Youxiao also looked around with interest, but what he saw was not the surrounding department stores, but some changes.

For example, some stalls sell various kinds of fish products, which are sent from Tianjin Wei.Although the fish has been dried into dried fish, many people still gather there because the price is cheap.

There are also people who are looking for workers, and the meaning of the shouting is that there is a shortage of people at the Xishan Coal Mine. As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a lot of onlookers.

There were even people setting up stalls to sell books, which was nothing to worry about at first, but the words "Excerpts from the Yongle Edition" written on their stalls made Zhu Youxiao instantly interested.

"You have this book in the library. Can you sell it here?"

The stall owner is a short-bearded scholar in his 40s with a square scarf on his head, sitting on a chair and reading a book.Suddenly, he saw a young man in brocade clothes coming to his stall. While flipping through the books on the stall, he asked himself with great interest.

He immediately put the book down, sat on the chair and said casually:

"I'm still rushing to get it. Although the library is good, it is so small that it can't accommodate all the readers. I have prepared these books for those who can't squeeze in but want to go in and read. There are many people buying them. "

Zhu Youxiao opened the book and took a look and found that the handwriting inside was neat and it seemed that it was written by a professional scribe.

"The emperor promulgated such good governance, but he didn't expect that it would lead to so many ways to make a fortune. I don't know what he thought after hearing this."

"Haha, the emperor's good governance is indeed good governance. We scholars are grateful, but it does not affect our making money. Now we support countless people by queuing up, copying books, and selling books in the library. Who among these people does not think of your majesty?"

Zhu Youxiao laughed when he heard this, thinking that this person was quite right.However, I did not expect that such a huge industrial chain would be formed. It seems that this library has also promoted employment invisibly.

"Seller, I also heard that His Majesty has built a Capital Tongwen Museum in the west of the city, specifically for Western monks to translate Western works. I wonder if those works are sold."

Upon hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, the unknown shopkeeper glanced at him and said with disdain:
"Those barbarian books are of no use, but the books written by my Chinese saints Confucius and Mencius are useful. I really don't know what your majesty thinks, but you actually let those barbarian books come in. I will never sell these books to taint me." Your stall is definitely not worthy of being placed next to the book of a sage!"

"I don't know where they can sell it? I'm quite interested."

The stall owner immediately became angry when he heard this. He immediately stood up and said impatiently:
"Go, go, go, I thought you were a book lover, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant and vulgar. If you want to read those barbarian books, just go to the bookstore in front of you. Those shopkeepers resell these vulgar books in order to make money. It's really It’s a disgrace to me as a scholar.”

When Cao Bianjiao heard that the stall owner was so rude to the emperor, he was furious and wanted to step forward to pay attention, but Zhu Youxiao didn't care and waved his hand to tell him not to act rashly.

"Then thank the shopkeeper."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away. The stall owner looked at Zhu Youxiao's leaving figure and shook his head, then sat down and continued reading.

Zhu Youxiao also followed the stall owner's guidance and went to several bookstores on Qianmen Street. He found that most of them sold Yongle Dadian copied from the library. It seemed that many of them could understand the value of them.

However, there are not many Western works translated by Jingshi Tongwenkan for sale. When asked why, it is probably because there are not many translations at present, only a few mathematical works, so few are sold.

However, there are still many people who are interested in Western works, among which "Elements of Geometry" is the best-selling one.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel happy. To be honest, in his opinion, Chinese classics were no worse than Western works.But it is still beneficial for a book like "Elements of Geometry" to spread in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think that he should continue to translate, and also translate more geography, natural history, astronomy and other works, so that it would be good for me to open my eyes.

"Let's go to Huang Dong's place. Don't keep them waiting."

After coming out of the bookstore, Zhu Youxiao took Cao Bianjiao and others to stroll around Qianmen Street for a while. Then he looked at the sky and found that it was already past noon, so he waved his hands and led everyone to Huangdong's courtyard.

Lu Xiangsheng, who had received the news in advance, also arrived at Huang Dong's place early and explained to Zheng Zhilong and Huang Dong what the emperor had told him the day before yesterday.

"What, His Majesty agreed?"

In Huang Dong's mansion, Huang Dong and Zheng Zhilong, a man over forty years old, looked at Lu Xiangsheng in surprise, with surprise in their eyes.

"Indeed, the news I have received so far is that the imperial court has confirmed the candidate, and people from Daming Trading Company may be asked to accompany them." Lu Xiangsheng saw that the two of them were very surprised when they heard this, and confirmed it again.

"That's good. I've heard before in Nanyang that there are many Western countries, and Franji is just one of them. In addition, there are the Netherlands, France and other countries. It's just that the Franji people have the first Advantage, monopolizing the trade routes to the West.

If we can take this opportunity to go to the West, we will have the opportunity to open up trade routes, and the profits will be many times greater. "

Zheng Zhilong immediately clapped his hands excitedly. As he spoke, he turned and looked at the middle-aged man beside him.

"Uncle, when the time comes, you must carefully select a few people who are proficient in Fo Lang's words to open this road."

This middle-aged man is Zheng Zhilong’s uncle Huang Cheng.Huang Cheng was originally a maritime merchant in Macau and often traveled to Southeast Asia and other places for trade. At that time, Zheng Zhilong came to Macau from Fujian to find Huang Cheng to make a living.

Huang Cheng took more care of his nephew and personally took him to Nanyang to teach him the Buddhist language and the precautions for maritime trade.

Therefore, after Zheng Zhilong was re-employed by the emperor in the capital, he immediately wrote a letter asking Huang Cheng to take a ship and sailors to Tianjin Wei to help him with his business.

Huang Cheng was also very happy after receiving the letter. He never expected that just by asking his nephew to accompany Tang Ruowang to the capital, he would be favored by the emperor and let him do maritime trade business.

However, he also knew the importance of Daming Trading Company and his own business. Without saying a word, he immediately came to the capital with his crew to help Zheng Zhilong recruit and train crew members, purchase ships, and expand routes.

It was precisely because of the help of such experienced maritime merchants that Daming Trading Company quickly got on the right track.

Huang Cheng also traveled back and forth during this time and never tired of it, because he enjoyed unprecedented convenience in doing business.

Everyone knew that the Ming Dynasty Trading Company had investment from the emperor and nobles, so the officials of Shuntian Prefecture and Tianjin Prefecture did not dare to make things difficult. Even going to Liaodong and Jiangnan to do business was extremely convenient, and the whole journey was smooth.

This alone makes Huang Cheng happy, not to mention how profitable it is to go to sea trade.

So when I heard that the emperor asked the Ming Dynasty Trading Company to select a few people to follow the imperial mission to the West.He could not restrain his joy. After hearing Zheng Zhilong's instructions, he immediately said:

"Don't worry, this is a big deal. I even want to go there by myself. I will definitely choose a few smart and smart people."

Although Huang Dong was happy when he was sitting aside, he was more concerned about the appointment mentioned by Lu Xiangsheng just now, that is, he was about to go to Liaodong to serve as the magistrate of the new county at the mouth of Liaohe River.

"You have to make careful reference when going on missions to the West, but then again. If you go to the mouth of the Liaohe River, I have heard something about it. I heard that it was originally the boundary of Gaizhou Wei. But it is sparsely populated, and the Liaohe River often floods. Although the water network It is vertical and horizontal, but it is also inconvenient to move. It would be difficult to build a county magistrate from scratch there."

Lu Xiangsheng also checked the relevant information in the Hanlin Academy yesterday, and naturally knew the difficulties involved. Now he shook his head after hearing Huang Dong's words.

"His Majesty also told me about the difficulties, but it would not be in line with my wishes to back down because of this difficulty. Besides, this place is related to the plans of Liaodong and even the imperial court, so I will not back down.

Besides, I'm not alone. Liaodong Dusi will also send officials to help when the time comes, and you can also transport some food and grass. "

Huang Dong knew that Lu Xiangsheng had always been determined and would do whatever he thought of, not to mention the emperor's entrustment. Now that he was so determined, he finally needed his help.

So he no longer tried to dissuade him, but stood up and said solemnly:
"Brother Lu, Your Majesty and you have helped me a lot. It can be said that without your help, how could I be where I am now! When you arrive in Liaodong, I will definitely help you. Although I can't help you, I can't help you. We are willing to serve my brother in providing food and grass supplies and even transporting immigrants."

Zheng Zhilong on the side also nodded when he heard this and echoed:

"That is, we wouldn't be where we are today without His Majesty's support. We can't help much. There is no problem in transporting it by sea ship. We are always on call."

Lu Xiangsheng also nodded happily, there are enough helpers now.

Yesterday he found his good friend Zhang Weixin, who is currently observing politics in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and hoped that he could go with him.

He originally thought that he would have to spend a lot of time, but he didn't expect that after he explained the pros and cons, Zhang Weixin actually agreed and was willing to accompany him to Liaodong.

This moved him deeply. Now that he saw Huang Dong and others agreeing to help, he suddenly felt that his burden was much easier.

"That's great. This will make Lu Xiangsheng's affairs much easier."

Just when Lu Xiangsheng was about to express his thanks, he heard a familiar voice coming from outside the main hall. When he heard it, he immediately understood who was coming.

"His Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)