Borrow the day to change the day

As soon as Zhong Jinwei said these words, the princes and clans immediately looked at him in silence, expecting him to have some good reminders.

For them, the more words like reminders, the better.

"First, this North American route will end near the Arctic Circle, so the climate will be very cold. Princes must prepare enough warm clothes to ensure that your army and subjects can reach North America alive and start construction for you. Kingdom."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, his expression became serious, and he said seriously: "If anyone just recruits the people of Ming Dynasty and ignores them to see if they can live in North America before using them, the imperial court will take care of them. Although these people are Go with you, but you are still His Majesty's people, please keep this in mind."

Zhong Jinwei actually meant one thing, he didn't want this North American route to become a road of blood and tears for the people of Ming Dynasty.

If there are vassal kings like Westerners pretending to be African black slaves, they don't treat the people of Ming Dynasty as human beings, they just load the boat and sail, regardless of life or death, this behavior is not acceptable to Zhong Jinwei.

Emperor Chongzhen also said solemnly after Zhong Jinwei finished speaking: "I don't want the situation that Master Zhong said to happen, otherwise I will never forgive lightly."

When the king of Tang saw it, he quickly and solemnly expressed his position: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, these people are also the subjects of the vassal state and the expansion of the territory, and they will never destroy the cornerstone of themselves."

The other vassal kings and clans also quickly stated that they would never do such a heartless and unjust thing.

But no one knows if any of them had this idea before.

After the hall became quiet, Prince Fu hesitated for a while, and then said: "Marquis Zhongxing, we will never have a small number of people waiting for the vassal state. How do we get so many things to keep out the cold?"

When the princes and clans heard this, they all nodded.This thing to keep out the cold is not like a boat, which can be used back and forth.

They looked at the world map, and compared North America with Ming Dynasty, they could get a general idea of ​​what the climate would be like there.

A subject must have at least one set, and they must not be allowed to take it off when they arrive at the place and send it back to the next batch of people in Daming.It's not worthwhile to be frozen to death and frostbite when we get there!

This problem is quite difficult, and once it was put in front of everyone, it suddenly became an important factor restricting the number of vassal states.

The clan of the vassal kings, including those civil servants, looked at Zhong Jinwei, wondering if they could get a good idea.

Sure enough, Zhong Jinwei did not disappoint them. He smiled and said, "There are two ways to solve this matter. I don't know if you have noticed, but the imperial court has opened up the mutual market with Mongolia, and the road to Zhangjiakou is also being re-expanded..."

When Zhong Jinwei said these words, a quick-witted person had already thought of what is the biggest specialty of Mongolia?It's fur!Fur is the best raw material for warm clothes.

When these people thought of this, they couldn't help being secretly surprised. It turned out that the imperial court had already started to make arrangements.If the feudal government had not agreed to go abroad before, maybe the imperial court might really use force.

In fact, they thought too much. Under Zhong Jinwei's suggestion, the initial increase in trade with Mongolia was only a decision based on division, wooing and corruption of the Mongolians.

Zhong Jinwei also had an idea just now, thinking of the benefits that the expansion of the mutual market can bring.

Because of this, Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Tiren, and others had never heard Zhong Jinwei say it, and they couldn't help but nodded secretly when they heard it. The decision to open up the mutual market was really beneficial.

Zhong Jinwei's next words were exactly what they expected, asking them to get enough furs to make clothes within ten years.

After talking about this point, Zhong Jinwei continued: "There is another solution, that is, on the basis of the first method just now, people who come to North America first can do business with the natives there in exchange for their money. Fur. The warm clothes made over there can be sent back, or directly sent back to Daming to be processed into warm clothes.”

After hearing this, the king of Tang felt that this method was indeed feasible, but he was still a little skeptical, so he asked, "Marquis Zhongxing, are you sure there are a lot of furs over there?"

Zhong Jinwei smiled, looked at King Tang and said, "I am afraid that fur is the most common way of life for Indians. If you don't believe me, you can ask Li Wei."

Some vassal princes and clans didn't realize it all at once, who is Li Wei?Then he looked around, as if there was no such scarlet-robed official?

Fortunately, when Li Wei heard Hou Zhongxing's roll call, he spoke up and attracted their attention: "What Zhongxing Hou said is very true! On this route, all the way to North America, there will be various tribes encountered on the road. fur."

The princes and clans saw this commoner who had been to North America say the same, so they believed in the source of the fur.With these two ways, I should be able to make more warm clothes.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Zhong Jinwei speak in the imperial chair, secretly decided in his heart to open a few more exchanges so that these vassal princes and clans could obtain the most warm clothes.

As a result, those Mongols who had good friends with Daming were overjoyed.The price of fur in their hands has risen, and life has greatly improved.

Then the Mongols began to enjoy all kinds of luxury products produced by Ming Dynasty, and even compared with each other.For example, entertaining guests, if you don’t bring out a few sets of exquisite porcelain, you will be ashamed to entertain guests.

Of course, Zhong Jinwei, the mastermind behind the scenes, is indispensable for the huge sales of these luxury goods among the Mongols.

When he was in later generations, he felt that many people were obsessed with European and American luxury goods.The hard-earned money is just exchanged for a comparative luxury.

He admires those Europeans and Americans who know how to operate in this way, turning a low-cost dispensable commodity into a gold-absorbing stone and a cornucopia.

However, the reason why there will be a large number of people who worship Europe and the United States and take pride in buying European and American luxury goods in later generations is not only that Europeans and Americans know how to operate, but also has something to do with the history of Chinese people.

Now in this life, Zhong Jinwei believes that in a few hundred years, the situation will only be reversed, and people all over the world will be proud of using Daming's luxury goods.

Of course, these are all for later.

The living conditions of the Mongolian tribes have been greatly improved by making friends with Ming Dynasty.This fact has attracted those neutral Mongolian tribes, even the Mongolian tribes living far away in Mobei, to express their favor to Daming, so that they can obtain the qualifications for the transaction.

These additional benefits were not thought of by the Ming decision makers in the palace at this time. At this time, they are already very satisfied with the current good linkage.

Zhong Jinwei saw that the situation in the hall was almost ready, so he walked to a screen, asked for a thin stick from the servant, and said, "One more thing to remind you, it is about the situation in America."

As long as Zhong Jinwei speaks, the princes and clans in the hall behave very quietly, for fear of missing something and not hearing it.