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Chapter 188 Reward Shen Tingyang, build a slave to attack
Li Dan was not annoyed, he pressed his hand down, and after Yan Siqi sat down, he said slowly: "I want to have a good discussion with you about the sale of precious mirrors in Japan."

Yan Siqi snorted, and said in a muffled voice: "I don't know what kind of idea you have, let me tell you first!"

At this time, the cook came over with a steaming plate.

Li Dan said proudly: "This is a master invited from Nanjing. The roast duck in the open oven is known as the best. Come and try it."

The roast duck master laughed and said, "When it comes to roast duck, you can probably tell if it's good or not by looking at it. But if this old stew tastes right, you have to taste it for yourself."

After finishing speaking, the master stepped back, and there was a plate of roast duck and a bowl of red stew on the table.

Yan Siqi poured a glass of wine by himself, first took the chopsticks to taste the meat.The skin is crispy and the meat is tender, fat but not greasy. You can't help nodding your head and saying: "You will enjoy it, this duck is roasted well."

Li Dan ate duck meat and savored the red stew, and said with a smile: "At this age, money is taken lightly. While I still have breath, I want to try all the delicacies from all over the place."

Picking up the silk towel and wiping his mouth, Li Dan looked at Yan Siqi and said, "Let's talk about the sale of precious mirrors in Japan first..."

According to Li Dan's idea, the two monopolize the Japanese market, and don't go their own way and compete viciously.Wouldn't it be better to join hands to control prices and maximize profits?

"No matter how much you earn, our two families will split half and half." Li Dan said with a smile: "If you are not at ease, then use your people to sell in Japan."

Yan Siqi thought this method was good, but he was still worried about Li Dan paying the money behind his back, so he looked sideways at Li Dan and said, "That sounds nice, but what do you say about the advance payment?"

Li Dan smiled lightly and said, "Brother Yan's payment has already been prepared. As long as you agree, it can be shipped to the capital tomorrow."

Yan Siqi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Dan in disbelief.

Li Dan raised his eyebrows, and said sincerely: "You and I are in harmony, which is Long Live's hope. How could a certain act alone, let outsiders discuss, and disappoint Long Live?"

Yan Siqi couldn't get off the stage for a while, and didn't know what to say.

"The matter is settled like this." Li Dan waved his hand generously and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's drink and eat vegetables, and drink to our heart's content."

Yan Siqi had no choice but to raise his wine glass to toast, and said firmly: "You can arrange for the Japanese country. In terms of business, you are quite honest."

Li Dan laughed, raised his glass to touch Yan Siqi, and drank it down in one gulp.

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Whether sea merchants and sea transportation can gradually change the transportation mode of Ming Dynasty and gradually replace water transportation, Zhu Youxiao still needs to think about it in the long run.

The success of Shen Tingyang's sea trial gave the young emperor greater confidence.

Looking at Shen Tingyang who kowtowed to see him, Zhu Youxiao couldn't hide his admiration and joy, "Shen Qing has worked hard without courtesy."

A sentence of hard work, said from the mouth of the emperor, modern people cannot understand the excited reaction of the courtiers at that time.

Shen Tingyang had a sore nose, and felt that with the words "long live", the grievances he had suffered, the difficulties and dangers he had experienced were nothing.

"Serving for Long Live, contributing to the imperial court, I dare not say hard work." Shen Tingyang blinked hard, thanked him and got up, and sat down on the embroidered pier brought by the palace.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I heard that Shen Qing is generous and chivalrous, why is he sitting so cautiously? A loyal minister treats the king, don't pretend!"

Shen Tingyang smiled awkwardly, sat down firmly on Xiudun, cupped his hands and said: "I am ashamed, ashamed."

"Forgetting to donate money from home and try shipping by sea, what shame does Shen Qing have?" Zhu Youxiao said in a loud voice: "If the official is like Shen Tingyang, why is the world so difficult to govern?"

This is an extremely high evaluation, although Shen Tingyang is only a small head of the household department now, and his promotion is not a big official.But the emperor said so, Shen Tingyang is a model for all officials, and he has the righteousness of a famous minister.

"Weichen—" Shen Tingyang cupped his hands to be humble, but was stopped by the emperor's raised hand.

After making a gesture to the palace man next to him, the eunuch immediately took two steps, took out the imperial decree and said to Shen Tingyang: "Shen Tingyang accepts the decree!"

"The humble minister Shen Tingyang accepts the decree." Shen Tingyang left his seat and knelt down. He didn't expect the emperor to be so impatient, and the imperial decree was issued before he heard what he said.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Shen Tingyang is loyal to state affairs, forgets his family to donate...the doctor of the Jinhu Department, who is in charge of the Shipping Department, bestows unicorn clothes, jade jade, and rewards 2000 taels of silver..."

The head of the household department is ranked sixth; the doctor of the household department is ranked fifth.There is still a fifth rank in the middle, and Shen Tingyang has been promoted by two ranks.

Moreover, Fufu and Guiyu represent honors, and cannot be judged by the level of official positions.

"Thank you, my minister, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Shen Tingyang bowed his head to thank him, his voice trembling.

After receiving the imperial decree, the gift, the jade and the silver, and the palace servants helped him to hold them, Shen Tingyang suppressed the excitement in his heart, and after sitting down, he cupped his hands and said: "My minister has something to say, the matter of shipping..."

Although the sea trial was successful, there are still many areas that need to be improved.Such as routes, ships, and buoys along the way, pointing towers and so on.

The route Shen Tingyang took this time has not been finally fixed, he still needs to explore and adjust.

"...West Ansha Tsui needs to set up buoy ships and erect flags to instruct the ships entering and leaving the Yangtze River..."

"...Set up flags to guide ships at nine places including Xiagang and Needgou in Jiangyin..."

"...a high mound of earth should be built in front of the Longshan Temple, surrounded by stone blocks; every year starting from April [-]th (the day when the spring water transport begins), banners are hung high during the day and lights are hung at night to direct the boats to move... ..."

Zhu Youxiao listened patiently, knowing that these were suggestions made by Shen Tingyang and others at the risk of risk, how could they not take them seriously?

After listening to Shen Tingyang's performance, Zhu Youxiao said: "I am sure of Shen Qing's performance.Forget about the mound of Longshan Temple, and transform it into a permanent lighthouse, and send people to guard it day and night.It doesn't matter if you spend more. "

After a pause, Zhu Youxiao added: "I have ordered marine merchants to transport grain from Nanyang to Liao. They should go to the deep sea, and the risk of a large ship is small. What does Qing Qing think?"

Shen Tingyang thought for a while, and said: "Going deep into the sea can avoid the offshore reefs, but this route still needs to be planned so that it can be fixed. I believe that building lighthouses on some small islands is a safe move."

"I agree, let Shen Qing do it." Zhu Youxiao shook his head again, and said: "Shen Qing still has shipbuilding work. If you can't get away, I can recommend someone who will try the sea transportation with you to undertake it."

Shen Tingyang lowered his head and thought, with a look of hesitation on his face.

"You don't avoid relatives with internal actions, and you don't avoid enemies with external actions." Zhu Youxiao gave Shen Tingyang a reassurance in a timely manner, and it was also an encouragement, "But Shen Qing doesn't have to look forward and backward if he is a talent."

Shen Tingyang felt relieved, and said: "I have a loyal servant named Shen San, who has been on the sea for more than ten years and has very rich experience..."

"That's him." Zhu Youxiao readily agreed, and said: "Shen Qing is the director of the Shipping Department, so I will appoint him as an ambassador first, starting from the ninth rank. Tell Shen San that if he does a good job, the rank The rank has its own promotion."

"Thank you Long live Long En on behalf of my servant." Shen Tingyang stood up and thanked him.

Zhu Youxiao was very interested, and talked with Shen Tingyang for a long time about shipping matters, and asked him to go back and write a detailed inscription, and Shen Tingyang resigned.

Another major event was about to be completed, the young emperor was walking around in the palace, feeling happy.

The sales of the mirrors have basically been arranged properly, and they are all sold by agents.Although earning less, but worry-free, the number of shipments is also guaranteed.

It's not impossible to eat alone, but the manpower required to create publicity and the time it takes to open up various sales outlets are not what Zhu Youxiao hopes.

Based on the cost of producing the mirror, it can be sold for more than 1000 taels of silver, which is already a huge profit.Eat meat yourself, and don't let others drink some soup?

What's more, using the amount of supply as a bargaining chip and the defined standard of "good business" also greatly reduced the freight and loss of food and wages transported to Liaoning.

This is really not fooling around with "benevolent businessmen", but a prelude to Zhu Youxiao's real plan to attack some profiteers and bad businessmen.

Walking to the sand table, the young emperor's attention was involuntarily focused on Liaodong.

In the first battle after the establishment of the new army, even if it cannot win a big victory, it will not suffer a serious setback, right?

And just as the young emperor circled the sand table from time to time, eagerly waiting for the battle report from Liaodong, the fierce battle surrounding Lushun Fort was in full swing.

The Xianglan Banner led by Amin, as well as some Mongols and Han troops, were intercepted and blocked by the Ming army in Daheishan.

Relying on the mountains and fortifications, the Ming army quickly retreated after inflicting certain blows on both sides of the avenue near Beisha City.

Hundreds of people were killed and injured. For Amin and others, this loss is nothing.Although the muskets of the Ming army were very sharp and not weaker than bows and arrows, it did not make Jiannu too vigilant.

Of course, Amin has rich experience in fighting, and he left [-] elite soldiers in Nanguan to ensure the safety of the back road, and then sent his troops southward to Lushun Fort.

When they saw the defense arrangement of Fort Lushun, Amin and others were novel and surprised.This is a defensive posture that they have never thought of or seen.

"You are so courageous!" Zhai Sanggu was the son of the old slave's half-brother Shuerhaqi, also the nephew of the old slave, seeing the posture of the enemy, he couldn't help being happy.

Amin also laughed, pointed at his whip, and said, "Dare to fight outside the city, you are really brave."

Jierhalang is the sixth son of Shuerhaqi and the younger brother of Amin and Zaisangu.Different from the two elder brothers, he is relatively low-key, and he was raised by Nurhachi, and he is very close to Huang Taiji and other princes.

For the ridicule of the two elder brothers, Ji Erhalang did not agree.

There must be a monster if something goes wrong. Although he didn't see how strong the Ming army's formation is, he still said very cautiously: "My brothers, if the Ming army dares to arrange like this, there may be conspiracy and tricks, so we should be careful." superior."

Zhai Sanggu chuckled, and didn't blame this always weak brother, he said: "The sixth brother is right, let the Han army attack for a while first, let's see what is so powerful about the Ming army's formation."

After a pause, Zaisangu said with a sinister smile again: "I will send five more Niulu to stay behind, and if there is an opportunity, I will launch a fierce attack."

(End of this chapter)