Daming: Let you build roads, you have access to highways throughout the country

Chapter 119: The World’s Largest Silver Mine!!!

Empress Ma had a thought in her heart again, and under the careful care of the imperial doctor, her body gradually improved, which made Zhu Yuanzhang overjoyed.

Every time I visit the Empress Ma, I see the mechanical clock, and I can’t help but feel happy in my heart.

Empress Ma was in critical health at the time, and when she was already dying, she refused to start/issue, Yu, Qun 9; 8″0？ 2ュ0,@5ヘ8?5♀6 Absolute Imperial Doctor Treatment.

Without the chimes of this mechanical clock, it may not be possible to wake up the Queen Ma and be truly separated from the Queen Ma forever.

On top of this mechanical clock, an owl is carved, lifelike, and in the middle, there is a huge dial, and the hands are constantly turning.

Open it from the back, you can see the dense precision gears inside, slowly turning.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to Qingzhou Mansion, asked for a few mechanical clocks to come back, and also sent people to compare with the original timing device, and found that this time was very accurate, and the ministers were also surprised.

“This His Royal Highness King Qi doesn’t do business all day, so he likes to tinker with some strange things!”

“I can’t say that, I heard that this mechanical clock saved the life of the Queen Ma, and it really has a bit of magic.”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to put one of them in the Fengtian Hall.

The ministers had some discussions, and on this day, foreign envoys came to see them.

The messenger came from a small country in the south.

After handing over the credentials of the country, conveying the admiration of the king of the country for Emperor Daming, after all kinds of flowery words, when talking about business, it is hoped that the two countries will communicate with each other.

Now Daming’s sea ban has not been completely relaxed, and this small country knows that 05 Daming is rich in products and has a variety of goods, and wants to establish a maritime trade channel.

Although Daming has not completely opened the sea ban, tributary trade between countries has always existed, and one of the characteristics of tributary trade is that the quantity of goods purchased each time is generally relatively large, somewhat similar to the meaning of wholesale.

Each other first set the order, in the second half of the year, or even next year, according to the agreement to send the items, the money and goods are clear.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, commerce was relatively backward, and there were not too many goods that could be exported to the outside world, mainly porcelain, tea, and cloth.

This led to a very embarrassing situation, that is, every year Daming sold his goods, and obtained less silver, but spent more silver to purchase some goods from foreign countries.

If you look at it purely from the inflow of silver and the outflow, it is not advantageous.

Subsequently, the two sides exchanged a list of items that could be sold to each other, as well as the quantity.

Zhu Yuanzhang generally looked at it and agreed, after all, it is the first trade between the two countries, although there is still more silver spent and less silver coming in, but a big country must have the demeanor of a big country.

The two sides had just finalized the list, and it was already noon, when the mechanical clock sounded crisply, which immediately attracted the attention of the foreign envoy, and couldn’t help but turn his head to look over, but saw a mechanical clock with an owl carved above, standing in the corner of the main hall, and his eyes suddenly widened.

The emperor and the ministers have long been surprised, this thing has been placed there for a long time, at first it felt strange, but now it has gradually become accustomed to it.

Unexpectedly, the eyes of this foreign envoy lit up, and he bowed and saluted: “Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is this?” ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to care and said: “Ao, a gadget for timing, every hour, it will announce the time on time, didn’t scare the messenger?” ”

When the foreign messengers heard about this delicate object, they were used to keep time, and their interest was even greater.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the official in charge of astronomy to lead this foreign envoy to the front and explain it carefully to him.

Their own things are naturally to be praised fiercely, so what implies astronomy and other balabala keeps talking.

The more this foreign messenger listened, the more interested he became, and even wanted to open the cabinet behind him to see how it worked.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

The official opened it for the foreign messengers.

The foreign envoy was even more surprised to see the dense gears inside, closely intertwined with each other and slowly turning.

The foreign envoy said excitedly: “Your Majesty, can this object also be included in the trade list between the two sides?” ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little embarrassed, this thing had just been sent from Qingzhou Mansion, and it was rare.

Li Shanchang smiled and said to the foreign envoy: “Envoy, you and I are mainly engaged in non-governmental exchanges of ordinary materials, cotton cloth, ceramics, tea and the like, naturally it is not a problem, but this mechanical clock is a valuable thing, and it is included in the trade list of the two countries, I am afraid that there will be many inappropriate!” ”

This foreign envoy was undead, grabbing Li Shanchang’s sleeve and asking, “Money is not a problem, I want to offer such a divine object to our king!” ”

Li Shanchang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang nodded quietly, if you just want one or two, it is good to say.

Li Shanchang touched his beard and said slowly: “This mechanical clock was also just made by my Daming, and now, it is still a rare thing, and it can’t come down without 10,000 silver taels.” ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair, and the other ministers also looked at this foreign envoy with interest.

Although this mechanical clock is very rare, it is not 10,000 silver taels.

How many horses can 10,000 silver taels buy for Daming? It’s astronomical!

Unexpectedly, this foreign envoy did not bargain, and said happily: “Yes, I am willing to purchase 5 mechanical clocks!” ”

The group of ministers in the main hall couldn’t help but gasp and look at each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at the foreign envoy with some surprise.

It’s not that everyone hasn’t seen the market, they all worry about national affairs all day, and any random thing, when handled, is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of silver taels.

But the problem is that this is just a timing gadget developed by His Royal Highness King Qi at will, can it sell so high?!

The point, there are people who really want it!

10,000 silver taels, itself is a lot, this guy actually wants to buy 5 units directly!

That’s 50,000 silver taels!

This small southern country itself is not a big trade, and this 50,000 silver taels directly makes up for the gap in Daming.

What was originally a loss-making business instantly turned into a lot of profits.

A group of old foxes were secretly happy, and Li Shanchang understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, so he finalized this business.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers see the potential of this mechanical clock.

This thing can be regarded as a type of foreign trade.

Sell it as a luxury item, just one at random, you can get 10,000 silver taels.

And its production cost, the less outrageous. If it is not counted as a reward for craftsmen, etc., if it can be mass-produced, it is actually a matter of more than a dozen taels of silver.

If this business is done, won’t it be the same as robbing money?!

The key is that all day, only Daming can produce, the only copy, there is no other semicolon, how much you want to sell, you can sell for as much as you want!

It’s a good business!

After sending away the foreign envoys, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sent people to Qingzhou Mansion to order another 5 mechanical clocks, and then discussed with Qunchen about tributary trade.

All the civil and military officials unanimously agreed to open the sale of this mechanical clock.

Li Shanchang couldn’t help laughing: “If we can sell 1 mechanical watch a year, then we won’t get 10,000 silver taels for nothing.” ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was also excited, originally the Daming treasury was relatively weak, coupled with the southern conquest and the northern war, it cost a lot of silver, and it was necessary to fill the treasury by clearing the land.

It can be said that now there is a way to make money, and it has done everything to the extreme, and it is almost necessary to collect taxes on the people.

However, from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang loves the people very much, and is unwilling to attack the people, and will only raise taxes when he is forced to do so.

After all, Daming is still relatively poor as a whole, and many people have not even solved the problem of eating and drinking.

Soon, the imperial court opened a channel with the mechanical clock of Qingzhou Mansion, and also understood that this mechanical clock could be completely mass-produced.

Now, there is only one production line, which can produce about 1 unit per day.

If necessary, the production line can also be expanded, and the imperial court is overjoyed to learn this news.

This is undoubtedly a luxury among luxury goods in other countries, however, for 933 Yu Daming, there is no difficulty in production, and it can obtain a value output of 10,000 with very low means of production and productivity.

This business is simply not too profitable!

And soon, this mechanical clock also attracted the attention of other foreign envoys, and every year, the change of Daming on the trade list was not particularly large, and suddenly there was an additional mechanical clock, all of which were very curious.

After carefully studying the mechanical clocks, orders were placed by foreign messengers one after another.

There are a few of them, and there are dozens of them, and they want the posture of this thing.

And the number of sales of 1 unit was actually completed in just one month, which was unexpected by everyone.

This mechanical clock, I didn’t expect it to be so popular at such a high price.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that those who can afford mechanical clocks are dignitaries, either for their own enjoyment or for giving away. And to give people away, it is also in the circle of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

For ordinary people, 10,000 taels of silver may be a lot, but for them, it is not particularly difficult.

For the rare things you like, no matter how expensive it is, you must buy it, which is a status symbol!

As a result, the watch workshop in Qingzhou Mansion started full power and produced the whole line.

In addition to dealing with foreign markets, the domestic market has gradually become a popular among dignitaries.

Of course, he did not have such a high price in China, but only 1,000 taels of silver, which was 9 taels cheaper than the mechanical clocks sold abroad.

In fact, it’s the same thing.

And the emperor, sometimes, would use this thing to reward the ministers, and the princes rejoiced.

“His Royal Highness King Qi is amazing, casually developed gadgets, actually created millions of dollars for my Daming?!”

“Who said before that His Royal Highness King Qi doesn’t do business all day, but only tinkers with gadgets?!”

“Ahem, ah, this and this”

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