"Second Sister Shi came to buy our goods with her treasure banknotes. She said that what we sold to merchants were gold and silver of ordinary fineness, and her treasure banknotes should also be calculated according to the fineness of 95%. We can't convince her. She succeeded." Fu Yong burst into tears.
"Uncle, what do you want us to do with the treasure banknotes? If we want the treasure banknotes, let's go back to Ming Dynasty and exchange as much money as we want. Now that Second Sister Shi is doing this, it is equivalent to a tenfold reduction in our profits. Uncle. Please help me, if I don’t take action, we will have no choice but to fall from the boat into the sea."
Han Du saw that Fu Yong described himself as tragic, but Han Du knew that even if Second Sister Shi did this, Fu Yong and the others would still be profitable, and it was far from a matter of jumping into the sea to commit suicide. Any businessman would be hard-pressed to lose such a huge chunk of profit in just an instant.
After hearing this, Han Du asked calmly: "How much silver can the old Hong Kong banknotes be exchanged for now?"
"I don't know about this. The Shi family came to us to buy goods as soon as they got the treasure banknotes. No one has exchanged them in the old port yet." Fu Yong said truthfully.
"It's time for you to get rich." Han Du said with a smile.
Fu Yong's face suddenly turned green after hearing this, and he sighed and said, "It's good if you don't die poor, how can you expect to get rich?"
Han Du ignored Fu Yong and continued to ask: "Now all the Shi family's treasures have fallen into your hands?"
"The Shi family should still have some in their hands, but there shouldn't be much left. The bulk is in our hands." When Fu Yong said the word 'big head', he felt even more like he was the one being taken advantage of.
Han Du glanced at him and said: "I will ask Shi Jinqing to find you a few people who know how to talk. You can ask them to talk about the magical properties of the treasure banknotes. Remember, once someone comes to you to buy the treasure banknotes, you Just raise the price to fifteen taels of silver. If you don’t do anything, you’ll earn half more money. Isn’t that enough for you to make a fortune?”
"Can this be done?" Fu Yong is from the capital and is no stranger to treasure banknotes. In his opinion, exchanging ten taels of silver is something only people with brain diseases would do. Who would be so stupid? Exchange fifteen taels of silver for one?
"Try it. How will you know if you don't try it?" Han Du said lightly, but the look on his face was confident.
The greatest value of treasure banknotes is its convenience and scarcity, which is less than that of gold and silver. In Ming Dynasty, treasure banknotes could only be exchanged for one tael of silver, but in Old Port they could be exchanged for ten taels. If it were further away, the material It is not impossible to exchange for twenty taels or thirty taels when rareness is the most precious thing.
Exchanging a regular treasure banknote for fifteen taels of silver may seem ridiculously expensive, but that may not mean that no one will buy it.
Fu Yong sighed, nodded, and said, "That's all we have to do."
Seeing Fu Yong leave, Han Du added, "Remember, no matter what, you must spend all the treasure money in Old Port, and you must not return to the Ming Dynasty with all the treasure money."
"yes."
As Han Du expected, after the merchants saw the magic of the treasure notes, they started to pursue them one after another. Every day they blocked the door of Fu Yong and others, and there was an endless stream of people who wanted to see them. The price of treasure notes was once so high that it was only twenty taels.
This made the second sister Shi who was once complacent, thought she had taken advantage of her, and was eager to spend her treasure money extremely annoyed. But there is no regret medicine in the world, so she can only put her hope of making money on the goods she bought from Fu Yong and others.
Han Du didn't care how much money Fu Yong and others made or how many goods they bought. After the navy has rested for the past few days, the soldiers have recovered from the fatigue of wandering at sea, and various supplies have been fully supplied. It is time to continue sailing.
This time, Han Du did not take any detours, and took the chart provided by Shi Jinqing and headed straight for the Javanese King's City.
Java is an island country, and the royal city is built on the coast. This is a characteristic of almost all island countries. Perhaps because it is close to the sea and eats from the sea, almost all of the island's royal cities are not far from the sea. The seaside of the royal city almost certainly has an excellent port.
Han Du brought a mighty fleet to the Java harbor. The people were naturally afraid of such tall warships, but they did not act excessively in a short period of time.
Han Du looked at the harbor with sharp eyes and was constantly weighing things in his mind.
This seaport is the gateway to the Javanese Royal City. Not only does it have a government office, it even has troops stationed nearby. However, the Javanese official who was in charge here had obviously seen the world. When he saw the Ming Dynasty's golden dragon flag hanging on the warship, he knew that the person coming was from the Ming Dynasty. As for why people from the Ming Dynasty came all the way here and even acted unkind, he didn't know. But he knew that with the status of a small Java country, it could never afford to offend the Ming Dynasty at its peak.
So instead of putting the army on alert, this man personally took a small boat and came to Han Du.
"I have come down to my foreign minister, Yu Dushu, to pay my respects to the angel of heaven."
Han Du glanced at him and asked, "Do you know Ming Dynasty Mandarin? Are you from Ming Dynasty?"
"Replying to Angel's words, the foreign minister is a Javanese. He only knows the Ming Dynasty Mandarin because he once served as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. The foreign minister also gave himself a Ming name, Yudushu. The foreign minister's name in Java is Yudushu."
"That's it." Han Du nodded and introduced himself: "I am Jinghai Bo Han Du, and this is Huai'an Hou Huazhong."
Yu Dushu hurriedly paid homage, and then warmly invited Han Du: "The two angels have come a long way, why don't you disembark and rest for a while, so that the foreign ministers can fulfill their friendship as landlords."
Han Du didn't say anything, just looked at Yu Dushu for a moment, and then said: "I have important things to do here. If you are sensible, you will take all the people from a huge fleet that came here almost ten months ago." Leave it to Uncle Ben. If you don't obey, you have also been to the Ming Dynasty. You should know the consequences of Java as a vassal state and disobeying the will of the Ming Dynasty."
"Two angels, please be clear. The foreign minister has only been in charge of this harbor for six months. In the past, the foreign minister always went to the royal city for official business. I really don't know if a large fleet came here ten months ago." Yu Du Shu explained.
Only half a year after taking office? Then I'm afraid it's really impossible for him to have seen those people.
"Are you telling the truth?" Han Du was a little doubtful.
"Everything the foreign minister says is true. If the angels don't believe it, you can go to the harbor and ask." Yu Dushu said quickly, and added, "If the two angels can wait for a few days, the foreign minister can write a letter of resignation and go to the royal city to ask." Ask my predecessor if he has ever seen a huge fleet coming here.”
Han Du and Hua Zhong looked at each other, nodded secretly, and had to do this for the time being. "Okay, but you have to do it as soon as possible. I hope the King of Java can hand him over."
